, 1906-09-18
A LIVELY
MEETING
LARAMIE COMMERCIAL CLUB DE.
CIDES TO REORGANIZE FOR
ACTIVE CAMPAIGN FOR
THE NE WYEAR.
Work During Past Year Results In Elk
cellent Advertising, Publications
of Club Being Called for At Rate
of Eight or Ten a Day at Present
Time-oId OFFICERS Continued Un-
til Successors Are Chosen.

The Laramie Commercial club
which has been in existence for the
past year, and which has lone an i'm
mense amount of good during that time
in bringing attention to the marvellous
resources of Albany county and Lara
mic, held a meeting at the city hall
last night, with a good attendance and
lively interest in the proceedings.
President Otto Gramm was in the
chair and in the absence of Secretary
Gonden and Assistant Secretary Cor
lett Downey, the position of secretary
was temporarily filed by F. D. Spaf-
ford. 1t was unanimously decided to
continue the club for another year and
a committee, consisting of Secretary
Gonden, E. ]. Winslow and T. II. Simp-
son, was appointed to solicit member
ship among the business men of the
city, the membership fee being fixed
again at $40 a year.
Good Work Through Pamphlets
A statement from Secretary Gonden
was presented showing that the two
pamphlets recently published by the
club had had excellent distribution,
S,166 of the agricultural publication
having been sent out and TAI of the
clubs share of the mining publication.
The latter had received very generous
notice from the mining papers of the
country, the issue of Ores and Metals
for September 10 having had i lengthy
extract from Prof. Beeler's Wealth
in the Laramie Hills" together with a
number of accompanying illustrations,
one of these, Surface Plant, Rambler
Mine, Holmes, Wyo," appearing on the
title page of that Denver publication.
Demands Coming Daily.
The secretary is in daily receipt of
request for one or both of these
pamphlets. Some of the letters have
money enclosures and some Of the re-
quests came on postal cards, but in
each instance the writer had been fur
nished with a copy of the publication
he desired. There are still on hand
nearly 1000 copies of the farming
pamphlet and some $50 copies of the
mining pamphlet. The latter pamph-
let had been quite extensively circu-
lated by mine owners and others in
dependently of the club.
Official Acts Endorsed.
1t was decided that the %organiza-
ton be continued. Mr.. Holiday NOV
ed that the action of the officers Of the
club during the past year be approved
and the motion prevailed without OPP
position. The officers have done good
work and the club fully appreciates
their efforts. Mr.. Corthelrs motion
prevailed that the present officers be
continued until the new organization
is effected. The president, on motion
of Judge Grant, himself one of the
state delegates, vas empowered to APP
point two delegates to represent the
club at the melting of the national min
ING COHBTGSS dL DShNSA hOAe hohIhb
and Mr.. Gramm has the appointments
under consideration. The club will be
well represented at the meeting.
Joint Letter of Thanks.
On motion of Mr.. Holiday, the pres.
ident of the Laramie Commercial club
and the president of the Laramie Lit
erary club were named to prepare a
letter of thanks from the two %organiza-
lions for the manner in which the AL
bany county representatives had been
received by the good roads convention
at Chillicothe, Mo, and the apprecia-
ton of the two clubs for the efforts of
the officials of that organization to
make the meeting one Of profit to the
Albany county and Laramie delegates.
e. J.. Bell was named as a commit
tee of n to provide suitable enter
tainment for Senator F. E. Warren of
Wyoming should he visit the city and
inspect the grain fields Of the Laramie
plain.
Membership viii Be Large.
, Twenty Of the present members of
/ the club signifed their intention of
/, again signing the rolls, and it is believ.
ed there will be a large percentage of
, the members to take similar action
when the matter is presented to them.
That the club has done excellent work
during the year is evidenced by the
yerv great demand for the two publ
a cations gotten out. It was shown that
the receipts of the club for the year
had been Sal and the expenses
. $500. 90. The officers Of the club Were
assured of the hearty support of the
t members in the matter of the indebt-
~adness which will be cleared up and