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Show POTATO GROWERS IN NEED OF CARS Special to The Tribune. POCATELLO, Idaho, Aug. 16. Potato growers In the western district of the Oregon Short Line territory have again been deprived of the use of refrigerator cars for the movement of potatoes to the eastern markets. Notice has been served on the potato growers of the Caldwell district that an embargo has been placed on refrigerator cars for the movement of potatoes, owing to the shortage of this class of cars for the movement of the more perishable varieties of produce in other localities. The shipment of potatoes from southwestern south-western Idaho has just begun, and the growers have communicated with the Idaho Ida-ho delegation in Washington with a view of getting relief from the railroad administration. ad-ministration. Ventilated cars will be substituted sub-stituted for short hauls by the railroad company, but this class of cars will not do for long hauls. In the Caldwell district there are still 100 carloads of potatoes to be moved out. and most of these must go to distant markets. |