The Irish standard., 1903-08-29
Sketches Here and There by
One of Our Travelling
Representatives.
Helena, Belt, Neihart and
Great Falls Points
Recently Visited.
Business Conditions will be
Much Improved when the
Shelters Resume.
Special Correspondence, The Irish

Special Correspondence, The Irish
Standard.
Great Falls, Mont, Aug. %, 'O3.
To the Editor of The Irish Standard:
I guess my time is up and am now
due to write you another letter from
Montana-this time from Great Falls,
where am now anchored and to which
[ will try to do justice later on in this
letter Of western news. Since l last
Informed you of my wanderings
through this great wonderland, as it
is truly called, have again visited
Anaconda, the great smelter city of
he United States. Found the town
| little quiet for the time being, but
found that great Irish society known
Is the A. o. H. very active in it's good
work here. Having two first-class
odges meeting and holding their week
y socables as usual, with few men
ike Tom Kelly, Jimmy White and Jos.
\. Hughes booming it right along. 1
net few more of our old friends and
made new ones. OF course this is
customary and necessary. Tom
Keenan, hunted me up and paid two
years subscription, and so did many
more, like Mrs Dan Lyons, Mrs. Con.
Hays of Gregson Springs. Pat Duane.
John Golden. T. D. Flynn, NJ. ]. Walsh,
Vim. Walsh, Judge Murphy, Thos. KEEL
y, John Coffey and O'I<eefe and Fitz-
Patrick. Also shook hands with Rev.
r.. Barry, NJ G. Towey, Mrs. oCon-
lor, p. d. TCwhey, \. NJ. Stoltz, Mrs.
4outh, John Fury, r. Flanagan. and
Iartin E. Ford. Anaconda will be
IS good as ever about November LIST.
And now for Butte again. You could
all here every month in the year. and
ind new fees and warm reception.
providing you were a good fellow and
lad plenty of arraguth about you. l
net that prince Of good men. Dan
Newey, proprietor of the Southern Ho-
Ell, where | stopped of course. and
Tom Harrington. the story teller in
barge, and Jimmy Cain. Butte's pop
liar caterer. also in charge. NJ. ID. Kern
he great German architect and Irish
Standard subscriber for years. John
Fox. the real good Irishnlan. JAS. Me-
Innerney. Ed. Hyland. Phil. Harring
ton, now Judge. Dan. Sexton, Pat Leg
gilt, Martin Hanley, Capt. Gram. Mrs.
Thompson, Frank O'Connor. J. J. Muir
My. Prof. Leamy. Dan Regain. \.
Peoples. =. J. Dohcrty. j. \. Coleman,
Major Deeney. Chs. Lame. City Clerk
sidley. Dan Harrington. Tom Keefe,
Tom Donnelly J. J. IIanley. j. S. Cook.
las. 2. Murphy. Jerry Clifford, l.. Il.
Woods, Pat Jenning. Dan. Morgan,
Austin Gibbons. r. J. Rrophy. Nick
Hughes, Capt. O'Leary, Ed. Day. John
g. Holland, Chas. Flood. Dan. Dono.
van, Hon. G. P. Kelly. S. A. Waters
the genial plumber Scheupple and
Reidle Martin Towey, Frank Lynett
VI. J. O'Keefe, Patrick ]. Nugent and
J. ID. Malloy.
And now for Helena via the Great
Northern from Butte to the Capital
City, we pass through many nice rlcl
mining and ranchng towns, such as
Boulder. Basin, Silver. Alhambrn. and
many other places. in all of which WI
have subscribers but which time alone
prevented us Of stopping off to see
Helena has been SO we'll and so often
described to you before that it must
suffice this time to say that it has
many of the old timers, miners and
forty-niners ut that-stll living here
and one year ago was the first time
one of them died. and they say without
even Il smile, that he was a little man
and about 93 years old. grew smaller
and smaller. year after year until liz
actually withered UP and blew off tt
where they don't seem to know. hui
this is just as Con. Kelly told it to me
rs lle was going up to the L. $. ASA!
dust, and nuggets. to be assayed
weighed and paid for Montana ha.
one of the finest capitOls in the Z. S
and one of the finest specimens of man
hood ditto for her governor. He la
just planned the spot where the monl
ment is to be subscribed for and erect
ed Ivy the people of Montana. to TIL
memory of Montana's first Governor
Gen. ThomasI'rancisM CHER. 1t is to b
Of bronze. and be placed in the mali
walk to the front entrance of the grea
building, where every one has to motto
and admire the valOr to America an,
Montana where the great Irishman los
his life. The statue will cost $4,000
and will be started pretty soon. Her
we met our old friends, Con. Kelly
Hugh DAILY, Nose Furlong. NJ. Murphy
County Auditor Sweeney, ]. J. Clarl
Pat Duffy, D. L. Shea. John Hagel
Tom Gleason, Ed. O'Bren, Tom Phi
bin, Gen. G. D. Curtis. J. J. Grogal
Atty. Gen. Donovan, John McNIullel
jeff O'ConneH, Rev. S. J. Sulliva
who is one of the bright lights of til
Catholic church in Montana. J. /.
Ryan, NJ. J. Murphy, NJ. G. Dunph.
Mrs. j. r. Mcnamara, w. NJ. McGahal
Father Foley, J. B. Toughill. and Coz
Sweeney Of Winston. And now
word for the good sisters in charge {