, 1906-05-11
DOLLAR DINNER WAS
A GLOWING SUCCESS

storing it until they could sell it for
prices its quality justified. There
were two ways of ~disposing of crops.
other was to convert it into beer and
sell the beer to the consumer" Prof.
Buffum kept the audience in a roar
from start to finish with his amusing
~sallies.
Bell a Hummer.
Colonel e. j. Bell, always entertain
ing, was doubly so last night, as he
had a subject in which he himself was
deeply interested. Turning to Mr..
Kent in the course of his remarks, he
told hat gentleman o to become
discouraged at building his railroad.
81 have been trying for several years
to secure the building of three miles
and a half of roads in this county"
Mr.. Bell declared that the farmers
and stockmen of the county who are
engaged in teaming to and from Lar
annie lose annually $4,000 in loss of
horses through bad roads, and urged
the county commissioners to build
more good roads. add to our taxes"
the speaker says. Even then we
would come ahead" He said the
county was doing well in an agricul-
tural way and increased crops would
mean increased uses of the roads. and
he would like to see better roads. He
favored the election of members of
the board of county commissioners
who had driven strings of horses draw
ing heavy loads across the plains, and
they would appreciate the situation.
Fish Man No Sucker"
S. H. Campbell, the state fish COM
missioner, and superintendent of fish
hatchery district No. l, told of the
propagation of fish and the operation
of the law to protect the fish in the
streams. He touched upon the pro-
posed sale or donation of the fish
hatchery here to the federal govern
ment, and suggested that the club
should send such representatives to
the federal commissioner of fish and
fisheries as would attract his atten-
ton to what he considered one of the
most favorable sites for a government
fish hatchery in the United States.
Mr.. Campbell told of the habits of the
fish and of the utter folly of leaving
nature to stock the streams of the
state, mo- 10 per cent of the eggs
spawned in the natural way producing
fish of eatable size"
Mckeen to the Rescue.
At this point Mr.. Eggleston asked
that Mr.. McKeen of the motive power
department of the Union Pacific be
asked to speak, and that gentleman
responded in a few word that set
every man on edge. Mr.. McKeen said
that the rolling mills had been opened
as a business proposition, in an effort
to supply material for the company in
an economical and businesslike way,
and so far the success of the under
taking had been gratifying. The roll
ing mills, the employees and the city
have mutual interests that must work
for the good of the three if they stood
together. Let one become estranged
from the other and the three would
suffer. Mr.. McKeen gave those pres
ent to understand by inference that
the mills are but in the formative
stage, and that they would continue
to grow n improve until Laramie
would see, in time, a splendid plant
here. The speaker declared he had
been assured before coming to the
banquet that he would not be asked to
speak, but he was assured after he
sat down that he had made a brilliant
success of the effort.
Good Sidewalks.
Mr.. Crumrine was the last speaker,
devoting a few minutes to sidewalks.
He raped The Republican lightly for
having recommended gravel for side
walks some time ago, ~contending that
they are not the proper kind for the
city. His address was quite well re-
ceived, the one thing most notable in
the city's appearance being the lack
of good sidewalks on every street of
the city. The speaker complimented
Thornburgh street, which seems to
have taken the lead in the matter of
good pavements.
Well Served Dinner.
The dinner was faultlessly served
in courses by Manager Gonden, who
did his work well and received the
hearty appreciation of every member
of the party. 1t may be set down for
a certainty that the clubs first dollar
dinner" was an unqualified success,
both from a social and business stand
point, and the committees deserve and
will receive the congratulations of the
other members of the party. 1t was
just at midnight that Mr.. Arnold, the
POSTMASTER, uttered the Good Night"
which witnessed the close of the feast.