The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-05-19

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Times are not what they once
were, said the old railroad conductor
sadly They're not what they were
when 7 was running train on the u.
~ years ago. The conductors that nun
nowadays are Of inferior Intellect
us it a st0ry2' inquired the man
with the pipe.
Well maybe you'd cali it a story.
1T WAS like this 7 was working west
from Cheyenne iu those days ana IL
was considered only right to carry an
occasional passenger. although there
was a rule against it. Well, one day
closed a contract with fourteen sheep
herders-I guess they we're shepherd
ers-to haul them from Cheyenne 90 a
little water tank 0ut I'm Carbon county
t the rate OF 81 per head. The train
was made up right I'm front Of the
depot al Cheyenne. These fourteen fell
lers came right down there in front Of
the whole depot force. loaded each a
bed on the cabOOse and then pied III
themselves, fourteen of 'em. They ana
their baggage allied the old caboose-
Some piker i'm the depot thought this
was going pretty strong, so ne sent
word TO the division superintendent
who was G.. Il. Wurtelle in those days.
WurJelle was uptown. but ne hurried
back and got there just in time 20 see
the train pan out He at once sent q
message to the trainmaster at Laramie,
who was Charley Culross at that time,
TO Jump a train and start east. meet
my train and nail me dead 10 rights.
II might not have many friends now.
but I had a few then. one of EN- was
q little old operator at way station
a few miles west of Cheyenne. lte
read Wurteue's message, which spelled
trouble for me. so he hung a nag Tor
me. When ] stopped there he told me
what was up I went right back 10
the caboOse and made an address 10
those sheeDherdeTs. Here, ] says 70
them. the supeFintendents got man
coming 10 eaten me Win you teliefs
on board. If he gifts me 10 means 80
90 Jail and so do all of you IN
breakin' the law dOin' this ana you
are ain accomplices. Now, if you fell
Iers want TO do the right thing we can
fix it all right They were all Hllilng.
so 1 had them gather up their BEDS
ana traps and follow me to an empty
box car I piled the whole bunch OF
them I'm there and sealed up the car.
Then we pulled on west.
AT Tie Siding we met up with Cul-
ross. He came back TO the caboose and
took look but there was nobody
there but a brakeman, 0hO was asleep.
4" Howdy' says Culross.
o.. sHoWdy.' ] saws back TO him.
p" NO passengers today, ] see, he
says
f" Nope I says, but. say, CuIross
the durEdest thing happened when "e
pulled out
What was it?' he says.
Why / says, when ] caught the
CabCOse as we pulled out i found four
teen buns with their beds in the ca
bOOse Now CUlrOss. L don't mind
turning an honest penny once In a
while but there's decency in every
thing
what did you do with emp asks
CuIross.
- Just stopped the train at the
stock yards when we pulled out OF
Cheyenne and ditchec the whole bilin
of EN- I says.
Good for you says CuiFoss.
Yes ] says, there's decency III
everything.
so CulrOss he rides back to Lara
ME with me and never tumbled. AS
soon as we got out of sight of Lara
ME west I stopped the train anC
/ brought the sheepherders back 70 Jh'
l. ca boOse. carried EN- on 10 lneH
/ jumping off place.
"CuIross must have had his suspic
/ ions. though. for he met me once nv
years after that after I had qUit TIM
4 road. and asked me how I worked that
I I told him.
What did CulrOss say2'
Never mind what Culross said, re
( piled the old conductor "CulrOss ha'
! p urattv fair vOca bulary iu those days.