The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-12-11
FROM ALONG THE LINE
In a Trip to Portland, Oregon,
a Representative
OF This Journal Gives Some
"reminiscences.

lar WEST Ill the INTERESTS OIL tulS paper,
Mr.. John B. Pewters writes as follows
concerning the same:
In the course of several years, since
your agent last visited the west, almost
every place seemed to have changed
very much, and in manner that left
no doubt of the wonderful growth of
that section of the country. Cities had
doubled, trebled, and in few instances
quadrupled their population in ten
years.
Our first stop, allowed by the old ia
miliar Northern Pacific railway, was at
st. Cloud where the company is build
ing fine new depot. Judge Donahue
Lawyer Sullivan, M. Keaveny, S. T.
Doyle, Steven Murphy, Mr. Gruetsch
w. H. Moore, Jas. M. Barrett and M
]. Connolly were the principal friends
we met here.
Little Falls has improved greatly, too
and there is plenty of room for more
at this attractive little city. Thos
Cannon, Mrs. John ONeill. P. ]. Tom
atty, Thos. O'Neill, the Fraziers and T.
P. Rough were our friends there.
Now for Brainerd which has recently
added many substantial brick and stone
blocks to it's business center. Dar
Clark, Con. O'Brien, Henry Dunn, S. r
Adair, the Cullen Brothers. John
Hughes, J. Griffin, John o. Fender
CAST, 7. II. Brady, Peter Earl, M. J.
Reilly, Jennie Crowley, Vim. Barron
John M. Taylor, James Nelis and Mrs
Hawley are among the people that have
grown prosperous in this place, where
| iron ore is said to exist in abundance
under the pines.
A little beyond Is Staples, the rail-
road junction, always busy in that par
ticular line OF work. Here we met old
friends in the Rev. Father Goebel, Mike
Cullen, Ed. Wheeler, Mike Kearns, M
| eastman, r. ]. Mahoney, Jim McCabe
and Vim. Meehan.
At Moorhead it was our pleasure to
meet Rev. Chas. Cannon, Edward Fay
M. J. Hawley, Messrs. O'Neill. Will
liams, Waldron and others.
Fargo, the metropolis of North Da
kota, was in mourning over the deatr
of Bishop Stanley when I was there
He was beloved by all the people of thi
great state. Fargo is splendid city
and prosperous. Peter Elliott is the
chief executive. Here, too, we met kline
friends in Jas. and John Kennedy, Dicp
Fields f. ]. Harrington, Dan Costello
Jas. Coleman, P. W. Clemens, w. j
Sheehan, Messrs. Heating. McAleese
McManus, O'Hearn, Sullivan, the Sis.
tiers of the Sacred Heart and those ir
charge of st. Johns hospital. The in
situations named have grown and pros.
pered wonderfully since our last visit
Fargo is rich in every particular.
Valley City has grown perceptibly
Here are D. O'Malley, w. J. Moran, ]
E. Coyle, loyal supporters Of the Irish
Standard for many years.
At Jamestown we called on the ge-
NAL Father Geraghty, now building q
$4,000 church, ]. Flahcrty, M. Murphy
Phil Mason, John Boyle J. A. Murphy
the O'Neills, the Longs, the Plourds
and many others who do not now come
! to our memory. The Sisters Of st. 10.
seph have fine institution and as 8
seat of learning it is largely patronizet
from the outside and deserves the mos
hearty support.
Next to the capital, Bismarck, the
city by the old Missouri, is growing ant
has many fine public buildings. Hon.
est John Burke is loyalty doing his par
for North Dakota, and is a most popu.
lar governor. Among others whom we
met here were Thomas WEIGH, the Gun.
ninghams, Chief Mcdonald Victor
Meyer and 7. p. McGarvcy, t..Mary
parochial school, one Of the institution!
that Bismarck points to with more tlial
ordinary pride.
NIandan, across the mighty Muddy
| was experiencing DOOm dt Inc Tune
owing to it's being kind of headquar.
tiers for all the new railroad construc'
ton going on. Here was located fo
many years that veteran churchmar
and church builder, the Very Rev Dear
Collins, whose death occurred shor
time ago. John Fora, the grocer, F..
reader of the Standard since 1885. Da
v,d Carey, Chas. Mcdonald. VIM. Car
.en, j. Banbcrry, owen Flynn. Tobir
and Drury, J. p. Mcdonald, f.. p. Nc
Qu!llan, the McSor!eys and Cantwell!
are among our old friends in Mandan.
Next comes Dickinson. one OF thu
very best towns in North Dakota. Herr
Is stationed that patriotic Irish priest
Father Dignam, who knows secular al
we'll as religious history to perfection
T. ]. Hughes, Mike McG'lley. Mrs
w. Ray, Chas. Nolan, Patrick McGin
ley, the Cuskellys. Mrs. Walsh. J. r