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T h e S t o r y of T w o D a r i n g 2 How a New Switchman Proved 2 Robberies and a Race With Death 2 Worthy of Switch Shanty Gang

By MARTHA C. MOORE

T HE first snowstorm of the season was coming down with whirling fury. Blinding, dazzling it was. Flakes of monster size floated to earth.

The wind heaped it on banks and in crevices. The tele- graph wires sang as the wind swayed them to and fro.

The inhabitants of the little railroad town of Cra- vensville calmly settled themselves to weathcr coil- ditions, while the little city was quictly but surely blanketed with snow.

Down a t the switch shanty of the L. M. & P. work was going on as usual.

"Sure an' its a heluva night t' be muvin' cairs." Old Sandy McGinnis broke the silence as he stood

before the fire, warming his hands. H e had just come out of the storm for another order. Good old Sandy, with his Irish smile and his ruddy complexion, had been with the L. M. & P. for many years. H e was a great favorite around the shanty and as good a switch-

* man as the next man, to boot. Sandy could tell when the boys needed his advice, and they all asked him for a bit now and then, whim he ga\.e, with a piece of his mind thrown in for good measure.

H e had come on just a few minutes before with the eight o'clock crew.

"Got anything for me, Wynne?" inquired Mark Morris, another one of the switchmen, as he pulled off his fur-lined gloves and leaned across the table.

John Wynne was the genial yardmaster. H e looked u p from his list of car numbers.

"Just got a line on No. 107. She's got engine 1451 pullin' tonight. Snow's packing down pretty good. Looks like a tough night and maybe the S. 0. S. for the snow plow ! There's a special car totin' government whisky in the train-been delayed over three hours now, gettin' through drifts. Be in a t 10:45," and

he turned back to his desk and resumed his work. "Sure, an' it's little of it that'll be goin' for mcdicine,"

old Sandy remarked as he opened the door and faced the blinding fury of the snowstorm, with another order to execute.

Silence reigned as the two filecl out, except for the scratching of Wynne's pencil as he worked, and the singing of the stove, which cast its ruddy glow around the rude, little office.

Through the window the lanterns could be seen, swinging up and down, signalling the switch engines, while the wind whistled around the corncrs of the building. The snow was coming down now in blankets and waves. I t was bitter cold, with a hard, north wind.

The door opened, and Jim Hasler entered. H e closed it rather quietly and came up near the table.

"Say, Wynne, there ain't anybody around this shack got a red flashlight, have they ?" he inquired.

"Nobody I know of," Wynne answered. "What's the matter, Jim, seen a ghost? You're as white as a sheet ?'

"NO-but I was switching that cut of cars down on the left wye and a coupla guys dodged around that empty refrigerator car standing there. I hollered at 'em, but they didn't stop. Spent about five minutes lookin' around, but all I really saw was the flash of a red flashlight and two dark figures. What the hell do you suppose anybody would be snoopin' 'round on a night like this for?'

"Don't know, unless they got wind of that car of whisky comiu' through. Dangerous stuff to handle, but they got detectives with it, and old Barney is givin' 'em one of our agents when she leaves heye. By the

thieves. McClure, move the engine back to the car and I'll couple it up and we'll move it up near the shanty, seal it up until the federal authorities can get here," and \Vynne pushed his waj toward the car, to await the arrival of the engine from the switch shanty.

Nest morning, at the hospital, Charlie opened his eyes. H e was (lazed, antl immctliately calletl for some- one to tell him where he was and what hatl happened.

"Did-did they get in the car ?" was one of his first questions.

;\[iss Loval, his nurse, sat beside his bed and told him as many of the details as she knew.

I t only confused him the more. H e was dumb with grief I-- ' ' ' of the suspicion poi him. All because gestecl [lie agents cup of coffee. I t preposterous! I t I a11 as much of a rn tery to him as it was to Wynne and the rest. Here lie was, 6 laid up for a week or more 1 and this accu- 4 sation hangin? over his head. H e must see

started to\vard the door. "If there's anything we can do for you, just let us

know," he added kindly. "Some of the boys will be tlroppin' in to see you."

I t was one of those crisp mornings in December. The sun was shining on the snow-covered city, bring- ing to light thousands of sparkling crystals.

Charlie hatl been out of the hospital a week. H e

was rather weak and greatly discouraged. H e fe!t that his year's work in the game he loved so well could not have endcd in a more tragic way. There \v:w~'t even a person who really understood. H e had made no plans. There was in his mind one strong

A I ~ 1 ~ 1 1 ne ncnrtl --\ nting to\vartl all guilt. Perha

1. coiiltl nc get a y. f rc was - J -- y e \ . - - .,>

was .

Id clear his name of ips that n7as why he )t tear himself away )m the town where he ad been so busily

engaged for a year. Due to the sta-

\ t i o n b e i n g small but of conkide r a I) I e revenue, and a. good i n t e r- change point, it o c c u r r e d t o him that an-

\Vynne. About

o'clock

Tlrr i r i~pocl o f tlrr col l i s io~z , l i f ted tlir coi.

three fro111 the gr.ofmc! otrd litri-lrd i f irrlo tr l i l t lr rii~clr Oy f h c s ide of //re rood.

t h a t afternoon, \Vynne paid him a call.

"Ho\vcly, Charlie, feeling any better?" he wid as he pulled up a chair beside the I d . I-Iiq face was

grave ant1 Charlie knew that inwardly he was accusing him of the crime.

"hlr. \\'ynne, I rlon't know what happenctl last night-the last I reinember somcbotly told me to lie do1~~11-~ook my lantern away and started off with the engine. I thought too slow to obey and the next I knew, I felt a dull ache in niy head and I remen~ber falling. When I awoke, I was in this room. Did- did they find out who it was?" he atldetl anxiously.

"No the authorities have the case in hantl-I expect they'll visit you for statements. I t does look rather funny, Charlie, your asking me whether that car was guarded or not, and suggesting they leave it with you, but we haven't any real evidence against you. \Ye have orders to let you go, though, Charlie. You'll be getting a visit from the officers soon, I imagine. \Vhen you get up, drop around the office. It's too bad, but of course, we can't any of us help much," antl he

other attempt r m i ~ h t be made \ -

to rob it-either in the yards or at the - 5tatio11.

7 - 'l'owards evening, he met the eve-

ninq 1 ) a w m p train from the North. T w o men alighted from it. They were of striking appearance, in' frict, unusual types to have business in a town like Cravensrille.

Charlie watched them as they surveyed the station. They went to the window and inquired of the cashier as to the roatls and if it were possible to reach the main highway.

They left the station and made their way toward the to\v11, presumably to the hotel.

"Just a freak notion of mine. They're alright. I've got so I suspect everybody but a resident of this town," said Charlie as he ambled down to the switch shanty for a chat with the boys.

f \ 1 hat night was clear and the moon painted the snow- covcretl hills that encircle the little town with a mys- terious. yellow light.

Charlie took the short cut toward his hotel, as it was quite late. On his way home, he was thinking that it was four weeks since that terrible night. This idle- ness was making him jumpy.

December, 1925

Rather on impulse, he suddenly made up his mind to take one last glance at the station-intuition perhalls led his steps toward it. As he swung around an empty box car within several hundred feet of the building, he saw a big, black car pull up to the curb. TWO men alighted. H e could also see the cashier through the window, preparing to lock up for the night. The last train had \vended its way out of the little town and business was over until the morrow.

H e felt in his hip pocket for the autonlatic he had been carrying ever since his accident. I t was a raw deal he got and he was determined that he should not be caught unawares a second time.

A switch engine was in the yard, several tracks on the other side of a cut of cars, but there was no other animation to mar the quietness of the scene.

H e waited, undecided what to do. Then he saw it all happen.

The two men crept up to the door, walked in the station and through the window he saw old Martin, the cashier throw up both hands. One of the figures came around and, leaning over, emptied the safe of its contents.

They went behind Martin and with one stroke, he fell unconscious to the floor. The men worked in much the same manner as those who attacked him, he thought, and he was determined that i f there was a way, he woulcl trap them. The light was snuffed out, and he saw then1 leave the building and hurry toward the waiting, throbbing machine and it glided away, gaining speed a t every inch, until it started on the old Edgehill road toward the highway.

H e fairly leaped toward the switch engine, working on a nearby track and climbed in the cab. Engineer McClure looked at him in surprise.

"No time for words, McClure," and he whipped out his automatic. "You and Jim drive this engine, and drive like hell! Start down the main track ahd don't slow up till you get to Baxter's crossing." Old Mc- Clure had never seen his eyes blaze like that before.

"Suppose No. 19 should be on time. You fool, we can't move on the main line without orders !" McClure tried to argue.

"I said start and I meant it. I'll explain later," antl Charlie's hand was nervous on the gun.

The switch engine started antl gained speed with each notch old McClure pulled on the throttle. The night wind cut his face as he leaned out, searching the track for the approach of the fast passenger train, on its way through the little town. The track of cold steel lay ahead and the engine skimmed over it, clouds of steam ascending toward the sky. I t was a night of a thousand stars, but to Charlie the night for the realization of his dreams. If they could make it to the

crossing, thcre was only one where the car could cross the track, about ten miles distant. I t was his only chance. If the switch engine could block the way!

"Don't let up," Charlie yelled above the din of the throbbing engine and his mouth was set in a deter- mined line. Old McClure let the engine out another notch.

Occasionally, Charlie glanced sideways at the road, and he thought he could discern the flash of two head- lights, as the car swung over the slippery road.

As they neared Baxter's crossing, for two miles the road ran practically parallel with the track and it was McClure who called attention to the racing car.

"That feller's racin' death. H e don't know there's a crossing up here two miles."

"Let him race-I hope we hit him. Don't stop till you block the crossing!" Charlie grimly commanded.

Neck antl neck they raced, first the engine leading, then the car, but the steel rails were more reliable than the slippery road and the car lagged a t times. Old McClure began to apply the brakes. The car, un- aware of the crossing, swerved into it just as McClure clamped down on the emergency, and the impact of the collision, lifted the car from the ground and hurled it into a little ditch by the side of the road.

A few feet further on, the engine stopped, panting and puffing. The three men leaped off and sprinted back up the tracks.

The wheels of the death car had not stopped spin- ning. From underneath its tangled mass came a slight groan. The three of them pulled and tore until they finally estracted three of the bodies from the ruins. Two were past attention, and one was unconscious, but still breathing.

The three men lifted the unconscious man to the enginc, but before they left the car, Charlie estracted from one of the side pockets the little leather bag which contained something like $3,000 in bills and silver.

Very few words had been exchanged between Char- lie, 1IcClure and Jim. Charlie nervously watched the unconicious man, occasionally feeling his pulse. I t was beginning to dawn upon the crew what this fran- tic ride had been for.

"I won't forget this, fellows," Charlie said. "There's going to be no explanation required from you. I think I've got the leader of the gang who got me in trouble and besides, here's the money from the little station. If yn1'11 go back when you get to the yards, you'll find they left Martin in a bad shape and I couldn't attend to him before I left."

Due to the weather conditions, No. 19 was late, and the switch engine cleared the main track ten minutes before the flyer passed through the town.

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There are three separate yards; the standard yard, where material is placed that does not require addi- tional labor to place it back in service, and is available at a n~oment's notice; the reclaim yard, where all mate- rial is in such shape that it can be repaired by running it through the shop, and is to be held until workers can get to i t ; and the angle bar yard, where angle bars and continuous joints are held until they can be given attention.

As fast as the matcrial is reclaimed and finished, it is talten to a part of the yard marked off into divisions. Here the different division requisitions are filled. Every day a car moves out to one of these divisions, con- taining perhaps some of the same scrap material sent in, except in a very different shape than when it first arrived.

The roundhouse, handling engines for the soul11 side station is lo- cated in one end of the yards. This roundhouse is un- der the supervi- sion of Mr. J. L. Harvey, ma s t e r mechanic, but un- der Mr . Leysaht's direction.

The roundhouse turns f rom twen- ty-six to thirty engines a month, ant1 tries to give classified repairs to one en,' w l e a month. The power plant is unclcr the supervision o f

wagon load of heavy material from one shop to an- other-completing the round trip.

Some two or three years ago shop "mules" were purchased. These "mules" are small trucks, operated in the same manner as a Ford. A t a demonstration prior to their purchase, one of thcm pulled a loaded box car of heavy store departmcnt material. They hitch onto filled wagons and get around the yards at the rate of fifteen or twenty miles an hour, handling efficiently and quickly the work formerly done by hand, and saving $21.00 a day in labor alone.

Mr . Leysaht has invenled a signal systen~. The shop "mules" can go anywhere, and have no beaten path; however, outside of each shop is a triangle block placed on a concrete base. One side is red, another blue and anolher white. As the "mule" t l r i ~ c r s go by, i f the red sitle is to the front, they Itnow that that

Orle o f the five frog artd s a i t c h plat~rrs i r ~ the Urriled Slalcs . electrically drivel!, iirstalled at a cost o f $20,000.01).

Mr. I?. TV. Lampton, roundhouse foreman, and contains t n o Heine tubular boilers, of 225 horse power capacity.

Here the big oil-burning engines are turned and given light repairs, therefore the oiling facilities are located here.

One tank holds 210,000 gallons, another under- g r o ~ ~ d tank 20,000, and three overhead tanks contain 38,000 gallons. The roundhouse is a nineteen-stall one, five stalls of which are equipped with drop pits.

Rapid Movemerzt front Yard to Yard One detail of most astonishinq proportions is the

rapid movement with which the different materials are transported from one shop to another, from one yard to another and between the different cars.

This was formerly done by wagon gangs, six gangs in number, and seleral men who used wl~eelbarrows. I t required six men some forty minutes to move a

foreman has a load for t h e m and when they h a v e delivered the one they have, they will p i c I t

it up. I f t 11 e blue signal is out, it means that the foreman w a n t s an empty wagon to load, and the w h i t e s i g n a l means he h a s nothing and does not need a wagon at that time.

Mr . Ley s a h t has one of the hardest places on

the railroad to keep clean, yet it is almost spotless. Tours of inspection made by officials and outsiders v e w r fail to bring forth a comment on the tidiness of the place. And Mr. Leysaht is more than proud of the efforts of his co-workers.

A "Sure 'Nouglz" Scrap Pile Outside of the twisted masses of rods, broken cou-

plers, engine pilots and tangled heaps of scrap, there is one place to which Mr . Leysaht directed the atten- tion of the photographer, which he claims does not be- long to him. The division forces are so used to ship- ping every bit of scrap to him that he sometimes gets more than his share.

This scrap pile consists of tin cans, springs, barbed wire and material which can Ix used only to fill a deep hole in some ravine and might as well fill one on the

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Retiring Veteran Spent First Christmas in America Almost Without Friends -and Lonesome

Conrad Goehausen, Former Asst. Auditor of Freight Accounts, Came From Germany as Young Man-First Employment i n St . Louis Saloon

0 S a cold December morning in 1886, the "handyman" in a com- b i n a t i o ~ ~ saloon and grocery

store on North Broadway, St. Louis, Mo., hesitatingly opened a letter. I t was one of the few that he received. He was a German immigrant boy, twenty years of aye, and only three weeks before had landed in New York City with barely enough money to get him to St. Louis.

and then spent a few short hours a t night school where he learned English only to return to work until late at night.

When he retired to the small rooul upstairs over the saloon it was some- times one and two o'clock in the mori~iug.

T o Cape Girardeau And so lie left his worlc and went

to his uncle in Cape Girardeau. He

( ' o i l i nd Goc.lrnlr.rrir, scotcti ot his dcsk nhoi'r, wtrs r-,-fir-cd OrtriOrr rc) ns nssi.ctai~f auditor of freight accorr~its, S t . Loziis, M a . H e came t o Amcrica from Gertr1a:ty i n .r&M, ns o boy of f zven fy , arzd spent his first C h r i s f w n s in Amer-ica at Cape Girclr-dmu, Ma., w i t h n n zrwle.

The letter was from an uncle a t Cape Girardeau, Mo., and after strug- gling with the strange English script for many minutes, the immigrant boy finally made out the message. It was in answer to a letter which he had written painfully a week before to the uncle. Mr. Adolph Tacke, his only rel- ative in America.

"The money for your passage to Cape Girardeau is i~nclosed," the letter said. "I have a job for you on my farm. Come a s soon as possible." That mas all.

I t did not take the German boy long to make up his mind. The hours in the saloon were long, from early dawn he worked until evening as assistant barkeeper, odd job man and waiter

arrived a t a time when things mere hustling in preparation for the holi- days.

On Christmas Day the aunt and uncle with whom he resided sent their children to the little schoolhouse to enjoy the Christmas exercises, but the little foreigner remained a t home, for he could neither understand uor talk their language.

Finally, with a bursting heart, he went into the woods, sat down in the snow under a big fir tree, and cried tears of loneliness.

But a cry now and then never hurts, and when he had finished, he found that the tears had failed to dampen his ardent desire to make good in the new country, and he returned to the

farm house, with its new-fashioned Christmas, putting behind him his longing for his home and his father, and buckled down to the tasks before him.

This boy is now the man, Conrad Goehausen, retired assistant auditor of freight accounts, who lelt the serv- ice October 29.

"I cannot help but compare that first Christmas in Cape Girardeau with the one we will have in 1925!" he said. "Our two sons will be with Mrs. Goehausen and myself-and there are grandchildren. There will be a big dinner and 1)resents and, most of all, happiness which I could never have found in my little birthplace," he added.

"Some day I intend to go back. i\Iy father is dead, bo t I want to visit the little village aqain, although I have never experienced such loneliness as I did on my first Christmas with my uncle."

Born in Germany Xr. Goehnuscn claims the little city

of Werl Province, Wesphalen, Ger- many, as his birthplace. On June 18, 1S66, he began his unusual career. His father was a tailor in the little city but a t the time of his birth was off to war and did not return until his young son was eighteen weeks of age.

At leisure mo~nents a boy friend and he would discuss the wonders of that nation across the sea-America. I t assumed great proportions in their lives and they finally decided to seek their fortune in the new land, much against the wishes of their parents.

After landing in New York, Mr. Goehausen came direct to St. Louis, where he worked a short time before his experience on the farm of his uncle. On his return to St. Louis from the farm he secured employment a s a German correspondent-and later as a bookkeeper.

To Frisco in 1890 On August 8, 1890, he was hired by

the Frisco as a journal clerk in the auditor's office a t St. Louis. He has a fine mathematical brain and soon mastered his first position, and was promoted to the positions of revising clerk, then claim rate clerk, chief claim clerk; second assistant auditor, freight accounts in charge of over- charge claims; auditor of overcharge claims, and finally assistant auditor freight accounts.

On October 7, 1891, he was married ( N O Z L ) t w i t to Poge 20, please)

Influence of Freight Rates on Prices Paid Cotton Grower Is Negligible, Survey Shows

Exhaustide Report Compiled by Bureau of Railway Economics Prows Fallacy of Theory Adoanced by Some Politicians-Two Cotton Seasons Studied

C ONSIDERABLE controversy h a s waged throughout the United Sta tes concerning the effect of

freight ra tes on prices of various com- modities. For years politicians and legislators of a certain so r t have waged a s teady war on the transpor- tation companies, claiming tha t the "high" freight ra tes worked a hard- ship on growers and manufacturers alike-and through them on the pub- lic.

An exhaustive s tudy of the 1923-24 and 1924-25 cotton seasons of August to February inclusive has just been completed by the Bureau of Railway Economics a t Washington, D. C., with a view of determining the existing re- lationship between prices paid to grow- e r s of cotton and t h e cost of trans- porting tha t commodity to consuming mill centers, principal ports of export, and other natura l destinations.

Great pains were taken in the sur- vey and 117 origin points were se- lected in the larges t cotton producing sections for the 1924-25 season. On Fr iday of each week during the season actual prices of ginned cotton in bales were secured through local railroad agents, from growers, buyers and mer- chants. The freight ra tes used in the s tudy cover actual movements of cot- ton, and the s tudy considers all fluc- tuations in the measure of t he ra te during the ent i re period surveyed.

T h e results of the survey should effectively hush the mewlings of the sensational legislator and politician- and prove to the public, t he grower and the manufacturer in equally effect- ive t e rms tha t freight ra tes have a negligible influence on prices paid for the commodity.

M a n y T i m e s Greater T h e repor t shows generally and in

many particulars that t he fluctuation in prices paid to growers for cotton amounts to many times the freight ra tes to consuming markets, ports of export, and other natural destinations.

Fo r example, Fal l River, Mass., the most important city in the United S ta t e s from a standpoint of cotton manufacture, located in the hea r t of t he New England cotton milling terri- tory, was selected a s a representative point in the m?nufacturing region most d is tant from the producing area.

By combining the two cotton sea- sons of 1923-24 and 1924-25 the survey determines t h a t t he spread in price, between low and high, for the two periods was, on midling cotton, $14.40 per hundred pounds, a t Headland Ala-

bama, o r more than 12 t imes the freight r a t e in effect from tha t point t o Fal l River a t the end of the 1924- 25 season.

T h e spread in price a t Lonolre, Ark., was $13.50 per hundred pounds-more than 10 t imes the freight r a t e to Fall River.

T h e spread a t Bristow, Okla., was $10.25 per hundred pounds, o r more than 6 t imes the ra te to Fall River, and a t Marion, Tex., the spread was

T h e effect of this treatise on the vital topic of tlce freight rate axd its rela!ioirship to a certaijt conmodity will be o j iilterest to every thiilkiftg railway employe. For scveral years we have heard a grcat to-do about freight ratcs afld the iftflricircc which !hey cnert zrpoiz all plzascs of the ilatio~t's b~isiizess. This rcport treats 0111. o i ~ c coiiriiiodity, but its ixfcreitcc is plaiir as to thc e f fcc t of freight r ( ~ t ~ ~ s rfpoil thc grower or ?jraaufac- tlrrcr a~rd the public.

-W. L. El., Jr.

$16.00 per hundred pounds or more than 10 t imes the cost of transporting the cotton to Fall River, Mass.

Examples taken f rom the survey could be multiplied t ime and again to show tha t the spread in prices ranges during the two seasons from a mini- mum of $KO0 to a masimum of $16.38 per hundred pounds, or from 5 to 13 t imes the freight r a t e s to Fall River from the selected origin points. T h e s a m e general condition is found t rue in shipments to nearby consuming markets and por ts of export.

A t Collins, Miss., for example, t he spread in prices amounted to 15 t imes the highest freight ra te in effect dur- i n g the period to Columbus, Ga.; more than 23 t imes the export r a t e to New Orleans and more than 36 t imes the freight r a t e to nearby destinations, such a s Hat t iesburg and Jackson, Miss.

Fluctuations Are Irregular Another important point developed

by the survey is t h a t the fluctuations in prices a r e highly irregular, occur- r ing f rom week to week, and tha t no uniformity exists in the fluctuation from one week to another even a t points in the s a m e general territory.

On August 22, 1924, a t Athens, Ala., t he survey shows, t he price paid to the grower for middling cotton was $27.50 per hundred pounds; on August 29, 1924, the price was $23.50; on S e p tember 19, 1924, $20.75; or a decline

of $6.75 per hundred pounds in a period of less than thirty days. This fluctuation amounted to many times the freight ra tes from Athens to grin- cipal cotton consuming points in the United States. At points i n this s ame terri tory, on the identical kind and grade of cotton, using a t all points selected the same week a s a basis of comparison, price advances varied from 25 cents to $1.50 per hundred pounds.

Two factors en te r into the establish- ment of prices paid for cotton, the survey shows, nei ther of them a freight r a t e matter.

Quality and grade; and the law of supply and demand, a r e the two fac- tors, the Bureau of Railway Econom- ics found, and the survey pointed out t ha t the la t ter operated both in the marke t s of the United S ta t e s and abroad. In no way did the freight r a t e enter into the proposition.

Figures compiled by the U. S. De- par tment of Commerce show that the United Sta tes consumes less than one- half of t he domestic production of cot- ton, and the amount of production abroad and the demand in foreign markets are , therefore, highly impor- tant factors in regulating prices paid to American cotton producers.

The re were, i t i s true, a few changes in freight ra tes dur ing the period studied, but in almost every instance the freight ra te revision was down- ward instead of upward-and ir- respective of these changes, the price fluctuations amounted to many times the measure of t h e highest freight ra tes in effect during the period. The general range of prices during the 1924-25 season was considerably lower than during the 1923-24 season, and the s tudy of actual prices paid a t points from which ra te reductions were made shows t h a t no advantage resulted to the cotton grower in in- creased prices for his goods.

I t is important to note tha t no freight ra te changes were made dur- i ng the period covered by this survey f rom a large percentage of the origin points t o the various selected destina- tions, yet the same erra t ic fluctuations in prices occurred a t these unchanged- r a t e points a s a t all others.

T o the growers, the shippers, the manufacturers, the general public, and particularly to the "howling dervish" politicians, the Frisco Employes' Nag- azine wishes to point the inescapable fac t t h a t economic factors other than transportation costs control the prices paid the cotton growers.

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Fv-isco Engines M a y Do This Again Soon

o sccr~es pic!rrred trbove ore a~rcieril history on the 1.r-isco row-brrt Frz -6rrcfii1tq" before spririq is here ngc~i~i. These pkotogrnpl~s were loamd tl icrrltrrrr. slid were tokerl in lbllarch. 1912, vear Ells~L~ortlz . I<nrrsczs. l i t t

sco rr!gitlrs ~ r ~ n y lw>e siutilar tnslis of be lMagnzitze by W . L. English, srrpcrvisor he picture at the le f t , four. enqirses, Nos.

343, 3-;5, 346 and 158 are driving the plow throtcgh a seven-foot drif t , f k e last of wlatzy before reochii~g Ellswortlr f rom the sorrtk oil iVlnreli 10. Tlie drift pictzrrrd is a srr~all one, silrce scvrrtrl er~coui~ter-rd ori that evetrtftrl dny were tewelve nttd four- tern feet deep. Five dnys lnfer the secottd pict~rre (at the r~glr t ) z ~ ~ n s fiilrcl~. Tlre first of three er~girtes on the s~rocu ploew is shozor~ ns the last drift is beircg rer~ioved from the passirig track at Ellsworth. Both photos by H . E. H igh of Ellse~ortlt.

PASSENGER MEN MEET

New Orleans Scene of Sixty-ninth Annual Conference A.-A.

of P. T. 0.

John N. Cornatzar of Frisco Elected Vice-president of Oldest

Railway Body

T HE American Association of Pas- senger Traffic Officers, parent organization of seven territorial

associations, met October 27-29 in the St. Charles Hotel a t New Orleans for its sixty-ninth annual conference. The association is the oldest railway or- ganization in the world, and draws i ts four hundred members from railways of America, Canada and Mexico.

;Matters bearing upon tramc were discussed, and the problem of bus and truck competition to railway lines came up for deliberation and discus- sion.

Mr. John N. Cornatzar. passenger traffic manager of the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway, was elected vice- president, succeeding Mr. L. W. Land- man, passenger traffic manager of the Michigan Central Railroad, Chicago, who was elected president. Mr. W. C. Hope, passenger traffic manager of the Central Railway of New Jersey, New York City, was elected secretary.

Railway men of St. Louis a re in r hopes the invitation extended the

association by the Convention Bureau of the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce to hold its seventieth conference in St. Louis in 1926, will be accepted. T h e convention city and date mill be chosen by the executive committee later in the year.

"Meteor" Held and Operating Schedule Suspended While Engine Races

With Death

Valiant E$ort Made by Crew to Save Life of Girl W h o Crawled Under Freight T r a i n

T HE hand of compassion entered the routine system of railroad operation on Thursday night,

November 5, halted a section of the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Sys- tem ancl held one of its crack trains for more than two hours while a freight locomotive roared over steel rails in a race with death.

Engineer Charles Hagan and Con- ductor 111. C. Prunkard, both of Sapul- pa, Okla., brought a long freight train into Chelsea early Thursday night, no- vember 5.

While the train was halted nt Chel- sea, Josephine DePeu, 15-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. DePeu of Chelsea, approached the crossing on her way home from church.

With the carelessness of youth, she scrambled under the cars in an at- tempt to reach the other side-but the train started while she was between the rails and both her legs were sev- ered a t the knees.

There is no hospital a t Chelsea, and medical attention mas imperative.

Shunting 7 3 freight c;l!'s to a sid- ing. the crew placed the conscious and suffering girl in a caboose, and the engine of the freight train, with

Hagan in the cab, began its swift journey to Tulsa, 40 miles away.

In the caboose with the girl were her father and Dr. J. T. Gray of Chel- sea.

As the roaring locomotive sped on its way. the "Meteor," crack St. Louis- Oklahoma City train, was held in Tulsa and dispatchers cleared the right-of- way for the impromptu "special."

At Tulsa ambulances and nurses were waiting the girl and she was rushed to Morningside Hospital, where surgeons expressed hope for her re- covery. On November 9, however, she succumbed to her injuries, after a valiant Rght for life.

Engineer Hagan is a veteran of Frisco service. He entered the em- ploy of this railroad October 30, 1901. a s a fireman on the Monett, Mo., extra board, and was promoted to engineer October 29, 1906. He is now on the Southwestern division with twenty- four years' service to his credit.

Conductor Prunkard is another vet- eran. H e came to the Frisco October 3 , 1 9 0 9 , a s a freight brakeman and was promoted to freight conductor Febru- ary 9, 1915. He has 20 merits to his credit.

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Frisco Employes Participate in Springfield A rmistice Day Parade

Iiz tlic Ar~rristice D n y pnradc nt Springf ield, Jlo., readirig frorrr le f t to right: /.ietrtcrrurrt-Colo~tc,l I?. 1:. T ~ I I I I I L I I ~ . ~prcii11 agrrtt, Sprircgfield; .IIrri.plrg, laborer, wcst shops: ICiirg, ii~rrlitrriir, z ~ c s t sliops: R a y .~'alsrirtrrr, c lcct i . ir in~, rrortli shops: arrd 0. i\'. Rrndley, power- plarrt rwploye, wcs t shops.

T HE nlorninr of Armistice Day, November 11, found the shops a t Springfield, Mo., closed and every

ex-service man preparing to partici- pate in the mammoth parade which assembled a t 1:00 o'clock in the after- noon for the march through the town.

The Frisco railroad division, which was second in the line of assembly, made a splendid appearance. Lieuten- ant-Colonel R. E. Truman, of the Special Agents Department a t Spring- field, assumed full command. H e had a t his side Ray Salsman, a n electri- cian a t the north side shops, and an ex-navy man who carried the colors

of the 140th Infantry of France. Mr. Truman spent most of his time with the 140th.

The Frisco band in uniform attracted favorable comment with patriotic airs and directly behind them marched the Frisco shopmen.

Every concern in the city was in- vited to participate in the parade, and the floats representing Flanders fields, the famous Salvation Army Girls, the Nurse Corps and many others made 11p one of the most beautiful and mem- orable parades which Springfield has ever witnessed in celebration of Arm- istice Day.

C h r i s t m a s Seal C a m p a i g n Is L a u n c h e d by Tubercu los i s

Assoc ia t ions

Annual Canvass From Thanksgiving to Christmas Appeals to All For

Relief of T. B. Patients

Twenty-one years ago a handful of workers with a few thousa~ld dollars con~menced the work of building tul~c~rculosis associations. Today giant life-saving industries commemorate the labors of those pioneers, their activi- ties coveriug not only metropolitan areas but penetrating to even the most remote rural comnlunities. And through the years, Christmas seals have paved the way to better and healthier living.

The tuberculosis death rate has been cut in half. Protection and preven- tion are constantly a t work, and a great service results from the wise and careful handling of fuiids from the sale of little peniiy Christmas seals, almost the only source of funds on which the Tuberculosis Society can depend.

As we look down the years, many accomplishments in public health work looin-before us. Everywhere a re found model sanatoria, public health nurses busy discoverilig tuberculosis in its early stages and treating patients in their homes, clinics and doctors to diagnose-doing it free it' necessary- open air scliools and rest camps for undernourished children and self- supporting girls, nutrition work, child health education, pre-school age health work, information service about pub- lic health problems, health legislation promotion, health talk bureaus, free medical and physical examinations, poster exhibits, free dental inspection and traveling dental clinics, periodic weighing and measuring of school children, medical news service for physicians and scores of others.

Cllristmas Seals a re here now, eager- ly waiting to be sent out into the world to become more health-giving projects. They know they have an important mission to fulfill, and they want you to do your part by remem- bering that - CHRISTJIAS SEALS PAY THE BILLS.

A NEWER METHOD

Altus, Okla., A g e n t Devises New S c h e m e for C o m p r e s s T i c k e t s

--

Cotton Shipment Check Is Bettered by W. E. Richardson Through

Permanent Record

E N like TV. E. Richardson, agent a t Altus, Oklahoma, in the cotton country, are the employes who

are aiding in malting the Frisco one of the world's best railroads.

Richardson worked out a new method in handling compress cotton tickets, and in a letter to Mr. F. H. Hamilton, vice-president and treas- urer, he explains i t as follows:

I thought you might be interested in knowing just how we are handling compress cotton tickets. I do not know just how these a re handled a t other stations, but I worked out this plan last year and it certainly works nicely.

Attached is a copy of WWIB form fifty-three. We turn the form over and match bottom of it over a medium sized envelope, placing carbon be- tween, writing the name of consignee, pro. No. ticket numbers from and to inclusive, then subtract to determine if we have enough tickets. We then place our station stamp on back of form fifty-three, also on corner of envelope, and this represents date we received tickets from compress. I t also makes a permanent record of the individual numbers of the eleven tickets for Mr. McJInhan. The form calls for eleven bales.

We then place the eleven tickets in the envelope and securely attach the envelope to the freight bill, which is turned to cashier and kept in safe until order lading is surrendered. If the lading is presented over counter we deliver these envelopes with tick- ets inside to owner and make collec- tion of freight charges. If lading is mailed to us we handle in line with your instructions, but in any event we leave the tickets in these en- velopes. This serves as a check against the compress for the number of tickets delivered to us and also serves a s invoice of number of tick- ets mailed to owner. The envelope is always identified any pla'e a s o r i g inating in my office.

As soon a s transaction is com- pleted, I file the form fifty-three, orig- inal order lading (Inbound after can- celled) and copy of freight bill in numerical order using the cotton sheet number which in this case is C-101, the other number C-113 is pro. num- ber.

The net railway operating income of the Class One railroads for the first eight months this year amounted to $662,762,605, which was a t the annual rate of return or 4.65 per cent on prop- erty investment compared with $.562,- 425,203 or 4.08 per cent for the same period last year.

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Railroads Fail to Earn "Fair Return" Des- pite Record Business First Nine Months '2 5

Rate of Return W a s 4.77 Instead of 5.75 for All Class One Railroads Report Shows

D ESPITE the fact that freight traf- fic, measured by the number of cars loaded with revenue freight

has been the greatest this year for any similar period on record, Class I railroads during the first nine months in 1920 earned less than five per cent on their property value.

The rate of return for the first nine months of 1925, based on property in- vestment, according to reports filed today with the Bureau of Railway Economics by Class I carriers repre- senting a total mileage of 236,635 miIes, was 4.77 per cent.

The net operating income of the Class I roads for the nine months period amounted to $797,347,520 com- pared with $679,443,117 during the same period last year. This increase in net earnings resulted from the in- creased efficiency and economy in the operation of the railroads, largely made possible by the additional cap- ital expenditures of the past three years.

Gross operating revenues for the nine months period in 192.5 amounted to $4,538,461,444 compared with $4,- 403,724,081 during the corresponding period in 1924. Operating expenses totaled $3,398,739,554 compared with $3,399,831,013 during the first nine months in 1924.

For the month of September. Class I railroads had a net operating income of $134,584,916. which is a t the annual rate of return of .5.42 per cent on prop- erty investment.

Net operating income is what is left af ter the payment of operating ex- penses, taxes and equipment rentals, but before interest and other fixed charges are paid.

Gross operating revfnues of the Class I railroads in September totaled $565,4.53.,808, compared with $541,04G,- 829 during the same month last year. Operating expenses totaled $388,096,- 129 conipared with $381,791,851 during the same month last year.

Expenditures for maintenanre of equipment in September amounted to $104,474,723. Locomotives in necd of repair on October 1st this year totaled 10,643 or 16.7 per cent compared wit11 11,329 or 17.6 per cent on the same date last year, while freight cars in need of repair totaled 179,571 or 7.7 per cent coinpared with 206,044 or 8.9 per cent one year ago.

Twelve Class I railroads operated a t a loss during the month of Septein- ber, of which seven were in the East- ern District and five in the Western District.

D o c t o r s R i d e t h e Fr i sco Texas Special t o D a l l a s f o r M e d i -

ca l C o n v e n t i o n

Annual Meeting of Southern Medical Association Attracted Special

Pullman from St. Louis

Due to the efforts of Mr. E. G. Baker, division passenger agent of the St. Louis offices, the doctors from St. Louis, who attended the Southern Xed- ical Association convention a t Dallas, Texas, November 9th to 12th. inclu- sive, traveled via the Frisco Lines on the "Texas Special."

Dr. R. A. Woolsey, chief surgeon, arranged with Mr. Baker to have spe- cial Pullmans operate on this train for the accommodation of the St. Louis doctors.

This train left St. Louis November 8 a t 6:50 P. hI. and arrived Dallas a t 1 : l 5 on November 9.

Every doctor who attended the con- vention is now strong for the cinder- less, sootless route, and a score or more nem boosters were added to the list.

S a p u l p a B r a k e m a n G a i n s Unusua l R e p u t a t i o n a s Pacif ier of Babies

"Dad" Cavanaugh Quiets Youngsters When Mothers Cannot-He's Done

It for Twenty-five Years

G. J. "Dad" Cavanaugh. well known bralteman of S a ~ u l p a , Oltlahoma. has gained n ~~epntat ion that has gone out over the State of Oltlahoma a s "the Frisco contlnctor who takes care of the babies." HP is very popular because of his great lore and friendliness to- ward the rhiltlreu who ride the Frisco trains.

Although he has no children of his own. Cavanaugh has acted a s combi- nation mother and nursemaid to a score of screeching infants en route to points a lo~lg the Frisco Lines, and he h:ls succeeded in quieting them, sometimes when their own nlothers have failed.

Cavanaugh has been with the Frisco for a quarter of a century, and the time is not fa r off when he will be retired from active service. Before his service mith the railroad, he was

4 $10,000,000.00 PURCHASE

Larges t Single E q u i p m e n t O r d e r in Y e a r s G i v e n b y P r e s i d e n t

I<urn, O c t o b e r 30

Four Thousand Cars Included-Con- tracts Divided Among Five Car

Building Companies

<SIDENT JAJIES M. KURN on October 30 authorized the expendi- PR" ture of $10,000,000.00 covering new

equipment for the St. Louis-San Fran- cisco Railway Company. This is one of the largest single railway equipment orders given in the middle west in recent years. The expenditure covers 4,000 cars and fourteen passenger coaches and the contracts were divided among five car building companies.

The following contracts make up the order: 2,000 box cars to the Amer- ican Car and Foundry Company; 500 box cars to the General American Car Company; 500 automobile cars to the AIount Vernon Car Company; 500 au- tomobile cars to the Pullman Com- pany; 500 gondolas to the Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company, and fourteen passenger coaches to the American Car and Foundry Company.

In addition to the above orders, the General American Car Company will deliver to the Frisco twenty-five ex- press refrigerator cars by January 1. An order for fifteen large Mikado type freight engines and ten Mountain type passenger engines will also be placed by the Frisco shortly.

In referring to the order, President Kurn said: "This large equipment order is evidence of the steady growth and productivity of the territory served by Frisco Lines. We of the Frisco realize fully that this expansion has only starced, and we are prepared to fulfill every demand made upon us for equipment and service. All of the equipment iucluded in this order is of the very latest type, and tlie automo- hile cars will be built in accordance with the requirements and specifica- tions of the automobile industry. I am positive that with the freight equipment referred to, the Frisco will have, per mile of railroad, as many cars of the very highest type a s any railroad west of the Mississippi river. People everywhere are realizing more and more that the new Frisco policy toward both freight and passenger service is malting it one of the best rililways in America."

an Illinois race horse speculator. Nany years ago he came to Oklahoma and during his long service mith tlie Frisco has offered servicz to the nlothers who ride Frisco trains with frightened, cryi i~g children. The chil- dren do not forg-t him, and are always delighted when. they find that "Dad" is on the train.

It is for sheer love of children and the thought that he might make the trip more pleasant for the mother that he started his unique service and it has grown with the years.

Frisco Son and Daughter Thrill Crowds with Air Stunts

Robert F. and Esther Mc Crum with Aerial Circus - Father with Frisco for Thirty-three Years

A SON will often follow in his father's footsteps in choosing his vocation in life. In the case

of Robnrt F. McCrum he inherited his father's love of being master of some huge piece of nlechanism, except that he chose an airplane inatead of a Frisco engine.

she trips lightly up and down the wings of a plane speeding through mid- air. Hnr courage has brought admira- tion wherever the circus has flown.

The circus has combed the country this summer and has taken many a passenger through the clouds with safety.

JIISS L'stlttr ;IIcC~?C)I?. J i f t c c ~ - ? j ~ w - o l d slcp-dnzrghter o f a Fr i sco son , i s s h o w n 2 1 , 27te trlioce picture on tlie w i n g o f cr stzl?ftlng azrplane. In t h e inser t ore , left l o ? - ~ y l l t : ;Mrs. Rober t McCrum, Ray N c C r w n , th i r tp - three ycars a Frisco emplo]je, (old clv~crtor Rober t T . .llcCrrlvr, Rrrij's so11.

IEny ilIcCrum, his father. has been in the cab of a Frisco locomotive for thirty-three years. He began his rail- road career a t the age of fourteen a s a fireman and now pilots a huge en- gine over the Kansas City sub divi- sion.

In accord with the youth of today seeking all the modern thrills, his son Robert chose to be an aviator and he has attained an enviable position in the world of aeronaut~cs. He is th- owner of a flying circus, cmsisting of three Lincoln Standard "J-1" air- planes, and employs three aviators, one a stunt flyer.

One of thf,ir more recent perform- ances was given a t C inton, No., where they thrilled tho spectators with their daring acts in midair.

But th- most charming and uniqun feature of the circus is a fifteen-year- old girl, Miss Esther AIcCrum, step- daughter of Ray ATcCrnm, who is an aerial acrobat.

With the ease of a ballroom dancer

"The first trip in an airplane should be as even and smooth a s possible," Aviator JIcCru~n says. "So often the passenger asks for stunts the first time, wh-n the second or third ride will be time enough for a 'nose dive' or a 'tail spin.' An airplane ride is a wontlerful sensation, and fear is soon overcgrnz after the first spin, provid- ing the aviator cses good judgment as to what the passenger can stand in the way 01 stunts."

And aviation holds th? same thrill and fascination for Robert a s being in the cab of a Frisco locomotive for orer thirty years holds for his father. There is somrthing about it that holds and weaves ~tself into life habits, making it almost impossible to turn to work of a less strenuous nature.

-- - Twelve Class One railroads oper-

ated a t a loss during the month of August of which three were in the Eastern District and nine in the West- ern District.

December, 1925

THE VALUE OF PER-DIEM I would like to call attention to a '

single little word That there's not a railroader living can 1

say he never heard. The mudhop and the callboy-the con-

ductor and the crew- The agent and yardmasiers are all fa-

miliar with it, too.

It's a word of seven letters with a hyphen in between,

But what a lot of dollars this little word can mean.

And it's known to all employes by the little word "Per-Diem."

Per-Diem is just a dollar that this railroad has to pay

For each piece of foreign rolling stock that stays with us a day.

We've got to spend a good hard buck for every load or light

That linyers on our right-of-way past twelve o'cloclc a t night.

It doesn't sound much for that for- eigner you've got down on the "Hold."

Or that bunch of plate mill empties that's getting ltinda old-

Or that pair of flats a t the structural that's waiting for a trip,

Or the half-a-dozen foreigners that's standing on the rip.

But when you count this station and the other stations, too-

Try to see the hole it's eating in the railroad's revenue.

Shake a leg and get them moving; never let a stranger stop

Till it's got a load and going r:ith a waybill right on top.

When you find a foreign flat wheel making rust spots on the rail,

Find out why it ain't a-moving and then s tep on its tail.

Keep 'em moving-keep 'em stepping, if you have to run 'em hot-

For each day costs just a dollar when they're standing on the spot.

-Anonymous.

Re t i r ing V e t e r a n S p e n t F i r s t C h r i s t m a s

(Corrtintrrd from Page 14) to Bertha Griesheim. They have two sons, Arthur W. Goehausen of Chi- cago and Walter J. Goehausen of St. Louis, both in the lumber business.

Mr. and Mrs. Goehausen reside a t 3505 McKean Avenue and a t the recent meetins of the pension board he mas granted R pension allowance of $96.85 a month, his service with the Frisco amounting to thirty-four years.

"I never worked under more pleas- an t surroundings and with finer men than Mr. Bunnell, Mr. Rex and Mr. Perkins," Mr. Goehausen remarked. "My time spent with them shall be among my most pleasant memories."

The net operating income of the Class One railroads in August mas $124,804,665, compared with $95,706,867 in August last year.

Use of Goggles Again Saves Eye of Machinist and "Night, Eternal

Night" Comes Not

Edward Homewood, Machinist at Chouteau Roundhouse, Finds Safety Precautions Bring Good Refurns

HE story of carelessness entitled "Night, Eternal Night," created

Tquite a sensation in ,e ~ o v e m b e r number of the magazine and i t mer- ited praise.

But the sad story of one who thoughtlessly paid the penalty of go- ing a few seconds without a pair of goggles is counterbalanced in the fol- lowing paragraphs of the story of one who.heeded the warning which means so much-SAFETY FIRST!

1515. I t only took ten to twelve min- utes to do the entire job, but Home- wood delayed the work just a second while he ,put on his goggles.

As he held the key rigid to be chipped, he looked down a t the work, and all within the space of a second or two it happened! A sliver of steel broke and he saw i t s t a r t toward his eye. With presence of mind he closed his eye and started to raise his hand to ward off its course. But those sliv-

Here is Ilrrrc-foltrtlis of the Irnppy fnrnily of E d ~ ~ r d Ho~rreeaood, Cltoztteau Aver~tte mnchir~ist, whose eye was saved by goggles. i k . E-lo~tezvood is not i r ~ the picturc. Hoirzczi~o~d, at l r f f , is itolditzg brolmz goggles aud glass slivers, while his t w o dnlightcvs, Ezclyr1, aged 7 , and Doris, agcd 2, ore pictztrcd o n the right.

Edward Homewood is a first class machinist in the roundhouse a t Chou- teau Avenue, St. Louis, No., where he has worked for three years.

He is a young and healthy chap with life ahead of him, and ambition and energy vibrating in every move. H e has a smile that won't come off and his fellow-workers know him a s a "regular fellow."

A little wife and two children wait for him when he finishes his day a t the shops, and each night he hurries eagerly home to greet them.

He has always been a firm believer in the safety first code, and follows the rules posted in the shops in regard to wearing goggles when the work requires them.

On October 16, Homewood was help- ing to chip an eccentric key for engine

ers of steel work faster and travel quicker than the eye or the hand, and just a s he had his hand half way up, the whole eye glass fell to the ground in thousands of pieces!

He opened his eye and felt of it, hesitatingly. Then he looked around. Everything was all right. He glanced a t the shattered glass and breathed a prayer, which, though inaudible, must have reached the heavens.

That evening he made his way home to the little wife and babies. He smil- ingly opened the door, threw his lunch box on the table, and caught both children up in his arms and kissed them as he had never done before. Then h e called his wife and told them the story which might have had such a different ending.

Before the story was finished, night

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pairing, the tank gang handles this class of work.

The Final Touches The a i r equipment is taken care of

by a man who specializes in air equipment. All pipe work is taken care of by the pipemen. New rods, brasses, cylinder packing or valve work, other than that mentioned above, are cared for by a machinist and his helper.

There a r e also machinists who make new parts on the different machines in the machine shop.

After the work of inspections and renewals, cleaning and oiling is com- pleted, the boiler i s filled with hot water and the fire is lighted by the fire builder whose duty is to see that the engines are ready to fire up.

About two hours before departing time, the inside hostler and his helper take the engine out of the roundhouse and a full tank of water is taken- 12,000 gallons on the 1500 class.

The engine is then se t outside the roundhouse and the outbound inspec- tor gets on the engine and tests out each appliance to see that everything is working correctly.

And the Supply Man Last Before the engine leaves the depot,

the supply man checks over all the supplies and if anything is needed, he places i t on the engine. H e also checks up on the oil waste and grease, sees that all the oil cans a re filled, free from leaks; that the torches are full of oil and have good wicks in them.

The engine is now ready to move to the station for departure and the outside hostler and a switchman will "take her up."

This entire operation, from the time the engine was placed in the roundhouse, until it appeared again, was turned and made ready for the train a t the station, has consumed from two to three hours.

In the detail of work performed lies the secret of the efficient and safe handling of all Frisco trains. Each part of the engine is rigidly inspected. Frisco patrons a re assured of a splen- didly tuned locomotive.

had come, but not the dreaded "eter- nal night."

When he awoke next morning, thankful again that he had heeded warnings and practiced safety first, the landscape never looked quite so good-the sun never quite so bright, and life, happiness, and the world seemed within his grasp.

His "buddies" have been so im- pressed with the incident, that every one of them a t Chouteau Avenue has taken a solemn oath that "eternal night" shall not come to any of them, due to their own carelessness.

Frisco Acquires Jonesboro, Lake City & Eastern Railroad When I. C. C.

Approves Deal

Eighty-six Mile Arkansas Feeder Line Became " Jonesbovo Sub" of Rioer Dioision Nooember Nine

T HE Jonesboro, Lake City & East- e m Railway, an SG-mile road trur.ersing the heart of the alluvial

land section of Arkansas, became a part of the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company on November 9, tvhen the Frisco acquired control of the road through purchase of the cap- ital stock and a lease of the property.

capital stock and the lease of the road R. E. Lee Wilson, prominent railroad

man of Wilson, Ark., and his asso- ciates, sold the capital stock to t h ~ Frisco Lines.

The Jonesboro, Lake City & East ern Railway was incorporated April 2;. 1897, for 99 years, under the general laws of Arkansas. The charter con-

The gejzeral o f ices o f the Jorzesboro, Lake City and Easterrt Railway Coinpauy. now the "Jorresboro Sub" o f the Frisco rivcr divisiolr, w e r e dressed in gala attire for a?! Americart Lecliou corr.rwirtioir w h e ~ c the above fiictzire w a s taken.

The J. L. C. & E. will be operated as the "Jonesboro Sub" of the River Division, under the supervision of J. A. Moran, River Division superintendent.

The acquisition of the Jonesboro railroad is a splendid one in view Of its four Frisco connections a t Leach- ville, Blytheville, Jonesboro and Wil- son, Ark.

Since its construction in 1897, a s a lumber road, i t has proven a valuable feeder line to the Frisco, as well a s to other railroads operating in that territory. In recent years, however, the lumber shipments have fallen off and a large area of the cleared lands is now devoted to agriculture and cot- ton is one of the principal crops. A quantity of fruit and garden truck also originates on the road, and two splen- did lumber mills still send large ship- ments of forest products to the Frisco.

On July 6, 1925, negotiations for the purchase of the J. L. C. & E. were completed, and the matter was pre- sented to the Interstate Commerce Commission for approval. The road was operated for the account of the Frisco from August 1 and on October 14 the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion approved the acquisition of the

templated a railroad from Jonesboro to Lake City, a distance of approxi- mately 15 miles. The road advanced, and between 1897 and the latter part of 1905 it built that portion of its pres- e n t line which extends from Jonesboro to Blytheville, a distance of about 54 miles.

During 1905 i t consolidated with the Chickasawba Railroad, which owned about 9 miles of railroad extending east from Blytheville to Barfield on the Mississippi river. It also acquired, during that year, a line from Osceola Junction (now Wilson Junction) to Ross and later, through purchase of the Wilson Northern Railroad, it ac- quired the line from Ross to Wilson, approximately 17 miles. This latter purchase gave the road its present total of 86 miles of track.

E. Stephenson, ~ h o has been vice- president and general manager of the J. L. C. & E. for many years, will remain in Arkansas with Mr. Wilson, the former owner, and J. B. Silas, for- merly superintendent of the road, will come with the Frisco a s assistant superintendent of the new "Jonesboro Sub," reporting to Superintendent Moran.

A GREAT DIFFERENCE

V e t e r a n Engineer C o n t r a s t s New a n d Old of R a i l r o a d i n g

C. E. Barnard Praises Signal Block System as "Step of Great

Importance"

RE is quite a difference in the service of toclay and of the years T"" gone by when it took the old-

time engines six hours to make a trip of 1 2 4 miles.

C. E. Barnard, veteran of thirty- eight years' Frisco service, holds the throttle of one of the new passenger engines staadily, while the modern day iron monster eats that same 124 miles in four hours.

Engineer Barnard was in service with the Frisco when the engines were of the small eight-wheel type and the trains consisted of four and five coaches. Now he presides a t the throttle of the new passenger engines on some of the Frisco's fastest passen- ger runs, trains 10.5-10G, 107 and 108

White-haired, clear-eyed, and sixty three years of age, he is the father of a family of ten, and his only bad habit, so the boys a t Birmingham say, is "chawin' tobaccer."

H e began his career with the Frisco in 1886 after working with the con- tractors \vho built the road south of Amory, and upon its completion he was employed a s a fireman.

Barnard has the distinction of firing the engine on the first trainload of pig iron from the Alabama fields shipped via Frisco rails. The train schedule was twelve hours between Birmingham and Carbon Hill, a dis- stance of sixty miles, where the crew tied up for rest.

After occupying the positions of hostler and switch engineer, he was finally promote&,to passenger service.

In those days of pioneer railroading, the railroad hobo was picked up at water tanks along the line and allowed to ride if he was willing to work his way over the road by shoveling coal for the fireman.

As the years progressed, the signal block system was put into effect, and Nr. Barnard is lavish i n his praise of the new safety system.

"No one is more thankful than I," he said, "for the protection of block signals. It means the saving of life in many cases. We know when the road is clear and when it is not, and no other one step in the progress of railroading has been of such great importance to the man a t the throt- tle."

Those men with whom Mr. Barnard started his career have been retired from service one by one and he re- mains the one engineman of the orig- inal group on his particular division, the Birmingham Sub.

H e has a record of thirty-eight years' continuous service ~ i t h the Frisco, and is considered one of the most efficient engineers on the system.

Two Attractioe Homes Bui l t by Springfield, Mo., Em p loyes

T h e h o r m s o f J o h n W h i t e (pictzired above at l e f t ) and Fred Bdlirtgtoii, b o t h Frisco employes of Spr i i~g f ie ld , Mo. , are cozy arid atlrart~ive. Ra lph lirrgglrs, of the Frisco ?right school at Spri~rgf ield, d r e w the accornparzying plaits, each of w h i c h appears t inder the respective ho?~ie. Employes are requested to send photographs nild plajrs aj' !lrcir hoiircs to the dlagaziiic.

F OR several months the Magazine has printed plans for homes. A splendid response has come from

manv points on the Frisco Lines and the Magazine department received let- ters asking for additional pages, and for more complete data regarding the plans shown.

Emery Haguewood, one of the Springfield reporters, wrote us that the employes a t Springfield were tak- ing an interest in home-making and home-building and that a number of them had erected their own homes. He forwarded pictures and plans of two recently built.

One shows the bungalow of John White, employed a t the Springlield south roundhouse. This charming place is located on a five-acre tract just east of the city limits on the Division Street Road, and is indeed a home of which to be proud.

The best of material was used, in- cluding hardwood floors, redwood sid- ing, a lovely fireplace and large porches on both the front and rear. The house is modern in every respect, with electric lights and bath. The home cost in the neighborhood of $3,000.00.

The second picture and plans are of the home of Fred Bullington, of the night roundhouse force a t Springfield. The home is located a t 723 South Campbell Street.

This is an extremely homey place, complete with four large rooms and large porches both front and rear. The

cost of this home was about $1,500.00. Reporter Haguewood was so anxious

to get the picture of the house that he held his camera in readiness while the last nail wafi being hammered in.

The magazine is anxious to get pic- tures and house plans of employes' homes. More and more home build- ing is going on among Frisco folks and the Magazine is anxious to print pictures of the homes.

Second L a r g e s t L o a d i n g s

Loading of revenue freight for the week ended on October 24 totaled 1,121,459 cars, the greatest number loaded during any one week on record with the exception of the week of August 29, this year, which exceeded i t by 2,977 cars, according to reports filed by the carriers with the Car Service Division of the American Rail- way Association.

The total for the week of October 24 was an increase of 15,346 cars over the preceding week due to increases in the loading of coal, merchandise and less than carload lot freight, mis- cellaneous freight, grain and grain products, coke and forest products. Decreases under the week before were reported in the loading of live stock and ore. This was the fourteenth week this year that revenue freight loadings have exceeded one million cars.

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(C'orrtimted f r o m Page 13) division where it came from, a s one near the reclamation plant. Mr. Ley- saht has the saving of scrap worked down to such a fine point, he is anx- ious to let all know that the handling of this material is expensive and it is a s worthless a t the reclamation plant, Springfield, a s where it was loaded.

The detailed work of accounting and crediting the different depart- ments and divisions with scrap credit, is a complete story within itself and cannot be gone into detail. Suffice it to say that a close check is kept on cars arriving a t the plant and numer- ous reports a re issued. The shipping point is advised of the serviceable material found in the scrap car and also if the car was only sent in, half loaded with scrap. This system is complete and accurate and saves thousands of dollars when care is ex- ercised in the loading of scrap.

And so ends the story of one of the most profitable and money-making ideas that ever has had its initiation on any railroad.

The old saying has proven true that it is not what you spend, but what you save that counts when the credits are all taken in.

A L e t t e r F r o m W a s h i n g t o n Every once in awhile a letter comes

in, that is like a glass of water if you're in the desert, o r better still, a glass of something else, when you're not in Canada.

Here's one that just did the maga- zine office force a heap of good. It is from Montesano, Washington, an& ' addressed to the editor, is signed by Mr. R. F. Round:

"I want you to know that I en- joy reading your magazine very much. It comes to me through the Union Pacific exchange. I have worked on nearly all the Frisco System in the telegraph line department. Mr. M. T. Ful- lington on the front page this last month looked a s big a s life.

"I also noticed that your presi- dent was buddying around in mighty good company with Dad White of Thayer.

"Quite a number of the old Frisco boys followed Mr. Gray to the Union Pacific. I run across them every now and then.

"Out here we have the much- touted Columbia Drive Way, man built it. But God made the Ozarks and Spring River and my heart is right there-a part of the time anyhow!"

C. C. P r o c t o r A p p o i n t e d . . Mr. C. C. Proctor, formerly com-

mercial agent of the J. L. C. & E. a t Blytheville, Ark., was appointed traveling freight agent with head- quarters a t that point. Mr. Proctor has always made his home in Blythe- ville and a t one time worked in the Frisco local office a t that point.

Frisco Fuel Savers Make Admirable Record for First Nine Months of Year

Reduction in Consumption of Eight Per Cent over 1924 Equals 2530 Cars of Coal

By ROBERT COLLETT, Fuel Agent

HE year 1924 was a n important one in the work of the fuel de- partment of the Frisco Railroad.

For that year we set our mark of fuel consumption a t a reduction of twelve and one-half per cent a s com- pared with 1923.

In other words, we wanted to make seven scoops of coal o r seven gallons of fuel oil do in 1924 what it took eight scoops or eight gallons to ac- complish in 1.923. As you all know we reached that goal.

For 1925 we set our mark a t a fur- ther reduction of six and one-half per cent over 1924, or a total of nineteen per cent improvement over 1923. For the nine months' period ending Sep- tember thirtieth, the average reduc- tion over 1924 was eight and one-tenth per cent. This is a splendid showing and everyone who had a part in it should feel justly proud.

The engineers and firemen, who handle eighty-five per cent of the coal, contributed more to this saving than any other group of individuals, but it takes everybody on the railroad to save coal and everybody did help in some measure. Ehpressed in tons, the saving amounts to 121,410 tons or 2,530 cars of coal. The value of this coal a t the present price, includ- ing a reasonable cost for company haul, would purchase seven of the new 4100 class or 1500 class engines; i t would buy 9 0 miles of ninety-pound rail; i t would pay the total payroll a t the West Shops a t Springfield for sev- enty-nine days.

W e a r e going into the winter of 1925-26 with the heaviest business in the history of the railroad and this will necessarily mean that a number of new firemen will enter the service. These boys want to do the right thing. Let us be fair with them and give then1 a good start. They should take every advantage of the idle days to go out on the engines with the most sltillful and experienced firemen, in order that they may be taught cor- rect methods from the s tar t and not have to unlearn improper practices later on. The engineers can help these new men greatly by taking a n interest in them and in their work, just as someone took a n interest in us when we started out. Maybe it was a foreman, perhaps it was a con- ductor or a brakeman of many years' experience, or an engineer, and had not these more experienced men felt a n interest in us and helped us to learn to do our work in a reasonably proper manner, our services would probably have been lost to the rail- road world for all time.

Oil M u s t Be Heated

Cold days mean that ,fuel oil must be well heated in storage tank and by the firemen in the engine tanks before starting on a trip. The open heater should be used frequently to stir the oil up-should be turned on strong every little while. Flues should be properly sanded and engineer and fireman should work together on this, so the engine will be working hard enough and the exhausts close enough together that the sand will be drawn through the flues. W e have recently found cases where superheater flues were almost plugged up, due to sand lodging in them. This was due to im- proper method of sanding.

Each month the Magazine reports some of the fuel performances which a re observed by the road foremen of engines and the fuel supervisors. I suggest that these records should be carefully studied by all of our engi- neers and firemen and compared with some of their own trips where the conditions have not been so favorable, due to causes that the engineer and fireman, perhaps, had no control over, but which resulted in an excess amount of fuel being burned and in many cases unnecessarily long hours of service. It will help to make com- parisons between these trips and call the attention of the division officers a t the fuel meetings, to the difference in fuel consumption on the good ant1 bad trips. The good trips mean the most comfort for the crew and a re the trips that bring in the most rev- enue and cost the least to produce in wage and fuel expense.

Engines should be thoroughly and well lubricated a t all times. The feed should be started in time to get the cylinder and valve walls well lubri- cated before starting the trip. The lubrication should not be' destroyed through failure to use the cylinder cocks or the blow-off cocks a t the proper time. A constant and uniform feed that will provide suitable lubri- cation should be maintained instead of starving the lubrication in the first part of the trip and wasting it a t the last part of the trip.

The engineer can save fuel by tak- ing every advantage in the handling of the cutoff. In cushioning engines, only enough steam to protect the lu- brication is necessary. At times l h e engineer wastes fuel by overdoing thls feature. Careful pumping so ns to supply the boiler with water' that io being used, but not through over- supply, is an important aid to fuel economy.

The fireman who makes the best fuel performance fires light and often and maintains a bright, level fire. This is very important. Fuel can be saved by proper regulation of s team heat temperature in our coaches.

Every second that can be saved in loading and unloading passengers and in doing station work will help the en- gineer maintain the schedule with the least amount of fuel.

Unnecessary stops or slow-down of freight trains can waste a great deal of fuel.

The October performance was not quite what we had hoped for. It was chiefly due to operating conditions and not to any let down in the inter- est and effort of our engine crews. Let us all pull together to get the December showing equal to or a s good as the first nine months' period, thereby enabling us to exceed the mark set up for us to reach in 1925. The showing so far in November i s very good and I believe there a r e mighty good prospects that we will beat last year's figures.

I MORE SPLENDID FUEL RECORDS I

FRISCO PROPER October 28-Enqine No. 47-Engi-

neer Howe, Fireman Roy Gallahan- Train 1st 34 from Kewburg to Linden- wood, handled 1615 tons, burned 1 2 tons coal and ran Stanton chute. Took water a t Cuba and Pacific; shook grates twice; blew engine twice and did not pop over entire distance. Fuel Performance 137 Ibs. per 1000 G. T. 31.

Supervisor of Fuel Economy, W. A. Crawford, furnishes the following on one of the new 4100 class engines- Springfield to Thayer in charge of Engineer Thos. Brown, Fireman Wm. Burdett. This engine equipped with Duplex stoker and booster; handling tonnage train. Engine went over en- tire division without popping off and without varying more than five (5 ) pounds in steam pressure. On each hill where it was necessary to use the booster, a short time before the booster was cut in, engineer would give the fireman a certain signal which would mean to speed up the stoker just a little in order to keep the steam pressure from dropping back when booster was cut in. This trip was also observed by General Road Foreman of Engines Mr. D. L. Forsythe and repre- sentative of the stoker and booster companies. The main point we would receive from this is not so much the fireman knowing just where the boost- e r was going to be cut in, but the close co-operation between engineer and fire- man.

Engine 723, train extra north-Har- vard to Jonesboro-in charge of En- gineer Fred Bauer, Fireman Ray Milli- man-handled 51 cars, 1809 tons, burned 31h tons of coal; made 94,068 gross ton miles or a performance of 74 Ibs. coal per 1000 G. T. M., which, however, does not include terminal

consumption. This trip was also ob- served by Fuel Supervisor who com- mented on the close co-operation be- tween the engineer and fireman, both of whom took every advantage of en- gines and conditions in order to save fuel.

October 14-Engine 42, train first 32 -Springfield to Newburg-in charge Engineer A. Adams, Fireman F. W. Stolpe; handled 2530 tons-made 301,- 070 gross ton miles; consumed 13 tons of coal or a performance of 89 lbs. per 1000 G. T. M.

October 16-Engine No. 1, train extra west-Newburg to Springfield in charge of Engineer Ed Carter, Fire- man Joe East-handled 1775 tons, made 211,225 gross ton miles; con- sumed 16 tons coal or a performance of 152 lbs. per 1000 G. T. M.

T E X A S L I N E S November 1-Engine 1240, extra-

Madden and Cheshier, Brownwood to Ft. Worth, 138 miles-on duty 10 hours 35 minutes. Handled 150,156 gross ton miles-burned 1,580 gallons oil-11 gals. per 1000 G. T. 31.

November 2-Engine 648. No. 47 local freight-Vaughn and Mayfleld- Brownwood to Menard, 86 miles-on duty 9 hours, 10 minutes. Handled 77,176 gross ton miles-burned 850 gal- lons oil-11 gals. per 1000 G. T. M.

November 2-Engine 697, extra- Stepp and Robertson-Ft. Worth to Sherman, 95 miles-on duty 8 hours 40 minutes. Handled 132,128 gross ton miles-burned 1,163 gallons oil or 9 gallons per 1000 G. T. M.

November 2-Engine 706, No. 1/35- Cash and Dew-Sherman to Ft. Worth, 95 miles-on duty 7 hours 35 minutes. Handled 139,680 gross ton miles- burned 1,208 gallons oil or 9 gallons per 1000 G. T. 31.

November 3-Engine 1214, No. 2/35 -Snow and Witt-Sherman to East

Rradiirg right to le f t , Engiitcer R. S . Edwnrds, his soit, Stewart (wile holds his ilclisds like aia experiertced engirteer), and Firerrrarr Joh~r D. Tizompson.

Elrgirtc r;oz i s 012 the "Helper" job betwccr~ St. Lotris nrld Crystal City. En- gi~iccr Edwards 120s beelt iu tire service 22 yenrs nrrd Fri,e~~rait Tlrowpson 15 ycors.

Dallas, 78 miles-on duty 7 hours 10 minutes. Handled 118,565 gross ton miles-burned 1,178 gallons oil-10 gallons per 1000 G. T. M.

The R o o k i e S w i t c h m a n of Cravensv i l l e

(Corltijrued from Page 10) There was great excitement in the

little shanty that night. Officers were called out of bed, a doctor and a nurse summoned and a written confession obtained from the man who had man- aged some way to live long enough to clear Charlie in the eyes of his col- leagues.

Old McClure, who had been called in for a statement, was standing in the corner telling Sandy all about it.

"Stuck a n automatic in my ribs- and I pulled out, I'll tell the world. You oughta seen his eye-Man! He'd a driven that engine himself i f I hadn't."

"Ha-ha-ha!" chuckled old Sandy. "Sure an' you were all for accusin' the lad o' something he never thought of doin'."

"Well, Charlie, this is a flne Christ- mas surprise you've given us!" re- marked TVynne, smiling after the ex- citement was over and the true story revealed.

"Christmas? 0-I'd almost forgot- ten. Jus t one thing on my mind- gaining back your confidence and proving my innocence. I will ask for one Christmas gift! How about comin' to work Christmas morning!"

"Hell, yes," remarked Wynne. "Transfer you to a day job-1'11 fix that up."

"3luch obliged, sir," and Charlie, deeply moved, left the little group around the stove and started toward the hotel.

TVynne gazed after him perplexedly. "Nice kid-but somehow I can't un-

derstand him a t times," he said. But sympathy and understanding

seemed to show in the far-away look in Sandy McGinnis' eyes-as he lighted his corn-cob pipe for the last smoke of that eventful evening.

Clerks G r o u p I n s u r a n c e Has Been W e l l Subscr ibed . Ball S a y s -

Line Forces First in Campaign, Spring- field Second, in Campaign

Just Closed

The management's group insurance offer to clerks, certain station em- ployes and others has been well sub- scribed to by the eliyibles, according to a report from Mr. G. L. Ball, Super- intendent of Insurance. The line forces finished first in the drive, Sprinsfield general office forces second and St. Louis general office forces third.

The price of the insurance was fifty-five cents and $1.10, which placed it within the reach of all who were eligible, and i t is to be regretted that the returns did not come in one hun- dred per cent.

Health is a wonderful asset, and we

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often forget i ts real value until it is gone for a time.

Have you read your certificate? Do you know just what kind of a con- tract you have purchased? A case re- cently developed on the Frisco where both an insured and the head of the department in which the insured em- ploye worked, did not know our group life insurance contract paid for sick- ness under certain conditions.

Briefly here is the case: The in- sured employe was granted leave of absence because of impaired health. His insurance was kept in force. His leave expired aud the insurance was allowed to lapse because the insured did not realize that he had in the circumstances a valid claim against his insurance. TVhile the policy had lapsed for more than a year, arrange- ments were made to pay the benefits due this insured under the contract.

"This is one of the most wonderful of values for the employe," Mr. Ball remarked. "Every policyholder should read his policy carefully. It is not one which necessitates his death in order that his family may receive the benefits-but it carries a remarkable disability clause."

[ CHESTER S A Y S I The ever-recurring problems of life

make the task more simple if we will but profit by what has gone on before.

Life is very i n t e r e s t i n e l l e d with. joy and gladness one moment, torn by sorrow and fear the next.

Encourage, preach and practice economy.

In 1924, 2,149 people were killed and 6,525 injured, as a result of highway crossing accidents in the United States. This is a most deplorable thing, and the entire railroad frater- nity should concentrate its efforts toward educating people to Stop, Look and Listen. -

This philosophy is followed by many: "If in Heaven I have the pleasures I now enjoy, I will be used to them; if not, I can say that 'I had mine'."-but please don't forget that the greatest philosophy a man can have is in service to others.

I t would be quite a difficult thing to replace the Golden Rule.

To be charitable is to show a keen appreciation for your fellowman and an interest in his welfare.

This world is one great city, and one is the substance whereof i t is fashioned; a certain period there needs must be, while these give place to those; some must perish for others to succeed; some move and some abide; pet all is full of friends-first God, then Men, whom nature hath bound by ties of kindred each to each. -(From the Golden Sayings of Epic- tetus.)

America Celebrates "National Apple Week" October 3 1 to November 6

K i n g of Fru i t s Receives Just Tr ibute F r o m Subjects- Pr izes Awarded for W i n d o w Disp lays

N ATIONAL APPLE WEEK, Octo- ber 31 to November 6, created a greater sensation this year than

ever before among dealers, consumers, and owners of large orchards.

James Handley, former secretary of the Mississippi Valley AppIe Growers Association, conceived the idea of pro-

cars which have been filled and shipped out, via Frisco Lines.

C. B. ~Michelson of the Agricultural Department of St. Louis, met with representatives of every railroad out of St. Louis in the promotion of apple week. Prizes were awarded for the best window displays, restaurants and

Wozddrl't vorc like to toke a bite o f oneq These delicior~s Grimes' Goldell apples wcre g&ma orr Friscn Lirtes mrd 'sltippcd by Frisro Lirrrs to rorrsurncrs i,r t ~ ~ u t y - s ~ v ~ i z states o f Autcrira.

motins Natioual Apple Weelr-a full week devoted to the advertising and sale of apples, to bring before the pub- lic in a s big a way as possible the varied uses of the apple, "The King of Fruits." In 1913 this plan was en- dorsed by the International Apple Shippers Association, and every year since it has been given nation-wide publicity.

The Ozark mountains and the sur- rounding territory, through which the Frisco runs, has long been known a s "The Land of the Big Red Apple." This name Was applied on account of the large size, unusual color and out- standing flavor of the Ben Davis apple, the variety that was first commonly planted throughout the Ozarks.

Year by year new orchards have been se t out until the handling of the apple during season has assumed huge proportions and the Frisco for the pres- ent season and up to November 12 has furnished to this Ozark region 3,467

dining cars prepnred apple menus, bnr- rels of apples were distributed to char- itable institutions and bargain day in the market brought reasonable and attractive prices for the wholesale and retail merchants and consumers.

There are many varieties growl1 along the Frisco-Ozark region: Gano, Grimes Golden, Jonathan, Ingram, King David, Champion, Mammoth Keeper and the Ozark Ben Davis.

In the southern part of the Frisco- Ozark apple belt the growing of sum- mer apples has reached considerable proportion. Early Harvest, Yellow Transparent, Maiden Blush and Ada Red have become common varieties with heavy movement to market, be- ginning the first of July and running into August, when the harvest of Grimes Golden and Jonathan begins. These are followed by Delicious and so-called Winter apples.

The varieties of Ben Davis, Black Twig, Yorlr Imperial and Gano apples

December, 1925

A WELCOME LETTER Any master mechanic is glad to re-

ceive the whole-hearted support from his men that is indicated in the letter below, sent to W. B. Berry, master mechanic a t Kansas City, No., by R. L. Milton, engineer.

"Our engine No. 3692 is in flne shape. August 22 we handled three transfers-two of them from Nineteenth street to Armour's- one of 55 cars, one of 50. One out of Armour's to Nineteenth street with 37 cars.

"Went down in morning with 28 short house cars and did all of our switching and in the 8 hours used only 400 gallons of oil.

"At each lunch period we put out the fire, relighting just before going to work again, thus saving 20 to 25 gallons daily.

"When not handling heavy transfers we used 285 gallons, the best record of which I know for 8 hours' work.

"In my fireman, McClure, I have a fine partner who takes a n interest in saving all fuel we can and we try each day to keep well under the 400-gallon marlr-our average daily between 330 and 365 gallons.

"Respectfully yours, "R. L. MILTON."

are for cooking purposes almost en- tirely. Jonathan, Grimes Golden and Delicious are outstanding eating ap- ples, while the Mammoth, Black Twig and Winesap a re standard winter eat- ing apples. Practically all the sum- mer varieties a re for cooking.

The harvest season lasts from July 1 to November 15. About one-fourth of the crop goes into cold storage, which for the year 192.5 is estimated to be about nine hundred cars.

Some of the larger shipping points with carload shipments of apples fol- low: Bentonville, Ark., 299 cars; Centerton, Ark., 344 cars; Lincoln, Ark., 228 cars; Lowell, Ark., 222 cars; Marionville, ~MO., 364 cars; Springdale, Ark., 454 cars; Rogers, Ark., 289 cars, and smaller shipments from Arkansas and AIissonri ton7ns which brings the total number of cars a s of November 12 up to 3,467 shipped via Frisco Lines.

"For many years Springdale, Ark., has been the largest shipping station. shipping each year from 800 to 1100 cars, but this year Marionville, due to increased orchards, will lead the list for the year," Mr. W. L. English. supervisor of agriculture, said. "There has always been rivalry between the two towns, and this year, up to Novem- ber 12, Marionville stored in its new storage plant, 40,000 barrels of apples for winter consumption besides the 364 cars already shipped out.

Production of the apple in the Ozarks is very stable, and during the past twenty years there has been but one complete failure which was in 1921.

F RANK G. FARMDT;, engineer of Neodesha, Kansas, was retired from active service, due to reach-

ing the age of seventy years, on Sep- tember 13, 1925. He was born near Nashville, Ill., on September 13, 1855, and received his education in the schools of Ashley, Ill. His first posi- tion, a t the age of twenty, was that of firing a locomotive near Mt. Vernon, Illinois. He worked a t this position until he entered the Frisco service in 1898 as Engineer a t Ft. Smith, Arkansas. In February, 1900, Mr. Farmer was sent to Neodesha, IGtns., where he has remained ever since. H e married Jerusha Van Patten of R. Wayne, Ind., and a girl, Eva, was born to them in 1679, another girl, Laura, in 1890, and a son, George L., in 1892. His present address is 711 Ida Avenue, Wichita, Kansas. where he, his wife and daughter Laura re- side. His son and one daughter a r e married and live in New York and California, respectively. Mr. Farmer is the champion checker player of Kansas and will devote his entire time to the game now that he has been retired. Continuous service of twenty-five years and seven months entit!es him to a pension allowance of $51.00 a month, dating from Sep- tember 30, 1925.

Frank Dale Davis, Northern Division locomotive engineer, was retired, due to permanent disabiIity. H e is sisty-

eight years o f

plrr( i:tso."X;i c b9 on 31 a r c h 12, 1857, h e began work a t the age

s - ) of fifteen y n v s Although his fa- ther was a farm-

his education in the little school-

gan work, truck- F. D. DAVIS ing bricks in a

brickyard. In 1873 he worked a s a switch engineer for an eastern road. From this position he went to the Burlington a s hostler and night round- house foreman, but on October 9, 1889, was hired a s an engineer by the Frisco and worked out of Monett, Xo. While he was still a resident of Michi- gan, he married Miss Eniz A. Chubbs There were four children born to them, all of whom died a t an early age. Three years ago Mr. Davis lost his wife by death. At present, his address is 305 West 6th Street, Joplin, 310. Up to the time of his retirement, he had served a total of thirty-five

Sevetr z~e!erairs, wi th 215 years o f serv- ice to thcir credit, were pensiotrcd at the weetirtg of the Board of Perzsiotzs, held October 29, in the offices at S t . Louis. illissouri.

years and nine months with the Frisco and his pension will amount to $77.40 a month.

John Frederick Halsey, a pumper, with headquarters on the River Divi- sion, was retired when he became

seventy years of r 1 age: August 9,

1923. AIr. Halsey , was born near Milton, Ind. His - rather w a s a

r4 farmer and he at-

I 1 tended the public schools of Wayne

I County, Ind. At ' the age of seven-

. ) teen years he be- came an appren- 1 tice in the inold- ,. F. HALSEY ing trade. From 1876 to 1883 he

was engaged in buying timber for a n Indiana concern. Later he served a: fireman for the T. C. & St. L. R. R., and in June, 1910, began work with the Frisco Railroad a s a pumper a t Tenbrook, AIo. He was transferred to Wilson, Ark., Kewanee, No., Lux- ora, Ark., Poplar Bluff, AIo.. Briclteys, Mo., and then back to Poplar Bluff a t which place he was pensioned. AIr. Halsey has never married and after his retirement, returned to Centre- ville, Indiana, to make his home. He had had a total of fifteen years and two months continuous service a t the lime of his retirement and was granted a pension a.13wance of $20.00 a month.

-- London Lafayette Traw, mechanical

li~boi-rr a t Po:t Scott, Kans., who was retired due to ~ e r m a n e n t disability. died on ~ o v e m - her 8 a t his home. The total amount of pension paid him - was $80.00. H e was sixty- nine years of age. Born near Lonis- ville, Icy., Febru- ary 2, 1856, he helped his father run a large farm. He was edncated n e a r Richland, / . . . - Mo. At the age of thirty-two he L. F. TRAW \\-as employed by the 31-K-T Railroad a s a section hand, but in December, 1898, he was employed by the Frisco

a s a section hand a t Ft. Scott, Kans. He occupied various positions in the coal chute gang, roundhouse, store- room, blacksmith shop and last in the labor gang. He had a total of four- teen years' service in the blacksmith shop alone. On November 18, 1877, he married Alice D. Hamrnes of Richland, Mo. They have one daughter, Lula, born August 5, 1.883. The deceased veteran devoted twenty-six years and five months to service with the Frisco.

Benjamin Mack Polk, section fore- man a t La Wassie, AIo., was retired, due to deafness, a t the recent meet- ing. He was sixty-six years of age. Born a t Centreville, Wo., on October 20, 1859, he worked with his father on a farm, receiving his education in the schools of Centreville. He began his service with the Frisco a s section la- k r e r in October, 1894, a t L a Wassie, N o . , and later was promoted to sec- tion fo:eman. On September 24, 1885, he marrierl Mary A. Going of Elling- ton, 110. and they are the parents of six children, all living. AIr. and Mrs. Polk reside in the litt!e town of La Wassie, blo., where Mr. Polk has worked. At the time of his retire- ment he had had thirty years. ten I: onths service with the Frisco and mas given a pension allowance of q31.40 a month.

George Washington Daniels, Cen- tral Division locomotive engineer, aged sixty-four years, was retired by the pension board, due to permanelit disability. D a n- iels was born a t Rolla, No., De- cember 23, 1861. His lather was a farmer. He re- ceived his educa- tion in the schools near Cuba. AIo., and a t the a:;e of sixteen h e se- cured e m p 1 o y- 4 *- fL! rnent with t h e ~~i~~~ in t h G . W. D A N I E L S

fence gang, working between Pacific, 1\10., and Springfield, 310. Some time later he fired out of Springfield and also worked as a freight engineer out of that point. His first en~ployment dates from October 1878, however, he began firing in AIay, 1880, and was promoted to freight engineer in 1883, and finally to passenger engineer in 1889 on the Central Division a t Ft. Smith. He continued in that service until he was forced to retire from ac- tive service, due to ill heallh. On July 3, 1884, he married Miss Lou L. Baldwin of Springfield, 110. Two

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Pngc 25 December, 1925

Homemakers' Page Candelabra Is Clever Dining Table Cor rectly Set for That Memorable A in the center

Christmas Dinner of a bed of pine is clever-or it might be effectivelv flanked on either side

candles set in smaller wreaths and ! nlaced in front of each d a t e would

pine needles and pine cones mingled with brilliant-hued poinsettias are especially good when candles a re set

RARA AVIS, indeed, is the woman whose soul does not crave A to transform her table into the

proverbial thing of beauty for the Christmas dinner-we doubt that even one such callous creature lives. Rather, for this end, most women strive not wisely, but too well.

In table decorations, a s in many an- other field, the old Greek gospel of moderation is the sanest guide to follow, for too much adornment re- sults only in messiness.

The accompanying photograph shows the correct placing of the china and silverware. This table was dressed and the china furnished by the St. Louis Glass & Queensware Con~pany.

The large plates are bone china, and do not chip or nick. The bouillon cups, a s will be noted, do not match the bread and butter plates or the

SOME CHRISTMAS IDEAS A p p r o p r i a t e D e c o r a t i o n s for the

H o I i d a y s Are Plen t i fu l a n d P r e t t y

Combinations of Stars, Bells, Holly, Mistletoe, Flowers and Fruits

Offer Large Assortment.

A LL O F US realize that decora- tions should be appropriate for hostess and guest, a s we]! a s

the occasion. When dinners take a formal aspect, novelties a re out of place. At such times dignity and ele- gance should be the aim.

Stars, bells, holly, mistletoe, flow- ers, fruits, candles, Christmas trees- not all the other holidays combined

dinner plate, and to be correct should be of a contrasting color and design.

The four candles add much to the attractive design and do not interfere in any way with the servi~ig of the dinner. The candlestick holders a re of Fostoria glassware.

The goblets, with the extra long stem, are of imported rock crystal. An innovation quite new and most important to the present dinner set- ting is the small individual cigarette and ash receptacle, placed directly in front of the dinner plate.

During the Christmas season, a cen- ter design of small chrysanthemums of deep colors is a n added attraction.

The following firms aided in dress- ing the table: Silver, Jaccard's; table, Hellrung & Grimm; flowers, Julius E. Schaeffer.

offer so wide a field from which to choose to attain the festal board.

The owner of an attractive cande- labra, or candlesticlrs, is fortunate in- deed, for these may be made the basis for many a n attractive setting. Noth- ing could be more charmingly digni- fied than a centerpiece of a single candelabra embedded in a large five- pointed s ta r of holly, o r holly and mistletoe combined. Two additional candles in low candlesticlzs, their bases covered with the same glossy leaves and gleaming berries, may be placed cater-cornered a t the ends of the table so a s to give the graduated line so much in vogue. A sprig of holly a t each place lends a finishing touch.

equally distant on either side of the bowl and lengthwise of the table. A tracery of holly connecting candles and basket lend much to the effect. This pine needle-pine cone-poinsettia arrangement can be varied by encir-

j cling the basket with candles o r a wreath of holly and poinsettias. The pine needles and pine cones could be piled up in a mound with candles on

i each side. A single large poinsettia under

water in a crystal bowl is lovely, for the air bubbles on the petals gleam like jewels. Another novelty is a h u g e bowl of red and white berries with gold and silver or red and green bal- loons floating by threads from the center. A very new idea would be to have one of the ships so much the rage a t present adorn the table, a can- dle burning on every mast. A red bell on a bed of mistletoe or Southern moss would be unique. Festoons of Christmas tree lights, their cords con- cealed by Christmas greens, at each end of the table or encircling a center- piece of candles, flowers or birds makes a decoration a t once dignified and novel.

Combine Dignity and Fun A combination of the spirit of rev-

elrv with dignity and charm is achieved by the use of artificial or natural tinsel-covered Christmas trees, standing in holly, or in cotton and mica-dust snow outlined with greens, and plates of holly-decorated fruit midway from the center of the table. Sprigs of holly may be laid a t each plate.

The tree a s a centerpiece has a s many possibilities as there a re fam- ilies, for personality shows in the trimming of a tree a s i t does in the arrangement of flowers, but all trees must have a fairy quality and sparkle with imaginat~on, for the fairy-tale Christmas tree, with the angels bring- ing s tars to l u n g among the icicles on the branches is the pattern of them all.

Your Christmas dinner will be all the gayer for a small tree on the table, whether you make it the classic tree of the picture book, with its fat cherubs and shiny ornaments.

Page 30 December, 1925

A Radio Christmas Eoe

Which

cast

ARGIE and Dick were sitting in father's lap, before the big, open fireplace. The leaping flames little reflections of fairies and

dragons on their snow white pajamas. It was ten o'clock, one whole hour

later than mother usually allowed them to s tay up, but this evening was different-it was Christmas eve.

The radio had been bringing in won- derful music and it was harder thau ever for mother to get her two chil- dren tucked under the covers before Santa arrived.

"Just wait until I'm a s big a s daddy and you, mother, I'm gonna stay up a whole week all night an' never go to bed!" Dick boasted.

"Daddy, fix the radio so we can hear a Christmas bed-time story," pleaded Margie.

But the funniest thing happened! Just a s daddy started to put the two of them down and try to get another station, what should come over the ra- dio but-

" T H I S I S T H E LAhTD OF S N O W A N D ICICLES. T H E N O R T H POLE, S A N T A C L A U S AATNOUNCINC. H O W D Y . CHILDREN, HOWDY!"

Can you imagine the surprise of Margie and Dick? Their eyes got a s

world I can get to so many boys and girls with only one sleigh and eight reindeer. That's all you've ever seen in pictures, isn't i t ?

"This is a secret! Sh-h-h-don't you tell. My family of children grew so much, that I had to ask some help, so I might reach every one of them before Christmas morning. Do you know what I did? Ha-ha-hhaa." and his silvery laugh floated to them over the radio.

"I called on the Fairy of Dreams, who lives in the Land of 0nce-Upon-a- Time. Told her she must help me out

:auld get all the way around. She 'Alright, Mr. Santa', and do you

r whom she loaned me first? The man! 'That's to put them to I', she said. So if you happen to wake and listening to this, thc man is on his way and he'll

shovel sand through your chiin- ney very, very soon now.

"Then the Fairy of Dreams gave me some wonderful pow- der. Looked like real fine crys- tal snow, only i t sparkles and glistens in the light. 'Take this,' she said, 'and every time you stop a t a house to leave toys, sprinkle some of this fairy powder over all your gifts and you'll have just a s many added a s you took out.'

Now-the whole secret is yours. Don't you find that white glistening dust all over

don't have to carry a ~vhole world of toys-just one sleigh full and then a sprinlrle of fairy

dust after leaving every house."

Margie and Dick gazed a t each other spellbound.

"I remember. we did find that all over our things last year," whispered Margie.

Then Santa's voice came in loud and clear again. "You should see my little dwarfs. I have most a thousand. They make all my toys for me. You should see the one right in front of me, listening to this speech. He is sitting with his long, funny legs curled under him, and a smile on his little wrinkled face which stretches from ear to ear.

"Let me tell you what these little dwarfs did this year for the poor chil- dren. You know I have to have a place for them to sleep and eat, al- though they don't ea t very much! Just snowballs, ice cream cones and a little candy. They work from eight in the morning until five a t night and about thirty of these little fellows worked for a whole month all dur- ing the night, making toys for poor children who might not get any un- less somebody remembered them.

"Now you children who have so many toys, won't you leave a little note pinned on your stocking, giving me the name of some little poor boy

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FRISCQ BABIES Ii

December, 1925 y Z / T ~ ~ ~ EMPLO~S'&~Z~NE Pnge 33

Page 34 .@fi@co ~ O & S ' ~ W Z ~ N E LIrccirzbrr, 1925

The FRISCO EMPLOYES' MAGAZINE Published on the First of Each Month

B y t h e

St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co. Edited by WM. L. HUGGINS, Jr.

822 Frisco BuiIdina St. Louis, Missouri This magaz ins is published in the in te res t s of a n d for

f ree distr ihution a m o n g t h e 30,000 employes of t h e St. Louis-San Franc isco Railway. All a r t i c les a n d communi- ca t ions relat ive to editorial m a t t e r s should be addressed to t h e e A i t n ~

Single copies, 15 cents each Outside circulation, $1.50 per year

Vol. 3 DECEMBER, 1925 No. 3

The Human Side

E LSEWHERE ill this issiie appears the story concerning the fatc of 15-year-old

Josephine DcPcu, Chelsea, Oklahoma, n-110 suf- fcrccl the loss of both legs in attempting to crawl under a freight train and who later died in a Tulsa hospital.

That is tragedy itself. Another life snu-ffed out by the Demon Carelessness.

But in that incident let us consider the ac- tions of Frisco enlployes who had to do with a noble ancl valiant attempt to save the life of Josephine DePen.

Seventy-three cars of thc freight train were shunted to a siding-the "Meteor" was held two hours a t Tulsa-the entire operating schecl- ule of tlle Frisco in Northeastern Oklahoma mas suspended-and dispatchers cleared the main line while a powerful freight locomotive at- tached to a caboose in which the suffering girl lay, raced the forty miles toward Tulsa whcre ambulances ancl doctors were waiting to bcgin the grim but failing fight to save her life.

Where is the element of hard, matter-of- fact, heartlessness with which railroads have been charged?

Where is any trace of indifference to any- thing but operation of trains.

Where, indeed, is there any heed to that im- memorial and almost inexorable law of "Keep the Line Open," which railroad men have had drilled into them by a century of struggle with the elements of nature ancl other agen- cies of delay?

They are not present.

out the message that a life might be saved, all was suspended in that struggle against death.

Nor did the incident pass unnoticed. Na- tional press mires carried the story of how "a great railroad halted a section of its system and held one of its crack trains for two hours to answer the call of humanity."

One incident, which tlie newspapers did not r~otc, is inclclibl!; impressed in tlie ~ i~ inc l of the fatlicr of Josephine. He was stranded in Tulsa (tlie fslmily is in straitcnccl circumstances), ancl was unable to return to Chelsea. His mil- road farc was paid by tlie Frisco Railroacl, arid Frisco employes Sam- to it, a t a co~isiclerable expense of time and nioncy, that the grief- stricken man was proviclccl with every conlfort c 1 ~ 1 couvenicncc.

Rut, in the final analysis there is nothing un- usual in the Prisco's action.

Railroads have always followecl this policy. When clerailnients occur, or other disaster

attends, the first call of the railroad is for help to the injured.

Nothing is important when a human life hangs in the balance.

The Christmas Season tools of commerce ancl industry will be THE laid universally aside in a few clays in

honor of the birth ninetecn hundrccl ancl twen- ty-fivc years ago of the Savior of mankind.

From f a r and wide in this land of ours, ancl in many othcrs, men will halt thcir daily pur- suits and devote Christmas Day to His rcver- C11CC.

Tlie spirit of Cliristmas has changed greatly with thc passing of the years. Some say that it has bcconle a clay of "commercializecl wor- ship ", in which lavish presents are exchanged, clahornte grceting cards sent ancl sumptuous parties given.

To thc railroad workcr thc spirit of Christ- mas day has remained, in essence, thc same.

F o r thirty-three years our Savior dedicated his life to thc helping of men, and his teachings werc of brothcrly love and helpfulness.

011 this Christmas day the railroad man will he in the engirie cab, a t the telegraph key, in the dispatchers chair. The railroad will con- tilllie to run its trains in order that mankind may be helped a i d the work of the world unin- t crruptecl.

Thcrc again, is the cssencc of Christinns. From the moncent the wire at Chelsea tapped ., ,

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A Job in Itself Santa Claus: "Dear me, Mrs. Santa,

I had a terrible time this year-got my gifts all mixed up."

Nrs. Santa: "How come? As long a s you've been distributing gifts you never made many errors."

Santa Claus: "I couldn't figure out whether to leave the pocket flasks and cigarette cases in the hose or the socks ! "

Either Way The night before Xmas hubby got

home a t the hour of 1 : O O A. M. The next morning! Wifie: "What kept you out so late

last night?" Hubby: "I was out with a chif-

fonier." Wifie: "Chiffonier, why you don't

know what you are talking about. A chiffonier is a smart little dresser."

Hubby: "Yep, that's her!" -

How I t Was on the Ark Christmas Day!

The Rush of Xmas Business Aitii,rnls on Ark, to Dove o f Peace-"Now, gzran back nil' br-irrg us n Xnms tree!" Colored bootlegger three jumps

ahead of the officers: "Gimme a ticket on de speediest train whut runs. I craves distance and needunt mind where to."

Frisco ticket agen;: "But the fast train has just gone.

"Nebber mind. Jest show me de track what it lef' on!"

An Old New One "Give me a ten-letter word meaning

a holdup?" "Say-that's an old one. Heard it

before-the answer is s-u-s-p-e-n-d- e-r-s ! "

"No sir-garters!" "Say-garters hasn't got ten let-

ters ! " "All right, then-stretch it! " (A pitcher of cold water brought

the man to life again!) - Too Late to Bolt

Cop: "What is your business?" Prisoner: "I'm a locksmith." Cop: "M7ell, what were you doing

in the gambling house we just raided?"

Prisoner: "When you came in I Was making a bolt for the door." -

Just a 811p The idquisitive old lady was bend-

fng over the bed of a wounded soldier whose h w d was swathed with cotton and linen.

'W.r.re ~ O L wounded in the head, my boy:,* she safj.

a d h o , s m," replied a faint voice. "I

was shot in the foot and the bandage has slipped up."-(American Legion Weekly.) -

So, That's That! Women are the same-yesterday,

today and they will be the same to- morrow. Listen to this on our grand- mother:

Flapper to her octogenarian grand- father: "Grandpa, what did you say to grandma when you proposed?"

Grandfather: "Go ayay , let me work my radio in peace.

Flapper: "No, tell me, what did you say?"

Grandfather: "Can't you see I'm trying to get Cleveland?"

Flapper: "I'll go away if you tell me-not until!"

Grandfather: "I-I-said-YES!" -Philadelphia Bulletin.

Don't Forget That! Tax Collector: "Have you any ex-

travagances to report for taxation?" Citizen: "Yes, I wear a tie under

my beard!" - The Whole Truth

A certain lawyer found the witness difficult to manage, and finally asked whether h e was acquainted with any men on the jury.

"Yes, sir," replied the witness. "I'm acquainted with more than half of them."

"Are you willing to swear that rclu

know more than half of them?" asked the lawyer.

"Why," retorted the witness, "if it comes to that, I know more than all of 'em put together."-(Harper's Mag- azine.) -

Cruel! "You used to say you thought

heaven sent me to you," said the young wife during their first quarrel.

"I still say so!" "Really-oh my dear." "--Yes, as a punishment." -

Read This! 0. MLE what XTC, I always feel when UIC. I used to rave of LN'S eyes 4 LC, I gave countless sighs, 4 KT, 2, and LNR I was a keen competitor, But each now's a non-NTT, 4 U XL them all UC.

-BRE Bulletin. - Correct

A beautiful woman gets talked about; a pretty woman gets talked to; a homely woman gets talked at,- and, the rest do the talking. -

TOO Latel Liza: "An' when dat robbah man

said: 'Hol' ??c yo' hands!' what did yo' say?''

Rastus: "Me? Ah jes laffed a t . ~II. - Ah already had 'em up.-New Raven Register.

1-View o f switch pointr o i i d frogs to I

ing nwcllirte. 3-Fi~ished locor,~ otive spri~r of scrap flrres, and weighing 550 .bounds ec recent purchases, finished swi~clz point iir ha bars. co)ttirrtcorrs joirrts, tie plates, etc., are ,

of re-threaded rods and bolts. 7-Material straiglater~ed arld re-threaded. 8-Ixterior

December, 1925

ingfizeld Mo.

frogs to be reclaij~zed. 2-P~rerr~rrotic rail straighten- five $firings and pilots, the latter mai~trfactured orct boxnds each. 4-Radial drill, orre of the rrezoest of h t itc backgrormd. 5-Avtgle bor yard, where angle etc., are reclainred. 6-Finished ntnterial, consisting -114alerial liired up for work i# bolt house, to be cut, -Interior of hose fitti~zg department, s1rozvi)rg hose 'Shop dule" wi th wugons loaded to 12,990 pourtds.

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C O M M E N D A T I O N S ON FRISCO SERVICE FROM HERE AND THERE

-AND EVERYWHERE

W HEN hIr. C. E. Warner, traffic manager of the Southwestern Interstate Coal Operators' As-

sociation boarded the new "Sunny- land" a t Paola, Icans., he found, after entering the dining car that it was closed for the evening.

But to let him tell it, as he did in his letter to Vice-president Koontz, dated October 13:

"I was in Paola, Kans., yester- day and came home on your new Sunnyland Special which passes there a t 7:10 1). m. It was not convenient to get dinner before leaving so I depended on the diner which I knew the train carried.

"On entering the dining car I found that dinner mas over and the crew was cleaning up for tho end of the trip. However, the steward rather went our of h i ; way to get me something to eat. the colored waiter was attentive and the chef sent me out a first- class meal in spite of the fact that some of the items on the menu were not available a t that late hour.

"I enjoyed the service so much that I aslted the steward for his name and told him I was going to report him to you. His name is George Peterson.

Yours sincerely, (Sgd.) C. E. WARNER,

Traffic Manager." Mr. W. E. Bernthal. auditor of

freight accounts recently received from the Walter A. Zelnicker Supply Company of St. Louis, Mo., the fol- lowing complimentary letter on Frisco service, in reference to a claim ad- justment:

"It gives us pleasure to ac- knowledge voucher for our claim.

One of the reasons that we are writing you is to inform you of the appreciation of such prompt service.

"When we gave this claim to your Mr. Ryan, we had jolringly requested that he send us a voucher that same day. W e had no idea that our suggestion would be acted upon, o r a t least we feel that two or three days would have been a very prompt settle- ment.

"These papers were given to Mr. Ryan about 10 o'clock in the morning and imagine our surprise to receive a voucher that same afternoon.

"Another reason that we want to compliment you on this quick

settlement is that some of the other lines are not so proficient in their handling.

"Because of the writer's experi- ence in various departments of different railroads, he fully ap- preciates that claims are not usually settled upon presentation. It generally requires some investi- gation, and of course, a reasonable time should be allowed for this procedure.

"It is our custon~ to give all of the information possible with the Dresentment of the claim in order to expedite its movement, and we have found that this generally produces good results.

"Again thanking you and with the best wishes and personal re- gards from the writer, we are,

Yours truly, (Per) WM. NALLOT,

Traffic Manager." This is only another case of a satis-

fied customer who has personally ac- ltnowledged Frisco service.

Mr. I. W. Preetorius, general traffic manager of the General Box Com- pany of Chicago, Ill., regarded the set- tlement of his clainl so prompt, that he wrote our auditor of freight ac- counts the following letter:

"Wish to acknowledge receipt of your voucher covering payment of claim number 135842, and I cer- tainly desire to express to you my sincere appreciation of the prompt manner in which this claim was adusted. I only hope that Mr. O'Neil did not have to sit up nights to get this out a s quick- ly a s he did.

"Again thanking both you and Mr. O'Neil for your prompt ad- justment of the matter, and with kindest regards, 1 remain,

(Sgd.) I. W. PREETORIUS, General Traffic Manager."

Not only do the big business houses which handle their products via Frisco, realize that the Frisco is giving one hundred per cent service, but ship- pers of household goods, and other commodities appreciate the courtesy and service given with the smaller shipments.

Rev. Chas. A. Lovdess, pastor of the Robberson Avenue Baptist Church of Springfield, Mo., acknowledges, in the followine; letter, his appreciation:

"This is to express my apprecia- tion for the favorable considera- tion of my claim for overcharges on car of household goods from Baird, Texas, to this city last Sep- tember and to acknowledge re-

ceipt of draft covering same, which came yesterday.

"I could not but believe that my claim was just and that I mould receive favorable consideration by your department. At the same time, I am fully aware of the fact that many people believe railroad companies a re heartless, and hence undertake to squeeze them a t every opportunity. This mistaken idea forces the com- panies to be rigid in self-defense.

"I thank you heartily for the courtesy shown in this matter, and am glad that my confidence in the Frisco is unshaken, and assure you that a t every opportu- nity I shall take pleasure in ren- dering any service possible that mill be helpful to the company.

(Sgd.) CHAS. A. LOVELESS." The Traction hIachiue Company of

North Baltimore, Ohio, made a ship- ment of their machines in connection with the recent International Petrol- eum Exposition a t Tulsa, via our line, to Tulsa.

They arrived in fine shape, and the following letter of appreciation also came to the attention of the magazine, addressed to our general agent, Mr. T. W. Bennett of Cleveland, Ohio:

"In connection with shipment of machines to us in care of the International Petroleum Esposi- tion a t Tulsa, Okla., we wish to take this opportunity of thanking you and the officials of your road who were responsible for the ex- pedition with which the shipment was handled. You a re to be con- gratulated upon an organization that can give service of this type.

"There is but one way in which we can repay you for this, that is to give you a s much of our business in your territory a s we can. Where no routing is speci- fied, we will endeavor to see that your lines get the shipment. An increasing amount of our product will be shipped to Kansas, Okla- homa and Texas. These a re all service by your lines and in this way we can in a measure repay you for the courtesies extended us in this instance.

"Again thanking you we are, (Sgd.) 0. B. MoKENNA,

Assistant Secretary." The week of October 5-10 was a

gala time for Springfield, Mo., with its Ozark Products Fair.

Thousands of people thronged the streets from towns and nearby cities.

Bunting and decorations adorned the buildings.

One of the most beautiful fashion shows ever presented in Springfield was that by Major Levy of St. Louis, who took with him his St. Louis mod- els, and modeled clothes chosen from the Springfield stores.

Major Levy ancl his conlpany used Frisco service in going to Springfield and the tollowing letter mas recently sent to the m a ~ a z i n e for ~ublicat ion:

"This letter voices the senti- ment of myselt and company which put on the Style Shorn for the Associated Retailers a t Springfield, 7\10., October 6 to 10, for the service and courteous treatment accorded us on the spe- cial car leaving St. Louis Sunclay morning, October 4.

"This car mas in charge of Con- ductor Dick Smith and Brakeman Albert A d a m and forty voices extend to them forty 'hurrahs' for their kindness and attention. (Sgd.) MAJOR LEVY AND HIS

c o ar P A N Y OF FORTY 13EAUTIES."

Read the following letter from the Chapman Milling Company of Sher- man, Texas, to the Eaglo Roller Nil1 Company of New Ulm, AIinn., dated September 2!), which came to the at- tention of th2 m a s a z i ~ ~ c department through our w e n t a t Sherman, Texas:

"We wired you yesterday morn- ing asking you if our car had boen shipped and we thank you very much for your prompt reply ad- v l s ~ n g that you shipped R. I. 56299 and routed same ill. 6c St. L. care of R. I. a t Des Noines and Frisco a t Kansas City. We a re also glad to know that you a r e tracing the shipment and assure you that we will aporeciate any- thing you can do for us about getting delivery.

"Immecliately on receipt of your wire we took the matter up with the local agent of the Frisco and feel sure as soon a s this car reaches the Frisco a t Kansas City we will get delivery almost im- mediately as the Frisco has, what you would call superior service, from Kansas City, so this is our reason for practically always rout- ing shipments out of Kansas City by this line."

The car referred to was out of Kan- sas City via the Frisco a t 7:45 D. m., October 4, arrived in Sherman a t 2:00 a. m., October 6, and was delivered to the Chapman Milling Company the same morning.

No wonder they make a request for Frisco service, and this delivery mas given no extra attention whatever.

Winter time is a poor time to lose a n overcoat, and when Mr. Art Killam of St. Louis. Mo., left his on one of our Frisco trains he was indeed dis- tressed.

H e made known his loss anrl within a short time, his overcoat was again buffeting the winter winds. and he wrote to the magazine on October 11, the following letter :

"Received a letter on October 8, saying the Frisco had located my overcoat and also received the overcoat one day last week.

"This is what I call real service and I wish to extend my sincere thanks to everyone who was ac- tive in returning it to me."

Mr. E. L. Olrich, comptroller of the National Cloak & Suit Company of Kansas City, has written F. R. New- man, division passenyer agent of that city, regarding a recent trip which Mrs. Olrich made on the "Sunnyland," from New Orleans to Kansas City:

"Mrs. Olrich recently traveled from New Orleans to Kansas City on the 'Sunnyland,' i. e., Illinois Central to filemphis and Frisco to Kansas City.

"She speaks most highly of the service that was rendered. She further states that everything possible that could be done by the members of your train crew was done to make her journey a most pleasant one."

From over the entire Frisco Lines come letters of a complimentary na- ture-many regarding the courtesy of our employes toward patrons of our road-many concerning the service and the prompt and efficient handling of large shipments by freight.

When there is danger of holding up the work of a large corporation on account of a shipment of material not arriving, and then the officers End that because it was shipped via the Frisco. the shipment arrived in record time, there is deep appreciation. A similar case brought forth the follow- ing letter, dated October 23, from the Certain-teed Products Corporation of Cement, Okla.:

"One of your 1.600 engines broke through the guard rail of the switch a t this place a clay or two ago, after they had taken all the loads of rock out from the crusher and before they put up empties for the next day's run. This, of course, left us in a tight place for we had an extra heavy bunch of orders for immediate shipment and could not be idle a minute without getting behind on our orders. Mr. Sawyer, con- ductor on one of your locals, im- mediately notified section fore- man and found that there was not a guard rail this side of Fletcher, Okla. When he got to Fletcher he went to the foreman's house ancl got him to promise to have rail on the platform so that he could bring it up here next morn- ing. This plan was carried out and when local got to Cyril it brought the rail on up and Fore- man Clyde Sullivan, who had everything ready, made short work putting i t in. The method in which this was handled only held our operations up for one half day when otherwise i t might have meant a day or two of idle- ness. We want to compliment the

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Frisco on its action in this mat- ter and especially want to thank Mr. Sawyer and Mr. Sullivan for their efforts. M e have quite a few orders on hand and have plenty of cars to fill them with. Let's keep the good work going. We are getting fine service from the Frisco, and your men a r e fine fellows to work with."

Here is a case of a concluctor, while performing his regular duties, went out of his way to satisfy and help a patron of the road.

A R a d i o C h r i s t m a s Eve

or girl that you want to have some of your toys and I'll deliver them! How's that Y

"Mrs. Santa is hustliug around helping me get reacly. For a n hour or more my little helpmates, the dwarfs, have been loading my sleigh, and they've scattered snow all over the house. Tracked it in, you know. Hopc Mrs. Santa doesn't see it before I leave. They're all lined up near the wall now, and around the big fire- piace, and so I'm going to have to put on my big fur overcoat and get on my mittens. There-now. I'm all reacly. See you, every one, in a very short time. Now hurry to bed and don't you peep. I don't want you to see how awkward I am getting up and down your chimney. Merry Christmas -Merry Christmas-! "

Then there came over the radio a swish and a whirl and a million little voices saying: "Goodbye, Santa Claus -hurry back - "Merry Christmas", Goodbye, goodbye" - and all faded away and the next sound that came in was the crack of a whip - a crackling of some sort and without a doubt, the sled had broken through the snow and had started on its round- the-world journey, full of happiness tor every kidclie in the land.

~Margie and Dick heard those last far-away sounds, and then the Sand- man gently sprinkled sand in their eyes-and try a s they would, they had to shut them in sleep!

- A merry Christmas-and, God bless

you, every one!

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sons were born- to them, Harry Dan- iels and Ralph Edward Daniels, who reside a t Chicago, Ill., and Swamps- cott, Mass.. respectively. Mr. an_d 1Mrs. Daniels live a t 1002 North 5th Street, Ft. Smith, Ark. Mr. Daniels served a total of forty-six years and nine months with the Frisco and a pension allowance of $83.15 was awarded him.

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W . M . Underwood Sends Christmas Greetings to Frisco Association Members

N September 17 The Frisco Asso- ciation of Metal Crafts and Car O Department Employes entered

the fourth year of its career. It has grown from a dead s tar t to a n organi- zation of more than 5000 members. This growth in membership is splen- did and is very encouraging to us whose aim is that our organization include every shop employe. And the satisfactory results which have been obtained are most gratifying, where a t first there was considerable feeling of doubt and skepticism a s to the results which would be obtained through our association, there is now a very gen- eral feeling of conviction that our As- sociation is a success, and that Co- operation is the key which will solve any problem which may confront us.

This general feeling of peace and good will should predominate more than ever during this month for it is this thought which has permeated the Christmas celebration for almost 2000 years.

Already, the little folks a re making plans and looking forward to the hap- piness of giving and receiving gifts.

How many of u s big folks a r e m a t ing plans to make somebody happy on Christmas day? Is there a fellow em-

ploye who has met with misfortune of sickness o r death--or who, perhaps, has lost his home by fire? Is there a fellow employe whose little tots will hang up their stockings in vain? If so, let's send them a Christmas bas- ket, a good hearty dinner for the family and a Pew little toys or gifts for the little ones.

It will make our own Christmas din- ner taste better, i t will make our own home seem brighter and our day more happy to know that we have helped to make this a happy day in a home that would have been desolate and dreary.

In behalf of our System Committee. I want to thank each member of our Association who has given us support and has helped to make our organiza- tion a success. We especially want to thank the local officers and com- mittees who have given their time and efforts to promote the principles of our Association, Harmony and Co-op- eration.

I extend to each and every one of you greetings of the season, wishing for all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year.

Y o x s sincerely. IT?. 31. UNDERWOOD,

WILL USE LONGER RAILS -

Specif icat ions for 3 9 - F o o t S t e e l Are Approved. by R a i l w a y

Assoc ia t ion

lncrease from 36 Feet Expected to Decrease Maintenance and

Increase Safety -

S A FURTHER step to bring about increased economy in the A operation of the railroads of this

country, the American Railway As- sociation has announced that new specifications have been approved by the organization by which the length of rails used by the railroads of this country is to be increased to 39 feet. This means an increase of 6 feet over the rail in present use although the weight per yard will continue to be the same.

By making a n increase in the length of the rail, there will be a marked saving to the railroads in not only the cost of installation of new rail but also in the maintenance of the railroad track.

This increase in the length of the rail from 33 feet to 39 feet means a

reduction of 16 per cent in the num- ber of rail joints while it also will mean a saving of about one-sixth of the total amount of expenditure re- quired for bolts, nuts, joint bars and spring washers used in connecting rails together.

I t is estimated that fifty cents out of each dollar spent for track main- tenance goes for maintenance of joints, ties and ballast under the point where two rails are joined toyether. This increase in the length of the rail, therefore, will mean a saving of about 16 per cent in such expenditures a s there will be fewer joints.

Surveys have shown that a large number of the breaks and the great- est wear and deterioration in rails occur a t the point where they a re joined together so that by increasing the length of the rail and reducing the number of such points, tile chances for accident due to broken rails are reduced.

In addition, cars passing over a track constructed of longer rails will move more smoothly than over a track where shorter rails are used which will result in a saving in the wear and tear on railway equipment.

BEGAN WITH HORSE PUMP

G e o r g e W. F e e W o r k e d J-ong H o u r s for T h i r t y a M o n t h

Well Known Frisco Veteran of Pied- mont, Kansas, Recalls Early

Days With Frisco.

I began work for the Frisco a t New Albany, Kansas, w """ as a pumper in the early part

of 1885. I used a horse to pump water," remarked JIr. George 117. Fee, one of the best known of Frisco men.

This Frisco veteran, with snow white hair and keen, piercing eyes, belies the fact that h e has had some forty- odd years of service to his credit. Upon his retirement he and AIrs. Fee, together with two of their children,

GEORGE W. FEE

moved to a homey little place in Pied- mont, Kansas. Kansas has always been home to Mr. Fee, although he was born in the State of Ohio on March 16, 1845.

When he was asked to relate some of his interesting experiences, he be- gan with the above statement of the horse pumD. A little later on this old horse contraption pump was aban- cloned and a steam pump installed.

During his first months of service be received $30.00 .a nlonth and the hours were not counted. "We just worked whatever hours were neces- sary," Mr. Fee remarked.

"In the year of 1585 the Frisco had a wooden bridge over the Fall River a t New Albany, I-Cansas, and some- times the water was so high that it

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Roscoe Warren Calls Crews at Night-But He Gets College Degree Just the Same

F OR Roscoe Warren, the years ahead should hold, first of all, suc- cess in his undertakings, and

second, the confidence and ease of fill- ing his place in the world, due to effi- cient training.

R O S C O E W A R R E N

The young man of today who gives up his desire for a college education to secure a position, should a t least know just how Roscoe Warren re- ceived his Bachelor of Science degree and is well on the road to another

degree froin a St. Louis school of finance, while he holds down a good sized job with the Frisco on the side.

On June 8, 1922, he first entered Frisco service a s a caller a t the south Springfield shops, working the night shift. Later he was transferred to the north shops working in the same capacity where he remained until July 18, 1925. But during me time that he was employed in the two shops a t Springfield during the night, he was sitting in the day time in class rooms a t Drury College, Springfield, Mo., where he finally received his Bachelor of Science degree.

Having succeeded so we., in acquir- ing a part of the education which h e desired so much, he asked to be trans- ferred to Lindenwood shops, St. Louis. This opened up the way for him to attend the Commerce and Finance School of Washington University in the day time and work a t the shops a t night. His present shift a t Linden- wood is from 4:00 P. M. to 1 2 Mid- night, during which time he is busily engaged in calling crews.

He expects to finish his course a t Washington University in June, 1927.

This tall boy, with keen grey eyes, has a most attractive personality. He makes friends easily and handles his work in a quick, efficient manner. There isn't a man in any of the yard crews that does not admire and re- spect him.

H e has two half-sisters who for- merly were in the employ of the Frisco, now married-Miss Annabel Watters, formerly supervisor of typ- ing and filing bureau in the freight claim department a t Springfield, and Miss Idamay Watters, formerly tele- graph operator on the edstern division during tbe war period.

Began With H o r s e Pump (Co11t i~urd fro111 Pagr 40)

was necessary to weigh the bridge down with cars loaded with rails, and even then the water washed this bridge out of line to some extent," he continued.

When he was quite young he ran away from home and enlisted i n the army in Civil War days. Due to his age he was returned to his parents to attend school until the war ended, but ran away a second time and spent four years on one of the gunboats.

Mr. Fee proudly drew from his pocket a watch which he purchased in 1885 which has never required any repairs and has only been cleaned once in this period, yet keeps correct time.

Outdoor life and hunting and fishing bring a great deal of happiness t o this old veteran. H e has a number of hives of bees in which he takes great in- terest and has had honey from the hives to sell.

The Fee family of six children have a proud father. A son, Gerald, is a railroad coqductor on the Union Pacific, while another son, Frank, has just recently accepted a position a s teacher in the high school of Hutch- ison, Kansas. Two of his daughters are married and two, Thelma and Margaret, are a t home and attending the high school a t Piedmont, Kansas.

This railroad game has a mighty strong tie for these veterans who have worked with each other for its advancement for forty years, and Mr. Fee never loses interest in his Ionging to hear "railroad news."

"You have no idea how a fellow feels when he is unhitched from a job he has had for forty years," Mr. Fee smil- ingly remarked.

But he is happy with his children, and they a r e very proud of their father, whose service and loyalty to the Frisco stands a s a goal in their own lives.

I AN ARMFUL OF FUTURE ) I HUNTERS I

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The seven bird dog "pups" which B. P. Williams of the freight statistical department, St. Louis, holds in his arms, a r e his particular pets. Wil- liams recently refused a n offer of $125 for the mother. He is an authority on training and feeding bird dogs, and will be glad to answer any corre- spondence from Frisco folks Who wish information about the raising of dogs.

William Rich Dies The first loss under the recent ex-

tension of group insurance on Frisco Lines occurred on November 11, when death claimed William Rich, age 68, employed a s outbound routing clerk, Kansas City, 310.

Mr. Rich had been continuously em- ployed by the Frisco for twenty-seven years. On September 18 he made his application for this insurance, which became effective October 1.

The widow received on November 25 a check from the Metropolitan In- surance Company for $2000.00.

Class One carriers having a total mileage of 236,645 miles, had gross operating revenues amounting to $555,- 366,570, an increase of $46,860,750 or 9.2 per cent compared with the same month last year, according to reports for the month filed by the carriers with the Bureau of Railway Eco- nomics.

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- . I CENTRAL DIVISION ..... ' ' , OFFICE O F SUPERINTENDENT

FT. SMITH, ARK.

.J 1:. TVILIIOIT, Reportct,

'Inventory is complctcd. I<vi~r.\'one in t h e off ice, w i t h t h e exception of the gir ls , had a l i t t le of t h e esperience. Rid ing a motorcar in t h e rain didn't seem to a g r e e with hIr. I-Iughett and Lyman Mouser. They hoth g o t hack to the off ice wi th colds.

Grace ITarvey paid a flying visit to St. Louis t h e l a t t e r Dart of l as t month.

Lyman Mouser would hard1 y speak to ord inary mor ta l s f o r a few days. T h e reaaon-an eight-pound girl. S h r h a s a l ready gained two pou;?s and I think will soon Fa!; "Daddy.

Mr. 1 - l u ~ h e t t is now showing us how well he can drivil his new Chrvsler sednn.

Paul ine Smrelcrr of t h e superin- tendent 's off ice visited t h e St. Tmuis hosnital t h e first of the n ~ o n t h to have her - tons i l s removod. Shc enjoy& her: self so much t h a t s l ~ e is now t ry ing to find more tonsils o r something,

Tlarold of t h o di\sision enginocr 's of- fice has just I,ct~rrnc.d f r o m his vaca- tion. R e loolcs a s thouzh he might h a v e had a wonilerful t ime in Dallas. hTew Orleans a n d o t h e r d i s tan t sea- ports.

OFFICE O F SUPERINTENDENT FT . SMITH, ARK.

PAUT,TSE S;\TRET<EE, Repor te r

Mrs. C . E. TTiclcerson of St. Louis h a s heen visitin,? her mother here and al..o nttenderl a n Ens te rn S tnr convention in Li t t l e Rock.

Mr. P e r r v Topping is doing special work in Mr. Spencer's office.

Warold Ycrby jus t re turned f rom h i s vac+ation which mas s n e n t in New 01.- leans. Gulfport . Miss.. a n d Dallas, T e s . H e repor t s a wonderful time.

FIarry Rooth w a s called to Rich n i l l . 1\10,, on account of thc dea th of 111.; i i n ~ l o

You have a lways hcard t h a t the fllqt "story tel lrr" never h a s n chance whii.11 is cer ta in ly t r u e in th i s case. A dicta- phone opera tor w a s tcl l ing t h a t she could h e a r t h e t ra in whis t le verv plain- ly on the dictaphonc, and T i m K r o n e s a y s t h a t while he mas opera t ing t l ~ e machine he g o t a c ~ n d e r In his e y e f

W e mere a l l SLIr~rised to see a n old f r iend in the offici th i s week , hIarion Johnson. b e t t e r k n o w n a s "Johnnir," w a s a oar t ic ipant in the "Charleston" contes t -which- w a s staged, , here a s a n a t t r a c t i o n for "Guest Day, so paid us a l i t t le visit.

MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT C E N T R A L DIVISION

IREKE WOESTMAN, Repor te r

There a r e a number of employes, both In the c a r and locomotive depar tments , w h o a r e a t t e n d i n g n ight school a t F o r t

Smith H i g h School, t a k i n g up such courses a s mechanical d r a w i n g and blue pr in t reading. which will he lp them in the i r vocations. Mr. Heyburn is one of the number t a k i n g advantage of these rourses. However, he does not have a n opportunity of a t t e n d i n g al l the classes, account of his duties cal l ing him to o t h e r terminnls on the division. bu t f rom w h a t w c can h e a r a b o u t these classes they a r e beneficial to those a t t e n d i n g them, consequently will be to t h e company for which they a r e workin-.

I,. P. Cochran, s to rekeeper a t Neo- rlcsha, paid u s a shor t visit th i s month.

Mr. TIevburn is qu i te en thus ias t ic ovcr football of late , due to J u n i o r he- i n g a mcmber of t h e F o r t Smi th H i g h School team a n d m a k i n g a remarkably ~ o o d record.

W h e n we a r e for tuna te to have such peoplc presen t a t o u r sa fe ty flrst meet- ings -.? C C. Nil ls , we consider ~t a set t lcd f a c t t h a t thc meet ings will no t o r l r bv interest ing. h u t instruct ive.

MISS Mary J leyburn i s l eav ing tomor- r o w f o r California. w h e r e s h e is go ing to visi t a former school mate.

I t iq real lv remarkable w h a t a n experience wiil do for people, so, a n v - one wish ing to know a n y t h i n g about t r a f f i c lams or' violat ions in the Citv of P o r t Smith. see Oscar Nelson. as h e is well posted' on t h e subject o f ' l a t e .

T o u have missed i t a l l if you h a v e not seen Nr. Pa t r ick ' s new E s s e x coach. No doubt, bu t w h a t he is p lanning t a k i n g the office force for a drive P: order to give t h e car a fa i r test.

M ECHANlCAL DEPARTMENT HUGO, OKLA.

W e a r e a11 g!ad whcn the Fr i sco Employes AIagazlne arr lves, and Lon- nie Hope, our tin-lelcceper, s a y s then he can qui t answer ing the cluestion, "Whcn will o u r magazine arrive'?" :\I1 a r e anxious to ~ , e a d i t and they can hardly w a i t fo r i t s arr ival .

Marion Kunzleman is los t s ince his helpor Guy Decker resigned and left for California recently.

J. N. Eeece and W . B. Kelly re turned from a two-day hunt . They repol,t a pleasant time.

Another meeting of the Metal C r a f t s and Car Depar tment Employes' Asso- ciation w a s held on Sovember 2. T h e associat ion will meet on each first a n d third &Ionday n l g h t of evcry month, instead o f once a month .

Chester Cearley w a s espec t ing rainy weather , so he go t busy and covered his house.

;\I. McClure is building a gara,ge near t h e shops to nccommodate t h e employes w h o come to w o r k in the i r cars.

J a c k Yoe i s a new employe in t h e c a r department. W e welcome him.

Much work is b e i n r done in the car depar tment in tearing down, rebuilding nnd pa in t ing cars.

Oliver Amis is t a k ~ n g AIr. Rroclcn-ay's place a s car inspector while Rroclc~vay i s on a vacation.

Mr. Kelley s a y s h e wil l be g lad when someone bcgins to manufac ture au to- mobiles t h a t they can fold up and place under the back seat .

Cecil Finlev, formerlv a n e s t l a man, has hecn given a regular place in the machine depar tment .

I WESTERN DIVISION

WESTERN DIVISION-ENID

I TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT

Our Slogan-Boost or Blow

A. L. KINKADE a n d dLhIA WILLTXMS, Repor te rs

Warehouse foreman Weather lv a t Blackwell w a s unable to bc a t work November 4. so a c t i n g chief clerk Pey- ton took h is place.

Our fr iend "Chuck" Henderson, c a s h - ie r a t Southnrd, o rders a pass for N r s . L. G. Henderson. Looks l ike "Chuck" has been keeping someth ing f rom us. Congratulat ions and best wishes.

Our general clerk in superintendent 's office, Alice J. Dicks, i s back a f t e r a n absence of some three weeks.

Everyone m i g h t y g lad to see Adn Dillon, s teno to chief clerk, back on the job a g a i n a f t e r a n absence of s rvera i months due to illness.

W e now have a new ass i s tan t road- mas te r in the person of H a r r i e t t B a k e r : she is g o i n g to m a k e good, too.

Helen Miller, formerly Sinclair, mas In Enid recently v l s i t ing h e r paren ts a n d friends. I t used to be Helen could tell you how much i t cost to r u n the wes te rn division, b u t now she tells you how much i t costs f o r groceries. W c

would say , keep the cost down. I t t a k e s a good man to hold down

more than one job a t a time, bu t t h a t is w h a t our claim a g e n t is doing, h e be- i n g used lo ass i s t on n r i ~ h b o r i n g divi- sion. T h e wcs te rn division is m a k i n g a reputa t ion for being a s a f e place to work, very I'cw accidents o r personal in jur ies occur r ing on thc division.

One of o u r repor te rs recently s p e n t a day In Sapulpa a n d whi le there re- ncwed acquaintanceship w i t h formcr wes te rn division employes. namely, Raymond H a g a n , Ninnie K r u s e and Ruey Miller.

S igns of t h r times-chipf clerk Hayes h a s purchased him a h u n t i n g sL~it.

1 EASTERN DIVISION I M E C H A N I C A L DEPT. N E W S

SPRINGFIELD; MO.

1,Ol'i) L.UlH, Repor te r

Ye 0 ; d Time Music i s a r a r e t r e a t ill th i s day o f bi t lc r competi l ion between grzrnd o p r r a a n d jazz. So, w e have o u r e a r s a l l ittunc wi th pleasurable antici- pat ion for t h e momentous d a t e whcn Licrnicc -1lcoru a n d Hcrschel S1cS;rIly will g ive u s a l i t t l e duc t on the i r I~'rerlcl1 11;rrl)s. And, when Nil l ie .\I- corn complcLcs a corrcspondcncc course on t h e ulielclc, w c expect lo have a I . ~ : L I concert . The first number we shiril c;ril f o r will be "Turkey in thc S t raw" ,

Luckily for R u f u s Ci:rrk's corn cob nicotinc collector, 11c h a s been s o busy f o r the pas t week o r Lwo 11:rndling: Lhr: ncw insur'ance dr ive t h a t he has noL 1l:rtl t ime to keep tlic old weed burnuv lig11Lcd much of Lhr Limc. Otherwise. iL would not hnvc IasLcd unti l Chr i s t - mas , when Rufus . will, no doubt . be t l ~ e rwipic1lt of ~ l n o t l ~ e r ' Missouri ' meel,: schaum.

When J a c k Hol~l i inson g e t s to figur- ing o u t the average l ife of a wheel, i t reminds one of the "Deacons one-hoss s h a y which r a n one hundred y e a r s a n d then w e n t to picces a l l i n a day". T h e r c is no account ing f o r the g r e a l a c - curacy w i t h which J a c k f igures o u t the l i fe of wheels, a n d dooms them 11, crack. fal l to nieces a n d c rumble a w a . a t a cer ta in m i n u t e o n a cer ta in da?..

When t h c ofl'icc force i s disturbed by t h e explosive ejaculat ion "Holy Cow" they know t h a t some of t h e mail h a s pone a s t r a y ; o r elsc our office boy. E d w i n Orr, h a s misscd his g i r l in t l ~ e - hall.

As usual , Mr. Tobias, our t r u s t w o r t h y w e a t h e r prophct w a s r i g h t when he told us thx t d u r i n g November we would enjoy a brief Ind ian summer , ushered in b y a mnckcrel s k y which a l w a y s a u - g u r s "a l i t t le wet , a l i t t l e dry".

T h c h u n t i n g season is here, but so m a n y 'INo I l u n t i n g AUlowed" noticcfi have appeared in the "Leader" t h a t most of o u r appren t ice Nimrods have been forced to r e m a i n a t the i r desks. Unders tand t h a t ,J. K. Gibson a n d J. C . Breltenfeld h a v e decided n o t t o g o 011 a n y wild c a m e diet o r a t t e m n t to break al ly r e e o a s for g c t t i n g rid' of arnrrlu- uition d u r i n g th i s period, but insten(1 have ~ a r a n h r a s e d the followirla l a ~ n c n - tat ion:

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"We've g o t t h e gun , t h e shells , a n d t h e dog,

And a r e rarin ' to do t h e s t u n t B u t a f t e r a l l t h i s preparedness,

W h e r e in the heck a r e we goin' to hunt?"

( I t would be unfa i r to Mr. Gibson if we did n o t add , t h a t s ince t h e above wr i t ing , he w a s f o r t u n a t e enough to And a n a r t i l l e ry r a n g e where Ile claims to have procured t h e limit.)

The Misses Eleanor F o r s t e r , Agnes Lynch and E r m a Reece of the m a s t e r mechanic's office a t K a n s a s City, re - cently paid o u r f a i r ci ty a s h o r t visit. T h e y w e r e m e t a t t h e s ta t ion b y the Misses Al ta a n d Alma Nor thcut t a n d Mr. R. A. Watson. "Bob" then showed them t h e s i g h t s of t h e ci ty and , incl- dental ly, proved to them t h a t a F l l n t

nriil r u n a s smoothly-if not qu i te s o fast-as t h e "Sunnyiand". \\'c hope thcse young: ladies come to Springfield a g a i n somet ime soon a n d iuslst t n a t they cal l a t t h e office next time: so w c m a y a i l havc a l i t t l e c h a t wi th llleln.

Since 31. J. JlcCafL'rcy, gcncra l c a r foreman a t t h e n o r t h c a r snaps, too^ p a r t in t h e Armist ice D a y paradc there h a s been conside-rable comment i l l r c - g a r d to t h c capacity in which he served. \Ve th ink i t s l~oul t l tw delinite- ly determined w h c t h c r Sluck :rctually beat the d r u m 01, s imnlv car1,ied it.

OFFICE, SUPT. O F T E R M I N A L S SPRINGFIELD; MO.

I ) O I . Y S E SCOTT, Kcpor te r

Luin Carnaltan, who had bccn very ill fo r sevcrnl months, dlcd 0cLol)er 21. Luln w a s well known Lo al l Lhc menl- bers of this deparLmeuL, a s 11e wars employed here f o r some tirnc a s pard clerk.

Nrs . Alice 1,ouisc ZLcI<con, wife of Ass i s tan t Yardmas te r J. A. NcICeon, died very suddenly 011 S o r c m b c r 12.

Our sinccrc syrnlmlhy is extended to t h e f r iends a u d re la t ives of both film-

morc dignified look since he, too, i s t h e 1)roud daddy of a l i t t le Billy, Junior . Mrs. Hors r ford . i t mill bc rc,membcred w a s Marie Halloren, one of o u r 34 rhcckcrs. Congra tu la t ions to you hoth.

Speaking of handsome men. a s a m a t t e r of information, an!: and ai l of Y O U g o g s in the A. A. Departn1csnt m a y confidentially h a n d y o u r photo to t h e ed l lor of o u r magnzlne for t ransmi t - t ; ~ l . (Don't rush me.)

ner, October 22. Some sl ight csciLcmclrt w a s cnuscd

xcveral d a > s a g o by the cas t end ol' Ll~r! yard o1lii.c ea tch iug on fllx!. I-low- ever, the lil,c dc1);rrtrncnL w a s culled

worth watching " a n d soon p u ~ a s top to Lhe disturbirncc. "Keep y o w eye on Jim, there, and

give him every chance. He's taking a F R E I G H - i ACCOUNTING DEPT. course with t h e International Corre- AGENTS' ACCOUNTS DIVISION spondence Schools and w e want to help

ST. LOUIS, MO. him all we can. We need more men

-- like that. There's notl lhg like spare-

LILLY I\ILiLAGlC, Rc1)orLer t ime study to help a man get ahead."

I S YOUR employcr watchin:: you too? Has he on xovembcr 4, worthy f r iend sizcd you up aj a man north promoting or wiil

all,j fello,,r-woriier, A i r , jalncs aloodic, he pass vou liy because he's afraid yo; aren't p:rssed h is 69111 bir thday. MI-. ..\loodie, trained ~o-handle b lwr ~ ~ r k ? of course, h a s no chick o r k in in the To cam mwe you've got to lram more. And to s ta tes , s o somc of t h c boys in t h c of- ltnrn more you must study in tha~ hour aher sup- fice surpr i sed him mi th a n umbrella , r. that mojl men throw a\\,ay. The be t time lO while somc of the g i r l s grcsenLcd hirn e m a nsht now. with a pipe and tobacco. Ar . . h h - For spare-time study is that \+a1 samething vhich wor th very gracefu l ly made t h c PreS- malws one man succeed \vhcrc orlc hundred fail- entat ion, a f t e r which N r . .,Loodie, wi th that liit.5 a man out oi tllc rut and nlskea him a t e a r s in h i s eyes, rnadc quite a n in - trained worlicr inslead of just a "hand."

I , l l o . , One hour a day, spent mith the I. C. S. in thtr

iLll hol,e to hilve 31r, ?.loodie \\.ith us quiet of your o m home, \v i l l prvare you for the

next year at ,r,llicll time ,r,ill lliLve pojit'ion you want i n the work you like Irist. Put reached the reLircrncnt a g e ; he hzrs lt up to us to promised to give us rill a good time, Mail the Coupon for Free Booklet also to have his k i l t s prcsscd up, for' I--C--- TEAR OUT HERE i r rcni p a r t y (maybe SeoLch rye, too). Seventy y e a r s ? y e s , in y c a w only, but lNTERNATlONALCORRESPONOENCESCHOOlS not i n ways, a s just g e t "Old Jim" out ~ 0 ~ 8 6 0 2 - c SCRANTON. PA.

Lhc go i f l inks Sunday r n i n g Explain, wllhout obligating me how I can C~illlfyef~r the a n d you will klrguc w i t h anybody t h a t posirlon. or In the subject. befdremhichlmark X. he is only 45. Air. JIoodie seldom misscs a d a y f rom w o r k a n d a t t r i b u t e s h i s ac t iv i ty to the continued pract ice of out-door athlet ics . W h e n a s k e d l a t e r w h a t he thought a b o u t his "girl fr icnds" a n d hc sincerely s t a t e d there never w e r e a n y finer t h a n those in t h c A. A. Depar tment . Many happy re - tu rns , Mr. 3Zoodie. Al. Bluth ailnost missed ou t on his

vacation, b u t when h e did g e t t h a t week, h e brolic a l l records 011 ;I t[+ip to New Orleans. H e also sLo11l)cd :I. B i rmingham for a d a y a n d t:illted 5 2 locals over with Mr. C'. J . Thompson. Tha t ' s the proper spir i t .

The f r e i g h t account ing dcgnr tment ex tends i t s sympathy to Mr. C. 1-1. Lee, in the dr;r t l~ of his s is tcr .

I(enncLil Bass, o u r 8 / D clcrl<, l e f t the service on Sovembcr 1 to Lake a position wit11 a n automobile com1,any; h e t u r n s f r o m co-worker to competi tor . Name W e were a l l s o r r y to see him go, bu t Prescnt Employed wish him succcss in his new position. OccupaUon BY

W e a r e a i l sor ry to hear of Xr. F. Street L. Connelley's son. Paul , being seriously andNo. ill, a n d hope .for h i s speedy recovery. State

Will Horseford looks v e r y fami l ia r 'Ity

searching for records in our depar t - Employees o f this road will receive ment.' b u t h c s e e m s somehow to w e a r a a Special Discount

Deccnlbcr, 1925 ]~/'I-&co ~ M P L O ~ S ' ~ @ ? Z I N E Pnge 45

SPRINGFIELD ADVERTISERS I

SPRINGFIELD TRACTION CO. SPRINGFIELD GAS & ELECTRIC CO.

A. E. REYNOLDS Vice-Praident and General Manaser

SPRINGFIELD, MO.

"RAPID FIRE" WARM AIR HEATING SYSTEMS

Reynolds Manufacturing Co.

SPRINGFIELD. MO.

Warm Air Hsatlng Suppllas

Gray Iron and Seml-Steel Castings

1 See First

for Economical Transportation

IStandard Motor Co. I 468 St. Louis Street

Springfield, Mlssouri

F R A N Z A L L E B A C H P H O T O G R A P H E R

I 2 1 4 SOUTH JEFFERSON - SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI

I HOBART-LEE TIE COMPANY Railroad Ties and Timber

ROBT. E. LEE. President BERT S. LEE, Vice-Pres. and Treas.

LESLIE LEE, Assistant t o President A. C. DAILY, Secretary

Operating in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas

W E H A V E S U P P L I E D T H E F R I S C O CONTINUOUSLY FOR OVER 40 YEARS

I Landers Building SPRINGFIELD, MO.

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And las t , b u t not least , W a l t e r Lewe- d a g is r u n n i n g 4 . P. Saugra in a closc second in t h e "Daddy Race", fo r o n Octobcr 30 he phoned In ~t w a s a boy while In rea l i ty i t w a s a l i t t le ~ e t t ; Jane . Then he tells u s she h a s black h a i r a n d dark eyebrows. H e rea l ly t h o u g h t s h e a t l eas t should have l igh t eyebrows like him. Never mind, W a l - t e r , in time, pour wife will point o u t enough poin ts which the baby t a k e s a f t c r you, b u t they will be a l l bad points . Nevertheless, accept o u r h e a r - t i cs t congratulat ions.

LOCAL F R E I G H T OFFICE SPRINGFIELD, MO. -

MYRTLE PEARSON. Repor te r - Mr. I. D. McCullah is back a t h i s desk

a f t e r a n absence of s i x t y d a y s which he spent "plucking" a p l ~ l e s . On his re turn . h e resented u s w i t h a l a r g e b a s k e t o f h i s favor i tes , which we ap- preciated very much a n d hope he wlll keep up the good work .

The p la t form force have a g a i n won t h e efficiency pennant , m a k i n g it t h e e i g h t h t ime this year. They handled 31,366 sh ipments with 11 er rors . which m a k e s a n a v e r a g e of 2.870 sh ipments to t h e error . Credit is g iven to the platform foreman and ass i s tan t , also chcclc clerks.

Mrs. C. E. Anderson, wi fe of t h e chief bill c le rk , is v i s i t ing relat ives in W a - tcrloo, Iowa.

W E S T SHOPS-FAMILY N E W S

S A P D E A N G. BLAKELY, Repor te r

F r e d Billasch, shop distr ibution c le rk , resigned, effective October 81. W e won one on Fred. D u r i n g t h e Xet ropol i tan Life Insurance s i g n i n g u p of clerks, F r e d had to m a k e a new c a r d a n d whcn this card mas filled out . i t showed: Mrs. Vi rg in ia Billasch. beneficiary. Then i t w a s t h a t F r e d fesscd up a n d sa id he had been m a r - ried since J u n e ! News to us! Mr. Bil- lasch i s t rave l ing f o r t h e l t e n Biscuit Company, headquar te rs Memphis, Ten- nessee.

Wilson 3Iills f rom Mr. Kiburz ' de- p a r t m e n t took F r e d Bil lasch's place a s shop distr ibution clerk.

Chas. N. Small, t imekeeper, w a s a w a r d e d t h e position of bill a n d vouch- e r c le rk in t h e office of t h e division accountan t a t F t . Scott. Mr. Small h a s been located a t the W e s t Shop since t h e sys tem of divisional account ing w a s instal led a n d i t seems r a t h e r s t r a n g e not to have Charl ie on t h e jo!,.

Tracy E. Boal, distr ibution clcrlc In t h i s office, w a s ass igned to Mr. Small 's p o ~ i tion.

W. \V. Shackelford, schcdule super - visor, a t tended the Slirinc Revue a n d ball held a t Joplin on Xovcmber 4.

Mr. H. Lamkin , t rave l ing accountan t, chcrlted up on us recuntlv. W e l ike to sco Mr. Lamliin come adcount of h i s "sunny" clisposition-but just between you a n d I-we a l l heave a s igh of re - lief when hc has,, finished a n d a n - nounces "all's well w i t h old 2 a n d 3.

Ed. Fos te r , director of t h e Shr ine Band. w c n t to Joplin. November 4 wi th his band to f u r n i s h the music for the S h r i n e Revue a n d baI1.

xo doubt , you have al l heard the s t o r y of t h e old g r a y m a r c (she 's no t w h a t s h e us rd to be). W e h a v e a rea l live one on t h e old bay mare. H a r r y McAIurray, wheel Dress man, who lives o u t in t h e rubarbs , a b o u t nine miles. h a d a n experience which s h o w s u s t h a t t h e old bay m a r e is f a r peppicr t h a n the old g r a v mare. H a r r y h a s a Liz- zie, made bj7 H e n r y , which refused to percolate on a n event fu l F r i d a y morn- i n g account o f cold weather . As H a r r y w a s clctcrmined to g e t to worlt on time. he hi tched the old bay m a r e t o h i s c a r to g ive h im a s t a r t . As w e a l l Itnow, a F o r d a l w a y s does t h e unex- pccted, you wont be surpr i sed when you hear t h a t said F o r d s t a r t e d u p s o qu ick ly t h a t H a r r y couldnt s t o p i t unti l t h e old bay m a r e thought h e r en t i re

foundation w a s be ing knocked out , t h e r e f o r 6 when the collision occurred. t h e m a r e began to Iticlt a n d a f t c r t h e dr iver had madly leaped o u t a n d pulled thc old bay m a r e a w a y , he looked sad ly on a F o r d t h a t had one headlight miss- Ing. one headl igh t broken, two l a r g e holcs in the rad ia tor and , in Harry ' s own words, "Before 1 pulled her away. s h e p u t both fee t th rough t h e wind- shield".

Mr. C. \V. Martin, lead wclder, re- cently lost his w i f e by d e a t h We ex- tend o u r decpest s y m p a t h y to X r . J I a r t in.

Wcxt Freight Shop JIr . H o m e r L. Gilmore, c ~ r rcpaircr ,

r ~ v e n t l y made a tr ip to Cnaper, Wyo- ming, account of s ickness in his fam- ilv.

Mrs. Roy Cantrnl l , wife of o u r Brown hoist fo reman, is seriously ill in t h e hospital a t Springfield.

Wm. Henson, c a r repairer, is home from t h r Fr i sco Hospital in St. Louis, re rupcra t ing . a f t c r being operated on for appcndicitis.

J o e .Paisley. chief clerk to F. i\I. Dar- rlcn, 1s certainly a w h a n g when it comcs to distribution-missed i t less t h a n fifty cen ts l a s t payroll period, first sho t .

JIaynart l Rogers , c le rk , w a s off rc- ccntly account of illncss, bu t is back on t h e job.

F. L. & D. C L A I M D E P A R T M E N T SPRINGFIELD; MO.

C H . \ R L E S E W1LLAF:D. Repor te r

I t will s t a n d everybody in hand to be on the a'ood side of Ruhv S o r t h c u t t . s ince s h e h a s j u s t rccentljr purch&d a new Dodge sedan.

Word h a s been received in thc olTice to t h e erfect t h a t Mr. a n d Mrs. Wm. D r a g o a r e t h e proud paren ts of a b a h y boy, w e i a h t , eia'lit a n d one-half pounds, nnmed J a c k Verner, horn on Octobcr 27 . I I r s Drago , before h n marr iage , w a s Miss Annabelle Wat te rs . supervi- s o r of t h e f i l ing an,d tvp ing depar t - ments. N r , Drago IS the south side yardmas te r a t Springfichld.

Miss Opha Hardcas t le , who h a s been pa t ien t ly s e r v i n g o u t her t e r m on the "cs t ra list", is now instal led a s one of the "stcadies" a n d will commence h e r apprenticeshin on t h r office gir l ' s desk.

Minnie Bossert of the dir taphono dc- p a r t m e n t , is vacationina' in Southern California a n d will r e t u r n homc v ia T e s a s , visi t ing the principal ci t ies in t l ~ a t s ta te .

Leo R n r r e t t h a s bought a bcautiful n e w brick a n d t i le bungalow on Lo- ren S t r e r t a n d promises t o h a r e a b ig p a r t y f o r a l l of u s v e r y soon.

Cupid h a s hovered in a n d a round the various depar tments of this office for the las t th i r ty days, d a r t i n g first herc und there, and has finally succeeded in mor ta l ly wounding t w o victims. On Novrmbcr 24 a v e r v beaut i fu l miscel- l aneous shower w a s given a t t h e home of 3Irs. Lyda Lewis. 7 8 9 Missouri Ave.. in honor of Nrs. Chas. Sifers, formerly Miss J u n e Cruise of the voucher de- par tment , who tendered her res igna- tion on November 18, a t t h a t t ime a n - nouncing h e r m a r r i a g e of a recent date. W c a r e a l l s o r r y to see o u r "June Bug" t a k e Right, bu t she Icaves w i t h o u r s incere wishes for a v e r y happy a n d prosperous marr ied life.

Jf a n v of you hear of H. K. Hayes. g ra in claim invest igator , be ing draf ted into t h e service of the government to fill some h igh and noble diplomat's position, don't be surpr i sed or Aouht- ful. for H a r r y can sure ly clualify for such a responsible nosition. These Inst t w o weeks have been morc In the na- t u r e of t h e "third degree" for him Ho\vever, we jus t h a v e to admi t t h a t H a r r y is now a m o n g the f a r e c a r d s a ~ i l he cer ta in ly s t a n d s ace-h igh w i t h al l of US. Yews of h i s approaching m a r - r i a g e to atis.; R o w e n a Lewis (of t h e n o r t h s ide offices) recent lv reached uq. Several d a y s later , a f t e r numerous so-

cial a f fa i r s were given in honor of H a r r y a n d Rowena, t h e y were quiet ly married a n d sl ipped a w a y on t h e Sun- ny land to K a n s a s Citv. The usual candy and c igars have made the rounds a n d a f t e r hav ing received o u r congra tu la t ions a n d bes t wishes for :L happy married l i fe , H a r r y is n o w back a t his desk and there is a dear, l i t t l e , wifey a t home who will soon be cal l- f ~ g up daily a t 11:50 a. m, a n d say ing , Dearie, b r i n g home a soup bone lo-

day."

CAR ACCOUNTANT'S OFFICE SPRINGFIELD, MO.

XARY HOIVELL. Repor te r

W e had hoped to h a v e Helen Owen wi th u s a g a i n a t t h e expirat ion of hcr leave of absence, bu t on November 2 she a r ~ n c a r e d in t h e office l o n c enough tb- tender h e r resignation, ac= count of marr iage . A few days l a t e r rre learned t h a t s ince Augus t 2 3 she had been Nrs . Jason Rohrer , t h e wed- d i n g having t a k c n place a t Steeleville. 310 Here's wishing you lots of h a n - - . l)incss. Helen.

Miidred Cawlfleld has dcxerted t h e business ranks , too. She h a s s igned a life contract a s housekeeper for L a w - rcnco \\'addell, of K a n s a s City. Con- gra tu la t ions , Xildred.

Alas! a f t e r a l l o u r suspicions t h a t Huber t w a s nlread? marricd, me found out t h a t we had no grounds for mm?. H c w a s marr ied i\Ionday morning, No- vcmbcr 1.5, to Miss E v a Mae H u l s r ~ , and they will go to F lor ida on their honey- nloon in the Buick. J u s t hope you aren ' t too talien u p w i t h t h e prosperi ty down there to come back, H u b e r t and o u r bcst wishes to you a n d E v a AIae.

3lyrt le Miller is a w a y on leave of abscnce, p a r t of t h e t ime to be s p e n t in the hospital a n d t h e o t h e r time jus t rest ing. H u r r y back, Myrtle.

Announcement h a s bocn made of t h e b i r th of a d a u g h t e r named Mary L e e to Mr. a n d Mrs. D y s a r t Bacon, of Bir- minghnni, h l a . Nrs . Bacon w a s for- merly J l i s s 41 ta Heflin, record clerk in this office.

Carl Castecl has bcen called to St. Louis on account of the dca th of h i s a u n t . W e a l l ex tend o u r s rmgathy . Carl .

\Vhen Mabel H u n t re turned from a visi t w i t h her s i s t c r in St. Louis re- cently, s h e brought back a radio s e t with hcr. A y o u n g m a n s i t t i n g oppo- s i te her in the t ra in looked very sym- pa the t ic un t i l t h e conductor came b y a n d cha t ted w i t h h e r a f e w minutes. .\fter hc had left , the young m a n leaned ovcr and , point ing to t h e head- phones which belonged to t h e radio. sa id : "You know, I thought you were deaf".

3Ir.s. Annie E. Gcorge of t h c per diem depar tment s p e n t t h e pas t meek-end in Columbia, 310.. a s t h e g u e s t of her daughter.

Jlr. \\Talker is now l o c ~ t r d a t St. Louis on some special worlt for the 4 R. A. T h e only t ime h e is home now is on Sundays hnd only one S a t u r - ( lag o u t of each m o n t h do w e g e t to sve h i s smi l ing face.

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No sillves or plasters. Durable. Cheap. Sent on trlal to prove Its worth. Bewsre of h i t a - tions. Look for trade-mark bearln~ portralt and signature of C. E. Brooks which appedrs on every Appliance. None other Renume. Full information and booklet sent free In plain. sealed envelope. BROOKS APPLIANCE CO. l lSB S l a b St, Manhall Mkb.

Lore t ta Lyons h a s been absent f rom her desk for t h e pas t five o r s ix weeks account of illness, p a r t of the t ime in t h e hospital in St. Louis. She is leav- i n g f o r California in t h e n e a r f u t u r e to recuperate. \Ire a l l hope for h e r specdy recovery.

TELEGRAPH G A N G M O N E T T , MO. ra r i ly assigned to t h e t w o new t r icks in this office.

Night Chief Christopher and family have re turned f r o m a week's visi t in Bloomington, Ill.

H , E. MILLEN, Repor te r

The magaz ine i s h igh ly appreciated by o u r gang .

F o r e m a n Bradley h a s re turned f rom h is vacation a n d r e ~ o r t s a good t ime TELEGRAPH GANG. LAMAR, 310. -

B. W. ELLIOTT, Repor te r

This g a n g s u r e is g lad to g e t t h e old outf i t c a r s back aga in . They have been rebuil t and a r e in first-class con-

a n d good hunting. Groundman Slick Anderson i s spend-

i n r a few d a y s wi th re la t ives in Ger- OFFICE OF G E N E R A L MANAGER

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Charlcy D r u m is t a k i n g a few d a y s off to 1<i11 birds a n d chop cord wood between times.

Ber t Bell has a g a i n resumed h is .du- tics a s camp boss, hav ing had a s l lgh t onerat ion performed a t the St . Louis

ORVILLE COBLE, Repor te r dition now.

J o e S tamate ' s new F o r d roads te r h a s finally a r r ived .

Howard W o r t h y s p e n t November 1 a n d 2 with home folks a t Nett leton, JIississippi.

F r a n k B a u g h a n d E . C. Daily have bdcn a o i n z to Snrinafield to h a v e den-

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H. E. ICimball, chief clerk, just go t back f rom Niami, Florida. H e repor t s there a r e st i l l f o u r million lots for sa le down there a n d t h a t only the

hospital. IVm. Blackman (Abe 3Iart in) i s

spending th i r ty d a y s down on t h e W h i t e River, f ishing a n d hunt ing .

W e h a v e not "homesteaded" in Mo- ne t t , a l t h o u g h i t does seem a lo t l i k e

v i s i to rs w e a r hats . - - - - ~- Miss B e r n e t s p e n t h e r vacation on

t h e Pacific Coast where s h e visi ted h e r brother . a sa i lo r on t h e U. S. S. Ari- zona, anchored in Los Angeles harbor.

F r i d a y t h e ' thir teenth caused Mike Connelly some w o r r y t h i s year , fo r o n

- - tal work zone.

Marvin P r o u s e laid off f o r one week recently a n d ga thered some of h i s corn a r o u n d Pilgrim. 310.

Wanted : Someone to tell TV. J. Whe- Ian. Jr . . how to t r a p rabbits .

W. ;\I. Has t inqs , o u r ass i s tan t fore- man, spent Xovember 8 v i s i t lng f r iends a t Sapulpa. Okla.

.Jack Stockton spcnt Novcmber 1 a t his home in St. J a m e s , %To.

A. H a s s ~ l h r i n g has some cold drives go ing to his home a n d back on S a t u r - day a n d Sunday n l g h t s in his Ford .

W e a r e wonder ina w h v o u r c(>oli

home. 0. Rich te r h a s resigned to t a k e l i fe

e a s y unti l t h e g r a s s g r o w s again. n T! Hurlson w a s o n the sick l is t

t h a t d a t e h e had t o underko a n onera- tion upon his sa l ivary d i c t s b3 Dr. Kl inger . E v e r y t h i n g turned out a s l o v e l j a s if i t had been the seventeenth of March.

- . - . - - - .. - . . . f o r a few days bu t is with u s aga in .

Ben Pierce l i i d off for a shor t time. w a s called back to fill a vacancy and is wi th u s aga in .

Look for u s n e s t month . T E L E G R A P H D E P A R T M E N T S P R l N G F l E L D j MO.

0. L. OUSLEP. Repor te r I Memphis Advertisers t a k e s a bucke t wi th k i m \ ihcn he gocs hunting-.

F o r e m a n J. F . P h a r r i s a n d E. E. Gilmore. crumb-boss, made a flying t r ip from I a n t h a to L a m a r one n ight recently.

Glad t o renor t t h e resu l t s o f h e i n a

J u s t a t th i s time, when t h e B e t t c r Service Contest is g e t t i n g under way, we a r e g l a d to repor t a v e r y commen- dablc service which h a s recently been called to o u r a t ten t ion . Division Line- man R. TV. House, of P i t t sburg , Kans., l ea rncd t h a t a p a r t y of e igh t people werc contempla t ing a t r ip f rom P i t t s - burg , Kansas , to New Yorli City. I t seems the p a r t y intended going over a competi t ive line, v i a ICansas City. Honse 's a r g u m e n t for the Fr i sco was weakcned account al l Fr i sco t ra ins be- i n g gone for t h e day and his prospects were anxious to leave a t once a n d a

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W e a r e st i l l down here in t h e plains of Oklahoma where the cool south breeze h a s tu rned t o a very cold n o r t h competitive t ra in w a s available. Honse

dccidcd t h a t s ince there w a s no Fr i sco t r a i n in P i t t s b u r g to c a r r y h i s i n s -

breeze. F o r e m a n E. S. H a r r i s w a s relieved

b s F o r e m a n C. Deskin. F o r e m a n H a r -

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sengers. i t w a s u p to h im to g e t them s o m e place w h e r e there w a s a Fr i sco t r a i n s o in some manner h e inveigled them into h i s au tomobi lc a n d took them to Jonlin w h e r e thev c a u r h t o u r

r i s has t a k e n c h a r g e of x wi re s t r i n g - i n g g a n g n e a r Ponca City. Okla.

L ineman Harb inson Is bc ing relieved for 30 days. H e is helping his f a t h e r in harvest in^ a crop.

Groundman E. G. Garner is to be off a week on husincss a t home.

Groundmnn 3Tartin JIcGuire w a s

No. 6 f o r St. Louis. Messrs. J. H . Rrennan . G. F. Lins te r .

C . H. Will iamson a n d S. B. 3 I u s . g ~ a v e of tp i s depar tment a t tended the n in th s'sslon ( a n n u a l meet ing) of the Tele- grnpli a n d Telephone Section of the American R a i l w a y Association, held in Xew Orleans, La., October 27. 28 . and 2!)~

t ransfer red to this g a n g from F o r c m a n Donahue's g a n r a t Granby, No.

C. Coleman w a s off for two weeks. on the sick list.

Chief J ~ i n e m a n W. B. P a r r c t t paid u s a visi t t h e 28th. Scemed well pleased t h e w a y o u r w o r k w a s p r o g r e s s i n r

W e have o u r old-t ime r r u n t . E. D.

T h c beautiful home of Mrs. Clemmr~ Wood. P. B. X. opera tor . Springfield, w a s t h e scene of a n e labora te Hal low- e'en p a r t y l a s t month. Miss E t h e l Hil l won t h e prize for t h e m o s t c o n ~ i c a l A. Craves Co. olem man. bacli w i t h u s a g i i n .

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W e a r e wonder ing w h a t o u r s t r a m - boss. T. E. Floyd a n d Lincman E. C. costume.

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Lineman E. C. Dale? repor ted a t t h e F r i w o Hospi ta l on November 10.

;\TI.. H. T. H a r r i s , main tenance fore- man from the St . Louis TV. v. office.

H o l t flnd so in te res t ing t h a t keeps them o u t l a t e hours in town, N u s t be a big t e n t show.

Cotton Coneland isn't d r l v i n r his visited this depar tment Xovcmber 13.

3Iiss Reas Ki rby . P. B. X. opera tor , l l o n c t t , has re turned f rom Rochester .

roads te r the<c cool evenings: s a y s the a i r is too much f o r him a s g e t s enough o u t on t h e workq.

W e h a w the l ines th rough Freder ick almost completed

"Red" Coats is ass i s tan t t imekeeper

Ninn.. w h e r c she accomnanied her mother, who w e n t there for medical t rea tment .

JTr. V. P. Upton former ly dispatc1ic.r on t h e J. L. C. & E.. is now worl i ing temporar i ly in t h e ilIemphis te legraph

of th i s gang . T h o m a s Wilson h a s rc turned f rom

Memphis. Tenn. Ales. ( K i t ) Carson, who w a s off for See o u r complete line of

S tandard Railroad Watches

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office. Division Lineman S. L. Canady. F a y -

et tevil lc , is off on account of s ickness. L ineman R. J. Thomas of XIadill is

a f e w d a y s a t home, h a s returned. I i n e m a n B. R. Davidson w e n t to

I~arv ton . F t . Sill a n d Medicine P a r k . Oklahoma. Sunday. w i t h Car Inspector Edwin E a r m a n . wife a n d cousin. Re-

also a w a v account of illness of rela- tives.

Mrs. J u l i a Brown. P B. s. olwrator , Tower Grove, is v i s i t ing rclnt ives in New 7'0rlc City.

ports h a v i n g a very nice time. Our c rum boss scems to be pre t ty

well on t h e job. H e h a s a b ig fire go ing every m o r n i n g for h i s g r u n t s when they g e t up to prepare them- selves for a n o t h e r day.

I Kuess this will be a l l fo r th i s time. Would l i k e to s e e some of t h e o ther g a n g s repor t the i r news. No ~ c c i r l e n t s th i s month. W e s t i l l use t h e A. R. C. si~n-"ALWAYS BRING CAREFIJL" is o u r motto.

Bpringneld Relny Off lee D 31. Pinkl r a n d fami ly spcnt l as t

S a t u r d a y a n d Sunday v is i t ing in Tulsn a n d Sapulpa.

Opera tor H o b a u g h f rom t h e W e s t e r n Division and Operator Noland f rom t h e Nor thern Division have been tempo-

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TELEG1tAI.H GANG C A X P No. R:3 GRANBY, 310.

Vinnie Hindman took a weeks' vaca- tion a n d learned to drive t h e new Dodge sedan s h e purchased. W e a r e st i l l wai t ing for t h e r ide she promised

prove very dull a s there werc no Sun; d a y papers to be had off T r a i n KO. I . a n d no one could find z u t w h a t hap- pened to "Jiggs" o r Andy Gump". h u t w e took turn nbout read ing t h c Fr i sco Magazine. There w a s a good dea l of solid read ing in t h e l a s t num- I)er, a n d we enjoyed the flashes of mer- r iment. ca r toons a n d fine fuel s tories.

L ineman J. H. Thompson w a s callcd to lIaruhfield, No., Novcmber 13 011 account of t h c d e a t h of his s is ter .

F o r e m a n W. 1". Donahue received :I l e t t e r containing a contr ibution l is t a n d information t h a t Mr. E v e r e t t T:rplor. who w a s former ly s t r a w b o s s of Caml) 83. had met w i t h some morc hard luclt. This be ing t h c season of t h e w a r for us a l l to be of fiood cheer, the boys ron t r ihu ted l iberal ly a n d t h e l i s t l e f t this camp for Phar r i s ' camp. The a m o u n t w a s as fol lows: Bradley 's RZlnK. $61.00: Simmons' g a n g , $34.00: Donahuc's g a n g , 537.00. Hope the o ther g a n g s do its well, as w e personally know Mr. Taylor to be a fine fellow a n d a n y t h i n g t h a t m a y be donc for him, he is wor thy of.

A hlcrry Chr i s tmas a n d a H a p p y Ncw Year.

J. E. xUSSBAUM. Repor te r

On October 22. F o r e m a n \V. F. Dona- hue lef t here f o r K a n s a s City t o a t - tend a sa fe ty first meeting.

On Octobcr 23 a n d 24, Division Line- man Gilling {laid h i s respects to o u r g e n g wllilc go ing over t h e line.

The old s tandby cook of t h i s g a n g , Robt. Noore, and wife, go t a few weeks leave of absencc o n account of the illness of 3Ir. Noore. Mr. a n d MI-s. Spencer of K a n s a s City a r c a c t i n g a s relief cooks.

Mr. Lem F r a n k l i n lef t f o r P ic rce City on October 23 a n d re turned on h i s birthday, Sunday, October 24, with a new 1826 modcl F o r d roadstcr .

Chief Lineman "Polly" P a r r o t t of the Southwestern Division spent thc n igh t of November 4 wi th t h e boys of Camp 83 and made a n inspection of t h e w o r k tha t is being done t h e morning of No- vember 5. T h e g a n g i s a l w a y s g l a d to have the chief with them.

November 6 found General F o r e m a n S. R. Musgrave p a y i n g h is respect to the outfit and, a s m i g h t be espec ted , found t h e boys hard a t work w i t h no fear of the bad weather .

Groundman Geo. Gl-iffith h a s a five- day leave of absence recently a n d drove home.

Sunday, Novembcr 8, m a s a b o u t to

us. "Cutie" Moses h a s been rechristened

"one-hnlf nint" hv ~ i r l s in the red bal l departmen't. DOI?~-know w h y o r when tho rechr i s ten ing took place.

Understand a fire ex t inguisher would hc a very appropr ia te Ch-ristmas pres- e n t f o r o u r fr iend, Al. Ball, formerly of t h i s office. now wi th Mr. Hutchison, to c a r r y In his c a r when cal l ing ou ts ide tile c i ty limits. Unders tand some lcaves b u r n i n g in t h e road c a u g h t h i s "Pud- dle . Juml~rr" on fire a n d i t w a s neces- s a r y to cal l t h e fire depar tment . You know AI., the fire depar tment only Roes outside of t l ~ c c i ty l imits a s nn accom- rnodatiorl. "Safety First", g e t yourself a fire es t inguisher .

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H. 13. NcGARVEY. Repor te r - I t i s rumored t h a t P a u l Lowry won a

h o s of c igars from Butch Gustin, b u t we havc nevcr bcen ab le to find ou t w h a t thcv b e t on. Come on. Paul . a i v c

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u s t h e ddpe. -

Another good man gone wrong. Enl- m e t t Wood s e t sa i l on t h e good shill nlntr imonv in Sentember, b u t i t took

A. T. SILVER. Repor te r him ahout ' two months to g e t u p enough tlrsrve to lc t u s in on t h c secret . T h e E a n g a round here bought E. J. and his I Tulsa Advertisers I Louise Boren, red bal l clerk. 548 E a s t

E l m Street , en te r ta ined a g r o u p of red bal l c le rks a n d t v ~ i s t s w i t h a Hal-

be t te r seven-e ighths some silverware. Cecil Scott do ing the presen t ing wi th h i s wonderful g i f t of speechmaking. \Vc a r e st i l l w a i t i n g f o r t h e cigars.

T l ~ c police depar tment of Springfield is go ing t o g ive W a l t e r Hudson spell- ing lcssons a s to how to spell STOP nnd GO a n d to teach him to distingui, ' . the difference in t h e colors of R E D a n d GREEN. W a l t e r r u n s r i g h t by t h e clectric traffic s i g n a l s n-hen t h e y show STOP in red let ters .

lowe'en party. The- house w a s deco- ra ted in hlnc:k a n d orange , music and m m r s furnishetl tho diversions. Those prescllt were : Florcnce Bowen. Della st even so^^. E v a Westenhcrger. 1';tuline c:riesmev. . \ n i b Ball , J o a n n a Brady. Freda I-Iousc, C:lrlotta Lane. E u ~ ~ i c e

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Morrow. Somebody passed Virgil Hart ley 's

lemon drops a round t h e o t h e r day. W e We a k k y s t h o u g h t there w a s some- t h i n g w r o n g with Marie Bcnman's head a n d evidently she h a s realized i t , fo r

a l l enjoved 'em v e r y much-buv some more. -Virzil.

~ " d i t h \~Tdmeyer , typist. spent h e r va.- cation a t home rest ing.

E v a Westenberger , red ball clerk, s p e n t t h e week-end with Paul ine Gries- m e r a t her count ry home a t Bil l inks, Missouri.

Pauline Griesmer, Louise Boren, E v a Westenberger a n d Car lo t ta L a n e had a doe p a r t y t h e o t h e r night . Under- s t a n d it w a s some p a r t ~ . The g i r l s in quest ion a r e a l i t t l e s h y on de ta i l s -no t w o of 'em tell t h e s a m e s t o r y ; therefore. will have to re fe r you to

s h e h a s had -it operated o n twice dur - ing t h e las t month.

Understand there 's a r iproarin ' cow- boy w o r k i n g in Mr. R. H. Kerr ' s office. h u t have been unable to find where G. J. is t y i n g h i s horse.

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AGNES 31. LARKIN. Repor te r them f o r detai ls .

Our fr icnd. A. T. came back from a m e e t i n g in K a n s a s City a l l dolled up in a new overcoat a n d ha t . Said he s a w some of t h e boys wi th a l i t t l e rcrl f e a t h e r in the i r hats . Evident ly thev were sold o u t of fea thers hcfore A T. g o t there, as o u r fr iend l ikes to keep up with t h e styles.

This is w h a t g e t s business f o r t h e Frisco, no twi ths tanding some arKu- m e n t s to t h e cont ra ry . P. F. R. 18179. grapes . fo rwarded f rom K. C. No., 9:00 D, m., T h u r s d a v n ight , October 22, con- s igned to TV. H. Jezzard and Son, un- load ing c a r a t 8:00 a. m. next mornins. a t Springfield on south side of town. which s p e a k s well f o r t h e t r a i n scrvioe aR well a s t h e s w i t c h i n s a t S p r i n r - field. This kind of service. w l t h

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week's absence due to- a spra ined ankle. Did we have a swell time'? I should

s a y w e did. You say. "Who a r e we?" Listen. I'll tell you h o w i t happened. A jolly bunch of Seventh Stl.eetsl clerl ts a n d the i r f r iends w e n t o u t to o u r private club a t Moselle, Sa turday

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vor~rse lves otherwise, when t h e Fr i sco i e t s t h e business we ge t our pav checks reqularly. L e t evcryone p u t the i r shoulder t o t h e wheel and keen t h e old pay checks coming a lons .

Hall ie Welch, chief of t h e t y p i n g bu- reau. spent a f e w d a y s of h e r vacation In K a n s n s Citv. No. She renor t s a

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good t ime and some good shon,%. R u t h Smith. red bal l clerk, is one o r

t h e '?Bobsw w h o i s l e t t i n g h e r h a i r g r o w l o n e a a a i n . Some a i r l s wil l be

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w r a r i n g colored glasses. Wonder w h a t for.

December, 1925

afternoon. November 1 4 . and had the ~ - ~ -

time of our young lives: Mrs. G. R. Woods, wife of Traveling

Auditor Woods of Tulsa. Okla.. and also a former Seventh Street maid, recently honored us with a visit, while stopping nrith her mothe7 n P t h i q c i t v

The Misses ..a-. -- -*..- -.-.. . 3 Maraare t Loftus and

Nary Berra a r e t w o newcomers added to tha t bevy of maids which grace the machine bureau.

Tha t nimble Nimrod, Jewel Stark, has returned from a week-end excursion atleld 20 rabbits and 1 4 quail fell to his unerring aim. E i the r the kuemmel was too sweet o r the quail too rich. forcing Jewel1 ou t for a day to recuperate.

Will Winget, resplendent in new Har- old Lloyd glasses, is back on the job a f t e r a week's vacation.

Ed. Cary, victorious in his long fight agains t the white plague, is again a t his desk. Bravo and welcome. Old Timer.

Bob Fitzgerald, t he genial giant, is serving time on the jury. H e calls i t highly interesting, especially the case with the beautiful blonde divorcee a s plaintiff.

Nrs. Lco P. Flynn, wife of our speedy bill clerk, is convalescing a f t e r a ser- ious illness due to a high fever.

G E N E R A L STORE ROOM SPRINGFIELDi MO.

BERTHA V. REED. Renorter

Wm. Eas tburn resigned his position a s supply car man recently. John J . Sprohs succeeded him.

The I. W. W. Club of the Frisco storc room was entertained a t the home of Gertrude Crow on West IValnut St., Friday evening. October 23. After about two hours of needle work, refreshments were served to the club members and their guest, Mrs. Chas. Moret, formerly Niss Josephine Welch.

F. W. Dyer has resigned his posi- tion a s stock clerk a f t e r having been connected with the Frisco for nine years. J. E. Williams, former gang foreman a t the South Store has a c ccpted the position made vacant by Mr. Dyer.

Effie Ott of the stationery depart- ment made a t r ip to Kansas City, ~ I L recently on the "Sunnyland".

Mr. and Nrs. 0. E. Bitterick a r e the parents of a baby girl. The young lady arrived October 31 and has been named Doris Muriel. Mr. Bitterick is chief clerk to t he division store- keeper.

E r m a Goddard, comptometer opera- tor, entertained the members of the I. 'N. W. Club a t her home on Prospect Avenue, Fr iday evening, November 6. The special fea ture of the evening was a canned f ru i t shower for Rowena Lew- is. comptometer operator, whose mar- r iage to Har ry Hayes will t ake place a t a n early date.

Nelvin Lambeth has accented the no- sition a s g a n g foreman a t the South Store. made vacant by J. E. \Villiams.

H. H. Howard has accented the posi- tion a s checltcr a t the peneral store, made vacant by Melvin Lambeth. H a r t was formerly supply ca r man in charge of supply ca r No. 1, but it was his desire to get a position off of the cars in order to be home with his aged parents.

T. E. Berst is now in charae of sun- ply car No. 1. Tige was formerly in charge of the stationery car.

Joc Drennan, Abner Marks. Elmer McCrorv and E d a a r Moraan had tho pleasure of helping on t h e supply cars this month. They seem to be well pleased with the work.

Harold Noselev has resigned his no- sition in the stationery department and was succeeded by F rank Hasler.

Paul Hamnton, storekeouer a t the n e s t store -J. G. Akridge, platform fo re~n :~n : and Joe Drennan, supply car hrlrwr, went duck hunting ear ls onr mornina and arrived a t a - lake about eight miles from Snringfield when all of a sudden they heard a terrible noise in thc distance. Paul said: "Let's go

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I'll bet they a re ge t t ing several ducks". tipon investigation, Jim said: "Be still, you biz stiff. thats' onlv a farmer chopf~tlng wood".. They returned to worli-all "smiles" and reported get - t ing six ducks, but i t finally devel- oned tha t thev came back with six mud hens.

Here 's some good advjce for Joe Drennnn. Don't ever drive anyone's car, especially wi th the cutout open to save yourself a l i t t le g a s money. Un- derstand Joe was fined $9.15 for driv- 1116' a ca r with the cutout open when ~t would only cost a few cents over one dollar f o r five gallons of g a s fo r his own coupe.

May Yates, Helen Aldrich. E r m a God- dard and Xrs. Chas. JiIoret entertained a t the home of the latter. Wednesday evening. November 11. wi th a miscel- laneous showerd for Rowena Lewis whose marriage to H a r r y Hayes will Lake piace this month. 4 mock wed- d ing ceremony presented by the g i r l s of the store department was the spe- cial fea ture of the evening. The bride- to-be was the recipient of many beau- tiful and useful gifts. Rowena resigned her position a s comptometer operator, Saturday, November 14. Mr. Hayes is employed a t the Frlsco general office building. The store department e s - tends to the young couple congratula- tions and wish for them a very happy f l r t ~ l r e - - - - - - .

Stella Comegys has accepted the po- sition a s comptometer operator in the general storekeeper 's otfice, made va- cant by Rowena Lewis. Miss Comegys was formerly comptometer operator a t Sanulna. Okla.

S1r.- :<nd Mrs. Clyde Dicks a r e the Parents of a baby daughter, Regina Gail. Mrs. Dicks was formerly Niss Genevieve Beland and before her mar- riage was en lp l~yed in the store de- partrncnt.

ST. LOUIS M E C H A N I C A L DEPT.

LOUISE SCHUTTE, Reporter

This is the Christmas edition and I would like to have lots of nice newsy news to report, but everyone is ge t t ing ready for Christmas and when Santa Claus has made his annual visit. we'll tell you wha t we got. if vou'll do the same.

We noticed in the November issue tha t "Bob" Watson mas not given any snace a t al l and th is is reallv unusual.

car, otherwise, why the sudden oblivion of a once so popular character?

Ben B. Lewis, division editor, Texas Lines, wants the opinions of various stations along the Frisco concerning sunerstition. No one t h a t we know of 11ei.e is superstitious, and to prove it. we will tell you a black ca t ( a real live one) is kept constantly a t Chou- teau Avenue roundhouse and won't leave: well, we feed her pre t ty well and undoubtedly t h a t is the reason for her presence.

Hugo Schaefer promised to ge t a new car, dignified like, so this gossip will s top about his pathetic flying Dutch- man. Santa Ciaus is going to br ing it.

Donations to the Community Fund a t this point will be considerably more than i t was last year and we wan t to thank the donators for making it such a success.

Louis "Speedy" Williams, hostler, is now in the midst of the Oxarits, hunt- ing "big game". W e a r e expecting enough for Thanksgiving dinner, Speedy, because we know you won't let anything get away. W e had no idle fancy when you were named Speedy.

Nrs. F. G. Fischer, wife of the aeneral foreman, has returned from an extend- ed niotor trip which included Rich- mond, Virginia,

Arthur J . Fe t ter , machinist, is also among the "rcturned". He has resumed work af ter a trip.

These hunting tr ips a r e quite the thing just now. Only objection' wr have is this: why doesn't someone, a t least, come back with rexultx.

The Parson has gone down to Texas for awhile. Wonder what the boys i l l the roundhouse a re going to do fo. religion Sunday noon hour, now.

Everyone a t Chouteau Avenue wishes the old time, yet ever joyous wish. .I MERRY CHRISTMAS and A HAPPY N E W to the rest of the Frisco family and friends.

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI Passenger Traffic Department

MOLLIE S. EDWARDS. Reporter

Nary Ansbro, refund clerk, has re- turned from her vacation which was spent a t home visi t ing friends and rela- tives and taking a good rest.

The passenger traffic department has several new names to add to their roa- ter: F rank J. McEnep, Richard Knoll. over to t ha t lake, hear t ha t shootin-g, The shine must be worn off- tha t new

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Car l H. H a r t m a n a n d F. J. Burke. Everyone wishes them success. P e r - h a ~ ~ s with u l i t t le coaxing, F r a n k 3Ic- E n e y mzry cont r ibu te some car toon pic- tu res for t h e magazine. H o w a b o u t it, *prank?

The boys in the t icket stoclc room couldn't Cgure o u t w h y Eddie B e r n a r d w a s w a l k ~ n g t h e floor a l l d a y long. T h e reason: Ed. g o t h i s n e w F o r d roads te r and each d a y g r a y ha i r s m a k e the i r appearance a n d we have jus t lcarned the reason. Keeps him busy Iceeplnz ou t of the way of t h e "cops"-only one

g iv ing in her home town, where s h e will r o o t for t h e home college team a t the b ig football gamc.

i s a t t e n d i n g t h e mcct ing of CommitLee So . 2 , Signal Seclion of the A. R. A, 111 h e w York Ci ty a ~ ~ d will visiL w i t h 111s children a t l-'ruvldunce, 1<. I . , be-

PURCHASING D E P A R T M E N T ST. LOUIS, MO.

iore nls re turn . h r . U i ~ r a n d 111spcctor li. C. Gartorr

alLe11t1ed a hcirring un Lrnin control In- sLallation I ~ e f o r e t h c Interstate Conr- R . B, NcBRIDE Reporter nlerce Gonln~ission in \i'asil~ngLon, 0. C., l a s t weck.

JIr. W. U. Claman, s igna l superv isor X L Sullivan. unrl JLI.. J. d. Snnrks. slr-

Dcath claimed t h e f a t h e r of E d w a r d Gatzert , o u r chief clerk, on Thursday , Novcmber 5, 1925. Our s y m p a t h y is r s tendcd to Mr. Gatzer t a n d h is fam- ilv

nal main ta incr a t Cuba, &re in t 6 e ci ty LO a t t e n d the S111.1ne ceremonial, Sovember 18 a n d sce Iuspcctor S a r r o n Laken across the h o t s a n d s and into the order of t h c MysLic S l ~ r ~ n e .

'Ve w e r e very s o r r y Lo h e a r of t h e d e a t h of S igna lman C. C. Clark 's mother a t b't. ScoLt, rece l~ t ly . Mr. Clark a n d family have the hear t fe l l s y m p a t h y O K Llie s igna l deparLrnent.

\Ve learned rccently of the dea th a t Arizona, oL' Mrs. Ul;icl<, s is-

t c r of H. B. a n d C. E. Gardner, s igna l main ta incrs a t A u r o r a a n d Strat'ford.

hour parking. 0. D. Chrrlmers s p e n t a very de l igh t -

ful vacation in s u n n y California, vls- i t i n g fr icnds a n d relat ives.

H a r r v J a m e s re turned t o t h e office

-.-. B e r t h a H a h n is t r y i n g to decide

whether she should continue to be a s tenographer o r g o on the s t a g e for good. Oyez-she i s qu i te a n ac t ress , a n d if you doubt t h a t , a s k h e r your - a f t e r sbending h is vacation g e t t i n g ac-

quainted wi th H a r r y , J r . Mr. J a m e s s a y s i t won' t be long unti l J u n i o r will be ready for t h e boxing bout wi th Dud- ley Riggs ' son. Haven ' t learned who i s holding the bets.

E l m e r P a y n e took p a r t of h i s vaca-

self. Mrs. Hoeber 's mother, w h o h a s been

ill for some t ime w i t h pneumonia, i s now o u t of danger. \Ve a r e a l l g lad to hear t h a t piece of, good news a n d hope s h e will regain her s t r e n g t h

t ion d u r i n g - the r a i n y s e a s o n . Eddie Gr?? a n d Connie F r i e s s p e n t

S u n d a y v ls l t lng t h e squirrels, etc., a t 3Iemnhis. Can' t imagine w h a t t h e a t -

mpidly. J u s t w h a t P a u l S tephens h a s found

s o in te res t ing in F a r m e r City, 111.. we would l ike t o know. Since h i s vaca- tion, h e h a s m a d e q u i t e a fcw t r i p s un there. and is becoming more absent -

respectively. We e s t e u d o u r sincere s y m p a t h y to a l l n ~ c n ~ b e r s of t h e be- rcaved family. --.

t~ .nr&nn i n a t t h e zoo. -. . - - - . - - . Tom \ ~ i l l h m s o n is h a v i n g h is t rou-

bles. T h e F o r d re fuses to s t a r t in F U E L D E P A R T M E N T

ST. LOUIS, MO.

LOUISE S. GIHSOX, Rcpor te r

m-inded every day. -

J o h n Bohn, too, is somewhat aKected w i t h t h a t t rouble, absentmindedness. B u t in John ' s case i t could be caused f rom h is Ford7wc doubt, i t though.

Mary Graddy 1s g r e a t l y pleased w i t h h e r new title. W h a t is i t ? Whv. Aunt

t h e mornings a n d as a consequence, T o m h a d to buy a new p a i r of shoes.

Another n a m e added t o t h e depar t - m e n t roster . T h e newcomer i s t h e d a u g h t e r of P f a n k W. Zoellnrr and wife F r a n k IS happy now, if no t h a p i i e r t h a n he used to be when hc pi tched ball a n d s t r u c k o u t a dozen b a t t e r s d u r i n g a g a m e of baseball. However, t h l s happiness is of a differ- e n t na ture , more permanent a n d t h e loss of s leep is v e r y well w o r t h while- icn't tha t r i r h t . F r a n k ? W e congra tu-

.\I1 of o u r superv isors of fuel econ- omy, fuel inspectors, a n d t h e genera l fuel officers met wi th Nr . Collett, fue l agent , on the t e n t h a n d held a n a l l - day session. 3Iany good ideas were ex- changed on fuel economy, inspection a n d genera l topics of in te res t to o u r depar tment . Several of t h e out-of- town aent lemen b r o u a h t the i r wives

X a r y , of course, s ince October-14. H e n r y Compton repor t s h a v i n g a se-

vere a t t a c k of a c u t e indigest ion. H o w - ever, a s the s a y i n g g o e i , "You can' t keel, a good m a n down". I-Icnry w a s o n t h e job, as usual , the fol lowing morniug.

F R E I G H T ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT-ST. LOUIS, MO.

. - . . - - . . - . . . . . . , - - l a te the happy parents .

Our s v m p a t h y is extended to C. B. Michclsb'n superv isor of f a r m m a r k e t - ing, in the loss of his b ro ther a n d f a t h e r y i t h l n a week's t ime, f r o m pneumonia. W e hope f o r a speedy re- covery of h i s m o t h e r w h o is in a crl t l - cal condit ion a t th i s time.

along. z n d f rom t h e number of parcels they wcl'e required to c a r r y home, be- lieve they have decided to a s k t h a t the next "get- together" be held a t a season when shopping in St. Louis is not s o a t t rac t ive .

Miss F i n n h a s been e n t e r t a i n i n g u s for severa l weeks w i t h very in te res t ing s tor ies of t h e q u a i n t old metropolis of Mexico where s h e suent h e r vaca-

BESSIE G. MARhIADUKE, Repor te r

Gus Coakley w a n t s to know: H o w m a n y periods in a bott le o f ink? H o w l o n g is a piece of s t r i n g ? H o w high is u p ? W h a t becomes of your lag when you

s t a n d up? Mr. Wi l l Horsford, who w a s recently

re-employed in the claim depar tment , i s now the proud f a t h e r of a l i t t le son, who h a s been named William, Junior . I t wil l be remembered, Will marr ied Marie Halloran. w h o w a s a 34-A

SIGNAL D E P A R T M E N T SPRINGFIELD, M 0 .

tion. I t is a long joufney to Nexlco City and there a r e the customs of- ficers to be dea l t wi th , b u t Miss F i n n

31. C. HOFFMAN, Repor te r w a s very careful to r e t u r n only w i t h such wares a s Uncle Sam favors.

H. E. Mart in, o u r chief clerk, h a s been m a k i n g some smal l h u n t i n g ex- curs ions t o ascer ta in w h e r e the bes t shoot ing is to be found; however, nex t week he promises u s a l l some game.

~ r . H. P. Follcer of S a n Francisco, Calif., inventor of t h e Bostwiclc a u t o - m a t i c t ra in control , Mr. E. E. Johnson a n d Mr. Jim Anderson of t h e s a m e company s p e n t severa l d a y s w i t h us, inspecting o u r a u t o m a t i c t r a i n con-

checker. T h e y o u n g people a n d baby have o u r hes t wishcs.

Mr. P a u l Kabsch, recheck clcrlc, h a s a s he in tends to g o h u n t i n g £0; sev- e r a l days. Shoot s t r a i g h t , "Herbie".

Mrs. L. S. Gibson will spend T h a n k s - trol.

Our genia l inspector , Char les Smith, the s y m p a t h y of a l l because of the serious i l lness of his w i f e a n d w e a l l hope for h e r speedy recovery. Nr. A r t h u r Tichenor a l so m e r i t s o u r svm- I MONETT ADVERTISERS I p a t h y as h i s fa ther , who r e s i d e s in Keokuk, Iowa, i s v e r y ill, h a v i n g suf - fe red a para ly t ic s t roke .

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nation f rom our r a n k s of severa l clerLs f r o m the s ta t i s t i ca l depar tment , 3Iisses R u t h Jab lonsky and &Iarie Mechior a n d Nr. Thomas McHugh h a v i n g depar ted f o r "fresh fields a n d p a s t u r e s new". T h e y w e r e t h e recipients of su i tab le

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p a r t i n g g i f t s f r o m the i r assoc ia tes In Mr. Will iams depar tment .

Ivar Johnson, t h e m a n w i t h the pis- tol name f rom Texas, is m a k i n g a col- lection of $20 gold cert if icates, which is s o m e t h i n g b e t t e r t h a n we 3Iissour- inns c a n do.

JIr . J o h n V. AIcCarthy wi l l be pleased to g ive anyone some pointers on p lay ing br idge ; Mr. Max Schulze on pinochle; Mr. Joe O'Neill is a n en- thus ias t lc golfer and well adapted to ini t iate anyone into t h e mysteries of t h a t g a m e ; Mr. Oliver Swif t is a min- s t re l of n o m e a n ab i l i ty ; H. Wads- w o r t h Wel l s a radio e x p e r t as well as a clock m a k e r ; Nr . R. R. (Dick) Smi th h a s t h e "inside done" on t h e Chevro-

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Nr. L. V. Rammes , cngaged in spe- cial collection work, is now located in l ioom 441, together w i t h 3Icsst.s. Grell- ner , Ausmeyer, Clarence Nelson, Oscar Koehler , I r v i n g Cowling, Ble t lner a n d

'Miss Pauly . They miss the i r f r iends on the twelf th floor a n d o u r clean, f resh ly painted office.

t h e b i r t h of a scven-pound d a u g h t e r , Doro thy Adele, b o r ~ i October 15.

locate in t h e immediate vicinity. The newes t a r r i v a l is Engineer H e n r y Stockmeyer who has purchased a home a t 7129 Mardell Avenue.

W e offer you o u r hear t ies t congra tu- lat ions!

At t h e las t r e g u l a r meet ing of the B, of L. F. & E. held a t Bwartzman's Hal l in hIaplewood, a n entertai l iment

hIiss Pear l Ashloclc h a s been per- manent ly assigned to the position of s tenographer to t h e a e n e r a l foremam

w a s nrovidea for the wives nnd fr iends - . . . - - - - -. of t h e c a r depar tment . W e a r e g lad P e a r l will remain mith us. Claude a d - mits. wi thout a blush, t h a t he i s over- joyed!

of the members. T h e program consist- ed of n brief business meeting, danc- i n g a n d luncheon.

Mrs. Gar land T. Allison h a s recently filed a n applicat ion f o r membership in t h e Ladies' Auxil iary of t h e B, of L. F. k E. a n d i s looking forw-ard mith pleas- u r e to the good t imes of which t h e a u s - i l iary boasts .

T h a t Lindenmood proper is ideally s i tua ted f o r the homesitcs of o u r em- ployes is a t tes ted to b y t h e f a o t t h a t a number have found i t convcnient to

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How is t h i s for a record? Messrs. XV. J. Ficlte a n d Marvin Lutes r iveted f o u r 71-class bull r i n ~ s in n i e h t e e n

CELEBTISE DEVEREUX, Repor te r

X r . a n d Mrs. Char les W. B o g g s a n - nounce t h e h i r th of a ten-pound son, Char lcs Wesley. Jr.. born October 22.

Mr. a n d Mrs. Char les L. Mathems a n - nounce t h e b i r th of a ten-pound son, Char les Lafaye t te , Jr . , born October 31.

Mr. a n d Mrs. P a u l J. Pope announce

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E n g i n e e r W. ;\I. Tancil l h a s reported f o r work a f t e r a n illness of several weeks. W e hope by this t ime you a r e fee l ing a s fit a s ever, 3Ir. Tancill.

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F o r c s t King , recent ly re turned from AIcGrepor, Texas, where they a t tended the funera l of their g randmother . We ex tend our sincerest Sympathy to thc King-Normington famidies.

T h e appea l of a b r a s s band o r pa- rade sometimes proves irresist ible a s in t h e case of F i r e m a n Otto Wells who elected to part icipate in t h e adver t i s - i n g parade s t a g e d by t h e Lindenwood- Gra t io t Improvement Association a t t h e s a m e t ime t h a t Mr. Harvey wanted him. The cal ler sen t to find Mr. IVells reported t h a t he w a s be ing shaved by the local barber who had t ransfer red his equipment to a t ruck enroute wi th t h e parade. Observers s t a t e t h a t th i s particular exhib i t w a s most amusing . X r . Wel l s i s a six-footer a n d h i s ele- va t ion above t h e Er0und reminded one of Goldberg's cartoons.

On Monday, November 2, Cecile F o x became Mrs. P. I. Blck. Cecile wils former ly s tenographer to the generni foreman of the c a r depar tment . Though Cecile's beaut i fu l diamond has been twinkl ing knowingly a n d mischievous- ly for qu i te some time, the news held ;I s h a r e of surprise.

W e offer o u r hear t fe l t s y m p a t h y to F r e d NoltinE in t h e loss of h i s in fan t d a u g h t e r w'ho died Sunday evening, November 15.

I SOUTHERN DIVISION I FREIGHT TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT

MEMPHIS, TENN.

K A T E MASSIE, Reporter.

Niss Lucile H u g h e s entered servlce of the E'risco Xovember 1, in this dc- par tment , rel ieving Mrs. H. J. Pexues , nee Miss J e a n Wingo, as secre ta ry to executive genera l a g e n t Buchanan.

Solici t ing f r e i g h t a g e n t Dunltin is very busy solici t ing votes for himself a s director of the Memphis Traffic Club. H e is on the Blue t icket and w a n t s your help.

One of o u r evening papers i s con- duc t ing a "Gimme" contest w i t h a prize of ten dollars each day to t h e one sub- m i t t i n g t h e best Gimme. R a t e c le rk Cook th inks i t s a l l unfa l r because h i s Gimme, rcad ing l ike this, did n o t b r i n g h im t h e lucky bucks. W h a t do you t h i n k of i t ?

le a sentence w i t h the word CAUTERIZlL"

"Thc .TUDGbIEST to be severe with I I Z E a n d couldn't."

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E T H E L COPELAhm, Reporter .

"Dippy" Morton, the danc ing sh iek , declared t h a t of a l l t h e dances he h a s ever at tended. the Hallowe'en costume ball given by the "Grecters" w a s t h e best. Mr. Morton fel l f o r a good-look- i n g g i r l -with "rerl" hose ,,and s ta ted t h a t s h e w a s a "hot shot. Now ol r "Dippy" is h a v i n g a mighty hard t ime m a k i n g excuses, a s thc fa i r sex tu rned o u t to be no o t h e r than a c igar sales-

man. I t seems t h a t it 's p re t ty hard to judge a book by i t s cover.

F r a n k Wilkinson and his two boys drove o u t to the f a i r in his famous car known a s the "Concrete Miser." Upon p a r k i n g t h e c a r i n t h e grounds of the f a i r a rnan approached a n d asked him f o r fifty cents , whereupon Mr. Wilkin- son replied. "Sold." T h e rnan smiled and answered , "I don't w a n t to buy the th ing ; I 'm collect ing for p a r k i n g space."

SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE MEMPHIS, TENN.

BERTHA HARRIS, Reporter.

R u t h Crease a n d E a r l D. Jackson were married October 31. 1925, l eav ing immediately on a honeymoon to be spent in California. Miss Crease w a s formerly secre ta ry to the chief clerk, this office, and Mr. Jackson is dis- pa tcher a t Amory. Miss., and Memphis, Tenn.. a n d h a s heen connected wi th t h e Frisco a s opera tor for several years. T h e many f r iends of both R u t h a n d J a c k wish them a long and happy life.

Henry Ramsey, t imekeeper thls o f - fice, is in the Frisco hospital, St. Louis. We hope h e will soon be able to re- tttrn .

Will Luke, the clerk in D. & B. of- fice, is t a k i n g a sixty-day leave of ab- sence.

STORES DEPARTMENT MEMPHIS, TENN.

IVARREN PUCICETT. Reporter .

Galcn IIugliex, who h a s t h e position of checker in the Memphis store, will be marr ied o n December 17 to Miss Vi rg in ia Crank of Xemphis. Miss Crank i s the d a u g h t e r o f Sam Crank. who has been in the employ of the Frisco for a number of years. Miss Crank is a fine young lady and we hope their marr led l t fe wlll be "hap- piness and success" f r o m beginnlng to end. A f t e r the wedding they will visi t Galen's p a r e n t s a t Mayfield, Icy.

Ju l io Brignardello, w h o h a s been w i t h t h e Nemphis s tore f o r a number of years. resigned recently to accept a position w i t h a local cont rac t ing con- cern.

T h e supply c a r s were in Memphis on the 17th a n d several changes were no- ticed in the l ineup of men on the cars. T ige Berst , who h a s had charge oP t h e s ta t ionery car o n t h i s division for a number of years, now h a s charge of t h e supply cars. "Fat" Norgan , who i s also a new one on t h e supply cars , is helping T i g e to g e t then1 over the road. mias not ab le to g e t in touch wi th the new man on the s ta t ionery car and a m not ab le to tell of him. T-Iart Howell, who has had charge of the c a r s f o r some y e a r s past , bid in a h b a t Springfield a n d i s now located a t t h a t point. J o h n Sprohs, who a l so l e f t t h e c a r s on t h e las t t r ip over thin way, i s now w i t h t h e supply c a r s on t h e wes te rn run .

Handsome Tiny XTorris, o u r chief clerk a t Memphis, has recently pur- chased a five-tube radio se t a n d claims hc is g e t t i n g every th ing f r o m tho Grea t L a k e s to t h e Gulf a n d fro111 ocean to ocean. T h e w r i t e r happens to have a two-tube Rndiola a n d m u c i ~ h a s been said recently a b o u t t h e dif- f e r e n t s t a t i o n s t h a t a r e be ing picked up on the t w o radiop. Tiny a lways happens to g e t n stat ion, tho, which is just n l i t t le b i t f a r t h e r than mine. Tiny will not learn to enjoy h is radio l ike he should untl l he g e t s married and "kinder h a s to s t a y in" a t nights .

W e w e r e a l l very much surpr i sed an well a s del ighted to k n o w t h a t F l o r a Bnllinger of t h e superintendent 's office a t F o r t Smlth i s w e a r i n g a g r e a t b f g clian~oncl since she re turned recently f rom Washington .

December, 1925

Since read ing over the las t issue w e now know w h a t a l l of these s ign- boards a r e do ing on the top of t h e storeroom a t JIelnphis: It is becsuse they a r e t e s t i n g o u t "Duco' paints.

Well. inventory h a s a g a i n come a n d gone, a n d t h a n k goodness f o r tha t , for now maybe w e can g e t a f e w meals while they a r e w a r m and g e t to bed a l i t t le earl ier in the night . Shows in town mean noth ing to the s tore de- par tment while inventory is on hand; in fact , there a r e bu t three fundamen- tal principles concerning t h e inventory a n d those th ree a r e work. work a n d work. Well, w e will l e t i t g o a t that , fo r if w e happen to h i t t h e f igures as close a s w e did l a s t y e a r (mean the southern division) we will be well s a t - isfied.

The Lawton cartoons were good In the las t issue; let us have more of them.

DIVISION ACCOUNTANT'S OFFICE MEMPHIS. TENN.

RALPH D. WILLIAXS, Reporter.

.Tust recelved a very i n t e r e s t ~ n g let- t e r from Mrs Ear! Dee Jacltson, nee Miss Ruth Creese, who i s now in L o n g Reach, California. Below i s a p a r t of t h e let ter :

"We a r e only one block f rom t h e ocean, l iving in a perfectly new up-to- the-minute Spanish type court. Every- th ing furnished except a cook book, and the housckeeper came to the res- cue mith a book enti t led "Cooking for Two." Also believe J a c k is go ing to survive my experiments. H a v e been keeping a n anxious watch over him, however.

"We real ly enjoyed t h e Grand Can- yon most. I t w a s s n o w i n g there a t in- t e rva ls and the a l t i tude of 7.000 fee t above sea level w a s very noticeable."

Inventory t ime has come and gone. Although t h e w e a t h e r w a s very dis- agreeable, no one seems to have s u f - fered. unless i t i s t h e sect ion foremen who a r e be lng bombarded w i t h the usual "what, why, w h e r e and, if so. when" let ters .

There seems to be a genera l back- to-the-farm movement a m o n g o u r of- fice force, W. J. Kelley h a s purchased property and has moved near hTormal. Tenn. Understand A. E. Blggers and J . 1,ee Moore now own adjoining es- t a tes near W h i t e Haven a n d a r e con- templa t ing moving o u t i n the n e a r fu- ture.

Mrs. A. E. B i g g e r s h a s re turned f rom a visi t mith home fo lks in St. Louis.

H a v e conferred wi th o u r local rac- que t wielders a n d wish to s a y to Chaf- fee t h a t we a r e looking forward to a tennis match in the spring.

TRAINMASTER'S OFFICE BIRMINGHAM, ALA.

VIOT,ET GOLDSMITH. Reporter .

Maybe you th ink w e don't have some "hot" t imes in the trqinmaster 's office! General yardmas te r Brown got in such a heated discussion h is coat c a u g h t o n fire and burned a good-sized hole In it. Nearly had to call t h e fire department. T h i n k h e places t h e blame o n a match.

T h e r e seems to be s o much business in t h e f re igh t office they had to put on two new clerks.

W e a r e glad to have dispatcher W. I",. Hines join u s f rom Amory, Miss.

R. T. Hvnson spent a few days in Lit t le Rock. .

Mr. Brown, t h e smi l ing passenger representat ive, h a s undergone a n oper- a t ion f o r apf,endicitis, b u t w e a r e glad he is g e t t i n g a l o n g s o nicely.

N i g h t add t h a t ass i s tan t superin- tendent B. W. E r w i n claims to he the busiest man south of the Ohio River.

Deccirtber, 1925

LOCAL FREIGHT OFFICE MEMPHIS, TENN.

VIRGINIA GRIFFIN, Reporter .

Several in t h e office have been sick recently. Nrs. Clara Speer w a s off a couple of d a y s on account of h a v i n g chills. I,. TV. Tanhers ley w a s a w a y a week , be ing sick wi th the flu, and J i m - lnie Carrigon is h a v i n g a t ime on ac- count of hav ing s o m a n y r is ings in h i s ear . Lem Davis h a s had a soell of tonsilitis.

T. 15. IIanson h a s a pre t ty new Dodge sedan.

W e have threc new men on the plat- f o r m now. E. ,\I. Grissom, receiving clerk, coming here from Tru11i:rn: Plovd Fos te r , clerk, f rom Hardv. a n d Chas. Penny, veri-check clcrk, \Gho w a s y a r d c le rk a t Pale.

W e have had several changes in t h e off icc lately, Lem T i , Davis is now demurrage c le rk , Leon Rohr1)oiiph is accountan t clerk. 'I. S. Crothe! '~ IS ac- c o u n t a n t clerk, S. J. Allen. miscellan- eous clerk, and J. W. Kocn cotton clerk.

P. \V. Hamscy, a s s i s t ~ n t cashicr , had the ~ n i s f n ~ , t u n c of fa l l ing olT a table a coullle o f weeks ago , W P d ~ n ' t Itnow whctl ler he w a s t ry ing to do a rlnncr, o r what , but do know tllat h c has had a t ime a s he cracked h is l e f t shoulder bone.

I f a n y of you w a n t to k n o w a n y t h i n g a b o u t radio a s k "Dinty" o r "Supcr."

W e wcre mighty glad to have Mr. I". FT. Hami l ton pay us a visit on No- vembcr 13 .

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DORA, ALABAMA

17. ;\I. SCOTT. Repor te r - -

Brakeman \Y. I*:. ( T P ~ ) 3Iaize w ~ s marr ied the cial i lh of Sovenibr r to JI iss Adeline I-1u:ton of Keaumont. I<ans. She is t h c d n u s h t r r of \V. BZ. FIutton.

many henutif111 ancl useful- presents.

They will n ~ a k e the i r home a t Dora, Ala.

AIrs. G. L. Xerren, wife of cashier a t Dora, has recovered f rom injury. She w a s knocked down whllc a t foo t - ball g a m e a n d h u r t her knre.

Brakeman H a r r y Su.qgs bid in first D o r a job a n 8 n r a k c m a n General Lind- sey bid in Corctova job. Roth these men were iormcrly on the Sipsey run .

Sevcral s tudents for h r a k c ~ n a n posi- tions Inst fern weeks. I-loracc l'arrish of D o r ; ~ succec?ded in nasain:: t h e "acid" tes t a n d i s now a s u r e eno-ugh hrake- man. 'Ie i s son of John Parrish. who before his death, w a s a conductor for the lc'risco.

S ludcnt E ~ ~ a l t e m a n Rober t Lovelady scelns lo h n v e given up the ghust . l i e eaid he couldn' t s t a n d o n top of a b o s c a r s t a n d i n s st i l l in t h e davtime-he didn't k n o w w h a t he would d o on one a t night and i t moving. Back to thc ribbon counter for you, Robert .

117iren>an \\Jade F a l k n e r iias made qui te a hi t with the [air s e s of 1 ) o r i ~ with many in te rcs t inx inquir ies as to w h e t h c r he is married. >lay add he is no t bu t i s open to proposal a t a n y time.

Conclurtor 3.1. K. l lacus, Engineers J . 12. Ryan and Cli :~rl ie H u n t have moved td Dora.

Oscar Clay is ge t t in f in solid t imc a s a conductor. TIe is in "TIizh Cotton"

Sipsey l'un, is now in Yrcight service with l*:ng~nccr Bill liooney.

F i reman C. C . J,antrio bid in Davis' vacancy on Sipsey run.

&Iessrs. Rntler and Gamblr a t fuel ~ n c e t i n g a t Cnr'bon ]-Till gl'omised l 'ard- mas te r Connell thcy would give u s a fuel meet ing a t Dora. so f a r has not

I BIRMINGHAM ADVERTISERS I

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MANGANESE TRACK WORK

CINCINNATI, OHIO BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA

Official Railroad Watch Inspector

Complete Line of High Grade Watches

I Farmer-Cannon

An Exquisite Variety of Gold and Plalinum Mountings

1 3 18 N. 20th St. Birmingham

For better Concrete, Culverts and Bridges, and -ENSL~-I'ALA cm?

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I RIDOUT'S M A I N s AMBULANCE SERVICE 2 1 1 7 F i f t h Avenue NIGHT AND DAY

materialized. W e a r e jus t cal l lng the i r hand.

E s t r a . Frisco passenycr brakeman, 31. C. l ' ickctt, r u n n i n g on 9 2 1 and 922 , has the interest of his gasscngers a t hear t , a n d i s a firm believer in being courteous. \Vhile h i s t ra in w a s a t Tu- pelo. a lady passenger asked him to d o h r r a favor, which h c told h e r h e would gladly do. \\Therrupon she gave him a nurs ing bott le comnlcte and told him to take i? to the engine a n d warn1 the milk n s i t w a s t ime f o r thc baby's dinner. Mack s t i l l wil l ing to obliae. told her hc would t a k e i t to thc enz ine a l r igh t , brlt s h e would havc to w r a p i t up RH he wns a s ingle man and mayhe conltln't e s l ~ l a i n to his n lans fr iends w h a t 11c w a s do ing with this coui1)- rnrnt. The lady wl'appcrl the l ~ n t t l a ~ r n . ;\Tack took i t to t h e engine and t h e f ireman and cngineer n o t some hot w a t e r o u t of t h e - e n g i n e a n d thev pro- cccdecl lo h r a t up the b a l ~ v ' s milk to the proper temperature. So you can ~ e c t h a t loncl~n= and unloadina Pas- s ( ,ngurs a n d f lagging is not the only du ty of a passenger brakcman.

BIRMINGHAM TERMINALS - .TOTIS L. 00DSI:Y. Henortcr -

I n the marriarre of J . hIarvln D a r r a h t h e E a s t ~ h o n G s offlce is l e f t w i t h on ly one eligible. Mr. D a r r a h elected a s his bride. Miss Hazcl C:lllcrland. a nurse in the.I3aptist Hospital , and they nrcrc married in P r a t t City on Octo- ber 22. The y o u n r couple havp every rood wish of t h e Frisco familv for the i r f u t u r c happiness a n d success.

E. L. Deadman h a s been appointed n ight vardmas te r on t h e 13elt. Dead- mcn \sill be remembered a s the hus t le r who sponsored a l l the picnics th i s l a s t summer.

Whi le Oscar Sorrel1 w a s w a r m i n g np his midnight lunch rccentlp a t Ninth a v e n u e a n d Thi r teen th S t ree t , h e w a s at taci tcd by t h r e e negroes a b o u t one o'clock. One of t h e in t ruders c n t e r i n g thc door w i t h a revolver pointed a t Sorrell demanded he th row up h is hands and hand over the money. The o ther two wcre wai t ing outsiclk to f i v e a s - sistance. Sorrel l quickly drew h is o w n g u n ancl fired point blank a t onc ou t - s ide who w a s lookina in throu,qh a window a n d then turned to fire a t the in t ruder in the door. The negro fled and Sorrell pursued, bu t no t until a f t c r thc negro had made .mod his rscane did Sorrcl l r e t u r n to find he had killed t h e one looking in a t t h e window. T h e bullet e n t c r i n g t h e neck and breaking thc hackbone. Special Agent Sorrell, who is a c rack shot wi th a r ~ v o l v e r , savcd his l i fe by h ~ s ~ u i c k n e c s .

.T. B. Tyler, roadmaster , a t t e n d r d the Alabama S t a t e F a i r one aftcrnoon. and w a s very much amazed a t t h e v o u n g woman who could tell the number of vour watch. how much moncy vou had. ivhat you had been doing 01. th ink ing about and almost e v ~ r y t h i n g else. Mr. Tyler snvs he didn't s tay there very l o n e and if his w i f e had been nlonx b e 'ivould never s top a t a show l ikc tha t .

The "sun w a s sh in ing br igh t in m y old K e n t u c k y home" for Mr. John Con- olley when t h e Kentucky footfal l t eam came down to plav Alahama one Sa t - urdnv afternoon. B u t i t tu rned o u t . \ labama did a l l t h e p lay ing and a l l t h e "shininq" w a s for Alabama. T h i s ronvincrd Uncle J o h n how mighty Ala- bama is.

A f e w Christmas suggest ions a r e of- f r red for some of the folks a t E a s t Thomas. i f t h e l i s t s a r e t o be passed for contributions:

.Tohn Conolley--4 c igare t te t h a t won't smoke.

R. E. Huie-A record book with "no rcnorcls."

.T. A. Whitten-"The good old days." Bill Burrous-An empty yard f o r one

dav. H. C. Wilson-xo more hold cars . 31nvhnll T.'ord-A race t r a r k to r n n

inptend of thc officc. Arnold Carden-Card passcs f o r ;\ITS.

Carden. Charl ie Welch-Some new dance

steps.

Pnge 54

J o e Bates-So more "notes." Alfred Johnson-Brcathing spell f rom

work. J , B. Tyler-A foreman to s t a y on

T e n t h avenue. T h a t n e w Studebaker coach h a s as

i t s mas te r none o t h e r t h a n J . B. Tyler , who has been dr iv ing Studelmlters about five years.

Whi le Andrew Hill, the new office janitor. w a s c lean ing up t h e off ice onc morning h e spotted w h a t h e thought a bott le of "gin" in one of t h e xwste papcr baske ts a n d inquired of Mr. Johnson, the t imekeeper, if i t would be a l r i g h t to wai t , ,until l a te r on to "clean out the basket . and about noon Andrew slipped a round to l i f t t h e bott le f r o m t h e baske t mhilc no one mas looliing. Much to h i s surpr i se i t urns only a bott le of w a t e r and An- drenl knew he had heen tile victim of a joke.

Long Roy Kirk . who h a s been w o r k - i n g t h e bill desk in t h e account ing de- Imrtment. h a s returned to h i s own position of gpneral clerk.

I+', n. Freeze, onc of the bill r l e rks , decided he would t r y his luck w i t h a lantern and has t i i c r ~ f o r e enlisted a s

RIVER DIVISION

SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE CHAFFEE, MO.

ASS.\ 001,1)ICS, Repor te r

Messrs. W. It. AIorlglin, I-Iarry nloclc a n d H a r r y Allard mere v i ~ i t o r s in o u r vity Octohcr 30 to a t tend t h e be t te r service and f r e i g l ~ t cluinl prcventiori meetinn.

311'. Noran , 3Tr, NcI3room and 311. Lowrey have heen s1)ending some t ime a t Jonesboro g e t t i n g acquainted witl: t h e business on o u r n e w J o n e s h o r ~ suh-division rerently ac'quired from the J. J,. C. & E. Ry.

F r a n k Morgan. J r . , of Hlythcville and J a m c s Morgan of Carutlicrsville s t a - tion force spent Sunday recently mith the i r parents . Dispa tchr r a n d Mrs. Franlc 3lorgan.

Xlr, and N r s . Dean Underwood have returned f rom a two-weeks ' \'acntion visi t ing relat ives in Tllinois an11 frirncl.; in Sherman. Tesas. The r n d e r m o o d s enjoyed a s h o r t visi t w i t h Assistant Super in tendent a n d Mrs. H a l e n-hile a t Sapulpa. T h e 1-Iales wished to i?c re - ~ n e m b e r c d to the i r many fr iends on the r i v e r division.

Operator V. E. Hoplrins hncl to spend n f r m d a y s in t h e hospital l as t month. W. TC. Conclrey h a s resiqn?d f r o m

position a s s teno in clispafrhcr's o f f i re , a n d a f t e r a s l ~ o r t vacation esnf:r ts to e n t c r hchool to t a k e a tour\( In elcr- tl.ire;ll engineel ing. Eil l 113.; Iiccn in the F r i s r o fami ly f o r a h o r ~ t th ree years. a n d h a s t h e best u - i s l~es of his r iver

division f r iends in his n e w work. Ma- ple Davidson is filling his vacancy In the office.

Mrs. B. G. Ganlhle. w i f e of mas te r mechanic a t Memphis, spent a few d a y s in Chaffee l a s t month t ransac t ing busi- ness and visi t ing friends.

A. Foreman of Cane Girardeau s t a - tion force, w a s a visi tor in the Chat'fee office recently.

Mrs. Paul I i rueger spent srvc.ral d a y s visi t ing in Cape Girardeau while P a u l w a s p u t t i n g in t ime o u t on line.

Miss Elixaheth G14esh:ihcr spent week-end wi th 17arents a t If'estus. Mo.. recentlv.

Miss Mary E. Daily made a flying t r ip to Springfield to pa). t h e home folk a shor t visit. Don't know how t h ~ ass i s tan t superintendent 's offir8e go t trlong d u ~ , i n g hcr absence, a s X'Iary is n very h ~ ~ s y clerk these da1.s with o u r : ~ r l t l i l i o ~ ~ u l terr i tory.

OFFICE O F DIVISION ACCOUNTANT-CHAFFEE, MO.

D u r i n g l a t t e r p a r t of Octoher T. J. Swceney and L. W. Pipliin marle a t r ip to Dudley, Xfo.. to rlrecli the r ! o n s t r ~ ~ c - tion of t h e new interlocl t inx plunt re- cently completed by the Alissouri P a - cific which serves both com1)anies a t t h a t point.

I t i s reported t h a t a hnsket-hai l t r a m , roniposed entirely o f F r l s r o em- ployes a t Charnee, is to he Organized soon. T o the present writin: there is some doubt a s to whether o r no t enouKh nlayers mill s i g n np to insure a win- n i n g team, bu t i t is hoped thn t every- one c a n g e t to,qethnr and cause such a team to be orxanir.rr1 a s there a r e xeveral t eams in this vicinitv whn tlii-lr thn t they excel in this h ranrh of sport .

T I a Coolz made a t r ip to St. Louis. W. C. H e n k e to Springfield a n d W. C. Giesieke to S t Louis

Xliq. ; Anna Golden spent a r a t h e r be- lated vacation v l s ~ t i n g point.; in O k l , ~ - l ~ o m a and Texas. Possihlv -he did u s I ~ e t t e r judgment t h a n some of u s who t a k e a vacation in t h e h e a t of t h r s u m m e r a n d come back more t i red t h a n when w e left.

The division accorlntant's offloe loolced r a t h e r deserted the flrst few days in November dnri l lg t ime s e t aside for t h e t a k i n g of inventory. T. J. Smeeney. R. G. J ~ n g s t o n and W. R. McDonourh assizncd to various t r a r k .~ -

d i v i s f o n s - t o xct in the capacity of c~lieckers. 3Ir. McDonouxh, unfor tuna te vnouxh to m w t wi th a n accirlrnt. calls- i n g i n j ~ ~ r i e x to anltle. Oscar Xiorgan. B. C B. represc-ntativr. received more s r r ious injuries. I t is feared t h a t h i s skull w a s frnctured. JIr,Airni t r e a t m e n t rendered by b'risco I?ospit:~l. St. Louis. 311.. 3lrDonough is ah le to he back on Lhe joh and repor t s the anlt le do ing fin*.

Mrs. R. D. ITarsha nnd children le f t

Chaffee recently for Springfield to join Mr. Harsha , who formcrly w a s division accountant a t this point.

T h e Jonesboro, L a k e City a n d E a s t - r r n Railroad Company i s n o w a p a r t of t h e I.'risco Lines and considered LI p a r t of the River division. Several of the off icials have spent the g r e a t e r par t of the las t two weeks on t h e ground in order to b r i n g a h o u t t h e t ransfer . This addit ional t e r r i to ry ac- quired opens up new fields a n d will he the means of increased rcrenue. Tile portion s e r v ~ d 11,. t he above mentioncrl liue is noted f o r i ts ou tput oe cotton ancl rice.

Glad to note t h a t J o h n Fislce. form- erlv of the s ta t ionerv denartment. is , -

now on t h e supply c n k ol,brating over* tllis section of the system.

Virpinia Merri t t has rc turned to t h e hosr~it;il, ilrcount scrious illness. I t is ~ ~ t l r n e s t l v hoped by h e r m a i y fr iends ;it C'haffee t h a t s h e mill soon recover and re turn , a s t h e office docs not secm t h e same n.ithout her'.

T. .T. S w r r n e y has just re turned from sl)ending four days of his vacation in St. Louis. H e reported havlng a very ~ n j o y a h l e time.

I NORTHERN DIVISION I AGENT'S OFFICE-MONETT, MO.

Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Hinlilc have re - turned fronl a v i s i t ~ w i t h rcl&tiv& - in Washington. Ind.

Arch Long. s ta t ion master . mas off du ty a w e e k on account of illness, oc- inasinned by watch ing a football game in t h e rain. When will these a th le t ic en thus ias t s l ea rn to w e a r the i r rub- bers.

Charley W a i t e of t h e s tore depar t - ment h a s re turned to his du t ies a f t e r a n extended layoff.

x o : ~ h Wilson, who h a s heen employed on f r e i g h t 111atfonn f o r pas t seven years. h a s heen t ransfer red to passen- g e r s ta t ion a s mail and haggage handler.

Conductor Rowman and family of Vallcy F n r k have moved to AIonett to make the i r home.

Will iam W a l t e r of Pacific h a s bid in position a s sccond t r i r k l r i n a clerlc.

I t mus t be a g r a n d a ,qlorious "feel- In'" to th ink you a r e heir to x million in Ireland hecause your z ren t -grca t - xrandniother 's name n7ns "Ruclicr." W e i l l 1 have t h e promise f r o m .Toe he is po ing to bny u s a11 t h e lollvpops w e van cat-if-well. w a i t until he makes another t r ip to Ozarlz and looks up a l i t t le more family history.

J. J. Charles and w i f e have moved to Nonet t from Sapulpa where they will malie the i r home, Mr. Charles ha\,- i n g a pass rnger r u n hetmecn Monett i~nrl O k l a h o ~ n a City. Thev were former r ~ ~ s i d e n t n of o u r r i ty an11 we al l give them a hearty welronie hack home. Mr. (Clhnrlcs expressed himself a s h e i n s de- lig'hted to be in thc Oznrli region again.

Otis B u r g h a s been a c t i n g in capac- i ty of e x t r a s ta t ion mas te r , h u t s a y s 111s 11as hecn having some dlff irul tv k e c ~ i n , ~ on the cap and , s in rc yo^^ come to th ink ahout i t , i t rno111rl t:ikc n hig ]lead to keep a l l thosc s ta t ion names in.

Louis X a r i t a n , hill rlerli, cas t yard. w a s a K a n s a s City visi tor th i s nlonth.

Ell is S u n n r l e y , t ru~! l i lo:lrler, and t'rin~ily ha\.(? re turned f rom a western tour. v i s i t ing rclat ivcs a t Fasea and Seattle, Wash.

;\Irs. W. I<. Bierer a n d two children, family of o n r platform forcinnn, a r e visi t ing relat ives in I i a r ~ s a s City.

Leon P r n t t , former rncssenger bop a t the f re igh t o f f i re , nrrived from St. I a u i s and i s spending n f c m d a v s mith relatives before leav ing fol;, California lo m a k e h is home. "Prn t t s . a s l ~ e mas known hp the off ice forrc. rvill I)r re- membered a s a cartoonist w ~ t i i n p ~ o m - is ing fu ture .

J. H. Douglas, division frcig'ht a g e n t

w i t h headquar te rs in Joplin w a s a visi- to r a t o u r office th i s month.

George Schwar tz h a s been assigned to position of y a r d checker, made va- c a n t by Lawrence Planchon bidding in poxition of bill clerk.

Cupid seems to have a r r ived in o u r midxt wi th his weapon, the vict ims he- i n g Will iam Pleas Scott a n d Ros ie Gu- lick, a romance which had i t s incep- tion in church circles, both being fa i th - ful woricers in the young ~ ~ e o p l e s ' di- vision of the Methodist Episcopal Church. T h e ceremony w a s read by thc pastor , Rev. Voster. a t 6:30 p. nl., November 1 4 , a t t h e cliurch, being' wi t - nessed by only a fcw in t imate fr iends of t h e y o u n g people. Will iam i s the n igh t clerk a t f r e i g h t office, hav ing r l s r n f r o m t h c r a n k s a s messenger un- d e r o u r a g e n t , A. T. Brown, a n d is a reliable, energe t ic clerk. W e a l l hear t - ily join in conyratulat ions.

T h e f re igh t house force mas some- w h a t handicapped on t h e m o r n i n g of the seventeenth when three employes failed to show up f o r duty. W e found t h a t Halnh TValtrin. Cecil H i n k l e and

MECHANICAL DEPARTME.NT F O R T SCOTT, KANS.

W.\J/rER R. HECK, Repor te r

Jesse ~ c i . r i m a n 11a;l met wi th a n acci- den t when r e t u r n i n g from a t r ip to the country. T h e motorcycle upon which they were r iding over turned just a s they hall reached town, Injuring \Valt,rip s l ightly and seriously in jur ing P c r ~ . ~ m a n , who w a s takcn to the c o n - nanv hosnital in St . Louis. Hinkle w a s i n i n j u r e d and accompanied P e r r i m a n to the hospital.

.lust recently received a new motor c,nr for the C h e r ~ ~ y v a I e run o u t of Ft. Scott. This is motor c a r No. 2 1 2 1 j u s t o u t of t h e factory a n d is per forming splendidly. W e have sen t motor car 2104 to Springfield shops for repairs . 3Ir. Sull ivan and Mr. FIylton, represent- in:: the Electro Motive Co., pf St. Louis, have been teaching Enfi '~necr Staih and o thcrs how to opcra te this car.

There a r e t w o more weddings to re- 11ort in the family news t h i ~ month. Miss Alaiy Purdy , roundhouse steno, w a s married on Kovemher 1 to Will iam G. Bicknell, switch foreman. Miss Purdy or. r a t l ~ e r Mrs. Bicknell came to work the fol lowing Monday morning the same a s usual, but they could not Iceep the secret vcry long, a s i t go t o u t on them before noon. Mrs. Bick- nell will be rnisscd in tile car depar t - Inent whcrc she w a s employed nearly t h r e r years, before coming to the lounllhousr. and also hv the round- l~ouhe employes. al though' she h a d only bcvn wi th u s a b o u t t w o months, s h e had made f r iends w i t h a l l of t h e em- ployes a n d they a l l wish h e r a l o n g and happy married life.

Otis Sellers, host ler helper a t night . w a s marr ied November 18 to Miss Hr len I<all, who is employed by a Arm uptown. Mr. a n d Mrs. Sel lers have gone nn the i r wedding t r ip to Henrye t ta , Olcla.. and I m a s unable to learn the i r fu ture nlans. W e wish them a l o n g : ~ n t l I I ~ L I ) ~ ? ' married life. '1. J. TIayter, who has been absrnnt

f o r t h e past two months on account of rheumat i sm, is ab le to he about h i s cluties again.

Robert Penn, n i g h t engine caller has I ~ c c n called to Sapulpa on account of s ickness of his mother. .I very plcasnnt evening mas spent

on the seventeenth of this month by t h r cmployes of the roundhousc and c a r depar tment a t the i r hall. An tys te r supper a n d musical en te r ta inment w a s given.

In o u r campaign an long t h e employes of t h e roundhousc, we have now se- cured applicat ions for Insurance f rom a11 h u t th i r teen employes. Every em- ploye should snbscribe for t h i s insnr - ance. bu t thcre a r e a f e w who feel t h a t they have enough o t h e r insurance wi th- o u t this.

On account of inerease in business h a v e recently pu t a n rtdditional pool on tllc Ash Grove sub.

Engineer R. P. Humphrey is back on t h e main line passenger r u n s a n d E n g i n e e r Gilpin is back on 111 a n d 1 1 2 runs.

P. J. Moore and Mr. T,ongworth held a local sa fe ty lirst meet ing a t F o r t Scott on Novcmhcr 12. a t tended prin- cipally bv ronndhousc a n d c a r depar t - riient employes. On S o v e m b c r 17 Mr. ?doorc Rnd 311.. I ~ n x w o r t h a t tended the division sa fc ty flrst meet ing a t K a n - snq Citv . - . - . -, . .

Fireman John XTycrs, who h a s 11ccn off du ty for the pas t six ~nont l i s on account of s i~ lcne~ss . w a s n h o r ~ t tho roun~lhouse recently, hn t he has to walk wi th fi eanc and does not th ink he will he ah le to I'c!ttlrn to n701.k this m i n t ~ r . . .~~..-.

Ensineel. N:~rshnll is h a c k on the Ash Grove swi t r l l r r nxnin a f t e r a n n l ~ s r n c e of SCVAT:I I monlhs, acr.orlnt of s ickness.

Chester Ful ton , rlcrlc in t h r c a r de- par tment , is now In t h e r o i ~ n d l ~ o ~ ~ s e office. hav ing I11d in t h c varancv r r c - a ted h?. t h c ninrri:tln of Miss Purdy. T h e c a r depar tment vacancy f o r a c l r r k is a s y e t unfilled.

Mr. Orb. Stoner. roundhouso foreman. h a s h r c n on thc sick l is t f o r the pas t ten days. H e was t a k e n down with sciat ic rhennmtixm and for ahout a week w a s hedfast . T-re is be t te r now nnrl expects to r e t u r n to worlc in a f r w days.

T h e c a r depar tment made a big re- duction in force th i s month. About 75 employes w e r e laid off.

DIVISION P A S S E N G E R AGENT'S OFFICE-KANSAS C I T Y

E. \;. WAI,TERS, Repor te r

I-lave you f o l k s heard about F lor ida? I f not , we will be glad to give s o u detai ls a n d send you a pre t ty map folder.

.John D. 3Iefford, a f t e r Y end ing nine years w i t h the Fr i sco a t ~ o p f i n and K a n - s a s City, has lef t the service, W e a r e sorry to lose him, but we believe w i t h him t h a t when opportunity knocks, onc should open the dool.. We wish him much success in h i s new fleld of work.

Now allow us to introduce Mr. Chas. Graff , who has now joined t h e Fr i sco circle a s ass i s tan t ci ty t icket agent . Mr. Graff comes f rom t h e Pul lman Com- pany a n d they w e r e vcry re luc tan t in- deed to lot him go. W e a r e g lad t o Imve you wi th us, Charlie. and hope you mill l ike us.

Soc ie ty N o t e s

3Tr. Newman is now in Florida, w h e r e he is attending the t lcket agents ' con- vention. On his r e t n r n w e hope to ge t some in te res t ing information on F lor - ida.

Per ry Wilson is p lanning to spend Thanlcsglving Day in Lupus.

U s t r a , U s t r a ! Geo. L ight h a s pur - <,hazed a nwv radio. I t w o r k s Ane. On thc first s e t he had, he succeeded in t u n i n g in on s ta t ic every evening a n d w e unders tand he is g e t t i n g per fec t silence o n th i s one.

Mr. Werner , o u r distinguished "Char- leston" kin;;, now a d d s to h i s long l i s t of accompl i shn~ents juggl ing (of Pull- man cars) .

100% TO DATE Derailments of motor c a r s

protected by Wallis-McCormick Safety Device during the past four years have caused no in- juries to riders or damage to cars.

Enjoy Your Riding in Safety -

WRITE .FOR CIRCULAR

Wallis-McCormick Safety Device Co. 1721 Railway Exchange Bldg. St. Louis, Ma

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MASTER MECHANIC'S OFFICE KANSAS CITY, MO.

IT. I,'. SI-IIVERS, Rcpor te r

I?. -1. Relaford. ca r foreman a t n o r t h yard , i s ab le to bc a round on c r ~ l t c h e s a f t e r being confined f o r some t ime in a local hospital, surt 'ering w i t h a broken IPC'.

(:)ur d r r p r s t synipnthy is extcnded to Carl J. Vance and family in the loss of tlicir l i t l le boy, who w a s acciclent- al ly killed by a fa l l ing g a r a g e wpll on October 20 . Mr. Vance is car in- s p c c t o ~ . ; ~ t Rosedale yards.

15. I.. Johnson, o u r erstwhile t ime- Itceper, while n o t otherwise engaged in m a k i n g t h e payrolls balance, bids f a i r to l~ecnnie t h e champion d u c k hlrntcr of both K a n s a s a n d Missouri.

F'aulinr: "Johnson, is i t m i n i n g out - slrlc-?" -. . . . - .

Johnson: "If it 's ra in ing a n v where i t rnjlst be outside, i t don' t seein to be r : ~ l n ~ n g in here."

F r a n k Warner , ca r inspector, Nine- tecnth s t r e e t yards. has returncrl to

~ ~~ - .. .- work a f t e r a n -absrricc of several d a y s wi th a n a t t a c k of t h e nrc.

John 4 . Moffette w a s down to see u s a l l solnr t ime a n o a n d f rom ,711 indi- --- ..~. ... -. cations s r e m s to'be m a k i n g good pros- rcss toward recovery.

Misses Eleanor I"o~,ester , TCrma Rcece and Aznes Lvnch made a f lyins t r ip to Snringfield on the ~ u n n y l a n t l ' Sunday, Novcmber 8. They a l l repor t a most e n j o y a l ~ l ~ tr in on the road and while in Snrinzfield. mi; a1.6 indebted to W. J. F u l l e r in-

spec tor a t Nine te rn th s t r e e t yards: for the fol lowing acrost ic on t h e Sunny- land. S-Safety first.

1:-TJnlinlited comfort . x-So smoke. X-Xo delays, Y-Yes, yo11 bet. GJ ,e : rves on time. A-Arrives 011 t ime

D-Delightful trip. To prove t h a t h e ac tua l lv w e n t to

I re land last summer. Engineer Denny hlul lane brought u s a cenuine black thorn w a l k i n g st ick. Whi le w e do not a s y e t fe r l tho need of a st ick, we ap- preciate the y i f t very highly.

LOCAL F R E I G H T OFFICE KANSAS CITY, MO.

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DAVID 13. TODD, Repor te r

Willene .Tacobx, who h a s been a w a y for about s ix months on a Ieavc of nb- sence, h a s re turned to work. W e a r e glad to have h e r with u s again.

Will iam Rich, o u r outbound r o u t i n g clerk. who served this company for more than thir ty years. passed a w a y a f t e r a shor t illnexs November 11.

\T. .I. Collins receivpd the surpr l se of his life on h is bir thday recently. The g i r l s presented him with a l a r g e b i r thday c a k e with h i s ini t ial on i t , a n d covered by f o r t r - f o u r candles. H e said they p u t a b o u t fifteen too m a n y

7%" a day IF you can save even this small sum, depositing weekly, you can join our Christmas Club and receive

$25 next December For higher deposits, you will have $50, $100 or more. There are classes of membership to suit everyone's means.

Call and let us give you full information

KBW9,A.S CVY, Ma.

Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits, $4,500,000

F r i s c o D e p o s i t o r y

THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK BIRMINGHAM, ALA.

DEPOSITARY OF T H E UNITED STATES AND STATE OF ALABAMA

CAPITAL - - - - - - - - - $ 1,500,000.00 SURPLUS and UNDIVIDED PROFITS - 3,568,000.00 RESOURCES OVER - 45,000,000.00

Accounts of banks, bankers, corporat ions a n d firms received o n favorable terms. Correspondence in- v i ted wi th those who contemplate making changes

o r opening new accounts.

Deccntbcr, 1925 F/c&~~ ~ M P L O ~ S * & G ~ Z I N E Page 57

B A N K S ALONG THE F R I S C O L I N E S

Successful Banking SINCE 1873

R E S O U R C E S Eighteen Million

The Fort Worth National Bank -- - FRISCO DEPOSITARY

Main at Fifth Street UNITED STATES DEPOSITARY

We sollclt your business. OEerlng you a l l the servlce consistent wlth good, careful banklng.

The Citizens Bank JEROME O'EARA, hesldent ED. V. MLLIAMS, Vice-Prealdent TOM WATKINS, Cashler E. J. ADAMS, Assistant Cashler T. W. WATKINS. Assistant Cashler

220 E. Commercial St.

SPRINGFIELD, MO.

We seek business o n a basis o f sound co-operation.

We'd be glad to talk to you.

First National Bank MONETT. MO.

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A Complete Banking Service Fealuring Commercial, Savlnps, Investment

and Trust Departments. Establish your Oklahoma City connection here.

American National Bank OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA

RESOURCES MORE T H A N $21,000.00

BANK OF COMMERCE

CAPITAL, $50,000.00 SURPLUS, $15,500.00

Sapulpa, Okla. FRISCO DEPOSITARY

We Appreciate Your Checglng Account

4% Paid on Savinga Accountr

BOATMEN'S BANK ST. LOUIS, MO.

The Oldest Bank in Missouri

A Safe Place for Savings Since 1847

ITHINK OF THIS! Your ability and lnclinatlon to save in anticipation of whatever the future may bring are the best possible insurance of your continued employment and your standing in the com- munity, for the man who savee is the successful man. He al. ways has Rrst call on opporc tunity.

AT~ONALBANN ULSA

The Peoples Bank of springfield, Missouri

W e A p p rec ia te Y o u r Business

OUR MOTTO

COURTESY. FAIRNESS AND EFFICIENCY

New First National Bank

SPRINGFIELD MO.

A F E T Y E R V I C E ATISFACTION

I THE BANK FOR ALL T H E CLASSES NO SPECIAL INTERESTS

( BANK WITH I I Oklahoma's I ( Largest Bank 1

SAFE - SANE -SERVICE

Resources Exceed $40,000,000

American Trust and Savings Bank

BIRMINGHAM, ALA.

I FIRST NATIONAL BANK 4% and Safety I

When You Think of Banks, Think of First National First

First National Bank Capital and Surplull $1,500,000.00 "FRISCO DEPOSITORY BANKv

I CHAFFEE. M O . Membar Fadvd Rasarva Syatern - I

OF CAPE ClRARDEAU Where the Frisco Banks

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Commonwealth Plan (EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL)

Of, by and for the Commonwealth Family

F O U N D A T I O N : : F E L L O W S H I P

F ETJ~OIPSII IP is a cornprchcnsi\~c, vital l)o\\-cr. I t broaclcns our views, increases our i~hiliticls, enriches nnd lmrifics ch:~racter. I t s chief Souncl;~tioil-stom is co-opcrutioll, \\.hich 1~ri11gs the Goldc?~

Rnlc ill practical appliciition to all limnan relations and 11c1ccis.

Fellowship is the Golclen Rule in action, the lnolivc po\\-cr of IIurntiii Ehgineeril~g, the life-blood of Scr\licc, i n s u r i ~ ~ g equal oppor- tunity for all.

The Conimonwealth Plan rccognizcs all problems a s mutual, \\-licrcin artd whereby absolute conficlei~ce exists in thc lionesty of pnr- posc mil tlmth of charactcr of cach othcr ; t h ~ l s blending brotherly love in a11 activities t l ~ d enabling each to dc\lclop his several talents.

Human engineering govcrns this Plan, aiid clcn~ai~ds our being willing and able to treat mcn a s mcn-not a s machines. The nrelfarc of the man is more important than tools and machinery, for man thhlrs, and acts a s he thinks. Thcreforc, we must practicc I h n a n i c s a s well a s ;\Icchanics.

The Cornmon\\realth Plan provicles an excellent and practical b x i s for putting all (from the Officc Boy to the Presiclent) upon thc same Planc. Thcn as a unit we can work out the problcms of the clay in such a map that each onc feels he or she i s a co-worker i n the g r m t purpose of the Commonwealth Stccl Company, which is to csprcss Safety, Efficiency and Econolny through its cast steel cleviccs-in other words, rendering S E R V I C E a i d building charactcr.

E d . Ado.

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l ahoma Ci ty h a s been given a 3 0 - d a ~ leave of absence, account of illness.

H e n r y Coarlis, n i g h t watchman a t W e s t Tulsa , h a s a l so been g r a n t e d a 30-day leave of absence a n d has gone to Lhe St. Louis hospital f o r t r e a t m e n t of his eyes.

Miss Myrtle 3IcConnel1, clcrlc in t h e mus te r mechanic's office a t S a p u l ~ x ~ , s p e n t Sunday, October 25, w i t h h c r p a r e n t s in Edmond.

John Eclclv, f i rs l-class machinist a t Wes t T u l s a , ' h a s bcen appointed n i g h t roundhouse foreman a t Afton, vice John G. Hayes, resigned.

Roundiiouse Clcrlr J o e Ni l le r h a s r e - s igned as c le rk a t Sapulpa and, h a v i n g made s t u d e n t t r ips, i s now m a r k e d u p as f i reman o n t h e Sapulpa board, a n d is ho ld ing t h e Afton-Chelsea switcl ier .

E n g i n e e r A r t h u r Ror ie h a s been g r a n t e d t h i r t y days ' leave of absence account of s ickness a n d is n o w in t h e St. Louis hospital.

E n g i n e e r Chas. C. Higginbotham, w h o h a s been on t h e s ick l i s t a t t h e St. Louis hospital, h a s n o w re turned to w o r k a n d i s a g a i n m a r k e d u p in Pool Four . 3Ir. Higginbotham s a y s t h a t you can' t g ive too much pra i se to t h e St. Louis hospital a n d t h e t r e a t m e n t t h a t You receive f rom t h e staff there.

F i r e m a n E a r l C. Duclcworth h a s been g r a n t e d a th i r ty -day leave of absence a n d is g o i n g to t h e hospital f o r a n e s - amina t ion .

F i r e m a n S. P. Oneal h a s been g r a n t e d a th i r ty -day leave of absence and is now in the Fr i sco Hospital a t St. Louis.

Spr ingman Geo. K i n g (colored) h a s been g r a n t e d a th i r ty -day leave of a b - sence because of s ickness.

Spr ingman J a m e s N a b r y (colored), who h a s been on the sick l is t , has now re turned to work .

Bla i r F lega l , dri l l press opera tor a t Panulpa, who w a s in the St. Louis hos- p i ta l f o r abscess in his ear , 1s now back a n d on the job aga in .

E n g m e e r P e t t y h a s turned down his r i g h t s a s fireman on the Fr i sco a n d is w o r k i n g f o r the F lor ida E a s t Coast a s e n ~ i n e e r .

MECHANICAL D E P A R T M E N T OKLAHOMA, C I T Y

ANELL\ GARRETT. R e p o r t e r

A meet ing of t h e Metal C r a f t Associ- a t ion a n d C a r D e p a r t m e n t Employes w a s held a t Oklahoma City. October 10 in t h e assembly ha l l of t h e J I -K-T ~ a i l l w a y Company, a n d t h e fol lowing of- ficers w e r e elected a n d committeemen appointed: E d w i n W. Gee. president . Geo. C. Papin , s e c r e t a r y ; H u g h ~ e i n l h a r d t w a s appointed g e n e r a l shop com- mit teenlan, Mr. Gee succeeding Mr. R e i n h a r d t a n d Mr; Papin succeeding Mr. E s l a Wi ley f o r t h e next year.

Mr. R o s s T. H u g h e s wil l v i s i t h i s s i s t e r in T u l s a on T h a n k s g i v i n g day.

Mr. J. Scott , a i r b r a k e supervisor. SpCllt t h e day w i t h u s on November 18, a n d repor t s every th ing finc a t th i s terminal .

JIr. C. W. xumm~r . genera l foreman. is the proud owner of a new Cleveland sedan.

Mr. Dwight I rby , s to re room c le rk . a n d wife will spend T h a n k s g i v i n g D a y in Wichita, Kans .

Mr. P a u l E. Lit t le , f i reman, h a s been off for several d a y s on account of the d e a t h of his s is ter- in-law.

E n g i n e e r W. J. Binkley, who h a s been off on account of a n in jury , expects

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to be ab le to r e t u r n to work wi th in the n e s t f e w weeks.

Mr. Fe l ix B. Coyle, flreman, died on Sovembcr 10, from injuries received while f ireman on T r a i n No. 9, Novem- ber 9, a t Welston. Buncra l r i tes for BIr Coyle were held on November 11 a n d were a t tended by h is many Fr l sco f r ~ e n r l s , a n d burial w a s made in F a i r - l a w n Cemetery a t this point. Mr. Coyle w a s onc of o u r favori te employes. W e extend o u r deepest s y m p a t h y to Nrs . Coyle a n d the i r two children who a r e lef t to mourn h is untimely death.

Business h a s been unusually good a round this terminal , hav ing increased a b o u t one- four th in the p a s t th i r ty days.

F i r e m a n J. R. H a m b y a n d wife sDenL a week o r s o v i s i t ing re la t ives a round Springfield, Mo., a n d Aldrich, Mo.

E n g i n e e r A. F. Hoefer , one of o u r Chickasha S u b engineers. who h a s been o u t o f s e w i c e f o r some time, re turned to w o r k recently. Glad to see N r . Hoefer back on t h e job.

Nr. Sam L. Allen i s n o w off o n ac- c o u n t of s ickness. H e expec ts to spend some t ime in F lor ida , recuperat ing.

Mr. Chas. H. Vandiver h a s f u l l s re - covered f r o m h i s t r ip t o t h e F a r - E a s t (Tulsa) a n d h a s se t t l ed down to h i s usua l l ine of duties.

Oklahoma City i s m a k i n g a wonder- f u l p rogress a l o n g t h e s a f e t y flrst lines. W e have n o t had a repor tab le in jury f o r several months. T h i s is due t o t h e good w o r k of o u r s a f e t y commit tees a n d t h e co-operat lon of o u r employes in keen in^ "Safety F i r s t ' ullPermOSt in the i r minds. a t a-11 times. -

E v e r y employe in bo th 'the c a r a n d mechanical depar tments h a s sub- scribed for the g r o u p insurance w l t h t h e exception of one. W e would l ike to be 100 per cent a n d hope t h a t th i s one e m ~ l o s e will soon flnd his w a y c lear I n s i g n i n g for t h e Insurance.

A t a recent d a t e one of o u r lead ing thea te rs w a s f e a t u r l n g the motion pic- ture, "The I ron Horse". I n the lobby of the t h e a t e r they had a s a n adver t i s - ing f e a t u r e a n en la rged picture of one of o u r own new 1500 c lass engines, which w e were jus t ly proud of, a s i t c rea ted a lo t of admlra t ion a n d comment f rom the public a t large.

XIr. Geo. C. Papin , t r iple r a c k man, will visi t in St. Louis on T h a n k s g i v i n g Day, w h e r e he expec ts to have a boun- t i fu l d inner wi th his m o t h e r a n d t w o sisters .

S U P E R I N T E N D E N T T E R M I N A L S TULSA, O K L A H O M A

EDNA A. WOODEN. R e p o r t e r

Lois. t h e l i t t l e d a u g h t e r of Mr. E. E . JIcGuire, w h o h a s been ill fo r s o m e time, is improving each day. news of which, Lois' m a n y f r iends will be g l a d to hear.

Mr. W. T. Trisler , roadmaster . h a s heen p lanning to leave f o r California j u s t a s soon a s t h e "Special" passes tllrouaii t h i s p a r t of t h e country. Hope you have a wonderful t r ip, Nr . Trisler .

N i s s T e r e s a K u n z enjoyed a f e w day?' v i ~ i t w i t h h e r m o t h e r f r o m Spr~ngffe ld , w h o w a s h e r g u e s t h e r e f o r several days.

Mr. J. A. Gar le t t , swi tchman. w a s injured on November 16, whi le w o r k i n g in t h e yard. W e a r e g l a d to repor t t h a t Mr. Gar le t t is improving rapidly.

Mr. A. L West , n igh t s ta t ion mas te r , expects to leave F r i d a y n ight , Novem- ber 20, Lo e n t e r the Fr i sco Hospi ta l in St. Louis. Hope Mr. W e s t will be much improved in hea l th upon h is re - tu rn to Tulsa. No one knows be t te r t h a n the wr i te r w h a t wonder fu l c a r e he wlll receive a t the F r ~ s c o Hospital .

Col. ,Remey h a s re turned f rom a two- weeks absence, which t ~ m e h e s p e n t a t F i t t sburg , Kansas , w h e r e he w a s called by the illness of h i s mother.

Mr. W. D, McCool a n d fami ly spent four enjoyable clays v i s i t ing relat ives a t P i t t sburg , Knns.

Nr . W. P. Kent , t lcket a g e n t , h a s a l -

so re turned f rom a f e w days ' visit a t P i t t sburg . Kans .

311.. Ra lph H e a t h a n d Mr. David K i n g went squi r re l h u n t ~ n g a n d brought back a r a b b ~ t .

1\11., E. E. XcGuire a n d 11tLle son, Thomas , drove to Dawson a s h o r t t ime ago , and ullon the i r re turn , Mr. AIc- Guirc renortecl t h a t he shot t h e la rges t wolf he ever saw.

Ticliet Agent K e n t and Ticliet Seller Hailey spent one evening looking a t "Snllv" and have been wonder ina ever since- w h a t became of her.

40th A N D 43rd TRACK DIVISIONS SAPULPA, OKLAHOMA

J. A. BIAC>IILLAN, Repor te r

Recently t h e w a t c h inspector m a d e h is usual inspection trip.

Roadmaste r Rollen a n d Mr. Snyder of t h e account ing department took t h e inventory on the 40th t r a c k division. October 30 a n d 31.

Otis W a r d h a s been assigned t o Granby. 310.. as sect ion foreman. Mr. W a r d i s a new member of t h e F r i s c o family. a n d we hope h e will l ike h i s uew location a n d s t a y wi th us.

T h e oil spr ink le r is g o i n g over t h e te r r i to rv f o r t h e second Lime in t h e l a s t s i x t y days.

D u r i n g t h e month of October t h e r e w a s a campaign o n f o r t h e insert ion of cross ties. Xeedless to sav. t h e 40th - - - - . a n d 43rd c a m e u p w i t h the i r end SLrOllg.

F o r e m a n D. C. Mills, fo rmer ly of Vi- n i ta , h a s been t ransfer red to t h e 42nd t rack division, where he will be lo- cated a t Cache, Okla.,-not Cash.

Noble Overbv. who has been w i t h the F r i s c o - f o r a number of years on the Central Division, h a s t ransfer red to the 40th t rack and is located a t Vinita. where he is do ing the usual good work.

E x t r a G a n g No. 21, i n , c h a r g e of Foreman F r a n k Russel l , 1s w o r k i n g on the 40th t r a c k l a v i n a rail a n d a e t - t i n s - ~ the r igh t -of -way c leaned uf in genera l . They a r e located a t Catoosa a t the Dresent t ime a n d will w o r k east .

~ a t e i y the boys have i e e n sending in the i r reques t s for t h e mer i t passes f o r t h e year 1926". I t seems k ind of nice to be w o r k i n c for a rai lroad a f t e r all, p r e t t y good t d ' h a r e a n a n n u a l pass in your pocket.

F o r e m a n I". H. Morgan of Chelsea, Okla., h a s been building a 1,000-foot s p u r for the Chelsea Coal Company, n e a r Howard . Okla. T h e Bushvhead Coal Company is also p u t t i n g - i n a 1.000-foot s p u r n e a r t h e s a m e place. W e a r e a l a d to see t h e coal c o m ~ a n i e s a n d any-o ther company p u t in indus- t r i a l spurs. f o r i t is good business for t h e Fr i sco a n d t h e coal companies k n o w t h e v cannot a e t a n v b e t t e r se rv- ice f rom Bny othe; ra i l road t h a n t h a t offered b y t h e Brisco.

R o b e r t Morgan. o u r foreman a t Ca- tale. i s t a k i n g a well-earned r e s t of fifteen days. H e is be ing relieved b y Theodore W a r d of Catoosa.

I. N. TaEue. foreman a t Ncosilo. No.. h a s been s i c k for a f e w days. Hope you g e t back o n t h e job, Ike, fee l ing l ike yourself soon.

Tom Herndon, one of o u r v e t e r a n foremen a t Wyandot te . Okla., is l ay ing off for a couple of weeks. H i s son, who 1s n o w a t Vinita . is g o i n g to rel ieve him. I f y o u n g Herndon does a s Well a s his dad, he wil l be a l r igh t .

F r a n k Russel l , fo reman of e x t r a g a n g KO. 21, h a s resigned to e n t e r a n o t h e r line of business.

FOR,MERLY FRISCO MAN

FRANK' W. DAVIS LIFE, ACCIDENT

The Travelers Insurance Co.

6 E. Wall St. FVT. SCOTT

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ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT S O U T H W E S T E R N DIVISION

13. P. FOWLRR, Rclporter

Tho division accountant 's ofCicc i s now loc i~ tcd in the s a m e room with t h e s u l ~ c r i l ~ l e n t l e n t . Several par t i t ions m c r ~ knocked out nnd under t h e presen t a r - m n g r m c n l therc is plenty of spacc for both oKlccs. Supcrvisol. o f Records Kihurz surn,rlntended the move.

Victc~r A. Nills , ass i s tan t bill a n d voucher r le rk , h a s resigned and will t a k e a, positlon w i t h a wall paper com- any in Tulsa in a f e w days. H e h a s b e c t ~ wlth t h c Frisco fur five years.

Frivnds of J o h n Ladcn, former road- ni:tster on t h l s divrsion, w c r e s o r r y to Ir.;\rn of lils d e a t h which occurrcd t h e e:n$y p i r t or October. Mr. 1,;tdcn had bccn connected w i t h the Fr i sco f o r scvcr:ll vrnrx.

P r c s t o ; ~ H(~ns1ey has becn al>polntcd a s s t s t a n t bill a n d voucher clerk a n d L:twrencc Hil l h a s been assigned to t h c - positiurt o f gcncra l clcrk

The 13usincss a n d Professional Wom- e n ' s ('luh of Sal,ulua is rehoarsing for . -

;I home: t : ~ l e n t nlav Lo he nu t on the

!\'(,1(:11 of the ac i ,ount ing de lmr tmcnt 1s ;L m c m h r r of t h e chorus.

J,. 11. Sn?.der w a s in Ol.;lnltornn City

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Employe ! to send us the names of every business concern along the Frisco Lines believed to be a good pros- Dec t for adver tis- ing space in the Frisco Employes' - -

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FRISCO MECHANIC I F A M I L Y N E W S I

a fen. days d u r i n g Sovcmbcr , l ining up tiie rondrnastcrs clerlc re la t ive to var - ious account ing rcports . Mr. Snyder was former ly connected w i t h thc t r a c k depar tment .

S P R I N G F I E L D , MO. SOUTH SIDE SIDELIGHTS

EJII<:l:Y II,\OUKWOOD, Repor te r .~ -

\VP a r e al l \veil a w a r e of t h e f a c t Lhat tlic al1l)le sh ipments have been 1)cavy th i s fall. W e don't have to con- s u l t the rcpor t of c a r movements to g ( , t o u r inrormation. Our nose knows, fat, Llie air' is permeated a round the south shops w i t h t h e s c r n t of this s t a - ple f r u i t a s t rainload a f t e r t rainload is s\vit(.hed th~,ou.qh tlie soutli v:lrds. 'I'hrrr a r c t \ ro grades of apples com- i n g in. T h e LcLtrr grztde, of iol lrsr . goes into s torage , f l , o n ~ mllence they will g r a c e o u r tables th i s winter , while t h e o t h r r goes t o t h e local 'Cnctories w111,se tlicv a r c made into ( a s orte old- t i m e r i a i j ) sor~ le th ing to our oves o u r greens n c s t s r ) r i ~ ~ g .

W e r w e n t l y I ~ a d solne ~1vi;itors visiL Sl~ringlielrl a n d they performed :11' k inds of s tun ts . B u t a t tliiit they l~i lven' t a t l ~ i n on the an1ic.s o f tile s to rk t l iat iias been v is i t ing t h r south shop bo\-s' homes. T h e flrst visit o f t h e month w a s to t h e home of I r l Wi l - liamson ; ~ n t l wiCi.. wliero hc lef t a sc:vcn-pound boy. 11.1 s a y s he can h s r d - Iy w a i t unti l T,ind;~ll (!alley can call i ~ i m dad(lv. I n t h e nicantime if any one w a n t s to see h im smile jus t vnl' I ~ l m "Dnddy." Air. V7illi:lmson is a soundho~tsc machinist .

;\nd t h r n t h e s t o r k sai led r igh t in to Ihc homc of P r a n k Rrown, w l i c ~ ~ e I!( I?ft a nine-l)oilnd boy. with instl,uc- t ions to c:t11 h im "Robbie I.ec3." Nr. (Jromn 1s a \minter .

IIe was I I ~ X L hrar,d of n t the hornc ot' MI.. ant1 Mrs. T.awrcnw 1:ownian. where h e le f t thcm Master Homer Rrigg, w l ~ o weigllcd scrcri and one-hill: pounds. AIr. Cowman is a n clc.ctI'ician.

J n s t to show t h a t h i s s tock Of boys wns unrnl~lc~tr. 11e (,allt.d ilt thc home of Mr. anti Mrs. Virg'el .lohnSon and prescnted tireni with a ten a n d one- ha l f pound boy. 311,. Johnson is a Ina- ~ . h i n i s t in the rcciamution piant. T h c bxhy w a s n a ~ n c d Ma~rric'e I>. \Vayne.

John Clayton, machinist , soundliouse. is al l sntil(!s in i ~ n t i c i p i ~ t l o n of being ral led "Grandpa" by l i t t l c Hiss Vi r - g in ia Marie Crawforrl mhcn s h e is old cnough to talk.

T h e coarh shop is c o ~ n p l e t i n g thc re- bu i ld ing oS twenty- four re f r igera tor c s p r e s s cars . This worlc is u n ~ l e r tiie direct sulrrr,vIsion of .lop Ilolicrts, who i s f a r ahead of schcdulr , r1esl)itc the f a c t t h a t 11-lost of this work a m o u n t s ~ ~ ~ ~ a c t i c a l i y to I~uil i l ing new c,ars. They were of the old typc of "I" heam trl-v'- frilme, which h a s been replaced with thc steel n n d e r f m m i n g and new woorl- w o r k w i t h rr inforced ends, which ~ n i i k e thcni tlie s a m e a s new.

T h e roundhouse mail i inlsts claim a n o t h e r good rcrord. when they put th rce pfiir o f d r ivers under a 1040 class c,nfiine in two liours. This work w a s supervised by Ed Brid\vell, forc,rnan of drucl work. a n d performed h~ l'loyd 1,;stes. Artie NcCoy, Leslie Amos and Glenn Crnin.

T h e reclalnat ion p l a n t machinc shop h a s no t Curnislled 11s wi th a n y poocl records: but we a r c expectin? some good repor t s f rom them. as Mr. \V" l iam ;\lallorlc, who mas secently made foreman h;is tlie conficlcnc!e of every one a n d is g e t t i n g his men l ined ull ill good style.

T h c 1!l2li Fords have scored a g r e a t hit here. S r a l , Garner , t r a i n control- man, h a s a new.couge.

A\, AI. Hallaclc, machinist . has a new F o r d coupc a n d J&aford Johnson h a s a new Ford roadstor.

hnotl ic~r c a w of F lor ida fcver h a s de- velol~ed ltcre th i s ~ n o n t h . Wade Smith. coach s l ~ o p carl)entor , lias resiynecl and ?on? down to cas t his lot in thc land ol' purailisc.

W a l t e r Lozar, machinist roundhouse, has tratlcd his f a r m south of town I'or city ~ r o p e r t y a n d will move h i s fanl- ily into town a n d mill 1)ccome a ful l- f l c d ~ e d Springfield citizcn now.

Lcslie Anios, roundhouse, has joincd t h e home owners h a v i n g recently P111'- chased Lhe ~)rol ;e~, ty a t 1511 JAncoln s t ree t .

17. \\I. Lampton, genera l foreman, w h o spent several days in St. Lollis t a k i n g t r c i l l ~ n r n t a t t h e F r i s r o gcncra l hos- ~ ~ i t a l . lias returned, much improved.

Qrosgc Ih tex , l o c o m o ( i r ~ ~ inspector, Is 11ac.k on t h e job ugain a f t e r several dnvn' abxcnce, account of sickness.

Vrt,non, tlic young son of FIarry IJrown, cldcf clerlc to Supcrintcndent I,cvs;~ht. hns Imarovcd to such a n e s - tcrit t h i t hi3 rccbvery sccms assured.

{V. I). Wood, t in ic lcee~~cr , recently w e n t d ~ ~ c l t I ~ u n t i n g . J t setlms s t range , I~rtt ncrer the less tl'lie t h a t his e v e s i ~ h t . -

WLLS bar& h u t his atnl \vtls xood, a s hc filled Ills decoys ful l of sho t while 111(, s t ~ l l ducks ;got away. Tlc did nlanage Lo Bill onci duck.

.Ji~,nniic Cunningham, south shop mail ca r r lc r , ch:lrI(~rcd a n airplane! sevel ' :~l d a ~ s npo and flew over thc so11t11 ~1~01)s . U7r ~ ~ n d e r r ; t n n d t h a t .limnlie contem- p la tes p u r r h a s i n g one to car ry t h e mail with. Wc s a r s it is no more osci t- i n r t h a n d o d g i a k shop mules.

Georpe l l i l t e rbran t i s t h e ncw power- Iiouse lircman, t a k i n g the pltlcr. of I:d AlcJIullin, who reccntly resig-ncld.

J. 1':. Williams of t h e storvhouse lias t r a n s f c r ~ , r r l to thc general sto~.eYoorn, nor th sicl(', a11A 3 I ~ ~ l r i n L a n h c t h has t a k e n the position made vacant by Mr. i l l i ~ n s . Nr . T a m l ~ c t h cnnlcn from the north stoscroom.

J a n ~ e s Clingling, blac:ltsmitli, is OR on account of injurivs sustaincvl when ~ t r ~ t c k I)y a n :lutornol)ilc sccently.

John I:utledge, also o f the blncksmitlr s l io ]~ , is lilicl I I ~ , fo r r rpn i r s on account ol' a 1)rolton le,r \\'e nrvel' learncd t l ~ c riil1ul.e of h i s accident. but wish him :I spcedv rccoverp.

General Foreman Thompson accom- 1)nniccI by Elacksnii ths ivIcMahon and Woods. w e n t o n a v c r y successful h u n t i r ~ g t r ip a few days ago. \Ve nevcr w w tiivir game, but a r e t a k i n g the i r word for it.

T e s t ICngincrr D y s i ~ r t of thc round- house is in Waxhinnton. D. C.. attend-

I:oy Salsnian, roundhouse airman. lost his r a r th rough flre several n igh ts ago. !File oripin of the fire is unknown. 130th c a r a n d z a r a z e a total loss.

TVm. crouch; nrglit cab carpenter , 111is t ran \ fe r r r~ t l to day work. t a k i n a the position made vacant by tile reslg: nution of ])avid AIcCubhin, who will (levote his t ime to s t rawhelmrv growing, o f whirl1 he h a s a l a r g e a c v h g c .

J a m e s Burt , ass i s tan t forclnan, rccla- matioll plant , a s has been noted in thc9sc columns a s be ing a new clndds- w a s seen c a r r y i n g t h a t new son al6n.q Conimercial s t r e e t on a reccnt Sa tur - clu? n i ~ h t , a n d by. the manner and stylo he w a s us ing one would th ink t h a t he is sadly in necd of some i n s t r ~ ~ c t i n n s

~ .~~ .. .. - -. .. - i n how <o carr.v a bnhy. One thing. Mr. B u r t , t h a t hnbies object to v e r y strenuously, i s being carr ied w i t h feet higher than their lipad .. - -.

IVe note by the news from Chaffee t h a t I,eo S t e r n b e r g is s t i l l trernhling 011 the br ink of matlqrmony. Tllat i s

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With the Frisco Poets-and Some Others CHILDHOOD .\s this old world 's turned out .

Thcre isn ' t a bcat of the Sa t ion ' s hear t

T h a t a rai lroad m a n can' t feel ; I170r ev 'ry spoL iu this land of ours

Is bound Lo thosc l ines of steel." "To m a k e the roads w h a t they a r e to-

"AIN'T EDUCATION GRAND?"

By Jean Gillespie By &I. A. Waters of the Frisco Family

(Conlposed esperinl ly f o r the B'risco 3lncnzillr)

H o w s w e e t is chilcllsh laughter- The dimples come and go.

Dispensing g l e a m s of sunshine To mor ta l s here below.

I t s sound is l ike the ripple Of a brooklet in the wood;

And i t s voice holds sweetcs t cadence. E r e i ts words a r c understood.

In college days I studied Greek .\nd La t in composit ion;

Three modern languages I speak , Which is some acquisi t ion.

In calculus I w a s a s t a r . In historv a whiz:

day. I t took some ncrve a n d brxins:

I t took thc swcnt from a million brows.

T h c blood f rom a million vcins. In economi& I stood high, I led in every quiz. T h e pioneers of the roads, old top.

IVerc dilferent men t h a n you; They'd taltc a turn in thcir g raves

.\t chemistry, psychology, zoolog)', O traveller on l i fes h ighway,

0 dwcl le r on the sea , W h a t would you give to be oncc more

A child aL mother 's Itnee'?

And a r t , Philosophy a n d Engl i sh , too,

I worlted with a l l m y heart . U o t a n v suhiect in the course did

r i g h t now, If thcy heard you ta lk ing , too."

-- .-~ -

And feel h e r tendcr f ingr rs As t h e y s t roked your ha i r o f gore:

Alas! we s igh for youth 's rc turn 'Tis gone forevermore!

f omit to b y ; T h c facu l ty wi th one accord

Predicted I'd g o high. "They were the first to boost thc roads,

And they were t h e l a s t to k i c k ; NO m a t t e r how heavy the t ics o r rai ls ,

They s w u n g a loyal pick. Theg: l aughed a t t h e ja rgon of "know-

I t-all", At the politician's gab ,

And s t u c k to the men they were worlt-

I took my bachclor degrec ; I ea rned a n XI. A, , too-

And then I marr icd J o h n n y Lee Ah, youth , s o l ike a ra inbow! Too r a d i a n t to l a s t ;

W c fai l to renlizc i t s w o r t h Unti l Its joys were pas t .

W h e n wr inkles line t h c forehead And threads of s i lver show.

Our t h o u g h t s rever t to childhood days. T h a t golden long ago.

T h e n l i fe secmcd s t r e w n wi th roses. No thorns came into v icw;

H o w happy we would be today ~f this had proven t rue!

F o r many souls a r e w e a r y And many hear t s a r e s o r e ;

T!ey s i g h in vain f o r youth 's re turn , T is gone forevermore!

Now th i s i s w h a t I do: .kt G a . m, p i l e o u t of bed,

P u t on the coffce pot, F r y ham and e g g s a n d toas t the bread.

H e l ikes i t piping h o t ; IVatch J o h n n y t a k e o u t the l i t t le c a r

And pull ing wide the th ro t t le Speed bl i thely down t h e s t r c e t to w o r k ;

Then I flx baby's bottle. W a s h up t h e dishes, feed t h e ca t

And scrub t h e ki tchen floor, Make beds a n d d u s t a n d meanwhi le

Ta lk to a g e n t s a t t h c door.

ing for. And g a v c them the bcst they had."

"The men who a r e r u n n i n g t h e rozfls today-

This , g r u b you'd a s wcll dlgest- Are r a ~ l r o a d men f rom the bottom up,

~ \ n d t h e v can run them best. I never h i k d a man in my life,

I 'm a s poor a s I w a s a t b i r t h ; B u t I know t h a t the fel lows who can

hire men Are due the i r money's worth." I cal l the grocer, butcher, too,

IVho b r i n g m y order, maybe; And while I wai t fo r them to come

I have to ba the t h e babv. H o w swif t ly t ime is passing.

Youth blends w i t h middle a g e , And in t h e perfect book of l i fc

Is b u t the t i t le page. T h c book will soon be ,finished.

I t s pagcs will contaln, A t ru thfu l h i s tory of lifc,

Of happiness and pain. And though the hand bc withered.

And though thc eye be dim, T h e once d a r k h a i r be si lvery whitc.

And palsy touch each l imb; T h c mind recal ls some ilages,

Which we would fain read o'er, T h e y a r e thosc which tcll of childhood

days : Now gone forevermore!

HELP PUSH AND PULL Submitted by J . V. Callson

author quotccl)

"So g e t those cob-webs off of youl. mind-

Or g e t you a job elsewhere- I wouldn' t w o r k for a company

If I couldn't t r e a t it square. I f you're g o i n g to be a rai lroad man.

B c a rai lroad man in ful l : Get a head of s t e a m in your lanky

f rame, And hclp u s push a n d pull"

(Then the whis t le blew.)

And a f t e r t h a t there ' s lunch to ge t , T a k e baby to t h e p a r k ;

Some clothes to iron. Die to bake : By then it 's g e t t i n g -dark,

I f r y some chops, I slice some bread, And quickly s e t the tab le ;

W h e n dinner 's done. I s n e a k to bed As soon a s I a m able.

Then round m y bed I seem to see Xlv colleae c red i t s s tand .

THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS

~ e r r s i v e g h o s t s t h a t g r i n a t me, Ain't education g r a n d ?

SIGNERY Bv Rav I. Hoonman

By H. AI. Goode, Interline Department H a d Flora , thc fa i r , to hcr d a u g h t e r s

SO ra re , B u t given thc power of speech.

W h a t a weal th of cspress lon a n d sweet intercession.

.\ lover could find wi th in reach.

. - - - "I'll t rave l on t h e S a n d Y To sce the lovely scenery." Said B e r t r a m a s he l~ac l ted his g r i p To t a k e a l i t t le r i ~ l l r o a d t r ip F r o m But te , Montana, to Savanna11 To see h i s uncle's als ter , Hannah .

Ber t loved na ture . for the trces

H e w a s a quiet s o r t of ;I g u y And he had big teeth a n d fce t ; ( H i s k ind bears w:ctchina) IIv'd nrhisper, "XIy dear", In each flonr-

er 's ea r , Unti l the poor bud would t u r n pale.

The s o f t e s t of s i r h s . he'd then im-

~ o u ' l d give him thri l ls a n d ecstasies. H e loved the fields, the s t r e a m s , the

on' a n cmpty carbide can 'c s a t Devour ing bread and m e a t ; (And s a y i n g noth ing)

Ti l l a fe l low-worker forg-ot himself And u t te red some balderdash, (You sometimes hear i t )

T h a t the rai lroads a r e run bv a r a f t e r s

s k y Much be t te r t h a n pmenpple pic. H e took the journcy jus t to see (As sa id before) the scenery. The journey w a s wi thout a f law Except for this-what R e r t r a m s a w :

.- . provise,

And thus complete t h e love tale

He'd tell t h e red rose. 'ere i ts ~ e t a l s mould close.

Of a h e a r t most b u r n i n g wi th love, -4nd bid t h e f a i r flower, f resh from its

. - and f a k e s

W h o a r e a f t e r thc public's cash ; T h a t they t r e a t the i r w o r k e r s l ike

dr iven s laves And pay them a "measly" w a g e ;

T h a t w e who toil a r e no be t te r off

"Use Mother Xllschicf's Purp le P i l l s ; They're good for a l l thc hody ills."

"In Bluffer's foo twear walk a b o u t ; They kzep your feet f rom w e a r i n g

011 t

bower, Repea t the words to h i s dove.

If such w e r e the case. each flowcr's T h a n cy?ary birds in a cage ;

T h a t the guv'ment" should t a k e the roads in charge ,

This a n d a lot more t rash . Then "Big Teeth" g o t hot , a n d h e

s p o k e his mind:

b r igh t face, Would w e a r a look never glum.

The Pans ies would speak , a n d t h e Gil- liflowers 'eke,

T h e Chrysanthe ' s would never be

"Use ??holterine for mice a n d rats." "Try Tu~;?er 's tha t ' s the place for

hats . "The F'aklm Correspondence School Will m a k e a man of a n y fo?l."

"Subscribe to Yellow's XIagdz~ne." "Use Sudless Soap-be sweet and

clean."

mum.

"Aw, c a n such stuff . Y O U empty n u t , And if you don' t l ike your fa re ,

P i c k your la rd-can up, talie your over -

H o w s t rong t h e y would plead, f o r a w i g h t in sore need.

Whom misfortune had marked for hcr own.

IVith flowery grdce, thcy'd prescn t his sad case.

.\nd sof ten a hear t made of s tone,

Had the flowers I ween, been endowed h r the i r Queen.

W l t h speech l ike the children of

H e looked f o r Trees-firs, cedars, lllnes

B u t all tha t R e r t r a m s a w w a s signs. I-Ie looked for nlountains. s h r u b s and

al ls , And m a k c for the f r o n t door, there!

Of such ha l f -baked hash a s you're dishin' ou t .

I 'm a s t i red a s a man can be, And, g e t th i s s t r a i g h t , I 'm n o t one to

knock The g u y s who a r e w o r k i n g me."

brooks, . F o r r ivers , pas tures , fields a n d nooks. H e looked for na ture ' s a racefu l lines- And gazed on advertis 'ing signs. So B e r t r a m grabbed his 'baccy ja r And w e n t ~ n t o the smoking-car . H e smoked a n d dreamed till someone

Clay, I n a sof t minor key, they'd whisper to

thee, "Blessed, blessed be thy sweet n a t a l

day."

"When I a s k e d t h e boss for a ra i l road job.

I k n e w w h a t I w a s a b o u t ; I w a s ty ing up to a s b i g a th ing

sa id : "All ou t , s u h ! S ta t ion s t r a i g h t ahead!"

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MINES AT GALLOWAY, CARBON HILL AND HOLLY GROVE, ALABAMA

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I MONTGOME 3Y COUNTY ILLINOIS COAL 1425 Old Colony Building

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Railway Supplies Railway Exchange Building

CHICAGO. ILL.

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