, 1908-01-09
EXTENDS
WELCOME
DIRECTOR TOWAR INVITES PEG,
PIE OF STATE TO SESSIONS
OF WOOL GROWERS
CONVENTION.
Will Be Welcomed to Roots
Opera House At All Hours Of Meet,
ing of Convention-RawIins Dele.
cation Coming With Big Band
Sheep Display at Experiment Sta,
ton is Now Ready for Visitors.

ton is NOW READY Tor VIsltors'
Everything is now in readiness for
the fourth annual meeting Of the Wy
oming Wool Growers association here
at 10 o'clock tomorrow, and by that
time not one of the details of the
meeting will have been uncompleted.
The stage at the Opera House is being
decorated with grains, grasses, flags
and bunting, and the auditorium has
been made ready for the delegates.
The special train from Cheyenne is ex.
pected to arrive before the opening
hour of the convention, and the Raw
Inns delegation, with the Elks' band
of that city, is looked for OIL train No.
6 tonight. The Rawlins Republican
says of hat delegation:
Nothing Slow at RawIins.
Rawlins nor anybody living here no.
er got the SLOW habit. The Car
bon County Woolgrowers' association
is exemplifying that fact in their pre-
paration to send a delegation to the
state meeting in Laramie Friday and
Saturday.
A big delegation will be in attend
ance at that meeting, having charter
ed a car. When the Laramie commit
tee failed to employ the Elk band of
this city for the occasion, the Wool
growers here Immediately concluded
to take them along as their guests and
for the delectation OF the state con-
vention.
Director Gardner is busy lining the
band up and it will appear with fifteen
or more pieces, all in uniform and with
a repertoire that will be heard up in
place of meeting e year comes up.
The band will be guests of the Car
bon county association, entertained by
that delegation and under their direc-
ton in Laramie.
Rawlins will be very much in evil
dence.
Everybody Invited.
Prof. Towar of the experiment sta
ton has asked The Republican to say
that everybody in the state, including
ladies, are invited to all the sessions
of the convention at Roots opera
house. There is going to be a sort Of
banquet and smoker at Maennerchor
hall Saturday night, and the plan of
admission to this has not been fully
decided upon yet, but the business
sessions are for the benefit of all the
people all the time.
Autos and Carriages Engaged.
AS soon as the time of departure of
the train from Cheyenne is announced
tomorrow, the committee on transpor-
tation will begin to plan for the trip to
the experiment station at l o'clock.
All the automobiles and carriages need.
ed have been chartered for the trip.
Prof. Towar desires to emphasize thu
fact that all who desire may attend
the exhibition at the experiment sta
ton, not only at the hours when the
wool growers delegates are present,
but during the whole of the afternoon,
as men will be there to care for ali
visitors who come. The government
sheep from the King ranch have been
brought TO the city and DR.. E. f. Shaw
Of the bureau of animal industry at
Washington is present The display
will be worth while.
Attendance Large.
The indications now are that the at.
tendance of delegates and others will
be quite large, as some have already
come and every train tonight and to.
morrow will bring more. President
Delfelder is expected to deliver his adj
dress tomorrow morning, after the ad.
dresses of welcome by Prof. Towar and
Mr.. Gramm.
The Special Train.
Those delegates to the Wyoming con,
%vention who are going to the meeting
of the American association at Helena.
Mont, will be sent forward by a spec,
ial train from the city Saturday night,
consisting of a baggage car, a coach
and three standard Pullman s~leepers,
The train will leave Laramie at 1850
p. m, reaching Green River at $40
the next morning, where breakfast will
be served. Leaving Green River at
1880 a. m. Sunday, the train will reach
Pocatello at 4:35 p. M, where lunch
will be served. From Pocatello the
train will go to Butte, Mont, arriving