, 1907-02-11
SUCCESS
OF DOLLAR DINNER
Continued from page H.

the PRESSED Brick compan
amounts to a million a year, with
capacity of three times that humble,
Speaking of the vast beds of cemen
lying up the Laramie river, Prof
Trumbull predicted the building of
plant there to produce Portland &c
ment. AS predicted In The Republican
some days ago, Prof. Trumbull refer
7 red to the existence of a vast bed O
silica sand east of the city. He tolt
of the sand and that 1t could be con
verted into splendid building materi
al. The stone in the hills east of the
city produce lime almost chemically
pure, and there is no better sandstone
for building purposes in the west. The
existence of soda and Bentonite was
referred to, the speaker declaring that
these useful non-metallic minerals
would find their uses in time.
CorthelI On Good Roads.
Mr.. Corthell spoke on good roads,
referring to their needs and some OF
the difficulties encountered. He de-
clared that the settling of the country
and the bringing of more and more
area under cultivation and irrigation
had increased the problem. The coun-
ty commissioners had solved some of
these by securing a large grading ma
chine, which was used to raise the
roadbed above the level ant. at the
same time make a ditch alongside to
act as a drain for the seepage water
and for the natural fall of water. The
speaker lauded the coming of the auto
mobile, as that NEAR OF locomotion
helped to make the road hard and
smooth.
Need of a Smelter.
Prof. Beeler, the state geologist,
spoke on the mining and manufacture
ing possibilities of the state. He de-
clared the time must soon come when
a smelter of commercial Importance
should be erected here for the treat
luChI VI tlC oleS louuu III llle ulllstS
about Laramie. The mineral region,
he declared, was Of the best in the
west. Many mines producing low
grade ores are found, making the
building of snelters a necessity. The
building of railroads would help this
He predicted the completion Of the
Union Pacific line from Walcott t.
Saratoga and "Encampment and refer.
red enthusiastically to the building of
the Laramie Plains line to tho mines
in the Sierra Madre mountains. Mr..
Beeler gave a history of some Of the
mines-the Ferris-Haggerty, the Doane
Rambler, the New Rambler. the Strong
and the Northern Albany group of
claims, all Of which promise much for
the future of the state as g mineral
belt.
Will Complete Line.
Hon. Isaac Van Horn CO Boston. for
merly president of the Laramie, Hahns
Peak and Pacific Railway company
and still the eastern financial repre-
sentative of the Van Hnrn-Ml.ler syn
dictate, was received with hearty APP
plause when introduced by the toast
master. MI. Van Horn said he had
been delighted to accept the invitation
sure those gathered abou. him hat the
line now building across the Larmaie
plain would be completed, the com-
pany having sufficient money for that
purpose. He lauded Mr.. Miller, the
present head of the company, AMI
cheered the people Of Laramie and AL
bany county by his optimistic refer
ence to the future Of the community.
The road is being pushed and the COM
ing summer would greatly add to the
development of the plans of the COM
pany he represented.
Voice from the North.
Representative Blume of Sheridan
county was introduced and spoke for
several minutes, declaring for the ne
of a road running north and
south through the state bringing the
two sections Of the state into closer
touch. He said whatever line existed
between the two sections was an imag-
mary one. Speaking Of the work of
the legislature, he lauded the Albany
delegation. albany county,"
he said, usually wanted all it could
get and had a way of getting all it
wanted" He was glad of it; proud of
the state university, and believed it
should become the leading education
institution in the west.
Need of Home Market.
Senator Hyde of Uinta county told
of the development of the dairying in
dustry, at Alton, his home, where
several thousand dollars annual
ly are paid to the people for
milk, which is converted into but