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president, who appointed Rev. Walton
to take the chair during the literary
program and Mr.. Wolfard to act as
critic.
The Good Accomplished.
Mr.. Bell, whose address was listened
to with the closest attention, spoke in
a most enthusiastic manner of the good,
which the step taken by the club, in
sending an exhibit of Albany county
products to Chillicothe would do to
the southeastern part of Wyoming and
the state in general, and also of the
hospitable manner in which Prof. Buff
fun and himself had been received by
the good people of Chillicothe and the
executive committee of the convention.
He congratulated the club upon the
fact that a direct result of their initia-
tive would be apparent in a very short
time, when a large party of prospective
settlers will arrive here from Missouri,
all of them attracted here by what
they saw of Albany county products at
the convention and coming here with
the intention of investing.
Exhibit Well Displayed.
Mr.. Bell said hat the committee in
charge rendered every help possible to
Prof. Buffum, and that the Albany
county exhibit was displayed in a
booth situated in the middle of a large
square, where the convention was held,
and where 5000 people were seated
during the addresses. Prof. Buffum,
said Mr.. Bell, had done wonders in
the way of arranging the display. Each
mans exhibit was arranged separately
and plainly marked with his name and
district, the whole completely putting
in the shade an exhibit of produce
from the vicinity of Chillicothe, which
had been arranged with a view by
some inhabitants to Offset it. In fact,
said Mr.. Bell, the Missouri exhibit
helped the Wyoming exhibit, as the
contrast was so evident.
Buffum Answers Questions.
Prof. Buffum had made a most favor
able impression Upon the thousands
of people who pressed around the
booth and came to ask questions Of
him. Many visitors to the convention
spoke most highly of his knowledge of
the subjects he discussed int the
clear way in which he expressed him
self. Prof. Buffum had undergone a
perfect ordeal in the way of answer
ing questions, especially questions as
to how land and water rights may be
obtained here, and had given away 25,-
900 Albany county pamphlets and 500
pounds of Wyoming Industrial Jour
nails. Incidentally, they had adver,
tised Wheatland very largely by Civ
ing away a large number of pamphlets
descriptive of that region, and telling
that at a sale there a short time ago
$4S, 900 worth of lands had been dis.
posed of and at a more recent sale
5000 acres, all at prices ranging from
$22.50 per acre to s65 per acre, with
a demand for the higher priced lands.
Addressed Large Audiences.
At a meeting at which Prof. Buffum
and himself were the speakers, Mr..
Bell said hat there was as large an
audience as the theater could hold and
that the interest shown was remark
able. In his own address he used the
large map prepared here showing the
settlements upon the plains under the
canals and was kept busy answering
questions. In conclusion, Mr.. Bell said
that if the literary society had spent a
year in collecting the exhibit and thou
sands of dollars, the success Of the
plan could not have been greater.
Bell as a Humorist.
In the discussion upon the subject
Mr.. Bell greatly amused the club by
his descriptions of his meetings with
old friends at Chillicothe, he having
been born there, and brought out more
strongly than before the exceedingly
pleasant manner in which everybody
there had treated Prof. Buffum and
himself, and the hospitality and good
feeling shown.
Louis Tyvold was elected to mem
bership in the club, and the program
committee, through DIR. Q%uaintance
announced that the next meeting O
the club is to be an "Ibsen' evening
c. P. Arnold and DR.. Quaintance Il
present papers upon that dramatist.
SUNDAY SCHOOL PRESIDENT