The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-19
FOR IRISHMEN.
The Rocky Mountain Celt Makes Its First
Bow to the Public.

Bow to the Public.
A new weekly publicat ton to be devoted
to the interests of the Irish-AmericanS of
the inter-mountain region, and especially
of Montana, made it's first appearance in
| the Butte newspaper field yesterday. The
editor is Phil Corcoran, formerly a wels
known Salt Lake newspaper man. The
purposes and aspra lions of the publica-
ton are set forth in Editor Corcoran's
salutatory as follows:
in making it's bow to 10000 Irishmen
and their descendants in these mountains,
the Rocky Mountain Get is sure that the
| SIMPLE greeting alone is sufficient expla-
nation for its appearance. Thirty thous-
and people of one race and instinct, whose
destiny is alike, whose pulse beats the
same, and who sing the same songs, is a
large number of people clustered in Mon
tana without a newspaper to give ex-
preston to their hopes and aspira tons,
without any channel through which the
world may know that the best blood in
Montana comes from the Emerald isle.
Hence the Rocky Mountain Celt makes
its appearance this day.
Montana is one of the youngest states
| in the union. Great in area great in min
| eral resources. great in everything which
| conspires to bless the husbandman and
| toiler, its progress will be one of the
srandest events of the 10th century.
| IN the upbuilding of this great state,
| the Cet has stood at the front in enter
| prise, just as he has led the charge in the
| fierce onslaught of battle. The story of
| these mountains is lustrous with the ex-
! PLOTS of the Irish pioneer and prospector,
and seldom has it been that fortune
| frowned when an lrishman lifted his pick.
| Destiny seems to have set apart this
great commonwealth as the one place; in
| the union of states where, the Irish char
| acter may strengthen and expand and be-
come an object lesson for people else
| where. No man receives better pay for
his labor than the Montana wage Garner;
| no man gives good wages less grudgingly,
more cheerfully. than the Irish employer
| and Montana capitalist. No people yield
nobler tribute to intellect and merii; no
people hate a hypocrite and liar more in
tensely. Any man whose heart beats in
the right place is welcome in Montana
This city of Butte is fast departing
from the mining camp stage and lifting
its head to the lofty conceit of metropo-
lis. Crime and immortality still prevail,
yet what spot on the face of the globe is
free of it?
IN nearly all cities the proportion of
crime leads the natural increase of popu-
iation: such shas been the police history
of Eastern tcities. Not SO with Butte
Butte's increase is marked by healthier
tone in morals. 1T is not so wicked as the
Butte of five years ago: what may we
| not hope for in the next decade?
Thus it is that the Irish character is
| stamped upon the STATE, and its influence
! will result in a purer and lofter citizen
| ship. The faith which the Apostle Pat
| rick preached on Erin's hills is never
! cold in the breast of the Montana Irish
man, although he yields to temptation
seven and seventy times; that chastity
| which Is the brightest jewel of the Irish
maiden. she never surrenders to the liber-
| tine. even in the Cruelest adversely. So,
with faith and virtue hand in hand, Mon
tana will one day present the brightest
example of genuine Christianity in the
galaxy of states-great in wealth, but
| richer in its love for the Cross.
1.-The Rocky Mountain Celt will aim to
| make the journal a symposium of the
| thought of Irshmen and Irish Americans
| rather than vehicle for the personal
| opinions of its editor. Hence correspond
! ence is invited on all topics that tend to-
| ward the intellectual development of the
| Irish race and the Improvement of our
| young people, together with subjects in
| teresting to MontananS generally. Nor is
| this invitation confined to the paop-e of
| this state alone; the scope of the Celt's
| vision of influence comprehends Idaho,
| Utah, Wyoming and Colorado. In none
of these states is a newspaper published
| like the Rocky Mountain Celt, and all
men and women of our race are welcome
| to its columns.
so soon as arrangements are completed
| the Rocky Mountain Celt will each week
give ncwsy summary of the progress of
| Irish and Catholic societies in the state,
| particularly those of Butte and Aracon-
da Social features will be neglected by
no means. anu this department of the
| paper will be interesting to our young
| people in SOcic;N,
Satisfied in advance that the Rocky
Mountain Celt VIII he Il welcome visitor
| in lrisA-American homes. its editor puts
| his faith in God. his confidence in the
Irish heart aud his trust in the American
dollar"
J In the Police Court