Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-10-21
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EemiAaseene-s Of she Early DAYS % ths
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Many are the "reminiscences related
q life on the rzu il TIE early days
q the CniOn Pacific Away hack IN
the seventies. shortly after the eo-n-
pletio1 q the rad 70 Ogden, Ltzh.
the oszciAls 81 the western perfi0r a
the Overland often foazd themselves
hard pressed for the requisite ioros
o. skilled men neoessary % nan their
fraiss 70 meet the demands Of The
constantly Increasing freight t-Atsc-
Il Ezs dRring the prer1lcpce 81 the
Rining feEer thr99ghozt Colorado
sad neighboriag territories
The disease euiekly sp-e44 . the
tvzia serxice. and the earnings e
many Of sbe hogs we're regularly in
vested in mining sPeeG ztlonS mostly
thrUugh grab stakes Dane Fortune
shOwere5 gold Ei1h lavish hand On
those whom she wishea - iApe-, and
a the tize q Ehieh Eri1e il Vas
Observed the Old girl did No. Disguise
her Prele~e1c@ for The kzigh1s q the
rail Fortunes Eene acquired in
dag. and instances are cited % n
brakeman Ebo was enc cay polishing
wheels Tor - - per day and 10 over
time. Eexr EEOu-h nighr Re seen in
dustriJ1sly SECURING eAllOusness iE
scissoring coupons
Freenez1 occErre1ces Of The above
ns1ure naturally left their impress
siOns On the resources Of the o-1cials.
gEho we're ofren forced 70 press into
service men Eho twisted 4 brake for
the frs time or the day Of their en-
ploymeHt Bun the officials had no
other resource 4 nAbob Elll not
brake On q freight train. a. least
while Re Is nAbobb.ng On one &C.
casion = coEb Dor vas employed 70 I'll
the position OF first mate or a freight
train His conductor instructed
leather breeches 20 fetch the engine
end place her % the train, while the
former proceeded 10 the dispatcher
sotiice. where he registered his train
and ais0 q kick or two This done
he engaged the dispatcher in couver-
satidn. in which. Tor quarter o. an
hour. he entertained the latter With
an instructive discourse on the sub
Jet Of handling trains oy telegraph.
After kindly thanking the con-
duetOr Tor his advice the guardian 81
The train meekly intinated that the
eastbound freight. which his train
had orders 20 meet a, Howell was
there awaiting his arrival Rushing
20 the register. where hi pencil
nerv0lsly recorded his departure. he
yelled ont es . parting adieu ..l'm
gone n 1903, and topped out into
the night Upon reaching his train
he found her engiueless He wa
also short one eowboy. His search
for the braEsry was quickly re-
warded- The yard engine had Just
paused 10 couple on 70 a string Of
ears. This was our newly found
brakeman 5 opportunity and he was
not slow IN taking adVzntag8 Of IL
When discovered 5y the conduc-
tor. Mr.. Cowboy Eas in the act u
thr0E ing his Lasso; The next moment
the graceful folds Strengthened out,
the loop fell snHgIy oTer the smoke
STACK. and the switching engine was
q captive The eoad1czOr was about
20 say, by guns." when be was in
terupted by the voice Of the brake
man. VINO. observing his chief ap-
prOaeb. cried out in ioyful ecstacy:
.'It's all right nov. boss. Ire ketched
her at last. and Eill have her on the
train in a jiffy. You see this deal Is
kinder new to me. but on cur next
drive I'll have her down pat