The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-19
|REV. GILLESPIE
| HOME FROM West
p,,.or Of 81. Peter. Catholic Church
Of This city Is Home From
slx Weeks
Journey.
20 CONDUCT SERVICES
w,,I preside Al TWO EARLY Masses
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-. NO. the most pleasant journey
~ life." said Rev. Father James
G;,lasnie Of st. Peters Catholic cnurcn
u " ais city. who returned Friday noon
81 sa,n, q six weeks trip In the west. y
~ "a, rarv glad to get back, however,
- ~ continued. And his parishioners
~ ne all pleased to see him back, also.
Tsara will he four services at st. Pet-
~ church today and Rev. Father
G;,1esnie VIII preside at the first two.
shs si15 and 1880 o'clock masses:
The Journey taken by the Keokuk
nr;est was long and interesting one
"a he had much to say OF the many
alas can't incidents OF the past Six
w y In various cities in the west
~ met a number OF Keokuk residents
snd several former members OF his
chnrch and friends Of his In the priest
hood and this added many pleasant
1tttle touches to his vacation tour.
Left Keokuk August 3.
Rev Father Gillespie left Keokuk op
August 8. going direct to Lacrosse,
Wis where three days were spent
With friends. From there he con-
timed on to St. Paul, Mimi, where he
y1sited Archbishop Ireland's $2.000.000
cathedral. The next stop was at Win
nineg Canada. from which point he
took the Canadian Pacific railroad
across the continent, He stopped at
several summer resorts In the Rocky
mountains, among them Bans and
lake Louise. This latter place he de-
scribed as a particularly beautifully
located place in the heart OF the
rockies by the side OF clear noun
tain lake.
Rev. Father Gillespie arrived At
Vancouver on August ii and after
spending day and a half there, took
boat to Victoria, Vancouver.
where four days we're spent.
From there he went to Seattle for q
five days visit, which included side
trip to Mount Rainier and the valley
of paradise
Meets Rev. Father schott.
At Portland he had the good for.
tune OF meeting Rev. Father Sclfott
who conducted retreat In this city
about year ago and was entertained
while there at the home OF this priest.
Rev. Father Schott was just recently
transferred from the Davenport do
cese to the Pacific coast.
Rev. Father Gillespie took boat
to San Francisco on August 25 and
remained In that city until Sept. 6. In
his opinion the San Francisco fair Is
far superior to any A6ther ever held
and he was particularly struck with its
beauty In the fair city he met many
friends In the clergy with whom he
went to school In st. Paul In former
years, but not one Keokukian during
all the time he was there.
From San Francisco. Rev. Father
Gillespie journeyed to Santa Barbara
where he visited the famous old mis-
sion house which was built In the sew
enteenthJ century. Services are being
held IN It still. he said. Other places
visited in southern California were
Los Angeles and San Diego. He also
took five hours ride on the Pacific
to the Catilini Islands. In Los An
geles he saw the mission play, depict
ing the early history of California,
which was described as very Inn
'pressive spectacle.
keokukians In Denvor.
On his return Journey Rev. Father
Gillespie passed through Salt Lake
City and spent short time in Den
yer In the latter city he was sur
prlsed to meet c. j. Smith OF this
city on the street. and also visited
with Mr.. and Mrs, Reach, former Keo-
'kuk residents. He met two other Keo-
kuk people in Denver, Mrs. Stafford
and son Martin.
AT Council Bluffs and Omaha, Rev.
rather Gillespie visited among cleri-
cal friends and then continued his
tourney home, arriving here at noon
on Friday.