The Laramie Republican

GETTING TOGETHER.
As time goes on the people of Wyoming are getting closer and closer together. The railroad has obliterated the magnificent distances to a large extent and we are all able to touch elbows. In the old days we had numerous bitter conflicts over all sorts of trivial matters—political, commercial and social. The men and the women of the state in the old days took more interest in their old homes than they did in the new and for the most part were in the west to make "their pile" and go "back east." That feeling has been almost entirely obliterated. We are all coming to regard Wyoming as a permanent home, as a place in which we can have all the comforts and luxuries of the most advanced civilization of the earth.
In late years the social side of Wyoming life is receiving greater attention and the people of the various sections are getting together in a manner that insures a broader, higher and better citizenship. It does communities good to know how the people of other communities feel. Such occasions as that of the joint meeting of the Cheyenne and Laramie literary clubs have a tremendous effect in bringing about a feeling of harmony and mutual interest. Without discord or anything but the most amicable relations, these clubs have now met twice in Laramie and once in Cheyenne, and The Republican is sure that each and every member enjoyed the occasions and was mentally improved. They learned more of the state and its people and were given a better view of the industries and social conditions that exist beyond their own bailiwicks.
This kind of social intercourse will make the state stronger and bring all the people into closer and more harmonious relations. It will make Wyoming a better state for Wyoming people.