The daily tribune., 1907-03-13

&oou lnulAos t6Oe6O. neI0tIIu8 10
Judge Bailey's remArks about liking
Florence 10 we'll. Mr.. Mcbride said
It reminded him Of story he once
heard about man who had looked
upon the wine when IL had hectic
fiush. Ssrollipa down the lane. the
inebriats person ran against tree ON
she roadside and that a. the tree Wa
tmmavable aud the man was. hs was
tnocked backward. Ia trying to Gst
homo the fellow run against the
same tree half dozen times and was
fslled just 20 often. but rising 10 bis
feet with amusement. he said NY
God. I'm lost 10 the forest.'' This
was considered to be . good joke BY
she gentlemen present.
The last speech on the printed pro-
aram, but BY no msans the least. WAS
the one made by Attorney George n.
Wilkes on the subject Of "Fremon:
County, The spsAker fully exploit.
ID the advantages. RESOURCES. climatic
conditions, developed. partially devel-
'ped and entirely undsveloped lands
Of the county and dwelt with the
finances Of the county, cities. institu.
ions and citizens. He said the peo-
ole of this commonwealth live better
han any GLASS Of people In the world
that the banks Of the county had de-.
'osits of sl.8S0 900. averaging about
sNsper capita for the popu lation. told
OF the amount of coal and oil area
in the county and looked forward
In the future and saw broad aores
OF land planted to sugar beets and
sr it on the mesa north Of Flor.
Q ice. He cited the advantages In Ere
m mt county that were not possessed
oy another county or state in the
,ation. He also devoted some time
o commeroialism and said that the
lime is here when the products Of the
scrld were brought to the very door
II the very inhabitants Of any loual.
itv. The fish of the sea are brought
% Fremont county. the product cf
Ill foreign nations can be had on
hort notice because the feat Of water
navigation aud land travel by steam
md electricity had become SO nearly
perfected that 1t was only = matter Of
,hort duration to travel thousands Of
niles. He said that the experiences
II the early day settlers would never
,e repeated. because this western
,ouDtry had become largely aud exten.
lively populated and that the hard.
'hips Of overland travel has past and
'he steam and eleotrio roads had sup
planted the mule and OK team
Mr. e. 3. Criddls touched off .
tsw hits. The jokes were highly
pleasing and brought forth loud aud
continued applause.
Superintendent NJ. b. Robinson
of the United Oil company. Was
called upon to give some fa,ts and
dgures on the oil industry. Hs stat.
I'd the United company was now en-.
larging the refinery plant 80 that mons
other in the country would be more
efficient and that the idea that pre-.
vailed some two or three years ago
that the oil business was about to be.
come thing Of the past. and that in.
stead. the industry IL only now In
ito prime and that it was destined
to become much larger; ane Of the
most important industries in the
entire West and that Florence is
bound to be . heavy gamer In the
work that is now under way IN the
refinery yards. He said that recent
tests in the oil field have proven
that large reserves Of oil remain
untouched and that the Development
work In the field. owing to . big.
ger demand for the crude product.
would be much heavier In the i'm.
meuiate future.
Fred W. Brown. superint endent
Of the Colorado Portland Cement com.
pny's plant at Portland. was the next
gentleman called upon to give some
statistical information on the ever
growing cement industry. The speak.
er recited that the factory WAS built
about seven years ago with an in.
vestment Of probably 800. 900 and that
the plant has grown until there IL
easily $1,000. 900 gone into improve.
ments aud enlArgements. "sevsn
years ago." lie said. "the fertile spot
Was opened up. but since the cns Of
Colorado's greatest industries had been
successfully launched and operated.
II. Houston recited some personal
experiences Of his own in the way Of
latter day and "reminiscences o,cur.
reDces Mr. Houston IL quite = joker.
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