, 1906-11-30

August Trabing, formerly a member
of the territorial council before Wyo.
ming became a state. afterwards a
member of the board of county COM
missioners of Albany county, and also
mayor of Laramie, died at 8 O'Clock
Wednesday night, at his home at Way
side, after an illness of several days.
The body was brought to this city
Thursday afternoon and turned owe
to Undertaken J. w. Stryker to be pre-
pared for burial. The interment will
be in the city cemetery, the date not
having yet been fixed. Mrs. TRADING
was at Wayside, Wis, at the time of
the death of her husband. and was
notified yesterday. She is probably
on the Dad home, hoping to reach
here by Sunday. The funeral may be
held Monday, but the details have not
yet been arranged.
Taken III in City.
Mr.. Trabing returned several days
ago from Wisconsin, where he had
been with his wife, and was taken i'll
at his rooms at the Johnson hotel.
He was under the care of a physician,
who brought him around so that on
Monday of this week Mr.. TRADING o
sidered himself strong enough to make
the trip home, where his daughter,
Me- VIII DriJ.or n0,1l p fo- hin,
He reached home Monday afternoon,
but did not mend as rapidly as his
friends could wish. Wednesday he
was taken much worse and late that
afternoon his son-in-law, w. H. Bridg-
er, was sent to the King Bros. ranch,
the nearest telephone station, and DR..
Stevens and George TRADING, a SOL of
the deceased, were summoned from
this city. The message came about 8
o'clock at night, and the physician and
Mr.. Trabing left at once for Wayside,
arriving there at 2 o'clock Thursday
morning. several hours after the death
of the elder TRADING, he having passed
away about 9 o'clock in the evening.
The physician returned home Thurs
day afternoon, arriving at 2:30. The
remains came later, in charge of mem
bers of the family.
Born in Germany.
August TRADING was born in Ger
many July 2, 1912, being past Ga years
of age at the time of his death. AT
the age of 8 years he came with his
parents to the United States, they To-
eating at Washington City, where for
several years August Trabing was CON
nected with the commissary depart
ment of the federal government. Dur
ing the Civil war he remembers seeing
the retreat of the Union forces during
the first battle of Bull Run, n in
after years often referred to that event.
Game West for Government.
From Washington he came west
with his brother, Charles TRADING, To-
eating first at Fort Mcpherson, Neb..
where they were in charge of a mule
train for the war department. From
Nebraska he came to Laramie as a
blacksmith, locating here N engag-
ing in business. He built what was
then known as the Blue Front" on
First street, the building now owned
and occupied by the Laramie Grocery
company as a stable and warehouse.
Here Mr.. Trabing engaged in the the
atrical business, the BLUE Front be-
ing a theater and dance hall. Later he,
converted the building into a mercan-
tile establishment, for which it was
used for a long time.
In Business at Medicine Bow.
From Laramie Mr.. TRADING went to
Medicine Bow in 1870. A couple OF
years or so later he was Joined by j. w.
Stryker, and they were in business
there for a number of years, both COM
ing to this city n going into bust
ness in the TRADING theater. The busl-
ness career of Mr.. TRADING since that
time is well known in Laramie. h
Trabing Commercial company was
formed, the company occupying a large
two-story building at the corner OIL
Second and Garfield streets. the pres
ent site of the Laramie Grocery com
pany's magnificent building. The
Trabing building was burned to the
ground several years ago and for four
or five years the site remained vacant
only the walls of the basement story
remaining. The present building was
erected about two years ago.
Controlled Star Routes.
MI. TRADING at the time of his death
vas the owner of the characterization
Observation-Disclosures and Lar
amie-Sibylee stage lines and star mai
- -I.- Aho bnninaca his nprSOn.