The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-08-26

taken care of. You should have been
notified, certainly; It is the business
of the stock agent TO see TO that. Let
me inquire about It while you are
here, MIR. Dunning." suggested Nc
Cloud, ringing for his clerk.
Cunning lost no time In expressing
himself. Il don't want my cattle held
at Point of Rocks he said, angrily.
Your Point of Rocks yards are In
fected. My cattle shouldn't have been
sent there"
"Oh. no! The old yards where they
had n touch of fever were burned of |
the face of the earth year ago. The
new yards are perfectly sanitary. The |
loss of the bridge has crippled us, you
know. Your cattle are being well |
cared for, Mr.. Dunning, and II you
doubt it you may go up and give our
men any orders you like in the matter
at our expense"
You're taking altogether too much
on yourself when you run my stock
over the country In this way" ex-
claimed Dunning, refusing to be pla-
Gated, How am | to get to Point of
Rocks--walk there?"
mot at ALL" returned McCloud, ring
ing up his clerk and asking for pass,
when was brought back in a moment
and handed to Dunning. THE CATTLE"
continued McCloud, can be run down,
unloaded, and driven around the break
to-morrow-with the loss of only two
! days"
And in the meantime / lose my
market"
1T is too bad, certainly, but I sup
pose 1t will be several days before we
can get line across Smoky creek"
"Why weren't the cattle sent
through that way yesterday What
have they been held at Point of Rocks
| for? / call the thing badly managed"
1--WE couldn't get the empty cars up
ION Piedmont for the transfer until
today empties are very scarce every
where now"
"There always have been empties
here when they were wanted until
lately. There's been no head or tail
to anything on this division for six
months
I'm sorry that you have that i'm
preston"
THAT impression is very general"
declared the stockman, with an oath,
land If you keep on discharging the
only men on this division that are
competent to handle break like this,
} 1t Is likely to CONTINUED"
Just a moment" McCloud's finger
/, -cse pointedly my failure to please
you in caring for your stock in an
emergency may be properly matter
for comment; your opinion as to the
way am running this division Is, OF
course, your own; but don't attempt
TO criticise the retention or discharge
of any man on my pay roll!"
Dunnins strobe toward him. I'm
a shipper on this line; when 1t suiti
D me to criticise you or your methods
I or anybody else's, l expect to do So,
Q he retorted in high tones.
!. But you cannot tell me how to ru,
s my business!" Numbered McCloud
/ leaning over the table in front of him
i AS the two men glared at each 9th
h er Rooney Lee opened the door. Hi
t surprise at the situation amounted L
s CONSERVATION. He shufIled to the col
= ner of the room, and while McClou
= and Dunning engaged holly again
t. Rooney, from the corner, threw sho
o of his own into the quarrel. 20
;. time!" he roared.
I, The angry men turned. What
l. on time?" asked McCloud, curtly.
G Number One; she's in and chant
d ing engines. | told them you were e
d ing west" declared Rooney in so dee
% tones that his fiction would neve
n have been suspected.
e, Dunning, to emphasize, without
" further word, his disgust for the sitl
alton and his contempt for the MAJ
* agement, tore into scraps the pas
h that had been given him, threw tn
r, scraps on the floor, took cigar frol
ut his pocket and lighted it.; insolenc
r. could do no more.
Of McCloud looked over at the di
lg patcher. No, | am not going ives
d. Rooney. But II you will be GOO
in enough to stay here and find out frol
I'd this man just how this railroad ougl
to be run, will go to bed. He ca
n tell you; the microbe seems to
ar working in his mind right now" sal
lg McCloud, slamming down the roll-tc
i'd of his desk And with Lance Dunnir
ne glaring at him, somewhat speeches
en- he put on his hat and walked out
ch the room.
mt 1t was but one of many disagreeab
a incidents due to the loss of the bridg
ce Complications arising from the tie-l
I'D followed him at every turn. 1t SCENE
nd as If he could not get away from tro
re BILE following trouble. After 40 hou
or further of toll relieved by four hou
adj of sleep, McCloud found himself, rat
ad err dead than alive, back at Medicil
I'M Bend and in the little dining room
lis Marions. Coming in at the cottai
ut door on Fort street, he dropped in