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Volume II NOVEMBER, 1920 Number 5

PIONEERS OFTHE RIVERSIDE

At the Cascade Mill there are threemen who saw the first paper comethrough the dryers at the Riverside Mill.For a quarter of a century, they andnumerous others have contributed to theromance of the growth of the paper divi-sion of the B r o w nCompany. When theRiverside Mill startedon July 2, 1892, W. E.Corbin was machinet ende r and E. S.Hannaford was backtender on MachineNo. 1, while JohnGullison had chargeof the wood grindingroom. These menhave supplied somevery interesting in-formation regardingthe early days andthe first crews. If aknowledge of t h epast is necessary foran understanding ofthe present and for avision of the future,surely the story ofthose early days isone that ought to berecorded. When weare inclined to thinkthat the world movesslowly and is very imperfect, it is well totake a look backwards over the roughnessof the path that has been traveled. Forafter all our road is much smoother, andwe owe a debt of gratitude to those men,named and unnamed, who have blazedthe way, and what has been accomplished

should be an inspiration to each of us tomake the future better than the present.

In 1888 the Riverside pulp mill wasstarted. It was rated as a fifty-ton groundwood mill and had seventeen wood grind-ers. On December 20, 1888, John Gullisonhired out under James Parker, superin-tendent of woods, and worked for seventy-eight days up on the Cambridge, that putsinto Lake Umbagog. John had always

W. E. CORBIN JOHN GULLISON

cut saw logs and remembers distinctlythat he was called down for not cleaningup a cutting close enough. He was toldthat the company had just built a pulpmill at Berlin, and spruce that could notbe used in the saw mill could be madeinto pulp. At that time the spruce was

much bigger and no fir was mixed in. In1890 John went to work in the old River-side pulp mill under E. J. Bonett. MikeMcGee was master mechanic.f and latertook Bonett's place. In 1892 some of thegrinders were moved across the river tothe new Riverside paper mill and whileMike McGee had charge of all the woodgrinders at both the pulp mill andjthepaper mill, John was foreman of the paper

mill end and latertook Mike McGee'splace. John stayedwith the ground wooduntil at the buildingof the Cascade mill,h is mechanical ex-perience was neededwith the millwrightforce there.

W. E. Corbin start-ed at the Riversidepaper mill May 27,1892. He was thentwenty-three yearsold and had had fiveyears at the old Gov.Cheney mill at Man-chester. This was aikexcellent mill for ex-perience because itmade all kinds ofpaper; news, box lin-ings, hangings, book,,manila and several1specialties. Orderswere small and oftenit ran only a few

hours on one kind of paper. After a yearas third hand, Mr. Corbin became backtender. The machine tender had a pro-clivity for John Barleycorn and used to-go to sleep in a broke basket, leaving:orders to be called if needed. Instead of

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E. S. HANNAFORD

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THE B R O W N B U L L E T I NVol. II. NOVEMBER, 1920 No. 5

Editor-in-chief—W. E. TaftAssociate Editors—O. P. Cole, G. A. RichterAssistant Editors—G. L. Cave, A. L.

Laferriere, H. A. ChasePhotographic Editor—John Graff

Asst. Photographic Editor—Howard SmithArt Editor—Stark WilsonAthletic Editors—G. Lovett, Jos.

Hennessey, H. T. RaeburnBusiness Manager—J. H. Briggs

UPPER PLANTS

G. A. RichterH. S. GregoryRay Smith

UPPER PLANTSH. E. MalloyM. H. GriffinH. D. BevinsWm. RoachRalph LoweFlora HowellElizabeth McLellanMilton McCarthyW. E. HaynesC. H. GoldsmithJ. J. TellingtonJohn StewartPeter BeaudoinHenry Holland

BOARD OF DIRECTORSSULPHITE MILL

J. H. BriggsA. L. LaferriereW. E. Taft

CASCADE MILL

O. P. ColeJos. HennesseyH. A. Chase

REPORTERSSULPHITE MILL

Theo. BelangerGuy FortierFred SnyderA. E. MichaudB. CovieoM. C. FrostHarold MoreauAmie LavoieArchie BelangerPaul CharestElsie PorterC. E. Thayer

PORTLAND OFFICEP. G. Peterson

CASCADE MILLWm. ForenGeo. SnowE. ByrdD. FoggJ. TooheyL. HughesR. CoxA. H. EastmanH. HaydenF. X. McNallyDionysius GillisEdwin E. Howe

SERVICE DIRECTORYBROWN COMPANY DISTRICT NURSING DEPARTMENT (Established 1903)

(Affiliated with Metropolitan Life Insurance Company since 1916)

Miss E. A. Uhlschoeffer, Supervising Nurse; Miss Laura Swetland, Mrs. Florence Keenan, Miss'Laura Croteau, Miss Helen Thomas. Office. 226 High street; telephone 85: office hours. 8-8.30 a .m . and12.30-1.30 p. m. Calls for a nurse may be sent to above office, to Metropolitan Life Insurance Companyoffice, 153 Main street, telephone 283-2, or to any Brown Company time office. Working hours (exceptfor emergencies) 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. A nurse answers all first calls from any source, but may not con-tinue upon a case except a doctor is in charge.

METROPOLITAN NURSING SERVICEAvailable to all employees of one or more years service

CHIEF NURSE, Miss Uhlschoeffer

FIRST AID STATION OFFICE HOURSNURSE IN CHARGE, Miss H. R. Thomas UPPER PLANTS, Mornings, except Sat., 9-12; SatCONSULTING PHYSICIAN FOR NOVEMBER, 9-10.30.

Dr. Marcou SULPHITE MILL, Afternoons, except Sat., 2-5;Sat. 10.30-12.

BROWN COMPANY RELIEF ASSOCIATIONOpen to all employees except those eligible to Burgess Relief Association

PRES., L. A. Morse, Cascade SEC., P. L. Murphy, CascadeVICE-PRES., A. H. Hull, Riverside TREAS., E. F. Bailey, Main Office

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEIrving Teare, Riverside Alec. Martell, CascadeJ. B. Morneau, Riverside C. J Oleson, Upper PlantsB. L. Barrett, Cascade Olaf M. Nelson, Saw MillT. D. Walsh, Cascade Walter E. Haines, Box MillPeter Landers, Cascade

BURGESS RELIEF ASSOCIATIONPRES., J. J. McKinnonVICE-PRES., James MoodySEC., M. C. FrostTREAS., J. H. Briggs

INVESTIGATORSA. E. Michaud, MaintenanceNap. Couture, Wood and Barker PlantW. C. Thomas, Machines, Screens, BleacheryJ. Cavagnaro, Yards, Electrical, SO2P. Hayes, Acid, Dig., Steam, OfficeA. W. O'Connell, Chemical Plants

SAFETY WORKUPPER PLANTS COMMITTEE

Geo. Lovett, ChairmanJ. T CoxA. E. WatsonJohn QuinnHarry PhilbrickJos. NapertLeon Bartlett

SULPHITE MILLBLEACHERY, MACHINE ROOM

AND SCREEN ROOMC. S. Locke Ernest Perron

CHEMICAL AND CAUSTIC PLANTSHugh Meehan Jos. Valis

WOOD ROOM, YARDS AND BARKER PLANTArsene Labelle Austin Holt

DIGESTER HOUSE, SO2 AND ACID PLANTJos. Roberge Frank Teare

MAINTENANCE AND ELECTRICALM. Ryan J. McKelvey

HEINE AND MANNING BOILER PLANTSP. Bedard Syphorous Cole

CASCADE MILLSTEAM DEPARTMENTWm. Richardson, ChairmanJ. T. Hennessey, Sec.

GROUND WOOD DEPARTMENTWm. Arenberg

SULPHITE DEPARTMENTJos. King Andy Arsenault

ELECTRICAL DEPARTMERTI. C. Morse

PAPER DEPARTMENTA. E. Reed

FIRE DEPARTMENTUPPER PLANTS

Jos. Therrien, Chief

CASCADE MILLF. Studd, ChiefJ. Greenan, Asst. ChiefF. Laflamme

The Insurance Companies rightly demand thatsmoking be forbidden in the mills. While mostmen obey this ruling, there are some who are notso inclined and sneek an opportunity to hide insome corner and take a chance of causing a firefrom a lighted cigarette or pipe. We wonder ifthey ever consider what it would mean to thempersonally, should a serious fire occur due totheir disobedience.

In the event of a fire causing the mill to shutdown, the company would be protected from lossto a great extent by the insurance carried for thispurpose, but who will pay your wages during thetime needed to make repairs and get the millstarted again.

Many things may happen to cause fires andthrow you out of work. Is it not foolish for a manto add to this danger for the sake of a smoke ?

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RULES ANDORGANIZATION OF

SULPHITE MILLFIRE DEPT.

The chief, and in his absence the asst.day chief under orders of the engineeringdepartment, is in full charge of all fireapparatus and is responsible for its con-dition.

He is to respond to all alarms of fire,both day and night.

In case of fire, asst. chief and men areto work under orders of chief.

Pump men. Start pumps and remainat pump until relieved.

Hose men. Report to asst. chief ofshift.

Inspector to make necessary daily re-pairs to apparatus, see that hose is inplace, hydrants and sprinklers in order,and report any defects in apparatus di-rectly to chief.

On Thursday, 10 a. m., of each weekfiremen are to make test of apparatus,not over three quarters of an hour intime, under direction of chief, includingactual fire stream when weather is suit-able.

All firemen will be provided with badgesand helmets.

Location of hydrants and hose lineswill be put on boards in the time officeand in machine room.

In case of fire, mill whistle signal willbe blown as follows:

Log pond—Two short blows repeatedthree times.

West side of mill—Three short blowsrepeated three times.

East side of mill—Four short blows re-peated three times.

In case of fire on night shifts, machineroom foreman of shift is to detail a manwith key to be stationed at the gate oppo-site storehouse, also at bleachery gate,and the digester house foreman is to de-tail a man for similar duty at west sidegate. These men should see that nobodyenters but firemen and employees.

In absence of a shift assistant chief, theman who is his substitute will take hisplace.

On Sunday nights or shut-downs, whenasst. chiefs and hosemen are not on duty,the man in charge of digester house,

either Rogerson, P. Ellis, Teeling, or J.McKelvey will act as asst. chief, and willuse any men on duty as hose men.

In order that all who may act as asst.chiefs may become familiar with appara-tus, they will rotate in fire practice andbe notified by tickler when their turncomes.

In case of fire, the shift electrician incharge will stand ready to cut out anypower lines when requested by chief orassistant.

Fire chief will be provided with aschedule for fire practice, and when alarmblows men will respond as in case of fire,and time required to get on stream willbe noted.

F. Snyder, ChiefJ. Marois, Asst. ChiefJ. McDougall, Shift " A " Asst. ChiefW. Plummer, Shift " B " Asst. ChiefM. Myler, Shift " C " Asst. Chief

HOSEMEN "A" SHIFT HOSEMEN "B" SHIFTDigester House Digester House

G. Adams C. HolmsteadH. Neals E. McKee

Machine Room Machine RoomW. Church P. HayesJ. Clouthier C. BergeronE. Cadorette C. LockeE. Perron F. FrancourF. King A. DionW. Rosseau F. Thebarge

Wood Room Wood RoomW. Withers D. McNicholH. Mader A. LabelleA. Holt C. PicardB. Dillon C. Murphy

HOSEMEN "C" SHIFTDigester House

C. McKelvey F. ValliereMachine Room

L. Stewart W. BakerN. Couture O. BeaulacM. Frost F. Gagne

Wood RoomT. Belanger A. CroteauF. Dupuis F. Biladeau

EXTRA HOSEMENA. Hamilton F. WhiteA. Nadeau J. DickeyL. Frechette J. Moody

P. Thomas

W. Tremblay,J. Woods,E. Lagassie,J. Brunelle,J. Caie,F. DonahueP. Larochelle,

WOE BE UNTO BOILERSI have seen the days when cooks

Were cooks, and it was their delightTo get around a big bake board

And mix with all their might.

They would warm up the baker sheetsAnd grease them 'round the side,

So as to keep the cakes when bakedFrom taking off their hide.

The Kaiser has turned the people's minds,He did not forget the cooks.

Where have all the good ones gone ?Their names aren't on the books.

The substitutes that hire outTo feed a crowd of men,

Most of the food that they cookIs carried to the pig pen.

You never see a Hamburg steakOr meat that they will fry,

The food chopper hangs upon the wallAway up high and dry.

Wash boilers they set on the stove,Their bottoms are never cold,

For every day they are filled upWith meat, all they can hold.

I am going to run a tinsmith shopAnd buy up all the tin,

To make a boiler big enoughTo boil the boilers in.

I will ship it on its way below,Then Satan's number call

And tell him keep his old eye peeled.The Devil take them all!

STOREHOUSE BILL.

Manning Fire Pump, Shift " A 'Manning Fire Pump, Shift " B'Manning Fire Pump, Shift " C 'Heine Fire Pump, Shift " A "Heine Fire Pump, Shift " B "Heine Fire Pump, Shift " C "Repair Inspector

The great majority of men who fail todo so because they are dead sure theywon't succeed. It would be a shame todisappoint them. Use your brain powerand keep working, and you can laugh atfailure.

CHEMICAL MILL EXPLOSIONS

Sir Barton is some horse. If you don'tbelieve it, ask Cecil Manton.

We have heard that the wedding bellschimed in Portland recently. Is that so,Cliff?

We wondered why Jos. Vallis was tak-ing so much salt home on his clothes, buthis great interest in deer hunting explainsit. We believe Joe's luck will be betterthan in the past.

We heard that Erick Holt is inviting afew friends to a small party to celebratethat $50.00 World Series money.

Watt is taking lessons in Norwegianfrom Hakon Gade. What is the big idea,Watt?

Carl Johnson, our bleach plant foreman,tried to turn his car on three wheels, buthad to leave it at Bethlehem for repairs.

Martin Ereckson has accepted Mr.Ford's plan in reducing High Cost ofLiving, by selling $11.00 shoes for $5.00.

Why do we pay more for newspapershere than they do other places. Perhapsour night watchman can explain this.

Jim Barnes is deer hunting.

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PIONEERS OFTHE RIVERSIDE

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calling him, however, Mr. Corbin learnedto run the machine without him and atthe age of twenty-one became machinetender. He came to the Berlin MillsCompany two years later, because hecould get $3.00 a day instead of $2.50. OnMay 27, 1892, Machine No. 1 was still incrates in different parts of the yard. OnJuly 2, 1892, the mill started with every-body grabbing paper for souvenirs. H. P.Cheney was superintendent and Mr. H. J.Brown was manager. In October, 1893,Cheney left and before a suitable outsideman could be found Mr. Corbin was giventhe position on trial. In 1894 he becamesuperintendent of the Riverside pulp mill

as well, and when the Cascade mill wasbuilt Mr. Corbin was given new respon-sibilities.

Ernest S. Hannaford came from the oldGovernor Cheney mill at Manchester,where he had acted as back tender forMr. Corbin. He also started work on May27th and for the first day carried a linefor Mike Foster, machine erector for theBagley and Sewall Company. Mr. Hanna-ford received $1.75 a day to start, thesame wages that he received at Man-chester, but he wanted a change andBerlin is nearer his old home at North-umberland. Mr. Hannaford has alsogrown with the Company and now hascharge of the paper department at theCascade.

The initial operating conditions werevery different from present practice. Thesources of power were steam from saw-

mill waste and slabs and the waterwheelsstill in use at the Riverside, but to be dis-placed by the new hydroelectric develop-ment. There was no need for immensepiles of coal. Electric power was usedfor lighting only and strange to say wasgenerated from an old Ball engine now inuse at the Cascade. Groundwood pulpcame from the Riverside pulp mill andfrom the wood grinders in the mill itself.There were six grinders in the paper milland seven in the pulp mill. For a timesulphite pulp was bought outside. TheBurgess started that fall. Sulphite pulpwas really kicking the slats in its cradle.In fact, the text-books tell us that Chas.S. Wheelwright made the first commercialsulphite pulp in America at the old Rich-mond paper mill in 1882. The mill beganon news, the two 101-in. machines beingrated to run 300 ft. a minute. The day li

FIRST OPERATING CREW AT RIVERSIDE PAPER MILL, 1892.Wm. McCann, (2) George Murdock, (3) ., (4)

Joseph Moffett, (7), (5) JamesF. X. Gagnon,

Back Row, Standing—(1)Stewart, now tour boss at Riverside and the oldest man in paper at Riverside, (6)(8) , (9) Fred Gagnon, (10) (11)

Back Row, Sitting—(1) AlbertBrown, (2) (3) SteveFallon, (4) BridgetSmith,machine tender on No. 2, (6) Alice Dunham, (7) (8) Mrs. Hannaford, (9)back tender on No. 1, (10) Ed. Long.

Middle Row, Sitting—(1) George Steady, (2) Maggie Smith, (3) (4) John McLoughlin, (5) F. X.Gagnon, Jr., (6) W. E. Corbin, machine tender on No. 1, (7) John Gullison, wood grinding room, (8) EugeneNichols, (9) JoeLanglois, (10) Geo. Dawson, (11) Berwick.

Front Row, Sitting on the Ground—(1) Jim Moffett, (2) , (3)(5) Melling, beater engineer.

Standing at Left End—Nilson.Standing at Right End— (1) Jason Reed, (2)Sitting on Ground at Right End—(1) Gilbert.Man with Boy—Steve Fallon.Boy—Geo. Welsh's brother.

Bixby, (3) Holmes.

(5) George Welsh,Ernest Hannaford,

(4).

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PIONERS OFTHE RIVERSIDE

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that the speed went to 325 ft. a minutewas at the time reckoned one long to beremembered. Yet when the Riversidestopped making newsprint, paper wasrunning 500 ft. a minute. This increasewas due to improvements in machinery,involving longer wires, extra presses, andincreased dryer capacity and to increasedexperience on the part of the crew. Anexample of the greenness of the crew isrelated by Mr. Corbin. "The first nightI told Mr. Bixby, the oiler, to keep every-thing cool with oil. In the morning Iasked Mr. Bixby how things had gone.He said, 'Everything went fine exceptthose dryer boxes. I couldn't keep themcooled down, if I went to the dickens!'"The mill was run on the two-tour systemand there was no spare help. In case aman was out it would mean a 24-hour runfor his mate. The three-tour system camewhen the Cascade was started. The 164-in. machines installed were the widest inthe world for a five-year period. And theBerlin Mills Company was quick to graspthe advantages of the three-tour systemin connection with the use of big ma-chines. The Berlin Mills Company wasone of the first to adopt the three-toursystem. In 1892 there were three menon a machine at the Riverside, whereasnow on the same machines four men anda broke man make a machine crew.There were no tour bosses and no nightboss. At that time the newsprint madeat the Riverside went to the ChicagoNews, Detroit Journal, and IndianapolisNews. During the Chicago World's Fair,the Riverside supplied paper for theChicago Inter-Ocean printed on the Fairgrounds. In 1910 the Riverside beganmaking Kraft and in 1916 the first bondwas made.

On another page there is a picture ofthe first operating crew at the RiversideMany of the names of this crew havebeen supplied by " old timers." In somecases parties interviewed have not beenabsolutely sure of certain names. TheBulletin will be glad to receive the namesthat are left out and to make corrections,where needed. At another time we hopeto have pictures and recollections fromother Riverside pioneers. Geo. Murrayat the Riverside time office drove a team,when the mill was erected, and he hadone particularly nervous horse that noone else could drive. James Stewart, nowtour boss at the Riverside, started in atthe old pulp mill in 1888 and is the oldestman in paper at the Riverside. Alec

Murdock has been engine man at theRiverside ever since it began and was inBoston the day the picture was taken.He has good reason to remember the oldAtlas engines then in use. C. P. Kimballof the main office began in 1893, and wasbookkeeper, timekeeper, shipping clerk,purchasing agent and storekeeper. Fred

Sylvester at the Cascade was also one ofthe first employees at the old pulp mill.John Gullison has brought in a picture ofan old pulp mill crew and the Bulletinwill be grateful to those who will volun-teer to furnish further information beforeit is published.

BROWN COMPANY

EMPLOYMENT RECORD

MILL DATE

NAME Lizzie Curtain

19

Male orFemale

ADDRESSStreet andNumber Pie Lane, Milan, N. H.

HAVE You WORKED HERE BEFORE Yes WHERE Here

DATE BORN Guess when PLACE OF BIRTH Fiji Islands

CONSTITUTIONAL CONDITION Corn fed EYESIGHT y% blind HEARING Sure

NATIONALITY Arabian Baptist

] If First Papers haveNATURALIZED [ been taken out state I'm not yet draft age

) date and place

MARRIED Not yet

SPEAK ENGLISH Not over the phone

DEPENDENTS 2 dogs

EDUCATION of course

KIND OF WORK CAPABLE OF Anything except dish washing

LAST EMPLOYED AT Albert Theatre

REASON FOR LEAVING No more good shows booked

DEPT. Now ENGAGED BY Researches

OCCUPATION Wait till I know

TIME CARD No. 99999999

RATE OF WAGES My business

HIRED BY Berlin ReporterForeman

NOTE—For each employee engaged this formmust be filled out and sent to Time Officepromptly. Timekeepers, please see that theyhave this record complete before they issuetime cards.

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THIRTY YEARS OFBLACKS MITHING

AT BERLIN MILLS"You can't build anything without a

blacksmith shop." Such were the wordsof James Joseph Malloy to a boy, whocalled to ask him why there were no itemsin the Bulletin from the blacksmith shop.And as he talked, one knew why it wasthat out of the Berlin Mills blacksmithshop have gone some of the best black-smiths that New England has producedand why our own blacksmith shop is thebest place in New England for a man tolearn his trade. Jim's grandfather was ablacksmith, his father was a blacksmith,

Washington would open his eyes if heshould lead his milk-white charger intoJim's shop. And if he did, the horsewould be shod by an expert, Anthony J.Dunn, who was on the Grand Circuit forseven years and shod Dan Patch andother fast ones.

Jim Malloy came to the Berlin MillsCampany in 1889 from the Grand Trunkshops at Gorham. Even then the shopwas an old shop dating back even of theincorporation of the Company in 1852. Inthose early days it was known as the oldWinslow shop and was patronized by far-mers who brought oxen and horses to beshod and carriages to be repaired. Jimsays that the shop is now eighty-five yearsold.

smiths, who worked from 6.00 a. m., to6.00 p. m., with forty minutes for dinner.Today twenty-five men make a full crewand although they have power shears anda steam hammer and two drills, theyoften have to work overtime to do thework required.

Jim talked wistfully of a new shop witha heating oven, which on heavy workwould accomplish with one heating whatoften requires fifteen or sixteen heatingson a forge. "But," said Jim, "with pres-ent construction work under way, wecan't have everything; we've got to doour part and stagger on."

After working for the Berlin MillsCompany a short time, Jim went back tothe Grand Trunk for a brief period. He

BLACKSMITH CREWBack Row, Standing (Left to Right)—Otto Halvorsen, Joseph Dunn, Andy Malloy, William Wardwell, Jr., Hugh McDougal,

Edward Walsh, Edward Fournier, Leonard Bowles, Sidney Perkins, John Albert, Tom Gravel, James Flaherty, AxelJohnson, Mike Malloy.

Sitting—Jerry Cantin, Jr., Baptiste Couture, Hans Bjornsund, Fred Perkins, Pat Collins, Anthony Dunn, William Willett, (back)Jim Malloy, (front), Peter Fournier, Hugh Wilde, Peter Noonan, Joe Britton.

and today Jim is boss of the best stockedshop north of Boston; a shop that hasplayed an important and essential part inthe development of the great Brown Com-pany, for which we are all proud to work,and which today, heavily overloaded, isresponsible for a part in every undertak-ing. For variety of work done, our shopis unequalled. In it are made side by sideat times small markers for sealers andhuge railroad frogs. The shop is now re-sponsible for forge work involved inlocomotive, car, and automobile truck re-pairs, for mill work and bridge work andfor the making of toggle and slip-noosechains and other things used in riverwork. In fact, we imagine that George

In 1889 the heaviest anvil in the shopweighed 125 Ibs.; today there are nineanvils, weighing from 300 to 345 Ibs.There were three forges operated by oldhand bellows; today there are elevenforges with draft from power blowers.The first fan was put in the machine shopin 1892. Then they used hand drills andhand gaggers. There were no horsestocks. The work was mostly sawmilland river work, although then as nowthere were horses to shoe, to say nothingof the loquacious and stubborn mulesused to draw cars upon a railroad (\Y2

inches wider than U. S. Standard Gauge)on which all the locomotives were hay-burners. Then there were three black-

returned soon, however, and in 1891, whenPalmer was killed, he took charge of theshop and has been boss blacksmith eversince. Palmer's death occurred beforethe " Safety First" movement had muchsignificance. A box full of dynamite, un-fortunately containing a fresh cap, hadbeen brought up from the river andplaced near the fire to thaw. Straw pack-ing caught fire and Palmer in taking thebox out was caught when the cap detonat-ed the dynamite. Since then the shophas been haunted. The brave blacksmithsare not much afraid of the ghost, but ithas been seen by boys and others. This,however, is a story of its own and we'llsave it for another issue.

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Under Jim's direction was forged theiron work for the steamers Diamond andBerlin, designed for service on LakesUmbagog and Parmachenee. The shophas also played a part on the companyrailroad, such as the change to standardgauge, the building of the rainbow trussbridge at the neck of the bottle. Therainbow truss bridge has an interestinghistory. In 1873 it was built by the GrandTrunk Railroad to span the Peabody riverat Gorham. When it was replaced thereby the present one, Mr. W. R. Brownbought it and it was put in place of theold wooden structure that we then usedfor a railroad bridge. All the first workfor the Cascade railroad was done at Ber-lin Mills, though now the Cascade has itsown shop. All the early Burgess shafting

an interesting collection of marking axesand picaroons. One of these can mark alog with the letter "H," the company'sbrand in the United States, while anothercan scar "Q. I. C.," the mark used inCanada, which reminds one of the timewhen the Brown Corporation was theSt. Maurice and Quebec Industrial Com-pany. Jim shows with pride a huntingknife, forged out of a single piece of steel.The mate to this knife won "first prize"at the St. Louis Exposition.

At the blacksmith shop there is a spiritof team work. On the night of August3rd, a fire gutted the place. Jim was thereimmediately after the alarm, using cottonwaste in every place possible to save thebabbitting of the steam hammer andshears, and they were saved. Important

EXHIBIT OF WORK HAND FORGED BY JAMES MALLOYLeft to Right—New H Stamping Axe, Old H Stamping Axe, Q. I. C. Stamping Picaroon,

Carving Fork, Hunting Knife, forged from one piece, with solid guards. The mateto this won First Prize at the St. Louis Exposition, 1904. Piece of the steel fromwhich knife was made. Blacksmith's Hammer, Skinning Knife—the three kniveslying in front are also skinning knives.

was welded in the old mother shop bymeans of a forge fire and a hand-ram.From Jim's description a hand-ram ap-parently works on a principle similar tothat employed by the Indians, when theyused logs to batter in the doors of earlyNew England blockhouses. Instead, how-ever, of being carried at full speed on theshoulders of Indians, it was suspendedfrom the rafters. Equally lusty effort wasrequired, however. During the periodsince 1891 the sawmill has been rebuilttwice.

Not only have methods for handlinglarge work undergone improvement, butriver tools as well have changed. Thecantdog of 1891 was crude as comparedwith the modern peavey, invented, Jimsaid, by a man named Peavey. Jim has

work had to go on. The blacksmith crewworked nights at Burgess and Cascade,until they could go back to their ownshop, prepared to do its work, but stillcharred in many places. That's what wecall loyalty, not of the lip sort, but thereal stuff, that's found in the whole BrownCompany organization.

For ten years Jim gave boxing andgymnasium lessons up where the storenow is. Among his pupils were the lead-ing lawyers and professional men of thetown. Under his tutelage Battling BillDooley was trained. And today Jim couldgive boxing lessons four nights a weekand not feel it at all.

A GOOD THINGIf, after thinking it over a long time,

you have ever decided to "take that in-surance policy the agent told you about,"if you have filled out the application,made the first premium payment, had thedoctor examine you, and, if after all that,you have been told that you were declinedby the Insurance Company because of thecondition of your health, you have prob-ably felt as Fred felt the day I met him,on his way home from work.

"And the worst of it is," he added ashe finished the story of his troubles, "Icould have gotten the insurance last yearwithout any trouble, but I just put it off."

So far as I could see Fred looked aswell as he had ever looked. I asked himif he had been thinking of dying, since hetook this sudden interest in life insurance.

" No," he answered, " I don't expect todie, but you know the folks are pretty oldand I'm the only one they have to takecare of them. It's all right while I amhere, but I wanted to get some insurancefor them because you can never tell whatwill happen."

About two months later I had occasionto pass the factory where Fred works. Isaw a large white poster fastened to thedoor, and wondered whether they weregoing to have a dance or an entertainment. Of course I had to go over andread it.

" You are insured," the headline toldme. " The Metropolitan Life InsuranceCompany protects our employees—No medi-cal examination—No cost to you."

I wondered, then, whether or not thisincluded Fred, so I stopped in to see himthat night on my way to the lodge. " Youbet I'm in ^it,'" he told me. " Here's mycertificate—a t thousand dollars life in-surance—payable to my mother if I die,—and no medical examination," he con-tinued. "Of course, I haven't any thoughtof dying, but you know it's a sort of com-fort to know the folks would have themoney if anything did happen." I agreedwith him. It was a good thing.

We, too, are protected by the MetropolitanGroup Insurance Plan.

Did you ever notice when a man Be-comes prosperous he begins to ride every-where he goes, instead of walking andobtaining the much needed exercise.

Work is an honor. The dishonor is innot knowing how to work or in shirkingyour share of it.

A certain amount of leisure is good, butI-D-L-E-N-E-S-S does not spell happiness.

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* S U L P H I T E M I L L G A S *

If your car breaks down see Fred Hayesof the wood room. He can fix any kindof a car. He should open a garage on theEast Side.

Jos. Bergeron is the champion woodunloader at the drums. He will try anyman.

I wonder if our manager read the itemsin the Bulletin about lights around themill. More lights have been placedaround the bleachery storage and coalyard so that we can see where we aregoing.

Willrod Carrier has started to buiia ahouse on High street.

If anybody wants a good rent there isone on Champlain street, four rooms, nobath and no hot water, for the small sumof $40.00 per month and raised everymonth.

Hillaire Billadeau claims to be an au-thority on how to save money.

Simon Duchaine wants to know how tokeep his hair out of his eyes. We suggesta hair net or a hair cut.

It is reported that Thos. Donahue, fore-man of the SOz plant, is greived. Hepassed over a $20.00 bill lying on the side-walk one evening lately and did not seeit. He had those eye glasses in position.

Croteau : "Why do they put cornmealon a dance floor ?

Chaurest: "To make the chickens feelat home."

One of the Old Time Get-together Clubs

Dave Hazzard of the electrical crewhas resigned from Capt. Bailey's Boy

. Scouts and joined General Dupuis' Home1 Guard. Dave says Bailey changed hisjob so often he couldn't get his required

.amount of sleep.

You don't have to leave it to MarkFrost to get the wild animals. Mr. Dra-peau got an owl the other night on theYMCA grounds at 11.45 P. M.

That Arthur Thomas believes in follow-ing good advice is well proven. Didn'tthe Bulletin say to report minor acci-dents? (Is he a minor?) Well, littleArthur evidently believes in "first aid"all right because so far this week he hasonly had a broken finger and I don't knowwhat kind of an elbow. However, he waswandering around the curve room thismorning so we trust he is being wellinursed.

Frank Ells of the Machine Room hasstarted through the wild woods of GatesHill shooting wood-chucks. He got somany that he will have a fur coat madefor this winter.

Amie Lavoie joined the Benedicts onSeptember 28th, and after returning froma honeymoon spent in Canada, the boysat the bleadiery presented Amie with ahandsome rocker. Accept our congratu-lations, Amie, and may all your troublesbe little musical ones.

"Why listen," said Delarge toBelanger," our outfit used to travel so fast that wedid not give the Dutchmen time to thinkwhat to do to escape us."

"That's nothing," answered Archie," we moved so fast that when we got intoour new position the shells we had justfired made a barrage so that our reservescouldn't follow us."

The sulphite mill fire department hasbeen somewhat remodeled and as may benoted in the mill directory, is now on amore permanent basis, certain men havebeen selected as volunteers in case of fireunder the direction of a chief and assist-ant chiefs. These men will be providedwith badges and will rotate in fire drillonce a week.

Briggs arrived in the engineering de-partment out of breath the other day andborrowed a boy from Ryan to go to hishouse and get his bag and overcoat. Wearen't of a very inquiring turn of nature,but since prohibition we have a most un-usual inquisitiveness, and also perhapsrespect, for mysterous bags and overcoatsbeing called suddenly into play. Wegumshoed after a traveling bag in thehands of a friend of ours the good part ofone night only to find out he was cartingsome preserving jars home to his wife.The time spent was for a good cause butwe were out of luck.

The Burgess band deserves credit fortheir work in the past. On every occasionit is up to the Burgess band to furnishmusic. They find it difficult to keep theband as it should be. Some of the mendo not attend rehearsals and when theyare wanted to play they are workingsomewhere else. Why not enlarge theband and not restrict the membership tothe Burgess. Enlist men from other millsof the company and men who will be onhand when they are wanted. This wouldnot mean that you could not play any-where else but to find out if your bandhas an engagement. As this is the onlyorganized band in town I think thesesuggestions should be considered and aBrowa Company band formed, and I amsure tie company would not see an or-ganization like this short of funds.

A BURGESS MAN.

We could produce a race of giants inhalf a century if we obeyed the laws ofhealth that are in the Metropolitian cir-culars that we receive every now andthen.

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\E MILL GAS—Cont.

A man whose loud voice is his onlyweapon, soon finds that it has becomedull, especially in election times. AskMike Myler, he knows.

" Yes," said Amelia, " I realise that ittakes all kinds of people to make a worldand I can say I am very glad that I amnot one of them."

The heavens it seems must resound withthe din,

And the air is reported quite bluish intone,

And Bob's trip hammer sounds like drop-ping a pin

When Gilbert talks on the phone.

Oh! he rattles the hook and he talks in away

That verges on profane and echoes soloud

That it seems his remarks must reach Ishould say

Far away to a corpse in his shroud.

Poor Frances gets pale and the boss waxesred

And the men turn away and leave himalone,

For he shouts as if trying to waken thedead

When Gilbert talks on the phone.

Howard Powers is back again after twoweeks' vacation which he spent in Rum-ford and Biddeford, Maine.

Arthur Holt took charge of the woodroom while McDougal was away on avacation.

John Lavoie is always fond of an argu-ment, but is always willing to admit thereare two sides to the question, his side andthe wrong side.

Bert Dillon and Albert Nicol attendedOxford County fair last week.

First, second, third class (and thensome) musicians spend their Sundayevenings at Mr. John Lavoie's house inhis new music room. This is certainly agreat place to enjoy yourself. Quite anorchestra has been started and in timea Burgess orchestra may be developedthat the mill may well be proud of.

Briggs was gumshoeing around all dur-ing the World Series covering any kind ofa bet, good or bad. Most of them werebad, but this does not necessarily showpoor judgment—because Eddie Challouxwon most of his bets.

Jerry Cowie and Al Palmer were tellingabout the big crop of hay and potatoestheyAvere going to raise, but when Jerryand Al cut their hay and dug theirpotatoes they had about enough hay touse for pipe cleaners and Jerry's twinsare using the potatoes for marbles.

Albert J. Croteau of the machine roomdryer force, took a vacation last Augustat Milan Hill chopping wood and hayingfor his father-in-law.

A resounding war-whoop broke the"unusual" stillness of the engineeringdepartment recently. The cause for samewas the discovery by Mr. Stewart of a"sparkler" of most beautiful brillianceon the " right" finger of the left hand ofMiss Gillis. Although this has been ex-pected for some time, it nevertheless hadseveral gaping mouths and popping eyesfor a few moments. The congratulationsof the entire office force are extended toMiss Gillis.

BRIGHT LIGHTS Or THE MAIN OFFICEtfS Jff/y fzooM

LUNCH ROOM RULESPlease don't spit on the floor. ^Don't drink the catsup.Don't lick the mustard paddle.Don't come here to loiter and think,

this place is here to eat and drink.This is a lunch room, not a grocery

store.This is not for the office help alone, it

is for everybody.

Our waiters at the lunch room seem tobe pretty busy lately. Mr. Collins enter-tained two young ladies Sunday and thereport is that they came from Rumford,Maine. Mr. McGinnis, who is an expertman around the ladies said that theycould not have been from Rumford. Whoknows where they were from? Collinsdoes.

The office force at Burgess have notmissed a ball game this summer; thatthey did not have to dig up any worn outexcuses of dead relatives, etc., commonlyused in big city offices; that there arefew offices that can boast of such gener-osity on the part of those in charge. Thehearty thanks of all the fans in the officeis hereby extended to those responsiblefor the many good games we have beenallowed to see this past summer.

Where is that feed that was guaranteedby the losers of the Mill League ? Elec-tricians, why not get busy? We alwaysthought you were good sports—we hopewe are not wrong.

On September 30th, in the year of ourLord, nineteen hundred and twenty, theGrumblenots planned the dedication ofthe " We-O-Na." This plan was carriedout, and in spite of the heavy rain storm,you could see the girls with heavy ladenknapsacks and " bumbershooots," trailingup Burgess street, not forgetting to stopat the East Side Bakery to purchase hotrolls and chocolate cakes. All set then,we started, except for " Boots" and" Smithy " hanging back to do justice tothe rolls just purchased.

As we approached the camp " Skinny "shouted, " Hey! kids, look at the light."On entering the camp the cracking of thefire told us that someone was there aheadof us, not Johnny on the spot, but thistime Joe. Joe who? Why don't youknow, Joe McKinnon, the proprietor andmanager of " We-O-Na."

When do we—what do we eat ? was thecry heard from the crowd. With Julietteas chief cook and bottle washer, the fol-lowing eats were prepared: Sweet 'taters,Hamburg steak and cranberry sauce, yaknow all good things to eat.

The " Porter " doesn't believe in " self-service," she served the " Butler." Hey," Boots " how do ya like it ? The fun for

the evening started with the most dra-matic love scene entitled "Romeo andJuliette " which was carried out in a pro-fessional way, why yes—something similarto " Fatty Arbuckle " and his ladies.

When everybody had recovered fromthat spasm, the next was the " SpanishFantasia," by Mrs. Ben. Oh, just onelaugh after another. We forgot all aboutthe time but realized that 7-30 came earlyin the morning. The girls left, callingthe party off until next week.

If you have noticed we have two eyes,two ears and only one tongue. Thismeans that we should always see andhear a great deal more than we shouldsay.

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SULPHITE MILL GAS—Cont.Miss Sloane of the engineering depart-

ment is going in training, she says, so shecan operate her new 18" carriage type-writer. The joints of this machine aresomewhat stiff and the springs good andstrong. The reaction is not very promptunder a delicate touch.

MacKinnon's camp has been the loca-tion for many a good feed recently."Joe" is not a bit selfish with this beauti-ful little spot he has made high up on theEast Side of the river. The view fromthis spot is certainly wonderful, both atnight and day. Messrs. Raeburn, Stewart,Ryan, Condon and Thayer had the pleasure of visiting with Joe recently. WithMac's stories of the "good old days,"Raeburn's funny yarns, Ryan's capacityfor grub and Stewart's non-alcoholic andcritical remarks on various topics of thepast, present and future, it certainly wasa night well spent. Condon tried toshinny up the big beechnut tree but

missed his footing and the tree shinniedup him, he says. His shins are stillaching. Ryan, being an ex-marine, andhaving climbed to the crow's nest manya time went up the tree like a wild cat.He sure fed us the beechnuts good andplenty. Condon couldn't seem to see whythere weren't more nuts on the ground.He claims that everything is back sidebefore anyhow lately and probably thesquirrels are too darn lazy to climb thetree after the nuts and only pick up thosethat drop.

The Burgess band played at the ballgame between the Braves and Nibrocs.Remarks were heard afterwards as tohow good the band sounded. Probablythere are few who know the hardshipsand difficulties under which this band islaboring. Many seem to think that allthat is necessary when music is desired,is to " Call out the band." Mr. Stevenswillingly agrees to play, and as directorhe is responsible for the quality of music

this band produces. Every band manwill tell you that as a leader the Burgessmill is certainly fortunate in having theservices of such an able musician as Mr.Stevens. But, he is not an Alladin. Hecannot rub his lamp and produce a bandout of nothing. It is probably not gen-erally known that the band is limpingalong now at rehearsals with one poortrombone, three cornets, one clarinet, onebaritone, two basses, one flute, and onepiccolo and base and snare drums. Wehave a director of the first class, as statedabove, and what we now need, to have afirst-class band, is one good tromboneplayer, one solo cornet player, one bari-tone player that the present baritone maybe shifted to first alto, and two or threeclarinet players. When the band goesout now, we have to scout around townpicking up here and there such parties aswe must have in order to produce anymusic at all. Suggestions from any quar-ter are solicited.

THIRTY-SIX YEARS AGO! BERLIN MILLS IN OCTOBER, 1884

The Blaine-Logan campaign flag in theforeground is a distant reminder of oneof the closest elections in American his-tory ; a campaign in which the Mug-wumps, the Mulligan letters, and a Rev.Mr. Burchard all played a part in electing

Cleveland to the Presidency. In a current memorable campaign.number of the Atlantic Monthly, there isa good character sketch of Elaine byGamaliel Bradford, and a discussion ofthe issues that were agitating the mindsof men, here as elsewhere, during that

Now, as we look back upon them, werealize keenly that both Cleveland andBlaine were great Americans, whose livesmay be read with profit, if a person willbut take the trouble.

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CASCADE JUICEThe Nibroc Bond has made its appear-

ance in the field of good correspondentpapers and its some sheet. If you don'tbelieve it ask George.

Arthur Ross is assisting the mill stafffor a short time on special problems.

S. Emery has accepted a position withthe Research Staff.

The Acid Room clerks are settling downnow that the Big Shows are going intowinter quarters.

The new Blacksmith Shop, of brickconstruction, with painters' quarters andpaints, will make a worthy addition tothe mill quarters and buildings. You'llhave to get a white collar on, Pat, whenyou get in, and a boy to shovel the smokeout to maintain its present appearance.

The waxing and towel machines areworking to capacity, but we will enlargeif necessary. Paper making is our busi-ness.

The pipe line to the bleachery from thechlorine tanks sprung a leak and in spiteof the most careful manipulation ourpercent bleach was gaining groundsteadily. It reached a climax on thenight of the 13th and the trouble waslocated.

The cutter room has placed a largecutter in their room to take care of theimmense amount of business on Nibrocproducts.

The last issue of the Bulletin showed avery worth improvement both in newsand more especially in photos. The workwas very well executed.

An attempt to organize Associationfootball did not prove very successful andthe chief reason given was that they didnot know the game. The chances arethat nobody would know it till theyplayed some. We had a few of the OldCountry's players who were willing tostart the ball rolling but it lacked enthus-iasm in our otherwise popular athletics.

The new storehouse is commencing toloom up and will be a big improvementto the mill surroundings by its appear-ance.

Wm. Palmer took a trip to Brooklyn,N. Y., to see the World Series.

Newell Johnson and Mrs. Johnsonhave returned from a month's vacationspent at Atlantic City, N. J. Newellclaims that if he leaves Berlin he intendsto settle in N. J. Skeeters and other in-sects will have something to say aboutthat.

A. J. Lennon, Wm. McGee, A. McDonald,H. Jefferson, Leroy Burns and Theo Rixwent hunting for deer, but up to thiswriting we have seen no deer meat passedaround. Of course we do not mean toinsinuate.

John Hayward has returned to workafter being laid up for several weeks witha sore foot.

Sometime within the near future theElectrical Employees intend to duplicatetheir electrical ball.

Death visited the family of NapoleonMartel when it called his father awayFriday, October 8th.

Phil Goss was also unfortunate in hav-ing death take from his family his belovedfather, Hon. H. I. Gc. Gaps.

The heartfelt sympathy of the em-ployees of the Cascade Mill is extendedto the above bereaved fellow employees.

The men unloading the limestone tothe acid towers should be careful thatpersons obliged to pass are not hurt byfalling pieces of rock from their trucks."Safety-First" should be each man'smotto; this applies to passersby andworkmen, not only here but everywhere.Your carelessness may be the serious in-jury to some brother worker.

Fred McKenna is working overtime onhis auto factory. Look out, Henry, oryou'll have to drop prices again.

John Audley is working in the ScreenRoom.

The Braves were here and some of theboys had a sudden illness. Their grand-mothers must be deceased as they did notoffer any popular reason for not "showingup."

Harold Knapp of the Research Depart-ment is assigned to the forces of theCascade Mill.

Anyone wishing to sell their sheds andbarns will communicate with E. A. Bird.He is razing the old blackmith shop withhis house-wrecker, Asst. Babb,

Recent matrimonial events includeO'Neal Twitchell of the Electrical Depart-ment to Miss Marion McCrum, and ElmerMerrill of the Millwright Department toMies Hazel Jones. We haven't receivedthe cigars yet, but any old time is alright,boys. Congratulations.

The grounds adjacent to the black-smith shop are being prepared for build-ing and it looks reasonable that ourextensive buildings will soon attainmammoth proportions. "A bigger, betterCascade Mill" is our slogan. Boys, weneed your earnest co-operation.

Z. B. Forbush has been transferred tothe mill laboratory staff.

Mr. Phil Cote of the Sub-station crewwas unfortunate enough to have deathtake from his home his beloved wife, whopassed away Friday, October 1st.

1. Accidents do not happen, they arecaused.

2. Be not a minute wise and Jive foolish.3. More men are killed by accident than

by war.4. The wife of a careless man is almost

a widow.5. Take anything good, but don't take a

chance.6. Prevent accidents before they occur.7. To stand still in industry is to slip

back.8. Every American has the power to do

good or bad for his country.

Be an optimist. If things come to youdark side uppermost turn them over, getthe bright side on top.

A man is not easily tempted to do wrongif he feels right.

"Oh! what a tangled web we weavewhen first we practice to deceive" saidSir Walter Scott.

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U P P E R P L A N T S N O T E S

RESEARCH DEPARTMENTAnother "Jolliette" married. On Octo-

ber 16th, Miss Florence Fancy to Mr.Leslie Holsworth.

Harold Brakewood claims the honor ofthe first deer of the season among theResearch crew. It was a 230-lb buck.

Early one Sunday morning, while thevillage of Gorham was peacefully sleeping,a party of hikers appeared from Berlinand started down the Shelburne road,hoping to reach Bethel before sunset.The adventures along the way included apicnic lunch at Mr. D. P. Brown's farm,cider at Mr. O. B. Brown's, the capture ofa man, raids on apple orchards, andothers too numerous to mention. Arriv-ing at Gilead at 5.30, they found them-selves stranded. The train stopped onlyat Bethel, ten miles away, and at Gorham.There had been a fire in Gilead and thewhole town was all in, including horsesand vehicles. So the group promptlystaged a vaudeville show with singingand dancing to keep up their spirits, anddecided to look for a barn well paddedwith hay in which to pass the night. Butluckily this crowning adventure wasspared them by the arrival of Mrs. O. B.Brown's car, in which they speedily camehome, arriving in Berlin at 8.00 o'clock.Here they are; ask them about it:

"Irish" Solberg,"Pete" Snodgrass,"Flo" Snodgrass,"Andy" Anderson,Marion Ordway,Ruth Dahl.

Announcements have been received ofthe marriage of Miss Dora Gray to Mr.Howard Smith in Berlin on October 2nd.

The engagement of Miss Alma Murrayand Dr. Curtis W. Thing was announcedat a party given by Miss Murray to thePleides Club.

Born in Berlin, October 2nd, a daughter,to Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Oleson. Mrs.Oleson was Miss Ingeborg Boberg of thephoto section.

Did you notice our stenogs and femalelaboratory assistants in last month'sBulletin ? Miss Anderson was so dis-appointed not to have been with the bunchthat Nils Johnson offered to pose with her

for a special photo to be inserted later.When some of the girls complained be-cause they didn't take a better picture,Cave was heard to remark that a sacchar-in smile and a magnetic oxide of ironcomplexion never did produce a MaryPickford effect. " You tell 'em dictionary,you got the words!"

"Tot" Tollen cornered "Duck" Swanthe other day and asked what he was do-ing up in thirteen-mile woods one Sundayshooting little birds with an air rifle.

A number of the boys are taking ad-vantage of the good hunting weatherover the week ends and the country overback of Mt. Forist bids fair to be cleanedup before snow flies.

H. P. Vannah and family spent the lasttwo weeks of September at Augusta, Me.

Miss Fogg enjoyed her vacation in andaround Boston, taking the trip down andback by automobile.

Therma Fancy spent thr*e days of themonth with the State Guard at theirShooting Encampment held in Concord.

Mr. Graff attended the 22nd AnnualConvention of New England Photograph-ers at Springfield, Mass., where Orr, thenoted European etcher, had a remarkableexhibition of etchings.

Messrs. Moore, Richter, Van Arsdeland Jones attended the 5th National Ex-position of Chemical Industries in NewYork City.

Jack Reid has registered with the enter-ing class at the University of Maine.

Newton L. Nourse of Lancaster andRobert C. Sawyer of Concord are newemployees at the Bureau of Tests. Mr.Nourse, a graduate of Colby (1919,) hasbeen teaching chemistry and physics andcoaching athletics at Stratford HighSchool, Stratford, Conn. Mr. Sawyer hasspent two years at New Hampshire StateCollege.

(a) What is the definition for a chem-ist?

(b) A chemist is a member of theResearch staff who is easily vamped bysome^member of the female sex and be-

fore he is aware of the fact, is off on atwo weeks' honeymoon. If you don't be-lieve it, ask Thing, Knapp, Burningham,"Al" Webber, Smith, or in fact almost anyof them.

The Research stenogs are wonderingwhy cigars are the chief pastime. Thecustom used to be chocolates and unlessthis custom is revived, the girls are think-ing quite seriously of adopting the nico-tine habit.

MACHINE SHOPIra Garland, who has been away two

years, working with the Atlantic andPacific Shipbuilding Corporation at Ports-mouth, has returned to the machine shop.

Herb Kelley and Frank Perkins havebeen away on a hunting trip up back ofthe Percy Range. They got nothing, ex-cept that Kelley got tired.

In Joe Scammon's office there is apicture of an early machine shop crew.It is slated for early publication in theBulletin, and Joe has promised to tell ofthe part the machine shop has played inthe development of the Company.

BLACKSMITH SHOPJim Malloy has invented some very

useful tools, forms and dies the past fewmonths that have been a great aid to theboys in the shop in turning out iron to beused on car repairs. And he has a lot uphis sleeve yet that will open their eyes.

Fred Perkins is operating the steamhammer, and does very well on his newjob.

We are glad to see Roy Brown up andabout again. We trust he will be with ussoon.

Axel Johnson, the tall Swede helper, issurely the tallest man in Berlin. Axel isvery tall and Jerry Cantin is very short.Pat Collins asked Jerry how he would liketo box with Axel. Jerry replied that hecould chop the Swede down to his size invery quick time. More power to you,Jerry.

Lloyd Budway started to work as stockman October llth, and we are verypleased to have him with us.

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UPPER PLANTS NOTES—Cont.Anthony Dunn has turned out a very

good-looking assortment of fancy horse-shoes. They are on display at Mr. O. B.Brown's stable at Shelburne, N. H.

Pat Collins has returned to work afterseveral days' illness and is as good-natured as ever.

Old Jim Flaherty is on the job, salvag-ing turnbuckles and shackles. Jim is avery even-tempered old lad.

Happy Hines is back in the regularcrew once more. He has been runningJim Lowe's fire on the new power housejob. Jim has been down in New Bruns-wick for the past month, and is tellingthe world that New Brunswick is someplace to spend a vacation fishing andhunting.

Tom Gravel and Peter Noonan had atrip to Sherbrooke a short while ago andthey had a fine old time.

Hans Bjornsund, the new blacksmith, israther a handy chap at most any line ofwork. He is a very good violin makerand has some for sale.

A. J. Dunn shod the horses that Mr.W. R. Brown entered in the endurancerace.

Ed. Fournier has been looking weddingrings over for the past few days.

The other day Hugh McDougal washaving a little chat with Axel Johnson.He asked Axel if he was married orsingle, and big Axel answered, " Oh no,Oh no, I vas a Swede."

Lester Clinch is running a fire. He issharpening drills for the new power housejob.

RIVERSIDE MILLMr. John Nolen has been requested to

join the union of cigarette bummers. Weall hope that he may succeed and bePresident of the crew. Watch out forthe bummers.

What is the matter with the new River-side paper mill and the Brown Bulletin ?Has King Oscar decreed that no news goforth from his royal palace? Long livethe King!

Now that it begins to be cold, we hopethe Brown Company will start a hot dogfactory and put it up at the Riverside mill.Can you guess who that hot dog eater is?If you do, put it in next month's issue.

Hey, Feidle Arsenault, I'd like tt/knowwhat was the idea of going down to Port-land, October 9th. What's the idea ofgetting married ? We never thought itwould be so soon. We wish you a happylife, but "Oh, you kid." Watch out forthe cigars. We don't smoke cheap cigars,so give us the best.

During the World Series games JohnThoits gained the title of " Ponzi."

Watch out for the soap bummer.

One of six crews—No. 1 hand, the watcher,No. 2 hand, the waker,No. 3 hand, the helper,No. 4 hand, the loafer.

This is some crew!

KREAM KRISP DEPARTMENTThrough the columns of the Brown

Bulletin we wish to extend our profoundsympathy to Albert Hanson of the Refri-geration Plant, whose brother, DavidHanson, met death in an auto accidentOct. 12th. A beautiful floral tribute, thegift of Kream Krisp employees, gavesilent expression to our deepest sympathyand highest respect for a deceased fellow-workman.

Nap. McNeil and James Pye have leftus to assume duties in new fields.

"Mitch" Fournier is with us again afteran absence of several months.

Delphis Ramsay is once more monarchof all things pertaining to yard and ware-house. It is several months since theyard gang was more than a one manoutfit, but now Delphis and his followersare making the dust fly.

Boxing—Boxing—"Jumping'ToI Dubey,"The French Jew" vs. "Cyclone" GeorgeRobinson, "The P. E. I. Whirlwind."Promoters note: This match will settlea feud which started in the packing room,when the "Cyclone" rudely took posses-sion of the "French Jew's" private officeand neglected to perform certain dutiesbefore leaving. An exchange of felicita-tions took place at the time, but due tomill rules the bout could not be heldthen and there. Therefore, the abovematch has been arranged for the nearfuture, the date to be announced later-Neither man can fight, but both havestrong backing.

The new Refinery is rapidly nearingcompletion under the watchful eye andclever hands of Ed. Reed and his hammerweilders.

Sam Montminy is working in theRefrigeration Plant. Sam hails from theSulphite Mill.

Dick Royston is studying the art of theneedle. If time spent studying will giveskill, Dick should be a past master of theart by this time.

Constance Bostwick spent several daysduring the past month at her home inAuburndale, Mass.

Alice Lott was a visitor to Hartford,Conn., during the month.

Delphis Ramsay's new home is nearlycompleted.

Bill Richards spent several days work-ing on his house; also several dollars,says Bill.

Mark is telling a friend how big it was,but his side-kick, "Pete"—as usual,

is spilling the beans.

Every man throws a rock now and thenthat he would like to have back in hishand.

If you read it right a failure is a guidepointing the way to success.

Life is too short to spend any of it ingossip or foolish misunderstanding.

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P O R T L A N D O F F I C EW. B. Moore, our western representa-

tive located at Chicago, visited Portlandoffice on business recently.

An impromptu outing down the harborwas enjoyed by about 25 members ofPortland office, Saturday afternoon, Sept.25, through the courtesy of Capt. Rowell.At 2.30 p. m., the Lewis L., our new tug,left the wharf and sailed for FalmouthForeside, stopping at " The Graunkar " totake aboard Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Brown.The sail was resumed as far as Yarmouthand then the return was made towardsPortland, arriving at the dock about 5.30p. m.

The craft is 65 feet overall and 14 feet,8 inch beam, and is newly equipped withtwo Mianus Deisel explosive engines of30 horsepower each, and twin propellers.The fuel used is 150° test kerosene, andwill burn a little less than a gallon perhour. She makes a very economic andseaworthy boat for the purpose intended.

Harold Chase, purchasing department,was in New York on a business trip.Mrs. Chase accompanied him.

On October 9th, Mr. and Mrs. Brock-way entertained the members of the ac-counting department and their families atthe annual outing held at Scarboro Park,Scarboro. Covers were laid in the dininghall for 60, and a most enjoyable dinnerwas had. The feature of the afternoonwas the ball game between the Sheep andGoats. The sheep won the game by ascore of 10 to 9. Entertainment for thechildren was provided for by Mrs. MaryA. Hocker, daughter of our host andhostess, and the kiddies appreciated herpainstaking care in keeping them amused.

Cards were received announcing themarriage of Jeff Foster, accounting de-partment, on October 16, in Milton, Mass.,

to Miss Hazel Pond. Good luck and bestwishes from all, Jeff.

Harold Collins, Kream Krisp Dept, hasalso joined the ranks of benedicts, andhas the congratulations and best wishesof his associates.

Charlie Means, in the capacity of infor-mation dispenser, meets with many amus-ing incidents in the course of a day.Recently he was approached by a dapperlooking individual, evidently looking fora job, who related the following: " Goodafternoon, I am from New York as youcan plainly see from my attitude and ap-pearance. I wish to locate in Maine andpossess executive ability. Have you aposition to offer ? " He evidently soughtto impress Charlie with his importance.

John Graff, Berlin photographic depart-ment, has been in Portland office the pastfew weeks making photographic recordsfor the Berlin office files. To one wholikes copy work it is an interesting pro-cess.

Carl Werner, paper sales division, re-ceived a letter the other day from Nashua,N. H., that drew a smile of happiness.Wonder who can be at the other end,Carl.

Leonard Stack, purchasing department,was in Bangor for a few days on business.

The auditors from Niles & Niles officein New York, are here for the yearlyaudit.

Tommie Churchill, pulp sales division,is spending his vacation with his folks atthe old homestead in Coaticooke, P. Q.Tom wrote they are having the excep-tional weather there that we are here, butthe evenings are kind of frosty.

Charles Safford, accounting department,has moved to the city from his summerhome on Great Diamond Island.

It is with deep sorrow we learn of thesudden death of Mrs. Edith King, wife ofHelo H. King, purchasing department, onOct. 23rd. Mrs. King was about to leaveon an automobile trip to the mountainswhen she was stricken, and expired with-in a few moments. It is a distinct shockto her many friends, and we extend toMr. King our heartfelt sympathies.

The advanced change in daylight savingtime in Portland, two weeks ahead ofschedule, caused two members of theaccounting department to arrive at theoffice on Monday morning an hour earlierthan usual, on account of their beingaway on vacations when the city fathersmade the change.

Gene Skillins, cashier, spent his vaca-tion at the Kearsage, North Conway, N.H. Gene says the mountain air is somedifferent from ours.

M. S. Flint, New York office, was inPortland office recently on a businesstrip.

John C. Sherman, advertising depart-ment, was in New York and Washingtonrecently on business.

W. B. Brockway has been called toWashington on company matters so muchlately that he feels like a commutor.

The retail department is sporting a newtwo-ton Pierce Arrow truck, for operationon heavier loads than the small truckwill carry. The cost of one shoe on thebig truck would keep a jitney shod for alife time.

Mr. John Kelsey of the traffic depart-ment, has been transferred to the positionvacated by Mr. N. W. Staples.

ACCIDENTS FORMONTH OF

SEPTEMBERUPPER PLANTS

No time lost 22Minor accidents 11Serious accidents 0

Total... ...33

SULPHITE MILLNo time lost 30Minor accidents 17Serious accidents 0

Total 47

CASCADE MILLAccidents without loss of time 18Minor accidents 7Serious accidents 1

Total... ,...26

There were two convicts, one in forstealing a watch, the other for stealing acow. They disliked each other, and theirconversation was full of inuendo.

Thus the man who had stolen the cowsaid to the man who had stolen the watch :

" Jim, what time is it?"" Milking time, Joe."

We must rise with our aspirations elsewe shall fall with our fears. But whyhave fear? It is simply a wrong thought.

THE BROWN BULLETIN Page Fifteen

MY THREE OR FOURVOYAGES TO SEA

(Continued from October Issue)Well, as I said, the opportunity to go to

Frisco came and I took advantage of it.I signed articles on the S. S. Cottage City.There must be some readers of theBulletin who have seen the Cottage City.She used to sail between Portland andNew York. Well, she was going to thePacific to sail between Seattle, and I wason it. When we started, I intended to gothe whole way and a little further. I wasgoing to the diggings. We had the priv-ilege of staying by the ship or gettingpaid off at Frisco. Before we got toHatteras I had made up my mind Friscowas far enough for me. After a good fasttrip we arrived in Frisco. There weresix of us got our heads together and weshipped on the Oceanic of the Occidentaland Oriental Line, bound for Kobe, Yoko-hama. Nagasaki and Hongkong. Wemade a few trips across the Pacific andmade good money trading in dope. Thesedays when you hear a crowd of men talk-ing about dope, they mean almost any-thing from cigarettes and Jamaica gingerto wood alcohol, but in those days, dopemeant one thing, and that was opium.

I will give you another illustration ofthe handicaps American ships have tocompete with. This line was a branch ofthe White Star Line, English of course,the Belgic was in need of new boilers.You would think she would get them inFrisco, not a bit. She was sent to Liver-pool, England, but she never got there.She ran on the bar at the mouth of theMersey and was a total wreck. I gottired of the route and homesick for littleold New York, so I signed on the City ofPara. This was the same ship I sailed onfrom New York to Aspinwall. But thistime she was bound for Panama. I madea couple of trips on her and then decidedI wanted to see the route of the PanamaCanal. Three of us left the ship in Pan-ama and started across the Isthmus onfoot. The canal was not built then, butwe did see the ruins of Ferdinand DeLesseps. It took us four days to reachAspinwall, then the next thing was to geta ship to New York. Jobs were not veryplentiful, but seamen, when they want togo any place, do not stand upon ceremony,they just go, and that is exactly what wedid—we went to New York. I then joinedthe El Monte of the Morgan Line. Nowyou have read these pieces about me join-ing ships and signing articles. I will tryand explain that. When a man joins aship he has got to sign the ship's articles,that is, he has to sign a contract with theship; something like this: Voyage one

hundred seventy-seven, S. S. Sulphite, ofwhich the Brown Company are the own-ers. I, John Barleycorn, hereby agree tomake the round trip to the port of de-parture, etc., etc. In event of leaving theship at any port but the port of departure,I, John Barleycorn, hereby waive allclaims against said S. S. Sulphite or theowners thereof. Touch the pen. So yousee what you get if you fail to make theround trip.

I have also told you how we fed; limejuice on English ships to keep downscurvy. American ships, in some re-spects, are not much better. On Amer-ican passenger ships, if you are sick, youdo get a little attendance from the doctor.On cargo ships they have no doctor. Thesteward keeps the medicine chest and ifyou should happen to break a leg, hewould give you a dose of castor oil or hotdrops. While I am on the subject, I willgive you another illustration of the diff-erence between Americans and foreigners.On the American, if after leaving portyou should be sick and not able to workuntil a day or two before the ship reachesher destination, providing that you didwork until she started on her homewardbound passage and then were sick againon the passage home, you wpuld receivefull wages for the full voyage, regardlessof who did the work. But the fellowsthat doubled their watches got nothingextra. I never thought that was a squaredeal.

Then, like every place else, the crewhave little spats among themselves oncein a while. Suppose an officer struck aman and the man turned around andgave the officer a good licking—if he werebig enough, the officer had no redressuntil the ship reached the first port, thenhe could have the man arrested. But thetrouble was generally forgotten beforethe ship reached port. I have never seenone man arrested. Now the English shipsthat I sailed on had a system of logging.What that really means is a fine for anydisobedience of orders. You would belogged one, two, three or as many days'pay as the officer felt like imposing. Ifthe officer was struck, the offender wasgenerally put in irons, but he surely waslogged one week or perhaps one month'spay. This depended a good deal on thelength of the voyage and the offender hadno redress. I understood that this loggingsystem was for the benefit of sailors'homes in different parts of England, butwho knows, I don't, and I always had theidea that a good many of those Englishofficers were more overbearing than therewas any need of, in fact I have seen themaggrevate men so much that there wasnothing left for the men but insubordin-

ation, with the usual, "I will log you."Well, after joining the El Monte, my

next was the El Mar, same line. I stayedon the El Mar longer than any ship I hadever sailed on, almost three years beforeI got my ticket. This ship used to alwayssail on a Saturday, at 3 p. m., from NewYork, and the Louisianna of the CornwellLine about the same time. This boat wehad nicknamed Lousy Anna, because wenever saw her leave port with her hull allpainted. She always looked half finished,but she could sail. As soon as the El Marand the Louisianna got outside of SandyHook it was the devil take the hindmostuntil we reached Port Eads, at the mouthof the Mississippi River. We have seenthem both abreast of each other and soclose together that you could read eachothers names on the port house. I neversaw the Louisianna pass the El Mar, be-cause the engineers on watch on the ElMar used to do the oilers' work as well astheir own and the oilers and the watertenders used to go into the fire room andhelp the firemen. We never set anynegroes on the safety valves, like theyused to do on the Mississippi steamboats,but we never let them blow off, and justlet me tell you from Sandy Hook to PortEads is some race, nineteen hundredmiles.

(To be concluded next month)

NOVEMBER 30th, ENDOF OUR FISCAL YEAR

The boss calls it the " end of the fiscalyear," but November 30th is "JudgmentDay" for the Accounting Department.When the whistle blows on that day, theauditors come in, (some are here now)steal our cigars, borrow our tobacco, bor-row our matches, put on their big hornspecs, check up the books, draw a redline under the last book entry and say:

" Mr. Bookkeeper, time's up, you'redone for 1919-20. Where are all yourpapers and vouchers, if you haven't themall, explain to the big chief."

Now buddies, if you have borrowed anypapers or invoices from the AccountsPayable Department, get busy, dig themout and come across with them at doubletime. We like the big chief, but we don'twant to give him any explanations forborrowed property,

Forget thinking of what you thinkothers will say of you. Do the things youfeel are right. Why worry over whatothers think about your actions as longas you know they are based on yoursense of right ?

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1852Company has remained in business since

1852, and its growth has been steady.

Its success in the past has depended upon main-tenance of quality applied toproduction of large tonnage.

Its success in the future will depend up-on these same factors — and one other.The loyal team work of all concerned,in mill and office, in the maintenanceof both quality and quantity will spellsuccess, so far as those two factors go.

As to the third factor—saving waste—the Company has two importantmovements on foot.

For the utilization of waste, it has de-veloped an important group of chem-ical products, and these are likely tobroaden its field of operations andstrengthen its future position in theindustrial world.

For the prevention of waste, the Com-pany relies upon that growing spiritof co-operation, throughout the rankand file of the organization, to cutdown waste and to make everythingcount for production.

Our sustained output during the pastfive years argues well for the nextfive—or fifty!

BROWN COMPANYfounded 1852

at Berlin, ^(ew Hampshire

A new product of great promise.Strong light-weight cores for pa-per mills, which save the heavyfreight costs on iron cores.

There is an estimated shortageof 5,000,000 buildings. Their con-struction should benefit the win-dow frame industry.