The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-04-29
our LARAMIE LETTER.
from our Regular Correspondents
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"Gem of the Rockies" Unjust own
to a feeling that this is rather a pre-.
tentious name for a modest little place,
with more of fact than fancy in its
compositions; but let us consider its
claims for Il moment. 1t has the Rocky
Mountains as a setting-and the noun.
tains Of this region are conceded to be
the grandest in the New World. Their
snow-clad peaks rise proudly and de-
family into the clear air till they pierce
the bluest, brightest sky of any land.
The Alps themselves, with all their
stored fame of poetry and legend,
compare but meanly with these noun
tains in sublimity of beauty and aw-
fulness Of grandeur. 1t is even said
that nature, in her widest moods, has
no1chere excelled her handiwork here.
The gem of such a setting, then, should
be no ordinary one. AS town it
should have the symmetery and polish
of a new coin, and the endurance of
oak and iron. These it has, in embryo
at least, and, like "a diamond in the
rough" it each year reaches, in ever
lengthening strides, toward the highest
perfection We could expect.
Buildings first rise in an enduring
form, then are adorned, as to them
selves and their surroundings, until the
whole air of the place is one of per-
Torrance, thrift and elegance-no
magic here.
In the one item of ~tree-planting,
enough has been done this one season,
and well done, too, to make this a
place of joy forever and the pride of
future generations.
Our streets and alleys are clean and
comely for the mo part, and bid fir
to be kept so as long as that fearless
defrauder, /" the tramp" visits us, for
our authorities receive these worthless
worthy of contempt-shelter and
feed them, but give them such whole
some exercise, with shovel and pick,
that they d" stand not upon the order of
their going " when they are released;
and if they happen this way again,
they are apt to go, reluctantly, but
surely, by.
One or two remarkable facts serve to
show the alertness of our officials and
the painstaking of our people gener-
ally. For example, we have had
a burglary committed, nor has a fire of
| ony p,orptt,tln nrn,,rral In tho hictnrv
Of this place.
Among those who have done much
to give to the west this proud little
city, l may mention Mr.. E. Ivinson,
banker, who has contributed a generous
number of the best business houses.
Mr.. Ivinson has the advantage which
ready money always gives, and uses it
to create Il safe margin on his side of
business transactions, thus making his
own ventures safe, and giving us the
benefit of q sound and every way reli-
able financial centre.
A. T. Williams, Henry Wagner, J.
/ w. Conner, I. D.. Abbott, and others,
like Mr.. Ivinson, came here at an early
day, without capital, and have, like
him, dealt shrewdly, made money rap
idly, and expended it freely in building
up the town. Many others who have
done excellent work in this line are
duly credited in the minds of our peo-
pie, but 1 will not take space to emu
merate them here and now.
To the horrid chapter OF crimes and
casualties which has been published in
your paper within the last month, l
have to add a startling suicide of last
week. Ben Dutton, a miner of consid-
cradle responsibility was placed in a
cell of the county Jail for going on a
drunken carouse, and finding a razor
conveniently placed, remorselessly sew
cred his jugular, and was dead in a few
minutes. Also the murder, by shoot
ing, of q man named Schnell, by two
men who assumed to be officers from
Colorado, and who were settling a lit
tie difficulty in 4 rather undignifed
way, in rather unsavory company. DR..
Hayford very properly asks whether it
pays for public sentiment to sustain
such crime breeding dens as curse every
community, and which are surely sus-
tanned as long as they are not withered
by the bright light of a purer senti-
ment among the masses.
Many substantial improvements are
in progress, and more are under con-
temptation. Builders are all busy, and
business generally is Frightening. Min
ing interest runs higher than ever be-
fore, more strangers are making their
way into the mines here, and a greater
number of our substantial business
men are taking steps to reap the bene-
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