The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-30
BUTTE, MONT.

There was a large attendance at the
mass meeting at the Auditorium last
Friday evening, called to further the
project of inducing the people to settle
upon the wonderfully fertile unoccupied
! lands in Teton county, which project
is so earnestly supported by Bishop
John P Carroll of Helena. The meet.
| ing was addressed by Bishop Carroll
and by Rev. Father NJ. F. Mccormick
of Conrad The latter gave a very in
teresting description of that portion of
the state which has within the past
year come mot so wide and favorable
repute because of the wonderful devel-
opment of it's agricultural resources.
Bishop Carroll was introduced to the
audience by Mayor Nevin, who took oc-
casion to express his hearty approval of
the cause for which the meeting was
called. In part, Bishop Carroll said:
'I am here to speak of proposition
| in which / am interested as a citizen
and as the bishop of the diocese of Hell
ena. Agriculture is the great mainstay
of our whole commercial and social sys-
TEN. 1t is the fruitful source of every
thing that is good for us in a material
| way. God gave the land to us with an
admonition that we should bring forth
its fruits If mother earth should fail
of the great purpose for which 1t was
intended by God, all other industries
and interests in this world would be
paralyZed. Stable prosperity comes to
a community in proportion as its agri-
cultural resources are developed and
fostered. Mines are liable to become ex-
hausted at any time and factories to be
! closed down, and men and their families
who depend upon them have very pre-
carious dependence"
Mrs. Lillian Fitzgerald, aged y years,
died Friday morning at the home Of her
sister, Mrs. ]. Elmer Young, 619 Dia-
mond street She has been i'll for two
months of abcess of the brain. Mrs.
Fitzgerald was a native of England,
and had lived in Butte for twenty-five
years. She is survived by her husband,
Alexander Fitzgerald, ana a son and
daughter. Her sister in this city and
two brothers in other sections of the
country, also survive her. Mrs. Fitz-
gerald was member of several socie-
ties. Beautiful floral tributes for the
funeral We're sent by the employees of
the Leonard mine, where Mr. Fitzgerald
is shift boss, and several lodges The
pallbearers were P. P. Kelly, Louis Nc
san, Ronald Ross, Dennis Sullivan,
Barney Ferns and Harry Hurley. In
terment was in the family plot in the
Catholic cemetery.
Edward Sullivan, aged 90 years, died
early Saturday morning after a short
illness of pneumonia. He came 20 Butte
two weeks ago from Pocatello to visit
his father, Tim Sullivan, and his sister,
Mrs. Patrick Malvey. He was taken sick
soon after his arrival. Mr.. Sullivan
was well known in Butte where he had
many friends. For some time past he
had hepr yUOrlyipey Como 10 inc I,a o1,,r,ad
in Idaho. Besides his father and sister
in Anaconda, he is survived by two
brothers, Patrick Sullivan, a business
man of Cripple Creek, Colo, and Dennis
Sullivan of Dollar Bay, Mich.
The annual bazar and fair to be held
for the benefit of the Immaculate Con-
ception church will begin Nov. 4, and
continue for several days, at the Leyson
building on North Main street.
1t is planned by Rev. Father Barry
and his committee to make the fair one
Of the big winter events in Butte. The
Leyson building will be remodeled and
redecorated and made to look like
fairy place for the occasion.
Mining stock, real estate, oil paint
ings and real specimens of Irish lace
will be among the articles given away.
In the baby show a cow will be given
so that some Butte youngster will have
a supply of fresh milk from his own
dairy.
Rev. Father Barry has surrounded
himself with capable assistants, who
are working hard for the success of the
fair. P. ]. Macarthur will act as treas
urer; Mrs. Nicholson will have charge
of the baby booth; Mrs. Thomas Lavell,
fancy work department; Mrs John Hy-
land, doll booth; Mrs. Pearce, mer-
chants booth; Mrs. Cronin, real estate
booth; Mrs. P. H. Regan, apron booth:
Mrs. j. V. Collins, candy booth; Mrs
Patrick Mccarthy, fish pond; Miss Kel-
let, cigar stand; Miss Nellie Walsh,
lemonade booth; Mrs. Burnet, dining
room. The ladies mentioned will be
ably assisted.