, 1907-06-17
PRESIDENTS SPECIAL ON LARA.
ME, HAHNS PEAK AND PA
cIFIc TO CENTENNIAL.
Eagles Committee Went to ARRANGE
for Fourth Of July Picnic and the
President Invited Few Friends to
Accompany Them-Happy Day and
Safe and Speedy Railroad Ride.

centennial termin1, carrying a com
mittee from Laramie aerie, Eagles,
President and Mrs. Miller, Director
and Mrs. E. j. Bell and several friends
including newspaper men. The Eagles
committee made the trip to begin ar.
rangements for the Fourth Of July
celebration to be held at Centennial,
and the others wen at the guests Ct
the president Of the road, and a mer.
rier party never went scurrying across
the Laramie plain. The train con.
sisted Of four cars, including the new
passenger coach, and was In charge of
Conductor steven Corey, with Engineer
w. D. Mcdonald and Fireman Freeman
Bower in the engine.
Made Fast Run Home.
The start was made at $3.50 a. m
but it was 11:3G before the party was
landed at Centennial, the train making
a slow run to give the guests an op-
portunity to examine the roadbed and
see the beautiful vistas stretching
away down the valleys of the Big and
Little Laramie rivers. The speed was
fast enough, n a more enjoyable trip
was never taken on a railroad. On the
return trip, however, Messrs. Mcdonald
and Bower showed what could be done
whensa steaming hot supper was await.
ing them at the end of the run. The
party left Centennial at APO and reach
ed Laramie at 6 o'clock, covering the
distance, thirty miles, in an hour and
forty minutes. Mr.. Bower timed the
train for one short stretch, when it
covered two and one-half miles in three
minutes.
Working On the Track.
The track is not all ballasted and
Strengthened yet, but much can be done
between now and the Fourth of July,
when hundreds of people expect to
spend the day at Centennial. The road
is entirely safe now, but large forces
are s~urfacing the track, Ed Farra NOV.
ing his gang OF thirty teams Int many
men to nea Hatton, where dirt will be
loaded on a work train and taken to
those portions of the track where good
dirt is scarce, for s~urfacing the track
A loading platform will be used, the
scrapers delivering the dirt oa the cars
rapidly.
Some Of the Passengers.
The party consisted in part Of Presi.
and Mrs. E. j. Bell, President ". H.
Crandall of Laramie aerie, Eagles, and
wife, Mr.. and Mrs. E. T. Beltz, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. A. .Gonden, Mr.. and Mrs. C.
L. Patchell. Edward Ivinson, Auditor
and Mrs. l. w. Emmons and children,
Miss Jennie Hansford and Miss Hans
ford, Mr.. and Mrs. Will Mast and son
Mr.. and Mrs. BE Bramel and-chil.
dren, Mr.. and Mrs. E. D. Hiskey, Mrs.
Dillenbeck, Mr.. and Mrs. Will Roth,
Willie Roth, Charles Hegewald and
Phyllis and Raymond Hegewald, Mr..
and Mrs. Will Hicks, William Melcher
John Mast, H. D. Beemer, Conrad APP
pei, Fred Roesseler, Fred Sackett,
George Pullman, Mrs. Thomas Lynott
and Miss Lynott, M. F. Knadler, G. A.
Cook and Lewis Cook, G. E. Beaver,
Mrs. Devine, John Peddycourt, Miss
Zoe Miller and Miss Mabel Jones OF
Cheyenne, J. R. Barr, William A. Bran.
ner, Miss Elizabeth Grow of San Diego,
w. e. Zippel and several others.
Fine Day in Mountains.
The day was spent pleasantly at
Centennial. Mr.. Patched went fishing
with a cane for a pole and a hook big
enough to catch small whales-and
didn't get a bite. Harry Gonden had
his rife for big game, but the best he
could do was a gopher at the third
shot. A lunch was served by the ladies
of the party, assisted by Mrs. Reed OF
Centennial, Bernard Holtum, E. ]. Da'
vies and Mr.. and Mrs. Wanamaker and
Clark Pelton. Clark saw a number OF
handsome young women in the crowo
and Immediately passed the word that
he was a widower, but Mrs. Beltz gave
the thing away, and there was c~oolnese
even in the heat of the day.
Lunch In the Woods.
The lunch was spread on naStlly
erected tables at the edge of the grove,
and was all that one could wish. The
menu would have done credit to 3
mighty chef, and IA delectable from
the olives and pickles to the coffee
and Budweiser. The afternoon was
spent in seeing the sights. one party
climbing the mountain, side to the
Bradley, Eureka and Utopia mines,
where they met Mrs. Holtum and were
entertained in her cosy home on the
mountain side. The hills and valleys
are ablaze with bloom, the streams are
running full! of sparkling, tumbling
dashing, spray-bedecked waters, and
all nature sang for very gladness in q
perfect June day. The Centennial val
ley is teeming with life and beauty.
Enlivened by Colonel Bell.
The trip was a revelation to those
who had not seen the progress made
on the Plains line and was full Of good
ness for everybody. Centennial was
out in full force and the visitors were
received literally with open arms. II
was a tired but happy party that board
ed the train for the return trip. Col
onel Bell keeping up the fun all the
way in. He took a party of ladies OH
for a stroll at Centennial and led then
into a marsh, and then complained thai