, 1908-06-25
HAS
LOVE FEST
DOLLAR DINNER OCCASION FOR
GOOD DEAL OF ENTHUSIASM
AT ODD FELLOWS HALL
LAST EVENING.
President Meriea As Toastmaster,
With Addresses BY Director Tow
ar, A. w. Ausspurser, John Ken
dali Of Illinois, Otto Gramm, E.. j.
Bell, President simpson, Secretary
E~goIeston and Others.

Another decided success was scored
by the Laramie Commercial club last
night, when it gave a dollar dinner"
at Odd Fellows hall, attended by about
sixty members of the club and a num-
Der of out-o1 town guests, George e.
Phillips of the Phillips hotel serving
an excellent mem on long tables, nice
ly decorated with cut flowers and pot
ted plants. Among the visitors from
out of the city were Messrs. Ijams and
Kendall of Farmer City, ILL.,, who are
here interested in the Laramie De
velopment comIany's holdings, Mr..
Kendall making an interesting and in
structive address, The supper began
shortly after 8 o'clock and it was not
until II that the guests departed.
President In the Chair.
President Merica of the University
of Wyoming presided as POSTMASTER,
Hon. T. H. Simpson, president of the
commercial club, being on his right,
with Hon Otto Gramm, a prominent
member Of the clubs executive COM
mittee, sitting at his lett. Near the
POSTMASTER were Hon. E. j. Bell, Prof.
J. D. Towar, Mr.. A. w. Augspurger,
one Of the speakers, Mr.. Herrick of
the Blackburn ranch and the Illinois
visitors. The members OF the club to
the number of three score sat at the
long tables in the hall,
He'll Never squeal.
President Merica. who made his
initial appearances as a citizen of the
city, delivered . very interesting adj
dress at the beginning of the toasts,
referring to the fact that he had been
invited to preside at the meeting,
which was a great honor to him and
one he should not DON forget. He
felicftated the club upon the evident
enthusiasm, remarking that the city
and county were facing a most bril-.
liant future. Saying that he had como
from the corn belt Of the middle west,
where they raised corn to feed to hogs
and raised hogs to eat the corn, he
said he had learned a valuable lesson
from the pig. The animal attends
strictly to business-'he boots and
does not squeal. 1 want to be a rooter,
and as long as l remain in Laramie
you will never hear me squeal."
Some Splendid Yields.
DR.. Merica introduced Prof. J.. d.
Towar, director of the experiment sta
ton, who addressed the club upon
Farming Possibilities of the Lara
mic Valley and Their Relation TO the
Commercial Club" showing that the
soil of this valley is capable of pro
ducing a large number of plants of
benefit to a The soil contains
many elements in large amount that
will tend to make 1t productive for
years to come, but the speaker urged
that care be taken in using the ma
nures that are now allowed to go to
waste in the city and county and
which, If spread upon the ground to
advantage, will return many fold their
cost in feeding the soil. Prof. Towar
spoke Of the yields Of some Of the
leading crops. pointing out the best
OF each kind, and declared that the
lands of the valley Are capable of pro-
ducing immense crops If properly cared
for. The speaker extolled the efforts
of the club and the citizens of the
county generally in developing the
valley, and was received with hearty
applause at the conclusion of his ex-
cellent address.
Removing False Impressions.
A. w. Augspurger of the Laramie
Development company told of some
of the impressions of eastern visitors
to the Laramie valley and how enron.
eous impressions could be corrected
by quoting only known facts, One OF
these false impressions is that the eli
mate here in winter Is cold and disa-
greeable. The speaker proved by the
figures that the mean temperature at
Laramie is ten degrees warmer than
that at Dies Moines, la. Another thing
he referred to was that crops seldom
failed. Sitting at the speakers left
was Hon. John w. Kendall of Farmer
City, ILL.,, who declared, when ques-
toned by Mr.. Augspurger, that for
ten years a good crop of oats hal not
been harvested in his section. The
farmers depend upon the precipitation,
day getting too much and tire next
day too little. Here, under irrigot on,
the farmer used as much water as he
needed and when the crops neeled It
and a failure was practically a thing
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