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Brooks, of Casper. The paper was
an able effort, we'll worthy of that
very prominent and much esteem
ed gentleman. John Hamilton.
of the Department of Agriculture,
at Washington, read a paper on
how the citizens of Wyoming can
more rapidly develop the agricul.
tural of the state. This
address was long drawn out and
made the audience very tired,
though it was really a very inter-
esting address. Hon. G. ID. Clark,
Wyoming's junior Senator, spoke
on the Financial Importance of
the Oil Fields of Wyoming" AS
this subject vas of peculiar inter
est to many of our people, the
Senator's address was followed
very closely to the end, as he is
never tiresome. This closed the
exercises of the evening, as so
much time had been consumed
that the able address of President
Lewis, of tn" Wyoming State Uni
versity had to be postponed until
the next day.
The entire morning session of
the Convention was consumed in
the reports of committees, and the
addresses had to be postponed for
the evening session. The COM
mittee on Permanent Organization
recommended that Governor Chat
terton be chosen President of the
Convention, Hon. l.. c Miller, of
Rawlins, vice President, Hon. S.
FL. Hardin, of Sheridan. second
vice President and Col. G.. G..
Coutant as Secretary. Casper was
selected as the place of meeting in
1904.
The committee on Resolutions
presented a most interesting set of
resolutions. which were read by
the chairman, ex-senator j. NJ.
Carey, and adopted, one by one,
as read. The resolutions on the
question of the repeal of the land
laws, and forest reserves, called
forth some very strong speeches,
in which Senators Warren and
Clark and Congressman Mondell
took a part. The sentiment of the
entire Convention was against the
repeal of the lands laws, as we'll ms
for the confirming of forest reserves
to the timbered areas of our non
tains.
That afternoon witnessed the
departure of a number of the del
egates for the southern part of the
state. The evenings program
was rather crowded, as it contain
ed a paper ON the citizenship of
Wyoming" by G.. 5. T~allifarro,
"The Mineral Possibilities of Wy
oming,' by Prof. Fl. G. Beeler,
State Gcologist, How Wyoming
Can Furnish It's Own Butter and
Cheese" by F. Fl. Vaughn, "Edu-
cation as a Factor III Industrial
Development" by President Lew
is, of the Wyoming University,
What is Most Needed in Wyo-
ming by Hon. J. NJ. Carey, He
serves his community best who
labors for the entire state" by
Hon. F. W. Mondell, and How to
promote development in Wyo-
ming" by Hon. Willis George
Emerson.
1t would hardly be proper,
were the writer so inclined, to
close this article without some
mention of the untiring services
of Col. q. G Coutant, the secre-
tary of this convention. In a well
ordered household there is always
one who looks after everything,
who is almost omnipresent as well
as o~mniscient; who sees to the
comfort of the family, the prepar-
alton of the meals, the care of the
rooms, the arrangement of all
matters that pertain to the com
fort and we'll being of each and
every member of the household.
That is the mother. To her is re-
ferred all questions for solution;
to her 90 all matters of arrange
ment, of distribution, Of conten-