Show MONTANA FARMERS USE SHOTGUNS I I TO GET COAL DENiED DED BY DEALERS FUEL CARS OBTAINED BY RAILROADS The Utah coal famine caused by the shortage of cars is being mitigated mitt mitt- gated railroad officials declare and from various points empty cars for coal are being rushed into Salt Lake The completion of the beet harvesting in Utah with the attendant turning over of cars that may be used for coal and the order of ot the interstate interstate interstate inter inter- state commerce commission that cars be not held by Eastern concerns receiving receiving receiving re re- re- re raw materials from the West Vest have resulted in a veritable influx of ot empties to Salt Lake Thieves Busy Loss of f coal by theft and from rocking of coal cars on curves formerly considered more or less as a minor thing has taken on a new seriousness in view of the high price of coal and the shortages that exist over the West To abate the nuisance and save as much loss as possible the railroad railroad railroad rail rail- road companies have adopted an inexpensive and effective plan Before leaving the railroad yards all an ears cars of coal are whitewashed on top At each station if ff possible the whit whitewash wash coat is inspected In Inn the event these inspections show the coal has been disturbed an Investigation Is made as to where the loss occurred It is believed this will result in ina ina a a. saving of thousands of dollars' dollars worth of ot fuel Indicative of the terrible stress wrought in many parts of the Vestby West Vest Westby Westby by the shortage is the story told wid by n a a clerk of the Southern Pacific concerning concerning concerning con con- con con- the holdup of a train at Stanford Mont Farmers Use Guns A train upon which the Salt Laker was riding was held up by a crowd of of farmers armed with shotguns They forc forced d the train crew to sidetrack three loads of coal and supplied their names that the railroad company might send the bill to them They explained explain d they were unable to buy coal anywhere The situation today is declared to be brighter in Salt Lake than it has been for three months A total of two forty empty cars consigned to Salt Lake by the Tonopah Tonopah Tonopah Tono Tono- pah Goldfield Railroad co company ny to relieve th the stress that exists in Goldfield Goldfield Gold Gold- field was rec received received ived yesterday Work Vork of loading them was rushed and today today today to to- day they were started back to Nevada The Southern Pacific Is rushing empties Into inta Salt Lake from Ogden where there has obtained a yard congestion at the rate of twenty a day A total of e nine eighty ine already has arrived |