Show TWO iso RAILROADS WILL I REDUCE RATE II I I Secretary Walker Has Hope of Getting Other Roads to Join Republican Sp Special Service Cheyenne Wyo o Aug 1 17 Through Tb Through rough the efforts of or Secretary George S S. S Walker of or the tho Nat National Wool ool Growers Grower B association the thc Western Vestern have havo secured an important concession lon from the Chicago Northwestern and tho the Chicago Great Western ester roads which have hove reduced tho thio charge e ent at nt grazing stations between Omaha and Chicago o from one and one half one hat cents p per r head per pel tf lay day to ono one cent per pr head per clay duy In for handling sheep Time The leading stations at al which the thc charge Is reduced are arc LaFox Ro- Ro chelle chele n I Lindenwood Ills I It I West t Lincoln Neb eb and Long Pine Neb For man many years fars shippers have havo been I charged ed one ono and one-half one c cents per head hear per pcr da day for Cor the thc first ten days das and nd on ono one cent per head per er ta day there there- thereafter there there- after It I being customary for sheep sheep- men from tho the far farre re West tto to unload their stuff In Iowa loiva and Illinois and allow alow tho the animals to graze raze in fresh pas pat pat- pas pas- tures D By so o doln doing the animals were I Inot Inot not hot only rested from their lon long tho the Western estern plains but the they took on flesh fesh to replace what was wal lost in transit Owing to tho the hea heavy losses Josses during durin the lambing I season drop in the wool market of from 5 to S 8 and 10 cents per pound lack hack of or demand for lambs I and feeder stuff the time national a association ocla- ocla tion ton has hafl been looking about aboul for tor places where economy econom could be heed Iced and tho time grazing gring stations were cre creamon amon among the thc first to be given attention Other plans are being worked out h by bythe bythe 1 the association whereby the thc sheep sheep- I men will wil secure benefits In Communication With Othe Others Secretary Walker is now in correspondence correspondence correspondence cor cor- cor- cor with wih tho the Chicago Milwaukee Mil Mu- MI- MI waukee St. St Paul tho the Burlington ton the he Union Pacific and the thc managers manaGers of or f grazing stations on those lines Ines In Inan an nn LU effort to have them reduce the tho grazing graz graz- In ing rig fee to one ono cent per head per da day but ut even If Ir the thc they refuse to grant hant the concessions the will wi have two wo lines between the river and anti Chiago Chicago Chi Chi- ago cago over which the they can ship andalon and alon along which the thc they can graze their sheep heep at one cent hend per day and rid as ns the thc have havo been notified not not- noti noti- concessions Ions the led fied led of the thc conce granted ranted by Northwestern and and also b by the Chicago t Great Western estern it is expected those lines inca will wi get the tho bul bulk of the business from rom now on |