The Irish standard., 1903-07-18
Various Points Recently Visited
by the Standard.
Representative.
Names ]of Some of Those
Who Have Met With
Success in Montana.
A Visit to Bitter Root Valley
and to the Noted Bald
Butte Mountain.
Special Cor. The Irish Standard.

Special Cor. The Irish Standard.
Maruner, Idaho, July 1U.-Here in
the heart OF the great mining industry
to-day. Passing from Mandan, n. d.,
where our previous letter was dated
from, our first stop was at Dickinson,
one OF the brightest towns in North
Dakota. Good farming lands can be
found in the vicinity, and for grazing
purposes this section OF the state can
not be easily surpassed. Stock rails
ing is one OF the chief industries, and
sheep, cattle and horses are in evil
dence everywhere. Many old as we'll
us new friends We're met here, amongst
them Il. ana j. Cuskeily, formerly o1
Minnesota; j. w. Goodull, the popular
sheriff; Z. Il. CorUett and j. NJ. Car
roll, guardians OF the city; VIM. Ray,
Nj. Mckinley, L. L. McDonougl, all
old-llne railroad man; owen Flynn
and j. a. Flynn, formerly OF the
Gopher State" and j. AlcAndrews.
ST. JusepnS Cnurcn, the Cornerstone
OF Which was laid October II, 1902,
with imposing ceremonies. fully 1000
people being present on the occasion,
is now finished ut u cost OF about $780,
uUU. 1t is Il splendid ediice and a
credit to the people OF that section OF
North Dakota, whose enterprise and
libcrulity made it possible. An excel
lent school building and pastors resi-
dence adjoin the church. 10 the un-
firing zeal and work OF the faithful
pastor, Rev. Father Kabsteinek, u
i'll but Il little over II year and il hall, nr
has accomplished much in the cause
OF religion, and Protestants as we'll as
Catholics respect and admire him.
Leaving Dickinson, the bad lands
are soon reached, and for Il hundred
miles they are the chief attraction.
Glendive, Montana, is passed and ut
Miles City a stop-over of twentyfour
hours is made. Fort keough in the
distance, but three miles away. This
is historic ground, where the gallant
Custer passed his closing days. One
OF the veterans uf the civil War is
here, James Coleman, an old AIontan-
ian, whose early "reminiscences OF this
section of the Union are always inter-
estiny. Still another of the early set
tiers in Miles City is our good friend,
u. j. Crowley. From here we 90 to
Bozeman, situated in the magnificent
Gallatin valley, perhaps the best
wheat producing section Of Montana.
Many buildings are i'll course of cree
ton and there are evidences Oh every
hand of prosperity. The population in
Bozeman is somewhat mixed, the Ger
mans, perhaps, prcdominating. But
few Irishmen seem to have found
their way to this garden spot. james
Foristall, a very successful business
man, is one Of them; Nj. Sexton, in
the employ Of the Northern Pacific, is
another. Thirty miles further west is
Logan, Il railroad junction Of some
prominence. z. j. Flynn, formerly Of
Stearns county, Mimi, is here, so too,
is j. Il. Dunn, ]. Emerson, NJ. NlcDon-
nell, Thos. Judge Il. w. Cronan, and
the inimitable Gilhooley, who is a
host in himself. A day in Logan and
then on to Helena, Montana's capital.
1t was independence day when we ar
rived here, and the day was being
quietly observed. At Marysville, twen-
ty miles out, Oh a branch line of the
Northern Pacific, a more general cele-
bration was the order of the day, and
your representative went along with
the crowd from Helena to help the
Marysville people along in their deter
mination to do full justice to the
event, always so dear to the American
heart. Purely a mining town, Marys-
Vile has number of quartz mills and
is the supply point for many Of the
surrounding mining camps. The pop
ulation of the village is about 1000.
There is a Catholic church here, with
Rev. Father Toilet, formerly Of Ana
conda, as pastor. The church mem.
bership is quite large and there are
three successful Catholic societies in
connection. A quarter Of century
ago or more, the first miner, named
Ralston, came with his wife to this
point, and it was named after her
whose name was Mary. Michael Lane
who was first postmaster Of the place
some twenty years ago, is still here
He has a valuable claim and has de
voted much of his time as prospec
tor in this gold producing section O.
the country. 1t was here where "Tom
my" Cruise, the many times million
aire, first struck the precious meta
years ago, after long term of pros
pecting. Others whom we met during
q brief visit here were such well
known men as M. Hurley, M. b
Twohy, r. Dillon, Thos. O'Conel
Dan Mullins, ]. G. O'Brien. c. Baker
hol, Andrew Des Roster. G. Lehman
O. g. Peabody, Scharpf and Krame,
and many more, all Of whom are sue
ceeding nicely in their various occupa
tons. To the west Of Marysville
Bald Butte mountain. After an hour
ride over a fairly good road and up