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Show t 32 , THE INTERMOUNTAIN CATHOLIC ' first time, ascend the altar to say Mass, a joy which has been felt by the parents of every priest here, if I may make the possible exception of my own; but that joy has not yet been felt by parents in this Diocese. In saying this, I do not imply that we who have come to work among you are complaining about our tasks in that they should be performed by native priests; not that at all. We are happy and glad to be here. But it is not a normal or healthy condition that we have no priests of our own. The priests here, your Lordship, are glad to be here, and they have been here long enough to have acquired pride in this State and in this region. And I think we are all anxious to point out to you some of the wonderful things of the State; we are look'ng forward to your expressions of amazement and wonder. As you came out here from New York you came into the region of local pride;' I might add that tjae further wept you go the more this local pride becomes a disease. It is a favorite diversion of us Westerners to point out to unsophisticated Easterners some of the wonders out here and enjoy their expressions of amazement. One by one we shall entertain the Bishop with sights of this kind. We have no doubt that Father Donnellan has already invited the Bishop to Bingham and will stand on the side of the mountain and point to the other side and say: Bishop, how many tons of ore do you think they take out of there every day? The Bishop must gues9 low. Father Dcn-nella- n will then say: Forty-fiv- e thousand tons a day. Did you ever see anything like that? And Father Sanders will point to the great salt beds and ask the Bishop if he has ever seen so much salt on Broadway or Fifth Avenue. And, some day, it is within the realm of possibility that Monsignor Giovannoni will entice the Bishop to Price. He will point to a mountain and say: Bishop, this is all coal. Wonderful, wonderful the Bishop will say. And if he is inquisitive he might ask: Monsignor, is that where the Salt Lake coal comes from? Monsignor Giovannoni will say: Yes and the Bishop will say: Well, this is truly extraordinary. I have never seen coal in the East to compare, with this. I thought Eastern coal was dirty. I believe that it will come as a surprise to our Bishop and to some' of you to learn that a priest of this Diocese has arranged the finances for the building program for the future of this Diocese. Perhaps our Bishop will ask a priest to build a Church or school. This priest will reply: All right, the money has been promised me. Now, the priest who has arranged for this financial assistance is Monsignor Giovannoni and his money comes from the oil wells of Carbon County. There are a few details yet to be arranged; the oil has not yet been taken to the refinery, and until the oil is in the refinery the banks wont cash checks on it. But, of course, you know how fussy these bankers are. But there is no doubt about the oil. We know t |