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he had received from Fred Wild, Jr.,
vice president Of the d. & R. G. W.,
in the matter of the adjustment Of
these rates. Following Senator Cal
len s remarks Ben White moved that
the thanks Of the association be ten
dered the Denver & Rio Grande West
er railroad for their splendid treat
ment Of the stockmen in the matter of
freight rates, and the motion carried
unanimously.
Mayor W. G. Mcdonald, E. E. Lucas
and Harry Logan appeared as com
mittee from the Glenwood Lions club
and made remarks, the chief object
of which was to invite the association
to hold its 1923 session in Glenwood
Springs. Mr.. Logan of the Glenwood
school board rendered the use of the
auditorium of the grade and junior
high school as place for holding the
meeting. On motion of s. p Sloss,
the invitation was accepted by unanim-
Gus vote.
DR.. g. G. Lamb, state veterinarian,
was the next speaker, and he devoted
his time principally to an attack on
the proposed anti-vivisection law. He
also made strong appeal for all pre-
cautions necessary for the prevention
of all preventable diseases in livestock.
DR.. Lamb then took up the question
of eradicating tuberculosis from dairy
and purebred beef herds, and comph-
mented Senator Callen and Represent.
ative Rees for the support which they
gave during the last session of the
legislature to bills in tho interest Of
the livestock industry.
Joe Neal Of Meeker gave his opinion
of the War Finance board, his chief
objection to it being that it seems to
i scriminate against the poor man who
is not able to furnish sufficient Sc
c'rity to warrant fairly large loan,
Mr.. Meals contention being that the
fact that man is only able to furnish
security for a small loan should not
make it impossible or difficult for
h m to secure that small loan, whic,
apparently is the situation at the
present time.
Sam G. McMullen of Grand Junction
dealt with the War Finance board and
its methods of doing business, and the
slow and unsatisfactory manner in
which it gives aid to the people of
Colorado.
The speaker claimed that Grand
Junction has been built with local
money, and he says the building and
loan associations of that city have over
million and half dollars on deposit,
the most Of it contributed by the
women and children of the poor men
of the community.
"While our taxes are very high, and
constantly mounting higher, that is
due to the fact that we have gone
into debt in an extravagant manner,
without any thought at the time as to
how we are going to meet our indebt-
edness when it comes due. We give
that no concern. Our chief concern
is as to how we may put our com
munity into debt and how large we
can make the MISUNDERSTANDING lit
tie or no thought as to how that in
debtedness is to be liquidated.
A. l.. Richey, supervisor of the Holy
Cross forest, was called upon and made
very Interesting address on the ad-
ministration of the forest and the re-
adjustment of grazing fees.
A. J. Dickson, division irrigation en-
gineer, addressed the meeting on the
subject of irrigation, and the threat
rights.
Mr.. Neal, chairman of the commit
tee on resolutions, spoke feelingly of
the absence of one who had for many
years been a staunch supporter of the
| association and always loyal friend
to whom the stockmen were greatly
indebted, and at his suggestion all
present stood with bowed heads dur.
ing the reading of the resolution re-
ferring to their former associate, the
late Frank D. Squier. The following
are the resolutions adopted by the as
socintion.
Resolutions
Whereas, The Great and Supreme
Ruler of the universe has in His wis
dom removed from among us one of
our most worthy members and fellow
laborers, Frank D. Squier, and
Whereas, The long and intimate re-
lationship held with him in his faith.
full and cheerful discharge Of his du.