Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-06-11
Irish TEMPERANCE Plan
Spreading Ove,- Great Britain,

, Protestant denominations seem 10 have
sunk all differences and instances are
| common now Of Church Of ireland
| clcrgymen taking the services in Pres
| byterian churches and vice versa Hun
| drcds Of publicans have gone out OF
| business and hundreds more are think
! Ing Of doing so. and | am informed that
! the Irish pawnbrokers are also suffer
| ing from diminution In the volume
OF their trade
REMUNERATION OF TOWNS.
The Bandon town commissioners
have been discussing subject Of
great interest TO Irish towns in general.
For the last generation the complaint
has been common that the Irish towns
were decaying, and until recent
ly this has been quite true. The
depOpulation of the country by emigra-
ton and the Impoverished condition OF
those who were left killed the trade OF
the country towns and II Is
common experience in ireland 10
see whole streets or what were
once fine shops falling into decay
while the grass grows I'm the public
market places. Since the land purchase
act got fairly into swing. however,
there has been a great Improvement.
The farmers who have bought their
land and houses are now turning their
attention 10 making themselves com
ing is becoming general. All this. Of
course, puts money into the pockets Of
the traders In the country towns and
these towns are taking on a new ap-
pearance. The Bandon town commits
sioners have taken up the subject Of
improving their public markets and
trying to bring hack the lost prosperity
Of tho town by encouraging the revival
Of the periodical fairs and markets
which were dropped a good many years
ago.
TOWNS WAKING UP.
A number Of other towns are think
ing over the same problem and / know
one or two in the north that have re-
modelled their ancient market buildings
and provided fresh accommodation for
the neighboring farmers 10 do business
and which are profitinE by their wis
dom Business mems associations have
been organized in a number of towns
and efforts are being made To secure
ohelp market rates from the railways
and 10 provide amusements for the Wis
itors who come to spend their money
In the towns
The fishermen Of Neville and the
other villages In Inishowen have just
won n signal victory In the law courts
and for the last two or. three days the
people Of the peninsula have been hold
ing high festival In celebration Of II.
From time immemorial II has been
the custom of the fishermen To FISH free
IS for salmon I'm the open lough.but re-
Gently an English company which holds
the fishing rights on the upper reaches
Of the rivers Foyle and Bann sought
and obtained an injunction restraining
them from taking salmon within three
miles Of "a line drawn from Inishowen
Head 70 Ramore Head. THIS practiceli"
took away the livelihood OF hundreds -
families and an Organization Was
formed to protect their ancient rights
Several members OF parliament inter
csted themselves In the nshermer's
cause and secured counsel for them
with the result that this week the high
court quoshed the Injunction and form
ally confirmed the right ~ the fisher
men 20 unrestricted fishing IN the opcn
Tough r. Y. CULLEN