The daily Alaskan., 1915-03-05
How Jim Donnelly Made a Success.
By EVERETT P. CLARKE

ton The system was long one, pen etrating into what were then the back woods of North America The com pauy needed men on the frontier, but unfortunately those positions were so uuattractiNe e that the employees there could not be made 10 hold their places, Jim was told that he might have paSscnger train in this region, but was advised that the people traVeling there were hard to manage, and it was fear ed that he would give up the job after learning the conditions.
 Jim had commenced rGilroading as a brakeman The salary of conductor was much better than that of agent at an inferior station, and he decided to accept the position. Another induce memt was that if he succeeded in run ming his train through the lawIess dis trict with regularity he would be ad' vanced to n higher position.
 The main trouble Iim's predecessors had experienced was collecting fares. The people of the country made all sorts of excuses for nor paying their way. and if the conductor tried to put them ulT the train they would make fight One conductor had been killed, another severely wounded. and others had been too frightened to Insist on getting the fare All this was explain ed to the applicant
 Jim thought the matter over and made up his mind that he would light his way to mastery of the situation He would not undertake the job with out SeCin. it through The fights the conductors had experienced were with individuals. and so long as he was moi called upon to fight several men al once Jim saw no reason why he should not stand as good a chance as the oth CT fellow. tIpu.h he was not a large man nor especially muscular. He was quite ingenious and relied on his think Ing powers to provide ways of collect ing fares
 Jim had been running his train sev' eral days without trouble when a wild looking mau got on at wilder ness station. aud when Jim asked him for his fare the passenger. feeling through his DOrl;ctS finally took out dirty DaDcr on which hc had himself written a pass Jim handed it back to him with tho laConic remark, "No good" The man began to berate the conductor with his tongue for insult ing him. at the same time putting bis hand to his hip for his revolver. lin put his hand into his outside coat pool; ct and pulling out rubber bulb, re neatrd his request for the fare. The man was getting his revolver in post tion for draw vixen Jim placed th' bulb before the raScafS face and pressing il. filed his eyes with red per per.
 Ther, r,as howl. the passenger put ting his hanG> to his eyes. Jim. talk ing advantage If his blindness, made gyah ru! his revolver and secured 1t TLrn, pulling tue oal rope. he took the man by Ihr collar and hustled him to the dau: giving him a Kick as he dropped him of the train
 The next m#n wEo refused to pay his fare w"~ T "n1ut~yman. who relied on his mrSr!n to rr"i"ct him from being put of the Irnu hy inc conductor. The fellow wa, certainly very strong and pridcd h.I..>,lt Cu being able to take care of ally wau without tAp use of arms Wien Iim asked h.m for his fare he searched for his ticket or pre- tended tO dc so. then said that he had lost it. Jim. who understood the mans game. paSSe-t on collecting. When tkn train rpuChe,l tne next station he got out, went tJ the baggage car. took q new punch tJt Of a bag. and when the train started on went through the cars again Coming to the man who had lost his ticket hr told him that he must pay his fare rr get On the train, wherCUruu lie pasSCngPr told him that If be WIS strong enough to eject him he waS WelCo ru tu un su.
 Quick a: tll,.h .iiin gripped the mars Hose "ith Ills i~n,h, which held ty m.sr> l. a cr.,iv ur sharp prUjec- tiuuS The @.lr,h w;H fought like ;i-rl Hul every time h2 struck blow Jim pressed ;@c H'pp2r, and in very few mj"utg~ lis prisoner ceased to struggle Jim rgl,cd the bell rope, but before thr train came to fUIl stop threw lis fri-ou"r into u ditch beside the ruul
 S:urir, ul ,hr conductors uove, meth od> Ul raitin@ ul travellers who refuS ed iV lly lh,.ir fare Were spread broad cast hl paSscugrrs who witnessed them and lost nothing by repetition The countrymcn along the line were used to fighting with their fists or their revOIvcrS and were entirely put out of their reckoning hy such unprecedented methods or warfare. Ii required but these two instances to stop the refusal to pay fares, for after the second ejec ton no one else cared to take the risk of running up against some new plan of the conductor of accomplishing his purpose.
 Meanwhile the railroad was civiliz- ing the people who lived beside it. A respect for law and order was creep ing in, and public sentiment was turn ing against the carrying of weapons In other words. the ppODlc were be