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T H E PEORIAN of thc Rock Isl;~ncl Lincs is Hirmilton timccl J1OI)EI. No. 5 t h r o u g h i ~ ~ t . E ' : ; ~ l i and evcry mclnbcr of i is crc\v has c;irr~cd n

l lcre i n n w a t c h H ; m i l t o n for years. T o d a y such a filct is w o r t h y of note-yct is tllr clloice five yc;lrs hence i t may be a common occurrmce. o f m w t Rnilrond

3Icn. In addition More and morc R;~ilro;id hIcn arc daily turning r o Hamiltoll for t o t h e c z c c l l r n t

nccuratc and dependable time. T h e y know, as do Mcssrs. Nichol.;, t i m e - k e e p i n k Tuomey, H o s l c and H u ~ n p h r c v , of the Peorian, t h a t Hamil ton is t h e q ~ ~ a t l i i i w of t h e fa.

nlous !)!I2 move- name t h a t means w a t c h satisfaction. m e n t , t l t e case is des ibned especially I t is sijinificant, roo, t h a t Engineer Tuomey ; ~ n d Conductor for ~ ~ n i l r o n d >Ien.

Nichols carrled thcir Hamil tons fo r ovcr nventy-five years, w h i l c t h e I t i s s t l ~ r d i l y con- younger members of their crew have carried H;~mi l tons fo r f ive s t r u r t c d and Itns and fifteen years. s p e c ~ a l dust -proof

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and donations to the School are deduct- ible for income tax purposes.

The School's entire resources of well over $2,000,000 are devoted solely to the enrollment, instruction, and place- ment of its students. Under this policy the enrollment has grown from year to year until now we are serving over 35,- 000 ambitious men and women.

Thirty-two years of educational service have brought us into helpful contact with a large number of railroad cmployes. Knowing what a reliable and substantial class they are and how much energy and ambition they possess, we want them to have the very fullest knowledge of the American School and its practical courses.

We shall therefore welcome any one of you-or any group of you-who may care to visit the School a t any time and make a thorough survey of our equipment and methods. Every department, every record will be thrown open to you. Every member of our organization will gladly assist you in obtaining complete information.

Won't you accept our hvik visit us and get acquainted with usual school that can help railrc,, ,,,,- ployes to improve themselves through home study?

Made to the oficials and employes of the

Frisco Lines

MANY persons justly question the quality of the instruction furnished

by home-study schools. Their attitude arises from the fact that at some time they have come into sharp contact with institutions 'whose instruction materials and methods left much to be desired.

For this reason, before we feature any of our specialized courses in this magazine, we desire to make absolutely clear to its readers the history and ideals of the American School, and td establish its ability to render the highest grade of home-study instruction service.

The American School was chartered in 1 89 7 by the Commonwealth of Massa-

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chusetts as an educational institution not for profit." It has no stockholders and has never distributed any earnings.

In 1902 the School became associated with and moved to the Armour lnstitute of Technology, Chicago, and conducted its work in cooperation with that institution until 1907, when the School erect- ed its own home-study and administra- tion building at Drexel Avenue and Fifty- eighth Street, in the educational center established by the University of Chicago.

That the School is strictly an "educational institution not for ~rof i t" is shown by the fact that the U. S. Treasury De- partment, after an examination of the School's charter, by-laws, and financial records, has ruled that the School is ex- empt from all income taxes and that gifts President 0

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WM. L. HUCCINS. Jr., Editor ;d.\RTHA C. MOORE, Associole Edifor W M . McMILLAN, Aduerllsing Monrrgcr C. WHITING. Spccial Rcprcscn~o~ine J . J . KAPLAN, A d ~ c r l i ~ i n g Solicifor

Vol. VI MARCH. 1929 No. 6

Permission is given to reprint with or without credit, in part or in full, any article appearing in this Magazine

Contents of This Issue

.......................................................................... ................... llodri-II Sig~ials Highl!. I k v c l ~ ~ p ~ t l .. 4-.5

............................................................................ f lc Al;il;es 1)ollars Fro111 Llross U ?. ................................................................................................... 1 lie 1923 Frisco Dollar ....................... .. ;

Sc\vs of tlic I?t-ihco C:Ittl~s ................................................................................................................... S-I4

Views of Frisco's Xcw Statii~ti, Pc~i.s;lcola, Fla. .................................................................................. 15

.................................................................................................... J. &I. Flani~an Retires :it J<ans;~s City Ih

Frisco I'assc~igcr I'rai~is Co~il i~i~te 0 1 1 'l'itiic ....................................................................................... 17

................ Good i\gricultural Ycar in Frisco 'l'crritory, Eiiglisli Rclmrts .................... .................... I8

Rough H a ~ ~ t l . l i n ~ Ilamagr Slio\vs Slight Incrcasc .............................................................................. 19

I:or M~kritoriou.; Servicc ............................................................................................................................ 22

1.ocomotivc Fuel Pcrforlnaticc 1icco1-tls ....................................................................................... 24-23

'Jhc 'l'wiligltt Hour ..................................................................................................................................... 31

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MODERN SIGNALS HIGHLY

R AILROAD signalling to the average person means very little. He sees the red, yel- Life and Propertg Well Pro-

low or green lights change, as he sits leisnrelr on the platform of a tected on Frisco by Intricate speeding observation car, bnt does not realize that their purpose is to guard human life. to prevent clamages to the nlillions of dollars of property in transit in the care of the railroad company, i~nd to effect economy in the operations of trains.

A signal is defined a s a "sign agreed upon or understood and used to con- vey information especially a t a distance," and the first use of signalling is credited properly to t l ~ c Indian.

The installation of consecn- tive automatic l~loclrs was be- gnn on the E:astern divisioll lwtn~eell Tower Grove antl Windsor Springs, a distance of 13/2 miles in the year 1904. It was extended 14 miles to Eureka in 1906, antl in the years of 1910 and 1911 antl from 1924 to 192s the balance of the signals were installed which brought the total mileage on Frisco Lines protected by automatic signals up to 1,100 miles.

Normally, when no train is in the track circuit, current is carried through a wire from battery to one rail usually for a distance of 3,000 feet and then through a wire leading to the track relay, through i ts coils over a wire to the other rail and returned to the battery. This makes a complete or closed circuit, the current flowing continrlally through the rails, the signal being a t safe or proceed indication, which ever is the case when the

Mechanism

tire movement of all trains in a specified territory is directly in the hands of the dispatcher.

Through the dispatching machine the dispatcher operates the siding swltches and bloclc signals along the line. One train has no official knowledge of the prescuce of other trains

DEVELOPED ~ tion before a proceed v:. ' . be given and these cor!lr~;- 3 -

self-checking aud the dis- in controlling these groupu i d '

able to permit traiu rno!," providing condltlona on r t f . way are safe.

A systenl has been ir . . from Rriclge Junctlon t o t l ~ - ~ '

Ark., where traina are handl$+ ,

nal indication only and no ar- ' ders a re issued. These s m ' .. operated by a lever ma^^ lornf* ' . interlocking plant at Br~dgo ~ I I , i He has charge of all trains 11-I.:

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crossing. The switch a+ PB. .i miles from Harvard is I ~ ~ I I ' F P ' .i

train enters this section of track. Then the signal assumes a STOP or

DAAWER position and thereby the train in itself controls the automatic block signal. And when a rail is broken in the section of track protected by sig.nals, i t breaks the closed circuit and produces the same result a s if a train were in the block, causing the signal to produce the DAN- GER or STOP position. An open switch or car fouling the main line will produce a like result.

The last major development in signalling which is commanding attention, is operation of trains by signal indication without written train or- ders, by use of a centrallized dispatcher-controlled signal system. The en-

on the road and the dispatcher estab- lishes meeting and passing points a s the immediate conditions require. Thr machine operating the switches and signals consists of the requirecl nunl- ber of levers, each lever operating a switch and signals governing over it, and constitute a controlled group which is virtnally a small interlocking plant controlled by a single lever in the dispatching machine. All opposing signals of each group are electrically interlocked against each other and the opposing signals of one group arc electrically interlocked against the opposing signals of an adjacent g ~ ~ o u p . The signal controls are selected through the switch machines so that switches must be in proper posi-

electric switch rnosrnl / cler this knan'a cor~trol

Another important +

tion is the signal apph cated a t Xouco, at 111 end of the Yale, T r r - 1

pards, The switch IS r - set for straight tralk 1 1

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ward t~ air1 movemprdt . 5

j checked by the signil

1 position of the po

points are not proper the signal will renlaln I. - position. For B O U ~ ~ N J T '

the front trucks of 111- forre the switch tu 11 I '9

sition and after hi1 l u r 1 through, switch is rr.' - , normal position by .pr -r "1

To keep these s'-- 1 7 proper adjustment a! '

requires expert altenl~ - signal maintainer n : , .: , vision has twnl: I ' r : threc mile! of sigaal: c !

terlocking and highs .: . ing signals which hrt . and there are about C T

tainers on the systrl

One of the aclm;' .

photographs shows the i n r i r -. mechanism case which rw: :. the fact that the ndjustrn~r,'. mechanism must be mal ip 13 ' . of an inch precision. is i n + ! ' ing to the average layman. planation is thls: ill the . - hand corner of the nppr 7 I.: case is the master relay. b- line relay which contrn!: ':.. mechanism. When the eid i I

relay a re energized, t h ~ rdy: ! closed for the motor cirwi' - . tor starts to run, engaging 1'-

crank of the slot running 1' . to caution or clear poeiticl- the circuit is interrupted 0- '. the mechanism then nr--I- STOP positfon by gravit)'.

. wrements must succeed each :I a pre-determined order. Thesn I aaually are iustalled where ; .ire so arranged that there a re 'ing routes for trains, so that mu route is being used by a : conflicting route cannot be

:.p to be used by another train ' h b - route used .by the first train

< r :i4. At a railroad crossing

.I.- crossing. The installation of p!znts costs approximately $20,-

Besides these various signal-

:1-! bells and 54 wig-wags.

ps, one !d a t u ~

- - rorkilgs of this departineilt

-!laps as intricate as any on the l'risco Lines, and the task of .4og, malntalamng atid estab- the proper signals a t the var-

-illis on Frisco Lines is under .?-I supervision of I. A. Uhr.

T o the left is ( I plrotoqr-nplz o f tltr irrtrrior of n rriechrrtlizirr case. ~ 4 1 i c h , corrsiti~rirrq tlrnt thr adj l is t - I J I ~ I I : S to :hc i ~ r r c / r ~ r i i i ~ ~ ~ r rir~fst /7c rr!ude t o 1/1000 oj nn inch preci- slorr, is irrdccd cnrrfrrsi~rg to thc n7,c7r.n!gc loj~nrtrir.

enterprising agent and

w e a good business friend,

e the year of 1928 there

IYl cars of freight handled. c: the year 1928 we only as- Ill10 demurrage against this !." Ur. Lehn added.

indeed handling the business L.*d~ Lines and it is doubted it

!he entire Frisco system.

Johnny Fon- -n without a

SE1,LIiYC; FRlSCO SERVICE Xot to be outdone by the radio.

the mail and household merchandise, all of which enter American homes, Mrs. Anna E. Riley, Frisco Lines agent a t Lindenwood has be- gun delivery of Frisco tickets into the honles of residents of Linden- wood and adjacent territory to save intending passengers the incon- venience, particularly in stormy weather, of going to the ticket office to buy tickets and make Pull- man reservations.

Mrs. Riley answers queries over the phone about local trains, to and from St. Louis and about tickets to points in Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Alabama, Florida, nIis- souri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Tex- as, all of which states a r e served by the Frisco and queries of those going even farther-to California Poiq instance.

.\ITS. Riley soon atter each rr- quest for a ticket, is a smiling pis- itor a t the home of the intending passenger who is handed his or her ticket and all that remains for the passenger to do is to board the train w i t h c ~ ~ t a last minute rush to the ticket office.

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PRAISES PENSACOLA An excellent testimonial of agricul-

tural opportunities on the Frisco's new line, from Aberdeen Miss., to Pensacola. Fla.. is contained in a letter from A I . I3. Radden, who, three years ago, moved from Ohio to a farm twenty-five miles from Pensacola. The letter. addressed to C. B. Michelson, colonization and marketing agent, follows:

"I moved here with my family three years ago from North Canton, Ohio, and now live on a farm in Alabama, twenty-five miles from Pensacola.

"We think chances for making a good living on a farm are better here than any place in the northern states we know of.

"I would like to write to people north, where we moved from. I think I could interest some to do Lke we did 1lloi.e here and help inlprove the bnsiness and live bet ter.

"Now, if I could get some of your booklets to send to them, that would be much better than the writing I could do. I'd be glad to send stamps for inailing them if you wish."


and equipment were in a s perfect : In the Springfield off ice a s they i n Ule office which they had left Is. Louis and there was no inter- lm in the work of either accident

..:lion department, nor was there -.!srruption in the work a t the : a u k office of J. L. Kiburz. His .: :?ported for work in St. Louis ;?!y morning. P Kiburz is the only man on the r-, , I who handles the records of I 4 r e system, irrespective of de- rmis. E. H. Bunnell, comptrol- r .j the only man on Frisco Lines p,:xrhority by the Interstate Com- u~~~nmmission to destroy old rec- R :ad ever so often a n order is k! lo agents and superintendents m-::us old records. These a re in- y-! by Mr. ICiburz and the use- b .:" destroyed and the valuable

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The 1928 Frisco Dollar- Where I t Came From and Where I t Went

two charts above show graphic- the source of every dollar of )income and its disposition. Un- cross-word puzzle, where the ob- Q is lretted out by knowledge, and patience, the charts clearly liee the relative proportion of the os itema of income and outgo re- I to a basis of one hundred cents. IS hardly necessary to say that nain source of the railway's in-

Is derived from transportation nmodities in carload lots or less; rer, this is clearly indicated in Bart showing that 73.48 cents of -dollar i8 produced by that par- ~r branch of service.

Transportation of persons, mail and express matter produces 17.07 cents, switching 1.75 cents, ren,t of facilities acd rolling stock 1.83 cents. The remaining 5.87 cents designated on the chart a s miscellaneous, includes a n allowance for transportation of men engaged in and on material used for construction work; dividends from cor- porate investments, interest on bank balances, etc.

But this one hundred cents does not remain long in the Frisco's treasury. Out of every doltar earned 42.22 cents is paid for labor; 6.24 cents is requir- ed to feed the iron-horse and 12.42 cents represents cost of replacement

material and miscellaneous supplies. Depreciation of rolling stock takes 3.89 cents and payments for personal injuries, loss and damage to property amounts to 1.38 cents. These items, representing operating expenses, total 66.15 cents or approximately two- thirds of every dollar. Then Uncle Sam and his stately family take a cut of 5.71 cents for taxes; rent of facilities and rolling equipment requires 1.42 cents, and interest on funded debt amounts to 17.43 cents, leaving a balance of 9.29 cents available for dividends to stockholders, tor addi- tions and improvement and other cor- porate purposes.

Payments by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company to insured officers and employes during Jan- uary, 1929, totaled $40,354.79 divided a s follows:

Shop group, health, $4,330.44; total and permanent disability, $1,- 276.01.

1 Supervisory group, total and 1 permanent disability $2,193.04; 1 death, $26,000.00. 1 Clerk's group, total and perma- 1 nent disability $1,134.30; death, 1 $5,421.00.

ones, according to the I. C. C. rules, a re stored. Kiburz has stored the original payrolls dating from 1863, for all employes on all lines purchased to make up the present parent company. Also every improvement order for

addition and betterment work from 1863 to date has been stored away and these records a re used constant- ly. Many of these records a re used in valuation work and are vitally necessary.

These a re the high lights on the work which started with just a hobby. The smaller items, such a s dicta- phones, typewriters and stationery which come under this man's conserv- ing eye have not even been mentioned. Only items which saved ill thousands the price of new articles, have been mentioned.

Lies slumbering here one William Lake; he heard the bell, but had no brake.

At 50 miles drove Allie Pidd; he thought he wouldn't skid, but did.

At 90 miles drove Eddie Shawn; the motor stopped, but "Ed" kept on.

I NEWS of the FRISCO CLUBS i ~

Fort Worth, Texas

W . 0. AIOORE. chief clerk to the vice-president and general superinlendent of the Texas

Lines of Frisco Lines, mas re-elected president of the Frisco Employes' Club of Fort Worth, Texas, a t the annual meeting held January 12. Niss Leda Belle Durrett was re-elected treasurer and will assume, in addition, the duties of secretary.

President Moore has appealed to Frisco enlployes within the Port Worth Club's territory to lend their co-operation in an effort to make the club one that will "command the ad- miration of other clubs, our employ- ers, and the railroad in general."

"Let's forget departmental lines," said President Moore, "and any personal or petty differences, and resolve to pull togethcr durinq the year 1929 for the common good."

The club at this meeting decided to drop the monthly dues of fifty cents and to endeavor to take care of the club's expenses by popular subscrip- tion. Membership cards a re no longer necessary in the Fort Worth area and each employe is considered a member of the club.

Joplin, 1110. Reginning with the February, 1929.

~xeet ing of [he Frisco Employes' Club of Jopliu and continuing in effect for some time, various departments of the Frisco at that city will have charge of meetings of the club, L. S. Baney, its president, announced after the club's meeting of .January 16.

This meeting was attended by approximately 50 men and women. A check-up of results of recent tips given by members of the club showed: Five passengers to New York, eleven to Kansas City, one to St. Louis and 1.500 pounds of freight to Chicago.

More than enough money was raised to finish paying for the club's piano, and the surplrls was placed in the flower fund.

Snpulpn, Okla. Leonard Wright, completion report

clerk of the accounting department, was elected president of the Frisco Employes' Club of Sapulpa a t the club's semi-annual meeting held Jan- uary 22. JIiss Maurine Mahan, steno- clerk, accounting department was elected secretary-treasurer. Vice-

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T h e second annual meeting of Presidents of Frisco Employes' Clubs was held a t Pensacola, Fla., February 25, 26 and 27. Obviously the meeting was held too late in the month for inclusion among the news events chronicled in this issue of the Frisco Employes' Maga- zine.

T h e Apri l issue wi l l contain a complete report of the event, w i th pictures. Tentative entertainment arrangements for the sixty-five presidents invited, included: motor tour of historic Pensacola, boat t r ip as guests of the Pensacola Chamber of Commerce, banquet as guests of Frisco Lines, airplane rides a t Pensacola Naval A i r Sta- tion, through courtesy of Admiral J. J. Raby, and addresses by S. S. Butler, general traffic manager; E. H. Bunnell, comptroller; J. W. Nourse, passenger traffic manager, and H. L. Worman, superintendent of motive power. The meeting was in charge of W. L. Huggins, Jr., chairman of the central committee on personnel.

presidents were elected as follows: Quin Raker, Mr. hIitchell, H. JIcAlis- ter, George Duke, W. H. Smart and F . J Cooper. All were elected for the ensuing six months. Mr. Wright suc- ceeds JIr. Baker and 3Iiss JIahan suc- ceeds Miss Jennie F. Aitchison.

The meeting was called to order by Mr. Baker. who read several notices sent out by the department of publicity, and owing to the illness of J. A. J Iacmi l la~~ , chairman of the finance committee. also read the financial report. Mr. Wright made a hearty ac- ceptance talk and promised to do all he could to have a successful term.

Decision was reached that the club sponsor a juvenile choir, composed of employes' sons between the ages of eight and fifteen. The choir will be directed by Leonard Wright, who is a talented singer.

Clinton, Mo. Twenty-six persons, including eight

visitors, attended the meeting of the Frisco Employes' Club of Clinton, Xo., held January 20.

Arrangements were completed for

the annual ball and banquet scheiiu! , for February 2 a t the RIasonic :.. 1 . Communications read incll:' a letter from Congressman C. C, if! ., inson, in reply to one the club . - him, asking that he support retl3r,. , , of the Pullman surcharge. T ~ P I - .! 1

gressnlan gave a favorable :,. ., + 'I

President A. T. Laney talked on Fr':. II( business.

Drumrnond, Oklrr. q (

Report was made at the mee!ir.: ' 4.7

the Frisco Employes' Club of 1,: - !,, mond, Okla., held January ?G, i f r l 1.1 a result of the recommendation r I ! by J . T. Howell, secretary of the r ' - it*l,

that each club member, when pu:, !I,:( ing coal from local dealera r ,~ l i w coal originating on Frisco raib, . rr" of the coal dealers a t Drummond , . M l I

' chased a car of coal from s .- - J ' on Frisco rails and employ: ,-- I J S I \

chased a supply and boosted 111 , b'!

of the car of coal. As a rwl:r . ! r n car was sold out and another r:r Ur-' ordered within tell days. For r , : - l v , ld

>-ears previously the Fn'sco rl ' 'h. only a n eleven-mile haul oi n:l f:-d sent to Drummond: S

Report was made, at the I i i I r9h.t

held January 26, that the club 011' . bf!:

all-Frisco routing on a car or i-. % I ments \khich was loaded on :r . , u:. line's rails and which the F'r- I 4-r: ceived in switch service BL ;I . origin. Previously. cars irr shipper sent. to Drummond I :-

Lhe Frisco a t Enid, the Fri~~w : ing only an eleven-mile hail: '.

Cowley, president. meeting mas presided over 11: ' '

Oklahoma City, Okla b.,,:.,, Approximately 200 persona , . I y,,l

the "H. C. Conley Program", L' ' ' ml: $ ,

the Frisco Employes' Club ' - !I:, homa City, January 17, at !?: ' "

ican Legion hall, in honor oi ". ley, who was retired Janw cause of his having reachrd r: .

w,. 1

R.., of seventy years. Mr. C11-l . title in Frisco service vas . . general f eight agent. W4 :. f

The program: H. C. Con! - - ,

by the Friscoettes; vocal sol '

a Real, Real Man", bs Geo i . " to the tune, "You're a Tu 'I :: heart"; reading, Buddy Brlr ' -

violin solo, Miss Helen El.,!, - ing. Brownie Mallory, Jr.; r8.I ' - ,

Cecile Rosengren; watch pr, :,- :

by $1. G. Buffington; p r t L w q ' .

" 7 Cmey or a leather purse, by Mr. ' " r,r.ron; response by Mr. Conley; 4 tion on of H. Q. Snyder, recently

. itml traffic manager a t Okla- - C~ty and formerly with the

7 . - s! at St, Louls; dancing, to music i Sun Set Six Orchestra. 3, number played by the Frisco- . was vritten and directed by Xrs.

of the song, e a Real, Iran", were sosed and t ~ d to Mr.

by Xrs. hes . eding this d u led pro- the recent- !ed officer8 , club and oEtoan vi8- 'vere intra- l o the audt- The offic-

:e: W. A. ,. president;

Baker, ac- t 4ce - presi- f . : 1. K. Davis, .. . urer, and i., Geral d L n e 1 ":. secretary.

rlsitora in- -. :: r-4 were: J. r ?!bl~, Chick. c: : P D. Lig- k- !.?Wt011; E. I ;:hcnm and I ;Incum. Sny- r J , Fitzger- t .-i llrs. Fit% t. . Bristow ; 1 :I, Smith, Ard- r.. Nins Gld- r 3ris tow; I, * t, r Allen, n -: m. H.

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entertainment committee during the current year was the principal .business transacted by the Frisco Em- ployes' Club of Chaffee, Mo., a t its session of January 15. The meeting was held a t Frisco C!lub Rooms, maintained by the Frisco Employes' Club of Chaffee.

The motion concerning the mime-

;\I. Darling, superintendent's office; P. Briggs, accountant's office; L. Gardner, dispatcher's office; P. Moore, roundhouse; I s Carson, freight house; Mrs. Barnes, switchmen; L. Ragin, firemen; Nrs. Rea, engineers; Mrs. Sherer, brakemen; Mrs. Garner, conductors; Miss Richardson, division engineer's office, and N. Robison, car

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t of the Q., A. & P. terminal .ih Texas; Ed. Broddie, Sa- t L. Schoeneberg, president 'Wsa Club, and J. S. Jomers, 11v.

Chaffee, Mo. c of a motion that a mime- {Inn for use by employes at in tabulating, monthly, the

.nd passenger business they ir the railmy be adopted and Ips be distributed among the :; election of an advisory

c of seventeen, each repre- r: a different craft; decision to k 7 A. JIoran. Chaffee, superin- I W-, ni the River division, to the t -eeting, and appointment by Ik.- JI. H. Stubblefield of a n

ograph form was made by T. J. Swee- ney, division accountant. The entertainment committee is: T. J. Sweeney, 0. P. Krueger and Ralph Stephens.

Fort Scott, Kans. Anno~~ncenlent of departmental di-

rectors of traffic solicitation of the Frisco Employes' Club of Fort Scott, Kans., the calling of a n open meeting of the club for February 5, and further planning of the big minstrel show the club will give Narch 11-12, constituted the business transacted by the officers of the club in session January XO. E. A. Miller, general agent, also was present.

The departmental directors of traffic solicitation for the club, a s read by W. D. Jones, vice-president, are:

department. Geo. W. Scott,

the secretary of the club, wrote in the minutes of the meeting the following: "Meet- ing closed with all full of pep and ready to make Ft. Scott know we are here."

Men's Club, St. Louis, Mo.

Introd u c t i o n a n d installation of its officers for 1 9 2 9; announcement by C. G. La- m o n t, president of the club, of the men he had appointed a s chairmen of committees; vocal selections by the Los Angeles Trio, of St. Louis, and talks by F. H. H a m i lton, vice- president, secretary and treasurer; E. H. Bun- nell, comptroller, and George R. Mesker, secretary of Ozark Wood- lands Club, were features of the first 1929 meeting

of the Frisco Men's Club of St. ~oui', held a t noon, January 24 a t the Amer- ican Annex Hotel. Chester C. Kratky, reappointed master of ceremonies and chairman of the entertainment committee, presided.

F. C. Bymaster, retiring president, praised the club's accon~pilsl~ments during 1925, introduced the new officers and the new board of govern- ors and turned the gavel over to Presi- dent Lamont.

Mr. Lamont thanked the club for electing him president. He said he wanted each department to give its co-operation to the board of govern- ors. Mr. Lamont announced his appointments of the chairmen of committees, a s follo\vs: C. C. Kratky, reappointed master of ceremonies and

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chairman of the entertainment committee; 0. G. Moult, chairman of the hotel committee; J. L. Kiburz, chairman of the arrangements committee.

Mr. Kratky introduced Mr. hlesker, who told of t h e plan whereby Frisco employes can join the Ozark Wood- lands Club for $15 a year. This membership entitles each member to free use of the club grounds on the Frisco a t Jerome, Mo., any time during the year, one week's room and board free any time between May 1 and October 1, free use of all recreational facilities, including canoes, boats and saddle horses, in addition to all the inciden- tal privileges.

Vice-president Hamilton spoke in a happy vein of non-traffic-employe solicitation of traffic. He commented on the large attendance a t this meeting, 278, and said that he hoped each meeting time of the club would bring a s good turn-out of members.

Mr. Bunnell remarked that the new president of the club is employed in his department and he asked the club to support him.

Announcement was made that the club's meetings this year would be on the fourth Thursdays, a t the American Annex Hotel.

Subsequent to the meeting, Presi- dent Lamont announced to the Maga- c;17~- department that F. C. Bymaster had been elected by the board of gov- ernors a s chairman of the board.

Carmen, Okla. Traffic solicitation and the keep-

ing of correct seal records were among subjects discussed by the Frisco Ern- ployes' Club of Carmen, Okla., a t i ts session January 19. The attendance was seventeen.

R. C. Canady, Enid, Okla., assistant superintendent of the Western division, opened the meeting. After Mr. Canady's talk, the meeting was turned over to W. R. Wilson, agent a t Car- men and president of the club.

Talks were made by all present who, besides Messrs. Canady and Wilson, were: S. Payson, Enid, roadmaster; T. F. Jones, Enid, roadmaster; H. L. Mc- Kee, Enid, special agent; Fa K. Shrock, agent a t Carrier, Oltla.; W. E. Davis, Carrier, section foreman; C. E. Gourley, agent a t Avard, Okla., C. A. Thornton, agent a t Helena, Okla.; T. R. Howard, Avard, car inspector; P. M. Bell, Carmen, section foreman; Mrs. F. K. Shrock; Miss Veta Shrock, Carrier; Mrs. C. A. Thornton; Miss Ruth Thornton, Hel- ena; P. M. Bell, Jr., Carmen; Clarence Canady, Enid.

Clinton, Mo. The Frisco Employes' Club of Clin-

The follozcrirlg letter frprrz Presi- rlerrt Seaboziglz of the Frisco Men's Club o f Spritrgfield shoitld spur U S

711 to grenter efforts irz traffic solici- tatiolt.

What good can a t i p do? You perhaps have asked this question and feel the mere mention some person is going to make a trip cannot result in increasing Frisco business and traffic.

Am going to give you a concrete case of the splendid results of a tip:

On January 24th, R. D. Gilbert of our Claim Department gave his team captain the name and address of three gentlemen who were planning a trip to Louisville, Ky., in their own car.

This information was passed to 1\11.. F. E. Clark, our local passenger representative, who gave them an outline of the expense by rail, also connections. etc. They were greatly surprised to find the expense less than by going in their own car and the trip was made via Frisco to St. Louis.

One of these men is a contractor and makes many trips each year of this nature. He made the statement he had not been on a train for four years.

One little t i p was respoilsible for this revenue of over fifty dollars.

One t ip won the major haul in a great pipe line movement, another many passengers to the Spanish-American War Veterans' Convention and others have won us many cars of lumber, coal, wool, etc.

This is what a tip can do, so let us turn them in and let our Traffic Department shuffle them and each of us assist in playing a winning game through 1929.

(Signed) J. W. SEABOUGH, President.

ton held its second annual party a t the Masonic Temple. Clinton, Mo., on the night of February 2, and it was acclaimed by all who attended a s having been one of the best ever given.

The program was planned by Mrs. J. B. Browne and Mrs. C. A. Ruther- ford, assisted by William Balke and C. 0. Claiborne. Pep songs, arranged by Mrs. Frank R. Wilson, lent the proper spirit to the assembly for an opening number. During the evening Mrs. Wilson presented, also, two delightful vocal solos, accompanied a t the piano by Alvin Crocker and on the violin by JoseP Sikes.

Following the meal, which was

served by the ladies of the East*- Star, addresses were made by E : Nagers, superintendent, Eastern 61- &ion; T. B. Coppage, superintend -. Osceola and Clinton subs; A. L. . derson, chief engineer; A. T. Lsr- president Frisco Employes' Club Clinton, Mo.; A. W. Vanderford, pr dent, Clinton Chamber of Comro~~ Miss Emily Kimball, president 7 - ness Womens' Club; Mrs. C . D. i: son, president of the Auxiliary, .. C. 0. Claiborne, agent.

The program was concluded srk I

dance, to music furnished by '' Syncopators Orchestra. Besides ' modern dances, there were eq l -

dances for the older members pr+

Girls' Club, St. Louis, Jlo. The January luncheon af the f r

Girls' Club of St. Louis was up 11 ' mual high standard regarding attendance and program, and ap:. imatelg 225 members were prwr

Geo. R. Nesker, owner and mar1- of Ozark Woodlands, a summer r-.- a t Jerome. 310.. presented to thr a proposition whereby members o l ; Frisco Men's and the Frisco C , clubs might enjoy the privileges o f t resort during the summer m n n - With him was the Los Augelea 7 . known throughout the country Radio Station KWK. St. Louis, the trio furnished a delightful arrrr- ment of popular numbers which r enthusiastically received.

The members of the trio are r and Gordon Vandover and Ralph '' ker. The trio will entertain at 0- Woodlands during the entire m-

Thayer, Mo. An oyster supper; the passing -'

motion that the club draft resol~w~ of respect in the death of A. H. P conductor, who died at Thayer, ' uary 11; talks, and decision t h q +

'Thayer Chamber of Commerre, r. gon County Fair Board and the Fr Employes' Club work together l a ' half of a dairy school scheduled held a t Thayer, under the dirt of A. J. McDowell, Springfield. I'

Frisco dairy agent, mere incluf '

the program of the meeting of Frisco Employes' Club of Thay~r,' January 21 a t the Y. 31 C. A a bly room.

Because of the illness of thc p. dent, H. W. Miller, the meeting r called to or'der by F. C. Lark, r president. The women, assisfp4 J. S. LeHew, farmer, a visitor n. meeting served the oyster snpptv

L. 0. Curitt local manager a! Arkansas-3Iissouri Power CnaT and secretary of the Thayer Chl-' of Commerce, talked of the pm;

?rho01 tentatively scheduled to under the auspices

Frisco and asked if it would posslble for the Frisco Em- Club of Thayer to work on

:owasition. It was decided that nuld be done and the following

:'lee was appointed to work ??ails: R. Beatty, president of [r board; .J. W. Smith, secre- I the fair board; Mr. Curitt; F. rt. secretary of the Y. M. C. A., her of the fair board and vice-

vnt of the Frisco Club; T. H. daon, secretary of the Frisco ..d a member of the fair board;

. ?<liller. president of the Frisco

kws, besides Mr. Curitt, in- : Y. Huddleston, engineer: T. q engineer; .J. H. Livingston, ITS, milk traffic agent for the ; C. W. Black, editor, Thayer ; R. Beatty. Mr. O'ICelley, Mr. :ad Mr. Faucett.e, employes of m?s Dairy Products Company;

9wa3 one of the best and most b!c meetings yet held by the rril Secretary Edmundson, "and !nnt felt it had done consider-

lo further the good feeling he- Risco employes and patrons

-- kation of the Progressive Poultry Club, to be perma-

d lo conslst of members of ra Employes' Club of Thayer,

Chamber of Com- and the Oregon County Fair lion, was effected January 22 Yer by a committee composed hers of the latter three organ- i appointed during a meeting Msco Club, the night of Jan- 1. to arrange for joint partici- 01 these bodies in. furthering i.33 of a proposed dairy school I I ~ to be conducted a t Thayer rhe auspices of the Frisco Rail-

~mrnn~illee decided that the who01 should be a three-day

154 poultry institute and that 1.1 be held February 14-16. if dales were agreeable t o the

The committee announced h ~ r l assurance that Mrs. Eliza- mple, of Springfield, Mo., su- r of home economics for the ronld be at the school Febru- 2nd that A J. McDowell, of Id, Frisco dairy agent, would 6 school February 15-16.

rat our thooght," said Mr. Ed- , "that if the Frisco clubs rilips were not doing some-

P[ this kind, it might be they

some local organizations and thereby could also work in connection with do considerable good."

Neodesha, Kons. Discussion of traffic solicitation and

ways and means of making a better club were included in the program of the business meeting of the Frisco Employes' Club of Neodesha, ICans., held February 7.

The following business was reported obtained since the last previous report: One ticket to Florida and one to Albuquerque, N. M.; two tickets to Olympia, Wash.; one car of but- ter to St. Louis. The next business meeting was scheduled to be held March 5.

Tulsa, Okla. Cain's Hall a t Tulsa, Okla.. was a

scene of color and activity on the night of February 1, when the F'risco Ladies' Club of that city entertained with a dance. Roy Hillman's Orches- tra furnished the music.

The hall was decorated elaborately and a t one corner of the ballroom was a canvas tunnel, a la railroad effect, with red and green lanterns a t both ends. One of the features of the evening was the Casey Jones dance, led by G. R. Warren and Mrs. George Gladson, both of them swing- ing red and green lanterns and dressed to represent old Casey and his wife.

Many Frisco employes of the official family were present, and among those were Mr. and Mrs. d. W. James. traffic manager, and wife; C. T , Mason, superintendent, Sapulpa; 0. I,. Young. superintendent of terminals, Tulsa, his \vife and daughter; 0. H. Reid, general agent, Tulsa; F. A. Connell, traveling freight and passenger agent. Tulsa; R. C. Culter, soliciting freight and passenger agent, and Miss Martha Moore of St. Louis.

Mrs. G. C. Harrison, president of the club, had charge of all arrangements, assisted by a committee. She announced that the affair had been s decided financial success.

Blacktuell, Okla. The suggestion that the Frisco Em-

ployes' Club of Blackwell, Okla., t ry fo locate one o r more new industries on the Frisco a t that point during 1929 was made by F. W. Coleman, operator-cashier, president of the club, a t its meeting, February 11, which was attended by twenty-three persons. Talks, readings. instrumen- tal numbers, stunts, refreshments, and dancing were on the program.

President Coleman presided and explained the purposes of the club's meetings, inviting suggestions from

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a11 who wished to make them. F. C. Gow, Enid, assistant superintendent of the Western division, spoke on several subjects. W. N. Patterson, Enid, complimented the club on its progress. C. E. Schofield, agent a t Blackwell, spoke on various angles of business getting for the Frisco. E. R. Walcher, of Blackwell, traffic manager of the Globe Oil & Refining Company and a friend of the Frisco, said that all Frisco employes a t Blackwell had been 100 per cent efficient in their dealings with his company. The entertainment committee presented Senors Sanchez and Cruz who played three numbers on a banjo and a mandolin.

J. D. ("Deacon") Fountain conductor, reminisced. Lee Rollins, car inspector, held out a "glad hand" to Mr. Warner of the Blackwell Banana Bran Factory. Several instances were mentioned where switching crews purposely worked overtime to get business for the Frisco. Miss Lorena Schofield presented a reading and a solo dance, Miss Banner and Otis Hern held a 'jigging contest. Lee Rol- lins, vice-president of the club, presented a reading, and refreshments were served before adjournment.

The next meeting was set for March 11.

Fort Scott, Kans. Norman Miller, machinist, who was

elected president of the Frisco Em- ployes' Club of Fort Scott, Kans., De- cember 17, conducted his first meeting of the club as its president, February .5th.

George W. Scott summarized plans for the club's traffic solicitation this year, a s made during a meeting of the club's officers January 30. TV. D. Jones. vice-president, solicitation, told of a plan he had to meet the business men of the town. E. A. Miller, recently installed agent a t Fort Scott, told of some of his past experiences in meeting the public for the purpose of getting business for the Frisco, and of various work he was planning on for this year. A n~usical program was presented by Frisco people.

Wichita, Kans. Considerable business was obtained

by members of the Frisco Employes' Club of Wichita, Kans., since the previous meeting, it was reported at the meeting held February 6.

This new business included the following: One passenger to Memphis, obtained by Mr. Ramsey; one passenger to St. Louis, obtained by Conduc- tor Sigler; three passengers to Ft. Scott, Kans., obtained by Bob Good- win; eight or ten cars of scrap paper to Kansas City, Mo., obtained by John

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Hofflonger, brakeman; car of automobiles, Detroit to Wichita, obtained by Yardmaster Grimes.

General discussion was held relative to the new oil field a t Valley Center and a t Wichita Heights, Kans. The attendance was only fourteen, due to inclement weather. The next meeting was announced set for i\Iai3ch 6.

Pensncola, Flu. Sanders' Beach Pavilion, located on

Pensacola Bay, was the scene of the dance held by the Frisco Employes' Club of Pensacola, the night of Jan- uary 29. One hundred and forty- seven, including families of members. attended. Games, a talk by W. H. Crow, Frisco general agent a t Pensa- cola, and solo dances by Miss Ber- nice Miller, daughter of Conductor and Mrs. C. C. Miller, also were on the program.

Music was by the "Varsity Eight". The pavilioil is municipally owned and is managed by Joe Reed. A visitor was J. R. Scott, Springfield. Mo., Frisco general airbrake instructor.

To quote the minutes of the meeting: "We had several visitors we did not know. They just could not resist coming in and dancing. Like the Black Crow, they invited themselves. Glad they also had a good time."

The meeting was presided over by C. C. Shaw, president of the club. The next social meeting of the club will be a t Gulf Beach.

Carrier, Okla. . "Situated a s we a r e close to

Enid, we all have to work together to keep our merchants going, as well as our railroad," stated the minutes of the February 9 meeting of the Frisco Employes' Club of Carrier. Olrla. The minutes added: "If our patrons know we a re working to their interest, i t doesn't take much argument to get them favorable toward us."

W. E. Davis, section foreman and president of the club; Roy Maggard, trackman, and F. K. Shroclr, secretary of the club and agent a t Carrier, spoke.

Kansas City, Mo., Auxiliary Mrs. B. J. Gleason was elected presi-

dent of the Ladies' Auxiliary to the Frisco Sunnyland CIub of Kansas City, Mo., a t the annual election held Jan- uary 23 a t home of Mrs. Walter Med- lock. Mrs. George T. Lackey was elected vice-president and Rlrs. F. E. Morgan, secretary-treasurer. After the business meeting luncheon was served by the hostess.

Piano selections mere given by Miss Geraldine O'Brien and a vocal solo was given by Mrs. Walter Rledlock.

OUR FAME REACHES JAPAN

An interesting looking envelope, the address hand printed in perfect English, arrived in the office of publicity department February 14. It was addressed to "Messrs. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway, Pub- licity Department, St. Louis," and was from one Chuxo Hatana of 33 Nishi-Cho Daijogun, Kyoto. Japan, postmarked January 27, 1929.

The letter read, "you will excuse me for my abruptness and impolite- ness. I wish t o get the guide books descriptive of the points of interest along your line, a s well a s the poster showing your giant train if you happened to have it.

"I am very sorry to trouble you but hope you mill please send me the above.

"I shall be pleased if I should able to make your railroad known in our student travel club."

The literature was promptly for- warded to Kyoto, Japan.

The club was scheduled to be entertained March 6 with a card party a t the home of Mrs. George Burns and Mrs. Patrick Larkin, 5308 Tracy.

Muskoge~, Okla. All the officers of the Frisco Em-

ployes' Club of Muskogee, Okla., were re-elected for 1929 at the meeting held February 11. The attendance was eighteen members and three visitors.

The officers of this club are: Presi- dent, W. Estes, chief clerk to general agent; secretary, W. W. Harvel, car clerk; vice-president, Lee Hays, conductor; treasurer, Steve Hays, brakeman; general chairman, traffic committee, H. P. Dutton, engineer.

Copies of news releases from the publicity department were read and all present were much interested in the releases and discussed them.

The attendance was twenty-one including three visitors: H. L. Joyce, Springdale, Ark.; F. A. Logan, RIonett, and John Woolsey.

Chafee, Mo. The Frisco Employes' Club of Chaf-

fee, >lo., in session February 5, in- structed its entertainment committee ot consult with F. J . Trapp, head of the local theater, about a benefit show for the club.

The question of having another "Muny" Baseball League was raised and President M. H. Stubblefield appointed the following committee to look into the matter: Ray Fatchett, chairman, W. J. Ferguson, El C. Heard, H. E. McBride and W. J. Ess- ner.

T. J. Sweeney was instructet tain mimeograph forms for ',,, keeping an accurate account of ,,,, and passenger business ~bta, . , ,~ non-traffic department member, club. R

The club took up a collection those present and raised $18 I rq

tiihution t o the $200 fund tht;,,, en's Federated Club of Chaff raising to repair the road tor 'I

111 cemetery. Talks were made by C. K. S Oh

sistant superintendent; .J. R. F"' car distributor, and J. A. 310.'' perintendent of the Rlver d F

Mr. Moran praised the ~rfv'' ' ' ployes' Club of Poplar Bluff I" way in which it handled the I1 opening of the new station t h ~ ' ~ '

Sunnylancl Club, Kansas Cil 1 7 One of the Frisco Sunnyland,,,"

most successful social events last year was the dance an party held a t the Pla-itlor B2 ! February 7. Despite the zerornt and deep snow the ballroom r a I+?

H. J. Hoke was chairman fv( dance committee. Mrs. Sleif 6 n and Mrs. RlcCarty had c l i a r ~ ~ " card games. P

Visitors included twelve fro.:^ Scott, Kan. ,V,

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Francis Miller, switchman, i nf City, i s an active worker in b1:1 increasing Frisco business. E rl he gave a tip which resulted 1 selling of two round-trip winte'r' i s t tickets to Tampa, Fla. ill

Ziugo, Okla. (1:

The Frisco Employes' Cl n Hugo, Okla., held i ts annual r\fl February 1 4 and elected the fc officers: E. P. Olson, disr)r president; L. L. Hope, roun clerk, secretary, and Amos 1 freight cashier, treasurer.

The following were electelw presidents to represent their.?j tive departments: C. A. Adams. In men; Joseph Pierce, trainmen rd Campbell, switchmen; Martin 'tn roundhouse employes; L. E parte, clerks, agents and callv~q V. Keener, car department; 31 Payne, maintenance-of-way; Hays, telegraph department r r fices in the passenger station Odom, creosoting plant; E. A. E'F stores department; W. I. Vh 11

ployes on Arthur sub-division The president appointed t'ld

lowing entertainment commit;.lll Kelton, V. A. Dufour and J. R.? I

Talks were made by Presidi d son, S. Kelton, F. T. Shallaha5 , Leeper and 0. E. Hays.

Sapulpa, Okla. Committees were appointed a t a

ling of the executives of the . ' o Employes' Club of Sapulpa.

'1 February 4, a s follows: ?-ltertainment: Broe l\Iitchell, chair- ?: J. A. Mac3Iillan, Lois Flanagan.

-. H. W. Hale, Everly Oakes, Aaron -?an and Ella Thrasher.

'limbership: J. Cooper, chairman ; ' 7 Stroud, Porter Jeck, Bill Docl,

n Thompson, Mrs. Ella Burd, Dale ' h s ly , T. J. Burns and C. L. Dun-

'~:blicity: Henry McAlister, chair- n ; C. E. Harris, A. L. Catlett, Mrs. . McMillan and Dewey Smith. Qunce: Quin Baker, chairman.

reminder of the committee will .ppointed later.

:ixTic: George Duke, chairman. rernninder of the committee will

.rqointed later.

Girls' C h b , Chaffee, Mo. ' 74s Elizabeth Grieshaber enter- ,.I! the Frisco Girls' Club of Chaf- . 110.. with a Valentine party, the

- ~ l n c ot February 11. Decorations , ..A in keeping with the occasion. T111, forepart of the evening was , in playing bridge, Miss Anna

Ivn winning first prize and Mrs. S. .Johnson the corisolation prize. '-i Pveryone had partaken of the ':' lunch provided by Miss Gries-

, - 7 , plans were discussed concern- r i proposed trip to Pensacola. Fla.. w r y 22. The Frisco girls a r e ex- linqly proud of our newly-acquired

-I irteen members were present. 0. P. Krueger, wife of the secre- lo the superintendent, and Mrs.

' iirrey, wife of H. H, McGarvey, ' accountant, were honor guests .IIP erening.

Girls' Club, Springfield, Mo. -i- Frisco Girls' Club of Springfield ' its January luucheon in the Max-

- Il-Ontra banquet room on January . Tho tables were decorated with - bowls ol calentlulas and brass - !:uticks with orange tapers and .. %x terns between. I . d4 guests were 0. W. Bruton.

rinleudent of terminals, and C. 0. : ,'?in recently transferred to : .-?;field as freight agent, vice W.

;nith, retired. - 1 Blevans, of the mechanical de- ,-!rent, furnished piano music while

nad assembled and was seated. , - # of the most delightful musical

,-' >rs ever given a t one of the . '.,.nnn was presented by James K. .-!.lie) Cook, former Ii'risco em- . - . whose Scotch ballads a r e al- p -. enjoyed. Mr. Cook gave three -:-!ltrs all of which were enthusi-

astically received. Mrs. Herber t Brun- ne r accompanied him a t the piano.

After the music, t he par ty wandered with Dr. F rank Neff new pastor of Grace PI. E. Church. in enjoyable short trips through various countries by differeut n ~ e t l ~ o d s of travel. Dr. Neff, with Mrs. Neff, who was also a special guest, journeyed around the world about two years ago and he spoke on the subject. "The Romance of Transportation". a description of various modes of travel used on thei r trip. H e gave a creditable compari- son of ou r own railroad with railroads of foreign countries. Those present considered th is one of the most enjoyable lnncheons ever held by the club.

Committees were appointed to ar - range a benefit bridge to be held im- nlediately a f t e r t he Lenten season.

Fayrtteville, Ark . G. C. Dakon. fireman, was elected

president of the Frisco Employes' Club of Fayetteville, Ark.. a t - the annual meeling held February 12. D. G. Lehn, agent. was elected vice-president, and Paul Jeffries, clerk, was re- elected secretary-treasurer.

The meeting was called to order by

A. C. Miller, contluctor, president. He spoke of competition by busses and trucks. H e urged employes to famil- iarize then~se lves with Fr,isco schedules and infor111 the public or these schedules.

F. E. Brannaman, ass is tant superintendent, spoke of the relation of Frisco employe clubs to Frisco eln- ployes. A Scherrey, roadmaster, spoke of traffic solicitation. Other members of the club spoke. The following men were reported a s having been very active in traffic solicitation dnr ing January: W. D. Rader, L. L. Frit ts , J . L. Stinson, G. C. Dakon, C. H. P ra t t and V. G. Farmer . Ed. Rich and T. S. Tribble, visitors a t the meeting, each spoke. The next meeting was se t for AIarch 12.

Fort Smith, Ark . T h e Greater Traffic Committee of

the Frisco Employes' Club of For t Smith. i n session February 12, discussed traffic solicitation and announced business obtained by the following: 31. J. Smart , roundhouse helper; L. W. Blakely, claim clerk; A. R. Thorson, wire chief, dispatchers ' office; Lee W. Caviness, machinist. roundhouse; C. H. Davenport, chief

clerk, freight office. The next meeting was scheduled to be held March 12.

The Frisco Employes' Club of Ft . Smith met February 6, a t the U. C. T. Country Club, for a business and social meeting. L. W. Caviness, president, presided a t the business session. The mechanical department took the center of the stage for the evening a s the Central division, mechanical, won the merit cup for having the fewest accidents among the mechanical departments for the last quarter of 1928.

Z . B. Claypool, Springfield, Mo., assistant director, accident prevention, made a n address, outlining some of the safety work that is being done by our company aud also explained that the Central division won the cup by "one-thousandth of one per cent". Ad- dresses were made by the following: S. T. Cantrell, superintendent, Cen- tral division; J. D. Heyburn, master mechanic, Central division; J. E. Potts, chief clerk, superintendent of motive power; P. 0. Wood, assistant superintendent of motive power, and C. H. Davenport, chairman of the Greater Traffic Committee of the club.

A popularity contest was arranged to determine the most popular lady and gentleman employe a t the Fort Smith terminal and incidentally to help the financial status of the club. During the evening, popularity votes were sold by each campaign manager and Miss Grace Heyburn, stenographer division storeroom, and Jim Dyer, roundhouse foreman, were the winuers of llle contest. Each of the popular contestants was presented with appropriate gifts.

The meeting was followed by bridge, dancing and refreshments. About 300 club niembers and their friends were present.

llrlolzett, tl!lo. The proposition of the posting in

hotels of cards showing the time of arrival and departure of Frisco trains is being handled hy the Frisco Em- ployes' Club of Nonett, 1\10,, it was announced a t the club's session of Feb- ruary 13.

The matter was sug-gested by a Frisco employe who noticed that hotel clerks were well informed on operating schedules of bus lines, but did not seem to be familiar with train schedules.

Visitors included J. TV. Seabough, president of the Frisco Men's Club of Spi9ingAeld, Mo., and E. A. O'Dwyer, Monett, of the Ozark Fruit Growers' Association. Mr. Seabough said that

Important Conoentions Below is a list o f imbortaitt c o w e n t i o m which will be lreltl dwing 1929. The Passcuger Traf f ic Department zerill we lco~ne any irlforrr~afion thar

might be of assistance ill securing travel to these ?nettings. Any conrnwlca- tiort in cortrwction therczuith, shottld be addressed to nearest pnssertger debar/- nient representatize or to M r . /. W. Notrrsc, P a s s e i t g ~ ~ Traf f ic S l ~ l i ~ ~ i ~ S t . Lottis, M o .

1929 CONVENTIONS

Presidential Inauguration ....................... Washington, D. C ..... March 4 Amer. Assn. of Petroleum Geologists..Tulsa, Okla ................. March 21-23 Okla. Congress Parents & Teachers..Tulsa, Okla ................. March 27-30 American Bowling Congress .................. Chicago, I l l ................. Mar. bApr.10 Daughters American Revolution .......... Washington, D. C ..... Apr i l 13-20 Rotary lnternational (15th Dist.) ........ Ft. Smith, A r k ........... May 6-7 Gen. Assembly, Presbyterian Church..St. Paul, Minn ........... May, 1929 Southern Baptist Convention .................. Memphis, Tenn .......... May, 1929 American Wholesale Grocery Assn ....... Memphis, Tenn .......... May 21-23 Church of God i n Christ (Colored) ...... Tulsa, Okla .........,....... May 23-27 Rotary lnternational .............................. Dallas, Texas ....,......... May 26-31 General Federation Women's Clubs .... Swampscott, Mass .... Week May 27 National Assn. Credit Men ................, ...Minneapolis, Minn .... June 24-28 Natl. Retail Hdwe. Assn. Congress ...... Okla. City, Okla ........ June, 1929 Co-operative Club, International .......... Milwaukee, Wis ......... June 16-19 Lions lnternational .................................. Louisville, K y ............. June 18-21 Mystic Shrine (A. A. 0. N. M. S.) ........ Los Angeles, Calif .... June 3-5 United Confederate Veterans ................ Charlotte, N. C ........... June 4-7 Modern Woodmen o f America ............,... Chicago, 111 .................. June 4-8 National Exchange Clubs ........................ Jacksonville, Fla ....... June 9-12 U. S. Junior Chamber of Commerce .... Fl int, Mich ................ ...June 12-15 Grotto (M. 0. V. P. E. R.) ...................... Rock Island, Ill .......... June 1820 Master Plumbers ................................. Bu f fa lo , N. Y .............. June 25.27 Natl. Assn. of Real Estate Boards ........ Boston, Mass .............. June 24-29 Natl. Assn. of Credit Men ........................ Minneapolis, Minn .... June 24-29 Kiwanis lnternational ............................ Milwaukee, Wis ......... June 23-27 American Inst i tute of Banking .............. Tulsa, Okla ........,........ June 10-14 Optimists lnternational .......................... Tulsa, Okla .................. June, 1929 Travelers' Protective Association ........ Detroit, Mich .............. June 17-21 National Assn. Retail Grocers .............. Portland, Ore ............. June 24-27 National Education Association .......,,... Atlanta, Ga .................. June 28-July 4 lnternational Soc. of Christian End ..... Kansas City, Mo ........ July 3-9 B. P. 0. E. Grand Lodge ........................ Los Angeles, Calif ..... July 9-13 Natl. Bus. & Prof. Women's Clubs ........ Mackinac Island ....... 2d Wk. July B. Y. P. U ................................................. Detroit, Mich ...........,.. July 10-14 Fraternal Order of Eagles ...................... Minneapolis, Minn .... Aug. 5-10 Knights of Pythias Supreme Lodge ...... Tampa, Fla ................. Aug. 11 D. 0. K. K. Imperial Palace .................. Winnipeg, Man ........... Aug. 12 Loyal Order of Moose Sup. Lodge ........ Detroit, Mich .............. Aug. 1823

seemingly trivial traffic tips should be turned in by club members a s in the aggregate these small revenues total up worth-while sums. He out- lined the manner in which the Men's Club of Springfield is handled and offered his assistance in any matter that might be considered by the 310- nett club. Mr. O'Dwyer complimented the Frisco on the service it had given his association. He said also that public feeling should be friendly toward the railroads, a s they h a r e con- tributed much to the upbuilding of communities.

President J. J. Charles gave a sum-

mary of the club's activities durin: 1928.

Clinton, Wo. The Chamber of Commerce of Cl~r.

ton, Mo., has passed a resolution r- - questing its members to abk all th- merchants of Clinton to patronit: railroads in preference to trucks pod

busses, it was reported at the meetin: of the Frisco Employes' Club ot C!h.

ton, Mo., held February 17. Talks were made by the Idloving:

31. M. Kruse, D. W. Keys, C. 0. Chi borne, William Balke, C. A. Ruthe:. ford, and A. T. Laney, the latter prei. dent of the club.

I929 Pagc 15

Two Views of Frisco Lines' New Station at Pensacola, Fla.

.)itable, impressive and itnposiilg ore three ndjcctives which give a fair descriptiort o f the Frisco's newly completed c! Pensucolo, Florida. Follont~iitg i t s coiapletion the accon~panying pictures w e r e made, o)te showing the arlislrc ijmin

and second, a v i e w o f thc entire station. 11 desigwd ill Shanish Mission w i t h rough strtcco exterior nzdls and a Missiorc tile roof in vnriegatetl colors. These t w o

- ~ r u ~ c u ore colutructcd of semi-glazed terra cotta product, the base being of polychrotnc effect w i t h various orna)nent rrulizw feutztres in bright attrnctime colors. nslrrfios cquip)nent is all of the latest type, w i t h vocuunr return steanr sys ter )~ , auto)notic oil bur)rcr, icc neater fncilities

-'liroottt for ticket o f f i ce , nuaiting and baggage rooms. Electric clocks have heen blaced in the wniting rooms of both ' m d white patrons of the road and henvy marble base set tees o f a design it1 keebiirg ~or'th the struclrrre are found is the

\UOS STRIKE TRAINS im4ng Crashes i n 1928 w h e n Yn~orists Drive I n t o T r a i n s 'Z startling fact that thirty per

- ~ t of the accidents involving a.nobiles and trains of the

r resulted . nlhen automobiles 1, -VI Ule sides of engines or cars r.-alled February first in the an- I-.-rlrt of the accident prevention b-:..ot. t , mta1 01 144 autoniobiles da.m- P :ring 1929 by collisions with

1 rains, 132 of these accidents :.zed by motorists driving into

.-.,ny, the statement shows. : : cent, or 265 of the damaged 'lee, were struck by Frisco : md ears. Five per cent, or f:. automobiles, were struck -*F or cars because the auto-

~h at passenger and freight

1- maining five per cent, eight 1.; were driven against bar- d l near railroad crossings;

JUST EMPTYS CUMIN' BACK have you evur sat by the r. r. track C watched the emptys cumin' back? lumbering along with a groan and a

whine- smoke strung out in a long gray line belched from the panting injun's stack

-just einptys cumin' hack.

i have--and to me the emptys seem like dreams i sumtimes dream- of a girl - or munney - or maybe

fame- my dreams have all returned the same swingin' along the homebound track

-just emptys cumin' back. -Burton Smith.

lided with section motor cars, and one missed the crossing and crashed in the ditch, the report shows.

"Examination of this report shows that more than forty per cent of our 1925 automobile damage was caused by reckless driving," H. W. Hudgen, of Springfield, Mo., director of accident prevention, said. "We a r e convinced that the other sixty per cent would have been avoided."

VETS MEET AT MONETT Approximately fifty mem'hers of both

the Frisco Veteran Employes' Associ- ation and the Auxiliary attended a dinner given a t the Casino, %nett, Mo., on the night of January 26th.

Mrs. Walter Boyd, of Springlield. president of the auxiliary, was an honor guest and made a delightful address. Following the dinner the evening was spent informally, and t h e guests played cards and enjoyed a radio program.

Nrs. W. W. Woolf is president of the Monett auxiliary, which has been organized about a year. Among those present were: Nessrs. and Mesdames W. W. Woolf, James &Iansfield, Wil- liam CaRer, A. M. Trimble, A. T. Brown, S. T. Clutter, Frank Ellis, Charles Johnston, John Dwyer, Frank Jones; Mesdames George Willhoite, H. A. Cochran, Dan Guinney, Ed. Ho- gan and the Misses Mary Helen Will- hoite, Catherine Hogan, Josephine Hogam, Helen Jo Saxe, Betty Ann Mills; Messrs. Jack Wolfe, Clifford Ellis, Edward Hogan, Jr., and George Howard Willhoite.

J. W. FLANIGAN RETIRES Is Succeeded by J . W. Skaggs as

Supt. T e r m i n a l s a t I<. C., Mo.

W E R fifty-one years of railroading, forty-two of them spent in charge of the Frisco's Kansas

City terminals, J . 31. "Jack" Flanigan was retired as superintendent of ter- iiiinals on February 15.

This widely known and universally liked Frisco officer, known to hundreds of men as the "fightin' Irishman", retired with more railroad friends and less demerits than many another of his contemporaries. F o r though Jack's friends were numbered by his acquaintances, not a demerit could be found to mar his splendid record.

Fifty-one years ago a new brakeman took his place on the Chicago-Bloom- ington run of the Chicago and Alton. At another point on the railroad, probably around Roodhouse, another man destined to go far in Frisco official- dom was also beginning his operating career. The new brakeman was Flan- nigan, and the Roodhouse employe was J . E. Hutchison, now vice-president in charge of operation.

Flanigan didn't stay long with the Chicago and Alton. Xeither did his service last overly long with the Bur- lington, the Wabash and other railroads who accepted his services. found him a good worker, but one with a n Irishman's love of the road.

No, none of the railroads he worked for was good enough to hold this man Flanigan-until he came to Kan- sas City in 1887 and went to work for the Kansas City Fort Scott and Mem- phis as general yardmaster.

That job seemed to suit, and he remained a t it. When the K. C. Ft. S. & 31. was taken over by the Frisco, Flanigan stayed on. Twenty years ago he was promoted to superintendent of terminals, and when he became 70 years of age recently and was forced to retire because of the age limit rule, there was genuine grief in the Kansas City terminals.

During the week before Jack Flan- igan left active service, many a griz- zled Frisco veteran stepped into his office for a farewell handshake, a well wish for a happy retired life.

And on the very morning that he was to sign his final papers and close his desk for the last time, in walked that other Chicago and Alton "young- ster" to say goodbye. For two hours Vice-president Hutchison and Super- intendent Flanigan remained closeted together, and many were the remi- niscences of the past fifty-one years of which they talked quietly together.

Out a t his comfortable home a t 3346

7Z/'/sco FMPLOI%S'IV~UNE

An Ancient Engine

Miss Mary Jcirkhls o f the T1r1.r~ freighl oflice, gasitr,q at the beaufics .. ' City of Havana, Cuba, while or1 vacatio?b recer~tly, did rtot fail to noficr. !; ; 11 engi~te, pictured trbove, d z i c h is O H display ziicder the sheds at the U n i o ~ ~ J..'-: r in that city. I t z a s the first eizgirie t o run into H a v a ~ a , Cuba, a d made i ~ c fr. ('

f r o m ~ M o t a ~ w a s to Havana b 1844. T h e old colored nroa 61 thr photogmo~i :--' / 01

first ertgineer. I Chestnut Street in Kansas City, Jack Flanigan looked ahead into the future.

"I may be seventy-one years old, but I'm a young man," he mused. "This retirement is all right, I guess, but I don't feel yet like sitting still. I'm going to rest awhile, travel about a little, and then I'm thinking about buying a grocery store or go into some other kind of business."

Down a t the terminals things kept moving. Eiriployes who grieved because Jack Flanigan had retired saw a ray of sunshine in his successor, a former Kansas City bop who began his railroad career more than twenty years ago a s a yard clerk in the terminals he now superintends. J. W. Skaggs former superintendent of terminals a t Birmingham, had come to take Flanigan's place.

"It's like a homecoming to me," 'Jim' Skaggs said. "I'm moving the family back again and it's a question who is the more tickled, Mrs. Skaggs or myself."

At Birmingham, Mr. Skaggs was succeeded by E. A. Teed, former assistant superintendent of the Southern division.

I t 2 INTERCHANGE 2,168.787 C \ i * i Not to be outdone by other d.. re

ments. H. W. Johnson car a m 1- I P of Springfield submits a splendl' . ord for the year of 1028.

A total of 2,186,787 cars wre '

changed with other roads dilr r c year which included both rect!ip*; - deliveries. Freight car moves r-...,

one car making this many In1

ed were 5,325,929 or the equir,:),. ' "

moves, while the frelght car made under load was 235,06fi11 the empty mileage 157,933,WE

Gross ton miles in freight u : : 1 "" d t

ed trains was 14,479,065,000 .J mj

ton miles is the weight of the I .. 4 w,, contents multiplied by the .:+ (all moved. I 011 The locomotive mileage in:? . u d moving freight trains amountp? *- W n

769,330 and the locomotives in '- 2

service consumed 1,270,522 1 - coal. The oil was reduced to it. 1 -

'' me alent in coal and is incIudf+ I. . ..

figure. The showing of this depa

Prisco Lines was indeed crc

Frisco Passenger Trains Continue On Time in January ESPITE adverse weather condi- tained the i r schedules o r made u p 98.8 per cent. Wes te rn division was lions and heavy traffic, 4.673, or time, according to a report issued by secoud, 97.8 per cent. Central divi- 93.9 per cent, of t he 4,974 gas- F. H. Shaffer, Sl)ringfield, No., general sion was a close third, 97.7 per cent,

, r trains operated by Frisco manager. a n d River division was fourth, 94.7 . during January, 1929, main- Texas Lines made t h e bes t record, per cent.

T h e s ta tenlent : -

DIVISION Total Trains Operated

Total Trains Maintained Per Cent Trains Schedule or Made Maintained Schedule

Up Time or Made UD Time

Standing of Divisions

Jan. 1929

.'m ................................... 186 ... : I ................... ... ........... 810 - ......................................... 852 : ' b m ................................... 868 !baritern ............................ 806 .- i : r n .................................... 111.5 . :n ...................................... 529

I;; Llnes ........................... 218

Jan. Jan. 1928 1927

217 217 558 620

1045 733 8G4 79:; 930 867

1333 1333 651 673

248 248

Jan. 1929

Jan. 1928

Jan. 1927

-- --

Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. 1929 1928 1927 1929

Jan. 1928

Jan. 1927

EDITOR BELIEVES IN RAILWAYS

>ruse he beIieves tha t ".a decline -wries (of the railways) means LTPI of people in the various in- E ~ s which manufacture goods t h a t : :r:o the maintenance of railroads I c w be out of work," Mr. George ?:drps, former governor of Kansas

:: oilx publisher of t h e Johnson ;-:y Democrat and Olathe Regis ter

I 1!abe, Kansas, has adopted t h e I .: of printing Informative ar t ic les : -&mad operation in h i s news- rr:. Tv articles, one on the valuable

~ ~ l r ~ t l o n of ralIways to t h e genera l r-grily of business, t h e o ther on b ! q e amounts of money accruing : -nmnnities adjacent to rail l ines t ~ j h taxes, appeared in recent is- K

2 1 letter to hls friend hIr. J . R. k:, vice president of Frisco Lin- a ! m P r governor Hodges wri tes : TP rather feel that if our paper, as

1'3t1y paper, would do something 3 line to awaken the public, i t ~ i h e followed by similarly edited a~ whose editors have enough ri.; in rtense the ultimate outconle r :* transportation problem . . . T h e o: rha visualizes and senses t he pnl decline of transportation fa- krc and railroad tonnage knows k t i i h o u t revenue from both freight & psenger service these public n:s corporations can not exist."

Icy Therel Mr. Volstead!

I;: - Hand (to manager, sotto "Shall I lower t he curtain?"

S r r ~ Hand: "One of t h e livin' -. ~ Z B the hiccups."

Oh! For the Good Old Days

A h' in teres t ing discussion of competit ive . t ranspor ta t ion was contained in

the J anua ry 24th issue of the Cuba Review, Cuba, Mo., reprodnced f rom the Bonne T e r r e News-Register, and is quoted in full below:

" 'Oh, for the govd old days, when you could board a railroad train on sciiedule, with clean coaches, warm enough to keep you from shivering on a cold day, and the assurance, with rare exceptions, of reachin . your destinn- tion, safe, svund and on xhedu le time.' These were the lamentations of a trnv- eling man who occupied a bus sea t with the wri ter from St. Louis las t \veelc.

"This was to be expected and a s time goes on, thexe lan~enta t ions and complaints a r e hound to increase. Yet. how ready the traveling public were to cast aside the comfort of a railroad coach for tlie bus, requires no comment a t this writing. I t was a t any ra te sufficiently large to a t t r ac t a patronage tha t compelled the discontinuance of Imssenger trains On practically every railroad in the countr?.

"Just how much cause there is for the complaints of the traveler above referred to the wri ter canliot s a y except on this particular tr ip the driver stopped a t one fllling station for over twenty minutes to converse with an autoist. Fu r the r along he made short stops a t Crystal City where a n inter- view with n waitress delayed progress another few minutes while a t Fes tus yet another s top was made, while the driver held converse with some friends in the station. At De Soto junction, the passengers were unceremoniously unloaded into another bus which carried them South to thcir various desti- nations. However, this may have been an unusual day for this patt icular trip and the bus system should not be judged entirely by this recital.

"The public is nevertheless begin- n ing to realize tha t they did not make the best exchange in transportation when they so willingly deserted the rallroads for the bus. The railroad engineer could not car ry his wife or his sweetheart a long with him in the engine cab on a trip, and divert his a t - tention from his duties. The conductor could not change the schedule to su i t his appeti te o r to converse with acquaintances and friends met enroute. nor was it likely t h a t any engineer

would indulge in prohibition laxities while a t the throttle.

"The In ters ta te Commerce Commis- sion in recent years has had such punc- tilious railroad supervision tha t it has made it impossible for any of the bus shortcomiiigs to be possible on a n American railroad. The employes of the railroad reached positions of im- portance. such a s conductors or engineers only af ter long years of service, and none but the most sober, in- dustrious and efficient could las t long enough to receive desired promotion, unless they possessed the necessary clualifications.

"Sad to relate the bus driver has not to give such demonstrations of ability and efficiency, a s malces for safe ty of passengers on railroads. The bus owner is not circumscribed in his un- dertakings by any such body a8 the In ters ta te Commerce Commission, who limit the activities of tile railroad. The railroad possessed finances t ha t made them responsible carriers, and in the event of a n accident a settlement fo r damages resulting from injuries o.r death was obtainable. The responsibil- i ty of many bus owners is a debatable question. therefore, the assurance for reimbursenient in the event of accidents is limited.

"The railroads did not use the thor- oughfares of the taxpayer or a t the expense of the taxpayer, but ra ther lightened the burdens of the taxpayer hy virtue of the taxes paid in counties and s ta tes through which they t ra- versed. The bus owner bears no portion of our taxes in St. Francois Coun- ty, a s does the railway. Furthermore, the railroad does not hog the center of the highway and make it Impossible for the average driver of a machine to enjoy the roads maintained by the s ta te for the use of everyone but which by numerous bus drivers, a r e considered constructed solely for their individual use. Yes, we'll miss the railroads more each year and many realize already, t ha t the bus will never become its substi tute In safety, efficiency, o r comfort."

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F A R M E R S 1928 Good

Frisco,

ARE PROSPEROUS Agr icu l tu ra l Y e a r on Engl i sh R e p o r t s

F ROM a standpoint of production the year 1928 was a satisfactory one in the territory served by the

St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Com- pany, altho in some commodities, particularly fruits and truck crops, prices were so low as to leave little margin to the grower, according to the annual report of the agricultural department of the Frisco Lines, made public by W. L. English, of Springfield, No., supervisor of agriculture.

Prices of livestock, dairy products and poultry were eclual to or greater than the average of recent years, and the farmers in Frisco territory are in better condition than i11 the last four or five years, with bright prospects for a further increase in agricultural tonnage during 1929, the report states.

A wheat crop of excellent quality and heavy yield in Kansas and Okla- homa, the Frisco's major wheat-producing territory, brought an increase of 67,000,000, bushels in Kansas and 26,000,000 bushels in Oklahoma. The Frisco moved 5,807 cars of wheat in 1928 a s compared to 4,172 in 1927, the report continues. Wheat production in Missouri. Arkansas and AIississippi showed a further decline with com- paratively light acreage and a very light yield. The use of combines and other large-scale farm machinery is gradually eliminating the small tract production. Mr. English concludes.

An excellent corn crop in all FI-isCo territory except Mississippi, Northeast Arkansas and Southeast Missouri was noted. Texas, Oklahoma and K a n s a ~ had far better than average crops and the movement of corn to market was decidedly heavy. The yield in the Mis- souri and the Arkansas Ozarks was also far above the average, and sufficient corn t o take care of all livestock in Frisco territory is on hand. Grain, sorghum, forage and feed crops of all kinds gave heavy yields and the abundance of grain and feed has en- couraged further expansion of the livestock business. Alfalfa hay was in particularly keen demand and sold at excellent prices, altho prairie hay is being held for a satisfactory market.

Cotton did not produce as heavily a s in 1927, due to unsatisfactory prices in 1926 and 1927, which resulted in a considerable reduction in acreage. There was, however, a slight increase in the production in the Frisco's cotton-producing states. Missouri, Ala- bama, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas, the five premier cotton states in the Frisco's territory. produced

Making. Plans for the Big Fight . - - -

T HAT Frisco Lines was "in on the arena floor" of the Jack Sharkey- W. L. Stribling fight a t Miami

Reach, Florida, February 27, is clearly indicated in the above picture taken a t Miami Beach, early i11 February. Jack Dempsey, former heavyweight champion, now promoting the battle since the death of "Tex" Rickard, is shown in a pugilistic "huddle" with the Frisco's own "Uncle Charley" Baltzell, special representative of the general manager.

Efforts of the Frisco to secure a special trainload of fight fans from Kansas City and St. Louis to Miami, resulted in a trip to Miami Reach for Mr. Aaltzell, where he made plans for

the entertainment anc fans who might use and from the fight.

Dempsey's long-timc 311.. Baltzell resulted il the Frisco patrons cared for.

"Please assure yo1 they will receive ever) Dempsey later wrote 1 to meet thein and expc Frisco Railway specia M a m i on arrival."

As this is written, indlcatioa; :' that the special train will be m r ! ~ :,

a t Memphis and proceed to Mialt:'.

Fsisco Lines to Birmingham.

9,036,000 bales in 1928, as compared with 8,050,000 in 1927. The quality was better than usual and prices throughout the season were materially increased. An increase in acreage is expected in 1929.

The fruit crops present a varied picture for the year. A freeze in 1927 which practically destroyed the apple crop, resulted in only 603 cars moving over Frisco Lines. The season of 1928 was uniformly favorable and approximately 2,000 cars were handled. Ex- cessive rains in the spring had a bad effect on setting of the grape crop, and wet weather in June brought on black rot. The increased acreage was s o great, however, that the Frisco moved 1,256 cars as compared with 130 in 1927, a t slightly better prices.

With 27.000 acres of strawberries

planted in Missouri and 17,OOfl b :

kansas, torrential rains during 1::- time cut the expected yield oi : * - I T

berries in half, and slightly ir? the quality, the report shows. P.; this handicap, Frisco Lines m11r total of 2,400 cars in 1925, !. pared with 1,960 cars the pr,: .

year. The bad seasons of l Y : 1928 mill result in a decrwv! . age, Supervisor English beli?;~:

A poor crop of watermelons-' - in acreage, yield and prices,-:!.' ' prevent a n increased rnorem.. ,

700 cars against 340 ror 1927. The prize crop or. the pear, a - .

ing to reports, was Irish pa': With a heavy increase in pol.+. : - age, due to a splendid year In 1:: the crop matured in excellent .:.' tion.

Damage by Rough Handling Shows Slight Increase

Pnge 19

'- Yne with the splendid record in -rlnction of rough handling of

'-8 i,sht cars made by the Frisco :.. 1920, the first year the railroads - x e d their properties following fed- 1' tontrol, the Frisco succeeded ill ' h e down the number of freight I.-: damaged during January, 1929, to 1 The Frisco handled that month

422,338 freight cars. Although the record for this Janu-

usry was splendid it was not as good as that made in January, 1928. This January, a s compared with January, 1928, the number of cars damaged increased 17.9 per cent, the amount of damage increased 70.5 per cent, the number of cars handled per car dam-

aged decreased 13.9 per cent and the amount of damage per car bandled increased 68.27 per cent.

Following is the comparative chart, prepared in the office of the car accountant a t Springfield. Mo., showing Frisco freight car rough-handling figures for this January, and January, 1928, and January, 1927:

PER CENT STANDING DIVISION NUMBER CARS DAMAGED DIVISION

OR DAMAGED AMOUNT DAMAGE NUMBER CARS HANDLED TO TOTAL 0 R TERllNAL HANDLED TERMjNAL

1929 1928 1927 1929 1928 1927 I929 1928 1927 1929 1928 1927 '29 28 '27

I'ERMINALS p:,rrf~ld .......... - - - - 57.16.; 58,106 57,141 - - - 1 1 1 h!ngham ...... 2 5 3 $ 35.00 $ 95.00 $175.00 61.214 60.849 69,256 .0033 .0082 .0043 2 2 2 k hula ............. 1 6 R 38.00 224.00 100.00 59.834 5.5.380 55,785 .0050 .0108 -0143 3 4 4 ' i 3 ~ ..-.......... 5 - 2 11.5.00 - 25.00 77,345 70.817 38,884 .0066 - .0051 4 1 3 brphia ............. 8 7 14 169.00 385.00 268.00 50,983 78,200 76,719 .0157 .0090 .0182 6 3 5 CIL~~I Clty ...... 1 5 8 13 800.00 157.50 247.50 61,130 62,881 54,247 ,0245 .0127 .0240 6 5 6 -- T W d ............... 33 26 40 $1,157.00 $861.50 $815.50 367.671 386,233 352,031 ,0090 ,0067 ,0114

DIVISIONS 18.388 13.441 19.548 --- - -- 1 1 1

Ptbm Belt . . . - - - - 10,014 - - --- - -- BurLlnes ...... 4 1 1 29.00 .i.00 25.00 12.298 11,411 13,260 ,0325 .0088 .0075 F' 8ystern ..... 66 56 75 $3,308.50 $1,940.00 $1,501.50

1929 COMPARED W I T H 1928 !--pent Increase In h'umber of Cars Damaged ................ 17.9 Per Cent Decrease In Number of Cars Handled h e Prnt Increase In Amount of Damage ................................ 70.5 Per Car Damaged .................................................................. 13.9 e.? i f Clr Accounlr!it. Per Cent Increase in Amount of Damage Per

....................................................................... t.-r?rld, Ylssonrl. February 7, 1USR. Car Handled 68.27

HONOR WM. HUTTON b;proximately ~ i x l y friends of Wil-

hp Batton, general roundhouse fore- rn? Beaumont, Kansas, were pres- ct st hie home when he arrived 0.1. h m his duties a t the Frisco h p , Wednesday evening, February t The occasion was to honor him on b mentieth birthday. !b was presented with a double

hrr-l 410 gauge shotgun from the h-wn .employes. Following bbe pre- rc'v'nn the guests played games and onit and at 10:OO p. m., a delicious hal was served by Mr. Hutton's Wh~m. i?. out of town sons aud daughters

& wrc present were, Mr. and Mrs. wdkr Hutton, Mre. Ted Maize, Mr. nd \In. Glen Axtel and Mrs. Lester L.r;:

Yr Hullon retired Crom active serv- (a b4ruary 28, and the payrolls show b t w has not missed a pay day since 1PI *Mch is a remarkable record.

Ibitg-1 see In the papers that a r0:m with nine children married a Wwr with eight.

knra-That wasn't marriage. It Bu a merger.

WHEN LONELINESS FALLS By Nntalie A. Schultz,

F h c o Ge?ternl Offices, St . Louis

When the heavens seem weeping And shadows a r e creeping

Along the wall' As daylight is dying The night winds seem sighing

And loneliness falls.

As you sit in the gloaming Your memory roaming

To happier days, Do your castles seem shattered Your dream clouds look tattered

The future seem gray?

Don't think your tomorrows Are all filled with sorrows

Because of today. Your luck hasn't left you Or sorrow bereft you

Of everything gay.

Fate plays a queer game. Were you never to blame

For anyone's sorrow? Your sunshine will come. Just pray for the sun

And welcome tomorrow.

A. RAILROAD MAN'S PRAYER Now that I have flagged Thee.. lift

up my feet from the rough road of life and plant them safely on the train of salvation. Let me use the safety lamp of prudence, make all couplings with the links of love and let my hand lantern be the Bible, and keep all switches closed that lead off the main line into sidings with blind ends. Have every semaphore block along the line show the white light of hope, that I may make the run of life without stopping.

Help me to use the Ten Command- ments as a working card, and when I have finished the run on scheduled time and pulled into the terminal, may Thou, Superintendent of the Universe say; "Wc11 done, good and faithful servant; come into the general office and sign the payroll and receive your check for eternal happiness."

No Bother a t All "Does your husband's stuttering

bother you?" "On the other hand, it helps me.

He'd rather help with the dishes than say 'Yo'."

1

Pngc 20 bp/T&~ ~ M P L O @ S ' ~ Z I ~ I

Frisco Lines' New Station at Rolla, Mo., Opens

KANSAN MAKES HOLE-IN-ONE Frisco Lines has a t last joined the

ranks of the immortals. A Frisco man has made a "hole-in-

one." His name, (speak it with reverence,

friends) is W. F. Lilleston, attorney for Kansas for Frisco Lines, prince of good fellows, mediocre golfer (except on that one never-to-be-forgotten Sun- day afternoon) excellent after-dinner speaker, and lawyer-extraordinary.

Although his achievement brought down the envy of Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen, (neither of \!+horn ever made a hole in less than two), think what it might have done to the Hon. Lllleston's boss, vice-president and general solicitor E. T. Miller.

The records do not show that Messrs. Miller and Lilleston ever com- peted with the irons and woods. The records do not show that the respec- tive scores of these gentlemen a r e in any wise comparative. But the records of Canada Dry Ginger Ale, Inc., of New York, donors of 48 bottles of that nectar to each and every member of the "Hole-in-One Club," show that Mr. Lilleston has received his ginger ale, but that Mr. Miller has not. Mr. Niller has never even put in a claim.

The editor is not sure that Mr. Mil- ler knows of the exceptional golf tal- ent of his Kansas attorney. It seems unlikely, since peace and good will continue to prevail in the Frisco legal department.

Unless some misguided joker shows this article to Mr. Miller, enthusiastic golfer that he is, the dove of peace m'ay continue to coo gently on the window ledge of Judge Miller's tenth floor office. We shall watch that dove with trepidation! -W. L.. H., JY.

And How? "Do your shoes hurt?" "No, but my feet do."

The new Frisco station a t Rolla, Mo., was completed and dedicated on the night of January 26 and takes its place a s one of the most modern and beautiful on the Eastern division.

The building is of brick and stucco, with attractive tile roof. It is 200 feet long and 36 feet in width with wait- ing rooms and freight accommodations of the latest type.

J. E. Hutchison, rice-president in charge of operation, John McCormack, superintendent freight loss and damage claims. C. H. Baltzell of the general manager's office, J . C . Loverin, assistant general passenger agent, Frank Bymaster, assistant to S. S . Butler and E. L. Magers, superintendent of the Eastern division arrived in Rolla from St. Louis on the Frisco Bluebonnet. They were met by a re- ception committee headed by Dr. H. A. Buehler, State Geologist, the Rolla band, directed by John W. Scott and about 100 citizens.

At six o'clock a dinner was sewed in the new station with seats for 126 diners. L. T. Hudson, president of the Rolla Chamber of Commerce officiated a s toastmaster. Among those who addressed the guests were, 0. L. Woods, member, Missouri Legislature; Row- land L. Johnston, member of Con- gress, 16th District; Dr. J. W. Barley, professor of English, Rolla; J . E. Hutchison, J. L. McCormack, J. C. Loverin, E. L. Magers and Messrs. W. S. Miller and Dr. Buehler of St. James.

Grant Wyatt, general contractor of the building and A. Daniel, superintendent of the work were both present.

In Ye Olden Times

It was back in medieval times. "It's no fun trying to live in this

coat of mail," complained a cootie. "No," agreed the second parasite.

"Heaven help a fellow on a knight like this."-The American Legion Monthly.

PREVENTING PER DIE11 j Through the co-operation oC wm(

and yardmasters, the Frisco r t ' , ' ' + /

has made some record handlln.7 :! foreign cars and has prerentpsl ' dreds of dollars in per diem, :' .I. H. Doggrell, Springfield, Xo., : . intelldent of transportation.

Mr. Doggrell cited three i 1 cases :

At New Albany, hllss., duriw ! uary, 28 foreign box cars rnr ' ceived from a connecting line 1,:: with merchandise for points b r 8

New Albany. The can were nli- to the delivering line the snm they were received and two or ''. hundred dollars in per di~n - vented.

At Cape Girardeau, Mo., a r-'

automobiles was received a1 11: : -. placed, nn l~aded , switched 01::

moved out a t 7 p. m., the car L.*: been a t consignees only nin+ '. - This car made 262 mlles IntarnP!'t hours and was placed and c ; : during this period.

At Seymour two loaded Iorci:- -'

were received at 9 a, m., ?,'--- 6. Both cars were emptled an,! r *I out enroute to their home lio- i

g . m., having been at tbi3 ;'.

only six hours.

"It is this kind of work thn: . ; a to enable us to make a sa!i:':.- per diem showing this year," r: k, Doggrell. "I do not doubt b.:' l i

there are numerous cases sir:

agents try, they can even 6%

they do break these record: 5-

know about each case."


"AUTOS AND TRAINS" The Fort Worth Star-Telegram in a

recent issue uses Frisco figures on train-automobile accidents as the subject for a strong editorial censuring careless motor oar drivers who disregard railroad crossings. The editorial, headed "Autos and Trains" follows:

The railway systems of the United States are earnestly engaged in the work of reducing auto-train accidents. They labor with the drivers of motor vehicles as though there really existed a joint responsibility. Obviously, there doesn't. The railroads have right-of-ways from u-hich they may not deviate. Auto drivers run wlilly nilly. No careful person in existence may approaoh a railroad crossiiig without seeing it for that which it is. The word "danger" can be distinguished for a sufficient distance in which to bring the most speedily driven car in- to control. The trouble lies solely with those who should see and act- but who do not.

n h e records for the year of a great mid-Western railway system disclose some remarkable facts. That road had a total of 444 auto-t~ain accidents in 1928. Of that numlber, 132 were motor cars driven directly into the sides of C ~ T S or locomotives. Of the re- mainder, 265 were struck by locomotives, o r cars while backing. In most instances, the accident w m the direct result of attempting to beat the train to the crossing.

The director of accident prevention of the railway system quoted says i n his annual report that investigation developed the fact that over 4 0 per cent of the year's record was caused by driving so recklessly a s not to be able to regain control of the automobile. The other 60 per cent is attrib- utable t o that other species of recli- lessness which comes from not driving with the eyes on the road. Usually, the authority rkmarks, the inclination is to give the first mentioned species of recklessness the g r e ~ t e r censure, but statistics show the latter to have more tragedies to its credit.

It is somewhat of a travesty on existing humanity relations for a railroad company to pay an offidal a sal- ary to teach auto drivers the futility of being careless around a piece of lo- comotion that can not leave i ts right- of-way. I t might seem to be simple expediency for auto ddvers to expend some little thought on saving themselves.

F o r Meri tor ious Seroice I

--

SOUTHE,RN DIVISION Superintendent S. J . Frazier reports the following cases of nlerltnr

service: At the risk of being crushed to death 0. B. Burris, Frisco brakeman

Amory, Miss., when he saw that a cut of cars which was being backed h- engine of his train, Train No. 135, a t Mew Albany, Miss., January 19, war 1 -

to strike an automobile, ran between the forward car and the automoh~l~ - opened the angle cock of the forward car, thus applying air to the bnk the train and stopping it. Mr. Burris has been commended by S. J. Fr * Memphis, superintendent of the Southern Division, and a copy of the coml - atory letter has been placed in his personal record file.

E. W. Edwards, operator, Marked Tree, Ark., found a broken rail an1 - tified Train 104 and the section foreman. H e has been commended.

H. A. Wright, conductor, Thayer, Mo., found a broken wheel while ia.1 ing his train. He has been commended.

C. E. Allison, section foreman, Ravenden, Ark., discovered a hot b r ~ . notified trainmen. H e has been commended.

Bob Young, trucker, Hoxie, A r k , assisted in moving cars away from : ' nt the Phoenix Cotton Oil Mill, Walnut Ridge, Ark. He has been commtr'

Owen Sullivan, section laborer, Cabool, Mo., found a broken arch ILI- "

has been commended. CENTRAL DIVISION

Superintendent S. T. Cantrell reports the following cases of medtor: service:

J. H. AlcCommon, section foreman,' Van Buren, Ark., found brake 1. - down and dragging. He fiagged the train. His personal record ha3 1 . credited with five merit marks.

Atlee Shaffer, pumper, Tuskahoma, Okla., found a broken rail. callrd !.-' tion crew aiid assisted in making repairs and flagging train movement. I- personal record has been credited with ten merit marks.

RIVER DlVlSlON Superintendent J. A. Moran reports the following cases of meritoriocr t . - i

ice : A. Blattel, Portageville. Mo., section foreman, found a brake b ~ n m '7::

ging and stopped the train. He has been commended. 1 E. E. Richmond, conductor, assisted during derailment of Train 8Q. JL:.~

ary 17. He has been commended. Conductor Thackery ; Engineer Frissell ; W. E. Hill, fireman; G. EY. 1

brakeman, and Finis Barnes, porter, have been commended for assistanc~ f~ '

in connection with pulling cars away from a fire a t a gin a t Steele, Ilt - I

cently. P. E. Pender, agent, and J . F. Patterson, section foreman, both o l i',- ;

Mo., have been commended for assistance they gave in connection r h h 1 !.' in a Frisco freight car. T.hey helped save 23 bales of cotton out of 3 ' , 0.

that were in the car. i W. Marberry, engineer, has been commended for making sepirs .:'. I air-pump trouble on Engine 1300 occurred a t Ste. Genevieve, Mo., J a w 1

A. B. Carlock, agent a t Gravois, Mo., has $been commended for diam - - ,

and putting out a fire in a freight car, January 2. L. E. Mobley, agent a t Manila, Ark., has been commended for his sssis- '

in protecting equipment when a Frisco freight was on fire at Manila. W. E. Dailey, section foreman, has .been commended because when I. ,.

middle of a n i ~ h t h e learned of a bad order switch lock a t Hayti, Xo,, !... ' the switch, had it protected and claimed no time for this service.

L. L. Collier, engineer, has been commended for making emergency .. cation of air to avoid striking a n automobile. I

J. 0. Hnfstedler, agent a t Brooks Junction, Mo., has been commmii*' '+!

filling tank a t that junction in the absence of the pumper. i

NORTHERN DIVISION

Superintendent W. H. Bevans reports the following cases of mcr . service: I

W. C. Worth, brakeman a t the yard office, Kansas City, Mo., found a V arch bar and the car was set out. His personal record has been credit.!? ten merit marks.

Floyd Temple, yard cleaner. Carl Junction, Mo., noticed a brhke 1-r

Down in the creek sleeps Jerry Bass; the bridge was narrow ;- he tried to pass.

H e lost his ' life did Sammy Bopp, through arguing with a traffic cop.

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W R CHECK" A BLESSING tabled Foreman P r a i s e s Useful

Insurance Payments HE value of the Frisco's group Insurance is brought forcibly to the attention of Frisco employes

'hp case of Ernest Stringer, round- i.: foreman of the Central Divis- E

0. Stringer carried the maximunl ~r lance of $7,000. Unfortunately he L. vieken with tuberculosis and his .,I% was such that he was compell- t 10 retire and filed his claim of n: and permanent disability. On vwy 1, 1929, he received under L: provision a total of $1,890 pay- t-',, amounting to $126.00 a month. Yr. Stringer mas so grateful to both

k a ~ l r a y company and the Metro- p '1 Insurance ,Company for the k 's received that he submitted k ' 'lowing artlcle for publication in t: cco Jfagnziiw:

;I !he early reign of Icing Pharaoh I:r:. say there was no thought of b \?ring to some day call on an un- b*n adviser for aid a s to how to bl :or himself, his household and

;Inrn. Dut there came a time in I ?:e when advice was sought anc! -:lg accepted.

R-?':r should we, as individuals, in I :aemingly good fortunes, hesitate , . l ie advice from those who work

:tudy on1 plans to help care for then mifirortune comes? Why .' we take the advice of the

:h who so often comes t o us advice as to preparing for

!-~rure? We seem to satisfy our- il that aa long as there is health g th , that it is not necessary for

In prepare - for the lean days that ar? not yet able to see; and fail r ~ 3 the advlce that is given us. u! a few years back-to be exact,

pars ago-life was one continu- ;I*rsure, day after day. Healthy, !'!ob, self and family sailing in ship of happiness on a placid lake kdn't as y e t raised a troubled . But so soon the little storm !: ean gather nnd appear on the Inn: not Lo trouble you so much irlrile, hut continue to gather; 1. they toss the little ship to and r81r soon realize that the mast -r~pped, and the peaceful happy

bas been scattered asunder. it is we begin to look for the - Iining-sometimes in vain.

:.n one has lain in bed for fifteen ti fighting what we sometimes

I . a hopeless battle, there ap- nany times the scene when a

.: ,lied to advise us that this is r . 6 we could hare benefitted by

his advice. "Our check" h a s be-

come a new phrase in the vocabulary O K the entire family. In days gone by i t was, "Daddy's check:" but now it is "oumr check." When I was told I was afflicted with the dreaded disease of tuberculosis, there was a ray of light that always shone; and when our first check arrived, it did more to clear up the horizon than all the medi- cine and doctors' advice had been able to do; for a s I continue to feel myself slipping, there is one silver lining that always shines through the clouds, "our check!" And a s I stay about one jump ahead of the Grim Reaper, I can use this, "our check," to help keep the Sickle dulled, hoping some day to gain a jump.

"Our check" comes so regularly that there is no chance for Old hIan Worry, one of the worst enemies to the sufferer from this disease, to do his dead- ly ~011i .

"Oh. Dad, isn't this the Tmenty- first?"

"Yes, Mother: our check will be here tomorrow, the twenty-second!"

Accept the heartfelt thanks of myself and family.

FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE (Confiirzled from Page 22)

down on Engine 810 a t Carl Junction, January 20. He has been commended.

13. E. Slevins, brakeman, Jopliu, rode on top of a n engine all the way up a hill and raked down sand, the supply which was low. He has been commended.

F. G. Cogsdell, conductor, Wichita, Kan.. h a s been commended for his aid in obtaining for the Frisco some com- petitive Florida business from Wich- ita.

0 . R. Adams, conductor, yard office, Iiansas City, No., has been cornmend- ed for doubling up his train with an extra after stoker trouble developed in the engine of the extra. H e has been commended.

EASTERN DIVISION Superintendent E. L. Magers reports

following cases of meritorious service : James A. Stone, brakeman, has

been commended for his assistance in clearing the main line after some cars of an extra were derailed. Mr. Stone was dead-heading on another train.

J. R. Campbell, conductor, and E. R. Powers and James Stone, brakemen, all of Stanton, Mo., while switching a t Pacific, replaced a drawbar which pulled out as a result of the cross key coming out of the drawbar. The car, a foreign-line car loaded with coal for Rolla, hlo., was handled on to destination in :he train of this crew. This repairing job resulted in a saving of s t least two days in per diem on t h e cpr and expedited the movement of

THREE TIE FOR PENNANT A triple tie in first place occurred

for January in the race among the eight freight stations in group three for the least-error pennant. The tied stations were Fort Scott and Pitts- burg, Kan., and Olrmulgee, Okla., all with perfect records for January. Each of the three stations was requested by J. L. hIcCormaclr, superintendent of freight loss and damage claims, to hold the pennant ten days during February.

The other stations in group three are: ChaFee, Jonesboro, Nuskogee, Enid and Wichita.

In group one Tulsa had the best record and retained the pennant for this group, having won it in December also. The other stations in group one are: Springfield, Kansas Cily, Mein- @his, St. Louis Seventh Street and St. Louis Broadway.

In group two Hugo had the best record and retained the pennant of this group, having won it in December and in November. The other stations in group two are: Olrlaho~ua City, Jop- lin, Fort Smith and Birmingham.

"Only a glance over tile situation," said Mr. McCormack, "indicates more decided attentiou is being given mat- ters of this kind."

the shipment. These men have been commended.

MEMPHIS TERMINALS Superintendent E. E. McGuire re-

ports the following cases of meritorious service:

Pete Oldham, engineer, disconnect- ed the tank from his engine, after the engine was derailed, so that it could be re-railed. His personal record has been credited with ten merit marks.

N. S. Brown, engine foreman, aided in clearing Frisco main line after a Frisco Jrain sideswiped a Missouri Pacific train. No yardmaster was on dnty. Mr. Brown's personal record has been credited with ten merit marks.

TULSA TERMINALS Superintendent 0. L. Young reports

the following cases of meritorious service :

Thaddeus R. Been, yard clerk, discovered a loaded car lined up for movement a s an empty. His record was credited with five merit marks.

H. D. Sheffield, pilot, and Luther Morford, hostler, assisted in clearing the main Iine when a train broke in two between Tulsa and West Tulsa, blocking the eastbound mainline. This action prevented delay to a passenger train. The personal record of each of these men has been credited with ten merit marks.

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LOCOMOTIVE FUEL PERFORMANCE RECORDS Ofice of Fuel Agent

T H E final fuel performance figures for the year 1925, compared to 1927, show fuel consumed per

1,000 gross ton miles on the system as a whole decreased from 176 to 175 pounds or .57 of one per cent. This is not a very large decrease when compared to the standard set for the year. 165 pounds. However, the train haul decreased to some extent, which of course had a direct bearing on the fuel performance.

PASSENGER SERVICE made a n excellent showing, consuming only 14.8 pounds for every passenger car mile this year (1928), compared to 15.8 pounds last year. This is a decrease of 6.33 per cent and when ap- plied to the total car miles handled for the year would amount to approximately 26,000 tons of fuel. The performance made in this class of service was helped somewhat by the increase in average cars per train, which were 6.69 this year, compared t o 6.47 last year.

S W I T C H SERVICE, while not making a decrease based on unit consump- tion per switch locomotive mile, handled the increased business, both in freight and passenger service and ended the year with a performance of 142 pounds, which was the same a s last year. Statement showing the performance for January, 1929, reflects a decrease of 2.31 per cent ih fuel consumed per passenger car mile. .62 of one per cent per switch locomotive mile and 2.54 per cent increase per 1,000 gross ton mile.

F R E I G H T SERVICE was materially affected by the cold weather resulting in a much lighter train haul on all divisions than in January last year. Weather conditions, of course, would have practically the same effect on passenger train mol-ement, but i t did not result in decreasing average cars per train mile.

Despite the adverse conditions that existed in the first month of this year, there were some excellent fuel records established.

Special attention is called to the following performance of Engineer John Lynch and Fireman Murry Whit- sett, passenger engine crew running between St. Louie and Newburg on the Eastern division. Performance covers the entire month of January and was furnished by Mr. Lynch, who keeps an individual record of each trip, thereby knowing a t all times the

exact perfornlance per trip and able to tell whether he is burning more or less fuel than was consumed on previous trips of a like nature.

This crew handled a total of 328 cars, made 39,032 passenger car miles and burned 36,926 gallons of oil, or a n average of .9 gallon for every car mile handled. Trains handled were Nos. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12, of which 11 trips were made on through trains Nos. 7 and 8, also 11 trips on trains Nos. 9 and 10. and 14 trips on local trains Nos. 11 and 12.

This is an excellent record to establish for a period of a month and reflects a n even better performance when it is taken into consideration that more than one-third of total trips were made on local trains Nos 11 and 12, which consumed about 3 gallons of oil per car mile and average less than three cars per train.

Engines used in tiandling these trains ranged from 18,000 to 40,000 pounds tractive effort (187 and 1026 class) on trains Nos. 11 and 12 and 54,000 pounds (1500 class) on trains Nos. 7, 8, 9 and 10.

Figuring the performance on a pound basis, the average would be 10.7 pounds per car mile or 4.9 pounds lower than the average for the East- ern division and 6.2 pounds lower than the system average for the month of January.

In malting a performance such a s the one made by Messrs. Lynch and Whitsett, not only a very high degree of interest and ceoperation are reflected in saving "Fuel", but all the more credit is due this crew for keeping their own record.

Additional fuel records worthy of mention a re a s follows:

EASTERN DIV IS ION

Rolla Sub: Engineer W. R. HEDG- ES, Fireman H. FOWLER, train 7, engine 1524, St. Louis to Newburg, Jan- uary 28th, handled 9 cars and consumed an average of 1.2 gallons per passenger car mile.

Engineer E. KINGDOM, Fireman F. W. SCANLON, train 31, engine 30, St. Louis to Stanton, January 28t11, handled 1,465 gross tons in train, burned 6 tons of coal, performance 140 pounds per thousand gross ton miles.

Engineer R. L. JONES, Fireman E. C. DAVIS, train 7, engine 1524, St. Louis to Newhurg January 21st, 10 cars in train, performance .92 of a

gallon per passenger car mile. Lebanon Sub: Engineer W. H. VIE

TER, Fireman F. R. DILLON, In- 36, engine 4, Springfield to Lebnop- .Tanuary 25th, handled 2,179 E;

tons in train, burned 6 tons of : performance 98 pounds per thou<(' gross ton miles.

Engineer ED. RICE, Fireman T PIEUESS, train 34, engine 33, Spn-: field, to Newburg, January 16th, y formance 141 pounds per thaw gross ton miles.

Springfield Sub: Engineer E. 10' ROE, Fireman C. ELY, train ~ ~ r . ~ east, engine 43, Monett to Sprinrf January 30th, handled 2,974 g tons, burned 9 tons of mal, per1 .- ante 137 pounds.

Clinton Sub: Engineer J. W. : Fireman M. LONG, train 74, Pr:- 664, handled 796 tons and perfom local service between Springfield :- Clinton, burned 8 tons of coal, :' formance 210 pounds per th0u.4~

gross ton miles. Engineer C. B. STAPLES, FIV. 1

C. A. McKEAN train 58, engine 1: 4 Clinton to Kansas City, January,'. ' handled 1,236 gross tens, burn 1 tons of coal, performance 210 pr +

per thousand gross ton miles

SOUTHERN DIVISION

Willow Springs Sub: Encine . W. WILLIAMS. Fireman H . B . )!it:. I RISION, train 135, engine 4107, C .: In Gap to WilIow Springs, Janoarg ., l u handled 1,660 gross tons, pedorar. nl 114 pounds per thousand groa ',. ; 1 mile. RI

Memphis Sub: Engineer 8. fF 131 ER, Fireman DENTON, train 131 . !!I gine 4124, Thayer to Jonesbom, ;I: chi uary 9th, handled 2,020 gros? ' - gq burned 5 tons of coal, perfor-:: rrl 61 pounds per thousand go!: ' , CrJ miles.

Tupelo Sub: Englneer H. C. :r SON, Fireman H. BONNER, Ira? ,: t ra north, engine 4016. Amorg :n 71. January 4th, handled 1,763 grot:? burned 10 tons of coal, pert~rr::, 92 pounds per thousand gc:; ' miles.

Engineer K. D. DOBBS, rir-- LEE JONES, train extra sou4& 5

) h 'On

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Yri '''d

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gine 4132, Yale to Nev Alhm?. !J

uary 25th, handled 2,580 gm?: * =

buroed 10 tons of coal, perfor* 105 pounds per thousand m:! *:

miles. Birmingham Sub: Engins: -

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IN THE FRISCO HOSPITALS T h e fol1ozuii1.g lisl couhzhts flit

rtnttm of finlietzts cortfimd in the Frisco E~ilplops' Hospilals iu S f . Lortis nrcd Springfield ns of February 15, 1929. Thcg ~ c i l l bc glad lo Iwar f rom their friends:

Elijah Bingham, B&B carpenter, Peirce City, 310.

William Sprohs, engineer, Spring- field, Mo.

W. S. O'Brien, pensioned carpenter, S~ringfield, 310.

Wm. Hutchison, engineer, Chafl'ee. Chas. L. Lytle, draftsman, St. Louis. R. C. hIcNnbb, trucker, Springfield. Jake E. Carrel], Sheet metal work-

er. Enid, Okla. IValter Hazen, brakeman, St. Louis. Henry J. Smith, brakeman, Amory,

Miss. F. H. Selrins, conductor, Oklahoma

City, Okla. Robert 11. Natthews, rack man, St.

Louis, NO. Dr. J . Mr. Johnson, physician, Hay-

ti, Mo. Jas. E. Poe, switchman, St. Louis. Ed. H. Barry, transitman, Chaffee. Coy Barett, boilermaker, St. Louis. Wm. J. Foley, master mechanic.

Enid, Okla. J. P. AIurphy, pensioned engineer,

Springfield, Mo. W. F. Curtis, B&B carpenter, Enid. Wm. Haniling, extra gang, Severy,

Kans. Olen 0 . Hill, B&B carpenter, Clin-

ton, Mo. C>laude Daugherty, fireman, Clraffee. Roy Long, laborer, Cherokee. Kans. E. G. Sperry, division accountant,

Ft. Smith, Ark. Joe Hipp, section foremau, Wheat-

land, Okla. Renzy Ross, B&B carpenter, Green-

lend, Ark. Norman Lamson, extra gang, Rich-

mond, hlo. Hyrle Smith, agent, Tulsa, Okla. Roht. 0. Hopkins, agent, Oklahoma

City. Okla. A. I<. Smith, conductor, Hugo, Okla. A. W. Fay, yard clerk, Chaffee, 310. Walter Brown, engine caller, Ft .

Scott, Kans. John Early, machinist, Watson, Ala. J. G. Bushno, engineer, Thayer, 310. Mrs. Julia 13-dssett, comptometer

operator, St. Louis, Mo. Henry R. Foley, roundhouse fore-

man, Afton, Okla. 11. J. Plummer, brakeman, Monett. Claude Moore, section laborer, N e w

burg, Mo. A. R. Lewis, car inspector, St. Louis.

REDUCE CLAIMS AT B',HAM A reduction of $6,631.00 was made

in payment of automobile accident claims in 1928 a s compared with 1927 in the Birmingham Terminals alone by the force of J. W. Skaggs, superintendent of terminals. This reduction was one of the most outstanding for the year in any of the departments, according to H. W. Hudgen, director of accident prevention.

The figures for 1928 as compared with 1927 show that during this year a total of 8 automobiles were hit by trains a s compared with 26 the previous year; during 1925, 1 1 automobiles m n into trains a s compared with 1 6 the previous year. The money involv- ed was: $11,658.00 paid out account automobile accidents in 1927 as compared with $5,027.00 in 1928. These figures involve trains handled in Birm- ingham Terminals, Birmingham, Ala., for the years above mentioned.

'Wr. Skaggs has made a n exceed- ingly fine record," said H. W. Hudgen, "and feel that it should be given publicity."

The record was made through a vig- orous accident prevention campaign, keeping the issue before the men hourly, daily and weekly.

C. C. Carey, pensioned operator, JIemphis, Tenn.

A. S. Cowan, special agent, Birming- ham, Ala.

E. T. Beacham, switchman, Merri- am, Kans.

Howard Bayliss, section foreman, W. Fork, Ark.

G. F. Busby, brakeman, St. Louis. A. L. Carver, tax agent, St. Louis. Temple Houston, Jr., switchman,

Enid. Okla. Alfred Gingrich, fireman, AIuskogee. Thos. E. Grimes, extra gang, Altus. E. L. Deadman, switchman, Birming-

ham, Ala. L. 0. Willi, conductor, St. Louis, 1\10. G. W. Edgerton, yardmaster, Hugo.

SPRINGFIELD, HOSPITAL

AIiss H. Aldrich. Springfield, hIo. J . H. O'Neal, Springfield, 310. W. F. Uerz, Springfield, 310. Miss C. Bowman, Springfield, 310. A. C. Potter, Springfield, 110. Wm. Stanley, Springfield, 310. H. Lovan, ivIansfield, 310. R. C. McCoy, Springfield, 310. F. Yates, Springfield, AIo. 0. Hester, Cedar Gap, 310. E. Spencer, Vinita, Okla. C. Gibson, Springfield, 190. C. Hellingsworth, Springfield, 110. C. W. Gibson, Springfield, 310. L. A. Coggin, Nonett, Mo.

I OUR RAILROADS-ROB' AND THEN I

"Our Railroads Now," is the heat ing which the Aurora, ~ I o . , Daily .l: vertiser gives an interesting editori;'

The editorial, in part, reads: "Time was when from the mow:'

you stepped on a train until the t l r you stepped off you felt yon rt

scmething of a n interloper, and e l k

the porter froze you unless you b tipped him. But this is not true ni or in a lesser measure. Bugill; ticket you think, maybe, the bor the window is not the motival, power of the universe, a t the 1

steps you have another shock, n; be the porter does not own the tn inside and seated comes a ware g tleman saying, with a smile, ' t i 0 r please,' instead of TICKETS (dim

you). You m y even ask this awl

gentleman where yon get off-?- when-without having him bury teeth in your flesh.

"Arriving a t your destination . formerly rushed out in terror I. t he baggageman would fling ! frail trunk to the concrete, or r t

concrete platform, three feet be1( and with unerring precision have land on a corner and scatter your 9. per, garments into undesired p u b ' itp. You feel now this may not I pen-the boys may only start ' screws and uails-and tomorrow another day.

"And a s to f r e ~ g h t movements 11 s tar t a local shipment at Chic- St. Louis or Kansas City and do get it three weeks from now, mar And do you send out ti-acem thm11 an overworked station agent? 1 do not. Sou go on about your 11' ness and the drayman brings it the next morning, if trom Kay

City, the second morning, if from - Louis, and believe me or not, :' third morning if from Chicago.

"Do you get these local slupa- all mashed into pulp? You do L Does it take 16 gears to get a tlement in case of damage? It t not. 1s the average business r making a claim for freight d a ~ subjected to an inquisition and . gestion that he is a robber, 'b wife deserter, renegade, liar and " like? Not now. Sometimes gentlemanly local agent meets ' i~ the morning right after bre~h and settles the claim.

"Of course these things have r ing to do with the better feeling ' public have toward the railrm! - but they might have."

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1 ARRISON CLARK CONLEY, as- H sistant general freight agent. Oklahoma City, Oltla., was re-

rrd from ectlve service December ", 1928, due to his having reached the :P limit. October 30, 1928. A story of r career appeared in the February

,o:blc. Mr. and Mrs. Conley re- . 'P at 1107 W. 18th St., Oklahoma ' ty Okla. Continuous service of 46 - rc and 9 months entitles him to a

sion allowance of $150.00 a month, ' ctive January 1, 1929.

\LUX BIRCHARD TRENARY, 10- motire engineer, Southern division.

- > ; rstired on October 6, 1928, due to total disability. He was 67 years of age, born February 20, 1862, a t Frank- lin, Indiana. His lather was a school professor and th son received his education in the schools of Urbana, Ill. At the age of 14 he clerked in a grocery store. In

,:, TRExARs October, 1884, he entered F r i s c o

r;.ice as a bC0nl0ti~e fireman out of ;-;iopfield on the Ozark division. He 7 1 9 promoted to the position of en- : leer in 1887, in which capacity he : 1 , ?d for 41 years with the exception ' 1h1, time from April 5, 1903, until ',wnber 30, 1903, when he served a s

i i foreman of equipment. His serv- has all been on the Ozark division

' . w e n Thayer and Springfield, Mo. 8i: h'orember 14, 1889, he married '.:fip Seaman of Springfield and to ".m were born two girls. Mr. anil Yr i Trenary reside at 1022 West Wal- ..:' St., Springfield. Continuous serv-

o: 4 4 pears entitles him to a pen- v allowance of $98.70 a month, ef-

I rive December 1, 1928.

Iq#'LLLIA31 COMPTON S A1 I T H, : n'. Springfield, No., was retired - caber 31, 1928, due to his having - (nod the age limit July 24, 1928, ; mas born July 24, 1858, a t St.

w, 310, and entered Frisco service . I ' 1, 1SS7. as cashier, freight of-

Paris, Texas. He served in va- . tnpacities on the Central and

. ' r? dwisions until his appoint-

7 ' ~ ~ r l c e Frisco I h c s z-etcror~ clr~plop's w i l l t cotrrbiirrd scr-vicc of 390 p a r s nrd smen iiroi~ths ewcre r-rtirrd orid placed oiz the Pcr~s io i~ Roll at the ~rrcctirrg o f thc Board of Pcr~siorrs, izcld Jnvrrorj. 17, 1929, c l t t h ~ S t . Louis gr~rcrtrl oflicr.

ment a s local freight agent a t Spring- field, which position he helcl, Sept. 15, 1915, until December 31, 1928. On Kovember 2. 1882, he married 3Iaggie A. Reece, of St. Louis, ancl to them were born three claughters. Nr. ancl Mrs. Smith ~ e s i d e a t 1889 N. Grant Ave., Springfield. Continuous service of 41 years and 4 months entitles him to a pension allowance of $100.10 a n~onth, effective January 1, 1929. A story of Mr. Smith's retirement appeared in the February .lloyn~itrc.

WESLEY CHARLES KNIGHT, agent, Webb City, AIo., was retired December 31, 1928, due to his having

reached the age limit June 10, 19%. He was born June 10, 1858, a t Nor- mich, Mass. He at-

' tended the schools . near his home, and

? ' a t the age of 1 s , he took up [arm-

ing. He served the N. Y. N. H. c H., n. c R. G., c. c. and N. P. Railroads

w. c. as operator before coming to Fulton. -

Kansas, on May 12, 1882, a s a n agent for Frisco Lines. H'e has served at various stations on the Northern division as relief agent and agent-his last position being agent a t Webb City, 310. On June 20, 1883, he was married to Flora Bell Reynolds 0 5 Fulton, Kan., and to them were born two boys and one girl. Mrs. Knight died December 24. 1919. On Decem- 7, 1922, Mr. Knight married Mrs. Flora Pates of Webb City. They reside in Webb City, 310. Continuous service of 39 years anil 2 months entitles him to a pension a l l o w a ~ ~ c e of $78.25 effective January 1, 1929.

MARSHALL REED JOHNSTON, B. & B. foreman, Eastern division, was retired from active service December 31, 1928, due to his having reached the age limit December 4, 1928. He was

born December 4, 1858, a t Huntington City, Pa. He worked on his father's farm for several years, attending the schools near his home and in 1880 entered the service of the Santa F e in the engineering department. He entered Frisco service as a car repairer in 1888, then went to the K. C. F. S. & AI. for two y e a m In 1898 he re-entered the service of f i i s c o Lines a s a bridge carpenter, was made foreman in 1911 and has served in that capacity since. In 1880 he married Ida Van Saum of Iiankakee County, Ill., and to them were born two sons, one now en~ployed as traveling freight and ticket auditor for Frisco Lines. Mr. a ~ d Mrs. Johnston reside a t 520 South Market St., Springfield. Continuous service of 30 years a n d 6 months entitles him to a pension allowance of $50.36, effective January 1. 1929.

CHARLES LAWSON STANLEY, night roundhouse foreman, Bacone, Okla., was retired from service Au- gust 20, 1928, due to total disability. H e was 60 years of age, born April 16, 1869, a t Decatur City, Iowa. He was educated in the schools near his home. At the age of sixteen, he engaged in farm work with his father. On August 15, 1889,

service as a loco- he entered Frisco C , L, S ~ ; \ N ~ E Y

motive fireman out of Springfield. In 1899 he was promoted to engineer and served in that capacity until OC- tober, 1928, when he took the position of night roundhouse foreman at Ba- cone. Okla. On September 16, 1887, he was married to Alice Belle Mitton of Leon, Iowa, and to them were born three claughters and two sons. Mrs. Stanley and one daughter are deceas- ecl. Mr. Stanley married Catherine Roberts in September. 1919, and they reside a t 1051 W. Walnut St., Spring- field. Continuous service of 37 years and 11 months entitles him to a pension allowance of $74.30 a month, ef- feclive December 1. 1928.

JOH,N FORSTER. mechanical inspector, Kansas City, was retired De-


J. 0. KNOX

L D. KKOX, general foreman of the .motive department a t Kansas 'i:?, met with an untimely death on ';hr!rary 8 in Kansas City. While ~Aing E. C. Burg, electrician of the Lnps to his home account illness, the i: athich Mr. Knox was driving went ::r~ the deep snow on Merriam Boule- xd. Kansas City, skidded over a !ri+foot embankment and struck a -Y The impact of the crash tore I,, body of the car from the chassis .:I Mr. Knox was killed instantly. I-. Burg nas badly but not fatally in- ,l-c'l. \!r. Knox was horn in London, Eng-

.1-11 48 pears ago and came to this intry at the age of 5. He is sur-

15'3 by a widow, two sons, Charles. u.. 20. and James, Jr., age 9 , and n l hughters, Maxine and Margaret, w 18 and li respectively.

\Ir. Knox served his apprenticeship L. :i machinist at the North Side rtq?, Springfield, ~ n d after complet- ttr Ida time was employed by other a!rn2ds, but returned to Frisco Lines t 1'113. He came to Kansas City as F:P??I foreman of the locoii~otive de- prl~~ent two years ago.

Thi, funeral was held from the Gates F:r,r,~l Home, Kansas City, a t 3:30 1 n February 11, and burial was &.I.% in Forest Hill Cemetery. His pllhrers conslated of his Frisco as- w!~!es and included, Mr. B. Berry, a\Gt-r mechanic; Jas. Bruce. boiler- m&r foreman; Walter >Iedlock, pmlhouse foreman; Joseph Swartz, 4.111 work foreman; George Kent, as- w i n r roundhouse foreman, and John J Gnelniger, sheet metal foreman.

VESLEY

nth on J8 . - J. FARRAR

3.1 de anuary 26 of "Cap" IF&p J. r,arrar a t the age of 75, &-l;i the passing of one of the old IIEd:F of the original Frisco and Ft. k~." & Gulf days. He was born in I! %r. Mo., December 3, 1853, and ~ i . v 11 to Lebanon. Ma., in 1861) where L., l a e r had a grading contract rt.3 Lhe Frisco was built west from Ern. He learned telegraphy there u2 wked at mnny stations between b ! E r and Vinita as operator and wrt and when the present Frisco ttk x u built from S t Louis to Ash Gmr? (by business men of Spring- bid1 !!. was "lonned" to the new line 16 [hn Nichols, then superintendent, te rbpnte it for them. During the k!t Y's he worked a t several stations

!hr Northern division, later serv- tho Santa Fe, Rock Island, and

r* !hr Katy where he was agent a t b c w , Kans., for 17 years. H e re- lttd in 1920 and made his home i n

ICATHERYNE M c C U L L O U G H DIES

The Frisco Girls' Club of St. i o u i s lost one of its members on February 4, 1929, when Miss Katheryne Claire McCullough, of the auditor freight accounts department died suddenly of pneumonia.

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JACOB LAND JACOB LAND, (colored) laborer, of

Memphis Freight House, died on Jan- uary 23, 1929, a t Chicago, Ill. He entered Frisco service October, 1894, and served until August, 1915. His pension allowance was $20.00 a month and up to the time of his death he had been paid a total of $3,220.

She had attended the last luncheon of the Girls' Club. Due to a slight backset from a severe case of the flu which developecl into pneomonia, she died a few days later.

She hegan her service with Frisco Tines May 11. 1928, and her last day a t the office was on February 2.

Flowers seiit by the Girls' Club were ackno\vledged in a note of appreciation from the family of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. WcCullough.

JAMES BOLIN MOORMAN

JAMES BOLIN MOORMAN. pen sioned crossing watchman died on January 30. He was born August 12, 3851, in Campbell County, Va., August 12, 1861. He began his Fiisco service on the St. Paul Branch August, 1895, a s conductor. He was later transferred to the St. Luuis division as brakeman and after a few years service in that capacity, by reason of physical disability he was made crossing watchman a t Springfield, where he remained until his retirement. His pension allowance was $20.40 a month and up to the time of his death he had been paid a total of $1,856.40.

JOHN D. COFFMAN JOHN D. COFFMAN, telegrapher,

Marshfield, Mo., died in the W a c 0 Hospital a t Springfield. Mo., on J a m - a ry 19, 1929, following a brief illness of pneuinonia. He was active i n church and Masonic affairs, being a Thirty-second Degree Mason. He is survived by his wife and two children and two brothers who reside i n Iowa., Interment was made in cemetery a t Marshfield, Mo.

WILLIAM VINCE FLORIAN

WILI.IAM VINCE F'LORIAN, pensioned conductor died a t his home in Pacific, Mo., on January 10. H e was horn March 19, 1863, a t St. Louis, Mo., and entered the service of Frisco Lines as freight brakeman on the Eastern division in November, 1886. He served later as passenger brakeman, train baggageman and freight conductor. He served in the latter capacity until his retirement Septem- ber 2, 1924, which was due to disability. His pension aIlowance was $59.05 a month and up to the time of his death he had been paid a total of $3,- 068.60.

IRWIN S. RUBY

IRWIN S. RUBY, retired passenger conductor. died a t his home in Over- land Park, Kans., the flrst of January, 1929. He had served Frisco Lines for approximately twenty-five years. He is survived by his wife, one brother and one sister.

JOEL HADEN POLLARD JOEL HADEN POLLARD, pension-

ed claim agent, died at Hugo, Okla., January 21, 1929. He entered Frisco service On August 1, 1902, a s per diem clerk, car accountant's office, Spring- field. He was later appointed claim agent. His pension allowance was $54.50 a month and up to the date of his death he had been paid a total of $708.50.

Opportunity may have knocked a t your door the day you were down the street telling somebody a hard-luck story.

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MISS LORETTO A. CONNOR. Editor

Homemakers Page a

Common Sensc and Food

d

By BARBARA B. BROOKS, Home Ecortorrtics Departnrerzt, Ke l lo~jg Cortrpnrty,

Battle Creek. Michigarz.

0 NE of the health journals recently made the statement that more lives are saved by com-

mon sense than by patent medicines. There is no place where common sense is more needed than in the choice of food. The largest share of this responsibility rests upon the wife and mother in every family. It is she who must plan the meals which a re eaten at home, pack the luncheons which a re carried to work or school, and by precept and example influence the selection of any members of her family who may eat in restaurants.

Many women ask, "How can I get my family to eat vegetables?"--or milk or whatever it may be. The answer is-to serve every dish so well seasoned and appetizing that it just can't be refused. One secret of success i s encouraging a wide list of food likes is not to serve the most popular dishes too often. Just because the children clanlor for chocolate pudding is no reason for making i t more than once in two weeks. In the meantime, they a re learning to enjoy other des- serts.

l"ollowing are menus for three days which will give you variety, a re well balanced and which provide an ade- quate amount of milk and vegetables:

Breakfast

Bananas Iiellogg's Corn Flakes Milk

Scrambled Eggs Rolls Coffee

Dinner

Stewed Chicken Rice Gravy

Scalloped Tomatoes Radishes Biscuit Lettuce Salad

Ice Cream Cake Milk

Supper

Toasted Cheese Sandwiches Apple Sauce

Cookies Milk Kaffee Hag Coffee

Breakfast Pep Bran Flakes

Erown Sugar JIilk Bacon and Eggs

Toast Coffee Dinner

Baked Veal Stuffing Brown Potatoes

Beets Bread Apple Cobbler

Milk

Supper Italian Spaghetti

Lettuce Salad Bran Bread Fruit Gelatine

Milk Cookies Kaffee Hag Coff~e

Breakfast Oranges

Krumbles Milk All-Bran Muffins Honey

Coffee Dinner

Veal Stew with Vegetables Brown Eread Spinach

Rice Pudding Milk

Supper Vegetable Soup

Cixckers Stuffed Egg Salad

Bread Ginger Cake Kaffee Ha:: Coffee

A "HOMEY" SITGGESTION The article on the Homemakers'

Page for this month. "Common Sense and Food", was written by Barbara B. Brooks of the Kellogg Compiiny. We feel assured that wives of Frisco employes will w ~ l c o m e these suggestions for meals.

However, the Homemakers' page would be of even greater interest if it contained recipes of our own Fris- co wives and mothers. m7e feel assured that there are many women who have made cakes for Frisco club meetings and who received many com- pliments. We should have those recipes for our Homemakers' page!

One of the good wives at another point has no doubt, entertained I

group of her frienrls with a deliciw luncheon. Wouldn't it be a fine t h k to send that to the Magazbrr so t h ~ the others might receive a suggest in^ from it?

Not only does this apply to recipe: but to suggestions for dressmakis? decorations for the party, spew birthday dinners and all manner of things important to the homemaker.

We want to impress upon you I I I ~ fact that this Homemakers' page ' one page in the dIaga:ine nrhlch Ib

longs solely to the wives aud mothv of Frisco employes. Of course it as4 contain from time to time, the TP:,

latest ideas to aid in keeping th. home appointments up to the mlnuk. but the greater interest would sn: rcund suggestions from our own gnbl Frisco folk.

Here is a suggestion whfh mi& be tried, and the Magaziw aolrtl gladly carry a story of its success. 11 a great many homes there are oll fashioned fireplaces. Did you, gorl Frisco wife o r mother think aboii*

having a fireplace dinner? Why 3,'

use that hearthstone for cooking z did our great-grandmothers?

A dinner such as this, may be ma!! up of such a variety of easily cooktf food. M t e r the fire is well burnq down, greased potatoes may be hiddv- in the ashes and eggs may be bakedi- their shells. Bacon may be eaten l warm buttered buns and for ear, sandwich wrap an oyster in a slice 6' bacon, place on a skewer and br. over the fire. An olive wrapped ,.i

bacon and broiled also makes a d- licious sandwich.

When the potatoes, eggs and Lr bun sandwiches are ready, an alr& prepared salad may be served. P - dessert coines a platter of fruits, as~$ a s oranges, bananas, apples and d a b

Should this dinner be tried out r h pleasing result would worth a w- on our Homemalters' page.

W e a re asking you, wives a r t mothers of Frisco employea, ta g i ~ e 51.

your valuable suggestion8 tor hozb making, so that we may in turn, cob vey it to other readers who are eaer: to read and try them out

The Thrilling Adventures of Timmy Boy

r HE big circus had 'ome to town! Flage of all colors streamed. Side show barkers told of the wonders

:ide their tents. Pop corn and hot : stands were crowded and people ;%ed, pushed, and nudged their way :w{h the tents. Those who straggled in late, or yped to view with awe some won- : of the side show on display to ', inquisitive folk, heard the band, ivh burst forth with march airs. :,lhurried on, lest they miss the big .-,lilp: the first number of the pro- -11n.

Timmy Boy was born under a big '.iw tent. Everybody knew his -.il. r. that Is, everybody familiar , '11 circus lore. f ~ r he was the fam- r. Joe Swartz, the most daring trap- r performer in the world. His .-;lll.; were almost superhuman, and . ::epI his audience in breathless r - - p 4 ~ ~ s e while he swung his body ::.#ugh the air, with seenlingly never

1 ~bwxht to the slip which might -. n sudden death.

!nd Tirnmy Boy's mother was the ::-.I famous bareback rider of the < . .

1.. Although he was too small : . i:r;n\v it yet, he would soon learn !?f Nellie Ri,g-jp drew her share of ,' crowd. Tripping lightly on the k 111 back of a snow white horse, she b 8 r , , 4 and smiled nnd as she smiled I*. llmght of Tirnnly Bog, back in !'. dressing room, with his big b w eyes aide open and staring at. ?!.,l~i,n white tent, the only home he %! r.ver known.

-'my was almost eight ~nontlls r .i HP was the delight of his two I,:,: ~:irents, and being the youngest e ' ! (if any of the performers, he r . . rile baby of the show, which tr.::Y him much attention. On this 1'- rr!:!l- hot summer day, he waved !.I I I:]? feet in the air and kicked ,, L;; lace. Then he took hold of h: I 'olr and tried to pull off the big I*.. 1,111 finding it pretty secure, he l!x1.111 around nnd his eyes rested cr h b mother. She was just getting u ! ~ ?,(,r fancy costume, with the fluffy Ill? ~ n d pink tlghts. ti.." she said, addressing Timmy's

kt:-. "let's take Timmy over to the

I' )lutmnphers after the afternoon

OUR CONTINUED STORY For many months the Twi l ight

Lady has been wr i t ing stories appropriate to the month-tories of your Frisco children-stories of your playmates and of l i t t le inti- mate happenings. Of course you didn't realize tha t those stories were taken from life, but most of them were real happenings.

W e have had puzzles and we have worked riddles on our Tw i - light page and now the Twi l ight Lady wonders how you would l ike a continued story?

A t any rate she is wr i t ing one. I t is al l about a wonderful l i t t le baby, born to some circus performers, and his name is T immy.

Th is first story introduces T i m m y to the readers of the Twi l ight page, and some pretty exciting things happen to h im in the very first article. The story wi l l be continued and the Twi l ight Lady hopes as you do after reading this first in- stalment, that i t ends wi th everybody living happily ever after!

show and have his picture made. He'll be eight months old tomorrow."

"Righto," returned Timmy's father. "I've got a n errand in the city this afternoon anyway."

"Tell Mary, Joe, that she'd better come on in, we're ready," and Tim- my's father went out to look for Mary, who helped look after the wardrobe of the various performers.

Timmy's mother knelt by his crib, "Tinimy, you're the sweetest little boy in the world, clarlin'. Mother loves you better than the whole world. Hurry and grow up, Timmy boy, mother and daddy have such plans for yon," and she leaned over and kissed his wet little forehead.

Timmy said "Goo-oo!" and tried to grab her nose.

She threw him a kiss a s she lifted the flap of the dressing tent, and went out. Timmp heard voices, his mother's and Mary's and then a s he looked up, he smiled, for Mary was be- side him.

Timmy's dad rushed in, grabbed a white silk handkerhief off his clress- ing table, gave Timmy a smack on the cheek and he was gone.

But the sultry afternoon, the buzz

of a big bee outside the tent, and the far away music in the big show, all helped to make Timmy drowsy. His little hands moved slower. The little feet did not kick quite so high. Tim- my's eyes grew droopy, and finally he turned his little head over and finding a spot in the tent where the sun shone through he focused his gaze, intently for a moment on the bright spot, and then a s Nary watched, he closed them quite soundly, in sleep.

Timmy's mother was all aglow that zlternoon. Babe, her big white circus horse, was feeling fit, altho the clay was a sweltering one. The band had more pep than usual hut perhaps i t was all because it was Timmy's birthday, thought his inother, a s she skimmecl through her act.

While on Babe's back, she juinped rope, performed the Charleston and leaped thru a paper hoop, and always she saw, in her mind's eye, Timniy Boy. the pride of her heart.

As she stood, poised on one foot in the center of the ring, taking her third bow, she glanced for a second a t Timmy's father, a t the very tip- top of the tent. He was just wiping his hands before a leap through the air to catch the round bar which was to meet him half way.

He caught her glance, and waved back. His wave seemed to say- "This afternoon-Timmy's picture- your act is going strong-proud of you honey."

The big 1)erforniance went off smoothly, and the crowd, generous in its applause, was enthusiastic.

Timmy's father and mother \rallted leisurely back to the dressing tent. conversing about new toys for their baby.

As they pulled up the flap to enter the tent, Timmy's mother was the first to see the empty crib. Mary often took the baby out, but a closer survey showed an envelope pinned to the pillow.

In a frenzy the two tore open the letter. Then with a little cry, Tim- my's mother fainted and fell to the floor.

Tinimy had been stolen! ( T o be continzred next ntonth)

Page .5 ' ~ / ~ L c o ~MPLO@S'MA

The FRISCO EMPLOYES' MAGAZINE Published on the Firs t of Each Month

By t h e

St. Louis - San Francisco Railway Co. p~

Iccliicti by W h l . I.. HUGGINS, Jr. 927 Frisco Building St. Louis, Missouri

This 1n:L~azinc is ~ ~ u b l i s l i c d in the in te res t s of a n d f o r free distr ibution an long t h e 25,000 e m ~ l o y e s of the St. Louis-San l'rancisco Railway. All a r t i c les a n d cornmuni- cntions relat ive to editorial m a t t e r s should be addressed to the edi tor .

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

Vol. 6 MARCH, 1929 No. 6

Again-Train versus Bus

I T has bcen a dreary task, indecd, to passenger illen of Arucrican railroads-this business of

watching yasscnger earnings drop steadily and consistentl?. each ycar. ( h ~ n b a t it as they ~ n i g l ~ t , thc dccliric continucd, resulting in dis- col~tinuwnce of trains liiicl suhstitutiol~ of motor car service where possiblc, always with m1 at- tcl~cling battlc bcforc thc public s c n ice com- niissiolis of the various states, and not always a winning hi~ttle a t thtit.

One of thc rcasons, a s we all kllow, lies in thc natnral p re fc re~~cc of thc potential railway passenger to usc his private automobile whenevcr possible. That reason is a good one, a i ~ d one to which no man will 13e a conlplaint.

But mai i~- complaints 11tlvc bcen rcgistcred against the buscs \\-hich makc free use of the lat ti on's high\vays, 1)aying sn~nll tax if any, op- crating when and whcrc and a s thcg clioose, with inconsecluential restrictions as to fares, ccpipment m c l schedules.

While the picture htls bcci~ a black one for thc past eight years, thc evolution of the passenger problein has a t last brought a ray of sunshine.

I n this issue of the F ~ i s c o Enzployes' Maga- zirle appear reprints of two editorials, onc appearing in the Bonne Tcrre (110.) News-Regis- tcr, the other in the Aurora (Mo.) Daily Ad- vertiser.

The first develops a splendid defense for thc

railroads ill their cffort for rcgul. n t' 1011 a buses on R parity with rail regulation, points out that inferior scrvicc on bus l i ~ making the public "realize that they dic make the best cschange in trailsportation t h y so willing descrtcd the rnilroods fo bus."

Thc sccond editorial praiscs the railwq the marked changc in attitude, which ha sultccl in a highly favorable public opinic compared with thc iiicliffcrcnce, and solne i~litipatlij~, with which thc public regarde railroads in years gone by.

We think therc is justicc and souncl jntlg rcflccted in each of these editorials, typic - t h y are of a changing opinion throng A mcrica.

K e all kliow that the nlan or woman iilakcs a long bus trip selclonl repeats it. know that the hundred pcars of railroadinl perienee ill Amcrica has built up the gn( t r a n s p o h t i o ~ ~ svstem of any nation of world, a i d that ckitc nn tn ra l l~ that experi wonld bring about the best possible in tl

porlation. A~lcl, it is not casy for railway ployes to uliclcrstai~d n-lint influellccs a nu rick via bus whcn it is possiblc lo use the tl unlcss we considcr the reduced rates whid bus lines have instituted and which havc tractecl inany pcrsons to n-horn this slight cluction would bc the ch id ing factor.

d the , and les is rl not when r the

7s for .S re- 311 {I.

timer d i t9

ti: I,].., I

- 111 an eff'ort to dcterlnine ~vhat serricc

transcontillent~~l bus lincs givc their patr two invcstiga tors rcccntly rode from Chit to Los Angclcs and rcturn in buses operate( I I ~ tionally linowi~ colnpanies. The result their trip is printed in the Fcbruary 9 issu thc Railway Age, and is recommended ro :I . Friseo employes a s the nlost inforniatirc accurate article cn 1)us service that has I published recently

Ncedless to say, the investigators did nclt a comfortable, well regulated trip. Thvr find poor equipment, incliffercnt drivers, i r curate ink'orlnation as to terminals and chnn. all almost coinpletc disregard of scb~dc many engi~ie failurcs-all in all a serriw ' could in no wise conlpare with the crack I cago-California trains operated by our I F ,

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continental railroads. It might not be long until the public finll, ..

the Bonne Terre News-Register so aptly stat that "the bus will never become its ( t h p 11 i roads) substitute in safety, efficiency fort.'' WP

Ouch!

P sat on a thumb tack and his :me !

This Marrlage Question

: "Will you marry me, dearest?" I: "Certainly. Companionate, or fight-to-a-finish?" -

Figure I t Out

~d me twenty dollars, but only roe ten of it. Then, a s I owe you la4 you owe me ten, we'll call i t r.'%eo. Washington Ghost. -

Practice

ttor: "You cough easier this ~lrg." h t : "I ought t 4 I've been prac-

all night."

Who, I s Right!

Nlwr: "Rash pour face and , m." p "Scck who, ma?"

Immediate Delivery

I: "Do you love me?" y: "You 11pt I do." ): "HOT much?"

I : "A whole bushel." Tel l , a bushel is four pecks

hll take them right now."

in in Iowa was brought to a l!i by striking a snowdrift. A

r, rprrying a long pole, showed tL scene. He would walk a few ml stick the pole down in the

lly I I P came dose to the train p3ssenger opened the windo\\- kw? the farmer, "How deep i s

lnrnier replied, "I'll be gosh i: I know, I'm hunting for my

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'= the date today?"

~ion't you look a t the news- p n have in your pocket?" w, it's yesterday's paper."

THE TRUTH AT LAST! It is alleged a schoolboy in Kan-

sas wrote the following entitled "An Editor":

"I don't know how newspapers got into the world, and I don't think God does. for he ai?' t got nothing to say about these in the Bible. I think the editor is the missing link we read of, and that he stayed in the business until after the flood, came out and wrote the thing up, and has been kept busy ever since. If the editor makes a mistake, folks say he ought to be hung; but if the doctor makes mistakes, he buries them and people don't say noth- i n g because they can't read Latin. When the editor makes mistakes, there is a big lawsuit and swear- ing. and a big fuss; but if the doctor makes one, there is 3 funeral with flowers and perfect si- lence. A doctor can use a word a yard long without him or anyone else knowing what it means, but if the editor uses one, he has to spell it. If the doctor goes to see another man's wife. he charges for the visit, but if the editor goes, he gets a charge of buckshot. Any collego can make doctors to order, bul editors has to be born."

Ice Cream Exhaust

A n ice cream manufacturer recently advertised that he mould give a cone free to every boy who called a t the plant and brought his dog.

One dog was reported near collapse after assisting all the boys in one neighborhood to obtain their cones.

Scotch Thr i f t

A Salvation Army lass, while out seeking funds, met a Scotchman.

"Will you give me a dollar for the Lord?" asked the lass.

"How old are ye, lassie?" he asked. "Eighteen past," she replied. "Ah, well, I'm seventy-five. Since I

will be seein' the Lord before you, I'll hand it to him myself."

Page Mr . Jones!

A man who had led a very active business life, passed on into the spirit world.

"Now for a little peace and quiet," he said.

Just then a spirit tapped him on the shoulder, "You're wanted on the Ouija board," it said.

Another One

A Scotchn~an stood leaning on one of the rails overlooking the river. He held a penny in his hand.

Holding it over the water, he said to his companion, "For two cents I'd drop this in."

The Last Card

"What was the last card I dealt you, Mike?"

"A spade." "Oi knew it." "How?" "Ye spit on your hands before ye

picked it up."

A Crash

We read in the paper recently where two taxicabs had a head-on collision and forty Scotchmen were injured in the crash.

Good, Sometimes!

"Is he a good driver? "Well, when the road turns the

same time he does, it's a coincidence."

T h e Reason

A colored agent was summoned be fore the insurance commission.

"Don't you know," said the commis- sioner, "that you can't sell life insurance without a s tate license?"

"Boss," said the darky, "You suah said a moufful. I knowed I couldn't sell it, but Ah didn't know the reason."

Better Than a Diet

w h e n you begin to take on weight And your waistline's somewhat

hazy; You're either getting old, my boy.

Or else you're getting lazy.

Boilermaker Chas. Goode Champion Ozarks Fiddler

C HARLES GOODE, big and con- genial boilermaker of the West Shops, is not only one of the best

boilermaliers of Frisco Lines, but when his day's work is over he is known to Springfield and vicinity a s one of the best fiddlers of the entire Ozarks. He has gained that title after having com- peted in contests over southern Mis- souri staged at Bolivar, Buffalo, Nixa, Ozark, Crane, AIiller, Phoenix, Clever. Republic and the Hickory Barn School. The fiddlers of Walnut Grove are will-

ing to admit his superiority for he has captured the grand prize in that city in six straight contests.

The boys at the shop admit that Charles knows how to fiddle. It's not a new thing with him. for he's been fiddling for twenty-two years. It's natural because he never took a les- son in his life and plays entirely by ear. He plays all the old tunes, the new tunes and some of his own composition.

Several years ago when WIBBI, a local broadcasting station a t Spring- field was in operation, he won the grand prize of $25.00 in cash in a fiddling contest conducted by the

Hurlbut Photo Supply Company. He has won dozens of other smaller awards for the best rendition of individual selections in the above mentioned contests. The grand prizes ranged from $30 to $10, usually $25 and he has won besides the capital prize every kind of merchandise im- aginable, cigars, cigarettes, flour, sugar, coffee, socks, pocket knives, etc. At the Clever meeting he won, in addition to the grand prize, thirteen other awards donated by local merchants, and a t Republic on November 28, he went home with the capital prize and eight smaller ones.

Some of his individual selcctions n~hich have made him famous in the Ozarks a re ; "Blue Heaven," for !vhich he was awarded ten gallons of gasoline; a sack of flour for "Turkey in the Straw," $1.00 in cash for, "Hell Among the Yearlings," pocket knife for "Soldiers Joy" and an angel food cake for "Californy AIarch." He has met and twice defeated the .Jasper county champion, one JIr. Andrews.

But Chal.les Goode is not the only accomplished member of the Goode family. JIrs. Goode nccompanies him on his various trips and plays the guitar. Lowell, the eldest of their three children is going to make another champion fiddler and although he is only fourteen, shows promise of some time taking his Dad's place.

Charles Gootle is not a native AIis- sourian, having come to Springfield from Kentucky in 1922 where he mas "bawn and raised."

He does not claim fiddling a s his only accomplishment, and he demon- strated that he could be a champion in other fields. During the Pure Food Show a t Springfield in 1027 he succeeded in drinking niue and one-half rups of steaming coffee in five minutes and was awarded $15.00 in cash and the title of champion coffee drinker.

When he tires of his fiddling, and the moments over the coffee cups a re over in the evening, his first remark will be, "Who wants to play me a game of checkers?" In this h e is not a champion, but an ardent devotee and spends many of his noon rest periods a t the game.

JAMES CLICK, btINISTER! When the week's work is o w i -

James Click, colored grease cup n i x of Kansas City Frisco shops, he I!;-

cards his overalls for the consenrli. black coat of a minister.

James Click began his service %I [ '

Frisco Lines as a laborer on Aun~ 16, 1920, having been transferrl4 1 1

the position of grease cup man 171,

His service as a minister began - September 4, 1908, a t Crossett, \ * and he was ordained on Auguct 1925.

"I began to preach because I c:--

the great need among my people-t::" of being taught the i~ord of Gd, [ went to railroading because I r.1.s:. liked it," he said, "and have b* -

taught to work hard for an honest 1,. ing. I am fully convinced !II:I~ *' people of this age are progrw + .

along the lines of education sc!l - vention but seem to be retrogre.,. along the lines of morality and sp!r' uality."

He does not have a regularty - signed church. "I woold like to I Y one," he added, "at Kansas City, '7

or Kansas City, Itan. Or even bi.tb+- ' should like to be enlisted in th r ;r::

gelistic work, a s I prefer that 11) - - 01 her preaching."

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FRISCO MECHANIC FAMILY NEWS 1

EST SHOPS LOCOMOTIVE DEPT. SPRINGFIELD, MO. -

.4. I*:. GOODFRISY, Repor te r

I,!?. and Itrs. Har ry George a r e the ,,lri parentu 01 it fine baby boy, born :.ran' 4th. ',rehey Thompson, boilermaker, h a s rrln on hls face a mile long a n d .' 9 s wide. S o wonder. ius t look 1'1, new gaasgline b u g g y ' he is driv-

d ;. Brandon. sheet meta l worker. I- week-end trip to St. Louis, Mo..

':nary 9th. ..-#)nard Pease, machinist. is s t a x i n g 11tr at night, a s he is spor t ing a

- Y:ijestic radlo. ' ( Brightwell, boilermaker, is :. ~ , n the job a f t e r be ing off for .11 weeks account sickness. A11 boys are glad to see him back. ,";: out now, here it comes. a l l

-,-CJward Burch. boiler g a n g fore- . - I- driving a hrnntl new gasoline . L .

r:isl turkeys are b e c o m ~ n g more a>--. each year, yet T. E. Jackson. r . 'niet In the north Springfield -.-'house posed b e s ~ d e the two he L:. 1 a twenty-two 1)ound gobbler c? . fourteen pound hen. They were 11 In Howell County. 310.

F - 8 ' Franks, boiler mnlter, h a s 1.. I * accounl sickness for several * a - ' but is now hack on the joh .i The boys are all glad to sec 1.- ILWk.

6 ' ; I Cur01 and Prank Bowers n l ~ d I + t i !'btiers hare ail h w n 11opy)ing I' :.I i l l the shop the last few d a y s t q . ,i., hig rabblt hunt they took I. - I ; 3rd. The boys only killed

: ..r,- y r r v sorry to announce the &I.. , f Kd Alward, rnachlnist, which > : r . ! February 6th. Nrs. Alward L ' '.!dl!. hare the sympathy of Llie b i : h ~ \\'est Shol)r. i - bc.rins, boilcr maker, has n

- 7 r , h . n-'rw: Stahl, macllinlst. Ix spor t ing

8 " #-.IT. , ' -?. :. Nilnrr milde week-end t r ip

r, I,,,, 1. I+hrunry 9th. 7 ' - 'nl!~wing men are new m r m - k. .: !lse Accident Prevention <:om-

mit tee: J o h n Ful tz , machinist . g a n g 2: H. Hoffman. pipe fitter: F. Oett ing. cab m o u n t i n g g a n g : Chas. Puryear . boiler maker . e rec t ing g a n g ; Thos. Knight . marLhinist. night g a n g ; W m . IVhite, s to re department.

W e h o ~ ~ e these men serve this com- mi t tee a s efficiently a s the men who served before thcm.

LOCAL NO. 7-FT. S M I T H , ARK.

LEE \\'. C.ZVINESS, Repor te r

Local S o . 7 held one of the most successful a n d best nt tended meetings in several months on J a n u a r y 2 2 n d . After several plan^ for providing o u r local w l t h f u n d s for en te r ta inments . etc.. had been thoroughly discussed. a committee of five were appointed to a c t a s a n e n t e r t a i n m e n t a n d w a y s a n d means committee, to have full a u t h o r - i ty In a c t i n g toward tlic promotion of a n y revenue-proposit ion t h a t t h e y deem possible, for t h e benefit of t h e m e n i b e r s h i ~ of o u r associat ion.

T h e boilermakers a t th i s point a r r s e t t i n r in the "OWN YOITR HOME CLASS." both George C. Shi r lds a n d J o h n R. Whi te have ~ ~ u r c h a s e d homes recently.

L u t h e r B u r n s hns re turned to work a f t e r several week's illness, Hro. B u r n s w a s recently promoted to sccond class machinist . hc h a s been assigned to the n igh t sh i f t , filling the vacancy of Ly- man Bohannon, who left the service.

Dewey 31. Windes, machinist , will leave for St. Louis in a fcw days to e n t e r the Employes ' Hospital for s u r - gical t rea tment .

Haro ld Claypool, son of \P. \Ir. C l a y pool, genera l fureman c a r depar tment , h a s finished hie11 school a t the mid- te rm pr r iod a n d ha* resumed h is a p - prenticcshi!).

31. I,. Sexton, clectricinn, made a business t r ip t o Paris . Texas, rcc4ntl j . while there lie visited his mother f o r a f e w days.

Our membership feel l ike thcy rea l ly have s t r u c k i t lucky a t l as t : w i t h t h c good news of 6 ilnd onc-half per cent increase in sa la ry , w i n n i n g t h e lov ing cup for t h e f o u r t h t ime a n d prospects for a n e w machine shop in the n e a r fu ture , w e a r c b e ~ i n n i n ~ to believe there is a S a n t a Claus a f t e r all.

W e a r e g lad to repor t t h a t the wi fe of b ro ther Chas. ICline. who hns been very sick has recovered.

The 'ar c1er)artment employes have a f a s t indoor ball club a n d have played several match g a m e s w i t h o t h e r clubs, winning a major portion of the games .

Local S o . 7 meets ever\ ' 2nd and 4th Tuesday nights . I - -R \VFr,C'OJIE.

- LOCAL NO. 1-SPRINGFIELD, MO.

Local No. 1 held i t s r e g u l a r semi- monthIy m e e t i n g a t Piplcin Cast le EIa!1. F o u r t c e n new members were t a k e n In t h e associat ion. 4 v e r y qood meet ing w i t h a very l a r g e attendance.

Due t o the d e a t h of F r e d Delo, t h e fol lowing promotions were made in t h e staAionery depar tment : Cecil Banta . f r e i g h t c le rk : Chas. Hcnlhree, special "reqn" c l e r k : J. H. Er ickson , receivtnfi clerk, a n d Cuv Tummons. wrapping r lp rk - . - . . . .

The la tes t s o n r :it t h r RC p lan t is "OH, hIY OPERATION," this Is being s u n g bv H. G. W o o d s , shop clerk.

I \ 11'. Rlume. ~ e n r r b l l s to re - keeper. ~ ~ n d 1. d. ~ ~ c y s a - h t . o u r super - intcnddnt, were in St , T~ouis a f e w days th i s month on business.

Looney Davis, b l ~ ~ c k s m i t l i , is s t a r t - i n g the S e w Year off r i g h t by dr iv ing a new f'hevrolct sedan.

The St. Lauisans bowl ing team is n o w in first place, t h e high a v e r a g c of th i s t eam be ing held by dnmcs Xdams. blaclcsmith foreman.

Theron Chapman. SJIW, a n d also repor te r for t h e R C plant , h a s t h e sym- p a t h y of employcs of the p lan t in the dea th of h i s mother.

T h e employes of south shop extend their s incere s y m p a t h y to Mrs. Geo. W. Hil te rbrand in the dea th of her husband. Mr. Hi l tc rbrand w a s em- plo~'ed a s power p lan t engineer.

F inn is Lit t rel l , ca rpenter , who was injured while bob-sledding has full? recovered and will be back on the joh soon.

T h i n g s you dont see in the atat ion- a r y depar tment , Cecil wi thout his Ford. Doc, without his pipe. N a r y and Shor ty w a l k i n g side by side.

\Ve bave with us a t thlu wr i t ing Mr. Sull ivan, d i s t r lc t manager for the \\-inton Gas-Electr ic Motor C a r Com- pany. T h e r e is some work being done on the new c a r s a n d Mr. Sull ivan i s he lp ing u s out , me a r e very g lad to have him wi th us.

Mr. McHenery. w i t h t h e Bri l l Motor - . C a r Company. is also helping u s o u t on t h e recent overhaul ing being given to t h e 2131 . W e a r e g l a d to h a v r - Mr. 3IcHenery w i t h us. \T. F. JIerz. R C .plant laborer . i s

confined to t h e h o s p ~ t a l , due to a fal l which h e received at his home. w e hone t h a t JIr. JIerz is back to work

BRIDGE A N D BUILDING D E P T EASTERN DIVISION

ARTHUR B U S C H , Repor te r

Mr. C a r t e r and g'anl: a r e repa i r ing bridges a.t HumansviI le , Mo.

Mr. Brown a n d g a n g a r e do ing gen- e ra l repair on buildings a n d br idacs a t 1:lairstown. hlo.

Mr. Slcyles a n d g a n g a r e repa i r ing br idges a t Rrownington , 310.

Mr. Wallace a n d g a n g a r e do ing genera l repa i r work a t J lonett . Mo.

h,If. W a t t s a n d g a n g a r e do ing gen- e ra l repa i r w o r k on hridnes a n d buildings a t St. Louis. Blo.

Mr. Cunningham a n d g a n g have flnished scaffolding a n d repa l r ing t h e b i g w a t e r t a n k a t t h e Springfield wes t shops.

R o y Hill. w h o w a s w o r k i n g f o r 3 1 ~ ~ - les. a o t the vacancy of first class carneii ter in Chnrley- \.\rallace'x galls.

Nason hlcJIahun w e n t o u t on pension F e b r u n r v 1. Nr . J lcJlahnn worked in Car te r ' s gang .

Mr. Baron and g a n g have finished en la rg ing the office a t the Springfield f re igh t der)ot.

N O R T H S IDE S IDELIGHTS

T h e n o r t h round house emi)to?es were very much shocked a n d grieved to learn of t h e d e a t h of J a m e s ICnos. round house foreman a t K a n s a s City. which occured F c b r u a r y 7, as n resu l t of a n a u t o n ~ o b i l e accident . Mr. K n o s w a s for m a n y y e a r s employed here in var ious positions. T h e l a s t one be- i n g n i g h t round house f o r c n ~ a n . H e leaves m a n y f r iends here to mourn his pass ing a n d who ex tend the i r sytn- p a t h y to h i s family. W. H. Srhaller . round house fore-

man, h:~s the s y m p a t h y of the en t i re force in the loss of his mother , whose dea th occurrcd J a n u a r y 31).

F r a n k "Pap" K i r k , machinist , is a t present on leave of absence nnd visi t - i n g a bro ther a t Pahokee. Bla. H e will also visi t m a n s o ther points in the south before re turn lng .

Stanlcy Wood, son of P. 0. \Vood. ass i s tan t sunpr in tendent of motive power, h a s finished his apprenticeship here and is w o r k i n g e x t r a a s flrat class machinist .

George Dean, machinist , is back a t work a.cain a f t e r a n absence made neccssary on account of illness.

Mr. a n d Mrs. Grover Barton. s p e n t



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severa l applicat ions f rom new members.

The l i t t le son of JIr. a n d Mrs. \$I. H. Tlmmons h a s been ill wi th t h e flu. but is recovering now.

T h e l i t t l e d a u g h t e r of Mr. a n d Mrs. F r e d Angel h a s been ill w i t h nneu- monia, however, at th i s w r i t i n g s h e i s much better .

The r ip t rack en te r ta ined members or N e t a l C r a f t s a n d Car Depar tment en l l~ loyes a n d the i r families l a s t Wednesday evcning. F e b r u a r y 6. w i t h a mins t re l shorn. I t ce r ta in ly w a s en te r ta in inr . to s a v the least. Everv- one seemed to en joy themselves v e r y much. T h c en te r ta iners w e r e XVm. (Rill). Harmon. J im Hooker. Elmer R m k ~ n s and Charlic Hooker. They sure ly appeared original In their black faces.

W e had several in te res t ing a d - dresses by officers of the assoctat ion. the principal s p e a k e r of t h e evening w a s Mr. F r a n k J u n k i n s : o t h e r s who spoke were ,3 l r s . J o h n Sheeley. presi- den t Ladies Auxil iary: Mrs. Lizzie Bienert . pas t president , a n d Mr. J o h n Sheeley, division cha i rman.

N E W S O F PITTSBURG, KANS. -

WAI. CI-JANGY, Repor te r

Dona Marie, t h e twelve y e a r old d a u g h t e r of F i r e m a n Zinlmerman, has recovered sufficiently f rom a n appendicitis operat ion, to be removed f rom Mt. Carmel hospital to her home.

E n s l n e e r S tab is recover inr f rom a long -illness of pneumonia feiver.

J. W. Penal . fireman of F o r t Scott . moved here Monday w i t h h i s family. Mr. Pena l p lans to assume his du t ies here a s fireman for th i s run.

The o ther n igh t when BIilte AIurphy w c n t to bed he w a s badly f r igh tened when hc heard a noise a n d looking out t h e window saw. w h a t he t h o u g h t to be, two sh iny eyes looking a t him from outside. 'Iike picked ul) his shoe a n d s t r u c k t h e in t ruder square ly in t h e face a n d broke his new rad ium clock, which had been setting in the wlndow.

Dick Morris, n igh t boiler washer , now "listens in" every n ight on his new radio.

LOCAL NO. 33-HAYTI, MO.

T H E O S STII.\C.'I\'. Repor te r

T h e B. and B. Dellartment have been here for severa l weeks do ing some repa i r w o r k on t h e round house a n d cinder pit.

Georgc G l a s s c ~ ~ l i a n d fami ly have t h e sympilthy of t h e shop men for the loss of the i r in fan t son who died a f e w d a y s ago. Hur ia l w a s a t Cl~affee, 310.. where several or Mr. Glasscock's re la t ives reside.

The ;\I. C. and C. D. employes of Local So . 33 a r e holding r e g u l a r meet ings on every first a n d th i rd T h u r s d a y of each month w i t h a good a t tendance a t each meetlng. hlem- bcrs from thc locals a r e corrlially In- vi ted to a t t e n d some of o u r meetings.

M. W. Rhodes, machinist . Is back a t work a f t e r being absent f o r several d a y s on account of t h e flu.

J. 31. P r y o r w a s called to Chaffee. Mo.. a c c o u l ~ t of his daughter ' s illness. r p o n his re turn h e r condition w a s much improved.

Ber t Williams. c a r inspector, was a t Chaffee. Mo.. a t t e n d i n n the funera l of Mr. Glasscock's baby.

W a l t e r Shanks , boilermaker, visited wi th his folks a t Blytheville, Ark.. the lat ter part of last week.

J . 31. P r v o r , W a l t e r Shanks . Dewey Sanders. Theon S t r a c k a n d Otis Powell . urc the men of 0111 shop who received a five years ' service t3ass. T h e boys w e r e very glad' t o g e t them.

Dcwey Snnders, ca r inspector, visi ted w i t h his p a r e n t s in St. Louis over l a s t ure(,l<-end.

H. A. Slentz. motor c a r maintainer .

visited with home fo lks a t Springfield several d a y s l a s t week.

John ;\I. Sheeley, division cha i rman a n d boi le rmaker Prom Chaffee, Xo.. naid a welcome visi t to o u r local on ~- ~

l a s t meet ing night . Howard Alumford, night call boy, is

of1 sick a n d a t th i s w r i t i n g is not much in~proved .

Arnold Tucker day cinder pi t man, is the owner of ' a new Majestic radio whlch was just reccntiy installed.

Floyd Bracken. e x t r a man. is w o r k - i n g t h e vacancy' of n igh t cal ler Ho- ward .\ un~forcl.

NEWBURG, MO., YARDS

i\ dar l ing baby gir l 11;~s mtzde her a r r i v a l a t t h e h o n ~ c of Mr. a n d Mrs. Mack J. Cotham. H e r name i s Marie Jeannine a n d she weighed nine pounds. This accounts for t h e abscnce of l a s t month's news from this place a s ye scribe had weight ie r t h i n g s on h is mind.

F r e d Wilson a n d wife were called to Leslie, Ark.. on account of t h e illness of t h e lat ter 's mother.

K. G. Stoll, swi tchman a n d Mrs. Stoll spent a few d a y s in Springfield visi t- i n g a t t h e home of 3Ir. a n d Mrs. H a r r y X o r g a n .

IValter Rinck , c a r man, is s t i l l in t h e Fr i sco Hospi ta l a t St . I ~ o u i s . Hom- ever, he is somewhat improved a t th i s w r i t ~ n g . W e hope to s e e IValter back wi th us soon.

Mr. a n d Mrs. R. L. Brown announce t h e a r r iva l of a t en a n d one-half pound baby boy. 3Ir. Brown is a swi tchman here.

W. C. Cox, swi tchman, who h a s been conflned a t the hospital a t Olney. Ill.. has re turned to h i s home a t N e w b o r r .

Homer DeBerry, agent . took h is a n - nua l w i n t e r vaca t ion th i s month. H e spent a week a t the old home town in Stoutland. H i s brother . F o r e s t DeBerry, workrtl d o r i n ~ his absence.

Rolive Jones:nic.ht c le rk a t t h e de- ilot, h a s re turned to w o r k a f t e r hav- i n s been confined to h i s bed w i t h the flu.

H e r m a n Ful le r , swi tchman, spent :i f ew days v i s i t ing in St . Louis recently

L. W, T h o m a s a n d C. E. Decker. swi tchmen, madc a business t r ip to St. Louis recently.

S. J. Gorman, newly appointed yard- mas te r of N c w b n r a vards a n d wife have moved t h e i r - household s o o d s from Snringfield to th i s place.

J i m Will is a n d Louis Hazen. switcll- men, have been re ins ta ted to their former gositionx, Aisglacini: P. .\. l\loo~'i! and R. 1-1. Baker. Mr. Moore is now \\,orking in Ol t la l~o~na City.

Conductor J. C. Greener of t h e Leh- anon Sub urns called to Kanhas City on account of t h e illness of h i s fa ther .

N E W S O F HUGO, OKLA.

F R E D JARRELT.. Repor te r

Mr. George S t rce tman. local cal' man , i s off w i t h a broken foot and had his toe c u t off, bu t is reported g e t t i n g a l o n g nicely. a n d w e hope h e ~ 1 1 1 be bavk on thc job soon.

Mar t in Brown, a machinist , has been t ransfer red f rom Fayet tev i l le t o H u g o R. I). W a l k e r is st111 m a k i n g his 300-

mile r u n every Saturda.y. Reason un- k n o w n , bu t t ime will tell. B u t we al l hope t h e Buick will hold o u t unti l Sep- tember.

A. 31. P a t t o n has a new car, one wheel and two handles. b u t h e don't mind running in the di tch w i t h i t a n y way.

Lonnie Hope is t h e proud f a t h e r of a l a r g e bouncing baby girl.

Oray N. Wright . machin is t of F o r t Smith, was down to pay u s a visit a f e w d a y s ago. H e w a s a machin is t in Hugo, unti l he w a s t ransfer red to F o r t Smith.

.\s the closed season on Tur bearin: an imals is now on there in n hunch here t h a t seems lost, e s ~ e c i a l l y Clyde Knight . F r a n k Knipp and Lon Wright.

\Ve just finished overhauling engine 611. we don' t k n o w where tt went. but we k n o w shc w a s a good one. .

Mr. XV. B. Kelly, roundllouse for+ man. has a wife now, and we all wish him a l l the succehs 111 the world.

N O R T H C L I N T O N NEWS

ROY G. WILLIABISON. Reporter

-'he Second Annual Frisco Employes' Grcatrr Tr.lfCic Club Banquet and En- t e r ta inment Ball w a s held a t the >la- sonic Temple. F e b r u a r v 2. The ban- que t w a s a g r e a t success in erery may. t h e evenina w a s s p e n t mostly in danc- i n g a n d card playing. All erng1o)es depar ted a t twelve o'clock. each and everyone repor t ing a good time. A l l a r e loolclng forward to next scar's banquet .

Dan Gillis, conductor o n . tralns ?0 a n d 21, has re turned to his duties af- t e r b e i n r a b s e n t several days on account illness.

W. ;\I. McFadden. engine watchman. is the nroud owner of a new ;\Injeailr radio.

F r e d Shephard , hostler. is back lo work a f t e r several days of illncss.

F r a n k Rogers. machinist helper, won the nrizc a s hes t pinochle player a1 second a n n u a l banquet . February 2.

E. M. ( X o n k ) Evans , engineer, suffered a sprained back in a fall recel~l- ly a t K a n s a s City. Glad to report thnl Monk is back on t h e job.

E d w a r d Rissell. brakeman. is the 1)roud owner of a new Dodge. Henry 1:ilbert. boilermalccr, xlso is the proud owner of a new Whippet slx.

J . I.. Harvey , mas te r mechanlc of ICastern D i v i s i o ~ ~ . made a business trip Lo Clinton. F e b r u a r y 11.

LOCAL NO. 9-JOPLIN MOB

liOClCli C:. B71.ETCHER. Remrter

There has brcn n ~ u c h sickness In t l h Frisco family in Joplin, more or less sor. ious. .inlong thc families where tr.0 sickncsn was fa ta l and to whom 01:- symyatl~len were extended were: En. ginccr S. C. Eutl~cl , who lost a son 1 ycars oL a g e : Fircman Oscar TV. Fan- Icr, a & ~ u ~ h t e r , 1 8 years of age alhl \V. B. H ~ ~ ~ c l t o n , a son. 30 years of a r c

Mr. J. C. [<err, tr'avcling store ke~i),:. \\.as a laccnt visitor a t our store roow

Mrs. A. W. Sc:!son. wife of englne In- spector Xelson. 1s visiting relativbw lq Oklaho~na City.

C. W. Kcrr, locnl storekeeper, was In Springfield on business the flrnt of I;:,- nwnth.

Mr. .\, W. St%lson, cnglne Inspcct<lr. came to work the other clay stepph: high, af ter following him around lor I

while we learned the cause. He was 11'. grandfather of a n clev1.n pound bo:. horn on thr! follrth of February to i , s - d a n ~ h t e r . Mrs. F. L. Boehme of 0kl1- homn C'ity

The Northern Division held Its 1'1 1 meetinq 11el.e Fchruary 1st in the CII ' , rooms ovcr the freight house. A s s ~ s t m l Superintentlent H. Li. Wilson actcd - 7

chairman. Therc mas a rood attentlv, Among the out of town members ol t i ' , Prisco family present were H'. B. Bcrr:, 31. XI. : XI. L. Cramford, asslstant 31. 11.. -1. 1.:. Whalen, supervision of fuel : V' A Rov~lns, superintendent : Assistant Su:- crintendents Clares and Pvne. J. '1 rmstrong, divlsion engineer : Geo. E n - intinget'. road foreman of equlprnent. e 8 . , our local divislon freight and P;IRSPN:~-

anent, W. L. Coleman. 4 very interc-l- ing meeting was held.

The Laclies' .\usiliary of the Enlployt- Club gave a bcneflt dance at the F!, ' Cross Hall the other night. about flk couples attended and had a wry rr-

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ling. The t ~ ; ) ' , .yon proceeds go to h " . w r rund of the auxiliary. ?)- hi^ rrnfts held a special meetina I ! ' ' vund house on the call of Mr. kt ? - February 13th.

I .w, the shop mascot. ~lresented the rp rlth mother flne family of puppies 1 l o r : .lara ago. No matter how ninny b! .- r Fannie has. she always flnds r! t!ble homes for them when s h e la :. - with the carc or them.

LOCAL NO. 11-CHAFFEE, MO. -

Y 1 : S FRED DOHRMAZI'. Repor te r - a :,I1 extend our sympathy t o Mr.

a! Vr.. nniph Stevens in the loss of If ?~-~:rns' father, F e b r u a r y 3.

Y. m d Jlrs. Wendell Gleney a r e t h e P.'E l'arents of a boy. Billie Jean . I.- !, :: says-another Frisco booster.

f..:: Sbares, water service depar t - r. ! h t had a new radio installed. h7 I *r~ending his evenings a t home. ? - ~tlas given by the Men's Fr i sco It' F,,bruary 6. was well attenclcd. l t . w honored by the presence of b , ~ r Junkins of Springfield, who E-!4 the nlny and a f te rwards made m r hlk which we nll enjoyed. W e kr ' * ( have him with ua a g a i n soon. k. ~ n d 311% W. If. Pryor had a.; k :!lab the m k - c n d . Xr . and h Frmk Pryor of Indianapolis, Inrl. r , ? three new factories in Chaf -

b . clres the Frisco au i t e a lo t of Bv t.:iines3.

w- ri. glad to report t h a t George b'. .< back from hospital look ing Y1 -

C*,: ?81c1or Press Howard a n d fami ly hr -.,rrd to St. Louis. 1: r - 15orter and JIrs. C. R. Slmp- L . -#;re called to Tallapoosa 310.. fc -:'I the illnesa of their i a t h e r ,

C I r,.,Nr. recentls.

trtend our sympathy to 3Irs ., h . r and llttle son in t h e loss

. I I ~ and father. %hn Ponder had ns h e r g u e s t s

cnd Mrs. Clra. Ball of Oran.

t t o report the loss of F r i s c o i:l:rrkman ot P a n n ~ . Mo. Thc

b.h= lost a valuable employe a n d -nlunity n wonderful citizen. :: Harfiraves, B. & B. depar t -

$., nt Sunday with home folks.

NORTH CAR SHOPS SPRINGFIELD, MO. -

It'.FL \I. HICIC31AX, Reporter - - H. Ifinnick. fornierly employ-

r t:!r~enter at thls shop, paid us :: :~->mtly. Mr. Slinniclc is now ;!' : with the Continental Casualty

' Ramdale. an enlploye of the - .:-. Inst the index flnger on his

i !:%rnsidc, student checker In the b , . was called to Oklahoma on

8.f the serious Illness of his .WI all wish for a speedy re- ! Nr, nurnside's father.

:. (' Hubbard, brdte rod man. , , thr , arrival of twin boys a t :- This is the srcond s c t of : i!:ire bccn deliverell to north ; 9-~nployes in the past three

hymn any chop beat i t? 'i,". :,hl;tmphy recently purchas- .- :-'-st% coupe, We sincerely hope . - t take it to the ice house. '~r r , t very much to announce the ' :ln. Knight. sister of Xr . E.

I , 1, steel man. We all wish to vr sincere sympathy to >I?.

# ' Wise, car carpenter. has becm I-- he past two weeks account

57 I- in the index flnger of his Xr. \Vise recelved this splin-

.' ;is months ago and a t tha t , -ill he had removed all of the

Ttii.: should be n warning to

us all, a n y time \\re receive a n injury tha t might prove serious, let's go to the hospital.

Nrs . C. Mr. Nichols. ur1fe of piecework checkrr a t north mill shop, h a s bern very ill with tonsilitis. W e hope by this tlme she is fully recovered.

LOCAL NO. 19-MEMPHIS, TENN.

.J. FI. LONERG.iS. Reporter

J m . G. Dorris. cxtra machinist. has acccpted a position with the Automobile Rota ry Lif t Co. Dorrls is a regular fellow and wc all wish hlm success.

Andrew post, third class pipc-fltter, is in the market fo r a new c a r and when a salesman tr ied to ta lk a used Rsscs to him, h e just would not ta lk businecs.

Bob Vernon. machinist. is back with us again, a f t c r having undergone a n operation, followed I)y a n at tack of pneumonia. Glad to have you back. Rob. W c thought of you often, 'and hoped fo r your speedy recovery.

Galen Hughes. third class machinist. is to begin serving his time a s a hr,lper- apprentice soon. Stick to it, Chlen.

Mr. C. Prui t t , blacksmith, has a little lady visiting in h i s home. She likes i t s o well s h e has decided to remain permanently. Born Fcbruarv 6th. She was christenerl Oma May. Mother a n d baby doing niccly.

C. J. (Bud) Dailey, machinist, mill be t ransferred to the north shops in Spring- flcld. in the ncar future. I t has been t h e wri t rr ' s pleasure to have J I r . Dnilrp in his home and has been a real joy to us. W e regret to lose him, bu t wish fo r him a prosperous futurc. Renleniber. "Burl". the la tch s t r ing is a lways on the. ~ u s i d e . Mr. Dailey was formerly reportcr fo r this magazine.

John Hales , boilermakct-, is wmriny such a broad smile thesc days. Therc is a lways a reason you know. T h r old stork stopped a t hls home a n d left a baby girl J a n u a r y 22nd. She was namcd 3Iarguerite Emma.

The members of Local No. 19 a r e talking of organizing a base ball team, -41- together. fcllnws. Ict's s t a r t something.

NORTH SIDE ROUNDHOUSE SPRINGFIELD, MO.

Chas. .\.. Noblcs and Joe Saundrrs . firemcn, have hecomc tired of paying rent and have dccidcd to buy a home of their own which they have just recently done.

Chas. 0. EIegberg. engineer. has becn working on the Columbus sub rllvlsion. ant1 has now returned to Springfield.

Chas. Id. Grimes. Areman, has taken a through freight job on SpringAeld s u b division. H e was formcrly on local between Springfield a n d Clinton.

Wal te r J. Dooley, engineer, has bcen in passenger service fo r the past month in place of Knginecr Tierney, who has becn conflned to his home account of sickness.

Ed. L. Rice, engineer, is now In the freight service. Springfleld s u b division. H e was formerly on the Lebanon sub division.

C. L. Hcnrlerson. flreman. is off a t the present a n d has been f o r the pas t month account of illncns of his wife. W e hope h e will be able to return to work soon.

William C. Thornhill, yard engineer. has bcen off for the 13ast week account of his wife being in t h e hospital.

4. F. Lautaenheiser. flreman. who has be6n off for t h e past month account of sickness, is up and around again and cs- pects to return to work soon. L. J. Goorlson and H. Napier. firemen.

have been off for the pas t few days on account of sickness. Goth have now returned to work.

\\'as necrssary to cut fireman cx t ra board a t this terminal recently. W e hope to see those mcn clut oft' back on the board soon.

SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE- WEST SHOPS, SPRINGFIELD

J O E GO0L)RICH. Reporter --

IM\varti A. Alwnrd, machlnist, died February 6th. a t the Frisco Hospital a f t e r a lingering Illness. Wes t Shop ex- tends synwnthy to t h e bereaved family.

Clarcnce I3iume. son of A. W. Blume. ~ener : l l storekceper, began his apprcn- ticeshio In the e lcc t~ ica l room February 1st.

R. H. Gardner and W. W. Shackel- ford were in Kansas City. February 11. to at tend t h r funeral of J. I). IZnox. general foreman. who was killed in a n automobile accident. Mr. Knox was formerly night roundhouse foreman a t North Springfleld.

H a r r y 6. Hall, assistnnt blacksmith forcman, spent the week of February 11 in n a t o n Rousc, La.

Albcrt Garrison. chemist, left the service February 1s t to t akc a position with t h c Shell Oil Company a t St. Louis. Al- bert reports hcing well pleased with his new lo6atio'p.

Homer Huck" DeBerry, anen t a t Sewbura . w a s a recent west shops visi- - . tor.

Dennis Keet. shop porter. i s conduct- ing a n intensive campatgn aga ins t mice, in the flle room. H e has a n elaborate ussortment of t raps and, a t this writing, is enjoying success..

A pleasant surprlse was the news of the mar r iage of Leo Reddick, n~ach in i s t apprcntiCe, anrl Niss hlargarct Adams, which occurred J a n u a r y 26th.

.John P. I lu r le )~ , chief engineer power plant. was in Kansas City on company busincas t h e wcek of February l l t h , f rom where he n v n t to Chtcaso t o at- tcn(1 the power show.

Mr. L. Oneth, blncksmith, is accepting tile congrntr~lationn of friends, account of the al.rival of a baby pirl a t his home February i t h . T h e young lady's name Is Margaret 1)cll.

nre plesscd to announce the nlar- riage of li'l,anlc J. Dartlen, machinist all- prentice, and Miss Dorothy Rabcnall, \\r\.hich occurrcrl September 30. 1927. W e believe XI.. and Xrs. Darrlcn,,havc WOV- etl the thco1.y tha t you can fool all of tile p c o p l ~ a t least some of the time." as their Inarr iage only rcccntly became known.

T h e boys in the forge d ~ o p have form- cd a "Ccorge Bungle Club" the pass- word is "Hcllo Willie." By virtue of his advcnturos in the rabbi t raising industry, .John W. IZoepke has been choscn Presi- dent of the club. I:d Baker fllls the offloe of "Grand Exalted Bungle." ..-- - - -~

Old Man Stork ])aid the home of T,oyd R. Lisenhy, blacksmith, n visit I'cbruary Sth, and left little Miss Lcona Jean. which doubtless accounts for the byoad sniiic which Loyd has been wearlng late- ly.

NORTH BACK SHOP SPRINGFIELD, MO.

ALICS WATT, Reporter

There a r e xevclul changes contomplat- cd a t the north s ide a n d wait ing only fo r f a i r weather to begin. T h e cabinet shop to bc moved to a par t of the big mill building. T h e paint shop to bc nw\.cd to the north end of the cabinet shop, creat ing space for four more t racks f o r motor c a r rewir ing.

Martin Lovinsgood, sheet metal work- e r , who has been working a s ex t ra in the north shop, has returned to the wcst coach shop whew he WRS formerly em- 1)loycd. W. J. Wcihs anrl M a r y Ann IClinaen-

smith were united in m a r r h g e February 16 th a t t h e home of Rev . W. R. P r o p h e t , 797 W. Calhoun s t r e e t .

(A'o7u trrrrl to Pngc 42. please)


UATER SERVICE DEPARTMENT SPRINGFIELD, MO.

CLAUDE HEREFORD, Reporter

--;+r! Tcniperaturc clown around I ' has krpt thc hunch busy thawing '.men p~pes. repairing bursted ones rl~ ~hing cold radiators the past two

: ., .,

li list for the past month. Claud ' . was laid up for a few days with

,?a:, as was also James Stephens. Mat- ' -1 Rouse had a tussle with the flu ancl ; 1;7d hls tonsils rcmoved. 3Iatt has

< - I o ~ : or less troublc with his tonsils i t is to be hoped he will enjoy bet- '15nlth in the future. ;!1181 Tuck's ganR recently maclc re-

on the decp well Bumps a t Lcbanon. -':fin and Dixon, al l three placcs hav-

. 'a~nt down" about the same time. ' -,!-cr, ediciancy wins, and thcy wcre

:nc again in a short time. - ,. clly water supply a t Harrisonville .,rly broke down and the Frisco wns

I to install a temporary pumping . . n for her own use. J. S. \Vood. 8 r service foreman, hustled up therc c pikked up Jack Merccr a t Clinton r 5 1 t h Jamw Jane$. assistant foreman, i 'lng the stuff to them. scrvice was . .! ,inccl practimlly normal.

' E. Phillips hns been lccpt busy sup- , - ' p u b and fittings to the road work, : ~-niand being increascil. duc to s o t emrgency work brinr: done.

- , ring had contcrnglated a big oyr- : ' -4 recently and plans had been

lo hold it a t the home of the writer. r "in8 to so many of thc boys being

,: town that nfxht ancl also the in-

. - IN,>? of the weathcr, only a few

, i u;). However', a good time was n * i all are p lannin . on making ix

r- ' , )? evcnt of the rnectinp, together r ,,:lr fa11lIlies anel gettlng better ac-

wl. ,o Sun~ncr has rctarncd to work

t', - h~ving been off Cnr some time. i l . ' Alarrs, la now tnlkins in ternis

' . ,.I-? lengths. clistance, selcctivltp, . - nilinn, etc., havinp purchaserl a new I , , , Lric Crossly radio. H c has al- - ,~cquirctl that sleepy looklnx " ~ 1 - 1 mjr" from tunlng in on the midnight . dll%

hnr has bcen flnc for sevcrnl daya I. I-nstetl toe, ears ancl fingers a r e a

7, tn thing. - 118 clad to see new reports coming : - (rh month and notice 311'. Craig :!ir~ll'x articles from tlw maintenance

r department of the \Vcstcrn divi- .- %ns a nice column, and wc hope : , , ~t each month. - svnuathv of the entire d c ~ a r t - 7 I. ' exhd&l to Charlcs Loajiue in

.T of his mothcr. whose death oc- .- ' at Dixon, Ma.. recently.

.rcc IIollmnn, r e ~ ~ o r t c r for the B&R ~-',:anjir, hm bcen drawn for jury

. and. thinking it was the s r a n d ,- remi, he has been tl'yinfi to "get" .- .,1111: on hls "best enemies" so a s to r -;sw tlicrn a t the court house.

I Cetrhell. Jesse Darker, Henry . a - n n d Matt Rouse have been busy

r . - ; in new radiators in thc coach .. ' :hnn a t the west shops. - 't~nnical" department has complet- . large ronvcyor pipe and shaving . 'or nt the coach mill ?hop nt thc I . , lhnps. for collecting and burning : :.,:nings and s a w d u s t from the ma- . . :

:?. Lnsey and Frank Lamar went to --: rrcently to ship emcrgcncy pump-

~~;pnxnt from therc to I lilrrison-

LISTERN DIVISION PAINT GANGS

s?!'nRGE HOI,LJIAN, Reportrr

Singer. wife of ,\mold Sinxer. !. Illnter. recently visitccl with hcr . . , ! ~ ~ r and family in Ccment, Okla. - Fwter. wife of 11'. I. Foster. paint

foreman. has bcen seriously ill. Glad to FREIGHT ACCOU NTlNQ DEPART- report that she is much improved. a t thin writing.

MENT-ST. LOUIS, MO. Ed. Strales, assistant paint foreman,

and sang have com~)letecl minting t l ~ e I,ILIaY ICL'I.AGN, Reporter --

depot and watcr tank a t Aurora and ,ve extcntl our sympathy to $.orest H. iiave moved to Vrrona. Lloyd ,\clll.f ilntl wife mcrc rccc!ntly Barfield, n.how mother January 23.

called to &Ioisington. Kans., due to thc ( t l ~ ~ t y ~ ~ i ~ ~ 3 ! ~ 1 1 ~ s ~ ! , 1 C ~ ~ 1 1 s ~ ~ ( ' t ~ ~ L L ! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ serious i l l n e s of Mrs. Acufl's sister.

JIrfi. R;tp Abcrnathy o€ .Toulin, No. , Grove Threc" about thc 25th of each sister of J l r t . Gcor:-c Hollman, was a (Now t w n to pn.qe J J , glense) recent visitor in S~~ringfleld.

Mrs. L. J . Leysaht, of this city, slster uf thc writer has becn seriously ill with ) thc "flu". but is much imr~rove<l a t this writing.

Sornc of thc B&B paintel's a r c now working a t the freight depot, this point. ~ e p a i n t i n g the offices insidc.

Node Flancis rccentlv visitccl with relatives In West Plains.

hlr. and Mrs. Koscoc C. Patterson and son of Itansttrs City, SIO., have movcd to Washington, D. C . 3It.s. Pat trrson is a sister of yc! ..;cribc.

TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT

hIr. ;\rthur C. ICrke, Wuutern TJnion rlerk, tclemapii depar t~nrn t . was marriccl Vebruary 20 to Miss AJary Hclen Cosby. The happy couple left the same afternoon for St. Louio whcr,e thcy will spend ;+ .-hort honcy~noon. Mr. Erke recently houg-ht nnd furnished a home a t l o l l South Glenstonc, whcrc they will r c s l r l ~ Emgloyes of thls drgartment preaentcr! thcm a bcautlKul chest of xilvor\vare.

Miss 1,etha J h n . PCX operator. F'ort Scott. resigned February 1. and announ(.- ecl slic was nosr Mrs. "Puf" ('oync ant1 had becn since Xovcnlber .,. 1925. \lrIlo says a woman can' t keep a sccrct? T.c- tha's Inany frlentls in the v a r b u n departments cxtencl congratulations. The new- lyweds. who will reside a t Cushlng. Okla.. wcrc presentcci a lovcly chest of silver hy the en~ploses of thc Friaco a t Fort sc!ott.

Robert Holland, m n of W. 8. Hollnnrl. ~nanagcr-wire chicf. Sapulpa, entered A. h A[. College a t Stephenville cl11rin.q J a n - uary.

Thomas If. Purcell 1s nt Holly Bpr inm rclfevini; Porcman A. Ollver. who was ralletl to Bmaon. hT. 17.. account serious illness oP hi.; mother.

Miss Mary I ~ o u DIss has :~cccptrrl a 110- sitlon a s PBX operator a t Ia'ot-t Scott. fllling the vacancy r r m t e d by thc r c s i ~ - nation of Miss Letha Llnn

bliss Mnrcclla I'ortcr irCt t l ih oRivr, Id'cbruary 16. on a slxtg-dny leave of' absence. She will rpcnd this prolonrrcrl vacation a t the home or her sister In C'hica.qo. We tu'e all hoping that shn doc.; not forget to rcturn.

Bcn P. Schncirier, tclewnphcr. "S" of- licme, has bought a bran(1-new home on !he corner of I< imbrou~h ancl Cozy Co11l.t. just across thc street from where hc hay lived for sewla1 years, Ern and AIrs. Schneidcr su~m-vised thr construction of this beautiful llttlc place, and w r y little was overlooked in thcir eNorts to mak! it a real home.

Miss Mildred LeBolt, see-rctary, rc- turncrl to this officc February 3, a f t r r 11:lvinz spent several days visitin: Irientls in Indianapolis.

JIr. and A h . J. H. I3rennnn soent a few days in Hot Springs, i\rli., this month. E. E. Swafford, mnna.gcr and wirr chicf.

and wifc, of For t Scott, visited in Kan- sas City the first of Pebrunry.

Operator A. P. I'arks and wife. of For t Scott, spent a few clays in Topeka. I i n n s . last month.

Messrr. Hurley of Omaha and Redcay of S e w York, spcnt a few days in this office rccently, representing the Western L'nlon T e l u j i ~ x ~ ~ l i Company, in connection with negotiations ~onccrnin:: contract mattcrs.

The Railroads Need Trained Men

OI>ERI\' d e v e l o p m e n t s in r a i l w a y lZ/1 sclence . make it necessary for every railway employee to study his work if he de- sires to advance. Only the poorer places a re open nowadays to the uritrainctl man. T h e old methods of "picking it irp" no longer avail. Definite, systematic study is necessary to n mastery of railroading, and the men who are quick to realize this a re the first to secure promotion. 'There is always room at the top for men of ability.

T h e International Correspoldence Schools will help you, right at home, in spare time, wherever you live, no matter \\-hat your circumstances or your needs.

T h e I. C. S. Railroad Courses a r e used by more than 300 railroads and they a r e universally conceded to be the best railroad courses offered today.

Mail the Coupon for Full Details ------------------- INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOLS

"Tho Cntti~nul Cinivcrrail.~" Box B G I 6 - D . Scranton. Penna.

Wilhout rod or obliwtion. please tell mo how I con qualify fur lhe w~it~on. or In the subjcd, belme which I arn rnartlns X In thc Ilst bclaw:

.................. ..................................................... City SLate Canddima t a w r e d l h ra rsrrrnn I* Intnratioml Care- apcrndence Srhoola Cdredia~, Limited. Jlantrml, Comdn

Special Discount to employees o f this road


.,!(. Hombly, Hanin~ond and Van

i 4nslm is cIcvet-lie simply uses h!-irht eycs of his a n d presto. the

* r . - - brings him a n ex t ra helping of , - w n l and cake. H e wouldn't miss

-- .co Inncheon. - , C V Webbrr was among the missing

' - ta t::t 10 days. She had her tonsils 1. Came back looking flne a n d

tt wonderful treatment a t the Frisco 'l:,l , i, v C. Condon, formerly employe11

;. :4,01h Street, took the rcmit tanre , t l l w gcncral office. Glad to have -,itti us. Helen. 11 Trrrhampers also returned from :,th Street where he has becn Iteer?- ' i 1 1 1 4 r busy for the last year. I t , vi~s good to see Bob around the r'hnr.

'. -In,* Rabbitt Is now a full-fledged , - > nt clerk on the 12th floor.

-1 Holly looks natural a t u stcnog- . . . , ~?e::k on the 12th floor. Welcome

- -1it1, of the Cact tha t 311'. Ashworth , I,:mrc lo lose a pound or two since u:ite~l about a quarter of a mile

' . Vr. Mueller's otiice, he is still clam- : '#,I. u pair of roller skates.

7 , car wretker recently pickcil on I:~~i~ont's Chevvy while he was a t - .. -: :I rnceting of the B. A. R . E.. and

r d it up in granrl stylc. However. - lil wind that blows nobody good 8 result. he is now sporting a

r 7 1 l .~l.olct. innttcr of Inlarmation, if t h c ~ , e

.-,.il~inq you want to know about ., rr~~::l.rinls. see Clidord Fcnlston.

on\-;~leaccnts. 311'. Geo. E. Pipes :- 1'h.rt R. O'Connt4l paid us a visit . - * .. It lookcd ,good to s c r them .. 1 8 "looli around.

1. IC~lkcr is b w k on the job , . fit 1. having his tonsil8 rcmovecl.

t~i,l be a ~rosuect i re lo r the Glcc . . r ' 7 .

' F ~nnic Payne of the abstract ina -,,.nr k f t us on thc 15 th to bc' . .- ; h.nrcvcr, not telling us the cliltc. .. - - prcm~rnted with a pant1.y showrr

L' . I > :I beautiful coffec urn. Thc b.. T , .h i . of the department is cx- . - , f~ ! ler.

:I , Iiicsling is living a lifc of ease . . , .y, however. by orll(!rs of the , -, Ib hope the rest cure \\ill

:. - , I vr to bc back with us real soon. . - . !i:*irin taltes the honor of bowl- - . hirl- eat of the Frisco ~ i r l s in

- , nt ladies tournament, with a r - ' , ( i8, '1 for t111'~e Kames. - . L'TII!L:I' ihyers in the nt~&intir:ll . ..(,,,nt arc projireirslng rapitlly clur-

z: ' ' ,. ! m n hour. They ~lon ' t h a w : n q - , but sure have fun.

1 1 - thc newcomers In the C . 0. a r e r. : '!,.nin: from Meniphi8 : Messrs. rr I: Hu~npl~rcy, Jos. J. Spcnc:c!r and ;a - ~~~i l l l~~ l l , s - r w:rl shown bclow was Inadvert-

*.' . f ,mi I) mp loose, however. we a r e : . 1 pire Mr. Jos. O'Seili thc ... m

I-. t ' I)utrh nnd tho Irish, they mnkc ct t~!ani.

4.. " , -hi t they pull oTL' a t times is r .m.

3. ' , I1 hr.lpn to brighten thc clays ! , a :!ts, dr:~b,

7':' . 1 I11 , rtwon not onc In a crab.

.. ., b.4 -! O'Kottsieper, thc flannel-

- :I 11 turk, a ii,l.;i-icli O'Nrilley, who is yet a

r ' I n Ior work.

+ . -11 ainr the boys by their own ' ll:.' vnrnes,

h r ' ' .: i Tin1 JIcNehon of the FA ' ' . 1 1 , ~ , ,

o ' -n . o Welss the re-audlt check ' .? I .

U ~ I ' by?" that makes Rlgdon g o + 1 ~d round.

Puff. . Puff. . Puff. .

right up the grade!

IFE isn't smooth riding for men small pocket-size packages to L who follow the Iron Horse. pound humidor tins, and also in But many an uphill grade has been several handy in-between sizes. softened by a pipeful of

Free offer to Railroad Men Edgeworth -a real corn- -.-., &- -- pan ionab le , comfor t ing L " '

I?? -- If you have never smoked Edge- smoke ! worth Tobacco, let us send you cPJb T 'h complimentary trial helpings of On everywhere, in- 1. [ J$, , !, : /! both so that you nlay y t eluding Commissary Stores ' " - .. , L 1 E d g e w o r t h to the p i p e - t e s t . and camps, railroad depots > , Send your name and address and stations. Two forms: '"" 'L to L a m s & Brother Company, Edgeworth Ready-Rubbed [ c % : L ~ o ~ 27 S. 21st Street, Rich-

and Edgeworth Plug Slice ! - mond, Va.

Pcos . . . -one is all ready t o use in ' l r ~ ~ o n YOU ,adr-tang us on W R V A . your pipe; the other you 4 Dcrhnond, va. - the E d p i o d

"rub up" in the palm of i . Scnrron. Ware Icngrh 270 mcrcrr. 1 Frcqucncy 1110 krloryr1rs.-Sperral your hand. Both offered ' I 1 . ' I - , .I' l m r ~ r r - : Thr "Fdgeaorth Club"

in various quantities from - - ! I 1 y Hour ,,very K'cdnesdoy etuntnx at L' nrne o'clock, Eastern Standard Time.

Oh, t l ~ c L)utcl~ :md thc Irish, tiicy 1 1 1 : ~ l i ~ ~ a fircat tcani.

And some of their stull', a s I said, is :I HCI'Calll,

:\nd without thcm ttic ~.c!r.lir!c.li. \voulil su re go to pot,

I3ut \ve still ncml ;I "Iiiltc" :)nil :I sprnrl- thrift Scot.

ST. LOUIS ZONE OFFICE

K. A. \V.\I.T, J i c~ror tc~ . --

This ofricc: has recontly lost two mifihtg fine fellows in I.ouis 3faothe a n d Ed- 'vard AIcGrath. t h r y havina t ransferred to the rccently f o ~ m e t l Revision 12urc.a~ i ~ t Springfield. We wish them much success and happiness In their new locn- tion.

Travel ing Aullitor J o s r ~ h I ~ e c h n e r h a s becn stationccl here fo r the I a ~ t week giving valued assistance installing the nnw a c c o u n t l n ~ systeni.

Thix xonc ofCice IH now h:~ntllinc. t h r acwiints of t l ~ c .\Icnlphis, Tcnn., slntion a n d w c flnd I t n real weount .

Zone Auditor G. R. Woods ~.ccent ly sp rn t a clay st Meniphis lining up t h a t otSice as to thc rendition of rcports to this zone.

i\noth(!r sign of thc m:i.te~'i:rlism of the day, the crop of comic valentines this y e a r w a s nc'gliglble compared with form- e r years.

Sincr our last w r i t l n ~ the position of Chief Clerk, hold by Bob Txrhampers lins becn nholishctl, and Mr. Tschamgers has rcturnctl to thc office auditor freight itccounts to a new fleld a n d g rea te r or,- portunities.

With thc last Thursdag of each month se t fo r the luncheon a t the American

.\nncs, of t l l ~ St. I.oiri9 .\lcn's Club, those who have not :~ t t cnc l t~ l recently shoultl come ur, tit the next one. fo r t l ~ e v a r e cnjoyablc and certainly worth ~vlliic.

MONETT YARD

I'K.\NI< 1,. KY LEK. Rcportcr - One of the deepest snows t h a t this

district I I R S expwlcncetl was on the round during the flrst haif of Fcb- ruary. T11c1.c \\-ere no i n t c r r ~ ~ p t i o n s in traffic and t rains weve nearly al l 011 time.

&in G. 1)onlavy. ongine foreman. has Ict~lrnc~rl to work on the 3 :10 p, nl, mid- dl(* lead cww.

Mrs. J . 1 1 . C:I.:I~, rnother of Sw1tchm;in H l ~ m o n G1.a~ . who was injured In i~

motor wrcclt rcccntls, is rel~ortctl a s ron- valescent.

S\ritclimiin (:. F:. Dawson risitwl 111 Joplin rcccntly and tl,nnsactcJ businr .s~ rnatt(xs.

~ w i t c h t e n t l c r (:. 1). Shrceve, who has bccn on the soup line of la te due to having his teeth cxtr:~ctecl, is practlctng eat ing with a new sct of "store" teeth.

February bclna a short month, most of: the boys a1.c get t ing in "eve1.v day."

Xcws of the death of C!harles i. \!'hit- Intch, ~rennionnl switchman of 3Ionctt came rccently. Mr. \Vl~itlatch, who rc: sitlcd in CaliPornia. wns thought to be in the best of hral th a n d his clcatll was a sevcre shock to thc many P~*iencis of the Panlily. "UnrIc Charley", a s he was familial'ly known, had been in service in JIonnctt since before 1900 a n d had served the Frisco in o t h c ~ c~pac lh ies bcfore coming here. H e wan a man of sunny disposition, loved by everybody ant1

nunibcr( 11 his friends h y his a ~ q o a i n t a n - ccs.

The passing of Mrs. 0. G. Donlavy. wife of enz in r foreman 0. G Uonlavy. and mother of Carrol lDonIav,~, callcr,

the s tory told by (7nudr Parkhors t about tlic Ash he c n u ~ h t nt 3Ieramec Springs t h a t got a w a y 1 think h r is a lso seeking rnrtnbership to the snmc club. Claude, whnt nrm tha t t~%oubl r you iiad with the niotorcycle cop?

Farkey-I was s ta r t ing out on n flsh- in- t r ip whcn a oop punhcd m e over t o the curb (like cops do) and said. "Wtint do you mcan by rlrivinn through tile clmv(1etl strc!cts or IAoxemburg a t Ill niilcs :m hou:,:'" I protested thnt l coulcln't have b w n goinz 40 niilcs a n hour-I had only bccn on thc road five rninutes---am1 roulcln't hxve becn going 20 niilcs a n hour. o r 20-not even 10- in fac t I was hardly moving.

11. C.-T,OOIi 0I.T before you back into somehod>-.

As i t is one o'clock, will have to sign nfC and gct bn~:lc on t h r nilcetg, but if th r wri tcr don't gct crowned in the meantime, will be with you %rain in thc- April issuc of the maxazine.

Laurencc \Vise. yard clerk, iins rrsi ed and has takcn a position wit)) :' Anicrican Tcleuiionc and Telezraph C Pany a t SpringReld. We wish l,:il~r,v the best of mishcs in his new r n ~ k ~ . ~ ~ -

Archie Tmmb. yardmaster, rercntlr conflned to his home for sevcral , tluc to illness.

J . A. ;\IcI<eon. yardmaster. is of( 8 . m 1

on account of illness. .\I. J. Wilson, yard clerk, recentlv ,..

j0.1-ecl a shor t vacation in Fayclte! I Ark.. whcre lic! n t t c n d d a wri, '

Drury--4rltansas Cnivcrsity hask~~:! games.

Mr. a n d . Mrs. E. Van Dyke ol 1- - lumbus, Miss.. rccently wcre the -I: , O f Mr. and 311,s. L. R. Sullivan :'. few (lays.

William Moore, switch trnder, h?. . turned to his duties aftcr being nri ,

several clays on account of sickn;.: W e a r c glad to report that 11,;- .

Carner, switchman. ha,s rkturned to ? ,

af te r Being u n ~ b l e to work for 3 . : , months on account of an injury t o , of his frct.

came a s o. great shock l o her many friends.

Mrs. Donial-s was in a lioseital in Springfield. re&:ivin: trcntment - fo r in- furips recc1vcd whcn n hot wa te r heater exploded in her home. 311%. Donlavy's conditlon cvaa thought to IJC la11 when comelic.ztions sot in Froni otlicr causes. whi& caused hcr death.

COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE ST. LOUIS

O. (2. l ~ o I - r , T . Reportrr

Tiic Noon-clay Club prefcnts fo r your entertainment n silriw cntltlccl " T h e D'if- teen-3Iinutc Men." Tile boys a r r gather- ed around Mr. I?ilssett's ~leslc an the niastcr of cercn~onics makes his wa17 to t.hc ccnter. and olririally s t a r t s the shwv in t rue niinstrel ft\-le with, GESTLK- l1Ex-I3 13 SEATEl> :

lli. C'.-I s d ( 1 s i t down. \Vliut'.; the mat te r with s o u Caiiey?

Bailcy---Can't boss-I'm a11 hruisect right where i t hurts ~nont . You sc r m y wife is hou%ecrlei\ning tmd last night I went into the livinx-rwm in tile dark nnd s a t 11r1wn \vhc~'e t h r settcc was d a y bc,for,c yrstel 'day (and I Cam clown a n d

AURORA-GREE,NFIELD, MO. BRANCH

--- ST. LOUIS MECHANICAL DEPT.

Well, folks, how did sroa like tlic snow'! S : ~ r e l y was a J im l h n i l y , w c we1.e all nlichty s I : ~ d to see mothcr cart11 make iicr appearance apain nf tcr liavinn bccn 11ndcr her n-hitc hlanlict for so long a

\Vc would likc to hear from on9 "P. Cochran who transferred to Jlcmpiih . - era1 weeks ago. I Ie prohablg tirr-81 ahout u.i whcn he s o t south of the \:-. . Dixon ilne.

A. I,. Frnnklin has succeeded L - time.

Spe:lkin.r: of the numhcr of in-hound :-]nil out-hound r a n . Ho\v docs this r t~ . i l<c you for the year 1028. .\UIYXR Iiud a total of 2.'709 cars. 1.596 of whlch wcre handled by tlic Prisco. T h r re- 11i:rining 1,200 hy the l l issouri Pacific.

Sincc thc inaugural of t rains 12 a n d ! 5 between .Topiin a n d S n r l n ~ f i c l d dur- In r the rnonlii of Deccmher our passen- rTcr business lias shown a very suhytnn- tial inrrcnse. Our L~ros!mts f o r tlic cur- I'Pnt y r n r a r c very bripht.

Aurora liar becn weiedcd hy tho compan)- a s c-nc of the cities where special ~ f i o r t s will he put for th to hrnut ify thc s tat ion grounds and quite naturnlly nrc : ~ r c all looking formarrl to the coming of S p r i n ~ .

The flu scori!tl n "ltnockout" against 'l'. A. Ridlcy. engineer. Northern Division. ns h c has been conflncd to his home fo r the past six nrrclis. ITomevcr. I an1 glad to rc1)or.t th:it he is U ~ I ant1 about. His intentions a r e to t ake his r u n out very 9Ilol~tlv.

aa boon1 ! ). M. C.-l,:fili. I understnnd you get your

coal fo r nothing, how's tha t? ICzli-Well. w c live by the ruilroad

Cochran u~ storekceper at C : I ~ I ' 'Avenue.

Ar thur nurks . machinist. return ' work Februarv 2nd after being o~ 1 of lhscncc account of illness. v

t ra i l& rind 1. make f a c e ? - a t t11,. f l rmwn. nI. C.-\Verner. Iinw Was truck gardon-

ing I a ~ t ycar? Walter-Not so aood. T h e r ) u m ~ l ~ i n s

s tar ted out fine but the vine.5 ~ r c n ' so fSt thcy wore the purr~pltins ou t drug- ging thcrn around with thcrn.

Willinnis-Ross, T understand you said soniethin.: t o your wife tha t causcd her t o s top talking to you. IVliat did yo11 s a y ?

M. (:.-I'll 1,-t y& know 3.s soon a s 1 Iiavc i t copyririited. Speakinq of thc ladies, I iicnr I-1er1n:ln I Ia t t knon-n 1.111 abou t them. Hernlsn do you really think women a r e level-headcd?

Hatt-(Get this now, it's clouhle-bar- rclled) Yrs. a s a. rule thcy ;ire. .bnt I Ints

grct tha t he was able to work on'. ,- clay ivbcn he again had to secum ;r; ,.,. leavc clue to Illncss.

I f 3Iernpliis doesn't stop makin; ,: . . on our citizenry, NC shall not h,ir, .. one i rf t . Walter Herrod. Res ip T I

F:rnrst lrlxson a n d Lowell Amos, nl. ~ c s . have requested . tran.sporh!:. 7 Mrrnpli i~.

.4lcx Jncquin, clcctrician, lost . tiara due to a n injury to his arm - . he Cell while skat ing on the 13:;-

Tower Grove Park . Kcnnetli I., chinist, hail a s a facial decor~tii~', I a r ~ e . rllstinctive lookinn nrnr 18.. ' b r i r l ~ c of his nose. Kc m i d tIi.11 I down, too. Snnieone who was tr7 11

be sarcast ic said that Kennvto - pushed clown a t tho Arniory.

.James i\-IrEucn, our tool room , "

ant . \v%q retired January 31qt. '

rrwchwl the aFe of 7 0 yews. Umi '

tha t 111'. McEncn vill return to I : I in Snrin:ficlrl. With him gee. o!: wishes.

Our tr:i in control maintnincr, i : Rracl, has rct l~rncd to work ~ l h r l a nun~bcr- of days due to illn*,,:.

Xm. Ray White is contmil,! I t r ip to O1ilahom:l City.

go to' th r i r 1ieacIs. XI. c.-Milt. will you toll us of your

esllcrienrc when touring : i<?~rss the oro:lt ,\mcrican dcsert?

G r ~ t e - \ \ ~ c wcrc, going throubh Dc:rth

. -. .. - Ene'ineers T. J. L)unh:xm and Pcr ry

Harnnicr of F t . Scott. Knn.. have bren protecting Mr. Ridley's run during his nbsencr.

F r a n k 3Icl\Iurr:1y. retircil scction for(!- man, lias thrown his 1i:it into the politi- cal rinc, hc h a s cleclnl-crl himself $1 r a n ~ l i d a t c for cily cwuncilman at thc s p i h g election.

T,on \'inpard, section fnrrmon, is s t ru t - t ine his stuff. havinc- just recently pur- cha?rd n n r w Esscs.

Something mronq in Dcnrnark. 'ir:il- cbntinr (In? passer1 by a.ncl no coniios float in^ thru thc mails here.

V ~ l l e y , n fi-limier wn.; llt'iving a, tt!uni with rt loail of pop-corn. T h e hea t was so terriflc thnt the corn hepan to pop a n d tile hnrsea thinking i t was snow. lair1 down anrl C~vzc to dcath.

31. C.-Milt. t h a t cives you frce rncm- Iwrship to t h c Ananias Club, and from

MEMPHIS ADVERTISERS SIGNAL DEPARTMENT SPRINGFIELD, MO.

INSTANT SERVICE PHONE 6-0154 ' ( JIATTLI>.\ C . HOPFMAS, Ej I ', , ,, - R:ivrnnnd Troth. dmftvnnn. ;:. . . .:I

OFFICE O F S U P E R I N T E N D E N T O F T E R M I N A L S - S P R I N G F I E L D , MO. Bluff City Delivery Co. gettilig :ihout with a notircahl,~ Ifr .

severs1 days, causcd from too m!! - .- '" TCE and COAL General Office, 651 Beale Avenue

MEMPHIS , T E N N .

inE. ' 1 *

Mrs. A. i\Io.tiiiu and dnuahtcr, i wifc a n d daughter of signal ~ I I - . ''1 a t Pcircc City, have returned h - 3

Lo St. Louis where they Tere 8 . 1 ' - "' .-I

Sorrnan ICrusc. fot'mcrly 3 rtrllcr in this office. is now a Pull-flcdged switchman , having been hired February 9th.

E. G. \Vnll, va.rdrnastcl~, has rcturned t? his duties a f t c r being oM duty a fort- night on ncrount of severe illness.

F r a n k Bfilk rccently enjoyed a short visit with friends in R'ichita. Kansas.

JAeo Baudino, inspector fo r the Western JVeigliin= Bureau, located in this office. has t akrn a position in the freight house in a similar capacity. H c has hrcn suc- t ceded by G. I,. Cllancellor of For t Smith.

Out of the night romes d m Out of sympathy eornes nm1- 1.d

HUGHEY BROS. ROAD CONTRACTORS

Grncling, (jr:rrelin:: and Asphalt Surfacin~ Subdiv~sion Work and Private Jobs

a Specialty Office and Yard, 971 James Street

Memphis, Tennessee Graclers of Yale Yards

' M I Mrs. C. 1. Forster, Funeral ION I-.' hi i\rkxnsns.

Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Sullivan a n d child- r m rccently pnid 3. short visit to rela- tivcs in Columbus, i\liss. I

- . No. 918-920 Brooklyn Arr 1

KANSAS CITY. MO.

I t - ' nf illness of a relative. b IGwrpe Caltnn, wife of s ignalman

9 . I nilis, is visiting friends in St.

t 3 I,. Uhr and little sons, JoseDh

t drs. wife and. sons of signal - are sojourning in Ft . Smith,

L S. Johnson. wifc of s ignalman .Inton. is visitinz in Kansau

1 '! W. Troth, he l l~er a t Tulsa, is after a second at tack of

- I,. E. Owen. wife of office en- -, 11,:; returncd from a visit with . 'I., in Umlson, Texas.

. ( , I the %I-I;-T lines, has been n visit for scvcral Aars.

.YT'S OFFICE-MONETT, MO.

" IRL R. LEWIS. Heportcr U 1 I ' Fitipley and wife departed Jan-

:I!, inr an extended visit in Cali- . :lr. Shlpley is one of the oldest ' # - - on the northern division.

: I'.,4l,trd, retired clalm agcn t with ) - nt Hugo, Okla.. diccl J a n u a r y

V t Pollard was retired in 392i, .: r whcd the age limit of 70 ycars. - '!.,.4bay, clnim agent, Monctt, n t - *., ) ! i n funma1 rites held a t E'ny- f b . .\rk.. Januarv 23rd. Thc fol- bt. m agents acted a s honorary Ir -. ..: J. R. Trotter. F o r t Smith.

'hrirlock, Hugo: W. F. Baker , ' ,,I C, G. Bcckley. F o r t T\'OI th,

.:. schn.ond't. extra clerk, had the r,: having his tonsils rcmoved

.-iar.o Employes' Hospital in St .

laritan, cxtra clerk, protected '.I ?.t 1.ebanon the first par t of

I ' Robzrtson, who has hecn third ..!tor a t A 1 0 ofl'ice. Nonett. has -,.n14 the povltlon of c a r dis-

, r Springflcld, made vacant by - :''I i s f Ford Lam, Mr. Robertson ' 'i; are now located in Spring-

!# - ~houch, president of the Frisco ,u\i of Springfield, and E. A.

~ i i l e n t of the Nonet t F ru i t - - ',;soi.iatinn, werc thc guests and

;,~nlicrs a t a meeting of the l'>itr>:nyes' Club. February 12th. 1 . , $'en. northern division brake-

n 19 injurcd in a n accident -I, six wcelis ago, havinfr both

' . ' ~ r . 11a.s suKlciently recovered IWII the "splfnts" rcmovcd:

- I \ h . Ccril ITinkle a r e rcjoic- .- 1% arrival of a new boarder , W V , it's a boy and was born

';,.. faithful old delivery horse ' , , . r , , n Express Company, rmss-

:r,t,n pastures February 2nd . . . ;v!TP~ his company fo r 13

v ,I.S of thc time a t Nonett. : nncll, ccteran passenger flag- ' , , r - L c r n division, hus hccn

I. "i~-d:iy leave of absence from

ow, southn-cstern division ' . r . i i rcturned to work a f t e r a

, ! IY off on accocnt of ill- . . r ~ . rlad to see Mr. I3arltalon~ s,:l after 111s long absence.

8 ; ,'uk has gone to Galveston. .,,nil about stx weeks dcep

tlcre's hoping he does not ' 1'1, s m e Pate of Jonah.

:. :'n. J. J. Charles have zone --irwa, Ark., for a visit with

'i, wg, paymaster. was In 310- ...,I. ry 15th. dispensing the p a y

' ' 'idn't take long for the nen-s tlot "the pay ca r w a s in

* ]Toward JVilllioite, talented 3 1 I , ? G . F, Willholtc, south-

, . , ion conductor, is acting as

organist a t the Presbyter ian Church in thc abscnce of thc regular organist. JIrb. .\I. C. Sliipley. George HoWatd has been taking pipe organ instructions from a teacher in Tulsa. The young musician Is just thirteen ycars old.

OFFICE O F GENERAL MANAGER SPRINGFIELD, MO. -

ORVILLE COBLIC, Reportcr

Though our office bowling team can't a lways head t l ~ c list. we a r c proud of C'1:iudr I<inrV.; a v c r n m of 2 0 4 fo r threc sarncs. whic.l~ gave him the Ixs t individual rccorrl for the month.

Socaklna of Bowlina tcanis thc Chand- w i c i ~ Limited had touenter tnin the Gov- ernor with x banquet. T h e banqurt was duly held antl enjoyed by :~ll--espec~ally tile loscrs, fo r they knew what to decline. Rubber wienrrs had x ~ r n m i n e n t place on the salad plates, b u t - o n l y Mr. Sisson "bit."

Traffic tips fo r the month firm this officc incluclerl thir tern f rom %. .\I Ilun- bar. twelve from H. E. Kimball, tcn from Louis Hascrmnn, seven from C. 1'. King, ant1 flve fmni V. C. Williams, n total of forty-seven.

Louis Hagerman went to Tu lsa over Sund:iy to scc the ice-liockcy Kame bc- t\\-vcn Tulsa and Kans:~s City.

P. W. Arnold was off sick with the flu a couple of clays.

Miss Grace .Tochum varied hcr usual Sa tu rday afternoon activities by going to sce "The .\Icri.hant of Venice" a t the Mosque. I W x r ~ a r y 9th. J. C . Ta.y;or. now ~wnsioncrl, made

a trill to Rochester to (.onsult with thc Mayor.

Xiss R u t h IMnhar, daughter of our trnnsportation clcrli. mndc quite a hit <,inging o w l ' Springfield's new radio s ta - lion. She was cncored b)' t c k g r a m s and 1~11one mwsazes.

I lobert JIadison s a s s Ills baby daughter. N a r y Franccs, born .Tanuary lo th , i s now over the colic ancl growing niculy.

Our TJnclc Charlie Ealtzell rrin down to 3liami to visit with his friend .Tacmli Pempscy and incidentally ar'l'nnge for bYisco patrons to sccure choice sca t s ;it tho bout Jack is promoting. Word

~ w i c h e s us tha t there is now considerable nrgument in Miami irs to whether Mr. Ealtzell is D c n i ~ ~ c ~ y ' s uncle or fnthcr . for Jack introcluccd him a s "Unclc (~'liarli(~" rinrl U:lltzell spokr of Denir>soy :Is '*My n0y.-

- PURCHASING D E P A R T M E N T

ST. LOUIS, MO.

TVc tvere dccply grieved t o learn of t h r passing of Henry Conigton. Jr . , son of H c n ~ , y Coni~)ton. seorctnry to Mr. 13. T. Wood. He was born Sunday, February 10th. an11 passed. a w a y February 12, 1929. The ent i re E'risco family joins u s in tlccp symp:~thy with Henry antl 3lr$. Comptnn in their sad hour of bc- rcavcmcnt.

OLII. oiricc twins, Grace J u n e McEvoy a n d Mary Grarlcly. have shown u p with the most bcnutiful smocI<s. Thev insist

-,. . . . .. E. T\'. Gatzcrt a n d Ralph McBrIRe at-

tenc1t.d a quiltinc pa r ty a t the homc of Yours Truly. W e had n wonclerful time including candied applcs ancl lemonndc.

Lynn White c:l;iims t h a t h e trlcrl the susaest ion offered in last month's issuc~. shut t ing off his radio and opcning his window to get Rellevillc, but a l l h e got mas Chili. That's a pret ty old crack. hu t s u g , ~ c s t t h a t you t r y again. Lynn. mayhe you will ge t Con Carne or fevc~..

Rernicc f lower and Maraaret Cowan a r e planning n vacation t r ip to Forcst T ' a~k this sunlnl?r.

I.ucille JIeger claims to have made It out to St. Charles from Ninth a n d Olive

in two hours a n d twcnty minutes. B e careful, Lucille, the tin may melt.

Our Herb Clap must be in thc market fo r a r:)dio. W e ovcrhrarcl the Collowinfi r ~ l ~ o n e conversation recently: "Listen. E r n , I su re \voulcl like t h a t radio you sent u p f p r trial, but papa is ~ o i n g to give me 111s. Of coursc. if yours is cheap enough, I'll buy it, bccnuse I don't know. maybe papa will chanfie his mind, but of course, if your price is cheap enough- ctc."

E r l "Strangler'" Lcwis diA not forget hlu red caps. Union Stat ion ushers. whcn 1:e nrcst lcd Lute a t the Coliseum, St . I.ouia. February 13th. The "Strangler" is the 1ionor:iry presidcnt of the Red Cap Athletic Club, organizccl one year ago this month. with a full niembcrship of 8.5 young mcn, all red caps.

3Ir. Waltcir Tfe~dron. one of the red caps. antl Uncle Charlie Baltzell, in- s t w c t o r in athletics of the club, mere Mr. I,ewisl guests, with rinssirle seats. This club is flourishing ancl improving all the t i m e n o t only in athletics but in team work. courtesy and real intcrest in be- in? I~el l )ful towards the traveling public.

AGRICULTURE A N D REFRIGERA- T I O N D E P A R T M E N T

SPRINGFIELD, MO.

EI7I'.\ l>ELK, Rr!portel,

Marie Iiidd a n d 311%. Giles Walker a r e spending scveral days in New Or- leans, seeing all thcrc is to bc secn ancl we're expecting some very interesting stories upon their return.

TV. L. English and R. K. Bagcnt spent scveral days in Pcnsacols and Florida points, ~ c c k i n g the southlands to avoicl our zero weather. a n d wc can't blame

At This Time we are accepting lump sum d e p o s i t s of $300 and up in multiples of $ 1 0 0 , i n r e a s o n a b l e amounts. No Fees of any k i n d at any time.

"Safety First Savings" - CASH IS\'EST.\IBST - $300

72 and UP in multiples of $100. Dividends paynblc in cash or credited to account semi-an- ualls. Basis i% Dividends. 1 AES \lOSWL'. LYVPMYEYT - Dellosits $50 and up monthly. - Basis 7% Dividends.

JlOSTHLY THHIIT-lrregul;~r del~osits of $1 to $50 monthly. IYhrn $300 Is accurnulaled yo11 III:IY vorlvert same inlo CASH ISVESl'MEST eernlna n hlghcr dividend. Basis 6% Dividends.

Under Supervision Tcxaa Insurance Dept. \\I. 31. \VHITESTOS. I . C . GILBERT,

Active Pres. V.-P., Sec'y-Treas.

1409 Maln St. Dallas, Texas

Wlthollt obllrollns myself send lnformatlon to (F)

Name

W e now have two "orphans." .Toe IVetldell, \vl~o's Colks have just made their homo in ICnnsaw City, where Joe hus becn spcncling most of the wcck-ends. Mr. and Mrs. Uclk have just recently returned to their home in Washington. but Eypa finds It more inconvenient to make thosc trips home.

Alabcl J e r n i ~ a n . who recently was in this departmrnt, but is n o y working for Mr. J. B. Hilton. St. I.ou~s, spent sev- emi days with her ~nothcr here, and we agrcr that St. 1.ouia has been very good tt, our lil ;\labelle.

- M O N E T T LOCOMOTIVE DEPT.

MONETT, MO.

JlhRGI:ERITl~: IWOSPARD, Reporter'

Everyone Corgot thoir axe and station in life uncl became jubilant, carefree childrcn again. during the reccnt heavy snowfall. when Croarlway was turned into R veritable toboggan slldc?. and a n s - thin^ on runnel's, no matter of whnt crude design. \\.as considered acceptable. St. ~ o r i t i had nothing on us in the \va.y of wintcr sports !

U. ('. Green. flremttn, who went to F t . Worth the first of Kovernber for tcm- porory servicc. became so entranced with the Sunny South tha t he deci[lcd to locate there permanently. H e has thcrc- forc given up his seniority a t XIonctt a n d transferred to Ft. Worth.

Who is the cn\licd owner of that ncm Sasl t ,100 sedan tha t drives up every evening about 4 p. m:? Ah ! I t is R a l g i ~ li'illlnms, Inspector on the sccontl shift. \vho alights therefrom !

ICvcryonc is g l :~d to see J. H. Goctz bavk to his work a s machinist af ter scv- ~ r a l months' absence account of a n all- ycndicitis o1)cr:ltion.

.2lthoug'ti this isn't the reco!miircd season for vacation trips, especially throul;l~ tlic Rocky 3Iount:tin rcglons. H. G. Yer- ton antl fanlily 11;ive just ret11rnc.d froni :L t\vo weeks sojourn to Seattic, Wash.

FT. SCOTT ADVERTISERS

We Fill Your Hospital Prescriptions

The PRICHARD-BLATCHLEY DRUG COMPANY The Rcxall Store

S. W. Cor. Ahin R: Wall Phone 170 FT. SCOTT, K A N S .

Kansas Utilities Co. ( I "The Gas and Electric Store" I

FRIGID.ZIRIW WASHERS GAS RANGES

I Ft. Scott, Kans. 1

They encountered somc flve-foot snow- falls and teniycrature of twenty below zero-which isn't so spectacolur, a s it was that cold r i ~ h t here in Nonett.

It was necessary to cut the firemen's extra board on February 16. d i s p l a c i n ~ C . Z. Long, 16. V. Eaton and Sanford Iiciley.

For unique methods of inflicting personal injuries we believc >lonett tops the list. Onr maci~inist, J\. I.:. Shipman, is gently nursing :i burned back, diic to his ciothes catching Are from some unknown source while on the Job. 4 n d thcn, IValter Campbell, boilermaker. nonchalantly walks off into the turn- table pit. with painful results to various parts of his anatomy. W h a t next?

.\I. H. Cruise, chicf clerk, made a fly- ing trip to Kansas City one sifternoon recently, to be present on the side lines a t a hockcy tor~rnanient being played thcre. I!e pronounced it onc of the fastest pleccs of action he had ever seen-both the trill antl the aarne!

As a character actor of niarked ability, C'. 11. C:nrrison has won merited rccoxnl- tion and his services a r e in constant tlc- mand for anlatcur theatricals. His latest charactcrixation was that of a "swcet" old I:~ily title role in "Aunt Lucia," the clucccssful performance of which rlicitcd uniinlitctl applause anti I:~ugl?tcr froni nn aoprecintive alulicnce.

F U E L DEPARTMENT-ST, LOUIS

31r. Robert Collctt, our fuel agent antl cliicf. was confinetl in thc hospital for svvcwl wcclis with a sevcre attack of pncun~onia i ~ n d wc wish to tnkc this opportunity to add our congratui;itions to thc rn:)ny. ninny already received by him. on his recovery and to express our dc- light a t having- him back a t the office with us again.

111.. Lar ry Kitts. fucl clerk. lost his 1!1,)th(~r YCVCIIII W C C ~ S :[go and wc \\-ant h i n ~ to know that his fcllo\v eml~loyes r-smpathixe docpiy with iiim in this sad lwreavemcnt.

Mr. C. IC. Cissell, fuel inspector, of I'iltsburg, Kan.. visited the office on February 4, and as usual his smiling ~rr'r.tings were appreciated.

Th(m the nest t h y , February 5, mnic Xr. 31. H. Rodwig, fucl inspector, f r o n ~ Tulsa. Okla.. to add to our pleasure.

IBiicn 1\11'. J. H. Curry, supervisor of fuel cconollly, w m c into tlic office this morning it kept us all wonrlcl,infi- for ii

\\hiie just why he had assunictl such a t i i ~ h - h a t systrm of spcalring, but when we Icurnctl that thc change in speech was due to his linvlng lost all of his terth, of course wc were sorry to hear that.

There is a fircat deal or talk in re- ir:r~,tl to howl in^ artivitlcs going on around our onice among the men. I t scents that there have been wevcral im- ~)roniptu bowling matches pullcd off be- t \ \ -em certain enlpioycs during rec,ent games roliod ; o m consisting of a match hrtwecn Al Lutn antl F r a n k Schick. JIr. I.utz being clcclarctl ,the vtctor.

The clcrnon "flu" IS again wlth us. .\Inlost ever>-one in the office has auff- rlwl fr.0111 it's at.tivitirs a t one tirnc

Visit With CLOTHING AND SHOES Hughes & Kennedy your charge Account 12 South Main Ft. Scott, Kan. Greatly Appreciated s

or another during the p u t conyl* months and with more o r less sc-,..' however, wc a r c all n ~ r c c d that ' slightest case is bad cnough and ' flu is a very unwelcome guest at '

time.

PASSENGER ACCOUNTING DEPT. ST. LOUIS, MO.

ISSTICLI,I",IILTON. Reporter

John C. Starkey. auditor passenw rounts. attcndcd a mectinz of the E 1va.y Accounting Officers .~kociation i a t Xcw York City tha week of Fd~r. 18. Mr. Starkev is chairman ol ~ommit tce .

Eetttrico O'Rcilly n7as quite 111 for cral days with n touch of the tlu b back a t hcr tlcslt again.

Art l?air. who is now livinc in T turn, Pa. , &ounccs the birt6 of e Mr. Rair \\'as, until two wars a n ployed a s a clerk in this dcparbnw

Our deepest sympathy is extrni, .2rthur Stoessel am1 family in t b ' of his father. who ~ a s s c d awa.\. Fchr 10th. Mr. Stocssel'a death cam? c unespcc+eri : lit! was secmlnslg In best of I~calth, \\.hen he visited thc' ber shop on Saturday afternoon, ruory nth, where he was stricken . paralysis and taken to his horn,>. lived until Suntl:l)- nfternoon. ahrPl passed a w a y without becoming I ~ I ! .

rpc.ak.

F. L. & D. CLAIM DEPARTME\- -- C'HARLI4:SE n'lLl,.ZHD, Rtynr

Onc of thc most tlelightfui V41, tl:~nccs wan given Friday night, FQ'I. Sth, in tlic nutlitorium of the I?. cf Commerce builtling by ~nembc~. , ' I"risco Freight Claim DepartnwzL - rooms were artfstically decorntr-i 17

cmtinc. Iwl hearts, flowers and ftrr punch wrra served throughout th,? in$ to xpproximatcly forty-flre ( 8

Thc Ilostesses of the party n.1 Misses Virginia Hanler, l\t%mie I:,.

Ruby Northcutt. Freddie D~.~ughtrn. e t ta Henry and Jlarcelia I'odcr. 5 * invitations were cxtcnded to tlii ! ' , ing officials, namely, Nessrs. F. 13 : , Per, AI. IT. Sisson. C . J. Stcphcnwi. . Doggrcll. J. K. Gibson. H. JV. ' I , J . I,. J4cCorrnacli and J . D. Tunv ' 1 Harve Turner, wife of the 8 ; I

County Colicctor. entcrtaincd 111,. t with several snaplly blue sonc.. I 3Liss Zimn~er~il :m antl Mr. Joe l'. I

the latter a n employe in 311'. I:I t , ilcpartmcnt, scored big hits ri:' ' 11 sweet voices in a number of ; tunes nnrl ~ l a i n t i v e ballads. Tile , ,. t r a music, furnished by JIr. Jw-.~ :'

and his f a ~ n o i ~ s four. was the .cr ,, of thc evening.

Miss Rctty Adams. Ale clerk. ,.

nbscnt from the office until .\I' having secured a sixty-day l w ~ ~ ' ' ' sunce. rr.

Alm. Pete Powell has foind I ; Y ' sonnel of thc trrlght claim d4.1, ,. 1: antl thc cntlre force cxtends 13, u' iir:~rt.\r weluome. I%

On Tcbruary 1st the 1 9 2 9 nien" Id' tampalgn of the E'risco Vrti.rmr ''A

sociation was inaugurated and , L ' 141 ruary 15th the enrollment had e w f4.r the 200 rnn~,lc. which was eslahl: . 'a' splendid l~uor!l For the two !!,,' ,T' tensive canipalgnlnK. 1110

Tho month of January. 191). - 1'1 I,!

HUNDREDS OF FRIENDS MADE THRU . . . . . SYNNOTT'S PILE P R E P A R A T I O ~ E

A Sure Relief-Write Today-Don't Wait . vn; Satisfaction Guaranteed or Money Refunded $2.00-Worth $2,000.00 m.".

;at *

I Man ulactured J O H N S Y N N O T T , Druggist 13 south MI~D h7 iab1 and Sold By FORT SCOTT, KAhii!:h '

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- md period for a number of our ' , w r . On January 29 Mr. J. E. 8:. claim investigator, receivcrl news of - ),Iden, passing away of his father, h 1 year$, n'ho rexlded a t Gray Ridge, Jllss Lona Arnold, thypist, lost her

' w on January 15. JIrs. Louisa ' , Id had been ill a t the family home I t ' s city for over a month and clur- I1.:lt time JIlsn Lontr had lovingly

--..*; and cared for her. Another -:.rending affalr was the passing ,. on January 21th of Garnett Shu-

' , . ape 2 1 year's, youngest sister of ', Shumate, carload disposition clerk

.II* office, hIiss Shumate hnd becn n a Kansas City hospitai for over

months. The remains were brought . ynlour. the family home. ancl Inter- .' was made in the Masonic Cemc-

The employes of the departmcnt -.n.l to these bereaved cmployes their -.;: sympathy and condolence in the -: of their dear father, mother and . - ":!. CIsdc Gillmore, who bcfore her -lire was Lola Romden. dictaphone .,lor in thls office, visited her many - ' : in the Frisco building the first

.,' of January. Mr. and hIrs. Gill- - ~lsited friends and relatives in thls

durlng the holidays ant1 motored r : to thelr home in Detroit on J a n - .-- IXh.

If.: 171eo Plerce, dictaphone operator, -, rdurned to the officc after a short

" .- Ynym~ hind ma^^, chief Ale clerk, r - 8 I a week-end visit with her sister : K m s City the flrst week in Fcb- . - '.. T~ree Acton, Ale clcrk was entcr-

:.- ' rnyally in St. Louis over Wash- .. . ..: birthday.

' . lattcr part of January, C. F. I: * , traveling claim adjuster. recelv- , -:- that hls father, who resides In i - 1 l e . I<>-.. had suffered a severe at- t~ of rmralysls. Mr. Smith imme- t.,.', left for that point and returned b - ., c~frice the flrst week In February. 1. , ' dad to learn that his father has t:", , I and there is some hope tha t C --,v rrecover entirely from the stroke. ;' 'Talentine's Day was observed by

x? ' ,. loiks in the claim department. F acre Valentines galore, both com- I . ' wtimental, flowers, boxes of w a u l rrpeclal delivery letters, also I : .t rn 1;nlon wire thrown in for ,' ,mmsure. I k t h n - n P o u n ~ and

- wtherland, ts-plsts, celebrated in 8 - ---' b (.,> than one. for the fourteenth k - . + b . i In be their birthday ancl from h ' of the pretty tissue packages 8 , .r dealts one would have thought k - m a Claus had made a n early call ,L -ar 1929.

7- cuirls In the office also had a St. b ' l r ? ~hower for Angcline Golden. I ! - r employe of the department, who b ., 14ng a fenr months a t the >It. ,t I hnatorlum. !- nf the most thrilling and exciting

in the way of trips is now being r. hr Mrs. Lyda Lewis, popular' 0. S. W ' I-lerk. who left here February It .-cmpanled by her husband, for k:,~. . Tcnn. At this point they were /U .: Yn. Gladys Orr, a former em- )+ r' the car accountant's office. and

' :sc of them arc now cn route to b .~zJ,-.s. drlving a roomy and com- .I,. OlrLmohile. Their sojourn will

b , , T I lhru the cities of Llttle Rock. .. m. Dallar, El Paso and San

The rcturn trip will be made by , ' the Southern Paciflc and Rock

. Ll Kathryn Rlaser, 0. S. ancl D. wr.l a few days in Tulsa, week

F w r l p 18. vlsftina her sister. Mar- l k . m . w a i ernoloscd in this' office

t .. t h e or her i.esignation In No- 1\28, when she accepted a n

I ps~tion with the Tulsa IVorld I lkla. I t Is our understanding

' i r l ~ ~ r l ~ IR mnkinc raoid oroaress

S P R I N G F I E L D GEN. S T O R E ROOM

DERTI1.Y V. REED, Reporter

Valentine Day-nncl. how ! ? ! The division storekcepcr's forces were qlighted last year, but have untloubtrdly becomc very popular the past twelve inonthq. xs we urcre all rcmembered this time. The entire force of this officc wish to express their thanks nnd appreciation to those who kindly remembered us, antl n~ould liLe vcry much to thank thmm personally, but the partics sending the Valentines failed to sign their names and me take thls means of conreylnq our sincere thanks to nll concerned.

One of the "hottest" w g u m r n t s of the season took nlace Nonday mornlng, Feb- l u a r y 11. before eight o'clock between the division qtorekecper antl S. H. Gaston. general forcman. over the number of rabbits captured thc day before. Mr. Wheat- ley finally won the argument, he hnving captured six rabbits more than 1\11., Gas- ton. Better luck next time. Sam.

Mr.;. Unmfrey Johnsen and dnughtcr. Zurlla Louise. a r e visitina the formcr's mother-in-law; Mrs. C . E. Squirey of Wichita. Knn.

&I. J. CYearv antl C. H. "Bogy" Will- ianis. both rctirecl Frisco vcterans mere visitors a t t h r store room reccntlv. We were glad to see both of thebe 'gentlemen. Mr. F. Sprohs. father of John J. Sprohs.

supply car man. was operated on Peb- ruary 9th nt the Company Hospital St. Louls, 1\10., and is now on the road to recovery.

Claudc Tuck. checker. section 14, received his income tax blank. recently to fill out ancl return to this office an11 when hn came to the question "head of family" he hesitated. as he didn't knou- whcther to answer "yes" or "no." Hc asked the stock clerk. "do you suppose my wife will see this income tax blank?" The stock clerk informed him tha t she would not, so Claude proceeded to write "yes" aftcr "head of family."

Stella Comcgss, reporter for gcneral storekeeper's office was very unfortunate recently when she slipped an11 fell in front of the store room, striking her chin on a small post, cutting a gash which necessitated the doctor taking three stitches on the outside of Stella's chin and onc stitch on the inside. No doubt, it wils a very painful injury antl we trust tha t Stella will soon recover.

F. S. Vail, storekeeper, Plttnburg. Kan.. stonped a t the store room the morning of February 9th. enroute to his home Prom the company hospital. St. Louis. We slnccrely hope tha t Mr. Vail's condition will improve.

W e a r e glad to have Roy McCoy back with us a t the store room. Roy was working a t Chouteau Avenue store a s store helper, but he mado it known tha t he was very desirous of coming back to the general store, so he returned to work a t this point February 1st. F. R. Finger was assigned the positlon left vacant by Roy a t Chouteau Avcnue.

Otto Thomas, trucker. was removed from his home to the Frisco ward of St. John's Hospital. February 9th. Mr. Thomas was reported as getting along very nicely. We also have another eni- p low in the same hospital. Robert C. XIcCrory, checker. Mr. McCrory has been grnnted a 30-day leave of absence and we hope a t thc expirntlon of this time he will be able to rcturn to work. W. C. Bailey. water service foreman.

southern division. was In this office Feb- ruary 13th, looking after a rush shipment of 111pe antl f i t t i n ~ s for installation of water lincs a t Jonesboro, Ark.

SVe a r c sorry to report that Robert G. Price. stock man. sections 12 and 15. is vcry ill a t his home suffering from pneumonia.

J. H. \Vilson, trucker, was off duty. February 12th, account attending the funcral of his brother-in-law. Harry Hague. a t Webb City. No.

C. C. Meyer, stock man, was calletl to St. Louls. February 3rd. account of the

srrious Illness of his aunt , Mrs. William Wright. Mr. 3Icyer reports a slight lm- provcment in her condition a t this mrit- 1nr.

7

Charley Barnhart , trucker, w n ~ called home recently. account of the illness of his small dauahter. Grace Eileen. The little r i ~ l ' s condition is improving. T. I<. .\Isup, chcclter, who has been off

duty sevcwl months on account of be1n.g seriously injured in a n automobile a c c ~ - (lent, wns a visitor a t the store room rrcently and r e ~ ~ o r t s ferling fine and expects to be able to return to work a t a n early date.

Griffin Pricc. trucker, resigned a few days ago, in order that he could tnlte c h a r m of Gcorze Gates' farm, northeast of the city.

Jus t mrntion "Niangua. Missouri." to Samuel H. Gaston. general foreman. and it seems a s though a spell has been cast upon him, a s he usually gets ready and motors to this said point. His mothrr, father and younger brother reside a t S i a n g u a is the rcnson tha t Sam is alwnys so anxious to makc the trip. Sam. to- grther with his wife and son, Odell, visited the above mentioned parties. Feb- runry 3rt1, and they were accompanied homc by Sam's brother. Vlrgil.

Mr. and Mrs. R. TV. Yates, announce the birth of a tlaugiiter. Thelma Flor- ence, a t Bnrge Hospital, last month. JIr. Yates is stock Illan, Section 20.

\\Tilliam J. Rogers, laborer a t the lunm- br r yard, went to St. Joseph, 1\10.. recently where his wife is 111 In the hospital a t that point. W e sincerely hope that Mrs. Rogers wiIl soon recover.

MECHANICAL D E P A R T M E N T LINDENWOOD, MO.

Z. 31. 8131PSOS antl J. M. CUSSIxG- HAJI, Reporters

Mrs. L. N. IVoor1.s left January 16th to spend a month and 11 half with r r - lptives in Norristoum. OR.

Carl Fromm and IVilliam Speitzer, of the Llnclomaood store department. were vislting in Memphis the 22nd to 2ltli. inclusive. of February.

Sam Gardner. also of the Lindenwood store tlegartmcwt. spent Washington's birthday a t Crystal City.

Toni Smith, a i r man. car department. hns been clcctetl captain of the 1929 I-lo1'se4ioc Ring a t thls point. F. G. Collar, I h v r I.'ox antl Frank Wallace a r c :111 corn!)eting for first honors.

William B. Cotter from South Dakota. am1 R,iymond Utley of Springfleld. a r e

driving yon crazy? Don't suffer the agony of itch- ing, bleeding piles any longer! UNGUENTINE RECTAL CONES end the pain. Many report complete cure without operation. At your druggist's, 75c Write f o ~ FREE ,trial. vhere a laxatme 1s needed. doctors urge also the use of NOROL-AGAR, a gentle lu- bricant, widely advised even for children. The Norwich Pharmacal Co., [Dept. KL-3 Norwich, N. Y.

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thc two latest to join the ranks of the grease balls a t Llndenwood.

Glenn H. Darnell, formerly of the deadwork gang, has joined the night owls a s inspector on the second trick.

At this writing Mrs. H. C. Cottcr is reported seriouxly ill, but we hope by the tinic thls ~ o c s to press her condition wlII be greatly iniproved.

A. J . Perklns snre is the berries with his ncw Chevrolet six sedan.

Henry Prugger was a vlsitor in Green Connty thc week-end of January 19th. as well a s "Sunny Jlm" Cunningham and George F i tc l~ .

Nicholas XIilEer Is anotlirr onc of our boys to join the ranks of car ownel% l i a v i n ~ purchased a ncw Esscs se~lan .

Claude Deskin is broadcasting his owticmhip of a ncw all-clectric elght iuhc R+ll;itc radlo. "Slim" Lutes Ys rcgist- wing compctitlon with a new all-electric Atwatcr Kcnt.

Charles Connelley, day locot~lotive in- spcctor, laid off Feb. 5 and G due to a sprained a ~ l k l e which he reccived while skldding on the linoleum in the bath- room a t hotne.

Cns 9cvine of the store dcpnrtment claims hc has a radio which doesn't use a n v batteries. electric o r otherwise. Gus says just p1nc.c a candle in i t and thc radio is 0. K. 31. and X.

Mrs. E. \I-. Pcters w a s aeriouslp ill the forepart of February, but w r are glad to say, much iniprovcd a t the prcscnt time.

A. .T. Perkins. Arthur F. Kirkpatrick and "Wirkcr" Bill Henry have been promoted to the second class machinist rat- ing. all on thc day shift.

Joseph hIoorc. Claude Dcsltin and Randy Pearman left tlic owl gang in January and joined the day forces. Thc boys a r e accusing them of still trying to outdo thc sunlight with their, torches.

Thc Llndenwood neighborhood was il- luminated with a most blinding blaze on January 16th. One of the rcportrrs, on investlgatlng, found th8.t Jack Rubln's gallopinr gondola had se t flre to the ga- rage. Thr gondola and g ' a r a ~ e both per- Islied in the flames and Dick Piltesley's c a r also sufrcred dankaac. Pikcslev is our new ext ra Brst c l n ~ s marhinist, h v - Ina ron~nleted his a ~ ~ r e I I t i c c s h i ~ > on Jan- . . uary ~ 3 r d .

E. H. >Icxabb was in MyshAeld. "the gartlrn spot of thc world, un January 39th - .. - . . .

Mrs. Loague, of Dixon, Mo., mother of H. T. and Chi~rles Loague of the water servlcc department, was buricd January 21st. licr death having ~'csultcd from severe burns on January 19th. \\'e unite in extending sympathy.

JIr. and 311's. W. D. Collins left for Ilernphls. Tenn.. the 15th of February. where they will spcnrl a few (la)-s vluit- Ins friends and relatives.

Mrs. \V. A. Coon. wifc of water servicc man. is rccovering from a n at tack of the flu.

1l1.s. Cii:wles I ~ o a g u e has also been very ill with the flu. IV. P. Gormnn and wife were again

Shclbv County v~s i tors on B '~brua~ 'y 3rd. Mcmphls being the particular destination in questfon. \IT. J. Ficke has becn kept buys thcse

days supplying F . J . Gibbons with quo- tations on Texas lard.

A most hilar.ious crowd, claiming W. J. Fickc a s their r in~leader . was present a t a surprisc birthday party January 22nd. givcn in honor of 0. L. Drzker, deadwork foreman a t this uolnt. Other Friscoitcs who were present with t h e i r w1ve.s wrrc F. J. Gibbons. C. 1\. Phillips. D. A. Normlngton and 11'. P. Gorman.

The C. and E. I. transfer job. othcr- wise known a? the Frisco s t a r run. whlch opwates betwccn Lindenwood and Gran- ite City, and v h i c l ~ was tnkcn out on her maiden trlp by Enginncr H. L. hlc- Clellantl an11 Pireman Herman Written- berry, is malntainlng a splendid schedule. and now has the rcputatlon of being one of the fastest runs on the Fri.w.0.

Edith 31~1.1 Jones. bettcr known a s "Cascy", is living up to her tltle by hlt-

ting the bat during lunch hour. "Casey" has been complaining about sore mus- cles, but no doubt tha t nWl soon wear off.

Work has bccn susl)endcd on the concrete work of the viaduct for the past two months, but they have the north- west approach almost completed U P to the concrete work.

T. .T. Doyle, our foreman OP passenger cauipmcnt in St. I,ouis, had quite a scare on February 14th. H e parked his Pontiac a t Union Station, and i t was taken by n1ist:ikc by another party who ownetl a Pontiac of the same model. After quite a bit of tclcphoning to the policc station and city hall, 3Ir. Doyle hna his mwliine back, and is now smil- Ing the same as rver.

\Ve unite in extending sympathy to Gus Stcin, car inspector, in the loss of Itla father. Ch~*iutian Stein, a t Jackson, 310.. February 14th. Mr. Stein, who was a Civil w a r veteran, had reached the ttgr of 103 ycnrs. and was probably the oldest man in Cape Girardeau County. H e was born in Roclienc~n, Hanovcr, C:ermany, on JIay 2 1 . 182.5.

OFFICE O F CAR ACCOUNTANT SPRINGFIELD, MO.

3I.\RIE .\RNOLD. Rcportcr

Plcnty of flu and sickness to report. but that is a rather uninteresting subject to all except the sufferer, and wc continue to have several of those. Hav- ina myself suffcred with the flu for a wrck, fcel in position to discuss it d t length.

D. .H. Todd, assistant chief clerk. hnn suflered the past week with a painful cnrbunrlc on his lcft cheek. which is now - - -~~~ ~ ~

rapidly healing. Isahelle Cosby. of thc demurrage de-

I ~ : ! I tnitmt, spvnt ~b'ri,l;r.v tllc twenty-&.ond in Chan~ller. Okln.. ant1 the follow'ing week-cnd in Oklnhomn. Citv. visit in^ - . friend: and relitiyes.

Lillian Broolcs left on the flfteenth. with Cora. Pi t ts , of the transportation department, for an early vacation in H a - vana, Cuba, and points in Florida. Those places with all the pictures that their names bring to us. sound rather allur- ing just now with thc mcrcury hovering around thc zcro point.

Lenna Solomon. on leave of absence, is Icaving the lat tcr part of February for Tucson, Arizona, to spcnil some timr there trying to rerain hcr health. We hope tha t the trip mill be bencflcial to her and that shu niav bc able to return a t thc end of her leave in March.

C. C. Atteberry. formcrls traveling de- murraac supervisor for this office. who IcPt us last April af tcr thc abolishment of his posltlon. and returnctl to Olclahoma City to a position of c h i d yard clerk. returned to this depalstment on Fcbruary 7th a s tlsavcling car service supervisor. We're glad to welcoma Mr. Atteberry back to the omce and a k o ns a new reshlcnt of Gpringflcld, having moved his wlfe and mother herc this month.

Helen Murray w a s rather painfnlly injured on n bob-slcdding party recrntly n h e n a yled grazed too close to a cnrb- ing. causing a bad "spill."

The svmoathy of thc office is estended to 1ren6 schalier, of the record depart- anent. in the loss of her mothcr after a lingerins illness on January 29th.

Several fronl this ofcice a r e planning on spcnding thc February holi~lay in the city, othcrs v l s i t i n ~ friends a t nearby points and many remaining a t home for the day.

\Ve a r e glad to report that 13ugene 1.indquist. son of N. L. Lindquist, chlef clerk record department, is satisfactorily located in \Vashln,rrton, D. C.. and enjoying his work a s stenographer in the treasury dcpartment of thc hcalth serv- Ice bureau. Eugene sewed in this office for a tlme while yet in school and has also sewed as secretary to Superintend- ent C. T. Mason, which position he resigned to acccpt government work, hav-

The old theory that surgery wasll ecrl - by whlch hemorrholds b les ) could br

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fully treated ha8 been wholly disprovt? in time this treacherous amictlon whirl but surely undermines ones health c x wlthout recourse to eurglcal aid orcbl with large hosvltal bills or the dangers r l form or ether. As plonecrs of the now-- treatment of hemorrhoids Dr. Mcflea- I

associates have established a wonderl~d-- tlonfor their skill in treatlng all curl'. and Rectal conditions. Thelr reference contalnathenamesofover 15.W perao-r~ buslnesemenandwomen.iarmers.ban~~~~ ers. mlnlsters.railroad officlalsondcm? - fact those from almost every vacatIonh These Symptoms Thousands sutlcrlr are warnings ous a~lmentsw~ll~ I

Ine that rectallr : . rectly responsible for I< Many haverr-I not knowing what was wrong wllh I - - have found new health when thac ;- were corrected.

language. W e will send it to youinr.~'. per, FREE, together with our largertl*r.. of cured patlente, upon request.

THE McCLEARY CLISIi 1163 Elms Blvd. ex eel^

The larpzst institution in the world d* - clusivelytothe trrotment ofreaulandcolz*. u

ing passed the clvll service test r high grade. H e is also studyin: Er- and Engllsh in the George W a L - + University a t night. We c o n m Eugene and hope for hlm a sue-...' and profitable employment In Ku ton.

I NORTHERN DIVISION .

MECHANICAL DEPARTMEK' KANSAS CITY, MO.

DORAL L. DENISON. Repow-

J o h n Dunlanu. hostler help-: 7 .

off a number of days the pa&! r with t h e flu.

Mrs. J a m e s Narshall and duu:. who w e r e confined in the hoi111t pnst month, have returned h w - . a r e do ing nicely a t this wrilln-

E d Gillispie, engineer, way I,

s l igh t ly while teaching hi5 i

how to coast. J a m e s ICaiser. machinist, b , , !

misfor tune of get t ing a nuuh.. smal l part icles of steel In his e::.-, hor ing out a cylinder recently. PI! r fered only severe ~ a i n , and .; ' back a t work.

Clarence (Baldy) Smallww! ' chinist , second class, has return.'

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Gter belng off for a number of mount of the flu. members of local No. 4 wish t o

;'I their d e e ~ e s t sympath ies to r Clarence E n h i a t t h e loss of

-loved father, w h o passed a w a y

I (Hick) W a r d and Will iam -a, machinist helpers, had a Yery - escape from serious in jury

r !heir car skidded off a n embank- Ihile on a t r ip near Eldon, 310.

. $rf Gene Dellinger, young d a u g h - ' Firgil Dellinger, machin is t help-

) has been very s ick for the pas t 1~1th pneumonia, is well on the

!,, recovery a t this wri t lng. 1 J. L. Xiller. wife of engineer

had the misfortune of fa l l ing 1 John Taylor D r y Goods Store. ~c her arm. -IY men of the day force a t - I the wrestling matches held in -:lm hall on J a n u a r y 28.

9 .!lcCready, coal s h u t e man, w a s ! 11, Gmnfl Junction. Colo., ac-

4 the serious illness of h i s -.aim was Improved very much , time he arrived. Mr. McCready ,: 90 years old. wnbers of Local No. 4 \\,is11

,imli their deepest sympath ies to :81y~h Mark a t the loss of h l s

lathcr who passed a w a y on

-:-:I (Jlonk) Evans, engineer, who - :he ice some t ime a g o a n d in- tlmself severely, is g e t t i n g a l o n g

wnbers of Local No. 4 wish to : Ihpir most hearty a n d the i r I - t friendship to H e n r y Cox,

r. and IVillinm Teeple, host- . <, were placed on the ret ired R-bruary account of reaching

ker, statlonary engineer, who ; r, on for some time, account w e attack oL lumbago, is now

c'allahan, hostler helper. who :" Ih0-day vacatlon visi t ing re - ind restlng fs now back on t h e

: h g like a 10-year-old school

hbn Boea, who w a s very s ick 8 ' : month with the flu, is re-

lo be well on the road to re - .:: this writing.

,: 'YConner, Areman, is Lhe proud -I >L new Wh'hl~pet ti sedan a n d

has learned t h a t i t will g o ': for him already. a C. King. fireman, who fell on

and broke his a r m in three :i reported to be doing ~ ~ i c e l y

7.11 of Local8 KO. 4 a n d 4B, .:k the shlfta from 4 to 12:30, ': able to attend the i r church

on Sunday nights, a r e now Wvices a t their supper hour

'luth wash room. a n d seem to -I a great success of it. They

L '~+r). efficient minister in t h e I! the Rev. James L. Click, a : ordained minister of t h e

I , ! Christ Holiness. :? Box, electrician, who was on'

.k list with a very bad a t - ! ~nzumonia, is back on the j o l ~

: ~'~!rlson, assistant night round I ;)man, has been promoted t o :mund house foreman, vice Turner, who was asslgned to

S;;hbar, rnachlnlst, has taken :. :mistant I I i ~ h t round house r 1.e Elmer Cnrlson, who w a s

d to night round house fore-

. c , ho~tlcr helper, w a s off a I ! days on account of injur- .:: when he fell In the p i t to n:dcr crane.

L r I ) MeClain, hmt le r helper. S: Louis Hospital to undergo ' ..i for Lhyrold trouble. hfman, engineer, on the

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The Use of Vegetable M a t t e r

Contributing The great value in vegetable matter is evi-

clenccd in the prevention of crystallization, in assisting coagulation and in altering solubility con- stants. 1-i'urther, i t has a clistinct and lasting effect in interfering with and altering the whole mechanism of chemical reactions a t high temper- atures and pressures, in \\-edrening surf ace films which produce foaming and in altering hydrogen ion concentration, which is the cnuse of corros- io i~ and pitting.

Clonsult us regarding boiler water tzoubles.

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eas te rn division suf fe red a severe sca lp wound, when t h e dynamo on engine 662 blew up while he w a s t a k i n g i t ou t for a t r ip f rom Clinton on J a n - u a r y 27th.

On F e b r u a r y 5th. Local No. 4 held i t s m e m b e r s h ~ o m e r t i n g a n d had t h e l a r g e s t a t tendance l h ~ t - t h e y have ever been k n o w n t o have a t a n y .one time. 4 nunlbcr of t h e superv isors g a v e v e r y in te res t ing tnllts a s well a s v e r y in- s truct ive. There were a f e w of t h e men f r o m the local a t F o r t Scott a s well as t h c superv isors a t tcnded th i s meeting.

Charles Rodcnheimer, boiler m a k e r , suffered the f rac ture of t w o r ibs when h e Cell in t h e droD n i t o n F e b r u a r v 7th. is c o n v a l e s c i n g a t - t h i s w r i t i n g a n d expects to be back t o w o r k in a f e w days.

The t ra in control job a t K a n s a s City w a s abolished effective on t h e 25th day of J a n u a r y . Clarence Enhi , who w a s on t h e job, h a s humped Phi l P icard off

of t h e cab job. who in t u r n bumped R o y Sa lsman, who h a s t a k e n a n i g h t job.

MASTER MECHANIC'S OFFICE KANSAS CITY, MO.

H. F. SHI\rERS. Repor te r

J o h n A. Moffett h a s been re ins ta ted as ass i s tan t t imekeeper In th i s oefice. displacing W. W. Lewallen, who displaced J. N. H a r g r o v e as round.house clerk. H a r g r o v e displaced Conard Rlovins xs c a r clerk a t S o r t h P a r d . W. A. Hut ton , cml~loyed a t th i s polnt

as c a r foreman a t Xor th Yard. lef t t h e f irs t o f March to . assume t h e du t ies as roundhouse foreman a t Beaumont, ICan.. due to t h e re t i rement of Will iam Hut ton , his fa ther , account the elder Mr. H u t t o n reaching Lhe a g e limit. W e h a t e d to lose W. A. a t K a n s a s City. but a m SUN? he will m a k e a good man

f o r the place a t Beaumont. H i s f a t h e r se rved this company as roundhouse forsman a t Beaumont some 40 y e a r s anrl w e h o i x t h a t Rill will live to serve th i s company a s m a n y y e a r s a s h i s f a t h e r d ~ d . - i t this w r i t i n g no one h a s been selected to fill tile vacancy a s c a r foreman a t th i s ~ ~ o l n t .

Oklahoma Citv w a s t h e dest inat ion of 311sses . i g n r s I'ynch, ~ o r o t h y Ship- pey. Hi lda a n d Mary Dailey on t h e 10th of l as t month. They reported a wonder fu l t ime and as thev have a n o t h e r t r ip planned to t h a t point, we assume t h a t Olclahoma City holds some unusua l a t t r a c t i o n s for them.

F . S. E ldred , lcad clectrician. mas confined to hi8 home several d a y s l a s t m o n t h wi th a severe cold.

Thomas R. Box, employed a s elec- t r i c ~ a n in the coach yards , w a s ab le to resume h is du t ies t h e first of Feb- ruary. a f t e r h a r i n g been off f o r some t ime ill W t h pneumonia.

W e a l l finally became accustomed to d o i n g the snow shoe shuffle last month. hav inc e i ther snow o r ice to contend wi th t h e e n t i r e month of J a n u a r y a n d the be t te r p a r t of Fehruary . W e a r e l i v i n g in hopes of w a r m e r weather , as It won' t he l o n g till a l l s o u can h e a r a round here is, "Is t h e ber ry t ra in in yet" a n d al l hands will g e t so het u p t r y i n g to g e t t h e berries to the connection, me will s i g h for some of these cool breezes t h a t a r e blo\r lng now.

I n l a s t issue we told you t h a t D. H. Smindell of the s u l ~ e r i n t e n d e n t ' s office, w a s on cr deal wi th Geo. Bungle for a s e t of rubber fenders. We would l ike to a s k Mr. Swindell if h e m a d e a sa t i s fac tory deal w i t h the inventor of rubber fenders, a s w e now find our - selves in need of one or two, having come too clos to a n o t h e r fellow t h a t

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w a s g o i n g in t h e opposite direction scmet ime a g o while on the w a y to work. W e made o u t MP-12g renort. as i t w a s a p!ain case of rough handi ing due t o b e ~ n s cornered a n d f o r once Geo. E r m a t i n g e r did n o t a s k us to cancel t h e rcpor t l ike he does on o t h e r s w e make.

W e w e r e a l l shockcd to learn of t h e untimely dea th of J. D. Knox, genera l foreman a t this point. who w a s ac- cidental ly killed in a n automobile accident the 8 th of February . 3Ir. K n o x had made a host of f r iends since com- i n g to K a n s a s City from Springfield, some three y e a r s ago. w h o a l l join in s y m l ~ a t h y to the bereaved family.

E l m e r Rurg. electr ician, w h o w a s w i t h hIr. K n o x n t the t ime of the accident. w a s seriously in jured a n d a t this w r i t i n g i s confined in Bell Mem- or ia l Hospital , w h e r e It i s predicted by h i s a t t e n d i n g physicians t h a t he will recover.

W a l t e r Mcdlorlc has been appointed to fill the vacancy as genera l foreman a t this point in place of Mi-. K n o s .

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OFFICE O F G E N E R A L AGENT KANSAS CITY, MO.

13.aVID II. TODD, Rcpoi'ter

Chas. Cattannch was quietly married to Cora Lee \17elch February 9th. They will have open house shortly.

Fanchon Johnvon is vacationing in Sunny California while we a r e cnjoylna the wintry blizzards in 3Iissouri. She found Andy Kranchfleld's r a r parked in . front of the Southern Pnciflc depot a t Tucson. Ariz. 3Iiss Kenton is substitut- ing for her here.

The Sunnyland Club gave another blg rlancc a t Kansas City's flncst ballroom. "The Planlor". Fcbruary 7.

The stork visited the family of Mr. and Mrs. 3Iark Cassidy. January 22nd. Thcs have named their new daughter Marcla Rcvin.

OFFICE D IV IS ION ACCOUNTANT FT. SCOTT, KANS.

DOROTHY WORKISQ, Reporter

Nr. 111. D. Joncn, our formcr shop accountant. was transferrcrl to valuation department. St. Louis. Mo., J I a ~ ~ c h 1st. Mr. and Mrs. Jones u.111 be greatly mlss- etl by their many Frisco friends and others.

Air. Oscar Nelson and Mr. Phil Brigas attended the automobile show in I ian- sas City, Mo. They reported having a wonderful time.

Mr. G. E. Jenningn, completion report clerk. resigned hls position, cffpctive Feb- ruary 16th. W c recrct his Iraving us but hope h r will enjoy his new duties.

Mr. E. H. Evans of St. Louis. 310.. spcnt a few days with u s tiic flrst of February. We always rnjoy having Mr. F:vans with us.

Quite a bit of csritcment mas causerl in th r office onc morning when we lhought our office was on flre. I t hau- penecl to be only a wire shortuae. How- ever considerable damagc might have been done had it occurrrtl a t night.

TRANSPORTATION D E P A R T M E N T N O R T H E R N DIV IS ION

FT. SCOTT, KANS.

MISS GLADYS ROTH. Reporter

Conductor F. L. German. nrho fractured his anklc u few weeks ago. is improving and expects to be back to work before long.

Former Superintcntlent, hIr. H. H. 13rown, was around to the various offices the flrst of February. greeting old friends. Nr. and 3Irs. Erown, who spent the holidays a t Monett. h a r e leturned to their home in California.

Sorry to report that pensioned brake-

man Joe Harter and switchman i: Strout1 were not so well at time 8.: TRI rvritlng.

Sccms that the radio bug hni few more-Dispatchcra L. I(. Thr, G. \V. Sappington a r e the proud I,--

of new radios. The Trainmen Larlics gaTe n '

bridge. January 23rd at the h:, '' Mrs. 1.. A. Hcinrich, a t which , I' ' ' time was reported. anrl a l u g e "'"I attended. Thc trammen's conrir" 'I

to be held a t Fort Scott h i s ::,:'1 manv ~ l a n s a r c b c i n ~ made to G, . . - it IS a success.

Trainmaster R. H. Hnbbart nn 11s spent thn wcck-cntl of Febru,,, in Liticoln. Neb.. visiting Jacob.

AIiss Xarie Havdcn is relievlnp C Fulton, a s stenoaraphrr to chief 4 l the superlntendcnt's oflice for ri davs. Fulton beinr off on nrr , , sirknrss.

A n u i n b ~ r of e~nployes anrl wives a t For t Scott enjoyed tin dance aiven a t the Pla-Nor at R Citv. Februarv 7th. XI1 reoortecf l a flne time. -

Chief Yard Clerk "Chicken" h r tcnded the auto show at h'nn.:,. enjoyed the show but regrettill 1 that he could not bring "on+ sd high powered joy wagons" knv' '

him. -4ssistant Superintendent C. I. P

having sold his home, Is mminq I South Cramford.

Mrs. X. 11'. Sullivan and V t i Ermatinger have returned trorg homn City where they viaitel !'I Mrs. Ermatlnger's daoghtcr, :lr Mulrey.

The Fort Scott Frisco Club J r nlng on giving a niinstrcl ah 1

middle of March. C. E. XIarlcsbury. former f

a t this point. visited relatives zn l f r . here February 17th.

OFFICE O F SUPERINTENDE't' TERMINALS

KANSAS CITY, MO.

W e were all very nhocko~l t'l.' - ing of February 11th whcn Mr. F'.. xuperintendcnt of terminals. ,!r- - he was going to retire fro~ii s r fectlve February 16th. I coul,~ ' great leal about this, but an li . ' bc a completn writeup In tbr 1, - about it. will not go Into detril, I '

say that I know I express the W - of all thc employes In the KAr: terminal when I say we r'.: '

much that hc will not be wit: . longer as superintendent. It K ' touching. indeed, for the 1n.t f - before hls retiremcl~t. rering tha,

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come in and say goodbye. However. they let nu doan 6.- 7 1

they appointctl Mr. X. W. (Jim .'- .' as superintcndent of ter~ninxlr !' :'" Citv. I t would have becn tm: to 'have some outslder that R - know come In and take the t v - . '

We welcome Jim back to Ksr0 - and h e says he sure 1s glad tn - '

R. H. Renneson, timekeew. " G. 3IcGuire. section foreman, y..' ing down by Drexcl. 110.. the , 11 '

of January. Berk Is quits ''

LTnderstand he shot three tim rabbit "settin" and then hr~ l !" ' club to kill it.

H. 6. Hoke. chief clerk to ~ I I . .~ tcnderit. went' hunting down :r : sons. February 3rd. Both C I ' ~ - IIoward snld they had sod I;!, - course they wouldn't lie aho!:t

We were vcry sorry to le*rr ' ' death of XIr. J. D. Knox nnd r.. - ( jury of R. C. Burg electrirl-'7 automobile accident on the !II:.'=.. tween Kansas City and lierrl,. ' Nr. Knox's car skldded and c8'- the hiahway into a tree. HN, '~ , - last report we have on Mr. B?r '. hc is gettlng along fine con%i'!,.-': injurirs he recelved. I

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YSPORTAT lON DEPARTMENT PITTSBURG, KANS.

";RIE HATDEN, Reporter

1111 Bead, conductor. attcnded -,~.taI committee meeting in Sprlng-

Erosn. cngincer. has returncd ' fmit after a 30-day vacation with

,111 1 rclatlvcs. i.: Chasc, engineer, reported to -4ti.rday affer a brief spell of ill-

' ' Cross, brakcman, has been off - J'i).s on account of i l lne~s , but ' srn tlic job again. ': Church Is laying off this week m t of the illness of his family.

:i Schaflcr, general InrrnaKer, ant1 i~j<p"cll. superintcntlent of trans-

', n. xerc here looking over the ' ~linns. ':, Harrla. former roacl inaster

brrn transferroil to Neodesha 1 . will All the position of R. Holl- :\ lhn retired recently. Walter

- frnm Tulsa, has taken Mr. Har - . Wc are sorry to have lost ,ti; but wish him all tlic success 7-ivld at Neodesha.

' "llrphy has bccn off duty thc past ' 1. on jury duty a t Cirurtl.

ImhoU. J.-C. l\IcGre\\- antl Floyd .- ~c been on the sick list, biit ai'c ' , duty now with the same old

: Wolfe. gencral agent, nntl C. E. furl Inspector, attentled the

. ' l ~iln preventlon meeting held in , ,.

-n , l Xrs. Carl Comen spent the ., - 1 In Wlchita visfting X1i.s. Cow- , :,?. Jlrs. Con AIeals.

Helen Heaton, i l a u ~ h t e r of Friink - - y~rdmaster. has jiist rctrirned - -.l;*burp. Ill.. after attcntlinz the - - - .n of the I'hl Delta Lambda. ' - - Z * Heitz had the n~isfortune of

, .: ilk new Chevrolet sedan stolen. rilmeone gcts kind hearted and

r , ns Ihlr. Heitz says hc clocsn't I . '-,nr so well.

r. nt5 of the four roads here, - 1 1 , Kansas City Southern, Santa

.',:id Faciflc and Frisco, pave a - ' T.!nuarp 30th for thc employes : - f:.-;zht department a t thc Desse L. * P,i. Arabian room. Every one t ' I wonderful t h e .

EW FROM WICHITA, KANS.

i : Y. Carter, assistant superln- b . i .,. brcn attvndin? this nession d ' Alture ~t Topelca, in the in- pr ' tli,. E'risco. 31r. H. B. Wilson. e' " , !.upwintendent a t Joplin, has k ..~nr after Mr. Carter's terri- W w: his absence. , -. interesting meeting was held

O. =P lion fommcn in the road- u 'lire. January 23rd. A sim- Ir. ' n:: was held a t 3Iedora on Jan- b- ' dir tlic forcmcn who could r to the meetlng a t Wichita. P ' Armstrong, division engineer, r ' t i i s . meetings.

I ~IIv+ Jenkins and Mr. Henry b.., -1 were married in Wichita, P- - 1. Mr. Armstrong is the son I 'i, 8'. I:, brnistrong, roadmaster. f i L Saumer and Xr. Lewis And-

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JOPLIN. MO.

ersen, of the valuation dep:n'tnlent,. a r e in Wichita appraising Frisco land.

Mr. Rex Gill. clerk a t the round house. recently sustained minor injuries as a result of a n automobile accident.

Mr. and Mrs. Grover Parker and small daughter. Geraldine, have returned from a month's vacation. spent in Los Angeles. They also vlsited in Fayetteville, Ark. Mr. Parker is ra tc clcrk in the local freight officc.

Miss Mary Whitmorc and JIr. Ernest Cockayne mrrc married F'ebruary 2nd. 3lrs. Cockasne is a sister of Miss Helen Whitmore, stenoaraphcr in the division fi,eiaht and passenger office.

311.. S. P. Haas , p c n ~ r a l agent, has re- ccivctl notice of the promotion of his son. Stanley Hans, to position as manager or :a Wooln,orth store In AIinneapolis, AIinn.

We unrlerstand that Mr. I". IV, Archer. city freight and I)assengei4 acent, is aet- ting to bc ~ u i t e a hrldge shark a t the Traffic Club niaht meetings.

Mr. X l t c Watson. watchman a t Divis- ion Street, who has been seriously ill for the past several months. Is now much Improved and expccts to return to work soon.

I WESTERN DIVISION I MAINTENANCE O F W A Y DEPT.

WESTERN DIVISION -- C1':AIC; CAMPBELL, Repor te r

JVe have two su1.e s i g n s of Spring. The ground hog fai led to uee h i s sliadonr, an(l the r;ec,tion Poremcn alon.:' the line :we hegnninx to ortlcr their weed c u t t i n g tools, so it won't be l o n ~ n o w unti l we c a n 1)ut o u r golo- shes antl overcoats a w a y for t h e good old s u m m e r time.

J o e Thompson, scct ion foreman a t Shea. h a s rcturnecl from t h e hospital a t St. I,ouis a n d is feel ing fine, a n d on t h e job aga in . Whi le Nr. Thomp- son w a s in t h e hospital. h i s sect ion w a s t a k e n c a r e of b y XIr. J. F. XIurdcn. relief foreman from Pawnee . J o e Skinner. relief foreman a t Avard, h a s been assigned r e g u l a r sect ion foreman a t Pawnee .

A. W a l k e r , fo reman a t Wi lmot , has been off f o r two weeks on account o f s ickness, hc is reported an geLLinn a lony nicely now, a n d we expcct him bac!k to work soon. ATY, W a l k e r w a s i~cl ieved h y Mr. J o h n Ful lbr igh t from Arktinsas City.

E. J. Shackleford, sect ion foreman a t Fa i rmont , and his fami ly a r c spend- i n g their vacation in a n d a round Los Angeles visi t ing relatives a n d friends. The F a i r m o n t sect ion is be ing take11 c a r c of b y Ralph E r v i n f rom Key- stone.

\IT. T. Curtis . R. a n d B. carpenter , is in t h e hospital a t St. Louis, h a v i n g h is tonsils removed.

Mr. Arch L a m b i s ass igncd foreman of t h e pa in t s a n g account of Mr. A. 0. P a u p be ing ret ired. Mr. P a u p h a s a l o n g and fni thful record mith the Brisco a n d we r e g r e t v e r y much to see hini KO.

TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMEN? ENID, OKLAHOMA

CAMPBELL & HICKS, Rcpoi ters

Mr. D. S. Thointon. former shop accountant a t Enid. paid us a vlslt recently. TVe were all glad to see Dave and to know tha t he is doing so well in his new position as valuation accountant for the Sand Springs Rallway.

Miss Clara Schoniakcr. division engineer's clerk, was called home recently, hcr brother had one of his hands crushed. blood polson cleveloped. making it necessary to amputate one of thc flngers. Clara reports lie is Kctting along a s well a s could be expected.

Miss Jlablc Cunninghnm. division accountant's clerk. is back on the job once more. 3Iablc doesn't seem to he able to come to terms mith the flu, but we hope she is back for good this time.

We cxtcnd our sympathy to Mrs. Wayne Cnmpbell, wife of brakeman. whose brother passed away in TSlacRwcIl, January 1Sth.

Mr. J. H. Davis came to thc Western Division severi~l weeks ago a s thc swing dispntcher. but on January 28th hc mas ~ n a d r nicht ti'ainmaster a t Sapulna. W e conai'atulxtc him and wish him sucmcess.

3Irs. .Jan. Williams, wife of brakeman, has hccm visitlng Priencls in Atlanta, I<:> n .......

1\11.. Ciias. Lona, genclSal clerk, division ncmnnt:int'n office. is back on the job w a i n .

Vcrne Eutler, collcr, was off for a few tlaYx takinx care of a sevcrcly brulsccl foot. By the way. Vcrnc la a brand new unclc and is wearing the title quitc ~)roudlg.

Mlsa Atla Dillon. chief clerk's stenographer, is laid up with a n at tack of thc flu. W c hope to havc her back before long.

Mr. R. R. Anthis, agent nt Keystone. \\-as called to Mt. Carmel, Ill., February Sth, on account of ihc scrioiis illness of his brothel: mho paasctl a w n s before Mr. Antliis rcachcrl homc. IVe extcnrl o u r sinraere sympathy to Mr. -4nthis and his family.

Miss Alice J . Diclts, general clerk, run- erintendont's oUiuc, hiis hecn c:lllcd to Terrc Haute, Ind., on account or the illncss'of hci' sister and niece.

311.. A. A. Lux, brakcman, was called to Oklahoni;~ City rec.cntiy on account of the scrioiis iilncss of his wife.

.\Irs. Sara Nunn, motlier of the agent

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spendfng the winter in

U - , ,. .-Tenderson, wife of the v - at Southard, h m been visiting . - in Wichita and Hutchinson. 1' .;- 1% .. E. Penfleld, wife of the cashier-

:.:,t,-,r at Pawnee. spent n few days in I 5 m*L City uisitlng friends. 11.. 1.w Taylor and son. L. K., wife : -I of brakeman, were recently call-

, Gl?n;-nw, Ky., on account of the illn+-sa of Mrs. Taylor's mother.

-; R I:. Cole. wife of operator a t ? .Vr?r City, spcnt some time In XIor- ,. Ma, visiting n l th friends. 1'. J. S. Campbell, brakeman, spent ' r c:?:ys in Bimlngham vlsltlng with

*- folks. I I - 8 P. A. Derin.gton, wlfe of the asen t : :. y, spent a few days in Enid rc- -. - vislting nlth frlends. ,'-. C. E. Gourley. agent a t Avarcl. r, .. fm days in Sapulpa visitlnz with ..-.I. : ~ 4 9 Tenable, nine-year-old daugh-

v .! the assistant water service fore- L- t v been vislting in Jonesboro. Ark. i-. H. P. Reynolds. wife of brake-

ur 5pe been on a shopping trip to R :ma

atend our deep sympathy to 111.. : U :Itciain, brakeman, whose mother' r . 1 away at Eldon, Wo.. February m

Y..'J. T. Howdl, agent a t Drummoncl. a r't., and their three sons were in a n r-,hl!r mident the evening of Feb- nur 14th. One of the large motor w mnlng from Amarlllo. Texas, to Bl -tt.mpted to pass a truck on the hr .7 snd ran lnto Xr. Howell's car , m::i? injuring the occupants. They m kvu~h t to the hospital in Enid and r ; + ~ ~ n . l they are getting along a s k: C' C R ~ be expected.

Y. IT, W. Eastln, conductor, tells the L-rlnc d o r y about a brakeman a t, ro,? questloned concerning a head-

on collision. H e had been requested to make his answers clear and conci<e, using his own words to describe just what he knew of the accident. H e made the following statement : "We w a s moping around a curve about 63 Der I s ~ i e d a pair of reds on the main stem. imme- diately notilled the skillet head and he give her the secret word over on two streams of sea shore and sounded the bugle call, about that time I made a hole in the atmosphere."

I CENTRAL DIVISION

STORE D E P A R T M E N T HUGO, OKLA. .

ELTON SPROUSE, R e p o r t e r

W e will soon have a new storeroom a s Mr. H. L. Akr idge o u r s torekeeper h a s s t a r t e d p a i n t i n g t h e place f r o m ce l l ing to floor a n d w e expect t o have i t flnished before long.

Altho Mr. J a m e s McAleer w a s ret ired t h e Arst o f t h e year , a n y one m a y flncl him a t t h e storeroom most a n y night . - -

vis i t ing t h e boys. E v e r y one wishes to ex tend the i r

deeDest s v m o a t h v t o Mr. H. N. Johnson in t h e 16ss 'of his s i s t e r who passed a w a y recently.

Mr. No&h Fie lds i s back on t h e n i g h t job a s th i rd c lass boiler m a k e r a f t e r a b o u t 18 m o n t h s on t h e d a y job.

MECHANICAL D E P A R T M E N T FT . S M I T H , ARK. -

I R E N E WOESTXAN. k e n o r t e r - Since w e a r e included in t h e s t a t e s

h a v i n g heavy snow, a record of seven s n o w s in e i g h t days, a n d c o l ~ w e a t h e r ,

rabbi t push ing seems to be the preval- e n t spor t ; however, w e h a v e not l ea rned of a n y a l a r m i n g a m o u n t of rabbi t s killed a n d suppose t h e reason f o r th i s i s t h a t w e do not have t h i s kind of w e a t h e r often enough.

Mr. C. U. P a t r i c k is qu i te "Ritzy" in h i s new S a s h sedan a n d w e a t h e r condi- t ions d o not m e a n a t h i n g to him a n y more, a s th i s c a r will g o anywhere.

Haro ld Claypool, s o n of Xr . a n d JIrs. W. W. Clayvool, had t h e honor of be ing one of the first g r a d u a t e s of the new b'ort Smi th Senior H i g h School on J a n - u a r y 23. 1929. H e also took a promi- nent p a r t in t h e c lass play, which w a s a g r e a t success.

Mr. A1 Alitchell. coach cleaner w h o ha,s been OK for some t lme account of illness, paid u s a visit recent ly a n d s t a t e d , h e w a s go ing to t h e Fr i sco E m - ployes Hospi ta l a t St. Louis f o r f u r - t h e r t rea tment . which w e hope wil l prove of g r e a t benefit to him.

Another proud possessor of a new c a r is Mr. A. C. Sweet. machinist a t F o r t Smith, w h o h a s a n i f ty looklng F o r d sedan.

E u g e n e Hil l , son of X r . a n d Mrs. J. F. Hill. h a s re turned f rom a s h o r t v i s i t in California.

Mr. 0. H. Llnton, box packer in t h e Car D e p a r t m e n t a t F o r t Smith. i s in t h e hospital a t S a i n t Louis a n d w e t r u s t t h a t h e will experience a speedy . . recovery.

A f requent visi tor t h a t w e a r e a l - w a y s g l a d t o s e e i s Nr . H e n r y Bar ry , who h a s been off for sometime account of h l s heal th, a n d each t ime w e s e e h im w e can tell t h e lmprovement t h a t h e i s ma kin^ by living in the rural district: however, t h e l a s t word received f r o m him wax t h a t h e w a s snow bound a t h i s home n e a r Charleston. Arkansas . Whi le this is r a t h e r unusua l f o r th i s p a r t of the country, likely Mr. B a r r y is g e t t i n g a n experience t h a t h e wil l l o n g remember a n d wil l have some in- t e res t ing s tor ies to tel l us.

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:"-!h Narch 6 to 9 and our "11. hI.," "" E. S. Olson is planning on t a k i n g !h :'e extend our sympathy to o u r

-'ch engine foreman Mr. B. E. Izhn, who lost his fa ther a f e w

ago. He has bcen a resident of -1. for manv vears.

rr freight ieFvice is holding u p fine - nt ale expecting a n increase very -. ar our crate and box factories will 7 shipping soon, and from the out- ? there will be lots of i t as t h e '- factory has built a n nddltion to ' warehouse.

'l- L T. Jones a g e n t a t Sherman ' is< was a vIsit6r in Paris this week: 7 a had a business special in to

' - 9 the 7th oP February from the "'9 Fe, who was looking over condi-

- 3 here at Paris.

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IR DIVISION I IIRARDEAU, MO. - LAIL, Reporter - ail, switchman, died a t

Mlasourl Hospital In February Gth a n d w a s ! Oirardeau on F e b r u a r y

had bcen in ill health Our deepest sympathy

hls family. rd . Western W e i g h i n g I Bureau representat ive, visitor in o u r office. 'arr. wife of switchman !he week in St. Louis s and0shol)ping. 'Ids, engineer, has been Is home account of ill-

Rympathy is extended to L" Ftephena, Of the account ing de- \ - m t at Ohaffee. account of the ~~-

w - af his father. 7. Hulehan, general agent , spent

I t*+k in the Frlsco Hospital a t St . ). where he had his tonsils re - .L

J o h n Simpson is contempla t ing t h e purchasing of a new car, but is .unable to decide w h a t m a k e c a r to get .

AGENT'S OFFICE BLYTHEVILLE, ARK.

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#---J. 2. Tucker, wife of conductor .-r , spent a f e u days In Cape Gir- :'c vlsiting her sister. Mrs. H a t t i e b 'ller.

OFFICE OF DIVISION CCOUNTANT-CHAFFEE, MO. -

RiLPH STEPHENS. Repor te r - "-,first of Febn~ary brought with i t

b : ~ snow of the season. E. Reim- * - ? w e d to get h i s s h a r e of t h e 4 IZ md coasting.

' : I en Accountant T. J. Sweeney i s k ? n ~ some time on t h e road l i n i n g r ' ,. Section Foremen. I '' Heard WRY off one-half day re- - -. : :O attend the funeral of h i s

her, who dled a t Oran. 310.

0. L. Cole, miscellaneous clerk. was displaced by J. R. Boyd of Pocahontas , 4 r k .

C, 31. H u s h e s , section foreman, w a s eve rely injured when h is motor c a r w a s s t r u c k b.i' a n automobile. near

iIrGnrvey says hls Chevrolet is npion sssoline saver. hu t we

reason for tha t remark , h i s ' ir so muddy lie can' t g e t the

!(%no, 3118s Esther Rigdon, is a bln llme a t tending t h e St.

FREIGHT HOUSE

Manila. Ark. .-\t p resen t is reported a s i m p r o v i n s slowly.

John Zimmcr, ass i s tan t cashier , and family spent Sunday lo th , in St. Louis. r e t u r n i n g Monday morning .

M a r t h a Reynolds. s t e n o clerk. visited t h e meek-end w i t h home fo lks in Hayt i . Aio.

\ire have been h a v i n g real w i n t e r weather. t h e ground be ing covered w i t h snow t h e p a s t t w o week-ends.

MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT CHAFFEE, MO.

LEOTA F R I E N D , Repor te r

H a r v e y .\. Slentz, fo rmer ly of Spring- fleld. h a s been assigned position as motor c a r maintainer . River division. a n d wi l l b e located a t Cape Glrardeau. Mr. Slentz h a s been on th i s d i v i s ~ o n since t h e first of t h e vear a n d is n o w contempla t ing b r i n g i n g Mrs. Slentz a n d children.

Mr. and 3Irs. J . R. Lynn spent a recent week-end wi th Mr. E. H. Bunneil and family in St. Louis.

I rv in Johnson. counter clerk in the xtoreroom, is al l smiles. D u r i n g t h e recent cold spell Tom Allen a n d his g a n g have been g i v i n g t h e inside of t h e s toreroom new coat of palnt. I rv in s a y s t h e y will g e t the i r s p r i n g house vleanina done ear ly and be a l l ready for E a s t e r .

Glenna F a y K a y h a s been inqui r ing a s to the cost of a 1929 F o r d license. Haven ' t l ea rned if Glenna F a y is con- t e l ~ ~ p l a t i n s the purchase of a new Ford o r if s h e I s s t i l l p a y i n g off election bets .

\'irgii .\Ivev i i helping o u t a t Cape Gll-ardenu due to illness of rerrular engine w ~ t c h m a n . Virgi! s a y s he doesn't niinci the \vatchins engines, but it's the shoveling coal t h a t he don' t like.

JI iss Anna Golden en te r ta ined t h e I8Visco Girls' Club a t t h e home of Mrs. o s b u r n on Tuesday evening. F e b r u a r y 5 , needless to add everyone had a most enjoyable time.

J o e Peacher of St. Louis is v i s i t ing h i s brother . Clifford Peacher. a n d whi le here is b u r n i n g u p t h e gas a n d a d d i n g the mileage to Cliff's Chevvy.

hfert Ormsbee. ena ine watchman. h a s been t ransfer red from Tcennett to Pop- l a r Bluff.

F r e d ~ \ n g e l . office boy, re turned to work F e b r u a r y 15 a f t e r a n absence of 60 d a y s due to illness, the office force a r e cer ta in ly g lad t h a t h i s hea l th h a s improved suKir:iently t h a t he is ab le to aga in resume his duties.

J o e Baronowsks~, c a r clerk. a t tended the automobile s h o w in St. Louis Sa t - urday. F e b r u a r y 9th.

J a m e s E. Stout , locomotive inspector . h n s purchased a n e w Chevrolet coach. Mr. S tout s a y s h e isn't t a k i n g t h e new coach out until spring, when he is sure of plenty of sunshine a n d good roads.

XIechanlcal depar tment . R i v e r Di- \.ision, h a s been pre t ty well represen t - e d a t t h e Fr i sco Hospital . St. Louis, d u r i n g the pas t few months. George Marie-recently re turned f rom t h e h&- pita1 a f t e r be ing confined some t h i r t y d a y s due to severe case of appendicitls. J o h n Sheeley a l so recent ly re turned f rom the hoxpltal. News f rom "Dad" Beinert . w h o i s a t th l s t ime conflned

Has N o Cough or Asthma N o w

Death Seemed Certain. Tells How Health Was Soon Restored.

Despalrlnp sufferers from asthma and bron- chkl trouble, wlll he dad to learn how Mra. Myrtle Willett, 5900 .\lamoll Ave., Detroit, Yich., wiis restored to health. She says:

"I had bronchial asthma 2 years. Last fall I grew worse, couldn't lie down at all, and slept only 3 hours a night. I was so near death they had to inject mediclne in my arm, and I thought every night would he my lost. After taklng half n bottle of Nacor I began to sleep and eat, and improved every day. BIy cough soon dls- appeared, and my s t renm returned. Xom I do not choke or LWIIE~ at all, and Peel peflectly well ~gnin."

Mrs. Willett Is only one of hundreds of sufferers from asthma, bronchltls and severe chron- ic cowhe who have told how thelr trouble dis- appeared and never returned. Thelr letters and a booklet full of vltal informatlqn about these diseases will be sent free by Xacor Mcdlclne Co., 705 State Lifo Illdg., Indianapolis, Ind. The more serious your case, the more valuable this free infor~ndtlon nioy bo to YOU. Write for it todiu'.

to tile h o s ~ i t a l , reflects tha t he is far- i n g well a n d i s expec t ing to r e t u r n to Chaffee wi th in t h e near fu ture .

Norman Kay. machinist apprentice. receiyed h is l a s t increase J a n u a r y 24th a n d will soon be o u t - o f h i s time. K a y is t h e only s r ~ p r e n t i c e on t h e River Division.

Claude Finley, c a r inspector, wi fe a n d son Richard w e r e in Detroi t in J a n u a r y , o w i n g to the dea th of Xlrs. Kennet t Howard , s i s te r of Mrs. Finley.

C. R. Farmer and family were called to Coatesville. XIlssouri, ea r ly p a r t of February, due to serious iliiness of relatives.

E d Mnrgrabe, shee t meta l worker. M-as called to Rutherford. Tennessee. recent ly account d e a t h of Mrs. hfar- grabe 's father .

W e don't k n o w if J o h n Crippen h a s been m a k i n g too much "whoopee" o r jus t w h a t happened, b u t t h e s t o r y goes t h a t he borrowed a perfect ly good hound dog, the owner i ~ n v i n s recently paid $25 for the dog, and w e n t coon h u n t i n g on F e b r u a r y 13. T h e d o g s t rayed a w a y and h a s not yet returned. John remained in the woods t h e g r e a t e r p a r t of t h e n igh t h u n t i n g f o r the d o g instead of l iun t ing for coons. Aside from t h e loss of t h e $26 &OK. J o h n also lost a perfect ly good night 's rest. T h e mora l is-don't g o h u n t i n g wi th a borrowed d o g on t h e 13th.

"Dad" Rector. suppl yman. is very much pleased w i t h t h e prospects of t h e n e w supply house be ing completed short ly, T h e old oil and supply house w a s to rn down and h a s been rebuilt.

311.. Thornbrouph, of the store department, Is a real basketball fan and he yells loud and l o n g f o r Chaffee, he h a s m a d e several of t h e ne ighbor ing towns with the baske t ball t eam a n d he never loses a n opportunit l r to a p - plaud Chaffee mid we're f o r h i m when ChaBee plays anybody else b u t Oran. bu t when it 's a Chaffee-Oran game. well , tha t ' s different.

W. B. NcGaugh, until recently student piecework checker a t Chaffee. has been t r a n s f e r r e d to Tulsa. Okla.. as c le rk to Nr . Jonrers , general c a r foreman.

We've been wonder ing why Andre Owens and W a l t e r Rheim have been s p r i n t i n g down t h e bea ten pa th a few minutes before elght every morning. t h o u g h t perhaps t h e y w e r e g e t t i n g ready for m a r a t h o n , but t h e secre t is ou t a t last . G. BI. Informs u s t h a t t h e s tore d e p a r t m e n t employes a r e punch- i n g t h e clock these l a s t d a y s a n d that 's enough to m a k e anybody hustle.

Several of t h e s t o r e depar tment employes have been wonder ing w h n t t h e

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-,. noises were a round W a l t e r 'G house when they passed go-

t and from work, b u t i t seems 'hr mystery is out . W a l t e r h a s a -rrordion. Nr. Thornbrough is ring If Walter is asp i r ing to t h e

;:lm circuit and if he will soon $)F.I~IS for a new s tenographer f o r

11-1 Noore nlght counter m a n m, made' a business trip to st :

itevest sympathy is extended to ? ~ r i l r of Peter N. Abernathy. c a r +:pr, who died a t his home herc

T Thornbrough. who is a t t e n d i n g z ; l i conxrn-at0r.y in St. Louis. ! .i fen darn with h i s paren ts , N r . 113. John Thornbrough. Max will :?I? last recital dur ing t h e com-

++I( and expects to receive h i s -: withln a shor t tinie. , ?mail child of Cl jde J e n k i n s is t id as quite ill. .'! C. Hawkins. s t a t i o n a r y fire-

! a on leave of absence d u e to 111

alid Olcncy, car man, announces iviral o f a new son, F e b r u a r y 12.

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.iSSA GOLDEN, Repor te r - r. 0. A', Watts, of Newburg. JIo., ',isitor in Chaffee f o r a f e w days, ;lest of Dr. and Xrs. H. L. Cor-

flu seemed to h i t the dispatch- w e prelly hard l a s t m o n t h ; J.

ma, J. J. Wehll ing a n d Dean od were absent from their

the same time. Irene Higdon spent week-end

!: la department a t t h a t point. ple Davldson h a s resumed dut ies .,nogmpher to chief clerk. :+er Essner, who has been em- .I as steno-clerk in super in tend- Rice for about a year, h a s been vred to Blytheville. w h e r e h e m k wlth the s ta t ion force. i h r i n e Bollinger, of t h e road-

tr's obice, recently s p e n t Sunday Mends a t Blytheville.

I . Mary Farrel l en te r ta ined t h e :- club with a pre t ty p a r t y a t wade last month. Three tables

-1dpe were played; high honors to JIiss Es ther Rigdon.

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Miss Anna Guethle. clerli in t h e A. t% B. depar tment , is spending t w o o r ' th ree weeks' vacatinn w i t h f r iends a n d relat ives a t Pa lm Beach, Florida.

P a u l K r u e s e r , R a y F a t c h e t t a n d Chris Roland a r e looking f o r R rea l good "Hawkshaw" to help them r u n down t h e sender of severa l va len t ines they received. ' E u g e n e Thompson, messengcr boy.

hacl t o be absent f rom d u t y for t w o d a y s account s ickness.

S p r i n g house c lean ing f o r t h e gen- e r a l office has s t a r t e d ear ly this year ; the pa in te rs have been w o r k i n g f o r a b o u t t w o weeks a n d e v e r y t h i n g is be- g i n n i n g to look s o bri.qht a n d clean we h a r d l y k n o w t h e place.

JI isses I rene Rigdon, Leota Fr iend and Lorine Gollinger, made a trip to Pensacola. Fia., f o r Washington ' s bir thday. to look over t h e Fr i sco hold- ings in t h a t p a r t of the country.

Niss Belle Kenne w a s recently a visitor in St. Louis ovcr the week-end.

I SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION I ZONE OFFICE-TULSA, OKLA.

SELLE WHITE. Repor te r

Our l i t t l e circle 1s st i l l g rowing . h a v i n g added a n o t h e r clerk. Mr. R. J IcDermot t ; also .54 new stat ions.

Jos. Coombs, r a t e clerk. s p e n t t h e week, ending F e h r u a r y 3, in St. Louis, 110. Mr. Coombs' wife a n d l i t t le daughter , Marjorie Ann, re turned wi th h ~ m t o m a k e T u l s a the i r home.

K e n n e t h Bass. u t i l i ty clerk. i s a b - s e n t f rom t h e office due to a spra ined foot. K e n n e t h w a s t r y i n ~ ~ t o p u t up a n outside radio aer ia l , and , he fal l down and g o boom." R e s u l t a spra ined foot.

S k a t i n g is t h e l a t e s t s p o r t a m o n g t h e Fr i sco employes. T h e new Col- !scum, which opened J a n u a r y 1, sure ly IS a n a s s e t to Tulsa in t h e w a y of amusement . Fr i scn employes a r e do- i n g the i r p a r t t o s u p p o r t t h e new spor t .

Elizabeth Arenz, card clerk. visited wi th home rolks in St. Louis. J a n u a r y 20. W e d o not t h i n k home fo lks w e r e a l t o g e t h e r responsible for t h e smile Elizabeth w a s w e a r i n g when she re - turned.

Ivar Johnson , rev is ing clerk, m a y be seen w i t h a new w r i s t w a t c h ; some- bodyx bir thday. perhaps.

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T h e bowl ing team is s t i l l progress- ing-scores. including g a m e F e b r u a r y 11:

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OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT SAPULPA, OKLA.

J E N N I E F. AITCHISON, Repor te r - F r e d X o r g a n , chief t imekeeper, i s

t h e proud f a t h e r of a ten-pound son , Donald George, born J a n u a r y 20.

JIiss F e i r b a J e a n Just ice, who h a s been employed a s s ta t i s t i c ian f o r t h e l ~ a s t t h r e e o r f o u r years, m a s tendered a fa rewel l banquct a t t h e H a r v e y House by thc girls of thr supcrintcn- dent's office a n d presented her w i t h a brown lea ther purse. Biiss just ice re - s igned to accept a position w i t h t h e Shell Oil Company a t Wood River, Ill. X r s . E!la 31. Burd ac ted as toastmis- t ress. Honors for the success of t h e aKaw a n d .delicious m e n u a r e divided between N i s s BLabel Spence a n d Miss Helen Gorham. Eleven p la tes were In id .-.-.

Geo. Br igh t , chainman, has resigned to accept a position in Texas. R. W. Keehn, t rans i tman, a l s o resigned t o accept a s imi la r position with t h e U. P. in Green River. Wyo.. which w a s made vacant b y F. C. Tellgren. one of o u r former employes w h o h a s re turned to t h e engineer ing depar tment on th i s division a s t rans i tman. R. W. Bartleson. who resigned to r e t u r n to school in F lor ida is a g a i n w i t h us. JLr. Bar t leson took s i c k w i t h appendici t is s h o r t l y a f t e r r e t u r n i n g t o school which broke into h i s school term. Wm. F. Boutz h a s accepted a position a s chainman. Mr. Boutz comes h e r e f rom Nor th Dakota .

T. J. Appleby, un t i l recently employed in Springfield. h a s succeeded Miss Jus t ice a s s tat is t ician.

Gene Lindquist , secre ta ry to the s u - perintendent , h a s passed civil service examina t ion a n d accepted a position w i t h t h e government a t Washington . D. C. H e w a s succeeded b y Gilbert 4. L a n e of Oklahoma City.

TRANSPORTATION AND MECHAN- ICAL DEPARTMENTS

AFTON, OKLA.

LUTIE D. DAVIS, Repor te r

Sunday. F e b r u a r y l o t h , w a s t h e cold- es t d a y in Af ton f o r sev-era1 years, t h e thermometer a t yard office registering 8 degrees below zero. T r a i n operat ion effected very little, however, due to ex- cel lent pourer n o w in use.

L a r g e sh ipment of h a y f r o m here a n d vicinl ty n o w sh ipping t o Nlssour i a n d A r k a n s a s Fr i sco points b r i n g i n g good urices. H a v dealers here claim wil l clean o u t a i l they now have in s torage . This wil l m e a n heavy c u t t i n g of p ra i r ie g r a s s t h i s coming season.

Second Tr ick Operator H a r r y More- house h a s instal led a n A m a t e u r Radio s ta t ion w o r k i n g code a t h i s home. H a r r y h a s w o r k e d s t a t i o n s a l l over t h e United S t a t e s a n d one South America stat ion. I f you l is ten in on 40 meters some night you will hear "W5AYW" his s ta t ion -on t h e air .

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B r a k e m a n R a y Smith f rom N o n e t t n o w w o r k i n g on 186 a n d 181 between here a n d Joplin. Several years s ince R a y been w i t h us. Everybody g l a d t o s e e him back.

Miss Catherine H o g a n a n d Bernadine S m i t h of XIonett s p e n t the d a y s recently w i t h E. P. Hogan , yardmaster .

H. R. Foley roundhouse foreman Afton, went to dospital. St. Louis. ~ e b r t l : a r y 12th. a n d w a s accompanied b v W. R. Foley, master mechanic, a t Enid, his brother .

Conductor R. S. Normand a n d wife. W. !J. Dorn , swi tchman a n d wife a n d d a u g h t e r , Hazel , a t tended Fr i sco &nce a t Tulsa.

Car Clerk C. A. W a r d a n d wife spent Sunday i n Tulsa.

Fireman D. 8. Bohannon married re- cen t ly to 3Ilss Alber ta F r e e m a n of t h i s ci ty. Kow a t home in Crowell a p a r t - ments .

Yard Clerk J. W. C u n n l n ~ h a m and Swi tchman E. >I. E s t e s have both pur - chased n e w radios. Expec t to find them l i s ten ing a t a l l h q u r s now.

Special Officer 0. H. Davis t h i s po in t rsslpned. Relieved by E d g a r Mitchell. f r o m Okmulgee.

Chief Clerk H. L. F r e e m a n a n d Swi tchman Riley Wi l l iams now s e r r - i n g on jury a t Miami.

Section Laborer Tom Wiles a n d wife r e t u r n e d S a t u r d a y f rom Exeter , Mo., where they were called acc0un.t t h e d e a t h of Mr. Wiles fa ther .

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OTIS R. RULE, Reporter

JIiss Helen Pelley of Dallas. Texas, spent the week-end of January 27th. visiting with Miss Janice Coffer, stenographer.

G. V. Stone, chief clerk, has purchased a new Atwatcr Kent radio and can now tell r o u where to rret the bevt prosrams.

Jimmie Gardner. the slnall son of S. H . Cardner, division storekeeper. happened to have a very serious accident Feb. 5th. while ~ l a v i n z in the street in front of i ~ i s honie in ~ a p u l p a . h e -&-hit -by a car and knoclced down. cutt ina a larac gash on his Porchead which t o o k six stitches to vloxe, the driver of the c a r drove off wlthout making his identity known.

Nrs. J. S. .Rutlcdge, of Edmond. Okla., mother of Btrs. G. V. Stone, arrived a t the Stone home Fcbrual'y loth, fo r a n extended visit.

Mrs. Thos. 3tisliler and children spent the week-end. February 17th. visiting wlth relatives in JCansaa City, Xto.

Mlss Janlce CofCer is the owner of a new radio and is now spending the even- Ings entertaining her friends a t home.

T U L S A F R E I G H T OFFICE

MARY C. .TKNKISS. Reporter

Today being St. Valentine's Day, tile officc force came in for thelr share of fnn -.....

Ford Hufford. bookkeeper, Is now back on cluty aftcr a n absence of four weeks with the flu.

D. H. Duncan, mcssenger, has rcported for duty after havinc spent slx weeks a t Hot Springs. Ark., where he has bcen taking treatments.

One would think on arriving a t the agent's ofClce t h a t they were enterlng some famous athletic's room. The cup for accldent prevention now graces the tlcsk of the C. C. to Agent. and the p m - nant for the least number of errors is still In the warehouse. W e a r e start lng the year out rfght. hax-ing secured the pennant the flrst month of 1929.

Washington's birthday being the 22nd of this month the boss has promlsed us all a holiday, bcing as we a r e second George's.

W e a r e all proud of our new ice Col- osseum, which is of the latest architecture and equlpment; havlng a pipe organ and icc specialties each night. I t is draw- ing qultc famous hockey players to the games. Also causing the ~ i r l s to spend their money for ice skates and acces- ~ o r i e s .

W e a r e very happy to report the re- 'covery of Irwin Grey Johnson. the small son of Claud Johnson. Irwin has undergone a very serious operation and is now recuperating a t thc Flowers Hospital. this city.

It's neccssary these (lays for t h e nir mail pilots to follow their maps very closely, as the skyline of Tulsa c h a n ~ e s almost ovcr night. We a r c enjoying a xeries of new buildings and with the new union station, near In sight, we expect r r c a t things of Tulsa.

3Iayna1.d \Voodcock, flle clerk. Is all

aflutter. a s he leaves Saturday InF ' wcek-end trip to Granbp. >To. Wren , who she is?

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TRAINMASTER'SOFFICE , SAPULPA I

R. E. LEACH, Reporter

Mr. J. H . Davis has rdieved ' Smith a- n i ~ h t trainmnster at F v Mr. Smith returning to the JIl%m~rl . ciflc.

W. T. Gordon was on the rick I!*! d a y last week.

W e a r c rrlad to see that Conh Ceo. 9. will is has returned to work ' ' a prolonged illness.

We have now about four lnchvr snow on the around. quite en I ~ I x l ~ h t for us Oklahomans.

T. J. Lanater 1s now work in^ L" trick a t "XY" office. S ~ P U ~ D E . bun': 0. G. Autry, who In working exti! Eas t Tulsa.

I,. D. Branstctter of Oklnhonla f , formcr operator. was a vlaitor in our flce last week.

0. R. Tanner is workins extra nt " ~1111. relieving L. A. Hadwln, who l- with the flu.

J. J. Corum is relieving W. W1l' agent a t Xounds, for a few weeks ' Walters is visiting relative8 In Sea \

Our one and only yard clerk at . * I pulpa. Mr. Woodruff, attended cnxn I ' r Oklahoma City, Wednesday, he WE. C Iieved bv H. L. GrifCitli. >I

4- r MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT I;.

W E S T TULSA n-I - ( I L. -4. X \ C K and .J. N. PAISLG'I r l ,

Rcporters - T1 John Stroud. local chalrman hr I W (

flremen. in on leave of rbaence allw - .,,I to committee business. t.,,

R. A. Roric. engineer. penalon~l - 1 r . l count pcrmancnt clisability, has ret!r ~q his f a r m near Gentry, Ark. 1'11

TVni. Bow. niachinist. who ha. , seriously ill In Shermnn Hosplta!, nrw returned to Tulsa and looks card' li t ( flt. nni

Henry J. Hill. night roundhow f . I,.! man a t Okmulgee. is in the how:! I St. Louis. We wish him a spwi. . HI covery. l 111

W. W-. Rowell. box p~cker at H.-- etta. is. a t the prcsent writing. wr!, ill with the flu.

i\Iiss Camilla Biron and Xis8 "- XlcConnell. stenographer and dfsln' clerk in inastcr -mechmnlc'a offir*, both n11 victims for a few days I'.: the past month. They are hard to . ",: though and a r e both back on till: 1 '

Cleo N. Wilklns, piecework ehtwtr- I?:! West Tulsa, is on a sixty day Ih7, "*" ahscnce recovering front an nIar

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'!nt at St. John's Hospital In

ir suorting a new Auburn straight w r t niodel roadster.

8.. J. \YillIams, box packer a t , , lta. has returned to work after n:: a severe attack of the flu. Inn A. C. ~\ lesander is on leave

EI.. A. Davls, machinist, west Iq absent from duty due to ili-

ECUTlVE GENERAL AGENT'S OFFICE, TULSA, OKLA. -

i: U. 3IrGLASSON. Reporter -

r111t the soil In flne condition for

FlCE SUPT. TERMINALS WEST TULSA, OKLA.

miay, February 11, the South-

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having the best record on personal In- go to Pensacola. Pla.. with 411 presidents juries the last quarter of the ycar 1928. of Frisco Clubs to spend three days of Jrr. .I. H. Doggrell, su~)erintendent of ' businrss and social events. This won- transportntion, Mr. H. W. Hudgwn, direc- 11erPul opportunity iq malting the presi- tor accident prevention, Nr. Z . Claypool, dent's oft'ice an enviable one. ilssistant to 311. Hudgen, Mr. Cox, reprc- sentativc Prom Jlr . 31cCo1mack's office. 3Icssrs. H a r r y Harrison and XVm. Nor- rell, accident prevention agents, and Mr. Tolley. government locomotive inspector. This was one onc of the most interesting nic.rtinjis ever held in Tulsa, there beiux on attcnclnnce of s ixty supervisors.

311.s. 31. A. Cosxrove of Kansas City. vlsitcd with Mrs. 0. L. Young recently.

A. M. Hickey, switchman. has recently moved to his country home. wcst of Red Pork - -. .-.

I-1;iri-y Slnhnn, travelins demurrage su- pcrvisor. was a guest : ~ t the dance g i v e n February 1 by the Ladies' Club.

Olie Guin, chief yard clerk, spent last Sunday in Ada visiting his mother who has been quite ill for some time. but who is rc~mrtcd to be improving.

311's. W. K, Bennett, wife of chicP inspector joint terminals, Birmingham, nnd son. Waymnn spcnt sevcral days recently visiting in Tulsa with her sistcr. Niss Dora Anderson.

H. .T. Dailey, yardmaster. is back on the job a f te r all absence on account of Illness.

We a r e sorry to hcar of the illneqs oP J. W. ~ p u ~ k e o n , flreman. who Is in Sherman Hospital. and hopc he will soon be able to reiurn to his homc.

L. G. Dcnny, agent a t Claremore. was a Tulsa visitor February 12th and a t - tended the accident prevention and better service meeting. Mr. Denny is always a welcome visitor in Tulsa. F. J. Conley, conductor of Kansas

City. was a guest of the Frisco Em- ployes' Club, night of February 12th.

Kobcrt L. DeMoss, yard clerk, has returned from Guthrle where he attended the Scottish Ritc reunion.

C. L. Webb, switchman, who has been off duty for some time on account of a sprained ankle, has returned to duty.

Darrell Chase. yard clerk. has recently moved from Tulsa to Red Fork.

R. h? Volker, switchman. has returned Prom a business trip to Oltlaho~na City.

Mrs. R. B. Collins has returned from Liberal. Mo., where she was called on account of serious illness.

Mrs. J. C. Burnett has returned home after a n extendcd visit with relatives and friends in St. Louis and Louisville, Ky.

ACCOUNTING D E P A R T M E N T S A P U L P A , OKLA.

V. L. THOJIAS, Reporter

Mr. R: E. Pipltin is now back on the job scam having fully recovered from a n at tack of the flu which kept him in bed for several days.

Messrs. C. W. Skates and Broe 1\Ittchell spcnt Tuesday, J a n u a r y 22nd, in Okla- homa City checking facilities used jointly with the Sante F e Railway Con~pany a t that point.

Mrs. B'lossie Burke. comptometer operator, is now the proud owner of a new Stewart Warner radio.

Mr. L. A. Wright spent Thursday, Jan- uary 24th, in Tulsa checking up on new scale track a t that point. Now tha t Mr. Wright has made this check, he will prepare completion report to cover the project.

JIessrs. Hal Lamkln and R. W. Ben- son, traveling accountants, spent several days in the office during the month of February. Xr . Benson checked various bills in the office while 311.. Lamkin a t - tended his usual cluties, that of checking up the timekeepers.

At the January 22nd meeting of the Frisco Employes' Club of Sapuipa, three members of the accounting department were elected to high offices. M r . L. A. Wright was elected president, Mr. Broe .Mitchell, vice-president. and Miss ~Vau- rine Mahan, secretary and treasurer.

February 25th. Mr. L. A. Wright, will

MECHANICAL D E P A R T M E N T OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA.

C. FI. VANDIVER, Reporter --

Engineer \V. R. Armstrong. who w a s injured in a n accident wcst of Oklahoma City, recentl?., is still oft' on account of injuries but l a t ~ s t reports a r e that h e is improving rapidly. We hope to scc him able to leturn to work SOOIL

Wm. T e m ~ ~ l c . store hclpcr, is now off on account of illness. We a r e very an..- ious to see him wcll and back on the job cnnn ......

Jas. 11'. Cullum, enginccr. is also off a t this time, account of sickness. IVe hope it is not scrious and that he will bc well on his road to recovery soon.

We nre still s o r r y to report tha t o u r very good friend, Mr. H. D. Eddins. engincer, is still conflnerl to his bed account of ailments. we sincerely hope t h a t he regains his health and is nblc to be on the job in the ncar future.

Las t rrports a r e that IVm. Allen. flreman, who has bcen undergoing treatments a t hTorman. Okla.. for some time, is improving. This is vcry grat ifying indeed.

Wm. J. Barefoot, engincer and fireman who has bcen in the service a t this point for many y e a s suddrnlv passed au7ay Thursday. January 24th. 'We realize t h a t in losing this man the compnny has lost a very efficient employe. and the employes have lost a friend that cannot be rcplacetl. We all join in extending our utmost sympathy to Mrs. Barefoot and family.

Samuel D . Pollock, storeroom laborer. has just purchased a new home in E a s t Capitol Hill.

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need it, t h a n t o need i t a n d n o t have it.

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& .s?.tunting uepartmenr, wno w a s b. !?>I on for appendlcltis recently. b :;covered sufficiently to be able I .c:orn to her honle. ; F 3IcLemore, welfihmaster, is

a - tr be back a t work aga in a f t e r L -3r~tion for appendicitis. ' ! Green, office messenger, w a s

r - , - 4 to hia home several d a y s l a s t I- :ircount of illness.

WGHT TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT MEMPHIS, TENN.

K.4TE IfASSIE Reporter

:-' 71. Banister, !general- agent. Xem- a,: : been elected a director of the Ih- club of Yempl~ls, to flll out the r - . # I tcrni of Wm. Wharton, com- r I .19:ent of the ;Wantic Coast Line. r:',!' transferred to xe\v York City.

.]sirit of St. Valentine pernwated nu-11 dinner and dance of the J t w ~

m, ..;: rl'ic Club, held night of February E !r the Hotel Gayoso. hlore than 3l !I-nsll, wives and nicmbcrs attend- 6. .$air. Special tables with friends j r . : lmt~rs featured the dinner. Includ-

11, , - ,r:z the out of town guests of R. I I . b.inan, were ,I. W. Nourse, pass- jr traiiic manager, St. Louis, and J. 1 b -.,IW, colonization agent, Pensacola,

?. Wsca have qulte an et?thusiastic r club, with H. B. H a s t ~ n g s , t raf-

*I.:. J. L. Scales. J. L. Skaggs. W. ' a-ton, all of this department. The ?Ice team have Gordon Robertson.

.. B. A. Gorsuch and J . H. Brew- ir,: superintendent's office is repre- . wltli Frank Walsh, captain ; J. C. C. J. .4ndereck, Frank Shannahan

; I Plerning.

I :, practicc they a re going to issue ci!cnw. Better look out. Z Wnmen's Traffic Club of Memphis

xnized the evening of February L r1~1i 40 charter members present. F

I delicious dinner served by the Hotel, business meeting was held

b P followlns officers elected. Mrs.

Bert 31. Barnes. connected with the Southern IIar.du,ood Traffic Association, president: Mrs. Jean Pcgues, of the same association, vice president : Miss Mary ;\IcLauxhlin, of the Paraham I m n b e r Company, sec~.etary-trasurer, and a s directors. Mrs. >I. Booth, of the S. C. 3Iajor Lumbcr Company; Miss Pearl Smith. DcSoto Hardwood Lumber ; JIlss ?.I. Garrison. International Sugar Feed C o m ~ a n y : Miss Leah Klein, I~eylancl Harrison Steamship Lines : JIrs. Lelia ITutchison. Southern Railway ; IIiss R a t e Jlassic, l+isco Railroad.

MECHANICAL D E P A R T M E N T T H A Y E R , MO.

F. N. PEEBLES, R e p o r t e r

F r e d Hingle, yard clerk. h a s gone on a visi t to Pensacola to look over t h e s i tua t ion w i t h a v iew of biddlng i n some vacancy.

Ed Banks , swi tchman, w a s lay ing off a t t e n d i n g doings of t h e Masonic f r a - t e rn i ty a t W e s t Plains. T h e Grand X a s t e r being present.

E x t r a Swi tchman Boss in swi tch ing c a r s in yard, in loo lc~ng in a n e m p t y box, found a m a n ly ing o n t h e floor. a n d on examina t lon found t h ~ t t h e m a n w a s dead, d u e to exposure. T h e deceased w a s a na t ive of Thayer . h i s n a m e E. Busby.

P. A. Ingle. agent . w a s l a y i n g off. L. F. Conley filling vacancy. E. S. Stoan. engine foreman, w a s off

on a flshing tr ip, a n d r e p o r t s b i t inx good.

C. A. B e r r y a n d F. W. Will iams. roundhouse foremen, h a v e had qui te a touch of the flu, however, al l well a g a i n a n d repor ted f o r duty.

I t is w i t h regre t t h a t we have to a n - nounce t h e dea th of J i m m i e -4nderson. engineer, of t h e AIemphis sub . H e h a s been on t h e s ick l is t f o r t h e [last two years. H i s d e a t h occurred a t Willow Spr ings a n d h e w a s in te r red a t t h a t point. Quite a number of the B. of L. R. and Firemen attended the funeral f rom this place. H e w a s laid to res t F e b r u a r y 13th. H i s fami ly h a s o u r sympathy .

TULSA ADVERTISERS

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Ondenmod. Remlngton. Royal.ela All late modela cornp1~tt.l~ refinished

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OFFICE O F DIVISION ACCOUNTANT-MEMPHIS,. T E N N .

IT,.\ COOK, Reporter - Mr. C . 6. DeGr:tnd, construction a?-

countant in this office, resirned his posl- tion effective February 13th. To this d a t r we havc not learned whcre hc ex- I~ects to work but we wish him good luck.

IV. J . Kelley and Marcus Coleman have r~assed thc test of being able to work without being watched, so they have moved away from us, to enablc them to havc more room in which to work and to have space for two more rlcslts to sccommorlnte Mexsrs. Paul Schmitz and H. C. Howard. engineers, who a r e workina with Mr. Kelly on construction ol the new line. The desks have hecn moved back in the old flle room.

On February 14th Miss JIargaret Stc- war t entertained with a valentine party a t her lionic on Evelyn Avenue. Every- one reported a very enjoyable time.

Our sincere sympathy is extended to Ralph Stephens, ~ e n e r a l clerk at Chaffee. \n the loss of his father on February ~ r r l .

T~awrence Thompson, general clerk, was al l ready to leave b e c a y e of beinfi no- tifled that he had been bumped," when the "bump" was W e would have missed his cheerv sn~ilc, s o we a r e glad he is still with us:

Mrs. 3. T. Connellr spcnt the week oe F'c.bruarh7 28th visiting home folks in Sprlngfleld.

.Mr. F. C. H u ~ h e t t , Dlvision accountant spent :I few days on the line this month:

Everyone is planning a pleasant holiday for February 22nd. '2s yet Ye Pcribe has not ascertained where each and everyone Is to go.

Miss I la Cook had a s her Kuests Feb- I'uarv 3rd and 4th Mlsses Lorena Bol- I I ~ R & ancl Irene ~ i g d o n of Chafeee. 3x0. They were delightfully entertained with a n afternoon bridge, Miss Bollinger being the winner of' flrst prize and Mr. Ear l Pcak winning the co~lsolatlon.

This officr: has another added to the lonx, never ceasina line of matrimonlal victims. Mr. Harold Far r i s flnally has announced his marriagc to Miss Grayce Panderson. which took place some time before Christmas. The force wishes them much happiness and ~rosper l ty .

We a r e very glad to hear of our old friends Messrs. C . 31. Quigly and H. A. Eitd, traveling accountants, bcing given bctter positions and wish them success.

Thc Memphis girls have declded they a r e pikers. so they a r e talking of or- ~ a n i z i n g a Girls' Club and then Memphis will reallze we have girls boosting for Prisco Lines.

JONESBORO T I C K E T OFFICE JONESBORO. ARK.

1%'. A. SANDERS. Reporter

Leave11 Coal Co. MINERS AND SHIPPERS

MAGIC CITY COAL

TULSA, O K L A H O M A

The automstic interlocking plant has been installed a t the Cotton Belt crossing. south of' Jonesboro, and now is in operation.

4 crossing gate has been installed a t mile post 289-8 on the Jonesboro Sub, a t the intersection of the Frisco and Cot- ton Belt railroads.

J im Blalock, night yard clerk, has moved his family back to the city and

advertised his fa rm for sale or rent. What 's the mattcr, J im, did your poultry dic out on you?

J . W. Hackett, caller. whlle paying a visit to a lady friend, was frightened in some unknown manner and r a n ap:tlnst a clothes line in the back yard ancl sustained facial lacerations. W e look for his early recovery.

C. TV. Yarbrough. operator, has re- turnrd to Jonesboro for n short while vlslting relatives and frientls. H e con- templates going to Tucson, Arizona, in intelest of his health.

Clyde Rogers, second trick operator. is now sporting a new Ford coupe. All the boys around here havc received their new annuals ancl it looks like passen- gcr business is going to pick up.

Henry Skaggs, hostler, has been off a wt-ek, account of his wilc bcing sick, his vacancy being fllled bv Enos For- rrster, estcn fireman, better knon-n a s "Bono Jack."

Mr. and Mrs. D o u s h s Havs. a r e the proud parents of a Gn-pounci baby boy horn January 21st. AIr. Hays is deni- nillrrage clerk a t Jonesboro.

J . 1,. Tilley. cashier. Hosie, was in Meml>hin last Sunday.

R. C. Heslcton, baggageman, Hosie. attended court a t Albany, Niss., .Tan- uary ZRth. a s witness.

F. 31. Rlansett. opcxrator. Hoxie. is on a slxty-day leave of absence taking a special course in electrical engineering a t St. Louis. lie is being relieved by T. R. Gvady, extra operator.

OFFICE O F S U P E R I N T E N D E N T MEMPHIS , T E N N .

MARY BUHLER, Reporter

Anyone deslrlng information as to thc condition of the road between ?demphis and Colllcrville. Tenn., will be able to learn all they want to know Prom Otis IIamnn. rodman, of the enxineering de- nartment, a s we understand he is mak- i n s weekly t r i m out thcre. We have. as- yet, been unable to learn just what the attraction is.

Miss Billye Bennett, stenographer. spent Sunday, January 20th. vlsiting with relatives in Jonesboro, Ark.

H a r r y Martin, timekeeper. visited wltli

friends nnd relatives in Tliayer. 310.. January 20th.

Grayce Elaylock, stcnoqkapher, enjoyed a day of her vacation February Ist , "somewhere." From all we can lenrn. shc had a rcal exciting time.

Prank Walsh. chief timekecper, was nbsent from the offfce .Tanuary 25th, and 26th, account illncss.

X1I.s. R. C. AIcWilllan~s. wife of dis- ~ a t c h c r . visitc~l with ~ e l a t i v e s in Chi- cago rccoitly.

Airs. Wnl. 1\Iarsh. wife of disp:%tcher, spent week of January 20t11, visiting in Chattanooga, Tenn.

John Souder, Inesscnger. was absent from the office. January "st, account of ~ilness.

Bob Langston. of Springflcld. was a visitor in Memphiw, Sunday. .Tanualg 27.

Spring must be here, a s 31. J . O'Don- nell. timekeeper. is modeling the latest spring toggery for men, prcsumahly from Phillc A. Halle

DORA, ALABAMA - F. 11. SCOTT Reporter

Sam Williams. brakeman, af ter malc- ing some arrangrments in the bank. t a m e out of the iloor counting his $3;. A ~ o u l i l - b c puwc snntchcr. s tandins around the corner of the bank buildin? made a n unsuccessful g rab a t Sam .; thirty-flve bones. Money grabber didn't have a good hold on said bills a s Sam. so he only got a torn end or two. Sam rccovered all his money while the thief aot away. Sam bcing so excited tha t hc told the police the wrong direction thc thief wcnt.

The Empire mine crew a r e doing their work with a different class of machincry than heretofore. Like the verse in the Eible v h e r e it says a little chlld shall lead them In this case it is a mallet mglne, and it is sure leading them. too. Where they have been doubling out of Empire with a 1.200 class englne, now thev lust back into al l the loads and lea ire town.

Nell, 13-year-old daughter of D. D. Hnrper. signal maintalncr, while vlslt- ina a t her grandfather'^ a t I"airchlld, fell ;md brokr hcr arm. After spending one night a t the T. C. I. Hospital, Mr. Har -

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SPRINGFIELD ADVERTISERS

To give Universal Service is the goal of Public Utility managers and operators. We are - a part of the organized

effort to reach that ideal.

Springfield Gas and Electric Company

Springfield Traction Company

per wns able to bring her home. St tloina nicely now.

J. D. Rccves, e x t m gang, did aom- p a r s to the ICmpire Branch track 8

ing February. This was neceruzv : thc machinery they a re using ncc

The paint gang of W. E. Martin #I., ed up tlic agent's house, this n v , only nrork (lone hero this time.

31rs. Arthur Greor, wife of con~lm. Grcer, has been a patient in a Eirl . ham hospital, hIrs. Greer was thew '

examination and treatment. George 0. Gaylor, brakeman. Is st?'

on account of siclcnera. Geurrr : clown with the flu during thc Chrh epidemfc. I-Ic is doing nicely now ( 1 . Woodlawn Infirmary a t Birmlnghnn*. will soon be with us again.

T. J. Connell. agent, has at 1::s cumbed to the wiles or lady rml:.l can now entertain you wlth a .','mi radio.

Horace Parrisli ant1 Dewey Harris' been getting a lot of cstra work 7: ' old home town. Horace has been ciating for IVilliam AIorria and T\- for George Gaylor.

W e were told today by the prv: of the Boostrr Clnh, N. R. Chambl~.c I ,711 the presidents of t he clubs ??r hnvc a meeting in Pensacola H i ? - all wish that we could be prlLs

just for this once. John C. Conley, died a t 6:10 I

a t his home February 17th. Xr. I.

ley had been in the employ of thc F: for :L number of years. He hs$ conductor on the Bessemer brawl^ . was later made assbtant superln:rr of terminals a t Eirmingham, nn*l this position until his health bpcarl - bad tha t he wan unable to w : k . Ionper. Hc was highly esteemrd b: that knew hlm and wlth them Iris I: . was as good a s his bond, not only 7

his fellow workmen, but with t:.ti5- served while a8 conductor and u ?a

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' ;n the Birmingham terminals. -. Cmley had been in wretched health 1 , rue time, prior to his death.

MEMPHIS TERMINALS -

R I,. EVANS, Rcportcr '

I.:. Cumniings, switchman, was call- , I , Palro, 111.. February 7th. on ac- .. the death of his uncle. W e ex-

, - ,,!lr sympathies to Mr. Cummings . I~rnily. '.. R. E. Laughter. wife of switch- . . , A . E. Laughter. was called to Rule-

Mi..$., February Bth, on account of - 3 ~llncss in her family.

smpathy is extended to Mr. J. : 'Y.>t and family, switchman, in the

( their son. James. age 14. who was . I February 2nd. James was rcturn- .. lhm* Prom a neighborhood picture - a-hen a recltIess driver ran up on

b :en-alk, knocked James down and cr him. The remains were taken

" ;trace, Tenn.. for burial, February

. d n d Mrs. If. C. Barnett entertain- * ' n delishtfully planncd party a t w . oume on Colledse Street. January

Bridge and dancing were the di- ,- w with a salncl coursc served a s

m d q .

I Taylor. record clcrk, was off unt of slckncss on February Gth.

I ~ n d r u m filled record clerk T. r's place while h r was off on of illncsa, February 6th. and Belle Lewis have recovered attack of Influenza. They a r e

lren of 6. J. Lewis, locatlon su~erintcndent'a office.

the auditinx department in the Ire. We are sorry to lose 3Ir. but N-e hope he wlll niake a suc-

IS new position. d llrs. A. A. LOeffcl entertain- u7ell-planned brldxe and clanw their home in L,ongview Heights 9th. Brldge was played a t flve the early part of the evenlng,

~n ts at 10 :20 and then dancing lye11 until 11 :R9 p. m. Quite r of Frisco people were present ~od tiine w m had by all. curiosity has bren worked un Iortl~comlng new stenographer

le place to be vacated by Carl who 1s to be transferred to

ting tlepartment Dutch Loeffel. +r, says of course it doesn't mat- a good looklng- girl often is a nographer. : glad to hear that XIiss Thelma n. stmographer ill thr merhan- ~rtment. is gcttlng alonr nicely appendicitis operation. February

CAL FREIGHT OFFICE MEMPHIS, T E N N .

GlSIA GRIFFIN, Rcporter -

Hanover, cotton foreman, vlsit- :m in Yazoo City, Xiss., recently. rfixially to see his six months' leuy, Xarvin Lee Ratner. Garrett. 0. S. R. D. clerk, re-

. . . I work January 21st af ter spend- -: . few days in the St. Louis hos-

Tankentey, claim c l ~ r l t . was off - the latter part of January. due

t. Mia Lenihan, stenographer, has I * n on the sick list recently.

t ~r Tapley. zone key punch op- * Mt January 26th to niake his : n Detroit. Mich.

Rotrin~er and wife, veri-check r - aere callcd to Running J~ake . t- 7-h-uary 1, account illness of his . . . I~ve another vcteran in this of- k t ' F. Corkery. chicf clerk. having

bccn with the Frisco twenty ycars Feb- ruary 1. 1929.

T. E. Bryant. cashier's clerk, spent Sunday, February 3rd, in Lepanto, Ark.. with his parents.

On February 1s t the zone office here was abolished. John A. Lacld was tranr- ferrrd back to the local frcifiht office'. R. L. Nacker, G. R. Humphrcys. J. J. Spencer. Niss Ailenc Eolin ancl John Williams going to Lhe St. Louis office. I t n a s not a very pleasant thing to have to s a y qoocl-bye a f t e r having becn as- sociatecl \\ ith them for several years. W c shall miss them, and wish thcm all Goil- specd, may they enjoy many friends in St. Louis.

S. L. Oliver spent thc day of February 6th in Holly Springs. Miss., with the JIcmphis Rotary Club.

H. A, hfarkham, ycr diem clerk, entered the St. Louis hospital February 7th, fo r a t h o r o u ~ h cxamination, returning to wo~lc the next day.

H. 4. E'lanigan ancl wifr, 0. S. 6- D. clerk. cmjoyed the M w d i .Gras festivities in Ncw Orlcans, spcndlng four days there.

Messrs. C. B. Drebelbis and J. H. Nc- Murray, truvelinl: auditors, startcd a rhot k of this station I<'ebruary 11.

D. E. Crceden, disposition clerk. did not report for work February IZth, first we heard he had been blown up. but later learned i t w a s a stove in his home.

.J. F. Walah was assigned position of ra te clerk in the rcvising department E'cbruary 13th. Clarence Maupin taking his place a s carload bill clerk and J. A . Carrigan took Blaupln's place as bill clerk. Jimmie was t e m ~ o r a r y cotton . . clerk a t Riverside Press.

We have enjoyed t\vo dances recently given by the Frisco Employes' Club. .Tannary 24 and February 1 4 .

T. C. Higginbotham, receiving and chcck clerk, was unable to work R day and a half recently clue to illness.

FRISCO F R E I G H T HOUSE BIRMINGHAM, ALA.

.\. C. HANSON. Reporter.

All employca a r e anticipating wonderful times a t the next entertainment of thc Frisco Krnployes' Club, to be held a t Axis Club rooms on February 18th. neveral vlsitors a r e expected to be pres- mt froni Frisco's orb of of~icialdom.

L. T. Hatrhrr . bclt clcrk. was the vic- tim of nn at tack of Ptomaine poison re- ccntly, bcing dctainccl from duty for a short timc. Hc is rrpparently improving rapidly.

.T. r. IVhite, yard clerk. who has becn in the hospital for scvcral weeks with

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S A L E S OFFICES AT A L L E I G H T W O R K S

Ramapo Ajax Corporat'm

a scvere attack of double pneumonia. is again able to rcsume his duties in the yard work.

A. P'. Pryor. yard clerk, is serving a s t rmporary delivery clerk in the vacancy caused by promotion of Aubrey Hoover to bill clerk in the freight house service.

Paul 13. Gilllan, tlemurrage clerk. srcnw to be vcry much disappointed with his Zcnith, a s the only thing that he can obtain fl,om Havana, Cuba, is static and tha t is vcry poor grade.

Thc Radio Gug has proven very de- structivc to the office force of the freight house, especially the males of the species, only a few of us left and we a r e very much annoyed by the obnoxious statlc during the noon hour.

Photo Grady. chcrk clerk, is showing signs of nuto intoxication, due to the fact tha t hc has callers showing him Chryslers of thc "Eighty Five" modcl : we ;rnticiunte a new auto in the family soon.

J. J. Peregoy. rate clerk. has attai,ncd quite a ~'cputatlon a s n barhelor smcc his wifc has becn visiting in New Pork City, she expects to visit in the windy pit\- of Chicago before returning. i~. W. Wadc, claim clerk. has been

promoted as outbound ra te clerk a t frcicht house, fllling the varancy of L. T. P'lvnn, prornoted a s abstract clerlc a t yard d i c e , Eaat Thomas yards. Edwin R. I-!yram. bill clerk, has been assignwl to position of claim clerk a t frelght house, aucceccllng W. 15'. Wade. recently assigned a s ra te clerk. J. C. Fant , yard clcrk, has been nsviancd to wsitton of chcck clerk a t freight house, vacancy caused. by transt'cr of A. F. Pryor to delivery clerk.

Woorlrow Fhifcr, collector, has retorn- eil from vacation ancl visit to Indiana. visiting his brother, formerly of Eirming- ham, reports rather ~ o o l trip, but will nlwass remember the sleigh bells and the snow.

Caniir .\clkinq, exprnxc clerk. Is pre- ~ u r i n g hersvlf for ;In csstensive vacation to Atlanta. G H . . also plans to vlsit Pen- sacola a n d o t h e r F lor ida points d u r i n g the trip south.

jar

SIGNAL SERVICE

Car Wir ing , L i g h t i n g and Power

Service

F O R S T E R P A I N T A N D MANUFACTURING CO.

WINONA, MINN. Refit~crs nu t1 Jfnnufiicturers or

GRAPHITE AND GRAPHITE SPECIALTIES

ROOF PAINT, R O O F CEMENT, ETC. I R, L, BARTHOLOM EW General Railroad Contractor

P I L E DRIVING - BRIDGE 827 Roland S t ree t JIEMPIIIS, T E X S . and STRUCTURAL WORK I

The Gideon - Anderson to . Hardwood Lumber

AND

Slack Cooperage Stock GENERAL OFFICES

Band Saw Mil ls and Planing Mil ls GIDEON, MO. SALES OFFICE .

AND DISTRIBUTING YARD:

110 Angelica Street Telephone: Tyler 001 1-Tyler 0012

ST. LOUIS, MO.

High Grade Machine Tools American Lathes and Radials

Norton Grinders

Pels Punches and Shears Watson - Stillman Hyd. Machy.

( 1 BLACKMAN - HILL & CO. ( 1

I Railroad Fuseerl INSURE SAFETY Best by Every Test

I UNEXCELLED MANUFAETUPIH 1 COMPANY, Inc. I

N E W Y O R K , N. Y.

Owens Paper Box Co.

MANUFACTURERS

PLAIN AND FANCY BOXES

PENSACOLA CREOSOTINC COMPANY PENSACOLA. FLORIDA

Specia l lz ln~ In the IInnufacture and Treatment of the Pollowlng Forest Produels PILING CROSS TIES POLES CROSS ARMS CONDUITS

LUMBER and STRUCTURAL TIMBERS

an X I . S-. B. L P. R. R. Tour Inquiries Solicited-Cost Estim'ltes Gl;tdly Furnished

Cable Address: "PENCREO" Shipments: Rail or Wa!~r

I APPROVED BONDED ROOFERS F ~ R AMERICAN TAR PRODUCTS CO.

BIRMINGHAM FURNACE & ROOFING CO., INC. ROOFING, H E A T I N G A N D S H E E T M E T A L CONTRACTORS 213 South 13th Street Phone 40775

BIRMINGHAM, ALA.

Headlight Headquarters Headlights

and Turbo-generators 'I'rain Lighting Systems

I'rain Control Turbo-generators Fittings and Wiring Appliances for I,ocornotive, Car and Shop

Installations

The Pyle - National Company

1334-1358 North Kostner Ave. Chicago, Ill., U. S. A.

CANADIAN AGESTS : The Holden Company. Ltd., SIomtreal,

Winnipeg, Vancou\-er, Toronto EXPORT DEPARTMEST:

Internallonal Rallway Sopply Company, SO Churrh Street, New York City

BRAXCH OFFICES : 3509 Gmnd Con. Termlnal, New York City 315 Boatmen's Bank Bldg., St. Louis, Mo.

311 Builders Ex., Uldg., St. Pilul, SIlnn.

I ~ r o w e coal company I 1 "HERCULES" -Red-strand-

General Off ice : Dwight Bldg.

KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI ..om*..

Miners and Shippers ..*..

M i n e s L o c a t e d a t M u l b e r r y a n d S c a m m o n . K a n s a s , a n d H e n r y e t t a O k l a h o m a . on t h e l i n e o f t h e S t . L o u i s - S a n Francisco Ry. Co.

WIRE ROPE Made Only By

A. Leschen & Sons Rope Co. ST. L O U I S

I St. Louis Surfacer and 1 ' Paint Company

RAILROAD PAINTS, VARNISHES ENAMELS

I Arlington Ave. and Terminal Belt Ry. ST. LOUIS, MO.

Page 65

IND YOUR RECOROS into Permanent Books

Adopted by general and till offices of every large tilroad in the United States

BlNDlNG MACHINES

PERMANENT BINDERS

LOOSE LEAF DEVICES FOR

ALL PURPOSES

McBee Binder Co. bw York St. Louis Athens

1 Cleveland Chicago

The FRISCO oses NATIONAL T R A I N CON- TROL and wi l l be glad t o give dhtm the facts and figures on tj Simplicity, Reliability, Low .kst and Low Maintenance.

be National Safety Appliance Co.

y Exchange Bldg. - CHICAGO. ILL.

M Slreet - SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.

- - - -- - - - ---- --

I MINES ON THE FRISCO AT CARBON HILL. ALABAMA I I MOSS & McCORMACK I

MINERS AND SHIPPERS

COAL Blacksmith, Bunker, Steam, ~ o m e s t i c - C O A L

1901-4 American Trust Building BIRMINGHAM, ALA. I Independent Gravel Company

PRODUCERS Crushed and Ground Carthage Limestone Joplin Chat - Flint Sand - Crushed Flint

JOPLIN, MO.

GRIDER COAL SALES AGENCY Mine Agents

OVER 3,000,000 TONS ANNUALLY BEST GRADES ALABAMA STEAM AND DOMESTIC COALS

Railroad Fuel a Specialty

1414- 18 American Trust Bldg., Birmingham Ala.

I MYERS and SHIPPERS I X Y ETTA OKLAHOMA

Llarden Pullen Coal Co.

I UINERS and SHIPPERS

OKLAHOMA

I International Business Machines Corporation I

Tabulating & Accounting Machines

Time Recorders - Scales

50 Broad St. NEW YORK, N. Y.

Duner Car Closets Enameled I ron Wet o r Dry Closets

DUNER CO. 101 S. Cl inton St. CHICAGO For detailed description see Car Builders

Cyclopedia 1922 Edition

I MORGAN HILL CO. I I GENERAL CONTRACTORS I I Shovel and Drag Line Work I I Woodward Bldg. BIRMINGHAM I

SERVICE ICE COMPANY Successors to

HAMMOND BROS. ICE & COLD STORAGE COMPANY

Eastern .Tunctlon, Frincu Ratlaay SPRISGFIELD, 310.

WHOLESALE ONLY-CAR LOADS W. E. OGSTON, President and Treasurer

John V. Boland Construction Co. CHIMNEYS. CONCRETE and BRICK

FURNACES OIL STILLS and BOILER SETTINGS

CHICAGO OFFICE: Stock Exchange Bldg.

FT. S M I T H ICE A N D COLD STORAGE CO.

COLD STORAGE FOR ALL PERISHABLE MERCHANDISE

Storage Capacity, 125 Cars Dally Ice Making Capacity, 125 Tons

FORT SMITH - - ARKANSAS

Oklahoma Steel Castings Co.

MAKERS OF

Railroad, Oi l F ie ld and Commercial Castings i n

OKLAHOMA ELECTRIC STEEL

Tulsa, Okla., Box 658

Page 66

National Boiler Washing Co. OF ILLINOIS

CONTRACTORS N A T I O N A L H O T W A T E R . NATIONAL FUEL OIL

WASHOUT AND FILLING 8 FACILITIES for SYSTEMS Q LOCOMOTIVE TERMINALS

for LOCOMOTIVE BOILERS CONSTRUCTED COMPLETE

I R A I L W A Y E X C H A N G E

I CHICAGO

ATLAS COAll Henryetta Fuel Compac

Henryetta, Oklahoma

McALESTER, WILBURTO' COLORADO

and

HENRYETTA

CHAS. R. LONG, JR. COMPANY

LOUISVILLE - CHICAGO - ST. LOUIS

Manufacturers of

All Kinds of Railway and Industrial Paints. Varnishes and Lacquers

VILOCO RAILWAY EQUIPMENT CO.

CHICAGO For Dependable Seroice

"VILOCO'! Pressed Steel Brake Step "VILOCO" Automatic Rail Washer

"VILOCO" Bell Ringer "VILOCO" Exhaust Pipe

"VIL0,CO" Improved Sander "VILOCO" Floating Journal Bearing

For better concrete culverts and bridges

Photo, above, shows part of "50 miles of excellent track" between Carbon Hill and Birmingham in which

"ENSLEY" & "ALA CITY"

CRUSHED & SCREENED

was used esciusively as road ballasl. The R i s c o Railway h a s used thousands of tons of basic slaz for road ballas1 In the Blrmingham-Xlemphls dlvislon- and each pear hundreds of tons goes Into the bulldlnz of concrete brldges and culverts.

Birmingham Slag. Co.

The New York Air Brake Company

Manufactures the

STANDARD AIR - BRAKE EQUIPMENT GENERAL OFFICES

420 Lexington Av., New York Clty WORKS

Watertown, New Y o r k

Single Plate Chilled Tread Wheels

WITH

REINFORCED FLANGES

FOR

THE MOST SEVERE SERVICE

OVER 500,000 IN SERVICE

I The Starr Coal Ca

I MINERS and SHIPPERS

I HENRYETTA - OKLAHOK!

I ROIIUEMORE GRAVEL Nl. MONTGOMERY. ALA.

The South's Laruest Produeen of I SAND AND GRAVEL

I SALES OFFICES: Lincoln Life Bldg., Bona Allm 014. Birmingham. Ala. Atlanta, Cmrth

The Producers Sand Co, Producers and Shippers of thc

"HOUND TOOTH SAND" SCREENED ASD WASHED

BIG ARKANSAS RIVER CHANNEL SAND 307 National Bank of Commerce Bolldinr

Telephone 3-4373 P. 0. Box 2133 TULSA. OKLAHOMA

The Locomotive Finished Material [a .'STCHISON, KAS8AS

FOUNDERS and ENGINEERS Hlgh Grade Grey Iron and Steel Caatlarr

for Rall~rays-Flnlshed or Rough - - Slan Headquarters for the South I I southern Wheel corn I I Flnlshed Locon~otlve CyUmders a S"L&

Equipped to make large Grey Iron BIRMINGHAM. ALA. Castings up to 25 tons.

Page 67

h e Pittsburg & Midway I I Brookside-Pratt Minine Co: Y

Coal ~ining Co. INCORPORATED

A. R. Long, President Albert Allison, Secretary-Treasurer

COAL OPERATORS PRODUCERS OF

Steam and Domestic Coal

General Sales Office

DWIGHT BUILDING

KANSAS CITY. 110.

Mines on Frisco, Southern and I. C. Railroads

Brown-Marx Building

B IRMINGHAM, ALA.

Cast S t e e l Spin g B a n d s

That Are Effecting L a r g e

Savings AILROADS using o u r R cast steel spring bands report a saving over the

s8 of manufacturing wrought -iln bands in their own shops. /I'rought iron bands crease in it corners; the iron is burnt in rxing; they are not uniform ~h~ckness, and there is consid-

~a5le loss due to imperfect sdds. :::t steel bands have solid cor- ms, are free from burning, are .i uniform thickness, and re- :!:ire no welding. fie strength of these bands com- [lie as fbl!oWS :

Tenailm Strength Elastic LlmM

Ib. persa. in. Ib. per su. in.

I r l Stwl Bands- 70,000 36.000

f,'e can effect a saving in manu- iaituring cost and insure long r~ring bands that are free irtirrl failures. Sd Us Your. Spring Band

Designs

Standard Brake Shoe & Foundry Co.

Mway Steel and Iron Products Pine Bluff, Arkansas

W. He (Bill) REAVES 1169 Arcade Bldg. St. Louis

REPRESENTING

T h e P. & M. Company Rail Anchors

T h e National Lock Washer Co. Improved Hipower

Maintenance Equipment Co. Labor Saving Devices

LAYNE WELL SYSTEMS ARE DEPENDABLE

AMERICA'S GREATEST RAILROADS USE THEM

Municipalities and Industries find them profitable

LAYNE & BOWLER, INC. HOUSTON MEMPHIS LOS ANGELES

C. G. Kershaw Contracting Co. l NCORPORATED

GENERAL CONTRACTORS * c r r L +

607 Woodward Bldg. Birmingham, Alabama

Sherrill Oil Co. GASOLINE, KEROSENE, O I L S

Fuel Oil in Cars or Over Docks

Vulcan Rivet Corporation BIRMINGHAM, ALA.

RIVETS - TRACK SPIKES

I PENSACOLA, FLORIDA I I Works and Office: Dolcito Junction. Ala.

MEJIPHIS BRIDGE ON THE FRISCO PAINTED BY

A. GERSKE CONTRACTOR

PAINTIPI'G BRIDGES, IIUILDIh'GS AND ALL STRUCTURAL STEEL

1008 Hearst Building 326 W. MADISON ST.. CHICAGO, ILL.

H e d g e s - W e e k s Construction Co.

Rooms 415-416 Holland Bullding

Railroad Masonry Contractors SPRINGFIELD, MO.

Your

Fire Pail and Barrel Equipment

Becomes

Much More

Effective

whcn

is added to the water

R'ritc lodal! for prices cc.ntl vnluable booklet 011 fire rz t ingr~is lr ing

s y s t o i t s .

.l.sX. for bookref 82.75.

I / S'PRINGS LOCOMOTIVE AND CAR WHEEL TLRES

TIRE MILL PRODUCTS STEEL-TIRED WHEELS PRESSED STEEL JOURNAL BOX LIDS

I FOR GOOD SERVICE

1

HY MAN - MICHAELS CQ., St. Louis, Ma Rails, Rolling Stock, Track Equipment

Railway Steel - Spring Company General Office: 30 Church Street, New York

BRANCH OFFICES-SOUTHWESTERN DISTRICT

915 Olive St., St. Louis, Mo. Praetorian Bldg., Dallas, Texaa

NEW YORK SAN FRANCISCO Home Office, 122 S. MICHIGAN AV., CHICAGO, ILL. I ANDERSON-PRICHARD OIL CORP.

REFINERS OF

INDUSTRIAL NAPHTHAS

REID A N D LOWE RAILROAD AND

BRIDGE CONTRACTORS

SOLV.LY SALES CORPORATIOX I . 4 ~ ; a ~ i e s trm1 ~iben~icrcl P ~ O ~ U C ~ S :I I G r a d i n g and C o n c r e t e B r i d g e Work

dfa~~ufctc turecl By T h e So lvay P r o c ~ s s Co)npnn)l.

40 Revtor Street New Yurk BIRMINGHAM, ALA.

The Frisco Policy to guarantee the safety of their employes is further carried out by their purchase of

I Marathon Brand Sterilized Wiping Rags 1

G . MATHES COMPANY St. Louis, U. S. A. I

Page 69

, Mnly Emdent Locomotive Cleaner ! I C*J

I h D. L M. Cleaning Process Railway Exchange CHICAGO, ILL.

I&*. Steel Wlwings. Ro l l ed S tee l sing, S d i a \V r n u x II t S tee l Nhcrlx, Wcrl IWorcInfi*, S tee l Crual~rr Rol ls s u d Rllells. Rullcd S i sr l Genr Rlanku, Scccl nnd Irou JInllernble Cn.stlngs. S t r r- l P i p e

1"lnnpt-s

iUard Steel Works to. I vain Office: Philadelphia, Pa.

Works: Burnharn, Pa. I leal and McNamara

Painting Co. M)STRACTORS FOR PAINTING S ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY Main O f f i c e : 5078 Easton Avenue

ST. LOUIS. MO.

Manassa Timber Company PILING

OAK-CYPRESS-PINE

Arcade Bldg. St. Louis, Mo. - .- - - EZ - - 310 Olive St. St. Louis, Ma. Bl~lUAMlMfllllllll~111[1111II11111111~IlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllHllh~

MILAR, CLINCH & COMPANY Exclusive Agents for CAR CEMENT

I CONTINENTAL WORKS CO. MANUFACTURERS

I ROBERT M. LUCAS CO. %zEZo?.d I FLEXIBLE CORROSION PROOF CEMENTS

and PAINTS FOR RAILROADS 1 1955 West Thirty-first Street CHICAGO, ILL.. U. S. A. I

I St. Louis Forgings Co. AXLES, LOCOMOTIVE FORGINGS

East St. Louis Illinois

ESTABLISHED 1.593

Kansas City Bridge Company Builders of Railroad and Highway Bridges

River Improvement Work KANSAS CITY, MO.

ILONE STAR CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. I N C . MlLAM BUILDING

Union Asbestos & Rubber

Company

rn 310 S. Michigan Ave.

CHICAGO

W. R. MAXWELL I 915 Olive Street

S A I N T LOUIS, MO.

1 Logan Iron & Steel Co. Arrow Tools. Inc. (

Calloway Coal Company W(CLUS1VE MINERS OF

ELK RIVER and GALLOWAY COAL General Office:

MEMPHIS. TENNESSEE MINES AT

GALLOWAY. CARBON HILL

Mill Creek Coal Company CARBON HILL, ALA.

PW

MINERS OF

i and HOLLY GROVE, ALABAMA

1 (MINES LOCATED ON FRISCO RAILROAD I MILL CREEK C O A L S

Pngr 70

1 Smokeless Fuel Company 1 HUNTINGTON, ARK.

MINERS AND SHIPPERS OF

Semi-Anthracite C o a l

J. W. McMURRY C O N T R A C T I N G CO.

R. R. 6 BRIDGE CONTRACTORS

51 1 R a i l w a y Exchange Bldg. KANSAS CITY. MO.

C*W* Booth & Co. Railway Supplies

RAILWAY EXCHANGE BLDG.

CHICAGO, ILL.

c. A. ROBERTSCO. " SHELBY"

Seamless Steel Tubing CHICAGO ST. LOUIS

DETROIT INDIANAPOLIS

CONTINENTAL TURPENTINE & ROSIN CORPORATION

LAUREL. MISS. >ianuf;lcturers of

Steam Distilled Wood Turpentine Steam Distilled Pine Oi l

F Grade Wood Rosin

T O N C A N Copper Mo-lyb-den-urn Iron Culratr

Manufactured by

Tri-State Culvert Mfg. Co. Second and Butler, MEMPHIS, TRi

LIST CONSTRUCTION CO RIVER sANDCh WASH ED and SCREENED

Railroad Contractors SAND and GRAVEL

I 111 Railway Exchange Bullding I I Office: 622 Falls Boildlnl MEMPHIS. TENN.

KANSAS CITY, MO. I 1 CARLOAD SHIP MEN^ A SPECIAL^

I W. 0. SCHOCK CO. Petroleum Products

Liberty Central Trust Building SAINT LOUIS

w HEN it% Roofing or Shingles you wan:, ask for MULE-HIDE. This trademark is your guarantee of satisfaction.. .

THE LEHON COMPANY 44th to 45th St. on Oakley Avenue CHICAGO, ILL

OUR OWN CRUDE OUR OWN PIPE LINES

BARNSDALL Square Petroleum Products

Modern Refineries

3 BARNSDALL, OKLAHOMA WICHITA, KANSAS

OKMULGEE, OKLAHOMA 3 OUR OWN REFINERID OUR OWN TANK CARS

DEPENDABLE SOURCE OF SUPPLY

BARNSDALL REFINERIES, Inc. Subsidiary Barnsdall Corporation

Executive Offices Petroleum Building, Tulsa, Okla.

General Sales Offices 624 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Dl.

b 1929 Po.qr 71

b

SZm7)NW SEMI- STEEL FOb3iIW C0. GREY IRON - - --- -- - -

ELECTRIC STEEL -- C~A~S;,T~I[i~@$

SEMI-STEEL BRASSaBRONZE '

SI'131SC~IT13111),iLlISS OUR1

BUFFALO B R A K E B E A M C O M P A N Y - BRAKE BEAMS -

AUXILIARY SUPPORTS FOR BRAKE BEAMS

(Self Locking) !Me Pins (Self Locking)

--- --a- --

NEW YORK BUFFALO

I THE OHIO INJECTOR COMPANY ,1437 Monadnock Block

I Manufacturers of CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

OHIO LIFTING INJECTORS C H I C A G O NON-LIFTING I N J E C T O R S

CHICAGO AUTOMATIC FLANGE OILERS, CHICAGO LUBRICATORS, OHIO LOW WATER ALARMS, CHICAGO AUTOMATIC

.DRIFTING VALVES, LOCOMOTIVE BOILER ATTACHMENTS, OHIO CAB SQUIRTS

M I N E R FRICTION DRAFT GEARS IDEAL SAFETY HAND BRAKES

SAFETY BOLSTER LOCKING CENTER PINS REFRIGERATOR CAR DOOR FASTENERS SIDE BEARINGS

W. H. M I N E R , I N C . THE ROOKERY CHICAGO

I Indiana and Illinois Coal Corporation ~ I MONTGOMERY COUNTY ILLINOIS COAL,

1425 OId Colony Building

CHICAGO

1 Daily Capacity. 20,000 Tons ' Located on the Big Four and C. & E. I . Railroadt

THE AJAX HAND B R A K E ' Safe and Efficient

THE ONE-HAND HAND BRAKE

FRISCO ties, timbers and piling have their life greatly prolonged by preservative treatment at the SPRINGFIELD, MO., and HUGO, OKLA., PLANTS of the

AMERICAN CREOSOTING COMPANY INCORPORATED

LOUISVILLE - KENTUCKY

S Y M I N G T O N Malleable Iron and Steel Journal Boxes

for PASSENGER AND FREIGHT EQUIPMENT

F A R L O W D R A F T A T T A C H M E N T S

T H E S Y M I N G T O N C O M P A N Y , NEW YORK Works : ROCHESTER ST. LOUIS BOSTON

BALTIMORE CHICAGO SAN FRANCISCO

1 HOBBS TIE TIMBER CO. I I Railroad Cross Ties, Switch Ties and Lumber, Poles and Piling

1965-66-67 RAILWAY EXCHANGE BLDG. ST. LOUIS, MO.

We Help Make the Frisco Safe I

FOR

DOMESTIC, STEAM, GAS, BY-PRODUCT AND CERAMICS

I

The South's Largest Producers and Marketers of

HIGH GRADE COALS

i'

DE BARDELEBEN COALS Sipsey - Empire - Corona - Carbon Hill - Hull

krdeleben Preparation Southern Railway Building

Gives Added Value BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA

I, i I

ieneral American Tank Car Corp. General American Car Co.

JILDERS

ank Cars lilk Cars hoad Cars

L E S S O R S

Tank Cars Milk Cars

Refrigerator Cars

OFFICES:

Js Merchants Bank Bldg., Chicago, Ill. Whitehall Bldg., New York City

11 Bank Bldg., New Orleans, La. Cosden Bldg., Tulsa, Okla.

nolia Bldg., Dallas, Texas Bartlett Bldg., Los Angeles, Calif.

W. HORACE WILLIAMS CO., INC. ENGINEERS AND GENERAL CONTRACTORS

11 ANY CLASS- CONSTRUCTION -ANY SIZE

I/ ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD

Specializing in Design and/or C o n s t r u c t i o n of Dock 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 O F F I C E BRANCH E8

Fifth Floor Southern Building Pensacola, Fla. Mobile, Ala. Houston, Tez 833 Howard Avenue NEW ORLEANS, LA. Reprsasntatives in Prinoipal C i t lm 01 AII Southern stat*

FRISCO TERMINALS at PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, WARRIOR RIVER BRIDGE and Other Important Works for Frisco Lines

BUILT BY THIS COMPANY

OXWELD RAILROAD SERVICE CO ' I

II REPRESENTING :

LINDE AIR PRODUCTS CO. The PREST-0-LITE CO., Inc. (Linde Oxygen) (Prest-o-Lite Acetylene)

O X W E L D ACETYLENE CO. (Oxweld Apparatus)

UNION CARBIDE SALES CO. (Union Carbide)

CARBIDE & CARBON BUILDING RAILWAY EXCHANGE BUILDING

NEW YORK CITY CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

YOT I*c. SUCCESSORS TO

LOWRY LUMBER CO. . .. ...-. . .ZTURERS & DEALERS

IN A L L KINDS O F LUMBER

SPECIALIZING IN

RAILROAD B U I L D I N G MATERIAL Strong as Ever for the "Frisco"

Exchange Building MEMPHIS, TENN. Phone 6 - 2312

The Mount Vernon Car M a n u f a c t u r i n g Co.

r.-

Repair Shop, 500' z 150' Capacity Per A nnrt m :

10,000 Freight Cars; Fully equipped with Cranea, E l e c t r i c 150,000 Chilled Tread

'Riveters, etc., enabling Wheels ; ru to work in all kinds 20,000 Tons Forgings.

of weather.

UILDERS OF FREIGHT CARS OF ALL KINDS

MOUNT VERNON, ILLINOIS

HOBART-LEE TIE COMPAN' Railroad Ties and Timber

ROBT. E. LEE, President

LESLIE LEE. Vice-president

BERT S. LEE. Treasurer

J. LAURENCE LEE, Secrel

Operating in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas

W E H A V E S U P P L I E D T H E F R I S C O CONTINUOUSLY FOR OVER 40 YEARS

Landers Building SPRINGFIELD, M

tee WHIUT O v e r a l l s Worn By Men With Pride

In Their Jobs

Combining clean-cut good looks with speed, comfort, manymonths' longer wear. The Lee Whizit (genuine TALON HOOKLESS Fast* ener) and Lee Super-fabrics are exclusive features.

I F ~ S S P a r a d e .

E N a N E m C. S. Gardner and Fireman Nick Tombers of the Northwestern Limited, famous new Roller Bearing train on the Chicago 6r Northwestern R. R. These crack enginemen of a crack fast train are shown on duty during the train's special introductory ex- hibition in Minneapolis August 20, 1928.

Both train and men are "or! dress pa- rade". The Lee's are the final touch!

(Lee Union-alls and Overalls , both WhiEit and button styles, are America's Largest selling work clothes and are soId b y dependable dealers everywhere.)

THIS GOARAN TEE WITH EVERY GARMEKT $ If you d o not find this to be the most satis, factory and beat value-giving work garment $ you have evcr worn, you can pet a new one a,

free or your money back. 5; I Kanens City, Mo. Trenton, N.J. South Bcnd. l n d . ,

- UNION hiinncapolib, Minn. San Francisco. Callf.

- Genuine Hooklesa Faet- ener. Will not jam ru*t o r break. ~aundem'wiil, perfect safety. Abso- utely Guaranteed.

- I _ - - - - - -- - - - / /

ST. LOUIS AND MEMPHIS 1 5 5 pm Lv Saint Lou~s Ar 1.15 pm

, 9:20 pm Ar Memphis Lv 8:OOarn Dzntng Car Service by Frrd H a r v q

OBSERVATION CAR

Saint 'Louis

T HE Frisco is the sliortest line between Saint L,' Memphis, and "The S u n n y l a n d " and "Memph:.:

modernly equipped all-steeI trains maintaining a '

dependable schedule betu.een the two cities. Oil-burrri motives, comfortable club and lounge cars and the uncc: Fred Harvey service in the diners.

f lwn Memphis The des~rable hours of departure and arr~val make "T!,+ ny land" and "The Memphian" the choice of discx: trnvcleri;.

ST. LOUIS AND MEMPHIS \ I I : l j pm Lv Saint Louis Ar 7305 am

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The Frisco Employes' Magazine, March 1929 · 2006-12-12 · ;d.\RTHA C. MOORE, Associole Edifor WM....

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