, 1908-10-02
THE LATEST NEWS
FROM CENTENNIAL
REPUBLICANS CORRESPONDENT
SENDS RECORD OF HAPPEN.
lNcs PAST FEW DAYS.
New Postotfice to Be Named in Honor
Of superintendent Of Laramie
Plains Line-Albert Richards Re-.
cetves Thanks for Mineral Dis
play At Fair-Lumber Contract.
Special to The Republican.

Special to The Republican.
Centennial, Wyo., Oct. Mrs. Fred
A Miller spent Saturday here. the
guest of her sister, Mrs Reed return
ing in the evening TO Laramie. accom-
panied by the latter and Mrs. DR.. Z. C.
Graves of Peru. Neb.. a sister of Mr..
NJ F. Reed.
R. s. Waller, the proprietor of the
new Log Cabin saloon here. has been
Joined by his family INT are domiciled
at the cottage formerly occupied by
j. Forrest Lewis and family. The lat
ter are now occupying the rooms at
the bank.
Pleased With Rambler Showing.
Edward White and wife of Fort
Wayne, Ind, have been spending a
few days at the Rambler mine as the
guest Of M. NJ. Green. This is Mr.
Whites second visit to this property,
and he is greatly elated over the splon-
did showing at this famous mine.
]. L. Finn, accompanied by Ace Eos
ter, was in Centennial SuTlay and
made a trip up to the Utopia mine. Mr..
Finn is from Silma, Neb., and will
probably become a stakeholder in this
company in the near future.
Pleased With Fair.
Nearly all the Centennial valley
ranchmen visited the county fair. and
many pleasant remarks have been
heard over the event. This institu-
ton is becoming more popular every
year and many are realizing the great
Importance of its success as a means
of drawing the attention of the outside
world to the abundant of
this section of the west.
Credit to Albert Richards.
A great deal OF credit is due Albert
Richards for the splendid mineral ex-
hibit at the fair. Without assistance
| or remuneration, and with a determin-
alton to place the mineral of
the county in the proper light, he has
/ probably done more in this direction
during. the past few years than any
other person.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Marsh of Key
stone. have gone to Pueblo, where the
latter is to enter a hospital.
Contractor at the Camp.
W. P. Knowlton of the Knowlton ana
Bowlin grading camp on the Plains
line has returned to Fort Collins, at.
ter a lengthy stay at the camp, during
which time he has been giving his at
| tention to matters concerning the work
they have in hand.
The Centennial school house is now
as up-todate as are the city schools,
having recently had mounted a splen-
| did new bell, which tends to give our
burg quite a metropolitan air.
Contract for Lumber.
A contract has beer given R. Mettler
by the Boston and Wyoming Lumber
company to supply 100, 900 feet Of lIm-
Der, and he has now the greater part
of the logs out n reports the mill
| ready for active operations.
Contract for Wagon Road.
The Laramie, Hahns Peak and Pa
cific railroad has just let a contract
for the grading of five miles of wagon
road to connec the county road, just
above the Mmnealey ranch, with the
North park road. This is very conf
mendable, and will be of great con-
venience 10 all concerned.
Naming Postoffice for Superintendent.
A new ~postofice is soon to be es-
tablished in the south n of the val
ley, to be known as Stewart, in honor
of the efficient superintendent of the
Plains line. Mrs. Joe McNealy is to
be in charge. At present all this bust
ness is handled through the Centen-
NAL office.
Pushing Walden Extension.
Down on Middle fork, above the
Geddes ranch, a number of men are
husily at work, under W. A. Ralston,
building a large tie chute, over which
many thousands of ties are to be a T
ried. AS soon as in operation, ties
will be delivered along the right of
way and the steel laid as far as the
material o in the yards here will
permit.