Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-03-12

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soup ticket" to report them when the
train dispatcher began calling the
office.
| answered and he said: Get No.
%"
They're gone"
Stop emu
Il say they've gone"
Fetch 'em back
They're gone, S."
Shut that key and go and bring that
train back for ordersr'
closed the key and wandered aim
lessly out on the platform in the vague
hope OF seeing this agent or that some
thing might happen. 70 my surprise
/ saw that the freight had stopped at
the other end OF the yard about three
quarters of mile away. could still
hear the dispatcher calling and knew
4 BY the vicious sound Of the instru-
ments that he was mad. Thoughts
OF collisions and the possibility OF
being responsible for terrible acct
dent flashed across my mind, and l
started for that train on run The
distance was greater than | had i'm
agined, and | was completely blown
when l came up with it. The cuu-
ductor was living on his back under
car fixing something about the air
brake. l managed to gasp out that
the train dispatcher wanted him for
orders.
Tell him to 60 plumb to hi"
shouted the conductor and then calmly
continued his labor As there seemed
nothing else to be denesI started back
to the station TO deliver the message
and mad gone but a short distance
when the engine passed me backing
up to the Office. 1t was going too fast
for me to board it. so the conductor
and engineer had been waiting ten
minutes or more when l eventually
reached the station
If it's all the same to your part
ner said the conductor, with freezing
politeness. wed just as soon get out
OF here. We've got families at the
other end Of the run and ul like to
get there before they get out Of our
remembrance.
/ walked into the Office ana told the
dispatcher had stopped the tram.
Why don't you be all day about
it9n he answered. There's nothing
for them-its too late to help EN- any
now
| was afraid for the conductor when
told him this. His Jaw fell and for
fully a minute he gazed at me in
round-eyed horror, then rushed from
the Office and yelled to the engineer;
Git a move on yerseLf Git out Of
here before he has another titn'
, After that it was comparatively
: quiet for a while. | made feeble
effort to understand something Of the
ciassiications but soon gave up the
) attempt as hopeless. One or two lots
/ Of freight and express came in. and a
/ couple OF trains passed without acci-
: dent. was beginning to think I was
: getting on to the business when the
| agent returned. He looked more care
worn than ever and sank YEARLY into
: the one chair the Office afforded.
Well how are you maxim it?' he
: asked and / stated that 80 far the
: progress seemed satisfactory.
e Next he looked at the way bills and
t wanted to know If had unloaded that
9 COW yet
: No " answered. mot yet
) Not yetr he shrieked Grea
o Scott, man what do sections 4. $50
d 81 and 80 OF the revised statutes 0
d the United States and section 2. 0
g chapter 3, OF the act OF April g. 1873
/ say?"
Don't waste any more precou
n time; get that critter uRloaded before
: anyone secs her She's been in tht
d car over thirty-six hours and we're
( liable to $500 fine
9 The COW was unloaded Immediately
: When / returned TO the office he called
: my attention TO bill Of 90 cents
+, had collected on washing machine
y You corrected that bill before yol
collected it I hope"
r Corrected it? No What's wrong?'
'Oh. mere trine. that comes I'm
3 der the interstate commerce law. anC
!. by overcharging 10 cents you We lai
J, as liable for fine Of IS 900 or tw
Is years IN the penitentiary, or both
d that's all See what circular 2, 20
e says: Agents who violate any Of tn
h provisions OF the interstate commerce
law ~ III lLGul5SlfC5 70 pCL 5Oil1ALJ ia
d BILE to the penalties imposed thereby
y Ignorance of the law is no excuse 70
k its violation. That's soothing ain
y ftp And here's case Of brandy yo
IF nave forwarded to Iowa a prohibition
r. state. That's another misdemeanor
a but thank God, we can probably es
o cape TO the hills before the authoritie
y get on to it. /"
a Those quails," he faltered look
y ing at me imploringly. You e2
i amined each bird as the law directs t
sec that II had not been captured by
te net pound, weir or trap. You kno-
i. rule IS says agents must acquair
themselves with and be governed b
r the game laws OF their state or terri
tory.
u ! could not speak, but ne read tn
20 , anayer in nv dowucagt face He or