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Show I 1 STOCK TRAINS I TO SPECIAL Assistant Genera Manager v.. C. I ' Vanson of tho Oregon Short Line re- W turned last night with C I Tuttle m H from Huntincton. Ida . where therall- r road men, at a conference with live j stock owners, inaugurated a new .- I tem of freight shipments that. It is j relieved, will be more satisfactory to shippers and to the rou) J Trie freight rule on live stock has been that where less than a tiain-r tiain-r load, or fifteen carB. is shipped from any town, the shipment is attached j to any frc-iKhr train that happen! 'alone. The railroad men proposed at Huntington that the cattlemen and sheepmen arrange certain shipment days, when lar consignments will be sent, enabling the service of a special freight train The trains leave the larger cities for the coast On the way they pick up the smaller consignments con-signments of other towns, making a complete chain of cattle trains, with uniform stops for feeding and rest. The Innovation Is evpocted to aid northern Utah as well as Idaho From the latter state the big movement of beef cattle from the valleys, on the Montana division of tho Short' Line Is expected to commence soon. The service Is expected to shorten the runnir.7 time to the northwestern coast considerably. Fast schedules will be observed. oo |