The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-08-11
Irish Standard is q Favorite in
the Great Northwest.
EVERYTHING he SEES IS BEAUTIFUL
Some Tall Climbing Up Sides Of
the Rocky Mountains.
Editor of the Irish Standard:


This being quiet Sunday in western
Montana l will give an account of some
of the people and things that have seen
along the line OF the Northern Pacific
railroad from Bismarck to Missoula-a
long stretch of continuous p-grade
country. By the way. the Northern Pa
ci6c railway is great system and is
pronounced SO by men have met, who
have travelled all over the world. They
say the N. p is probably the best and
most complete railway system i'll Nortl,
America. l can say that the officers
and attendants on those magnificent
trains arc exceptionally fine gentlemen,
courteous and accommodating from
start to finish. say this because they
deserve it most unreservedly. AS far as
have seen the N. P. is perfection itself
Well, l must start in where left off
last time and say word or two about
Mandan This, like many other fine
towns have visited, is either the begin
ming or end OF what is known in railroad
parlance as division" and this kind
of terminus means great deal for the
town that is lucky enough to have one,
especially where there are large shops
Mandan is nice place with its very
neat, bright and airy Catholic church,
with Father Collins, the eloquent pas
tor, in full charge OF the vast parish
Following are a few OF the Irish Stand
ard readers: w. r. Hawkins, ].
O'Sullivan, P. Mckinley, Tobin &
Dcury, A. c. Hoy, Miss Mary Martin,
John Foran, Tom MCGOWAN, Major
McGillic, Tom Mccormick, James
Dooley, Judge McKendric, ]. H. Nc
Donald, T. McSorley, and lots more.
Mandan is western city that is grow.
ing fast.
Next is Dickinson. 1t is large
place and should have larger and bet.
ter Catholic church. Father Claude, the
genial pastor, is doing the best he can
under all the circumstances, and no
doubt will build fine church in the
near future. 1t is railroad town will,
good stock and ranch country all
around it, Here l will mention few
Of Our very best subscribers: 7. B.
McDonough, J. H. Ryan, w. II. Wal.
ton, J. J. BARLEY, p. B. Corbett, T.
Cuskelly, Owen Flynn, ]. NJ Carroll
and M. Mckinley, the hotel man. Dick
inson is well built and compact, and
there is plenty Of room for improve
nlents.
Having passed through the terrible
and ver-to-bc-iorgottcn bad lands, |
arrived at Glendive, in Montana Glen,
dive. like all Montana towns, is an out
spoken place, quick to speak and quick
er to act. Every man that l met here
is the very soul OF honor and clever to
fault. | could get subscribers for the
Irish Standard there every day in the
week; in fact, the farther west | go the
more the Standard is read and liked and
wanted. | saw the bleached bones OF
the buffalo, all intact, and also those OF
the elk. | saw there fence 50
feet square, made as good as any fence
could be made, of deer. elk, antelope
and moose horns. 1t was the most gro
tcsque sight | ever saw I stood look
ing at them for ten minutes. Here
found some good Irish Standard hust-
lers, such as T. F. Hagen. Ed O'Neill,
J. A. Reynolds, Rev c. Panwellyn,
James Henry. M. McDonogh. T. P.
Cullen, C. A. Thurston. J. w. Osborne,
w. F. Jordan and many others.
Next comes Miles City. of General
Miles fame. This is solid. nice, old
fashioned and well-built western city.
1t has good hotels, nice church, and
is fine place to live in. There is good
water and the famous Yellowstone river
flows through this lovely, romantic
place. Some OF our friends here are
Messrs. Crowley. Scahill, Coleman,
Mason and Mrs Stein There are many
more that l did not meet.
Next is Billings, and a very lively and
progressive city it certainly is. Three
great railroad systems center here.
There is nice Catholic church, beau
tiful parochial residence, large new
brick hospital in charge OF the Sisters
of Charity. Also public library and
many new blocks in course Of construc.
ton. Billings has fine stores, fine no,
tells, and is the greatest wool market in
all the West. I suppose there wa,
100000 pounds of wool hauled in the
day was there I found Irish Stand
ard friends in Matt Driscoll, M. Hanna,
han, Mrs. S. O'Rourke, Rev. Father
Hoffman and others. ~.
), Next is Red Lodge at the end OF a
branch OF the Northern Pacific near the
National park and at the foot of tho
mountains. 1t is mining camp ant
has one of the greatest coal mines in al
GMontana,:;s 1T is owned now by til.
Northern Paei6csrailrosd and is work
ling day aid night. Thshnasts: mophtair
trout is caught here in a beautiful, rap
!. id Spring creeK coming out OF Tie bow;
els OF the mountains. This is the frs