Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-27
CAR SHORTAGE.
IN
IDAHO BETTER
Delivery of Union Refriger-
ator & Transit Company
Cars on Short Line Taking
Place.
President Ohara
Public Utilities
sion Additional
Stock Is Being
Into the State.
Notifies
Commits
Rolling
Rushed


Into the State.
Apple and potato shippers in south
ern Idaho who feared heavy losses be-
cause or failure to ship their produce
on account Of the serious shortage of
cars, feel somewhat relieved over the
situation, for the Union Refrigerator &
Transit company has notified the pub
lie utilities commission that all of it's
cars on the Oregon Short Line rails
may be delivered Immediately to ship
ping points and they will be backed by
900 more cars of that company which
are being rushed to this territory
Within the next week close to 500
empties should be ready for loading
and shipment to eastern markets.
HEAVY LOADING IN PROGRESS
A. l.. Freehafer, a member Of the
public utilities commission. is back
from trip to New Plymouth where
he found shippers short of cars but
busily engaged preparing box cars to
receive apples. These cars are being
loaded to maximum capacity of 1000
boxes of apples to a car In the few
refrigerator cars on hand 758 boxes are
being loaded to a car
This capacity loading will move
much more of the produce than If the
cars were not loaded as heavy" said
Commissioner Freehafer. There is
still a serious car shortage in that ter
ritory and 1t is hoped that relief can
be given. The Quitting of box cars
will greatly help"
PARALYZED AT TWIN FALLS.
A report received from Twin Falls
says
While complaints are pouring In to
the national food administration, the
state public utilities commission and
other official bodies, and while rail-
road officials plead that they are do
ing everything in their power to re-
lieve the situation, the business of
moving the crops from the Twin Falls
district is practically paralyzed.
There are 5000 car loads of produce
at Twin Falls ready to be shipped out
according to the count of the County
Farm Bureau, and last week the only
cars available were those that had been
brought here loaded and which were
unloaded locally, averaging from 10 to
were received here last week. but five
refrigerator cars came in Monday.
STORAGE AT A PREMIUM.
The situation is most acute as it af-
fects the perishable products, fruits
and potatoes. Thousands of tons of
these products will go to waste unless
cars are provided to move them out.
Every available foot of storage room Is
being utilized. Several new storage
warehouses built this season are al
ready filled, and cellars and Easements
everywhere are being pressed into the
service.
FROST CATCHES LATE PEACHES.
The first killing frost of the season
on october II caught the peaches re-
naming on the trees, and touched the
apples in some sections 1t Is esti-
mated that scarcely more than half of
the apple crop has been harvested; and
the apple packing season is about half
done. Packing plants generally are
working at less than full capacity be-
cause of inability to shipout the pro-
duct and scarcity OF storage room.
NO CARS LAST WEEK.
No empty cars were brought into
Twin Falls last week. The only cars
for shipping stuff out were
those that had been brought in here
loaded and which were unloaded here
There are from 10 to IL such cars daily.
On Monday five empty refrigerator
cars were received.
In response to telegram of the Com
mrcial club. the national food admin
istration wired Monday:
I'VE have the assurance of the
president of the Oregon Short Line
that they are bending every effort
to provide cars to move the pota-
toes and apples. The car service
commission also has taken official
cognlzance of the perishabie
freight stuff in Idaho tributary to
the Union Pacific and will make
every effort to provide relief"
A MATTER OF CONSERVATION.
The Commercial clubs reply was to
this effect:
Your effort to relieve the refrig-
orator car shortage is appreciated I'm
mediate relief must be provided to pre-
vent the loss of thousands of tons of |
apples and potatoes in the Twin Falls
section. This is much more food than
can be,saved in the food conservation
to our housewives"
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WHY COLDS ARE DANGEROUS.
1t Is not only the serious diseases
that so often start with cold that
make a cold the most dangerous of |
minor ailments. but the fact that |
when a child has cold he is much |
more likely to contract germ diseases
such as scarlet fever and diptheria. |
For this reason every cold should be
gotten rid of as quickly as possible |
Cough Remedy has
gained wido reputation for it's quick
cures, of bad colds. You will look a |
long time, before you find better
preparation for that diseasa.--Ady