The San Francisco call., 1908-10-13
Gossip Of RaiIwaymea

w. A. washington, Southern Pacific
agent at Santa Margarita, is great
angler. 1t is said of him that there
Is not a stream within 100 miles of
his territory that he does not know
accurately and can tell to nicety how
many trout can be caught in any pool
within a given time. His fame as a
fisherman has spread to the uttermost
parts of California, and so, when j.
III. Young, general superintendent of
the northern district of the Southern
Pacific. and w. A. MeGovern, division
superintendent, went on an inspection
trip of the coast line they went pre-
pared to fish.
THAT man washington" remarked
McGovern," is really a wonder. II am
Informed he knows every stream in
that country, and he has told me fire.
quently that he will put me on to a
pool, known only to himself, where we
can catch the biggest sort of fish
regular whales"
II wonder If I have brought along
a stout enough liner said Young. Il
have all the flies there are to catch the
fancy of trout" he continued.
1t was early in the morning when
Young and McGovern started from San
ia Margarita to the famous pool in the
mountains.
The sun beat gaily down on them,
but what cared these gallant sportsmen
for heat? Was not a delightful pool
awaiting them? Under the shade of
the trees they would fish and swap
yarns about how w. II. Bancroft caught
fish in the Yellowstone or some other
unknown place, while they, here in
California, captured finer fish than any
man dreamed of.
Up they climbed. The sun grew
hotter.
"Cheer up, Mac" cried Young; "we'H
soon be there. This is the best anti-fat
medicine I ever tasted"
II don't need anti-fat, thank you"
growled McGovern; what L need is a
cool drink
"Hullo!" exclaimed Young; this is
where the pool should be. Here are the
trees and, by thunder! there is where
the pool should be-"
where it should be-" shouted Nc
Govern. wiping the perspiration, which
was running like a river from off his
brows It's nothing but dry hole.
Mac asked Young. do you think
that that agent is practical joker?
IF he is, he'll never joke again. III
mur-- Never mind; we'll find out be-
fore taking snap judgment"
ut must be the soldiers explained
Washington. THAT pool was full of
water and of fish. They must have
found it and drunk 1t dry. 1 cannot
for the life of me explain 1t IN any
other way
Look here. young man." said Nc
Govern solemnly, never again send
any man on such horrible trip.
do you suppose for an instant that
any jury would convict a man of mur-
der If YOU died SUDDENLY"
The Union Pacific has ordered its
contractors to concentrate $50 teams
and several hundred men at Oshkosh,
Neb., the terminus OF the branch line
which the Union Pacific built several
years ago up the North Platte valley
from a point on the main line near
Chappell, Neb. This order would seem
to mean that the Union Pacific intends
to push the Platte valley line west
ward into Wyoming, and possibly to a
connection with the main line at Medi-
cine Bow, Wyo. Railroadmen are In
clined to regard the Union Pacifics or
der as a bluff at the Burlington. That
the latter intends to build through GEN.
trail Wyoming is now an established
fact, and In order to do so will in
wade territory. controlled by the Chi
cago and Northwestern. To keep the
burlington out OIL northwestern TERRI
tory Ii is believed that the Union Pa
cific will push its Blake valley line
westward, which means Union RacifC
invasion of eastern Wyoming terri
tory. now tributary to the Burling-
toms Guernsey line.
The colonist movement to the coast
is steadily picking up, and last Satur-
day 341 persons passed through Ogden
and El Paso bound for California. Two
hundred and forty-one came through
Ogden and 100 through FL Paso- The
fact that not one of the 100 intends to
stop off at Los Angeles shows that
they are seeking homes in the north
ern section of the state.
On and after October Is the Pull
man car company will reduce the rate
on drawing room accommodations from
San Francisco to Chicago from s53 to
$40. The berth rate will continue as
heretofore.
Edwin Linthicum, freight agent of
the Star-Union line at Denver, is in
the oitv ou a Measure trim