The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1908-02-21
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Trouble On Dining Cars.

| AIVuDIo VI O1uAu& V8IS.
Not long ago, a. Dining Car Conductor
w. 2. Fullerton, passed through White
fish, OH one OF his regular trips. he sadly
related q story to the effect that Dining
Car Conductor Ben Hanren, who was
on the opposite run, had joined the Sal
vation Army at Seattle and when last
seen was participating in the religious
rites of that organisation by beating the
bass drum with much asperity. Fuller
tens solemn mein and convincing man
ner lent some weight to the story, which
resulted in cartoon. lin which
''Bucksl;ot" Robertson did full justice to
the situation) being started down the
line for the purpose Of gathering written
comments from the "bunch." Tn.
fortunately, Iiansen STAN bled on to it,
and gave vent to a burst of adjectives
that would put a captain Of canal boat
to shame. but finally got busy. and be-
gan quietly investigating the heretofore
sacred experiences OF those that had
unwisely commented upon his supposed
downfall.
II He soon discovered an item in Seattle
daily paper, to the effect that, THE
Seattle police were trying TO locate one
II p. Davis, upon the complaint OF a
lady, who claimed that this II. P. Davis
temporarily secured dimond ring from
her and then disappeared" The only
bible that Hansen knows is the Great
Northern book of rules, and consequent
II ly he had no compunction in assuming
that the travellers friend, "High Price"
Davis, who pr-sides over dining car
7l0+, was the guiltv party, and after
pasting the above item to a suitable
cartoon. he started it down the line for
the e.lifcation Of the "bunch".
In the next issue OF the Seattle paper
above referred to, it stated that "H. p.
Davis was bartender and was living at
Illl0 Summit avenue, Seattle. and had
been located by the police" Poor
"High Price" exhibits this item upon
all occasions to prove his "alybi" and
NtSO OiattnV W h0SO pIOOi Ntt0s 1tAuSOts
ia lineal descensiaht Of Ananias, and
! that he will yet evsn with him at the
frat opportunity. but insists that Ben
Hansen is "bully good fellow" just the
same.
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The passenger crews running between
Whitefsli and Spokane will hereafter
lay over in Whitefsh "a hours, instead
oksloubliny out OF here, ~, formerly.
1t is reported that the Great North.
ern will begin laying 90.pound steel
early III the spring on the branch line
between Great Falls and Shelby, which
is soon to become part of a transconti
mental railroad by closing OF the gap be-
tween the Burlington ami Great North.
ern.
sucerintendent J. II. O'Neill of the
. CAscsle division. formerly superinten
dent at Whitefish, passed through to WI
s Tueeslay on his way to his headquarters
at Everett, Waeh. Mr.. O'Neill is re
membered in Whitefish by wide circl,
( OF friends, whose best wishes will Away
z be with him.
In view of the announcement, mad,
s by the interstate commerce commission
respecting its authority to extend tn.
5 law, which gocs into effect the 4th o
March, next. limiting the hours of ser
vice OF employees engaged in tho move
3 ment OF trains on interstate railroads
3 application has been made by severa
3 railroad systems tor q hearing befor'
the commission on the subject.
8I A comprehensive employers liabilit,
bill has been introduced in the senat
9 aud house by Senator La Toilette Of Wis
8 consin and Representative Sterling o
3 illinois. The authors say the hill ha
9 the Endorsement of the Brotherhoods q
Locomotive Engineers, Locomotive Fire
men and Trainmen aud ,s intended 4
5 meet the recent decision OF the supfem
court by which the employers liabilit
act Of June IL, 1905, MAS declared un
constitutional,