The Irish standard., 1901-04-13
MORTON AND GREEN ISLE.
Notes From Trip Along the Water
town Branch of the M. & St,L,
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lltl' III" IL hummer OIL good towns
along the Wntcrtown branch of the
Minneapolis \ st. Louis railroad,
amongst them Green Isle and Morton.
The former is in Siblcy county, while
the latter. Il village of about 500 in
lHhitnntS. is located in Rcnvillc coun-
tN. perhaps Il hundred miles from
Minneapolis. While the country is not
as well settled up as along many of the
other lines that extend over the state,
stlll this would seem to be largely be-
cause ii has not been as extensively
advertised. Certain it is that no part
of the commonwealth has better lands
for raising the various grains than can
be found along The Watcrtown branch,
and when this becomes more widely
and better known. Immigration will
naturally drift in that direction. The
dairy business is fast becoming IN i'm
portant feature, while stock raising
shows profitable returns or the for
cign born population WHO have settled
along this branch of the NJ. Il st. L.,
Il large percentage of them are Sean
diuavianS, with quite Il sprinklng of
Germans. Generally speaking the
lrishnan has not gained very strong
footlold, though in u fcw localities he
is we'll represented. There arc both
room aud opportunities for him that
he may yet take advantage o.
There are about 400 people living in
Green Isle. They have Il flour mill
here. four elevators and Il number of
business houses. The shipments are
largely wheat, flour, cattle and wood.
"A splendid Catholic church graccs the
village, and Rev. J. j. Hand, the DoD-
ular pastor, was many years ago sta
toned at Minneapolis. \ division of
the Ancient Order of Hibcrnians and
a court of the Catholic Forcstcrs flour
ish, each having Il good membership.
One of the oldtme general stores here
is that successfully managed by VIM.
Ncavin. He is doing good business.
This may also be said of Dan Myers,
who deals in boots ana shoes and is a
sort of all-around hustler. j. J. Muir
ply, who sells meats, is prospecting,
and this, perhaps, will apply to all who
are pursuing business avOcations. An
excellent physician in the person of
DR. Langford is located here. Your
representative came in contact also
with such men as w. II. Fahcy, who
has been a teacher here for some
years; Thos. Morrin. II. Bean, G.
Dwycr, p. J. O'Connor, VIM. Martin,
NJ. Mcmahon, Jas. Brick and S. j.
Mcmahon, the latter one of the county
commissioners. These are all excel
lent men and there are others whom
we might equally mention If space al
lowed.
Morton, a very pretty little village,
has population of about 500. Geo.
Walsh is mayor, and ID. N. Kcefc,
Emil LcntZ and Pred Fifcr are tire
Getty fathers" There arc four church
es there, namely, Methodist. German
Lutheran, Christian and st. Johns
Catholic church. Rev. Father O'Con-
nor is pastor Of the latter, a neat edi-
flee. The Enterprise, a wcll-conductcd
newspaper, is published here by A. III.
kecfe and ably represents the people
in whose behalf it has been cstab-
liShed. There are five of these gentle
men, II. NJ. Keefe, who conducts n
large hardware store, w. c., dealer
in groceries and confectionery; A.
H., publisher of the Enterprise; d. r.,
associated with Il. NJ, and J. NJ, sales
man for the Dccring Harvester Co.
The five brothers are all cntcrprising
citizens and loyal to Rcnvilc county's
interests. A Catholic Order of For
csters exists in Morton with n good
membership, also n division of the
Ancient Order of IIibcrnans 1t is
more than probable that n Sisters
school will soon be established here.
1t is talked of, and electric light and
water works are also contemplated.
Morton has two elevators. a round
house, a flour mill with $50 barrels
capacity, and two granite quarrics,
brick and tile.
Amongst other mcn whom we met
here were Thomas Lcary, engaged in
the stock and machinery business: J.
ii. Regain, NJ. A. D0nlin, j. Kennedy,
NJ. Lannigan, Len Farinbaugh, T..
Kcavcny, r. O'COnnOr, John Hines,
Dennis Lordon, James Lcary, Peter
Murphy, Mcclure Bros, G. A. Des-
mond, ID. J. Farrell, Terrence Brazcl,
Geo. Chisolm, Patrick Buckley, J. S.
Sullivan and James and David Brown,
all excellent gentlemen, having an
abiding faith in the advancement and
growth of this section of the state.
With a soil so productive, together
with it's many other natural advan-
tagcs, there is certainly good and suf-
ficicnt reason why this should be so.
Cochran and the Sable Tails.
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