The Lamar register., 1903-10-21
An Agricultural Epoch.


The special meeting of the stock
holders Of the Denver and Rio Grande
Railroad Company. to be held October
21st. the day after the annual meeting,
is likely to be one of the most impor-
tant in the history of the road, says
the Denver News. 1t will mark an
epoch in which the Rio Grande is no
longer dependent upon mining inter-
ests for its traffic.
The knowledge that the Rio Grande
source of income from agricultural
products is almost US great as that
from mines has been slow to break
upon the stockholders. The cause of
the growth of its income from this
source is found in the improved sys-
tens of cultivating "arid" lands and
in the great trek of homeseekers to
points along its line.
The San Luis valley is attracting
more homeseekers this season than
the entire state of Colorado attracted
two years ago. The trains are crowd
ed and If arrangements can be per-
fected another train is likely to be put
on.
The Rio Grande management at the
special meeting will give due consid-
Grafton to the big showing made by
its traffic from agricultural and kin
dred sources. 1t has been predicted
that an industrial agent would be ap-
pointed at this meeting.
The general passenger agent says
that the San Luis valley and other
portions of the state tributary to the
Rio Grande has surprised even the
most sanguine. The travel is unpre-
cedented.
At the stockholders meeting there
will ho fnd Hphiph ro
not fail to convince the most skeptical
capitalist that the San Luis valley is
source of great wealth to any road
and that when it's resources are de-
veloped 1t will surprise everyone.
A list of the state tax due from each
county is being prepared by State
Auditor Holmberg. Each must con-
tribute its share to the funds for the
numerous state institutions and others
included in the 4-mill levy. A table is
being prepared showing how much
each county will have to pay to the
state treasurer.
Health Commissioner Clough of Den
yer has taken issue with several of the
statements made by the State Board of
prevention of tuberculosis announced
by that dody. He saS1. that the statis-
tics kept by his Office do not show that
so large a percentage of tuberculosis
cases are contracted here as is CLAIMED
by the State Board Twenty per cent.
the proportion named. is entirely too
large an estimate for native cases
claims Dr. Clough. The statement that
the disease is spreading now more than
ever is also question by the City Health
Department One of the officials said:
IF our records prove anything in this
connection it is that there has been
little increase during the last ten years
in the number of cases contracted in
Colorado"
The Colorado Court of Appeals has
adopted a new rule concerning the
transcript of records. Typographically
the rule provides: "All. transcripts OF
records shall be bound in half sheer
or cloth with substantial sides, thir-
teen inches i'll length and eight and
one-quarter inches in width. All briefs
of counsel and abstracts of the record
shall be printed upon octave pages nine
inches in length and six inches in
width. in small plea type, loaded. Ex-
tracts and quotations must be in the
same type. either solid or indented. in
the discretion Of counsel. The number
of the case in this court must be print
ed in large figures at the top of title
page"