The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-05-13

ministry amid the prayers and bless
ings of these, thy children. Welcome,
yes, thrice welcome, and more, a hun
dred times welcome, to our dear old
Hills, and welcome, a million times
welcome to the sanctuaries of our
hearts
Bishop Lawler responded in fitting
words and promised to pay visit to
Sturgis in the near future.
Once more we were on our way
From Whitewood the trains slowly as.
cended the steep grade to Deadwood,
which is 1920 feet above sea level
Deadwood has the air Of modern city
with it's well-paved streets, it's fine
public buildings and commercial
blocks, its neat residences, its bus
Ting professional and business men.
The city follows the lines of a Y
shaped gulch among the hills with
many of the houses perched on their
terraced sides. The scenery is pic
turesque. Well-kept roads lead over
the hills and out into the surrounding
country. To the northwest lies a deep
valley and in the distance, seventy
miles away, can be seen the dim out
lines of mountain peaks in Montana.
Far up the valley is large reservoir
which serves to irrigate it.
The Catholic parish of st. Ambrose
has about seventy-five families. The
church is a brick-veneered structure
perched on the hillside adjoining the
parochial residence. 1t shows the
signs of age and will soon have to give
place to more pretentious building,
commanding site for which has been
secured on the main street. The par
ish is in charge of the Rev. r. F. DUDE
whose. unObtrusive kindness and gen
ial hospitality will long be remember
ed by us. He is beloved by all, both
Catholic and Protestant, for his win
ming ways and the courtly manner
characteristic of his race.
From Deadwood to Lead is about
four miles by automobile over wind
ing road up the steep hillside. Lead
is one thousand feet higher than Dead
wood. 1t is beginning to put off the
trappings of mining town and to as
sumo metropolitan appearance. The
business section lies in a gulch and
the residence district is on the steep
hillsides. The town is dominated by
the Homestake Mining Company which
employs 1900 men in It's mines and
mills. Last year the output was ST.
100000 worth of bullion shipped to the
minis in Denver and Philadelphia. The
city boosters claim a population of
nearly 5000, large proportion of
whom are Catholics. The pastor of
the Pro-Cathedral Father Mccarthy,
informed us that there were over two
hundred paying families in his parish
and many others more or less care
less about their religious duties. This
is to be expected in mining town
where SO many foreigners are EN-
ployed. The Pro-Cathedral is a frame
building capable of seating about five
hundred. Like nearly all the other
buildings in the city it is located on
steep hillside adjoining the episcopal
residence which isl commodious brick
structure. Nearby is the parochial
school, at present unoccupied. 1t has
four large class rooms and an audito-
rum on the main floor. Father Nc
Carthy is well thought of by the citi-
zens in general and he left nothing
undone to make our visit pleasant and
memorable. He entertained the Wis
iting prelates and the st. Paul priests
at dinner the evening before the in
stallation. iUa at
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