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~ v i t h more csactitucle than on America's railroads." And this condition of affairs-brought about by the Nation's transportation needs - is responsible for the procluction of such high-grade watches ns the Illinois- built espcciallv for I-nilroad use.

T h e inrtkcrs of Illinois watches are not content incre1~- tu mcet railroad time inspection stanclards, but dre ever building for gre'l ter accut-dcy and greater. dependability.

Ask vour je~vcler to s1io11, you the Dunn Special, a 21 jewel I\.\ ~ t ~ l i of rare value, o r the Sr~njiclmo Specidl. n. 2; le.i~,el ~ v a t c l i , the finest tha t .ive build, both ailjusteci t o six positions and r e d y for sixty hours running 11-ithoct rewinding.

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0 Illinois Watch "High Grade * Exclusively "

Penancola is sltmtcd on Penaacola Bay and has tho best facllirles of any harbor on the Gulf. The maln line OK the Frlaco now enters Pen- mcola, to take care of passenger and frelght srrvicc. Here you have an excellent harbor for shlpmentv ria water . . . and the Frlscn for inland transportation.

Trade Territory The opening or Lhe new lWaco Line has created a greater outlet for Lhe producta of thls reglon. In terms of modern development, Pemrrroln and tho surrounding territory is pract:ci~lly In ita lnlnncy . . . aUordlng ~ l m l n terrltory for many linen of buslness . . . offering excellent resources and new fields lor Industry.

S A C O L A

T h e Garden Spot of Amer ica 7 7 7 Where the FRISCO meets the Gulf

PPORTUKITT awaits you here, where Nature has en- dowed this T.T/'oszderf'ul City of Advantages with every- thing in her power to bestow. Sun-kissed skies weld

their welcome on the bosom of Pensacola Bay, which can easily offer harborage to the entire commercial ileet of the world.

Pensacola is the biggest red snapper fishing port on the Gulf Coast, and ships more of these red beauties to the interior cities than all other Gulf Ports combined.

Many advantages are offered to prospectors far-sighted enough to visua.lize the undeveloped areas of cut-over lands that a re within close proximity to this city.

FOR F U L L P A R T I C U L A R S W R I T E T O

J. H. BAYLISS, Mayor.

ADRIAN E. LANGFORD, E. E. HARPER. Corn. of Streets and Public Works. Corn. of Police and Fire Dept.

CITY O F PENSACOLA "The Wonderful City of Advantages"

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EMPL.OYE CO-OPERATION An ope)) letter to tlia rr?ljlloycs of the Frisco SYS~EIII:

'l'lie employcs of the great Frisco System antl the American Steel Sr Wire Company stand together to serve the public, each one in his own way doing what he can to help the other.

During the last twenty-five years tlie railroads of this country have made wonderful progress antl the F R I S C O S Y S T E M stands out as one of the leaders in giving the public improved service. In this great work the employes of the American Steel & Wire Company have in a small way, lielped the eniployes of the Frisco Systcm by supplying them with many kinds of wire and steel products, such as steel fence posts and woven \\ire fencing to keep live stock and trespassers OR the right-of-way so trains could be moved quickly. l 'heir rail bonds and signal wires have also helped.

Many improvements have been made in the manufacture of steel and wire and to-day the .American Steel & if%-e Company stands out a s one of the leaders furnishing quality products. From our vast ore fields we select just the right kind of iron ore for each kind of wire antl all through our steel nlills and wire mills our employes stand ready to help the employes of another great system-The Frisco, in serving the public.

Railroad executives know that it pays to buy quality antl the men <\rho use the material pur- cllasecl for them, know that they can (lo better work antl give better service in their section if they have good material to work with. Everyonc is satisfied when quality merchandise is used.

Hcre are a few of the American Steel & Wire Company's products used by the railroads:

A M E R I C A N W O V E S W I R E FEKCE-American railroad right-of-way fencing is strong and durable. I t is easy to stretch antl will give man): years of care-free service. Good fencing keeps live stock and trespassers off the road and easily saves its cost in preventing damage claims. American Fencc is guaranteed to please.

B A S X E R STEEI , F E N C E POSTS-I:. K. Rail Design. These posts are preferred by railroad men as they are strong and dural)le and so easy to haul antl handle. A I)~mtlle of five can be handled as easily by one man as an ordinary wooden post. Ean- ner Post can be easily dri\?en in any kind of soil--no 1al)orious digging of post holes, setting antl tamping. Kew loop clamps hold fence wires o r barbed wires securely and are a s easily fastened to Banner Posts a s driving a staple.

S'I'IXJ, GATES-Kailroatl style. Steel gates are f~~rn i she t l in all standard sizes and offer a convenience, as well as protectinn, for the right-of-way. They can be easily chained antl locked shut when so desired.

i \~nerican Rail Bonds, Signal Wire, Telegraph M'ire, Lhrbed Wire, Spikes, Sails , Staples, Tie Dating Sails , Wire Rope, Wi re Strand and all kinds of Electrical \,\!ires are some o i ~xoclucts which we iurnish in large quantities to thc great railroad systems like tlie Frisco to help them give 1)etter and more economical service to the public.

In tlic nes t issue of this magmine we will tcll >-ON how wwroveli wire fencing is made and how to get the best service out of it. \\.ntch lor the nest issue.

I( American Steel GQ Wire Company SALES OFFICES :

CHICAGO. 208 So. La Salle St. DALLAS, Praetorian Bldg. ST. LOUIS. 506 Olive St. DBNVER. First Sational Bank BIdg. KANSAS CITY, MO., 417 Grand 4 v e . LOS ANGELES, 2087 E. Slansson Ave.

SAN FRANCISCO, Russ Bldg.

THE FRISCO EMPLOYES' MAGAZINE ROOM 743 FRISCO BUILDING :: ST. LOUIS

WM. L. HUGGINS. Jr . . Editor MARTHA C. MOORE. Assocla le E d l t o r WM. McMILLAN. A d o e r l l s l n g M a n a g e r

H . A. PICKENS. Asst . Ed . -Fr lsco M e c h a n i c J. J. KAPLAN. A d o e r l l s l n g So l lc l lor

Vol. V JUNE. 1928 No. 9

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Contents of This Issue

Pages

Frisco's Yale Terminal Opened May 27 ............................................................................. 4- 6

President Kurn Lauds Personal Contact ................................................................................ 7

Gross Revenue Decrease $.5,146,470 ........... ... ................................ : ...................................... 8

Five Traffic Officers Promoted ................................................................................................... 9

Sews of the Frisco Clubs .............. ........ .... .. ....................................................................... 10-1'7

Rough Handling Shows Increase First Four Months of 1928 ............................................. 18

Vet's Reunion Plans Completed ................. .. .......................................................................... 20

...................... Frisco Passenger Trains 97.4 Per Cent on Time in April ...................... .. 21

.... ...... Mechanical Department on Southwestern Wins No-Accident Cup ................ .. .. 22

For Meritorious Service .................................................................................................................. 24

......... ............................................................. Locomotive Fuel Performance Records ... 26-27

The Pension Roll ........................................................................................................................... 30-:31

Homemakers' Page ................ ... ...................................................................................................... 32

Pastime .................... ... .................................................................................................................... 33 . The Twilight Hour ................. ........ .... .. ............................................................................. 34-35

........................................................................................................................................... Editorials 36

Flashes of Merriment ...................................................................................................................... 37

I'risco Mechanic ........... .. ............................................................................................................... 3s-45

( A n Airplane Photo of the Yale Terminals Appears on Pages 4@41)

...................................................................................................................... Frisco Family News 4.5-4s

THE FRISCO EMPLOYES' MAGAZINE MEMBER

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FRISCO'S YALE TERMINALS OPEN MAY 27 Memohis. Tenn.. May 27:-

T HE new south welcomed its NeW $/,750,000 Plant Will length, which the fiisco virtually most modern railroad termi- constructed, and of the two new nal here today, with open- Expedite Traffic from North- bridges, one over the yards a t

ing this morning of the Frisco Otey Avenue and the other cross- Linesp new $1,750,000 facilities a t e r n Ga t e w a s to P O r f a f ing a t the county road, a t east end Yale, Tenn. The present terminal will care for the work form- Pensacola, Fla. erly divided between the three small Frisco yards a t Yale, Harvaril, pacity of the train yards is 1,427 cars, Ark., and Memphis, and the latter two that the north and south bound rip yards were permanently closed today. yards can accommodate 346 more - The new -operating l a n t of t h e Frisco has been under construction since February, 1927, when the flrst grading began. Completed, it com- prises 176 acres in a strip 1,000 feet wide and one and one-half miles long. Present needs of the road will require only 60 per cent of the space now available, but within seven years the entire development will be installed.

Most complete of any rail t e m i - nals constructed within recent years, the Yale improvement contains 36 miles of track, (exclusive of five miles of main line track which skirt the north edge of the yards) and represent a tremendous inrestment in track, buildings and machinery. The eleven new buildings constructed a re worth $600,000 and contain machinery valued a t $180,000 more. The new buildings a re in addition t o four which remain for use in maintaining the facilities.

An average of one hundred and flfty men were employed on the construction work of the plant a t all times, and the total payroll of the job ap- proximated $400,000. Between 600 and 806 men will be employed in the mechanical and yard facilities of the new terminal.

Memphis has been familiar with the Yale yards of the Frisco for many years, since the road first constructed a small yard there for freight trains operating on the Tupelo sub of the Southern division. Later the plant grew to the necessary size for the reconstruction of coal and wooden freight cars.

Recently, with the acquisition by the Frisco of the Muscle Shoals, Birm- ingham and Pensacola Railroad, and the su'bsequent construction of the connecting link from Aberdeen, Miss.. on the Frisco's Southern division south to Kimbrough where a connection with the M. S. B. & P. was

This article oit orte o f tlte most irrtporta~it Frisco improvemettts rn years wottld be irtcomplcte without iiroi-c tlrorr a passirtq nrerrtion of the limit who dcsigrrcd &/re Yale Ternri- nols arrd szrperiittended their c o w slructiorr.

l'hrit mm .is J l r . F . A. Pollak, ossistnrrt ciryoteer. w h o has been with Frisco Lirtrs since 1903 and who has bcoc iir chnrqe o f ~rruclt zm- portarct designing and developing work .

Working urzdrr Col. F . G. Jonah, chicf engineer, M r . Pollak has And ckni-gc o f the construction o f the Wes t T d s n , East Thoinas, Ltnden- zoood nrld Pensacola ter~nitrals, and has brcn tn cor~t~nnrtd of various other yard projects in his capacity of assistant cngirtcr~ irt charge of terminal and yard design.

A f t e r five years w i t h the Chicngo nitd A l t a as n rodntatz, Mr . Pollak cariic to the Frisco iil 1903 in the sanw capacity alrd adzanccd rapidly up the lndder of the enginerring de- partinertt. Jlzrting the presidcrtry of J l r . R. F. Yoakuin. Pollak had charyr o f the designing of the N e w Orleans, Galvcstolt and Houston tei-rrrimls. and w a s f o r s ix ?fats-190>-1912- residcrt t and dir:tsro~r engrneer at I-loliston for the Trinity and Brazos Valley road, then a Frisco-Rock Is- InnJ project. H e rcns prolitoted t o his prrsmt position irr 1914.

.Mr. Pollnk hns been on the ground nt I'nlc nlnrost constnntly since the project zcus started in February, 1927. -CV. L. H., Jr.

Readers are requested to turn to pages 40 and 41. The aerial view of the yards shown there, taken from a plane a t 1,000 feet, outlines in detail the layout of the terminals. Readers wi l l be able readily to identify each par tion of the yards and the buildings discussed in this article.

made, the question of a larger and cars, and the coach yards 76 coaches. modern terminal presented itself and One hundred and seventy-two coal the Yale terminals opened here today cars under construction can be ac- make adequate reply. commodated in the north rip yards

Memphians proudly inspected t h e where that work is done. a e w facilities today. They were proud of the two new

They were infomned that the ca- public highways three miles in

of yard, which cost the Frisco $lS0,000. The Frisco constructed road approaches to Otey Avenue

of 1 % miles, crossing a t the center of the yards. This bridge is 1,600 Ceet long and contains seven steel spans 140 to 175 feet in each span. A 500-foot timber approach leads to the south end and the roadway on the spans is constructed of reinforced concrete slabs. The county road bridge a t the east end of the yards (not shown in center spread photo), is 2.50 feet long and of steel and wood construction.

First inspection, of course, was of the gigantic twenty-four stall roundhouse, the largest on the Frisco system. Ten additional outside tracks supplement the twenty-four inside stalls, which a re serviced by a 100- foot turntable. -All repairs except Class C (complete repairs) will be given Frisco locomotives in this modern frame and steel structure. All piping in the roundhouse, is electrically welded. Mechanical men pointed especially to another modern innova- tion, the six especially constructed pits which enable machinists to remove drivers. trailers and tank wheels. Another mechanical device of merit is the 10-ton Mono-Rail system, electrically operated, which serves the north hale of the roundhouse. This device connects with all drop pits and affords direct movement of all repair parts into the machine shop to the west of the roundhouse. The building is completely equipped with the National Boiler Washing Company's plant.

The water system serving the yard has been ingeniously constructed. One steel tank of 100,000 gallons located a t the south side of the roundhouse, and one 50,000 gallon wooden tank adjacent to the main line a t the north side of the yards for exclusive use of through passenger and through freight trains, care for the water supply. The larger tank serves the roundhouse and main line tank.

Since a terminal can work no more rapidly than i ts fueling system, one 400 ton concrete coaling station located just east of the roundhouse serves four tracks. Another 50 ton steel coaling station serves the main line trains, and two fuel oil storage tanks on the main line with 20.000 gallon capacity care for the main line

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oil burning engines. Both the coal stations a re electrically operated and coal is loaded and dumped automatically.

The power house located a t the southwest side of the roundhouse is 40 by 90 feet in dimensions, built of steel frame with concrete floors and fully fireproofed as to roof and sides R i t h Johns-Mansville Corrugated Transite. The power house is topped by a concrete stack 180 feet high and is equipped with two Casey Hedges boilers of 460 horsepower each. The boilers supply superheated steam throughout t h e entire plant. They are equipped with Greene Chain Stokers, electribal'ly operated. The machine room end has one steam operated air compressor with a capacity of 1,300 cubic feet and two electrically operated compressors of 750 cubic . feet capacity each. By an elaborate system of overhead piping, roundhouse facilities, coach yards, t r a i n yards, rip yards and various buildings, a re all served with air from the power plant. Another feature is the

Mono-Rail system and necessary jib- cranes.

Over in the roundhouse wash and locker building, steel lockers line the walls of 32 ,by 160 foot structure. It, too, has a steel frame, transite roof and sides, and a floor of concrete. Careful designing has insured the maximum amount of comfort for employes, with adequate and modern toilet facilities and sufficient shower baths to accommodate 500 men. The white employes in the roundhouse and shops, locomotive engineers and

crete floor. The lumber yard is connected with dolly tracks which enable direct movement of materials through the shop to either of the rip yards beyond to the west. The building is equipped with twenty-five various .types of wood work machinery. 4 shavings burner a t the west end of the building, nine feet in diameter and 59 feet high, burns all shavings and other refuse.

The car department storeroom, to the southwest of the mill shop (not distinguishable in air view) is conven- iently located to serve both rip yards. I t is of frame construction. 40 by 60

feet with a n unloading platform with 'six car canacitv. It

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modern coal and ash handling plant, which T h e above pict.trr enables direct deliv- Plfl"! ~ ( 1 s used ery of fuel to the stokers and direct removal of ashes from boilers into the cars.

Storekeepers up and down Frisco Lines will delight in the new storeroom constructed a t the Yale terminals, 40 by 140 feet in dimensions, with a basement under the entire length. The building is of steel and fully fire-proofed with Johns-Mansville Transite, and the necessary unloading platforms have an eight-car capacity. The storage platforms for castings, brasses and heavy repair parts and track materials, a re built on the ground level of cinders, with wooden

-7 curbs. The building is equipped with steel shelves, and strict attention was paid to accurate shelving and placing of materials.

The Yale terminals machine shop -joy of the mechanical forces-is a building 60 by 200 feet of steel and transite, with concrete and wooden block flooring. The machine end pruper measures 60 by 160 feet and the blacksmith shop 60 by 40 feet. The machinery includes 15 distinct types, capable of performing all work which might be assigned t o the Yale plant. The blacksmith shop is complete with steain hammers, brass furnaces, oil furnaces, a flue "rattler", drill presses and so forth, and the entire buildlng is equipped with a

,e shows the car-Dtrildi~g yards ot Y a l e i i i onljr for coi:sLrnctitrg coal cars. S e e po

for v iews of the yard os it is today.

firemen, switchmen and yardmen will use the ,building, and colored terminal employes will use a separate compartment. A unique feature of the biiilding is an emergency hospital room, outfitted with emergency kits and facilities.

(Ed. Note: If readers will refer to air photo of the Yale terminals they will find that the story thus far has covered all buildings in the yards proper up to the Otey avenue bridge. We a re now crossing under the bridge into the car department facilities.)

The car department wheel shop is 40 'by 140. feet in dimension, of steel and transite with a heavy wood flooring. Wooden platforms for storing car wheels, with a capacity for 3,000 wheels are provided, with necessary unloading dock equipped with overhead air cranes for unloading wheels and axles. The machinery in this shop consists of three wheel lathes, one wheel press, and many small machines necessary for a modern and complete wheel shop. The blacksmith portion of the building has furnaces, s t e a m hammers, shearers, a n d punches for steel car work.

The lumber yard and wood work shop is a frame building throughout. 40 by 140 feet in dimenslon, with con-

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also has a - 4 0 by 200 foot storage platform built of cinders for the storage of repair parts and material for com- p 1 e t e building of freight cars.

The car department wash and 1 o c k e r building is 32 by 100 f e e t in dimension, with steel frame, transite roofing and sides, a n d concrete floor. Like its sister building in the locomotive department it is com-

1926. zuhen the plete with showers 'Yes 40 and 41 and modern toilet fa-

cilities, with separ- a te compartments for

white and negro employes. It will accommodate 350 men. Both buildings a r e equipped with steam jets for complete sanitatlon in showers and basins. The necessary air brake and paint shops and dope vats for pre- paring packing, are also in the car department end of the unit.

The classifying yards of the termf- nal appear a t the right center of the air view photo and are connected with a semi-hump to afford gravity switching across a 200-ton track scale 60 feet long. This scale is the largest on our system and can weigh the biggest locomotive in the service. The two additional switching leads may also be seen, which speed up switching and classifying of cars in- dependent of the scale. These leads will also enable the work to be done with less locomotive working.

At the extreme right of the photo, outside the terminal proper, may be seen the buildings of the Railways' Ice Company. This plant consists of two buildings, 60 by 200 feet. and a n additional power plant unit for the making of ice. The plant has a capacity of 200 tons. The ice is delivered to the icing platform (seen just south of classification yards), by an

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!ws of New $1,750,000 Terminals at Yale, Tenn.

R errd of steel bridgc, ouer 4veittrc. LFT: V i r w of rrtacltiirc sc was11 nrld locbcr. roolit, ~ n t c r ttrrlk aitd sottth~cwst 714SC.

rq nortlravst frorrr yartls bridge.

AT R I G H T : V i r w front south end o f O t e ~ Avemrc bridge, sho-iuitlg main. lead t o coaclt yards, routtd- hotrsc rvnslt ortd locker room. porwer I~orrsc, corrcretr sirtokc stnrk urrd 100,000 qallou steel taitk witit 400 I

toit coal clrutc in ~ I S ~ U I I C C .

A7' LEFT. RELOlV: Lookirtg .rksrst over ltrrrtber storage ynrd. irrto sotrtl~ rib yard. S o t r t h ~ ~ e s t half o j e wood triill shob srerr trt e.ztrerrzc right of picttrrr.

BEl-OW. .-IT RIGIIT: V i e w frorrr coal clrtltc, Iookinq west nt t.userrty-four. stall rotuttllzotrsc with @/CJ~ A 7 w itue bridqe itr distance.

PRES. KURN LAUDS PERSONAL CONTACT -

HE Contact of Business" ters which have to do with a bet- "T was the topic of an a*- Urges Better Understanding ter conditioning 01 your fei101v - - 1 dress made a t the annual Between Fellow Workers In men? Can it be by taking no in-

dinner of the National Association terest in the civic affairs of your of Railroad Tie Producers a t Hot A d d r e S S Be fore T i e Pro- community, o r an absence of a Springs, Ark., on April 26, by President J. 31. Kurn of the Frisco.

Mr. Kurn's address, and that of formeiv Gov. Charles H. Brough of Arlransas, were broadcast over Sta- tion KTHS a t the Hotel Arlington.

President Kurn's address, which will be of interest to all employes, follows in full: Mr. President and Gentlemen:

I cannot truthfully say that it is a pleasure for me to be where I am a t this particular moment. None of us has ever been accused of being sym- 11athetic to the fellow who is called upon to appear as a n after-dinner talker or a s a speaker before a function of this kind. Oftentimes I have thought that we were justifiable in assuming the somewhat careless, semi-hostile attitude towards a public speaker, but for the moment having ettempted to convey to you what my inward feelings are. I hope, in fact, I believe I know that I have your sympathy and possibly that will carry with i t a reasonable support to some of the ideas which I might desire to convey to you.

I surely do not wish to leave the impression that it is not a pleasure for me to fraternize with my fellow- men. On the contrary, my entire life has been a constant endeavor to be that which every fellow likes to be- a good fellow amongst men. There- fore. I must really and truthfully say to you, notwithstanding my previous remarks, that it is a genuine pleasure to be with you. Especially must this be the case when we stop to think that the very physical depend- ency of that which represents transportation is that which you gentlemen produce-the tie, and, of course, I would like to talk to you about the tie, its preservation, its conservation, and also its reforestation. Possibly, the tie, the presen~ation, the conservation aud the reforestation, terms which you especially consider a s common in connection with your activities, can well be used by me as the base for that which is uppermost in my mind. The tie is absolutely essential in order to launch that which is so necessary in connection with our business activities. Without the tie a s between men, there is a chaotic condition produced by the activities

d - . - ~ - proper participation in the func-

of individualism, resulting, in many instances. without a material benefit to the collective Rroup represented by man. The ties I 11ave in mind, not the ones which you produce, can be accomplished through the associ- ations of men. When one stops to think that there a re very few under- takings which do not require the support, the energies, the good mill, the directive influences of more than one man, you can readily comprehend what is uppermost in my mind when 1 say to you that the tie that I am talking about is something that I am inclined to believe that in the rush of the individual activity is being overlooked. How is this tie to be accluired? Can il be through the activity of the private office? Can it be by demanding that every person who may have business with you shall await your pleasure? Can it be through the absence of intercourse with your fellow men? Can it be by srabbing a sandwich or a glass of milk for a fifteen minute lunch? Can it be by not finding any time beyond the hours which properly should be devoted to business to give to mat-

tionings of society represented by Church aud Club? 1 say, gentle-

men, that if there be a tie a s between you and me, that there will have to be a contribution upon my part the equal to or possibly the excess of your contribution, and you, in turn, have something to contribute beyond an exact equal division to the other fellow. So that in the end there is a functioning of a chain, each link of which must be the contribution of us all to the length and soundness thereof. It can be accomplished notwithstanding that me so frequently contend with onrselves that time is not possible. Every man, I believe, and possibly I should say every physically antl mentally well inan, can eff.iciently perform his responsibilities and a t the same time find a time sufficient to give to that which will have for its effectiveness the establishing cf a tie a s between us all.

In the operation of a railroad property there are some of us called upon to deal with a relationship which may affect directly 30.000 employes, and collaterally 100,000 persons. I have always contended, and still do, that there can be established as between the men in an executive position and those upon whom he depends for a successful executive performance, a tie that meaus much more than the wooden tie which you produce, antl I an1 not, in any sense, detrncting from the qualities of the tie a s produced by you when I make this statement.

Now I have so frequently heard you say, and by you I mean your group as a whole, represented a s you a re to a very large extent by the Association representatives before me, that preservation is something to be attained if the stability of your production is to be upheld. Xow again I could talk to you possibly interestingly about the preservatioii of your tie, but I am going to talk about the preservation of the tie which I have just previously addressed my self to. How can you expect to preserve the tie of relationship? Is there auy better way to accomplish this preservation than to adopt something which possibly again you may agree with me is being overlooked, and that is to sell ourselves to each other. How can this salesmanship be accomplished? I

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GROSS REVENUE DECREASES $5,146,470

D ESPITE a decrease in gross Eff icicn f and Econ om ica w a s w e l l maintained and gener. revenue for 1927, of $5,146,- ally improved, the report shows. 470.00 a s compared with the O p e ra t i on Respons ib l e fo r Some of the most important main-

previous year, the St. Louis-San tenance projects included the lay- Francisco Railway Company, Decrease ' f Only $172157 l7 ing of 178 miles of new 100 pound through incfeased efficiency and in Net, Annual Report States rail, releasing lighter rail; appli- economies in operation, showed cation of 316,700 cubic yards of a decrease in net railway operat- (From the official press release of /\[ay 16.) ballast; the renewal of 1,410,680 ing income of only $1,215,116.00, the annual report issued by that corn- St. Louis ICeiinett and Southeastern pany May 16 states. Railroad extends from Piggott, Ark.,

Freight earnings for 1927 decreased to Kennett, Mo., a total of 16.83 miles. $3,467,853.00 and passenger earnings Dividends on the company's pre- decreased ,$1.494.218.00. fcrred stock were paid during 1927 in

All other' earnings show a decrease of $184,399.00.

The Frisco's surplus after interest and taxes was $7,464,235 a s compared with $7,546,153 in 1926. Taxes paid by the company for 1927 totaled $4,- 992,531, equal to 5.52 per cent of i ts gross revenues, an increase of $150,143 over the previous year.

Operating conditions during 1927 were the most unfavorable in many years the report states, due to ex- cessive rainfall over most of the territory traversed by the company's lines which resulted in unprecedent- ed floods, particularly in the Missis- sippi Valley during the spring and on two of its operating divisions during December. A cost in excess of $500,- 000 was paid out in repairing resulting damage to the company's property. There was also a loss of revenue which cannot be established accurate- ly, resulting from interruption of train service, destruction of early crops and the termination in many cases of agricultural activities for the entire season.

The expense of passenger train operations on branch lines was considerably reduced by the substitution of less expensive motor car sewice, resulting in a decrease of passenger steam train miles of 499,273 compared with 1926, while motor train miles increased 255,206 with a resulting decrease in operating costs.

The Frisco had a net credit for Hire of Equipment of $332,014.00 compared with a net debit for 1926 of $80,247.

At the close of the year the coni- pany was operating 5675.86 miles of road, a n increase of 79.68 miles over the ~ r e v i o u s year. The increase in

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mileage came from the acquisition of the Butler County Railroad Company and the St. Louis. Kennett and South- eastern Railroad Company which the Prisco bought on September 1, 1927. The Butler County Railroad extends from Poplar Bluff. Mo., to Piggott, Ark., and from Osprey to Tipperary, Ark., with a total of 50.35 miles. The

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Frisco etnplojes read wi th concern the annual report o f our company corttained irr the ~rrornbtg papers of May 16. They noted a decrease of wore than five i~rillions i~ r gross, and, reading O H , found a corresponditrg dccrease o f $1,215,117 in net railway operating ittcor~w. Students o f our property kizew why , in the face of so great a decrease in gross, the net decrease was held so low. They realized that that co~ttine~rdablc showiirg in net incotne was ntade only by cotrsta~rt plriggiirg of snwll leaks, bjl great vigilance in operating orir property as efficiently arid ecotto~nically as possible.

These same students of the road for which they work, realized that passenger trains wcrc operated with nlrrny vacaiit seats in 1927, cmd that freight engines pullcd less than capacity tonnage.

Alrd tizany o f tlrewr lrnderstood more co~np~e t e l y than before, that their compatty tieeded help front its etrtployes in fillirlg thost empty sents and plackrg additioitnl box cars on i:s freight trains.

Our 52 Frisco Enrploycs' Clrrbs were organized too late in 1927 to have iituch ii~flttence on br~sinrss via Frisco Lines. 8 2 1 1 1928 shorild tell a different story.

Those 52 clubs represent rnor-c than 6.5 per cent o f the employes on this road, and their potential infltreircc in securing passenger and freight traffic is bcilrg eagerly watched by the officers o f this company.

Each employe should drive foranrd for niore business and a bigger and better Frisco in 1928.

--W. L. H., Jr.

quarterly installments a t the rate of 6% per annum. Dividends on the common stock were paid during 1927 a s follows; January 1, 1% per cent; April 1, 1% per cent, plus % per cent estra, July 1, 1% per cent plus j/a per cent extra; and October 1. 1% per cent plus % per cent extra.

The Frisco property during 1927

cross ties and the separation of 12 highway grade crossings.

That section of the report devoted to traffic, industrial and agricultural development shows a total of 337 new industries located on the Frisco Lines during 1927. I t states also that a heavy freeze in the Ozarks on April 21st practically destroyed the apple, grape and peach crop and reduced the production of strawberries from 4,500 cars to 1,900 cars. Wheat production was one third that of 1926 due to adverse weather conditions. Floods in the Mississippi Valley resulted in a heavy decrease in the tonnage of colton, vegetables and other crops. Overproduction and s tate legis- lation restricting drilling caused a decrease in tonnage of oil well supplies, the report states, and the shut down of the Ford plants and curtailment of output of other plants was responsible for the heavy reduction in earnings on automobiles and auto trucks. There was, however, a substantial increase in tonnage of poultry, eggs and dairy products.

The report includes a eulogy of the late Mr. Festus J. Wade of St. Louis, a member of the Board of Directors who died September 28th; and extended felicitations to officers and employes for faithful service during the year.

AN ON-TIME RECORD Solicitors for LCL shipments of

merchandise and package freight may point with pride to the record made on Frisco Lines for the month of April, with particular reference to merchandise cars operated out of Kansas City to schedule points, which shows the performance to be 99.8 per cent on time.

LCL shipments out of St. Loufs showed a n equally splendid performance of 97.7 per cent on time.

"This is a very good record, and one which we a r e more than proud to have printed," writes Mr. J. H. Doggrell, superintendent of t r a n s portation a t Springfield.

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FIVE TRAFFIC OFFICERS PROMOTED

A XNOUNCEMENT of five important changes in the personnel of the traffic de-

partment was made May 15, from the St. Louis general offices.

Mr. R. E. Buchanan, executive general agent a t Memphis, Tenn., has been promoted to assistant

B u c h a n a n , M c D o n o u g h , S p r i n g e r , T h o r b u r n a n d C r o w e to N e w P o s i t i . o n s

M a y 15 th . traffic manager with headquar-

A ters a t Pensacola, Fla.

Mr. D. F. MC- Donough, division freight agent a t

1 Birmingham, Ala., becomes executive general agent a t Memphis.

Mr. Chas. Thor- burn, traffic manager of the &I. S. B. & P. Railway a t Pensacola, was appointed g e n e r a 1 agent, freight department, Atlanta, Ga.

Mr. J. E. Spring- er, w h o m M r . Thorburn relieved, was appointed division f r e i g h t agent a t Birming- v ham. R. E. BUCHANAK

Mr. W. A. ICrowe, traveling freight agent a t Memphis, was appointed division freight agent, with headquarters a t Pensacola, Fla., reporting to Mr. R. E. Buchanan.

Mr. Buchanan is a native of Oko- lona, Miss., and entered the service of the Frisco July, 1897, a t l\lemphfs; Tenn., in the capacity of telegraph m e s s e n g e r . He worked in various capacities f r 0 m y a r d c l e r k i n f r e i g h t y a r d through the local office and was advanced to chief bill clerk. IXe was later made chief clerk to t h e contracting freight agent, and then advanced to soliciting freight agent, and traveling freight agent a n d w h e n t h e Frisco and Rock I s 1 a n d consolidated, he was made traveling freight

east of Jlemphis were put in the southeastern region. He was then made division freight agent and also held the position of southern export agent during the entire period of Federal Control and was made executive general agent in 1922.

Mr. D. F. McDonough was born in Syracuse, N. Y., and entered t h e service of the old K. C. M. & B. Rail- road a t Birming- ham, on December 11, 1895. He was promoted to traveling freight agent Atlanta, Ga., Jan- u a r y ~ 1, 1821; com- m e r c i a l a g e n t . B i r m i n g h a m , i n 1907; d i v i s i o n freight agent a t Birmingham, 1910; inspector of transportation, Spring- f i e 1 d , February, 1918; d i v i s i on . freight agent, Jop- lin, Mo., March 1, 1920, and division

1 F r e i g h t a g e n t , J. E. SPRINGER Birmingham, July

1, 1920. lines. l k e n they separated in 1909 Chas. Thorburn i s ' a native St. he was made commercial azent a t Louisan. H e entered Frisco service' Chattanooga. Tenn. He returned t o in 1900 a s a rodman in the engineer- Memphis a s commercial agent during ing department and had become as- Federal Control and retained this PO- sistant engineer in 1917. He enlisted sition up until the time that our lines in May, 1917, in the 128th Field Ar-

tiliery and was dis- ' charged in 1 9 2 01

with the rank o f

a g e n t - f o r both CHAS. THORBURN

captain o f en&: neers. He saw sew-. ice in France with the 36th division an'd after his return to America in Se,ptember, 1 9 1 9 ; waa assigned t o Mexican b o r d e r duty. with the 9tX ' Mounted E n g i - 'nek'rst. He resumed' h i s w o r k w i t h ' Frisco Lines a s as-

; sistalit engineer, following his army service, but transferred to the traf- fiC department on4 .

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NEWS of the FRISCO CLUBS Neodesha, Knrz.

T HE Frisco Employes' Club of Ne- odesha was host club a t a banquet a t Masonic Hall, May 8. to

members of the Chanlbcr of Com- merce, the Rotary Club and the Lions Club and invited guests of all these organizations. The occasion mas termed "Frisco Night" and the attendance was approximately 200 persons.

Frisco speakers included: J . E. Hutchison, vice-president, ol~eration, and J. W. Kourse, general passenger agent, both of St. Louis, and W. F. Lilleston, Prisco attorney for Kansas.

Mr. Hutchison spoke on "Transpor- tation Problems." He briefly re- viewed transportation in America, and said that America had advanced rapidly because transportation always had been ahead of production and development. This situation he con- trasted with the situations in China and Russia, where, he said, famine may be in one part and opulence in another.

Although not lamenting the coming of the motor car, Mr. Hutchison said that this competition of railroads should be made to bear its just share of building and maintaining the roads it uses. Often, he said, railroads must help to provide highways for their bus and truck competitors.

Speaking of decrease in passenger business of America11 railroads, Mr Nutchison predicted that soon even the long distance passenger business will be snapped a p by the airplanes. All these things, he said, a re com- bining to make acute the problems faced by the railroads. He added that either the railroads must have equitable treatment a t the hands of the public or soon, like the stage coach and the canal boat. they must fold up their tents and drop out of the picture. He closed by expressing his appreciation for Neodesha's loyal- ty t o the Frisco.

Mr. Lilleston, Frisco attorney for Kansas, delivered a humorous address ,based on the adage that "There is nothing new under the sun." The veto power, the supreme court, the nullification of statute by judicial decision, the jury system, the eighteenth amendment and even the nineteenth. he asserted, represent no new thought.

Mr. Nourse acknowledged his introduction to the assemblage with remarks pertinent to the occasion and

commendatory to the IWsco Em- ployes' Club of Neodesha.

Other out-of-town Frisco visitors were: H. E. Morris, assistant general freight and passenger agent, Wichita: C. S. Underwood, traveling freight and passenger agent, Wichita; R. H. Grimes, yardmaster, Wichita; D. E. Gelwix, division engineer, Fort Scott; J . B. Gilliam, general car foreman, Kansas City: J . 0. Elliott, district claim agent, Joplin; C. R. Welch, ticket agent, Kansas City: B. Y. Nor- gan, roundhouse foreman, Wichita; 4. C. Schermann, water service foreman, Cherryvale, Kans.; J. H. Wat- son, special agent, Cherryvale, Kans.: C. K. Bennett, agent, Fall River, Kans.: George Taaffee, agent, Cherry-

vale; F. L. Hamm, cashier, Cherry- vale.

Out-of-town guests not with the Frisco included: 311.. Ellis, manager of the Fredonia. Sash & Door Corn- pany, Fredonia, Kans.; C. S. bIcGin- nis, mi resident of the Sauer Milling Company, Cherryvale; \V. H. Francis, manager of the United Clay Products Con~pany, Cherryvale; Leslie Jackson, proprietor, Cherryvale Grain Com- pany: Murray Diven, mayor of Cherry- vale and proprietor of the Family Shoe Store there; James Lewis, manager of the Spradling Fruit and Pro- duce Com'pany, and D. W. McKinley. president of the People's Bank, Cherryvale.

E. E. Carter, division superintendent, Neodesha, was toastmaster for the banquet.

Considerable business was obtained by members of the Frisco Employes' Club of Seoclcsha during the month preceding its business meeting of May 3, it mas reported a t the latter meeting.

Some of this business was a s follows: One railroad steam shovel, three c'ars of cattle, sixty-four cars of cattle, two cars of sash and door, thirty-two cars ol cattle, half of inbound business of the Neodesha Daily Sun, ten cars of sand. During the month under consideration the Frisco handled out of Neodesha 602 cars of oil from one shipper.

At this meeting Hiram 31. Cloud. dispatcher, was re-elected president of the club to serve until December. 192s. and A. A. Malmgren was elected secretary, succeeding C. C. Fulton, to serve until December, 1928. Mr. Malmgren also was given the title of treasurer.

The Frisco Employes' Club of Ne- odesha, Kan., held a box supper and square dance the night of April 19 a t the American Legion Hall. Families and friends of members attended. also.

The program: Solo dance, Miss Mary Fisher: recitation, Jackie Wil- liams; piano solo, hlasine Vanderhoff: reading, Miss Kena Mae Long; address, 2. B. Claypool, assistant director, accident prevention, S ~ r i n g - field, No. Another visitor was C. S. Underwood, traveling freight and passenger agent, Wichita, Kan.

F. S. Porter, engineer, auctioned t h e boxes of food. The music for the square dance was by Bill Dale

The photo,qrn.hl~ ubovc ,zi,rrs Itrlicrr nt tlrr " l f i c l r~~i l l c" Forty o f t l ~ c 1;t. IVortlr Friscn C'ltrb. Muy /iftlr. Cosl1l111r ~ r k r ~ C ! ~ I I I L C ~ S 7iwrr: 11orry Grnirgc~, (10.b vo,w, s r z ~ ~ r 1 t 1 1 frorr~ l c f t ) ; JIuc IWnItrip ~ . W C O J I ~ rozti, f i f t h Jroi~r l r f l ) , 7vci~r;ir.q

drrss sc'.z!c~i~ty-/ii,r y m r s o l d : Mrs. C. G. 11ecl:lc~r ( i i~rri~rdintel \~ trr~rler Iiqlrt), 7i'enrirry rlrl,ss seucrtly-tllrcc yaur-s o ld , her rrro~hcr's zi.rddirrg dress .

and Jim Weldy. The square dance caused considerable amusement, especially to spectators, because half of those taking part were unfamiliar with square dancing and were coached by the other half.

Enid, Okla. The Frisco men a t and around

Enid pull together harmoniously and cheerfully, said H. C. Conley, division freight agent, Oklahoma City, in his talk before the meeting of the Frisco Einployes' Club of Enid, Okla., held April 18 in the office of S. J. Frazier, superintendent of the Western tlivi- don, Enid. The attendance was fifty- six. J. J. Bernard, president, was in the chair.

There is not a mau on the Frisco pap roll who can't do something to increase the earnings of the Frisco, Mr. Conley said. H. R. Vance, engineer, Enid, said that "we should use our efforts to see tha t the bus lines are put under the same regulations as the railroads."

A large number of traffic problems were discussed by the speakers who included: L. W. Price, division passenger agent. Oklahoma City; F. I<. Shrock, agent, Carrier; F. C. Lea, agent, Goltry, Okla.; J . E. Kerr, agent, Clinton, Okla.; F. A. Connell, traveling freight agent, Tulsa; J. Frank Ferguson, general car foreman, &id, Okla.; Forrest Larkin, son of agent, Fairmont, Okla.; T. L. Bentley, car inspector, Enid; P. J . Beasley, engi- iieer, Enid; J. N. Walker, division storekeeper, Enid; J. W. Maring, agent, Enid; C . D. Brewer, dispatcher, Enid; W. E. Davis, section foreman, Carrier. Okla.; James Simms, section foreman, Goltry, Okla; George Pranks, machinist, Enid; W. 17. Wilk- inson, machinist, Enid; A. L. Fisher. division engineer, Enid; J. B. Rey-

nolds, chief clerk to agent, Enid: W. N. Patterson and' T. F. Jones, roadmasters, Enid; W. J . Foley, master mechanic, Enid; F. C. Gow, assistant superintendent, Enid; D. E. Calla- han, dispatcher, Enid; Oscar W. Er- vin, trainmaster, Kansas City. Mex- ico & Orient Railroad, Sail Angelo, Tex., formerly with the Frisco, a visitor.

Thayer, Mo. The Frisco En~ployes' Club of

Thayer, Mo.. gave a dance in the Safety First Hall, May 4. The attendance was 75 persons.

This club has planned to hold a dance each month and is planning to hold a business session before each dance.

Visitors a t the dance. May 4, in. cluded: R. B. Butler, superintendent of the Southern cl~ivision. Memphis; B. G. Gamble, master mechanic, Mem- phis; E. A. Teed, assistant superintendent, Amory, Miss., and R. Padell, clerk to Mr. Butler.

Tulsa, Okla. At the invitation of the Frisco Club

of Sapulpa the Frisco Employes' Club of Tulsa, a t i ts business meeting. April 19, formed a committee to work with a similar recently-appointed committee of the Sapulpa club in the planning of a joint picnic of these two clubs, to be held early this summer.

Fay Warren, assistant yardmaster and president of the Tulsa club, appointed the following committee to aid in arranging the joint picnic: W. P. Kent, station master, chairman: Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Dawson; R. B. Collins, J . 6. Burnett and G. G . Har- rison.

New business for the Frisco, it was announced, had been obtained by the following: G. R. Warren, assistant

yardmaster. several cars of steel, both inbound and ontbouncl; R. L. DeAIoss, traffic tip which led to the routing of a carnival company from Ft. Smith to Tulsa. . The following committee was ap-

pointed to draw up by-laws for the club: J . C. Burnett, engineer, chairman; 0. L. Young, superintendent of terminals, and R. L. Schoeneberg, zone auditor.

The club voted to hold its monthly meetings on the second Monday of each month in the hall used by Local 17, Frisco Association of Metal Crafts and Car Department Employes. S. S. Wilder, coach carpenter, and a member of Local 17, earlier in the meeting had invited the Frisco Employes' Club of Tulsa to use the association's hall and his offer was accepted and the club's regular meeting date set so a s not to conflict with the dates of Local 17's meetings. The hall is the Knights of Pythias Hall, on Seven- teenth Street, West Tulsa. near the Cameo Theatre. The club voted to express its thanks to Local 17 for the use by the club of the Local's hall.

Several members present offered to sing or play some nlusical instrument a t the next meeting, May 14.

Ladies' Club of Tulsa, Okla. The Frisco Ladies' Clnb of Tulsa

held a luncheon a t the Egyptian Tea Room, May 9. The attendance was thirty-four, among them Mrs. E. V. >Idle, Pittsburg, Kan., who gave two readings.

Each member was given a "cup reading" after the luncheon.

This club, organized recently. is gaining in favor among the members, reports Miss Edna A. Wooden, the secretary, and a t each meeting more interest and enthusiasm are mani- fested, she said.

The Frisco Ladies' Club of Tulsa gave its first entertainment, a carnival dance, a t the Elks Club, May 2. The attendance was approximately 200 persops, among them several from out of town.

This was probably the last dance the club will give this season, but several picnics a re being planned and win be held a t the new park near Tulsa, which is nearing completion.

Ft. Worth, Texas One of the most unique programs

yet presented by the Ft. Worth Frisco Employes: Club, was enjoyed by more than three hundred employes, their families and friends, on the night of May 5.

The program w a s termed a "Hickville" skit, and old time cos- tumes prevailed. Mrs. G. G. Beckley, wife of the claim agent a t Ft. Worth was present, and wore a dress of brown and gold taf- f e t a , w h i c h w a s seventy-three y e a r s old and was the wedding dress o f h e r mother. T h e program consisted of t h r e e numbers, the first a reading by little Miss Jean Moore, daughter of W. 0. Moore, president of the Ft. Worth club. Old time songs were messnted by the Misses Leda B e l l e Durrett, Irene R a y a n d * Ethel Freeman, accompanied by Miss Doris Rose Durrett. E. V. Marfield, assistant claim agent, and a comedian of n o t e , p r e s e n t e d "Tony's S p e e c h , " which was enthusias- tically r e c e i v e d .

importance of getting more business for the Frisco.

Frank Scott, manager of thk 0. K. Transfer Conlpany, who is a member of the club, said that in his opinion the business the Frisco was getting a t Okeene was due largely to the courteous treatment. afforded the public in general by all the employes of the Frisco there and the service which the public gets from the Frisco.

H e cited that recently the Frisco delivered ten cars of combines and gave consignee from two to three spots daily until unloaded, which, Mr. Scott said, probably will result in the Frisco obtaining all this consignee's business. Each one present was given

if the employes would obtain this business it would speak in dollars to the Frisco.

Cape Girardeau, iMo. Considerable .business has been ob-

tained recently by members of the Frisco Employes' Club of Cape Girar- deau, the greater traffic committee of the club reported a t the club's meeting, May 2. Fifteen members attended this meeting.

Reports were made of quick handling of cars for Cape Girardeau cus- tomers of the Frisco. A social hour followed. '

Adoption of ,by-laws, the appointment of Robert Karnmer a s sergeant-

Prizes for the tackiest couple was awarded to Miss Mae Waltrip and Harry Granger.

Dancing followed the program, and punch was served during intermis- sion.

Okeene, Okla. Wiley Stanley, section foreman,

president of the Frisco Employes' Club of Okeene, Okla., opened the meeting of the club, held April 30, by asking that all members co-operate to make the club one of the best on the Frisco. H e outlined his policy of asking merchants whom lie patronizes to have their groceries move into Okeene via Frisco. H e asked each club member present not to be dila- tory, but t o keep in mind daily the

an opportunity to say something. R. W. Boone, agent a t Okeene and

secretary of the club, talked on traffic solicitation and said that he was sure great help had been afforded him in obtaining business by each employe a t Okeene and he urged each man on the pay roll a t Okeene to remember that he was a solicitor and that each such man never should pass up an opportunity to say something for the Prisco. He said that the harvest season is near a t hand, when there will be quite a n increase in orders placed by local merchants for harvest supplies and that each Frisco employe should do his share in getting the merchants to ship in these supplies via Frisco. H e added that

at-arms and reports of traffic obtained b y members constituted the principal business of the meeting of the F r i s c o Employes' Club of Cape Girar- deau, Mo., held April 1S in the permanent headquarters o f t h e club, in the Knights of Columbus H a 1 1 . Thirteen members of the club were present.

The greater traffic committee of the club reported that tkaffic had been obtained by the following members of the club: Ro- bert Kammer, one frill fare and one half fare passenger t i c k e t s , C a p e Girardeau t o Chickasha, Okla., and five cars of contractor's equipment, Cape Girardeau to. Streator, Ill., via St. Louis; A. Foreman, two tickets Cape Girardeau to St. Louis and return from parties w h o h a d planned to take a bus. William Rneskamg

presented card tricks, which were well received. The club members are much pleased with their permanent chub rooms and predicted a bright future for the club.

Sapnlpa, Okla. Adoption of by-laws was the prin-

cipal business handlled by the f i i s c o Employes' Club of Sapulpa, Okla., a t the regular meeting, April 16, a t the Y. 31. C. A. The attendance was 24, including these visitors: Miss Edna. Wooden, secretary of the Ladies' Club of Tulsa; 0. L. Young, superintendent of terminals; F. A. Connell, soliciting freight agent, and Mr. Wasson, manager of the Tulsa Amusement Company, all of Tulsa.

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One of the provisions of the by- laws is that "Tickets shall be sold to banquets and entertainments a t a n amount sufficient to cover (prorate) entire expense of each banquet and entertainment."

4 t the suggestion of D. F. Smith, ticket clerk a n athletic committee was authorized by the president, who appointed Mr. Smith chairman and the latter appointed a s the other members D. J. Dean, conductor, and R. E. Pip- kin, division accountant. This committee announced a t the meeting that its prospective baseball team will chal- lenge this season all other baseball teams on Frisco Lines.

Speakers included Mr. Wasson, who said the cluB could hold free of charge a picnic a t the picnic grounds of his amusement park; Mr. Connell, who spoke of traffic solicitation, and Miss Wooden, who invited the Sapulpa clwb to attend the dance planned by the Ladies' Club of Tulsa for May 2.

Okmulgee, Okla. The Frisco Employes' Club of Ok-

mulgee, Okla., held a bridge and dance party a t the Hippodrome theatre ball room, May 1. The attendance was approximately 150 persons, including families of members and other friends of the Frisco.

Anlong t h e out-of-town guests were: 0. H. Reid, commercial agent, Tulsa; Fay Warren, president of the Frisco Em.ployes' Club of Tulsa, and J . A. Hutchison, assistant division superintendent. Sapulpa.

Nusic was furnished by Wells Eight Harmoniators Orchestra. The re- freshment committee served punch shortly before the party ended.

F t . Smith, Ark. Traffic solicitation was discussed by

the greater traffic committee of the Frisco Employes' Club of Fort Smith, May 8. Report of pointers received from chairmen of the various committees was presented. T h e next meeting of this committee mill be held June 12.

Ames, Okla. L. B. Lindley, Frisco agent a t Ames,

Okla., spends mnch of his t ime after working hours uptown talking with consignees and shippers, h e said at t h e meeting of the Frisco Employes' Club of Ames, held April 28. H e asks merchants when he spends a dollar with them to t ry to give a dime back t o the Frisco in freight revenue. The attendance was six.

Other speakers a t the meeting were: C. Laubhan, section foreman, president of the club; John Hessing- ton, section laborer; Albert Weidner, section laborer; Gus. Laubhan, high school student; Frank Gibson, a dray- man, who said tha t he is doing every- thing he can to t ry to obtain more

NO INJURIES O N . NORTHERN!

"The Northern division made a remarkable record from February 24 to April 16 a s there was not a single report of personal injuries during the entire time" writes Mr. H. W. Hudgen, director of accident prevention. This record was made 15- i t 11 approximately 800 men working.

"In checliing back our records a s far a s July 1, 1925, or a s far a s the present division records a r e available, we find this to be a record- breaker, a s no entire operating division has gone a whole month without one or more personal injuries in the maintenance of way department," he continues.

The information was passed on to President Kurn and he in turn thanked the officers of the North- ern division for the record made.

business for the Frisco, adding that the more business he gets for the Frisco the more business he has for himself.

Menzplzis, Tenn. The Frisco Employes' Club of Mem-

phis, Tenn., held a dance and bunco party, April 17, which was attended by approximately 400 persons.

One of the guests was F. H. Shaffer, general manager of the St. Louis- San Francisco Railway Company, Springfield, Mo. Many local officials of the Frisco attended.

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

fee, Mo., has a baseball team and has been instrumental in organizing a "Twilight League," and has $321 in i ts treasury, most of which will be used to finance its baseball club, i t was announced a t the club's meeting held a t Odd Fellows Hall, the regular meeting place, May 3.

The club voted to donate $30 to the upkeep of the tennis courts in the general office building yard a t Chaf- fee.

Four teams a re in the "Twilight League": Roundhouse and car department en~ployes, general office employes, merchants, town boys. Two games are played each week, on Tues- l a y s and Thursdays, the games being called a t 5:15 P. 31. Seven innings a r e played. After the business session Mrs. E. Riemer played piano selections for a dance. The attendance was thirty-eight persons.

Oklahoma City, Okla. The reading of letters from C. T.

Mason, superintendent of the South- western division, Sapulpa, in which h e commended a number of employes for

good work in traffic solicitation, a talk by W. L. Huggins, Jr., editor Frisco E ~ I I ~ ~ O ~ C S ' Magaaiizc, St. Louis, on the history and future of the Frisco employes' club movement, decision to hold the next four monthly meetings a t Belle Isle Park Hall, and dancing comprised the meeting of the FrJsco Employes' Club of Oklahoma City, held April 26 a t Bohemian Hall.

The attendance was 220, including officers, and wives, children and friends of members of the club.

Mr. Huggins said that a little more than a year ago, just before the Ok. lahoma City Club was organized, there mere but three clubs, Kansas City. Fort Scott and Memphis. Now, he said, there a r e fifty-one clubs (fifty- two a t the time this Magaaitzt went to press), with a total membership of approximately three-fourths of the Frisco employes. Mr. Huggins complimented the Oklahoma City Club on its progress since i ts organization.

Gene Peach, of the Oklahoman- Times, Oklahoma City, was a guest and in a short talk complimented the Frisco.

At the close of the business session Miss Hazel McMains sang several popular songs. Then came dancing, to music by the "Southern Serenad- ers."

Sunnyland Club Determined to make the Sunnyland

Club, Kansas City, Mo., a factor to be reckoned with among the fifty-three Frisco employes' clubs on Frisco Lines, a group of Kansas City employes of the Company met the evening of May 4, elected temporary officers and discussed the types of buslness and social meetings which were thought would be most advantageous, membership dues, formation of a "Sunnyland Orchestra," and drafting of by-laws. Final reorganization was scheduled for a n unset date the la t ter part of May, when this number of The Frisco Enlplogcs' ~Ilagazi~lc was on the press.

The temporary officers elected were: J . Burch, general yardmaster, president; H. J . Hoke, chief clerk to the superintendent of terminals, s e e retary; E. C. Lindeman, cashier, treasurer ; J . R. Needham, chief clerk, zone bureau, first vice-president; L. J. Leigh, assistant general car foreman, second vice-president; R. Salsman, machinist, third vice-president. The temporary executive committee and advisory board was elected a s follows: J . 31. Flanigan, superintendent of terminals; A. C. DeFries, division storekeeper; J. R. ,Coulter, assistant executive general agent ; J. B. Gill- iam, general car foreman; Mr. B. Berry; B. J. Gleason, general agent, and E. G. Baker, assistant general passenger agent.

The president appointed Messrs. Seedham and Salsman and J. J. Fitz- gerald, claim clerk, the committee to make a survey of musical talent among Frisco employes a t Kansas City with the view of organization of the proposed "Sunnyland Orchestra."

The president appointed Messrs. Coulter, Needham and Lindeman the committee to draw up tentative by- laws for the club.

A re-organization dinner was to be held May 22, when final re-organization of the club would be effected. The committee appointed to arrange the dinner was a s follows: Messrs. Leigh, DeFries and Hoke.

Springfield, Mo., Men's Club "One of the best we have held." This is the way .J. W. ("Doc.") Sea-

bough, president of the Frisco Men's Club of Springfield, has characterized the meeting of the club held the night of May 14, in the assembly room of the Frisco building there. Ap- proximately 3M) members were present and took part in discussion of traffic solicitation.

The steady growth of the Frisco's earnings a t Springfield was attribut- ed by George M. Forrester, commercial agent, Springfield, a s due in a considerable degree to the efforts of employes a t traffic solicitation. Anoth- e r factor in this growth of Frisco business a t Springfield was ascribed by Mr. Forrester to "the remarkable growth of the city."

Talks were delivered, also, by A. B. Sherwood, Frank L. DeGroat and W. W. Shackelford, each a team captain in the four-team traffic solicitation campaign a t Springfield which began April 16, and in which practically every Frisco employe there is engag- ed. The other team captain is J. P. Kerr. Other speakers included: J. H. Doggrell, superintendeut of transportation; 13. L. Kennedy, of the telegraph department, Roy Dysert, and J. H. Brennan, superintendent of telegraph, all of Springfield. President Seabough presided.

The entertainment program included: selections, G. L. Walton's Merry- makers, a six-piece orchestra; songs by the choral club of the Frisco Girls' Club of Springfield, and selections by the Bluebonnet Quartet. Refresh- ments were served a t the close of the meeting.

The standing of the teams in the traffic solicitation campaign a t Spring- field, on the night of April 30, after twelve days of the campaign had elapsed, was announced by President Seabough a few days before the meeting of the club, a s follows: first, A. B. Sherwood, ,767 per cent; second, 17. L. DeGroat, ,632 per cent, and third, W. W. Shackelford, .298 per cent.

About Our " Off-Line " Agencies

T h r /wrsoiiiicl of Gcrrcrol .,lnrrrt's o f f i cc . Prisro Lirrcs, Clrica.qo. ab- pcors crbow.

.Yratcti. Irft to ri,qlr!: M r . l!lrrrcr K . Yar,qrr, trtrvclirrg frcigizt ogejrt; J l r . Harry L . ~Vlorrisorr, corrrirrrreinl ogcrrt; illiss Brrtlra Dorzcirra, strrrog- rabkcr ; .lIr. Herrr11 F . So~rborri, !/crwrtil nc~crrt; M r . .\I, Dzrdlcy Riqgs district pnsscngrr agent.

Starrdirrg. M r . Ivan K. Gnrretsori. soliciting frr igkt ogrirt; M r . H a w - kirrs I f . Hopkirrs, rrrorisigrririg nild trtrcitr~~ c lcrk; M r . Jtrvzrs P. Horrlo~r, chief c l r rk; M r . Clrnrlcs Lillard, solicitirr~/ frci,qht ugcrrt; M r . Virlccrrt J . Frnrrcis: :lIr. Fmrrris J . I)ucidsoiz, clerli-strirogrrapl7cr-, possr~ lyrr deport- rrlcrit; M r . Frnirf; I . Slico, c i ty passrrrger ngrirt.

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T HE second "off-line" agency to be featured in the Frisco Mngaciirc, is that under the direction of Mr. H. F. Sanborn, general agent a t Chicago, 111. The Frisco office in Chicago is a t 112 West Adams Street, close

to the heart of the loop and in close proximity to all other railroad offices. The Frisco has been located at the above address for many years. Prior to Government control, i t was operated as a joint C. & E. LFrisco Agency. After the World War the office was re-opened under the jurisdiction of Mr. W. S. Merchant, now general eastern agent a t New York. He was succeeded August ls t , 1923, by Mr. W. B. Wells, now assistant freight traffic manager a t St. Louis. Mr. H. F. Sanborn, now general agent, succeeded Mr. Wells October l s t , 1927.

The territory under the jurisdiction of this office includes the states of Wisconsin and Minnesota, upper Peninsula of Michigan, northern part of Illinois, and some of the most important manufacturing centers in the northwest part of Indiana.

Members of the Chicago agency are always glad to have their railroad friends, shippers and the traveling public, pay them a visit while in Chicago, w-here they will be accorded the usual Frisco hos- pitality.

The four leading individuals in F. A. McClaren. t e lea ra~her . uresi- point of number of traffic tips, which is the basis on which the contest, both by teams and by individuals, is being conductetl, was, on the night of April 30, a s follows: First. L. Langsford, 75 tips; Mr. DeGroat, 77 tips; Mr. Sherwood, 40 tips, aud J. W. Kastler, 20 tips.

Henryetta, Okla. J. A. ~ u t c h i s o n , assistant superin-

tendent of the Southwestern division, Oklahoma City, and F. A. Connell, traveling freight agent, Tulsa, were the principal speakers a t the meeting of the Frisco 13mployes' Club of Henryetta, Okla., held May 8 a t the City Hall. The attendance was fifteen.

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dent of the club, &esided. Mr. Hutch- ison and Mr. Colinell talked on traffic. The next meeting will be held June 12 a t the freight office.

Cool and windy weather prevented the fishing trip and picnic planned by the Frisco Employes' Club of .Jones- boro. Ark., for April 29, except by a small group of members of the club. consisting of R. J. Slagle, agent, president of the club. C. E. Scott, cashier. and their families, and Ben EMdins, an experienced fisherman, in all, seven persons.

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Talks on what the Frisco means to adill, Okla., on motor bus and motor uck competition, co-operation of h o employes with one another, on affic solicitation, courtesy by Com- ny employes towards the public, id commendations of Frisco serv- 5 by non-Frisco people who were ~ests characterized the meeting of e Frisro Employes' Club of Madill, {la.. held April 27. The attendance IS 28. Speakers included: 0. F. Nomlin, esident of the club; Mr. Patton, of e Royal Hotel; C. W. Webster, ent, Ravia, Okla.; J. A. Hutchison, sistant superintendent of the South- ?stern division, Oklahoma City; H. oods, grocer, and Mr. Worlts, of shomingo.

Hayti, Mo. Plans for a big picnic to be held me time in June a t Big Lake, a 'ge government reserve, and to ~ i c h members of the Frisco Em- )yes' Clubs of St. Louis, Cape Girar- au, Chaffee, Jonesboro, Sprlngfield, layer, Memphis and any other clubs st wish to participate will be invited, ?re made by members of the Frisco nployes' Club of Hayti, Mo., a t the ?eting held May 14. The club is Inning in the operation of two spe- 11 trains, one fom Hayti and one lm Jonesboro. Each club nienrber attending will be

permitted to bring members of his or her family and may bring a basket dinner or purchase food on the grounds. The Hayti Club hopes that musicians of various clubs will fur- nish music for the picnic. Officials of the Frisco are urged by the Hayti Club to attend this picnic. Club presidents a r e to inform H. A. Rogers, president, how many will attend, so that train accommodations can be provided. The Hayti Cluh will inform club presidents of the date for the picnic in time for the making of arrangements to attend.

Honor guests a t the meeting May 14 were J. R. Holland, president of the Chaffee, Mo., club, and A. G. An- derson, president of the Blytheville, Ark., club.

Monett, Mo. President J . J. Charles and Secre-

tary Mrs. Pearl E. Lewis were re- elected by acclamation a t the semi- annual meeting of the Frisco Em- ployes' Club of Monett, >lo., held hlay 14, with Mr. Charles presiding. R. G. Kaufman was elected vice-president by acclamation. He succeeds Mont. Bentley.

High lights of this meeting were the reading of correspondence relative to traffic solicitation by members

WST SPIKE DRIVEN The completion of rail laying on

one of the largest railroad building projects in America was reached May 14 a t Demopolis. Ala., when the last spike was driven in the 150- mile link constructed by the Frisco from Aberdcen. Miss., south to Kimbrough. Ala. The two lines, one building north and the other south, met a t a point three miles north of Demopolis, and the last spike was driven by Percy G. CoIe- man, president of the Demopolis Chamber of Commerce.

The Frisco has already spent approximately $6,500,000 in the construction of this new road, which will connect with the Frisco's recently purchased line from Kim- brough. Ala., south to Pensacola, Fla. A total Cost of $7,000,000 is expected before the road will be open for commercial business about June 1, President J. 31. Kurn of the Frisco announced May 15.

of the club, reports of business obtained, shoH talks, decision to hold a "pep meeting" soon, and the planning of an entertainment before the stram- berry season is over in honor of representatives of various railroads who a re a t Monett in the interest of the strawberry movement.

Sherman, Texas Plans for a picnic May 30, of the

Frisco employes' clubs of Sherman and Fort Worth, and also for all other employes of the Texas Lines and their families who can attend, were made May 15, by approximately 150 members of the Sherman club. The meeting was called by H. L. McDuf- fie, president of the latter club.

This picnic was held while this number of Thc Frisco E ~ i ~ p l o y c s ' Alaga- z i ~ l c was on the press and an account of it could not be included.

Chaflee (Mo.) Girls' Club The Frisco Girls' Club of Chaffee,

Mo., was entertained socially a t the home of Miss Esther Rigdon, on May 9, and again a t the home of Miss Anna Guethle on May 2. There was a 100 per cent attendance a t a bridge party, given the Frisco Club by Miss Elizabeth Greishaber on April 25.

The Poplar Bluff, 310.. Club has invited the Chaffee Girls' Club to join them 011 an all-day fishing trip to Van Buren in the near future.

.Salem, Mo. J. H. Livingston, milk traffic agent,

St. Louis, was the principal speaker a t the meeting of the Frisco Em- ployes' Club of Salem, IvIo., held the night of May 16. W. 31. Bernard,

agent, president of the club, presided. The attendance was 19.

Mr. Livingston was introduced by President Bernard and delivered a n address on co-operation of Frisco employes and on traffic solicitation. Be- sides Mr. Bernard the officers of this club are: W. S. Elayer, conductor, vice-president, and C. A. Leonard, operator, secretary. The club's membership now totals 30, which includes nearly all Frisco employes a t Salem.

Chaflee, Mo. The close co-operation of the city

officials and business men of Chaf- fee, Mo., with the Frisco Employes' Club of Chaffee was demonstrated again during the meeting of the club the night of hlay 17, when Mayor X. 0. Ray; Dr. W. A. Walling, president of the Chaffee Chamber of Com- merce, and several big business men of the city, were in attendance. The business men signified their willing- ness to co-operate with the club in making the twilight base'ball league, sponsored by the club, a success. This was the second meeting of the club that Mayor Ray had attended.

J . R. Holland, operator-clerk, president of the club, presided. Mrs. E. Riemer, played "America" while the assemblage sang and a short business sesslon followed, consisting of a report by C. McBroom, chairman of the greater traffic committee of the club. Reports of other committees were given by Frank Brockmeyer, orchea- t ra committee; Ray Fatchett, athletic committee; H. E. Hopkins, tennis club; 0 . P. Krueger, club secretary- treasurer. C. A. Goddard, a representative of the Business Men's Baseball Team, reported activities of his organization.

Short talks were made by Mayor Ray; L. J. Heyman president, Pre- mier hlanufacturing Company; Doc- tor Walling, president of the Cham- ber of Commerce; P. N. Keller, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce; .I. B. Payne, president, Crown Manu- facturing Company; Mr. Goddard, baker; L. L. Grisham, clothier; D. E. Rigdon, manager, Enterprise Mill & Grain Company, and Willian~ Pfeffer- ltorn, president of the Chaffee Lumber and Supply Company.

To stimulate more interest in the Twilight baseball league H. E. Hub- bard, general roundhouse foreman and vice-president of the club, suggested that the business men close their stores at 5 o'clock on Tuesdays and Thursdays, when the games of the Twilight league a r e played, so that employes and their families could attend the games. Business men pres. ent were in favor of a move of this kind and offered their assistance in making the Twilight league a success.

A by-law committee with R. E. Breedlove as chairman was elected to draw up a set of by-laws for the club and subinit them a t the next meeting, June 6.

A street dance will be held May 31, it was announced.

Other guests of the club the night of May 17 included: J . G. Sarius, Jr.. general agent, and Frank Brockmeyer, messenger. The attendance mas twenty-nine employes and nine business men.

Birmingham, . . Ala. The 200 members of the Frisco

Employes' Club of Birmingham, their wives and sweethearts, attended the dinner-dance given by the Birming- ham Club a t the Axis Tea Room a t 7 o'clock the evening of May 17th. An excellent dinner mas served and Martin Jennings, president, then turned the meeting over to C. J . .Thompson, chairman of the entertainment committee.

Mr. ,J. W. Skaggs, superintendent of terminals a t Birmingham, was toastmaster. Mr. S. W. Lee, president of the Buffalo Rock Company of Birm- ingham, manufacturers of ginger ale. not only furnished several cases of his product a s refreshments for the dance, but delivered a highly interesting address on Alabama, and particularly the Birmingham district. Mr. Lee was introduced by Mr. Ers- kine Ramsey, widely known Birming- ham financier. Both of these men are ardent Frisco boosters and have been interested in the growth and promotion of the Frisco Employe Club a t Birmingham from i ts start.

Mr. W. L. Huggins, Jr., editor of the Frisco il.logazirre, was also on the program and spoke of the Frisco club organizations and other activities.

An interesting feature of the evening was the introduction of Nr. J . E. Springer, who has just come to Birm- ingham as general agent, succeeding Mr. D. I". McDonough. The eiithusi- astic welcome of Birmingham employes to Mr. Springer was expressed in the introduction by Mr. Skaggs. Mr. Springer was also presented with the hand of welcoine, literally as well as figuratively. Amid tremendous ap- plause he was given a stuffed work glove, signifying the hearty welcome of Birmingham employes.

Mr. E. C. Greenwell, prominent orchestra leader of Birmingham also ap- peared on the program for several uumbers a t the piano and later led his orchestra in music for the dancing which lasted .until midnight.

This is the fourth of several similar parties given by the Birmingham Club, all of which have been great s ~ ~ ~ e s a e s .

1928 - - - Important Conoentions - - - 1928 B e l o w is a list of iirrportarrt roizz~ciitioirs wlrirh will be held drlriirg 1926. T h r Passe i~grr Tra f l i c Dcpartiirerit ;gill 7~1elcoii~e u t ~ y i x forwut ion that

riright br o f assista~rce ill securiitq tru.vel to tlrcse ~rrcetii~gs. Arrj~ cotr~nrunica- tiorr iir corrrtrclio~z I lwcwit lc slrould be addressed to g~earest passrnger depart- ~rierit reprcsrr~tnt iz~e o r to M r . .I. 14'. Norrrse, Cl'erreral Passertger Agen t , Sr. L m i s , M o , Natl. Electric Light Assn ......................... Alantic City, N. J. .... June 4-8 Loyal Order of Moose ............................ Mooseheart, Ills ......... June 4-6 Natl. Assn. of Credit Men ........................ seattle, Wash. ........ June 1615 Natl. Assn. of Real Estate Boards ........ Louisville, Ky. ........ June 11-15

..... .................. American Medical Assciation Minneapolis, Minn June 11-15 Traveler's Protective Association ........Oklahoma City, Okla.June .11-16 .... Natl. Assn. Retail Grocers New Orleans, La. June 11-14 ............. Junior Chamber of Commerce of u?&:::~an Antonio, Tex. .... June 13-16

.... Natl. Republican Convention Kansas City, Mo. June 12-16 ................ ........ Kiwanis International .............................. Seattle, Wash. June 17-21 Natl. Assn. Master Plumbers ................ Memphis, Term. ........June 19-21

... Kotary lnternational Minneapolis, Minn June 18-22 ................................ ................ Natl. Democratic Convention Houston, Texas ........June 26

........ Disabled Amer. Vet. of World W a r Denver, Colo. ..........June 24-30 Natl. Education Association .................. Minneapolis, Minn. ..July 2-7

....... .................... Baptist Y. P. U. of America Kansas City, Mo July 4-8 ............ .................. Intl. Advertising Association Detroit, Mich July 8-12

................. ........................ B. P. 0. E. Grand Lodge Miami, Fla. July 9-12 .... ................................ Lion's International Des Moines, Iowa July 10-13 ...... ........................................ Walther League Milwaukee, Wis. July 15-19 .......... Knights Templar .................................. Detroit, Mich. July 16-19

...... ...................... Fraternal Order of Eagles Columbus, Ohio Aug. 6-11 .... .................... Veterans of Foreign Wars Indianapolis, Ind. Aug; 26-Sept. 1 ........ ........ Natl. Bapt. Conv. (Women's Aux.) Louisville, Ky. September 5

........ 1. 0. 0. F. ............................................. Montreal, Que. Sept. 17-22 ....... .................................. American Legion San Antonio, Tex Oct. 8-12, Inc.

................ .......... Grand Army of the Republic Denver, Colo. Sept. 16-23 United Spanish W a r Veterans ................ Havana, Cuba .......... Oct. 7-12 National Dairy Association .................... Memphis, Tenn. ........ Oct. 13-20 Internatl. Petroleum Exposition ............ Tulsa, Okla. .............. Oct. 2&29 Mystic Shrine (A. A. 0. N. M. S.) ........ Los Angeles, Calif ..... May 1929 Rotary International ................................ Dallas, Texas ....,...... June 3-7, 1929 Internatl. Soc. of Christ. Endeavor ...... Kansas City, Mo ....... July 1929

Tulsa, Okla. An address on traffic solicitation

by C. J. Stephenson, assistant to the general manager, Springfield, and the planning of a picnic for the club and families of members constituted the principal features of the business meeting of the Frisco Employes' Club of Tulsa, held a t the Knights of Co- lumbus hall the night of May 16. The attendance was fifty persons.

1 " ~ y Warren, president of the club, presided. The piciiic will be held a t the new park nearing completion a t Tulsa.

Girls' Club of Springfield The May luncheon of the Girls'

Club of Sprinqfield, was held on Wednesday, May 16, a t the Ontra Cafeteria, with 130 in attendance. The committee in charge of all arrangements was composed of Miss IIatilda Hoffman, secretary in the signal department; Miss Lucy Good, chief clerk in H. W. Hudgen's office and Myrtle Pearson of the local agent's office. The tables were ar- tistically decorated with sweet peas and miniature bridges, trestles, telegraph poles. freight trains, etc., added a novelty and decidedly railroad at-

mosphere. Special favors of boxes filled with butter scotch candy were donated by the Davis Candy Com- pany, a local concern.

Miss Marie Arnold, president of the club, presided a s toastmistress. The Paramount quartet, composed of Ralph Matthews, Ira Smith, Joe Wed- dell and Cecil Waites, rendered several peppy songs and melodies. Im- mediately after the music, Mr. John L. McCormack, superintendent of F. L. and D. claims, was called on by the toastmistress and after a few remarks introduced in turn the three honor guests, namely, Louis Reps, Geo. Ben- der and W. E. Cuiidiff, prominent business men and officers of the As- sociated Retailers of Springfield, who made very interesting talks, Mr. J . H. Brennan, superintendent of telegraph, was a special railroad official guest and inasmuch as it was his first time to attend a luncheon of the girls' club, he expressed himself a s being highly pleased with the organization and pledged his support and co-operation.

The swimming class under the supervision of Miss Florence Baker

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the Y. W. C. A. is making great ogress and by the time the swim- ing season opens, the Frisco Rail- ly will have a number of girls qual- ed to be life sayers. The choral and dramatic clubs will rnish a splendid program the night

June 18 for the benefit of the *isco veterans who will be in at- ndance a t the yearly reunion to be mld in Springfield on Monday and iesday, June 18 and 19. The music being supervised by Prof. Ritchie

,bertson, famous Boy Scout Band rector, while the dramatic work is ing directed by Miss Dorcas Mar-

J1, an expression teacher in Spring- field.

Members of the St. Louis Girls' Club will bring to a close their first year's inter-club 'work on June 17. The year has been a most successful one. The choral and bowling clubs have disbanded for the summer, and in their place riding, golf, swimming and hiking clubs have been formed. A boat ride is being planned for July 11, further announcements to be made later.

The dramatic club has distributed tickets for a play, ''Miss Fearless & Company," to be given a t the Knights of Columbus Hall, 3549 Olive Street, St. Louis, the night of June 6. The admission will be flfty cents. This is the second performance to be given by the dramatic club, and a splendid crowd is already assured. There will be dancing following the performance.

The May luncheon of the Club was held a t the American Annex Hotel, May 28, with an attendance of 250. Mr. F. W. Young, paymaster, was guest of honor. Miss Evelyn Kiess- ling, reader, furnished an interesting nunTber. and the Ukulele Club favored the club with several selections preceding the luncheon. A greater part of the meeting was taken up with announcements and plans for the election of new officers.

Blytheville, Ark. Talks on traffic solicitation and a

round table discussion of a division picnic in the near future was the principal business transacted a t the meeting of the Blytheville Frisco Club held Ma' 17 in passenger station, attended by twenty members and three visitors.

The meeting was called to order by A. G. Anderson, agricultural agent and president of our club, who spoke of future entertainments, traffic solicitation and the prospects of a good fruit crop.

E. F. Blomeyer, agent and chair-

Frisco S o n and Daughter Win

H AZEL SUTTLE, 16 year old daughter of J. V. Suttle, boilermaker for Frisco Lines a t Mon-

ett, recently won flrst place in the State Typewriting Contest, held a t Columbia, 310. Her average in the contest was 61.3 words a minute. This entitles Miss Suttle to a trip to Los Angeles, California, all expenses paid, where she will compete in the Inter- national Contest to be held in October.

Cecil Cannady, 16 year old son of Wilford L. Cannady, switchman of Monett, also competed on the Monett team with Miss Suttle and another

Honors

CECIL CANNADY

high school boy, (not a member of the Frisco family) in the annual typewriting contest held a t Springfield Teach- ers' College, April 11, where thirty- five high schools competed, and the team won second place. At Columbia Mr. Cannady made an average of only -56.98 words a minute, which entitled Miss Suttle to first place.

This is Miss Suttle's flrst year of typewriting, and her friends and ac- quaintances feel sure that she will bring credit to Monett and win a n easy victory in the Los Angeles meet.

man of solicitation committee talked on securing business, and stressed the importance of making a report of any prospect, so that it will get info the proper channels and materialize into something worthwhile. M. Owens, agent a t Bassett, made reference to bus and truck competition.

Everyone present a t the meeting was enthused regarding a future picnic, in which the employes and their families from Memphis to St. Louis and Jonesboro Sub will' participate. Present plans indicate this is to be one of the greatest events that has ever been held by the Frisco in this section of the country.

Tulsa, Okla. C. J. Stephenson, assistant to the

general manager, Springfield, 310.. Ins the principal speaker a t the meeting of the Frisco Employes' Club of Tulsa held May 16. Mr. Stephenson related many cases where courtesy shown by Frisco employes to the public had obtained new business and

new friends for the Frlsco. The meeting was held in the meet-

ing hall of the Tulsa local of the Frisco Association of Metal Crafts and Car Department Employes, the Knights of Pythias Hall.

The Tulsa club is planning a joint picnic with the Sapulpa club, to be held June 15 a t Crystal City, near Tulsa.

Out-of-town guests a t the May 16 meeting of the Tulsa club, besides Mr. Stephenson, included A. Morgan and Miss Jennie Aitchison, both of Sapulpa, and F. W. Wasson, publicity manager of the Crystal City Park. The total attendance was fifty.

The nes t regular meeting was set for June 13, a t the Knights of Pythias hall, Tulsa.

Men's Club, St. Louis Mayor Victor J. Miller, of St. Louis,

was scheduled to deliver the principal address a t the meeting of the Frisco Men's Club of St. Louis set for May 2,5, a t the American Hotel Annex.

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Rough Handling

F OR the first four months of 1928 the amount of damage to Frisco freight cars by rough handling

increased 46.5 per cent and the number of cars damaged increased 2.2 per cent, a s compared with the corre- sponding period of 1927, the comparative statement issued May S, from

Shows Increase First Four Months of 1928 the office of the car accountant, In a letter to superintendents 11. AT. Springfield, Mo., shows. Sisson, assistant general manager,

report shows for the per- Springfield, cieplores this increase in iod in 192S, there was a decrease of OUR^ handling and urges superin-

tendents to correct the situation soon .6 Per cent in the number of cars and strive for a per cent redue handled per car damaged, and an ill- tion in the amount of rolleh handline - - - - ............ --- crease oE 44.99 per cent in the amoin t this year. a s compared with last vear. . . of damage per car handled. The comparative statement:

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PER CENT STANDING DAMAGED DIVISION

DIVISION NUMBER CARS AMOUNT DAMAGE NUMBER CARS HANDLED TO TOTAL OR or DAMAGED HANDLED TERMINAL

T E R M I N A L 1928 1927 1926 1928 1927 1928 1928 1927 1926 1928 1927 1926 1928 1927 1926

TERMLNALB Sprin~flcld ........ Eirniingham ...... Tulsa ................... Memphis . . . . . . . . . St. Louis ._,.... ..... Kansas (,ltg ......

- - - - - -- Total ................ 1-15 171; 30:: $ 6.649.00 3 7.050.00 $12,932.20 1,399,719 1,520.03!1 l ,620 ,S66 .0091 ,0116 . O l S t j

DIVISIONS \\restern .............. Southwestern .... 13

............. Southern 1 6 C,'cntral ................ 1 1 Eastern. ............. 25 Northern ............ 4 I River .................. 20

- - - -PA - - - - - - Total ............... 129 LO1 1.51 $ 8.666.50 $ 3.916.00 $ 3.973.2S 1.558.39S 1..599.621 1.706.235 .0083 .0063 ,0089

- - - - - - - - - - - - Texns Lines I 1 2 2 S94.00 75.00 .50.00 48.246 39.476 4S.701 .0228 .0051 .00GZ Total System 28.5 2 i 9 457 $16,209.50 $11,041.00 $16,961.4S 56.55

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endless c 11 a i n conveyor working through a concrete tunnel 300 feet long which is constructed under the yard tracks from the plant to the icing platforms. The ice is hoisted and conveyed by electrical operation. The icing dock is 24 feet wide and 500 feet long and 30 cars can be iced per setting. It is electrically lighted throughout and equipped with necessary salt boxes and crushers.

The five tracks seen a t the extreme left of the photo constitute the coach yards. These yards have a 72 car capacity with two additional drop pit tracks for the removal of coach wheels. The coach building (under construction a t far end of tracks) is 1s by 100 feet in dimension, with wood and concrete floors, lockers, toilets and shower baths to ac- conlmodate 72 men. The ul~holster- ing, electrical department alld Pull- man supplies storage rooms are also housed in this building.

And this is what Memphians saw today as the new terminals opened for business.

Nor does their vision end with this magnificent display of terminal facilities.

Memphis business men can forsee

in the not far distant, a Yale terminals far busier. For when the Frisco's new port a t Pensacola is opened shortly, the Yale terminals will be called upon to perform the work for which they were constructed-that of ex- pediting the handling ot' equipment, breaking and makiug up long trains of freight for export, returning long trains of import delivered from ves- sels doclring a t Pensacola, and link- ing more efficiently together the great shipping gateways of St. Louis and Kansas City to the port of Pensacola -the Frisco's outlet to the gulf.

The abovc is a ~ l ro togra~ l r of a sign which 110s been placed oil thc Frisco right-of-:cay by the Chombev o f Conr- ntcrce of Chnffec, Mo. , nild zahicla ad- aertises both the Frisco and Chaffee.

ENGINEMEN TO CHICAGO The International Railway Fuel

Association held its 20th Annual Con- vention in Chicago. Ill., from May S to 11 inclusive.

The primary interest oE this Asso- ciation is to promote ideas and devices that will result in the saving of "Fuel" also through medium of addresses, advance the knowledge in uses of fuel and create n greater interest in fuel economy.

In appreciation of their co-operation in helping to bring about a decrease in fuel, the Frisco selected an engineer, and fireman from each division to send to this Convention.

The following enginemen attended: Mr. Geo. Derger. Mr. Lee 4. Harri-

son, Eastern; Mr. E. C. Jacobs. i\Ir. J . N. Pratt , Southern; Mr. 4 . TV. Au- buschon, Mr. J . R. Frank, River; Mr. H. A. Haines, Mr. E. E. O'Connor. Northern; Mr. 0. L. Martin, Mr. J. Stroud, Southwestern; Mr. H. P. Dut- ton, Mr. F. C. Fry, Central; Mr. H. P. Collins, Nr. J. W. Bishop, Western; Mr. G. A. Madden, Mr. R. B. Snow, Texas Lines.

The fuel showing made in the year of 1927 was gratifying indeed and through continued co-operation by all such as has been displayed by these men, mill result in an even better showing being made in the year of 1928.

R O A D S SERVE B A N Q U E T

Unique E n t e r t a i n m e n t Given 650 E d i t o r s a t C o l u m b i a Mo.,

M a y 11

A B A S Q U E T characterized a s "the most unique and successful" in its history, ended the

world-fanlous Journalisnl Week of the School of Journalism, University of Missouri a t Colninbia, Mo., the night of May 11. It was attended by more than 650 newspapermen of the Middle West ancl their wives, and was sponsored by the American Railway hIaga- eine Editors' Association.

The entire banquet arrangements were in charge of W. L. Huggins, Jr., of the Frisco, vice-president of the Railway Editors' organization. The food was furnished by the railroacls, members of the .4. It. 31. E. A., aiid consisted of the following items: strawberries (Frisco), broilecl lake trout (Rock Island), parsley butter (31-K-T), Parisian potatoes (Maine Central), fried spring chicken, southern style (\!fabash). Klainath potatoes (Great Northern), new string beans fleurette (New York Central), whole tomatoes, peeled, chilled ( I l k nois Central), head lettuce, individual dressing (Southern Pacific), ice cream (Pennsylvania), salted peanuts (Norfolk & Western), blueberry conserve (Louisville & Nashville), mints (B. R, & P.) , coffee (B. & O.), and cigars ancl cigarettes (Missouri Pa- cific and Chesapeake and Ohio).

The entrance to the dining hall represented an observation car entrance, complete to the standards and illumi- nated rear sign, and the conductor who took the banquet tickets. Reg- ulation chairs and trimmings greeted the eye, and one passed on into the main diuing hall.

The speakers' table was a replica of the interior of a dining car. It was viewed from the audience a s if i t were cut in two, longitudinally. The kitchen could he seen, and the quartet tables were attractively and uniquely arranged and decorated. The layout was constructed in the Katy Shops a t Se- dalia, Mo., under the direction of Master Mechanic C. E. Carnish.

The fifty waiters who served the guests had on serving coats from five of the Missouri roads, with emblems signifying the road on each sleeve. Chef and steward stood in attendance a t the speakers' table.

To add a realistic touch, Dean Wal- ter Williams, who presided a t the banquet called the meeting to order by ringing a huge locomotive bell.

Souvenirs were in abundance and each guest carried away a n armful, following the delightful program.

Theg Head T r a f f i c Clubs i n Respectioe Cities

H E Frisco enjoys a unique dis- tinction a t this time of having two of its officers hold the po-

sition of president of traffic clubs in two of the most important cities on its rails. Mr. Geo. F. Macgregor, Executive General Agent for Frisco Lines a t Kansas City, Mo., was recently elected president of the Kansas City Traflic Club for 1928. His election was followed by that of Mr. J. N. Cornatzar, Passenger Traffic Manage!' of Frisco Lines a t St. Louis to the presidency of the St. Louis Traffic Club.

Mr. Macgregor has had 45 years' service with the Frisco, beginning in 1883 a s a clerk in the accounting department of the old K. C. F. S. & iX. Railway Conlpany. now a part of the Frisco. H e has been a n officer in the accounting, operating and traffic departments durinq his career. From 1899 to 1901 he was assistaut comp- troller of the K. C. F. S. & 31. and during the war was Director of In- vestigation of the E. S. Fuel Admin-

iitration a t Washington, D. C. Mr. Macgregor was made Executive Gen- eral Agent a t Kansas City in 1923.

Mr. J. N, Cornatxar has also had a loiig service in railroading, beginning in 1887 a s a telegrapher for the Mobile & Ohio a t Humboldt, Tenn. He also joined the Frisco forces through the K. C. F. S. & 31. line a s general agent a t Atlanta, in 1901, when the Frisco purchased the road. He has been clivision passenger agent and assistant general passenger agent a t Memphis, and was appointed passenger traffic manager of the Frisco in 1920. On March 1, 1928, Nr. Cor- natzar was placed in charge of the Frisco's development activities and the additional title of Director of De- velopment.

The St. Louis traffic club's new president succeeds Mr. W. R. Huey. traffic manager of the Benlis Brothers Bag Company. Founded in 1909, the traffic club now has S75 members and is one of the oldest traffic clubs in the United States.

Nessrs. S. 0. Dunn of the Railway Age and Hal S. Ray and W. E. Babb of the Rock Island Railroad were the speakers, and other guests of honor a t the speakers' table paid high trib- ute to the American railroads.

Prior to the pro.?ram, the Missouri Pacific Orchestra of Sedalia furnished a varied program of music, and one of the first numbers on the program was the Red Arrow Quartette of the Pennsylvania Railroad, sent to the banquet from Pittsburgh, Pa. They responded to numerous encores.

HUTCHfSON O N P R O G R A M

Mr. J . E. Hutchison, vice-president. in charge of operation, will be a principal speaker a t the annual convention of the American Association of Railroad Superintendents, to be held a t Memphis, June 12-14, and to be attended by approximately 2,000 railway superintendents from many parts of the United States, Canada and Mexico.

The best music-the laughter of a little child.

'BOARD FOR VETS' REUNION 2,500 Honor Roll Men a n d Wives

to Springfield, June 18-19 L L plans are complete for the annual reunion, barbecue, picnic, business meeting and ban-

quet of the Frisco Veteran Employes' Association, to be held a t Springfield, Wo., on Monday and Tuesday. June 18 and 19. Approximately 2,500 veterans and their families are expected to be in attendance.

The price of the tickets will be $1.50 per person and one ticket wlll include admission to the picnic and barbecue a t Doling Park, and entertainment given by the Frisco Girls' Club of Springfield a t the Pipkin Junior High School, as well as the banquet on the following Tuesday evening, the 19th. a t the Shrine Mosque.

As usual, the veterans will assemble a t the Colonial Hotel, Jefferson and St. Louts Streets, on Monday morning, 7 : 3 0 a. m. to 9:JO a. m., for the purchase of tickets, registration, securing badges, etc. Special street cars and automobile service will be provided from the hotel to and from the park.

The crowd will assemble a t Doling Park a t 1 0 : 3 0 a. m., where the welcome address will be delivered by IIon. T. H. Gideon, Mayor of Spring- field. At 12: lK p. m. the "chow" line will form and a t 1 : 3 0 p. m. the group picture of the assembly wlll be made.

The athletic contests, consisting of races, horseshoe pitching contests, etc., as well a s dancing in the pavilion and a bathing beauty contest and other aquatic sports will be held from 2 : 0 0 p. m. on. Valuable prizes a re to be awarded the most graceful and the most awkward dancers on the dance floor. The dancing pavilion will be in charge of Mr. C. C. Mills, accident prevention agent, and the athletic events will be under the supervision of Mr. C. H. Baltzell.

-4t 7 : 3 0 p. m. an entertainment and musical revue will be given by the Frisco Girls' choral and dramatic clubs a t the auditorium of the Piplcin Junior High School a t the corner of Coonville and webster Sts. Special cars and transportation will be provided from the Colonial Hotel to the school and return.

On Tuesday morning, June 1 9 , the veterans will assemble a t the Shrine Mosque a t 9 : 0 0 a. m.. while their wives, members of the Suxiliary, will assemble a t 10:OO a. m. on the roof garden, Kentwood Arms Hotel. Both meetings will be devoted to the transaction of business, election of officers, etc. Members of the auxiliary have

Shrine Pilgrims to Miami Council Meeting ~ i h Frisco Lines

This bhoto was takeu at S t . Louis Uttiots Statiots a f e w trrontents before the t w o special Frisco traitts left for dlkmi.

A ROLLICKING group of members of Moolah Temple, Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the

Mystic Shrine, of St. Louis, and the wives of many of them, in all num- bering approximately 500, left the St. Louis Union Station a t 9 a. m. April 28, in two special de luxe trains of Frisco Lines for a pilgrimage to the fifty-fourth annual session of the Im- perial Council of the Order, to be held a t Miami, Fla., May 1-3, inclusive.

This was said by members of Moo- lah Temple to be the largest group of its members ever to go to an Imperial Council session. Each of the two trains, which left the station a few minutes apart and will keep practically that d,istance apart all the way t o Florida, was nearly a quarter of a

mile long. Each train containea rwu diners, coupled adjoining each other, tulo locomotives, double-headed, and Pullman compartment, standard deep- ers, and observation compartment cars. At the rear of each observation platform a large, electrically illumi- nated emblem of Moolah Temple, was carried.

George H. Fox, potentate of Moolah Temple, and the Temple's band and its patrol, was aboard the two Frisco special trains. One of the trains was under the supervision of Harrison Will, division passenger agent of the Frisco, and the other was chaperoned by C. H. "Uncle Charley" Baltzell. special representative of the general manager of the Frisco, both of St. Louis.

arranged for a luncheon to be served a t noon a t the Kentwood Arms Hotel a t seventy-five cents a plate, and have issued a cordial invitation for all veterans and their wives to attend.

At 2 : 0 0 p. m. the veterans and their wives will assemble in the Shrine Mosque where a musical entertainment, comnlunity singing. and short talks by veterans, officials, etc., will be enjoyed. Nr. Harry L. Westbrook, district attorney for the Frisco a t Jonesboro, Ark., will deliver the principal address.

The banquet will be served in the Shrine JIosque a t 6 : 0 0 p. m., and the women employes of tile Frisco general office building will serve.

Following the bauquet, the final session will be held in the auditorium of the Shrine Mosque, which will include a concert by the famous Springfield

Boy Scout Band and a drill by the Springfield High School Girls' Drum Corps, under the personal direction of Pro. R. R. Robertson.

The principal speakers a t the fare- well session will be President J. M. Kurn and Dr. D. J. Evans, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Kansas City and director of the largest business men's Bible class in the United States.

At a meeting of officers of the La- dies' Amxiliary, held in St. Louis, May 19, when Mrs. W. R. Boyd, president, Mrs. W. L. Spangler and Mrs. W. E. Belter, vice-president and i\Iiss Susie S. Msh, secretary, mere present, they requested all women employes with twenty or more years' service, a s well a s all veterans and their families t o attend the reunion.

Frisco Passenger Trains 97.6 Per Cent on Time in April

0 F the 5,626 passenger trains their schedules or made up time, pares With 83.5 per cent for April. operated by Frisco Lines dur- slates the monthly comparative state- 1927, and with 97.3 per cent for March. ing .4pril, 1928, 5,479 of these ment issued by P. H. Shaffer, general 1928.

trains, or 97.4 per cent. maintained manager, Springfield, 310. This coin- The statement:

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Total Trains Malntained Per Cent Trains Total Schedule or Made Maintained Schedule or Standinn of

D IV IS ION Trains Operated U P Time Made U p Time Divisions

April Apri l Apri l April April April April April Apri l Anril April April 1928 1927 1926 1928 1927 1926 1928 1927 1926 1928 1927 1926 - - -

Western ........................ 210 206 210 208 ..................... hTorthern 1290 1272 1470 1278

River .............................. 1008 636 831 995 Central .......................... 598 534 720 584 Southern .................... 780 743 840 755 Southwestern ........... 900 825 840 870 Eastern ......................... G O O 630 770 560

........... Total Operated 5386 4846 5681 5250 4031 5559 97.5 83.2 97.9 Texas Lines ................ 240 240 180 229 214 173 95.4 89.0 96.1 Total for System ...... 5626 5086 5861 5479 4245 5732 97.4 83.5 97.8

FIVE OFFICERS PROMOTED (Coi l t i i~rred f r o m Pngc 9 )

sition he held a t the time of his promotion to traffic manager.

Mr. 5. E. Springer was born a t Sev- erance, Kansas, and entered the s e n - ice of the old K. C. F. S. & M. March 1, 1898, a t Mountain Grove, Mo., in the capacity of night operator. He transferred to Grandin, Xo., a s agent on September 28, 1901. He left the service August 10, 1902, but returned again as soliciting freight agent, Ok- lahoma City, October 1, 1903, and was later promoted to the position of traveling freight agent. He transferred to St. Louis, 3x0.. a s industrial agent August 1, 1910; transferred to Houston, Texas, January 1, 1913, i n charge of industrial work, New Or- leans to Brownsville. Following re- ceivership in May, 1913, he returned to St. Louis a s chief clerk, department of development. During 1918, when the railroad administration discontinued all industrial work, he transferred to Birmingham a s division freight agent. On December 1, 1918, he returned to St. Louis a s assistant industrial commissioner, Frisco-Katy Lines, operating a t that time under the same Federal Manager. When the commercial offices were opened March 1, 1920, he left the industrial work to accept the position of division freight agent, Tulsa, Okla. On August 15, 1920, he transferred to Atlanta, Ga., a s general agent, freight clepart- ment, serving in that capacity until his present appointment.

W. H. Crowe began his service with the Frisco a s a call boy in the Mem- phis Terminals in 1912 and after- wards served in various clerical capacities in the terminal, earning the

reputation of being one of the most efficient and accommodating clerks a t that point. In 1923 he came to the traffic department a s assistant rate clerk. was later promoted to the position of chief rate clerk and then to traveling freight agent, which position he held until his appointment May 15, a s division freight agent a t Pensacola.

ENG. EKSTROM HONORED Mr. A. T. Ekstrom of Muskogee,

Oklahoma, engineer on the Muskogee sub, a member of John W. Nelson division No. 445 of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers was honor guest a t a banquet and meeting of the organization a t the Woodman's hall, Fort Smith, Tuesday evening, May 15, when he was presented with the 40 year badge that is given by that organization to those that have been members of the organization for that length of time.

Mr. J. L. Haley. chief engineer of division 445 of Fort Smith, was toastmaster, and Mr. J. W. Thomason, secretary of the division and who had fired for Mr. Ekstrom, made the presentation speech.

After the banquet the following program was given: Solo dance, Lila Jean Ayers, accompanied a t the piano by Esther Graham; piano solo, Vir- ginia Walkord; reading, Lillian Har- lan; vocal solo, Della Mae Dorough; and piano solo, Charlotte Nulph. The banquet was served by the G. I. A. Ladies of the B. of L. E.

Addresses were made by Messrs. S. T. Cantrell, superintendent of the Central division: J. D. Heyburn, master mechanic of the Central division; John W. Bowler, general chair-

man of the brotherhood of engineers on the Frisco; E. W. McCutchan, general chairman of brotherhood of engineers on the Kansas City South-

'ern; and Mr. Clark, chief engineer of division 524. Van Buren.

OKLA. CITY GREETS 'EM When the representative bud-

ness men of Oklahoma City, trav- eled via the Frisco Lines on thelr Twenty-seventh Goodwill Tour, May 12, i t occurred to Mr. W. A. Schubert, roadmaster, that they should be greeted and welcomed with a word from the Employes Club of that City.

He drafted the following letter, mimeograph copies were made and one placed in the hands of every man on the special:

"The Frisco Employes' Club ot Oklahoma City, extends greetings to representative business men of Oklahoma City on their 27th Goodwill Tour.

"We would like to invite your attention to the following figures which may be interesting:

"Payroll to Frisco employes living in Oklahoma City, approximately $100,000.00 per month, or $1,200,000.00 per year. Total number of Frisco employes living in Oklahoma City, 685, of which 330 own their own homes and have 1,220 dependents making 1,905 residents of the city spellding inside of the city limits, approximately $1,00,000.00 per year.

"The Frisco Railway operates daily into and out of Oklahoma City, 16 passenger trains, and 1 2 freight trains."

A RECORD AT SPRINGFIELD F r e i g h t P l a t f o r m E m p l o y e s H a n d l e

23,513 S h i p m e n t s O n O n e E r r o r

T XE f r e ~ g h t platform employes a t Springfield, Mo., made the best record for handlinq height dur-

ing April of this year that has ever been made on the freiqht platform of any of the statlons in the so-called Group No. 1 stations which consists of St. Louis, 7th Street, St. LOUIS, Broad- way Station; Kansas City; Memphis; Tulsa and Springfield, accortlinq to Mr. J. L. McCormack, superintendent of freight loss and damage claims.

There were 25,513 shipments handled during April and but one error reported in the handling. The near- est approach to this record was made by the employes on the Springfield platform in August 1924, when there were 24,480 shipments handled with two errors reported. Tulsa station also had a good record ill .January, 1928, when the employes a t that station handled 21,826 shipments with hut two elrors. Tulsa station also made a record in April, 1928, when they handled 21,711 shipments with hut three errors.

All the stations in Group No. 1 made a good showing for April, re- ducing errors for that month under the month of March, a total ot sixty- two.

Tlie men working under Mr. J. L. Boyd, foreman at Springfield and responsible for the good handling reported above and who are entitled to full credit, are as follows:

31r. Lee Howell, block clerk, and Mr. I. G. Cox, seal clerk. Check clerks: hlessrs. Wallace Hay. Chas. Helfrecht, A. P. Wells, P. W. JIcKin- ley, C. E. Clark, Guy Gallagher, and John DePriest. Check and Delivery Clerks: Messrs. Chas. Kelly, Fred Cunningham. Stevedores: Messrs. E. F. Henderson, Louis Sweetin, Otis Briggs, Jesse Rocltman, Addison Compton, James 11. Baker and Luther Traslt. Pickers: Xessrs. Sam Stan- field. Chas. Cannady, Jas. E. Foster, John W. Gates, Ed. C. Bocltman, Fred Snow and John B. Scott. Truckers: Nessrs. Oliver Stanfield, Nick Quisen- 'berry, Dan B. Rainey, Lon S. Prophet. Carl Krischel, John S. Haflinger, Nack It. Thompson, Fred Sutter, Oliver Knox, Walter Pittman, Marion T. Kelly, Roy Chrisman, W. 11. Ezell and Jay Ezell. Veal checker: Mr. Henry Krischel.

Xost of these men have been in the Frisco service long enough to entitle them to hold merit t ra i~s~)ortat ion.

Young Woman-"And whose little boy are you?"

Fophisticated Willie-"Be yourself! IVhose sweet mama are you?"

lnlE C A M E OUT -4 +9&" . 033 7 " S E C O N D 6E.s.r -

The mechanical department of the Southwestern division for the third consecutive quarter won the J. &I. Kurn merit cup contested for by the mechanical departments of the division, and the west shops, the north ?hops, and the reclamation plant, the latter three all a t Springfield, 310. The J . 11. K u r ~ i merit cup contested for by the transportation departments of the divisions and the terminals, mas won for the first quarter this year by the Memphis terminals.

The contests for both cups is based on casualties per 1,000 man-hours worked a t the terminals and the shops n~entioned and on the divisions, and announcement of the winner of each cup for each quarter is made by H. W. Hudgeu, director of accident prevention, Springfield, Mo.

Memphis wins the mechanical department cup from the Western division which previously had won it I'ron~ the hIemphis terminal.

Of these two quarterly contests Mr. Hudgen said recently:

"These two clips offered by Mr. Kurn have created an active interest in accident prevention between the various divisions and terminals to the extent that a handsome decrease in casualties was made by employes the first quarter of this year, compared with the same period of last year.

"For the first quarter of this year the second best record among the mechanical departments was made by the Southern division and for this period the second best record among the transportation departments was made by the Birmingham terminals."

PRES. ICURRT LAUDS CONTACT

think we can generally agree that there are two fundamentals underly- ing the success of salesmanship. The character of that which you sell must, in quality, be the equal of any commodity that may be in competition therewith. Haviug dretermined the quality, the price thereof shall be fair to the prodncer or seller, to the re- ceiver or the consumer. If these two q u a 1 i t i e s representing successful salesn~anship a re in existence, then there should be no question a s to the possibility of a proper preservation of the relationship that would or should exist in that particular transaction. If that be true in the material side of our affairs, why isn't i t also applicable to the relationship which should be as between us if we are to have that which we are seeking to accomplish-the preservation of the tie, representing friendship, representing good will, representing assets far beyond those which may be a part o r parcel of our individual hold- ings. Therefore, cannot I leave with you the thought that preservation is just a s much to be had in connection with the tie that shonld exist even for business reasons a s between men a s it is in connection with the tie you produce antl sell to my railroad.

I have heard you all through various agencies call attention to the necessity for conservation. Of course, that might possibly have been more from our side than it has been from your side. Possibly it has been and is now true that it is to the interest of the railroad to conserve that which you have sold it. the tie. I t is to the interest of yourself, a s well a s the railroad. to properly conserve that from which the tie is prodnced- stumpage. It is to the interest of both to conserve somethiug out of our respective b ~ ~ s i n e s s e s to those who may be called upon to function in our respective businesses after me are no longer here, but Tor the purposes of the moment, I desire to deal with the question of the conservation of the tie from the angle of the relationship as between us a s men. When one makes an unfair demand; when one seeks to secure an unfair advantage; when one says that the decalogue of the Ten Commandnlents has no place i n business; when one has an abso- lute absence of the slant of the other fellow, our contributious from that source cannot hope to result in the interest of a proper conservation and as to the permanency of the tie, not the one which you produce, but the one which I am thinking of, which should he continued a s between us.

Possibly you and I, in the conduct of our respective businesses, have not given as much attention as we should have to that which is going to succeed that which has disappeared. In your business this is covered, possibly, by the well-known term reforestation. I know that 1 would like to talk to you about reforestation. I would like to say to you that (luring my lifetime and possihly the lifetiule of a few successors, that we will never have a tie, and I now refer to the tie that you produce, that will have such fine transportation results a s the present tie, the wooden tie. I possibly should say the treated tie, and I will. The concrete reinforced tie, or any of the substitutes heretofore considered or used for the tie which you ,produce, will never be enjoyed by those who possibly will contiuue to use the steam railways for their transportation. What I am endeavoring to convey to you is that if the tie as produced by you is to be continued, nat- urally reforestation is something to be considered properly and sensibly by us all, but I am not going to talk about the reforestation of that which may be a part of your production. I am going to talk about the necessity for reforestation a s applicable to the continued and successful functioning of man. If a man gives no thought, in the hurry of his business, in his anx- iety to accomplish a proper performance and proper return to that which is going to be necessary tomorrow, is there, or can there be, that proper tie a s between us, that proper preservation, that proper conservation, that e re so essential in counection with the continuation of that mhich we are all so anxious to have. a relationship a s between us all.

In brief. a re we giving a sufficiency of thought to those who are going to succeed us? Are the organizations being properly supervised'? Are we giving but passing attention to the many young men who must be the leaders tomorrow? Could we do something that ultimately would mean that n better condition would exist in his generation for the property in which you are now chargeable with the responsibility of, if a reasonable portioil of our time mas being devoted to the development of that which is going to necessarily follow us-the young men of today. Should we not exert the same energy, employ the same common sense, in developing the man product of tomorrow a s shown in the administration of the affairs under our observation and direc- ti011 as of today? In brief, should not the question of the reforestation in- sofar as man is concerned be given the same serious thought a s the re-

forestation of that which is essential in connection with the future production of your industry?

Can we uot from my presentation of the basic principles of your industry, the tie, the preservation, the conservation antl the reforestation, reach a conclusion as applicable to man so that a better contact a s between us will result than possibly is the case loday. We are all trying to draw near to each other, but the problem seems to be how we can actually accomplish the result. I believe every man to a certain extent honestly would like to sell himself to his friends aud associates. Do we not oftentimes wonder why we cannot go more than fifty per cent in our endeavor to meet up with the expect- ancy of that which in the last analysis is so essential-salesmanship? True. many a persol) has messed up the whole situatiou for us by being offen- sive in his endeavor to be the whole show, but should we, because of the one, refrain from an actually healthy endeavor to sell ourselves and that mhich we produce to each other? Is it possible that the selfishness of the individual is a t the base of our trou- bles? 1 have oftentimes heard that such is the case, but I question it. Oftentimes 1 am inclined to think that we a re a little bit individually too sensitive as to how the other fellow might receive us, when if we but knew how anxious he might be to welcome the association that would come from a contact a s between the two, we wonld jump a t the chance of improving the relationship. It is my firm belief that there could be a vast improvement if' each and every one of us would try honestly to approach the other with the idea uppermost in our mind that he, the other fellow, might have something which would be of material benefit if we but could draw him out and get next to him. I am ~ e r y strongly of the opinion that a proper contact can and should be established a s between individuals, and when established as between individuals, it mill project itself into a contact iuvolving groups, and when groups a re involved, business comes into the picture and when we can have a proper contact in business, I think some of the vexatious problems mhich have confronted us all will, to a large extent, disappear. I, therefore, earnestly suggest for your consideration any plan that has for its purpose an improvement in the contact a s between men.

Again I thank you for the pleasure of the moment

Gentlemen, I thank you for your courtesi~s.

5

SECTION FOREMEN MEET Several problems relating to their

work were discussed by section foremen and section laborers of the Beau- mont sub-division ill the waiting room of the passenger station a t Ar- kansas City. Kan., April 29. The meeting was opened by A. L. Fisher. division engineer, Enid, who turned it over to S. Payson, roadmaster, Enid. The attendance was thirty-one.

The attendance, besides section men and Mr. Fisher included: S. J. Frazier, superintendent of the Wesl- ern division; H. F. Sinclair, claim agent; T. F. Jones, roadmaster; P. D. Hayes, chief clerk; F. H. Wright. maintenance clerk. all of Enid; J. W. "Uncle Bill" Morrill, accident prevention agent, Paciflc, Mo.; H. R. Smyer. agent, Arkansas City; C. E. Meeker. frog repairer; E. M. Cheatam, extra gang foreman, the latter two of Enid. and Dr. L. M. Beatson, local Frisco surgeon. Blackwell, Okla.

Talks on the turning In to store rooms of unneeded tools of section laborers, the use on sections of adequate tools, accident prevention work on the part of section men and how the latter can help in traffic solici Eation were the high lights of the meeting of section foremen and section laborers held April 15 in the city ball a t Clinton, Okla. Seventy-five men attended and A. L. Fisher, division engineer, Enid, presided.

The talks were by Mr. Fisher; S. 3 Frazier, superintendent of the West- ern division, Enid; J . W. "Uiicle Bill" lorrill , accident prevention agent. St. Louis; R. C. Canady, assistant superintendent of the Western division, Enid; C. U. Allen, division accountant. Enid; T. F. Jones and S. Payson, roadmasters, both of Enid. P. D. Hayes, chief clerk to Mr Fmzier; A. L. Dobbs, section fore man, Thomas, Okla.; George Wells. section foreman, Bessie, Okla.; C Laubhan, section foreman, Ames Ok lahoma, and others.

Shortly after noon the meeting ad- journed t o the Kemp Hotel for dinner. The final address was after the dinner and was by Mr. Frazier, who spoke on traffic solicitation.

The switch crew a t the Rosedale. (Kan.) yards in April handled 8,259 cars and made 4,295 switches without a single case of damage or rough handling charged against them.

The crew: T. J. O'Brien, foreman; W. T. Barker, engineer; Willard Mowe, fieman, and Charles Cupp, Harry O'Brien and G. M. McAninch. helpers.

I AGENCY CHANGES . I S. A. Leeper installed uermanent

agent, Chester, Ark., April 25. W. C. Austin installed permanent

agent, Lowry City, Mo., April 25. A. W. Wasson installed permanent

agent. Sedgwick, Ark., April 24. W. N. Edson installed permanent

agent, Bonanza, Ark., April 24. W. C. Kirby installed permanent

agent, Bryant, Okla., April 23. M. C. Baker installed permanent

agent, Grubbs, Ark., April 23. 0. D. Hathaway installed perma-

nent agent, Leflore, Okla., April 23. F. B. Stoneking installed permanent

ticket agent, Maurine, Mo., April 23. F. M. Wilhelm installed permanent

agent, Grant, Okla., April 20. H. R. Barks installed permanent

agent. Neely's, Mo., April 20. T. A. Buckner installed temporary

agent. Sherman, Miss.. April 20. H. L. Hunnicutt installed permanent

agent, Welling, Okla., April 20. C. N. Ellison installed permanent

agent. Weleetka. Okla., April 19. A. G. Phillips installed permanent

agent. Quapaw, Okla., April 19. R. 1-1. Glover installed permanent

agent, West Fork, Ark.. April 19. F. B. Poplin installed permanent

agent. Bengal, Okla., April 18. C. M. Whirlow, Jr., installed perma-

nent agent, Gravette, Ark., April 17. Breckenridge, Okla.. agency closed

April 17. A. D. Hare installed permanent

agent, Arbyrd, Mo.. April 16. E. R. Slocum installed perinanent

agent. Depew. Okla.. April 16. V. S. Whitener installed permanent

agent, Keiser, Ark., April 13. R. E. Nichols installed temporary

agent, Aldrich, $10.. April 13. R. E. Essman installed temporary

agent, Kirkwood. Mo.. April 13.

CHIEF WILSON APPOINTED Announcement of the appointment

May first of E. H. Wilson to the position of chief special agent of the St. Louis-Sail Francisco Railway Company was made a t the road's general offices here. Chief Wilson sac- aeeds Samuel A. Allender, who resigned April 9.

The Frisco's new chief special agent has spent many years in railroad claim departments and special agent's work and came to the Frisco from the Louisiana Railway and Nav- igation Company. His offices a r e located in the Frisco general office building here.

SOUTHERN DIVISION CLUBS PRAISED

The solicitation of the Frisco Employes' Clubs on the Southern division is highly commendable, H. E. Gabriel, assistant superintendent wrote the Frisco Jlaga,' -t)re 011

May 15. In his letter he details shipments

secured by members of the various clllbs.

"Through the efforts of our agent a t Tupelo, we gained information that we might secure a considerable strawberry movement from Shaniion, Miss., a town on the M. & 0.. thirteen miles out from Tupe- lo. We immediately got on the job and t o date 15 cars of berries have moved and a prospect of eight more.

"Throiigh the efforts of our Aniory traffic club, Mr. J. C. Grav- lee, president; Miss Violet Gold- smith, secretary, and vice-presidents and traffic committee, some splendid work has been done particularly in directing traffic via the nqw line to Mobile. During the past thirty days, ten loads of freight have been routed via Frisco, A. T. & X. and M. & B. into Meri- dan, Miss., a town which has always heretofore been controlled by competitive lines."

Mr. Gabriel also gives special con~mendation to conductors Guy- ton, Gravlee, Davis. Underwood, Goodman and Coltharp; G. E. Grav- lee, agent a t Holly S,prings; Oper- ator Meek a t New A l h y ; Clerks 0. M. Tanner and R. A. Smith a t Tupelo and the entire membership of the Amory Club for their splendid solicitation efforts and Ile asks that the commendation be printed in the ~Wogazir~e.

CRATKY HEADS GATEWAY CLUB

Chester C!. Kratky, chief clerk to President Kurn, was elected president of the Gateway Club of Saint Louis, a t its annual election held April 27. The club is composed of railroad men who a r e also members of Masonic orders, and has a mem- bershil~ of 500. Kratky is well known in St. Louis rail circles. He began with Frisco Lines in 1914 a s a n office boy in the law department, was secretary to President Kurn for flve years and was promoted to his pres- sent position in 1926.

New Bride: And what would I get if I cooked a dinner like that for you every day?

The Groom: My life insurance.

LOCOMOTIVE FUEL PERFORMANCE RECORDS Ofice of Fuel Agent

I !o S the Prisco Lines a s a whole it took 2.29 per ceut more fuel to haul 1,000 gross tons one

h i l r in 4pril this year than in same $nonth last year, also the unit fuel .consumption per switch locomotive b ~ i l e increased from 139 to 146 !~)ountls 5.04 per cent.

This IS not the showing that was :txpected for these two classes of !,el vice, as the month of April was bet asidr to make a record in fuel

f D ~ ~ ~ ; e r . in passenger service the kcverage number of pounds of fuel re- hnired to haul a passenger car one ;mile decreased f r o m P6.5 to 15.5 pounds 6.06 cper cent and i s the hargest decrease made 3)s this class of service j n any month so far !his year, compared to same month last year. 1 While the perlorm- nnce for the system .as k wholc increased in freight and switch serv- jve, there were a nunl- !,er of divisions i 11

hese two classes ol' {ervice, a s well a s pas- Renger service, t h a t inade a decrease.

The performance kor rach division. ranking ill order of per cent de- i ~ e a s e will be found ill !he table a t the center of this page. : There were also two (l~visions in s m1 i t c h krvice. namely central

to St. Louis, April 4, handled 2,123 gross tons, performance 1:!2 por~ncls per 1.000 gross ton miles.

Engineer 0 S B 0 R N F,. firemall 1).21:CIIERTY, train lst/38, engine 14. Sewburg to St. Louis, IIarch 29, 2,511 ~ r o s s tons in train, burned 20 tons of coal. performance 140 pounrls per 1.000 gross ton miles.

Lebanon Sub: Engineer M. HALEY. fireman W. M. CHILDEHS, train 7. engine 1509, Newburg to Springfield. April 9. 1 0 cars in train, total of 1,200 pirssenger car miles, performance 3 2 nallon.

Engineer J . OMELIA, fireman E.

Springfield Sub: Engineer ED- MUND ROE. fireinall ALEXANDER. Springfield to Monett. April 16, dr- parted 11:45 a. m. arrived l : 1 5 p. m.. on duty one hour 30 minutes, handled 50 loads, 11 empties, a total of 2.192 pross tons, burned 1,605 gallons oil nr 6.3 ~ a l l o n s per 1.000 gross ton miles.

Engineer H. .J. DAVIDSON, firema11 WILLIS LONG, train extra west, engine 1145, Springfield to Monett, April 24. 69 cars in train, a total of 2,230 gross tons. burned 34 tons of coal. performance SO pounds.

Ih r ineer IIEE KEITHLEY, firernall

F R E I G H T SERVICE Division Pounds Fuel per 1.000

gross ton miles 1928 1927

Western ................... .. ................. 191 203 Southwestern ................... .. ....... 167 17:: Sorther11 ......................... .. ......... 152 177 Texas Lines .................... ... ......... 155 1 3 ;

PASSENGER SERVICE

Division

Pounds Fuel per Passenger Car Mi le

1928 1927

..................................... Southern 15.5 19.4 Northern ...................................... 16.8 18.5 River ............................ .. ......... 15.0 1 ti .3 Eastern ........................................ 1:I.S 1.4.3

S W I T C H SERVICE Pounds Fuel per Switch

Locomotive Mile 1928 1927

................................. Texas Linrs 114 , . 1 2 i

........ 1 ulsa ................................. .. 140 149

Per Ccnt Decrease

4.98 n.47 2.82 0.61

Per Cent tieereage

20.10 9.19 7.98 6.76

10.24 6.04

and south- \\-(!stern, that made the same perform- anke as last year. . : & u p e r v i ~ o r s ol fuel economy and road foremen re- 1)ort some excellent, trips made by ii~rlividr~al engine and train crews as tollows:

EASTERN DIVISION

. Rolla Sub: Engineer J. 0. TI-IIEL. fireman 11. BUNCH, train 3, engincx 1066, St. Louis to Newburg, April 2:;. 7, cars in train, 840 passenger car nliles. performance 1 gallon or 11.9 ~~ount l s .

Engineer J. MORRISON, fireman . I . FAES, train 36, engine 4, Newburg lo St. Louis, Mi~rch 28, handled 3,106 gross t o ~ s consumed an average of 113 ponnds per 1,000 gross ton milea. ' Engineer T. PARIS. fireman C.

IIAVIS, train 38, engine 40, N e w b ~ ~ r g

IjOKAS, trail1 16, engine 1512, Spring- field to Newburg. April 6. handled 7 c-ars a n d consumed a n average of 1.20 gallons per passenger car mile which is milch almve the average for t h i ~ (:lass of train.

Engineer R . REEVES, fireman i \ .

LUTZENHISEII, train 44, engine 35. Springfield to Newburg. April 13. 2,964 gross tons in train, perforn~ance 96 pounds per 1,000 gross ton miles.

1511gineer S. li. MARTIN. fireman C:. J,. FIICNDERSOS, train 36, engine? 2, Springfield to Kewburg, April 26, $1 cars in t r a i ~ ~ or 2,836 gross tons. burned 19 tons of coal, performanw 112 pounds per 1,000 gross ton miles.

l~lngineer H. W. SNYDER, firemail V. W. CROSS, train extra west, eugine 2.5, Sewburg to L e b a ~ ~ o n , April 4 , handled 2,056 gross tons, burned 9 tons of c:oal. performance 130 pounds per 1.000 gross ton miles.

DAVE A L D R I D G E . train extra west, ell- gine 4154, Springfield to Nonett, April 18, 42 cars in train, 2,518 gross tons. burned 5 tons of coal. performance 90 pounds p e r 1,000 gross ton miles. handling of engine hy crew good. S O U T H E R N DIV IS ION -

Willow Springs Sub: Engineer A. FARMEII. fireman C. FUZZELL, train extra south. engine 4129, Sp~~ingfieltl to Thayer, April 12, handled 22 loaded cars and ::2 empties, 1,620 gross tons, burned 14 tons voal. performanre 128 pounds 'per 1.000 gross ton miles.

Engineer RELSEY. fireman SLATER, trail1

124. engine 1069. Thayer t o Spring- field. April 14. 7 cars in train, per- fo13mauce 1.2 gallons per passengel. car mile. This is a very good per- formallee for local passenger.

Engineer W. CRUISE. fireman (:.

BAUER, train 135. engine 4129. Springfield to Thayer, April 16. :<5 loaded cars in train, 1,650 gross tons. 1)urned 15 tons coal, performance 1:;l l m n d s per 1.000 gross ton miles.

Memphis Sub: Engineer FISCHER. fireman H A Y ~ E s , train 131, enginr 4010, Thayer to .Jonesboro. April 6 2.375 qross tons in train, burned 6 tons ot' coal, performance 62 pound5 per 1,000 gross ton miles.

Engineer JACOBS, fireman ROB ERTS, train $24, engine 1523, Men1 ~ ih i s to Hardy, April 5 , 6 cars in train b u ~ ~ ~ e d 900 gallons oil, performance 1.1 gallons per passenger car mile.

Engineer HI'nDLESTON. fireman

O.ZVIS09, train 131, engine 4032, Thnyer lo Harvard, April 13, 2.800 gross tons in t ra in , I~urnetl 10 tons of coal, performance 54 pounds pe r 1.000 gross ton mile.

E n ~ i ~ ~ e e r KING. fireman IIOWDEX. trnin 104. engine 1057, .Ioneshoro to Thnyer, April lG, 6 ca r s in train. perforn~ance 12.2 pounds per j~assengc\r car mile.

Tupelo Sub: Engineer H. L. W'II.- SOX, fireman E . COSDRY, train 136. engine 12113, Amory to Pot ts Canlll. .\lndl 12, l~andletl 1,463 gross tons. b o r ~ ~ e d 6 tons coal, performancq 117 jiounds per 1.000 gross ton miles.

Engineer W. GREER, fireman FI. SWAN, train 2d/136, engine 16. .Imory to Memphis, April 12, 57 ca r s in train, 2.190 gross tons bnrnetl 14 tons coal. performance 100 por~nds per 1.000 gross ton miles.

Engineer K. WILDER. fireman 1'. DARDEN, t ra in 136. engine 30. A n o r y lo hlemphis. April 13. 55 cars in train. 2.225 gross tons, hurned 15 tons o l coal, 106 pounds per 1,000 gross ton nliles.

Birmingham Sub: Engineer .I. HUP- I'ERT, firemxn BOGAN, train 105. engine 1,526. Anlory to R i r m i ~ ~ g h a m . .\pril 15, 9 cars in train, b u r ~ ~ e t l 1,009 gallons oil. performance .9 gallons per 1:iissengrr c,ar mile.

12ngineer .I. RO.BIIL'SON, fireman I.. 1g7OSTER, train 934, engine 37, Car- bon Hill to Anlory. April 13. hantlletl 20,350 gsoss tons, burned 10' tons coal, performance 1x3 p o ~ ~ n d s per 1.000 gross ton miles.

W ~ g i n ~ e r W. Q. WARD, f i rc~n:~n .JOE COSTON. train 934. engine 16, East Thomas to 4mory , April 19, handletl 2S3,FjGS gross Lon miles. hornet1 l i tons conl, performance 119 ~ ) o u ~ ~ t l s .

Engineer .I. H. HOLLISGSWORTH. lireman 142. SANDERS. train !124, en- ~ i n e 11. East Thomas to 4 1 n o r . ~ . -\l)ril 18, ha.ntlled 308,952 gross to11 miles. burned 20 tons coal, performance 12!) pounds.

R I V E R D I V I S I O N

St. Louis Sub: Engineer RICE. lireman RI!l?NETT, train ext ra nnrth. cwgine 4016. May 2. Chaflec to St. I.ouis, departed 3:50 a. m.. arrived 10:05 a . m.. on duty 6 hours 15 minutes, handled 2,862 gross tons. Chaffer to Ste. Genevieve, 2,956 gross tons. Ste. Genevieve to St. Louis. delayed on line of road 35 n~inu tes . burned 17 tons of coal, performance 84 l~ounds per 1,000 gross ton miles. Th i s t ra in was in c h a r w of condnc- tor McAdams.

Engineer EDWARDS, fireman JISIZ- I X L L , train 882. engine 4021. April 70, Chaffee to St. Louis, departed .5:45 p. m., ar r ived 4 : 15 a . m.. on duty 10 hours 30 minutes, handled 4052 gross tons. delayed on line of road a iota1 of 3 hours 10 minutes, doing

vick UI) and set out work, also meet- k g other trains, burned 20 ' tons of coal, performance 85 pomtls per 1,0110 gross ton miles.

Engineer GEORGE KAY, fireman G. T. ERICGS. train 895, engine 105::. St. Louis to Chaffee. Nay 8, left St. IAnllis O n time, arriverl Chaffee on time. handled 10 cars, 1,440 passenger car miles. burned S7b enllons oil or 0.61 gallons per passenger car mite, handling of engine by crews w a s very good. >lade run of 104 miles for water and had 6 inches left in tank on arrival a t Chaffec.

Chaffee Sub: E n g i ~ ~ e e r A B E R -

SATHY. fireman RYICER, train 835. engine 4006. Chaffee lo Hayti , April 26, handled 20.675 gross tons, burned Y tons coal. performance 57 pounds !)er 1.000 gross ton miles.

Engineer STORY. firemall .I. E. SIILLER, train 835. engino 4,018. Cllaffee to Hayti. April :N. 2.z00 gross tons in train, p e r f o r ~ n a n w 64 i ) o u ~ ~ t l s ppr 1,000 gross ton miles.

Engineer GREEK. fireman RAKER. t ra in 807, engine 1015. Chaffee to .Ue~nphis. April 12. 5 cars in train. 1)urned 810 gallons oil. perforn~ance 1 g:~llori or 11.9 pounds per p:lssengcJr cnr m i k .

N O R T H E R N D I V I S I O N

Kansas City Sub: Engineer .\I. I3ERRIMAX. firenla11 I;. ALEXAX- IIER. train lsl/1:31, engine 4134. 1Can- saw Ci ty to Ft. Scott , May 2, departed 7: 1.5 1). m.. arrived 10: 45 p. In.. on duty :: hours 30 minutes, hnndlcd 48 loads. 1.968 gross tons. burned 7 tons coal. perform;inc8r 7 4 j i o l ~ ~ ~ d s p(!r 1.000 gross ton miles.

K n g i ~ ~ c e r S. .I..\CKSON, fireman R. Mr. STODDARD. train 4th/131, engine 4002, Kansas City to l't. Scott , April 25, on duty 4 hours 10 minutes. i~antlled 2,430 s ross tnns. hurnetl 9 tons coal, pe r fo rn~ance 7; por~nds per 1.000 gross to11 miles.

Engineer R. REPPERT, fireman E. DORING, train 4t11/162. Ft. Scott to Kansas City, April 29, tlepartetl 2 : 0 0 1). m., arrived S::!O n. nl.. on duty (;

Ilor~rs 20 mit~utex. 6.5 loadrtl and 26 t'mpty cars in train. bnsneil 17 tons cml . pe r fo r~nance I)? p o u ~ ~ t l s per 1.000 gross ton miles.

Ash Grove Sub: ICngineer A. PFIBLPS, fireman POUSG, train e s - tr;i south, eugine 413s. b't. Scott to Springfield. April ?, handled 20.156 gross tons in t r i ~ i ~ ~ . burned 1.5 tons conl. perforn~nnce 135 p o ~ ~ n t l s per 1.000 gross ton miles.

Engillerr H. TZ1.AKESI.Y. firemall FIAWLEY, traiu 107. engine 1058. Ft . S ~ o t t to Sprin.sfieId. April 27, 5 cars in train. 1)m'neci 412 ,gallons oil. performance .S1 gallons Iwr passenger car mile.

Engineer HUAIPHREY, fireman $1. C.\I,VERT, train 104, engine 1523.

Springfield to Ft. Scott , April 1, d cars in trairl. 1)urried 797 gallons oil, performance 1.28 gallons per passenger ca r mile.

Afton-Parsons Sub: Engineer J. (;II.PIS. fireman C. TOWNSEND. train 111. cJngine 1066, Ft. Scott to Tulsa. May 1 , 9 cars in train, burned 1.406 gallons oil, performance .95 gallons per passenger P : I ~ .-.;I--.

---.. - S O U T H W E S T E R N D I V I S I O N Cherokee Sub: Engineer LIPE. fire-

man CAUSEY. train 438. engine 4104, West Tulsa to Afton, 4pr i l 24, on duty 6 hours 10 minutes, handled 2 15.232 gross ton miles, burner1 1,405 gallons oil, performance 69 pounds I)RI' 1,000 gross t.on miles.

Engineer R.EN0, fireman VINCENT, train Advance 23, enfiine 4121, hionett to Tulsa , April 18. depar t e l 3:15 I). m., arrived 10:lO 1). 111.. on duty 6 hours 25 minutes, handled 2,118 gross tons, full distance, bnrned 1,713 gallons oil, delayed 1 hour 05 minutes. actual running t ime 4 hours 50 minutes. ~rerformance for this tr ip was 3.6 gallons per 1.000 gross ton miles anrl is one ,of the best performances that has ever b w n made on , t h e Cherokee Sub.

Engineer JOHN T. DUNCAX (who is in motor ca r service) furnished the l'ollowing pe r lo r~nance of motor car 2101 (luring the month of April- total mileage 5,760, of which 2,036 n ~ i l w were made with the trailer. I ) l l r~~et l 20,720 gallons gasoline, 90 :.allons o f l u b r i c a t i ~ ~ g oil. Th i s is an average of 91 gallons of gasoline and 3 r?allons of Ir~bricating oil for a d is tance of 1.32 miles which is a round trip.

Engineer . J . W. GILLAN. fireman 1)OWl). in charge of engine 4150. I~antlled X O O R gross tons, West ' h l s a to Afton. May 4, burned 14 tons of coal. perlormancc 108 1)ounds per 1 . 0 0 gross ton miles.

Eugineer DODD, fireman AICINS, on May 3, engine 4116. handled 3107 gross tons. West Tulsa to Afton, Imrned 1,612 gallons oil. performance 6.6 g a l l o ~ ~ s oil o r 79 pounds of coal Iwr l,0Ml g r o w ton miles.

ICngineer WOLF. fireman ROY. engine 4150, April 30, handled 2,147 gross tons. Monett t o Wes t Tulsa, _ h ~ r n e t l 16 tons of coal, perforn:nn<:r: 103 ~)ountls per 1.000 grnna ton miles. wh ic l~ is 35 p o u l - ~ ~ ~ s below the nver- age performance for trains r ~ ~ n n i n g npst l~ount l .

Creek Sub: Engineer H. A. DICK. flre:nan D. CH'ASDLER, train ext ra north, engine 4162. Francis to W e s t Tulsa, April 27. 81 ca r s in train. 1)urned 18 tons of coal, performance 140 pounds per 1.000 gross ton miles, which is much below the average for this snb-division.

Engineer JA. COLVIN, fireman .I. /.\:m~ lrrrrr t o ~rr.rt Pant, pleosr)

I ~ U ~ 28 -p,G&w ~ M P L O ~ S ' ~ W Z N E

New Passenger and Freight Station in Poplar Bluff, Mo.

ADovr is a photograplt of Architrct I\'. C. .Stepherm' drawing o f tirc trew Frisco freigizt and passorgrr station at Poplar Blrtff, Mo., the cottstrtcction of z ~ h i c h was started Maj+ 1.

Tire statio)r .rid1 Dc 2lxl4X feet, arid is of a Spanisli stucco type. I t replncrs otrr station which was dernolishcd i i ~ the Poplar Bluff cyclone rcccrztly.

FRISCO FUEL RECORDS (Continued from Pa'ge 27)

ROLAND, train 535. engiue 4164. West Tulsa to Henryetta. April 27. handled 69 cars in train. burned I)

tons of coal, performance 142 pounds per 1,000 gross ton miles.

C E N T R A L D IV IS ION

Ft. Smith Sub: Engineer GEORGE NULPH, fireman FRED LANE, train. 705, engine 1047, Monett to Ft. Smith. April 30, i cars in train, burned 6 tons of coal, performance 12.9 pounds per passenger car mile. This same engineer with fireman S. E. ARNOLi) was on train 705 with engine 1042. April 9, handled 9 cars in train. burned 7 tons of coal, made a performance of 16 pounds per passenger car mile.

Engineer W. A. CARTER. fireman J. C. BRIDGES, train 735, engine 1336, Monett to Ft. Smith, April 12. 1,200 gross tons in train, burned 10 tons of coal, performance 125 pounds per 1,000 gross ton miles.

Engineer N. ALLEDACH, fireman W. H. MATHIAS, train 705. engine 1042, Monett to Ft. Smith, April 10. 7 cars In train, performance 11 pounds per passenger car mile.

Arthur Sub: Engineer McCON- SELL, flreman J. D. VANWAGNER. train 706, engine 1407, Paris t o Ft . Smith, April 26, C cars in train burned 6 tons of coal, performance 11.8 pounds per passenger car mile.

Engineer J. A. CAMPBELL, fireman 0. STUMP, train extra south, engine 714, Ft. Smith to Talihina, April 25, handled 1,091 gross tons, total of 75,279 gross ton miles which is within 700 gross ton miles of I1111

potential rating for this class engine. burned 4 tons of coal, performance 106 pounds.

A. & A. Sub: Engineer J. M. DIE- JIER. fireman J. S. PERSON, train -. i 3 ( , - engine 1231, Hope to Hugo, April 23, halldled 171,332 gross ton miles, Iiurned 9 tons coal, performance 105 pounds.

Engineer J . E. O'NEIL, fireman J. S. PERSON. train 737, engine 1254, Hope to H I I ~ O . April 25, made per- t'ormancr 90 pounds per 1,000 gross ton miles.

Ft. Smith Yard: Engineer MAX- WELL. fireman ED. KINES, engine 3656, 4pril 25, worked 8 hour shift. burned 2% tons coal. This is a n av- wage of 104 pounds per switch locomotive mile and is much below thc average.

W E S T E R N DIV IS ION Beaumont Sub: Engineer G. 1-1

GABRIEL, Areman 0. A. BRAMMER. train 632, engine 1628, Enid to Beau- mont. April 13, handled 139,000 gross ton miles, burned 1,300 gallons oil, performance 112 pounds.

Engineer A. HARLEY, fireman 0 . A. BRAMMER, train 632, engine 1619, Enid to Beaumont, April 24, handled 111,000 mous ton miles, burned 1,200 gallolls oil, performance 129 pounds.

Perry Sub-division: Engineer H. p. COLLINS. fireman W. A. DAVIS. train extra west, engine 1325, Enid to Tulsa, April 18, handled 209,000 gross ton miles, burned 1,282 gallons oil. performance 73 pounds.

Eugineer C. F. ALLEN, fireman H. B. GIRARD, train 634, engine 1329, Enid to West Tulsa, April 17, handled 204,000 gross ton miles, burned 1,491 gallons oil, perfornlance 87 pounds.

TONS OF ICE FOR BERRIES

I n e n the 1928 strawberry season on Frisco Lines is over, this railway will have used approximately 31,500 tons of ice in icing the refrigerator cars composing the Frisco's nationally famous "Strawberry Specials", according to W. E. Ragent, supervisor of ice and refrigeration for the Frisco. with headquarters a t Springfield, Mo.

Icing of these cars is one of the most important phases of the Frisco's haudling of the great strawberry crop of the Oxarks of Southern Mix- souri and Northern Arkansas. Thcs Frisco has employed this season at ice docks HS many a s 150 men, m-hosp sole duty has been the icing of these refrigerator cars. Each refrigerator car holds approximately five tons of ice. A berry train of forty cars can be ired a t the Monett, Mo., dock used by the Frisco in forty minutes, or a oar a minute. The force a t this dock a t the height of the season was thirt- men for each of the two shifts. Dur- ing strawberry seasons the Frisco uses ice docks a t Monett, a t Rogers. F~ye t tev i l l e and Fort Smith, Ark., and at Kansas City, Mo.

The refrigerator cars used for the ~ t rawber r ies a re concentrated a t 310- nett to form the "Strawberry Spe- cials" of the Frisco, which are rushed to Kansas City, where the cars are placed on the rails of connecting linen. for distribution to large northern cities, practically from coast to coast.

Strawberries leaving shipping points one day, reach Kansas City a t 4 p. m. the next day and a r e on the rails of connecting lilies withill two hours.

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IDS PAPER ON SAFETY ~ n t S u p e r i n t e n d e n t R. C. udy B e f o r e C e n t r a l S ta tes

S a f e t y Congress

U'ETY from the Standpoint of the Supervisor" was the sub- ject of a paper read by R. C.

(!anady, assistant superintendent of the Western division of the Frisco a t the Central States Safety Cong-ress held a t Kansas City, Mo., April 25. Mr. Canady said in part:

"The company that I have the pleasure to represent started the n~ovement called Safety First in August, 1911, and the general lines. N-ith few changes, have been Iollowecl up to this day with splendid results. The thought that it was the man ant1 the manner in which the work was performed and not the device or ap- 1)liances that were causing all these :icctdents has been our guiding light since this movement started sonw seventeen years ago.

"I have heard the statenlent. antl 1 believe it is true, 'Show me a n industrial plant o r any division or sub- division of any railroad where they are having a n unusually large nunl- ber of accidents o r where accident prevention or safety first work i s looked upon almost a s a joke, and 1 will show you where the management of that organization or property has Pallen short on the job or the supervisors have not put forth the proper rffort to sell this wonderful product. accident prevention'. The supervisor is the teacher and you cannot expect the pupils to make 100 per cent grade6 with 50 per cent teachers. Person- ally, I feel that it is up to us super- \isore to be 100 per cent teachers."

At this point Mr. Canady gave sta- tistics showing a great decrease in Lhe number of accidents on the Frisco since the railway began its accident prevention program. He said that the name of the department, Safety First department, was changed to Accident Prevention Department in Decemhc~.. 192.5.

"Accident prevention meetingh. where all employes and supervisor; van get together a t short intervaln. sho~rld be held, and previous accidents discused and how they could have been avoided. Constr~~ctivc> c.riticism always should he wolcometl This, in my mind, is one of' the best ways to handle this feature. T h e w meetings, properly conducted, where c%rerybody can talk and discuss un- *afe practices and unsafe conditions. will go a long way toward better un- tlerstanding and correction. Thesc meetings, if conducted by supervisory officers, will not only help him to know and understand his men and

Employes in F The following list contains the

names and occupations of patients confined in the Frisco Employes' Hos- pital in St. Louis as of May 16. They will be glad to hear from their friends:

Johnson. 15.. ~)ensionctl. Wichita Kansas.

Spencer. Miss Sadie, operator, St. Louis, >lo.

McGill. J., B&H carpc,nter, Sprins- field, 310.

Alsip, I,., lineman, Vienna, Ill. Clayton. E., laborer. Springfield, Mo. Craig, C. A., wire chief. Springfield,

Jlissouri. Cleary. &I., clerk. Springfield. 310. Blankenbaker. K., c-x~penter. A~nory.

Jlississippi. Wortman. A.. engineer. Sapulpa.

Oklahoma. Jolley, R., car repairer, Jonesboro,

Arkansas. Austin. 'T. E.. conductor. lluskosec~.

Oklahoma. Rice, A,. extra gang laborer, 4x11-

ley. Kans. Hall, G . A,. pumper, Leachrille, Ark. Oliver, C., sectloll laborer, Lebanon,

JIissouri. Carver. E. H.. cashier. Chirkaslia.

Oklahoma. Neal, F., B&R department. Chaonia.

Nissouri. Hirschman, G.. p~nuioned. St. Louis,

Missouri. Marston. E.. foreman, l+ayrtteville.

Arkansas. Plachon. I.. J.. yard clerk, Newburg,

JIIssouri. Spratley, WIIL lineman. Oklahoma

City. Okla. Burgess. W. E., contluctor, St. Louis.

Missouri. Ballartl, U. R.. conductor. Memphis.

Tennessee. Cochran. C:.. special officer, St.

Louis. Wo. Billings. C. E.. brakeman. Oklahoma

City, Olila. Goode. H.. clerk, Welwter Groves,

310. Rosback. Geo.. pensioned. Hugo.

Oklahoma. Dean. 1-1. C., engineer, Valley Park.

Missouri. Ingles, C., pumper, Chelsea, Okla. Morgan. Miss >I., stcno-clerk. Fort

Smith, 4:'k.

get their confidence antl good wiI1. but will allow the men to meet each other and talk over their problems. The value of personal contact cannot be overestimated, not only along safety lines but in the operat.ing and other departments.

"We supervisors have the most im-

'risco Hospital L)upree, V. I.., switchman, Lawt

Oklahoma. Cruemmw, BIlss W., typist,

Tauis, Mo. Cheek, J. M.. engineer. Sapul

Oklahoma. Boone, Win., engineer, Enid, Okla Thurber. T,., car inspector. St. Lo1

Missouri. Garrett. N.. lineman, Springfit

Missouri. Bearden, A.. pensioned, Paris. T Ourth. H., laborer, Chaffee, Mo. Gentry, C'. W., dispatchcr, Mempl

Tennessee. Cruz. A,, section laborer. Er

Oklahoma. Dalton. W.. electrician. W. Tul

Oklahonia. Barr. J . A,. pensioned. Merri

Kansas. Curtis, Win . BBB carpenter. DI

Oklahoma. Singleton. H. .\I., agent, Youthw

City. Mo. Vhrisman, K.. trucker. Springfic

. Missouri. Pearson. A. 0 . hostler helper. M

kogee. Okla. Wells, IT.. freight account.

Louis, 310. Poe, J . E., switchmail. St. Lo1

Jl lssouri. Campbell, C. M., e n ~ i n e e r , Sap111

Oklahoma. Everage, Wm., B&B foreman.

pulpa, Okla. Paul, J. W.. engineer. Pittsbu

Kansas. Hardin, J . O., clerk, Memphis, Te Tork. G., switchman. Kansas C

Missouri. List, C. C., section foreman, V

Scott, Kansas. Coody, E. P., car inspector, Harva

Arkansas. Sonlmerfrucht. J . H., airbrake m

Sapulpu. Okla. Tapscott. C. S.. clerk, St. Louis. 1 Workman, J., Jr., l inenun, Wich

Kansas. Slanback. Wm.. agent. 0 1 i

Branch, Miss. Lane, K. W.. piece work check

Memphis. Tenn. Teague. Wm., engineer. Sapul

Oklahoma. Thompson, S.. H&B carpenter, I

mingham. Ma.

portant part to play in this work getting employes to work safely. watch the other fellow-workman, '

safe tools and get rid of bad tc and appliances, and report and as: in correcting unsafe conditions, the by preventing accidents by do away with the hazard."

J .\MES WALKER PAUL. engineer.

Northern division. \\-as retired from active service on January 27.

1!128, clne to lotal tlisahility. He was 65 years of aqe, I)orn December 16.

lS(i2, near J l a d i s o ~ ~ Court House, V a. His father was a farmer, and du~,il~:, his early years he helped with the work on thc farm antl a t t e ~ ~ d r t l the schools near his home. Hir: first railroad s e r v i c e was with the C. & 0. Fhilroad at. Hun- t ington. W. V a.,

JAs. w. p,\ljL served as fireman. H r entered Frisco service October 4, I'#!), a s a loco~notive fireman a t Ft. Scott. Kal~s., and was pro- nloted to loromotive enginerr, Novem- 1)er 25, 1897. His entire service has I)ee11 on the Nortl~ern di\ ision. O:I November 12, 1S91, 11r was lnarrietl to JIartha ~lanc.hqVornstoR of Ft. Scott . and to them wns boru one son, Ken- neth E. Paul. Nr. Paul r e s ~ d e s a t 407 West 4th Strect. Pittsburg, ICans. Continuo~is service of 38 years and 4 I I I O I I ~ ~ S entitles hi111 to a pension a1- lowance of $59.85 a month, effective Aiarrsh 1 , 1928

ALVIS H A It H I S 0 S BEARDEN. c!erk, lnechanical department. P. R. G . N. Railway, Paris, Texas, was re-

tired from active scrvice on Marrh 21. 1925, due to his having reached the . . , age limit. He was 1 ,r, I

, o r March 21. * f 18%. near Green- . .-

, ] ville. Texas. His father was a farmer. He received his education in the schools near his home a n d a 1 s o spent oue year in

.\. E l . HEARDEN the Sam Houston

Sor~nal School a t Huutsville, Texas. At the age of t w e ~ ~ t y years he began teaching. and taught for several years. On December 16, 1891, he began his service with the Frisco a s a roundhouse clerk a t Paris, Texas, where IIP served his entire time. On October

2!). 1891, he \\-as married to Mrs. Sn - sunna JIishler Curtis of Paris, and to 1 hem we^-e born twn sons. 311.. all11 .Mrs. 13ea1~lcn rvxitlr a t 320 W. Iiauf- man Strc?et. I'uris. C o ~ ~ t i n u r ~ u s service of thirty-six years ant1 three nlonths t~~l l i t l es him to it pension allowance o f 947.S5 a n~onth , cfCeetivr- April 1 . 102s.

\\71L1.1AN 1':L)M'IS BIILCI-I. clork, store rlc~partmenl. Tulsa, Okla.. was retired l'1-oni active ser\-ice March 31. 1028, to his having reuchrtl t h ~ n.qe liiiiit. HI> \\-as born in St. Louis. .\lo., a4a1,cll 2 : : . 18.58. His fatl~el. wits n farmer. He entered Frisco service in 190s as a laborer i l l the store d r - partment a t Springfield, where he re- mained two ycAars. Ho lcft the service i~ntl again reentered it as a checker nl the s t o r e l ~ o ~ ~ s e . Spri~~gfleld. ill 1911. He also servc?d for a t i m ~ at the L ~ I I - tlenwootl store room. Lintlenwootl. Mo. On Atarch 31. ISSG, he was ~narr ied to 1.aura E. KOOI~S of St. Louis. and to them were horn four boys, all o f who~n worked for the Frisco in the electrical t l epar tme~~t and as stenographers. Continuous service of 17 years entitles him to a pension allowance of $20.00 a month, effective April 1, 1925.

A L E X A N D E R V A N V R A N K L I N ALEXASDEK VAK VRAXKLIX.

~~ensionecl machinist, died at the Frisco Hospital. Springfield, on April 23. Hc was bor11 June 22, 1848. a t Schenectady. N. Y.. and entered the service a s a carpeuter a t the South Springfield Shops in March, 1889, ant1 served as sncth and a s airbrake man until Novenlber, 1901, when hv was promoted to machinist and worked ill that capacity until April 30, 1919, when he retired due to the age limit. He was a widower. His pension allowance was $24.10 a month antl during his lifetime he was paid a total of $2,578.70.

G L E N W A L L A C E M O O R H E A D GLEN WALLACE MOORHEAL).

pcnsion~rl engineer, died a t his home a t T h ; ~ y e ~ - , No.. on April 14. He was born O( tober 22. 1868, at iLIcCom1~. Ohio. a~l t l entered the service a s a fireman on the Memphis Lines in O v tober. 1594, later being promoted to ~ n g l ~ ~ e e r antl serving i l l that cilpaclty until he was retired on February 28. 1923, tlue to physical disability. His pensiou allowance was $54.35 a n~onth ~ 1 1 1 t l up to the date of his death he had ))ern paid a total of 83514.15

S M I T H G A V E T T BOULDIN SMITH GAVETT BOULDIN. 1)en-

sioned co~~ductor , died a t the home of his d a ~ ~ g h t e r . a t Monett, Mo.. on Nay 2 He was born March 20, 1862, near 141intirigton. Intl. He entered the s e n - ic,e as passellger porter a t Monett. 310.. ill December, 1592. working ill various c;lpacities a t that statiou until August, 1902, when he was ap- pcintetl bixkeman on the old I<ansas division, later being pron~oted to conductor. in which capacity he served rll~til peujioned on account of total tlisability on July 24, 1924. His pe11- sio11 allowance was $53.40 a niontll and up to the time of his death he had heen pnitl a thtal of $2,403.00.

E L M E R E L L S W O R T H D INGER E1,NlSR ELLSWORTH DINGEH.

pensio~~et l operator, died a t Turner. Mo.. ~ I I Map 1. He was born April 27, 1861, at Fountain, Pa. H e entered the service as agent a t Dennis, Kan., in September, 1887, and served therib and as agent and operator a t Mid- way, Kans.. until 1903 when he was torred lo lay off on account of i l l health. He re-entered the service ill 1904 as agent and operator a t various points on the Oeark Division until retired on June 26, 1924, t h ~ ~ o u g l ~ physiral infirmities. He leaves a ni- (low. Nay E. Dinger. His g e n s i o ~ ~ allowance was $40.20 a month and thcl total amoullt paid him while 011 the pension roll was $1,849.20.

H E N R Y M I L L E R HESRY MILLER, pensioned enginr

wiper, (lied OII April 28. He \vas horn in Germany on June 22, 1842, and after conling to America (date not obtainable) entered the service of the Frisco as a laborer a t the South Springfield Shops in August. 1889,

working in that c~waci ty and as wiper until retired on June 30, 1913, a t which time he was placed on the first pen- sinn roll pair1 by this compat~g. His rlearlt leaves but two of the original pensioners alive. His allowance was 120.00 a month and a total of $3,540.00 had been paid him.

MISS ADDlE TOLAND

MISS ADDIE TOLAND. an employe III the I<. C. C. & S. and Frisco Rail- roads for twenty-sir years, diecl a t the St. Louis Hospital, Friday noon, April 27. from pneumonia.

Miss Toland was born in ltoscoc. Ohio. and entered the employ of the old K. C. C. & S. Railway a t Spring- field. No.. Jauuary 1902 a s a stenographer. On February 10. 1913, she came to the Frisco in that city, a s a stenographer in the baggage department and on Kovember 1, 1917 was promoted to clerk in the mail traffic tlepartment, St. Louis, which position she hithfully and efficiently filled lnltil her death.

Whlle in Springfield she was all active member of the Grace 3Iethodisl Episcopal Church antl trat~sferretl her n~en~bership to Union 31. E. Church it1

St. Louis. She was also an activc member of the I h ~ s i t ~ e s s Wonletl's Mlssio~~ary Society and taught in the Chi~~ese Sunday School ol Irniou Church.

She took a very ac t i \ e part iu the Frlsco Girls' Club of St. Louis, being a member of the Choral division, and her death was the first to be recorded in the St. Louis Club.

Funeral services were held at Springfield, Mo., .\lontlay, April :3O. She Is s~~rv ive t l I)!. three' sisters, Mrs. Lula Pat? of IHarlinger, l'ex., Mrs. Maude King of Pro tec t io~~, Iiansas, antl Nrs. Grace Pickle of Kansas City. and one brother. (korge Ilo\v;~rtl To- land of Springfield.

CAPT. CHESI'ER DIES AlAY 3 Captain William 11:. Chester. S7, Cor

years cl~lef special agent I'or the old Kansas City, Fort Scott and 3le1nphis railroad. now a part of Frisco Lines. and one of the captors nearly thirty years ago, of Jack "Cluail Hunter" Kennedy, notorious Missouri train robber, died >lay :: at his 11on1c. al Warrensburg. 310. He retired almut twelve years ago.

The captain served with the tedeml forces during the Civil \Var. Hc. worked in the government secret service and later entered speclal agent work with the K. C.. F. S. & 31.

FRiSCO FOLKS HEAD SOCIFTY Xembers of the Frisco Family hold

11ear1y all the offices in the Ozark Dahlia Society, which was organized a t the Greene County court house, Sr~ringfielil, 110, April 24, to promote tlahlia cultnre and the l~olding of a tlahlia show this fall. The territory embraced by the society is Sontll- west hlissouri.

The officers of the society who a re of the Frisco family are: F. R. Hol- away, train baggageman, lwesident; P. W. McKinley, freight honse forc- man, first vice-president; Arthur Erke, telegraph department, second vice-president; Mrs. %. M. Dunbar. wife or the chief t ranspor ta t io~~ clerk. recording secretary and treasurer.

Others of the Frisco family who arv charter members are: James Burns. loreman or special equiplnent; W. A. Eangs, mechanical department; Mrs. R. J. >IcCilvry. wife of the loconlo- live engineer; Mrs. Charles Craig. wife of the Frisco shop foreman; Mrs. 31. H. Dodd, wife of the cabinet worker: 3lrs. F. R. Holaway, wife o!' Ihc. train l)ngi.axen~an, antl %. 31. Durl- lmr, chief t~,ansportation c,lerl<.

"Pop"

M I(. ri. H. IIElinERT, Frisco con- t l ~ ~ c ~ l o r , wor l t i~~g bet wee^^ Bly- tlieville and Jot~eshoro, Ark.,

was t i i v subjec,l of tlip fol lowi~~g poem, w r i t t c ~ ~ 1)y his uicv.e. Miss Delloa Fer- guson.

.\lr. Hrri)c:rt \vas ;III c.n~!)loye of the 1:utler C o r ~ ~ ~ t y . 310.. Line from August 2.5, 1899, u11ti1 September 1, 1927, w11e11 the Frisco L i n ~ s took over that railroad. Hr has a host of friends 011

Vrisco L i n ~ s .

Of all the to\vnfollts where he Ii\-ed,

Sot a favor was asltrtl that he did not give.

1 1 r was always hailed from house. ancl st roet.

And thc,ro was :I smile lor all lle'tl meet.

.\ long time ago whtm his parents were living,

Art l~ur llerbert was the name that was given.

nut years passe11 by and that name was dropped,

Ry all of his friends he was known a s "Pop."

He was a conductor for a very long time, .

O n a short little road called the Butler C'ounty Line,

And along that line from eud to end.

A l every stop he had a friend.

Then I he Frisco bought the B. L. C. And it also bought the I<. &. S. E. t \ ~ ~ t l the places these men had

kept so long, Were taken by older men who

came along.

Xow. of course that comes in the R. R. Game,

1:ut still i t hurts them just the ' same,

To give their jobs .to a n older man. Who bumps them just because he 1

can.

Front off this run he had held so long,

"Pop" was humpetl by oue who came xlong.

It spe~nctl a vahe of sighs and texrs.

For he hntl served for twenty- . eight years.

I I P wiis p r o ~ ~ i l a ~ ~ d he asked for IIO V:IC'S pity,

\\'l~en !re w s sent to this new - city.

l l is cheery wbr& and his happy : sn~ilc .

\\Ton I I ~ I I I hosts, of friends in a : w r y short while.

Ile'tl gct quite ,angry i f he war; ,,.

told, ..' 111 the least .little way he was

gelting old. . . .. I<(? believed. i n . that old saying ..

that is used near and far, T h i ~ t "We're !lever old till we say .

\v C? a IF ,"

'I'ht~ro \vah always a word and a 11al)l)y smile,

'I'hat folks mould remember for . quite a long while.

.\ntl iron^ every direction, from ,

botloln lo top, There's a kind, loving word for '

"1)ear Old Pop."

\Vl~t.n his work on earth is o'er, .\ntl he has crossed to that other -

shore. There'll be ltintl thonghts of "Dear

Old PO])". For the l~lesbinqs he now gets will

never stop.

'I'l~e recording angeI has written (10\~11,

1Gach liintl deed that can be found. . And o f rill the names of those

wl~om the Lord' shall bless, I

Nay his, like "Abou Ben Adhem," lead all the rest.

Puyr 32

MISS LORETTO A. CONNOR. Editor

Homemakerf Page O n e S a l a d a D a y

.

By BliTTY

S ERVE one salad a day. Two is better, but one good salad will go a long way toward balancing

the acid-producing foods eaten so heavily, and perhaps it is better to advise one salad a day and have your advice taken, than to suggest two and have the suggestion ignored.

Many families have gotten into the salad habit during the past few years. Others have not yet joined the ranks of the wise. The salad, however, is the cheapest, most tasty and most &cient medicine obtainable.

Contrary to general belief, the acid- producing foods a r e such staples a s meat, fish and bread. The acid bal- ancers, or alkaline foods, a re green vegetables, fresh frults and milk. Knowing this, i t takes the average person but a moment to appreciate the fact that vegetable and fruit salads. fruit-cups and light creams. whips and similar puddings, are a s healthful as they are delicious.

T h e salad is Mother Nature's particular cure for acidlty. I t seems that almost all of our principal alkaline foods, with the e x c e ~ ~ t i o n of milk, are made with the salad in mind. Let- tuce, celery, oranges, pineapples, a p ples, radishes, raw cabbage-all these a r e alkaline foods, and all fit Into salads almost perfectly.

So serve a daily salad. Not necessarily an expensive salad-for dozens of salads may be made up a t very little cost. Nor does this daily salad have to be made without meat and fish. A little cold lamb, cooked had- dock, or salmon may form one of the ingredients of a salad-for the other ingredlents will tend to balance the acidity of the meat or Ash, and make the salad, a s a whole, a very delightful and healthful dish.

Here a re a few of the most simple salads I m a g i n a b l e e a c h containing a

plentiful supply of alkaline foods:

Mock Lobster Salad

2 cups cooked dry Ash of any kind. 2 cups celery. 2 tablespoons pimento, 1 cup mayonnaise dressing, 2 tablespoons lemon juice. Mix cold, flaked boiled fish with

finely-chopped pimento; season with ~ a l t , paprika and lemon juice, and let stand one-half hour. Add celery, iinely chopped, and two tablespoons mayonnaise dressing. Stir lightly; pile on crisp lettuce leaves, and cover with dressing. Garnish with lemon, cut in fancy shapes and decorated with paprika.

Fig and Cheese Salad

Mix cream cheese with pignolia nuts that have been browned in the oven. Season with salt and moisten

orange juice o r cream. Fill fresh or canned figs with cheese mix- ture; arrange on lettuce leaves; garnish with thin slices of oranges, cut in quarters and sprinkle with flnely- chopped pignolia nuts, and serve with lioney dressing.

Simple Ten-Minute Salads -

1. For each portion, allow one-half orange, one-half cup cantaloupe balls or cubes and six white grapes. Serve on lettuce.

2. For each portion, allow one thick slice tomato, ring of green pep- per and one-half orange. Sprinkle with minced onion. Lettuce.

3. Peel oranges and remove all white skin. Cut into one-fourth inch slices and cut each slice into halves. Dice celery and apple and mix with mayonnaise. Arrange a circle of half- slices of oranges on a lettuce-covered salad plate, 611 center with apple and celery mlxture, and garnish with celery tlps.

Picture hats are in vogue for the summer ~irorrths, and Miss Entily Sparks oj thc ngci~ts' accolrnt drpart7nent. Soin1 Louis, poses m a becoming model--a combimtiorr o f brnid, velvet ribbon and lnrr.

(Fashions from R. Sngent & Broli.,.St. I.ouln)

MISS PHESSON WINS PRIZE Hazel Presson. daughter of G . L.

Presson, chief dispatcher. who is a student in the junior class of the Ft. Smith High School, won first prize in a state essay contest on the sub- ject "Chemistry and I ts Relation to Enrichment of Life", conducted hy the An~erican Chemical Company.

Miss Presson's essay of more than 2,000 words was submitted with hundreds of others from all over Arkansas. She will receive $20.00 in gold and a certificate, according to the message from Dr. Harrison Hale. head of the Chemistry department at the University of Arkansas, also chairman of the committee of iudnes - - for the state. She is also entitled to enter the national contest.

While the old-fashioned mothers "A practical man is the upholsterer; have Wi t baking bread, the modern he's always getting down to brass

A bird in the woods ia worth two on I~omekeepers need-.'more dough than tacks.- ever. a hat.

J i t n ~ , 1928 Pngc 33

St. Louis Bowling Teams End Season With Prize Awards

T h e two Frisco S t . Lorris tcairrs bowlcd a matched garve on thc prigkt o f J Im. 9 , n~rd t11c nbovc photograph was ?;rode tRc p-oufi. Mirs Bcrtha Hnhrr. presidcrtt o f the girls' tca~rr, is c*! tlrc c.r;rcrr:c Icft of thc picture. second row. On Ilcr is IZmlph Xch'ridc, p~csidcirt of thc mvr's tcnur.

T HE bowling season for both teams of the Frisco Girls' Club and the Men's Club of St. Louis,

has ended. The girls bowled their final game on the night of May 7, and the men on the night of May 4.

President Ralph 3IcBride of the Men's club presented the pennant to the Bluebonnet team, which has won the pennant for the seventh consecutive season. This team is composed of the following members: hlessrs. R. L. Schoeneberg, R. L. Tschampers, 0. B. Duffy (Captain) ; C. G. Lamont, E. H. Thielker, J. Schad and A. H. Burg- dorf.

The Sunnyland team won the high single with a score of 1031 and Mr. C. A. Houlihan won the individual high single with a score of 269.

The girls brought their season to a close with a dinner, given a t the Forest Park Hotel on the evening of

May 14. Fifty-four were in attendance, with Mr. E. N. Howard, manager of the Rogers Recreation Alleys, Miss Loretto A. Connor, president of the Girls' Club and Miss Martha C. Noore of the publicity department were special guests. Miss Bertha Hahn, president of the bowling club, presided.

Following the dinner, Miss Hahn called on the guests and the officers of the club for short addresses. Each in turn, complimented the club on its successful season.

"I have seen many women's teams formed," Mr. Howard said, "only to go to pieces in a few weeks, but the Frisco girls stuck together like veterans. Their comradeship and co- operation was one of the finest things I have ever witnessed in any group or team."

Miss Evelyn Keisling presented a

reading; Miss Mary Crane favored the group with a song, and the bowling club quartette, con~posed of Ber- tha Hahn, BIarge Burns, Margaret Cowan and Lilly Kulage, accompanied by Sophie TVilliams sang "Ramona."

The most important f e a t y e of the program was the presentation of the bowling prize money. The Wichita Falls Team won first prize of $15.00 with the Southwest Limited team second. Miss Odelia Bosche won the high individual prize and also the special individual prize and was also a member of the team which won flrst place. Prize money was presented by Mr. Howard. Only a short time was taken up in the election of officers for the Girls' Team tor the 1929 season. They a r e as follows: Lillian Ritter. president; Odelia Bosche, vice-president; Alma Jennings, secretary and Louise Gibson, treasurer.

The Hugo, Okla., diamondmen lost ager, taking the place of Arthur Boen. Clyde Sillyman, boilermaker-helper; their first game to Valliant, Okla., re- The team has the month of June book- .Leslie McGown, machinist-helper; cently. They have a return game and ed and is anxious to hear from Frisco Phillip Picard, machinist, and Charles expect to take the honors. teams for match games later this sea- H ~ ~ ~ ~ , .boilermaker, claim t~ be the

son. -- champion horseshoe pitchers of Kan-

The Frisco Best Service Baseball The distribution clerks, West Shop, Club of the 7th Street freight station, Springfield, Mo., have organized a ball City. They threw an average Of

St. Louis. has been re-organized and team and practice every evening until 64 ringers in eighteen minutes during R. L. ~ l & has been appointed man- dusk. hey claim some good talent. the week of May 7.

Bobby Vacations W i t h Grandmother

"S CHOOL is out-school is out", sang Bobby, a s he came bound- ing home with his books. "Oh

mother, I'm so glad", he said. The trees were green outside-the

sun was warm and pleasant. I t was summer time and June, and all the world looked beautiful, especially to Bobby, for a s he said, school was out.

"Mother", he said, "when a re we going to go to grandmother's?"

"We may leave this week-end Bob- by, its according to your father's work", mother replied. "Grandmother has been writing and asking us to hurry, and I expect we'll go now very soon.''

"Oh goody, goody", and Bobby jumped up and down. "Mother tell me again what grandmother has on her farm."

"Why she has pigs and ducks and horses and cows and chickens-"

"Pigs?" and Bobby paused for a moment. "Are they the ones that have the funny little tails that curl up and when they run they grunt?"

"Exactly", replied mother. Bebby and mother talked for a long

time that afternoon about what they would see on grandmother's farm, and Bobby was more than anxious that the week come to a close so they could start.

Saturday morning arrived a t last- and the whole family arose early. Bobby put his hiking clothes in the big suitcase and his ball and glove, and carefully wrapped his little sail boat in paper, for mother said there was a big lake on grandmother's farm.

The ride 011 the train was delightful and Bobby was most interested in watching the conductor take up tickets. Bobby kept a little folder in his hand, and would mark off the stations, one by one and when they reached the station just before grandmother's home, he began to gather up his belongings.

He pressed his little face against the pane, for a first view and all a t once he said, "There she is, mother, and grandfather too!"

There were many kisses and hugs and grandmother just couldn't get over how Bobby had grown to be such a man in the two years since she had seen him.

He took hold of grandfather's hand

and walked toward the Ford. The farmhouse soon loomed up in the distance. It was a lovely old place and

UT THREE PIGS P IN FOUR PENS

EASY

Bobby was so glad that they had arrived.

The first thing he did was to rush through the house and out the back door to view the barn and yard. "Pigs -horses-cows!" he said, a s he rec- ognized the various animals.

Mother found him, leaning against the fence watching the various an- tics of a litter of small pigs and she told him that dinner was ready.

What a feast! Bobby hadn't had any corn bread for a long time, and buttermilk! Mother was almost ashamed of his appetite when he asked for a second big glass.

But that afternoon grandfather told Bobby to put on his hiking shoes and together they went over the farm. Grandfather in his most interesting manner, told Bobby how he planted each thing. in the garden and fields.

When they got down to the lake, they stood there for several minutes

watching the old mother duck with her small ducklings behind her, swimming around with perfect ease.

Bobby was fascinated. H e could swim. Daddy had taught him when he was very young-but he wished he could swim with the ease that grandfather's ducks did!

H e heard a lot of grunting-and turning, he saw the old mother hog and her seven small pigs nearing the water. One little pig ran in advance of the rest and rushed headlong into the water.

Bobby paused for a moment, and then with the cry-"Oh grandfather, he'll .drown1'-he jumped headlong in- to the lake af ter the little fellow.

But Bobby mas a city boy, and h e was not familiar with the way of pigs or the depth of the lake, and instead of plunging in the water, he buried his head in the mud. The little pig. with several squeals, turned in the water, which was only about four inches deep and ran back to its mother who grunted her approval.

Grandfather, shaking with laughter. hurried over to Bobby and pulled him from the mud. Bobby spit and wiped the mud from his face. H e was a piti- ful sight to see.

"Bobby-didn't you know that.water was only a few inches deep?'' asked grandfather, grabbing a handful of grass and wiping off his face a s best he could.

"Blub-blub" sputtered Bobby- "NO!" H e and grandfather hurriod back to the house, where grandmother and mother were shocked, and later burst into laughter when grandfather told of Bobby's heroic act which ended in disaster for Bobby.

But he was soon in clean clothes again, and none the worse for his experience.

That evening grandfather asked Bobby if he wouldn't like to take a swim the next morning with the pigs, but Bobby only hung his head.

"Never mind Bobby", he said, "come over here I want to show you a puz- zle". And grandfather took out a pencil and drew three pigs.

"Now put those three pigs in four pens Bobby, where they can't get to the water" said, grandfather.

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rronz w p ro rrynr, roy I-ow: ~r~~izautrug~rrer 01 A . o. Dozzeer, uo.r yocMcr, v v ~ t z ~ r a , Aaizs.; Arrw b n r r y , Jr., age J and Thelirra Gentry, aqe 1 , children of Artie Gentry, trucker, 7th Street Station, St . Louis.

Center: R ~ t h Ellen Morgan, age 12, dawghter of N r . Herbert ~l.lmgan, machirtist, Ft. Smith, Ark. Charles Rayl~totld Sheeley, 26 month old soft of Wr. John Slzeeley, boilerrimkCr, Chaffee, Mo.; John Wilbur, age 13

and Ruth Lwile , age 8. children of Mr. J . F. Strickland, traveliqq freight agcrrt, Denver, Colo. Bottorn row, IeJt to right: dlinerva J4ay West , one gear old daughter of Mr. Rzcben West, sectior~ foremzn, Startton,

Mo.; Mary Jo Ford, six month old daughter of il4r. J . W . Ford, and granddaughter of Mr. J . J . Ford, yard section foreman, Ft. Smith, Ark. ; Billy Orr, 17 ~nostlt old son o f Mr. W . L. Orr, engine suMlyiIratr, Bir?reirtghunz, Ale., and Gln~nie Fay Thomas, datcghtrr of d lr . A. S . Thonms, operator, Dora, Ala.

And Bobby after a n interval of a half hour finally penned the pigs up.

"Now I guess they won't go swimming" he said. "Grandfather, I don't believe I'm so awfully crazy to know any more about pigs, will you take me out when you milk in the morning, I think I'd like to learn how".

"Not a True Tale!" A mouse once bought an aeroplane And flew-to such a height He said. "I must go down again- Good gracious! It is night."

"O'h, dear! I cannot go s o fast, It's dark." But very soon The s tars came out and then a t last, He saw the yellow moon.

H e thought it was a monster cheese So he, a s he drew near, Bit pieces off, till by degrees The moon grew small, poor dear.

So now, whenever you look out And see the moon quite wee, You'll know that mouse has been

about And nibbled it for tea.

--(Exch.)

Generous Merchant Little Edgar didn't re&lize till h e

got home and unwrapped his purchase that his mother had bought him a two-pants suit.

"Look, mamma, look," he cried. -'That man threw in a spare."

YOUTH IS A MUSICIAN George Howard Willhoite, although

only twelve years of age, is a n accom. plished musician. He is the son of George F. Willhoite, a conductor for Frisco Lines on the Southwestern division.

H e has been playing the piano since he was three years of age and is able to play any piece of music he hears.

In June, 1927, he began to study music and in less than a year's time was able to win the gold medal in the Junior High School Musical Contest of the Monett district, held a t Aurora, l o . , April 6. H e was the youngest contestant and played "Etude in A" by Wallenhaupt.

He has a very promising future in the musical world and he is planning years of study.

Who's Who Elsie-There's a man a t the door,

Pa, who says he wants to see the boss of the house.

Pa-Call your mother. BTa (calling down the stairs)-Tell

Bridget.

Oh, Johnny! Sunday School T e a c h e ~ W e should

never do in private what we would not do in public.

Bad Boy-How about taking a bath, teacher?

Sharply Dull

A scissors grinder stopped in front of a house. "How's business, Tony?" asked the mistress.

"Fine!" said he, "I never saw things so dull in all my life."

Not Present Visitor-"Is your father. a t home?" Small Son-"No. Daddy h a s not

been here since mother caught Santa Claus kissing the cook."

The Knocker There is room in this world for sun-

shine And flowers and smiles galore-

But the only place for a knocker Is just outside the door.

Jack and Jill Sped up a hill.

A curve up there was sharp. The car upset;

Jack's rolling yet; Jill's playing on a harp.

-University Life.

Sambo: What kind of watch you got?

Jasbo: I has a wonder watch. Sambo: Wonder watch! Never

heard of that before. Jasbo: Well, you see it's this way.

Every time I look a t it I wonder what time it is.-Railway Age.

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

BY the

St. Louis - San Francisco Railway Co.

Edited B y WM. L. HUGGINS, Jr.

743 Frisco Building St. Louis, Missouri - -

This magaz ine i s p u b l ~ s h e d in t h e in te res t s of a n d for f ree distr ihution amon$ the 30,000 emploses of t h e St. Louis-San IG-ancisco Railway. A11 ar t ic les , L I I ~ communl- ca t ions re la t ive to editorial m a t t e r s should be addressed

' to t h e editor.

tliat you get a s nice a riclc on a stretch of Frisco main line a s you clo anywhere else in Amcrica, tlitlt the E'recl Harvey food in their diners and station restaurants is the supcrior of any other railroad food in America, that they run their trtiiiis on timc, and that their equipment is good and their motive power excellent,.

"I read their annual report. tile othcr clay and saw where they had a dccrease of $5,000,- 000 in gyoss rcvciiuc in 1927. That's not bad. Otlier roilcls Ilad more dccrease. But the point

Single copies, 15 cents each I

is-the crowd runiiing the Frisco today had a Outside circulation, $1.50 per year clecrease in net of only onc million and soinc

Vol. 5 JUNE, 1928 No. 9 odd tlioustmcl clollars. Aiicl if you don't think t h t means cfficieiit operation look back over tlic cost shcets in your own businesses when you

A D r u m m e r Speaks His Piece

T HE robust man with the jovial smile lighted a fresh cigar and benignly surveyed the

crowd in the smoker of No. 10's rcar Pullman. "I've been sitting here for a hnlf hour," llc

ctilml!- observed, "t~ncl I'ni about to change m). mind about the favorite indoor pastime of American males. I t used to be polter. Kow i t seems like it 's cussing thc railroads. I've been piling up twenty-five or thirty thousand miles a ycar on American riiilronds for twenty-five years-not making mucl~ money, but having lots of fun. I've seen railroad managements conic and go, and railroads go up and down ill efficiency and comfort. But I 'll tell you gentlemen here that you're considerably in error when you make statements like some I've heard here tonight.

"1,et's take this road for instance. 1 remember tlie Frisco when they used to say 'St. Louis- San Francisco Railway System-hell ! They haven't got a system and don't go to Frisco.' Wcll, the ambitions dreams of the original founders hawn ' t materialized yet as f a r as making these rails stretch to the Wcst Coast, but the Frisco is some railroad today, and don't you let anybody tell you different.

"I've been supplementing my own knowledge gained from riding their trains, by reading the newspapers. I know from personal experience

get home. "I mad, too, that tlic Frisco's completed its

liiie into Pensacola, Florida, and now has i ts first 'home' port. That means no more short- l i i ~ ~ l i n g to tide-water. They'rc cutting out the ' midclle man ', as . sonic of us clrummers woulcl say. And they 'vc just opened a. new $1,750,000 tcrmi~ial in Memphis to speed up traffic I~andl- ing from the Kansas City and St. Louis gateways to Pcnsacola's port. The superior motive power 011 thc Frisco makes i t possible to take this train thc 542 miles from Oklahoma City to St. Louis without a change of engines, and I think they only use one engine on their through passenger service from Kansas City to Bir- niiligl~am, a longer run yet.

"Nope! You boys are criticising tlie other guy's game witl~out knowing what you're talking about. You ought to read the railroad news in the papers. I t wouldn't hurt some of you to bone up on this freight rate situation cither. You chaps talk like the railroads make tlic rates. Read up on the Interstate Commerce Act, and see what thc Commission does on freight rates. Then if I hear any of you cussing the government of the Tinited States I 'm liable to sic the United States district attorney on you for treasonable utterances.

"While I go back here and have a chat with the conductor before I turn in, I suggest you good friends t ry to figure out what they're doing to Rogers Hornsby. That would be a better topic to guess about."

Members of the Veterans' Association meeting a t Springfield, June 18-19, a re to be more royally enterhilled t,han ever before. Don't miss it, Veteran!

Fur Protection

L skunk and he r four baby skunks re basking in the sun when a big und dog made his appearance. 'Children," said the mother skunk, t us spray."

Found

"Sandy" McGinnis had been absent from home and a f t e r a search of three days they found him-

Slill riding on a pay-as-you-leave car.

The Age 'How old a re you, little girl?" 'Five on the t ra in and six oft'."

At the Porter's Ball 'Is you all fiwiue bring your broom d pan with you a t the ball?" 'So, sir-I ain't goin' take them ngs."

'1-ou all bettah-'member af ter the !or fight last year-all them grapes -in,- on the floor!" ' . Grapes - man. thew weren't no tpes, Lhem wuz eye-halls! "

Yes, Yes! "What were the epistles?" "Wives of the Apostles, I guess."

Oh! Husl~ant l : "Dear, will you plertse

tu rn oft' t he ra.dioS?" Wifie: "It isn't on-now a s I was

saying-"

What Air? "IVhrhat i s wind?" "It's-it's a i r that's-that's going

sonlewhere."

Wrong Contact H e : "There's something wrong.

This gear shift doesn' t work." She : "That 's not the gear shift-

it's my knee:"

I n Dutch H e had come home late and s tag-

gered iu. She met him a t the door a ~ u l gavc him a terrific heating in the dark . Then s h e turned on the light.

"Why-you're not my husband!" s h e gasped.

"Are-are you sure?" h e said, weakly.

Just a Part "Sambo, why don't you all par t yoah

hai r in the n~itldle'?" "Why part my hai r in the rnidtlle?" "Then they'd be a alley in your

block I "

Eliminated "Are yo11 the groom?" asked the be-

wildered old gentleman a t a very elahorate wedding.

"No, sir," was the reply of thc young man. "I was eliminated in the pre- liminary try-outs."

No Room There is room in this world for snn-

shine And flowers and smiles galore-

Rut the only place fo r the knocker, Is just outside the door.

A Smaller Order Father-ill-law : "How would you

'like a cow for a wedding p,.esent?" Eride: "Oh, a cow monlrl give more

miili than two could nerd. A calf would h e about right."

-U. 1'. Magazine.

What He Can Do "No, lady, I can't chop wood." "Well, there will he soine coal here

a n y minute, and you can carry i t in." "Sorry. but I can't carry coal. If

you have a gas stove, I'll l ight i t for you."

A Wild Pitch The radio announcer was transmit-

t ing a play-by-play account of the World Ser ies game. At a n exciting nloment he yelled out:

"He swang a t it!" Seventeen se t s i n Boston burned

out.-Life.

Youthful Ambish

"Jimmie," said the tcacher, "what is you^. greates t ambition'?"

Jimmie considered thoughtfully. "I think," he said, "it is to wash

mother 's ears."

!t Might Be The Golfer: "They're all afraid to

:]lay me. W h a t do you think my han- dica.1) is '?"

The Girl: "Oh, 1 doc' t know. I t may be your face."

I Vish I Vas You

A German a d t l r e s s i ~ ~ g his dog, said: "You vos only a dog, but I vish I vas you. Ven you go n ~ i t the bed in, you s h l ~ s l du rn rcund dree t imes und lay down. Ven I go mit der bed in I haf t.o lock the blace und vind de clock and put the ca t oud uncl undress myself, und my vife vakes up und scolds me. Den de baby cries und I haf to valk him up und down cien maype ven 1 shoust go to sleep, it's t ime l o ge t c p agaiu. Ven you get up you shust scratch yourself a couple of times, s t re tch , und you vas up. I haf to quick lite de fire, und .put de kett le on, scrap mit my vife already und ::~aypc get some hrealdast . You play a l l tay und half hlenty of fun. I haf lo work a11 tay und half blenty of dronhle. Ven you die, you vas dead; yen I die; I haf to go to hell yet."

-Exchange. ---

The Same

Teacher (sternly)-"This essay on, :Ow Dog,' i s word for word the same a s your brother's."

Small boy-"Yes s i r , it 's the same dog."

An ogti~nistir- Colorado farmer, on seeing some clouds floating bl~y, re- marlted: "Well, I guess we're going to have some rain."

"Aw," said his pessimistic neighbor, a n ex-railway man, "those a r e just empties coming hack Prom Iowa!"- The Ear th Mover.

"How's your new radio?" "It 's a howling success!"

A WKLUlIYC; KECOKU I- I

A welding job, recently performed , by employes of the West Shop, Spring- 1 field, has attracted considerable atten- I

tion. I A weld of a half circle in the barrel

of the left cylinder, thirty-eight inches I

long and S x 3 inch reinforcement on I the outside of the cylinder, was made. The total cost of the operation was $18.33, which saved the Frisco approximately $600.00 the cost of a new cylinder.

The work was performed by Messrs. L. L. Burkhart, lead welder and Earl McCullough, welder, with the assistance of John Kitzmiller of t h e Ox- weld Railway Service Company.

Employes of t h e Frisco car denart- rnent a t Sherman, Texas, a r e -now T h c officers of Local N o . 19, at Men~phis , of the Frrsco Associalion of .Ilctal working on the organization of a base- Crafts and Car Departtilent Ernploycs, pose for a photograph. ball team and according to Mr. J. J. Tlrcy are, back row, lcft lo right: T . M. Dubcrley, chaplain; Otto Ketternran, Thurston, car foreman a t that point, secretary; H . J . T im l i r s , conductor, and Robert Hecr, chairwurs of shop corrzntillee. the team will be ready for practice Fro~rt row, lef t to right: H . T . Kerztremer, d i v i s i o ~ chairman; W. H . ~ V o t e s , the first 'part of June. presidcrrl, and F. C. Shazv, vice-president.

ON MEMBERSHIP DRIVE T h e Ladies ' Auxi l ia ry of t h e F r i s c o

Associat ion of M e t a l C r a f t s a n d Car D e p a r t m e n t employes of Chaffee, Mo., Local No. I'l, a r e w o r k i n g in a m e m - bersh ip contes t , l a s t i n g t h r o u g h May, .June a n d Ju ly . T h e l o s e r s will en- te r ta in t h e w i n n e r s w i t h a n e n t e r - t a i n m e n t a n d supper .

At t h e l a s t m e e t i n g of t h i s auxi l ia ry , four new m e m b e r s m e r e ini t iated. T h e y were, Mrs. M a r y Reeves. N e i s h a Denton, O p a l S t r ingfe l low a n d De- m o v a Reeves.

T h e P l a y g r o u n d Ball L e a g u e of Ft. W o r t h , Tex., i s in ful l swing. T h r e e teams a r e e n t e r e d f r o m t h e F r i s c o offices, o n e e a c h Prom t h e office force , t h e c a r d e p a r t m e n t a n d t h e shops , a n d e a c h . t e a m p lay one g a m e a week .

I SPORT NOTES I T e n n i s i s c la iming t h e a t t e n t i o n of

m a n y of t h e Chaffee, Mo., employes. R a n n e y , McDonaugh, Bil l H e n k e a n d R. E. Pipkin , a l l old h e a d s a t t h e ten- n i s g a m e h a v e promised t h e i r s u p p o r t of a t e n n i s team.

The F r i s c o s h o p ball team of Okla- h o m a City, n o w h o l d s second p lace i n the Ci ty T w i l i g h t League , h a v i n g w o n t h r e e g a m e s , lost two a n d t ied one. T h e t e a m e x p e c t s to w i n t h e p e n n a n t for t h e season .

A n u m b e r of employes i n the F r i s c o office building a t F t . S m i t h , Ark., are sponsor ing a t e n n i s c o u r t to be erect- e d on t h e F r i s c o right-of-way, to b e used b y e m p l o y e s only.

I Frisco Mechanic Family News I MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT

THAYER, MO. -

F. 31. PEEBLES, Repor te r

R. R. Holmes, engine lnsoector a n d family, visi ted f r iends a t Monett. Mo.

C. S. Sel lars , machinist . 1s on t h e sick list.

On N a y 7 t h e s tork le f t a t t h e home of R. E. Davis, fireman, a n e igh t - pound boy.

J l m Mulky, host ler , 1s seriously i l l a t h i s home.

Howard Holmes, englneer. i s in Springfield spending a f e w days.

Bill Davis, fireman, is spor t ing a new Chevrolet coupe.

Claude Jones , ca r inspector , Is on the s ick list.

H. Miller, cashier , is s p o r t i n g a new Chevrolet coupe.

F i r e m a n A. &I. Box h a s a new a r - r iva l a t his home-a baby gir l .

I. W. Hil l is s p o r t i n g a new Chev- ro le t coupe.

Conductor F l c k e y recently loaded a c a r of rad ishes a t Tulo t a n d Marked T r e e a n d e r p e c t l n g to load s o m e t h l n g l ike 43 c a r s t h i s season.

George Mitchell, host ler , i s o n t h e s ick list.

J. J. Edgin ton . s t a t i o n a r y f ireman, made a t r i p to Oklahoma recently.

E a r l Lewis, host ler helper , resigned t h a t position a n d w e n t to w o r k on the section.

LOCAL NO. 24--AMORY, MISS.

E V E R E T T D. HANSEN, Repor te r

G. M. Beggs, n i g h t locomotive inspector , h a s been off severa l d a y s o n account of s ickness.

Rober t Stevenson, c a r clerk, h a s j u s t re turned f r o m a motorcycle t r i p t h r o u g h .Birmingham, A t l a n t a a n d Tampa.

Local No. 24 held r e g u l a r meet ing Apri l 17, which w a s well at tended.

Anton B. Holmquist , machinist of St . Louis, w a s a visi tor a t Amory roundhouse recently.

W e had a s h o r t visi t f rom D. F o r - sythe. genera l road foreman of equipment , recently. T h e boys a r e a l w a y s glad to see Nr . Forsy the .

Dock Dees, ca r man, h a s re turned f r o m a week-end t r ip to Bi rmingham. W h i l e there h e en te r ta ined himself a t E a s t Lake.

Mr. a n d Mrs. Marsha l l Malone a r e

t h e proud paren ts of a fine e lgh t and one-half pound girl. Congra tu la t lons!

Ed Grizzle, s t o r e room t rucker , h a s recently purchased a new four-door IVhippet s ix sedan. W. J. Pa t te rson , s torekeeper, h a s

purchased a s e t t e r blrd dog to g o w i t h the pointer t h a t h e bought a f e w weeks ago.

BRIDGE AND BUILDING DEPT. SPRINGFIELD, MO.

ARTHUR BUNCH, Repor te r . -

T h o m a s B a k e r w a s off w o r k o n account of illness.

Ell is 3Iayfield recently gave a house party. Several of the B. & B. boys were there. . . - . - . . . - . - .

Mr. \Vllliam Skyles a n d h is g a n g recently repaired t h e bridges on the Chadwick branch.

Mr. &I. R. Jo lmson a n d h l s g a n g re - cently repaired t h e br idges a n d depot a t Veiona, Mo.

Mr. J. P. C a r t e r a n d h ls g a n g re - cen t ly renewed t h e roof o n depot a t Marshfield.

3Ir. J o h n McGill w a s operated o n a t t h e Springfield F r i s c o hospital and is now g e t t i n g a l o n g fine.

Dock Gamout t recently visited re la - t ives a t Joplln, Mo.

Barney Henderson h a s gone to Pen- sacola, Florida, to engineer the pile driver . H e expects to g e t back in June .

NORTH SHOPS-SPRINGFIELD, MO.

SHERMAN W. ELLIS. Repor te r

F r e d Clement, machinlst , w a s confined to h l s home a f e w d a y s recently. w i t h t h e flu.

J a c k Gehrs, rod g a n g foreman, h a s ~ u r c h a s e d a new 25 model Clievrolet coach.

Lawrence 0, Myers, boilermaker th l rd class, received a s l igh t in jury to his r i g h t eye A ~ r i l 17-"Don't be careless men, weal; goggles."

J. A. Woodson, tool room foreman, re turned to his du t ies May 11, fol low- inrr severa l weeks ' llluess a t h i s home.

S. B. Hooper, n lgh t s t a t i o n a r y Are- man, s p e n t t h e Arst ten d a y s of May w i t h f r i e n d s a u d relat ives in St. Louls a n d Chicago.

H. J. R a y , shop superintendent , w a s confined to h i s home severa l d a y s w i t h the fiu, r e t u r n i n g to h i s d u t i e s - M a y 7.

4 , C. Swineford, s h o p order clerk,

s p e n t Sunday, > fay (i, in K a n s a s City. visi t inc wi th Dr. J . E. Eyrnes.

3Ierrell Denoon, b rass moulder, hav- i n g had his tonsils removed April 27. m t u r n e d to w o r k May 7.

Vern Davis, mechanic's laborer . re - ceived a n in jury to h i s r i g h t foot by step pin^ on a nai1, 'that had been le f t in a s c m p board. S a f e t y First-never th row down a board w i t h na i l s i n it."

H o m e r Davis. H. D. Brown a n d C. D. P a r k e , sa fe ty first committeemen of t h e r a r yards. w e r e visi tors a t t h e n o r t h shop safe ty meet ing May 1. W e a r e do inq every th inx possible to el im- ina te acc idents a t t h i s point. Another Eood s h o w i n g for t h e month of April, only th ree s l i g h t injuries-none report- ab le and no t ime lost.

Wm. Stanley, labor foreman, h a s been confined to h i s home the pas t sev- e ra l weeks on account of severe 111- ness.

Motor car 2117, which w a s received a t this shop Anril 12, h a s been a iven a complete overhaul ing , a n d w a s ready for service May 25.

Al. Rall a n d Buck Reddick. l e f t town ear ly Sunday morning, May 6, a n d motored to a fishing hole near F t . Scott. Kansas , w h e r e t h e y fished a l l clay. They re turned la te t h a t n l g h t w i t h a fine day's catch. which con- sis ted of one smal l Ash about six inches in l v n r t h . This is t h e Arst Ash s tory of the season, but a t r u e one.

G r a n t Shor t , machinlst and h is wife, expect to leave on a th i r ty -day vacation t~ I P to C a l i f o ~ n i n , J u n e 1.

P e t e S t ~ n g e r , foreman a t Sherman. Texas. and former ly of t h l s shop, w a s a v ~ s l t o r here May 11.

Tim Regan. machlnist. who h a s been off f rom work t h e pas t t w o months. is s t i l l unable to r e t u r n t o work. W e hope f o r h i s speedy recovery.

J. A. Champieux, machinist a n d h l s wlfe. expect to leave J u n e 15. t o spend a fifteen-day vacatlon w i t h fr lends a n d re la t ives a t Scran ton a n d Manns Choice. Penna.

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D. I". TOBIAS, Repor te r - Sim. P. Walker , c a r Inspector, re -

turned to work May 14. considerably improved in hea l th a f t e r be lng o n d u t y since March 5.

Coach Foreman T. M. YcMillen re- tu rned f rom t h e hospital a t St. Louls May 3. w h e r e he had been t a k l n g t r e a t - m e n t for rheumatism. At t h i s wr i t - i n g h e h a s no t re turned t o w o r k , b u t s t a t e s he will be o n the job In a s h o r t while.

No in jur ies reported in the c a r depar tment d u r i n g t h e month of April. Wasn ' t t h a t fine? T h e genera l foreman. 3Ir. Kaufman. is ~ r 0 U d of t h a t month.

Sickness th i s s p r i n g seems unusua l - ly severe. J. E. Proctor , c a r repairer . h a s been oCf s izce t h e l a t t e r p a r t of Aprll account fiu." Others los ing t ime account s ickness w e r e C. T. Wood a n d E. R. H a ~ g a r d .

I r a J. S tockton re turned t o wbtk May 1 a f t e r los ing t w o m o n t h s account in jury to h i s l e f t hand.

Vacation t ime i s at hand. F o r e m a n C. F. Davidson expec ts to visi t h i s old home f o l k s a n d acqua in tances In t h e Cnrolinas; piece w o r k checker J. E. Graham a n d wife wil l visit t h e old home town a n d relat ives In Missis- s ipp i ; coach foreman A. Kes te rson a n d wife have planned a t r l p to Callfor- n ia and coach foreman T. M. McMIl- len and fami ly wlll visi t re la t ives a t Chula a n d Wheel lng in t h e nor thern p a r t of t h l s s tate. Genera l F o r e m a n R. G. K a u f m a n s a y s h e h a s no t r ip ~ l a n n e d , bu t we'll a l l be t h e 1s watch- i n g t h e b i g league ball scores for a chance to see severa l of t h e games.

Ye scribe s p e n t a d a y w i t h the home fo lks a t Willow Spr ings in t h e ear ly p a r t of ;\ray. E v e r y day, in every way, t h e wife's biscuits t as te be t te r a n d better .

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st t~ons for main l ine service a t ?e jht. Railways Ice Co. plant a t

ct.!cr just beyond main lines. hoile in center w i th power house, anp locker building, machine shop orworn behind, in order f rom le f t ht. mclOtey Avenue bridge:-from le f t ht, south r ip yard; lumber storage an,, rood mi l l ; wash and locker ~gpnd car department wheel shop. ,

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Also these a r e the days when s t raw- berries a r e ripenlng. If our friends all remember their promises we'll have many a shortcake.

LOCAL No. 17 WEST TULSA, OKLA.

E. F. BEATY. Reporter

Henry Sommerfrucht is in the hospital a t St. Louis, where he will un- dergo an operation for appendicitis. We wish him a speedy recovery.

Clay Knight has traded his Ford coupe in on a new Chevrolet coach. He seems to be well leased with his new car.

Edward Sasser box packer has been transferred to dkmulgee, tehporarily.

John Lear, supplyman, has been promoted to a day job on the coach yard.

George Campbell, laborer, has jus t returned from a ten-day vacation spent a t Stillwell, Oklahoma, visi t ing his parents.

Local No. 17 had a l i t t le entertainment May 2. a short musical program together wlth several interesting talks and then refreshments.

W. A. Neal, lead coach carpenter, has been on the sick l ist f o r the past week.

R. H. Snodgrass, piecework checker. spent several days in Nole. No. H i s intention was to flsh.

Walter Whittaker. car carpenter. is on the sick list a t this writing.

LOCAL No. &ENID, OKLA.

H. H. FULLER. Reporter

Mr. Ray Sheppard, machinist, and slster, Mrs. Carl Bake r were called to Denver, Colo., recently account serious lllness of a sister.

Chester Purcell has been on sick l lst wlth the flu for the pas t w e e k . - b u t - & improvlng a t this writ ing.

G. W. Clinton, stationary fireman has been qulte ill for the pas t two weeks with a n infection in his leg, but now seems to be recovering.

Wilbur Ayers, machinist, is enjoying a shor t vacation, which he Is spend- i ng a t home helping the "Missus" clean house and spade the garden.

Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Barkley, wrecker foreman, a r e entertaining their daughter , Mrs. Marlon Har r i s of Sedalia, Mo.

The ca r department a t thls point is going a t top speed, ge t t l ng a l l 120,000 serles box cars in good order for the wheat crop which a t this time glves promise of a bumper one.

Another industry for Enid, one showing the Importance of Enid a s a grain and milling center, is the location of a 6,000 barre l mlll, of the Pillsbury mill- log interest of Minneapolis, Ninn. There wlll also be a million bushel elevator in connection. The elevator will be finlshed in t ime for thls year's crop.

Water Service Delmrtment Mr. Jack Lenox, water service fore-

m a n . is having his home thoroughly repaired and re-decorated.

Ar thu r Haldaman and gang, just recently renewed the boiler a t Ames. Okla., pump station. They don't las t long ou t here In th is limestone water.

Slnce the installation of our new wa te r supply system a t the roundhouse a t Enld two years ago, which consisted of three Layne Bowler vertical cen- tr ifugal electric driven pumps, water failures a r e a th lng of the past.

Mr. E. L. Thomas has been looklng ra ther sleepy of mornings lately. E d has purchased a brand new radio.

Mr. George Whitly recently made repairs to t he oil engine a t Thomas pump statlon.

W e a r e glad to report Mr. Jack Lenox's family improvlng af ter several week's Illness wi th the mumps and nu .

Nr. James Sterns, water service foreman on the Rock Island, made this office a pleasant visi t las t week.

Mr. George Dodsworth and family vlsited with relatives in Xlarshall, Okla., Sunday. May 6.

Mr. George Whitly and family motored to Oklahoma City, Saturday night May 5, for a visit oyer Sunday wi th Mrs. Whitly's brother and family.

LOCAL No. 20-HUGO, OKLA.

ORAY N. WRIGHT. Reporter

Our fishermen a re still having hard luck, this tlme on account o r high Water.

J. N. Lawliss, engineer a t Xadill and wife were Hugp visitors this month.

L. S. Hope, helper, has left the service to take a clerk's posltion for the Sante F e a t Paris, Texas.

Howard Amos, ca r oiler has purchased a piano and we a re inclined to believe tha t he will be a g rea t musician some day if the piano wlll hold out. I t ' s a self player!

The employes of Local No. 20 deeply sympathize with R. A. X%Wght, helper, in the loss of his wife. Mrs. R. A. Wright. who passed away April 19.

Howard hlarkham, ex t r a man has been given a regular number. He replaced Louise Hope, who left the service recently.

Chester Cearly. boilermaker and G. G. Ford a re d0in.g some queer fishing lately. J u s t recently they went on a long tr lp and returned with a n eel, and a snake. Clcimed they used hook and line.

Clyde Knight, machinist, has re turned from a Masonic Convention a t Mc- Alester.

Dan Nease, helper is back on the job a f t e r being on the sick list for a few days.

Mrs. H. N. Johnson, wife of H. N. .Tohnson. storeman. has been visi t ing folks a t Fo r t Smith this month.

Mrs. P. I. Holloway. wife of P. I. Holloway, c a r foreman; has been very ill the past two weeks.

We regre t to report the death of the fa ther of T. H. Wheelis who died April 19. W e extend o u r S v m ~ a t h v to the - - - family.

Another big surprise hit the roundhouse gang, also all of Hugo, when our most confirmed bachelor slipped off and married one of Hugo's fair co-eds, Mlss Alpha Walch. The lucky man was F. D. Knipp, machinist.

The brlde is a s t rong Frisco booster, a graduate of Hugo high school in '23, also of 0. C. S. a t Guthrie in '26. She is very popular among the Hugo young folks.

The groom, who we thought to be a confirmed bachelor, was transferred here from Sherman. Texas. in '24. H e was formerly from Marshall, Texas, where he worked for the Southern Paciflc prior to belng transferred to Sherman. W e wish the haonv counle a - - years of happiness.

Chester Cearly, bollermaker, Sam Hollins, machinist, and Tom Tinsley, helper. have pone out to show the boys how to fish. We hope they catch a a-hale of a bunch of 'em, none of the res t seem to have any luck.

Joe Hammonds and W. F. Moore. machlnist. have been on the sick list for the pas t week.

LOCAL NO. 7-FT. SMITH,.ARK. - L E E W. CAVINESS, Reporter

An auxil iary to our association by the wives, mothers, daughters and sis- te rs of members of Local No. 7 w a s organized and oWicers elected a t regular meetlng Fr iday evening. April 27. a t the W. 0. W. club rooms, 9th and Rogers Avenue. Mrs. George C.

Shields, assisted by Bro. J. L. Eudy, division chairman. acted a s temDorarv chairman a n d on~.her unanimous election for president continued the meet- i n a to a verv nleasinc' and enthusiastic co~clus ion. - ~ r e c e d f n p the election of officers several shor t ta lks by members of Local No. 7 a s to the relation of a n auxil iary to the lodge sponsor- ing It. were made. The officers elected and installed were: Mrs. George C . Shields. president; Xrs. Herber t H. XIorgan, secretary; Mrs. Lela James, treasurer; Mrs. B. T. McCune. chaplain: Mrs. C. W. Moore. auard: JIrs. Fred Lawrence, conductor.- After the business meeting a social hour was enjoyed.

J. R. White, boilermaker, has returned Prom a short visit in Chicago nud St. Louis.

D. W. Stanlev. wrecker foreman, is hack on the job af ter several weeks' illness. \Ye regret very much to learn tha t

our fellow workman. Bro. Sam Vance, carman, formerly of Spr in~f ie ld , suffered the loss of the thumb from his left hand in an accident while operating a rip saw.

Garcia R. Fuller, blacksmith, has recovered from the flu and is back on the joh.

Luther Rurns, machlnlst, has entered the general hospital a t St. Louis for a n oneration for the removal of his apperidix.

We were very glad to have Bro. F rank Junkins. our aeneral chairman. with us a t a recent meeting, and hope he wlll come again soon and often. His friendly advice and ta lks a r e greatly appreciated by all. We also had several of our supervisors with us a t this meeting, who made shor t interesting talks, touching on the friendly relations now existing between employes and offlcers of our g rea t Frlsco railroad.

Our meeting nlghts have been changed from the 2nd and 4th Mon- day nights to the 2n-d and 4th Fridav nlghts. The ladies auxil iary will meet the same dates. Visiting members of our association a s well a s those of the ladies' auxil iary a r e extended a hear ty welcome.

The letter from our general chairman in regards to the joint picnic of the F. M. C, and C. D. E. was given a rousing cheer and Local No. 7 went on record a s being grea t ly in favor of it. pledging their full support and co- operation. Committees wlll be ap- nointed a s soon a s a definite da te is set.

MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA.

C. H. VANDIVER, Reporter

The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Shop Craf ts gave a country carnival the night of April 17. which was a very successful affair. About $50 was realized.

0. J, Nlller, electrician, and family a r e planning an extensive t r i ~ in the near fu ture to Niagara Falls, New York City and other places.

B. W. Swain. aeneral foreman, spent two days recently with his parents a t Denison. Tesas.

F rank Jones, car carpenter. has returned to work a f t e r being' off on account of illness. Glad to see you back, Frank.

Elmer PI. Pressley. ca r carpenter. who was a t Springfield. is now working here. W e a r e glad to have him wlth us a s he is a verv valuable asse t to ou r hall club.

D. 1;. Jackson and family a r e now in Missouri on account of the serious 111- ness of Mrs. Jackson's father.

Clay and James Nash, ca r carpen- ters, a r e ra ted among our best fishermen, having paid $12 recently for the privilege of one day's fishing. We failed to find out how many flsh were caught.

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Carl S. Ward, machinist. has just returned from the Frisco hospital a t St. Louis, where he had his tonsils removed.

J. D. "Speedy" Roberts has returned to work af ter a n illness. .

C. E. Brower of the north car yardu. visited' friends in Fo r t Smith. Ark..

mighty flne ca t Ash on t ro t lines. Some of the older heads a r e planning on bumping them.

The paint gangs express their sympathy to Ray Greathouse in the death of his brother, Edgar L. Greathouse, who was killed in a runaway accident. April 28, a t Fa i r Grove. No. They also express their sympathy to the widow and the two children.

\Vc a r e glad to report tha t the wife of W. I. Foster. paint foreman. has recovered. a f t e r being ill for more than

April 29. Mrs. Floyd Leonard, wife of the sheet

metal worker of the north side, is visit- WEST SHOP LOCOMOTlVE DEPT.

SPRINGFIELD, MO. i na her mother and her daughter and otiier relatives in Des Moines; 1a. H. J. Ray, shop superintendent, re-

turned to work Mas 7. followina a n

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A. E. GODFREY. Reporter

Mr. and Mrs. George Tipton a r e the proud parents of a n eleven-pound boy. born April SO. Mr. Tipton is a boiler- malcer. R E. Skelton. machinist. is a l l smiles.

Savs he has a nine and one-half oound

. . - ~ l l n e s s wi th the flu.

J. T. Scherer and wife, of Kansas City. Kan.. spent the week-end of Jday 12 visit ing Mrs. Scherer's sister. *Mrs. Alex Watt . wife of the north side sheet metal worker.

WATER SERVICE DEPARTME.NT SPRINGFIELD, MO.

a month, and also to report tha t F r a n k Foster. brother of W. I. Foster, is again on the job a f t e r a n illness of three weeks.

Eddie Furs t , scale shop mechanic. is the proud possessor of a new S ta r

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bo? a t his house ,bo rn M a y - ~ . We are very sorry to announce the

death of Nd. Taulman, blacksmith April 28. Mrs. Taulman and famil; have the sympathy of the boys a t the

sport roadster. Henrv Nolan. B. & B. scale shop fore-

CLAUDE HEREPORD. Reporter man, i s again 'on the job a f t e r a n O P - eration in the Frisco hospital. W e a r e glad to have Henry back.

We wish to extend our deepest sympathy to Wal ter White. scale shop mechanic. in his late bereavement. over the loss of his mother and father. Mrs. White died April 10. and Mr. White. April 26. a t Centralia. Illinois.

Xr. Wadlow, fa ther of William Wad- low, B. & B, painter, is visi t ing wi th relatives in Jacksonville. Fla.

Claude Hereford, scribe for the water service department, has built a brand new boat and launched it in the waters of the Lake Shore Fishing Club. Claude has christened i t "You and Me" and we t ake it,, for granted tha t means "you" and me" can use i t any time we please. How about it, "Herf?"

west shops. Ervin Wheeler, blacksmith, was op-

erated on for appendicitis April 30. We hope Ervin soon will 6e back on

In last month's issue we were re- joicing with Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Rouse over the b i r th of twins, a boy and a girl. The l i t t le boy d ~ e d , April 19, of a n a t tack of acute indigestion. The sympathy of many friends is extended Mr. and Nrs. Rouse in their sad hour.

Our condolence is extended to \Vi11- iam Coons and his sister. Xrs. H. D. Mercer. in the death of their s ~ s t e r , who passed away in Topeka, Kan.

A u s t ~ n Wood and J. N. Stephens worked a few days in Springfield during the week of April 23.

\ir. E. Phillips, assistant foreman. has been suffer in^ from a recurrence

the job. C. L. Krumholtz, boilermaker, and

Miss Lillie Gregory, of. Reed Springs, were happily married, May 5.

Eugene Hunter. boilermaker apprentice, has the sympathy of the boys a t the west shop in the death of his wife and baby, which occurred May 10. 31. C. Glass. boilermaker. who has

been ill f o r some time, is on the job again.

J. 31. Wommack is on the job a f t e r being a w a y several days becuuse of a mashed foot.

hlr. and Mrs. E. J. Adams a r e the proud parents of a baby girl born A p r ~ l 17.

Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Burke a re the proud parents of a baby boy born March 29.

of trouble wi th h is teeth. Mrs. J . N. Stephens and daughter.

Mildred. visited in St. Louis the lat ter OKLAHOMA CITY LOCAL No. 15 pa r t of.Apri1. Mrs. Stephens recently recovered from a n operation a t St. John's hospital here.

C. Tuck and g a n g made repairs recently a t Newburg, Stanton. Dixon. Lebanon and Springfleld. 310.

Xiss Le ta Robinson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Robinson. who is studying music in the Chicago con- servatory. was home recently.

~Mrs. Jesse Barker recently was ill

E. W. GEE. Reporter Humer Sickles, boilcrmakcr. and

Hcrwhel Thompson. blacksmith. made a week-end fishing trm. Alav 6.

Niss Pauline Harden, daughter of Car Inspector Harden, of Lawton, Okla . visited in Oklahoma City recently.

I'n scribe was off seven days with

- - . Je r ry Coring, crane operator. was

awarded first prize of $5 in a buck and wins dance contest held a t the Jeffer- son Theater, May 1.

Jim Gately. hoilermaker, has the sympathy of the boys a t the west shops in the death of his mother-in-law. May 9th.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wil l ian~son recently returned from a t r ip to Clinton. Ia.. where they visited home folks.

Jesse Weatherwax, locomotive cab carpenter, has the sympathy of the boys a t the west shop in the death of his mother. May 7.

We a re very sorry to announce the death of Mrs. M. C. Tuter. mother of V. R. and S. F. Tuter. boilermakers. a t west shops. The Tuter brothers have

-. -... the flu last month.

F r a n k Jones is back from St. Louis hospital and we a re glad to see him on the job again.

The Ladies Auxiliary held a carnival a t Bohemian Hall May 4, and $37 was taken in. The doll rack lead in re- ceipts. Everybody had a good time. "The Hicks" were there a l r ight and Dave Estes and Mrs. Moore as "Jiggs and XIaggie" had the originals backed

wi th flu. Wm. Marrs and Chancey Buckmaster

recently made repairs on the pump station a t Ash Grove. 310.

John Sumner and force of men re- centlv renewed the larne storm sewer ii--tKe north shop yards.

J. S. Wood. water service foreman. recently supervised the renewing of the pumping equipment a t Blairstown, Mo.

The writer's wife, who was called to Murfreesboro. Tenn.. the la t te r pa r t of March by the illness of her brother, returned home April 1 5 and again was recalled to AIurPreesboro. her brother

clean o@ the map. A. L. Sasser, our division chairman.

of Tulsa, was with us last week. Charles A. Waddle, ca r inspector. and

family visited a t Shawnee. Okla.. recently.

Our genial secretary. George Papin. visited a t Tulsa las t Sunday.

W e a re making big plans for Local No. 15 and hope to make it one of the best on the system. The members a r e realizing tha t Brother F r a n k Junkins is doing a grea t work for them and am sure tha t we will soon be 100 per cent a t this point.

G. W. Gerwick. roundhouse foreman, visited a t Chandler recently.

W E S T SHOP--SPRINGFIELD? MO.

the sympathy of the west shop boys. Clarence Martin, welder. is back on

the job a f t e r a n illness of long dura- having suffered a recurrence of ty- phoid.

Any time anyone wishes a rain or a cold spell, just ge t yours t ru ly to plan a flshing trip. Have the new boat and all kinds of equipment, but every time we have gone yet we have had to wear our overcoat. However. in this case anticipation is better than realization,

tion. Huber t Mason is punching the clock

again a f t e r a long absence due to sickness.

Some of the men have their fishinrr outflts ready - t o .o to their--favorite flshing holes. Watch out fo r the big ones.

Wanted-A tenor voice for West Shop Quartet .

so we-get quite a kick out of planning our tr ips anyway.

Mr. and Xrs. J. W. Lamar, of Dixon. and daughter. 31rs. Lennie Raeder, of San Antonio. Texas. a r e visiting F r a n k Lamar and family.

EASTERN DIVISION PAINT GANG

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NORTH BACK SHOPS SPRINGFIELD, MO.

A. C. SMITH and A. H. BISHOP, Reporters

ALEX WATT. Reporter L. D. Jones, machinist apprentice. flnished his time a t Monett. May 5. and has been employed a s flrst-class machinist a t this shop.

C. W. Martin, welder. i s back on the lob. a f t e r several days' absence ac-

J. J. Bur t has been transferred to Lindenwood. Mo.. a s assistant to the

GEORGE HOLLMAN. Reporter

JIorgan Gavisk. B. & B. painter of Sewburg. No.. was a recent visitor in

general storekeeper a t tha t place. We rejoice a t his good for tune much a s we miss him.

Elmer Courdin. north side blacksmith. spent April 29 with his parents in the Monett. Mo., neighborhood.

J. D. O'Neil was called to Tulsa, April 28. by his sister's illness.

Harve Moore. north ca r yard carpenter, has returned to work af ter a two weeks' illness.

Ha r ry Nagdun, mille man, i s back on the job a f t e r a serious illness of ten weeks' duration.

&ou.nt sickness. Roy Putman and Sherman Tuter.

soecial aoarentices. have flnished the i r

St. Louis. A crew of B. & B. painters a r e burn-

ing off a l l of the switches on the Eas t - ern division and reeaintina them with time and-have been assigned flrst-class

numbers a t this shop. We wish to extend' our sympathy to

two coats of duco. Ray Chaffin was recently called to

Springfield from Newburg by the serious illness of his mother. The bovs

Chas. E. Hunter, machinist-apgrentice, in the recent death of his wife. Mrs.

wish to express their sympathy and hopes for her speedy recovery.

The gang working on the Arlington bridge report they are catching some

Vida Hunter. Theo. Newton and Eve re t t Bausch

a re the "Mutt and Jeff" of the west shop.

Mr. James h'emkirk. sou th shon. and tanlily, have moved on ,I fa rm hor th- east of Springfield.

JIr. Homer Kerr . south s h o ~ ) . w a s palnfully iujured recently by 'n fall, when hc hroke five ribs. 3Ir. K e r r IS on the job now a n d a l l r ight .

John and Tom NcCallough have a l so taken to the f a r m life. purchas ing elaht acres northeast of Springfield.

L,ocaI number one. F. A. 31. C, a n d r. 1). E, met May 11 a t 112G Boonvillt. Arrnue. for a b u s ~ n e s s mc\etinn. The nirrting opened \vith a nice, t a lk on safety flmt, by Uncle "Bill JIorr i l l . Some diwuxsion n7ah held ns to whcrc tile annual picnic w a s to bo hcld. Rranlutions for the new colltl,acc \rritl,l-! read by President Reynolds. Mr. Mills. head of the accident prevelltion de- ~iastment, gave a very in te res t ing ta lk . .\Is. Frank Junkins. xenrl 'nl cha i rman of the association, a t tended t h i s meeting and was imwessed by t h e c rowd of approximately one hundred and fifty members.

Mr. Hazel F i t z ~ ~ a t r i c k . s o u t h shop. has moved back to h i s f a r m south of Springfield.

31r. Frank Todd. sou th shop 11;rinter. is back on the job agkcin a f t e r severa l wec'ks of sickness.

Jlr. Frank Rot tc rman and wife motored to Xonett , w i t h a rjarty, Sun- day, May 6.

\7irg11 Brown, son of Theodore Brown, south tln shop, n ras a membel' of the Southwest Missouri H i a h School baseball team.

Local number one ex tends s y m w t h v to H. '. r:l-on,n, chicf clcrk to L. J. Legsaht. and Theodore Brown, s o u t h tin shop. in t h e dea th of the i r mother.

NORTH S I D E S IDELIGHTS

E3IERY HAGUEWOOD, Repor te r

"When n woodpecker worl ts h e uses his head." is t h e subjec t of a n illus- trated cartoon which wns rec,ently poeted b y the S a t i o n a l Safe ty Council, and has caused many laughx a n d much serious thought. I t a l so br ings o u t tile fac t t h a t we of t h e nor th shops surely a r e f o l l o n ~ i n g t h e example of the wooduecker. a s just recent ly w e h i > th ree succ&sive- months wi thout an accident, a n d d u r i n g t h e pas t month we only had one repor tab le injury. \I". .4. Gooch. oxwelder. w h o h a d

tonsilitis, h a s re turned to work . Cecll Groves. cel lar packer. i s oc-

cupytng h is own home a t 1.509 W e s t Thoman Street . H e recent ly r ~ u r c h a s e d the property.

Lester Kei th ley is a n o t h e r one of our employes w h o soon will be in h i s own home, a s he is building a house on hln proper ty on \Vest H i g h Street .

Fred Bobzien, machinist , has re - turned f r o m Oklahoma Ci ty w h e r e he went to visi t a new grandson . The youngster is the son of Clifford Bob- rien, who finished h is apprenticeship here eome t ime ago.

Edward Roune. machin is t on a i r work, is ill.

Mr. a n d Mrs. J. E. McBride. have the s y m p a t h y of t h e roundhouse employes in t h e loss of the i r four-year- old daughter . E lnora , who died April 26, --Mr. McBride is a machin is t on the second shif t .

B. W. Law, boilermaker, a l so h a s the s y m p a t h y of t h e roundhouse employes in t h e loss of his fa ther .

Xlr, a n d Mrs. Ralph Bowman a r e spendlng s ix ty d a y s in a n d a round Chicago, where they former ly rcsidecl. visi t ing relativtbs a n d fr iends, Mr. Bowman is s a n d house a t t e n d a n t .

>Ir. a n d Mrs. Char les Dummit re - cently spent several d a y s v i s i t ing in Tulsa. Olila. XIr. Dummit is third shif t g r e a s e cup man.

John Derrick, machmis t . i s a l l smi les over t h e a r r i v a l of a seven-and-one- half-pound boy. Wi l l iam Oliver.

R. A. Cage. boilermaker, h a s t h e honor of possessing t h e first n e w model F o r d t o u r i n g c a r t o m a k e i t s appearance in Springfield. It is also

the Arst new model to be owned by a n y roundhouse emplove here.

Lawrence P a t t o n , machinist , will view the Ozwkh scenery th i s summer f rom t h e F o r d sedan which he rccent- l r ourciiased.

d y r o n F. Player , engine watchman. a n d JIiss Bernice B u r t of t h i s ci ty, a r c t h i s month 's vict ims of Cunid. The i r m a n y f r iends ex tend congi.atulations. The y o u n g couple a r c a t home a t 1253 C l n r avenue.

R a y Caudlc, roundhousc clerk on t h e th i rd shif t . tlied Alas 16, fol lowing a two m o l ~ t h s ii111('ss. 311.. Caudie is survived by ;I wjtlowed mothcr, two s i s te rs a n d 011s hro ther to whom his m a n y f r iends ill the roundhouse esti,l~cl sympathy .

LOCAL No. 30-PITTSBURG, KANS.

Dick J lor r i s a n d fami ly have been v is i t ing t h e fornler's p a r e n t s in \\'atts, Oklahoma.

Clarcncc JIillion of Texas, a n d a n ex-Frisco em~) loye , h a s been t h e gues t o f h i s mother on E a s t 10th Street .

J e r r y E r o w n h a s traded his 1)rur)crtr i l l P i t t s h u r g f o r a small t r a c t of lauk near town.

\\rilliam Chaney is r c c o v c r i ~ ~ g f rom :I l ~ a d l y s l ~ r a i n c d nnkle received in a fa l l f ~ , o m n11 engine.

W E S T COACH A N D P A I N T SHOP SPRINGFIELD, MO.

F R A S K SCHELLHARUT. Repor te r

EL 31. Pumphry . uphols te re r a n d wife. announced t h e b i r th of a baby boy on -4nril 2 3 ~

B. Phi l l ips of t h e mill shopt s p e n t a fc,w d a y s v i s i t ing in St . Louis re - cently.

H o n a r d Bader, coach foreman, will he i l l St. Char les 'for a few months ins1)ectinx new passenger eilui1)nlpnt.

1'. E. \Vommack, 'arljenter, has just ~ ~ u r c h n s e d a ncw Essex sedan.

\Vhen George Robinson. mill machine nlall, s t a r t e d to w o r k t h e o ther morn- I I I Z h e discove~'ed t h a t his c a r w a s missing. I t wirs found la te r wi th a l l the t i res golle.

Will High , cabinctmaiter , recently visi ted relat ives in Appleton. Kansas .

W e ex tend o u r s y m p a t h y to Richard E a t e m a n whose mother died a t 3Iem- phis, Tenn.. April 23.

A. J. Thomas. lead carpenter . h a s been appointed t r i m m e r fnreman.

Enoch Freemnn. pipe man, h a s been off for t h e pas t month due to a n in- iu ry . \Ve a r e glad to s a y t h a t h e will be back un the job soon.

F e l l s Rohr , coach carpenter , \\-a? called to Dison, No., on account of the dea th of his g randmother .

W e extend o u r s y m p a t h y to Augus t 3Illler. coach pa in te r , in the recent i l rath of hls fa ther . Mr. Nillel- w a s a ret ired F r ~ s c o ve te ran .

M E C H A N I C A L D E P A R T M E N T TULSA, OKLA.

H E S C Y PHILLIPS. R e ~ o r t e r

L o y d ~ Richerson w a s a memher of a p a r t y t h a t recently visi ted Nohawlt P a r k . near Tulsa. H e relmrts a most wonderful time. H e s a y s t h e y have some of the finest machinery thcre t h a t he ever saw.

R. G. S tumbrough, c a r depar tment cmploye. 1s t h e proud f a t h e r of a nine pound boy. H e arr ived April 2 1 in t h e hforningslde Hospi ta l of Tulsa.

Local No. 1'; organized a Ladies' Aux- i l i a ry a n d w e believe w e a r e go ing to have t h e bes t Auxil larv on t h e en t i re sys tem. T h e Auxiliary w a s organized Monday evening. April 23. While there w e r e hot m a n y o u t t h a t evening w e h a d a good meet lug a n d much w a s accomplished. T h e officers appointed w e r e a s follows: Mrs. H. A. Wrlght .

president; ~1;s. I. B. JIoody, vice-grcsi- d c n t ; JIrs. A. I.. Sassor, secre ta ry a n d Mrs. J . S. JVhite, tre:rsurer. The first th ing the ladies did \\;:IS to give a n en- te r ta inment . You m n bet t h e en te r - tainrncnt w a s well at tended. T h e Iad- i r s a r e p lanning to hell) t h e nicn w i t h the IWsco picnic which is to be held a b o u t J u n c 30. They a r e ex tending a n invitat ion to t h e ladies a n d gentlemen of o t h e r ioc:lls to be a t t h e picnic.

R u b y Rmerson, machinist \\rest T u l s a w a s pnssing t h e c igars the o t h e r day. Hc, is thc proud f a t h e r of ;I tell pound Imy. The t):rby's name is I3. 1)aan. L i t t l e S o r n l a n a r r ived S a t u r - day, J lay G.

JVm. .\I. 1)nlton. electrician, is in the I'risco Ilosliital a t St . Louis, No., suf - f(>rillK from x t o ~ n i ~ c h trouble.

\'. I. Douglawa, mnclllnist has h i s ~ l 'nn t l lnu ther . JIrs . Desselhouse from 1.0s A n ~ e l c s , v i s i t l n ~ him f o r t11irLy days. After her v i s i t here, 3Irs. Dcssei- house ~ i l n n s ~ I I g o i u g to Kansas.

Florin?, d a u g h t e r of J. D. liollis. machinist . who h a s been in thc: 21osl)itirl here in Tuls:~, is improving ra t~ id lv . Jess s a y s he t h i n k s s h e will hc al;le io come home 111 s few more! days. 1 . v ~ s u r e a r e g lad to h c a r this for rvc (lid not e s p e c t F lor inc to live.

FRISCO F R E I G H T HOUSE BIRMINGHAM, ALA.

A. C!. HASSON, R e ~ ~ o r L c r

Mr. J . J. Cummins. a g e n t h a s a t l as t reached t h e enjoyable pcridd of driving. his new S a s h automobile. H i s family will now ride whi le h e i s driving.

F. 31. Packard . chief clerk has been on t h e s ick l i s t f o r p a s t f e w days, b u t we a r e all g l a d to s e e him back on tlke joh a g a i n today.

\V. W. Johnson , s ta t ion accountan t , is on sick leave f o r a few days t h e doctor having ijrescribed rest a; t h e best cur(! for his illncsx. 1111 t h e em- loye yes wish him :I spet!dy recovcry. H. A . Allen, belt a c c o u l ~ t a n t , h a s a

new Oakland sedan. JIias Cammie Adkins, esl)ense clerk,

w a s overheard to tell a n admirer t h a t s h e w a s in the Fr i sco rai lroad business, a n d t h a t s h e had nu t ime f o r anyone who would n o t s h a r e h i s business w i t h h e r company's business. So he g a v e h e r a car load of h i s b u s i ~ ~ e s s for h e r company's business. ThaL's business too, a c a r every day m a k e s Fr i sco pay.

I. I<. Thomas. cash ie r a n d L. T. Hatcher , bel t clerk, made a hur r ied t r ip to S u n n y Tennessee on ";\Iother's Day". They visi ted 3Iuscle Shoirls enroute home a n d repor t a very pleasant t r ip.

\V. L. Thorpe, team t rack clerk made a mixstel) recently a n d suf fe red w i t i ~ a sl)rained ankle .

JV. F. JIcDaniel, special officer, h a s purchased a new Chevrolct sedan, hls only reason being t h a t he \\,as t i red ilf l iving alone a n d being la te a t t h e baseball games.

J. H. Sherman, n igh t clerk. h a s mov- c d to t h e s u b u r b s of t h e city. S a y s t h a t h e can n o w h e a r t h e s o n g b i rds wi thout t u n i n g in on P r a t t City. 0. I<. 31. s. x.

Aubrey Hoover. check clerk, re turned recently f rom h is vacation in t h e shady lanes of Florida. H e repor t s a monder- ful t ime and is b e t t e r equipped for Fr i sco business.

J. F. Hill, del ivery clerk is a g a i n on sick leave, th i s being the second t ime t h a t illness has prevented him f rom per forming his dai ly duties, and a l so requi r ing him to visit o t h e r c l imates for h i s hea l th .

Several off icials of Bi rmingham te rmina ls have pledged themselves to 'be presen t a t " F r i s c q ; ~ flrst admission in to Pensacola. Fla.. t h e recent ex- tension of Frisco's sou thern posses- sions. T h i s event will be witnessed b y thousands of well wisherx a long t h e new te r r i to ry a s well as those of t h e new Southern Termlna l on t h e coast,

1 SOUTHERN DIVISION

JONESBORO, ARK. T ICKET OFFICE

I CARL YARBROUGH. Reporter

W. A. Sanders, second trick operator. has returned to work a f t e r a short vacation in the Ozarks.

J . V. Brower, ext ra operator, ha s been working here aas t few days relieving W. A. Sanders on second trick. Mr. Brower has now gone to Planters ville, Miss., as rellef agent.

A. B. Rush, c a r repairer, has returned to work again, having recovered from his injuries sustained las t De- cember.

Roy Jolly, ca r repairer, is in St. Louis hospital undergoing minor operation to remove tumor from r ight side.

L. J. Brady, roundhouse foreman, has returned from Birmingham where he attended accident ~ re l r en t ion meeting. He reports a mos t~succes s fu l meeting.

R. J . Slagle, agent and yardmaster, is a.t this wr i t ing in Memphis attend'- ing agen t s meeting.

Dally local servlce between Jones- boro and Thayer each way has been discontinued and local f re ight will leave Jonesboro for Thayer every o ther day in future.

George Barbee, local conductor, whose run was discontinued on Jones- boro Thayer local, has bumped I. Z . Pierce, conductor on Jonesboro-3Iem- phis local f re ight t ra in 247-246.

T. A. Pa r r , conductor on B. & S. W. branch local. is taking a few days' vacation a t Eagle Pass, Texas. visi t ing relatives, and enjoying a much needed rest on account of ill health. I. Z . Pierce is relieving Mr. P a r r on the B. & S. W. branch.

The radish movement on the Jones- boro sub of the River division f rom Monett, Black Oak, and Senath is almost over, the radishes were not a s good quali ty th is year a s last, however there were about sixty cars shipped to northern markets, bringing fair returns.

BIRMINGHAM TERMINAL

hIRS. NELLIE XcGOWEN, Reporter

I n s k a d of some of the employes in the superintendent terminal's office having "spring fever" they have "automobile fever," there of them having purchased new automobiles. H. C. Wil- son. head t ra in clerk. i s the proud possessor of the first new Ford sedan around the Frisco; J. L. Godsey, timekeeper, a n Essex coach, and W. N. Drake (bet ter known a s Butch) a new Whippet coach.

Wm. Fowler, clerk, has returned from Tucson. Ariz., where he was called account serious illness of his f a the r who is in a h o s ~ i t a l a t t ha t point. We a r e glad to report t h a t Mr. Fowler is somewhat improved.

Mrs. A. S. Cowan, wife of special agent. was called to Montgomery. Ala.. recently account Illness.

S. E. Thompson, B. & B. carpenter, is In St. Louis hospital where he wen t for a n operation. We t ru s t Nr. Thomp- son will soon be able to return.

Mrs. Sallie Morton, mother of demurrage clerk, J. A. Morton, is in Nashville. Tenn., where she was called account of illness.

Mrs. S. A. Griffin, wife of switchman, is visi t ing in Shilo. Ga.

J. H. Sudduth, crossing flagman, is conflned to the hospital in St. Louis account of a n eye operation. J. H. Johnson, demurrage clerk, has

gone to Columbus, Ohio. as a delegate to the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks Convention. Mr. Johnson will also visit in Toledo and Cincinnati while away.

Mrs. J. R. Eddings, wife of crossing flagman, is visi t ing relatives in Chat- tanooga. Tenn. Mr. Eddings is visiting in Salisbury. N. C.

The election held .on April 26 to de- termine whether or not Birmingham should have Sunday movies was defeat- ed by a very large majority.

Airs. J. G. Hughes, wife of yard clerk. is visi t ing relatives in Chattanooga and Rutledge, Tenn.

OFFICE O F TERMINAL ACCOUNTANT

BIRMINGHAM, ALA.

EUNICE 0 . HAGERJIAN, Reporter

J. P. Briggs, formerly in the office of division accountant, Fo r t Scott, Kansas, has been assigned to position of completion report clerk in this office. We a re very glad to have Mr. Briggs with us.

Mrs. H. 5. Coleman, and ye scribe enjoyed a shor t visi t in Springfield, No., recently.

Bennie C. Dennis, assistant bill and voucher clerk, tendered his resignation, effective Nay 15, and left us to accept a position with the Tennessee Coal Iron & Railroad Company. W e a r e very sorry to lose Ben a s a fellow co- worker, but all join in wishing him every success in his new work.

we have been enjoying lovely weath- e r lately, wi th the exception of one o r two l i t t le flurries, when the tempera- ture dropped to a low point. These, however, we a t t r ibute t o t h e fac t tha t Mr. H. L. Bird wore his l ight su i t and tha t nifty new s t r aw hat, which he is sporting.

OFFICE O F SUPERINTENDENT T E R M I N A L G M E M P H I S , TENN.

JOHANNA WEINER, Reporter

Accident prevention merit cup is with us again, this cup having been awarded to Memphis terminal for the first quar ter of 1928. The cup was ours fo r the third quar ter of 1927. af ter which it was awarded to t he Western division for the fourth quarter. We now aspire towards keeping the cup with us for three consecutive quarters.

Mrs. H. C. Barnett , wife of chief clerk. is visi t ing in Wallace. Kansas. a s the guest of her parents.

Sam J. Allen. Jr.. a brand new baby son, made his a r r i ~ ~ a l on J iay 12. We

offer our heartiest congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Allen.

Charles E. White, yard clerk K. C. Junction made his appearance af ter ra ther a long absence due to illness. Glad to see Mr. White again.

Another name. was added to the fam- i l ~ roster of Tom Taylor. Lit t le Thel- ma Louise made her ar r iva l on May 10.

W. G. Cary, ass is tant chief yard clerk, accompanied by wife and son Walton. Jr.. spent several days wi th relative-s in Verdi, La.

Miss Johanna Weiner, secretary. spent a week-end in Birmingham. Alabama. where she attended a conference of social workers a s a Memphis delegate.

Mr. and Mrs. T. 31. McMurray a r e the parents of a daughter, born on April 30. Mr. ~McMurray is a switchman in the terminal.

LOCAL FREIGHT OFFICE MEMPHIS, TENN.

VIRGINIA GRIFFIN. Reporter

Vacation time is here, several i n this office having s tar ted theirs by taking a half day, and a day a t a time.

We a re glad to add to our number Mrs. Doris Dailey. who took Rose Matoske's place in the zone a s key punch operator. Doris formerly worked in the division accountant's office.

S. L. Oliver attended a Rotary Con- vention in Columbus, Miss.. April 17. 18. and 10. and on his re turn reported a flne trip.

Mrs. T. E. Bryant, wife of cashier's clerk, vislted relatives in Springfield, Jlissouri, recently.

Billy Corliery, young son of our chief clerk, TIr. F. Corkery, has fully recovered from quite a long spell of illness, and has returned to school.

W e all extend sincere sympathy to J. H. Norman, demurrage clerk, in the loss of his sister. Mrs. Margare t H o ~ e .

Mrs. F r a n k Torina, on re turn from her honeymoon, and on a visit down to see us, was presented with a wedding gift-from us, a mahogany mantel clock.

Sorry to hear of the illness of NIiss Mildred Estes' father, and Miss Dorothy Johnson's mother.

Miss Faye Barbee spent a week in Jonesboro recently, visi t ing her mother, and while a w a y Miss Elizabeth Ramsey, daughter of our team track clerk, was placed on her position.

T. E. Bryant, cashier's clerk, visited in Marked Tree Ark., Sunday, April 22.

Louis P. ~ l e $ s i o , McBee binder op- ator, resigned. April 30. to become a truck grower, a s his fa ther has given him several acres for tha t purpose.

Mrs. A. V. Garrett , wife of 0. S. & D. clerk, was called to Baton Rouge, La.. Nay 7, account the aeath of her brother.

B. C. Scrug,~S, assistant cashier, and J. H. Norman, demurrage clerk, have been on the sick list.

W. D. Welch, platform foreman. returned to work May 7, but was unable to s t ay through the day, due to his condition, and has since been quite ill.

Miss Dorothy Johnson, key punch operator in the zone, has been ill for

Alrs. J. .B. Zimmer, wi fe of a s s i s t a n t cashier , 1s v is i t ing re la t ives a t Ad- vance.

Lloyd Scales. r a t e clerk In E. E . Buchanan ' s offlce, spent S u n d a ~ . Mag 13 . here.

I':. F. Rlomcycr a t tended cour t a t Memphis, > lay 6 to 1 2 , inclusive.

R. R. Brown. t rucker , w e n t f r o g huntinrr recently a n d s a y s hc had rea l good luck.

1.1. T. 3Ioon. cashier , a n d family. w e n t on a picnic w i t h re la t ives in Xemphis , N a p 1 3 .

\\'e were glad to have JIrs . Sims. wi fe of ass i s tan t super in tendent w i t h u s a t o u r las t meeting.

J w s e IViggins, cashier a t Osceola. s l ~ c l ~ t an e l ~ j o y a b l e Sunday hcre N a y 1 3 .

.in $80.000 ci ty ha l l h a s been completed. Fr i sco w a s favored w i t h t h e kaul ing of a l l the mater ia l required f o r t h i s building.

Construct ion of a c a n n i n g fac tory s t a r t e d recently. This will enable some of the fa l ,mcrs to h a r e a local m a r k e t for the i r ~ r o d u c t s .

AIarie Noon, d a u g h t e r of 31. T. Moon. cashier , won a lov ing cup ;LI Tri-State Contest a t Fayettevil lc , Ark.. in Home Economics. X l t h o u ~ h 3Ir. 310011 is toothless and crunnot t a s t e h c r well-cooked foods. h e i s v e r y proud of h i s daughter .

ACCOUNTING D E P A R T M E N T MEMPHIS , T E N N .

R. G . LASGSTON, Repor te r

F i r e Sunday afternoon. ;\pril 29, s o severely damaged a 250-foot port ion of the A r k a n s a s approach to the H a r - r , ~ h a n hridga over tlw >Iississir)gl Rlvcr a t IcIemphis t h a t automobile trafflc V I C I t h a t bridge pract ical ly w a s hal ted a n d approximate ly one hundred persons who had motored to Nemphis t o see

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IV. C. Smith has rcs ianed h i s position of genera l c le rk in order to re- t u r n to St. Louis.

,I. 0. H a r d i n re turned to work r r - w n t l y , ilftel' a n illness, b u t found i t necessary to g o back to t h e hospital . Cnders tand he i s do ing nicely.

C. T. Rrooks h a s been holding down t h e position of g e n e r a l cle.lalc d u r i n ~ 31r. Hard in ' s absence.

J l i s s Dolores Scott. of I I o u n t a i ~ i (:rove. 3111.. i s en joying a visit w i t h her s is ter . Dolyne, s tenogra l lher in this office.

Several employes a t 3Iemphis have lwerl spendinK the i r Sundays at Horse Shoe T.ake. Ark. fish in^; is excellent.

C . 6. DcGrande. Yale y a r d s cons t ruc- tion accountan t , i s d r i v i n g a I'aigc. coupc.

I NORTHERN DIVISION I MECHANICAL D E P A R T M E N T

FT . SCOTT, KANS.

('1,1SIS R. H U S T , Repor te r

Sam 1\Ianlove, r o ~ c l for.eman, 11ad t h c ~) lc ; i sure of ;L few days ' visi t wi th h i s son. recently.

Mrs. C . J. K i r k p a t r i c k w a s called to Osage. Oklahoma, on account of t h e se r ious i l lness of h e r brother .

S o r r y to repor t t h a t t h e S a s h r o a ~ l - s l e r o f Frccl Howell , fireman, en t i re ly burned when i t ignited while he was d r i v i n a it.

Sometimes the r e p o r t e r don't h e a r news unti l i t is a few m o n t h s old. I n t h i s case wish to c o n g r a t u l a t e 311.. and Mrs. Will iam C. B r y a n t , machinist , on

the i r new d a u ~ h t ~ r . born T)ecemher 27. She h a s been named R u t h Carolyn. The mother before h r r marr iage w a s Miss R o s e t t a Hoffner of Springfield, 310.

One of o u r m a g l ~ z i n c repor te rs a t F t . Scott , N i s s Alice Hogan , in company w i t h h e r friend. Miss Alma Whiteford, contempla te a wonder fu l vacation, T h e y le f t J u n e 3rd for California a n d o t h e r iu tc res t ing poin ts west.

\\'is11 to e s t e n d o u r sinc(!rc s y m p a t h y to another of oul. F o r t Scott repor le rs , 3Iiss Dorothy IVorliing, in the loss of her mother.

C o ~ ~ g r n t u l a t i o n s a r c in order to 1\11.. a n d J11.x. R. G. S a w y e r on t h e a r r i v a l of a new daughter . Miss Leota May w a s born April 4. T h e m o t h e r before h e r m a r r i a g e w a s Miss Bisher, a t one t ime s t e n o g r a p h e r to t h e genera l foreman. T h e proud g r a n d f a t h e r is Mr. Richard T. Hishard, machinist .

Sor ry to repor t the illness of fireman .Toe #Dew, n i g h t foreman .John AIc- Pe te rs , machinist J o h n K i n g a n d Roil- ermakc,~. Norman 3Iiller.

Miss E t h e l Eves, d a u g h t e r of Mr. a n d X r s . J a c k W. Eves , engineer , mas m a r - ried. .\pril 6. to Mr. Roy Kempton. The young couple a r e a t home a t Ot tawa, Kansas . IVish lo ex tend o u r h e a r t y congra tu la t ions .

.\ce ISxtill, cokrl chute foreman, is the proud owner of a new M ' h i ~ ~ n e t sedan. He a t l as t par ted wi th " ~ c a t ' t c r Bolt."

The H. of L. F. LC E. and Ladics Society S t a t e 3 I e e t i n ~ a t F o r t Scott on d a t e s of XItly 2 a n d 3 w a s a g r a n d success. Some of t h e ou ts tanding fea- t ~ r e s of t h e convention m a s t h e visi t t h r o u g h t h e 3IcKey hIfg. Co., malccrs of l<cy Overalls; the b i a banquet with

in a t t e n d a n c e ; addresses by Otis Ernhry. generiil cha i rman of Fr i sco Lines a n d J . >I. Brickhouse, genera l cha i rman of Xissouri-Pacif ic Lines, ofticial dri l ls of t h e lad ies so- ciet ies of Parsons. Chanute a n d F o r t Scott , w i t h C h a n u t e c a r r y i n g off first

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nlr. and Mrs. J o h n Gllpin a r e vaca- tioning in Detroi t . Mich.. v i s i t ing the i r son. Whi le - there Mrs. Gilpin will :it- lvnd t h e Nor thern Bapt i s t Convention.

Mr. and Mrs. Char les Norton and famils lef t the first of J u n e for San ifran('lnco. California, to a t t e n d thc Satlonal R. of L. F . & R. a n d badieh So. Convention. Miss Theodosia Phi l - lips. d a u g h t e r of engineer W. H. Phi l - lips, wlll accompany them. F i reman Sorton goes a s a de lega te from 1"ort Scott.

Mr. nnd Mrs. Haro ld K i n g of S])r ing- fleld recently visited pitrents :tt lq't. Scott.

A number o f t h e graduates f ~ . o n ~ high school and colloges a r e Iron1 Prisco families, Many a r e looking for - ward to v a c a t l o ~ ~ t r lps in celebrat ion of the event a n d feel the necd of n vacil- lion n f t e r n lne cont inuous months of hard study.

I h r l Bas te r ' s fanli ly havc moved back to F o r t Scott f rom Pensacola :in11 xrc located a t 1233 5. Judson St.

Onr local F o r t Scott Tr ibune p u b l l s i i ~ . ~ each evening a "Boquet to t h e Living" aitd in t h e p a s t f e w w e e k s w c h a r v rwid t h r boquet handed to th rec of our Fr i sco officials n t F o r t Scott : Messrs. P. J . Moore. W. 1-1. Revans and Thomas Moreland.

\VIA feel t h a t J lach in is t Paul ('a1.1 has veasons to he v e r y proud of thv ~cconlp l i shmentn of h i s daughter . Xlinr Margare t Carl . BIlss Carl is Super- visor of Music: of F o r t Scott Schools : I I I ~ r e w n t l y supervised onv of the Inox1 1)e;tutiful a n d o u t s t a n d i n g all-school operet tas . "The Land of Sometime" by Swenson. I t hau been recognlzecl a s such a n d Miss Carl h a s been asknd Lo repea t i t a t a x ta tc colrvention of teachers to be held in Scptcmbcr nt 140rt Scott.

.- - OFFICE DIVISION ACCOUNTANT

FORT SCOTT, KANS.

Our deepest s y m p a t h y i s expressed to Miss Doro thea Worlt lng. compto- meter o p e r a t o r in t h l s office, in t h c loss o f h e r mother. Mrs. Mary \Vork- illg. bfim W o r k i n g Is a t p resen t wit11 relat ives in Sprlngfield, BIissouri, but will r e t u r n tn F o r t Scott wi th in a s h o r t time.

h f i ~ ? Zenas Fitzjohn. comptometvv opera tor f rom Mr. Johnson's office. Springfield. is per forming the du t ies o f comptonieter opera tor , in the a h - scnce of Miss Working .

Mr. Don Fellows. "Prisco F l o r i ~ t " . h a s g r e a t l y beautifled o u r surroundingl; wi th h i s smal l t r e e s a n d plants . Thv: a r c g r o w i n g beautifully, too.

J. P. Briggx, completion report clerk. 11x8 nrcepted :L 1)osition in the Bi rmingham office. We wish him s u r r c s s in h i s new position.

Oscar Nelson, conlpletion report c le rk , s p e n t t h e week-end recently in Is'ort Smith, Arkansas .

Harold Far i ss , completion report ~ . l e r l < , made a s h o r t trill to Joplln. :i f ~ w Sundays ngo.

OFFICE O F GENERAL AGENT KANSAS CITY, MO.

I).\\'II) H. TODD. R e p o r t e r

F r a n k l i n Malcolm w a s quiet ly married to F e r n Gill. >la\. 2. T h e y spent the i r honeymoon in Tulsa , 0 1 t h . W e wish them lo ts of happiness.

W a l t e r a n d Clarence T a r n s made a I ~ u r r i r d t r ip t o Omaha. h'ebr.; April 21. to a t t e n d t h e f u n e r a l of the l r a u n t .

We were s o r r v to h e a r t h a t hlr . - ~~ ~~ -

Swortwood, t h e i u t o r of o u r f r e i g h t

trafflc school, severed h is c o n n ~ c t l o n s with the Fr i sco to g o t'o the Western I'nclfic a s genera l f re igh t a g e n t with Ile:itlquarters a t St. Louis. S ~ n c e t h a t t ime t h e school h a s been under the a b l r d i r w t i o n of Melvin Anderson, chief clerk. commerc-la1 office, a n d to use t h r words of W;i.vne Young. "thc best r a t e clerk in K a r ~ s n s Citv". Thc~ school is c e t t i n ~ along niccl\

After being in t h ~ s office more t h a n th l r ty -e igh t years. t h e c a r record depar tment h a s becn moved to t h e y a r d officc. W i t h th i s change it removed K~chnrr l O'('c~nnor, chief c a r record v l r rk : P r t c Fracul , h19 ass l s tan t , and ( 'hester ('ombs, in te rchange clerk.

Someone s t a r t e d a fire In weeds n e a r o u r ch l r f clerk 's f a r m lust Pall and burned a b o u t twenty-flvr of h l s f ru i t t~ ees down

MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT KANSAS CITY, MO. -

1)01<.\1. 1.. I)ISSlSOS, Rcpor te r .- \Vni. l'eepla, hoxtlcr, ix off vn the

si<.k lint. We Iiol)e to snc him hack svon.

IMwarcl Chaffin. machinist h e l ~ l e r . who h a s been confined i n t h e St. JIars 'x hospital , haw journeyed to south&l.ll Missouri to r e w ~ i n his s t r e n ~ t h before ~ ,e lurn inf i - to work .

Mrs. F r e d Chaffin, wife of inspector c:haffin. b a s re turned f rom Sprlngfield. where s h e w a s v i s i t ing relatives.

LXward Schmder , l abor foreman. h a s le f t f o r Sedalia, Mo.. to spend a nutn- her of dn,s with h ~ s brother.

Charles J o r d a n , s toreroom man, and wife. hxve re turned f rom a s h o r t visi t w ~ t h re la t ives a t Joplln. a l so Mrs. .lordan s p e n t a number of d a y s in Springfield as a delegntv to t h e Nix- sionar)' C'onYert,nce.

\Valter Upton, th i rd t r ick supplymall h ; ~ s bean off on the sick l l s t bu t is no\\' back on t h e job.

John Callahan. th i rd tr ick host ler helper , h a s r e t u r n r d f rom xpendlng a nnmhcr o f davx in S ~ d a l i a . Mo.. v l s i t - i'g hix s l s te r - autl h u ~ b a n d .

John Hipelow H ~ C I I ~ a number of d a y s in Collins, Mo.. v i s i t ing hi \ uncle.

\\'illlam JIrGer, wlper foreman. is t h e v e r y proud owner of n "run-l lkc- ne\v" Overland car . W c won't hnVt2 to walk to Rosednle a n y more. and 1?11I s a y s hc h a s purchased a can of 1,ollsh to keep h e r clean just l ~ k e h(' keeps t h e jacke ts wlped.

(:eorge Strohle. pipe man: Virgi l I>rllinger. t es tou t Inan helper. imd J o h n Hcan, pipeman helper, w e n t o u t neal Hvll lday Kansas . fishlng the o t h e r morning 'and came back wi th the usllal s t o r y of ;L f isherman'h hard luck.

MASTER MECHANIC'S OFFICE KANSAS CITY, MO.

11. E'. SHIVICI<S, Rcpor tc r

Blr. F. S. Eldred. electr icnl foreman. h a s re turned to work. hav ing part ial ly rrcovered f r o m injuricn sus ta ined in a fall a t P a o l a a s h o r t t lme axo.

J lr . I. A. R o r r r x . emnlovr in the cnv depar tment a t t h e f r e l g h t house. h a s bought a "run-like-new" Oldsmobilc coach.

T h e firemen's bal l w a s held May 18 . :11 Onkwood Hall . 1 1 4 Hunter avenue . .\ l a r g e number were present.

T h u r s d a y e v e l l l n ~ , >la\. 3, the g i r l s from t h i s o f f i c ~ wi th the i r boy f r ~ e n d s held a weinie r o a s t a t Swone P a r k .

hliss Marjorie Craig. s tenokranher in t h e c a r d e p a r t m e n t w a s off several lays recently, account of illness.

Mr. J ~ n l e s Brown. c a r insnector. 19th S t ree t Yards, has been off for some t ime nocount of siclcness.

Mr. lorank W a r n e r , c a r insper tor 19th S t r e e t Yards, h a s also bean off severa l d a y s recently account of rheu- rnatlsm in h i s foot.

Has a "Kick" All His Own

It's directed against himself - for not discovering this tobacco

five years ago

When a real man has been wrong abor something, he admits it. Here's Mr. Baye: f o r example. H e once thought he couldn smoke a pipe. Let him tell you about it

St. Paul. hfinn.. June 1. 1927

Larus & Bro. Co.. Richmond. Vn. Ccnllemen:

About five $ears ago, after trying ont many di elent styles of p i m from the Missouri meerschaum to the genuine meerschaum including the u -ide-down style mide po ular by X e - ~ r e s i d c n t Dawcs ant' ex- perimenting with just abch all the tobaccos then on the market except l+lgeworth. I finally decided that plpc.smoking was not for me.

For the last year or so 1 noticed the boys around the office here usin Icdgcworth to the exclusion of .a6 other tobaccos and evidently gettmg real plcasure from thcir pipes.

In April of this year I was in Cnnada on n busmess trip and decided LO take another whirl at pipe- smoking. So I invested a good share of nly sarinus in a pipc and a few rents additional for a can of Educ- worth.

From then on I havc been figura- livcly kickmg myself around the block about once each day when I think of the five Iran years I put in trying to get a l o n ~ without il pi e However I am trying to make up fo; lost tin,; and am succeeding quite well. Why I failed to try Ed eworth long ago will have to go Awn in history as an unsolved question. But now that I have found i t , the years ahead look rosy to me.

\'cry truly yours, Ben Bnyer.

To those w h o ha, never tried Edgewort , w c m a k e this offer:

Let us send you f r samples of Ildgewor so that yott may put o t . 1 ~ pipe test. If ike the sanlples, goc 'ke Edgeworth w l ~ c

ever and whene5 yott btty it. fo r n c v e r changes

Wri te yotlr nal a n d a d d r e s s L a r u s & Broth Cotnpany, 27 21st Street. Ric mond, Va.

Edgeworth is sold everywhere in varic sizes to sttit the needs and means of pnrchasers. B o t h Eclgeworth P l u g Sli and Edgeworth Ready-Rubbed a r e pack in s ~ n a l l , pocket-size packages , in h a r some h~ttnitlors holding a pound, a t d a in srvcral handy in-l)et\vcen sizes.

O ~ I yolrr rndio tune i n o~r IYRVA, Kick- mond Va.-fhr Edgeworth Sfalwn. Wave length 254.1 mrters . F r e q r t e n c y 1180

kilocy clcs.

Mr. W. 4. H u t t o n . c a r forcm;in S o r t h y a r d . i s t h e p r o u d o w n e r of a 11c.w F o r d .

T h e long- looked f o r f lowers ztrrivecl l a s t w e e k a n d w e r e ~ ) l a n t r d in t h v f lower b o s c s r e c e n t l y i n s t ; ~ l l r d a t t h e t w o m o s t ~ i r o m i n e n t w i n d o w s of t h i s office. W e a r e g l a d t o r e p o r t t l ~ r y ; I re t h r i v i n g o n t h e coal d u s t . ~ t c .

S o m e o n e s u a g e s t e d p u t t i r ~ g mtizzl( ,s O I I thc. xoldt ish , a s onc oI' the-ln b i t .\liss H o f f m a n o n thc! f ingcr . \Ve t h i n k t h r y cou ld be t a u ~ h t I)c-~tlc.r m;rl:ller:.

.I. R. P a r r i s h . Icnd c a r m:in :it t h ~

Alr. \\,-. .\. F3ulIartl. l h l r d t ~ , l ( , l t nln- i*h in i s l , w ; ~ s ra l le t l h o m e AI;i!. J t i ) I ( , - r-~~ulrt sr ' r ious i l l ness of h i s motlit,:. r r h a r r r i d r s a t Amory . N i s s .

Xllssea D o r o t h y J o h n s o n r111d Ct i th- r.l.lr~c W e l c h s p e n t :I Sund:ly r r c r n t i ? i n St. T,ouis. J lo . Mr . 1>;i11 T a f e , f o r m - v r l y o a r clcrlc in t h i s office, e n t e r - ta i l led t h e a i r l s wh i l e t h e y w e r e t h e w .

Mr . :ind Mrs. C. 0. E d m i s s o n srlenl t w u w e e k s v i s i t i n g iu :ind :~rouncI I.r,s . \ngeles . (:alif.. a n d o t h e r ~ w i r i t o n t h e T'arific ('oast. t h e f i rs t p a r t or 3T;ly. 111. E:dmisson i s co;wh I ' o r c m : ~ ~ ~ :it K a n s a s (:ity. ,Mr. X. 1. .. J n h n s o n , w i f r i ~ n t l l i l t l t n

s o n were ca l l ed t o S p i . i n ~ f i ~ t l t l r rc tsnt l? a c c o u n t t h e death of Mrs. .Iohnson's h r o t h r r - i n - l a w . Mr. 1.:. T ; r u l n l ; ~ ~ ~ . 211.. T i t u l m a n w:ts ;I b l a c k s m i t h t . n ip l l )>~ hy t h e f.'risco.

M r . J o h n W. Ste i f e r . Iocomotivc: i n - s l )cctor . r e p o r t s t h e h i r t h of n t131i- p u u r ~ t l boy. ( l i a a r s !

Mr. R i c h a r d S. L a u h ;ilso t c ~ l l s u s of t h e a r r i v a l o f a b a h y g i r l ; i t h i s h r~ rne . J l o r c c igi l rs! \\'c. Wish euch I l t t l e h e w c o m e r a l o n ~ nncl h:i1111\' l i f t , .

FILL YOUR HOSPITAL PRESCRIPTIONS

The PRICHARD-BLATCHLEY DRUG COMPANY The Rexall Store

S, R'. Cor. Main & W a l l Phone 170 FT. SCOTT. KANS.

* I Out of the night comes d;~\vn.

Our of synipn~hp comes service. I . Mn. C. 1. Forster, Funeral Home

No. 918-920 Brooklyn Are.

K A N S A S CITY. MO. Bmton 0336

T h e f o l l o w i n g b o y s h a v e b e e n c m - ~ ) l o y e d rccen t l y as a p p r e n ticc.s ill thc. K a n s a s C i t y s h o p s : H a r r y A. S t i l l e r . \Vm. P a r k e r Le\v:*llen a n d J o h n W e s - It.? Ehn i .

\\'c c a n ' t concc ive of 11 m o l t u n c o m - f o r t a h l e f e c l i n ~ t h a n t o bv t l r i v i l i ~ ; t l o n ~ ; :L c o u n t r y r o a d w i t h ;I n u m b e r o f ~ ~ r c : i c l i c r s in t h e c:ir, sliclr 011' i n t o ;I m u d d v ditc.11, a ~ ~ d n o t h e nhlr: to e s - I!IY.SS thc, r e s u i t n r ~ t f e v I I 1 1 ~ i l l : I I I ill!- o i 1 1 1 i 1 i n i i n n Tiitit I S w h a t r ~ , ( , ~ . n t l J - h n ~ > l ) c ~ n c d t o Mr. H . I.. . l ~ ~ h n r o ~ ~ , timc.lit .<~pcr.

S T O R E D E P A R T M E N T - F T . S C O T T

O F F I C E O F SUPT . T E R M I N A L S K A N S A S C I T Y , MO.

I KANSAS UTILITIES CO. I "The (:as and Electrlc Store"

FRICIDAIRES WASHERS GAS H.\SCES

Ft. Scott. Kans.

I Vis i t W i t h CLOTHING AND SHOES

G. R. HUGHES your Charge Account 12 South Main Ft. Scott. Kan. Greatly Appreciated-

J l i s s R u t h H a r r i s . d a u g l t t r r of iis- s i s t a n t y a r d m a s t e r . J . 1.:. H a r r i s , r e ) ) - r e s e n t e d t h e F r i s c o Linca in a popu- l a r i t y c o ~ ~ t r s t p u t o n by t h e .4rn1*ric,n11 I . e ~ i o n in r:onjunction w i t h thclir K I . ; L I I ( ~ c :o ron : : t i~ r~~ a n d c o m m u n i t y ] , a r t y a t Alemoriai 1in11. K a n s a s C i ty , K ; ~ n s ; t s . Snturrl;i? light. May 5 .

Herl i l r ) - H e n n r s o n , t i rnckeepcr in till3 off ice , h:hd h i s c a r s t o l e n t h r r ~ i g h t of Apr i l 29 ~ v h i l e 11e a n d h i s wi fe woru a t tendinf i . ,z sho\v. H o w r v r r , t h ~ ' cilr w a s r e ( ~ o v ~ ~ r e d a n d I3rrlcley s a y s i l r u n s b r t t e r no\v t h a n it d id h e f o r r i L w:is s to l en .

I WESTERN DIVISION

T R A N S P O R T A T I O N D E P A R T M E N T E N I D , OKLAHOMA

P e r r y S k i n n e r , conduc to r . ~ ) l aye r l \\-is(, aurl t ook h i s v a c a t i o n e;irIy, be- :innin:. w i t h thc? (:onduetor 's (:onven- t i o ~ i ;it . I ;~cksonvi l le . I.'ln. A f t o r t h e (wnvr .nt inn h i s f a m i l y wi l l jo in h i m thcrc- :uid t h r y wil l m a k e a n t ~ s t e n u i r c Lrip t l r rouxhvu t t h e S o u t h .

AIr. .l. \Ir, 1J;iring. : igent , r e p o ~ , t s ;L fine iric~.(.:lsc> ; i ~ h i s s txt iol ! f o r tht. mnnt l i 01. . \pr i I ,

N i s r . \ l i r r J. I)iclrs, a e u c r a l c lvr l t , s u l ) e ~ . i n t ~ > n d e n t ' s ofiicc., hiis r e tu rnv t l f r o m h e r t r i p a b r o a d . , \ l ice J . cvr t ; l in- I!' enjoyed vve1.y d a ? o f i t excep t ;L I7e\v 1l;iys on 111,. w a y a c r o s s w h e n s h e c s - I ) c~ l ' i~~ncr r l t h e 1)allC'u o f seas i cknens . . \ s ide f ~ . o m t h a t , thw(1 w a s r ~ o t h i n g t h a t I I ~ ; ~ I . I . ( ~ t h e t r ip , a n d he^‘ ~ l o w i n c : : iccounts of othc.~. rlirn(.s a1111 pc.oples nl:iltn n:. a l l : i n s ious t o malcr, tht. sarnt. t r i1~.

I*:l'l'\,ctiv,~ N a y 1. Mr. J. 1.:. .Mott ,~~. s lw- 1.i;il ii-.i,nt. w a s t r ans f~ . r ! . e~ l to b'?rf Sco t t . ; i ~ i d Air. H. L. JIrTCrv. h i s iiss~s- t a n t . w i ~ s m a d e speci:rl a c e n t f o r thr- \\ 'cstrrn divis ion. \Ye w i s h thc111 b o t h s u c c e s s i n t h e i r n e w posi t ions .

N r . H. V. Yerl)>-. L rans i tn~ : in , c n - qineer'r; office. w a s t r a ~ ~ s f ~ . r w c l I);~c.h t o F t . S m i t h r ecen t ly . Mr. \V. I[. Rrv. r o d m a n . w a s ~ > r o m o t e d t o till MI.. Yc<t'- by's vacancy a n d Mr. .\. A. 1 ienn i11g of St. T,ouis. w a s g i v v n t h r posi t ion ol' rodnmn. \\'e a r e s o r r y t o s tw Alr. :inti Mrs. T v r h y Iea rc~ . a n d w i s h th4.111 a l l joy a n d happiness in t h v i r new. I ~ o ~ n e .

Miss .\<I;I l>i i l i ) r~. ch ie f 1~1<.1'Ic's s t t t no ,

C I ~ ICE COMPANY Kansas City, Mo.

WHOLESALCRETAIL

I "Year 'Round Service" I

The Carbon Coal Co. Crowe Coal Company PITTSBURG, KANS. General Ofice: Dwight Building

KANSAS CITY. MISSOURI 1 MINERS AND SHIPPERS

MINES ON THE FRISCO AT I Mines Located at Mulberry and Scammon. Kansas. and

SCAMMON. KANSAS 1 Henryetta. Oklahoma, on the line of the St. LouisSan Francisco Ry. Co.

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1 TEXAS LINES I STORES D E P A R T M E N T

SHERMAN, T E X A S -- -

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Tlir f l ~ l l o \ c i n u rm1)loycs ivr l l t 1 1 , VorL \\-ortll t o m e i t t h e c n t c r t a i n n i e n t c o m - iilirteo of t h c F o r t UTr)r th Iq:mployc.s l'luh on N;L? 10. l o nl'r:Lnw f o r t h e n n - nu:tI p icnic t o h c ht:ld o n .\lay ::0 nt S h e r m a n : XIr. : ~ n d 31rs. J o e 14r).;ir1, J l m - n ~ i e H o n n k e r . Si Stephens. 11. I.. l lr- DufTie, Hill C ' h ; i s ~ a n d 311.. S i s t ~ . u ~ i l < . Th i s i s .to b e :I ~ ~ i c n i c for the. vn t i rn Tcsax 1,ines a n d i s t o b(! sponsol ,cd by rhr S h e r m a n : ~ n d E'ort W o r t h c~lubs.

311.. :ind J f r s . G u y S c o t t ant i Miss >I:trvi:i I3odson s p e n t J l a y 1 2 i1111i IX in Ikillns a n d F o r t \.Vortli. \ \ . l~i l ( , in lb'ort \ \ .or th tlic), v i%iL(~d t111,iv S O I I , w i ~ o is w o r k i n g f o r t h e T. & 1'. in th i l t c i t y . MI-. S c o t t I s r o u n d h o u s e f o r o ~ n ; ~ n 11el.1..

I l o h a r t G l a s ( v ~ d < . sec t ion s t ~ w k r n ; i ~ i . of Ft. W o r t h w:is in S h e r m a n , Akry IS. tc) v l s i t h i s w i f c : ~ n d son . J11.s. (:lils- cock a n d h a b y h a w h e e n h e r e ;~ lwuL f o u r w e e k s becnusc of t h e s e r i o u s i l l - n e s s of t h e h:tby. H e i s imp170vin:: n o w t ~ n d t h e y wi l l p r o b a b l y 1.rtul.n Iionic~ in n h o u t a w c e b .

Much t i m e n n d e f fo r t h a v e h w n llur ror t l i b y s o m e of t h c e m p l o y e s in ~ ( . : I I I - t i t y i n g Lhe s h o p g r o u n d s . P a r k s a n d f lower hvds h a v e h c e n nia t l r . One u n i - a u e t h i n g i n t h e Hower a a r d e n i s t h e l)cd o f TDSIIH R1unbr)nn(-ts. T h e p l a n t s w e r e s e n t h e r e hy r o a d m a s t e r E l l io t1 a n d I o r e n i a n Gui l l f r o m B l a n k e t . T r s . T h r p :1re a t t r a c t i n g q u i t e a h i t of a t - te l l t ion a n d w e a r e v e r y p r o u d of $hem.

F'. 1,. Stengel- , mRchiIIe s h o p f o r e m a n . i ~ a s r e t u r n e d f r o m h i s v:rcation. Hc v i s i t ed i n S r w Or leans . JAI.. a n d S p r i n p - fivld. Mo., nntl 1 ,eporls tlitlt h e eu jc~y~ . t l h i s v i s i t s v e r y m u c h .

RIVER DIVISION I CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI

JIrs . I )on I 'ar r , w i f r of . s \ v i l i ' l ~ n ~ i i ~ ~ . s p e n t s e v e r a l d a y s in S t . I.ouis d u r i n r .\In?. rls a d(aleg:~te t ~ ) t h e C; l l l io l i (~ \Vomen's C o n v e n t i o n w h i c h w a s held a t t h e H o t e l SLatlcr.

I h v i d H a w k i n s spc i i t t l ie week-t.ncl in .\Temphis as t h e g u e s t o f L e s t e r J c f - fo rds , r r p r e s e n t a t i v e of tlie IVes te rn W e i g h i n g & I n s p e c t i o n B u r e a u .

T h e piel's f o r t h e rrxfl'ics b r i d g e a c r o s s t h e Mississippi r i v e r a t t h i s p o i n t 1i:ivn

n o w i1rl.11 t40rnplt.ted n n d i t is no\<- l h o u n i i t t h a t t h e b r i d g e w i l l be r e a d y For opt t ra t ion hy S n p t c m h e r 1. T h r An>t.ric!:~n H r i d g c C o m p a n y , w h o a r e c ~ . t v t i n x t h e s u l ) c r - s t ~ . u c t u r r , have? coni- 11l11trtl 1rvc.r one -hn l f v f t h e s t e e l w o r k : ~ r ~ t l flrurc' t h e y wil l f in ish t h e i r w o r k I]). JUIIP 2 5 .

E v a Wi-:LY, c l e r k a t Cl1nffc.e. w a s :I

\ ' i s i t ~ ~ r iti ( ' : ~ I I v ( : i~xr ( l (~ : tu , Jlkiy 1 2 . Mr. J. F. S e a l , t i c k e t nE'rnt ant i wife .

11rp;irtetl Jl:ry 2 6 f o r Xew O r l e a n s , LN. . I i o u s t i ~ n . . \ u s t in , a n d L o c k h a r t . T e s . T11t.s ; t~ . r ivet l in I.~~c.kl~:it . t , Tns.. J l a y 31 . to a t l r l ~ d t l i r \ v ~ ~ d d i n g of t l lc i r so11 (;l.nc S e a l . wI1ic.h t o o k p lace J u n e 1.

\ \ - ~ n . I t u s k i t ~ n ~ ~ , t i ( , i n u r ~ . a c ~ . c l e r k . spcanl ;L Sundi iy ~ . t v . c , ~ ~ t l y in St . Lon i s ; t t tencl inx tilts c l (vul~lc-header h . t \ v \ . e e ~ ~ rile Sf. 1.ouis (':trtlin:ils a n d tlic H r o o k - Is11 IJodKers.

1'1.eston I-lr~\vvll. i s R I?C\V ~n(.nihei. o f o u r f o r r e , h ; iv ing d i sp laced R o b e r t l i : ~ m n i e r o n t h e y a r d c l e r k ~ ) o s i t i o n i ' r ~ , s t o n h a s hcen w o r k i n g o n t h e f i l l r l c r k ' s i o h a t Chnffee.

SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE CHAFFEE, MO.

:t,n to a t t en t l . Miss 1n1.z I.;iil. rjf t h c C i p c G i r n r -

d e n u f o l ~ v . . : l l t r , ~ l ~ l ( d :L I ~ r i d ~ k , ~ ) ; ~ r t \ - z i v e n r r c ~ ~ n l l y by .\iiss lClizaL)cth O r i e s - h n b r r .

MECHANICAL D E P A R T M E N T CHAFFEE, MO.

Tht. f i rs t n i r .v l~anlcal sul ,orvisor t o I : ~ l t r ; I t l van tane of v;lc.iitir~ns t h i s yef i r \ v : ~ s ('. 1.. Pe:tclirr, piecc.\vork c h c c k c ~ . . Air, Pcxch t , r w a s forcrri L o l a k c h i s v:ic.:~tton at t l ~ i s t imt* d u e t o i l lness . : ~ n d 1 m i ~ i i t a d d th:iL ir soenled to st,l3\,e thr* p u r p o s r i ~ ~ t c n t l c d . 311.. I 'eachrr r r t u r n c d t o w o r k o n ~ n o r n i n z o r N a y l i a n d r c l ~ o r t c d h r i s , feelinc: linc. an t i fit h : iv i~ )g g a i n v d nlnc! a n d one -ha l f p o u n d s t l u r i n a t i m c on' d u t y

On'inrs Lo Lhe t l ~ w t h nf re l : r t ivrs a t I';crni;~, 310.. i t \\riis n r c e s s n r y f o r o u r otTicv. I~rry. F w d ' \ n ~ c l , to I)r rri)senl Sroni t l u t i r s S n t u r d a y a n d Sunday . M:1y I '? ant1 1 3 .

. I . o h o o i i . roundhoust t c l e r k : C'iydc S I e l ~ h e n s . t a n k t r u r k m a n : J o h n SheelPy. I ) o t l ~ ~ r n l ; ~ k e r o x w e l d e r a n d Tvas I.. Hami l ton . h o s t l e r he loe r . n r o - v i d r d t l i c . riccess:lry food f o r a n - a l l n i g h t ' s o u t i n g bind d r p n r t e d f o r Allell- viIle n S; l turdnv a f t e r n o o n recen t lv . w ~ i c r e t11ey sprY~it t ~ l e n i g h t o n t h e b a n k s of I\-hitcwrrtcr f ishing. Colionn

$1 5,000,000.00 AUTHORIZED CAPITAL

IVhy D o YOII Trst the Air? T o bc surr. dl 's 0. K .

\\'II!- Do Folks Savc Money? To k w p things 0. K . I

I N V E S T M E N T CER- T IF ICATES

\\-n c a n :lcct?t~t l u m l ~ s u n i s of $300 a n d up, upon w h i c h w e h;~vc: n e v e r pa id l e s s 8% t h n n X",. X o Fccrt.

8 M O N T H L Y DEPOSITS % 3Ion th ly d e p o s i t s of $50

:111tl up. p a r t i r i l ) a t e in ~ . t > x u l x r e a r n i n g s wliich

Ii:tv~. n r v c r been l e s s t h n n 8 %. so I<'ecs.

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: r s s t i t u r n i t Sund :~>- rnor l i ing I ~ e a v i l y l aden w i t h t h c tinny t r ihe .

It. I,:. Hrredlovv. ch ie f c l e r k t o nins- 1t.r m . t~ rhan ic . a n d f ami ly , s p c n t S u n - 11;ly. J l n y 13, i r ~ J IempIi is \\,it11 311.. I<~w%ilove's nicbl1it.r.

15. 0. I'rossc~r, c:lr fo roman . rr.1-1.nt- I \ ' ~ ~ x c i i ~ i ~ i ~ ~ ~ t l h i s S t i ~ r sedl in f o r ii 111.\\. I h d p e s ix .

It i s rvidr.111 t h a t T h o m a s I<:. ,101111- son. c o u n t e r m a n in s t o r e d e l ~ a r t m e n t . i s 11 fi~:rn bclic,vcr ill the: motto-"Set. t h e E ' r ~ s c o Fj~.s t . ' ' Hc. r e c e n t l y took :I f e w d:iys' vw:~ t io r i , tr:+velinf VI;I I ~ r I s c o , ant1 visitvtl t l i ~ fol lowinrs : -* i t i (~ r -3lr1npliis. Spr ingf ie ld . KRIIS:LS (:it?

:in13 S t . T.ouis. \Valtrar I l i rhni . s t e n o g r ; ~ p l ~ e r ' in s tor t .

r leparrni t .~i t , spcsnt S u n d a y . 3Iny I::, will1 i i ~ ~ n i e i o i k s in J I i l l i : ~ ~ s v i l l ~ ~ , Air, ILiciin~ r e t u r n i d t o ('h;iITetb via I'ord au to rno- I i I t is r u m o r e d th:rL Jlr'. H iohm r o ~ ~ s i d r r s ( ~ ~ t a h l i s h i n P free' t x s i s~.rvir ( . f r ~ ~ n i t h r ~ ~ o u i ~ t l l i o u s e t o t o w n a n d vicc. vcl 'sa.

J l r s . 1':. 1.;. S i s o n a c r o n i p n n i r d 311.. S i s o n ~ I I ('iiic:lxo w h a r e t h e l a t t e r a t - tended. t h e fuel conven t ion f r o m N a y S t o 11. in(.lusivr. O t h e r s a t t e n d i n g tlie fuel conven t ion f r o m t h e R i v r r d i - v i s ion wel-e-Jlessrs. 31. J, F h ~ - r c t t , .J. 12. F r a n k a n d ;\. M'. r\uhusclli)n. 1.11gl- 11ccrs.

S o r m a n Kay. machinist apprentice. has recent ly been placed on d u t y in the machine shop.

Mrs. Chas. Stausing, wife of s to re - keeper, h a s been confined to h e r home f o r some t ime due to illness. W e a r e . q l ~ d to r e p o r t Mrs. S taus ing is some- w h n t improved a t t h i s time.

S y n ~ p a t h y i s extended to Bern F. Itector, supplyman. in t h e loss of h i s m o t h e r Mrs. Sal lye Rector. Mrs. Rec- l o r had passed h e r lOls t milestone. She had m a d e h e r home w l t h h e r s o n of th i s c i t y for t h e p a s t severa l years. .\[I*. Hector accompanied t h e remain*

to Winxdor, Illinois, where in te rment w a s made.

Mr. F r a n k Lampton, t rave l ing fov t h e Hunt-Spil ler Company. b u t formerly connected w l t h the Brisco w a s in Chaffee a s h o r t while. N a y 17.

Our la tes t benedict is H e r b e r t E m - r ick, c a r carpenter . I t seems t h a t h e h a s been contempla t ing mat r imony f o r some time. On S a t u r d a y evening. XIa> 12 h e took unto himself a bride-Miss Leona Heeb. Mrs. Emriclc i s employed b y t h e P r e m i e r Manufac tur ing Corn- p a n y o f t h i s city. They h a w t h e good w ~ s h e s of a host of fr iends.

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Mr. J o h n Thornbrough, c h i e i clerk to storekeeper, s p e n t Sunday, May 1::. in St. Louis.

Must s a y t h a t Miss Anna Golden of the t ranspor ta t ion depar tment claims a i l the honors w h e n lt comes to g a r - r iming. We a r e watch in^ w i t h inter- e s t t h e flower beds in t h e y a r d s a t t h e g e n e r a l offlce. I f persistence will g r o w flowers w e sure ly expec t to see a n abundance of beauty some t ime wi th in t h e n e a r future.

C. P. Burnside of AIonett w a s s e n t to Chaffee to fill the temporary ra - canc? of piecework checker due to C. L. Peacher being on vacation. MI.. Rurnside w a s relieved on May 17 ;md r e ~ > o r t e d for du ty to Mr. McCaffery a t Sprillgfieid. X r . Uurnside seemed to enjoy his so journ in o u r fa i r ci ty a n d made a number of f r iends a m o n g t h e employes of t h e c a r depar tment while here.

OFFICE OF DIVISION ACCOUNTANT-CHAFFEE, MO.

1I.A COOK. Repor te r

E. C'. Heard accompanied the ah-

s i s t a n t super in tendent on t h e line for a. week m a k i n g :L check of the statloll helpers.

Miss E v a W r a y motored to Fui ton . K?.. w i t h h e r bro ther a n d fami ly to visi t their sister, on May o.

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money.

Supplies a receipt for every pay- ment made, . (your cancelled check).

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3ses.Rster Rigdon a n d N a r y Eliza- LaGrange s p e n t April 2 9 111 Mem- a s t h e a u e s t s o f Miss Alma

Miss c u r r y , who is a former kr gi r l , is t ra in ing to be a nurse

In the Bapt i s t Sani ta r ium in AIemph~h. MISS Belle Kinne a n d ye scribe

nlotored to Poplar Bluft fo r t h e week end May 5 , b'ishinn s t o n e s of Cur- rent River a r e v e r y plentiful dbwn there, especially by W. S. Johns ton , operator. nnd Clea tus Price, clerk, of that citv. --

Mrs. T. J. Sweeney a n d d a u g h t e r Patsy a r e spending t w o w e e k s in St . Louis.

Mrs. H. H. McGarvey is on a month 's vi.s~t w i t h home fo lks in Texas a n d Sprmgfield. Mo.

Miss I l a Cook s p e n t t h e week end recently w i t h Mr. a n d Mrs. 0. L. Haker of St. Louis. Whi le there s h e had t h e pleasure of a s h o r t v i s l t w i t h M~ases K a t h e r i n e Welsh a n d Dorothv .lollnuon of m a s t e r mechanic's office. Kansas City.

Our deepest s y m p a t h y i s ex tended to Miss Doro thy W o r k i n g of t h e division accountant 's office. F t . Scott . in t h e recent loss of her mother.

T. J. Sweeney h a s h a d t h e flu. sort. th roa t and a l l s o r t s of diseases, which he s a y s is causud by H. H. McGarvev's cooicing a s they have been batchGlg while the i r wives a r e o u t of town.

Ralph S tephens is the proud owner of a new Ijodne sedan. -~ ~ - ~ - - ~ -

Misses I rene a n d E s t h e r Rigdon. Anne Guethle, a n d El izabe th Gries- haber motored to Benton, 310.. N a y 16 to a t t e n d a p a r t y a n d spend the night wi th Miss Malissa Smith. X i s s Smith, who is t h e d a u g h t e r of \Van. Smith of g e n e r a l c a r foreman's o f - flce. Chaffee, h a s been teachinrr at Benton f o r the l a s t t w o years. '

Trninmnnterln Office W. S. Rammage , dispatcher, is spend-

ing ten d a y s in the Fr i sco hospital. v. E. H o p k i n s is r e l i e v i n ~ him.

W. S. Johnson, opera tor a t Poplar Bluff i s t h e proud o w n e r of a new Chevy roads te r a n d a whi te bull dog.

-4 pr iva te c a r be longing to t h e I n - t e rna t iona l Correspondence School i s here f o r f o u r d a y s g i v i n g jnstruct ions to t h e employes.

Mr. a n d Mrs. H. V. Chea tham a n d children a r e spending a m o n t h in Jacksonvil le , Fla.

\ j re a r e very s o r r y to lose J. C. Haley a n d fami ly f rom Chaffee as they ,ire rea l veterans. A son. B a r r e t t . I?, cml~loved in th i s office a s stenorr-

OFFICE O F B. & B. A N D MAIN- T E N A N C E O F WAY

CHAFFEE, MO.

E V A WRAY, Repor te r

The g r a d i n g h a s been completed f o r the new p a s s i n g t r a c k a t Poplar Bluff. XO.

E x t r a g a n g 223 h a s been re-estab- l ished o n t h e St. Louis sub.

T h e combination passenger - f re igh t s t a t i o n a t P o p l a r Bluff Is n o w u n d e r construct ion.

Our a n n u a l s p r i n g whi tewaxhlng h a s been completed o n t h e R i v e r division.

Six miles of rock h a s been d is t r i - bu ted t h i s m o n t h o n t h e Jonesboro sub. a n d one mile is under t rack .

T h e ,Leachvillc s u b i s boas t ing of a c lear record of personal in jur ies thus tar th i s year . L. A. L o w r y is roadmas te r over th l s terr i tory.

T r a c k to se rve S tandard Oil Company a t Manila h a s been constructed.

The new s tee l span a t Nash, ovcr Diverson channel h a s been completed.

Grading h a s been done for the new br idge a t L a k e Citv. Ark. . wi th a five- - . foot-raise.

Mrs. G. D. R a t h b u r n a n d children of Poplar Bluff , No., a r e v i s i t ing friendh In Jefferson City. E. A. Huffman, section foreman a t

P o r t a g e v ~ l l e . 310.. is spending a s h o r t

with the

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vacation a t Evansvil le . Ind. B. \V. Cooprider, sect ion laborer a t

\<'alnut Ridge, Ark.. s p e n t severa l d a y s 111 Toprlca. Kansas. t h i s month.

I CENTRAL DIVISION I DIV IS ION SUPERINTENDENT'S

OFFICE FT. SMITH, ARK.

-- IIXI'LINE SJIREKEIL Repor te r

-- Think the E'risco g i r l s should be

car r ied on a s e p a r a t e sen ior i ty ros te r not to be published a s It is impos- s ~ b l e to be just s ixteen when thc roster showt, s ixteen or more years ' service. H o w about i t , g i r l s ?

F r a n k Sinaleton. conductor. has suf - ficiently recovered f rom a n operat ion. whilc in the 11os1)ital a t P a r l ~ , Texas , to be back on his run.

Leo W a t e r s , cash ie r a t the local f re igh t office r w c n t l y , motored t o Tulsa. Olcla.

E a r l Dodd. messenger, s p e n t several w e e k s v i s i t ing "friends" in Joplin. Mo.

Maggie Morgan. ass i s tan t super in- tendent 's clerk. is now in t h e hospital a t St. Louis for a n indefinite period. W e miss ZIaggie a n d hope s h e wil l be back w i t h u s rea l soon. &Ira. S a n n i n Hcland. o u r old standby. i s rel ievinc Miss Norgan .

E l m e r F. Br i t ta in , dispatcher. w a s called t o Kevil. Ky.. recently. account serious i l lness o f h i s brother .

P. V. Hammers ley , fue l Inspector, a t - tended t h e na t iona l fuel convention in Chicago.

W. J. "Bill" Daniels a n d C. D. Mar t - indale, swi tchmen, a r e in Cleveland. Ohio, where they went a s de lega tes to t h e na t lona l convention of B, of R. T.

W e a r e v e r y g lad to announce t h a t b'risco employes of F t . Smi th responded very generous ly when donations were solicited for the Community Chcst Fund, in f a c t the repor t s showed one hundred per cent .

T i n a Spier, a b s t r a c t c le rk , is on leave of absence account of illness. She has been under observation a t Mayo Brothers . \Ve h o ~ e for h e r speedy recovery. Helen Will iums is

rel ieving Miss Spier dur i r~f i h e r a h - sence.

H a r r y Boyd. H a r r y K i r k a n d W. C. Shultz, conductors. w e n t to Jackson- ville, Fla.. as de lega tes to t h e nat ional convention of 0. of R. C.

H e n r y S t ie rwal t , t ranspor ta t ion clerk. h a s l e f t to a t t e n d Grand Lodge of B. o f R. C.. in Columbus. Ohlo. H e w a s accompnnled b y Mrs. S t le rwal t a n d a f t e r t h e convention t h e y \vi11 visi t in \Vashington. Philadelphia, hTew York a n d N i a g a r 8 Falls . They exDect t o be . . a w a y a b o u t a month.

Mrs. Smi th of Springfield Mo.. mother of E. W. Smith, chief cierk, i8 visi t ing Mr. Smi th a n d familv f o r sov-

A meet ing of a l l sect ion foremen f r o m F t . Smi th south w a s held a t Ta l - ihina. Okla.. Sunday, May 20.

T w o c a r s of tu rn ips have been .;hipped f r o m F t . Smith-this be ing t h e llrst of th l s commodity ever shipped from th is terr i tory. 9. K. Waters , s tenographer -c le rk .

\pen t heveral d a y s in nit. Vernon, Mo., where he went to acromparly N r s . <Vatern and chlldren home.

ACCOUNTING D E P A R T M E N T FT. SMITH, ARK.

Mrs. E. G. Sper ry a n d snlal l son have a r r ived in F t . Smith. IM~. a n d Mrs. Sper ry a r e now a t home a t 517 S o r t h 12th Street .

0. F. Nelson. f o r m e r complet ion rc - por t c le rk in t h i s office, r e c e n t l ~ visited here.

Dur ing the past month E't. Smith put on a Community Chest Drive t h a t Lvas m o s t successful anrl t h e Frisco reccived special mention for their p a r t in the campaign , the total amount or $ 6 9 3 . 7 . 7 being donated by employes.

R. I). Williams, bill and voucher c le rk , is now the proud owner of a Chevrolet coach. Between tennis a n d t w i n y to pu t some mileage on t h e C'llrvrolet, we unders tand we have a v r r s busy bill and voucher clerk,

Mrs. E d Crandall a n d son a r e rnalc- inn a round of visits. They will bc the g u e s t s of fr iends a n d relat ives in Cape Girardeau. Chaffee a n d Spr ingfield. Mo.. before r e t u r n i n g home.

W e a r e g l a d to w n l c o n ~ e Harold 1'. Yerby a n d wife back to o u r city.

Ilxrc~ltl Ilar re turned f rom t h e W e s t - ern division a n d now holds t h e posi- lion of instrunlentman in t h e division t ' n ~ i r ~ t ' c r ' s office a t this point.

11. I,:. Drake , chief tic. a n d t imber inspc'ctor of the Frisco, !)aid this of- f1iv :L shor t visi t while o n his w a y to ;\lanstirltl, Arkansas , to nirct tlic tit, I r:rln.

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M E C H A N I C A L D E P A R T M E N T FT. S M I T H , ARK.

I l:I.:NI.: \VOESTJIXS. Repor te r

Mr. :in@ Airs. J. T. B a k e r of Mansfield. ;\rlc;~ns:rs. were 1)ainfully in jured when the i r ;rutomobile tu rned over' while t.nruute f rom JIansfield to I'ort Smith o n the n igh t of hlay 1". and were i)ruuyrht to :L F o r t Smith hospitnl f ~ ) r nirdical attention. :\t this wl'itinrr. liotll 1):rrties have Itaft the hospital and ikrv w ~ t h Mrs. Baker 's s i s t r r in Bor t Smith but a r e st i l l under t h e doctor's varu. Mr. R a k e r is engineer on the .\Iitnsfic.ld Hrancli, running betwee11 1*'111.1 Smith and Mansfield.

Mr. J. U. 1leyl)urn i~. is r r t ~ ~ r n e d f r o r ~ ~ the 8r11nual F u e l C o n r e r ~ t i o ~ ~ in Chi- csaro. which w a s held f rom JIuv 7 to .. . 1 1 , inclusive. a n d repor t s a reln;u.lz- : ~ b l n x t tendancc a t the n iec t ings ;rnd O I I C uf t h e best. if no t t h e hest. fuel vonvention h e ever at tendad.

This depar tment ex tcnds s y m p a t h y lo Mr.. a n d Mrs. F r e d JIorlev in tllv loss of their son H a r r y J ~ o r i e y , a g e 24 s e a r s , who died May 1 7 , a f t e r u ver ) r h o r t jllness.

Mr. ;rnd Mrs. I*'. C. F r y :rnd son, Genc. 1b1 I b r t Smith. ~ \ r k . . and 311'. and JII-s. [ I . 11. Hirnd and daurrhter. Bertha. of Hugo. Oklahoma. ;rre piunning on a t - rrndilrg t h e Firemen's Convention. whlcli is to be held in San Francisco. ( 'alifornin. d u r i n g t h e month of .June.

WI! art* expec t ing to h(-ar in te res t ing t s l k s . a t o u r next f u r l meet ing by Alessrs. 13. 1'. Dutton. engineer , i ~ n d I". (I. Fry . fireman. who were representi t - t lves of t h e CcBntral division a t t h e r r - c e n t fuol convention in Chicago. a s lllry no doubt g ~ t l l e r e d a g r e a t deal o f useful in format ion t h a t will be Iwnn- fici;tl In all thr. v n s ' i ~ ~ o m r n .

E N G I N E E R I N G D E P A R T M E N T F T . S M I T H , ARK.

I t ' s now t imc f o r v ; rc . ;~ t io~~s a n d "b'isi~ Storiths" will s t a r t . \\'r a r e s u r e t a b I ~ c R ~ nf t h e "hig one t h a t g o t away". t h e "broken pole" a n d the "hart1 fight" f ~ . o m each r e t u r n i n g tishc,rnlan.

i.cster Bompar tc , who recently re - signcbd a s ofticc. hoy. h a s beell tc!ml)or- ; ~ r i l y ssl~cceeded by ('ar1 \\:ilson. I n -

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vidcntal ly Carl is qu i tc a banjo a r t i s t a n d h a s promised to b r i n g h is ban jo clown to thv office a n d give 'us a rea l t r e a t soon.

I t won't trr long now. Dewey Bass was setan \vIiil)l)iug the a i r with his fly rod.

Nr . Ilonalrl Hrnxii, who 11;~s been t h r aul .s t of hliss K a t h r y n JI~;\Iatioll. iias re turned to h ~ s h o k e i n Har t ford . C o n ~ ~ e c t i c u t .

.John P c n d r r r r a s s . instrumentnlan. resigned on A ~ I I : ~ ~ 28, to ;lcc:ept a sir nil:^^: position wi th the Cottori Re i t ; i t J I o u r ~ t l'lc*asanton. Texas. a n d H. V. Yerbv h:rs been ; ~ p p o i n t e & his xuwessor. bVb a r c a l l very g lad to h a r e "Skwitch" hack wi th u s aga in .

Clarence Roll ingcr h a s achieved h is life t ime ambit ion. which w a s :recon- plished sevc*r;~i Suntlrrss a g o a t o u r lu- v:11 flying fleld, wheu 11c had h is f i rs t a i rp lane ridc.

I i a t e \'og:.pl hiis a new niecc, who h a s l)csen named C!atherine M a n e .

J l r s . Ed. ( ' randall and son. 1~:dward. .Jr.. a r e v i s i t ing r e l a t i v c * ~ a t C n l ~ e Ci r - :rrdeau. Chnffec! and S p r i n ~ t l e l d . \ \ 'hi l~. a t Sl~ring-fleld Mrs. Crandnll will he thv a u ( , s t of her s i s t r r , Mrs. JI. W. .\her- na thy . J lr . 2 \ l ) e r n a t l ~ y wns f o r ~ ~ ~ v r i ) clivisior~ ;icc7ountxnt a t F o r t Smith.

Is'ranlc Trower. spccial n c r n t . h a s I.(.- tu rned f rom t h e hospital in S o n t h v r ~ ~ Texas w h e r e he a s heen Tor t h e past sevcr;ll months. a n d repor t s t h a t he is f r e l i n g :I l i t t l e bet ter . W e t r u s t he will soon be s t r o n g a n o u r h to r e t u r n to work.

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A m(setin6 of section f o r f ~ ~ n e n :111d H. .Y- H. foremen w a s held a t Paye t tev i I l< . on .\pril 29. whir11 n'irs ~ , r e s i d r d ovc.1.

I#:. I,. ('ollettu. Mat te rs of interest vi tal to the book of ru les were dis- 1:11ss(~A. ;\ s i n ~ i l n r meet ing w a s Iicl~l :rt T a l i I ~ i ~ u ; r l ~ on Sunday. J Iay 6 .

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ionxer ; ln r l i ~ i 1 ) l e "bnchclor". H(8 n,:irl~, :I tril) tu S])ringfic.ltl. ilr~tl r rb tur~~(*d wit11 :I bride ;I. few weelis ago. (:onar:rt- i!latio~~s. Hruc.c. arltl thirnks f o r t l l ~ c.lcars!

IVe will soon see plenty o f new Fords. Thv F o r d Assembiy P lan t . which is a Fr i sco industry. is b a r k in to o l ) e r a t i o ~ ~ a f t e r a n idleness of a lmos t a year. exrel)t for t h e un loading a n d loading of par t s , T h i s is good u r w s t o some of thc~ 1)oys who hnve h a d thc i r o rder in f o ~ R new c!ar s inar the first o f the year.

T h r ; i~!s ious look tl':linm:rster J. >V. ('leal.?. was c a r r y i n g :r s h o r t t ime :LEO, and tl!,. 1)ro;rtl g r in . which the anxious look turned into, w a s the r ~ ~ s u l t of JII.. (!ie:rry hecoming :r "Grandpa" to twin boys. I IOI . I~ to Mr. (!1enryss d a u g h t e r , Mrs. I.:. 31. \ \ r o ~ . l e ~ ~ .

.\ftcr sc~vera l nlonths of watchin1 waiting. w e have Ford Iius sc.rvicv he- tween I*::lst Yard a n d South Yard, via C q i t o l Hill. This is a b ig help. r s - pecially in had weather , b u t i t loolcs a s though some of t h e boys will Iw de- 1,rived of t l ~ c i r t,xe~'oise now t h a t they 1,:11i r id( . both w i ~ y s to irnd f rom work . 'rht, 1\vo dr ivers a r c Socl Sllcrman and 11. I\-. Henry . h groul, c~f rirst yirr~l rnil,loyes. with

\ . ;~i ,d e11:i11e 3,542 111 t)ic I I R C I < ~ ~ I ) U I I I I ilad their ])icturne tillten by the m a x - azine piiotogrnl)hcr.

C . C. Atteben'y is the new r.hief yard clerk. I-Ie w a s former ly demurrag , . supervisor, w o r k i n g f rom El. I\'. .1uh11-

son's officv, b u t h i s posltion w a s abolished April 1. a n d IIC displaced C. I(. Hornung. Another c h a n g e in t h e clerical force a t e a s t yard resulted in t h e losing of Miss E l m a Williams, who h a s been s tenographer f o r Mr. Flill. a s s i s t a n t superintendent for the past 18 mol~tl i*. JI iss Orna Ad:~ms displacm(~d JIisx IVilliams, s h e having been tlisplirc- ed ;rs roiidmastcr's clerk by 15. 0. \Vest. JVe now have two repor te rs in the I ) u i l i l i ~ ~ ~ wi th the ~rdrlition (.if Miss ,\dams.

T h r bl'itigc men a r e r c ~ r e w i n g the, l o n g br idge jus t w e s t of the ylrrd office. T h e job wil l t a k e a b o u t L' lnonths, und i t is sa id t h a t t h e walk w a y wbich w a s former ly on t h e south r idc of t h e br idge will bc: placrd on the 11ort11 sltle.

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H e r m a n Holen, a s s i s t a n t c a s l ~ l e r , 11;rd the idea a tonsil operat ion w a s sornc- t h i n g k ids had done on the i r way homta from school a n d anklccl on home; hut a s k him now t h a t he's had one. H i s ol)inion i s the s a m e as Sherman's w;rs of war.

Gcorgc Kerns , d e m u r r a g e clerk, is suf lc r ing :L had burn on t h e hand from f ry ing I ~ r ~ ! n c h fr ied po ta toes a t h i s don~ic i l r .

T h c T u l s a warehouse bunch :irv e i r o u r ' n i ~ . Thuy lost tl~c! per!- nilllt to S p r i n ~ f i e l d , but then the boys sl~oulrl not feel s o h:id a s thcy I~irvt, held s a m e for f o u r consecutive months.

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( ' Iy~It* H U I Y ~ , chock c l e rk . w a s off d u t y a u ~ u p l e of d a y s l a s t w e e k .

1t;rlph K i n n e y , d e l i v e r y c l e r k , w e n t f i s h i r ~ g un G r a n d r iver . 1f you w a n t 1 1 1 k n o w h o w R a l p h l o o k s t e l l i n g a b o u t rile finh h e ' augh t , Icmk mn c o v e r p a g e or 111c May Issue o f t h e Frrisco Mags- a i w .

IXkrrrl (!hnse, w h o w n s h u m p e d f r o m tmsition a s a s s i s t a n t c x s h i e r b y H e r - man TJolen, h a s g o n e t o J I ad i son s t r r t , t s tx t ion .

I'eggy D o o l I n g w o r k e d t empora l - J posi t ion a s e s p c n s e c l c r k , w e e k o f Ma) ;. ;IS h1;lr.y J e n k i n s w:+s yonfined t o h o r Irnme w i t h c h r o n i c append ic i t i s .

J. T. H a n k s , m a c h i n e o p e r a t o r . n a r e c r u- i th f ' h n r l r s I h r w i n ' s t h e o r y o n cvo- l u t i o ~ ~ . E v e r y m o r n i n g i111d e v e ~ ~ i n p ?-nu c a n s e e J. T. p e r f o r m i n x rnonlrry t r i c k s o n t h e t r a l w z e a n d po1c.s nr t h v r n P n r k .

J l r s . \\I. :\. B r y a n . w i f e of r a t e c l e r k . i tas r e t u r n e d f r o m Cleveland. Tenn.. :1womt):111i~4 h y h e r m o t h e r . Mrs . J. T. Hanks. wlio i s convu losc inx .

.John Iiicc!, ( c o l o r c ~ d ) , t ~ ' u c l i loxdor. : t t t cndcd tJe f u n e r a l of h i s f a t h e r \\.lie riicd M a y i , rlt Muskogee . Ok l :~ .

. \ r t h u r Herle , ( co lo red ) t r u c k lo:~dt!r. \\.;IS s h o t t h r o u g h t h e a r m a n d I)acI( : L I I ~ I S r e p o r t e d in n s e r i o u s cond i t ion .

R o y R u t l e r . ( co lo red ) t ~ ~ u c i i 1o;ldcr. : ~ t t e n t l e ~ l th l ' f u n e r a l of h i s f a t h e r w h o rlic~rl M R . ~ 7 a n d w a s bur i ed ; ~ t IJol(.>-. O k l : ~ ,

Shed\vick S p r l g g s , ( 'olorcd) t r u c k loade r . w a s off d u t y a w o u n t of t h e s r r i o u z i l l ncss of h i s h r o t h ~ r .

40th A N D 43rd T R A C K DIV IS ION SAPULPA, OKLA.

.\. S. W a l k e r . f o r e m a n a t D a w s o n , i s t : ~ l i i n ~ : a 60 d a y v:kcation in t h e Pacif ic n o r t h w e s t . H e i s b e i n g r e l i c v r ~ d bl- J o h n Grecn .

The 3 r d r o l l l n g of t h e 110 Ih. r a i l i s no\\- m o v i n g f r o m H i r m i n g h ; ~ m . \Vorlr qtf l ; ~ y i n g i t s t i i r t e d on J u n v 1 . .\TI t .f- l'ort i s ~ o i n g t o h e m a d e t o l a y ;L tr;lck n ~ i l t , :I tl;ky, w h i c h if tlont., wi l l I)c all-

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L A I I ~ f ~ ~ r r . m : r n on t h e .qu r i :~c inx x a n x w h i r h wnx p u t back o n : r ~ a i n l1;ty 6 .

T h e s t c :~ t lp i n c r e a s e of b u s i n e s s in 1 1 1 ( , T r~ l s ; r T r ~ ' m i n n l s h i ~ s ~ n n t l e it n t .crs- ~ ~ 1 . y to a d d ;in ex t r i l g:knfi t o t h e t l x ~ k f o r c e s of roi1dmastc.r 3I:rrsh. 311.. Till- .s\vortl. fo~'c!m;in ;it l i ed F o r k . \\-ill br- in ih l lnrxe of t h e g a n g . \vliic~h wil l 131. 11rin- ( ~ i l m l l y (!ngHg:'c(l in c o n r t r u c t i n r : !le\v t ~ . : ~ c k s .

13. L, GrifCith, wlio \\.as t in l ekcepcr <,TI vxtr% g a n g No. 112. 11;~s heen : k s s i ~ n - wl t imc.keeper o n t h e s t e e l y l n g , u n d e r I l r . G. Money. T h i s g a n g IS e n g a g e d in surf ; rc inn, u n t i l thtt 110 Ib. ~ x i l I s ~x.cr ivcd.

1';kt S m i t h , o u r f r o a rc~);kircr. is h ;~c l i O I I t h e j o b a g J n a f t e r t h r e e m o n t h s ' i l lness . \Ve a r e a l l g l a d t o s e e 1':rt I,:kck a n d h o p e h e is f u l l y rocovered.

On :kccount of i n c r e a s e d t r a i n m o v r - n r c n t s o n t h e C h e r o k e e s u h . t h e p:kssin,- t ~ ~ i c l c a t S e o s h o h;rs heelk e s t e r rded 1.783 f e e t , w h i c h wi l l hell) speed 1111 t w i n s m e e t i n g at t h a t po in t .

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s e a s r v t i o n U-18, r e l i e v i n g J. H. K r y . w h o i s f o r e m a n on olle nf t h e s u r f a c i n ~ x a n g s .

W. C. K n o w l e s In f o r e m a n o n Red F o r k s t , v t io r~ , r e l i e v i n g W. T i ~ w w n r d . w h o is in 1 7 h a 1 ' ~ e o f t h e c s t r a g a n g .

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J l r s . I.:lla >I. H u r d a n d J l i s s I d i s I J l anazan a t t e n d e d t h r l u n c h e o n g i v e n by t h e a u x i l i a r y uf thtt F r i s c o E m p l o y - rs' C l u b of T u l s a . wh ich w:ks h e l d :kt t h e E g y p t i a n T e n R o o m in T ~ i l s a .

J l i s s 1-Xl:k T h r a s h e r w a s t h e g u e s t of J l i s s S;rnc.y l i e n a l e :kt h e r homv a t ICnid. Miss K e n g l e i s s tc!noaral)hvr t o t h e ; i a e n t a t Oiclnhoma ('it\-.

('. 1.'. F l u s t t 4 a t t e n d e d Triennial C o w ven t ion of t h e H r o t l ~ e r h o o d of R a i l w : ~ ? ( : l e rks ;1s d e l e g a t e a t l a r g e , wh ich con- \-c.ned at. C:olurnhus. Ohio, M a y I I .

N ivs H e l e n G o r h n m h n s r e t u r n e d f r o m F o r t S r o t t : lftur n s h o r t v i s i t w i t h h e r hl.ot.lic~r, fo14merly of Snpu lpa , ~ L I I ~

i s t l o i ~ ~ l : ' x t rn \vorlc in t h e u u p r r i n - t e n d e n t ' s nft'ice.

L v n n R. Hikmilton hzru r v s u m r d d u t \ n s c h a i n m a n i ~ f t c l ' n s i x t y d a y rlhscnce du+- t o :k b r o k e n n n k l e .

l l i s s I,oir F l a n a g n n rccc,ntly v i s i t ed :kt l i (br Iiornc in Vin i tn .

[ 'rank ( 'am])hell a ~ ~ d C. IC. H a n . i s t ook t h r first on'icinl f lshfng t r i p of tlic S C R S O I I .

S : ~ p u l p n n s a r e w a t c h i n g w i t h i n t r r - < , s t t h e p r o g r e s s o r plirntx ~ n d s h r u b - he r ) s e t o u t a f t e r % r e c e n t vis i t I)? D o n F r ~ l l n w s , o u r f lo r i s t . T h c p l a n s a n d su r rges t ions of J l r . Fc l lou7s were c a r r i e d o u t a n d horw t o h n v e a v e r y :krtistir l ayou t . A vlSry i n t e r ~ s t i n c w r i t e u p i11)pearcd i n t h e T u l s a S u n d a y ' L ' r i b ~ ~ n ~ . o u t l i n i n ~ Mr. I ~ o l l o w s ' w o r k a n d i rnp rovrn len t s u-hicah lit. h a s nlndc' in t h e :kppcarance of s l x t i n n a r o u n d s a l o n g t h e F r i s r o s y s t e m . -

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J l r . I.'rrguson h a s h w n r u n ~ l i n a o n IWLK- f.ll#er r u r ~ s S o . 3 a n d 6, b r t u - e e n J I o r ~ e t t :1nd T u l s a . H V d ied a t ; \ f ton on >lay 1 4 . due. t o h e a r t t rouh le . \V(! cxtt!r~tl anur s y ~ o l ) : ~ t h y Lo Nr . 1;ersuxon's t a m - il\-. H r Iv;ives a h o s t oC f r i e n d s a l o n g th,- lint., s;kddcr~c+cl hy h i s d < ~ l ) a ~ . t u r t ' .

S. 1'. O'sv:!l. lireni&kn. \vho 1i:ls 1)c>e11 :~l)sc.nt ~ U I - t o i l lness , hris rtsturntyl t o h i s d ~ ~ t i ~ . s ; IS ti1~1~1n;l11 a t \ \ ' ( ,st 'I.'uls:r.

12. (:. I ) ( .nny, w h o \vtks fo r lnc r ly ilgerlt : ~ t \YPSI T u l s a nnci w h o i s n o w a g e n l : , t - ( ' l : ~ ~ . r ~ ~ n ~ r r t ~ . \\.:IS a v i s i t o ~ , 1.c41~t.ntly.

l l a c ~ i ~ i ~ ~ i s t F l e ~ ~ s c ~ i ~ e l P, I 'ri t ,~,, \vh11 h n s I)i,clr i l l t l i r Shryrm:in hospit.:~l :1cc,11unr of' ili~ri:ss, iins r r tul 'ncr l to h i s dr l t l~ .>s :111d is wor l r inx in pl:krt$ of S, M, I s ' ( 4 1 , -

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is r n j ~ ) ? i n c :I v:1~;1t ion w i t h h i s p;$rrrlts in T c s ; ~ s ,

('. \\.. (:illispic, m;whinis t . Is t h r I ) I . O I I ~ o \ v t ~ v r o f :k n r w \Vhippc.t se t lan. w i t h \\-Iiic.h h e r.spc-cts to ~ I I C I Y * R H C * t h e ~,l'oduc.t ion I P C xasolinr. .

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. D. (:orham, f o r m e r l y rrbi~t.r:tl vll'rk h v r ~ , h:ls tlisl)l:kcc=d n cumple t l c~n I ' C . I ) O I ' ~ c l e r k : ~ t I,'t. Sco t t . ICxns. V. I , . T l r n m : ~ ~ is n o w x r n c r n l c l e rk .

.I;krlc (:illis i s n o w j u n i o r w r n r ~ l ~ t i o n r c ~ ) o r t ~ 1 r 1 . k . s u c c w t l i n g V. 1.. Thomirv.

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>rifts days Christ ine c e n t y Vander ford i t s p e n t h e - a h a s C. been I. Marfield, qu i te s ick locomotive w i t h ~ y u m o n i a engineer. Choked AII Might parents a t Sherman, Texas. fever

>lax Oldenhage h a s re turned to h i s RO;' H. Baker , f rom Springfield. h a s duties a f t e r a n absence of severa l d a y s een_-pr:tecting e x t r a swi tch ing a t From Asthma account of illness.

Among t h e vict ims t h a t have suc- cumbrd to t h r a u t o fever a r e JIax Oldenhage and Will iam Chri-tinn, J I a s having purchased a new Dodge Vic- tory six and \Yil l iqn a new Oakland coupe.

To prove o u r Fr i sco boys a r e one-

s e w o u r g . W. E. Counts. roadmas te r on second Every Sign of t h e T r o u b l e Gone. T e l l s

How S h e Got Well. t r a c k division, r e p o r t s h i s first Per- sona l in jurv t h i s year . On May 9. G. F. Smith, sect ion foreman. Steeleville. No., while removing rai l which w a s sun-k inked ra i l flew o u t b reaking bone In h i s r i g h t a n d l e f t leg, a n d hla hack and hin were badly bruised.

All who suffer from a s t h m a a n d bronchial cough will be g lad to learn how Jlrs . Rr, G. Pierson, Route 1. Colby. Kas.. conauered h e r trouble. She wr i tes :

hundred per cen t for o u r rai lroad, J e s s R. Neergaard, yard clerk, recently had occasion to persuade a f r iend who w a s going to Siioam Spr ings a n d from there to a point in Alabama, to m a k e the trlp to Siloam Spr ings a n d then re - turn to T u l s a a n d t a k e o u r t ra in No. 6 to Uirmingham, thus r id ing Fr i sco a l l the way.

H .T. 1)rilev varrlmnstrr.. has hppn

- - ... H e mill probabiy be off five or s ix weeks.

Mlss Mary Slckles who h a s been v is i t ing h e r s i s te r Lil l ian, h a s re turned home.

L . J. Planchon, th i rd tr ick yard clerk, is l ay ing off account being sick. H e is under t h e w e a t h e r w l t h rheumatism. Hope h e will soon be ab le to r e t u r n t o work.

"For 16 j.eirs I had usthmn in scvere form. I couldn't sleel), irnd ri~rely tried to go to bed llefore 1 : S O a. m. I kcpt getting weaker and h ~ d ii terrible cough. I was in Akron. '331.. when I started tnking Nacor in February, 1925. In 3lorcli I felt so much better I returned to 3lisaouri. One night in Missouri used to mnke nle choke terrlbIp, but I don't have a sign of asth~ui~ now, not evcn in rainy weather. I sleei) n l i night, have wined 10 pounds and - - . - . - - . . - . , < - - - - . . - - - - - , . - - - -

absent f rom h i s du t ies account of illness. W e hone to see JIr . Dailev hack

.- T h e e n t i r e t ranspor ta t ion depar t -

m e n t ex tend their s y m p a t h y to F. C. Ful ton , engineer, a n d son Clyde, in the recent d e a t h of Xrs . Fulton. Mrs. F u l - ton w a s buried at Newburg. BIay 1 4 . H e r d e a t h w a s d u e t o pneumonia fever.

S E V E N T H S T R E E T STATION ST. LOUIS, MO.

IPPI' rtrnnn ind wcll." . . . . - .. . IIundreda of other sugerers from~ asthma.

hrorrrilitld and cl1ro111c coughs have reported . -

on the job sdon. Wardy C. Castle, y a r d clerk, recent ly

moved into h i s new home a t Red Fork . itIiss F r a n c e s Harrison. who i s at-

tending t h e Univers i ty of Oklahoma, vinlted h e r paren ts , Mr. a n d Mrs. G. G. Harrison. recently.

their recnvory. t~Pl.er Scars of alfliction. Their letters and a booklet full of valuable I n f o n - tion ahout Ihffle stubborn diseases, will be sent free bv Sawr JIediclne Co.. 705 State Life - . Bldg., Ind!ani~polis. Ind. So matter how serious your c.rse seem?. \Trite for this free booklet lndn,. It nlay gi\.e your llfe a now mean-

W E S T T U L S A S T O R E S DEPT. InC.

AGNES 31. L.4RKIN. Repor te r

OTIS RULE, Repor te r Mrs. Allen Moore. wife of timekeeper. h a s jus t re turned f rom a visi t in Ver- non, Texas. w h e r e s h e visited h e r s is ter .

R a y Caudlc. fo rmer ly employed as r o u n d h o i ~ s e 'lerk th i s terminal , died a f t e r o. brief illness May 16. This office a s well a s t h e n o r t h roundhouse, to- g e t h e r w i t h o t h e r Brisco employes e s - tend the i r s y m p a t h y to the bereaved family.

Seventh S t ree t h a s a membersh ip of twnntv in the newly organized S a i n t

Mr. Stone a n d fami ly contemplate spending a few d a y s in Springfield, the flrst par t of June .

Mrs. Otis R. Rule and children spent the week-end, May :, and 6, visi t ing with Mr. Rule's paren ts a t Holdenville.

D w i s h t L. I r b y visited wi th his par - en ts a t Afton. Okla., o n May 13.

The family of Mr. S. R. Gardner in - tend spending their vacation in Chi- cago and Indianapolis . They a r e p lanning on leav inz just a s soon a s school i s out.

Mr. Otis R. R u l e le f t f o r Rochester. Mlnn., Sunday. X a y 20, accompanying his s tepfa ther , Mr. E. M. Bailey. who i s being t a k e n t o Mayo Bros.

~ ~ ; i s - ~ e r m i n a l s Club. L. G. Roseman, special officer, who

1s Scout Master of Boy Scout Troop NO. 41, h a s been presented w i t h Pres i - den t Howai,d 's s t r e a m e r f o r t h e y e a r 19'8

deenest s v m ~ a t h y is extended -. to H a r r y ' ~ e w c o ; n ~ r . ~ . h e c k clerk. in t h e loss of h i s mother a n d fa ther . whose d e a t h s were just one week

SIGNAL D E P A R T M E N T S P R I N G F I E L D , MO.

a p a r t . The Fr i sco Best Service Baseball

Club a n d the S a i n t Louis Termina l? Club held a joint r iver excursion on the S teamer St. Paul . J I a y 23. BIATILDA C. HOFFMAN, Repor te r

Mr. Raymond T r o t h h a s re turned f rom a s h o r t visl t w l t h h i s p a r e n t s a t Valley Falls , Kansas .

Car l Thompson a n d mother s p e n t a recent week end v is i t ing re la t ives a t

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I T R A N S P O R T A T I O N D E P A R T M E N T

JIILLARD F. BROWN. E e p o r t e r

C. H. Eergs t rom, bo i le rmaker forc- man, nor th roundhouse, a t tended t h e Mas te r Boilermaker's convention a t Cleveland. Af te r t h e convention Carl a n d t h e Nrs . a r e ~ A a n n i n g a vacation in the s t a t e of Pennsylvania.

I-Inl Lampkin , t rave l ing t ime keeper. E a s t e r n division, is back on h is old job a g a i n a f t e r spending some three or f o u r months oil special work. W. B. Brandt , genera l foreman, n o r t h

!ounclhouse, advises t h a t engine 1527 is being equipped wi th f loa t ing engine t ruck brasses, which is the new wr in- k le on th i s division.

The new viaduct a t Benton Avenue a n d G r a n t S t ree t over t h e Frisco t r a c k s is n e a r i n g completion. T h e Houlevr~rd viaduct w a s open to the public April 26.

Rolla, Mo. Xessrs. Owen. Tro th , Thompson a n d

Ball h a v e re turned f rom a fishing t r i p to B e n n e t t Sprlngs. They repor t a very good t ime b u t a r e re luc tan t to t a l k a b o u t the ' f l sh t h e y caught .

Inspec tors H a r r y Bar ron a n d Char les Smith w e r e in Bollgee. Ala.. May 2. t o place in servlce n e w in te r locklng p lan t jus t completed at A. G. S. cross-

LILLIAN 11. SICKLES, Repor te r

S p r i n g h a s a r r ived a t l a s t a n d thc b a n k s of L i t t l e Piney. Big P iney , the Gasconade a n d JIeramec Rivers a r e very invit ing, s o much so t h a t F. H . Donaldson, t ra inmas te r , Springfield, contempla tes on spending h is vacatlon a t his old h a u n t s w i t h his fishing rod and line.

A. C. Holeman, agent . Pacific, Mo., repor t s t h e sand a n d grave l business a t t h a t point a s very good this year . L a s t year 6,369 c a r s of g rave l were shipped f rom Pacific, which would m a k e n t r a i n 8 4 miles l o n ~ . the revenue

ing , t h a t point.

O F F I C E S U P T . T R A N S P O R T A T I O N S P R I N G F I E L D , MO.

EULA STRATTON. Repor te r

IVith t h e corning of t h e ;ne, w a r m summer- l ike davs , many of o u r gang" a r e en joyinq t h e faci l i t ies of t h e Frisco for pleasure trips.

Car lo t ta Lane journeyed to Chlcago recently a n d shopped a bit.

Mary Camphell r lwnt a recent week- end in St. Louis visi t ing relatives.

f r o m t h i s business amounted to $192.000.

R. Stephans, a g e n t a t Cuba. 310.. for t h e p a s t 10 y e a r s a n d In t h e servlce f o r over f o r t y years, holds w h i t e pass a n d i s en t i t l ed to most a n y k ind of

I CLASSIFIED ADS I - D o r a Gado npencls nearl; every week- e n d in Billings, while Clarence W l l k e s can' t he k e p t a w a y from Carthage.

P e a r l Townes a n d Carmen B o w m a n w e n t to K a n s a s City for a visi t l a s t month : Har l in Boehm w e n t to Jopl in

CIasslfled advertlsln~ under thh headlng will be charged for at the rate of 5 cents per word with a mlnlmum of 75 cents. Cash must accompany copy. AGESTS-WE START YOU IS BUSI- ness a n d help you succeed. Eio cap i ta l or experience needed. S p a r e or f u l l time. You can eas i ly e a r n $50-$100 weekly. W r i t e Madison Factorles, 564 Broadway. S e w Yorli.

F O R SALE-Ten acre t rac t s , good poultr , , t ruck , f r u i t land, $350.00 each. al l long time. Reeve Nursery, Cot- t a g e Hil l , F lor ida .

t ranspor ta t ion h e could desire, ye t h e te l l s us t h a t h e h a s n o t been w e s t o f Rolla. Mo.. b u t one t ime in t h e p a s t 20 y e a r s a n d h a s on ly made a few t r l p s t o St. Louis, Mo.. d u r i n g t h a t

w i t h t h e Shr ine P a t r o l for a cere- monial: Merle P l a t t e leaves soon f o r Xinneapolis to visi t Mr. a n d Nrs . Geo. R u z r l e s . JIrs. Ruwzles w a s former ly

t ime. Miss Maud Snyder, roadmaster 's

clerk s n e n t the week-end wi th h e r f a t h & J. E. Snyder in Lebanon.

W. H. Owens, locomotive inspector. vlsi ted h i s f a t h e r a n d mother Mr. a n d Mrs. J o h n Owens a t ~ o g e r s \ : l l l e , 310.. recently.

R u t h Snlith. c le rk -in t h i s depar tment Some t rave l ing th i s office i s doing!

\Ve've been h a v i n ~ t roubles a s we11 a s t rave ls too: Louise Boren w a s in quite a serious automobile accident o n H i g h w a y 65 in which h e r companlon,

F h r l H a ~ ~ s , w a s badly injured. "Lucky Louise" escaped wi th on ly a n in ju red knee.

. \ n n Shvehan ' s home c a u g h t on flre S u n d a y morn ing , May 6, a n d s a v e a l l of u s a scare. b u t Anna escaped w i t h a l l h e r c l t ~ t h e s , no injuricxs, etc.. a n d now w e c a n l a u g h over t h e affair.

I-Iclrr~ 1)1'yArn is a t l a s t se t t l cd in h c r n e w a p a r t m e n t .

Savin:l Fel in went t h r o u c h a tonsi l opef . a t ion l a s t m o n t h a n d is now feel- i n p a n d look ing fine.

G e r t r u d e S1)rohs a n d E d i t h \Viclnieyer n rc s t i l l otT f rom w o r k account of i l l - 111.s~. b u t w e ho1)e to h a v e t h e m h a c k soon.

1 h a d a l w a y s t h o u a h t t h a t wa i te r s , por te r s , ctc.. w e r e ;r11 t h a t rcveived - - - -

tips. h u t not so-our o w n Mr. F. L. DcGrout not on ly rece ives t h e m b u t he es lwc ts t1ic.m. Mr. DeGroa t is one of the c a p t a i n s of t h e G r e a t e r T ~ ~ a f f i c Movcnient a n d i s a l w a y s e a g e r f o r a l l t ips concern ing f r e i g h t a n d p a s s e n g e r rnovenients. L a s t m o n t h th i s clepart- Inent won flrst place in t h e G r e a t e r Traff ic Contest .

H a v e saved tlie ~ o o d n e w s fo r t h e l a s t ! W e no longer s a y "Listen L e s - ter." b u t "Listen Daddyw-for I.cster R. L a n g s f o r d , clitef merchandise c le rk . th i s office. is t h e p roud I n t h r ~ of 1,est-r ,Junior, born J l a y 4 . Les te r . Jr. . is a tine b a b y a n d wr c o n g r a t u l a t e i t s I);rrents, Mrs. L a n g s f o r d w a s forrncrly Miss Sa1.a Crbrden, tvl) is t in th i s office.

ST. LOUIS MECHANICAL DEPT.

LOUISI*: SCMUTTE. R e p o r t e r --

Several n'cmeks ago , l'irul O'Xeal, m a - chinis t . madv a l l i ~ h t w i t h a n a i r pilot a t 1,inill)ergli F l y i n g F ie ld , S t . Louis Col!nty. He 11;~s now e n ~ . o l l e d f o r the all. pilot course a t L indbergh Field a n d w e hope t h a t h e wi l l b e successful . I 'anl c a m e f r o m S p r i n g - field to f inish h i s al)prentict.tihil) a s a

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O F TULSA

OKLAHOMA

CAPITAL $2,000,000.00

SURPLUS $500,000.00

" Tulsa's Oldest Bank "

machin i s t anti f o r t h c 11:rst fen- m o n t h s h a s \vorked as a n c,xtra machinis t .

T h o m a s O'I<cllry. s to rekee ' l~e r , h a s r e t u r n e d to S~r~' jnsf ic , l t l a n d Air. Coch- r a n h a s relu~,nc,d t o St . 1,ouis a s s t o r e - keeper . \Ye arc- s o r r y to lose Mr. O'Kelle?, l ~ u t vciually g lad to h a v e Mr. Cochrnn birc,k wi th us. 1:oth of t h e m l i k e Sprinff ic~ld, b u t Mr. Cochran con- soles h i m s e l l t h i n k i n g nhout a l l t h e bal l R'umrs h v will see u p here.

e o I e i c a t t e n d e d tlie 14'uel Convention in C:hica.~-o.

H a r r y I)avis , e n z i n e c r , a n d Mrs. Davis . : r t tc~nd(~tI the S h r i n c r , ~ ' Convrrr- t ion in Aliami, recent ly.

F r o m n o w on, w e a w no t g o i n a t o "believe 11 word of it" wlie~n anyont , te l ls us tliat they would no t o w n a n au tomobi le , much less d r i v e one. Such a r a s h s t a t e n l e n t w a s m a d e by o n e \V. B. J lu l ' n~ . j , n few d a y s ~ i l ' r v i o n s to h i s purchase* of x sh in ing , new Chevro- l e t sedan. Clc, is l e a r n i n g t o d r i v e i t , too. a l t h o u g h h~ a e t s lost so ln r t imcs .

Our c~stet'mcd portvr . Roy \\'bite, fe l l a n d b r o k e h i s >iI,m sc,veral d:iya ago a n d h a s been laid u p a t t h r hospi tal .

Severa l m o n t h s REO, i t w a s a s u b - ject fo r discussion a s to t h e reason f o r Sprinpt ieldians c o n x r e g n t i n ~ on t h e "square." St . J,ouisans p resumed i t w a s t h e n i g h t life. especial ly S a t u r - d a y n iqh t s , b u t a l o n g comes H o b r r t Reed. t rn in con t ro l main ta ine r . w i t h t h e s t r ~ ~ q h t dnpe : t h e y al'e n - n i t i r l ~ fo r a 8 t 1 , ~ e t ca r .

MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT LINDENWOOD, MO.

.J. W. 3lorrill . acc iden t prevention afient , I':rc'iflc, Jln.. better k n o w n a s "Uncle 1'.illu. c a v e a n i n t e r e s t i n g lec- t u r e , May 4, a t Lindenwood o n a c - cnidl.nt prr l ;cnt ion. T h r Icctul,c> w a s a t - tentlcd by both roundhouse a n d c a r d r p a r t m c n t eniployes.

\\-e wish t o announco t h e add i t ion of a n o t h e r good old Grecne coun ty product to o u r force. J. .J. R u r t , of t h e s t o r e s depar tment . f o r m e r l y a t t h e g e n e r a l s to res , Spl'ingfield.

\\'e w e r e g l a d to h c a r t h a t Claude S o l a n . c a r d e l ~ a r t m e n t , w a s p romoted f rom second c lass t o f i rs t c l a s s c a r c a r - Ilcnter, effective J fay 1. \Villium L. Baron h a s b w n r)ronioted to first c l a s s mach in i s t , l o c o ~ i o t i v e depar tment .

\Villiam Spre i t ze r a n d C a r l F r o m m , o f t h e s t o r e s t l e l ~ a r t m e n t , r ece l f t ly made a brief t r i p t o Ri rminghan i .

E r l e I'enn, chivf c le rk to t h e g e n - e r a l forernrrn, c a r d e p a r t m e n t , 1s ve ry e n t h u s i a s t i c a b o u t h i s b:rcli ya rd F a ' - den.

T h e s u d d e n d e a t h l l a ? 11, o f J o h n (Ininn, s w i t c h c r e w forcnian. J ~ i n d e n - wol~cl-G1,atiot ya rds , wils a shock t o u s all. T h e s h o p forccas ex tend s y m p a t h y .

('. .\, l'hillips, boi ler fo reman , is t a k i n g a long- looked f o r tinhinr: t r i p i ~ t \\'elf C r e e k Pa l l s . S p r i n g Hiver. j u s t a c r o s s t h e Missouri l ine n e a r Thnyer . \\'e a r e a n t i c i p a t i n g h e a r i n g sonje g r e a t f lshinx s t o r i c s when Chur - l i e comes hack.

1.:. R. McNabb, boi ler inspector, i s a n o t h e r whose hobby is Rshing. Mac silent Apri l 2S u n d 29 a t h i s f a v o r i t e s p o r t on tlie J a m e s R i v r r n e a r 3I:irsh- field. No. , t h e g a r r l ~ n sl)ot of t h e world. Mac is modes t a n d a d m i t s t h a t h e c a u g h t on ly o n e tish, whitrh w a s of s m a l l dimensions. 1 Ie s a p i t w a s p len ty o f fun . Mac h a s purchased s Porrl. - -

.lack Huhin , machinis t . l i rs t c lass . a n d Wiss L i l l i an H a r r i s o n , f o r m e r l y of Springfield. No., w r r e mar r ied a t S l~r ing t ie ld . ;\lay 2.

J,loyd Spenccr t r i ed t o p u t some- thinr : over on us, b u t didn't succeed a s he h a s a b ro ther - in - law worlcin# in t h e roundhouse . Yes. you 've guessc.d it-Lloyd g o t m a r r i e d t w o m o n t h s a g o to Clint Osborne 's s i s t e r . Golda Os- borne. \\'e un i t e in wish inx t h c new- lyweds t h e g r e a t e s t happiness .

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Mouuta ins on thc? I ~ e a u t i f u l Gas- conade Kiver. Good. wliolesorne m e a l s :11,1: served in o u r opcn-air. scrcvnetl in ( l ining room. Special z t t r a c t i o n s a r e : .A 15-mile float Dro- \-icling 8 h o u r s of h e a u t i f u l s c e n e r y a n d s l~lencl id fly f ishing. Hoatinsr h ~ t h i n g , h u n t i n r . f ishinz t enn i s a n d cror1uc.t. Good r u n n i n g s p r i n ~ wate r . ba th , indoor toi le ts a n d elec- l r i c l igh t s . Telc~glione. t e l c g r a ~ ) h a n d r u r a l f ree rl-liverv mai l se rv ice . \\ 'rite (!;IVP 1,c:dcr. %, H. \:. E ~ ~ f l i s h . ( ~ ' r o ~ k e ~ ' . No.. f o r r a t e s a n d rese rva- tions. (:\dv.)

Mrs. c:ilsnn 1 )unbar r e t u r n e d May 3 front v i s i t inx her xistvr. J l r s . ,Jose- 1 ~ 1 1 i r l t . H ~ t s e . ( ' levcland. Ohio, who w a s very ill. 311 s. I>nnhar w a s h u r t i n a n a u t o acc iden t n l i i l c a w a v , h r e a l i i n c h n shou lder blade. JVP wl \h h c r a r i ~ e e d y I ecovery.

\\'v haven' t a F r i t z ICreisler o n t h e I .hstcrn t l i r is ion. H o w c v r r , w e d o havc. I k c I:urg,ette, fil,em;rrl, who is a r ~ l ~ ~ s f ! second. \\'e a r e wi th you, Ike.

\\'ade I\'. .\lclton i s no l o n g e r l is ted wi th t h e o w l grlng. l i e is a second c lass pipefi t ter on a tlny s h i f t . L e w i s S. \\rtrods. fo rmer ly of G r c e n e C o u ~ i t g . Afn.. h a s been p romoted to first c l a s s ~ ) ipe f i t t e r , s ~ c o n d t r i ck . Shcrn ian R. Tu te r . i s uur l a tcs t f i rs t c l ass m a - ch in i s t , ha\- in< finishod h i s :ipprentice- s h i p a t t h r S p r i n ~ f i e l d n o r t h shops.

Llan \\'li:~lcn is I,aclc ori thv job a f te l ' nn illncss.

Midae Dillon, firem;tn. s a y s t h a t t h e l'lremen's ba l l held a t the, h-, of C. 1i;ril. . \ la~)le\vood. .\l)ril 1;. w:ls a howl- i n z success

\Villiani 15. ICsposito, ca l l e r , w a s in R n r r y coun ty , Mo., t h ~ l a s t of l l a y , l o o k i n g ovel' t h e s t r a w b e r r y crop.

Mr. a n d Mrs. \\'. r'. C o r m a n s p e n t J l a y I a n d 5 wlth t h e home Collcs a t 3lemphis . As 311,. G o r m a n is a seven- day m a n w e a r e g l a d t o s o r h i m a e t a f c w d a y s off.

T h e ~ w r s o n n e l o f t h e general f o r e - ~ n e ~ f ' s offices, 1,indenwood. wishes to e x t e n d i t s s incere t h a n k s to IJon F e l - lows, F r i s c o florist. Springfield. Mu.. fo r t h e f lowers which he f u r n ~ s h e d fol o u r window boxes. T h e y s e r v e t f i ~ b r i g h t e n u p t h e office efrectively.

Lee \\;:31,dlo\v a n d C11;lrles S. T u r n e r . clrctl~ici;rns, a r e the n'w fire chic.fi on Lhe sivwnd a n d tirst sh i f t s . T u r n e r h a s labelcd t h e visor o f h i s c a v s o t h e r e w o ~ i ' t bc a n y m i s t a k e i n c i i s s i - f y i n g him.

T h o m a s E. AIsuI), cha i rmau . s t o r e s [ l r lxar t~i ient . B. of 1:. C.. w a s a v i s i to r in St. I.ouis. May 11, enrol l tc to Co- lumbus. Ohio, w h e r e h e a t t e n d e d t h e couven t ion of t h e U. of R. (!., N a y 14.

JIr . ;ind J l r s . 0. L. Il:llicr \vcre S r ~ r i n ~ t l c l d . AIo.. vis i tors . Mtly 12.

I ' rewee I)ew;tld a n d H e m y JIc~nth. members of tho R. & I?. c a n = . w h e n . ~. . they were laid off & e ~ r t l y . bui l t a s u n roc111 a n d sleepin;: yt~l 'ch f o r 0. .\I. Evans . s t a t i o n a r v e n s i n e e r . . -

.J. Se;tnor . \bbot t , mach in i s t , f i rs t c lass , s l x n t t h c week end of May 1 2 w i t h re la t ives a t , Salem. 310.

Mrs. D. 3. N o r m l n a t o n recen t ly m a d e :I v is i t to h e r parcants a t O k l a h o m a C:iLy. 1)nr.e h a d to 1)oc.h it whi le s h e w a s a w a y .

\\-ork ha* l)c.en s t a r t c d on t h e ins ta l - l a t ion of a n e w ic ing dock a t Gra t io t . \\-hcn completed i t wil l ma lc r ia l ly ex- ped i te t h e h a n d l i n g of c a r s to be iced.

T h e s t ~ n o g r a p h l c fo rces of t h c 1,indenwood mechanical d e p a r t m e n t . n a m e - 1,. t h e AIisscs Celeste CVNcill. Celest ine 1)evercux a n d myse l f , r eccn t ly decided to a c t acqua in ted wi th t h e Fr i sco lines. \\'e l e f t on So. 801. May F, w i t h ChaRee. ,\lo.. a s o u r dest inat ion. r e t u r n -

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lane Instead. There must, a t least, xnethlng like this running through - minds, or else, why did they t ry the tri-motor "Standolene" plane war In Ypringfleld recently?

Lzel Clark i s spor t ing a Chevrolet e days. H a ~ e l is so generous. yone in the office knows tha t when :1 rides, we rlde, too; for she never es her Friends up. red of hunting for the elusive i" Ford, Herschel 3IcNally pur- ed a used Buick. nong the few for tunate ones who

out In t h e rand scramble for af the cars received in the first nent of new Fords was F r a n k

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

The mother of Roy Twigger passed away a t her home in Springfield, April 18. Roy is car carpenter on the south side. To him we extend our sympathy.

De Barclay, ca r inspector, South S ~ r i n ~ f i e l d . took a dav to lournev out

NORXIAX HINDS, Reporter

Ralph Rimbey is enjoying a, vislt u-it11 friends and relatives in Arlzona. He is expected to be gone a month.

Homer Dennis has assumed the position of secretary to 0. W. Bruton, su- perlntendent of terminals. H e is welcomed by the terminal employes a s a valuable addition to the office force.

Ben Casselman and Leonard Carner ~'ecently returned from a fishing tr ip un the White River. The fish must be wary, indeed, when so expert flsher-

to h i s farm hear Willard, Go., to p a i n t the pig pen and Ax a gate.

The G. A. R. Convention held a t Springfield brought us a lot of visi tors i ts well a s ext ra passenger equipment.

Joe Epperson, coach carpenter. i s away account of the death of a rela- tlve.

The s t rawberry movement is ge t t i ng under way. All passenger t ra ins a r e carrylng extra cars.

Wal ter George, ca r inspector, second tr ick, undertook to haul some rocks from his f ron t yard and sprained his a rm so badly he was compelled to be on' a day.

on. rchasing automobiles seems to be order of the day. Our assistant [ motive power clerk. W. J. Craig, purchased a new Buick. S. Routt recently returned from

Frlsco hospital a t St. Louis, where was conflned for about ten days. lone of us who have read the ac- t i n Franklin 's old Four th Read- f how "Shirley" acted a t the fire, appreciate how Eunice Morrow

t have felt l ike ac t ing when she ! home one night recently and d tha t the city fire depar tment emptled her wardrobe for her in absence.

J. Craig has jus t returned from ost enjoyable t r ip to Miami. Fla.. -e he, a s Potentate, represented I Ben Adhem Shrine of this city he Imperial Council session held iami. May 1. 2 and 3. e McKenna has accepted a p s i - a s salesman for the Superlor XIaid sil Company. W e wish him the of success in his newly chosen

men a s they are , return empty handed. L. A . Wolfe has returned to his du-

ties af ter a period of enforced idleness due to a n injured foot.

Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Gaffga and chlldren a r e spending a few weeks in Cleveland, Ohio, where Mr. Gaffga is at tending a convention of the B. R. T.

Mr. and Xrs. C. E. Huntley have departed for West Virginia where they will visit friends and relatives.

Norman Kruse and Ralph Kesslnger a r e now driving: new cars, a s they

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AGENT'S OFFICE-MONETT, MO.

PEARL E. LEWIS, Reporter

J. P. Arend has returned from Au- rora where he acted a s cashier in the absence of Niss Anna B. Patton, who was ill.

Walker Shadday, who has been working a s mail and baggage handler for the past several years, has purchased a farm near XIonett and has moved to

have each purchased a new Ford. Dollle Hinkle recently visited her

sister and family In Howard, Kans. The marriage of Miss Nina Stokes

to Mr. Glen Crain was recently solem- nized. The heartiest of conzratula-

same to t ry his luck a s a farmer. tions a r e &ITered them by therr many ftiends. 3Ir. Craln Is employed in the north yard offlce.

Mr. J. P. Ker r has taken a leave of absence and i s enjoying a well-earned

' A N X I O U S vacation. R. C. Reynolds has returned to work

a f t e r being confined to his home for several days on account of illness.

lesmen may come and salesmen go, but we'll bet few of them will show a n ability for better sales-

ahip than Millie Alcorn. Wlthout

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lg, she won flrst prize in a recent sale of tickets to a show a t the Jef - ferson Theatrc. The show was sponsored by the Frisco Glrls' Club.

JESSE L. BRANDON, Reporter

Miss Allena Brandon, daughter of Car Caruenter Rrandon. underwent a

T h e Those in this office who a re absent

on their annual vacation a t this wr i t - ing are F. 31. Ferbrache and F r a n k Ratson. Since "Ferdie" and F r a n k a re not among the ones who "whittle tn kill time". but a r e both industrious

very serious operation recently, but she is improvinji nicely.

Rov Chrisman. truclter. has been off F risco sick 'for some time. He in now In the Frisco hospital in St. Louls. We wish him a speedy recovers.

N. A. JIcLean, city auditor for the \Vestern Weiqhing & Inspectlon Ru- reau, resianed to accept a position wi th the Frisco in special agent 's depart-

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farmers i n d spend a ~ g r c a t deal of their spare time in the garden, we pre- sume they will each put on a coat of tan within the next two weeks.

George McKenna is the proud fa ther of a brand new baby girl. Congrat- ulations. George!

ment a s chief c lerk t o the division special agent. Springfield. effective

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A. T. 1:rowrn and Ha1.l.y C . Fleming were in AIesico, 110.. the f irs t of the month, a s delegates to the ivIasonic Grand Lodge. hIonett was considered a s a. roba able meet ing place for the l!l29 convention. bu t w i t h d r r w i n f a - vor of Hannibal . No. \I7. R. Samuels is located in J Ione t t

f o r t h e strawberry season, superviwinfi the c lean ing of refrigerator c a r s a n d a s s i s t i n r in the movement of cars .

Richard Alills and wife enjoyed a visi t with fr icnds in St. L o i ~ i r a f e w d a y s in May. Mr. AIills was relieved )IS J. 1'. Arcnd iis chief c1e1,k L O t h r g e n r r x l yardmas te r .

Carl \\'. . \rchdale a n d fami ly visited relat ives in Joplin for x s h o r t vaca- t ion t h e first p a r t of May.

A11.s. H. H. Edwards , wi fe of warehouse clcrk, BIonett f r e i r h t d e p a r t - ment . passed awny. .\l)l'il 2.7, a f t e r a tcn-day illness. Tjcsidcs her husbnnd. s h e lef t four srnali chi ldren. The s y m - pa thy of the en t i re E'risco family is cxtended JIr. E d w a r d s in his i ~ c r e a v e - ment.

Mr. a n d Mrs. Ed. Shoenwald, who have heen in c h a r g e of t h e H a r v e y S e w s S tand for Lhe pas t t w o years. have gone to Chicaqo t o accept u position w i t h the Van Nuys Company. Fred Lochmiller, a former manaFer a t this place is a g a i n in c h a r g c of the news s tand .

Georxe AIorris, sect ion laborer , who had t h e mis for tune l o lc?se a n eye h?' h r i n ~ h i t b y a picce of s tccl , h a s re - tu rned to work a s yard cleaner.

Mrs. L a u r a P r a t t . mother of L. H. P r a t t . mail a n d b a g r a g e handler , a n d Mrs. R. \'. Porter. wife of Operator I 'orter, have been v is i t ing in \+'hit<, Deer. Texas.

hCr. and Mrs. Louis N a r i t a n a r e the paren ts of a son, born I \ I , L ~ 6 , to whom they have g iven the n a m e of Haro ld J. Alaritan.

P. Stolle. yard foreman. a n d h is force have j u s t completed lay ing 3.013 f e e t

Oklahoma Steel Castings Co.

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of SO-pound rai l in the BIonett yards, replacing 60-pound.

Xicholas Arcnd, f a t h e r of Joe P. .-\rend, clerk, gassed a w a y in Aurora, N a y 5. Mr. Arend w a s a n old resident of t h a t communi ty a n d a n employe of t h e Alajestic Xi l l ing Company. Jfr. Arend has t h e s y m p a t h y of h i s fellosv- employes.

Niss Grace 1\IcClannahan, te!el)hone opera tor , e n j o y ~ d severa l d a y s vacation ~ w e n t l y ,

T h r fllat home-grown s tw,wherr ies werc on tlic marltet a t Monett , ,\lay 14 and sold for 3 0 cen ts a quar t . They were of t h e S e w York N a r k e t variety. All indicat ions point to a v e r y success- fu l ber ry season a n d a l l associat ions a r e adver t i s ing e s t e ~ i s i v e l r fo r pickers.

F le tcher Ferxuson , a n old a n d h i ~ h l y respected engineer, passed a w a y while on his engine a t Xfton, Okla.. A,Iay 1 4 . H i s dea th came a s qu i te a shock to h i s fel low employes, a s he serrned to he in his usua l heal th. F u n e r a l services were held i n t h e F i r s t Bapt i s t Church, h.Ionett, N a y lG, a n d w e r e a t tended by t h e fol lowing officials: C. T. &lason. super in tendent , sou thwes te rn division: H. \V. Male, ass i s tan t super in tcndent , southwestern division; R. 1:. Spenrer . mas te r mechanic, Tu1s:r: F r a n k Ellis, road foreman of equilltnent: \Vm. N o r - rill, accident prevention a g e n t : 0. W. Eru ton . s u l ~ c r i n t e n d e n t of terminals . Springfield; \V. P. Gustin. yardmas te r . Springfield, a n d J. L. Harvey , m a s t e r mechanic, Springfield.

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The frui t movement has necessi tated the use of anothcr yard engine a t this station.

GENERAL STOREKEEPER'S OFFICE-SPRINGFIELD

Miss B a r b a r a Murray w a s a b s e n t for a few days account of s ickness.

Alisv ICl,ma Jourl:rrd toolc a d a y ancl rt half of her va(.ation recently. She spent her, t ime in g e t t i n g some pract ice in house Cleaning.

Miss >[nude L<edclI i s t a k i n g some of her vacation. She is s p e r ~ d i n g h e r t ime with her s i s te r , who is v i s i t ing here from Kansas City.

Floyd Yates w a s not ab le to bc a t work for a f e w days account of a n infection on his hand.

Homer \Vcbbcr is talcinz somc of h i s vacation.

Niss N a r y S e w t o n was in F t . Scott . Nonday, May i t h , to a t t e n d the g r a d - uallon of her s i s te r who h a s been studying nurs inx a t t h e Nercy Hos- pital.

311'. \V. P. Kenshaw. of t h e account- inc dept i r tn~ent , in th i s office, is a t - tending a convention of the I 'risco S ~ h t e n i l2oa1.d of Adiustment. B, of R. C':. a t Columbus, 0hi6.

Mr. C. 1:. Smi th mas a visi tor in t h i s oRice. N a v 17. Mr. Smi th w a s formerly di;isioh s torekeeper a t Sapulpa. H e is now super in tendent of reclamation of the Kllnsns City, hlesico & Orient Ry. C!o. a t Wichita, I i a n s .

WEST SHOP NEWS-SPRINGFIELD

ED\\'ARD ICLINE, Repor te r

Roy l'utnani. special :rpl)rentice, is back w i t h u s a l t e r s e r v i n g s ix months a t thc* nor th roundhouse, wherc hc completed h i s time.

Stanley Wood, special apl)renticc. was t ransfer red to i\Iernphis to ga in Ills roundhouse c x p e r i e ~ ~ c e and complete h i s apprenticeship.

Homer J. Dennis, c le rk i n o u r office, was ~ ) r o m o t e d to sccre ta rv to 3Ir. 0. I\'. ~ ; . u t o n .

I'lctol- Glnn, special a l ~ p r ~ n t i c e , nr.rs t t ansf r r red to Tulsa to hnish the last six rnonths 11f his time.

James I.:. Oliver. machinist annrcn- tlce. cokpletecl h i s a~)prenticesh<l)- a n d returned to h i s home.

Joe Uoodrich is the new clc>rk we have in o u r office. Joe just xo t ou t of school, but he s u r e knows his business.

Mr. F. ;\. I?eyer h a s re turned to h i s home f rom t h c St. Louis hosiptal. Mr. Eeyr!~. s a y s hc fcels some b e t i r r , 11tit not ab le to retul ,n to the shop.

Mlss Jessie Robhards spent :L f e w days of he1 vacation a t home, clcan- ing housc-. Jess ie is s t e n o in t h e storeroom.

MI.. I,. I?:. "Snipe" Reddick s a y s he d idn ' t have a n y luck wheu hc went fishin: recc>ntly.

Lyal D. J o n e s h a s re turned ' to t h e urc>st shop as a first-class man. H e h a s been in t h e Monett roundhouse, finishing his time.

\Ye wish to express o u r syrnl)athy Lo the fami ly uf E. R. T a u m a n , blaclc- smith. who passed a w a y l ; ~ s t month.

311.. Lloyd Lamb, chief clerk to F. :\. He)-er, h a s been o u t p lay ing hall wi th tho boys. They s a y h e is one of t h e lrcst of them.

Miss 3Iable 1:oren s p e n t LL f ew d a y s ol' her vacation a t home, c lean ing house.

"Snowball" Case h a s made th i rd base famous s ince he s t a r t e d p lay ing ball wi th the boys. Case is clerk to the genera l forenuln.

\,Ye wish to express o u ~ , s y m p a t h y to Chas. E. Hunter , machin is t apprentice. whose wifo died May 10. Mrs. H u n t e r died of pncumonia.

1'. 1'. H a m l ~ t o n . s torekeeller a t t h e wes t shop, has a new baby boy a t his home, and lie is al l puffed up a b o u t it. C!onqratulaLions. P a u l ! S u r ~ h o l ~ r he m a k e s a good man l ike h i s father .

NEWBURG, MO. YARDS

MACK J. COTHAN, Repor te r

Say, follcs, when you pass t h r o u g h Newburg , don' t fo rge t to cas t )-our eyes ulbon the new "E'riseo Rower bed ' , between the s t a t i o n and the f r e i r h t house. T h e credit fo r t h i s beauty s p o t goes to Miss Helcn Pellows, operacot.. a n d Homer DeBerry, s t a t i o n agent .

Miss Helen Gel1 of the offico of audi- to r of overcharge claims, St. Louis. spent t h e week-end wi th 1\11,. and Airs. Joseph R. Short .

Mr. and AIrs. Joseph R. Shor t e n t e r - tained a number of Lebanon fr iends a t a one o'clock dinner, Sunday, May 20.

Mr. and JIrs. J o h n I h v i s have returned Il,orn St. Louis, where Mrs. n a - vis has l ~ e c n ~,c-ccivina lnedical t l ,eat- ment.

1\11., a n d Mrs. F r a n k Noore a n d smal l claughter have re turned f rom a n e s - tended visit wi th t h e former ' s paren ts a t Phoenix, .\rizona. Mr. Moore is a clerk in the yards.

K. G. Stoll. yardmas te r . w a s confined to h i s Iwd for severa l d a y s w i t h t h e "flu", the first of t h e month. H e r m a n I'uller worked d u r i n g h is v:wancy.

Wm. Hl:lcltburn, conductor on the n7rs t end, has r e l u r l ~ c d to work a f t e r be ing confinrd in the St. John ' s Hus- pi ta1 a t Springfield.

Engineer Oltman. who is in t h e hill service here, came in t h e office t h e o t h e r (la.\, with a fine fish s tory and he had !hc goods to back it wi th , too. H e carr lcd t w o three-pound catfish which h e c a u g h t ill Lhe G a s c o n n d ~ .

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of the Christ inn Church, of which R. D. \\.ilson. genera l cav foreman, is president, w a s ~ l e a s a n t i y en te r ta ined a t the home of 1\11., a l ~ d Nrs. Ivan F u l - ler. Dr. K. E. Ereuer is teacher of t h i s class a n d i t promises t o be t h e booster class of Newburg.

Carl C. I'aul, helper a t Bourbon, visited Newburg between t ra ins one day this m o l ~ t h , on his way to \Yebb City to visi t his mother. E. S. Carter , a i rman, a n d Mrs. C a r t e r

a t tended t h e meet ing a t t h e Tabernac le of God, Springfield, o n May 4.

H. J. I'ol'f, conductor, and Mrs. Poff a t t e n d r d the f u n e r a l of the la t te r ' s s i s - tc?r a t b'airmont, Indiana.

H. E. Rook, n i a h t yardmas te r , wi fe a n d son. 1i:irold. a n d Nrs. H e r m a n F u l - ler, visited Mr. Hook's paren ts a t Wood River. Illinois.

Richa~,cl JIills, chief clerk to the gen- ~ r a i yardlilaster a t J 'lonett, and wife passed t h r o u g h S e w b u r g , J Iap 15, on the i r w a y to St. Louis.

\Vm. AlcSerney, swi tchman, a n d wife, spent the weck-end v ls i t ing in Spr ingfield. ~~ ~

Li t t le R u t h Era, d a u g h t e r of Alton IC~I), engineer, has been out of school severa l d a y s on account of illness.

B. I.:. Loftis, lineman. a n d J o c .\us- tin, special offieer, s p e n t a l'eu- d a y s this month in Knobview.

>I. L. JIenns, c a r inspector a t .\lonett, visited fr iends in Newburg . J lay 12.

J. Lawrence Planchon, bill cblerk. h a s en te red t h e Brisco Hospi ta l a t St. Louis. George Schwandt 01 JIonett is p ro tec t ing the vacancy d u r i n g his a b - senee.

The first ca r of s t r a w b e r r i e s by f re igh t , ~ ) a s s e d through here the even- i n g of May 16.

M O N E T T YARD-MONETT, MO.

FRASK I,. KYLER. Reporter

S t r a w b e r r y season h a s arr ived. much to the de l igh t o f everyone,, w i t h prospects of a ~ o o d crop. F r e l g h t and express sh ipments a r e coming in, bu t local sh ipments did no t s t a r t before May 25th.

Mr. a n d Xrs . H a r m o n Gray , toge ther wi th Mrs. Gray's parents . Nr. a n d Mrs. Cnrnry I:ush, visited relat ives a t Hugo, 0 1 t h . rrcentl? .

L i t t l e Sam P. Jol ley, son of Switch- m a n S. P. Jolley. is recovering from a n a t t a c k of "flu", a l so a broken a r m , sus ta ined when h e fell off a wagon recently.

P a i n t i n g is t h e order of thc day. Several swi tchmen a r e busy wi th the brush-G. D. Shreeve, Guy Dawson. and your reporter .

\Ve enjoyed a visi t wi th Uncle B a r t h Teehan , pensioned swi tchman, recently.

Mr. a n d Mrs. J . H. McTigue have just ~ , c t u ~ , n e d from a very pleasant visit in K a n s a s City.

JIonelt yard forces wish to vs tend

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The Frisco Policy to guarantee the safety of their employes is further carried out by their purchase of

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s y m p a t h y to t h e f a m i l y of E n g i n e e r P. F. Ferguson , w h o died suddenly in the cab of h i s engine a t .\fton, Oltla., May 15th.

~Mrs. P e a r l Lewis, yardmas te r ' s steno. took issue w i t h m e a b o u t cal l lng h e r pe t i t e l i t t l e bow tie a "William Tell" tie. She claims t h a t w a s a hand- t ied bow a n d if t h a t is t rue , then severa l of o u r local lads should secure hirs. Lew- IS' method. for t h a t t ie w a s perfect.

Swi tchman H o w a r d W h i t e a n d f a m - ily have recovered f rom t h e flu, a l l be- i n r s ick a t t h e s a m e t ime.

The A ~ s t t r i ck swi tch tender 's job h a s been re-established, effective Ma?; 19. Geo. D. Shreeve. senior man in service i n Monett yard, h a s been assigned.

T h e week of May 7 m a r k e d the g a t h - e r i n g of firemen f r o m over the s t a t e to a t t e n d the s t a t e meet ing of the B. of L. F. & E.. held here. On hIay S t h e B. of R. T., t h e B. of L. F. a n d t h e 0. R. C. a n d the i r auxi l ia r ies spon-

sored a dance a n d e n t e r t a i n m e n t a t Monett P a r k Casino, which w a s a decided success. About 250 couples a t - tended. The hard w o r k .of the commit tees f r o m t h e var ious orders a n d auxi l ia r ies w a s g r e a t l y responsible for t h e success of t h e en te r ta inment a n d they deserve much considerat ion a n d appreciat ion.

MONETT LOCOMOTIVE DEPT. MONETT, MO.

XARGUERITE FROSSARD. Repor te r

E n g i n e e r P. F. Ferguson , died suddenly whi le pi lot ing h is engine on t r a i n So . 8, hlily 1 4 . X r . F e r g u s o n w a s one of o u r ve te ran engineers, w i t h t h i r t y years ' loyal a n d fa i th fu l service. H e held the uns t in ted love a n d respect of a l l h i s associates. a n d h i s untimely pass ing is s incerely mourned a n d re -

SPRINGFIELD ADVERTISERS

I FRISCO OFFICIAL ( I Oflice Phone 150 Res. Phone 2415-5 (

I LOHMEYER FUNERAL HOME I I J. J. LAWLER, Proprietor

Springfield. Mo. 311 MeDaniel St. SPRINGFIELD. MD. I.

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To give Universal Service is the goal of Public Utility managers and operators. W e are a part of the organized

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gre t ted by a hos t of fr iends. B u t w h a t a glorious tr ibute, he died a t the throt- tle, ga l lan t ly holding his post of d u t y un t i l t h e v e r y last .

R o a d F o r e m a n Ell is , of t h e South- wes te rn division, h a s re turned f rom Chicago, where he a t tended the Rai l - w a y F u e l Convention held d u r i n g t h e week of May 7.

Rober t L. Bare , electr ician, h a s been t ransfer red to Monett to All a perman- e n t vacancy on the 4 p. m. s Lift.

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waa exceedingly lucky in t h a t he received a n advance e n i a g e m e n t to sel l his services to t h e W e s t Shop as a first first-class machinist, s o w a s spared the worry and susDense of job hunt ing .

Monett citizens were accorded t i l e honor of en te r ta in ing t h e de lega tes tu the B. of L. P. & E. 1928 S t a t e conven- tlon, whlch convened in our ci ty on Nay 7, and terminated on May 9. No effort was spared to give t h e visi tors the best the town afforded in t h e w a s of entertainment a n d amusement . slght-seeing trips, luncheons, banquets . musical p rograms a n d dances, filling the days and evenings to complet ion.

OFFICE O F CAR ACCOUNTANT SPRINGFIELD, MO.

MARIE ARNOLD. Repor te r

The moat p leasan t surpr i se of the year tor this office came on May 1 when MISS Myrtle Vane re turned to work a f t e r a n absence of f o u r a n d one-half years account serious illness. Niss Vane is hear t i ly congra tu la ted by all on her r e t u r n to good health. a f t e r such a hard fight.

JIrs. Kather ine Beegle h a s re turned from her vacation, s p e n t in v i s i t ing h e r son and his wife in K a n s a s City.

hlisses Cuma Melton a n d Dorothy Thorns visited t h e week-end of t h e ~ t h with Miss Thoms' s i s t e r in K a n s a s Citr.

hhss Maud Bell s p e n t a few d a y s with her paren ts in X o u n t a i n View.

31rs. Jessie L a u b is jus t ly proud of the work of h e r son Cleveland, who gradutes f rom H i g h School this year . He has been serv ing a s busines m a n - ager of the Resume, t h e year book of the High School. T h e book is excel)- tionallv beautiful . a n d h a s a n added ~ ~~ -

attract-ion over books of orevious years in some beaut i fu l colored c u t s of scenes in the Ozarks.

Ylss I d a Bloos s p e n t h e r vacation in the f a r west-Seattle. Tacoma, E v e r e t t and Por t land . T h e only disagreeable part of i t w a s ca tch ing t h e flu on h e r homeward trip.

Our office h a s en te red en thus ias t l - cally into t h e "City Beautiful" campaign sponsored b y t h e Chamber of Commerce, o u r forces a lone h a v i n g given orders for a b o u t t w o hundred hydrangea a n d barber ry shrubs. t o Mr. Don Fellows, Fr i sco florist, on h i s special offer to Fr i sco employes.

We have a r a t h e r lengthy s ick l i s t thls month : Louise L a e s h a s been COIi- fined to the hospital f o r severa l days : Catherine Lyons h a s been in t h e hospital a n d a t home a b o u t t w o w e e k s and bliss Helen H a w k i n s ill enough to rercuire a t h i r t y day leave of absence from duty. Louise a n d Cather ine a r e on t h e job aga in , now.

Mrs. B. 0. Chandler en te r ta ined t h e hostesses of t h e shower given h e r before her recent marr iage , w i t h a p r e t t y d in-

ner p a r t y in her new home on X a y 2. Misses Mildred Truman. Eleanor Buch- a n a n , Ber t ie Sutton. P e a r l H u t t o n ' a n d R u t h Owen were the lucky g u e s t s a n d repor t a wondel,ful d inner and a pleas- a n t evening.

Miss F r a n c e s Coffman w i t h h e r family, s p e n t p a r t of t h e pas t month a t the i r old home in Kentucky . a n d a t - tvnded the a n n u a l I<cntuck? Derby while there.

Miss E l e a n o r Buchanan l e f t o u r r a n k s on May 10 to accept employment w i t h t h e Carbide & Carbon Chemical Com- 1,an.v of New York City, a n d left f o r her -ne lv work on M a s 1; Eleanor h a s worked w i t h u s nearly twelve years. occupying t h e position of genera l per dicm c le rk a t t ime of h e r resignntion. \\'bile we a r e s o r r y to lose her , we a r e glad of the fine promotion she is rece iv ing a n d wish h e r success. Our fee l ings toward h e r were expressed through t h e g i f t of a beautiful fr iend- shi11 pin s e t wi th a diamond and pearls.

They will come back to Missouri-at l eas t H u b e r t Pot te r . fo rmer ly of t h i s onice, a n d h is wife, a r e back, however. t h e y s a y Only to spend the summer. Mr. a n d X r s . P o t t e r have been l iving in Miami. Fla., s ince leav ing Spr ingfield, b u t s a y t h e y a r e g lad to be back a m o n g f r iends a n d t h e Ozark hills.

G E N E R A L STOREKEEPER'S OFFICE-SPRINGFIELD

B E R T H A \-. RElCD. Repor te r

T h a n k s g o t o P e a r l 4. Fain , s teno- g r a p h e r in gener,al s to rekeeper ' s o f - f cc for a c t l n q a s repor te r d u r i u g my absence of two tnonths f rom t h e office account of s ickness.

In the March issue of t h e Fr i sco E m - ployes' Magazine i t w a s rellorted t h a t B. P . Morris, t rucker , w a s seriously ill. R e g r e t t o repor t t h a t Mr. Morris pass- e d away. March 3. a t Brisco hospital. th i s city. H e is surv ived -by h is wife. mother of \Vaco. Texas, one s i s te r a n d one brother. Sincere s y m p a t h y is extended to t h e bereaved relatives.

Mr. a n d Mrs. George Mutz, a r e t h e proud p a r e n t s of a b a b y boy "Junfor".

T h e position of p la t form foreman in division s torekeeper ' s office w a s abolished, effective March 1. which caused u s to lose J. G. h k r i d g e a t t h e s t o r e room. However. Mr. Akridge is s t i l l with the Frisco, w o r k i n g a s foreman a t Wesf s t o r e u,nder P . V. Hampton! storek'ebpEr. \

One of t h e positions of s t o c k c le rk w a s abolished, effective .\;!arch 1, which caused D. F.. Case to bump" F. 4. Thomas , s tock man in sect ions n a n d 16. E. A. Thomas is now w o r k i n g o n supply c a r Xo. 2 a n d J. J. Sprohs i s w o r k i n g wi th T. E. B e r s t on supply car No. 1.

Umfrey Johnsen, former ly employed a t w e s t s tore. is now w o r k i n g a t s to re

room a s storehelper-checker, he hav- i n g "bumped" Oscar B. Cook, w h o i s n o w w o r k i n g w i t h C. L. Millikln o n x u p ~ l j ' c a r S o . 3.

Xrs . Umfrey Johnsen , wi fe of s to re - helper-checker, had h e r tonsi ls removed Wednesday. May 16. A t t h e presen t t ime s h e is g e t t i n g a l o n g nicely.

A. J. Baker , s to re room carpenter , who has been very ill, is w i t h u s aga ln . Glad to see you on t h e job. Mr. Baker.

P a u l Brandon, foreman in lumber yard office. h a s traded h is F o r d for a n E s s e s sedan.

N r s . John B. Haymes , wife of checker. who h a s been ill f o r some t ime is improving. W e hope Mrs. H a y m e s will be well in a s h o r t time.

,Jesse Cri t tenden, colored janitor , lumber yard, is the 13roud possessor of a Ford tour ing car.

X's. L. B. Pechner, wi fe of genera l lumber foreman, visited in Topeka, ICans., recently. Mr. Pechner accompanied Mrs. Pechner to K a n s a s City, Nissouri .

Velma Martin. s tenographer . lumber yard office, visi ted in Wichi ta Falls . Texas, recently, the g u e s t of X r s . E a r l Davidson, formerly Miss H e n r i e t t a T r u - man, secre ta ry to the genera l s to re - keeper. H e n r i e t t a s e n t "best wishes" t o a l l of h e r friends. Velma also v i s i t - ed in P l e a s a n t Hope, No.. Sunday. May 13.

\Ve a r e g l a d to repor t t h a t R o b e r t C. McCrory, checker. i s recovering f r o m severa l weeks ' Illness, in t h e Fr t sco hospital. However, it will be a t l eas t th ree weeks before he will be ab le to leave t h e hospital.

Whrl w a s received in Springfield by F. M. Bishop. s tock man. t h a t h i s s ts- ter- in-law. Mrs. \V. E . Bishop of 1.0s Angeles, Calif., died a t t h e home of h e r mother in Denver. Colo.. X a y 10. She is surv ived b y h e r husband a n d a n eighteen months ' old daughter . Our xympathy is es tended to the bereaved relat ives.

S. H. Gaston. \\rife a n d son. motored to Niangua, Ho.. May 12. t o v i s i t t h e former 's parents . Mr. Gaston is gen- e ra l fo reman a t the s tore room.

Sympathy is es tended to C. H. T w i g - ger . t rucker. in the loss of h i s mother. which occurred April 18.

F. L. & D. CLAIM D E P A R T M E N T SPRINGFIELD, MO.

CHARLENE WILLARD, Repqr te r -

J Yerne Tulloch, dictaphone operator , in spending a two-weeks ' vacation in Maryr i l l e a n d St. Joseph, No.

Tom Quinn, claim invest igator , h a s jus t re turned f rom a two-weeks ' vacation in Corpus Christ i a n d Galveston, Texas. also, Xew Orleans. La.

Mrs. C. H. R k e , wi fe of C. H. Rice, chlef OS&D clerk, is recovering f rom a very badly infected h a n d , caused by a felon.

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\\?. S. Doss, claim invest igator , l e f t on J u n e 1 f o r a t r ip to California. H e will v i s i t in San Bernardino a n d Los Angeles. Calif.

R u b y Northcutt , dictaphone opera tor , and mother , Mrs. Bassham, l e f t on J u n e 2 to a t t e n d the commencement exercises a t Hatevville College, Bates - ~ i l i e , Ark.. w h e r e the i r nephe\v a n d grandson . H e r r n Xorthcutt , will receive h i s 4. B. degree. This young man h a s made qui te a record. Thr 'ougl~out his four years ' college work he has a l w a y s received a n csce l len t miirk in kt11 of his s tudies a n d is g l , adua t ing a t the a g e of eighteen years. H e i s t h e s o n of S t a t e Sena tor H. 4. Xorthcut t of Salem. Ark.. who is a candida te for Congress in t h a t congressional distr ict .

Miss Marjorie Risser , file c le rk , and mother , Mrs. 0. E. Risser , will leave liere the middle of J u n c to a t tend the Democratic convention a t Houston. Texas.

On N a y 10. H. E. \Irehking. former ly a claim inves t iga tor in th i s office, b u t now t rave l ing f re igh t a g e n t for t h e \Theeling and L a k e E r i c K. R., visited the d e p a r t m e n t a n d m e t t h e old bunch.

Mamie Gurley a n d Alma Pielden. employes of t h e f i l ing a n d t y p i n g d e p a r t - ments, l e f t on X a y 26 f o r all extended t r ip t h r o u g h t h c West. Miss Fielden will be a b s e n t for a ] ) l~roximatc l s thvee weeks ; she will be accompanied on the t r ip by h e r s i s te r , F r e d a Fiel- den, of the t r a n s l ~ o r t a t i o n department. Miss Gur ley expec ts to consume f o u r o r more w e e k s a n d r e t u r n a lone v ia t h e famous Canadian Pacific rou te th rough L a k e Louise a n d Banff.

L. C. Cox, chief claim clerk, ushered in the s u m m e r season wi th g r e a t pomp and glory. He w a s the first to don a brand-new sof t s t r a w h a t when the thermometer hovered n e a r t h e th i r ty - two m a r k a n d t h e wind whist led a perfect gale.

Angeline Golden, formerly file clerk

in t h i s depar tment . who h a s been a w a y on a leave of absencc. for a . number o f weeks. tendered h e r resignation, e f - fect ive t h e first week in Nay, and ac- cer)ted a nosition wi th t h e Cadillac 310- tor c o r n p i n y a t Detroi t , Mich. I\'. P. McKinnell, c laim inves t iga tor ,

is a l l fixed up f o r t h e n e s t hard wln- ter. H e hits jus t recently had h is house re-shingled and made showcr-proof.

H. K. Haves. t rave l ina ad ius tc r . s p e n t a few &ys d u r i n g the mokth of N a y in I'ensacola, F la . H e w a s a rcom- ))anled on the t r ip by XIrs. Hayes.

New addit ions to the claim d e p a r t - m c n t family a r c l i t t l e Jeff Wal te rs a n d J e r r y Quinn, t h e mos t lovable Boston bull ups. whose proud o w n e r s a r e Ho- s e y W a l t e r s a n d Tom Quinn, clnim in- ve8tirrators. -

G. ('. Iioop, chief of t h e voucher cle- pzrrtmcnt, and wife a r $ . nloving into the i r beaut i fu l new colonlal co t tage on Roanoke?, a n d w e a r e a l l looking for - w a r d to t h a t house-warming party.

Mr. a n d Mrs. J. L. 3IcCormack a r e spending a, few days in Detroit. Mich., where 1\11., McCormack i s a t t e n d i n g the a n n u a l cortvel~tion of the f re igh t claim division of t h c American I h i l w a y .\s- sociation.

T h e fo l lowing commit tee of Fr i sco g i r l s w a s appointed to m a k e t h e caps and al lrons for the g i r l s to w c a r when serv ing the famous Frisco veterans ' banquet in the Shr ine JIosque, the evening of J u n e 1 9 : Flo Blevans a n d Hazel Clark. employes of t h e mechanical d e p a r t m e n t ; Mary Xewton a n d Marguer i te O'Rrien, employed in t h e otTicc of division s tore accountant . alld Charlene Willard, I". I,. & D. claim dp- par tment . On hlonday evening, May 1 4 , t he g i r l s m e t a t the home of JIiss O'Brien a n d a f t e r t h r e e h o u r s of e a r - nest applicat ion. tu rned o u t t h e da in- t iest a n d pre t t i es t caps a n d al)rons, fashioned of c repe paper in a11 t h e rwlors o f the rainbow. - \ I i s ~ O'Brien's

s is ters , namely Mabelle, A n n a a n d Ber - nice. also assisted the above commit tee of Fr i sco girls. \\'e will vertainly be proud of o u r g i r l s t h a t n igh t , fo r t h i s year 's banquet will undoubtedly be a very colorful one wi th such .L g a l a a r - r a y of colors to match the table deco- I a t ions.

LOCAL No. 32-NEWBURG. MO. - - - , -

151). 1.'. Fl.T,LER, Ke1)orter

1:alph T. Flanec. second-class pipefit- ter. a n d Brownlow Hance, laborer , motored t o Beards town, 111.. recently, to visit reltrtives. \V. H. Owens, locomotive insncctor.

recently visited in \\'est ~ l a i l i s nntl viewed the wreckage of t h e dance hnll, due to t h e terrific explosion of a f e w w e e k s ago.

J o h n H. McDonald, host ler , dea ls s o m r w h a t in real e s t a t e a t the present time. He h a s purchased 4 0 ac res of g round on h i a h w a y No. 6 6 .

(!rawfo13d 4. Ousley, laborer , h a s been off for some few w e e k s account

a. severe case of rheumatism. H e ?: nnluch improved. however, a t t h e presen t wri t ing.

John Fair ley, second-class machinist , is off du ty , suf fe r ing f rom a, case of lumbago. Lumbago i s qu i te a n epi- demic in Nervburg.

Char les \V. Todd. s t a t i o n a r y engineer. i s back a t the boilers a f t e r a 30-day leave of absence.

\V. S. Rinck, c a r repairer , has been off d u t y for two weeks account of in- fluenza, but is now back on the vip.

J a c k Hill, boilermaker. h a s re turned t o service, b u t wi thout h i s tonsils.

R o b e r t Lee Roy. weighing seven Imundn, w a s born to Mr. a n d Mrs. Alack D. Robinson, on J lay ,I, 1,928. \Ve con- g r a t u l a t e s o u both. Buck.

Human Engineering

T ODAY tlic achievements of tlic engineers a rc among thc woiidcrs of the world. But 1 do not mean cngincering in the mcchanical sci~se alolic. The people wlio labor, the

employes in inclustry, are human bciiigs full of seiitimcnts, hopcs, fears, prcjudices and aspirations. Hcncc the funda- lnciital problem of all industry is to deal with tlic h~iillan ele- ~neiits in such a way that the \\dlolc illdustrial process will go forward without hitch or delay 01. unnecessary cost. Confidence bet\\-ccn employer and cmploye is a prime essential. There arc nicn in this country \vho arc devoting their attelltion to the problems of Humwii Ellginwring, the solutio~i of which is carry- ing us forwiird to greater things.

rc, 1928

tto Wyzard, third-class boilerniak- has been called to M o u n t a ~ n View lccount of the i l lness of his €ather. nginee~' A. A. McClellan is assigned ill sci,vice n t Newburg, displacing ineer A. E. Canary. who w e n t rn road service between K e w b u r g a n d nfifield. rs. F r a n k Ful ton , wife of F i r e m a n ~k Fulton, passed a w a y in Spr ing- , May 11. The remains wc17e lght to Xewburg. The town of burg ex tends s v m ~ ~ a t h v to t h e be-

IEL DEPARTME.NT-ST. LOUIS

LOUISE S. GIBSON, Repor te r

The regular month ly m e e t i n g of the supervisors of fuel economy w a s held in Mr. Collett 's office. April 20, w i t h a full at tendance a n d the usua l display of enthusiasm.

The In te rna t iona l R a i l w a y Fuel Con- vention, held in Chicago. Ill., May 8 to 11, inclusive, w a s a t tended by the following fue l d e p a r t m e n t employes: Mr. and Mrs. J o h n H. Curry , JIr , a n d Mrs. Harold T. Conley a n d family. Mr. and 311-s. G. T. Allison, Mr. and Mrs. 61. E. Martin, J1r. J. E. MThalen a n d Mr. Lewis Illevans, a l l of St. Louis; Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Beshears a n d Mr. a n d 3 1 ~ ~ . W. A. Crawford of Springfield. Ma.; Mr. a n d hIrs. G. L. Schneider of Sapulpa. Olila., Mr. a n d Mrs. XI. H. Rod- wig of Tulsa, Okla.. a n d Mr. P. V. H a m - niersly o f Fi . Smlth. Ark.

The fuel d a l a r t m e n t office force had quite a t r e a t a few weeks a g o when Mrs. W. H. Betts . fo rmer ly X i s s Noney of the fuel account ing division, a l so Mrs. Lewis, fo rmer ly Ann Rotmnn of this depar tment , called to see u s a n d we were much pleased to have them accompany u s to t h e combined clubs' dinner a n d t h e a t e r p a r t y a n d s h o w them w h a t the Fr i sco h a s bcen doing along those lines.

Miss Eleanor F i n n a n d Mrs. Louise Gibson enjoyed tl week-end t r ip to Jlemphis. Tenn. T h e Sunnyland is :I. splendid t r a i n a n d t h e y especially rec- ommend i t for i t s cleanliness-didn't even g e t the i r powder puffs soiled.

Miss Alice M. Cooke i s a w a y on h e r vacation, visi t ing t h e fami ly of h e r a u n t in Denver. Colo.

Ted Ruerman a l so took a t r i p nu t on the Meramec a n d repor t s a splendid time.

Lewis Blevans spent Nothers ' Dny with his f a m i l y in Springfield, 110.

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PASSENGER T R A F F I C DEPT. ST. LOUIS, MO.

JIO1,LIE S. I<DWhRDS, Repor te r

Three new faces in t h e officc-Drl- ber l Fields. J o h n Stines. .Jr., William Weitz, h a v i y g filled positioi1.s former ly held by H a r r y Taffe a n d \I'm. TAaniirrn. both of whom res igned to t a k e u p dif- f r r e n positions with o t h e r comnanies, and Raymond Rinke l w a s the lucl<y one to be promoted. \Ire wish a l l t h e new boys the best of luck in the l r positions a n d speedy promolions.

W e a l so have in o u r on ice t w o f u t u r e bowling champs . JIollie Edrrardh a n d kVi1ber.t Hesseler . Hesseler , with his par tner . Lil l ian Kulage , took first prize. and M o l l ~ e , w i t h h e r p;artner, received four th prize.

OFFICE O F D IV IS ION ENGINEER SPRINGFIELD, MO.

REGIS.\ C. .JAMES, Repor tc r

J. >I. Sills, division engineer, a n d C. E . Teeter . BWB foreman, spent sev- e ra l weeks on bridge inspection.

Rapid p r o g r r s s is being made on t h e

Benton Avenue a n d G r a n t Avenue via- ducts.

J o h n 11. Stauffer s p e n t a week-end v is i t ing re la t ives in Lawrence, Kans .

After hav ing seen 0. H. Reynolds' muny var ie t ies of "Iris" ( b e t t e r known a s "flags") we've formed t h e conclusion t h a t Oris is a florist ax well a s ; L I I engineer.

Guido Xoss is charmed with t h e beauty of the Uzarks, e s l ~ r c i a l l y the C:ity of Springfield, s ince he h a s per- suaded his mother, s i s t e r and bro ther to m a k e their home here. \Ve welcome them t o thv "Hear t of t h e Ozarks".

We a r e really surl1ri8erl to s r e Ben D. Seaman back home a g a i n i i f ter v a - ca t ion ing in Havana . From a11 indicat ions, Hen had a wonderful time, b u t nevertheless he w a s g l a d to g c l back to Springfield.

I n connection with the City Civic Improvement Program. qu i te a few of t h e boys have purchased some o r n a - menta l shrubbery , such a n barber ry bushes antl hydrangea . You wouldn' t itnow the old places n o w .

1 TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT 1 T E L E G R A P H DEPARTME.NT

SPRINGFIELD, MO.

0. L. OGSLISY, Repor te r

Rcx Bat te r ton , dispatcher, Neodesha. w a s in F t . Scott the l a t t e r p a r t of :\pril, a t t e n d i n g the Scott ish Kite re - union a n d v is i t ing old friends.

H a r r y H u b b a r t , son of R. H. H u b - bxrt. t ra inmas te r . F t . Scott , h a s won qui te a reputa t ion a t tennis. be ing t h e champion player in the senior h igh a n d junior collexe tournament held there.

J . A. 1\Iiller, opera tor , Pleasanton, in ill in t h e St. Louis hospital. E. .E. Swafl'ord, m a n a g e r and wire

cheii', a n d wife. also F r a n k 3IcCnnn. dispatcher 's clerk. of F t . Scott. visited in K a n s a s City t h i s month.

Dispatcher. and Mrs. 31. W. Sull ivan spent severa l d a y s t h i s month v i s i t ing the i r daughtei. in St. Louis.

Our deepest s y m p a t h y is extended to Miss Dorothea Workinz . in t h e loss of h e r mother. We a r e glad Dorothea expects to resume her duties in the division a(*countant 's on'ice a t F o r t Scott.

F o r e m a n Russells' g a n g completed into H u g o a f t e r recons t ruc t inx f r o m ; \rdmore. They will work on through to Hope.

J. >I. Sas ton a n d F a y Coble, of R u s - sell's g a n g , a r e back a t work after . recover ing f r o m serious illness. 1,ynn .\kip. T h o m a s Wilson a n d \\'. E. W a r d a r e now on leave, account of s i c k n e w or in jury a n d 1;. I,. \Vilson and H. I*;. JIillen a r e on vacation.

Foreman D o i i a h u e ' ~ g a n g completed into Turrc l l a f t e r reconstrwctinp from Jonesboro. T h e y s e t 1.400 n e w creo- soted yellow pine poles kind replaced 160 miles of i ron wi re wi th vopper.

H. B. Bradfield and B. I,. Kennedy. telegraphers, a n d Glen Hark ins , messenger. have been a b s e n t accbounL of s ickness since o u r l a s t report .

F r a n c i s Gugel, messenger, has re- tu rned t o w o r k after* a three-weeks ' vacation.

Miss E t h e l Hill, PBX operator , is vis- i t ing in Dallas.

Wni. Spra t l ry , linrrnan, who h a s been confined in the Sherman hospital , h a s been t ransfer red to t h e St. Louis hospital. Hope to see Spra t ley back with US soon.

Ray T. Soper, personal record clerk. sot-nt JIxy G in E a s t St. Louis a t t h e honic of h i s s is ter . While there he

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THE SERVICE SUPREME CONTINRNTAL SERVICE m a y be de l~ended upon. -1 COSTINENTAL POLICY JIEANS PEA('I*: O F hI ISD X X D A PAY (:HEC41< \ \ 'HEN EARNIXGS FROM YOUR O C C U P A T I O N A R E STOPI'ED. COSTINEKTAL re l~resen ta t ives m a y be found on every ra i l road division in the ITnlLerl S ta tes and Canada.

(anntin~ntal Maeualtp ~nmpttng

H. G. 6. ALEXANDER, President

wirw General Offices: Chicago, U. S. A.

Canadian Head Office, Toronto

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Continental Casualty Company. 910 Michigan Avenue. Chicago, Iii.

I nm employed by the FRISCO SYSTEX

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The Producers Sand Co. Pr:ducers and Shippers of the

HOUND TOOTH SAND." SCREESED AND WASHED

BIG ARKANSAS RIVER CHANNEL SAND 307 National Bank of Commerce Building

Telenhone 3-48i2 P. 0. Box 2133 TULSA, OKLAHOMA

Sherrill Oil Co. GASOLINE, KEROSENE, OILS

Fuel Oil In Cars or Over Docks

PENSACOLA, FLORIDA

PHONE 5871

Estimates Cheerfully Submitted

W. H. S H A R P Contractor

PLASTERING - STUCCO

made t h e acqua in tance of his first nephew, Ell ly Rob McCabe, who w a s horn BIay 2. I I

I 1301 Roanoke. Sprlngfield, Mo. I

LITTLE BAYOU MILL CO., Inc.

AIhYUFACTURERS O F

-4ND DEALERS IN

BUILDING MATERIAL

Office and Mill, Little Bayou

PENSACOLA, FLA.

THE

Clemens Coal Co. Miners and Shippers of

Southern Kansas Coal

PITTSBURG - KANSAS

ATLAS COAL Henryetta Fuel Company

Henryetta, Oklahoma

McALESTER, WILBURTON, COLORADO

and

HENRVETTA I Design. Fabrication and Ereation of

ST. LOUIS STRUCTURAL STEEL COMPANY p ~ ~ ~ ~ : ~ ~ ~ : o ' ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ; ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ \ ~ R ,

CARY & COMPANY COAL MERCHANTS

EXPORT-BUNKER-DOMESTIC and Dealers In

BUILDERS' SUPPLIES The Only Coal Yard on the Frlsco a t

Pensaoola T\VO YARDS FOUR PHOXES

19 EAST GARDEN STREET

The Locomotive Finished Material Co. ATCHISOX, KANSAS

FOUNDERS and ENGINEERS High Grade Grey Iron and Steel Castlngs

for Railways-Flnlslied or Rough Finish.ed 1,aomotive Cyli~rders n S ~ e c l a l t y

Equipped to make larne Greg Iron Caslings up to 25 lons.

class 3 repairs should be equipped with Nicholson Thermic Syphons.

General Office

w

For better concrete culverts and bridges

Photo, above, shows part of "50 miles of excellent track" between Carbon Hill and Birmingham in which [p~ ';Sg;G "A; r L - CRUSHED & SCREENED

was used exclusively a s road ballast. The Frisco Rnilwny has used thousands of tons of I m i c slag lor road ballast in the Birnlinghnm-hlen~phis divfsion- and each year hundreds of tons goes Into the building of concrete bridges and culverls.

Birmingham Slag Co. Slag Headquarters for the South

BIRMINGHAM, ALA.

CENTRAL BOARDING & SUPPLY COMPANY COMMISSARY CONTRACTORS

F. J. EXGLE31AN. President XI. S. ENGLEJIAN, Vice-President General Office Branch Otlices ST. LOUIS, 310. G. I. FITZGERALD, \'Ice-Pres. and Sec'y E. B. SHARKET, Jlannger, Ft. \Vorth. Tex. 1205 Bd. BldC. SPRIsGmELD, CBAS. GRAY. Manager. Springfield. 110. XEAL RAMEY, Xnnager, Dallas, Texas GUY KRESS. Supt., Surlngfleld, 310. G. R. PIERCE, SupL., St. Louls, Ma. KANSAS CITY, JIO. HT' \"ORTH' TEX'

DALLAS. TEXAS I J. P. J1cDOXAI.D. ~ g r : , Chlngo. 111. CI-IICAGO, ILL. I

HOBBS TIE a' T I M B E R CO. 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

GLOBE OIL AND REFINING CO. REFINERS OF

GASOLINE, KEROSENE, DISTILLATE,, GAS OIL and F U E L OIL Reflnery on Frisco Lines-BLACKWELL OKLA.

Sales Dept., 609 Kennedy Bldg., TULSA, OKLA.

FOR GOOD SERVICE

HY MAN - MICHAELS CO., St. Louis, Mo. Rails, Rolling Stock, Track Equipment

HOUSTON NEW YORK SAN FRANCISCO Home Oflice. 122 S. MICHIGAN AV., CHICAGO, ILL.

INSULATED WIRES AND CABLES

For All Purposes -Under All Con- ditions - Every- where - KRRITE - ~ v e s u ,- 4gualled Service.

CHAS. R. LONG, JR. , COMPANY

, LOUISVILLE - CHICAGO - ST. LOUIS

Manufadurers of

All Kinds of Railway and Industrial Paints, Varnishes and Lacquers

VILOCO RAILWAY EQUIPMENT CO.

CHICAGO For Dependable Seroice

.: .. .'YILOCO" Pressed Steel Brake Step . ,

, - "VILOCO" Automatic Rail Washer "VILOCO" Bell Ringer

. . . _ "VILOCO" Exhaust Pipe "VILQCO" Improved Sander

"VILOCO" Floating JournaI Bearing

MINERS, and SHIPPERS BIINERS and SHIPPERS 1 - OKLAHOMA 1 HENRYEXTA - OKLAHOMA

MANUFACTURERS MONTGOMERY. ALA. MINERS and SHIPPERS The South's Lnraest Prnducem of

SAND AND GRAVEL

I Owens Paper Box CQ- I

SALES OFFICES: Lincoln Life Bldg., Bona Allen Bldg.. Birrninuham. Ala. Atlanta, Gearsla I

Warden Pollen Coal Co. I I The Starr Coal CO.

Pagr 70

BIND YOUR RECORDS l nto Permanent Books

Adopted by general and local offices of every large railroad in theunited States

BINDING MACHINES

PERMANENT BINDERS

LOOSE LEAF DEVICES FOR

ALL PURPOSES

McBee Binder t o . New York St. Louis Athens

Cleveland Chicago

The FRISCO uses NATIONAL TRAIN CON- TROL and will be glad t o give o the r s t h e f ac t s and flgures on i ts Simplicity, Reliability, Low Cost and Low Maintenance.

The National Safety Appliance Co.

Railway Exchange Bldg. - CHICAGO. 111.

57 Post Street - SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.

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.

Tiger Brand Superb Linseed Oil ABSOLUTELY PURE

THE FREDONIA Linseed Oil Works Co.

FREDONIA, KANS.

John V. Boland Construction Co. CHIMNEYS, CONCRETE a n d BRICK

FURNACES OIL STILLS and BOILER SETTINGS

CHICAGO OFFICE: Stock Exchange Bldg.

Chemical Bldg. ST. LOUIS, MO.

A. JOHNSTON, JR. & COMPANY Railway Fencing Contractors

1 7 3 3-3 7 W. Austin Ave. Chicago, Ill.

I MINES ON THE FRISCO AT CARBON HILL. ALABAMA

I MOSS & McCORMACK MINERS AND S H I P P E R S

COAL- lacks smith, Bunker, S team, ~ o m e s t i c - C O A L

1901.4 American Trus t Building BIRMINGHAM. ALA.

M ULE-HIDE Products for RAILROADS Mule-Hide P ias l i c Car Rooflng Slule-Hide Waterorool C a n r a s fo r roars of Paswnger Coaches, Ca-

booses a n d Cnbs Mule-Hlde Insulal ing Paper fo r Refrigerator Cars Mule-Hide Car Seal a n d Refrigeriitor Cnr Corn()ound hlule-Hide Fabric, niembrtmc for waterproofing concrete construction Mule-Hide Waterproofing Asyhalt Mule-Hide Rooflng for Railrond B u i l d l n p , elc. m~ LEHON Coo 44th to 45th St. o n O a k l o y Avo.

CHICAGO. ILL.

I MORGAN HILL CO. GENERAL CONTRACTORS

I Shovel and Drag Line Work I Woodward Bldg. BIRMINGHAM

The Pittsburg & Midway I Coal Mining Co. I COAL OPERATORS I General Sales Office

Dwight Buildlng KANSAS CITY. MO. I

Consolidated Cement Corporation KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI

I Fredonia Brand Portland Cement A FRISCO Industry at FREDONIA, KANSAS I

I. N I X O N C. S. PHILLIPS

NIXON PHILLIPS G E N E R A L C O N T R A C T O R S

P H O N E 4-54-15 308-9-10 Lincoln Life Building P. 0. B O X 190

B I R M I N G H A M , ALA.

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W. HORACE WILLIAMS CO., INC. ENGINEERS AND GENERAL CONTRACTORS

ANY CLASS- CONSTRUCTION -ANY SIZE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD

Specializing in Design and /or C o n s t ru c ti o n o f D oc k Wharves, Piers, Breakwaters, Dams, and Jetties, Bridges, Railways, Highways, Industrial Plants. All classes of Building Construction, Building Foundations.

Maintaining an Engineering Department for Consultation, Investigation, Reports, Surveys, Designs.

H O M E OFFICE BRANCHES

F i Floor Southem Building Pensawla, Fla. Mobile, Ala. Hornton, Tex. 833 Howard Avenue NEW ORLEANS, LA. R.preamntativa in Prlneipal Citiea or A I I Southern States

FRISCO TERMINALS - PENSACOLA, FLORIDA BUILT BY THIS COMPANY

Headlight Headquarters Headlights

and Turbo-generators Train Lighting Systems

Train Control Turbo-generators Fittings and Wiring Appliances for Loconiotive, Car and Shop

Installations

The Pyle -National Company

1334-1358 North Kostner Ave. Chicago, Ill., U. S. A.

CkYADIAN AGENTS : The Holden Company, Ltd., Nontreal,

Winnipeg, Vancouver, Toronto E-WORT DEPARTMENT :

International Railway Supply Comvany, 30 Church Street, New York City

BRANCH OFE'ICES : $509 Grand Cen. Terminal, New York Clty 315 Boatmen's Bank Bldp.. St. Louis, Mo.

311 Bul lden Ex. Bldg., St. Paul, MLnn.

ANDERSON-PRICHARD OIL CORP. REFINERS O F

INDUSTRIAL NAPHTHAS OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA.

FT. S M I T H ICE AND COLD STORAGE CO.

COLD STORAGE FOR ALL PERISHABLE MERCHANDISE

Storage Capacity. 125 Cars Daily Ice Making Capacity, 125 Tons

FORT SMITH - - ARKANSAS

R. L. Bartholomew General Railroad

Contractor

867 Roland St., Memphis, Tenn.

Hedges-Weeks Construction Co.

Rooms 415-416 Holland Building

Railroad Masonry Contractors

INSTANT SERVICE PHONE 6-0154

Bluff City Delivery Co. ICE and COAL

General Office, 651 Beale Avenue MEMPHIS, TENN.

SWEDOX WELDING RODS. WIRES & ELECTRODES

A C h d e of Rod for Every Class of Welding IW the Electric or Acaylene Procens CENTRAL STEEL & WIRE COMPANY

Chicago. Illinois Detroit, Michigan

I LIST CONSTRUCTION CO. I Railroad Contractors

415 Railway Exchange Building

KANSAS CITY, MO.

Brookside-Pratt Mining Go. INCORPORATED

A. R. Long. President Albert Allison. Secretary-Treasurer

PRODUCERS OF

Steam and Domestic Coal

Mines on Frisco, Southern and I. C. Railroads

Brown-Marx Bui lding

BIRMINGHAM, ALA.

I Southern / I Wheel Co. I

1776 ailw way Exchange Building ST. LOUIS, MO.

MANUFACTURERS OF

CHILLED TREAD WHEELS PLANTS:

ST. LOUIS, MO. BIRMINGHAM. ALA. ATLANTA. GA. SAVANNAH, GA. PORTSMOUTH. VA. PITTSBURGH, PA. ROCHESTER. N. Y. SAYRE, PA. TOLEDO, OHIO HAMMOND. IND.

CLEVELAND, OHlO

HARDIE -TYNES MFG. CO.

Corliss and Throttling Engines

AIR COMPRESSORS

BIRMINGHAM, ALA.

REID A N D LOWE RAILROAD CONTRACTORS

G r a d i n g and C o n c r e t e B r i d g e W o r k

I Birmingham, Ala., and Charlotte, N. C.

PENSACOLA CREOSOTING COMPANY PENSACOLA. FLORIDA

Speclallzlnp in the ManuPacturo and Trentment of the following Forest Products PILING CROSS TIES POLES CROSS ARMS CONDUITS

LUMBER and STRUCTURAL TIMBERS

I On M. S . B. & P. R. R. Your Inqulrles Soliclte&Co~t Estimates Gladly Furnished I

Cable Address: "PENCREO" Shipments: Rail or Water

I GLOBE TRACKLESS' DOOR HANGER

EASY TO OPERATE-DURABLE-PILFER PROOF Can not lose OIY or awing out at bottom

GLOBE RAILWAY EQUIPMENT CO. ST. LOUIS, Mo.

I A l l Sizes of Washed and Screened SAND and GRAVEL PLANTS : PACIFIC. MO. and MOSELLE, MO. : FRISCO R. R.

ST. LOUIS MATERIAL AND SUPPLY CO. 314 N. 4th Street St. Louis. Mo.

LAYNE WELL SYSTEMS ARE DEPENDABLE

AMERICA'S GREATEST RAILROADS USE THEM

Municipalities and Industries find them profitable

Layne & Bowler Manufacturing Co. HOUSTON IaEMPHIS LOS ANGELES

Pittsburgh Forge & Iron Co.

PITTSBURGH, PA.

JIANUFAC'ITRERS OF

Car and Locomotive Axles Heavy Forgings

Crank Pins Piston Rods Atlas Staybolt & Engine Bolt I ron

Screw Spikes Track Bolts

CHICAGO OFFICE. RY. EXCHANGE BLDG.

The Only Efficient Locomotive Cleaner CII

The D. & M. Cleaning Process Railway Exchange CHICAGO, ILL.

Elliot FrogtAwitchWorks r A S T ST. LOUIS. ILL. AND PUEBLO.COLO.

Other Works HILCriURN. N.Y. C H I C A G O . ILL. N1ACAMFALLS.N.Y SUPERIOR,W[S.

LOS ANCELES. CALIFORNIA- N I A C A R A FALLS. CAWADA

RAILWAY T R A C K M A T ~ R I A L Switch Stands. Swi tches . Frogs. Cross ings . Guard Rails . Clamps. e1c.fo1 Steam, Electric. Mine a n d

Industrial Railway Tracks MANGANESE TRACK WORK A SPECIALTY

)ALES OFFICES A T ALL EIGHT WORKS.

Ramapo Ajax Corporation --

Steel Tires. Steel Tlred W h e e l ~ , Steel Axles, Steel Springm, Rolled Steel Rlngm. Solld W r o n g h t Steel

Wheeln. Steel For(Flngs. Steel Crnaher Rolln and Shells.

Rolled Steel Genr Blnnks. Steel and Iron Malleable Cnstingn, S t e e l Pipe

Rlanfies

Standard Steel Works Co. Main Office: Philadelphia, Pa.

Works: Burnham, Pa.

Beal and McNamara Painting Co.

CONTRACTORS FOR P A I S T I S G I S A L L PARTS OF THE COUNTBY

Main Office: 5078 Easton Avenue ST. LOUIS. MO.

UNION STEEL CASTING COMPANY PITTSBURGH, PA.

CARBON and VANADIUM CAST STEEL LOCOMOTIVE FRAMES

General Miscellaneous Castings for Locomotive and Car Work

Manassa Timber Company PILING

OAK-CYPRESS-PINE Arcade Bldg. St. Louis, Mo.

- - - I 1 - Barnard Stamp Co. - E - RUBBER STAMPS, - - f SEALS and STENCILS - E = Trade Cheeks. Pads. Ink. Elc. E = Fac-Slmile Autograph Stamps

310 Olive St . S t . Louis. Mo.

GALLOWAY COAL COMPANY E X C L U S I V E M I N E R S OF

ELK RIVER A N D GALLOWAY COAL

General M i c e :

MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE M I N E S A T

GALLOWAY, CARBON H I L L and HOLLY GROVE, ALABAMA

(Mines Located on Friseo Railroad)

MILAR, CLINCH & COMPANY Exclusive Agents for CAR CEMENT

CONTINENTAL WORKS CO. MANUFACTURERS CHICAGO

Creators and ROBERT Me LUCAS CO. Makersof .... FLEXIBLE CORROSION PROOF CEMENTS

and PAINTS FOR RAILROADS 1 1955 West Thirty-first Street CHICAGO, ILL.. U. S. A. I

St. Louis Forgings Co. ( 1 ~ Union

East St . Louis IIlinois Company

C. F. HORST & CO. St,eam and Domestic Coal

Mines on Fr i sc~Townley and DLlmorU~

404-5-6 Brown-Narx Building BIRJIINGH.L\l, ALA.

Kansas City Bridge Company BuiIders of Railroad and Highway Bridges

River Improvement Work KANSAS CITY, MO.

Duner Car Closets I

rn 310 S. Michigan Ave.

CHICAGO

Enameled Iron Wet or Dry Closets

DUNER CO. 101 S. Clinton St. CHICAGO For detailed description see Car Builders

Cyclopedia 1922 Edition

Acme Coal a n d Mining Co. I M I N E S LOCATED I N H E N R Y E T T A

F IELDS ON FRISCO L I N E S

Smokeless Fuel Company HUNTINGTON, ARK.

MINERS AND SHIPPERS O F

Semi-Anthracite C o a l

CONTINENTAL TURPENTINE & I ROSIN CORPORATION LAUREL. MISS.

~lanuflfacturers of Steam Distilled Wood Turpentine

Steam Distilled Pine Oil F Grade Wood Rosin

I WOLF RIVER SAND CO. W A S H E D and SCREENED

SAND and GRAVEL

I I Office: 622 Falls Building MEMPHIS, TENN. I

I ( CARLOAD SHIPMENTS A SPECIALTY 1

I caw- Booth & Co- Railway Supplies

.RAILWAY EXCHANGE BLDG. CHICAGO, ILL.

J . W. McMURRY CONTRACTING C O .

R. R. 6 BRIDGE CONTRACTORS

'511 R a i l w a y E x c h a n g e B l d g . KANSAS CITY. MO.

I C. A. ROBERTS CO. I " SHELBY" 1 Seamless Steel Tubing

OXY-ACETYLENE WELDING & CUTTING

EQUIPMENT MODERN ENGINEERING CO.

3411 Pine Blvd. St. Louis

CHICAGO ST. LOUIS I DETROIT INDIANAPOLIS I

.Wm. Robertson & Co, Robertson Cinder Conveyor for

Railway Cinder Pits Great Northern Building

20 W. JACKSON BLVD. CHICAGO

North American Car Company TANK CARS FOR LEASE

CAR REPAIRS OUR SPECIALTY

SHOPS

CHICAGO, ILL. COFFEYVILLE, KANS. WEST TULSA, OKLA.

G E N E R A L OFFICE

327 South LaSalle Street

CHICAGO

1 W. 0. SCHOCK CO. 1 Petroleum Products

Liberty Central Trust Building SAINT LOUIS

I T O N C A N I I - S. I. SMITH Copper Mo-lyb-den-urn Iron Culverts Manufacturers of

S. I . Smith Cattle Guards P. 0. BOX 522, South Side Station

SPRINGFIELD, MO.

W. CARSON ADAMS

--

E. J. R O W E

BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA

FOR EVERY PURPOSE CAPACITY O F M I N E S A N D OVENS 2v2 M I L L I O N T O N S A N N U A L L Y

SPRINGS LOCOMOTIVE AND CAR WHEEL TIRES

TIRE MILL PRODUCTS STEEL-TIRED WHEELS PRESSED STEEL JOURNAL BOX LIDS

Railway Steel -Spring Company General Office: 30 Church Street, New York

BRANCH OFFICES-SOUTHWESTERN DISTRICT

915 Olive St., St. Louis, No. Praetorian Bldg., Dallas, Texas

DE BARDELEBEN COALS Sipsey - Empire - Corona - Carbon Hill - Hull

FOR

DOMESTIC, STEAM, GAS, BY-PRODUCT AND CERAMICS

The South's Largest Producers and Marketers of

HIGH GRADE COALS DeBardeZeben Preparation

Ciues Added Value Southern Railway Building

BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA

Indiana and Illinois Coal Corporation MONTGOMERY COUNTY ILLINOIS COAL

1425 Old Colony Building '

CHICAGO

Daily Capacity, 20,000 Tons Located on the Big Four and C. & E. 1. Railroads

A J A X HAND BRAKE Safe and Efficient

THE ONE-HAND HAND BRAKE I RA~WEXCHANGE AJAX HAND BRAKE COMPANY C H I C A G O

I/ Chapman-Dewey Lumber Company MANUFACTURERS

Hardwood Lumber . . . . Cypress Piling Grain Doors . . . . Boxes

I I MEMPHIS, TENN. MARKED TREE, ARK. KANSAS CITY, MO.

June, 1928 Page 77

STAND- SE%XK-S!FXEL POYJX'DRY GO. BE] oromr, X Q W A

LOCOMOTIVE CASTINGS EXCLUSIVELY

MAIN PLANT AND GENERAL OFFICES SPRINGFIELD. MISSOURI

B U F F A L O B R A K E B E A M C O M P A N Y - BRAKE BEAMS -

AUXILIARY SUPPORTS FOR BRAKE BF,AMS - - - :y Locks (Self Locking)

-.be Pins (Self Locking)

I

NEW YORK

7 BUFFALO

THE OHIO INJECTOR COMPANY 7 Monadnock Block C H I C A G O , I L L I N O I S

Manufacturers of

OHIO LIITING INJECTORS CHICAGO NON-LIFTING I N J E C T O R S

CHICAGO AUTOMATIC FLANGE OILERS, CHICAGO LUBRICATORS, OHIO LOW WATER ALARMS, CHICAGO AUTOMATIC

IFTING 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. MINER, INC: 11 HE ROOKERY CHICAGO 111

General American Tank Car Corp. Co. General American Car

BUILDERS '

., ..

Tank Cars Milk Cars

Railroad Cars - . - - -

OFFICES:

LESSORS

Tank Cars Milk Cars

Refrigerator Cars

Illinois Merchants Bank Bldg., Chicago, Ill. Whitehall Bldg., New York City Union Indemnity Bldg., New Orleans, La. Cosden Bldg., Tulsa, Okla. Magnolia Bldg., Dallas, Texas Bartlett Bldg., Los Angeles, Calif.

OXWELD RAILROAD SERVICE CO.

REPRESENTING :

LINDE AIR PRODUCTS CO. . The PREST-0-LITE CO., Inc. (Linde Oxygen) (Prest-o-Lite Acetylene)

OXWELD ACETYLENE CO. (Oxweld Apparatus).

UNION CARBIDE SALES CO. (Union Carbide)

CARBIDE & CARBON BUILDING RAILWAY EXCHANGE BUILDING

NEW YORK CITY CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

Jtrrze, 1928 Page 79

R. F. CARR, Memphis President

W. E. LOWRY, Hickory Flat, Miss. Vlce-Prss. and General Manauer

SUCCESSORS TO

THE CARR-LOWRY LUMBER CO. MANUFACTURERS & DEALERS

IN ALL KINDS OF LUMBER

SPECIALIZING IN

R A I L R O A D B U I L D I N G M A T E R I A L Strong as Ever for the "Frisco".

GENERAL OFFICES P. 0. Box 1032 MEMPHIS, TENN. Phone, Main 2312

The Mount Vernon C a r M a n u f a c t u r i n g Co.

Repair Shop, 500' x 150'.

Fully equipped with C r a n e s , E l e c t r i c Riveters, etc., enabling us to work in all kinds

of weather.

Capacity Per Annun~: 10,000 Freight Cars;

150,000 Chilled Tread Wheels;

20,000 tons Forgings. h

BUILDERS OF FREIGHT CARS OF ALL KINDS

MOUNT VERNON, ILLINOIS

HOBART-LEE TIE COMPANY Railroad Ties and Timber

ROBT. E. LEE, President

LESLIE LEE, Vice-president

BERT S. LEE, Treasurer

J. LAURENCE LEE, Secretary

Operating in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas

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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, MO.

Magnus Company INCORPORATED

JOURNAL BEARINGS and

BRONZE ENGINE CASTINGS

NEW YORK CHICAGO

" L ~ " ~ D @ P @ @ ROLLER BEARINGS

Lv Jacksonv~lle Southern Ra:lwav 9:00 pm Lv Atlanta 7 I0 am Ar Blrmlngham 12 1 0 p m LV Birmingham Frrsco Lrnes 12:JO pm Ar Memphis 7.20 pm Lv Memphis 7 45 pm Ar Kansas Clty 9.05 am L v Kansas City Rock Island Linec 11 :00 am Ar Colorado Sprlngs 7.30 am Ar Denvcr 7.25 am

Lv Atlanta Southern Ra11w~y 4 25 pm Ar Birmingham 9 5 5 pm LV Blrmingham Frr\co Lines 11 :30 pm Ar M e m p h ~ s 7 20 am L ~ N ~ W Orleans 111 Central R. R 7:45 p~ Ar Memphis 6:35 am Lv Memphis Fr~sco Llneb 7:45 am Ar Kansas Clty 8:30 pm LV Kansas City Rock Island L~nes 9:05 pm Ar Coloradosprings 12:20 pm Ar Denver 12.40 pm

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