, 1907-02-11
THE DOLLAR DINNER.

anu action. WIN Sctu Sueei, uDie
men to lead and direct the flow of rea-
son, the ideas of the multitude are
nodded into channels of energy and
progress from which they are not east
" turned aside. With n city the size
Of Laramie pulling in unison for the
general welfare, no limit can be placed
upon its accomplishments.
The dollar dinner OF the Laramie
Commercial club was a decided sue
cess, The menu was all that could
have been desired, the speakers were
in eloquent, happy vein and the taste
left was sweet and delicious. There
was nothing to dwarf in the slightest
degree the great purpose of the gather.
ing.
Editor Deming's address was able,
interesting. instructive. 1t brought to
the minds of Woming men much thai
they had not before realized. They
learned that through this dry farm
movement development is going ahead
at a wonderful rate and that the value
OF Wyoming plains is doubling up by
leaps and bounds. Possibly we OF the
great Laramie plateaus, with ten
inches Of rainfall. are not as deeply In
terested as the people of Laramie
county with more than thirteen inches,
but all that we lacked in personal ap-
~plication and personal interest in the
subject of dry farming was more than
compensated for in the good news
that was brought to us by the wet
farmer" Mr.. Bosler. Seventy-ive
thousand acers of land to be reclaimed
right at our very doors. An area great
er than that under the control OF the
Wheatland colony. and already far
past the %inceptive stage. Reservoir
rights all secured and the construction
work we'll under way-fve thousand
acres to be put to the pillow during the
present year. This was the word
brought by Mr.. Bosler.
There is always inspiration in the
doings of Colonel E j. Bell and a letter
was therefore sufficient to elicit great
applause. That the people of Laramie
have confidence in his agricultural
judgment was fully exemplified by the
hearty manner in which his suggestions
were made the unanimous wish Of the
club.
The banquet was unique in that
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the heavy s~ubstantials were served by
the speakers with such humor and log
ic that there was not a dragging mo-
ment. What possibilities were pre-.
sented by Prof. Trumbull in the de-
velopment Of the line, the sand, the
gypsum, the shale and the coal of
these plains; what unfold wealth was
held up to our vision by State Geoio-
gist Beeler, in his able discussion of the
precious metals. The %geologist gives
the commercial club direct credit,
though the issuance of the compre-
hensive pamphlet on the minerals OF
Albany county. for the great activity
now In progress in the Douglas creek
district.
Mr.. Corthelrs address upon good
roads was timely and right in line
with the spirit of the occasion, as
roads are essential for the marketing
of the products of ranch, farm and
mine. But perhaps the keynote of the
evenings discussion was Director Buff
fum's apt and able instruction upon
what to do and how to do it. He was
at his best and gave farmers and lay
men points they will remember till
their dying day. His remarks are al
ways punctuated with pithy points and
homely expressions are driven home
to stay.
The address of Mr.. Isaac Van Horn
of Boston was the great industrial eli
max of the evening. 1t was an elo-
quent appeal to the people to stand to-
gether for the common advancement
of this section Of Wyoming, which his
people had done so much to promote.
His announcement that the Laramie
Plains line would be pushed on to Cen
tennial and the Encampment country
as fast as men and money could per
form the work was received with enthu-
siasm and it was gratifying to all to
learn from him that the money was all
raised for the great work on hand.
Mr.. Van Horn is a pleasing, earnest.
convincing speaker.
The spirit OF the occasion was en-
tered into by the visitors with vim and
%eloQuence. Although their remarks
were of an extemporaneous nature, the
states reputation did not suffer and
much Of an educational nature was pre-
scented.
Laramie's commercial club can feel
proud Of its achievement and can rest
assured that the results that will fol-
low will compensate a hundred times
over for the effort put forth.
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