The Fremont County record., 1883-04-28

Exposition Commissioners met at Blake's
hall on Tuesday evening last, President
| At the direction OF the president Sccre-
tary Martin Ryan read the call published
in the RECORD of April 21.
| The annual report of the secretary of the
Executive Committee for Fremont County
of the National Mining and Industrial Ex-
position was then read and adopted. The
| full text of this report is hereunto ap-
pended.
President Sawyer read letter from Sec
retary Wilson, of the National Mining and
Industrial Exposition, stating that Ere
| mont county would be allotted the same
space occupied last year that her pavilion
| is in good order, and expressing the hope
that our people would make good display
| this summer. During recent visit to
! Denver, President Sawyer saw Hon. w. 4.
II. Loveland, president of the exposition,
who spoke very encouragingly of Fre-
mont's last exhibit and bright prospects.
He referred to the bill passed by the last
Legislature, legalizing county appropriations
for exhibition purposes, and hoped each
county would avail itself of the privileges
| of that law this SEASON. Colonel Sawyer
reverted to the small expense at which
| our county can this year make good eN-
hibit; already having pavilion, suitable
cases for the display of minerals, etc, on
| 1and- Inc question HOW Is Olc loI tHe
people of the county to decide-Shall we
undertake an exhibit this year?
On motion of Colonel Comstock, a COM
mittee (of which the president should con-
stitute one memberl was appointed to con-
( fer with the Fremont county commission
ers and the Cafion board of trade, and as
certain what action in the premises those
bodies are willing to take This commit
tee consists of Colonels Sawyer and Com
stock and w. H. Mcclure Esq.
Secretary Ryan, Colonel Sawyer and
others strongly urged the importance of
| this matter, laying emphasis upon the fact
\ that we already have a nucleus at the ex-
position, around which, at a comparatively
| light expenditure, Fremont county may
have an exhibit of which her people may
be proud.
In this sentiment the RECORD most
heartily joins. The oil interests of our
| country, just in their unfolding bud of
/ promise; our fruit raising capabilities, so
fully demonstrated. and so rapidly being
expanded; our gold, silver, iron, zinc, cop
per, limestone, building stone coal, marble,
and other mines, the richness and extent OF
which have as yet but dawned upon our
people; our cereal possibilities and vegeta-
BILE productions, proverbial all over the
state; call loudly for representation at
Denver this summer, where they may be
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from every part of the world, who will in
few months throng that city. Such an
1 opportunity to advertise our resources and
| products may not be again offered for
/ years, and every citizen should wake up to
the magnitude of the responsibility which
rests upon him to show to the world what
Fremont may and can do.
The commission appointed last year has
done a good work. as the subloined re-
l xx,n Shnx nd bef he
citizens turn out, en- rnasse, on Tuesday
evening, May 8, and elect n new commits
sion, that the work of preparing for an ex-
hibit may be at once commenced
At this adjourned meeting, to be held at
Blakes hall, Tuesday evening, May s. the
report of the committee above named viii
be received, and the election of COM
mission and officers take place. Following
is.
SECRETARY RYAN's REPORT,
Your secretary begs to report that the
first meeting to take action in the matter
Of having the resources and advantages of
Fremont county represented at the Ma
tional Mining and Industrial Exposition, at
Denver, on August l, 1882, was held by
this committee ON June 2, 1882.
At that meeting Colonel f. II. Sawyer
was elected chairman, and Martin Ryan
chosen secretary. committee was ap-
penses, and steps were taken to secure suit
able space for the exhibits of this county
in the exposition building.
At q subsequent meeting ID. G. Peabody,
Esq, was elected treasurer.
Following is summary of the total cash
receipts and disbursements, us shown by
the treaSurers books:
Total cash received 20
Total disoursements---------- pos sc
Balance In treasurer's hands------------s2 IS n
The itemized account of receipts and dis
burscments is shown ON the treasarers
books. to which reference is here made for
further information on this head. Included
in the above disbursements are, $50 for
showcases, which are still the property of
the county S1is.50 for pavilion in the
exposition building, which remains in the
space allotted 10 the county and Sa1S for
pamphlets, about 1000 of which are still
on hand. The balance of the outlay was
for freight and cost of procuring and ship
ping the exhibits, and the expenses Of the
several commissioners who were sent to
Denver to look after them.
After about $500 of the exposition fund
had been raised by private contribution, it
WAS generally held that rs the benefits
would inure to the whole community, the
expenses would be more equitably distrib-
uted by appropriations from the city and
county treasures. Acting upon this idea,
application was made to the city and
county officials for donations to make up
the amount required. In response to this
application the town of Cahon City do
mated 5000. and the county gave $500. As
many other counties and cities had made
similar appropriations, some question was
raised rs to the legality of such action bnt
the legislature, at its last session, passed q
bill icx,lizing all such appropriations. So
this matter has been settled beyond cavil.
As to the crcditableness of this display
made of our county's resources, when the
time and limited means at our command
nrs considered, the favorable notices pub
lished by the Denver papers and by several
correspondents from the east, visiting the
exposition, bear anple testimony. 1t was
generally conceded that, although the qua1,-
titles OF our exhibits, except in u Few in
stances, were small, yet, for number and
variety OF resources, no county presented
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