, 1908-08-11
SCORE GUESTS
AT THE BELL DINNER

through the winter fat enough for the
block. He pointed out that the discov-
cry was made here on the Laramie
plain, within a short distance OF the
city, and paid a tribute to the bunch
grass Of those days, one OF the strong
est, most serviceable grasses known to
men, and he wondered II the cult
waited crops OF the present day will
equal In usefulness the bunch grass
that Is now almost extinct.
An Iowan's Views.
Judge G H Barbour of New Sharon,
Ia, who is interested with the Lara.
mic Development company in the de
of the Little Laramie valley
and other sections of the county, spoke
enthusiastically of the crop and eli
matte conditions. He had come some
what skeptical but his m nd is now
clear that few spots on earth offer
more advantages.
The Rain As Surprise.
j. P. Holly of Hamilton, Ozone of the
special guests, had put an umbreia In
his travelling outfit when he started
from home and was laughed at fc. his
He was told that an umbrella
was the last thing needed here, but had
found that it was quite serviceable
and would not permit it being stolen
II he could prevent it. Mr.. Holly
spoke Of the surprises he had found
here in the matter of the growth of
and believed the day would
come when cabbages large enough to
shelter Colonel Bells sheep from tho
such as that which prevailed
would be grown commonly.
Voice from the East.
l.. R. Herrick of Farmer City, Ill +,
was introduced and spoke quite encour-
agingly Of the crop conditions as he
had found theme mere. The soil is
good, the conditions favorable, and he
believed the agriculturist would make
q mark for himself.
Sheridan Downey spoke for the
young men and their place in the de-
Of the state. receiving an
ovation both for his logic and the man.
.er Of its enunciation. Mr. Downey ia
. born orator. and he lsft the impres--
SION with his hearers that Wyoming.
~ other states in the intersmountAin
would look to the young man
to bring its manifold to the
attention of the world.
R@t1~~~L n,1gA~. -
Hon. s. J. Kent, vice president and
resident manager for the Northwest
ern Land and Iron company, an auxilL-
ary to the Denver, Laramie AMI North
western Railway company, told OF thu
progress being made by that company
in building a line OF railroad from Den
yer to Seattle through this region. The
company is at work upon the gigantic
proposition, but is meeting obstacles
from the market gardeners that have
lined the road from Denver northward,
and predicted the time when that line
would be the center of a vas market
stretching practically from
Deliver to Fort Collins, and in time
will be extended to Laramie.
future Is hard to curb.
Growing Agriculture.
Senator Warren was the principal
speaker, and he began by blushing
prettily at the compliments showered
upon him from almost every speaker.
He said he himself wondered how he
happened to get into the senate. but
once there, he determined that he
be the senator for Wyoming
and had done what he could for the
state. Senator Warren, pointing to
the decorations on the table, said that
was then looking upon more culti-
waited product than were grown in the
by agriculture when he came
here than forty years go. He
tod Of the development of the Poudre
valley at Fort Collins, and Of seeing
with amazement about 200 acres OF
land under ditch ami cultivated by irri-
They told me at that time
that the capacity of the Poudre river
had been well nigh exhausted, but that
possibly 200 acres more could be re-
next year and in time 1t was
barely possible that 500 acres all told
could be cultivated" The Poudre val
of today. he said, is an open book.
Helped the Hay Crop.
AS had teen done in Fort Collins So
could Laramie and Albany county do.
The senator told of his own experience
In opening a small tract of land near
He and his partner worked
all Of two days in building a ditch, the
finishing touches being given one Sun
day morning by one Of the men. As
the result OF that little labor, they
had harvested eighty tons OF hay
where a very much smaller crop was
possible before. He prophesied ulti-
mate and glorious success for Colonel
Bell in his great undertaking, and fell
citated that gentleman and those asso-
ciated with him in the outcome that
Is sure to follow their efforts.
The meeting was fraught with
moment for the county and valley. and
there has seldom been a more optimis
tic gathering. Indeed, Senator War.
said In the course Of his remarks
the short optimistic member OF
the party could barely more than give
4 giAnce At the latent possibilities Of
the state In an agricultural way-a
ytnte destined to be one Of the fore
most IA the union Of states in that
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