, 1922-01-22
1un nEsr or 4 GREAr E,RmE

Tbs excuse for tho publication OF 9
special edition Is too often The rev
enue TO be derived In this Issue there
has been but one governing consider
alton. How meritorious and valuable
TO readers this edition could be made.
To collect and arrange the matter. 10
embaliish the sections with artistic
finish. TO display such advertising a
was accepted in the best n most &C
eeptabls style OF tho art preservntive
have all occupied the time and at
teutlon OF the star performers OF the
staff 70 the exclusion OF cost.
II IS really in the Judgment OF It's
creators. the most valuable edition
ever published by any newspaper in
wyoming, because IL deals with the
subjects IN which most Wyoming peo-
pie are deeply interested and engaged
II places in convenient form before
readers u world OF information other
wise unobtainable.
While all subjects Of general public
Interest are dealt with. such interests
as oil and irrigation are c~xhnusdvely
treated. Live stock. agriculture and
mining. three more OF Wyoming's
chief Assets fare no less literally in
treatment. While othsr SUBJECTS have
been dealt with in accordance with
their importance.
There was an object IN view
throughout the whole work. It WAS TO
fully inform Wyoming people OF the
vast OF their state, set them
to devising way and lean OF eco
nomically employing these -e- prod-
ucts for the uses Of mai and for the
enrichment and uphunding CO the
state.
Incidentally II there are those at a
distance attracted by the opportuni-
ties presented 10 them. conclude to
investigate and later make their
homes among US and engage In use
full business. we have boon more than
repaid by the future prosperity that
will ensue from such activity.
Wyoming Is tho last OF the great
western states. whose development
has been retarded because capital and
effort were elsewhere engaged. Our
resources have been but touched
when their extent and value are con-
sidered The time has now fully ar
rived when materials arc sought and
enterprise has exhausted other fields
and is seeking new avenues of wealth.
Wyoming offers tho opportunity. No
where can capital and energy find
wider range and greater return than
Wyoming.
Wyoming people are neither pro-
vincial nor selfish. The population Is
made up of enterprising men and
women from the older eastern states
who have been lfberalized and broad
ened by the wide spaces and elbow
room they have found among our
plains and mountains. They want
moro company OF the same kind and
Will extend welcome to all those who
come to the state to make a living
by honest effort We are n people of
industry. In fact we are OF the gcner-
alton that has gone back to shirt
.sleeves- A drone In the hive IL no
moro use here than elsewhere and the
welcome he receives is cold and with
out c~ordiality. Labor there IL In suf-
ncienoy to eupply all present de-
mands. Enterprise and Development
that creates now neods-they are the
things that WI find the greatest op-
portunity and tho warmest welcome.
Tho fellow who starts things and
does things IL most at home in wyo,
ming, and Wyoming Is always king TO
him.
The last Of ths Western Empire is
the best The choice vino reserved
for the lnst Of the east. An Of the
other territory has been exploited,
erected into states and their people
settled down to take their places in
the great national family.
Wyoming is the last Of the great
west Population has Fwarmed all
around and beyond her. Tho unsee.
Ing have passed her by for the far off
fields that appear green. It made no
to he untold riches that
unnottced. Tho time was
u = to come when they would be re-
The time has cone and the