The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-01-14
THE CATHOLIC BULLETIN, JANUARY "A, 1911

TIE M J. I1OL1N DOALl
AS to conditions, the mission at Top
bar is poor, and the church Is not pias-
tered. There are about twelve Catho-
lie families and most of them are wait
ing for the time to prove up on their
land, then leave the country. At
Milesville there are also about a doz-
en- families and we can depend on only
few of them, yet think by next sum-
mer we will be able to build a small
church there. AS regards most of the
other missions, most of the people left
the country and the few Catholics re-
naming are scattered all over. Mid
land and Cottonwood, which are the
most promising for a priest, have lost
some of the best Catholic families and
are therefore also weak. At Wall we
may be able to build church next
summer; there are about nine to
twelve families scattered in and about
the place. At Wasta there are four
Catholic families and few single peo-
pie. At Underwood there are only two
Catholic families in town and a few
in the country. At the present time
the people are all discouraged on &C
count of the drought Of last summer.
But I think by spring more families
will settle through the country. Now
over half the claim shanties have been
abandoned, the people prove up and
leave the country, so we have to wait
for better times, to do very much.
The funeral of Lorenzo Bertoletto,
who met his death as result of fall
in the Homestake mine, was held from
the Cathedral Saturday. Father Nc
Carthy celebrating the Requiem High
Mass, The Members of the Cristop-
hero Colombo Society headed by their
band accompanied the remains from
the house to the church and also to
the cemetery where Father Kelly as
sisted at the interment Mr.. Berto-
letto was always very faithful Cath
Ollie and is mourned by widow and
two children.
Saturday afternoon the funeral OF
James Harkin who suicided, while he
was mentally unbalanced took place
from the Cathedral, as reliable wit
nesses established beyond reason
Ele doubt that the young man was IT.
udN1A6 always WILLY q
very good reputation and being known
as more than ordinarily faithful in the
practice of his religion. He had but
recently returned to Lead after an alb
sense of a year or more.
New Years Day was the coolest day
in the Black Hills for the last nine
teen years, the thermometer register
ing from twenty eight to thirty four
degrees below zero according to the
location. Happily this sort of expert.
ence is a great exception.
Confirmation cIass.-The following
private class of adults was confirmed
at the Cathedral Saturday morning,
December 81: Mildred Quillian
Pauline Parretti, Mary Pisich, Blanche
Zurich, Michael Kuester, James Par.
retti.
Another Typical Letter From Lead
Father John Novak, who has just
taken charge of Trip county, writes:
Sunday was at Winner. Attendance
was about 80, ten received the Sacra
ments; there was meeting of Trus
tees in the afternoon at which we
decided to borrow $1,30S.6S for six
months at per cent to pay contractor
the balance due him on $2,650.00 fo1
building the church. The people
have come to see that they were toe
hasty in regard to the church. They
built it not from necessity, but from
a business point of view. Many new
corners refused to take land be-
! cause there was no church and
as soon as the business men
found it out they made a rush tc
build church and as there were some
Catholics among them who were the
prime movers of it, they all decided
for Catholic church, as the subscrip
ton list shows, for nearly half of the
subscribers are nom Catholics.
Many of the Catholics around there
proved up and left the country es
pecially for the winter, some to the
larger cities; others left for good, az
many take up land only for specula
Thus it will take time before it il
actually settled. In my opinion, Win
ner does not need resident prizes
as there are not as many Catholic!
by far as at Colome, nor are the.
very anxious to do much for. thu
church. They had not even thu
windows in the church, nor a stove
I did not scold them for it, much al
was tempted, but went and boz
rowed a wheelbarrow, loaded the stow
up and took it into the church. Ate
this they came and helped me to pu
it up
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A More Hopeful Account JUS
returned from my trip to Hamil. 1t i
no fun to ride in lumberwagon TO
80 miles. There we're about 80 a
Mass and 10 at Communion. The
had just finished their little 20x2
church. It has. a nice location and
nice inside. They built an altar, CON
munion-rail, confessional; had a stow
in, windows and ALL 1t is really cor
soling to see the good will of the pee
pie in regard to their religion. The
built the church all by themselve
ond hod np1y ono oorporfove RI dirnr