Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-11-02

want this alley vacated: | want this
erect opened out and put on the
grade. That will cost you two thous.
and dollars. want you TO connect
this with the public sewer, which will
cost twenty-five hundred dollars. |
want you To give us free light in pcr
petuity; but | will excuse you from
that just now because you have an
other facility, but when the time
comes, | should like free lights They
took a vote and said. Grant him ey.
erything he asks" And we went ON
with our building, and | got more sub,
sCriptions from n0n.Catholic
friends than ! got from u Catholic
friends. God was good to them in
many ways. Our people, OF course,
did well. They had built their school
and saved the taxpayers four thousand
dollars every year by the fact OF edu.
eating two hundred and fifty children
and putting up this building; the city
council realized this. And right here
| will say that those mel who got
the water works for this city deserve
monuments. and the public will STE
the benefits of that manner OF public
management of the water works. We
have the same in Marshalltown. and
We will remember kindly those mel
of the city council who inaugurated
that manner Of taking are of that
public property.
Now, we have a proposition before
us this evening to help us along in
our civilization. First of all, too, |
will thank those who try TO encourage
tine Sisters to come here and locate
here. They are capable of dong a
great deal of good for this community.
| asked a few Sisters that were ~
PEELED from Germany a few years ago
by Bismarck. how many orphans did
they educate and provide homes for
in Dubuque. Mother Elizabeth said In
twenty years since she was expelled
from Germany, she had the satisfac.
ton of providing homes for over a
thousand children that otherwise
perhaps would run the streets and
would be an expense TO the state. |
sent over a dozen of these children
from Marshalltown tn this same IN
stitution, and more than half of them
were non.C Catholics. But Il made no
difference, they educated them and
provided good homes for them. espec-
tally among the farmers.
Now, the Sisters that ! speak Of,
the Little Daughters of Jesus, that are
expelled from France. are right in this
city. The question is, do you want
them or not? And you will have TO
decide within the next six months
whether you want to keep them o.
not. There are other institutions, per
haps. private hospitals. We know. OF
course, that there are good persons
conducting them; they are too good
to remain there all the ume, and that
is the reason good institutions are
always handicapped. THESE matrons
are deserving of good husbands and
they get good husbands, and they have
homes OF their own. Now. the Sis
ters, of course. devote their whole
lives to taking care of the sick, and
by the fact of having an institution
here, they will save the taxpayers d
great many dollars by having their in.
valids, their sick persons, go to some
other place for treatment. So in that
way il will be a big benefit to the city.
Il will save them railroad fare and ii
will keep the money that you have TO
give to other doctors, right here al
home. You have just DIS good doc.
tors here, and surgeons. as you Will
find in Chicago. The only difference
is they do not know how to charge
you as high as they do In that big
city. (Applause.)
Now. | have taken the liberty OF
naming a committee OF four gentle
men that will be well known to you
all, and who will cali Upon you 10
see what can be done In the matter
IL makes no difference TO me n way
or the other. II you do not want these
Sisters. | will find another place where
they do want them. SO In the next
SIX months you will hav- an opportun'
ity of deciding this definitely, wheth.
er you want them here to open mp
a frst-class modern hospital or not,
They say that when a bishop Is sent
TO a diocese. IL Is equivalent to AT
least one great big trunk line enter
ing into the city and into the territory
and when a hospital Is placed In d
city It is equivalent to a dozen factor
les. think hat those who will study
out this matter will say that there
is a great deal of truth in that say
ing.
Now, | have named TINS committee,
who will wait on the different merch-
ants and different people. regardless
oil any creed or color or party afiilia'
lions, to find out what they will do In
regard to having a first-class hospital.
They will be asked to donate some.
thing: the Sisters donate all their ser
wee gratis: they want no pay for IT.;
and | will say right here that there
is no hospital that Is conducted by
Catholic Sisters that is a paying In.
stitution; they always have charity
patients, even now In their little
home where they can nurse only two
persons at present, they have had
charity patients. OF course they have
others that will pay them. but they al
ways aim q have such patients. The
RUE is never 10 TURN away a ouoJ''t
that Is deserving Of treatment.
Now, this committee is composed
OF the following gentlemen: David
Hilger. W. ID. Symmes. John Laux and
Joseph Bertrand. They are all strang'
ers To me, but | have heard of them
a. being hrst-class citizens. and per.
sons that take an interest in ali pub
lie affairs. so | request these gentle
men 10 meet and wait on the citizens
OF IewistOwn to see what can be done
in regard to having a hrst-class, mot
em hospital. This may seem a little
out OF the program this evening, bat
when you consider II, and consider the
audience that | have to speak to, you
will see hat IL Is all proper and that
il is for the benefit OF the public, au'l