, 1906-05-11

The dollar dinner" given at the
Union Pacific hotel last night by the
Laramie Literary club was a most
suspicious affair, the attendance being
quite large and representing some of
the leading industries of the city and
county. 1t was attended by a number
of railroad men, members of the fac
ulty of the University of Wyoming,
ranchmen N farmers, all the mer-
camille establishments of the city, al
most, being represented. Nearly 100
guests of the club sat down to the
dinner and some excellent addresses
were made, all calculated to boost"
the matchless resources of Laramie
n the Laramie plain. Among the
prominent railroad men present were
Superintendent McKeen of the motive
power department of the Union Pa
cifc, Vice President Kent of the Den
yer, Laramie and Northwestern, Su-
perintendent Anderson of the Wyo-
ming division of the Union Pa
cifc, Manager Jacobus of the Laramie
rolling mills, Trainmaster Let's, Agent
Emmons, Superintendent Davis of the
stock yards, Superintendent Berry of
the tie plant of the Union Pacific, Sec
rotary Joe West of the Denver, Lara
mie n Northwestern, and Niles Cal
lanan, formerly connected with the
Laramie, Hahns Peak n Pacific.
Some Splendid Toasts.
Mr.. Arnold acted as POSTMASTER and
introduced Messrs. Corthell, who
spoke on PLASTER, Cement INT Brick"
S. ]. Kent, on Railroads." B. c. Buff
fun, representing Crops, Raising and
Disposal" e. J. Bell, Roads," S. Fl.
Campbell, Fish Culture" w. R. Nc
Keen, jr., of Omaha, on the Rolling
Mills" and Eli Crumrine, on "City I'm
provements." MIR. Arnold made a
felicitous address at the outset, de-
claring that the company had assem-
bled for pleasure, each man being in
ent on seeing that he had a good
time himself and making an effort to
see that his neighbor also enjoyed the
gathering. He said Mr.. Corthell of
all men could tell about the plastic
industries of this community. Nero
of sacred memory boosted that he
found Rome of bricks and left it of
marble. Nero was a fool brick is
recognized as better than marble and
Laramie brick the best of its kind"
A Growing Industry.
Mr.. Corthell told of the brick, plas-
ter and cement outlook for Laramie.
He said the brick and plaster indus
tries are already established, and that
thara g.. ouaru prAcpaot Of Tho a,taH
lishment of a Portland cement indus
try here as well. nature having been
lavish with her gifts in the way of raw
material. Mr.. Corthell told Of the &C
ton of nature in the distant geologic
ages, when the Laramie plain was the
arm of a vast inland sea which is now
making its last stand at Salt Lake.
The action of the r~eceding waters had
tended to deposit vast bodies of min
erals, n of which was the beds of
cement lying near the city, almost
without limit n in a state of purity
that is attracting the attention of vast
sums of wealth awaiting chance for
investment.
Future of the State.
Mr.. Kent, the vice president Of the
Denver, Laramie Inc Northwestern,
delivered a very interesting address
on railroads, following the develop
ment Of the railroad from the first
steam carriage on the dirt roads of
Europe to the transcontinental lines of
the United States, which now repre-
sent two-fifths of the trackage of the
world. He said his company intended
building a road, and believed the state
of Wyoming had a future hardly
dreamed of at the present day, coming
with the laying of more lines and the
opening of industries that would make
of the state, the least developed of
the forty-five at present, a second
Pennsylvania.
The Plains and Crops.
Prof. B. C. Buffum, the director of
the agricultural college experiment
station, spoke of crops n how to
raise and dispose of them. He dwelt
upon the fact that the Laramie plains
produce a variety of crops, the grains
grown here ranking above any grown
elsewhere on earth. The oats, wheat
and barley were heavier to Il bushel
than any other shown at the great
Louisiana Purchase exposition at st,
Louis n had taken medals and di'
plomas there and at the Lewis and
Clark exposition at Portland last year
He had demonstrated that the seeds
grown here were more valuable for
the planters in lower attitudes in the
state than the home grown seeds, and
urged action that would bring this
matter to the attention of the people
Speaking of the disposal of the crops
he said one great trouble had been tc
hold the grain until the time came tt
sell 1t, and he hoped tho merchants
of the city would see their way to TAX
ing the grains from the producers ant