The Irish standard., 1900-09-15

second Chicago. 1t has fine stores
and rapid street car service to all
points Of interest Ships of all ma
tions are coming and going continu-
ously. l saw a cargo of mules for
South Africa loaded here on Sunday,
Seattle has IS hotels, 100 restaurants,
and $50 saloons, all in a bunch. 1t has
for Its suburbs the busy town Of Bal
Hard, with its immense saw mills, half
mile long, making good lumber for
all the world. Here are a few sub.
scribers I met: F. w. King, d. T..
Callahan, T. B. Donald, A. J. Bour.
gette, +. Campbell and William Bour-
gette. The last three and their wives
came fn0m st. Paul and Minneapolis.
Fremont is another good saw mill
town. Then there is Everett towo
further north, practically tue terminus
of the Great Northern railway, which
is destined to be a big city. 1t has a
newspaper known as the Everett In
dependent" which never wearies of
booming the town. Here + met NJ. l..
Mulligan, Thomas Rice, NJ. ]. McGnin-
ness and BILLY" Nichols, formerly of
St Paul. Everett has the largest and
best saw mills on the coast.
But to GO back to Seattle. In Seat
|tle I met a host Of personal friends and
friends of the Irish Standard as fol-
lows: VIM. McArdle, James Shee-
han, VIM. Maloney, Pat Gleeson, Drs.
Shannon and Shannon, NJ. Noon.
Judge ]. ]. McCanerty, Dan McNa-
mara, Wm. Q.Mulcahy, Mooreland
Brothers, Matt Ryan, Burns 4 Sui
livan, w. A. Kuepferle, Tom Kane,
John O'Leary, John c. Stuart, 1. F.
Cotter, Il. Sartorl, w. s. Mock, Gill
Brothers, ]. j. Brennan, Thos. p. Me-
Dermott, Ed. Simpson, Neil O'Hara.
D. Donohue, l. H. Reaume and great
many more.
After stopping over one more dag
in Tacoma I started for Portland, and
here 1 am in the real queen city of the
Pacific coast. The climate here is the
most salubrious. All the year round the
roses grow out doors. and the lawns
are moved in December as well as in
June. Talk about fine residences.
They are here, and hundreds of them
mt that, and each has block to itself.
The ivy is entwined round the stone
buildings, which are all built castle.
like. 1t is Ireland improved only in
climate. 1 asked why have you no
daisies or furze blossoms here?" They
said: 1--WE have millions Of them In
April. May and June" There are
pears as big as some editors heads,
and plums in John Golden's yard as
big as hen eggs, and he and his lovely
daughter and dear old grandma shook
them of for me after dinner. This
beautiful city of Portland is tit for a
home for all the readers of the Irish
Stanlard. and you know there is
nothing too good for them, as they
are most certainly the very best people
on earth.
Portland Ia now all en-fete for the
Elks' carnival and Portland street
fair. They have left nothing yndone.
1t was declared to be the cOstHest got.
ten-up street fair that was ever at
tempted in the. West. The Quimby-
House and Thomas u. Condon's l,ew
Grand Central hotel are both very fine.
ly conducted hostelries and fit for a
prince They are filled all the time
hut now cots have to come into use.
Here Is. a list of Standard bearers for
you: John Golden, Harry Kenncy, Ed
l<cogh, Tim Murphy, James Harrett,
Ed. Killfeather. +. w. Taggerr, ]. b.
0 Shea, VIM. Kiley, NJ. Curtin. ]. F.
Brady. John L. Meehan, James Malone,
Jim Cunningham. Neil O'Hare, John
O'Leary, r. Sullivan, J. Driscoll. NJ.
J. Murnane. Jos. Byrne, p. O'Hnlloran,
Jos. Fitz Simmons, Pat Bowers. .Thos.
ID. Condor. VIM. Duane. C. O'Brien.
and. Inst hut not least, the Most
Rev. Archbishop Christi. Father ca
sey, Father Murphy, Father O'Reilly,
Father Curley and Father Black.
I. I am Off for Spokane and Anaconda,
Butte and Great Falls in day or so
Wish best wishes for all Mt home,
will say au revoir.t
]. II. T..
Portland. Oregon Sent Q 1AOn