What's next? No Breathing?

Today I was out and about on one of my weekly fact-finding runs when I came across this sign stenciled onto the side of a circa 1935 Union Pacific Railroad Passenger Car. Surprising to some, I would imagine, this sign was not spotted in Tooele County. I found this gem on a railroad siding in Evanston, Wyoming.
I was wondering who was responsible for this most intriguing regulation and I came up with the following possibilities.

1.. As it was on a railroad car, perhaps the railroad was responsible. I know that too much swaying of a railroad car from side-to-side cause uneven wear on the rails and ties and thus increases maintenance costs. So it would be in the railroads best interests to put a halt to any unnecessary movement in the rail cars.

2. Perhaps the government is behind this. They have been known to use advertising to promote some programs they are behind. I.E. Smokey the Bear, anti-smoking, Baby-your-baby, slow the flow, etc. Now that the are realizing that free condoms in the middle and grade schools aren't working they could be doing a PR campaign for abstinence.

3. In the days prior to commercial air travel, all college football teams traveled by train. Perhaps this was a special Charter Car for the BYU Team.

4. Before the days of televangelists and television those spreading the good word would sometimes charter train cars for travel from motel to motel. I mean from city to city. I can almost see Jimmy Swaggart waving from the platform of this car to all the sinners across the country.

If any of you know the actual reason this is on this car, I will be rightly impressed. In all honesty don't think its any of the above reasons

Only in Tooele County

Just Returned from a day-long drive in Northern Nevada and Western Utah. While snooping around in Wendover, on the Utah side of the border, I decided to take a look at the old Air Base. There is a great deal of history there as it was the training site for the bomber crews who ended WWII by dropping atomic bombs on Japan. As turned off the main street to go to the base, the above sign caught my eye.
I really wasn't sure if someone was recruiting, selling, renting or otherwise trafficking in human flesh. I thought that maybe the railroad was recruiting as Chinese labor was responsible for the building of the Central Pacific Railroad from Sacramento to Promontory Point. Perhaps the labor pool of Hispanics is running low and the Casinos are now recruiting Asians. None the less, I was borderline appalled at this Politically incorrect solicitation.
I decided to See where the sign would take me and I went down the street looking for something that resembled an opium den or at least a Chinese Buffet. I had my camera ready and was ready to document this sordid mess for the UN Commission on Human Rights or perhaps Get Gephardt on channel 2. I looked for another sign to confirm my fears. There were none. I drove back to the general vicinity of the original sign to try and obtain more info. I found the information on the other side of the sign. Again, it said Coolies, However, in very small writing
underneath it made reference to snow cones. Sadly I put my camera away. I would not be calling the UN or Bill Gephardt. I'm still not sure if calling Snow cones coolies is Politically Correct.

Alaska, Canada (eh), and Colorado

Now that I'm back in Zion for the foreseeable future, I thinks it's time to make a few casual observations about the areas and the people I've encountered over the last few weeks. I have no poof positive about anything I have observed or will comment on. There are no double-blind studies to validate what I have to say. I have no data to corroborate any my of statements. It is just the ramblings of someone who likes to observe.

1. Bicycles are found in abundance in Colorado and in Skagway. In Skagway, they are the primary means of transportation for many of the townsfolk. The town is only 4 blocks wide and 28 blocks long so they are very useful there. Bicycles are found in abundance in Colorado usually on top of a Volvo or a Range-rover or some other like vehicle that will attest to the owners high ranking in yuppieville. You will never see a bike on the top of a car in Skagway. That area is reserved for the latest dead big-game animal as it is paraded around town to be envied by all the locals. If you need to transport your bike by vehicle, it is usually done in the back of a 1968 vintage pick-up truck that is so rusted you can't tell the original color of said vehicle. I believe Colorado has laws against vehicles older that 3 or 4 years. You might, however, see rust on the bike rack on top of the cars in Colorado. It's there because the bike has been up on top of the car for more than a year without being taken off. You must have a bike in Colorado. It is not, however, necessary to ride said bike. You need only to make people think you are eco-friendly and health conscious. There are not very many bikes in Western Canada. The Principal for of transportation after the automobile seems to be an ATV. They are everywhere in rural Canada. No more herding cows or sheep with horses and dogs. Now the round-up is done with A Honda Bone Rattler 500 or a Suzuki Cow Puncher 300ZXT. So much for idyllic images of the old west.
2. Observations concerning the fairer sex. I would not want to make a living by trying to sell make-up in Western Canada. I think most of the women there think the Clinque Counter is a government official who is in charge of counting and keeping track of the Clinque's. Blush is the name of a rash contracted by scraping up road kill and eating it before it is fully cured. They all, however, have great personalities. By way of observation there are far too many women in Colorado who look like the before photo for the eating disorder clinic. If being healthy means weighing 83 lbs. and having legs that look like 7-11 slurpee straws, I guess I just don't get it..Alaska women are a different lot. Healthy to say the least. As an added bonus, they provide heat in the winter and shade in the summer.

That's all for now. I've included this picture to show 6 of the nine reasons I decided to come home early.