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CrHE FRISCO "'"'"

Qxilroad Shop Men-. Do You Get Paid,fov , P

''Hard" Work or "Heed" A . 1

Hugh Christie-Railroader for 17 years. Now one of America's Greatest Shop .\ICE a look, u p and down t h c hack

Tshop. Civc t h e car shed and rip track the once ovcr. Evcrywhcrc-yor~ see Incn a t work-mcn, mrn, men. Sornr a rc highly sk~l lcd mcchan~cs, i o ~ c m e n . In- spcctors a n d lcadnicn. Thcy :irc Ihr "head" workcrs. 'l'hn. arc trainwl m<'n -and thcy gcL the I i ig~rht p:iy in thc shop. T h o othcrs a r c j o h ~ ordinary workmen. Thcy d o t h c "hnril" work and come out, on thc short end on pily day.

Authoritier.

ANYoflhcscordinar~~u~orkcrswillpct . M h u n a u p o n a s l t ~ I n g a n c i keepondoing thcsamc kind of n.ork lor many ycars l o come. %me w ~ l l gain small promotions ancl a lilllc IxlLcr pay, huL Lhcy will givc u p the hcst years of thcir livcs d o ~ n g it. Olhr l s will jump into the I ~ r t t c r joha. r~ghL ovcr the hcads of thcir fcllow workcrs. l~ecnusc Lhcy arc quiclly preparing thcmselvcs Lor the johs ahead. Troirling for promotion is the only quick , scui' way Lo get 11.

I'm a railroader too. so I know what vou're u o Special Training for Evers Job

afiainst .> carried dinnc; pail rnysc~i~fdr a doze;^ years till I ~ o t wine t o what was holding me hack -then I woke u p and shot ahcarl. Since then. I'vc hrlped hundreds of othcr mcn into hctter

., M e n on rliffercnt. kinds of johs ncetl different k~n(!s of help. That s the way my Lralnlng is arrangrrl-spccial tralnlna ior cvery job. I give job and h ~ s g c r pay right in thc!r own hnc. Now

m rcady t o help you-and I w ~ l l hclp you. I'vc co t a two million dollar concern wilh a tcn Year r o u evcry th~ng you must know t o e a r n promo-

tion In thc kind of !\.ark vou lilir. hcst. I p v c you cwrvthmq ~ h a t w1I1 help you-nothir~g tha t won't hel;~ you. I don't waste pour t m c .

k o r d for hclping mcn into hcttcr jobs, hcmh~nd me. I 'vc co t fifty o f the hcst, known shop cxpcrt.; in the country l i ~ ~ c d u p t o hclp me ltdp you. If you really want a hetter job-ii you are rcally anslous to make morc moncy-wrltc me today. >la11 coupon for my hig free book. "Vila1 Facts for Railroad Mcn"-get the details of m y amazing pay-raising plan.

I 40ST cvcry man wastcs a n hour or AT.\ more of his sn:irc timc cvcrv dav . Yet I'll Help You Win Promotion tha t o n r hour 'r lut inlo tracninh-out

in10 Rot t in i rea'dy for a heltcr"joh- has doublcd a n d tripled t h e pay of tI~ous:~nds of mcn. One hour a day properly spcnt, will posilively lift nn intelligent man o u t of the "hard" wor%

When you are rendv for n hcltcr joh I'll lcll your 1 1 0 s ahout 11. 1 I1 kccp h ~ m posted ahout what you know and n h a l you can df:, ho when thrrr 's a n o l ~ c n ~ n g ?CIU won't he overlooked. And this

Better Jobs-Bigger Pay- Quicker and Easier

scrvlcr 1s (~rdy one o i a dozen valunblc featurcs- all given free o f extra c a t t o t h e mcn I train. into thc "hcad" work class.

Send No Money-Mailcoupon for Big Free Book

N o mat l r r what k ~ n d of work you are doing, no matter w h ~ l ycu may knnw, or whnl you have hcard about othor methods o f I m n c training for railroarl men-sr.~ld inr n j v book. I.ct me show you the onc quick anrl'sure .way t o he l l r r jobs and more monrmv rich1 in vour own linc of work. Let

Hit-or-mics evpericncc o n your own job isn't c n o u ~ h . Yon'vc Rot t o s tudy your job and t h c job just ahcad of you-Lhrn thc ~011 ahead of thal- unld you reach thc top and gr,t lhe h ~ g rnoncy t h a t goes with the biq job. Blrl I<-tih n1y I r u i t t r ~ ~ ~ it 's rosy t o d o this-an hour a day of your spare time is all Chat's nccdcd. In :I fcw short months you should bc ahlc l o earn promotion LhaL would take you years t o get in any othcr way. mc provc trj y& how i can help you. I t costs you

nothing l o find out h u l i t may he thc turning polnt In your lifc. Pill ou t and mail thc coupon t o me- NO IV.

TVEN n man gets to doing "hcad" ~ o r k inutrad of hard work , hc I~rg lns

roenjoy life. IIcrloloniy nns morclnoney t o spend lor t h e things he wants. bu t hc has :In casicr time all around. I~Ic liken his work. I le enjoys doing it. Hc lxgins to bc somebody-to get somc- wherc. H c is satisfied becausc he is successful.

Lack of Schooling No Drawback Hugh Christie, Chief of Staff

National Railway School Operated by

Chicago Engineering Works, Inc. Chicago, Illinois

I f you can read and wri:e I can help you. M y homc t r a ~ n i n q for hcttcr johs in railroad shop work. is s~mpl~f icd purpcsely t o mect the rcqulrc- rnenls of mcn with l ~ t l l c school~~lg . It 'b easy to read-casy t o understand-and the most practical training cver prcparcd o n railroad sub~ccts.

HIS grcnt building is thc home o f lhc TChicago C nglnccrlng Works. Inc.. two mill~on clollar insl~lulion. No doubt you have hcard of i t a n d i ts rrcpulation for trainins men for better johs in Elcc- tricity. When you "honk up" wilh Hugh Chrislie ancl thc National Railway Schcml you will get t h c samc wonderful Lraininq-thc sarnc unbeatahlc scrvicc- tha t has madc thousanrls of o thr r men his pay successes. This Lwo million dollar concern positively guarantees it.

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THE FRISCO EMPLOYES' MACAZINE 827 FRISCO BUILDING . . . . ST. LOUIS

WM. L. HUCCINS. Jr., Editor ' MARTHA C. MOORE. Assoclofc Edlfor WM. McMILLAN. Adoerflsln# Manaaa

I I VOL. IV FEBRUARY. 1927 No. 5 I

Permission is given to reprint, with credit, in part or in full, any article appearing in the Magazine

Contents of This Issue PAGES

"Littlc Gcorgc Started Something" ............................................................................................... 4 .--I Crrrtoorr b y I . I-. (;odsc>,

Frontispiccc, "Fct)ruary" .................................................................................................................. 0

Great Tubs of Multc~i Rock Produce P~ .o t l~~c t s That Gavc Crystal City Its Same .............. 7-8 ...................................................................... liailways of Arnerica Superior to Those of Eurupc 9-10

13y Snrntrrl 0. I)rrirri Large Frcsh M'atcr Spri~ig on Frisco Lincs Truly a \Yonder o i tlic Ozarks ...................... i l Frisco Lines Pletljies to Aid in Abating Smoke E\-il .................................. Tcsas Employe Uses Frisco Ilospital and Follows Cobb's Ilsamplc ill Writing

Expcricliccs ................................................................................................................................... 14-15 Frisco Proud of Progress in Dairy Industry It Fostered .......... .... ................................. 10 Frisco Clerk Oldcst Me~nber of Famous Orclicstral Society .................................................. 17 Ozark Chamber o f Comnicrce Pays 'I'ributc to Frisco .................................................................. 1S Frisco Will Spcnd $21,00O,OGO in 1927, Presidc~lt Kurn Annou~~ccs ......................................... 20 Accident Preuent io~~ Work Off fur Good Start for 1927 ..................... ... ............................. i l Veterans' Association Appeals for Aid to Makc Reunion a Success .................................... 22 Rough Hantlling of Cars 011 Frisco Uccreasctl in 1026 ................................................................ 21 The Pensioli Roll ...................................................................................................................................... 2') Ho~ne~iiakers' Page .................................................................................................................................... 30 Spring Togs for Miss Frisco ............ .... ........................................................................................ 31 Tlic Twili-lit Hour ................. .. ...................................................................................................... 32

I3tiitorials .................................................................................................................................................... 34 Flashes of XIerri~ncnt ....................................................................................................... .. ............ 35 r - - - I he Frisco Mechanic ........................................................................................................................... J/-47 Frisco Family News ................................................................................................................................ 48-84

THE FRISCO EMPLOYES' MACAZINE The Frisco Employes' Magazine is a monthly publication devoted primarily to the interests of the

more than 30,000 active and retired employes of the Frisco Lines. I t contains stories, items of current news, personal notes about employes and their families, art icles dealing with various phases of railroad work, poems, cartoons and notices regarding the rervice. Good clear photographs suitable f o r repro- duction a r e especially desired, and will be returned only when requested. All cartoons and drawings must be in black India drawing Ink.

Employes a r e i n ~ i t e d to wr i te art icles for the magazine. Contributions should be typewritten, on one side of the sheet only, and should be addressed to the Editor, Frisco Building, St. Louis, Mo.

Distributed free among Frisco employes. To others, price 15 cents a copy; subscription r a t e $1.50 a year. Advertising ra tes will he made known upon application.

Great Tubs of Molten Rock Produce Product That Gave Crystal City, Mo., Its Name

T r i p Through Mammoth Plant of the Pittsburgh h Important Frisco Industry, Constitutes An

Plate Glass Company, a n Education i n Itself

P RYS'I'AL CITY, 1\10.. on the Frisco's river division is \\ell named. -

I t is, indeed, a crystal city, for just across from the Prisco station is located the largest plate glass factory west O F the i-\lleghenies, a branch of the largest plate glass factory in the world-by name, the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company.

Daily and hourly, great shects oi glass are molded and polishetl antl 7 placed in the stock room. Daily ' . this tremendous plant, covering eighty-six acres: hunis with life, and an inspection of the workings of its many departments is of

w startling interest. Many years .. ago, . in the thirties,

a few cap~ ta l~s t s formed a company in New Haven, Connectic~~t. called ( , i I I P Y Q ~ z ~ i e 7 ~ of ( ' i j l ~ l n l Gi(y plni~t o f the P!ltsDui.qh Plate Glnss Colilpaltg'.

the " ~ i s s o u r i ~ ~ l l i n o i s hlineral 8i Lancl Company", and endeavored to locate and enter such mineral, agricultural and timber lancls as might become valuable as the country improved. Forest Shepharcl, a mineralogist and geologist, was sent out to examine and locate lancls in the West. I-Ie located silica or sand rock near Crystal City, which, from tests made by the Thames Plate Glass Worlts of England proved to be 9 . 4 per cent pure silica.

The finding of such a large amount of this santl rock proved to he the first consideration for the estahlish- ~ n e n t of this large factory in Crystal City. , , l l l e original company, formed in Detroit, was called the American Plate Glass Co~npany, and the Crystal City plant was not established until 1872. The I~ranch factory, of course received all its supplies from

r the Detroit firm, and wishing to find a name for. the city located on Frisco Lines, they decided upon "ATew Iletroit". The natives, however, thought Crystal City much nlore appropriate, and so the little city hecanle known I q the products which this large factory pro- tl~tced.

i-\s a consequence of the money payic of 1873, the glass works had to succumb, and the property was sold to a new organization called the Crystal Platc (;lass Company. In 1895 that company was absorbed by the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, which plant has grolvn until toclay it is ackno\vletlgetl the largest plate glass conilztny in tile \voi-Id.

The making of plate glass remains one of the very difficult arts. Many che~riical problems attend the melting of every hatch of raw material, composed of

sand, soda ash, limestone and cullet (broken glass). Produced in furious heat, the cast glass must support mighty cooling stresses. If these a re safely passed, difficult mechanical manipulations are still to come.

'I'he buildings located on this eighty-six acres of land are of enormous size. Among the larges ones are the furnace hall, 900 feet long by 150 feet witle; the grinding antl polishing department, 500 x 800 ; the laying yarcl, 100 s 400; the rough laying yarcl, 100 x 7.30, and the warehouse, 100 x 400.

The manufacture of glass starts from the great cave which contains the 99.4 per cent pure silica sand. This cave extends back for three-quarters of a mile and it is estiniatecl that the supply of this pure silica santl is inexhaustible. Dug out O F the ground, it is hantlled to the sand drying house by cars, where it is washed and dricd by hot air, placed back in a car and hauled to the preparation room. The glass company has t ~ v o small engines of its own, and many box cars which handle the material to every plant on the eighty- six acres. The ground is a network of tracks.

t 1 1 he pots in which the mixt~i re is placed for heating, are of great interest. They are made of clay, fifty-six inches wide by thirty-three and one-half inches deep, and require years of preparation and last only a few [lays in service. The glass company must produce its own pots, since the clay must I)e treated with great care. In many of the Pittsburgh I'late Glass factories there are as many as 5,000 pots carried in storage. These pots are made O F certain selected clay, and each one is capable of melting one and one-half tons

of glass at one time, antl of supporting a sustaiuetl tcmpcraturc of irom 2,500 to 3.000 tlegsees 1~;lhren- heit thsough nearly one (lay ant1 a night. -

In making the pots, the selected clay is gl-o~untl. screened ant1 mixed accurately \\;it11 certain constit- uents, then kneaded. n ~ u c h as a baker I\-neatls t l o ~ ~ g h . I-Iand\vorl\- is thcn necessary 1)ecause a slight defect, even a small air cavity woultl cause the pot to crack in the furnace. The 1)ot maker Ix~iltls 111) the pot la- boriously, making rolls of clay \\.it11 his llantls and fonning tlie great receptacle, layer by layer, with infinite care. \\'hen finisl~ctl. the pot must be storetl iron1 six months to a year for "seasoning", ant1 even then it is tested hefore it is placed in ser\,lcc.

There are twenty huge furnaces in the f l~rnacc room, each holtling t \ \ dvc 1):)ts. 'I'he 1)atch of saw materials is ~)lacecl in the pot and the pots are placed side I)y side, twelvc to a furnace, and thc work of mclting hegins. Esperts maintain close watch over the con- ditiou o f each one. \\lit11 long iron testing rods they draw out small quantities as samples. Three tlitferent timcs materials are atltletl to cach 1)ot during the twenty-four hours cnch pot is in the furnace.

\\%en at last the heating is conlplctctl. an clcctric crane clasps tlie hot pot with a pair of mammoth tongs a i d lifts it through the door of the furnace. \\-ork- men stand reatly with long iniplcmcnts to skim the top of the inolten glass, swiftly r e~nov i i i~ - any slag or i n - purities. h o t h e r crane swings the pot over the casting table, a great steel slat) of 200 tons in weight, thirty-two feet long I)y twenty feet \vide. :in in- ge-enioi~s device tilts the pot and pours its contents so that it flows the full width of the table. steel rollcr, weighing twenty-five tons. advances antl rolls the moltcn mass flat. the thickness of \vhich is determined by gauges. Roth t a l k and rollel- arc watcr coolctl to prevent warl)ing untler the great heat. and whcn the roller has completed its \vork, the mass \vhich only a few mo~nents bciore was a \vhite hot fluid, lies on the steel table a retl hot slleet of glass. in area a l~out thc size of the table antl half an inch in thickness.

'J'he glass m ~ s t now procectl, without delay, to the annealing o w - s o m c 800 fect long. !\n electsic in- stallation carries thc glass plate t h r o ~ ~ g l ~ il \cry slowl!, --so slowly in fact, that it recluires Li\.c hours to tra- \ u s e the 800 feet. 1)uring this slmv ~)rogress, the 1)late passes s~ntler gratlunlly reduced tc~uperaturcs, minutely controlled. \\-lien it finally reach:.h thc cntl. it has bccome cool enough to I ~ a ~ ~ t l l c and has acq~~ire t l thc rccluisite toughness. I t is then examined for de-

fects antl cut accordingly. 'I'hl~s a large piece of glass may, through defects, he rct l~~cctl to a dozen pieces o f \.arious sizes.

, \ I lw nest opel-ation is the grinding and polishing \\.l~ich is done on tables \vcigliing scventy tons each, \\.hich tal)les are on \vheels and may be moved from one 1)lace to another. The 1)ieces of glass are placed on the table in ])laster o i I'aris casts, then towal by motor car to a place beneath the grinders. 'I'hc machines that rotate the taldes cover an area of fifty square feet, measllre morc than fifty feet from Inse to top and ~-equire no tors of 300 FT. P. to drive them. T h c nlassive iron runners that revolve over the surface of the glass to grind it, have an :dtlitionnl combined ~veight of 124.000 pountls. ; \ s the t:hle revolves. water antl sand-first coarse, thcn finer sand-are fetl untler the runners, \vhich are loweretl slowly, until the entire \\-eight rests on the glass. The surface in this manner is ground with a1)solute uniformity antl all irregularities are worn away. \\'hen the grinding is finishctl and the s~t r face washed, the tahles are nloved to the polishing machine. where retl ositle of iron, commonly laiowu as rouge. finest of ;[I1 a1)rasives. is fetl ~uitlcr the revolving runncrs, \vhich, in the ~)ol is l~- ing ~)~-ocess arc 1)ufYing disks of felt. eigl~tcen inches in tlianicter. 'fhe glass then t a l a on the brilliant pol- ish of plate glass.

I t is completely finishetl on both sitlcs before it is t m k e n from its cast, after wliich it is washed and is thcn reatly for cutting. 'Its original thickness when it went to the @ntlers was about half an inch. Now, after these varlous olwations of grintling : u ~ l polis11- ing. it has I~cen r e t l ~ ~ c ~ d one-half.

I t is no\v ready to be cut into pieces of any tlinien- sion. 'I'here was in store stock one large piece of platc glass nleasuring 151 s 2-38 inches, one-fourth inch thick rultl weighing al)l)rosimatel~. 816 1)ountls. ?'his large size 1)l:lte glass retails for from $200.00 to $1.000.00 ant1 more. 'I'iers of glass suitn1)lc for wintl- shieltls were also in stock, the pricc of whicl~ aver- ag-es aro~mtl $4.00.

'I'hc IJnioil 1,lectric Compn~ly furnisl~es all the ~ o \ v e s for running thc nlachinery :111(1 lights of this enormous plant.

.,\ recently atltletl tlcl)art~uent of this glass company is its frametl mirror clclmrtmcnt. JIirrors are nlatle, niountetl, hevelletl and decorated in 1)eautiiul cut tle- s i p s of flo\\,rrs ant1 leaves, ready for shipmcnt to cities to I)e sold a t relail.

(A'ow 1ur11 t o 1'11yc 25, plcusc)

Pnge 10 E~X&CO ~MPLO&S'@WZINE Pebrttary, 1927

Every year the railways are spending many millions of dollars in eliminating gratle crossings, but the public authorities are constantly opening new roads and streets over railway tracks, with the result that the nwnber of highway grade crossings is still increasing. Not only are the railways each year spending many millions of dollars to eliminate highway crossings, but they are also carrying on a nation-wide campaign to try to educate n~otorists and other persons tu cross crossings carefully. I n view o i the facts stated, the problem of reducing highway gratle crossing accidents obviously is more that of the public antl public authorities than that of the railways.

The editor above mentioned that not only have the railways of Europe fewer gratle crossings than our\, b11t that their roadbeds antl tracks have been given a stronger and more permanent construction. H e at- tributes this partly to the lower cost of labor in Europe, wages there having, in fact, always been much lower than in this country, and being now less than half as high as here. There are good roadbeds and tracks and poor roadbeds and tracks on both continents, but it is ex- tremely doubtful if a comparison, mile for mile, would show that the railways of Europe, as a whole, are better constructed than those of the United States, as a whole.

A comparison of the average amounts per mile that have been spent for railway construction on the two continents shows clearly, however, that, measured by this standard. the

"If there is a wreck on a railroad in England, or France or Germany," said the editor, "there is a governnient investigation a t once. In our country the investigation is made secretly by the railroad author- itics, and the facts hushed up in order to protect the reputation of the railroad." , * l h i s statement is entirely incorrect. The Interstate Commerce Commission has a Bureau of Safety which nlakes a public investigation and a detailed report, which is published and widely distributed, regarding practically every wreck resulting in loss of life that occurs on our railways.

'l'he editor also s&l : "European trains make as implied in his article good time as ours do, although the cars are lighter and

N o t loirg ago the editor of a certniir proiir- i i w t zucstcrrr nr7uspnper ~irnde a brief tri/, abi-ond aird 21poi1 his retrrrit wrote n cowrpar- isoia o f Aincrirnn nird E w o p e a n railroads which gnve llic Errrohcnir rotrds by far thc best of it.

Ilr so tioiilg hc srriils to hn7c plnccd a figrrrntivc tach b1 thc cditoritrl c l~nir occrrpled hy tlrc dirrctiirg Iread of the c.strerirrd Rail- .zrraI1 .4gc, d lr . Sorir~rcl 0. Dtrrrir.

Iic tllc nccorri,hairyiilg article i l lr . Drtirrr takrs issue z,ith h ~ s roiltciirpomry nird rirnlirpiorr, the cnrrsc of r'fwcricair railroods zoith fncts nirti fiqrrrrs, nird froiir n stairdpoiirt of per- sonti1 irrwstigntioi~. Mr . D I ~ I I I I 11as proceeded iir Itis nrticle z,ith thc idea tlrat eirlrcrr nu Ainericoit ire~.cpapcr cdilor ~rrakes srrch urt- jmr criticislrrs of otrv railways, it irrltst ifldi- cale tlrc~t 1riaitj1 pcorlr Rnve mclr ~ ~ ~ n l f o r r i r e d idrns coiicoirirtg tlrcse ronds. I I c is a i ~ x i o r r ~ , nrtd so is thc cditor of this Jlnqazirre, that Frisco crirp1o~~r.r Izi~ow drfirritchl that Aiilcri- cnir rnilronds nrc strperior to the 11eig1tborin.q ronds across the occnir. Ccrtniir coittmsts in rirairngrmcirt, scrvrce, cqzripiitcirt, opemt io i~ m d c ~ ~ u r t c s ~ r will, E M bclrevc, prozrc i i r tc i~se l~~ i~rtercstiirg t o tlrc riilployrs of this vond zdzo p c r ~ s r the ncconrpnrryiilg article.

-W. L,. H., Jr.

railways o f - ~ u r o ~ e ought to be better built than those of the United States. The investment that had been made in ollr railways up to December 31, 1925, was $96,000 per mile. The average capitalization per mile of the railways of Great Britain (exclusive of Ireland) in 1924 was $285,000; of the Belgium state railways (1922) $212,000; of the railways of Switzerland (1923) $174.000. Because of depreciation in the cur- rency, it is necessary, as a matter of fairness, to give pre-war figures regarding the capitalization or cost of construction of most European railroads. The average cost of construction reported for the Italian state railways in 1915 was $158,000; of the German railways (1913) $120,000; of the French railways (1913) $148,000.

Although labor is, and always has been, much cheaper in Europe than in the United States, the railways of all the important countries of Europe have had expended upon them a much greater amount per mile than the railways of the United States. The railways of this country certainly are much better built and give a much better service in proportion to what they have cost than those of Europe.

apparently not so substantially I built. The automatic signals

and safety arrangements are more general and seem to be more effective."

The best trains of England, France and Germany do make as good time as our best trains, but outside of these countries the speed of trains in Europe is not as good as it usually is even in the less densely popu- lated parts of the United States.

All the railways of this country, as a measure of safety, have for years been substituting steeI for wooden passenger cars, hut there is hardly a steel car in Europe. This is the main reason why our cars are heavier.

His statement that "automatic sigllals * * * * * are more general in Europe" is entirely incorrect. The autoniatic block signal was invented in the Unitetl States, antl i5 now ex-

tensively used in this country, while there are practically no automatic block signals in Europe.

H e asserts that in Europe "dining car service is better, and the sleeping car service, while not so generally used, is in advance of that provided by the original promoters in America". I t is hard to understand how anybody who has traveled extensively in Europe could make these statements. Dining car service in Europe is table d'hote, while in this country it is uwally a la carte. Railways in this country have tried more or less to introduce table d'hote service. The Railroad Adnlinistration, under government control, introduced it generally. The main reason why it has not been more extensively and permanently adopted in this country is that the rail\vays h a w found that most An~er ican travelers object to it.

Sleeping car service in Great Britain is very good. On the European continent it is usually poor. I n the United States the traveler can get any kind of sleeping car accommodation he wants if he makes reserva- tion a few days ahead, and usually he can get a t least an ilpper berth on any train carrying sleeping cars u p

(.Vow t w ~ i 10 Prlge 36, pletrsc)

Large Fresh Water Spring on Frisco Lines Near Thayer, Mo., Truly "Wonder of Ozarks"

Flow From Natural Fountain of Crystal Clearness Would Supply New Yorkers With 100 Gallons per Person Daily

+LI\ S P R I S G S , located sixteen miles from the as Greer Spring, are not lanown to I)e equaled, or cvcn ittle - ' City o f Thaycr, Missouri, on Frisco Lines, subject to rivalry by any similar works of nature in

might be called a "hitlden wonder of the Ozarks". any portion of the world ; and as-sin she says, that I h o w n but to few, it is recognized by leading geolo- Missourians have a great love o t fine scenery ant1

gists as one of the four largest springs in the entire generally take long journeys into other states in order world. I ts maximum flow would supply the people of to gratify the taste, while quite unconscious of the the City of New Yorlc with 100 gallons to a person wonderful beauty antl grandeur of the Ozarlis, \vhich daily. I11 other words, the City of N e w York has a is quite true. ~wpulation of more than five million, antl Crec:r " h t to tell you of my survcy of Greer Spring. Springs, a t its maximum, flows 539 mil- Ve clruvc to this spring fsonl Thayer, lion g:lllons of water every twenty- hlo. in an oltl-fashioned stage. iour hours, and a miniilium ot A k a ds at that tinlc, \vllich 220 million gallons in the *. - - 25 years ago, were s:me length of ' uggetl and rough. The The other t 11 r c scenery around the springs are : Big spring is v e r y Spring, near Van beautiful. Wild 13 LI r e 11, 4[0., f l o w c r s a n d which flows a vegetation of all m a x i m u m of sorts abound. 543 million gal- 1 "Greer Spring Ions in twenty- rises near the f o ~ ~ r hours : Sil- Ilcad o i :I tleep ver Spring, in yv%w 7 canyon o r ra- . Florida, \v h i c 11 *;a - . # vine, 2 0 0 feet flows 531 million . . ., a : , - , tlccp and w i t 11 gallons, :mtl Jutli perpendicular \~a l l s . Spring, also in 1:loritla. .. , The spring first comes \yhich has a maximum flow out of a cave as a much o f 495 million $Ions.

- . .-. smaller siring, but about 100 ;. .. 'I'Iie spring was first called Greer fect below the cave opening is thc

Spring l)y Mr. (;reel-. wlm lived near- '-1 P-ic:~] of Grrcr S j ~ r i ~ ~ q I)ig spring p r o p . 1)y for a lifetime. ":it times the upper mouth is dry.

Louis Houck. o i Cape Girartleau. ( h x Sl)rinx has an unvarying tern- I)uiltlcr o f severnl branch line r:lilro:~tls in Missnr~ri,- l)craturc o i forty-nine degrees th-oughor~t the year, wllich the 1;sisco later pr~rc~l~:~setl, asl<ctl 11s. E. ;\I. Ic;lntl it fluivs bvitll such force from l~elow, that the water Shepard, 1)rofessor of geology of Jhury College, I~oils 111) a1)out two fect above the general level. Boys Springfield. JIissouri, to make a report to him (xi Greer who bathe in thc sl)ring often jump into this sl)out, S ~ ) r i n q , which he later namccl "Big Ozarli Spring", ant1 are thrown ul) in the air a foot or two. A piecc ill conteml~lation of a proposed dam. 1)r. Shepartl of railroad iron will be thrown back with great forcc. made his report, and it \\-as from him that the true "' I ' he spring empties at the end of a canyon, one and tletxils of the spring were secured. onc-quarter miles away, into the T.:leven Point River,

"I oftcn give t z ~ l l i ~ on interesting points in A~lissouri and a large territory is drained by this stream to the and the Ozarks, and I a m frank in saying that the Sorthwest . Some hunclred feet further on, the sivcr 1)eol)le of this section of the country, and of thc rcaches a depth of eighteen feet and has a rapid cur- F'risco Lines are not aware of the beautiful natural rent. giving one :1 better idea of the voluliie of the scenery which is ofleretl them in their own statc, he spring. said." "Along this siver for a number of miles there are

"1,uella Owen, in her book 'Cave Regions of the no springs, showing that the surplus water drains Ozarks and Black HillsJ, states that remarkable at- into a deep seatctl untlerground river which boils ul) tractions associatecl with the caves of the Ozarks, such ( N o ~ u tr~1.1~ t o Page 23, plea,se)

Frisco Lines Pledged to Aid Cities It Serves in Abating Smoke Evil

Fuel Agent Collett Tells Kansas City Committee That Their Problem I s Closely Allied W i t h Railroad Fuel Conseroation

R O B E R T COLLB'I"l', fuel agent for the Frisco 'L'he efi'ort \\.ill iucceetl only i f it is looked upon as Lines, recently delilered the following addre55 just as much a business problem as the development of lxfore the Railroad Smoke Abatement C'ornmit- any other major undertaking. The trouble with the

tee of Kansas City, Missouri: I have been asked to majorit) o l smoke campaigns is that they usually have say something on smoke abatement and its I-elation to started off w ~ t h a big hurrah and generally died fuel economy on I-ailroads. I do not anticipate tliat 1 through neglcct. St . Louis has made a good start antl can suggest anything that is new, but I hope I may I)e are getting some results. and you may be interested able to pive ;I reminder of one or two things that \\.ill promote discussion a n~ o n g j 011 gentlemen, who are actually domg the work. There is no plan that beats s~t t inq right down together antl getting all the angles on the jol).

I n the larger sense, fuel cconomy and smoke abatement go hand in hand. The I~ctter the con~bustion the less blacli smoke, but in locomotive service therc are times \\Then 11 c must sacrifice fuel economy to prevent smoke, antl at such times. that IS the thing to do. In otlicr I\ ortls. suppression of I~lack imoke must come first, antl then u7e must save as mucli fuel a>

A reziezo of tlie z ~ o r k of the r~ccidcrrt prcz- ~certtioir co~i~i i i i t tce of the ?i.'c.st shops loco- ~rirotive departrireirt at Spriirgfield, AWissolrrr. shows that it perfor~rrcd spler~dirily drlriirg lust year. A total of 371 accideiits of all kirtds were reported, as a,yairrst a total of LOO drrr- iirg 1925, a decrease of 38.1 per ceirt.

Oiie iriterectiitg iterrr r-cj,ortcd is that tlrirty- four eyes were srrved by tlie use of goggles tlrrriri,q the lasf e iqhtrri~. irrorrths. A total 01 1,400 hc~zar-do~rs corrditiorrs zwre reported, and oirly /L:O x c v e not cotirplc/rly rorrcctrd. Tlrcsc t w o irow are 1~eiii.q corrected.

Accidcrtt pr~zeirtioir i s just a .rrratter o t good housekeepirrg, arrd if eaclt wi l l d o hzs part iir seei i~g that tools aird inaterials are irt good order-. nrrd that the preirrises wirere the w o r k i s done is kept orderly , observirrg t h ~ s i i f ~ t y rrr1c.c co~ttirr~rally brorrght Deforc. al l , a still fnrthrr redr~ctiori in persorrnl it!- jrrries to rirrj1oyr.c ;dill De lirndc. drlriir.q 1927.

. . \ye get out into the country we can relieve our petit up desires and raise a I~eautiiul fog if we want to, but let's be sure t l ~ a t \re are not wasting fuel in so doing. Let's do a "jam-up job" of running and firing all of the time to the I~est of oui- Icnowletlgc. antl fuel economy will almost takc carc o i itself. You enginemen antl road ioremcn Imon. exactly what 1 am talking ahout when I say that.

T h e greatcst natural resource of our nation-an unlimited ,supply of relatively cheap fuel-has made I)ossihle the wonderful growth of our country in n~anufacturing as well as i l l ag r i cu l t~~re , for without this natural resource there never could have been tlie great development in ~nechanical means for doing work. The concentration of industry in large centers naturally has I~rought with it the probleni of some for111 of control o f the smoke nuisance. The chief reason that stnolie ahateinelit has not been 'agitated more than it has, has in part been due to the fear of scaring aulay large manufacturing interests.

St . J,ouis ant1 ICansas City both are now making a determined effort to suppress unnecessary smokc.

to ltnoar that tile chief officer, Mr. >lonett, who is a gentle- man of very wide cxpericnce, and who has been en~ployed by the city to organize the campaign, gi\ es the railroads credit for the best working unit ant1 the most men intcr- ested propol-tionatelj..

Kansas City is famous for its fine boulevards, its land- scape architecture, beautiful homes and civic enterprise. I never saw a person \\rho hat1 lived in Kansa5 City for an!, Icngth of time but wai a great booster for his town, and I have no tloul~t tliat !.our present campaign will be permanent and have lasting Ilene- fit, i f so, it will reflect cl-edit upon all concerned.

mentioned in developing your city was not achieved merely t1i1-ough thc passing of an ordinance or issuing a n etlict. ant1 thew things certainly nevcr would have been realizeti i f they had hcen treated as ;t fad, a~orketl at a little while now and then. and iorgotten ior several !.ears at a time.

Something can be accon~plishcd in smoke abate- n~en t . 1,ilie anything clse. we will get out of it what we put into it. Jt requires organized effort on tlie part of tlie civic bodies of t l ~ e city. the heads of all great industries, including the railroads, and the people as a whole. Above all, to succeed u7e must tlior- (~1q111y 1)clicve in it and he enthusiastic about it.

I t has two si(les-the ~nechanical antl the l iun~an side. The first is, as almve stated, a matter of organization antl equipment: the second, is tlie more important of the two, it involve-, etlucation, friendly cool)eration, a q u a r e dcal all around, and the require- ment of what is reasonable of accomplishment, and no more than that. \Ye must Itnow what we a r e try- ing to do, have a plan to work to, and records that will tell us exactly what we are accomplishing. T h a t is the way we follow our fuel economy program on

Texas Employe Uses Frisco Hospital and Follows Irvin Cobb's Example in Writing His Experiences

Staff at Sherman Frisco Hospital Makes Decided Hit W i t h Distribution Checker W h o Had Tonsils Remooed Recently

I RI'lNG COBG. famous writer and lecturer had the experience of all operation and became so enthusi-

as t ic over it t ha t he wrote a boolr. T h e writer having just lately gone through one of these experiences, feels almost like Mr. Cobb, with the excep- tion that it is not within his province to he able to use the language that the famous wit used and i t will be nec- w s a r y to confine himself t o the vo- cabulary ut h is command.

For no other reason than actual necessity, t h e writer found i t necessary to have his tonsils removed and fortunately was in the service of t he Frisco, thereby entit l ing him to the benefits of a l~ospi ta l where opera- tiona of this kind a re , a s I later found out, s o ordinary a s to be common. But i t i s not of my personal operation that I wan t to tell abont ; it i s t he institution in which, a s an ernploye of the Frisco, I a m deeply interested.

I want every employe on the Frisco Lines to know tha t t he employes 01; the Texas Lines a r e fort,unate, not only in having a first-class insti tutio:~ of this ltintl a t their very door, hut they have a t their call t h e very hest physicians and surgeons i t i s possible to ge t ; and shall I pass us the nurses, "hired hands", e t c ? F a r from it. They a r e the sa l t of the ear th , t he comforters t he helping hands, smooth- ing down the miseries, aches and pain, even making men see how selfish they are . You know there a r e some railroad men so grasping and selfish they wan t t ime aud one-haif for t he Sundays and holidays the1 spend in the hospital. Then there a r e wonderful nurses who can make men of th is kind leave the institution with a grateful heart .

I shall pass up the first day a s i t was one of misery, awful dreanls, visions and had thought^, but the morning brought the sunrise, a few clouds perhaps. passing swiftly. leav- ing the perfect clay.

Iirealcfast, fine, enough for a hungry brakeman; la ter a sponge bath ( th is is the one th ing I coulil not appreci- a te , a s most of u s fellows a r e used to the "Saturday night" tub, and to hrealc away from habits is sometimes not appreciated like they shoulcl b e ) : in the meant ime room tidied up and ready for t h e folks.

I th ink everybody who h a s ever heen in the Sherman Hospital more than one day looks forward to a big, booming voice coming down the hali,

By K E N N E T H GILBERT

a smiling f a re in the door, a dig in the ribs and "Howdy, Boy!" All I (.nu say is that 's t he second sun-up of the day and anyone who cannoL guess who I a m referring t c hiis lnissed something. After t h a l comes

A s tltc wcc1:s and wrorrtlrs trtrd ycnrs roll by it is iircvitoble that rtlch of rrs mlrst /rcre-e sorrrc plrysicnl i~rfirmity that tiecds ottcrrtiort. I t may be orlly cr tooth to De filled or ptrllctl, u str16- Oori~ cold to be crri.cd or arry orre o]: nzairy Irrrrrdred uiirror- coi~rplairrt.\..

Rzrt ~i.~lzatevcr the rrralady, it is htrrutr vnture t o drend the operation. he it d~ri!i.~t' .s chnir or Irospitnl brd.

Thot is w h y t11c nccorrrpuriyirr!~ story bq. l i o r ~ i c t h Gilbert is urz uir- rrsr~ctl tribute io the rtrilroad .rdric/r ~ r p l o y s h i . Jlost of ?IS, as hr trrrtkfrrlly rclatrs, tlrirrlk of a Irospitrrl a s n plnrc. of Irorror, n11d our first r17'ort rrpoir rcJcowr:y is to forljrt i t .

K e ~ l i ~ e t h Gilbert chose to rcrrrcrrr- I J E ~ his hospitc~l e.t-peric,rrce, 1~cczrr.r~ it h v s a plensnrrt orrc. A torrsilcrto~iry took hi111 .ir.it/rilr ~ I I C prci.irrt.t.~ 01 t l r ~ Slwirrnrr, Tr .ms , lrospital, nird rrir- 1rs.c w e rcatl n T~v-olry crrrphnxis irrto 1ri.s ir~terc.~t;r~(/ ~ r t i c l r , L ' i lhrt rntlrer i.c!ircttctl I~tivirrg to lrcrvr the plticc.

T o tlrosc of our I:ri.sccr ~wi.l:i,rs d m r r r q Oc corrfircd to the clctrir. :,~hitr sheets of rr Frisco hnspitnl bed tlrrrirr{j 1~27, this story is corrrrrrerrtlrc:'. It tells n ~ f i f l ercr~t tl1111r usrml story o f lro.~pitrrli:ntiorr. CP" I.. I I . . Ji..

ront.ine, one doctor af ter anol.hcr, and lake it fro111 me, none of then1 ~nisse:. you. By this time it is ahout eleven o'clock and a glass of goorl, pure. clean milk i s given you and I wontlw how many of the folks around here know that Dr. Sea the ry has his own dairy antl poultry farm from which he furnishes the hospital? Lenrnc?tl something else didn't you. Well, it 's a fact and you can r e l ~ e a t it.

Dinner time. Now, of course. I know there a r e some who a r e s o sick they cannot. ea t : there a r e some who may have only this, tha t o r the olher, lmt a s for me, having just an ordinary worltingmans' appetite, x h e n I saw wha t they brought me, I began to wonder if I wasn't dreaming again. hack home and "Ma, please, pass t h e biscuits again". But why carry th is on; the doctors and nurses again,

supper, folks, friends a ~ ~ d get ready to "hit. t he hay".

I want you to know tha t i appreciated a11 that was done for m e aud f r o u ~ what I can gather in talking to others, I got just what they tio for every Friscoman.

After t he usual days in bed, my curiosity got the best of m e and when Dr. Neathery came to the door une morning I told him I wanted to see rverything h e had in the building antl I:c took me a t my word and away we went.

.Jrist imagine yourself in the reaei\-- i11g line and here come the big "Corn- pzny". Folks meet :

E. d. Keathery, 31. D., surgery; H. I. Stout, 31. D., surgery; A. L. Rid- i n g ~ , 3,l. D., gynecology and ohstet- r ics ; D. O. Enloe. N. l)., internal medicine: Cohle D. Strother, 11. D., internal medicine; J. S. Dimmitt, M. D.. eye, ear, nose and th roa t ; 31. C. Mur- phy, D. D. S., dental surgery; 31. 1:. Woodward, 31. D., pediatrics; J . 1~1. Veazey, 31. D.. house physician: G. 1';. Henschen. 31. D., roenthenologist; Mrs. J. S. Ilimmitt, Ph . G., clinical pathologist: Mrs. J . R. Moody, assist a n t pathologist; W. G. Cantrell, su]>- crintendent, :lnd Miss Jessie 13. Oli- phant, superintendent of nurses.

Space will not allow me to go into tletail of fifty-five other en1l)loyes or tell you about th i r ty nurses in t ra im ing and four graduate nurses 011 t h e hospital staff all the time and an av- crngc of c!ight grntluate nurses on t1ut.y i n special cases every day.

I wish I had the words with which to convey to you the cleanliness of the kitchen, not a n odor of any kind. everything in perfect order (and they didn't knonr the Doctor was cominp, either).

The operating rooms, of course, a r ~ the very acme of perfection, wi th every contrivance on earth, it seer.:.; to me. Clean! I better spell t h a t word CLEAN with capital ic t ters 'cause it's just so clean that 1 sus- pect thct if Er. Neathery should sep a speclt of dust, there would be a "cleaning" sure enough.

From the o!)erating rooms to the X-ray del)artment, this i s w h a t I fountl: A special fireproof building houses the X-ray department. Four machines, one with a capacity of 250.000 volts, makes possible a n y e x amination or treatment known ta science. A Potter-Bucky diaphragm, a stereoscope, a flouroscope, intensi-

T i i r f i i iofo at toh i.r a fi.tr~lt ?,ic;,' of tiic I.'ri.cc-o ilo.spittr1 t r ! .\irci~~iirrrr. 7't..!-us. ;,diere thc i ~ r i ~ c i - of th is tri-til-ir spcril tr JETJ pleasmt days . A t b o t ! t j ~ ~ : , . ~ e ~ ' c r i r ~ r ~ ~ ~ r s o i r s Z L ' / I X t h e dii!.c : L , c I . ~ ~ rt,,1111~ /~lca.strirl ~~!11t. 1i11r.rt7s ut t he .5'iit~1.111all u11it. J)oc.s t111!011t7 1110r11c 111.. ( i i l i~cr t

lying screens and all equipment used in the best laboratories has been installed.

In closing, there a r e a lot oL' l~cop le who (lo not x a n t to go to a hospital. They speak of i t a s a place of hor- rors, a place to die. T h a t is al l b ~ n l t -pore and simple-and \vllen I g e l sick and w a n t the very bcs t of doctors and nurs ing; take me ro the Sherman Hospital .

T h e Preacher : "I had a very en- joyal~le tr ip to L11e Adirondaclts. T h e lirst day 1 shot t\vo bucks."

The Spor t (a1,sently) : "Wi11 anything. parson?"

Tht!y were ta l l t i l~g about inventions. he mall who invented the flyin'

~nachint ! was a g rea t genius." saitl Pa t .

"Hi think wireless is the grea tes t

in\ t~nt ion ," saitl 'arry. "Vell," said Ignatz, "the fellow vat

inventctl i n t r r e s t vns no slouch."

Caller: "1 wan t to s ee t he boss." Office Girl : "Sorry, but he 's in con-

ference with the vice-president and gencral manager."

Caller: "Let me in. I know a funny s tory , too."

February, 1927

Frisco P roud of Progress In Crowing Dairy Industry It Has Fostered

Production of Dairy Products Had Beginning Years Ago at Freis faf f , Mo.-Now Onc of Frisco's Largesf Inferesfs

I Y years ago, a little colony of Germans settled a t Freistatt, MA' a small, inland tow11 in Law-

rence County, i\lissouri, on soil that was not naturally very fertile, and after growing grain on i t for some years, i t became so unproductive that it was with clifficulty they were able to make a living. Like many others in similar conditions, they turned to the dairy cow for relief. However, there was no market available for their milk so it became necessary for them to establish a small co-operative creamery to make their milk into butter, so they could get it to market. This they did and for many years the little plant did a thriving business and the colony developed into a prosperous community which is now one of the most progressive and enterprising sections of the county. I11 later years, competition became so strong that it was necessary to close the plant, but the dairy industry went right on and their milk is now going to the con- d e n s e r ~ a t Mt. Vernon.

Some years later, in about 1898, another settlement in the neighborhood of Billings, 1\10.. followed the lead of Freistatt , and established a small creamery which is a thriving, going concern a t this time.

Still later, ill 1904, three farmers ill Webster County, Mo., bought cream separators and began shipping cream to a Kansas City creamery. Thus was started, from these small beginnings. the dairy industry in the Ozarlrs, which has since grown to quite hancl- some proportions.

The beginning was somewhat clifferent on other parts of the Frisco System. I t was started by the loca- tion of a few large creameries in some of the cities like Kansas City, Oklahoma City and St. Louis, and farmers graclually drifted into shipping cream to these plants. But progress continued to be slow for a number of gears and np to about 1910, there was scarcely a carload shipment of Frisco-made butter hail clled on the line except a few from these larger plants ,and even those cars were very limited in number. There a re now thirty-six creameries in the Frisco territory. besides the one.: in the large cities. and they a re all doing a nice business.

The dairy industry has made a con- s tant and fairly uniform growth along the Frisco for a i~umber of years. This is shown quite conclu- sivelv by the increase in the number of the cars of butter originatinc on

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Facts on the Dairy Industry More dairy products are being

consumed today than ever before in the history of the country.

The increased consumption of mi lk alone in the last ten years has been one-third of a quart, or over a full glass per day per capita, which means five hundred million dollars more per year for the dairy farmers.

The mi lk produced in 1925 would fill a canal, extending from N e w York to San Francisco, 3,170 miles long, 16 feet wide, and as deep as the Erie Canal.

The same volume of milk, i f put in tank cars, would make a train 34,462 miles long, or eleven trains reaching across the continent.

The value of mi lk produced in this country last year was greater than the value of al l the gold and silver mined in the United States in the last twenty years.

Of the thirteen billion dollar farm crop in 1925, nearly three billion dollars came from the dairy industry, making i t the greatest single division of agriculture.

Consumers paid five and one-half billion dollars for dairy products in 1925, which is about one-fifth of the tctal expenditure for foods.

the line as shown by the table below: Years ............ 1922 1923 1924 1925 Carloads ...... 397 561 684 787

These all originated on, and were handled by, the Frisco. The carloads handled, which originated on the line during the first ten months of 1925 and 1926 compared, show the following:

Gain First 10 mos. of .... 1925 1926 Carloads ................ 605 818 213

This promises more than the usual increase for 1926 over 1925.

The churnings of the creameries on the line for the past three years also shows a very healthy increase in production a s giren in the table below: Lbs. butter Lbs. butter Lbs. butter

in 1923 in 1924 in 1926 26,324,442 29,384,096 30,769,115

In addition to the growth shown by the increase in butter production. there has developed quite a business in the production of evaporated milk, powdered buttermilk and cheddar cheese. This, however, was much

later in starting, and even now is only a n infant in swaddling clothes. But it is makiiig rapid growth, and promises in a few years to develop into a young giant. The carload shipments of these products produced on the Frisco were: Years ............ 1922 192:: 1924 1!)26 Carloads ...... 41 54 123 255

The first tell months of 1925 and 1926 compared make the following showing:

Gain First 10 mos. of .... 1925 1926 Carloads ............... 243 444 201

About two and a half years ago a milk condensery \ \as put in operation a t >It. Vernon, Mo., and received only about 15,000 pounds of milk daily a t first, but last summer it received over 139,000 pounds per day, and it is still growing.

A fcw months ago, a condensery was started a t West Plains, Mo., and the owners, after a careful surrey of the territory. decided that 15.000 pounds of milk per day would be the most possible hope for this year, hut they have already received over 40,000 pounds per day and are still growing strong.

The newest line of dairy products nianufacturing plants on the Frisco is the cheese factory, of which there are now six in operation. The clean pastures, pure water and healthful climate in Frisco territory makes the production of high-class milk an easy proposition. That is one reason why all kinds of milk products plants find no trouble in making a high quality product, and therefore find a ready market, and this, in turn, is one reason why they all grow so rapidly.

The manufacturers of cheese on the Frisco are thus far so limited, and the plants so scattered, that it is not moving in carlots to any considerable extent, but the time seems not fa r distant when the industry will have grown to such proportions that the carload business will become a n item of interest to the Risco.

Some fifteen years ago, the Friso organized a n agricultural department which has been active during all these years i11 lending aid to the clevelop- lnent of dairying a s well a s other branches of agriculture and i t now (.an justly say that there is no other railroad in the great Southwest tha t ran approach it in the magnitude of its dairy industry and it would seem that the Frisco might be pardoned if it feels real pride in its clairv W04- ress.

Missouri Ozarks Chamber of Commerce Pays Tribute to Frisco at

West Plains Meeting

Vice-president Hutchison Addresses Annual Meeting of Organization December 13th - " Frisco

D a y J J I s Observed

A R E A L tr ibute to the grea t work which Frisco Lines have ac- complished in developing and

improving the beautiful Ozarks of XIissouri was paid our railroad a t W e s t Plains, 310.. oil December 13, when "Frisco Day" was observed a t the annual meet ing of tlie XIissouri Ozarlts Chamber of Commerce, a n organization functioning for the better- ment o f the Ozarlt moun ta i i~ terri tory of Missouri.

A t both the day and eveiiing ses- sions of t he meeting, appreciation of the Frisco's help was manifest by the Chamber of Coniinerce members ill many ways, and the fifteen Fr isco officials in a t tendance , headed by Trice-Presiderit J. E. Hutchison, were deeply gratified by the reception.

The majority of the Frisco visi tors a t tended tlie afternoon business session, a t a-hicli Dwight H. Drowli, etii- tor of the Poplar B11iff (No . ) Ameri- can, wtis elected president for the coming year, succeeding Dr. T . W. Cotton of Van Bureri.

A deliglitfiil banquet was served in the basement of t he Fi rs t Christ ian Church a t 6 :30 p. m., anti tlie diners were addressed by several visitors, including Mayor Beach, Mr. I<cith AIcCanse, s t a t e game and fish commissioner; and XIr. J . S. Corr~atznr. Fr isco passenger traffic nlanagcr.

Vice-president Hutcliisoli was t l i ~ honored speaker a t tlie evening session in t he aut l i tor iu~n of the churcli a t 8 :00 o'clock. and told the two liuntlrc~l nirn11)crs and gucsts of t 1 1 ~ Chamber, some of tlie I'risco's a ims and ambitions for a fur thcr tlevelo11- men t of t hc terri tory the C1iaml)er scrvetl a s well a s es1)laining mauy of tlie tlrawlmcks which a r e bcsctt ing the carrit5rs a t th is time.

"I hardly think it necessary." Air. Hntchison said. "for 1 1 1 ~ to tl\voll a t length on tlie FYisco's work llirougli- out these years, in fosteriug the Ozarlt terri tory. Yo11 all Iri~ow tliat the Fr isco was one of the early and aclivcx pioneers in t he Ozarlt t1evelol)nient program. I t fostered apples, s t r a w berries, grapes , tomatoes and other crops t h a t have proved arlaptablc to th is cl imate and soil. Records in our agricultural t lepartuient will sho\v tliat year by year our road has hanled more of these ~)i 'oducts to the marke t s of t he world, and of course more and niore money has come to the Ozarlr protlncer of these various commod- ities.

"Tlie Ozark terri tory is destined to lay a n increasingly inil)ortant par t in tlie nation's progress, both from a n agricultural aiid a resor t stantl- point. I have traveled extensively. hut I know of no niore beautiful section of America than Lhis section, antl we all know that , a s Air. Cornatzar told you a t the banquet, the scenery ill many pa r t s of tliese mountain rc- gions rivals tliat of tlir famous Swit- zerland All)s. . -"The increasing growth of the tourist t rade ill tlie Ozark country will mean much to your citizenship. n u t you must prepare for it. Your ac- coniniodatioiis for t he tourist \vho conies to yonr country by both auto- mobile and train should be thoroughly organized and properly managed. It will t ake hotels. bnt 1)rivate hollies sliould be ar ranged to accomniodate Lhese people until they can be 1)uilt.

"It is not a n altogether easy task to opera te a railroad these tltiys. W e a r e beset on all sides by regulalions and restrict ions, antl mnily railway me11 feel that t he railroads a r c beiug regulated to deatli. Yes. we liavc. our t ro~ibles . For severa l ycnrs there was a coristantly increasing. inclintl- tion to hamper t he railroads. I a m glad to s a y tliat I I~elicve tha t ten+ ency is being g r a d ~ ~ a l l y d iss i l~ated . Tlie yu l~ l i c is beginning to undcrstantl sortie ol' our prol~lems, and to realize that men wlio have tl(>voted thcir lives to railroad \vorlc a r e ~;cl . l iaps bct ter ecluipl~cd to rum thv railroarls ( l ian politicians who havo no ltr~n\vl- rtlgc of railroad o l w r a t i o ~ ~ . Secretary T-Terbcrt Hoover lins rc.forretl to t11(. 'come-back' of t11(: rnilioatls since government control ar onc of the inosl rcnlar1tal)lt: intluslrinl fc;ils in con^

tc.inl:orary histnry. H c is al,solutely r i ~ h t . n u t i m l ~ r o v e n ~ c n t is ncctlcd still. A l~ove a11 other things th(> rail- roatls need monc,y- inonc~y to I)uil,l ant1 inaintairi track, to r)urchase ne\v equil)nient, new power. antl to carry on thc various I)hases of ~levelopnlcnt which Iiave. in total , enahletl t h r m Lo gi\-c: you t h e lwst service t ha t the railroatla of any nation have evcl. fi.iven their ~ )a t rons . The re a r e still nitilly laws on the s ta tu te Imolrs of the va r io~ i s s t a t e s th%t should b r r~ pealed. I t i s indeed t rue tha t rates a r e going tlo\vn constantly, and 01). e ra t iug costs going 111). and it is be. corningly increasingly difficult for a railroad manager to give tip-top s e w ice and still make money for his

BRAKE RIAX CLAIRE RECORD -

Ward Ozcc Covcrrd 4.538 M i l e s in Ten Days

CORDS of rail laying, accident prevention records and unusual RE records of all k inds have bee11

printed in t he illagazixe, but W a r d A. Ozee, I)ralteinan on the River tlivision. 1)elieves he liolds tlie recortl for inak- ing the grea tes t number of miles in a ~ ~ c r i o d of ten days.

011 N o v e n ~ l ~ e r 30, he was called to St. Louis to protect No. 801 ou t o f t ha t point. H e inade the tr ip and returned oil No. SO2 Decem1)ei- 1. De- ceinber 2 alitl :: were layover days for this run, and while he w a s deadheading to Chaffee 011 No. 805 Dccein- 1)er 1, he received n message to go to ivleinphis antl protect No. SO2 out of tha t point on December 2, which he did, re turning to i\Ieinphis a s hralteinaii oil S o . SO1 on December 2. I-Ie then deatllieaded on No. 5106 back to St . Louis to 1)rotect S o . 801, 011

Dece1nl)er 4 , working both jobs unti l Jlecemher 9, n711e11 h e \\-as reIievetl. I-Ie deadheaded to Chaffee on Xo. S05, a r r iv ing ill Cliaffee a t 3 :05 a. ni.. De- cember 10.

111 ten days he had covered 4,558 miles. inclutl i~ig the tleadlieading tliat was necessary to protect t he runs, a n average of 455,s miles per day.

3,Ir. Ozee 1)elieves this is a recorll for mileage, and if any o ther bralte- man h a s rnade a bet ter one. 110th the J~Ingc~;r.i,rc. aud Mr. Ozee would like to hear of i t .

stocltliolders. At the s ta te legisla- tures this winter marly more a c t s lending to curb the activities of Llie railroads will be brought I I ~ for pas- sage . I can only nrge tha t you give vareful a t tent ion to tliese proposed lams, arid I l)elie\re that your he lp will aid grc,atly ill keepirig man)- of then1 fro111 Lhe s ta tu te books."

Mayor ,\ll)ert I. Beach, of K a n s a s City, also a spcaltrr a t the evening rneeting, pait1 anothc~r tr ibute to tli(1 Frisco when h e said : ".b a resitlent of JIissouri I, too,

k~io\v tha t I hc Frisc,o Railroad h a s donc a g rea t \ \ ~ r l r in the Ozarlc c,oun- try, and has aided very materially in 5 i ts trcrnc~ndous devrlopment. I a m su rc our Frisco f r i ~ u d s a r e genuine ill thcir assnrance to you he re tonight t ha t their effo1.t~ have only 1)egun.''

.T. IV. "Uncle Bill" Morrill, acc ident pre\-ention agent. was aiiotlier Fr isco spcaltcr.

Tlie Frisc.o Inen who a t tended tlie meeting :Ire: AIessrs. J. E. Hu tch - . ison, vice-president, opera t ion; J. S. Cornatzar, passenger traffic manage r : R. C. Cooper, W. L. Huggins , J r . , J. H. Livingston, TV. L. Hea th , a n d J . \V. Morrill, all of St . Louis : F . S . Shaffer, J. L. McCorii~aclr, .T. H. Dog- grell, W. L. English, and A. J. Nc - Dowell, all of Springfield; R. B. But- ler and A. P . 3Iattlie\vs, 110th of AIein- phis.

AGENCY CHANGES FOR JANUARY

D. L. Hargrove installed permanent agent, AIanila, Arltansas, effective January 3.

Effective January 3, operation of Holdenville, Oltlahoma, ticket agency taken over by the C. R. I. & P. for a period of three years. F. T. Steph- ens installed ticket agent.

G. D. Bailey installed permanent agent. Mead, Oltlahoma, effective Jan- uary 3.

Jsffectire January 3, Pit, Missouri, agency was closed.

J . B. Smallwood installed permanent agent, Cameron, Oklahoma, et- fecti\ e January 5.

D. B. Fields installed temporary agent, Lucien, Oklahoma, effective January 6.

Effective January 6, Swift, JIissouri, ticket only agency closed temporarily.

L. B. Lindley installed permanent

LIKES FRISCO MAGAZINE This is grease for the editor's

wheel, believe it! In a letter to Charles Morrill, acci-

dent prevention agent of Frisco Lines, E. A. Shipley, formerly of the Frisco, now residing a t Portland, Oregon, wrote:

"Had no thought of writing you so socn, but read my copy of the Frisco ~lItrgcr,-ir~e a few days ago and it was Y O fine I just had to tell you all how much it is appreciated.

"The ex-Frisco men here wish we were not 2,300 miles away when the reunion (Veterans') comes along. I showed the Veterans' Number of the .IInga,-iile to several train and enginemen and they say it is the best and most complete magazine of its kind they ever saw."

agent, Ames, Oltla., effective Jan. 7. R. W. Pierce installed tenlporary

agent, Peirce City, Missouri, effective January S.

W. G. Neals installed perinanent agent, Jones, Okla., effective Jan. 8.

Quick W o r k at Springfield Station

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BOWLING RACE IS HOT

Spectacular Drivc by Freight Traffics Feature Play of Last

Few Weeks

T H E bowling season is well advanced, and the teams of the Frisco Handicap League a t St.

Louis, Wo., a re hotly contending for first place in the league's standing. Fifty-four games have been played so far this season, playing each Pri- day night a t the Washington Alleys a t St. Louis. The departments represented by teams are: interline, auditing, engineering, freight traffic, passenger, revising, general freight and a team from the Tower Grove station.

Seven weeks ago the freight traffic teain was "in the cellar," but they have made a spectacular drive, win- ning thirteen straight games and twenty-two of their last twenty-four, which places them in fourth place.

Bob Tschampers of the interline department holds the highest average, 191, and a high 3-game score of 663. Fred Spinner of the traffic squad holds the high single of the season, with a score of 264.

The standing of the teams is given below:

L E A G U E S T A N D I N G High High

W L Single Three .............. Interline 36 1 s 1,039 2,936 ............. Auditing 35 19 1,042 2,700

........ Engineering 31 23 952 2,600 .... Freight Traffic 30 24 1,000 2,770

............ Passenger 30 24 1,033 2,862 .............. Revising 19 35 568 2,552

...... Tower Grove 18 36 934 2,573 General Freight.. 17 37 929 2,699

R. E. BUCHANAN IS HONORED

Frisco General Agent at Memphis a Director of Grain Exchange

A v i m of the t~-ai>/ shed irrstnllntio~r nt Spriil,q/ield, .lIo. Iirsert: Forrir~ejr Cil ir j~iugl~um njrd Bnroil, w h o directed tile z m r k .

A FEAT of construction that is characterized by Mr. R. C. Stevens, architect, as "one of

'he fastest bits of work I have ever seen." has just been completed a t Springfield, No.

On December 1 a gang of men under the direction of Clyde Cunningham, concrete foremail, and Charles Baron, bridge anil building foreman, began the work of installing the train sheds which will run for 1,200 feet in front of the new passenger station, serving two tracks.

On December 10 the holes had been dug, 55 column foundations poured, anil twenty-nine steel columns were

in place, as the above photograph shows. The entire job was finished January 7-exactly five weeks from the date on which the job mas begun.

"It has been the fastest erection I ever saw on the railroad." Mr. Stevens said, "and a great ileal of credit for the rush job should go to the two foremen, Nessrs. Cunning- ham and Baron. They've hail the whole-hearted co-operation of their thirty workmen, anil the entire job has moved like a well-oiled piece of machinery.

During the job the busiest trains, both passenger and freight, were handled without delay.

R . E. BUCHANAN, general agent for Frisco Lines a t Memphis, Tenn., and generally known to

his friends anil associates as "Buck," was elected a director of the Mer- chants' Grain Exchange of that city at the annual election January S.

The meeting was one of the lire- liest affairs the exchange has had for several years. The entertainment committee engaged a twenty-five piece hand froin the Hippodrome Circus, then playing in Memphis and Barney 11, a trained chimpanzee, furnished a goodly part of the entertainment. A buffet luncheon was served a t the conclusion of the meeting, after which 311.. Buchanan received hearty con- gratulations on his election.

In addition to this honor he also has been appointed a member of the industrial division of the Memphis Chamber of Commerce for 1927 and elected a director of the Memphis Tri-State Fair Association for 1927.

Frisco Will Spend $2 1,000,000 in 1 927, President Kurn Announces

Total of $18,557,000 Allotted for Roadway and Sfructures- Includes $9,300,000 for Pensacola Line

H E St. Louis-San Francisco Rail- way Company will spend more than $21,000,000 for roadway

and structures and new equipment in 1927. President J. M. Kurn announced on January 13. The budget calls for a n expenditure of $18,557,000 for roadways and structures. In 1926 Frisco Lines spent a n equal amount of money iu improving the property, $11,000,000 of which went for new equipment. The splendid condition of the road's equipment a t this time abrogates additional large purchases during 1927.

A total of $9,299,050.00 of the budget will be spent in building 150 miles of new railroad from Aberdeen, Miss., southward to Kimbrough, Ala., where the Frisco connects with the recently purchased Muscle Shoals, Birmingham & Pensacola mi l road with its outlet a t Pensacola, Fla., and i n rehabilitat- ing the present road from Kimbrough south, the budget states.

Six hundred new coal cars of the 55 ton class, together with a large amount of mechanical locomotive equipment for Frisco power, will take $2,614,589.00 before the end of 1927.

Three sections of new double track in Arkansas, Tennessee and Missouri will claim $378,410 of the budget. The double track in Arkansas will be laid from Harvard sonth 4 miles, in Ten- nessee from Memphis to Yale, 2.5 miles; and in Nissouri from Spring- field to Mulroy, 5 miles.

Extensive improvement and en- largement to the freight yards OP- erated by Frisco Lines a t Yale, Tenn., Birmingham, Ala., West Tulsa, Okla., and Fort Scott, Kan., will dip into the budget for a total of $1,750,000. New mechanical facilities to be installed a t Yale, Tenn., will cost another $100,000.

Three new passenger stations will w s t $147,000 in 1927. The station to be constructed a t Pittsburg, Kan., will cost $75,000; Holly Springs, Miss., $54,000, and Boynton, Okla., $18,ooO.

Fourteen new interlocking towers tn insure additional safety in train .-

operation will be installed a t a cost of $169,300. Five will be erected on Frisco rails i n Kansas, four in Arkan- sas, two in Missouri, two in Oklahoma and one in Mississippi.

The appropriation for grade separation of s t reet and highway, another safety measure, will take $450,000 of the 1927 budget, including a $300,000 share in the Arsenal Street viaduct project i n St. Louis. No., which is being erected jointly with the City of St. Louis.

Following completion of 170 miles of new 100-pound rail which will be laid during 1927, the Frisco will have this weight steel Prom Kansas City to Fort Scott, Kan.; from St. Louis to Newburg, 1\10., and from Birmingham to Bazemore, Ala.

Other items under the $18,000,000 roadway and structures head include $63,500 for coal chutes, $102,000 for water stations, $61,360 for changes in grade and alignment, $982,000 for improvement of bridges and trestles, $180,760 for improved passenger equipment and $675,325 for freight equipment improvements. and $1,392.- 580 for improvement and recondition- ing of motive power.

"The budget for this year is designed to carry through the Frisco's announced p r o g r a m of building through to tide water a t Pensacola, Fla.. during 1927. and to further improve our tracks, terminals and roadway structures," President Kurn said in announcing the budget. "Our equipment a t this time, following the outlay of $11,000,000 in 1926 for 5,700 new freight cars and new passenger cars, is on a par with the equipment of any other American railroad. That fact accounts for the budgeting of only $2,500,000 for equipment during 1927. While it is impossible to tell a t this time exactly when our construction work in Mississippi, AIR- bama and Florida will be completed. we a r e putting almost $10,000,000 behind that project and expect t o rush i t through in record time. The territory served by the Frisco i s in need of the additional gulfport which the Frisco will furnish when it enters Pensacola on i ts own rails, and we will reach that port as fast a s money can build the new railroad."

G. F. M A C G R E G O R HONORED George F. Macgregor, executive

general agent of Frisco Lines a t Kan- sas City, Missouri, recently was elected vice-president of the Traffic Club, and also a director of the Ki- wanis Club of that city. These new honors but further demonstrate the popularity of this Frisco employe and all our readers, we a re sure, join the Magazirw in extending congratula- tions to Mr. Macgregor.

Tom-"That guy wears Indian neck- Wear."

Tim-"How come?" Tom-"Bow tie aud Arrow collar."

Sll0,OOO FOR MAIN STREET

Ft . Scot t M e r c h a n t L e a r n s Frisco Buys Lots of Chr i s tmas Cigars

H ERE is part of' a conversation heard a t Ft. Scott, Kansas, just before Christmas, between a

Frisco employe who was soliciling freight business, and a Main street merchant :

"Are you putting out any Christ- mas cigars or candy?" asked the merchant.

"Oh, yes," replied the solicitor. "Come down to the F'risco ticket office about the first of the month and watch us put out $110,000 in checks to be spent along Main street." And folks who realize just what this inmans to Ft. Scott, Kansas, think it was a clever answer.

The $110,000 referred to represents the Frisco payroll, handed to the men through the ticket window a t the Frisco station. When they line up a t the window, i t looks like half of Ft. Scott is getting paid off, or else a run on the ticket office. 4 n d this $110,000 is spent on Main street:-Ft. Scott's Main street!

The merchant who asked abont the Christmas candy and cigars probably received a goodly share in his cash drawer, in return for merchandise, cigars and candy and other things, bought by Frisco employes. !b

FORMER EMPLOYE DIES Announcement has been received

of the death of James H. Ashley, who resided a t Arcadia. California, and who formerly held the position of superintendent of car service for the Frisco Lines.

His railroad career began with the old K. C. F. S . & M. in 1886, when he served a s chief clerk to L. TV. Towne, car accountant and claim agent. After Mr. Towne's death in May, 1892, Mr. Ashley was appointed car service agent, and acted in that capacity until the old Nemphis line was absorbed by the Frisco in 1901. H e then was made superintendent of car service for the Frisco and occupied that position until June, 1907, when he was appointed manager of the nIissouri Valley Car Service As- sociation, with headquarters a t Kan- sas City, Nissouri. A short time after this appointment, he lost his hear- ing and retired from railroad service. H e located on a farm a t Arcadia, California, a suburb of Los Angeles, where he and a son, Charles, engaged in poultry raising.

Boston Profanity

Janet, a five-year-old resident of Boston, ran to her father one morning, exclaiming, "Father, brother Har- old swore!"

"Swore, did he?" inquired the par- ent grimly, reaching for his slipper. "What did he say?"

"He said 'ain't,"' responded Janet solemnly.-College Humor.

February, 1927 ~~%@Jco ,@MPLO~S'&~WZINE

Accident P reven t ion Work Is Off to Good Start for 1927

Last122-Meetings - . Prior to January 10 Attended by Total of 434 Enthusiastic Boosters

T HE first six accident prevention meetings held last month on Frisco Lines mere attended by

eighty-eight enthusiastic boosters. The last sixteen, held in 1926, from December 7 to December 2S, inclusire, were attended by 346 men.

One of the most unusual and best- attended meetings in January, 1927. was held on the night of the four- teenth a t Sapulpa. Oklahoma, when the Rev. James Rayburn, who is holding a revival meeting in the Taber- nacle in that city, invited Frisco employes, their families and their friends to attend the services, and de- livered an interesting talk on accident prevention. More than 400 Frisco employes and their families attended.

Space had been reserved on the platform for Frisco officials, a s well as men from other industries, and also space was reserved in the center section for the Frisco folks.

The meeting was opened with prayer, led by R. C. i\Iills, general agent for the Frisco a t Oltlahoma City, which was followed by songs and an inspiring talk by Mr. RaY- burn.

A meeting was held January 4, in the locomotive division of the north shops, Springfield, Missouri. H. J. Ray, shop superintendent, presided a s chairman. Hazardous conditions were reported, and a report read of those which had been noted and corrected since January 1, 1927.

The west coach shop a t Spring- field, i\lissouri, held a meeting on Jan- uary 5, when seventeen en~ployes attended. The meeting mas in charge of J. T. Fite, general foreman.

The mechanical department of the west shops a t Springfield held a meeting on January 10, a t which twenty-three men answered roll call. 4 review of last year consumed an interesting half hour and the re- mainder of the time was spent in re- porting hazardous conditions which were to be and those which had been corrected.

F. 31. narden, general foreman of the car department, west freight shop, Springfield, held a meeting in his office on January 10, a t which eight men reported. Reports from committees were read and a report and review of 1926 accidents mere discussed.

The meetings held in December were a s folloms: reclamation plant, Springfield, December 7, twenty-six in attendance; north shop and roundhouse division, Springfield, December

7, sixteen in attendance; west coach shop, Springfield, December 8, thirteen in attendance; Oklahoma City employes, general meeting of all departments, December 9, fifty in attendance; mechanical department, St. Louis, December 10, thirteen in attendance; general meeting, Hugo. Ok- lahoma, December 14, thirty-seven in attendance; general meeting, Sapulpa, Oklahoma, December 14, fourteen in attendance; mechanical department, Sherman, Texas, December 15, thirty in attendance; mechanical department, Ft. Smith, Arkansas, December 17, twenty in attendance; meeting oC section men a t Lawton, Oklahoma, December 19, thirty-five in attendance; transportation department. Springfield, December 21, eighteen in attendance; general meeting. Kansas City, iklissouri, December 21, (number present not reported) ; mechanical department, Enid, Oklahoma, December 21, sixteen in attendance; mechanical department, Chaffee, i\Iissouri, Decem- ber 27, fifteen in attendance; general meeting, Memphis, Tennessee, De- cember 28, twenty in attendance aucl transportation department, Chaffee. Missouri, December 25, twenty-three in attendance.

DEATH ENDS LONG SERVICE - F. L. Connel ly, St. Louis Clerk,

F a t a l l y I n j u r e d When St ruck B y A u t o m o b i l e

F RANK L. CONNELLY, for many years an employe of the freight accounting department of the

Frisco Lines a t St. Louis, died De- cember 29. H e was struck by a n au- tomobile the morning of December 21 while on his way to work. Although he was severely injured, his recovery was expected, and he was to under- go an operation for the removal of a splintered bone from his fractured leg on December 29. On reaching the operation table, he mas stricken with a cerebral hemmorhage, and died instantly.

His widow, son and mother sur- rive. The funeral was held in Terre Haute. Indiana, his former home, and the accounting department was represented by S. N. Kane, a clerk under Mr. Connelly's supervision, who served a s one of the pallbearers.

Mr. Connelly served the Frisco twenty years in various capacities, and a t the time of his death, held the position of head uncollected clerk in the freight accounting department.

A FRISCO CHAMPION

Miss J e n n i e Glaze H a s Won M a n y M e d d s a n d Prizes -

M ISS JEKXIE GLAZE, daughter of Brakeman Glaze of Pacific. Missouri, is an all-round athlete.

She is attending ,high school a t Pa- cific, i\Io., and is captain of the bas-

ketball and athletic teams of that school, has won eight medals, two state letters, also state letter and bar and an individual cup, which she is shown holding in her left hand.

Her success and remarkable record has attracted much comment, and employes of the Frisco a re looking to her to win new laurels i n the athletic world.

Lost Masterpiece First Joke Writer: "What's wrong?

You look sad." Second Joke Writer: "I just wrote

a good mother-in-law joke." "Didn't the editor like it?" "I don't know. Ny mother-in-Iaw

saw it first."-ColIege Humor.

Remember This One "I suppose you will want me to give

up my job, Henry, when me a re married."

"How much do you earn a t it?" "Sixty a week." "That isn't a job. That's a career.

I wouldn't want to interfere with your career, gir1ie."-Louisville Courier.

Veterans' Association Appeals for Aid to Make Reunion a Success

Frisco Employes With Twenty Years' Service Should Fill Out Attached Blank and Support Organization

By GEORGE TAAFE. President. Cherryvale, Kansas

T IS just a year since a campaign was launched for membership in I the Frisco Veteran Employes9

Association, resulting in 1,2.52 employes, each having twenty or inore years' service, being enrolled a s members prior to June 28 and 29, 1926, the dates upou which our annuaI barbe- cue and reunion was held.

I shall not attempt to comment upon the success of the 1926 reunion, other than to say that every veteran I have met has declared i t to be the most enjoyable two days in his life. The 1927 reunion, the dates of which will be announced in the near future, is looked forward to as an outstand- ing event of 1927, and it is the ambition of my life to, with the co-operation and assistance of the veteran employes, malre the coming reunion so successful and enjoyable that no one will be disappointed and that a t its close the unanimous comment will be "the best ever".

Dues for 1927 now are due and each member of the association is requested to fill out the application blank, apgearing immediately under this article, and mail i t with $1.00 to J. L. McCormack, secretary-treasurer, Frisco Veteran Employes' Asso- ciation, Room 105 Frisco building, Springfield, ;\lissouri, in order that the

1927 membership cards may be mailed out a t once, the activities of the As- sociation continued and arrangements made that will insure the 1927 reunion being the largest and most enjoyable of any ever held.

Do not delay. Do it now! Don't feel that your entire obligation and responsibility has been clischarged with the payment of your 1927 dues. The officers and directors of the association welcome your suggestions and need your co-operation and snp- port in Lhe solicitation and enroll- ment of new members. The ladies' auxiliary, which was organized a t the last reunion, has been doing such splendid and effective work under the direction of Mrs. Robert Whelan, president, and her assistants, i\Irs. W. R. Boyd, Mrs. W. G. Wolfe, Mrs. W. L. Heath and Miss Martha C. Moore. solicits your aid in increasing the niembership of the auxiliary by yer- saading your wife to send her name in to Miss Moore, associate editor, Frisco Einployes' Magnziiic, St. Louis, and be enrolled a s a charter member. There are no dues or other es- penses in connection with the auxiliary, but there will be plenty of work for its membership in connection with the coming reunion.

Veteran Employes ' Association of St. L. S. F. Rai lway Co.

APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP

J . L. i\IcCormaclr, Secretary-Treasurer, Frisco Veteran Employes' Association, Room 105, Frisco Building, Springfield, hlissouri

I hereby make application for membership in the Veteran Employes' Association of the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company. I have had 20 years' or more accumulative service with the Company and I enclose herewith remittance of $1.00 to cover 1927 annual dues.

Name ........................................................ Address ..............................................

Position ................................................................................................................

Division, Terminal or Department ................................................................

Length of Service ............................ Date of Application ............... ... ........ ANiVUAL DUES-$1.00

MORE TRACK P O I N T E R S

A n o t h c r Sect ion F o r c m a n T e l l s of Sound P r a c t i c e

R y Z. W. SMITH, Section Foreman Ashdown. Ark.

A S Mr. Sollars, section foreman, Chaonia, Mo., has started the ball rolling in regard to articles

beneficial to the nelv foremen, I will endeavor to give some few pointers.

But I wish to say first, if a new and better method is found other than thc one quoted, by all means adopt lt.

Take for instance two foremen putting new ties in track; one removes all the ballast from the center oC the track to the outside of the rails in order to get a number of ties into track a t once. The other foreman moves the material in the center of Lhc track, back upon the new ties a s fast a s he puts in two or thrce, and by that method the latter foreman saves himself and his men the labor of shoveling many yards of ballast from outside the rails to center of the track.

To bring a section of track up to anything like perfection, the foreman in charge of it must look closely after all the work in its minutest detail, and allow nothing to go undone which would contribute toward in~proving the track. None but careless foremen will line up one side of the track and then lea le it without taking the kinlts out of the gauge side.

A careless foreman will cut weeds by a joint with a bolt broken out of it, without putting in one. He will make a trip over his section and never notice a break in the fence, or if he does notice it, he will wait till notified by the roadmaster to fix it. It is likely you will notice the same foreman surfacing a piece of traclc without using level board. Such a man is not fit for a laborer, much less a foreman, and the piece oC road in his charge will soon run down if he is not discharged and replaced by a foreman who desires to improve the track whenever he does work on it.

Experience mill teach a new tore- man that the secret of keeping a good track on his section lies in doing his work well. Slight no worlr. Do not surface up track to make a big showing, just tor the present, but surface it a s fast a s it can be done, to make track that will remain good a long time.

A track foreman should always have his worlr planned ahead. Don't ride over the same piece of track e le ry day and pass the same broken joint tie or bolt out, and malre ex- cuses that you are putting up a nice piece of track somewhere else. Al- ways remember if you had ten miles of the best track-all good track except one rail, and that rail was dang- erous, the balance of your section, no matter how good, would not save a train from being wrecked, and would not relieve you from the blame which would justly fall upon you.

Commercial Office Employes at Kansas City, Mo. ~ $ o ~ ~ , e " u i r e s with

T h e r i i~p loves i,, the c o ~ ~ ~ i ~ e r c l a l office at Kansas Ci ty , Missouri, paused i n their zdork whrlr the photographer go t a "shot" of the office.

W e are able to recognize, readirzg f rom l e f t to rigllt-Qzliucy Bruce, porter; d l . C. A ~ I ~ P ~ S O I L , rate clcrl:; Jehu Sachen , diversion clerk; W . E . D e V e n e y , chief c lerk; 11Iarcclla R ~ a r r , s t~nograp lzer ; George S t o r y , tracing clcrlz and L. W . W a r n e r , solicitir~g frriglrt ngerrt.

FRESH WATER SPRING ON FRISCO LINES

with great force in the spring. "The water contains lime and has

a bluish tinge, which is characteris- tic of nearly all our springs," he said.

These two springs in Missouri, Greer Spring and Big Spring, so Dr. Shepard states, were well known by the Indians and were famous hunting and fishing grounds.

When asked if the water could not be harnessed he said: "The spring is 139 miles away from Springfield, hIo., and Memphis, Tennessee, is 144 miles distant. At the time I made the survey, it was not known whether it was possible to obtain electric power for any long distance, but now that we have overcome that, I am confi- dent that Greer Springs will become a n asset some day. As it is sixteen miles from Thayer, the expense of getting cement and other materials for building a dam there would neces- sitate the building of a railroad to that point.

"Springs a re queer things," he continued. "If you dam them up one place, the flow may stop, and break out several miles from that point. When the dam is removed, the spring will flow again where i t originally flowed.

"When I made this survey, Louis Houck had in mind the construction of a dam 200 feet high. I recom- mended a dam only seventy-five feet

in height, for the reason mentioned above."

And so Greer Spring remains a "hidden wonder", except that i t has been found and stocked with trout, and i t is so clear in places that they can be seen. Dr. Shepard does not even know the name of the present owner, unless i t is the heirs of the Greer estate.

It may some day be "found", and with great moneyed interests back of i t , be made to supply light and power to nearby cities, but just now it remains, a most delightful retreat from the world in summer, and a bubbling, gushing torrent of water in winter, which defies the elements and continues to flow its 539 million gallons of water every twenty-four hours. with an unvarying iemperature of forty-nine degrees the year 'round.

FRISCO PLEDGED TO AID CITIES

able, a uniform grade of fuel should be furnished, locomotive conditions must be right and not just so a s to "get by," to use a slaug phrase. We must admit that in the past the same consideratioil was not always given the condition and care of engines engaged in yard service on some roads that was given passenger locomotives, for example, but I do not believe that condition exists today. In any event, it should not remain. Good

Locomotives must steam freely, have square valves, grates and flues must be in good condition, the re- Terse gear easy to handle so that the engineer can give the fireman all of the show that is consistent with the work to be performed. The crews must be able to take good care of the fire a t all times in order that the proper depth of fuel bed and high fire-box temperature can be maintained. Good, quick acting blowers, a brick arch wherever applicable, and smoke jets furnish about a s good equipment as I know of to prevent smoke on a locomotire. Of course, the flues and flre-boxes must be good and tight so the fireman can pull the fire door open with the blower on or have it partly open a t times when the engine is working. If the coal is such that it requires that the ash pans be cleaned between fire-cleaning periods i n order to take proper care of the fire, places should be provided for so doing. The capacity of the engine should be such a s to provide a reasonable margin on the work to be done.

The foregoing may seem a little emphatic, but I am talking about coal that will make lots of smoke, and believe me, I have put in a good many hours on the locomotive-although not recently-and I know it is not all "beer and skittles."

Then we must inform ourselves what it is reasonable to expect. We fellows that a re in a supervisory capacity must put ourselves in the oth- e r man's place and not ask him to do what, with similar training, we could not ourselves do. Road foremen and other snpervisory officers should de- termine by actual tests just what it is reasonable to expect from the engines and the engine crews, and then proper records should be kept of the observations made by these officers. I am a firm believer in making a record of how men do their work in actual service. In other words, let us find out, before a man gets into trouble, whether he knows how to do his work in a proper manner and if he does, let's give him credit for it and back him up to the limit, and if he does not, he should be taught the r right manner, just a s we would wish to be shown. We are all, after all, only children grown up, and we are either learning every day or we a re backing up. We cannot stand still. It is my experience that the average engineman does his work just about the same, one day as another, and he does not change his habits just because some supervisory officer hap- pens to ride with him but if you can give him a good "hunch," and do it in the right way, he is glad to get it .

The records show that wonderfu! results have been obtained in recent years by American railroads in reducing fuel consumption. I t is truly remarkable, and i t is a well-known fact, that all railroad executives now

( N O W tzrrrs to Pnge 27, please)

7?E/c@~~ ~ M P L O I Z S ' ~ W Z ~ N E Febntary, 1927

Rough Handling of Cars on Frisco Decreased in 1926 FTER a twelve-month battle with the enemies - "Carelessness" A and "Indillerence," the em-

ployes of the Frisco Lines finally emerged victorious in bringing about a reduction in the number of cars damaged by rough handling during 1926, as well as effecting a further reduction in the amount of damage to cars.

The final figures on the year's work, comi)leted in the office of the operating clepartn~ent statistician a t Spring- field, show a reduction of 92 cars damaged in 1926 over 1925, and a 7'34 car reduction over 1924. Finan- cially, $15,3S5.00 less was spent in repairs to cars in 1.326 than in 1926, and a $27,020.00 reduction in this cost was made over 1924.

"While we did not bring about a s great a n improvement in 1926 as we had hoped for and anticipated, you will note we finally scratched in with a reduction," Nr. M. 31. Sisson, assistant general manager said. "This

is assuredly better than no reduction, but I am sure you will all agree that we should have had a greater reduction in view of the intensive campaign we have been waging throughout the eutire year."

A careful tally-up of the statement shown with this article, will reveal that the divisions did a little better than the terminals. The divisional reductions totaled 17 cars, with 55,- 214 more cars handled in 1926 than in 1925. The terminals totaled a reduction of SO cars, with fewer handled in the terminals this year than last. Percentages show a decrease in the number of cars damaged of 6.5 per cent with a decrease in the finan- cial amount of damage of 26.1 per cent.

Springfield, Birmingham and St. Louis terminals held first, second and third place respectively for the years 1924, 1925 and 1926. Tulsa jumped from fifth place three years ago to third placs in 1926, displacing Mem-

phis, which dropped from fourth to fifth position.

Among the divisions there was little change. The Central took iirsf place by forc~ng the Eastern to the second notch, while the other d:visions held the same relative positiorv they occupied in 1925.

JIr. Sisson issued a n appeal for further support of the campaign in 1927 in a letter to all division and terminal superintendents.

"We should further urge all em- D ~ O Y ~ S actually engaged in the handling of trains and cars, to try harder iu 1927 than they did in 1926," the letter reads. "Now is the time to begin work. I firmly believe it is possible to reduce the nunlber of cars damaged, and the amount of damage a t least 50 per cent in 1927 as compared to 1926."

The statement showing cars damaged by rough handling for the entire year of 1926, a s compared with the years 1925 and 1924, appears herewith:

PER CENT DIVISION NUMBER CARS AMOUNT DAMAGE NUMBER CARS HANDLED DAMAGED TO STANDINO

br DAMAGED TOTAL TERMINAL 1926 1925 1924 1926 1925 1924 1926 1925 1924 1926 1925 1924 1926 1 9 1 1924

Springfield ...... 11 21 36 Birmingham ... 45 70 88 St. Louis .......... 91 87 129 Tulwa ..-............. 144 263 306 Mem~)his .......... 264 217 254 Kansas City . .215 192 296 - - -

Total ..... ~.~ .... 770 850 1109

Central ............ 13 Eastern ............ 35 Southern .......... 67 Western .......... 22 Southwestern 158 River 70 xorthern ....-... 155 - - -

Total ............ 520 637 988 Texas Lines .... 3 0 25 17 - - - Total System 1320 1412 2114 1926 compared with 1926-Per cent decrease in number cars damaged, 6.5%. Per cent decrease in amount of damage. 26.1%. Per cent increase in number of cars handled per car damaged 5.07%. Per cent decrease in amount of damage per car handled 24.73%.

NEW ACCIDENT COMMITTEE

K a n s a s Ci ty Organiza t ion Already is P u t t i n g P e p i n t o P r e -

ven t ion Work

NCIDENT to the birth of the New Year, the accident prerention cam- I paign a t Kansas City has taken on

new life and a committee, known a s the Pep Committee on Accident Pre- vention has been appointed. This committee met a t the home of J. E. Harris, yardmaster, January 10. Those present were: Messrs. Gleason, Burch, Doane, Kew, D e n i e s , Leigh, O'Brien, Vanzant and P a y n g Frank Morgan, assistant superintendent of terminals, was a visitor, a s were Mesdames Burch. Morgan and Harris. Sub-committees to handle finance, hall, enter-

tainment and reception, were appointed.

A second meeting was held on Jan- uary 31, a t the home of Mr. Vanzant. where final arrangements on the appointment of the corninittees were completed.

THE FIRST 1927 MARRIAGE - Mr. a n d Mrs. R a y m o n d Ivey F i r s t

on N e w Springfield Register - W HEN the clerk a t the city hall

a t Springfield, Missouri, turned a clean sheet on the register

to record the names of those who received marriage licenses during 1927, he wrote in bold letters to head the -

~~s,~-"RAY&IOND E. IVEY - - FAN- NIE CRENSHAW."

Although Raymond, the genial red-

haired secretary to G. W. Moore, assistant superintendent of motive power, bet on New York during the ball season (and lost heavily). his first bet in 1927 was carried out a s planned.

He had planned to marry charming little RIiss Fannie in 1927-and he did, even though Municipal Judge Hubbard had to get out of bed a t 11:30 p. m. to perform the ceremony. That's how they came to be first on the register for the year of 1927. Married a t 11:30 p. m., January I !

Raymond and his young bride, who was employed by the water company a t Springfield, left immediately for the south.

"It was all so fast," Raymond told one of the office employes, "that we don't know just what we'll do when we come back, but we think we'll s tar t housekeeping."

For Meritorious Seruice MASON, superintendent a t

Sapulpa Oklahoma, addressed Ti letter 'to F. R. Fordyce. brake- nlan a t Sapulpa, in appreciation of his aid in finding broken arch bar on SF34212 on train extra 4151 south, December 14, a t Henryetta. Mr. Fordyce's record was credited with ten merit marks.

\f71iile inspecting train extra 4126 north at Weleetlta, Oklahoma, De- cember 5, R. B. Alexander, brakeman, found car GATX 14841 badly leaking a t drain valve. He, in company with R. N. Tankersley. conductor a t Sa- pulpa, repaired the car mith a delay of only ten minutes to the train. Su- perintendent Mason credited the record of each of these men with five merit marks.

On the morning of December 8, E. B. Rambin, switchman a t Francis. Oklahoma, discovered a broken rail between the depot and the main line switch a t Francis and reported i t immediately so that it was repaired. Superintendent Mason credited his record with five merit marks.

A report comes from S. T. Cantrell, superintendent of the Central division, that W. C. Brown, section foreman a t Hugo, Oklahoma, found a par- cel post package containing thirteen Pairs of shoes, which he immediate11 turned over to J. 0. Dick, the agent.

C. L. Shipley, brakeman a t Ft. Smith, Ark., in looking over train and cars a t Jenson, Arkansas, October 27, discovered about one foot of flange broken from a car of company coal, and had it held for a pair of wheels. S. T. Cantrell, superintendent a t Ft . Smith, credited his record with ten merit marks.

E. E. Young, agent a t Hillsdale, l<ansas, discorered a broken arch bar on UP 71553 in MK&T train 1374 a s the train was passing his station on December 23, which resulted in the car being se t out for repairs. W. H. Bevans, superintendent a t Ft. Scott Kansas, credited his record with ten merit marks.

C. T. Mason, superintendent a t Sapulpa, Oklahoma, credited the record of &I. L. Hambree, yard clerk a t Francis, Oklahonla, with five merit marks for his discovery of car ATSF 26291 with improper routing which would have delayed delivery.

Supt. Mason also credited the record of H. F. Kaps, switchman a t Ok- lahoma City with ten merit marks. On the morning of December 15, a Mr. H. Fuss drove a Ford truck into the side of a car being handled by yard engine 3546. Mr. Kaps talked to the driver and secured his signa- ture to a record in which the driver asserted he was entirely a t fault.

J. Haynes, conductor a t Oklahoma City discovered a broken arch bar on S F 125281 on train extra 4121 west a t Depew, Oklahoma, and had car set out. Superintendent Mason a t Sap- ulpa credited his record with ten

merit marks. 311,. Mason also credited t11e records

of E. P. Randall, conductor a t Sapulpa and Ike Walker, brakeman a t Sa- pulpa with ten merit marks each, for finding S F 15389 with broken arch bar and seeing that the car was carefully handled to the rip track.

S. J. Frazier, superintendent a t Enid, Oklahoma, quotes the followil~g meritorious service performed by employes of the western division:

L. L. Lawless conductor and J . R. Hoy, brakeman, were given merit marks each for discovering broken rail.

A. G. Wolfe and Bert Erwin, conductors, were given a letter of commendation for the splendid way in which they handled work trains in co- operation with the construction coni- pany working on the fillinq of bridges on that division.

C. H. Garman, engineer, and 5. 0. Hadley, fireman. were given letters of commendation for assisting in the brassing of a baggage car i n a passenger train.

J. D. Fountain, conductor, J. A. DeGamo and 0 . C. Slielton, brakemen, W. P , Cehrean, engineer and J . .4. Parker, fireman, were given ten merit marks each for their handling of train of twenty-eight cars of special ex- port oil in which they found oue defective car on which the air would not operate. They repaired the car by cutting new threads on pipes.

Superintendent Mason commended W. R. Armstrong. engineer a t Okla- homa City, for his finding of a loose driving tire in train No. 4. Decem- her 10. I-Iis record was credited mith ten merit marks.

Superintendent Bevans addressed V. L. Stoker, operator a t Columbus, Kansas, in appreciation of his aid in notifying crew of train 132. of a hot box. January 5, a t Columbus, Kansas.

0. L. Young, superintendent at Birmingham, Alabama, has written a letter of commendation to C. A. Wil- liamson, fireman, for discovering a car rolling down on track No. 4 a t East Thomas yard, toward the lead. He got off the engine and stopped the car. which prevented a side swipe.

S. T. Cantrell, snperintendent a t Ft. Smith, Arkansas, gave commendation letters to J. B. Adams and Wiley Echols, water service department employes, for service given on train No. 6 December 2, handling mail between Poteau and Ft. Smith in order to lceev the train on time during the holiday rush.

Mr. Cantrell also reports that George Bland, B&B carpenter. was deadheading to his gang a t Hugo. when train ran into a place where chat had been washed away and where the track had to be repaired before the train could move on. Mr. Bland volunteered to help the section men and did so, for .which action he was commended.

Februar-y, 1927

POPULAR EMPLOYE IS DEAD

4'. D. McNair, Fay-etteville Agent, Began C a r c c r with Carl Gray

F 1ZIENDS of W. D. NcNair, veteran Frisco station agent a t lq'ayette- ville. Arkansas, were shocked to

learu of his death, December 18. I-Ic was 55 years of age, and had t e e n employed by the Frisco since he was 12 years of age.

Born at Crocker, Missouri, IIarch 3, 1871, IIr. McNair mover1 with his Darents to Pagetteville in Septem- ber, 1582. Both Mr. McNair and his father, the latter being the first agent

a t Fayetteville, and the man who gave Carl Gray his first position, have re- peatedly refused promotions for themselves, preferring not to leave that city. Mr. Gray, now president of the Union Pacific system, and one of the youngest railroad presidents in the United States, began his training the same time and place a s did Mr. Mc- Nair.

Oue novel circumstance in connection with Nr. MciNair senior and junior agency, was that J. H. AIcMur- ray, Sr., checked t h e senior BIcNair in as agent in 1882, and J. H. AIcMur- ray, Jr., checked in the junior McNair as agent in 1919.

Mr. IIcNair is survived by his widow, his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. McNair, Sr., a brother, W. P. McNair, Jr., and a sister, Mrs. 31. TV. NcRoy, all of Fayetteville.

Mr. IIcNair was succeeded a s agent a t Fayetteville by D. G. Lehn of Lin- coln, Ark.

Sign in Eddyville, Icy., Restaurant: No checks cashed. We have arrang- ed with the bank that we cash no checks and they sell no soup.

( MORE FUEL RECORDS I I

Some very good fuel records were made during the closing weeks of 1926, and a s will be noted by various reports showing the performance and saving, we have behind us a record to be proud of in fuel conserva- tion. The standard set for the system was not reached, lio\rever, and that gives something to work for during the coming year.

D. L. FORSYTHE, road foreman of equipment, Frisco Lines, was on the Pensacola Line the early part of De- cember and reports the following performance on engine No. 1615, with ENGINEER ESTEIN, FIREMAN CHESTNUT and CONDUCTOR SHAW, from Nexia to Pensacola. ninety miles on train No. Extra South on duty 9 hours and 20 minutes, handled twenty-six loaded cars, a total of 1,872 gross tons, 168,487 G. T. RI., and used eight tons of coal, a n average of ninety-five pounds per 1,000 G. T. 31. MR. FORSYTHE also was on this engine, riding with ENGI- NEER THANES, FIREMAN 0. S. WEBB and CONDUCTOR PEACOCK from Kimbrough to Mexia, a distance of fifty-three miles, on duty 7 hours and 30 minutes, handled twenty-six loaded cars, a total of 99,216 G. T. 31.. used seven tons of coal, a n average of 141 pounds per 1,000 G. T. h1. These are exceptionally good perform- ances, a s the average pound consumption for the entire run from Pensa- cola to 3Iexia was 112 pounds per 1,000 G. T. ?.I.

EASTERN DlV lS lON ENGINEER MULLTN and FIRE-

MAN BURGETT, engine KO. 55, train No. Extra West from St. Louis to Newburg, January 2, handled 1,708 gross tons a total of 193,004 G. T. M. and made a performance of 145 pounds per 1,000 G. T. M.

ENGNEER H. R. SMITH and FIREMAN WALLACE, engine No. 46, January 3, train No. 36, from New- burg to Gratiot, handled 2,464 gross tons, made a total of 278,432 G. T. M. and used fourteen tons of coal, an average of 100 pounds of fuel per 1,000 G. T. M.

The following is a trip observed by Fuel Supervisor G. T. Allison from Newburg to Lebanon. engine No. 40, train No. 34, of December 8, ENGI- NEER CARTER and FIREMAN EARP handled 2,280 gross tons, a total of 143.642 G. T. M. and used nine tons of coal, an average of 145 pounds per 1,000 G. T. M.

MR. ALLISON also reports the following performance observed on the Lebanon and Springfield sub-divisions of the Eastern division:

On December 3, ENGINEER RICE and FIREMAN DILLON, engine No. 25, train No. 1/32 from Springfield t o Newburg, a distance of 119 miles. handled 2,318 gross tons and used fourteen tons of coal, including the amount allowed for f l ~ l n g up on the

return trip, an average performance of 110 pounds per 1,000 G. T. M.

S O U T H E R N DlV lS lON Willow Springs sub-division, ENGI-

NEER BAKER and FIREMAN BAUER Extra South, engine 14, Jan- uary 31, from Willow Springs to Thayer, a distance of thirty-seven miles, handled 1.610 gross tons and used five tons of coa l ran average of 171 pounds per 1,000 G. T. 31.

ENGINEER BIOTZ and FIREMAN ALBRIGHT train No. 135 from Springfield to Norwood, engine No. 56, handled 1,575 gross tons and used nine tons of coal, an average per- Poimance of 165 pounds per 1,000 C. T. RI. -. -.

Tupelo sub-division, ENGINEER SPENCER and FIREMAN BROWN. engine No. 15, train No. 136 from Potts Camp to Memphis, November 30, average performance, 112 pounds per 1,000 G. T. M.

ENGINEER HERRING and FIR= MAN BERGANS, engine No. 1525, train NO. 105, December 7, from Mem- phis to Amory, made n performance of twelve pouilds per pass. car mile.

Birmingham sub-division, ENGT- NEER ROONEY and FIREMAN Rlc- CAIN, engine No. 39, train No. 136, from Carbon Hill to Amory, Decem- ber 11, average pounds per 1,000 G. 'l'. M., 120 pounds.

ENGINEER THOMPSON and FIRE- MAN ELEXANDER, engine NO. 29, train No. 131. December 10, from Amory to Carbon Hill, made a performance of 137 pounds per 1,000 G . T. M.

RIVER DlV lS lON Chaffee sub-division, ENGINEER

BARRON and FIREAIAN YACKLE, engine No. 1289, train No. 835, from Hayti to Harvard, December 15, average eighty-one pounds per 1.000 G. T. 31.

N O R T H E R N DlV lS lON Kansas City sub-division, ENGI-

NEER ZAhTE and FIREMAN MIL- LER, engine No. 4144, train No. 2/131, from Kansas City to Ft. Scott, Decem- ber 14, handled 1,895 gross tons and used twelve tons of fuel, average performance, 127 pounds per 1,000 G. T. M.

ENGINEER JACKSON and FIRE- MAN RIGGS, engine No. 4144, train KO. Extra North, from Ft. Scott to Kansas City, December 15, handled 2,269 gross tons and used thirteen tons of coal, a n average performance of 115 pounds per 1,000 G. T. M.

Ash Grove sub-division, ENGINEER PARKER and FIREMAN TUCKER, on engine No. 4140. train No. Extra North, from Springfield to Ft. Scott, handled 1,183 gross tons and aver- aged 164 pounds.

Carthage sub-division, ENGINEER PHILLIPS and FIREMAN A. MALM- GREN December 7, engine No. 1269, Wichita to Neodesha, train No. 332, on duty 5 hours and 40 minutes, with 50 minutes' delay enroute, handled 1,036 gross tons, Wichita to Beau- mont, and 1,578, Beaumont t o Neo- desha, averaging ninety-nine pounds per 1,000 G. T. M. The average performance for the Wichita sub-division

for the month of December was 153 pounds, so this crew used fifty-four per cent less fuel per 1,000 G. T. 31. on this trip tha11 the average for the entire sub-division.

S O U T H W E S T E R N DlV lS lON ENGINEER GILLEN and FIRE-

MAN GEORGE, engine No. 4147. Jan- uary 12, train No. 1/434, Sapulpa to Afton, on duty 6 hours and 10 minutes. consum& fourteen tons of coal. Av- erage performance of 116 pounds per 1,000 G. T. 31. The average for the sub-division during the month of De- cember was 160 pounds.

ENGINEER J. L. RENO and FIRE- MAN TV. BALL, engine No. 4156, train No. 435, Afton to Sapulpa, January 14, 1,902 gross tons, used ten tons of coal, performance 119 pounds per 1,000 G. T. &I.

ENGINEER C. M. HOGAN and FIREMAN C. DOWD. engine No. 4155. train No. 439. Afton to Sapulpa, Jan- uary 12, handled 2,110 gross tons and used twelve tons of coal, an average of 131 pounds.

C E N T R A L DlVlSlON

ENGINEER N. V. ALLEBACH and FIRENAN S. E. ARNOLD, train No 5 between Springfield and Ft. Smith. engine No. 1045, December 1, left Springfield. 3:59 a. m., held a t Repub- lic 4 minutes for orders and 10 minutes a t Billings for orders 14 and 20; arrived a t Monett 8 minutes late; consumed 371 scoops of coal. Spring- field to Monett; left RIonett 8 minutes late, had 11 cars in train and used 983 scoops of coal, Springfield to Ft . Smith. Same crew, train No. 6, engine No. 1045, December 1, left Ft . Smith 29 minutes late with nine cars in train; arrived Monett on time; left Monett for Springfield 19 minutes late; arrived Springfield 10 minutes late; consumed 884 scoops of coal from Ft. Smith to Sp~ingfield.

ENGINEER KEESEE and FIRE- MAN BUSCH, December 23, train No. 736, engine No. 1248, Madill to Hugo, 77 miles, handled 119,350 gross tons and potential rating 119,350 gross tons. Consumed 14,000 pounds of coal or 117 pounds per 1,000 G. T. 31.

ENGINEER O'NDILL and F I R E MAN RIATTHEWS, December 23. train No. Extra 1248 east, engine doubled through Hugo from Hugo to Hope, 121 miles, handled 245,630 gross tons. Potential raking 223,729 gross tons, and consumed 12,000 pounds of coal, or forty-eight pounds per 1,000 G. T. &I.

ENGINEER McCLELLAN and FIREMAN J. .I. PERSON, December 23. train No. Extra 738 east. Madill to Hugo, 77 miles, handled 96,789 gross tons. Potential rating 88,650 gross tons. Consumed 12,000 pounds of coal, or 124 pounds per 1,000 G. T M. - .

ENGINEER MILLER, FIREMAN DICKERSON, December 23, train extra No. 738 east, engine doubled through Hugo. Hugo t o Hope, 121 miles, handled 159,687 gross tons. Po- tential rating 157,300 G. T. M. Con- sumed 10,000 pounds of coal, o r sixty- two pounds per 1,000 G. T. M.

NEZER THOMAS LOGAN, oil the western divi-

was retired from active service on November 4 , 1926, due to having reached the age limit. He was born November 5, 1856, near Keiths- berg, 11. His f a t h e r was a farmer, and during his e a r l y C: years he helped l,,:~' with the work on the farm and at- t e n d e d t h e schools near his home. His first railroad w o r k was w i t h the Santa Fe in the c a r department, E. T, LOGAN where he later served a s a brakeman. He came with the Frisco on August 6, 1905, a s a brakeman a t Enid, Okla., and was promoted to position of freight conductor in February, 1906, which position he held until his retirement. On January 14, 1880, he married Laura A. McDonald, of Wellington, Kan., and to them mere born two girls and one boy. Mr. and Mrs. Logan reside a t 1011 West Seventh Street, Tulsa, Okla. Continuous service of twenty- one years entitles him to a pension allowance of $44.20 a month, effective from December 1, 1926.

WILBURN RALEFORD HARRIS, section foreman, northern division, was retired from active service a t the age limit of 7 0 years. He was b o r n November 30, 1 8 5 6 , in Catusa County, Georgia. His father was a farmer and he attend- *;r;k' ed the schools n e a r C a v e ,*v the age of ten

* Springs, Mo. At r \ years he assisted with the work on the farm, and in

the Friscd a s a section laborer a t Golden City, Mo., and in 1885 was promoted to the position of section foreman and stationed a t South Green- field, Mo., where he remained during the rest of his service, o r until No- vember 30, 1926. On October 15, 1893, he married Edith Gammon of Billings, Mo., and to them were born five boys and three girls. Two of the boys a re now working a s section laborers for the Frisco. Mr. and Mrs. Harris reside in Springfield, Mo. Con-

Forti vctcrairs, with a total of 125 years, line v t o t ~ t h s service, were placed otz the Peitsion Roll at the wcetittg of thc Board of Pcrzsions, held Dccenlber 21. 1926, in the offices at S t . Low's. Mo.

tinuous service of forty years, eight months entitles him to a pension allowance of $43.95 a month, effective from December 1, 1926.

JAfiIES AIOODIE, clerk, freight accounting department, St. Louis, Mo., was retired from active service on November 30, 1926, due to having reached the age limit. H e was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, November 4. 1856. His father was a cabinet maker of that city, and the son received his education in the schools in Edinburgh. At the age of thirteen years he was employed in a stationery store. In July of 1888, he came to the United States, and on October 1 , same year, was employed a s statistical clerk for the old I<CFS&RI, now a part of the Frisco, a t Kansas City, Mo. H e was promoted to interline account clerk, then appointed a s principal switching clerk. H e was later transferred back to position of clerk in the office of agents accounts, having been in that department since 1901, when the KCFS&M office was moved to St. Louis. Mr. Moodie has never married, and resides a t 4552 Arco Av- enue, St. Louis, No. Continuous service of thirty-eight years entitles him to a pension allowance of $46.25 a month, effective from December 1, 1926

FRANK ALEXANDER CHALFANT, conductor, eastern division, was retired on July 10, 1926, a t the age of sixty-one years, due to permanent disability. He was born November 20, 1865, a t Linn Creek, Mo., and edu- cated in the schools near Richland, No. His father was a steamboat engineer and farmer. His first employ- ment, a t the age of sixteen, was a s night watchman on a steamboat with his father, and his first Frisco position was a s a brakeman on the eastern division, Springfield to Dixon, Mo., in 1883. He was promoted to the position of conductor in August, 1887, on the eastern division, where he served until November, 1899. From May, 1900, to August, 1902, he served as a switchman, and yardmaster a t Springfield, Mo. From 1902 until 1909 he served a s a brakeman, and from 1909 until 1926 he was employed a s a conductor. On November 20, 1890, he married Mary Consadine of Springfield, Mo., and to them were born one boy and one girl. Mr. and Mrs. Chalfant reside a t 906 East Lo-

cust Street, Springfield, Mo. Con- tinuous service of twenty-six years and one month, entitles him to a pension allowance of $42.00 a month, effective from October 1, 1926.

WILLIAM HENRY BUTTOMER, pensioned road foreman of engines of the K. C. C. & S. Railway, died

a t the home of h i s m a r r i e d daughter, M r s . Kate McArthur a t 2631 Chestnut

'4 Street, Kansas City, %fo., on De-

I cember 28, 1926. H e w a s born March 5, 1852, a t Chicopee Falls, Nass., and entered the service

W. BUTTOAIER of the old K. C. F. S. & G. Rail-

road a s a locomotive engineer in Octo- ber, 1884, and served continuously in that capacity until the separation of the Clinton Line in August, 1901, when he went with them, remaining until the return of that line to Frisco own- ership, being finally retired on Novem- ber 30, 1924. H e was a widower. His pension allowance was $61.40 a month and up to the time of his death he had been paid a total of $1,535.00.

FREDERICK MILLER, pensioned section foreman of the northern division died a t his home in Osawa-

toinie, Kansas, on

the northern di- FRED JIILLER vision in J u 1 y ,

1881, serving as such and a s section foreman until he retired and was pensioned in July, 1913, due to disability. H e leaves a widow, three sons and one daughter, M. E. Miller, M. 0. Miller, H. A. Miller and Mrs. Iva A. Teub- ner. H. A. Miller, the youngest son is a Frisco employe and now holds the position of second trick operator a t the interlocking plant a t Pleasant- ton, Kansas. Mrs. Teubner, the only

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, Homemakerf Page MISS LORETTO A. CONNOR. Editor

Interesting Young Folks in Home Life -OR some time, lamentations re- 4 garding the decline of American . home life and speculation as to ie probable detrimental results to ie nation have been prevalent lnong thinking people in all walks C life. The critics frequently have

,een accused of being more than zeal- ous in pointing out the pitfalls that confront us unless the situation un- dergoes a change.

I t is not our purpose to use the columns of this Mags,-i;w for a diatribe on current sociologica1 problems, but i t has long been one of our favorite theories that the young people of today would not be so prone t o seek entertainment in questionable forms and places if parents. and especially mothers, displayed a little more enthusiasm and ingenuity in providing sane and wholesome, but none the less. real amusement in the home. Fur- thermore, we believe that the amount of space allotted to home entertain- ing by the better class of women's magazines is evidence of a healthy reaction in that direction, and that the newer tendencies a re all toward a return to the home as a center of the social life of the family.

Frisco homemakers can render a worth-while service to society by fos- tering such a movement. The New Year is not yet too far on its may to add a resolution to that effect to your list of "I resolves". February, with its wealth of days that lend themselves to novel celebrations, is an excellent month for taking the Arst steps in putting the new resolution into effect. If your inclinations are literary, you may celebrate the birthday of Dickens or that of Long- fellow. The anniversaries of Lincoln and Washington, and our good old standby, St. Valentine's Day, may be made memories that will live, if celebrated with costume dances, colonial teas, or a t least made gala with fes- toons, hearts, hatchets, cherries or log cabins, a s the occasion demands, and with programs of games or other diversions, and adequate, but not nec- essarily pretentious, refreshments.

I t takes a little thought and some ingenuity to plan a successful party. A little time and money, too, a re needed, but a rich harvest of returns will be yielded, not only in the pleas- ure such affairs afford, but in the amount of good they will bring.

A difiner is the bugbear of virtu- ally every hostess, and yet there i s nn

real reason why it should be. There a re only a few esxentials-congenial people, a suitable and not too ambitious menu, faultlessly laundered linen and carefully polished tableware. The dinner table should be laid with a white damask cloth, a centerpiece of fruits o r flowers and four candlesticks o r two candelabras, one a t either end, half way between the centerpiece and the places of host and hostess. The candles may match the flowers in color, but must be tall enough not to shine in the guests eyes.

Senrice plates a re placed on the table, allolving sufficient room between each place, that guests may be easily served. At the left of the plate. place the salad fork, then the meat fork, then the fish fork.

At the right of the plate and nearest to it, is placed the steel meat knife, then the silver fish knife, the edge towards the plate, always. Next to the knives comes the soup spoon, the oyster fork or grape fruit spoon. The water goblet is placed a t the top and to the right of the knives. The dill- ner napkin is laid on the service plate. Pepper and salt may be individual, or, for a dinuer of eight, there should be four salt cellars and four pepper pots. Salted nuts a re put 011 the dinner table in small individual dishes, or in two large dishes.

Olives and celery are served from a side lable, placed behind a screen near the pantry door. A dish is never passed twice a t a formal dinner.

TVhen all a re seated, the plate containing the first course is placed on the service plate. At the end of the course, the used plate is removed, and the soup plate is placed on the service plate. With the soup course, the service plate is removed with the empty soup plate. A hot plate takes the place of the place plate, and all is in readiness for the nest course. Dinner rolls a r e passed with the soup course. Butter is never served a t dinner.

In case any of our readers a re led to ac t upon our suggestion, we a r e submitting a few unique recipes which recently have come into our hands and which we trust may prose helpfnl:

CAVIAR SANDWICHES Most of our readers a r e more or

less familiar with caviar-the prepared and salted roe of the sturgeon or other large fish, usually used a s a

relish. Delicious sandwiches may be made by spreading thin slices of bread with prepared caviar, seasoned with lenion juice. Spread an equal number of slices with one-quarter cup of butter, mixed with the leaves of a bunch of water cress, finely chopped and seasoned to taste. P u t the pieces of bread together and garnish with watercress, butter and catsup butter. forced through tiny openings in a paper pastry tube. The sandwiches should be thin. cut in fancy shapes and look like little decorated cakes.

BRUSSELS SPROUTS Fick over a quart of sprouts, dis-

carding yellow leaves, cover with two q u a r k of cold water in which two tablespoonfuls of salt has been dis- solved, and let stand a n hour or longer. Skim out the sprouts and cook in a saucepan of boiling, salted water, allowing the sprouts to simmer about thirty minutes. Drain i n a col- ander and serve with

CHEESE SAUCE Nelt two tablespoonfuls of butter,

add two tablespoonfuls of flour. Cook until frothy, then add a cup of light cream, one-quarter teaspoonful of salt and stir until the mixture boils. Add one-half cup of grated cheese and let simmer three minutes. Pour over the sprouts and sprinkle with paprika.

ARTICHOKE SALAD Peel three oranges, remove the pith

and white skin and slice lengthwise. Use a n eqnal amount of teiider celery stalks cut into inch lengths. Nix together lightly with two tablespoonfuls of olive oil, a tablespoonful of lemon juice, one-half a teaspoonful of salt and one-quarter teaspoonful of paprika. Heap lightly together on a serving dish and surround with cooked hearts of artichokes cut into quarters. Wreathe with blanched celery leaves.

BREAD FOR CAiYAFES Canapes a r e made from stale white

bread, cut in quarter-inch slices and then shaped with a cutter into circles or rings two and one-half o r three inches in diameter or cut into square, strips, triangles or other fancy shapes. These portions of bread a r e then either fried in deep fa t and drained on absorbent paper or sauteed in just enough butter or other fat to keep them from burning, or they may be toasted or set in the oven until they turn a delicate brown. When finished they should be nicely browned on both sides. They a re then ready to be covered with the mixture preferred.

of Zephyr wool witl: bright-colored border. odds a disliltclkv torrch.

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I ANSWERS TO LAST MONTH'S

I PUZZLE I Dear Frisco Kiddies:

There i s one thing quite sure! The whole Frisco family is interested in solving puzzles!

Many, many letters containing answers to the puzzle were received, but, sorry to say, not a one of the letters contained all sixteen correct answers! Lots of them had sixteen answers, but-you found some things that were wrong in the picture that weren't even listed!

The Twilight Lady would like nothing better than to print each letter- but space forbids, so she will answer each one personally.

Here a re the sixteen correct answers:

1. Wordn d6dog'n." "catn" and "nllowed" incorrect on n l m .

2. 0nc handle mluning from wanh boiler.

3. Word "cignrettenW mlnpell- ed.

4. 6tntoew are not sold by the qunrt.

S. Word "cider" minupelled. 8. Doe nllould not be in scro-

cery. 7. D o l l n ~ uirp~ not in correct

place on shoes. 8. Shoen are not mnteu. 9. Penr u l ~ n in not on pearn.

10. Dnnnnnn ~ r o w l n g upnide down on ntnlk.

11. Nice uellom come out where thew are people.

12. Mnn hnn hlu hnt on eronw- wise.

13. Uurku are not kept on the nhelven in a woecry.

14. Wheeln do not match on s~nnll boy'n wngon.

15. Smnll b o ~ hns nothing by n41icl~ to null hiu wagon.

1U. Numbers on the clock nre bnckwnrd.

Many gave the answer that the man behind the cider barrel had too many fingers on one hand.

The letter that contained the most correct answers, flfteen in fact, was not signed, but came from 6802 Scan- lon Avenue, St. Louis, Mo.

The Twilight Lady is giving the names of the little folks who sent in answers, with the number of correct answers each one gave, opposite the name:

Virglnia Baner. Thayer, Mo. ............. 14 ................... Irene Crump. Chaffee. Mo 13

Merlyn Munday. Mound Valley. Kans. ............................................... I3

......... Archie Fraser, Maplewood. Mo 13 ............. Hazel Pittinan. Republic. MO 13 ... Gwendolyne Lobdell. Sherman, Tex I 3

........ George M. Scott. Springfield. MO 12 Nadine Standley and

Agnes Standley. I<ansas City. Mo. ..I2

Another Puzzle for Frisco Kiddies

....... Mlldred L. Hood. Sapulpa, Okla 12 ........ Rex. R. Mullen. Centerton. Ark I2

Alma E. Brigance. Peckham. Okla. ..I l Dollie Corn. Willow Sprlngs. Mo. ....... l l Pauline Simpson. Chaffee. Mo ............. i l Eleanor G. Bailey. Sprinpfleld, Mo. ..I l

............... Joe Hacker. Springfield. Mo l l Neama W. Welch. Severy. Kans ......... I 0 Vivian Short. Belton. Mo .................. 10 Florence Foster. St. Louis. Mo ......... 9

All that I am going to do, is put the next puzzle in the Magazine and I'm not even going to give you a hint! You've already found several things which were not in the list on the first puzzle!

But I will tell you this much: There are fourteen incorrect things in the picture, including the misspelled words!

Who will be the one to get all fourteen correct?

Send your answer to,

A VALENTINE POEM

The Twilight Page is so full of puzzles, and answers and another puzzle, that there won't be room for much about Valentine Day! There must be room, however, for this little letter from Ruth Ervin of Chaffee, Mo. Ruth says she loves to write and read poetry, but best of all she loves adventure.

"I am sending you some poetry," she writes, and here is the charming little verse about Valentine Day which she wrote all by herself:

VALENTINE Vnleutlne time is nearly here, And your wweethenrt in creeplng near. And when you go nnd get the mail, Whnt you expect. sou know the rent! Is n Ynlmtiee from ones yo11 love bent:

(Ruth Ervin).

Saved

"Tommy," said mother, "do I actually see you playing with your soldiers on the Sabbath day?"

"Oh, that's all right, mother," replied the young hopeful, "this i s the Salvation Army."

Febrnnry, 1927

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/HEFQco FNPLO*S'&~?Z/M P c b r l ~ n i . ~ , 1927

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

By the

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

827 Frisco Buildinn St. Louis. Missouri

This magazine is published In t he Interests of and fo r free distribution among the 30,000 employes of the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway. All art icles and communi- cations relative to editorial mat ters should be addressed t n the ~ d l t n r

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

Vol. 4 FEBRUARY, 1927 No. 5

A NEW NAME FOR YOUR JOB

W E were riding along a t a good clip over the splendid track from Kansas City to

- Springfield, Missouri, on the SUNNYLAND, when my friend, ancl fellow Frisco employe, seated in the Pullman with me, pulled his hat down over his eyes, scttled down in his seat ancl folded his hands.

"I've been thinking lately ancl just woncler- ing if the average enlploye of this ?reat system understands just what his association with the Frisco means.

"A long time ago this railroad was started bj7 men wit11 moneyed influence back of theni, and I'd liken this railroad, and a man's position with it, to a grancl inheritance which he has received, anc1 whic11 draws semi-inonthly intercst. "

He was silclit for a few moments. -2'Eacl1 employe of the Frisco Railroad has

fallen heir to this legacy. Every day an ernploye works, he contributes to the principal, ancl twice a month he draws his interest in the form of his incomc. Thc labor wliich he coil- tributes is his capital invested, from wl~ich hc d r a w his wages. "

He pulled from his pocket an old envelope and began to figure. "Now, look here," he said, after a few moments, "suppose a man receives a salary of $100.00 a month. Such a salary would iliclicnlc that he had invested in the Frisco Railroacl in capital (which mould be his labor), a sum of $20,000, because $1,200.00 a year is the interest on $20,000 a t 6 per cent, \vhich is a pretty good rate of interest; more,

you know, than the average railroad invest- melit returns. If he receives $200.00 a inontll, i t would indicate a labor investment of $40,000, slid SO on. Pret ty big problem, this grand inheritance turns out to be, after all!"

This was a "clifferent thought", indeed, and i t proved even more interesting as he went on, elaborating also oil the satisfaction and gratifi- cation each man receives in various ~\~aj7s.

"Besides this semi-monthly income or interest, wliicllevcr you want to call it, each man gets from his worlr a certain satisfaction. There is the rather indifferent man; he puts into his work about half his pep ancl enthusiasm ancl interest. What does he get? a pay checlr- but not mar ly so large as he would like to get. Then there is the employe who finds that a little \\-ork on the side-n little overtime brings him information which malres him just a little more valuable to his foreman. This ovcrtime and this outside work has cost him several hours a week, but isn't there a smile of satisfaction when the pay envelope is opened and the checlr reads $75.00 instead of $50.00 1

' ( A s I go over the line I particularly notice apprentice boys, and one of them said to me thc other day, 'You know, I've got my ej7e on a job a s a foreman and I'll get i t some day, ~ l ~ n I 'm capable of holding i t7 , ancl I have no doubt hut that some day he will get it. Each day he is putting in more capital, which is his labor, and as he does so the principal grows and he will some day dram out the intercst in large lllnlps. ' '

A grand inheritance ! A new name for a railroad job-yet there

was ne17cr u truer name given anything. The Frisco Lines boasts of i ts loyal and enthusiastic employes-ever boostiug Frisco stock anc1 equipment, and i t is just this that has put the Frisco in the group of leacling railroacls of the country.

I t s einploycs have contributed to thc capital \wll-thcy have contributed gciierously.

Then there is another thought which proves n spur to the ambitious, and that is that the lacicier to the goal called "Success" is never overcrowded. No matter how many men apply for a certain class of work, the man with the greatest amount of capital to offer, \I.hicll means the man most skilled for the job, is sure to win. H e has invested his all in a n inheritance started years ago. This inheritancc pays ~7ell in dividends, and the man who puts the most in, draws the most out.

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Sour Fruit "Who was that peach I saw you

with last night?" "She wasn't a peach-she was a

grapefruit." "Why grapefruit?" "I squeezed her and she hi t me

in the eye."

Bang! Bang! The famous criminal lawyer had

won a shockingly bad case by elo- quence and trickery, and a rival lawyer said to him, bitterly:

"Is there any case so low, so foul, so vilely crooked and shameful that you'd refuse it?"

"Well, I don't know," the other an- sweretl with a smile. "What have you been doing now?"

Telegrams An Idaho man was fishing in Lake

Crescent recently. He caught a big northern pike, the biggest he had ever landed in his long and busy life. Almost crazy with joy, he telegraphed his wife: "I've got one; weighs seven pounds and it is a beauty.

The following was the answer he got: "So have I ; weighs ten pounds. Not a beauty-looks like you. Come home."

Debts Customer: "I've brought that last

pair of trousers to be reseated. You know I sit a lot."

Tailor: "Yes, and perhaps you've brought the bill to be receipted, too. You know, I've stood a lot."

A Boid! Teacher: "Can any of you children

telI me what a stoic is?!' Pupil: "Please, teacher, a stoic is

a boid whot brings in the babies."

Equality Bachelor: "The time will come

when women will get men's wages." Married Man: "Yes, next Saturday

night."

All Shot Up An intoxicated man was brought in-

to court. "Name?" "Gunn, yer honor." "Gunn-you're loaded." "It wont happen again, yer honor,

hic!" "Suspended sentence, Gunn-you're

discharged." And t l ~ report was in the papers

the next day.

All the Same! "How will you have your eggs

cooked?" "Make any difference in price?" "No." "Then cook 'em with a nice slice of

ham." -- Who'll Do I t ?

"What's your opii~ion of civiliza- tion ?"

"I think it's a good idea. Soinebody ought to s ta r t it."-Exchange.

Wil l and Won't A darkcy was struggling with a

balky mule when a bystander said: "Mose, where's your will power?"

"i\Iah will power am right mid me- but you oughta see dis yer animal's won't power! "

-- Ford Special

A new conductor in the Hoboken district asked if Henry Ford had anything to do with the Pullman Com- pany. When told he did not and asked why the query, he said: "Com- ing down this morning I saw the Hans- ford, Eckford, Brooford, Pickford, Spofford, Radford and Henrietta, all in one train."

Serene The Florida beach and blue sea

looked inviting to the tourist from the North, but before venturing out to swim he thought to make sure.

"You're certain there a re no alligators here?" he inquired of the guide.

"Nossuh," replied that functionary, grinning broadly. "Ain't no 'gators hyah."

Reassured, the tourist started out. As the water lapped about his chest he called back:

"What makes you so sure there aren't any alligators?"

"Dey's got too much sense," bel- lowed the guide. "De sharks done skeered dem all away."-Exchange. --

Has I t Happened to You? Chief clerk to young lady file clerk

just back from her vacation: "3Iiss Emery, we've hunted ever since you left for that file on the killing of Farmer Head's two steers. Can you locate it?"

"Certainly," and she produced i t in two seconds.

"That's it, but where did you have i t filed?"

"Why, there's only one possible place, right here under 'Dead Freight' ."

Henpecked! "Our new kitchenette is just large

enough for one t o work in," remarked the newlywed.

"Jokes on your wife a t dishwashing time, eh?" asked his friend.

"No-0-0. But I don't mind drying them, too, while I'm a t it."-Legion WeekIy.

Ever So Often "How soon can I get a street car?"

asked the stranger of the native of the remote suburbs where the trolley service is something of a myth.

"Hinmin," meditated the native. "Looks like you just missed one."

"How can you tell?" "The tall weeds between the tracks

a re all flattened out."-Exchange. -- A Reputation

Enlanuel Jackson, mule tender, appeared one morning on crutches.

"Lawsy," exclaimed a friend. "Ah thought yo' was one o' de bes muIe han'lers in de business."

"So a h is," affirmed Emanuel proudly, "but we got a mule in dis mo'nin' dat didn't know may reppita- tion."-Exchange. --

Anyhow He Sang JIother (to Bobby)-"Surely you

did something else but ea t a t the school treat?"

Bobbie-"Yes, mummie. After tea we sang a hymn called, 'We can sing, full though we be.'"

Mother Iearned later that the hymn selected had been, "Weak and sinful though we be."-Exchange. -

In a Whirl Absent-minded Professor (going

around in one of those revolving doors)-"Bless me! I can't rernem- ber whether I was going in o r coming out."-Boston Transcript.

Exercise Does I t As the dancer took his fair partner

down to supper, she seemed to hypno- tize the waiter, for he seemed incap- able of taking his eyes off her.

At last the dancer could stand it no longer.

"I say, my man," he observed, "what makes you s tare so rudely a t this lady?"

"It ain't rudeness, sir, believe me, i t ain't," returned the waiter. "It's genuine admiration. This is the fifth time she's been down to supper tonight."

AME ! CRICAN RAILWAYS ARE XJPERIOR TO THOSE

OF EUROPE

to the time of its departure. On the other hand, in Europe when he goes to the office of the sleeping car company, he is likely to be told that all sleeping car space on every important train has been sold for a week or even two weeks ahead. If h e is a n experi- enced traveler on the continent he is likely then to "slip" the ticket clerk a dollar, af ter which he will probably find that he can get space on a sleeping car on a train leasing within few hours.

The necessity of bribing sleeping car employes to get berths or compartments, which prevails so widely in continental Europe, is fortunately en- tireIy tmknown in the United States. Furthermore, the cost in American lnoney for sleeping car service in Europe is much greater than in the United States. I speak from a n extensive personal experience, because I have used sleeping car service re- peatedly in Great Britain, France, Ger- many, Italy and other European countries, and have kept a careful record of the length of time it has taken me to get accommodations and what it has cost, including the bribes it has been necessary, outside of Great Britain, to pay the sleeping car employes.

The editor says: "I have traveled a great deal in Europe last summer, and was never on a late train." If my experience is any criterion, he was unusually fortunate. I myself have been twenty-four hours late in going from Rome to Paris on the de luxe Rome Express. The last time I went to Europe the train on which I traveled from Cherbourg to Paris, a comparatively short trip over the French state railway, was 4 hours late. Likewise the train on which I went from Base1 t o Paris was more than a n hour late arriving a t Basel.

I held tickets for three reservations in the sleeping car a t Basel. The sleeping car conductor told me that the compartn~ents in which I had reservations had been sold to other persons a t Innsbruck, and that, therefore, my party would have to s i t up all night in a day coach. After he found that I was one of those inso- lent Americans who can make a frightful row, he discovered he had sleepiug car space for us af ter all.

There a re some respects in which the passenger service of the railways of Great Britain, Germany and France is better than that of the United States. Far various reasons I have found it more comfortable and pleasan t to make daylight trips on them than on our railroads. But because of the much greater distances in the United States it is necessary for people to make many more trips that extend through t h e night and part of the day in this country than i n Eu- rope. For this long-distance travel our passenger service i s greatly su-

Frisco's Longest Bridge " Gateway to Memphis"

J. T . W o o d , car irzs.bector of Memphis, Tci~ircssee, tooh this pl~otograplz of the old ilfetrlpizis bridge. " T h i s v i e w shows the Frisco gateway t o Mcritpiris," he said. T h e old Memphis bridge, the longest oil the Frisco syste~il , was erected iit 1892, aizd is n o w under recortstrr~ctioir.

perior to that of Europe. None of the European railways have the spacious compartments and drawing rooms, with fine toilet facilities, the club cars and the observation cars that our railways provide on their good trains.

Furthermore, every class of passenger service in Europe costs the traveler more than any class of service in the United States with which it can fairly be compared. The average passenger rate is lower there, but this is because about four-fifths of their passenger travel is a t low rates in third and fourth class cars which-except- ing in Great Britain-usually a re very crowded, and in which the seats often a re very hard wooden benches.

Of course, a s is well known, freight rates in Europe a r e much higher than in this country, in spite of the much lower wages of labor i n Europe. The ability of our railways to pay much higher wages, and a t the same time charge much lower freight rates, is mainly due to economies effected by the much larger carloads and trainloads in which freight is handled in this country. These much larger carloads and trainloads are, of course, due to the policy of our railway man- agements in constantly putting bigger cars and more powerful locomotives into service a s rapidly as conditions warrant it. The carload and trainload of freight in Europe probably does not average one-third as large a s on the railways of the United States. -

Apology Accepted "Mac, I'm very sorry to flnd yon in

this s ta te of intoxication." "Te're verra sorry, pairson?" "Yes, Mac, I'm really very, very sor-

ry." "Ah, weel, if ye're verra, verra, ver.

r a sorry, I'll forgive ye."

IN MEMORIAM I (Coiztiizued f row Page 29)

daughter, is the wife of C. A. Tueb- ner, Frisco agent a t Pleasanton, Kan- I sas. Mr. Miller's pension allowance was $20.00 a month and up to the time of his death he had received a total of $3,140.00.

STEPHEN JAMES POWERS, pensioned Frisco conductor of 7544 Pro- spect Avenue, Kansas City, ~Missouri, died a t his home on December 30, 1926. He was born on a farm near ?dadison, Wisconsin, on December 26, 1860, and entered the service of the Frisco Lines as a freight bralce- man on January 12, 1885. He served continuously a s freight brakeman, freight conductor and then a s passenger conductor on the northern division until the time of his retirement on July 31, 1925, which was due to ill health. H e leaves a widow, Mrs. Dora E. Powers, two daughters and six sons. His pension allowance was $75.45 a month. and up to the time of his death he had received a total of $1,282.65. I

Neither Did We "What does the chemistry profes-

sor get?" "Oh, about $3,000 a year." "And the football coach?" "About $12,000." "Quite a difference! 'T isn't right!" "No? Did you ever hear 40,000 peo-

ple cheering a recitation in chemistry?"

Days of Grace Pedestrians know that they a re safe

from the motorist driving a brand- new car. The motorist doesn't care to dent his fenders ,the first thousand miles or so.-Exchan~e.

A CHAFFEE GROUP -- -

The errgi~rrc~i-ing departtrfcjrt at Cltaf- fee, Xissotcri, wiztst be a jolly old place to work , girls. corrsideri~rg that it t r u w hers otr its staff the boys photograplted above. Reading frorii left to right they arc: Joe Jarboc, chaisnznrr; Bert McAI- Ian, rodwran; Buddy McBridc and Jirn- tilie Fcrg~rson, irrst~-11ntent~rrcr1.

I THE ROOM MATES I M u n y corr~plivtcrrtnry cour~lrei~ts ware

recrwcd by X i s s ililnrie Starkey, tal- ented dairylzter of J . c . Starkey, auditor passeuger nccozr~rts of the Frisco Lirres ( i t S t . Lorfrs, zuhen [ I fiocur 'i~lhjch she recerrtly c ~ m p o s e d appeared z1t the "Flanriizyo, a booklet published 6.v Derrisoi~ U~rivei-sit31 strrdersts at G r a ~ l d - d l e , Ohro. The poem, " T h e liooirz ilfates" is one o f her best. Miss Slar- key, t.zho will graduatc front the rrfri- acrsity iil 1928, is alr hoitor studeirt, ctild is on tire staff of the "l;la~aiitgo."

W i t h her pernlission, "The Rooria ~llotes" is prigrted below: I've tnken my luek where I'\e fouud it. I've rn t rd nud I've sworn iu my tllue. I've l ~ n d my pirkimg of room nlates And four of t he lot were fiue. One mns I~lue-eye11 nncl pretty, One %\;I* n liirt through aud through. One didn't knom what worked lookeel

like, And one >\as ne \e r blue.

Sow I'III not much good with r o o ~ n mntes.

F o r tnkiug them nll illons, You never enn sny till you've trip(:

them And then you mny be nll wroug. There's times when you feel yon've

been .iliahied There's t l u ~ e s when you t i re of the

utrife. But the thinps you'll lenrn from ench

one in tu rn They'll help you n lo t in life.

I wns a f r e sh~nnn ihnt yenr A I I ~ luck \\-IN kind i n lee. Alice did my .\lpebm While I looked o r iu glee. n u t soon 1 lenrued to my sorrow. Thnt ahe hnd a pnssion fo r fur. So more elid I wear UIY Coon eont- And I learned nboui ronn~ nrnteh: l'rnu~

her.

Then I nlovecl next s e ~ n e s t r r An11 rhowe nnother one She hnd a lien- hot tem1Mx '\nd blnzetl away like the sun. n u t he enlrr~cd down eousideral~lc And me were renl e h u n ~ s n* i t wrrc.

Till she fell i n lo re with nly mnm- Aucl I lenrued nlrout r o o u ~ mntea from

her.

Once agnin I tried my lurk. And thought ihn t Aun was just iiue, She took me home for \leek-ends. And I nlwnyx h n l a zood time. When it calue to ell-nuinc the room. She dlc111Y give n rnr. Ancl I h ~ v e l ~ t , rind swore. nnd dusted- .\ud I lenrned nhont roon~ I I I H ~ ~ ~ fro111

her.

'Chen I fell in with Sally. \\'I? u~ncle n sood pair from the s tnr i , She was p e p ~ y null funny And knew n lot nhnut nrt. n u t she rn l ed 011 with no (.ensing, Aucl I found tha t 11s things were, She'd drive me ~uncl with her tnlkiny- And I lenrnecl nbnut roon~ nmtem from

her.

I ' \c tnken my lnek where I've found it .\nd uow fo r my lu rk I ~n i r s t gay, F'or the kuowledse I've pnined o f

~wople. \\'ill make me n rynie wnme dny. And the enel of it's s i t t ing nud think-

ins . An11 dreaming of whnt nned t o be. So be warned by nlp lo t (whieh I know

yo11 \\ill not ) Aucl learn nbout room mate- from m r .

Carte Blanche Eloping Bride: "Here's a te legra~n

from papa!" Bridegroom (eagerly) : "TT7hat does

he say?" Bride: "Do not come home and all

will be forgiven."-Widow.

N o t Guilty Soph: "Did you take a bath?" Frosh: "No, is there one missing?"

-Red Cat.

OKLAHOMA BIDS FOR HONORS

"Don't think for a minute that you Missourian's o r Texans a r e going to make the high records and leave the rest of us out," writes S. E. Smith, foreman of Rooserelt, Oklahoma.

Mr. Smith had just finished reading of the splendid record of Wm. Shoemake's gang of Monett, Mo., In their no-accident campaign, and had also read the answer of A. N. Nelson, section foreman of Immer- mere, Texas, in the December number, and he hastened to put Okla- homa on the map.

"I believe we have a record here that any foreman moulcl be proud of," he continues. "I have been working from to two thirty-five men, handling everything that per- tains to railway work and on De- cember 3. 1923, had a work train unloading ballast and got one man injured. Since then there has been all kinds of work to do, but not a n accident of any kind. Three years is a pretty good length of time to go without an accident. I believe this record in Oklahoma will be hard to beat-and I think the honors shoulcl go to the western division on Section K-39."

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TRY THIS ON THE SPARE

7 -- --

Harry E. Carrithers, %sco firetnan o f Joplin, Missouri, not only believes in safety first nnd accidewt preventiots, but he also believes that the best w a y to travel and ship is v ia Frisco Liftes.

S o Carritkers let his motor car's spare tire cover do n bit of broadcasting.

"ONE FOR THE MAGAZINE"

Southern Pacific Agent a t Watson- ville, Calif., Tosses the Editor

a Bouquet -

A JANUARY issue of the Frisco ~Magaziite came into the possession of R. H. Davis, agent

for the Southern Pacific Company a t Watsonville. California, and in a let- t e r to the editor, h e pays the Ilrlagu- zinc a tribute which every Frisco employe may feel proud to read:

"I have been receiving copies for several months." he writes, "and cach issue appears to be larger and bettei. than i ts predecessor.

"I am particularly interested in the Frisco, because my father started his railroad career on that line in the 70's, and after he moved west, was al~vays a booster." Another i n t e ~ e s t - ing line from the Land of Sunshine: "The picture of the snow scene on page 4 will be framed and put in my den, as me do not have snow in this part of California and I have never been in a snow storm or seen snow except a t a distance on the moun- tains.

"In closing I wish to extend greet- ings to the Frisco employes and t o express the wish that some of them will come to California, and in turn I hope some day to visit the East and get acquainted."

"You can take your finger off that leak in the pipe now, father."

"Thank heavens! Is the plumber here a t last?"

"No-the house is on fire!"

Frisco Apprentice School at Springfield, in 1 924, Closes Third Successful

Fifty-nine Students Receioe Instruction at Conducted by J . A. Pullar

T HE apprentice school a t Spring- field, i\Iissouri, has started on its fourth year, under the capable

instruction of J. A. Pullar, and the meetings held a t the Central high school each Monday, Tuesday, Thurs- day and Friday nights from 7 : 0 0 p. m. until 9:00 p. m. a re attended by fifty-nine interested pupils.

the shops in the daytime, which nlakes the work more interesting and his application to his school work more intense. They a re classified sepa- rately and are not held back if they are apt and learn the work quicker than other members of the class.

"We find, through experience, that the knowledge obtained in school

T h e npprenfices nttrrldiilg school at Sprirtgfield; left to right, bottoirt row: J. A. P d l a r , imtrtrctor. 0. hi. Wright , Guy C. Rt~~tdrrrs, TVajvre Iwbodim, 111. H. Krrrldenm~t, G ~ n e Allen. C. C. Vtrssar, A. B. Nol~rcqliist, B. B. Blrllurd; stnrldir~g: Artltrrr Tlto~rms, Jnclz Stewart , L. M . Barnhart, Lester dlurrell. Cltas. Blackbrirrt, Rolln Gartoil, Roy Prrtrr~ait. Rzlsscll Todd , J . C. Brig/tt+~ell, nud Ralph Harrisort; third row: A. C. Everett, Fred Carstrell, Kersitetlc Adawrs, R . C. Jorles, aud B. E . Rallard: f o w t h row: A. P. Ilnsler. Nordeue l.l/ilsoa. !V . R . Post. Hrrrrv P r w o e r . avd ~hn ; l e s LeHart ; fifth row: Bdw. Hasler, lohir Ezvarrs, ~u;rles ili&an~&ll, I I . I,. B d a r d , Claud bVills. E . S . W o o d , arld O tko Tlroirzas.

Mr. Pullar instructs the apprentices in the subjects of arithmetic, mechanical drawing, blue-print reading, valve motion, shoe and wedge, machine and floor work, boiler and sheet metal lay-out work. The classes of students who a re attending the school a r e first, second and third-class mechanics and apprentice boys.

Each student is given the same work in school that h e is doing in

work establishes a confidence in them when performing their everyday tasks such a s reading blue prints and laying off new work, whereas it would be a most difficult thing for them to do had they not acquired this special training in the night school," Mr. Pul- lar said.

Blue prints of locomotive parts and small models a r e used in the school; and several students, so Mr. Pullar

Established Year

WeeJ1ly Classes

states, have advanced in drawing to the extent that they can draw a complete locomotive, which teaches them thoroughly the names of every part.

A review of the grades made by the apprentice boys studying in this school, shows the close application which they a re making to their studies, and the name of the student, the work he is studying, and the grade of fifty-one of them a r e shown below:

A. C. Everett, machinist. 89; Claud Willis, boilermalrer, 97; Claud Bright- well, boilermalrer. 90; Machinist Ap- prentices Chas. Blaclrburn, 97; Roy Putman, 99; E. S. Wood, 98; L. L. Red- diclr, 90; W. 6. Breashers, 97; W. R. Post, 90; H. E. Rauch, 94; C. E. Main, 90; C. A. Field, 36; A. P. Hasler, 97; F. W. Huff, 93; R. M. Brown, 9 7 ; Ed- gar hIcGrawhan, 9 2 ; John AIcLaggan, 90, and Arthur Bell, 95; Willie Ray, patternmaker apprentice, 37; Arthur Burkholtz, machinist apprentice, 99; Henry Prugger, machinist apprentice, 95; Machinists A. P. Revis, 90; Carl Oberlander, 99; Ti'. C. Thompson, 98, and Lester Barnhart, 9 8 ; .John Hop- lins, boilermaker apprentice, 94; Ralph hlitchell, machinist (south shop), 93; Arthur Thomas, boilermaker, 94; Fred Cantrell, machinist, 92; John Evans. machinist (south shop), 97 ; Jack Stewart, machinist (south shop). 98; C. A. Hastings, boilermaker, 94; Rus- sell Todd, office boy (west shops). 93; R. 11. Galbraith, machinist, 90; Chas. Patterson, boilermalrer. 89; Ralph Harrison, boilermalrer apprentice. 90; 31. R. Kunzelman, machinist apprentice (Hugo), 89; Kenneth Adams, wa- t e r service department, 90; Guy C. Burrdren, boilermaker apprentice, 89; Harvey Bullard, blacksmith (south shop), 90; Lester Murrell, machinist, 89; B. E. Balland, boilermaker, 98; R. C. Jones, boilermaker apprentice, 99; hI. K. Underhill, machinist, 90; R. I<. Indermuehle, miilman, 96; 0. A. hIcCullough, machinist, 9 4 ; H. L. Cox, electrician apprentice, 95; D. Ander- son, blaclrsmith, 9 0 ; L. N. Stenger, patternmaker apprentice, 97 ; J. C. Heyth, machinist, 89, and 0. Wright, machinist apprentice (Hugo), 89.

The boys on the bottom row of the picture have been transferred to Springfield from points off the line to finish the last six months of their time in the west shops. Mr. Pullar s ta tes that all of them have enrolled in the school and a re advancing r a p idly.

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I SOME "DO'S" FOR SHOPMEN

A series of "Do" instructions will run for a limited time in our dloya- zitre, twelve instructions to each issue. Watch for this column, a s it may help you to perform your own work with safety to yourself and to others. Here is the first group in the series:

1-See that all guards and safetv appliances are in perfect condition be'- fore starting a. machine.

2-Use a stick to shift your machine belt when machine i s in motion. Stop the machine before attempting to shift belt with your hand.

3-Keep hands off long shavings c o m i n ~ from work being turned on lathes and other machines. You arc, liable to g e t a badly cut hand or fingers burned.

4-Use only Ales that have handles whether on machines or working at bench.

5-Use a broom or some similar device to stop flying rivets, being cut or knocked out of holes.

6-Use hand tools free from cauli- flowered heads.

7-Use wrenches with square jaws which fit the nut.

8-Call the electrician to apply new fuse whenever new fuse is necessary.

9-Insl~ect your electric extension cord before using it. Eliminate all defects

10-Place the hood over your head and eyes before using electric weld.

11-The electric melding arc will cause severe sore eyes hours after the eyes were exposed to the arc. Look the other way from all electric arcs.

12-Pover drop pits when not in use.

DEATH CALLS MIKE CALVEY

C o a c h Painter a t Springfield E n -

tered Fr i sco Service in 1895

IICE" Calvey, painter a t the west shops, Springfield, Mis- souri, died on January 7,

last, a t his home, 1130 North Grant street, Springfield, Missouri, after a long illness.

"Mike," a s he was known to aJl his friends, was born in St. Louis, April 22, 1874. H e entered the employ of the Frisco a s a n engine painter in October, 1895, a t the time Mike Kearney was master mechanic, Ike Price, was foreman painter, and Jim Bell was engine foreman. Mr. Calvey the last of this famous quartet, has passed to his last reward.

Mr. Calvey was transferred to the south shops a t Springfield in 1902, un- d e r Tom Price, then foreman a t that plant. At the time of his death, he was employed in the west shops under Charles Carter, and was a member of the Board of Trustees in Local No. 1, Frisco Employes' Association.

On April 24, 1902, h e was married to Miss Elizabeth D. Brown, of Spring- field. To them were born three daughters and one son, all of whom

were with him a t the time of his death. Besides the immediate family, he is survived by one brother, Luke Calvey, of Springfield, Mo.

The following resolution was passed and forwarded to the family by the Frisco Employes' Association:

Whereas: The Great Supreme Ruler of the Universe has, in His infinite wisdom, removed from among us our beloved fellow worker, Mike Calvey, coach painter, in the west shops,

And Whereas: The long and inti- mate relation held with him in the faithful discharge of his duties in the

MIKE CALVET

association makes it eminently fittiny that we record our appreciation of him.

Therefore Be I t Resolved: That the wisdom and ability which he has exercised in the aid of our association by service, contribution and wise counsel be held in great remembrance, and that the sudden removal of such a life from our midst leaves a vacancy and a shadow in our lodge rooms that will be sadly mourned by his many friends in the association, a s well as in the home and comn~unity in which he lived; that we, as the duly appointed committee of Local No. 1, do hereby extend our heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved family and commend them to the care of Him, who doeth all things well and from on high and get strength to say "Not my will but thine, Oh, Lord, be done."

Be It Further Resolved: That a copy of this resolution be spread upon the records of our local secretary. printed in the Frisco Mechanic and a ropy sent to the bereaved family.

Committee: Joe Paugh, Earnest Jackson, V. L. Johnson, Lon VanWinkle, A. E. Godfrey, C. L. Melton.

WHY I AM INTERESTED By S. FRANCIS COOPER

I am interested in the welfare of the Frisco Lines because the prosperity of the Frisco governs my prosperity. I believe that the Frisco Lines is progressive, and that by do- i w my bit to help it prosper I, too, shall profit.

I am interested in the Frisco As- sociation of Metal Crafts and Car De- 1 artment Employes for several good reasons. First, of course, I am a shopman, and naturally should be interested in the organization that es- tahlishes and maintains with the officials of the company, my working conditions and my pay check. I believe that in taking an active part in this organization I will have oppor- tunity to gain knowledge and ideas oi' value from others, and that perhaps I may be of help to my fellow workman.

This organization, a s well a s other co-operative labor organizations, is the natural outgrowth of modern industrial conditions. History of Amer- ican industry teach us that capital and labor have had a period of rule. Complete control of industry for their own selfish interest, means destruc- tion and the good old public pays the cost.

The railroad is one of the basic industries of this country and the labor organization that will co-operate to increase efficiency of transportation service, is not only promoting the cause of labor and aiding the stockholder to profit, but it is increasing the prosperity of the country, and the public is receiving the service i t so rightly deserves.

This. it seems to me, is worth a little effort on my part.

THE SONG OF THE ROBIN Where are the snows of yesterday,

That covered the hill and dale? Where did the north wind go to play.

As the robins now southward sail? Soon he will build his home above,

In the leafy retreat of the elm; To give us a morning song we love,

As the sum peeks over his realm.

What a sight with buds and flowers, And grass all fresh and green;

By chance a cloud may drop us showers,

And wash the old earth clean. Oh yes each morning up high above,

In the leafy retreat of the elm; We hear a morning song we love,

As the sun peeks over his realm.

Eut memories of these days will fade Like the rose and violet do.

A day must pass and years a re made, And yet we remember a song we

knew ; When the robin each morning above,

In the shady retreat of the elm Sang us a song, a song me love,

As the sun peeked over his realm. By Paul Arthur Derington,

Frisco Lines.

300 at Partg Gitlen by Kansas City Local

T HREE HUNDRED supervisors, shopmen, their families and friends joined January 4 in one

of the best parties ever held by Kan- sas City Local No. 4.

From 8:00 p. m., when the party began, the evening was a riot of fun. A group of piano selections, string and vocal music took up the early part of the evening, while the main event, a minstrel show, followed. A fine quartet and several "feature" soloists which would have done credit to any musical entertainment were found in the group of black faced comedians.

One special feature ol' the prograin

was a parody on "Baby Face," sung by tbe quartet and dedicated to Frank Juukins, chairman of the Frisco As- sociation. Mr. Junlrins was connected with the Kansas City organization before being elected general chairman of the system board. Fol- lowing the minstrel show, the chairs were inovecl a t side, and the crowd danced to the jazz strains of a five- piece orchestra.

Much credit for the success of the entertainment is due the committee in charge, and in particular to Johnnie Nachbar, secretary of Local No. 4, who is actively engaged in promoting i ts welfare.

TO MECHANICAL DEPART- MENT EMPLOYES:

It is with a feeling of grateful- ness that we, a s shop enlployes and others, h a r e accepted the very generous offer of W. L. Huggins. Jr.. editor of Frisca ~VIagazine, to provide ample space for all Frisco association news.

While we have always enjoyed reading the Frisco Employes' A4ag- o-irre, we hope that the reports from our local correspondents a t the various shops on the Lines may increase the personal interest, and may add to the general informa tion of our progress and success to all concerned.

The operation of the Frisco railroad is founded upon co-operation, and we believe that co-operation is big enough to include every member of the Frisco family. While many of us a re younger members of our family, we do not feel that our loyalty and sincere co-operation can be questioned. We are proud of the success which is crowning our united efforts a s a railroad, and hope that our little social visits, through the medium of our Frisco Encployes' magazine may be the means of promoting a closer relationship among all concerned. I-IOWARD PICKENS.

Gvm Teacher (to girls)--"Lots of girls use dumbbells t o get color in their cheeks."

Bright One-"And lots of girls use color 011 their cheeks to get dumbbells."-I<ansas Sour Owl.

Purchaser-"What is the charge for this b a t t e ~ y ?"

Garageman - "One and one-half volts."

Purchaser-"Well, how much is that in American money?"-The Ink Slinger.

Pledge Anew Their Support of Accident Preoention Campaign

A hearty gwetiizg fro~rr each wart shomtr irc llre accomp(ci~yiitg piclrwe is exterlded lo all! This happy lookirrg Dlrrrch of iucir gror~ped r r r front of the ~irachr~rc arrd ereclir~g shop at ~Vortlr Spriugfield, ~Missorwi, all

hove pledged m e w their loyally to Fvisco Lines atrd llzeir hearty swpport to the carrse o j acridrut preventioit irt 1927. This shop hos rtrade arz ercelleitt showiug drrrirtg the last year, dzre to the co~rccrztrated r f o r t of each man, arrd great

thirrgs are ezpected for the year just started.

EASEMENTS ON CURVES

Proper P r e p a r a t i o n of the T r a c k I n d u c i v e to Good R i d i n g

By H. F. NEYER, Section Foreman Wittenberg, Missouri

ERHAPS the most discussed work in connection with maintaining track in good condition. is that of

preparing curves for best riding. In recent years particular attention has been given to the receiving and leav- ing portions of the curves, called "spirals" or "easements."

The old method of handling curves a s handed down by foremen of several decades ago, was to have a uniform curve from end to end with full elevation a t end of curved track and beginning of straight track. Later this method was changed to put half the full elevation a t the end of the full curve, easing the line of the curve off by eye, running back on the curve to get the full elevation, and ahead on the easement the same distance to

the point of no elevation or levcl traclr.

This was a step in the right direction but not yet right. Increased speed of trains made more accurate work necessary and called for the introduction of the spiral a s now used, where change in elevation is made, according to change in degree of curvature, from straight traclr to full curvature, on what is called the central curve.

The fundamental principal of the spiral is: no curve, no elevation, a little more curve, a little more elevation, etc. The spiral points a re indi- cated by iron pins placed in the center of the track and in addition by posts se t a t the side of the track to show certain information concerning the degree of the curve, amount of elevation, etc. Doubtless many foremen do not know what some of the stenciling on these posts mean. Fac- ing the increase in mileage, or toward the south or west, the first post on the curve i8 marked on one side "TS," meaning that this post monumerlts the point where the alignment of the

Guarded Grinding Wheels Preoent Injuries

curve changes from tangent or straight track, to the spiral or easement curve. The other side of this flrst post is marked "EO," indicating that the elevation in the outer rail a t this point is nothing, or track is level across. Second post on the curve shows the degree of the curve and, say, "E5" indicating five inches super- elevation in the outside rail of the curve ol)potiite this post. Third past is same a s second post, fourth post is marked "ST" on one side and "EO" on other side, indicating level track and change in alignment from spiral to tangent.

On high speed track, in order to get the curves and easements on center and avoid any swings while train is passing around the curve, points should be set on the curve with sur- veyors' transit and track thrown to meet these center points. With these center points or stakes set, i t i s easy to get track in good alignment; and between the two center monument: on the curve there is no difficulty in getting the elevation of the outer rail correct a s this elevation is uniform the entire distance belween these monuments.

The only serious difficulty foremen have in taking care of their curves is in getting correct elevation in the spiral or between the ~jouts marked "EO" and "E5" a s mentioncitl

distance in lcet between the two

Note this fiicture c ~ d l ! T h e grirrdzrrg .zc.lreel is guarded aud the steady rest is closely and tightly adjusted. T h e operator, wi th eyes protected by goggles, artd staudiitg aside fro~lr a direct front e.@osrrre to the revolvi i~g wheel, nssrivres tlrc safe attitude. In this positiou there is less daltger from flying frog~lrerats, should the wIrcel burst.

T h e accidetrt prevetttioir departme~rt reports a sfiecific imtartce rccerttly when gritrdiitg ~uIzee1 broke zvltile the wachirre w a s grittdiwg a tool, and I I O personal iizjiiry runs srrstaiued, dzle to the fact that the operator w a s statrditry to ofre side o f the wheel.

Irutrrict io~~s for proper nzorcrtting and care of gri~tding wheels will be forirrd in detail itz all Frisco standard tool catalogues in the possession of the SHOP FOREMAN. T h e best ittsttramc ngairrst accidertts w i t h grilrdittg zulreds, i s to rigidly follow these instructiotrs. Aslf ypur forewtnrr for his copy if your duties itzclride repairs or ~trni~itctratrce o f grrtrdmg wheels!

r:osts mentioned and divide this distance by the elevation shown on the second post. In the case of the curve having post stenciled "E5" the distance will probably be 300 feet, this divided by five (the elevation stenciled on the post) will give 60 feet indicating that for each 60 feet beyond the "EO" post, elevation in- creases one inch. After these points are located, dividing the distance between these points into four equal parts will give change in elevalion for each quarter inch, so that elevation can be checked carefully with level board over the entire spiral and where elevation is incorrect, proper elevation can bc placed in the traclr.

Some foremen s ta r t in a t the "EO" post, raising the outside rail one-half inch for each rail length until they get close to the full elevation post, throwing all the error into the track in the last one or two rails ahead of t'ne full elevation post. Track wiil not ride properly unless the elevatioii changes uniformly all the way between the two posts mentioned and unless this measuring and checking or some other method that mill accomplish the same result, is used, the spirals will not ride properly.

Good Distance

H e pulled that old joke about opening the window and getting "Chile."

"That's nothing," said the other. "Last night I attached one wire under my bed and the other to the radiator and got 'Hot Springs.'"

SPRINGFIELD. MISSOURI S O U T H S I D E S IDELIGHTS

One of t h e l o n r e s t s t e p s towards completely c l imina t inq engine f a i l u r ~ s . delavs a n d keep in^. defects to a mini- nlum has just been t a k e n by W. R Murnev, g e n e r a l foreman, who h a s s ta r ted a s e r l ~ s of conferences in which a l l locomotive inspectors a r e urfied to be present . A11 phases of insne-t~on w o r k I.; thoroufihlv discussed a t these meet ings and much zood is ~ x p e c t e d a s a resu l t of t h e closer co-operat ion of cveryone concerned. Whi le o u r delays and fai l- UWU a r e very few, no one here will 'he s a t ~ s f i e d unti l w e a r e 100 Der Cent.

rws motor c a r depar tment . h a s re turned f rom a holiday visi t a m o n g relat ives a t Olilahoma City.

J a m e s B. Ryan . w h o f o r m a n y y e a r s has been a n employe of t h e rcc lama- tion plant. died J a n u a r y 1, 1827. D u r - i n r h i s l o n g s t a y w i t h us, Mr. R y a n made m a n y f r iends who ex tend t o h i s family a n d re la t ives the i r hear t fe l t sympathy.

Clarence. Sissel, rec lamat ion p l a n t employe. 1s back in t h e ci ty a g a i n a f t e r severa l monthn' l iv ing in t h e country. 3.11.. Sissel now l ives a t 309 South Nett leton.

E d w a r d AIcCain. w h o for the pas t year has been one of o u r special of- flcrrs, h a s been r i v e n t h e position for - merly held by J a m e s R y a n (deceased). t h e position be ing lead man in t h c waste paper depar tment of t h e recln- mntion plant . J. TV. N a n e r y of tho r e c l ~ m a t i o n

plant succeeds BTr. McCain a s w a t c h - man and soecial orricer.

Ward M h o r ~ . former ly machinist on the roundhouse n ight force, but for the pas t s e v e r a l months w o r k i n g in 27 l ike capacity a t K a n s a s City. w a s a re - cent visi tor a t the roundhouse h e w . and w e were a l l glad to h e a r t h a t hc h:ts been promotecl to t h e position of assistant to t h e n i g h t roundhouse fore- inan a t Memphis, a posltion w e k n o w he is well qualifiecl t o fill.

P r a t h e r Langley. t r u c k m a n a t thn roundhouse. a n d wife. h a v e t h e svm- nathv of everyone. in t h e d e a t h of the i r in fan t d a u r h t e r . FIelen Louise, who died 1)ecomber 29.

F in is L i t te ra l l , coach shop, i s a n - nther south s h o p m a n w h o made a holiday visi t t o h i s home i n Arkansas.

Leaford Johnson. machine m a n i n the roundhouse, machine shop, h a s RI- ways been a s t e a d y worker , s o t h e fac t t h a t h e took qui te a l o n g l a y off d u r i n g t h e holidays w a s c a u s i n g h i s many f r iends some concern, unti l h e returned and proudly announcer1 t h a t he now had t h e former Miss E d i t h 3IcEln~aln c o n ~ f o r t a b l y ensconced in their new home in t h e s o u t h e a s t p a r t of town. Congra tu la t ions a r e in o r - der.

George Bates, locomotive inspector in t h e roundhouse. s t a r t e d t h e New P e a r on t h e r i g h t boat by purchasinr: a new, modern bungalow a t 523 South W a r r e n S t ree t , t h i s city.

Clell, t h e tmelve-year-old son of Frcd Es t i s machine man in t h e roundhouse. suf fe red t h e mis for tune of brcakin:: his r i g h t a r m recent ly in a fall f rom a bicycle.

R a v Van Gelding, w h o h a s worked in t h e s t o r e room- for sometime, h a s t ransfer red to t h e pa in t shop a n d will t a k e u p paint ing.

BIike Calveg, for t h i r t y y e a r s a n employe of t h e coach shop, w e s t pa in t shop, died J a n u a r y 7. Mr. Calvey's hea l th w a s s u c h t h a t h e h a s not -..- - -

worked for severa l months. H i s m a n y f r iends r e g r e t t o h e a r of h i s d e a t h and ex tend s v m n a t h v t o t h e family.

W a l t e r ~ o z a r . -machinist first class.

w h o h a s worked on t h e roundhouse n ight force f o r severa l y e a r s and for t h e pas t severa l months superv is ine the w o r k on t h r o u z h - g o i n g engines a t t h c drpot , h a s t ransfer red t o day work nnd Otto Gelshiemer, machinist on t h e day Corce, h a s t r n n s f e ~ ~ e c l to n igh t w o r k a n d will assume the du t ics f o r - mer ly performed by Mr. T~ozar.

Horace Aberna thy , machinist in t h ~ ~ 'eclaniat ion nlant . h a s re turned f rom :I visit to K a n s a s Citv. Horace s a w ringfi field is fiood enough for him..

Harold Wood, messenger in the s u - nerintendent 's o f f~ce . is on the job nfiain a f t e r a n extended visi t w i t h h i s folks a t ColCas, Towa.

R. 1.1. Por tc r . of t h e coach shop, h a s also re turned f rom t h e s u n n y South. where he silent sometime, mostly in Flqrida.

R e g c l e Gaun, of the. coach shop, is a l l smiles (and h a s a right to be) over t h e a r r i v a l of a ten a n d one-half pound g i r l a t his home J a n u a r s 6. T h c l i t t l e miss h a s b r e n Aamed J o e El la .

T,on V a n Winlile. of t h e coach shop, visited home f o l k s a t Eldorado. Ark.. fo r severa l d a v s d u r i n z t h e holidays a n d repor t s a b i g time.-

\\rillis Holmes i s a n o t h e r one of o u r s o u t h shop b o s s t o remembcr t h e old foll<s at home durinrr t h e hoiidax . - - - . - . . festivities. a n d h a s g o n e back o n tl-c old job aga ln . JIr . Holmes IS a dri l l Dress opera tor in t h c roundhouse ma- ch ine shop.

James Cunningham, former ly elec- t r i c ian o n t h e roundhouse n i ~ h t force, b u t n o w of t h e Lindenwood shops, w a s a recent welconie visi tor a t t h e s o u t h shops.

T h e reclamation plant , a f t e r being' snowed under w i t h s c r a p for sometime. is so f a r c a u g h t u p w i t h the i r worlt :IS to z c t back to their rej iular e i g h t - hour day.

Measles, measles, measles! Wever in the h i s tory of t h e s o u t h shops h a s there been-so m a n y cascs of measles a s a t present . Among t h e famil ies of o u r shopmen, severa l of the boys have been off a n d o t h e r s a r c st i l l OK, n u r s - in,,. t h e afllicted ones. So far , thcrc hcve bcen no fe tn l i t i es a n d w e hop<. t h a t a l l will recover nicely a n d in s h o r t ordcr.

N O R T H SPRINGFIELD SHOPS

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1~'risco folks, we w a n t to extend t o you o u r bcst wishes for t h e coming new year. May 1927 s e e o u r ra i l road continue to prosper!

I n 1926, t h r o u g h t h e u n t i r i n g cfforts of o u r superv isors a n d accident g r r - ven t ion committec.men, every unsafe condit ion o r pract ice b r o u g h t t o the i r a t t e n t i o n w a s corrected. T h e minutes of t h e accident prevention n i e e t i n ~ s for t h e y e a r s h o w more t h a n one hundred a n d fifty i t ems handled.

T h e h u n t i n g t rophy f o r 1926 w a s uwarded to J. W. Reddick, boiler forc - man, wi thout e d issen t ing vote. This gent leman hrrd t h e Dleasure of b a g - m n e four ''wild" t u r k e y s durinc; on* nf te rnoon while h u n l i n q - o n h is uncle's f a r m near Ilolla. "Ruck" happened to \valk U P on a big flock a n d unlimberecl t h e "shootin' iTon", and when t h e smoke of ba t t l e had cleared away, four fine birds lay s t re tched out. However, t h e b i rds happened to be of t h e b a r n - vnrd var ie ty a n d were l a t e r identified t ~ y Mr. Reddick's uncle a s be ing h is own!

Tim Regan , machinist , i s a bachelor no longer. I t seems t h a t Tim had n fa i l ing f o r b rune t tes and a cer ta in l i t - t le lady changed his mind for him. However, T im w a s a very wil l ing Vic- tim. to be sure. IiIr. and Mrs. Re- - ~~

g a n a r e now honeymooning on t h e Pacific Coast. Good luck t o you a n d yours. Tim!

A "state of war" a lso ex is t s n o w a t t h e domicile of Clifford Bobzien, machinist apprentice. Miss F lorence Bai- ley. of Crocber, Missouri, had h e r n a m e changed t o Mrs. Bobzien. A honey- moon a t New Or leans w a s enjoyed by

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t h e happy couple. T h e best of luck to vou!

Tjle s t o r k is a f u n n y bird. indeed F o r i n ~ t a n c e , a n e i g h t a n d one-half nound bov arlSived a t t h e home of t h e ivri tcr recently. Don't a s k foolish quest ions! Of coursc, w e named him a f t e r his dad. E. TV. 13rown. former lv o u r m n e r a l

foreman, is now located j t W e s t ~ u l s a , a s roundhouse foreman.

S. 1'1. F e r e u s o n . former ly r a n r foreman a t nor th shop. i s now w o r k i n g under I I r . Surles a t Sherman.

LOCAL No. 6-MONETT, MO.

COY TVADLEP, Repor te r

Local No, 6 is p rogress ing nicely under the direction of H a r r y R. H a r - vey, o u r newly clected president. W e hope t h a t a l l members resolve to m a k e t h e year of 1927 one of t h e g r e a t e s t y e a r s over a l l t h e p a s t in t h e h i s tory of t h e organizat ion.

Oren G. Davis i s be ing seen g o i n g a t a high r a t e of speed here of late. Someone happened to ca tch h im stopped t h e o t h e r d a y a n d found o u t i t w a s a brand-new 1927 model Chev- rolet coupe.

Mr. a n d Mrs. J. C. Alderson s p e n t t h e holidays a t P i n e BluIL. Arkansas , w i t h re la t ives a n d fr iends. Mr. Al- derson h a s re turned a n d Mrs. Alder- s o n remainecl f o r a longer visit. Mr. Alderson i s a machin is t in t h e machine shop.

Alfred T>asiter. boilermaker, h a s been g o i n g a round w i t h a smi le .Jn h i s face here lately, a n d w e learned t h a t it w a s duc to a fine baby g i r l which a r - rived on December 9. Haven' t learned t h e n a m e yet .

Ashel Shipman, machinist , s p e n t Xnias in Christ ian County w i t h h i s parents . TVe th ink w ~ l d t u r k e y w a s his a im, bu t cl isal~pointment w a s w h a t he go t , a s t h a t is t h e best w e can learn since h i s re turn . IVe hone vou have he t te r luck next timc. "Cat." -

El isha Bass, electr ician helper , w a s called to Chicano account of t h e 111- ness of h i s wife: who w a s there. vtsl t - 1 n 2 relat ives. k r e l e a r n s h e is v e r y much improved, a s Mr. B a s s is back on the job aga ln .

T. L. IIanlon, n lgh t roundhouse foreman, ~ T l d Mrs. Hanlon , w e r c called t o Pit tuburn. Kansas , t o a t t e n d t h c f u n - e r a l of 3Ir. Hanlon's aunt . W e a l l ex- lend o u r hear t ies t s y m p a t h y t o 3Ir. and Nrs , Hanlon.

J. L. Hull , w h o h a s been seriously ill w i t h pneumonia f o r t h e pas t f o r t - 11ight. i s improving.

Geo. W. E t t e r i s a t h i s home ill w i t h pneumonia. a n d account of Mr. ICtter res id ing o u t in t h e r u r a l district. we h a v e been unable t o cal l o n him.

Nrs. Chas. Summers, wi fe of one of o u r co-workers, i s v e r y s ick a t the i r home on t h e s o u t h side.

H a r r v B. H a r v e v w a s a visi tor t o I7nris, 'l'esns, t h e 'first of t h e month. I V h ~ l e there a tonsori :~; a r t i s t dug up n 90-cent barber bill, five yearn Old. which Mr. H a r v e y paid. This s t a t e - ment w a s made by Mr. H a r v e y himself.

E a r l Pinkley, a baseball player of some note, criticized t h e St. Louls Car- d ~ n n l s very severely for let t lnfi Roxers Hornsby g o to t h e New P o r k Glants. In fact. Mr. P inkley h a s cancelled t h e reservations he baa made for a box ut t h e St. Louis balI p a r k t h e coming 8ea- son.

I r a S tockton h a s a good whtch which lie will sel l cheap. H e clalms to have ordered i t w i t h t h i r t y s o a p wrappers. E lber t H a g g a r d bought a clime's

w o r t h of tobacco recently. Collie H a n k i n s a n d B a k e r Sisson wil l

e n g a g e in a s i n g i n g contes t soon. W e do not expect a l a r g e a t tendance , as the contes t wlll h a v e t o be held five miles f rom a n y pogulated neighborhood.

Loyd Pinkly, a recent a r r i v a l f r o m Arliansas, surpr i sed u s a l l b y showing t h a t h e w a s a ~ a s t m a s t e r a t itching washers.

LOCAL No. 29-FT. SCOTT, KANS. w e a l w a y s t r y t o keep t h i n g s u p in W e a r e a l w a y s pleased t o have Mr. t ip top s h a p e a n d a r e a l w a y s g lad to Dingman pay u s a visi t , and hope h e

ROY W. RECTOR, Repor te r see you. will come often. Mr. McDonald, n i a h t foreman. took Alvin Johnson is seriously consider-

Mr. and Mrs. Lee Braden )lave just " ( 'ounlc of nights-off recently. inw a trill to Siberia, because he be- returned f rom the i r wedding tr ip, W e have jus t instal led t w o n e w s t a - 1ie"ves t h a t cold weather prevails there, SDent in Los Annnles. cmlifornia T t ionary boilers here. Will s a y t h a t a n d he i s s u r e a hot member. W h e n . > - - - - . - - - - - - - - - . - . - - s la tes t h a t h e looked a l l the movie wc h a v e a rea l flne boiler room now. thc mercury freezes, Alvin opens h l s s ta rs over and b r o u g h t 1rrs. 11'. and Mrs. 11. P. Murphy and their s h i r t f r o n t and enjoys life. home a s h i s wife. Lee h a s good taste, l i t t l e son, Rober t , s p e n t a few d a y s in Thesc five ru les will win. I don't w a think. K a n s a s City w i t h XIr. l t u r o h y ' s par - c a r e w h a t your t rade o r profession is:

We th ink S a n t a Claus w a s par t ia l t o Pnts. 1. rust-~od. \*r. and AIrs. Sam ~ u d s ~ ~ , by brinylnr T h i n g s m u s t be g o i n g a l o n g 0. K. in 2. Respec t t h e officials. thein a flne e i rh t -nonnd hnv fnr t h c Car depar tment . W e note t h a t :I. Attend to business.

~ ~- -~~ - .- . --" Christmas. Nichael O'Connor a n d Georne Cummlnn I . T,ook well to vour health. - ~ h a r l e - s - ~ u ~ u e l h a s been ln the has. h a l e purchased t h e m s e l \ e s a new car 5 60 not grouch. nital a t S t Louis -re feel t h a t Chnr- Mr. a n d Mrs. George NcCastell. "Spafford, Spafford." cricd o u t EdW. lie h a s had more t h a n - h i s s h a r e o f roundhouse clerk. a n d wife, have Thompson, an h e y n in to t h e K P I ~ P ~ R ~ sickness, a n d hope f o r h i s speedy r e - moved to the i r new home on T w e n - for rman ' s office, havc Y O U go t a n y covery. t ieth Street . ~ . i s t p r i n e 7 I lus t c a u z h t t h e cu tes t --... . . - -~ -

The Brisco bowling team h a s a lot George Reed, engine inspector, came l i t t l e black an-d w h i t e a n i m a l , and I 0f courage, a s they have won very in t h e o ther morning a l l dollcd u p in th ink i t has halitosis." fcw games. Bowl ing a round t h e Y. a new outfit. Don't see j u s t how you Diamonds a r e lumns of coal t h a t 51. C. A. is qu i te a o p u l a r diversion did it. George. s t u c k to the i r jobs. - d u r i n g these w i n t e r months, however, 11'. B. Derrp, m a s t e r mechanic, nor th- Our celebrated d a r t ball t eam of LO- when our Fr i sco team does wrn a e r n division, pald u s a visit here a ~ , t 1 No. 1 0 is st111 undefeated. Won't game they feel a s if they had t a k e n something t h a t doesn' t belong to them and expect to be repr imanded for i t any moment. Sincerely speaking , w e feel t h a t t h e boys a r e improving won- derfully. So, w a t c h o u t for u s next winter.

The employes th ink P. J. AIoore, o u r general foreman, h a s been v e r y con- siderate of t h e boys who have been laid off, a s h e is do ing his ,utmost to renlace them over t h e d i v i s ~ o n .

Wc a r e m a k i n g a r r a n g e m e n t s for a n oys te r s u p p e r a t t h e Y. M. C. A., with a musical e n t e r t a i n m e n t in con- ncvtion therewi th , f o r t h e benefit of tht shop c r a f t s baseball team. T h i s system h a s proven verv sa t i s fac tory in the local f o r secur ing ' funds to sup- IJort o u r team.

Since t h e y e a r 1922, f o u r a p l ~ r e n t i c e bo,s h a v e completed s e r v i n g the i r timc here a t F t . Scott th ree o u t of the four a r e holding dbwn first-class machinist jobs over t h e system. W e a r e proud to k n o w of the i r success f rom t h i s Doint.

Our local h a s been very successful financially. T w o y e a r s a g o we took one hour 's pay f rom each emnlove to take c a r e of - a l l expenses incidental to t h e upkeep of o u r ha l l a n d l i g h t bills, etc. W e h a v e t a k e n care of a l l our ex1)enses a n d st i l l have snme - money i n t h e t r e a s u r y to d r a w on. I t is expected the d u e s wil l be decreased t o on ly t a k e one hours ' pay from each employe i n t h e locomotwe and car d e p a r t m e n t to c a r e for a l l incidental expense8 for th ree years.

LOCAL No. 3&PITTSBURG, KANS.

hI. P. AIURPHY, Repor te r

P i t t s b u r g hasn' t been o n t h e m a p with re fe rence t o being represen ted In the Magazine; however, s ince t h e a p - pointment of o u r old f r iend a s editor , we a r e g o i n g t o t r y to g ive Bro ther Pickens a repor t every month here- af ter .

H. F. Lacey, n o w o u r new genera l foreman, s a y s t h a t h e is very much impressed w i t h P i t t s b u r g and her s u b - jects a n d t h e employes under h i s direction a r e h igh ly pleased to have such a snlendid leader. \Vt= should a l l t rv.

few d a y s ago. t o c a l No. 30 meets everv second a n d

four th F r i d a y a t Carmen's Hall. We hnvc some in te res t ing .meetings!

Char les C o s is again on the job a f t e r b e i n s Called a w a y on account of the dea th of Mrs. Cox's fa ther .

Carl Ralston, machinist . h a s i t soft . coming to w o r k in a n e w Dodge sedan.

Morgan Moyer w a s on t h e stc,k l is t . bu t is now back on t h e job agarn .

George &foyer s a y s i t i s a p leasure firing t h e s t a t i o n a r y boilers now, s ince w e h a v e t h e new boilers.

Clarence A. I t i l l ion, n i g h t engine inspector, s t a t e s t h a t when i t comes to inspec t ing engines hc s u r e c a n do t h e business.

Glen Baird, machinist. t h i n k s i t won' t be long unt i l w e will be c a u g h t u n - w i t h o u r work.

Bill Chaney. "night hawk", is g e t - t ing t h e q u a r t e t ready f o r t h e next meet ing night .

Wm. (Bil l) Gil let tc s u r e h a s a flne bunch of chickens. W e k n o w b y t h e good e g g s h e b r i n g s in.

George R i n ~ , roundhouse man, a l - ways h a s some in te res t ing s t o r y to re la te d u r i n g t h e lunch hour.

J e r r y Brown, t h e host ler , i s a l w a y s o n t h e Job w h e n i t comes t o g e t t i n g t h e cngines in t h e roundhouse.

W e enjoyed immensely t h e recent visi t o f our new genera l cha i rman, F r a n k Junkins . H a d a splendid meet- i n g w i t h a good a t tendance a n d t h e boys a r e anxious f o r Bro ther .Tunltins t o - c o m e again.

LOCAL NO. 10-NEODESHA, KANS.

W. J. E G E R E R , Repor te r

Will iam (Bil l) Black passed a round t h e c igars t h e o t h e r day, a n d f o r a f e w d a y s k e p t s i l en t as t o t h e reason f o r h i s t rea t , un t i l h e flnally confessed t h a t h e w a s united in t h e bonds of mat r imony to Nrs . Blanch P e a r l Hil l of Iola. ICann., on December 9, 11126. Thei r m a n y f r iends wish them m a n v y e a r s of happiness a n d prosperi ty. .

T h e g r i m reaper , dea th , took from a m o n g family a n d fr iends, P a u l Churchill. \Ve a r e a l l in g r e a t s y m - pa thy w i t h h i s w i f e a n d children. a n d s h a r e the i r sorrow. As a husband, h e w a s v e r v devout : as a fr iend. h e w a s

i s employes in t h e ~ i t t s b u r g shop, i6 ever wilitns-and a s a worker , h e w a s help h im m a k e good a n d k n o w t h a t cvel- s teady a n d conscientious. Tru ly . in r e t u r n he wil l ass i s t u s In everv Paul ' s charac te r will ever remain n way possible. pleasrtnt memory.

Loren F. Reno, w h o h a s becn t r a n s - I t never rains. b u t i t pours, there- fe r red f rom t h e n o r t h side. Springfield, fore, l e t m e k indly inform you t h ~ t is n o w o u r new b lacksmi th here. J a m e s a n d t h e Nrs . H i n k l e a r e t h e

Odis Shur ley s a y s h e h a s one of t h e very proud p a r e n t s of a baby boy. Ilnest a n d pre t t i es t baby g i r l s in P i t t s - J . F i tzgera ld thought h e would burg. H e h a s a perfect r i g h t t o boast s p r i n g a surpr i se Chr l s tmas by sl ip- of s u c h a wonder fu l gift. p i n g home t o K a n s a s Ci ty t o s e e h i s

John L. Hlng, t h e roundhouse sheik. w f e , b u t w h e n h e g o t there, h i s s o n s a y s t h a t l a t e h o u r s a t n igh t don' t f r o m Chicago had bea t h im home, a n d a g r e e w i t h him. J u s t w h a t t h e joke is, h e w a s hard ly noticed, un t i l i t w a s t h e wr i te r wil l re f ra in f r o m revealing t ime to carve t h e eighteen-pound goose a t t h i s time. a n d J o h n sa id t h a t t h e winrr a n d g r a v y - - .

C. H. Dlngman, locomotive englne were Rne. inspector , paid u s a three-day vlsi t D. H. Dingrnan s p e n t a f e w d a y s th i s month. Come aga in , Mr. Dingman, in Neodesha, looking over o u r power.

someone come a l o n r , please. a n d brealc the monotony of a l w a y s hem:: wlnner:'

Or, a r e w e j u s t a s qood a t d a r t ball a s w e a r e a t baseball? (hloneft , note.)

Local No. 1 0 h a s every reason to believe t h a t i t is the best organized local on the system. I t h a s 1 0 0 per cent membership, h a s well-at tcnded meetings, h a s someth ing d o i n g a l l t h e tinle. h a s a women's aus i l i a ry , a n d a11 the boys have confidence in the association.

14'. N a r t i n had the mis for tune of los- i n g his three-year-old child. W e a l l s h a r e h i s sorrow-. a n d k n o w t h a t t h e heaven i s one s t a r b r i g h t e r tonight .

J a m e s H i n k l e w a s a b s e n t a f e w days, h a h n g a n in jured flnger.

F r a n k Junlcins paid u s a fine visi t a few w e e k s a g o a n d everyone w a s g r e a t l y pleased w i t h w h a t h e said, a n d we a r e looking forward to a n o t h e r visi t f r o m him.

Here 's to H o w a r d Pickens. W e k n o w you will malt? good. W e a r e w i t h you a n d t h e F r ~ s c o Mechanic.

T o m Holland i s o u r n e w t rave l ing engineer. H e is t a k i n g the place of F r a n k Ellis. They don ' t come a n y bet- t e r t h a n F r a n k b u t w e k n o w w e will l ike Tom. odd luck t o both of YOU.

n o w h a t you a r e :aid for. a n d "then some". It 's t h e then some" t h a t counts.

The Future A'rlneu OlPiclnl

H e ranrr in a l i t t l e sooner - -

~ h a n - the fel lows in his shO!>. .4nd h e s tayed a l i t t l e longer,

W h e n t h e whis t le blew to "Stop". H e worked a l i t t l e harder,

And h e t a l k e d a l i t t l e less; H e seemed b u t l i t t l e hurried,

And showed b u t l i t t l e s tress. ~ o r every l i t t l e movement H i s eEiclency expressed.

T h u s h i s envelope grew, A l i t t l e thiclcer t h a n t h e res t , H e saved a l i t t l e money I n a hundred l i t t l e ways. H e banked a l i t t l e e x t r a W h e n h e g o t a l i t t l e raise, Now it's v e r y l i t t l e wonder ~ h a i h e mur lnurs w i t h a smile, 4 s he clips h i s l i t t l e coupons, "Are the l i t t l e t h i n g s w o r t h while?"

T h e o t h e r day, d u r i n g noon hour, J o h n B r a d y held t h e audience in t h e machine shop spellbound w i t h a d r a - matic lec ture on "Reform". I n par t , .John said, "Hell is ful l of g i n cock- tails. Scotch whisky a n d f lappers w i t h s h o r t slcirts a n d rolled d o w n s tock- ings." Whereupon J o h n Stoops, who w a s s t a n d i u g close by, loudly e s - claimed: "Oh, death, w h e r c is t h y s t ing?"

Mrs. J. Fi tzgera ld , wi fe of o u r boil- e r foreman, s p e n t a f e w d a y s in Neo- desha, v i s i t ing h e r f r iends a n d relatives. Mrs. F i tzzera ld ' s home i s in - 1Ca11sas Clty, 310.

Rahel S toner i s repor ted t o be on t h e s ick list. Here 's h o ~ i n ~ f o r a - - speedy recovery, Stoner.

H a r v e y w a s forced to be a t home f o r a few d a y s on account of s lckness,

b u t is back a t w o r k aga in , feel ing SO. a n d proceeded to c u t off t h e n igh t tend a cordial invitat ion to every much better . s t o r e helper. P r a n k Kelly. Mr. Kel ly member of t h e associat ion on t h e s y s -

T h i s is 1927. 1926 i s gone Yes, esercised h is seniority a t W e s t T u l s a tem to visi t F t . Smith Local No. 7 at g o n e forever, never to re turn , and a n d is now w o r k i n g there. a n y time. You will note meet ing da tes the bad w e have done we will fo rge t , One switch engine job w a s abolished of a l l the locals in th i s issue of the b u t thc aood w r have done will l a s t in the Afton vard. December 31. h Frisco JIechanic. F t . Smith local holds forever . -~11 youkg men a r e the a rch i - t ec t s of the i r own fortunes, a n d should re ly o n the i r own s t r e n g t h of body a n d soul. T a k e for your s t a r . self- reliance. Don' t t a k e too much advice -keen a t vour helm. a n d s t e e r your o w n ship, and remember t h a t the g r e a t a r t of commanding is to t a k e a fa i r s h a r e of t h r work. T h i n k well of yourself. S t r ike o u t ! Assume s o u r own position. P u t uotntoes in a c a r t over a rough road a n d t h e s m a l l ones g o t o t h e bottom. Rise above t h e en- vious a n d jealous. F i r e above t h e m a r k you in tend t o hit. B e i n earnest . B e ctvil. R e a d t h e n a l ~ e r s . Make money and do .good w i t 6 it. Love your ~ o d a n d fellowmen. Love t r u t h and vir tue. Love your count ry a n d obey i l s lams.

P u t a n i t em each month in the l i t t l e box in the machine shop, s o I will have a l i t t l e news each month. H e l p m a k e t h e n e w P r i s c o Nechanic a howl ing success, a n d by t h a t you will n o t only be co-opera t ing w i t h your local reporter , but you will be he lp ing to m a k e the Frisco Magazine a most in- t e rcs t ing paper.. .\lso scnd in a l l the picturcs you van possibly sc rape u p of t h e l i t l lc ones.

MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT LOCAL NO. 12-AFTON, OKLA.

L. J. HUDSPITTH, Repor te r

T h r o u g h the Fr i sco associat ion of meta l c r a f t a n d cal. depar tment eni- ployes a n d t h e courtesy of t h e m a n - agement , t h e l i t t l e town of Af ton h a s been g iven a place a l o n g w i t h t h e m a n y o t h e r news i tems o n t h e pages of the Fr i sco Employes ' JIagazine. W e feel honored. W e hope you feel lilce- wise.

This i;q o u r first a t t e m p t to a p p e a r o n the printed pages" a n d we hope the "critics" wil l look over o u r e r r o r s a n d mistalces, as we i n the i r -place would d o f o r t h e good of t h e 31ara- zine.

On December 9 Floyd Has t ings , c a r inspector , had h is r i g h t a r m severed below the elbow when i t w a s c a u c h t between t w o oil t anks . Mr. H a s t i n g s w a s handecl a check for $500.00 f rom the Metropoli tan I n s i ~ r - a n c e Compc~ny. cover ing h is injury. \\re h a t c t o lose Mr. Has t ings . h e is a good man. J. 15. Whalen, fuel supervisor, was

in Afton, 1)ccrmher 28, g i v i n q u s t h e "once over". A\ rcord ina to Mr. W h a - len, we a r e gtxtting a l o n g nicely. M. L. Guinnep, t rave l ing inspector ,

w a s in Afton, December 2 3 for t h e Arst t ime r ~ s a t rave l ing inspcctor. If &[I-. Guinney would leave h i s "eagle eye" a t home h e mould be more welcome, b u t we'd h a t e for h im to pass u s up.

Chief Clcrlc t o General Car Fore- man 0. R. T u c k e r a n d wife s p e n t t h e holidays in the old town, v i s i t ing re la - t ive a n d fr iends.

Mrs. 13. R. Stone, wi fe of c a r foreman, w a s called to Ironton, Missouri, I lecember 28, account of the dea th of her mother. W e ex tend o u r sympathy.

C. 0. Mitchell, s torekeeper, w a s handed a $500.00 checlc f r o m a n insur - a n c e company in which h e w a s lucky enough to d r a w out . We'll a s k him h o w i t feels to possess s o much money w h e n he comes down.

NOW t h a t t h e qua i l season is over, let 's hope H u g h H. Freeman, president of Local hTo. 11, s t o p s complaining of his hack. . . . - . - - . . .

J a m e s T. Anthony h a s been granted a forty-f ive-day leave of absence account of s ickness. Nr . Anthony i s a s w i t c h engineer in the Afton yards.

S. R. Gardner, division s torekeeper a t Sapulpu, w a s in Afton, December

fcw "old headk" were shaved. Le t ' s hope it is only temporary.

Our coach cleaner. Wm. H. Fields, a n d Nrs. E m m a Buck w e r e u n i t e d i n t h e holy bonds of mat r imony a t t h e Bapt i s t parsonage, Tuesday , December 28. F r i e n d s cxtend congra tu la t ions and best wishes. T h e groom is 60 a n d the bride is .57.

T h e B. & B. g a n g is here a t Afton to ra i se the coal chute. This will en- ab le thc 4100 class engines to g c t coal

i t s r e g u l a r meetings on the second a n d four th Monday n i a h t s in each month. Don't f o r g e t the d a t e and should a n y of you be i n Yt. Smith, cal l o n us.

Glad to see o u r old friend a n d brother. Howard Pickens, in c h a r g e of the Fr i sco Mechanic aaa in . K n o w t h a t we will a l w a y s g e t thk very best se rv- ice in t a k i n g care of our shop c r a f t news, May our depar tment g r o w a n d prosper.

eas ie r a n d s a v e delays. D. Bohanan, f i reman in t h e Af ton

yard, h a s t ransfer red to W e s t T u l s a on t h e engineers ' board.

F. E. Boult inghouse, Arst-class machinist , is absent account of sus ta in ing a personal injury, J a n u a r y 1. A poor w a y to s t a r t the new year, bu t Bo isn't in the habi t of be ing in jured a n d is sore ly missed f r o m the job.

H. R. Folcy, roundhouse foreman. h a s sure ly had 'em in t h e a i r lately, g e t t i n g o u r w h i t e lead engines ready to g o t o t h e shops to be convcrted to coal.

LOCAL No. 7-FT. SMITH, ARK.

Local No. 7 h a s secured new head- quar te rs . They nre now holdinx the i r rnee l i l~gs in the uew \V. 0. \\'. bui.tl- ing. Held the i r firr;t meet ing Decem- ber 1, 1926 . The a t tendance h a s g r o w n v e r y mater ia l ly since l c m i n g o u r n r , . hall ul) in the main sect ion of town.

Our very pleasant a n d congenial gen- c r a l cha i rman, F r a n k Junlcins, visi ted u s l a s t month a n d g a v e t h e local a new lease on life. H i s visi t seemed to g lve u s a l l encouragement to g o ahead and m a k e P t . Smith local one of the han- ner locals on the system. Come aga in . E r o t h e r Junltins, we a r e Inore than g lad to have you.

Division Chai rman J. L. Eudy. accompanied B r o t h e r J u n k i n s to Hugo, Oklahoma, where t h e y had a v e r y successful meeting.

Brothels John R. W h i t e a n d fami ly have re turned from Chattnnooxa, Ten- nessee, a f t c r spending the ho l idass w i t h relat ives.

\\'e ex tend o u r hear t fe l t s y m p a t h y to E r o l h e r Georgc! C. Shields, who is presi- d e n t of l"ort Smi th local, i n thc loss o l h i s fa ther , whose remains were laid to res t in Springfield Chr i s tmas Day.

Bro ther Char les Kl ine i s devot ing considerable t ime a n d hard labor to the sel l ing of Insurance, for which he

tak ing . This local i s m a k i n g a g a l l a n t cffort

to organlze a degree team for t h e pur - pose of p u t t i n g o n s ide ini t iat ion work w h e n t a k i n g in n e w members.

The membership h a s ordered a sea l to be used in connection w i t h al l cor- res l~ondence a n d records k e p t by the local organizat ion, I 'm s u r e a l l will be h igh ly pleased upon l'cceipt of aamc. \\re believe in keeping o u r local affairs a n d every th ing else u p in 100 per cent fashion. You a l l k n o w w h a t I mean.

T h e w r i t e r and l i t t l e daughter . R u g h Ellcn. h a v e rus t re turned f rom Tusca- loosa,' 0kla6oma, a f t e r a t t e n d i n g the f u n e r a l of a brother-in-law, Charles Goins. W i s h to t a k e t h i s means o f express ing my sincere appreciat ion to the boys a t F t . Smi th w h o so kindly g a v e t h e beaut i fu l floral offering.

One of t h e boys punched t h e clock l a t e s o m a n y mornings t h a t h e decided to move h i s place of abode j u s t ac ross t h e s t r e e t f rom t h e roundhouse. IVe hope t h a t he'll be on t ime a t least a p a r t of the t ime f rom now on.

T h e r ~ p o r t e r h a s been asked to e s -

LOCAL NO. 25-SHERMAN, TEXAS

Mrs. I<. G. Wincbennrr and children spent the holidays in Tulsa. Oltlnhoma, a s the g u e s t of her uncle, J i m Snilth.

J im Cain is back w i t h t h e Fr i sco again. Mr. Cain h a s been w i t h t h e Washington I r o n W o r k s d u r i n g t h e l a s t t w o years. Glad to h a v e you back w i t h us, J im.

John George president of Local Xo. 2 6 , Mrs. ~ e o ~ ! g e , and their younger daughter , s p e n t the holidays v i s i t ing their married daughter , Mrs. Hughes , a t Clevburne. Texas. W e know. w i t h - o u t - inquiry, t h a t Uncle Johnnie had a n enjoyable visit. though w e always' g rea t l? miss him w h e n h e i s a w a y f rom us.

Our shop forces have been reduced to a Ave-day basis. \Vp hope t1i:rt i t will no t be long unti l we will be re - 111aced 1111 a full, s i s -day schedule. \\'(. feel t h a t th i s plan cxtended to u s 1)s the management is be t te r t h a n a heavy force reduction. whereby, a l l a r e per- mit ted to s h a r e equally i n t h e work .

we apprec ia te t h e splendid w o r k i n g condit ions which w e a r e w o r k i n g un- d e r a t Shcrman. Also t h e f a i r t rea t - ment t h a t me a r e receivinq f r o m o u r mas te r mechanic, J. TV. Surles, a n d his nssociates down here a t Shermnn. I t is wor thy of comnlendation. \\'e feel t h a t we a r e very f o r t u n a t e In h a v i n g s u c h a n efficient s t a n of supervisors.

T h e s h o p c r a f t s a n d c a r de lmr tment e m n l o r e s s taged one of t h e best ( a n d bes t ittended-) meet ings on December 17 t h a t h a s bcen held in Sherman since the origin of t h e local nssoc ' ial~on there. The principal s p c a k e r for the occasion w a s F r a n k J u n k i n s of ICan- sus City, w h o w a s recently selccted genera l c h a i r m a n of the s y s t e m or - ganizat ion. H i s t a l k w a s very n ~ u c h ap1)rcciated by t h e l a r g e audience.

B o r n t o N r . a n d Mrs. L a k e J tcKown a fine cight-pound g i r l ( S a r a h ICatll- e r inc) . Mrs. McKown is do ing nicely a t th i s t ime and w e h o l ~ c !hat Lake will not f o r g e t t h a t i t is cus tomary to b r i n g a round the cigars. H e is one of o u r apprentice boys.

Mrs. GrilTin h a s been opera ted on rccently for appendicitis. Mr. Griffin i s employed by t h e Yrisco a n d i s w o r k - i n g in the s h o p s here. We hope for t h e e a r l y recoi.ery of Mrs. Griffin.

Mrs. P. L. S tenger reccntly re turned f rom a visl t w i t h re la t ives in New Or- leans. Old "Dad" sure ly is qu i te hap- D Y o r e r h e r re turn . . .

Uncle J o h n n y George recently w a s invited to a t t e n d a comic ~ a r t y . in o ther words, i t w a s one of these k ind of ~ a r t i e s commonlv called "tacky gar6edU, illcludlng a m a s k a n d ever,'- thing. Well, fortunately. >ir. George wore the age-old whi te derby h a t . To tell the t ru th , the h a t is fo r ty- four y e a r s old, and to g o on w i t h t h e story. if i t had not been for the kindly a s - s i s tance of fr iends, the police woulcl have locked h im up. We'll w a i t fo r t h e next publicat ion of t h e Magazine to flnish th i s v e r y in te res t ing story.

T h e wr i te r ' s wi fe and baby, W i l m a Fay , s p e n t a p a r t of t h e holiday season v is i t ing In Cushing, Oklahonla, b e i n s the g u e s t of Revercnd a n d Mrs. J. \V. Ilollins.

LOCAL No. 14-SAPULPA, OKLA.

H E N R Y PHILLIPS. Reportor

The Fr i sco is well represented a t t h e Tabernacle rev iva l being conducted a t this place by Evangel i s t Rayburn .

Tom Allrocl, box packer, has re turned from h is vacation.

Mr. and JIrs. Nash w e r e t h e g u e s t s of their daughter . Mrs. J. S. \Vhite, dur ing t h e holidays.

A. K. W a t t e r s a n d wife have re - turned f rom Merkel, Texas, where they visited fr iends.

I n order to opera te more a i r tools in the c a r depar tment , eighteen s tor - a g e a i r d r u m s have been installed. These s t o r a g e d r u m s will enable us to do more steel ca r repa i r ing a t th i s point.

C\', E. Bunch, c a r foreman sccms to be determined to \\,in t h e Y'afety cup a s he is m a k i n g every effort to makd the car depar tment a s a f e place to w n r . 1 ~ . . - . - - ,

Car Repai re rs 0. B. Hayes, Will is W i l s a j a n d Guy Madden have been t ransfer red f r o m Bt. Scott , Kans., t o this place.

George Campbell, s a f e t y appl iance man, i s t h e proud f a t h e r of 11, baby girl.

The president of Local No. 14, A. W. Finlcy, und some of his associates. Brcthven Ed, Givler Geo. Delfcld and R. H. Jnmison, were) t h e c11nne13 g u e s t s nf H e n r y Phil l ips a n d wife. All re - portrd a n enjoyable evening. E. R. Jackson , th r id-c lass mnchinist.

a t Sapulpa, had some gr ievance to talce up. The two-foot ru les have the numbers ~tenci1e.d on them u p to 2 3 i n c h e s nnd i t i s very diff icult to find t h e 24th inch.

Local xo. 14 of t h e F. A. &I. C. a n d C. D. 1.:. a t Sapulpa i s p rogress ing v e r y nicely. All men employed a t t h e roundhouse a r e members of t h e F r i s c o association. \\'e expect to be 100 per cent before long.

Henry Phillips, secre ta ry of Local No. 14, worked for ty-e igh t hours on a seniori ty l is t recently, only to find i t was a l l wronz .

Tom Herz t ,~ . , th i rd-c lass bo11:rmnkel'. was d iuco\ - i .~ . t~I t i~! l i~ l l : : to il minister the o ther day.

LOCAL NO. 19-MEMPHIS, T E N N .

1). P. HENLEY. Repor te r

Thursday. J a n u a r y 4. w a s 0111- r e g u - la r meet ing n i g h t a n d t h e r e w a s a nice showing of members present . T h e re - s ignation of J. L. Glass as s e c r e t a r y of Local No. 19, is r e g r e t t e d by all. The wri ter w a s elected to fill th i s vacancy.

\Ye had t h e superv isors a s aues t s . ~ 1 s t ) George 3106re. ~r rs i s tnn t '~ ' H U ~ : c'rintenclent of motive r)ower, w ? o is quite a n orator . Mr. Moore w a s the n r i n c i ~ a l sDealtcr of t h e evenine. H i s iallc w a s enjoyed by al l , and ~ o c a l No. 10 welcomes him in o u r midst every o l ) l ~ o r t u n i t , ~ h e h a s to be w i t h us. f o r h e - m a k e s u s fec l t h a t h e is one of us.

\\'e had a n o t h e r b i g en te r ta inment , J a n u a r y 21, when w e enjoyed Bob Mil- ler's band. T h e r e w a s some lively s tepping t h a t evening. W e w e r e ab le to secure t h e Memphis B a k i n g Com- pnny's ha l l fo r t h e dance.

C . L. 3Ioore. o u r coach painter , a n d his wifc, e n t e r t a ~ n e d in the i r home, 1604 Keni lwor th , w i t h a New Year 's Nre pzrrty, a t which bunco wax enioy- I rl unti l a l a t e hour. P u n c h wax served and prizes were awarded . T h e n came the sa lad c o u ~ s e a n d severa l musical xciections were fiiven by JIl% 31oorc. This e n t e r t a i n m e n t w a s enjoyed by x v r r a l of t h e E'rlsco bovs ancl f a m - Ilieli.

0. E. T a n t , machinist , celebrated Xmas a n d a l so his parents ' anniversary by g e t t i n g married. W e wish him a lonq a n d happy marr ied life.

\Ve a r e g l a d to r e p o r t t h a t C. P. J Iurphy i s a b l e to resume h is du t ies as s t a t i o n a r y engineer a f t e r some t ime lost account of illness.

\Ve a r e s o r r y to repor t t h a t IV. H .

Girnson, ~ e n c r a l foreman, w a s oper- a ted on Fr iday , J a n u a r y 7, f o r appendicitis. H e is do ing nicely now a n d we wish him a speedy recovery.

The JIemphis boys mus t have conducted themselves in a v e r y nice m a n - ner th rough Xmas, ;rs there has been no casua l t ies reported.

Yale report8 LhuL evervonc thcl'e i s h a p p y because t h e weafher i s fine a n d t h a t they h a v e j u s t s t a r t e d o n n new p r o g r a m which ca l l s f o r t h e building of 600 new coal cars. These c a r s wil l be buil t n e w f r o m t h e r a i l up, a n d expect t o begin turn in.^ them o u t a t t h e r a t e of e i g h t o r t e n per d a y unt i l t h e job is completed. All of t h e old mc.u t h a t w e r e laid off s o n ~ e t i n l e back have becn called back to work , a n d severa l new men employed. One addit ional Brown hoist will a r r i v e in LL f e w d a y s which will mean a g r e a t help to thcm. They expect to s t a r t the n igh t mill c rew a t once, which will enable them to s e t t h e wood to t h e curs a s f a s t a s -needed. The under- f r a m c s a r e coming in f r o m t h e 1'. C. & 1. a t B i r m i n ~ h a m , a n d t h e y advise t h a t in a v c r y s h o r t - t i m e they will h a v e t h e new c a r s ro l l ing o u t t o t a k e the i r place a t t h e mines o r wherever needed. Thev f u r t h e r advise t h a t Yale i s a very busy place, a n d t h a t they a r e - a l l g l a d to be connected w i t h t h e w o r k a n d to lend the i r efforts in t u r n i n g o u t thc best c a m possible.

Go to it, Yale, we a r e pull ing f o r you s t r o n g a t M(3m~hi8. \\'e k n o w Y O U a r e bus)., a s we can judge th i s by the number of ol'ders we g e t f o ~ , wheels Prom you.

LOCAL NO. 24-AMORY, MISS.

E V E H E T T D. HANSEX, Repor tc r

Will ie T. Ri t te r , o u r locomotive car - penter , h a s t raded for a n e w F o r d se- d a n w i t h wi re wheels an ' everything.

Marsha l l Nalone h a s accepted a posi t ion wi th t h e c a r depar tment . H e hails f r o m the s t o r e room w i t h a good record.

Bob Stevcnson, car depar tment clerk, has been r id ing a round on a brand- new Indian motorcycle since Christ- mas.

H. P. Roby, o u r locomotive inspector, w a s off for a f e w days, spending Chr i s tmas w i t h h i s f a t h e r in Tennes- see.

F. J. Garner , g e n e r a l roundhouse foreman, w a s surpr i sed to find h i s home filled w i t h g u e s t s t h e o t h e r evening. H e soon learned t h a t i t w a s a b i r thday p a r t y in h i s honor.

C:. 31. Schwend, locomotive engineer, a n d Mrs. Schwend s p e n t Chr i s tmas in Kansas . Mr. Schwend is enginecr on the branch between Amory a n d Aber- deen.

Raymond F. Does lost a f e w days , due to t h e d e a t h of his mother-in-law.

Steve Tunnel , hostler, a n d Miss X y r - tle Jones of th i s ci ty were quiet ly m a r - ried a f e w d a y s bcfore Christmas. \Zre wish them t h e b r s t of happiness on the i r journey t h r o u g h life.

R. L. Row, foreman o n t h e coal chute, repor t s lo t s of work.

H. E. Drake. chief t i e a n d t imber inspector , w a s ;n Amory las t week-end, e n r o u t e to St. Louis, No.

J a m e s H. Fears . s t o r e room trucker. is off on account of sicfiness. H e i s in the Fr i sco hospital i n St. Louis. We wish him a very speedy recovery.

S. K. Lyle, s to re room t rucker , w a s off f o r two d a y s th i s month on account of s ickness.

A. A. Pa t te rson , f a t h e r of Storekcep- e r W. J. Pa t te rson , spent l as t week- end in Amory.

On account of s lack business t h e s t o r e d e p a r t m e n t forces h a v e been cut , temporarily.

S tore l ioom T r u c k e r s l\loreland. J'.rans a n d .\Inlone repor t plenty of r a b b i t s d u r i n g t h e h i g h w a t e r on t h e Tom Eiqbee River. These boys hunted most of C h r i s t m a s week.

Car d e p a r t m e n t forces have been increased a l i t t le this month.

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F r o m a l l repor t s i t seems tha t o u r new car foreman, L. J. Orman, 1s Kat- t i n g a l o n g rea l well. 1\11 of his men irre co-opera t ing w i t h him in every way. H o t boxes a r e a th ing of the past.

A new a i r line i s being built In t h e new yard. This w ~ l l be a g r e a t help to the C I L ~ inspectors.

Dillard Gnteley, s h e e t meta l w o r k e r appren t ice of t h e w e s t shops, s p e n t t h e holidays here w i t h h i s parents , Mr. a n d Mrs. Chas. A. Gateley. LNllard s t a r t e d h i s t ime a t A m o r y . a n d he wil l soon be a finished mechanic.

LOCAL No. 8-ENID, OKLAHOMA

F. P I E R C E EhTON, Repor te r

Mike Wagner , roundhouse machinist, accompanied by hIrs. \Vaunc~. has just re turned f r o m a two-weeks ' vacation a t James town, IVorth Dakota , w h e r e iIIr. W a g n e r served hls appren- t iceship severa l y e a r s ago. Return ing , t h e couple stopped over a t Mason City. Iowa, for a f e w days, v i s i t ing Mrs. Wagner ' s relat ives. Mike s a y s t h e y s p e n t a very enjoyable vacation, al- t h o u g h h e w a s .$-lad to g e t back to Enid, where there is n o t s o much s n o w a n d cold weather .

Jpranlc Holman, roundhouse foreman, repor t s excellent performance f rom his new Pont iac coach, which he pur - chased recentl,..

We r e g r e t very much to announce the d e a t h of J e s s Murphy, fa ther - in- l n w of W a l t e r H u n t , boilcrmalcer th i rd- class, and we sympath ize v e r y much w i t h Mr. H u n t a n d family.

Exce l len t per formance i s b e l n a obtained f r o m t h e t w o new motoF c a r s t h a t w e r e s e n t to E n i d recentiy. T h e y eontlnue to keep u p t h e r e ~ u l a r on- t ime schedule former ly held b y t h e 180 c lass engines o n t h e l lnes o u t of Enid t o Vernon. Texas, a n d Avard. Oklahoma.

A l a r g e c rowd a t tended t h e bal l given by Local No. S of the E'. A. of AT. C. a n d C. D. E. a t Convention Hall . J a n u a r y 3, t h e en t i re l~roceecls g o i n g to replenish the floral- fund belng conducted by Local No. 8.

No doubt. dear readers. you've a l l heard of thdse la te hour ~ o m e o s learning to call t h e morn in^ mi lkman by his first name. b u t we've g o t o n e t h a t b e a t s them, in t h e person of E a r l Moore, machin is t apprentlce. t rana- fe r red f r o m the w e s t s h o p s a t Spring- field. E a r l hadn't been in E n i d a week unt i l he'd learned to cal l the e n t i r e c r e w of t h e passenger, runnlnf o u t of Enid t o Avard. bv the i r first names. , - w h y ' ?

\Vilbur Ayres, a i r machinist , is back to w o r k a f t e r b e i n r a b s e n t severa l d a y s on account of iliness.

Sam Lindsey, blacksmith t h i r d class, repor t s a v e r y succcssful h u n t i n g t r ip near Ames. Sam s a w ouail a r c verv plentiful in t h a t seetion, a n d bagged the l imit most every day.

Hayden Campbell. E a r l Noore, Or- die Uodson a n d P ie rce Ea ton . machin- i s t a n d boi le rmaker apprentices, re - spectively, t ransfer red f r o m t h e w e s t s h o p s a t Springfield. All enJoyed a s h o r t vacation w i t h re la t ives in t h e Ozarlts d u r i n g the holidays.

E u g e n e Allen, J a c k Dunnam. Car l Bundren a n d W a y n e Imboden, machln- is t a n d boilermaker apprentices, re - spectively, t ransfer red f r o m Enid to the w e s t shops a t S p r ~ n g f i e l d , a l so s p e n t a v e r y pleasant t w o weeks w i t h the l r paren ts a t this polnt.

Mr. a n d Mrs. Sim Hilley, accompanied by Mr. Hil ley 's mother , motored to l'awnce, Ncw Year 's cvc., r e t u r n i n g Sunday.

.\ddle 1)unnnm. bo~lermal te r , de- se rves a lot of credit fo r keeping u p t h e reputa t ion of t h e F o r d car. 1\11. Dunnam recently purchased a F o r d of t h e four -wheels and no-brakes type, a n d w i t h a l i t t l e s p a r e t ime a n d some material . t o a e t h e r w i t h tools. convert- ed t h e c a r in to one of t h e ciassiest of i t s model.

I " T I M E " No. 2 -The Importance of "Time" in Railroad O~eration I

T h e 60 Hour 6 Pos i t i on

I W . ti. fiirrd c o m p a r i n ~ ~ u a t d c s w i t h F r c d Enor, r ty rnccr of the A t o n Z i t n i ~ e d , tbe ha, dromzrt tretin i n the wori i l .

On Time By W. G. Bierd

President Chicago d Alton Railroad

"T IME", says judicial opinion with respect to the performance of contracts, "is of the

essence". And time is of no less importance in railroading. Ameri- cans have a passion for saving time. It is an outgrowth of the struggle to establish faster communication between pioneer communities and their bases of supplies, to unite widely scattered settlements into a nation. This demand was met by the railroads, whose tremendous expansion has paralleled that of the nation.

< I Again, in railroad operation,

time is of the essence." Not only from the standpoint of maintaining a good reputation must the success-

ful railroad run its trains on time, but for the smooth functioning of the entire system. A late train may irk the impatient traveler, but his worry is often small compared to that of the train despatcher and all the other operating officials whose arrangements are disrupted by delay. The modern railroad uses much elaborate machinery to keep its trains running on schedule. En- gineers, conductors, flagmen, tower- men-inshort, everyman connected with train operation must be equipped with a good watch kept in accurate condition, that all may work together smoothly,and that "Time", the all-important factor in railroading, shall not get away from us.

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Guy JIunn, e x t r n engine c rew r a l l e ~ ' , has uecn r r d ~ ~ s t e r r c d Lo Kansas L I L J a n d la c a l l ~ n g c r c w s under ~ l r . lq'lan- 11lcun.

very clljo.y~tble c v e n ~ n g is ex l~ec ted . \ \ 'hat we w a u l ~ i o w 1s 3 volunleer io tlo t h e "Ulac l~ Hottorn." 1 unders tand tllat we itrc exl)eclttrg some o i the h igher ofticiais, who will be invileu. I.'rom a s l r a w vote t a k e n in t h i s of-

loss of his d a u g h t e r who n.;ls accident- ly killed In a n nucomubllc 2rcc~ucnt trt P m t t . Kans., jus l t ~ e t o r e Cnristmas.

On t h e s t r e n g t h uf t h e th rea tened tax on c lgare t les char wua s u l ~ p o s e d t o Lave been p u t illto effect the f irs t of t h e year, we,#nottce qu i te a f e w users of t h e fag t h a l satisfies" t r y i n g to m a s t e r thc a r t at' smoking a. pipe. However, t h e t a x iai led to become ef - fect ive, co l~sequcnt ly \ve al l had o u r t rouble for nothing.

W h a t calne very near being a ser i - ous accident occurred somallme a g o in 13th s t r e e t Lriiin yard, whcn a cal.i,r~ll c le rk in y a r d m i ~ s l e r ' s office near ly walked into t n e new scalc pit whilc gaz ing trt a 1)icturc on a s i ~ o l ~ l ~ i n y b a r oeing c a r r ~ c d throug-11 the yard by a young lady cmgloycd In t h c s l o r c du- nartnront .

- H u g h Whitc, machinist, has been

t r a n s f e r r e d to K a n s a s C ~ t y . H e w a s la ld off here in reduction ol' force. lit% rccenlly, we a r e expec t ing n e a r ~ y

100 per cen t at lendancv. 8e l iuvc i t o r not, bu t L o n washed

t h e windows t h e o t h e r day. Xow wc cLrn see w h e t h e r the s u n is sh in inn o r

T h e roundhouse h a s a teuder 1ie;lrt- ed employe, who leaves h i s d ~ n n c r lmil s e t t i n g on a s t e a m rad ia tor to I J ~ kep t w a r m for any ~ o o r h u n g r y trahlu t h a t m i g h t happen along. One happened a l o n g t h e o t h e r n igh t a n d tool< t h e dinner , but io rgot to r e t u r n thc dlliner ])ail a n d a new thermos bottle.

Xrs . Geo. l ~ a n g l c y , w i i c of o u r form- e r cel lar Imcker, sus ta ined fa tu i 111- jurleu in a n unavoidable s t r e e t aeci- d e n t o n J a n u a r y 7. She w a s h i t by a t ruck while c ross ing W a l l S l rcc l , a s s h e stc1)ped Prom behind a team : ~ n d wagon, in Cront of t h e Lruck. She w a s lirloclced t o t h e pavement and died a few hours l a t e r f rom a bad s k u i ~ f rac ture . T h e f u n e r a l w a s held f r o ~ ~ l St. Marv's Church a n d mas attendc,u

if i t is r a i n i n g o r snowing. You could not accuse Clarencc T a r l ~ \ -

of clock watch ing a s h c ~ h a s his back t u r ~ l c d to o u r clock, however since 11:- received a va luable one for Chrislm:~.; ! ~ c h a s bcen clock watching cons1;rnt- lY.

Most of u s s a v e t h e uselesa grtxs- e n t s t h a t w e receive for C h r l ~ t n ~ a s u n - til t h e ensu ing year, then ravor somc- one else w i t h Lhcm. Sonieono evidcnl- ly had a g u l l t y conscience, h a v i n g re- ce l red a g i f t f r o m t h e relmrtcr rind made I* Ncw Year's resolut ion to 11.1 back ul l debts. I n v iew of t h e f;w: t h e repor te r rccelved a very I~e la ted ~ i C t of a beaut i lu l pa i r of blue anti whi te s i l k g a r t e r s which had n o t bee11 worn more t h a n t w o yrsarr. Come over and see t l i e n ~

. . . -~ - .. .. J le r jor ic Craig. a i r n o y ~ . a p h e r in this

ollicc, became diasatisfted w i t h t h e ~ t ra l l nt.rvlcc between K a n s a s Ci ty aucl 1rr.r orrl home town of l .~ncoln, xebr . , a n d conibined b u s ~ n e s s w i l h p leasure 1,). m n k i ~ r g a tril, lo Lincoln over Xen. Years to see if t h r y Ilad closed l h e ~mstof f ice UI) there. She found they 1vr:re s t i l l do lng business a t t h e samv ulcl s t a n d , a n d evory th lng is now r u n - n ing a l o n g smoothly.

Quite a good deal of Interest is be- rng s h o w n now in connection w i t h the performanee of t h e *1.100 class engines n-hich a r e being used in I r e l g h t se rv- ict? o u t of here. also the L.500 c lass

former work m a t e in his bereavement. Nrs . Floyd Mason underwent a

major opera t ion a t t h c F t . Scott hospi tal recently. She is g e t t i n g a l o n g

COMMERCIAL OFFICE C H A T T E R KANSAS C I T Y

nicely. F r a n k Russel l , y a r d engineer , ix

a g a l n a b s e n t from work on account of sickness. I t h a s been rcnortcd tha t h e is v e r y low.

Wl l l Bendure. machinist , al>prentlcc. f i n ~ s h e d serv ing h is a l ) l ~ r e n t i c c s h i ~ > on December 24 a n d is n o w nrorlcilig 113

eng ines a r e ~)erCor.nrlng r6marlcably wcll in passenger service.

J l : ~ c h i ~ l i s t A l ~ l ~ r e n t i c e Dave W r i g h t Is thinl i ing of en gag in^ Lhe servlcea

U u r decb1)eal s y l r ~ g . ~ l hy is extcudcrl to Lec n ' a r n c r 111 rlrc recent Lon* vk his n ~ o t h e r who pxnsed a w a y Decem- ber 24 . She w a s I 1 1 only t w o w e e k s wi th i )ncu~nunia .

George S tory s p e n t New Year 's d a y w i t h his b ro ther in Olclahoma Cily.

P e t e Rose s1)enL the holidays 111 SL.

Denver. Mr. hroore had a le t te r f rom Earl

of n nr iva te s e c r e t a r y In o r d e r to hclr, him i a k c c a r e of his corresnondence

DeArmond recently who is now located In Hutchison, Kans.. b u t s t a t e s t h a t he wll l soon move to Tesax w h e r e he

hluec someone w a s so k ind i s to put his nanle in a ccr ta in magaz ine a s be- 111g des i rous of c o r r e s l ~ o n d i n g w i t h

h a s secured another porilion. FI? s t a t e s t h c TCanras c l imate does not

members of t h e o g l ~ o s i t e s e x betweell t h e a g e s of 1 6 a n d 20. W e un- clcrstand t h a t Dave is e e t t i n g on a n

i ~ o u i s . Antly h a s t a k e n up golf-and t i ; .

Lutt. H e has a l ready a c q i ~ ~ r e d a firln x ? i p 011 t h e ground. -411 lie needs I~O!. is n. go11 s u i t a n d a c a r to t a k e hi111 to S w o l ~ e P a r k .

And t h a t isn't t h e half of It. Blll h a s joined t h c r a n k s of t h e br idge hounds. a n d wi th in a few d a v s tnc

a g r c r wi th him. ~ v c r a g e of fifteen letter% a &y f rom . i l l 11arts of t h e United S t a t e s alltl romc f r o m f o r e ~ g u countries.

Ar thur Thornl)sOn, orachinist all- LOCAL F R E I G H T OFFICE KANSAS CITY, MO. ~ l r c ~ ~ r i e c Icindly consented t o ~ i v t ! - a

re r ta in ;.oung lady a l i f t sometlme a g o znd 11s r o do ing got t h e thrl l l o f 11 IlIctime because naid young lady iic- ,.ir!e~rtly g o t h a ' r u b b c r heel too clost! to t h e exhaus t pipe due to t h e floor illoaarls hav inc been removed on ac-

DAVID 11. TODD, Rcpor la r l e s t of U S expect to be ab le L O writ a book o n t h c fine 11oints o f golf ancl bridge.

.\nd we could hard ly keel) f rom cr!. - i n g o u t loud when Steve told u s hi5 S e w Year's resolut ion was not to swear-so much. H e can' t s top a l to - gc thcr , however, as there would bc 5 4 0

m a n y t imes he would h a v e nothing tu

O u r ed i tor h a s reaues ted of a l l o f his cuh renor te rs t o - f u r n i s h a t i e a s i

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c-rr~lnt of rcna i r s a n d not rcniacecl. W L P ~ t h c pi ik.&ot hot, t h e r u b d e r be- . ~ t n to smell. Then came visions of ;I s h o r t in t h e wiring. A f t e r s t o l ) l ) i n ~ :111d whi lc looking for sa id shor t , y o u n g I;rrlv decided t h a t h e r foot w a s rret-

tn wock t w o t imes l a s t month . - .. ..~- . - .. - - -~ ~~

The,ICansas City accident prevenlion c o n l n l ~ t t e e of t h e Fr i sco R. R. is work- i n g on a l a r g c program, f o r i t s reg- u la r meetinc' F e b r u a r y 7. T h e mem-

say. W i t h each member of t h e office st i l l

h a v i n g a weakness f o r c i ther ~ o l f . !)ridge bowling, radios, ~ ~ u z z l e s o r bur - lesque;, i t loolts as though t h e line of (shatter f o r 1327 will be t h e s a m e old s i r e s a n d sevens.

The pinochle g a m e bctwcen G e o r g ~ , . Andy, Bil l a n d J o h n w a s acliournecl Cor the w a n t of a good referee.

T h i n g s we would l ike to Icnow: W h y Stcve is a f r a i d to p a r k h i s c:11.

n e a r a junk yard. W h o t a u g h t Andy to cuss. W h y the Termina l T r u s t fai led be-

fore S tory g o t h i s money out. If J o h n n y t h i n k s he's fooling us h!'

s i tvinp h e prefcrs blondes. W h o put t h e w a t e r in Bill's new

rubbers to d e t r r m i n e if the? werc real ly waterproof .

fins: unusually w a r m , decided to ])ark wit1 foot e l sewhere which led to t h e rliscoverv of a l l t h e excitement. T h e

h e r s in tcnd to e n n a c e a larrce hal l wi th lloor hoards h a v e bcen rc1)laced in o r - .Gr icc f& luncll, -miisical numbors arid 1;iler (lancing. \Ve a r e for tuna te i l l hiiving a f i r s t -c lass violinist among

41ir to nrevent a reoccurrence of this kind. '

"\Vhnl's good for my wife's fal len archcs?"

"Ruhber heels." replicd t h e clcrlc. "\\'hatinell I ruh 'em with?" Mr. a n d Mrs. H. I,. Johnson w e l r

caller1 to Springfield the first of Jan-

o u r number. Gus tav Gabauer. w h o is t h e leader of his famous Velvetone 0 1 - r l i ~ s t r a . and who will delircht a l l .. . .... - ~- -. -~ ~- w i t h h i s dance numbers: W e a l so e r - 1)ect to have o t h e r ta len t including v ~ c a l i ~ t s , F r e n c h harpists , etc.. a n d a

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there w a s SO much o t h e r good maler ia l f rom a l l over t h e system. o u r s w a s not missed. Unless o u r chub reporter . the sandhouse man. fa l l s down on us, we won' t he found outside t h e door a f t e r t h e f o r m s a r e closed a n o t h e r time. I OLDBST AGENCY

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T h c en t i re mechanical depar tment forces a t K a n s a s Ci tv ex tend the i r d e e l ~ e s t svrnpathy to H. P. Crew. P ~ Y clerk a t t h e s o u t h rcpa i r yards , in t h r I CHAFFEE. MO.

uary on accounL uE trle se r ious injur..' U L ~blrs. J o l l l l s o ~ s o r u ~ h e r - i n - l a w . Xd. 'I'aullmlan, wno w a s 111jUred i n a n a u - Lornobile a c c i d e n ~ .

Coach l n s p e c ~ o r Cur t i s Kincaid i s the prouu w s s c s s o r of a brand-new ~ . 'o rd-sedau- H c w a s s o accustomed to rbalug in a n u l v x c a r Llle first f e w days h c drovc 111s new car , he le t all thc windows down s o h e could breathe.

L. j. Lelyli, a s s i s t a n t genera l foreman oC t h e c a r dcl~arLlneut , h a s been abIc to realize onc of h i s I l fe-Ions a m - hitlbns in LHC compiet ion of IIIC new resIdenCe., 111 the Hosedale sectlon of Nansas Lit).. Le igh s a y s lilic Ctrrlo011- 1st Briaas . "It 's a g r a n d n ~ l d ylol'ious

trv-\\err a l l a t a loss to accoullt for the. b r ; i d - c F , i c i G r i e d by \\'m. (f i i l i ) Ldwards, c le rk in t h i s office, somel ime ago and it w a s fouud to bc occasioned due to the a r r i v a l o f a brand-new boy who put in his a p l ~ e ~ r r a n c e on J a n u a r y .a. 1 I.

According to AIiss Agnes Lynch, t h e capital of Oklahoma is P a w h u s k a .

"So this is February '?" Soon iL will be t ime to g e t o u t t h e fishing tackle?

\\re wish you a l l a very !xrlriotic observalice of Mr. Washington s b i r th - day.

1 EASTERN DIVISION

ST. LOUIS MECHANICAL DEPT.

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Elmer Yackel, locomotive i l~syec tor , rcturncd t r iumyhant ly f rom h is deer hunt ill .\lontalla. Ant ic ipa l ing t h e doubt w i t h which h is t a le of success mould be received, h e b r o u g h t venison sandwiches for se\-era1 of u s prepared by t h c chef of t h e Bevo Nil1 a n d shou.cd u s p lc tures of t h e kill. Oh, m y yes. we h a v e a h u n t e r in o u r midst.

W. H. Van H o r n a u d wife re turned f rom the i r holiday t r ip to Tren ton , Xew Jersey a n d New Yorlc City. blr. Van H o r n sa id they sure ly s t c l ~ f a s t in New York a n d if you do no1 g e t on t h e s t ree t c a r s o r elevated r ~ g h t now, you And yourself w a i t i n g for the n e s t one.

Robert L. Jones , passenger engineer , is, now ;r g randpa . Xot the o ld- fash- ioned Iiiud wi th t h e beard a n d br ia r pipe, but a g r a n d p a nevertheless. A daughter w a s born recently to h i s son- in-I:LW a n d claughter, Mr. a n d Mrs. Bucii, of Puel,lo, Colo.

L. Carleton Klose a n d wife were in Springlield, ?do., d u r i n g thc holidays.

i\lrs. Jnnics Hotlich, w i f e of ass i s t - a u t foreman, a n d J a m e s , J r . , made ;r hurr ied t r ip to Paducah . Ky., wherc .\Irs. Ilollioh's f a t h e r is seriously ill.

Mrs. C. B. Carl is lc a n d ctnugiiter. Jennie? Nur ie , a r c \.isiting Mrs. Carlislc's liarents a t Leasburg , No. Hy tilc way, Jennie ;\lalie is beg inning to m a s t c r the Enxl i sh l a n g u a g e a n d is considered vupy progressive.

Roy W h i t e a n d wife enjopcd the h o l ~ d a y s in Oklahoma City. E v e n so. Barney seemed to be g l a d to g e t back home.

W e a r e s o r r y to repor t t h a t E d w a r d Home\\-ood. machinist . wil l be confincd in the hospital f o r a t ime to u u d e r s o an opera t ion f o r apl3endicitis. E. T. White. fireman. w e n t on n

hunt ing tr ip, too. Seems t o be t h e t h i n r to d o lately. W e h a v e not y e t heard if h e had a n y success, b u t if h e did not. i t ce r ta in ly w a s no t because he wasn ' t d ressed f o r t h e ~ m r t of a hunter . .~ ~

C. B. Carlisle, c le rk , h a s s g e n t a f e w d a y s ill L e a a b u r g d u e to t h e iIlness of his mother. Mr. Carl is lc s t i l l l ikes L e a s b u r g even though he has n ~ a d t his home in St. Louis f o r sevcrzl years.

T h c w r i t e r read t h e Rolla, No., re - ~ ~ o r t e r ' s t r ibu te to t h e Ozarlc c o u n t n in recent issue of t h c Magazine. Am sure a f t e r one h a s seen t h a t beautiful country, there is no more need for f u r t h e r boost ing. T h e Ozark count ry is inexpressibly beautiful a n d a s un- forge t tab le a s a beaut i fu l m e l o d ~ . E v e r y t h i n g vou could rensonably wish to en joy caii he found 111 t h e Ozarks.

SUPERVISOR CAR REPAIR BILLS to g c t back into the midst o f the news SPRINGFIELD, MO. by re la t ing o u r bi t of in te res t ing in-

cidents and events . There were numerous i t ems of

P. F. HESD13ICKS. G. S. THOA1PSOS, ?vents happening a round th i s office Reporters thc l a t t e r p a r t of,,December, b u t in o u r

r s t imat ion the b ig feed" put over W e w a n t to fill the gall between '25 here on the twenty-first seemed to be

a n d '27 b y o u r appearance in the f a m - t l ~ c cen tc r of a t t rac t ion . No one s u f - ily columns and o u r first resolut ion is fcrod f r o m lack of food. ITowevc~~.

tt Service Beyond Price" TRA~NIXG men in industry to become more skilled workmen and helping men and women promote their knowledge of business is service.

Service in the Interna- t ional Correspondence Schools goes beyond the en- rolment of students. I t is a matter of pride with us

point must ever be forward-looking ; ours must be genuine sympathy with the ambition of the studcnt to go onward and upward.

W e want no student to stop. W e want all stu-

,, dents to finish their courses so that they may secure the practical reward that follows increased knoivledge,

to be able to give the student more than the written terms of the scholarship. W e view the student as a friend as well as a student.

Between friends there must be more than a mere business relationship. Be- tween friends there must be loyalty and interest in all things affecting one or the other. T h e interest of the I. C. S. is the interest of a friend.

T h e student has come to our institution in the hope that me can serve him. 'That hope is bred of praiseworthy ambition. Such a student is an educational ward of our Schools.

I t is our duty to go to the uttermost to maintain this ambition and to help the student in every way a t our command to master the course. T h a t a re cannot-will not-do half-heartedly. T h e brains and the educational resources and facilities for service of the Interna- tional Correspondence Schools belong to the student. - - ---.

W e are not content with the service we give, we aim all the time to give more. O u r texts must be the best we can obtain; our examination and cor- rection of studies as perfect as human machinery can make them; our students must have prompt service; our view-

and the satisfaction and strength that come of having mastered something worth while.

So to help ambitious men and women ovcr the boulders and barriers is a fine and constructive work. T h a t is our mission. T h a t is what me mean when we speak of "service beyond price." Mail the coupon for 48-pae free booklet which

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enacLmenLs a r e n o t adverse to t h e rai l- roads. "Cjncle Charlie." as h e is k n o w n to m a n y fr iends, i s planning Lo SLI, u p t h e athleLic in te res t s of Lhe office building. Boxing is h i s fortc. H e i s a refe ree of no te a n d no rncau t r a i n c r of champions. H e i s a l so a n e n t h u - s i a s t a t football, baseball a n d b a g punching.

a t h i s nlother 's bedside for several weeks prior to h e r death.

E a s t e r n division mechanical d e ~ a r t - LO t h e ofhce a couple of d a x s bcrore Chr i s tmas wit11 a well develo1,ed casc of nleasles. 311.. PotLs s e n t h e r to t h e doctor: t h e doctor s e n t h e r home-aud hen t h e office force s e n t h e r sornc tlowcrs. \Ve a r e pleased to add Lhat Jduliice htis re turned to w o r k now. a n d

rnent accident nrevention m e e t l n k w a s held a t - i*one t t ; - in t h C & f R c L ~ f TV. G. Hall , on Fr iday , J a n u a r y 7. T h e meet- i n g w a s presided over b y J. L. H a r - vey. mas te r mechanic, a n d we w e r e f o r t u n a t e in having t h e a t tendance of Mr. Blcvans. of t h e chief claim degar t - rnent. St. Louis, a n d H. H: H a r r i s o ~ s accidcnt prctvcntion Hup3rvlsor. Both

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looks none the worse f o r h c r r e c e n ~ illness.

TULSA ADVERTISERS Surprises ilcver cease. Raymond Ivcy', secre ta ry to Ceorg-e \Ir. Aoorc, who ib a s s i s t a n t superi i i tendcnt mgtivt! ~)o \vcr , g:Lve his f r iends a i-cal s u r - prise recently when he took unto him- se l f a wife. She was. before h e r m a r -

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r ~ ~ g c , Aliss F a n n i e C r c ~ i s h a w , daugh- tcr of Mr. a n d Mrs. D. W. Crenshaw of Spririgfield. This e o u ~ ) l e c r i i a ln had ~ l e n t y of excitement mixed w i t h the wedding. T h e y did n o t secure thc i r license unti l a b o u t 11 I). rn. and were rn;irrird hv .Justice of the Peace hc will 'soon recove; a ~ r d be .iblc to re-

t u r n to the office. WE a r e a l l wonder ing w h y F l o Blev-

any t h i n k s i t would be advisable to

Hubbard , a t 11130 11. m.-just barclv having t ime to m a k e the t ra in before it. pulled o u t of t h e stat ion. HOW'S t h a t f o r a n e a r elopmc~nt" F r o m re- tranxfcl' onc of the Tcxas Lines' ma-

chinists to Springfield. nor t s we have received thev a r e cn- josing themselves \,.cry much in t h e a u n n v south. v i s i t lng Blrrninghnm. .Ila.: 'Pensacola, Fla.. a n d o t h e r po in ts YARD OFFICE-NEWBURG, MO. of interest .

I n sp i tc of t h e d i s p a r a g i n g r e m a r k s m a d e a b o u t Old F a t h e r Time, h e ger - f o r m s m a n y k indly deeds. As a crown- i n a event o f his m a n y acconlplishments rloring 1926. hn m a d e a farewell cal l a t t h e home of F. 31. F e r b r a c h e a n d l e f t a v e r y da in ty a n d c h a r m i n a sou- vcnir. I t is a gir l , a n d they cal l h e r J e a n n e Carolyn.

A recent va luable addit ion to o u r clerical force is W. R. (Buck) W r n n . Mr. W y n n h a s heen w i t h t h e Fr i sco f o r t h e pas t th rce o r f o u r years. coming to th i s office f r o m t h e acconntino. denar t - ment . W e hope h e l ikes t h e rnechan- ical d e p a r t m e n t s o well t h a t h e will

Iq'rcd -4. Smith, th i rd t r ick dispatch- er , is spend in^ a f e w d a y s vrs1L111g wi th his fitmlly a t Blackwell , Okla.

C. U. Ward , n i g h t roundhouse forc- man, ha: recovered f rom a n a t t a c k of ihe "flu. H e i s now v is i t ing wiLh h ~ s ~ ~ t r c n t s a t Xaodesha, I ians. ~ t l r s . \Yard accompanied h im a s f a r a s Springiielu. where s h e wil l v i s i t a f e w d a y s wi th h e r fa ther . Chax. Bair , c a s t end conductor .

H a r r y XcDonald h a s re turned f rom Lou Angeles w h e r e he v ~ s r t d 111.. I)rother. H a r r y reported a wonder- t i t i t r ip, b u t w a s g lad to go t back Lo illc Oxtirlcs a n d the Frisco.

L i l t l e Miss Jl i ldred Donaldson. d a u g h t e r of F. H. Donaldson, t r a i n - mas le r , visi lcd a f e w d a y s w i t h f r iends in Springfield.

Char les Delashmi t h a s re turned to

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work a f t e r beinrr off sovcral months ~ ~

on a c c o u n t of ~illlness. ~

Hoe H. Goodrich s p e n t a week w i t h his mothcr , n t Springfield. Mr. Good- rich is s t o c k m a n in t h e s t o r e depar t - ment.

Miss Helen Y. Fe l lows h a s re turned f r o m a vacation. -- .... - ..... ~

Whe?, i t comes to br ing ing in t h e "bacon you should see Z'ranlc H a m - ilton a h d "B'ritz" Al tman come in f rom a h u n t i n a tr im "Al" Canarv. is also one of o u r g r e a t hunters , hdwever, it would be wise to "see" the bears, wild tu rkeys e t c thn t he br ings in.

~ o n ' t ' t l l i ~ k thn t d i spa tchers don't k n o w t h e a lphahe t , a t l eas t we have t w o t h a t cer ta in lv know w h a t "A"

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- ~ i ' r e m e n B. C. Green a n d D. Napier have reLurncd to X o n e t t a f t e r hav ing xpcnt the l a l t e r p a r t of the month of December a t F t . W o r t h . wor l t ing off - t h e e x t r a board a t t h a t nlace. Al-

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though they a v e r t h a t Texas is a Ane count ry , t h e y w e r e sure ly g lad to gt7 back to home a n d family.

W e a l l wish to express o u r s incerc condolences to Engineer J. S. Robin- son who recently suffered a n i r repar - abl;! loss in t h e dea th of his mother . Mrs. Robinson pass rd a w a y a t h e r home in Car thage , a f t e r a n illness of qu i te n l o n g dura t ion . E n g i n e e r Rob- inyon w a s f o r t u n a t e in be ing presen t

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these gentlemen m a d e splendid t a l k s of a n a l ~ ~ ~ r o y r i n t c na lure , which were well rcceivcd by t h e committee.

Think nrc a r c r o i n g Lo be curnl~clled Lo g o o u t into t h e "high\yays a n d by- ways" a n d pick Up men to be draflct l into the servicc to fill Lhe d e l ~ l c t e ~ ~ r a n k s o f o u r engincmcn, judging fro111 the number of appl ica t ions rol l ing i ~ . for an l ic ipa ted service on the Ponsn- cola Line.

\\'e a r c g l a d to repor t t h a t two of our veLeran engineers J. \Ii. Fitz.io111, aud T. F. >Innsfleld, 'who havc b e u ~ ~ disabled for the pas t severa l 1nontl;s; a r e gradua l ly recoverinc; thc i r accus- tonled h e a l t h a n d v igor a n d will soul. be gounding t h c rails ' aga in . Tiley !mth a g r c c t h a t al thougll a l i t t lc yes 1s ;I wonderful boon to n busy, over- worked man, there is such a t h i n g a s too much leisure w h i c l ~ becomes even more tire.so1ne t1;m Inhor

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Rodgers, Government inspector s p e n t two d a y s a t Monet t t h e first ;>art o f J a u u a r y , t a k i n g a m i n u t e i n v e i t o r y oi t h e condition of o u r locomotives. I-Iowever, w e secm to be s t a r t i n g ou t the Xew Year r igh t , a s Mr. Rodgcrs i)resented a clean s l a t e unon his de- 711 ~ t l l " ~ ,.. - - - - . -.

H. E. Davies, sou thwes te rn ilivi- SAINT LOUIS sion engineer, w&s t a k e n -c0-st L<U& hospital o n December 30 , suffering f rom u lcers of t h e stomach. W e a r e glad to h e a r t h a t Mr. Davies is a e t - t ing a l o n g nicely under t h c t ren t&nt given him, a n d s incer r ly hope h e will be ab le to rc turn home soon.

John Bors te r naid u s o n r of h t s - - ... usual cheery, whdlesome visi ts recently. Who, o n th i s ra i l road i s no t a l - ways g l a d to h e a r Mr. ~ o & t c r ' s aruff . hope t h a t s o m e d a y s h e will r c t u r n and OFFICE SUPT. O F TERMINALS

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DOLYNE SCOTT, Repor te r

T h e quest ion is-which one of t h c ca l le rs is g o i n g to he marr ied f irs t?

0. 11. Simon, chief y a r d clerk, h a s had h is neck ticd u p f o r severa l days, but re fuses to commit himself b y tell- ing 11s t h e trouble.

J o h n Summers, secre ta ry to Mr. Bru ton , h a s just re turncd f r o m a two weeks ' leavc. p a r t of which t ime w a s spent in Bi rmingham, Ala. J o h n a l s o s p e n t a d a y a t severa l hotels in hIem-

booming voice neal f o r t h in r r r re f inr? visi t us. Miss Marie AIorcloclc succeeded Miss

Weddell a n d we a l l ex tend to mar'^,. I f there be one-amonrr u s . ~ ~ t l h i r n (1;- c la re himself a n d b e c ' d g n b u i & d i ~ ~ --

Marshall L o n g machinist , has re- sumed profi table ' labor. a f t e r a n en-

Lhc filar1 hand of welcomc. L. L. B a n g e r t , t raveling represen ta -

Livc. h a s been s e n t to Pensacola. Fla.. forced res t of severa l months durat ion. t h r u s t upon him a s a resu l t of a brok- e n a r m whicll w a s sus ta ined i n a ba t - t le f o u g h t w i t h a n a p p a r e n t l y h a r m - less Ford. Af tc r m a n y months of peaccful submission to the ignominy of being c ranked th i s par t icu la r F o r d finally decided t'o "kick," With such d isas t rous resu l t s to Mr. Long's s t a t e of well-being.

Our boss W. G. H a l l h a s been con- tined to 11;s home f o r ' t h e p a s t t h r e e o r f o u r days, w i t h a n a t t a c k of old- fashioned i ~ l e u r i s y o r neuri t is , o r someth ing of t h e s o r t cqually a s pleasan t .

on c o m n a n s business f o r a n indelinitc l e n a t h of t'lme.

On S o v e m b e r G Miss Mamie Gurley. of t h e filing depar tment , en te r ta ined wi th a n auction p a r t y a t h e r home o n the G r a n t S t ree t road, four miles n o r t l ~ of town. Those in a t tendance w e r e :

phis. The wife a n d son of B. G. Dorris .

l a rd a n d t h e hostess. \V. A. Cripns, on t h e C/L dcsk, spent

S e w P e a r ' s (lav w i t h Tom Nor land . swi tchman, have re turned f rom a trill to California.

L. P. Lavelle a n d 31. F inkenbinder . .\nrd masters . have bcen off severa l

chief c le rk a t F t . Scott s tat ion. T h e r e is no th ing new par t icu la r ly in

the s p o r t i n g line. No b i g g a m e hunt ing h a s bcen reported. T h e wonder fu l news t h a t n F r c n c h Canadian x-outh of sev-

d a y s on account of siclcness. B. G. Dorris. switchman. is act in^

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yard master" on t h e south. s ide in t h e i i b s ~ n c e of 311.. Binkenbinder.

E. 0. Davis, switch foreman, h a s worked twenty- two months wi thout

en tcen y e a r s won t h e -S25.000 prize awarded b y t h e Chcwing Gum ICinz f o r s w i m m i n g the San Pedro channel f rom Avalon. C. I.. to the Pacific maln losing a s ing le shif t . R e a l good rec-

o rd for a v o u n a fellow. isn't i t ? coast . c rea ted a l i t t l e bit of a f lurrv t h e m o r n i n r of .Tanuarv 17 . h u t evi- l t a d i o y ~ i r e lwcorninfi. vcry p0nul;tr

;Imong thcb Slbringtield te rmina l fortbe. I t is rc1)ortcd Mr. Bru ton Ius t h e Cwcr

a G t i ~ ~ ~ f a i i ~ ~ t i a r o u i e t h c in te res t of o u r languish ing chief claim clcrlc. L. C. Cox. who has been a i l i n z w i t h

W. A. Shunla te a d v i s ~ s t h a t one of s p r i n g fishing fever for some t ime a n d it is dorrbtful w h e t h e r he wiII b r ab le ti) holA his own unti l t h a t much covet- r d t ime a r r ivcs .

F o r Snlc-Onr vest , followinfi dimen- s ions : No slceves. s ix bu t tons made ot' wood. four-inch tall. chanzeablc

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- - - - ~ . . t h e IIool>le House boys (Toln Quinn) took up t h e work of Car r ie S a t i o n on J a n u a r y 1, 1927 , a n d made a success- f u l swoop the first night . Rel?urtcd casualt ies included completc des t ruc- tion of a l l tho evidence.

N i s s M a r y Weddell, ul, unti l J a n u a r y 1. hcld t h e nosi t ion of office r i r l . h u t

color. w a r m a t t en below zero. See Dock 1Tnvcs.

.\ngcline Goldrn. of t h e t v n i n g bu- r r l u . will r r t u r n to w o r k Frh l 'uarv 1

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now she i s boss of h e r own r&i?h. ;i few d a y s befol-e New Years s h e m:lde il week-end visi t to Olclahomn City. but a f t c r hc ing a w a y from t h e officc on n

month 's leave of absence. Zero w r a t h e r h a s been 11rcva:cnt

it tu rned o u t t h a t s h c w a s m e t a t t h c t ra in wi th tho rinrr a n d liccnse a n d a s a result . on New Year 's cvc hr r :~mr tho th roughout the Ozarks t h e las t m o n t h

o r so. b u t E a r l Head uers i s t s in wear - bride of R ~ c h a r d Thurs ton . former iy of t h i s ci ty, b u t n o w a resident of O k h - h o m a City. T h e employrh of t h e claim

i n g s p o r t s h i r t s w i t h abbrev ia ted sleeves to t h e e lbows a n d n o w t h c c a t is o u t o f t h e bag-there a p p e a r s on his manlv w r i s t a vcry handsome w r i s t watr th ( a Chr i s tmas presen t ) which is creatinrr a u i t e a bit of sneculat ion and

d e p a r t m e n t s e n t t h e happy counle a beaut i fu l chest of s i lverwnre a n d t h r gir ls , on l e a r n i n g t h a t s h e would no t r e t u r n f o r severa l months , gave her n new a n d novel party-"an esllresa shower." E a c h g i r l g a v e her a l i t t l e

comment. T h c a n n u a l 1927 Fr i sco Veterans '

membersh ip campaign 0 ~ e n c d un J an - u a r y 1 a n d n e w c a r d s a r e ready. P lease send $1.00 a n d applicat ion, s t a t - i n g name, l e n g t h a n d class of scrvicc to J. L , IIcCormack, secre ta ry- t reax- Irrpr, a t Room 106. Fr i sco Building. Springfield, N o , a n d membership card will be promptls7 mailed.

remembrance a n d t h e n t h e y w e r e a l l ~ a c l t e d in a Iarcre cvlindcr I,os a n d s e n t by express to h e r n e w home. Wc cer- t a in ly miss Mary,,, a s s h e had a w a y of dr iv ing o u t t h e blues" w i t h h e r hao- py a n d joyous cha t tc r . Howcver, s h e h a s the r o o d wishes of a l l fo r a brirrht a n d prosperous marr ied l i fc a n d w c

wishes for their happiness and prosperity.

Car fare is a n exl~ensive item to Claude. Necessary for him to pay two fares frequently,' and this occurs on his way to work.

Luncheon a t the Forest Pa rk Hotel. a l i t t le bridge and much chatter. marks a Saturday afternoon and evening well spent. Miss Celeste O'Neill I R the much envied member of a n "Eat and Be Nerrv" club.

a t tho present time, and why not'! They a r e a very wonderful invention.

George "Cap" Sprague, engine herd- er. is t ak ing a vacation.

hIrs. Mary Salley, of 814 Eas t Pa- cific Street , wifc of J . \\'. Salle?, switchman. died Thursday a f t e r n o o ~ ~ . J anua ry 6.

this office, has accepted a position as secretarv to E. E. AlcGuire a t Nem- pills. \ire n l i s Albert very much and were sorry to have him leave.

Hdvv had quite a number of recent chances in l oca t~on of signal main- tamers the past month. C. C. Clark is now located a t Paola. Kans.. I.:. Al. ~ t&,va r t - - h i s be& transferred to F t . \\'orth, Tcx., H. P . Hilton is a t Au- rora, No., C. E. Gardner a t Sikeuton. XIo.. and E. F. Warford is leading

SIGNAL DEPARTMENT SPRINGFIELD, MO. maintaincr a t Memahis. Tenn. Should the chief c lerks a t any place

a t any ti,?le suffer tha t maladv 'Eut of sorts, resort to pickles a s a

Since thirteen of Lake Owen's chickens were drowned last spring, he is ltecuing them in the house. They seem safe nrst aid. Tile large and extreme-

lv sour kind a r e to be nreferred. This to annreciate the change. a s Lake says Har ry Wardlow, helper in Signal

1~'orcman ICellnedy's gang. suffered a very serious accident on the eveninc of J anua ry 12. While walking between a s t ree t c a r and large derrick standing by the power plant of the Gas & Electric Co., a t Sk~ringfield, hc tripped and fell beneath. the wheels of thc s t ree t c a r and 111s left hand was severed a t the wrist . The signal department extend their sympathy to Mr. Wardlow and hope he will soon recover from the injury.

A certain member of t he signal department says just before Christmas he is a s good a s he can ,be. He must have been very good thls year a s he received two presents of which he

he i's- now ge t t i ng three eggs a day. Lit t le Jimmic Ball has bcen indls-

ppsecl and is keeping his daddy up nrght and the daddy says, interferririrr with a specch to be made a t the Path- llnder Club this month. Will have more to tell about thc spccch nes t time.

fbrm of diet produces i wonderful effect in the Lindenwood locomotive de- r l n v t m n n t ,> .- . - . . . - . . . .

Mr. Birch. of the s torc d e ~ a r t m e n t . has bcen off for some time on account of illness. We all hope for a speedy recovery.

I t is said of Carl Ch~is tensen. he is willing to mar ry provided the r k h t girl comcs along. By right, he means -plenty of n;oney, good cook and capable of taklng care of him a s he

LINDENWOOD MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT would like to be. "You know, says

Carl. "freedom is wor th something." CELESTINE DEVEREUS, Reporter Three below and d f~pos i t i on unim-

paired. The usual good morning" and "Sprinfi'fleld on the wire?" were

Quoting S11,akespoke-\Vnl. 31. Plaslt- e t t of the nlght force.

+he night men wish to extend thcir sympathy to Sidney Williamson whose mother died during the holidays.

A rolling stone gathers no moss, so they say, but a f t e r John Sanders takes a hunting tr ip me know t h a t "Fords" gather mud. I s t ha t so John*? Rabbit !)zqti: lots be t ter than "quall on

only ititerrupted by a few warmill.. up exercises. Your cheerful spiri t was reminiscent of a spring morning, 311'. Phillips.

seems vcrv proud. Wedding bells mingled with the

Christmas bells for C. I. Carton, sig- nalman, and Niss Susie Land. The happy couple \%;ere married December 2 4 , and a re residing in Springfield.

Mr. and 3Irs. Ha r ry Barron spent the holidays in Jasper, Ala., with relatives. Mr. Barron says he knows there IS a Santa Claus a s he received several uniaue presents which Illeased

M I L L STREET PASSENGER STA. SPRINGFIELD, MO.

ROBERT E. HOLM4N. Reporter .-..-.. John Fowler visited his old home in

him very-much. F. V. Hutchison, draftsman, and 3Irs.

Hutchison spent the holidays wi th friends in Winslow. Ark., their former home.

R. C. Garton has moved his f a m i l ~ from Willard to Springfield.

Albert Sivewright, formerly clerk in

. . .. - Tennessee during the holidays. H' says next t ime he goes, he is t ak ing a ba th ing sui t a long a s every thin^ was under water, due to heavy rains. W e

J . &I. Weaver, night baggagemaster. !vas absent from hls position January 1J .

Blanche Handlev. tvnist. freight St%- would advise an umbrella, too. John. The Lindenwood shieks have been

having a glorious time dur ing the hol- Ida\-s. Two of them a r e very brave

tion,-ha& been-off for about two-months on account of sickness. We all wish her a speedy recovery and hope to see her back with us within a short time. men. On going home recently. thev

encountered a burglar emerging from the cellar of a well-known machinist's home. According to information a t hand, these same shieks ran so f a s t tha t Charles Paddoc>k lost his world's championship. The burglar was dead leaves. Harry. please sweel) vour cellar steps, don't scare these two boys.

Carl Christensen is certainlv some ar t i s t ! Should the Post Dispatch see your cartoons, your fortune is made.

S. M. Cox. assistant nlatform fore- m& -fkec&h< staatconnn~ re'centiy bumped Assistant Cashier R. T. Newbold on account of his posttion being abolished

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about the first of January. Newbold exercised his seniority a t t h e superintendent of terminals office a s soon a s Cox was able to relieve him a s assist- a n t cashier.

Ur. S. Wood, t icket seller, was absent f rom the office J anua ry 1 2 on account of sickness.

Carl. Tom 'iVilloughby has gone away fo r

n week's vacation. Don't know where. but he is gone.

.Tim Rogers seems to be mal t inr a r~ollection of pipes. Some day, perhaps, we will know why. How many, T i m ?

Anyone wishing help on cross-word nuzzles. -iust converse with J i m Hamel. >a&ier; "city- ticket office, a s I am sure he will be g lad to help you. Un- derstand he is one of the top-notchers whcn it comes to working cross-word - puzzles.

\Ve all regretted to hear of the serious operation Conductor M. D. Welch. southern division, who runs on the Sunnyland between Springfield and Memphis, underwent recently in St. Louis. Understand he is ge t t i ng a long nicely. and we hope to see him back on hix run before long.

O F T U L S A

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., .-.. . On January 4. Machinist Helper H.

I). Plummer and Miss Effie E. Smith -

were u n ~ t e d in marriage. Niss Smith is the daughter of Mr. and 311's. D. L. Smith, of Cook Station. No. Mr. and ,\Irs. Flummer a r e making their home in St. Louis. W e extend our3 best

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TVa:t~.r H u n t , yard clerk, mas absent a few d a y s f rom his job d u r i n g J a n - u a r y 011 account of illness.

ilf. F ~ n k c n b i n e r . d a v vardmaster . w a s a b s e n t s e v e r ~ l ~ d d y i i a i t month oh au- count of illness.

.J. A. Breeco, s ta t ion mas te r , w a s oft' the l a t t e r p e r t of Decernhcr a n d t h c l i r s L few days las t month t a k i n g kr r es t a t ills home in Nonet t , a n d iL looked a s if J o e would be unable to resume work when he did a s h i s daughter, F e r n became ill w i t h s e a r - l e t fever. and,' of course, t h e y w e r e quaran t ined for th ree wecks. Under- s t a n d t h e "stop sign." a s J o e ca l l s it. h a s been removed a n d h is d a u g h t e r is jus t a b o u t well.

OFFICE OF CAR ACCOUNTANT SPRINGFIELD, MO.

JI.iR1I~C ARNOLD, Rel~orLer

Xileau a n d JIarjorie Henshaur a r e s lwnding a long-deferred vacation 111 Shreveport . La., g o m g v i a Nenlphis a n d r e t u r n i n c v i a K a n s a s Citv. A good t ime to v i s i t in t h e s u n n y .outh.

Marguer i te Cochran s p e n t t h e holidays with h e r m o t h e r in P i g g o t t . .Irk.

Georgia Xewton spent h e r vacation in Sari Antonio d u r i n c t h c holidays.

E leanor Bridwell l e f t f o r St. Louis on the twentieth, there to meet and g o w i t h a p a r t y of g i r l s f rom Steull- ens College, Columbia, f o r t h e week- end in Chicago a n d a t S o r t h w c s t e r l ~ University.

Sam H e n d r c s served a s cutLing m a - chine opera tor several days th i s month whi le J a m e s Collins w a s off ill. J a m e s (Bud) is one of t h e recently

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The PRICHARD-BLATCHLEY DRUG COMPANY The RexaU Store

S. W. Cor. Main & Wall Phone 170

weddcd, h a v i n g marr ied N i s s Cleddic F ie lder of this ci ty in December.

.urs. Jones , lieact record information clerk, w a s olf Lhrw \veelcs th i s rnonttl \\it11 a s l~ra i l l cd :rnltle a n d var ious i>l'n,ises, rccc iv td f rom fa l l ing do\vn a s t :I 11.. - - - . . - .

Good ne\vs f rom Myrtle JIillcl.. sLEltcs tllaL she is home f rom the hos- IllL~rl a u d ranidlv rccover lnc f rom 11cr

While Lhr: office loolcs r a t h e r fin-

laid ofl should tal tc u e w hope a t t h e s i g h t of so m a n y diamonds displaycri slnc!e Christmas. which will sure lv

Lhc 11olitl;tss. J lrs . Kcllev Grav h a s ioined t11:rt

\.nsL army' , 'of ~ali;orniki residenLs known a s Boosters. hav ing ncnt i l l

her resinn;rtion f r o m t h n t s la te . She w a s cvidcuL1~; "introegcd" \\lit11 t h c 11ri1rn a n d 1)epner t rees a n d the f ru i t s a u d roses t h e y e a r round. to sny noth- i n g of t h e ba lmy weather while \vc a r e hovcrilrg a round zero I~erc .

Isabcl Stroup. f r o m thc s ta t i s t i ca l depar tment . succeeded to Mrs. Gray'b position b u t did no t remain w i t h u \ long, p re fe r r ing to becorn'& "Jlrs. Ger- nlun'' r a t h e r t h a n a n accountant ." Isabel didn' t intend i to l e t us lcnow for some tim(. t h a t she had change11 her nirrnc, but a cog slii>i)ed in t h e m a - c h i l ~ c r y of t h e recorder 's office, and t h e notice came out in the newsnapel'

There seems to be some s o r t - o f c h a r m about t h e "accountant" posi- t ion, s in re 110 onc remains thereon fi!r trny Ic11gt11 of t i n ~ c . J tnude I'nltey 1s

OFFICE OF GENERAL YARDMASTER MONETT, MO.

WOODROW WASHERS THOR IROUERS

I Kansas Uti l i t ies to. /

ed a few d a y s in J I o n e ~ t this rnont11, 1.0uic to Uli lahon~il City, on com-

lxtny bus i l~sss . >Ira U o u g l ~ r s was formerly ice clcrli a t hlonett . Seems like old t imes to hirvc "Uoug" wiLh us.

Utr Lo Li~is Limc the record for sLeadv . . - ~~ ,, working , .\ionott yard, w a s hcict b.,. \Vm. Shca, formerly of JIoneLt, who ulorkcd :l fe,w d a y s ovur ninc I I I O I I ~ I ~ . . wiL11ouL luy111g off. Un J a n u a r y 15 . \\'nl. E. Schafn i t t has worked 321 days .

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r e g u l a r posiLion a s helper on t h e 8:00 a. In. Hil l Xnglne. H e 11ol)es to s c c rnc rccord for s leady w o r l c ~ n g to one >-ear a n d one day. Good luck. =ill.

Bruce P a r s o n s Brown. s m a l l s,on of .\. :'reston 1Jrown, s w i t c h n ~ a n . 1s rc - C O V B ~ I I I ~ ' fro111 R severe a t t a c k of ineaslcs.

ltitiyh W a l t r i ~ ) and Wm. Scott a r c the l a t e s t edi t ions to our yard office torcc. Tiley come to u s f rom t h c fl.eig.llt house, 1Valtril) bumuing C. l l ey lng , a n d Scott b u m r ~ ~ n a Geo.

Ucer,cst rec'ret a n d s v m n a t h v in fe l t by Q13sco e r i ig~oyes a t ' n ~ b l l e t i it t h o death of Mrs. Mr. T. Dailcy, wilo w a s ;rccitlt:ntiy sLruclc b y a n auLomobilv dr iven by A l e s S1)ecr. of Monett. Mrs. Dailey died J a n u a r y 8, a few h o u r s a f t e r t h c :locidcnt occurred. Xr. a n d Mrs. L)ailev came to J l o n r t t a h h ~ ~ t t ~~ i r t y - t \ r ' o~>eaksGo . - - ;\lr.-,ilI)ailei.i.G e n ~ p l o p e d by t h e Frisco, nl the mc- chanica l d e l ~ a r t n ~ e n t as boilermalcer f r o m t h a t t ime unti l he w a s pensioned.

T r c v a G. Lea, bill clerk, ~ ' e t u r n c d J a n u a r y 1 5 f rom St. Louis. where h e \.i.+ited Russel l Cole, fo rmcr Fr i sco em- I I ~ O Y C .

H a r r y K i r k , cen t ra l division conduc- (or , a n d wife have just re turned a f t e r l laving gone t i l r o u g l ~ t h e J layo Clinic: a t RochcsJcr, J.Iinn.

C . C, M ~ l l s , superv isor accident prevention, w a s in Monett. Sa turday , J a n - u a r y S. J. G. Lorton. F r i s c o representat ive.

passed t h r o u c h N o n e t t t h e first of t h e - month.

S. T. Cantrel l . superintendent cell- t r a l division, mas in Monett J a n u a r y 1 4 - ..

F r e d Steel, Otto Boss and S e i l Gil- lel tc, e x t r a switchmen. have returncad f r o m nouthwestern division where Lhev hrrvc bccn w o r k i n g for t h e pas t month.

wonder fu l trip. I.:arl G. Douglas. o€ Xewburg. visi t -

visit w~th CLOTHING AND SHOES

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Say-is your typewriter t ra ined to wr i te 1927 yet?

J e s s e Per r iman, Columbus N a y h a n a u d T h o m a s P h i l l i ~ ) ~ . f re ic l l t handlers . h a v e been transferi ,ea to (he pas&cnge; platform a s mail a n d b a g g a g e handlers, displacing 7Vallcer Shadday, Ot- Lis B u r g a n d Will iam Ezell. W. K. Bicrer p l a t f o r m foreman,

with his familv. 'enioved a \veelc's va- c a t i o n with r e i i t i v e s -in ~ a n s & - C i t y .

H. H. E d w a r d s , check cicrlc, ac ted a s p la t form f o r e m a n in the abscncc. o f 111'. Uirrcr .

Clarence l i e v i n x h a s ioined t h e f re igh t officc force-as u i g h f clef?, dis- p lac ing Wil l iam P. Scott who bumped" 011 y a r d checkers' position.

A. M. Tr imble a n d wife w e r e week- end v is l to rs in Sapulpa, recently.

A. J. Dowell. d a i r v commissioner. w a s a v is i to r a t o u r s t a t i o n recently. in t h e in te res t of b u t t e r sh igmcnts f rom t h i s t e r r i to ry .

A new f r u i t sh ipp ing associat ion h a s been formed a t Monctt to he known a s t h e ";\lonett F r u i t a n d T r u c k Grow- ers ' Association." They will e r w t the i r sh ipp ing shed j u s t w e s t of thc Btonett F r u i t Growers ' A s s o c i a t ~ o n shed. This wil l b r i n g severa l hundred acres of berr ies t o o u r s ta t ion for s h i o n i n r t h a t have not been considered'-in-our te r r i to ry heretoeore.

J. H. Shockley, t i cke t clerk, h a s hcen confined to h i s home f o r severa i d a y s on account o f illness.

Our a g e n t w a s a b o u t as pleased over h i s Chr i s tmas as a n y one w c know-he sa id h e h a d a new g r a n d - clnuahter, a m d i o a n d a carbuncle.

W. I;. AllcocIc, who h a s been t h e c ross ing watchman a t o u r cen t ra l av-

your cvor 1)rcseut smile and. a r e g lad you a r e well.

Helen Declcert fiuished 1926 b y talc- ing h e r l o n a loolced forward to vaca- Liin a n d s h e won' t tell anyone whcrc s h e w e n t or w h a t .she did: bu t it does s e e m Helen Mary Dryden knows some- t h i n g a b o u t i t fo r s h e h a s been t r y - i n g f o r some t ime now to collect n bet f rom Miss Declcert.

.Pauline Crclsrncr does m a k c the besL fudge. E v a Mrestenberger. Jasper T h o n ~ a s a n d El l i s Dulin can ver i fy thaL. She gave them some a t Christ- m a s time. Asli . them!

JIrs. Maude JIorehousc a n d litt!~! d a u z h t c r N a r y Elizabeth visi tcd In Dallas rcccntlv a n d tell u s thtrt t h e ~~~ -

southern c1im:ite is d e l i ~ h t f u l . Savinn Fc l in spcnt tho New Year 's

wecl<-encl v i s i t ing h e r bro thers in Gil- Icsl)ie. Ill.

Speaking of t h e Xcw Year holidays. etc.. mnlics u s th ink of t h e usual cron of holiday weddings a n d t h e repor te r forgot to tell you t h a t Maude Nore- house a n d Anse l ina Daneero bo th re- tu rucd to w o r k a f t e r t h e holidays. f lashing beautiful diamond r inas ! C o n ~ r a t u l u t i o n s , gir ls .

Allssev Cather ine Toon a n d Vinnic Hindman visi ted in St. Louis recently w i t h Mrs. R a l p h McBride, fo rmer ly Miss Bess Toon, a n d both s a y they l ike the br idcmoom fine-nhem!

Another visi tor to St. Louis w a s J o a n Brady. Shc i s g e t t i n g so s h e lilces St. Louis rea l well.

Doro thy Dyer. Clerk in t h i s office. is to si?g a t the "Little Symphonv Con- cer t , which is to be held in K a n s a s City soon. Miss Dyer h a s a l so been broadcas t ing over WIBM a n d if a n y of t h e Fr l sco fami lv w a n t t o h e a r some rea l music, jus t t i n e in some evellinl: a n d hear Dorothy. TVc a r e a l l ver\ . proud of her.

If t h i s port ion of t h e fami ly news don' t please t h e e n t i r e family. just blame t h e renor te r who is "down wi th thr! flu."

PASSENGER T R A F F I C DEPART- MENT-ST. LOUIS, MO.

Snow a n d some more snow for T o m Will iamson. Tom w a s a b s e n t one d a s l a s t week a n d t h e next day hc repor t - ed for w o r k w i t h a new escuse-snow- hound. (Note-Tom lives in t h e coun- 11.v). - - < ,-

Several n e w names to add to the ros - ter. J . G. Milligan, ass i s tan t file cler!c. and Wilber t Hessler , s tenographer In t l ~ c r a t e depar tment . I t is t h e wish of a l l t h e passenger d e p a r t m e l ~ t tha t these young men meet wi th success in their new nositions. IV. G. Rodenro th took the res t 0;

h i s vacation hunting. H u n t i n g w h a t . A t t h i s renor t inP w e weren't told how m a n y ducks, tu rkeys , etc. H e looks flne f rom eatinrr so much aua i l on .... . - - - ~ -

toast-hum-hum,- F r o m t h e la tes t repor t . Mrs. J. H.

Livingston, wi fe .of mllk traffic agent . i s i m u r o v i n r ran id ly a f t e r a v e r y s e n - ous operat ion a t the Fr i sco hospital .

D u r i n g the holidays we had a lovely visi t f r o m o u r fr iend C. W . Flint . form- e r l y of thin depar tment . h u t now wi th the Jl issouri Pacific passcnaer dcpar t -

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ment. Clarence w a s looking fine a n d had t h e usual smile for every one.

Looking u p f rom o u r desk, w e s a w a b i g sheep-l ined coat coming in t h e door wi th a m a n inside. F r o m t h c f irs t g lance couldn' t m a k e o u t w h a t it \vas. b u t as he came closer we s a w it w a s Conrad F r i e s a l l mrappcd up. Connie s a y s old man J a c k F r o s t isn't ~ o i n ~ : to nlalcc him fl'ceze.

Helen Aldricll, invoice clerk, w a s re - moved f rom h r r home on South S t ree t to the St. John ' s Hosni ta l recently. Helen h a s been suffering f r o m t h e "flu'' a n d h e r condit ion h a s n o t i m ~ r o v e d to a g r e a t extent . W e miss you. Helen. a n d will be g lad when you a r e ab le to r e t u r n to t h e office.

Minnie H u l b u r t Van X a a n e n a n d h e r two smal l chi ldren, Hazel a n d Paui. also her mother , Mrs. Hulbur t , l e f t th i s c i ty J a n u a r y 7, to m a k e their home in Houston. Tes. Minnie w a s former- l y coml>tometer opera tor at t h e s t o r e room. W e hope t h e y wi l l l ike the i r new home.

T h c molasses candy fai led t o a r r i v e for Chr i s tmas a n d the delav w a s caus- e d h v t h e concern s h i n n i n r s a m e to Snrinkfield. Ill.. ins tead ' oe' Missouri. This concern w a s notified of t h e de lay a n d in a few days the candy w a s finally received a n d w a s cnioyed by t h e g i r l s of t h e s t o r e room. W e would l ike t o tel l w h o s e n t u s t h e c a n d v as me annreciated i t s o much. h u t m e r e .- -

swor< '-in s e c r & y a s to t h e ' donor. Mrs. J. W. Cook, mother of Oscar

Cook. counterman. i s se r ious ly 111 a t t h e home of her daughter . Mrs. Belle Houk, a t Seneca. Mo. W e wish f o r Mrs. Cook a speedy recovery.

T h e two smal l d a u z h t e r s of A. J . S ~ e r r y , a s s i s t a n t chief c le rk to gen- e r a l s torekeeper. h a v e been a u a r a n - t ined on account of hav ing t h e measles.

J . G. Hemhrec. of t h e lumber de- nnrtmnnt. s n e n t S e w Year 's d a v in ~ v e r t o n . thd g u e s t of h i s brother-in- law. who is m a y o r a t t h a t point.

Sor ry to hear of t h e illness of l i t t le Wilma. Reed, nine-year-old d a u g h t e r o f W . E. Reed. foreman in lumher

February, 1927

been ill e igh t weeks before having her tonsi ls removed a n d s ince the operation s h e is recoverin,- nicely, f o r whicn we a r e al l glad.

C. E. Wrisrht. t rave l inn storelteener. was a t his Ylesli In the-lumber office d u r i n g t h e ear ly p a r t of J a n u a r y .

John Charles, smal l son of E. A. X a y a b b , t raccr clerk. has been s ick

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to themselves a wife, namely M e s s ~ h . C. R. Welch a n d C . S. Tapscott , a lso have t ra ined then1 to be private secre ta r ies . Nothing l ike breaking them in r igh t .

George JVhit ing sgcnt New Pear ' s day in Memphis, Tenn. H e is con- vinced n o w t h a t St. Louis i s n o t as dead as i t might be.

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h e r the g lad h a n d of welcome a n d w ~ s n h e r success.

F U E L DEPARTMENT-ST. LOUIS

Lo o u r r igh t -of -way. between Clinton a n d LliairsLown.

Miss Xva Diehl, e x t r a P B X operator, Sapulya, has re turned to work a f - t e r I1:rving s p e n t a b o u t three weelcs.111 t h e l.'risco hosvital a t St. Louis on a c -

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c o u ~ l t of ii brolcen a r m . J. J. Stow, chief lineman, r e t u r n e d to

Pensacola. %'la.. J a n u a r y 16, a f t e r hav- 1116' s p e n t a b o u t th rce weeks in Snlqing- field. Mr. S tow is superv is ing the r e - construct ion of t h e t e l e g r a l ~ h l ine o n Llle 31. S. H . & P. rai lroad iu Flol,ida.

Miss Grayce Sanderson, chief telephone operator . Sapulpa. s p e n t J a n u a r y 16 in SgringAeld v i s i t ing friends.

Miss H a n n a h L a w has been employed as e x t r a P B X opera tor in t h e Spr ingfield office to fill t p e vacancy caused by Xiss P a t t o n i lavlng resigned. Miss L a w worlicd In th i s depar tmcnt a few ycirrs ago , and we a r e g lad to have her with us aga in .

W e a r e s o r r y to repor t t h a t E v e r e t t Gammon messenger h a s been a w a y f rom thd office s in& December 24 on account of illness. I i e i s be ing relieved b y E x t r a Messenger Hd. Bod- anski .

Al Sievewright w a s back w i t h t h e messenger force on ly one day. a f t e r hav ing le f t the s ign+ d e p a r t m e n t on account of reduction In force. l i e h a s accepted a position in t h e office of superintcnilcnt of t e rmina ls in AIem- nhis.

- JIrs. Broe Jlitchell. wife of fue l ac-

countan t , lms been guitc ill a t Spr ing- tiold f o r sevurktl weeks. \Ve a r e glad Lo report , howcver, t h a t Mrs. X ~ t c h e l l is now on the rond to recovery, hav- Ing undergone a successful oneratioll.

Miss Ann Rotman. of t h e fue i ac- J E S S E L. BIIASDOS, KclJorLer

The new passenger s t a t i o ! ~ is nlmoht completed. The contractors ' tool sheds a n d debris h a s been removed f rom t h e

count ing force, spent t h c *e~e\\r Year's week-end in Lou~sr-i l ie . I<?. \\:e werc krfraid Ann mould decidc to s t a y in Louisville, as s h e a d m i t s v e r y stroll-. g r o u n d s a n d t h i n g s a r e becoming t idy

again. I t is a rea l convenience to have f ree access t o f r e i x h t a n d baagag . ~ ~ l a t f o r m s a n d t o have room f o r D a -

:~LLractioll there , b u t believe s h e 11:~s decided to remailk wiLh us. Lcmpo- rilrilv, a t least.

t rons to p a r k c a r s off t h e s t r e e t while .\l< ' Lewis Blcvina srlent the New Year holidays in Springficld.

Aliss E ieanor F i n n contracted a cicel, cold durinK the holidays. ~ h i c 1 1 neces-

wai t ing f o r t rains. The a t t r a c t i v e sur roundings will add to Lhe pr ide a n d happiness of B'risco cnlgloyes a n d pres- t ige of Fr i sco eervice.

W i t h t h e coming of t h e Xew P c a r . business is s t a r t i n g nicely a n d t h e me- chanica l depar tment on t h e s o u t h side is determined to s e t new records of e f -

s i t a ted her l,em;rininr indoors for sev- e r a l days. however. we a r e g lad shc. I S agai l l ab le to be Imck on the job a n d is feel ing "fit."

R o b e r t Collet t cal led h i s fuel s u p - ervisors toge ther on , l anuary 16. Therc w a s a fu l l nLtcnd:~ncc a n d the revie\r- o f t h e pas t r e a r ' s \vorlc nroved in te r -

Aciency for 1!127. We a r e s o r r y to repor t thc dea th o f

Inspector D. H. Uarclav's f a t h e r J a n - uary 9, 1927 , xf te r a l o n g illness. Our s y m p a t h y goes to those who a r e bereaved. f o r sooner o r l a t e r such esver l -

es t ing .

I TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT I . - . . - - . Miss Bernice Jennings . Lelcxr:rpher,

snent J a n u a r y 16 in St. Louis. Sincc we have seen l ~ m n l c Fc.yen,

clerk. on du ty every d a y a n d h e does no t seem to have a n y broken bones nzc surmisc thaL 11c a n d his new Stnde- b a k e r hnvc buen h i t t i n g i t oft' first

ences reach u s alI. There h a s been an increase of busi-

ness on t h e frei.qht p la t form which has resulted in t h e ca l l ina back of nearly everyone who was laid off durinK the holiday period. H u r r a h boys! Keel) the good w o r k FoinK.

Inspec tor 13. C. Sweeny has been oft' th ree o r f o u r d a y s due t o s ickness in t h e home. ;\.Irs. Snreeny cont rac ted a severe case of nncumonia.

W e a r e g l a d to notice t h a t Major >lingo i s back t o work a f t e r a s h o r t illness.

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U. L. UUSLEI'. l l cpor te r ra te .

\V. ;\I. F r a s e r , t e legrapher , h a s been in t h e SuringAeld re lay office since .January J, h a v i n a been p e r m a n m t l ~ . ;rssigned to th i s offic,e. H e h a s worked here before a n d w a s welcomed by many old fr iends.

W. V. Mchdnms, telegraphcr. w h o h a s la te ly been ass igned t o position ill "S" office, i s off on account of s ickness. Hc is b e i n r relieved bv H. B. Brad-

311.. B r e n n a n re turned home on De- cember 27. f r o m Mayo's a t Roches te r a f t e r h a v i n g undergone a se r ious OD- errltion. H.e is recoverinc. rapldly and will soon bc in his usual good health.

S. N. Worthy , l ineman f rom F o r e - man 0livel:'s g a n g , relicved R. \\'. Honse, division l iueman, l ' ittsburg, a f e w d a y s t h i s month on account of sickness.

Several g a n g men visi ted th i s office d u r i n g t h e holidays. W e a r e a l w a y s g lad Lo see them.

R a y T. Soger, personal record clerk. w a s called to Louisville o n account of illness of his g r a n d m o t h e r l a s t month. \Vhile there he remaitled a week l o n g - e r in order to spend the holidays w i t h

Lewis E u t t s is Laliing a Lwo monlhs ' leave of absence axid is sncnding the t ime a t h i s home in \Vricht Citv. No. Presbyteri;rn Church a t his home here.

F o r the Dast th ree vears Miss P a t t o n Chr i s tmas w a s saddengd this- ' y e a r f o r o u r co-worker , Rev. H. F. Bohn by t h e d e a t h of h i s f a t h e r who pasrcd a w a y December 22 . a g e seventy- three

h a s been- emploved -as P B X here a n d unti l h e r m a r r i a g e s h e had resided wi th her m o t h e r a t 1000 South \Veller. Mr. F e r r i s is also a Fr i sco e m p l o \ r years. H e leaves t w o d a u a h l e r s and h is parents .

Miss Narce l la P o r t e r , P B X opcra- to r , s p e n t t h e first half of J a n u a r y in Cllicago v is i t ing a t t h e home of h e r s i s te r

four sons to mourn his loss. T w o of t h e s o n s a r e ministers . \I'm. Bohtt served t h e c i t y of St. Louis a s chicf deputy adminis t ra tor for th i r ty -n ine years. T h e s y m p a t h y of the account- i n g depar tment w a s expressed to Mr. Bohn by a beaut i fu l floral uiece.

T h e w r i t e r a l so had a s a d ending

bcing located in tho nor th side s t o r e room. They will m a k c the i r home a t 1056 Stewar t Street . T h e e n t i r e office force of this d e u a r t m e n t wishes f o r them a long a n d h a p ~ y marr led life. - . - . . - .

Miss Mildred LeBolt. secre ta ry , visited re la t ives in Freder fcksburg . Va.. l a s t month .

R. P. Benedict, division l ineman. Quanah. Tex., w a s t a k e n to the St. Louis hospital recent ly accomnanietl by Chief L ineman P a r r e t t . Mr. Bene- dict is said to be seriouu1.v ill, a n d me a r e anxiously a w a i t i n g news of a n improvement.

Telephone E n g i n e e r C. H. Wfll iamson a t tended a h e a r i n g before Lhe P u b - l ic Service Commission a t Jefferson City, Mo., o n Tuosday. J a n u a r y 11, in connection wi th grogosed construct ion of a h igh vol tage power line a d j a c e n t

PHARRIS' GANG BROWNINGTON, MO. of a beautiful Chr i s tmas dav. when

her d a u g h t e r a n d son-in-law -motored to Springfield. Ill.. a n d were bo th serl- ously injured In a n a u t o accident. They a r e bo th improvina nicely a t t h i s w r i t i n r . bu t will be comnelled to F o r e m a n J. 1". P h a r r i s a n d E. C.

Dailv ioined t h e r a n k s of rad io exner - remain in t h e h o s ~ i t a l f o r some time. .~--- --. - - - - - ~~

Victoria i\latros& s p e n t the holidavs wi th h e r homc fo lks in Gillcspie. Ill.

'We have w i t h u s a n e w s tenographer , i.e. new to u s a t l eas t : a n d t h a t

i m e n t e k J a n u a r v 9 ; ~t b e ~ n g a h a r d d a v for f o u r radio tubes.

R. E. Gilmore. lineman. s p e n t t h e holidays v i s ~ t i n a h i s b ro ther in I l l i - is - n o t ' a l l , she is real ly new, for h e r

n a m e is E d n a Neu a n d we ex tend to nois. J a c k S tockton w a s called home re -

cen t lv on account of h i s children be- i n g ill.

Haywood Gardner s p e n t t h e holldays w i t h h i s fami ly a t Marionville.

Ben Pierce, l ineman, w a s t ransfer red to th i s g a n r in December.

B. W. Elliot t . l ineman. reported to

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Marvin Prousc. l ineman. Is rejoicinr- over t h e a r r i v a l a t h i s home of a n e igh t a n d one-half pound boy born J a n u a r y 4. Marvin s a y s t h e boy a n - s w e r s to the name of R o b c r t Lewls.

W. J . Wheelan w a s recent ly called to t h e bedside of h i s f a t h e r in Omaha. Webr.

T h i s g a n r w e n t t h r o u g h 1926 ml th on ly two minor acc idents a n d i t is o u r hope a n d a i m to h e a t t h a t record in 1927. I t h a s a l readv heen more t h a n two months since our las t accident.

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Everybody landed back on t h e job with a smile a f t e r spending their holiday vacation w i t h f r iends a n d re la - tives. Every one repor t s hav ing had a good time considering t h e w e a t h e r we had to contend with.

Linemen E. C . H o l t a n d Dcwey Kel - ler spent the i r vacation w o r k i n g in Donohue's g a n g in Arkansas . T h e y don't seem to 11ke t h a t count ry a s thcy say there is too much w a t e r to s u i t them - . . -. . . .

We a r e glad to r e p o r t BIartin 3lc- Quire hack on the job a f t e r about flvc months in the Springfield h o s ~ i t a l with a damaged knee.

Lineman N. H. H a r h i n s o n brought his wife a n d son back w i t h him t h e first of the gear. "Slim" doesn't look so lonesome now.

J. 31. Sas ton , l ineman. a n d wife spent several d a y s in South T e x a s vis- iting h i s parents . W. 31. Thompson, cook, i s g e t t i n g to

he a regular hunter . D u r i n z t h e holidays h e ki l led a lo t of g a m e whieh he had ready f o r u s w h e n w e r e - turned to t h e job. How's t h a t f o r a good cook, boys?

After a f e w w e e k s off on account of a sprained back. Gordon Davis, lineman, h a s re turned to t h i s gang .

T. E. Floyd, a s s i s t a n t foreman, looks mighty l o n e s o n ~ e lately. Maybe it 's hecause h i s wi fe i s v i s i t ina in Ten- Ilessee.

Sor ry to renor t t h a t Thos. 3T. Wilson. aroundmnn. IS s p e n d ~ n q a f e w d a y s i r ~ the hospital

DONAHUE'S GANG RAVENDEN, ARK.

Bruce R. Davldson l ineman received word here ~ e c e m b e k 18, to keport nr Oklahoma City to buck the e x t r a board a s a locomotive fireman. T h e boys of this g a n g wish him t h e best of luck on his n e w job.

Our congenial c a m p boss. Chas. Rob- inson, spent Chr i s tmas week w i t h his relatives a t Brickeys, JIo J a c k Nuss- baum w a s a c t i n g in h i s place.

"Smiles" Wor thy , l ineman a n d F a y Coble, g roundman, f rom 0li;er's g a n g , fllled vacancies in th i s g a n g l a s t month . . . - . . - . . ,

Lineman TV. J. Orchard, f r o m Cole- mnn's gang , worked in Lineman J. H. Thompson's place d u r i n g t h e holidays. Dewey K e l l a r a n d E. C. Hol t . f r o m Harris ' g a n g s p e n t t h e C h r i s t m a s week workin; in th i s gang .

Alvis Cruse p u t in h i s vaca t ion a t Dixon, No., f o r reasons bes t k n o w n to himself.

R i c e - ~ F ~ d e n . of Rogers. Ark.. came to w o r k o n t h i s job as a l ineman. Rice is a g r a d u a t e of t h e W. U. T e l e a r a p h Co., pnd f o r m e r l s w o r k e d in t h e Gulf district.

T h r e e officials of t h e W e s t e r n UII- ion. namely Xessrs . McCann, S a w y e r s n d Daugher ty . s topped off between trains. J a n u a r ~ r 7. a n d rrare o u r w o r k t h e once over.

All t h e boys reported back f o r w o r k in t h e v e r y bes t of sp i r i t s . a f t e r spending t h e holidays w i t h the i r famllies, r s c e p t l n ~ Lfncman J. H . Thomuson. who i s reported sick and on his w n v to t h e hospital fo r t rea tment . W e hope it is n o t h i n g ser ious nnd t h a t he soon m a y be ab le to re turn to work.

COLEMAN'S GANG KINGSTON, OKLA.

\I7. E. WARD. Repor te r

T h e boys a r e a l l back a t w o r k a f t e r the holidays. All rcoor t a good time. R. B. Jr;nes, a s s i s t a n t foreman and

your humble repor t r r , motored t h r o u g h to ADache recently.

This g a n g will be moving into their new outf l t c a r s in a few days.

S. B. J Iusgrave , genera l foreman. spent J a n u a r y 6, w i t h th i s gang .

E l m e r K e r r , g roundman, m a s t r a n s - fe r red f rom th is g a n g J a n u a r y 5. W e were s o r r y to lose him.

Chaney Deslcin, l ineman, w a s sen t here to t a k e t h e place of G a r r e t t W r i g h t . W e a r e s o r r y to r e n o r t t h a t Mr. Deskin w a s s l igh t ly injured less rhan a week a f t e r coming to this g a n g .

OLIVER'S GANG-YUPELO, MISS.

JOHX ATKIXSON, Repor te r

The holidays a r c ovcr, a n d everybody i s back o n t h e joh,

T h e g a n g is progressing nicely con- s ider ing t h e r a i n y wenther.

\Ve were cal led off of o u r r c g u l a r w o r k December 1 2 to a o to 3Icmnhis to s t r i n g t w o te1el)hone c i rcu i t s re - t u r n i n g to o u r es t imate ~ e c e m b e ' r 21.

Genera l F o r c m a n N u s g r a v e s p e n t t w o d a y s w i t h u s whi le w e w e r e un JIernphis.

L ineman S. &I. W o r t h y a n d wife arc. t h e proud p a r e n t s of a n ine pound baby boy born t h e first of t h i s month.

Mrs. H. E. E h e r m a n . wi re of o u r conk, is v i s i t ing in K a n s a s City. W. D. Knight , g roundman, is t a k -

in= a t w o weeks ' vacation. Grorge Renty. g roundman, i s home.

s ick w ~ t h measleu. W e hope to s e e him beck on t h e job aga in soon.

Our g a n g h a s been reduced t w o men. T h i s lcavcs fourteen mcn in the gang .

iYo accidents to repor t this month.

WOODALL'S GANG SELIGMAN, MO. -

H. Z . WOODATJL, Acting Ro])orLer - This g a n g h a s re turned to the cen-

t r a l division a f t e r a brief s t a y on thc rcd r iver division. W e liked the geo- pla a t F r a n c i s w h e r e we s tayed , but w h e r e du ty calls, w e mus t go. Of course, th i s g a n g feels a t home on thc cen t ra l division a s mos t a l l the t ra in men cal l u s by o;r flrst names. T h a t a l w a y s m a k e s a feller" feel good.

W e a r e rebui ld ing a class "B" line f rom Mo.-Ark. s t a t e line to P a y e t t e - r i l l e , Ark. E v e r y t h i n g t h a t i s belnc n u t in to th i s l ine is creosoted except t h e new wire. which is conoer. Our first mile on ' th i s job w a s 'completed J a n u a r v 8 a n d we t u r n e d o u r t r a n s f e r cable for ' t h e f irs t tlme. E x c u s e us. we don't w a n t t o s a y h o w l o n g i t look.

G a r r e t t W r i g h t , l ineman, joined t h i s force t h e flrst of the vear. T h e l ine- men w e r e a l so nugmenied by t h e pres- ence of L ineman Chas. Malone.

W. B. P a r r e t t . chicf l ineman, cal led on u s J a n u a r y 4, a n d three d a y s l a t e r Mr. &Iusgrave, accompanied b y Mr. Xc- Cann a n d Mr. Daughcr ty , of t h e W e s t - e r n Union o u t of Dallas, made u s a call. T h a n k s to a l l of you. Come again.

T h e r e g u l a r correspondcnt , E v e r e t t L. Bray , is off d u t y on account of illness In 111s family. H. 2. Woodall is s u b b i n s f o r E v e r e t t . W e hope to h a v e Xr . B r a y wi th u s a g a i n soon and wish his fami ly well.

W h e n a fellow is "subbing" he us- usua l ly gctn t h i n g s mixcd to some ex- t e n t a n d w e hope t h e erlitor wil l bc ab le to g e t t h e m e a n i n g of w h a t 1 say. Being hilleted just across the t rack Crom t h e depot hcre, we have becomc well acquainted w i t h t h e s ta t ion forcr here. They a r e a rea l Fr i sco bunch. George F r o s t , who is t h e f r e l g h t o r c a r c le rk o r mavhe both. urns off s ick x fen: days ancl 'while the w r i t e r w a s secur ing a l ineup a t about 7 : 4 0 a. m.. the fol lowing conversat ion w a s hrar l l he twecn Agent H a v s a n d t h e c le rk who w a s r e l i e v i l p George:

Agent H n y s : E i g h t a , m., Eddie!" Eddie ( looking d ismayed) : F i g h t a.

m.. H - - 1. I been a t work since s ix o'clock."

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. \gent 1Ias.d: ",\h, Xddie. I know you've been ,at work , b r ing nme the 8 a. m. report."

I t d a u n e d on Eddie, who had his huad s t u c k into a bunch ,of bills, autl Eddie immediately compllcd w i t h Mr. Ilays' rcquest . The w r i t e r sneaked n . l + - ; ~ n to l a u g h it off. W h o knows ""L.7.u-

but t h a t 1 have made a n even worse mrs take in s u l ~ s t ~ t u t i n ~ for J l r . Bray In th i s w r l t e u n ?

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UUI.~IIC. Lhc n l u ~ ~ r h of U ~ C C L ~ ~ ~ C L . illi 1)assengcr t ra ins made a s p l e ~ l d ~ d rcc- urtl or o1)erating ull rime uvey the south\\~esLeru d l v ~ s i u r ~ . .\I1 uf o u r di- visiuu officials rude Lhc pahscngcr trailis dur ing the huliday rush, and i t was grea t ly due to the i r e f for t s in a s - sisLinfi i l l Lhc unloading a ~ l d l u a d l ~ ~ ; : ut' u l a ~ l aud es1)ress thaL bruuglit about the line s l ~ u \ v i n g made on tliih divl- s i u ~ ~ .

1ticl1;ll.d (.:l:lrk. rclicf fol.eman, is 111

c!llargc uf A f ~ u u sect ion G-13. 1%". B. Shedd, roadmasLer on thc 43.

t rack has , a lmos t curnl)lcLcd t h e work o f r encwlug a l l s t r e e t c ross ings ill the c i ty of Tulsa.

F o u r new t r a c k s have been built Lo servc t h e >.Iitl-Continent l'ctroleuni (:url)uratiou s t i l l s a t \\lest Tulsa.

The wr i te r s g c n t a very c,njoyable twelve-day vacation a t his old homr in Li t t l e Rock. *\rk. I I c w a s a c - companied by Mrs. Xacmillan.

The roadmas te rs o n t h e Cherolicc s u b a r c w a g i n g a v igorous c a m l x t i g ~ ~ to corn1,lc:tc a l l ha l las t d ress ing to con- form to t h e new s t a n d a r d a n d hol)e to have t h e work complete in t h e n e a r future.

Alr. Van \Vorniington 11:~s bern a s - s igned the position of sect ion foreman a t Oranby. 310.

Airs. Shearer a n d daug-hter Hclc~n. of l iushyhead, l e f t to sl,end a vacation w i t h relat ives a t Aurora, Mo.

;\11:1 Coleman. of P i c r w City. lef t fo r a visi t a t Amber. Okla.

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a n t foreman in t h e Sirpulpa yirrrls l o r a number of y c : i r ~ , h i ~ s I ) ( ' ~ I I :LSSIK.I~, .. to ussisL;rnt furexnil11 ~)os i t ion in L l l i , Tulsa tcrrninals. Jirmcs Jlalc succcctl-

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1:. Ii. S'l'OILY, Rcl)urtcr

George Gladsuu, e a r illsl~ccLor XI . 'I'ulna, was caiicu tu \Vi~tulry.r, U K l a . , J a u u a r y 2 on u e o u l l t uf the u a u h u~ 111s ~ a ~ ~ l e r . '*.lie Ueeeasad \\'as a V I C - tun U L lleart I 'ailure irllu ( i ~ e d a t t11e a g e uL savulltY-ely'llt years. H e \Vila a member u i the 1. 0. O. r. fur l i t ty- I ~ v e years, illid .had lived 111 vvaLullyu t u r tllc l as t twenty- three years.

J ~ L Y UeCuu, back s l ~ u ~ ) ruranlirll, g e n - eral ly brlugs 111s lunch 111 a papel. sacli. 'l'hc utller ii101~11111fi b e h g 111 s o l n c \ v h a ~ of a hur ry , he 'g rabbed a sack m u hur l led UIL L U worlr. \Vl~en h e opened t h e saulc a t noou Ire f o u l ~ u no had 1~ruughL a doze11 uygs,:;,~: II,., ~ u u c l ~ . h o t be ing Loud of. cb-s on aucu a l a r g e sca le he w a s o b l ~ p c d to resor t l o 11and-outs.

(;corgc Jesse, ruundllouse f o r c n u u ~ . niauc a startling announcelrlcuL rc- ~ ~ I I L I Y , s t a t i n g t l lat it w a s his inta11- t ion to g e t marr ied t h e "llrst." IL, w a s very rclucrallL to g k v u a n y fur t l l - cr detai ls , but fillally a d n ~ l l t c d t h a t 11,. illcant t h e "hrst tlme" tle g o t a cltunct..

J a c k Drakc , first-class i n ; ~ c l i i n ~ s , , who rcccived considerable ~jubllclt.\. rluring t h c Dempsey-Tuntlcy f r a c a s las t ral l on account of a t r c a k be, made with R o b e r t Warlleld, round- Ilouse clerk, is a g a i n a c h i n g to roll a wheelbarrow. J a c k s t i l l believes t h a t h i s nainesalce is t h e best mall a n d w ~ , , s t a g c a ,corncback before long. Ye 1.1,-

1 ) o r ~ c r 1s of t h c s a m e ~ J I ~ I I I O ~ , IIU\\-- ever. Lhis is merely all o p i u i o ~ ~ .

H. L. Becliwitll c a r lorern;u~ mad(, ;L Ilying tril) to $exas t h c l a t t l r BLII., of J a n u a r y . Understand t h e w c i ~ t l ~ e r therc is s u m c \ ~ h a t wiwmer t h a r ~ t l ~ ; ~ . \vc a r e ex1)ericncing a t t h i s time.

\\-illiam Hatl ield l l rs l-class blaclc- sniit!~, has jus t reiul.ncd f rom a few d:lys visi t kit his uld home in Pine. Slo. Hill re1)orts all u ~ ~ u s u a l l v puod t imc : ~ n d s a y s hc went tu~~lce); h u n t - inn, mallaging to g e t one shot a t a nohbler. Sonieho\\, the bird go t a w a y a i ~ d the Collcs didn't have wild ltirlic.. for d i u ~ ~ e r .

P ie r re J. Kemper , th i rd tr ick c a r oil- cr , who suffered a n a t t a c k of tonsi l- i t is , is now in t h c St. Louis 1iosl)it:rl. .\I1 the boys wish him a s~ ,eedy recov- ( , I , ? a n d ~ ,e tur 'n to work.

These l a s t f e w d a y s of sprir~c: \v ra ther had the usu>rl effect oil 13ol1 \\'arfield a n d E a r l Benson, roundhouac vlcrk aud c;\ller respectively. The two f ientlcmen n ~ c n t i o u e d were heard dis- (.r,urslna luullly upon t h c conlp i r ra t iv~~ values of n n c w Chcvrolct vs, a Rolls- lioycc.

J o s h Smith, laborer , w a s al l se t t o mnlcc a t r ip to Xatchea, Niss.. bu t decided suddenly to 1)oxtpune the journey for n while. The changibil i ty of .lash's mind is very i r r i t a t i n g to Ar- ~ ~ e t t \\rallccr who bucks t h c e s t r a huard.

\Vish ~01ncl )ody zrround here would buy :L new c a r so I could s a y some- Lhinn ahout it.

F o r t ~ o ~ h o l c w e c k s l a ~ t year Wnl- t e r l\Thilaker, first-class c a r carpenter . did nu t bum a chew o r a cigarettes f r o m a n y of t h e boys on t h e r ip t rack . This wan while W a l t e r w a s on his vacation.

W e have t w o boy8 in thf: r a r dcl):lrt- m e n t w h o a r e nivlcn:~mcvl Red" o n a r - ~ o r r r ~ t r a c h h i ~ v i n c red hair. 1:nusu:ll

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but t rue Ilcvertheless. These lads a r e l , i~&i good fr iends a ~ ~ d ill s l ~ a r e [no- lllellts ludulge in verbal b a ~ ~ d i t l , ~ ; : ~ , with olie al lother \\,hiell u f t e n t ~ m c s I)ccomes so luud a u d violent Lhat it h i l l y s h a t t e r s the Iiervc cen te rs uf Lllcir meeker fel low \ \ -ur l i~ner~ . Of coui'se, they dun't meall a wurd of it a l ~ t l i t ' s al l in fun , Ilowcver, serious Llll~ughl has been given on Lhe prupo- hlli1111 of s ~ c u r i n g the services of P. (;. .\tiller, local hilo lo sup her and hus I whose 1)acif) i n g i~lHueucc \%'oultl I I U doubt tend to ~ ~ e u t r i l i z c tile !lislurhunce. Mr. Miller, by Lhe \ \ . a> . is the a u t h o r of a Lreatise on n i i ~ ~ d illltl m a t t e r enti t le$: "The More I:c- mote, The Remoter.

I t ead iug Mr. Heck's account of thi2 I , L I ~ o f bad luck s u s t i ~ i n e d by the lot. ScoLt Friscu buwling team reminds me L i l l r L we have ; L ~ I es1)crt bowler in Lhc. 1,)crsun of Henry Schrueder, c a r insl)tLctor. JIr. Schrueder made a v c w (.t'ctlitable slio\ving a g a i n s t Jim111.v Smith, \vorld's fanlous bowler, \vho <:ive severa l exhibit ions here in .Inn- - -

u;lrv. F o r t h e t.hrec rrxmon 311.. s ( ~ I G o c ~ ~ ~ r o 1 1 6 r l 6 o 6 i 1 & ;gGiiit iiI.: Smith 's 63.5. H e also won the South- wes te rn howl ina al l-event chamuion- shi11 for 1926. H i s team h a s a s t a n d - in:,- cha l lenge f o r a home a n d home m:ltch, to ta l pins w i t h a n y team t h a t nlnys within a reasonable d i s tance of T111sn~ - .. . -. . .

P a t Lamb, former r iu t r a c k box wlcker. is a n o t h e r one of those hircls \vho cannot m a k c u p h i s mind. I'at qu i t the c a r depar tment recently a n d wcnt to worlc f o r t h e s tore denar t - m m t , however, now h e h a s concluded h e w a r r i g h t in t h e first place a n d i s h:lvk wit11 us ;IS th i rd t r ick car oiler.

MECHANICAL D E P A R T M E N T OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA.

1 1 1 orc1t.1. t h a t t h r v III;I\- s1x1.l 1110

a t Lhc L'urrncr's hume in Neodosh;;, K;~ns . , December 27 . l ! IZl i . Everyone of us will miss Mrs. Schilling, w h c ~ ~ she Icaves to n ~ a k e her home in Sa1)ull)a. All of us wish then1 a lung. ~) rosr )e rous and 11al)py marr ied life.

ICnt?i~~cer J. W. Cullum. wife anrl sull f i i l ~ e jus t re turned froin a trill t b ( ' ;~ l i forn ia , v i s i t ing relatives.

J. G. Lorton, former Lrainmaster a t this !mint, paid u s a visi t , recentl.\. 311.. Lur ton h a s been a rej)resentat ivr ou t uC t h e c'encral manacer ' s offlce for Lhe nas t t i ~ r e e years. Glad to have Lllcsc m e n come to see us.

\Villiam G. Meals, a g e n t a t Jones. Olrl;~., while sittinc. a t his desk tele- Sl'auhing, suf fe red a n a t t a c k uf hear t Lruuhlc a n d died instantly. T h e mechanical depar tment a s well a s t h e t 1'irns~)ortation depar tment sympath ize with SIrs. ?deals a n d t h r e e children.

J o h n F. Crain, fireman Crom Spr ing- firld. No., who h a s been w o r k i i i ~ : off Lliis board du,rinc the holidays, h a s 1'f.turncd to 111s home.

P'rank Salinc'er. who has been OK fur home t ime on account of sicl<nesu. h:th re turned to worlc.

l 'erry Thompson, b rakeman. who h;ts been in 111 hea l th for t h e pas t five o r s ix years. w a s t a k e n t o t h e St. Louis hosl)ital o n Chr i s tmas day, w h e r e h e tlled. Funera l services w e r e held Mon- day. J a n u a r y 10. AIr. Thompson h a s th ree sons in t h e t r a m service, a l l on s o u t h ~ v e s t e r n division.

J o h n n y Gable. t r u c k packer. who h a s h w n off f o r t h e I,ast month. is s t i l l unahle to resume work . h a v i n a heen hurned v e r y severely. Wi l l probably hc off a wcclc o r t w o more.

F r a n k Lynch, cnc lne inspector. is off on account of sickness. F r a n k i s a qood m a n on t h e job a n d w e hope he will be ab le to r e t u r n t o w o r k in a

Wilcy Dove, o u r mos t fai th

We extend our s ? . m ~ ~ a t l l y to Bral ie- mall J lay In the loss of 111s fa the r .

Ktllrl Copeland h a s been l a s i n g off ior five or 51s days c n r c r l a l n i n g a guest. Some on eisct may be \vei+l,inr; ic solitaire on her re tu rn .

C. 31. W a t k i n s a n d J. 1.:. W e b b a r e recent recrui l rookie olJer:rtors, pick- r ~ l u[> anlong the l l u n ~ e g u a r d , a1111 a r c espected to dcvelou in to rea l overa - 101'8.

Agent F. JI. Kcalt?., :rt I:ldritlgc, c*on- tinues to be the busiest n u n in t h a t vicinity w!th t h e l u ~ n h e r h u ~ i l l e s s r a w id1.v gron'lng. Some of the o1)crators a ~ , o u l ~ d B i r -

mingham a r e wondr r inx \vhut h a s of Operator H o r a c e E. Call f r o m

Jaspcr, who used to be w e l l q u i t e o f - ten on Second .\venue under ~ > r c l t ~ ~ l s c of collecting the house ren t .

Wonders will n c w r cease ! A g e n t 0. P. Salter, a t P;~low, hits r)urcli;1sed a Ford.

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li.\Tl.: .\lASSlI.:. ltc2l)ortcr

\lye h ; ~ d :L vary wct l i o l i t l ; ~ ~ season . I t rained a n d rained.

Miss Lula J lauley, sLenogmpher. e n - jo>.ed the hollrlays wi th he r e i s t e r i l l

Sew Orleans. J. 0. Scales. l o r m r r l y ern~~1uyc.d in

agent's offlce a t HI)-thcviIlc, h a s sue- cecded J. L. Vrsivcr, Jr.. a s a s s i s l : i ~ ~ l 1:1te clerk in th i s offic8e.

\Ve enjoyed a little: v i s i t f r o m -\I. 0. Ho;u recca~~tly, fo rmer ly cm],logctl az rate clcrlc in th i s oflice, I I O W wi th tlic B. & 0.. I,ouisville. I iy .

R. C. Shcphard. rctirctt bri(1g.e dis- patchcr, \vas a l s o :I pleasan t v i s i to r . estcndin; gl .eet ings to a l l old a s s o - ciates and fricrlds.

JI. I\'. Llunkiu a n d wi fe \vc.rc 1iolitl:ls visitors i l l Grc.c11\vood. >liss.

DORA, ALABAMA

I?. .\I. SCOTT, Rel jo r te r

I:. 1,. S c r r c n kcl>t o1)c11 1111usc S e n , YcLLI,'?. day gcLting tlie r t , t u r n s oL thc . \ i ;~i~an~;c-Sta~ifor(I iootb;rll game. H e had a nen' . \ t w a t e r - K e n t rad io ins la l l - srl just fo? t h i s ~ ~ c ~ l ' l , o s e . T h e r c l u r ~ ~ s \r'erc rcce lvc~l I)y h i ~ n th rou ,g l~ a S t % \ \ ' Turk stat ion. \vl~ic*li w a s c ! o i ~ ~ ~ c c t e d direct wi th Host: Howl.

Nr. a n d .\Irs. .I:alph Connc,ll S I ) I , I I ~ the 1wlid;rys wi th A11.s. Connell 's wrr- ~ n t s 111 Tc~nl~cssec . Ra l l )h r c g o r t s t h e I ~ u ~ l t i n g ~ o o d there.

I h v c Gaylor a n d fnmi ly s j )en t t h e liolidavs In Sou th . \ l n b ~ t m ; ~ wit11 Nrh . ~ a ~ l o l : ' s pa ren t s .

Gray Hichardson a n d f a m i l y s t ~ e n t the holir1:iys wiLh rc1:ltives in J l )ncs - Iwrn* .irk.

Mr. : ~ n d ?Jrs. I.. S. SliiClelt xis i ted Mr. Shif lct t ' s m o t h e r ill . \dams\*illc

the b ranch t r a i n s c o m e in. n'. J. l \ lc ; \ lur t r~n. co~~clr tctor . moved

from 1 ) o r ; ~ t o Rl r rn ingh ;~rn . l r c is 011 t h e H i r n l i n r l i n n ~ c s t r n hoard. Bil l

1P:lvo us. (:. 0. C:rylor, conduc tor . sccond job.

was off a wrcl i on accouut of sicli- U V - ~ . lr,, \ v t i ~ rel ieved IW II~, V. N:crl.

1 ~ 1 ~ 1 s Ol t ~ , c x t r n s e c t i o ~ i fo reman . \VXR loaned to T h r DcRard,elcl)rn (:o:~l c'orporntlnr~ to m a k e r c l n l r s t o t h e i ~ I-tnlln' br:aaich t r a c k .

;\ m o t t o f o r o p e r a t o r s : "Re sur.1, \-our r l e n r a n r c wi l l find you nut." I.ouic SliiClrlt ndtls t o t h i s wi th "T;lil l i ~ ' l i I % arc not al\v~%?'s red."

'rhc :axe fell a m o n g t h e o n ~ , r ; ~ t o r s . Firs l T r i c k 0per:llcrt S u l l i c c r ~ t nul led off. Johu .\r.'.o I )urnr~i~lrr 11'. R. R o - l \ ! ~ v l i nn srronrl Dora . Rolrurk hnrnl)in:: . .. -~ John~)ic . .Tohnson O I I th ird. Tunrlo. .

C laudr l'atrirlc hid in n j13t1 in .Xmorv tha t w a s Intcr- pullrcl off. Hr r e t u r n e d to D o ~ x a n d rausr*rl cluitr :I hit of Ilumplng n m o n g tlie flrrrncn. R, C .

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N O - O X - I D I.,ocomotive boi lers hcforc2 1SS7 w e r c considered sub jcc t to a l l Lhe w v a g e s

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DEARBORN CHEMICAL CO. 299 Broadway, New York 310 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago

Serving Steam Unern Since 1887

LOCAL F R E I G H T OFFICE MEMPHIS , T E N N .

"It'lo~)" \\ ,as f o r m a n y ycmars a s s i s t a ~ i t ~ ) l : ~ t f o l , n l t ' o ren~an .

(!. T. .lohnson w a s Llic successful Riddc~ ' o n a s s i s t a n t g ln t fo rm f o r c m i r ~ ~ ptrsition.

T h o s e thill s1)cllt t l l ~ ho l idays ;It home H-PFC: F a y e Barbcc . Jonesi joro: T. 1.:. B r y a n t . J u n c s b o r ~ ~ : Gorilon R o b t,l.tsrrn. 3 loun la in G ~ I I ~ F , hlo.; W. ('. Hnnli l ton, I iox ic ; C la rcnce J l n u p i ~ l . I l o s i e : J. 1'. W r i g h t , H o s i c : F r a l ~ l i 1l;lur.r. Thirver: Lrrn l):rvis. H o u s t o ~ ~ . - . >I ins.

1,:. D. C:~uhlc liax bcen ass igned posi- t ion of n i g h t chief clcrlc, t h a t vilc:cl~c) I)c,ing 11i;tdc by 1'. E. 13ar\vi:II c-nil];: to 1T'rsL 3lomphis .

\\-m. I-. U i l l i n r s i s n o w a?sistnli: elisrmsition c le rk . t a k i n z Caublc 's

s p e n t s r v r r a l d a y s reccn t ly in H i c k - nmn. I iv . . v i s i t i n a relat ives.

~16wa'; .d ~ a s l c i is now rliicf rnes- s e n g c r in t h i s officc. ro rn ing t o u s f r o m Jtansficld. Mo.

S . I,. Oliver spen t S e w Yr;cr's clay wi th f r i ~ , n A s nra r9 Hells, Tenrc.

Mrs. J. I\:. Tnnkers lcv . wi fe o f co t - Inn calrrk h a s r c t u r n c d f r o m :I v is i t

- - ~ - - ~ ... - - H a n o v e r , n i ~ h t c le rk , S I W I ~ I

scvercll dn?s 1,cccntly i l l Chicago a l ~ t l 31 i l \vaukec.

Geo. R. H u m p h r e y , s t a t i o n account - a n t , m u s t h a v e h a d x l a r g e Chr l s11n ; l~ i~l;lsmuc:h a s ;I f ew dilyn nftcrwi~rr l?r 111, s l ~ r : ~ i l l o d i l l 1 : ~ n l ~ I c . 011 ~ ~ l t e r i n ~ ill<' In'irst S a t i o n a l Hank . J l ay h a s no\\, cliscardcd h i s cane.

E. I). Cauhle Inusl h a v e envied 1k1y \v;lll<ing a r o u n d wit11 a canc , a n y w a y . hc. too. h a s t c spraillerl ank le .

W e w c r e v e r s so r r? - t o h e a r of thv cle-ath of N r . a n d 3I1.s. (!. I,. Huddlcx- ton 's i n f a n t son on J ; ~ n u n r r R. 311%. fluddlt!ston w a s f o r m e r l y s t e n o g r a p h e r in th i s oflicar.

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c h ; ~ n c c . \Vnylnnd h a s not h r c n In t h i s ,rfricc v r r r long. rorn1,ng h e r e f rom \\:~%.;t J leniphis . 1)11t I S \vr l l -knn\vn , a n i o ~ ~ c t h ~ . hoys an11 \vc n1.r s o r r y thnt I I I \ is Jca\- in^.

BIRMINGHAM T E R M I N A L S

Rrlly J l a r i c . a g e four , d a u g h t e r of S l ~ o l ) C h e c k e r C. E. r.osrnbaun1. w a s h111-net1 to d e a t h on Dcrc tnbr r 17, w h e n iwr c4l0thi11~ rnux l i t firo a t itn open gp;tte. T h r l i t t l e Rirl \!-as rushed t o I I I ~ . I~osp i tn l , h u t dierl a s h o r t Lime a f - Ivr h e r a r r i v a l there. T h e sympath t . of a11 terni i l~; i l e m ~ ) l o v c s is e s t< ,ndc t l tn Lhe 1~erc;lvccl pa ren t s .

Mr. a n d Mrs. Roscnbaum a l s o dcs i rc t o ex tend t o t h e Fr i sco e m ~ ~ l o y c s the i r ;rr>prerlation of t h e Iovrlv f lowers S C ' I I ~ t I11.m.

Uu I ) c c c n ~ b v r 20. u l ~ o u l 1:511 v. 111.. t ' o rn~er S w i t c l ~ n l a u autl Y;rrtllllastcr C;. L. Duns ton 1)asscd a w a y a f t e r severa l w e e k s illness. Mr. Uuns tou w a s one

o u r wishus f o r u Ikappy a n d success- fu l fu ture .

We a r e g l a d to report t o t h e m a n s f r iends of Anton Scherrev. roadmas te r .

O'Meli:~, cuxineer on Lhe cen t ra l division. who h a s becrr very seriously ill a n d w a s removed f rom his home ill F o r t Smith to a St. Louis hosuital . , a r a d u a l l y i lnl~roving. G. 0. S u l p h s t e p s f o r t h w i t h g r e a t

uride since the a r r i v a l of his g r a n d - son, Kelleam Grier . J r .

ProvlnM to be t rue to his favor i te car , W. \\i. Clayl~oul has a g a i n ~ ~ u r - chased a Cllevrolat, this t ime a beautiful Landau.

\\ 'edding bells lwve r u n g f o r E. H. C;i~'stensen, who took unto himself i t wife on J a n u a r y 8. \Ve a l l join i l l w is i i in r them a long a n d hal)r)y m a r - ricd Ilfe.

E r n e s t Oliver, machinist apprentice- hit F o r t Smith. who has been in t h e St . Louis hospitul, is much improved a n d ab le to be back home. however, will no t be ab le to resume h is du t ies for a while.

One of t h e v i s i to rs d u r i n g t h e pas t month w a s J. W. Fitsjohn. o f Nonet t . 310. Mr. F i tz john w a s s t r ickcn w i t h ~ ~ a r a l y s i s somet ime a g o whi le on h is engine enroute to t h i s t e rmina l a n d w e were pleased to see t h a t h e h a s suf - ficiently recovered t o g e t a b o u t w i t h a p p a r e n t ease.

Chr i s tmas b r o u g h t i t s usual amount O C d i i~mond r ings a n d the possessor of one of the most gorgeous s tones is J l i rs K a t h r y n e JIcAIahon. No doubt, th i s means more wedding bells.

E a r l Hal le r , who recently underwell l a minor operat ion in t h e Frisco hospi- t a l a t St. Louis, is back a t work.

Undoubtedly you have oftell heart1 of the deliciohs apples from Arkan- sas. Well , the office force a t For1 Smith can sure ly vouch for this, a s wu ~:xpericnced a rea l t r e a t t h e o ther day when C. B. Colcmxn. of B e n t o ~ ~ v i l l t sen t u s a box of h i s choice aaples.

STORE D E P A R T M E N T FT. S M I T H , ARK.

of t h e oldest employes ill Mirn~ing' l~anr tcrrninal, hav iug en te red service on .\larc.ll :, 1305. I l e is surv ived by a wife a n d urle daughter .

Uur hear t fe l t synlpatlly is es tended I O A\l~.s. Dunston a n d diruglttcr b'ran-

who w a s recently in jured in a motor c a r accidcnt. t h i ~ t he w a s a b l e t o pax th i s office a l i t t l e visi t recently a n d is g r e a t l y i ~ n p r o v i n ~ .

A number of B'rluco cml~loyes art , t a k i n g ;rdvanLrrge of t h e o ~ ~ l ) o r t u n i t > 10 s ludy la\v a n d a r c regular ;ttLencl- a n t s a t the class recently formed

C I S . ,\[iss Autie Cranfortl, s t c n o g r a ~ > h e l '

in chicf inspector's ofllce, spent the hulidays will1 her p a r c n t s in U e l m o n ~ .

rlere. U. H. Bet t s h i ~ s agent some t ime this

month on the ccn t rn l division checkinu payrolls .

J. \V., Fitsgeralcl was a most welcome vlsitol. in o u r offices recently.

Miss. Miss L a u r a Grcenough, s tgnqgraphcr

in super in tendent termlnalx utlice, returned on J a n u a r y 5 f rom Alontrcal. Can.. where she w e n t to sucnd t h e hulidays wi th 1Icr paren ts . She repor t s the t l l e r n ~ o m e t e r as rcE'islcrillu .'just eleve11 I~clow" when s h e left. Be- lieve t h a t is one rcason why s h e l ikes

and , a s cus tomary , hc had his f u n n y s t o r r w i t h him.

D u r i n g the wr i te r ' s absence. X i s s Louisc Nagrucler, of F t . Smith. most efficieutly lilled t h e position of s tenog- r a o h e r in th i s office. G e " G i n y south."

Mrs. J. J. Connolly, wi fe of o u r t ra inmas te r . is i m l ~ r o v i n g a f t c r sev- OFFICE O F S U P E R I N T E N D E N T

FT. SMITH, ARK. era1 w e e k s illness. Bill Clerk J. 31. B a t e s is t h e proull

f a t h e r of a bouncing baby g ~ r l whlch came t o reside a t h i s houae o n J a n - u a r y 1. a lovcly "New Year's gift."

R e p o r t Clerk H a r r y Gann is a l so smilinc- over t h e a r r iva l of a baby gir l \Vish Lo t a k e th i s upl)ortunity of

t i ~ a l ~ l i i n g \\'. I.,. lJiercey, a u e n t a t Tali- a t h i s h o u s e on J a n u a r y 3. W e a r e very glad to scc Yard Clerk

A. C. Hanson back on t h e job agalll a f i e r hav ing spent th ree months ill the St . Louis hos1)ital.

Mrs. F. C. Finch, wi fe of swi tchman. died on J a n u a r y I) and h e r remains wcre sen t to Hazen, Ark. , for burial . s h e 1~; lves a husband a n d one daugll-

hinu, f o r the beautiful holly seltt us f o r Cllr is tmas a n d E. H. Harvev . ; I C - ~ > I I I

a t \Vest F o r k , for the wonde~. fu ldap- pies, a n d a s s u r e them t h a t t h r ~ r tlioughLfulness is Very much appreciated b y al l .

.\I ISS Helen Will iams, i ra inmas te r ' s s t e l ~ o ~ r n l ~ h u r , composed a s o n g f o r t l i i U e l t ? ~ Omicron Omicrrln fv ;~ tevni tv - - -~ ~-

Ler to whom we ex tend o u r s y ~ n p a t h y . Jno. L. Godsey, timclceeper, 1s non'

t h e proud posscsxor of a Ford road- s t e r which hc reccntly purchased.

JIrs. 0. L. Young a n d d n u q h t e r Wil- m a have r e t u r n c d froni H V I S I ~ l o re la - I ives in Kauxas.

- - -~~ . - ~ ~ ~ . ~ ... --. - - - which she s a n g a t their a n n u a l ( 'hr is t- m a s dance. W e a r e very proud ttl~ have a "composer" in o u r midst.

E. E. Craddock, file c le rk , and dauahtcr . Lorene. visited X r . Crad- doc.1,'~ f a t h e r a n d m o t h e r In Dallas. Tes.. d u r i n g t h e holidays.

.1nnounccmcnt h a s j u s t bcen received of t h e m a r r i a g e of \Vavnc B I R M I N G H A M F R E I G H T HOUSE F o r d a n d Agnes Baut t s . of R o a e r x Ark. Mr. F o r d is a son bf J. J. pard.

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S. C. Stecilrnan, s ta t ion ;iccount;lnt. has bern promoted to t rave l ing a u d - itor. W e a r e s o r r y to lose you J l r . S teedman a s each a n d every olle of us have enjoyed w o r k i n g w i t h you a n d shall miss vou lots. However , you just can't k e e p - a goocl m a n down and wc wish for vou t h e v r r y best of luck. Here ' s hol5nK you'll be down real soon to check u s up a n d then, won't wr

J. A, blankinsh ip . division s t o r r - keeper a t IIemphis, toge ther with his wife and daughter . Helen Doris, spcnl t h e holidays in F o r t Smith a s the Ruest of Mr. Blankins l~ ip ' s parcn ts .

H. F. Shlvers, o f K a n s a s City, a n d who is also a correspondent , f o r the ;U:rgazine, spent Chr i s tmas In F o r t Smith v i s i t i n r his mother.

Mr. and ilIrs. Dewey 31. Windrh. whose m a r r i a g e w a s a n event of last month, nrr ived in F o r t Smith on J a n - unry 4 a n d havc t a k e n a n apar tment on North F i f t h Strcet .

T h e s t o r e department wishes to talcr th i s oppor tun i ty to ex tend the i r bes t y i q h e s t o Mr. H u a h e t t , fo rmer ly di- vlslon accountan t . who w a s t r a m - fe r red to i l I e m ~ h i s . Whi le w e r e g r e t very much to losc Mr. H u z h e t t we e s -

sect ion foreman a t Pt. Smith - -. - - ~ - - -... A. 31. L e i t s e i l a;ho h a s been suffer-

in-. f r o m a n a t t a c k of t h e flu, hxs sufficiently recovered to be back 0 1 1 the job.

Mr. and N r s . A. T. Thorson have r e - tu rned f rom a visi t w i t h relat ives and f r iends in St. Louis, W e s t P la ins an11 Spril~atlcfild, JIo.

JIrs . C. L. 3I:lhnn was ral led to 1.0s .\ngelen, Calif., on account of t h e iliness of her daughter . W e wish for ;I speedy recovery.

:\ happy marr ied life is o u r wish to Mr. a n d Xrs. I3nrncst C:~rs tensen , a l - though we a r e "sorter" peeved a t I h r n e s t f o r s l ipp ing t h i n g s over 011

shine! John P. Lxney, t lemurrngr c le rk ,

hurcceded JIr . Steedman a s s ta t ion accountan t . Good !,uck, Mr. Lanes .

Even thourrh Windv Howell" ha? US. Mr. a n d Mrs. C. H. Davenpor t a n d

dauc-htcr. Helen. s p e n t New Year 's day wi th f r iends in Springfield.

4 s a fa rcwel l cour tcsv t o Mrs. F. C. H u g h e t t . w h o is g o i n k t o Memnhis to I-eside. t h e fol lowing "Frisco" Iad- ies en te r ta ined w i t h a br idge lunchcon :rt t h e home oC Mrs. E. E. Car lo tk . .Tanuary 1 4 : Mesdames P e r r y T o p p i n r . E. L. Collettc. E. E. Carlock. A. >I. T,citzell. J. R, Adamx. S. T. Cantrel l a n d TT. 31. Rooth. The g u e s t , o f honor w a s prescntetl wi th :I m n r l \ v ~ c h tray.

MECHANICAL D E P A R T M E N T FT. S M I T H , ARK.

left I;<. ~ i r " i ~ i n r r 1 1 ~ m <till c la ims t h e . - - -. . - - - - - - - -. ~ .~.-- - - -

Wind Jammer's-:hampionship as i v r have R a y 411en. a l ias "Windy -4llen." wi th u s a n d a r c ho ld ing Mr. Morton in tend to h im o u r vcry best wishes for

good luck in h i s n e w field. Mr. a n d N r s . H. E. B u r g e s s have re -

tu rned f rom Indianapolis w h e r e they visi ted the i r son w h o i s in t h e Navy a n d w a s do ing land d u t y for a month. before g o i n g h;Icli to sea. Mr. B u r g - ess is in t h e water service depar tment

W e a r e s o r r y to r r p o r t the illness of .T, M. Blankinship, s torehelpcr a t F o r t S n ~ i t h . JIr . Rlanli inship is sufl'ering from a n a t t a c k of as thma.

Dan Cupid has been h u s y in the me- rhanical depar tment ! E r n e s t Cars ten- nen a n d R u t h R y a n w e r r marr ied on .Tanuary 8, a t the home of Rev. B. V. Perguson , in Hill Crest . ATr. and Mrs. Roy J', Ronn w r r e t h e only a t t ~ n r l a n t s . 3rrs. R y a n is one of t h e most n t t r a r - t ive y o u n g Ixdies of t h e city. and \vv ex tend rongra tu la t ions to them both. They wilre presented wi th a heautif l l l l inen tnhle cloth a n d n a p k i n s b y 3Ir. Carstensen's co-workers. They a r e a t home a t a n a p a r t m e n t o n Nor th S ix th Street .

reserve. Mr. Morton comes in occa- s iona l ly a n d exercises Mr. Allen. bu t w e are nnt ahle t o de te rmine which .. ... - ... - .~ -.. . . -. - one is due to t h e tit!?, d u e to t h e fact t h a t they a r e l ike a merry-go-round." They a r g u e f o r hours a n d never net , ~ n v w h e r e . I n t h e very ncar f u t u r e a dxle is n o i n r to be sc t to dr te rminc -~ .- - ,just whg' is c 'han~pion, the ~ , e p o r t e r ac t - i n r a s c h a i r n ~ n n .

I CENTRAL DIVISION I ACCOUNTING D E P A R T M E N T

FT. S M I T H , ARK. Thc: l iol idas season brougll t t h e usual longing to he home. a n d a m o n g t h e visi tors werc Misses P e a r l and N a r y Heyburn , of G a r s , Tnd.. a n d Miss Raphae l Heyburn , of K a n s a s City. who w e r e t h e g u e s t s of the i r parents . N r . a n d ATrs. J. D. Tlcyhurn.

Mr. a n d Mrs. 0. G. L a w s w e n t to Cabool. No., to be w i t h t h e home folks.

F r a n k Reed, Jr,, of Chicago. spcrit Chr i s tmns wi th 111s parents . Mr. and AIrs. F r a n k Rced, of F o r t Smith.

Our in re rest ~ y m p a t h v I S extendcd to G. C. Shields in t h e dea th of his fa ther . which orcur red December 2-1 in Springfield, No.

TVc a r e pleased to I r a r n t h a t J. E.

F. C . H u g h e t t , division accountan t . h a s been t ransfer red to 3 I e m ~ h i s . Tenn. H i s appoin tment w a s effect ive January 17. 1927, and L. R. Reed. f r o m t h e w e s t shops a t Springfield. No., h a s been appointed division accountan t on Ihe cen t ra l division. J u s t before 311. H u g h e t t ' s depar ture from y t Smith. he w a s presented w i t h a blllfold b%. t h e employes in h i s office. To both Jlr . H u g h e t t a n d >TI'. Reed, we extend

ENGINEERING D E P A R T M E N T FT. S M I T H , ARK.

(:R.\VCE FTETR17RS, Re1)ortr.r

A bet te r service and claim preven-

tion meetinp w a s held in t h c superill- tendent's office o n Sa turday , J a n u a r ? S. which w a s conductcd according to 1,roper form. ancl noted for t h e m a n s items ul, for correct ion a n d considera-

t h e oft'iccs of thc m ; ~ s t e r mrchanic a n d division s torekeeper o n 1)eccmber 23. w h e n a n e s c h a n g e of comic g i f t s w e r e made between superv isors a n d oMice forces. \Irilliam Phillips. genera l forclllan, presen ted W. 3. l.'oley a twenty-one jewel Howard watch. hIr. Phillips' prescnta- tiqfl sl)eech, in par t , wax:

T a k e it, my fr icnd, wear i t th rough your honorable llfe and a t your dea th present i t to someone who is near and tlcar to you. And when your t r e m b l i n r soul s t a n d s naked and a lone bcfore the Grea t \\'bite Throne, may i t be ?our port ion. Oh, my fr icnd, to h c a r f r o m I l i m who s i t t e t h a s ' J u d g e Supreme t i i ~ weltwnia worcls, \\'ell done, good nnd f a i t h f ~ l l xcrvant , c n t e r in to the joys of thy T'ord.':'

4 . Rodgers, englnecr, h ~ s returnc'd f r o m Prcscot t , Arizona, where he visited h i s wife ~ n t l clnughter.

T. B. Reese a n d Howard Recse, engineers, a r e enjoy in^ & visit to Piqua. Ohio, wiLh the i r mother. W. H. Keil ler , engineer, s p e n t a n en-

joyable m o n t h in California, v i s i t ing relat ives. J lrs . Kei l le r visited h e r p a r - e n t s in I n d i a n a a t t h e s a m e time.

Will iam Phil l ips, genera l foreman. is now s l n g l n g a new song. "No J I X - tvr \Vhere Shc Goes o r W h a t She Does, She's St i l l hIy Baby".

The walls in t h e r o u n ( 1 h o u s ~ look p r e t t y b:iw since Mr. Dingnian h a s been hnrc' and removed tlic blue prints .

m a s \ r i th h e r p a r e n t s a t Springfield. Blanche is o u r distr ibution clerk, a n d handles thc job to perfection.

Floyd Wright , main tenance clerk. a n d fami ly s p e n t a f e w d a y s visi t ing Mr. Wright ' s paren ts a t Hunter . Ex- pect t h e y had a good t ime "railroad- i n g ~ , a s Floyd's fn ther is t h e Frisco a g e n t a t Hunter .

JIiss AIarjoric JIaInby and JI iss Ada Dillon, w o r t l ~ y stonos, jus t couldn't resist sllending a few days in Okla- homa City, and f r o m a l l repurtx they had a n escccdingly go:d time.

Our sympathy is extended t o Mr. and Nrs. S t u a r t I'ayson, on the d e a t h of 3Irs. Palrson's mother, who died a t Enid, J a n u a r y 13. Mr. Payson has been a c t i n g I .ontl~nastcr s ince hIr. Hinkle ' s illness.

tion. The distr ibution of power mns talkcd

of, and it was decicled t h a t t h e heavier 1 2 0 0 class engines could be operated betwoen JIuslcogee nnd Okmulgcc. I t in felt t h a t this will snve some doubling, consrt luently decrease t h e cost on tha t par t of the Biuskoge(, s u b division.

K s t r i ~ gal lg 14, n'iiich hzltl a n c'stt'll- s i r ? rclay jub s o u t h o f b'~)t-t Smilil, h;ls been indctinitely laid off, and E s t r x (;an-. Foreman Frnnicx h a s rc turned to his former position a s section forernan a t I<'or-t Gibson.

We h w r t h a t R a t h r y n e 3Ichlahon is n-raring a beautiful sol i taire which she refuses to comment on. s a v e f o r all inscrutable smile.

Mrs. C. L. Mahan w a s called to Cal- ifornia on account of t h e i l lness of

RIVER DIVlSION her daughter .

\Vo a r e v e r y g lad to repor t t h a t there were no personal in jur ies dur - ing t h e month of Deccmher on t h e 72nd t rack division, which t r a c k division is under t h e supcrviuion of Thom- a s JIadison, roadmaster .

.A. S c h e r ~ y . ~.oacImnster, who mas injured in 0ctohe13 when h is motorcar jumped the traclt. 11as re turned f rom the hospital tn h i s home a t F o r t Smi th . and is improving nicclsr.

A ge t - toge thcr m e e t i n g of t h e foremen on the 72nd t rack division war; hcld hy JIr . JIadison, roadmas te r , a t Por t Smith on Sunday, J a n u a r y 3 6 . The purpose of these meet ings is to give the foremen k~ c!hnnce to a s k a n v question for t h e he t te rment .of th*. service. Blr. Collette w a s presen t an11 m;itle some r e m a r k s which mere benp- ficinl in connection w i t h handl ing m a t - ters of t rack work in a more efficient mannor. Also. ?dr. Brown. of tlic sun- intendent motive power's office. made a very i n t e r e s t i n c ta lk on t h e r a r e a n d proper operat ion of motor cars .

Ed. Cmndall . R. & R. clerk. w a s confined to his homr severa l d a y s dur in? the l a t t c r p a r t of Dacemher o n account of a severe cold.

Paul Snhrnitz, f o r m r r rodman in t h e ventral division cnqineer ing depar t - mcnt, hns t a k e n a position a s asemall on construcl ion work a t hhrrdecll .

OFFICE O F D IV IS ION ACCOUNTANT-CHAFFEE, MO.

We have s t a r t e d t h e Xew Y e a r wi th :I ncw boss. L. \V-. P i ~ l c i r ~ h a s desert- ed u s for F t . Scot t so S. \V. Booth came lo o u r rescue.

\Ire xre s o r r y to s a y we have lost a membvr of o u r Tr ip le F Club. N i s s Catherine Welsh , s tenographer for m a s t e r mcchanic, has lTeturned to Sarinsfivld w h e r e she is w o r k i n g in the geuera l ofrice. B u t when we lost hrxr, we gained anothe17, Miss Lorena liollingt*r is now the s tenographer for t hc t ra inmnsters .

TRANSPORTATION D E P A R T M E N T W E S T E R N DIVISION-ENID

\V. 9. Johnston, opera tor w a s callcd home oll account of his ndphew bei11.c s e r i o ~ ~ s l v i l l . -

Conductoi* I,. H. Hinos visited t h e office one d a y las t week, altd we were a l l g lad t o see him a n d to k n o w t h a t h e w a s recovering s o rapidly f r o m in- ju r ies sus ta ined November 4 , last , when h is caboose derai led. Mr. H i n e s hopes to he back a t w o r k before very long.

While papi11g off a bunch of J lcxi- c a n s f rom one of t h e e x t r a g a n g s re - cently, "Pat" Hayes, o u r genia l chief clerlc, uslced thc? spokesman h is name in order to issue a pass to him a n d t h e res t of the men. Came t h e skar t l ing reply, "Pa t r ick lolynn".

The position of complet ion repor t clerk 1x1s been abolished in t h e divi- s ion acc,ountant's ofl'ice, a n d we a1.e s o r r y to love J a c k Gillis, who has been doing this work since J u n e 26 . H c has made a host uf f r iends while in Enid. FIe will be a t thc Snpulp:l office in the

- - . . - . . . Xrs . Lee Tavlor, wife of condur*tol,.

is t h e ln deatll Chicago of h e r ~~~~~~e qi-tor she was called bv - ..-- - -----.

E a r l E'atcllett, yard clerk. w a s rush- e d to t h e hospital l a s t week f o r a n on- erat ion. We. a r e gl:id to s a y hc is i ~ n - ~ j r o v i n c r n n ~ d l v ~. .

R. 6: McKnight . weight m a s t e r is in t h e hospital suf fe r ing f r o m b&n- cia1 nneumonia.

Niss, The rng inecr ing depar tment h:is

hcen reduced hp c u t t i n q off onc t rans- itman, one roclmnn an11 two chainrlti-

H.^A. m t c h i i ~ , f l ~ n F o r t sco t t . h a s "humr)ed" o u r genera l clerk. Haro ld Fariz?. H e e s ~ l e c t s to b r i n g h i s f a m - ily here as soon as possible.

T h e I?. of R. C. had a very en thus- i s t ~ c meet ing on J a n u a r y 13. W e elected officers for the year 1 9 2 7 a n d i n i t i : ~ t ~ d three ncw memhers. w e werc f o r t u n a t e to havc H. T2. Sull ivan with u s a n d also o u r local cha i rman. . \ lor~zo I*'o~.en~all. After :I very ;I],- 1)ctizing lunch had heen served the re- nlxinder of t h e c v c n i n c was spcnt in r1:lncing.

I WESTERN DIVISION I MECHANICAL AND STORES DEPT.

ENID , OKLA. lu ture . J o l ~ n : "WhaL's Scotch fov 'incense?' "

DTCRTNSON a n d WILLI.UIS. Repor te rs i h v i d : "Xonsense!" C. EL Schofield, who has bcen hold-

i n g down the job of chninman in the division engineers ' offire, lef t the se r \ - - ice t h e tlrst of t h e year, in ordcr to r e t u r n to collegc. B c s t of luck. ~ r o o k s .

J I i s s Bonnie King . who h a s been w o r k i n g in t h e frciql t t agcnt 's office a s a s s i s t a n t claim c le rk a n d 0 . S. & I). c lerk, Enid, 1 1 % ~ acccptcd a position w i t h o n e of t h e business houses here a n d is no longer onc of t h e "Family". Miss K i n g en te red t h e service of t h c Fr i sco August 20, 1017 , nnd me r e g r e t losing' her, a n d hope t h a t h e r new position will bring' hcr every success and l~appinesx.

Niss Christ ine Jlalaby h a s been a s - s i r n e d the llosition vaca t id by JIiss

MECHANICAL D E P A R T M E N T CHAFFEE, MO. It nlight scem t h a t w e of t h e west-

ern division a r e s o m e w h a t inclined to be rcluc4ant in cont r ibu t ing to o u r Xagazine, bu t w e wish to a s s u r e a l l that a n y pror rns t ina t ion ln t h i s respect is ducb to reasons o t h e r t h a n o u r regard for t h e Magazine and t h e Frisco's wes te rn d i r i s ~ o n . a s ure have reasons t o be, a n d a re , proud of both. \Ve cannot boast o f w h a t w r have donr f o ~ t h e XIaqaz~ne a n d a r e not ~oin: : to hoast , b u t let t h e r ~ c o r d s speak £01 w h a t we have n ~ r o m p l l s h c d on the best divisiou of t h e best rnll- load in t h e I'nitctl S ta tcs to1 the \ e a r

Cce, a s he on ly s tayed a week. J o h n Sachlmr . of K a n s a s Citv. h a s heen t ransfer rcd to the job. i v e a l l hope Mr. S a c h b a r will l ike Cltaffee. a n d wi l l tit:?\- - -.--

Phil l in I. Shil)man w a s t ransfer red . -~~

just passed. 'Tis proudly t h a t we repo1.t t h a t the

employes of the Fr i sco a t th i s point werc t l i ~ la rges t cont r ibu tors of a n y

~ m g . F 1 ~ ~ n l c I-Iinltle, roadmas te r , h a s been

conllnecl to his b r d for several weeks. shor t s t a y in Chaffee, a n d me know h~ will m a k e m a n v more. corporation o r business concern, ~n the

rac'ent drive f o r the Enid Community Chest Fund, which chest i s composed of four organizat ions, namely: Y. \V. C.. A,, Salvation Army, Associated C h m - i t ~ e s and Boy Scouts. \Ve a r e a l l glad to have done o u r p a r t in t h e f u r t h c r - a w e of such a w o r t h y cause.

The Yulet ide s p i r i t w a s mani fes t in

but believe he is now on the road to r w o v e r y . We'll be mighty glad to hovc F r a n k bnult wi th us.

Mr. xnd Mrs. Dave Thorn ton of the divisioll accountant 's office, s p e n t the holidavs v i s l t inz l'ric\nds and relat ivcs

\Vender h o w Leo S t e r n b e r g is ge t - t i n g a long , W e haven't heard f rom him since h e w a s t ransfer red to Mem- phis. W h y don't you come up and visit the old town some time, Leo?

J e s s Iludley, pipefitter apprentice. has re turncd to work a f t e r being off s e v e w i n ~ o n t l l s on account of s ickness.

Lt ~ o p l i n . JIiss RInnchc Hicks , spent Christ-

GLOBE TRACKLESS DOOR HANGER 1.

EASY TO OPERATE-DURABLE-PILFER PROOF Can not lose off or swing out at bottom

GLOBE RAILWAY EQUIPMENT CO. ST. LOUIS, Mo.

I S I P E 9 S Paint Materials for Every Railroad Purpose I JAPAN OIL ENAMEL OIL

COMBINATION JAPAN OIL / S 1 P E ' S JAPAN SPIRITS PASTE PAINTS

1 JAMES B. SIPE & COMPANY Chamb" Pittsbur.h. of Com-erce Pa. Bldg. I

GLOBE OIL AND REFINING CO. REFINERS OF

GASOLINE, KEROSENE, DISTILLATE, GAS OIL and FUEL OIL R e f i n e r y on Frisco L i n e s - B L A C K W E L L . OKLA.

Sales Dept., 609 Kennedy Bldg., TULSA, OKLA.

I 51 1 Railway Exchanpe Bldg.

KANSAS CITY. MO. I I 867 Roland St., Memphis, Tenn. I

J. W. MCMURRY CONTRACTING CO.

R. R. & Bridge Contractors

R. L. Bartholomew General Railroad

Contractor

Railroad Contractors I I @& Tabulating & Accounting Machines

415 Railway Exchange Building N ~ J $ ~ Time Recorders - Scales

I LIST CONSTRUCTION CO. International Business Machines Corporation

Peter Adamson Coal and Mining

Company

I KANSAS CITY, MO.

Illincs Located

ON FRlSCO AT DAWSON

5 0 Broad S t NEW YORK, N. Y.

PHONE RURAL 91

Tulsa - - Oklahoma

Midvale Coal Co. I HIGH GRADE STEAM I A N 0 DOMESTIC COAL I

I Chemical Bldg. ST. LOUIS, MO. I E. G. Fike & Company Bridge Construction-Railroad Construction

ILoonis 20-22 Xebraska Building Tclepllone Din1 3-2458

TULSA, OI<LA.

1 LEE WILSON & CO. WILSON, ARKANSAS

hfanufacturera of

Band - Sawn Southern Hardwoods

In Fighting Fire - SOLVAY

CALCIUM CHLORIDE as eff~ct ius times water

Write for Booklet NO. 8255

THE SOLVAY SALES CORPORATION 4 0 Rector St. New York

Southern Wheel Co.

MANUFACTURERS OF

CHILLED IRON CAR WHEELS

PLANTS: ST. LOUIS BIRMINGHAM. A L A ATLANTA. GA. SAVANNAH. GA. PORTSMOUTH. VA. PITTSBURGH. PA. ROCHESTER. N. Y. SAYRE. PA.

CLEVELAND. OHIO

-

HARDIE -TYNES MFG. CO.

Corliss and Throttling E~~gincs

AIR COMPRESSORS

BIRMINGHAM. ALA.

BIND YOUR RECORDS Into Permanent Books

Adopted by general and local offices of every large railroad in the Uni ted States

BINDING MACHINES

PERMANENT BINDERS

LOOSE LEAF DEVICES FOR

A L L PURPOSES

McBee Binder Co. New York St. Louis Athens

Cleveland Chicago

I AII Sizes o f Washed and Screened SAND and GRAVEL I PLANTS : PACIFIC, MO. and MOSELLE, MO. : FRISCO R. R.

ST. LOUIS MATERIAL AND SUPPLY CO. 314 N. 4th Street St. Louis, Mo.

UNION STEEL CASTING COMPANY PITTSBURGH, PA.

CARBON and VANADIUM CAST STEEL LOCOMOTIVE FRAMES

General Miscellaneous Castings for Locomotive and Car Work

You Can Buy Comfor t by the T o n

JUST MAIN ORDER

FuANKLI N \ c u T . y COAL 3050 HAWTHORN COAL COMPANY

ARCADE BUILDING YARDS:

Wholesale and Retail St. Louis and St. Louis County

Forster Paint and Manufacturing

Company WINONA, MINN.

Refiners aud LIanufacturers of

Graphite and Graphite Specialties

Roof Paint, Roof Ccmcnt, Etc.

The FRISCO uses NATIONAL TRAIN CONTROL

and will be glad t o give others the fact8 and figures o n i ts S impl ic i ty , Rel iabi l i ty , Low Cost a n d Low Maintenance.

The National Safety Appliance Co.

Railway Exchange Bldg. - CHICAGO, ILL. 57 Post Street - SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.

Against Accident and l l lnerr Use

CONTINENTAL Protection

THE SERVICE SUPREME CONTINENTAL SERVICE may be deuended uuon. .~ - ~~. ~ --

A CONTINENTAL POLICY MEANS PEACE OF MIND AND A PAY CHECK WHEN EARNINGS FROM YOUR O C C U P A T I O N A R E STOPPED. CONTINENTAL representatives may be Pound on every railroad division In the United States and Canada.

Moeualt~ Mnmptlny H. G. 6. ALEXANDER, Presldent

M@ragn General Offices: Chicano. U. S. A.

Canadian Head Offlce. Toronto

CUT OUT AND MAIL TODAY

Cunlinental Casualty Company. 910 Michlgan Avenue. Chicago. ILL.

I am emplnsed by lhe FRlSCO STSTEII

............................................................... Dlrlslon Plei~se send me Infnrmation In regard to WI I~ he :~ l l l ~ a ~ n l arcldenl ~)ollcles such as ore rarrled by hundreds of my fellow em- plnses In the Unltod Slates and Canada.

N A i C ................. .. .............. ................................ ADDRESS ............................................................

I:cbr-unry, 1927 F/G@o ,@MPLOI%S'&IGAZZNE Pnyc 77

The Mount Vernon C a r M a n u f a c t u r i n g Co.

Just completed, New Re p a i r Shop,

500' x 150'. Capacity Fully equipped with 10,000 Freight Cars; Cranes, Elec tr ic 150,000 Wheels; Heaters, etc., enabl- 20,000 tons Forgings. ing us to work in all k inds o f weather.

BUILDERS OF FREIGHT CARS MOUNT VERNON, ILLINOIS

a INCORPORATED

Journal Bearings and Bronze Engine Castings

I NEW YORK CHICAGO

SWAXDARD SEMX-S!I'EEL Y?OOniRX a O . Em OBLli, IOWA GLrnTON.lrlO.

ELECTRIC M I T M .- CUPOLA METAL

EXCLUSIVELY

MAIN PLANT AND GENERAL OFFICES

S P R I N G F I E L D . M I S S O U R I

The New York Air Brake Company

Manufactures the

STANDARD AIR -BRAKE EQUIPMENT GENERAL OFFICES

166 Broadway, New York C i t y

WORKS Watertown, New York

Hamilton Coal and Mercantile Co.

General Office-WE1R CITY, KAN. PRODUCERSOF

Hamilton (luality Coal CELEBRATED No. ! DEEP-SHAFT

Exclusive Sales Agent. M c A L E S T E R F U E L CO.

Kaneaa City. Mo.

C. H. HIGHTOWER. Sale, Manaxer

High Grade Machine Tools Amer ican Lathe. a n d Rad ia l r

Norton Grinders

Pels Punches and Shears Wateon-St i l lman Hyd. Machy.

and EFFECTIVE SERVICE

PRIME'S PLUGS

The Gideon - Anderson Co. MANUFACTURERS OF

Hardwood Lumber AND

Slack Cooperage Stock GENERAL OFFICES.

Band Saw Mi l ls and Planing Mi l ls GIDEON, MO. SALES OFFICE

AND DISTRIBUTING YARD: 110 Angelica Street

Telephone: Tyler 001 1-Tyler 0012 ST. LOUIS, MO.

St. Louis Surfacer and Paint Co.

Arl ington Ave. & Terminal Belt Ry.

ST. LOUIS. MO.

Railroad Paints, Varnishes, Enamels

Owens Paper Box Co. 413-415 N. Fist

SAINT LOUIS rL MANUFACTURERS

OF

PLAIN AND FANCY BOXES

HOUSLEY WASHOUT PLUGS FOR PROGRESSION AND SAFETY FIRST

FLUE CONN. CORP.

3938 College Ave.

INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA

--

W. H. (Bill) REAVES 1169 Arcade Bldg. St. Louls

REPRESENTING

The P. & RI. Company Rail Anchors

The National Lock Washer Co. Improved Hipower

Maintenance Equipment Co. Labor Saving Devices

Chas. Re Long, Jr. Company

LOUISVILLE

CHICAGO

All Kindm of Railway and Industrial Paints

MACHINISTS' TOOLS A N D

SUPPLIES CUTTING & THREADING TOOL8

SPARTAN HACK SAWS

H. & C. F ILES N Y E PIPE TOOL8 WRENCHES

RAILROAD SUPPLIES, ETC.

I E. H. Sachleben & Co. 2829 Locust Blvd.

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI

- Made Only By

A. Leschen & Sons Rope Co. Toap Strong

Safe Durable -

Branches NEW YORK

CHICAGO DENVER

SAM FRANCISCO

~FZ~CO ~ M P L O ~ S ~ ~ C ~ ~ Z I N L : Page 79

VILOCO RAILWAY EQUIPMENT CO.

CHICAGO

FOR DEPENDABLE SERVICE

VILOCO Improved Sanders VILOCO Bell Ringers VILOCO Automatic Rail

Washers CRESCENT Metallic Packing

DeBARDELEBEN COALS SIPSEY - EMPIRE - CORONA - CARBON HILL - HULL

For

Domestic, Steam, Gas, By-product a n d Ceramics

DeBARDELEBEN COAL CORPORATION The South's Largest Producers a n d Marketers of

HIGH GRADE COALS

BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA

Indiana and Illinois Coal Corporation I MONTGOMERY COUNTY ILLINOIS COAL

1425 Old Colony Building

CHICAGO

I Daily Capacity, 20,000 Tons Located on the Big Four and C. & E. I. Railroads

W- HORACE WILLIAMS COD, INC- ENGINEERS AND GENERAL CONTRACTORS

ANY CLASS- CONSTRUCTION -ANY SIZE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD

Specializing in Design and /or C o n s t ru c t io n of D o c k Wharves, Piers, Breakwaters, Dams, and Jetties, Bridges, Railways, Highways, Industrial Plants. All classes of Building Construction, Building Foundations.

Maintaining an Engineering Department for Consultation, Investigation, Reports, Surveys, Designs.

HOME OFFICE BRANCHES

Fifth Floor Southern Building Pensacola, Fla. Mobile, Ala. Houston, Tex. 833 Howard Avenue NEW ORLEANS, LA. Reprenentativea in Principal Cities of AII Southern States

FRISCO TERMINALS - PENSACOLA, FLORIDA Being Built by This Company

- - -

EMPIRE REFINERIES, I N C . SUBSIDIARY CITl ES SERVICE COMPANY

Petroleum Products Sales Ofices : T U L S A , OKLA.

E M PI RE

Rejinerlu : Also Operating OKMULGEE. OKLA. PONCA CITY. OKLA. PRODUCERS REFINING CO. CUSHING. OKLA. GAINESVILLE. TEXAS

I BUFFALO BRAKE BEAM CO. I 1 BRAKE BEAMS AUXILIARY SUPPORTS FOR BRAKE BEAMS 1

SLIDABLY REMOVABLE

NEW YORK BUFFALO, N. Y. ST. LOUIS

THE OHIO INJECTOR COMPANY 1437 Monadnock Block CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

Manufacturers of

OHIO LIFTING INJECTORS CHICAGO NON-LIFTING I N J E C T 0 R S

CHICAGO AUTOMATIC FLANGE OILERS, CHICAGO LUBRICATORS, OHIO LOW WATER ALARMS, CHICAGO AUTOMATIC

DRIFTING VALVES, LOCOMOTIVE BOILER ATTACHMENTS, OHIO CAB SQUIRTS

J

M I N E R Ill FRICTION DRAFT GEARS IDEAL SAFETY HAND BRAKES

SAFETY BOLSTER LOCKING CENTER PINS 111 REFRIGERATOR CAR DOOR FASTENERS SIDE BEARINGS Ill W. H. MINER, INC.

THE ROOKERY CHICAGO

Modern Locomotives are self-propelled power plants, designed and built to deliver a maximum ton-mileage per hour in proportion to fuel and water consumed. To produce such a machine requires ample experience, together with the highest type of plant and organization. We are ready to work with you in solving your motive power ~roblems.

The Baldwin Locomotive Works Philadelphia

SECURITY BLDG. CHICAGO I I Dean Centrifugal and Steam Pumps. Strong Steam Traps. I

THE KELLY ATKINSON CONST. CO. KELLY ATKINSON BUILDING CO.

KELLY ATKINSON FOUNDATION CO.

I n s o l i c i t i n g b u s i n e s s r e q u e s t m e r c h a n t s to

FREIGHT purchase f r o m i n d u s t r i e s on the FRISCO W E SELL

Gasol ine, Kerosene, Distillate Gas Oil and Free Oil

STEWART Machinery Company

41 1 Buder Bulldinm. St. Louis. MO. BURY AIR COMPRESSORS

COCHRASE Water Sotteners. Heaters and Flow Meters.

A G E N T S ANDERSON-PRICHARD OIL CORPORATION OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA.

R E F I N E R Y : C Y R I L . OKLA.

LARCO W R E N C H and MFG. CORPORATION

UNIVERSAL A L L BRASS T A N K A N D FLOAT VALVES

7800 Woodlawn Ave. Chicago, l l l ino l r

Pittsburgh Forge & Iron Co.

I PITTSBURGH, PA.

MANUFACTURERS OF

Car and Locomotive Axles Heavy Forgings

Crank Pins Piston Rods Atlas Staybolt & Engine Bolt I ron

Screw Spikes Track Bolts

CHICAGO OFFICE. RY. EXCHANGE BLDG.

S. I. SMITH Manufac tu re r o f

S. I. SMITH I Cattle Guards P. 0 . Box 522 S o u t h Side S t a t i o n

SPRINGFIELD, MO.

Unxld Railroad Fusees

INSURE SAFETY Best by Every Test

UNEXCELLED MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Inc.

N E W YORK, N. Y .

Leave11 Coal Co. MINERS AND SHIPPERS

MAGIC CITY COAL

TULSA, OKLAHOMA

I The Producers Sand to. 1 I Producers and Shippers of the I

BIG ARKANSAS RIVER CHANNEL SAND 1 S('I(ISICSI4D . \ X U \\'.\5111.:D I I 307 National Bank of Commerce Building

TcI~~)IIII~L* :;-42i2 1'. 0. HOX 21Y3 TULSA, OKLAHOMA I

I DONAHOO CONSTRUCTION GO. I I C. A. ROBERTS CO. I Constructing Engineers and

Contractors I I " SHELBY" MAIN DFFICE: Seamless Steel Tubing P. 0. BOX 1981 CHICAGO ST. LOUIS I JACKSONVILLE, FLORID* I I DETROlT INDIANAPOLIS - I

Hubbard Steel Foundry Co. Miscellaneous Car and Locomotive

Castings

PLANT AND GENERAL OFFICES:

E. CHICAGO, INDIANA

SWEDOX -

WELDING RODS, WIRES & ELECTRODES A Grade of Rod for Every Class of Weldlng

by the Electric or Acetylene Process

CENTRAL STEEL & WIRE COMPANY Chicago, I l l inois - Detroit, Mlohlgan

The Only Efficient Locomotive Cleaner 019

The D. & M. Cleaning Process Railway Exchange CHICAGO, ILL.

MULE-HIDE Products for RAILROADS Mule-Hlde P las t l c Car Rooflng Mule-Hide Wuterprool Canvas fo r roofs of Passenger Coaches, Ca-

booses a n d Cabs Mule-Hido Iusulal lng Paper fo r Refrlgerator Cars Mule-Hide Car Seal and Refrleerator Car Comoound Mule-Ilide Fabrlc, membrane f o r waterproofing concre te construction Jlule-Hide Wateryroollng Asphalt. Jlule-Hlde Rooflna fo r Rallroad Bulldlnas, etc. - .

THE LEHON Coo 44th t o 45th S t . o n O a k l e y Ave. C H I C A C O . I L L .

Other Works HILLBURN. N.Y. CHICACO. ILL NIAGARAFAUS.N.Y SUPERIOR.WIS

NIACARA FALLS. CANADA

RAILWAY T R A C K M A T E R I A L Swl tch Stands. Swi tches . Frogs. Crosslngs. G u a r d Rails ,Clarnps &forsteam. Electric. M m e and

Indus t r i a l Railway Tracks MANGANESE TRACK WORK A SPECINTY

Maln Office H1LLBURN.N.Y

SALES OFFICES AT ALL S E V E N W O R K S

Steel Tirea, Steel W e d Wheel*, S twl Arlea, Steel Sprlnga, Rolled Steel Rings, Solid Wrought Steel

Wheeb. Steel Forgings. Steel Cramher Rolln nnd Shellm. Rolled Steel Gear Blnnks,

Steel and Iron Mnlleable Caatlngs, Steel Pipe

Flanges

Standard Steel Works t o . Maln Office: Phlladelphia, Pa.

Works: Burnham, Pa.

Manassa Timber Company PILING

OAK--CYPRESS-PINE

Arcade Bldg. S t . Louis, Mo.

- 3 Barnard Stamo Co. I

GALLOWAY COAL COMPANY EXCLUSIVE MINERS O F

ELK R I V E R A N D GALLOWAY COAL

G e n e r a l Office8

MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE MINES AT

GALLOWAY, CARBON HILL and HOLLY GROVE, ALABAMA

( M i n e s Located o n Frisco Railroad)

I MILAR, CLINCH & COMPANY I I E x c I u a i v e

A g e n t a tor CAR CEMENT I CONTINENTAL WORKS CO.

M A N U F A C T U R E R S

Beal and Mc Namara Painting Co.

CONTRACTORS FOR PAlNTINQ I N ALL PARTS OF T E E COUNTRY

Main Office: 5078 Easton Avenue ST. LOUIS, MO.

I ROOUEMORE GRAVEL CO. I M O N T G O M E R Y , ALA. I T h e S o u t h % L a r g e s t P n l u c e r a of I I Sand and Gravel I

F I R S T N A T I O N A L B A N K BLDG. Al l P h o n e s 4928

W. L. B R U B A K E R & B R O S . C O . 50 CHURCH ST. NEW YORK. N. Y. . - - - -

Factory: MILLERSBURG, PA. Manufacturers of t h e SPECIAL TEMPERED RELIEVED STAYBOLT TAPS used by the leadinp Railroads and Boilermakers of t h e Unlted States. Our Staybolt Taps wlll t a p 20% more holes. Write fo r descriptive matler of our New Desisn SPIRAL FLUTED STAYBOLT TAPS. We also manufacture HIGH S P E E D BOILER REAMERS, adapted especially for Boiler and Car Work. Other tools we make a r e a l l kinds of Taps, Reamen. Dles, End Mills, Counterborea and High Speed Mud Ring Reamers.

St. Louis Forgings Co. AXLES, LOCOMOTIVE FORGINGS

East St. Louis Illinois

Mills: Dothan. Ala.-Preeoott, Ark. I I Thomas E. Powe Lumber t o . I

HARDWOOD LUMBER ASH MAHOGANY POPLAR OAK

GUM CYPRESS 2 to 24 Branch St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

Union 1 Asbestos & Rubber

Company

310 S. Michigan Ave. CHICAGO

I CENTRAL BOARDING & SUPPLY COMPANY C O M M I S S A R Y C O N T R A C T O R S I

F. J. ENGLEMAN, Prcsideut .\I, S . EXCLEBIAN, Vice-President General Office Branch Offices ST. LOUIS, UO.

C. I. FITZQEBALD, Vlce-Pres. and Rec'y E . B. SEARKEY, Manager, F t . Worth, Tex. ,258 noard o, ~~~d~ n1dg. ~ I O , CEAS. GRAY, Manager, Sprlmfleld, 310. S E A L R M l E Y , Manager, Dallas, Texas

C. R. FIERCE, RulL, St. Louis, Mo. KANSAS CITY, MO. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ E ~ f ~ .

GUY KRESS, Supt., Springfleld, Mo.

I CROWE COAL COMPANY General Office, Dwight Building K A N S A S C I T Y , M I S S O U R I

M I N E R S A N D S H I P P E R S

Mines Located a t Mulberry and Scammon, Kansas a n d Henryetta, Oklahoma, o n t h e l ine of t h e St . Louis-San Francisco Ry. Co.

The Carbon Coal Company

PITTSBURG, KANS.

Mines on the Frisco at

Scammon, Kans.

FT. SMITH ICE AND COLD STORAGE CO.

COLD STORAGE FOR ALL PERISHABLE MERCHANDISE

Storage Capacity. 125 Cars Daily lcc Making Capacity. 125 Tons

F O R T S M I T H - - ARKANSAS

INSTANT SERVICE PHONE 6-0154 ( Bluff City Delivery Co.

Ice and Coal

I General Office, 651 Beale Avenue MEMPHIS , TENN.

( The Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Co MINE OPERATORS AND SHIPPERS I

Operating Mines in Southern Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri GENERAL SALES OFFICES

717 Dwight Bldg., Kansas City, Mo.

I Byrnes Belting Co. MANUFACTURERS

Oak Tanned Leather Belting Hose Packing

S A I N T LOUIS

Duner Car Closets Enameled Iron Wet or Dry C l o ~ b

DUNER CO. 101 S. Cl inton St. CHlCACO For detailed description see Car Builders

Cyclopedia 1922 Edltlon

INSULATED WIRES AND CABLES

For All Purposes --Under All Con- a ditions - Every- where - KDRITE - G i v e . y n- equalled Service.

Tiger Brand Superb Linseed Oil ABSOLUTELY PURE

THE FREDONIA Linseed Oil Works Co.

FREDONIA, vKANS.

Acme Coal and Mining t o MINES LOCATED I N HENRYETTA I

FIELDS ON FRISCO Ll N ES

OFFICE-OKJIVLCEE. OKLA.

B A R N S D A L L Be Square Petroleum Products l'a 3 Modern Refineries

BARNSDALL. OKLAHOMA WICHITA, KANSAS

OKMULGEE, OKLAHOMA OUR OWN CRUDE

3 OUR OWN REFINERIES

I - -

OUR OWN PIPE LINES OUR OWN TANK CARS DEPENDABLE SOURCE OF SUPPLY

I BARNSDALL REFINERIES, Inc. Subsidiary Barnsdall Corporation

Executive Offices General Sa les Offices Petroleum Building, Tulsa, Okla. 624 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill.

taught a King the Value of HAMILTON Time

E NGINEER LUX, of the "Century," has had a world of experience a t

the throttle. But his greatest thrill came, no doubt, on tha t day when King Albert of Belgium climbed into the cab of his locomotive and piloted the "Century" wi th his Royal hand.

And there King Albert learned, from Engineer Lux, the value of Hamilton time. His Majesty, before returning to Belgium, purchased a Hamilton. And Engineer Lux has continued t o time the "Century" wi th his Hamilton-a watch tha t has now served him for thir ty years.

You, too, can know the time satisfaction that goes wi th Hamilton owner- ship. Ask j7our jeweler to show you the Hamilton 992 movement in railroad model case. Here is a combination of Hamilton accuracy and dependability wi th sturdy case construction of special design.

As you look upon the H a m i l t o n models, remember t h e y are watches tha t have helped make railroad history -and. watches tha t will be doing the same thing a generation from now.

To railroxl Inen interested in the purchase of a Hamilton we will gladly send a copy of the Hamilton Time Book and other literature illustrating and describ- ing the various models.

u.- -- -_. . "The Railroad Timekeeper of &erica"

H A M I L T O N W A T C H C O M P A N Y LANCASTER, P E N N A . , U. S. A .

South Bound SCHEDULE North Bound Read Down Read U p

1 :00 pm L v . . . . . . Saint Louis . . . . . . . .Ar 4:00 pm 9 :00 pm Ar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Memphis.. . . . . . . . . . . . .Lv 8:00 am 9:35 pm Lv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Memphis . . . . . . . . . . . . Ar 7:20 am 5 :30 a m Ar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Birmingham ............. L v 11 :30 pm

11 :35 am Ar ................. .Atlanta ................ Lv 4:50 pm 6:15 am Ar .................... Tampa . . . . . . . . . . . . Lv 10 :55 pm 8:40 am Ar. . . . . . . . . . St. Petersburg Lv 8:40 pm

- in addition to the popular night train

BETWEEN ST. LOUIS AND MEMPHIS 11 :25 pm L v .................. Saint Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ar 7:04 am

. . . . . . . . . . . . 7:00 am Ar . . . . . . . . . . . . . Memphis Lv 11 :20 pm

THE WATER-LEVEL ROUTE BETWEEN ST. LOUIS and MEMPHIS

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