Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-07-27

are not subject to draft, but the all
American outfits are having har,
shedding. However, If our local mis-
fortunes provide the men to win tn,
war, we can put up with them. but {
little more judgment by local boards
regarding the business is certainly
needed
| would respectfully refer them to
the fact that the actual handling of a
range business is a single mans job.
1t is also young mans JOB have
tried boys and have tried old men
and have paid dearly for so doing
Neither one understands or ,appreci-
ates the Importance of staying on the
job, Nor can women be used as in
many other trades and professions,
but have seen young men holding
down jobs in the different activities
whose work could easily be done by
women, and who themselves would
look we'll in khaki
suppose 1t is extremely easily to
find an excuse to stay at home but
running pool hall selling automo-
biles or insurance and working ON a
Liberty Loan or Red Cross drive to
ease your conscience is not helping
hof a lot to win the war and be-
fore sitting ON a defense council as
Judge and jury of the men who are
doing something on the producing
line, think whether you are qualified.
1t is unfortunate that the age limit
for the draft was not placed at Is to
45, and a rigid investigation con
Quoted as to the worth or worthless
ness Of every able-bodied citizen.
We are having extremely dry
weather and our lambs are not weigh
Ing as they should went East with
my first shipment of lambs and while
| had the hardest trip ever expert
enced, ii was quite a vacation when
to trying to run sheep at
that livestock IL not given some little
home 1t seems to me unfortunate
by the railroad inter-
ests. Time and time again we ran on
10 a yardmaster who seemed to give
the preference to government wool
and government lumber. That had to
go, II made little difference whether \
he livestock moved or not, Just how
Urgent the demand for lumber is, I
am not in position to Judge, but IL
am rightly Informed there Is enough
WOOL in storage to at least last a !
month or so, but If the time limit
Fas running short and you wanted
! little lighter train to make the
text feeding place, the yardmaster
vouldNseemingly consider you al
most pro-eerman If you suggested
aking off little dead freight from
he train. Government wool and
government lumber THAT has to
move.
had the misfortunate to lose 20
lead Of lambs al Montpelier, Pasture
70. 3, practically every one shipping !
{ that time lost sheep both at Mont
elier and Laramie. think the loss
serious to Justify the gov
rnment in making an investigation
[ the causes Personally am in
lined to think the deaths were due
0 water founder, but many growers
lame the alkali / noticed my sheep
ating alkali but they could not
ave ben salt-hungry as they were
allied just three days previous. They
fere kept off water for couple of
ours after unloading to give them
$ good a fill Of grass as possible,
ut that did not seem to help much,
ny information regarding possible
revention OF losses like the above
would be appreciated by ),
hippers.
There are some genuine cranks =
mong the conductors and brakemen :
ne encounters on the different divi- I
ons. A few Of them go by the Use :,
ook You cannot stand up when the !,
ain Is in motion, you cannot go on !,
ne rear platform for breath of air, !,
gu cannot do anything you want to ;,
0. Perhaps they are justified in for :,
idding such goings on, but on the !,
ext division you strike a human be- !.
ig, who has not a kick in him, and !.
le difference cannot help must be /.
and somehow he seems to i,
ct along just as well and invariably 4
ou find that the latter crew has Ice =,
the water cooler which Is more i
IAN many Of the divisions we
'aveled over provided. We seldom !,
anaged TO make feeding points In r
ueh less than the SO hours the law =,
lowed AT Grand Island we had =
u hours to 80 on, and this is some j
ling Of our experience. i,
Stockman at the freight office win. W
DIV to young gentleman very busy RI
Iside When does the stock train o.
Fremont go QUIZ" No response, Ii
1ung gent very hnsu Il