, 1906-01-10

jamestown Centennial Celebration
At the regular meeting of the Lara
mic commercial club at the city hall
last night, at which President Gramm
presided, the constitution and bylaws
as reported by the committee were
adopted after being read by Secretary
Corlett Downey and without division.
The constitution relates to the name
and purposes of the organization, mem
bership, officers, committees, bonds,
elections, appointment of committees
and the duties of committees. The by
laws contain the order of business and
modes of procedure.
Reports were received from DR.. SwI.
CART of the mining committee Mr.. Cor
thell from the committee on irrigation
reservoirs, DR.. Hamilton from the civ
ic committee m Mr.. Simpson from
the committee on manufactures. DR..
Swigart reported that the manuscript
for the forthcoming pamphlet on the
mining interests of the county was
almost ready to be submitted to the
committee, which will prepare it for
publication.
DR.. Hamilton stated that the matters
taken up with the city council had all
been well received by that body and ev-
cry recommendation made by the chair
man of the commercial club committee
had been acted upon. Additional lights
had been erected at the railroad eros
sings and people were taking action to-
ward the UP OF their ss.ee=s and
premises. ~
Mr.. Corthell noted some progress in
the work before his committee.
A letter received by Mr.. Simpson
from j. H. Gehrig of GAINESVILLE, Cal,
concerning the proposed opening of the
roller mills here was read. Mr.. Gehrig
gave some interesting facts concerning
the products of the mill. He says
steam engines are too expensive, and
commends the use of a Weber gas en-
CINE, which manufactures its own gas
at a much less cost thar steam, be-
sides lessened cost of insurance, equip
ment and care. Mr.. Gehrig wrote as
follows:
81 saw an item in an eastern paper
which says the Laramie roller mill will
be made into an oatmeal mill. There
is hardly anything in it. With ninety
per cent of the people consuming
bread four or five times a day, and but
very few eating oat meal, a little in the
morning, half the oatmeal mills in the
country are idle or for sale"
The letter was referred back to Mr..
Simpsons committee, with instructions
to confer further with Mr.Gehrig with a
view to opening and operating the mill.
Charles Camp of Greeley, who had
charge of the Wyoming agricultural ex-
hibit at the Portland exposition, and
who gave entertainments with a pic
ture machine, illustrating scenes and
life in Wyoming, addressed the club
concerning the raising of $500 in AL
bany county for an enlarged picture
show to be given at the jamestown
(Va.) centennial exposition and at 9th
er points in the east, being a part of
an exhibit he would collect from the
whole state, each county to be repre-
scented. Mr.. Camp was endorsed by
Prof. B. C. Buffum, who stated that the
show at the Portland exhibition had
been an important feature of the Wyo-
ming exhibit and had nightly attract
ed large numbers of people, all of whom
were interested in the pictures, partic-
ularly the motion pictures, showing ir-
rigation methods, the roundup, break
ing horses and other scenes typical of
life and industry in the state.
Mr.. Camp added that it would re-
quire about $500 to run the exhibition
during the summer, which he hoped to
raise in the different counties in the
state, some of which would be expend.
ed in getting new wyoming cenes and
all of which would be used exclusively
for the benefit of this state.
The proposition was referred to the
executive committee, consisting OF w.
H. Holiday, T. H. Simpson and R. l.
Hurt, with power to act in the matter
Mr.. Downey referred to the present
unsatisfactory train service between
Denver and this city. He said it was
easy enough to go from here to Den
yer, leaving here On the noon train
but the coming home was the rub
Neither of the three night trains from
the east carries a chair car or coach
and only one of them is available to a
certain class of passengers. Trains
Nos. l AID Z are frst-class trains
where passes of any sort are not &C