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Show EMRGQES LEAVE FBHHFFECI Railroads Are Probably th Chief Sufferers From Re. cent Trouble. TOURISTS RUSH HOM! Hotels of West Depopu lated and Yellowstone Is Deserted Early. Since the disappearance of tlic stri! busaboo a survey of eond itions revea comparatively few Immediate Ul-effe from the nation-wide embargoes m so I; a- the intermountain country Is cor cerned The biggest loss suffered in th territory, probably, is the tourist trav. of the next thirty days. Some shlpmen mav have been delayed temporarily, bu according to Information available, tl delays to livestock, foodstuffs and oth perishables will result In no great loss P The railroads themselves apepar to ha been the chief sufferers trom the e , bargoes anil the extent of theli lost, probahlv will not be made public. I nn ipation of a strike, practical y evert s eam railroad In the intermounlahi - on concerned with the handling of 11 ?er?tate Srie had hundreds of men en ploved weeks ahead in Ihe capacity , guards and strike breakers. Came at Bad Time. The embargoes, however, came state time for both the railroads and the pu, " with the fruit crop ready for movt ment and the annual fall movement i term crops near at hand, delay to a. equipment is likely to result In conget lion ami shortage of enulpment a lit. later on. The coal traffic probably ; not suffer seriously from the emoargoe as the .-lass of equipment used in tli service is seldom diverted to any othc to anv great extent. The' homeward rush of late tourists wi be felt mist severely in Salt -Lake Lit anil Yellowstone park is practically 01 sorted fifteen days ahead of the end r the season. Other national parks and r sorts throughout the country also are r ported to he suffering a severe slack i business. During the past few days a transc ontinental trains have been crowdo to capacity carrying tourists homewar and th local hotels are practically fn from the fall tourist How. The worst fea ture of It is that these hostelries will lov the usual tourist business of the monil of September. Those who turned ba j will not -out again this year and littli in the tourist line may be expected tint the annual winter flow of travel to soutr. ern California. Fruit Is Held Up. Some fruit from tha Trovo, Brlghaij ritv and Grand Junction districts waj held up a. day or two, but it is est! mated that the loss, if any, will be coir parattvelv small. The same will app! to stock movements. In some instann shipment's of cattle and sheep destined t outside mar tets were held in pens at rail road stations a day or two. but it is tieved that there will not be stifflcier fluctuation in market prices to cause an serious loss. With t he tourist flow stopped and tithe ti-the Yellowstone park cleared of visitor and most of the employees at the hf tels and er-mps. the Oregon Short last night operated the last Yellowsto r special -f the year from 'Salt Lake l Yellowstone. The last special from Ye'-i lowstonc to Salt iake will leave Yellowj stone tonight. Regular service will H performed, however, between Salt J-aki and Yellowstone until September lo. Pas sensers may leave here about niidiug -ind connect with a local train out r, Fooalello reaching Yellowstone the fol lowing afternoon. After September 1 only mixed train service will be furnish into and out of Yellowstone. |