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Show The Coal Shortage. Commercial Club at Work but Offered Of-fered Little Encouragement. The coal famine has assumed serious proportions again. There Is no coal In the city, to be purchased and many homes are without coal or wood. Tho Cache Commercial Club's committee appointed to stir up the railroads and mines, has during the past two or three weeks done everything possible to get coal turned this way but without with-out avail. Ycstcrdaj afternoon, J. A Ilend-rickson. Ilend-rickson. representing the committee, conferred over the 'phone with the Q. S. L. olllcials In Salt Lake. Mr. Reeves, Supt. Buckingham and Supt. Bancroft's head man expressed a sincere sin-cere desire to sere this city in Its present needs but said they were doing do-ing all that Is possible. They said that Logan and Cache Is faring better bet-ter than any place on their line, this because they appreciated the necessity neces-sity here and the effort of the club and committee. The statement was made that the state buildings In Boise1 closed yesterday, and that north and south coal is scarce bevond comprehension. compre-hension. Tho difficulty is said to not be with the railroads. They have tho rolling stock, but coal Is not to bo had at the mines. The mlneis can not get it out fast enough to supply the demand. The assurance was given that there is now on fool negotiations with the eastern olllcials looking toward supplying sup-plying the lallroads with coal from northern mines, thus relieving in a measure the present situation. The olllcials expressed every concern for us here and the desire to do the very best possible, and with this we must be content. However, the committee com-mittee will keep up its urging and do all possible. |