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and all these presidents had to work eight
or ten hours a day before they were as
old as the majority Of the boys attending
these Indian schools.
'There are names that live and should
live. There are names about which mis-
siOns, churches, systems, histories, ma
tons twine, which incite men to great I'M
dertakings noble deeds and virtuOus, glOr-
iOus lives. There is no life-wOrk brighter,
truer, lOftier or more glorious than that
in the service of humanity, and the ser
vice Of humanity, as perfected in the dig
nifty Of Christian effort. 1t is a trite re-
mark that every age has produced its he
rOes, it's saints, and its martyrs; but there
are few amongst us who have sufficient
diseernment to recognize them when they
cross our path in life. And. so, if we were
to meet Father Ravalli, quietly creating
the first saw and flour mill in Montana,
at old st. Mary's mission, we should be
far indeed from guessing that we saw one
who had done deeds which would be in
credible, if not attested by a multitude Of
living witnesses.
Everyone remembers the fact that 1t
was Father D'Aste who nursed the late
Father Ravali during the last few years
of his life, when bedridden he was not
able to help himself. But God alone
knows the amount of good lone quietly and
unOstentatiOusly by the Ravallis, Palla-
dinOs and D'Astes Of the world. The late
Father Ravalli was as distinguished a
physician as he was a clergyman. Many a
poor miner would have lost his life in the
early history Of MOntana's stampedes were
it not for the humanity and Samaritanism
of Pere Ravalli. Hence his name to this
day is a household word among mining
camps all over the world, and even the
railroad authorities hOnOred him whilst
living by calling n station, RaYalli. Every
item connected with the lives of such men,
who were ever generous and chivalrOus in
the highest degree, may be truly said to
be of great public interest and they will
read so strange in these days of political
graft and greed that they will appear al
most incredible. Father PalladinO, Of Hell
ena, has already published a beautiful,
but too brief a memoir Of the lamented
Ravalli.
FEATHER D'Aste, S. J., is the superior of
the great Flathead industrial Indian
schools.
Among the more important departments
of the st. Ignatius schools, at the time of
Charlot's removal to the reservation, were
the Urusline Kindergarten school; the Sis
ters' schools, the Jesuit schools.
The Drsuline Kindergarten School
"FOr Indian children at st. Ignatius'
mission, is truly a success. The Ursuline
order only entered upon their labor of love
here a few short months ago and already
have performed wonder with the yOung
Indian papOOses. Their principal building
is the residence formerly occupied by the
Jesuit Fathers before the latter removed
to their new building. The building is two
4 and One-half stories high and $685. feet.
To the back of this is a long building 20x
so feet, containing refectOry, Kitchen, steam
laundry, ETC.; a shed 100X20 feet, as also
a store room 1920 feet completes the in
voice of structures on their premises.
The Sisters Schools
1.-THE Sisters Schools for Indian girls at
st. Ignatius, are we'll worthy of inspection
There are three main buildings whose di-
mansions are: Eastern building 125x4 feet