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Show , COLONISTS COMING I i WEST H The colonist season on the rail- P i ' roads has opened and passenger traf- I--------H V ' fir. is bolng gTeatly increased as a I consequence. Reports from the east f Indicate that within a few days most of the trains on the" Union Pacific and mi the Denver & Rio Grando will be car- H ' rylng extra cars or running in extra I fl Already a general increase in the ! number of passengers passing through ! Hf I this city can be noticed. Most of the- i Hl colonists are bound for points in Cal- Hj X ifornia or are going Into tho north- I H , ' west with a view to purchasing land, j H Tho greater number of the land seek- ' Hl ers are from tho congested sections j Ht , of tho east, many of them from tho H , ( cities, and nearly all aro making their H j vay to the more sparsely settled dls- H I trlcts of the country with a view of H ' "getting back to the soil " , H j I Local officials of the railroads be- j H I Here that tho colonist business of this H( I h year will bo as large as that of most H I . any of tho preceding years, despite H I the depressed Industrial condition of . H I j tho country. It is even suggested that i ' H fl tho poor business condition of the ! H I f country, coupled with the high cost of I H I living, acts rather as an Incentivo H than as a hindrance to colonization ---H H net |