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Show SHEEPRAISERS OF WESTGET RELIEF Shippers Can .Unload and Feed at Chicago ' . Yard. By Unltsd Prats. WASHINGTON. Oct. 17. Ths' railroad administration today extended relief te the sheepraissrs west of tha Mississippi river. Hereafter shippers will be permit-led permit-led to unload and feed-their shipments of sheep at the Chlcaco public yards. They will ba allowed to "store" ths heep there for a period of alx months, which Is the everaca time for feedlns Western sheep. Ths extension of this prWIIeire. offlolania ssld. was to permit the movement of sheep from the drouth stricken area, of ths Southwest and Northern states! In some regions, accordlna to reports reach-Ins; reach-Ins; the railroad administration, only the early transfer of the herds will save heavy loaves. The move then will con-nerve con-nerve much foodstuff which otherwise mlfcht he lost, according to offlctela. No additional charae Is made for the stopping in transit privilege. There la. however, a provision that sddltional weight taken on as a renult of feeding In the terminal will be charged for at the regular local rata from Chicago to the final destination. |