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W M . L . HUCCINS. Jr., Editor MARTHA C . MOORE . Asrocla le E d i t o r WM . MeMILLAN . Adocr l ls lng M a n a g e r C . WHITING . Specla1 Representatfoe J . J . KAPLAN . A d w r t t s l n g Sol lc l tor

!'d . VI FEBRUARY . 1929 No . 5

Permission ie given to reprint. with or without credit. in part or in fuII. any articIe appearing in this Magazine

Contents of This Issue

.................................................................................................................. Three Gc~ te ra t iuns a t .Aurora 4 ........... ................................... ................... Clubs M a k e Grea t T r a f f i c Reccirtl .... ............ 3

News oi the F r i s c o C lubs ................................................................................................................ 6-11 ................................................................................ Frisco Lirtcs M a y f\cqtrire 'I'csas P r o p e r t y 12

.......................................................... N ~ ) v e Fi\rc M i l l i o ~ ~ F rc ig l i t C a r s in 1028-L)am;tgr 0 n l ) - 757 l s 3 ............................................... Frisco Passenge r T r a i n s 95.2 P e r Cent On T i m e in 1928 ......... 14

. ........................................................ Friends Give T c s t i ~ n o n i a l n a n q u e t t o John F o r s t c r l ictirctl 15 H . C . Conley, Ve te ran T r a f f i c Off ic ia l . Rct i r c s ............................................................................... 16

........................................................... . Ozark App le O r c h a r d s P a y L a r g e Divitlcntls P i l l s F i ~ t t l s 17 ............................................................................................................ &king 1 I o n e y f o r F r i s c o L ines ! IS

By J . 11 . f l o ~ ~ j r c l l ........................................................................ l l issouri 's Govcrnn r A p p o i r ~ t s T \ v o F r i sco Colonels 19

........................................................... Eltrfih (. . Snytlcr ,\ latlv 'l'raii'ic 1 lan; igcr a t O k l a h o m a Ci ty 20 For Meri tor ious Se rv icc ...................................................................................................................... 20.21 Frisco Honored a t T r i - S t a t e T r a f f i c C lub Banquet ........................................... ........ ......... 2.1

...... Frisco Employes' Hosp i t a l :\ssociation Sta tcmcrt t ......................................................... ... 24-25 The Pension Rol l .................................................................................................................................... 20-28

.............................................................................................. Loco~notive Fuel P e r f o r m a n c e R e c o r d s Z!! I Iome~naker ' s P a g e ................................................................................................................................. 0 1 The T\viligltt H o u r ..................................................................................................................................... 32

Railroad Ca lenda r ........................ ................ ............................................................................................ 30

i [ THE FRISCO EMPLOYES' MAGAZINE I

MEMBER A I : 1 ma P h w Em~I~ves ' Macazlne Is a monthly ~ubllcatlon devoted primarily to the inleresls I ........ -~ ........ . 1 [he sore tiran 25 , 000 ;~cti\.e and re. tiled enlpio).es of the Frisco Lines . It contaim stories,

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THREE GENERATIONS A T AURORI T HE history of the thriving great improvement in equip.

little City of Aurora, itlo., is and power of the railroads d t linlted so closely with the T h i rd W o o d f i ll t o Hold day and of the Frtsco in BL+

history of the Woodfill family ular has come speedily. H- : that the story of the city's growth Agency Is Refired January fers to it as a gradual prll-.

cannot be recorded without refer- expected to come In accot~!~~ ring now and then to the Wood- One-Will Tour Frisco Lines with other industries, but he . fills. On December 31, 1925, "Uncle Jack" Woodfill, was retired from the Frisco service due to the age limit. Significant of his retirement is the fact that he is the third genera- tion of Woodfills to have served in the same station and in the same capacity.

According to "Uncle Jack," the Woodfill family came to Aurora in '69 in a covered wagon pulled by oxen.

The father, J. R. Woodfill, Sr., taught school near Aurora. The Frisco railroad had been surveyed to Aurora but was not built until May '71, and the senior Woodfill served the Frisco a s i t s first telegrapher and opened the station on July 2, 1872. According to his memory Ben Fenner, served the station a s the first agent. But in 1872 the station was not known a s Aurora but rather as Elk Horn, because it was near Elk Horn Prairie. The father served as telegrapher a t this station from 1872 until 1876 when he took the station a t Verona where he served until 1886. Son John Wood- fill, the subject of this article, began his service under his father as apprentice on April 15, 1875. Later he served as extra operator and agent a t Nichols, No., until 1905. He was employed for a short time a t Batesville, Ark., was out of the employ from De- cember, 1909, to September, 1911, then he was sent t o Aurora where he has remained as the Frisco's agent since.

The son of "Uncle Jack," J. K. Woodfill served the Frisco a t Aurora a s telegrapher in 1910, completing the three generations. The service of the three a t this station totals twenty-five gears.

Contrary to precedent, "Uncle Jack" does not dwell a t length on the days of long ago. H e is extremely modern. Scientific inventions, wireless and electrical devices interest him greatly, and his first reference to his early railroad career was linlted with one of the greatest inventions known to. day-the telephone.

"The first telephone exhibited was a t the World's Fair i n Philadelphia in '76," he said, "and that same year I built the flrst telephone ever used in Aurora. It was made out of appie tree wood. Our first line was a n extension from the depot to the hotel of Aurora.

.JOHS IRONS V'OODFILI.

A tin can with a raw hide stretched across it served as our diaphragm. aud when we wanted the hotel to answer we ~vould tap on the hide with a pencil. Soon we had wires stretched to nearby farms. Whoever wanted to talk would give the signal, and everybody who had a telephone would heal it and pick up the receiver aud either answer or listen in. Telephone liues were called 'gab lines' in those tlnys, and though the lines were very scarce. the 'gab' wasn't.".

The entire Woodfill family has been interested in scientiflc developments and the first Woodfill invented a set of repeaters for relaying telephone calls from main line to branches, which he patented. He also conceiv- ed the idea of the electric headlight while in Indiana in '66, and after ex- plaining his idea to a group of railroad officials, they advised him they felt that the cost would be prohibitive, and so he did not continue his plans to make the headlight popular.

"Uncle Jack" a s related can be credited with making the first telephone found in Aurora, and his son, "J. K." built and successfully operated the first radio there.

"Uncle Jack" does not feel that the

recall when the Friato ownel: .' sum of seven huudred stock I.!.

two hundred box cars and f i f t y a cars. Twenty-two cars of stock 7.

considered a train load and the I -

were only twenty-four feet Ion: .:

a 20,000 pound capacity. Due to more direct railroad P-..

not yet being built into Chicago, m? express and baggage was handlr:: the station of Nichols where "

\froodfill was located for some Ii- Express shipments were handlrs: the Adams Express .Company.

"While I was agent a t that F:,,

a package came through one d;ir . charge of a guard which was mv: 'stationery.' After the shlpmen! ' been sent on and as the guard - , ,

boarding the train he inforrujb~: - that that 'stationery' shlpment A

reality $3,700,000 worth of muti':. currency being transferred troo: : Francisco to Washington, D. C.

"On another occasion two h1l-t.

sacks of silver, $1,000 to a sack -,.

being shipped through the star'i. Nichols. When the shipment arr -

it was one bag short. I got on th* - immediately and located it, in thc dle of the Union Station at K:: City, having been left lhere by I! . press messenger.

"We used to have so much PI.

transfer work that I rememtf. many times when we h a v e h ~ l ! ,-

t r a i l ~ there a s high as fifty#;* - utes, loading and unloading erp: ..

Although there were three ::. ations of this railroad family s!r6i -- a t various times at Aurora, th* :: . Lines claim three more or t h ~ I - of "Uncle Jack." A son, "C, g' '

served the Frisco for twenty - and is now a flagman on the $ -. land; a second son, ".I. F.", i : ,:

a t Bolivar, 310.; "C. C." is ;l .:- maintainer a t Nichols, 310. .4 '. - son serves the Interstate llillior 1

pany a t Springfield and a lift'? car distributor for a neighbo~i-r- road.

"Uncle Jack" co~flded to the ..' er that following retirement ' going to see the great Frisco ::;,. which he has served so lonc wants to s tar t out and visit di!. points on the line and is jusl r;! for i\Irs. \6700dfill's consent to :. pany him.

BS MAKE GREAT TRAFFIC RECORD 10 through the year from whole-hearted, enthusiastic n enthusiasm for SO- F r i S c O E m p lo y e s S e c u re co-operation I have ever seen," )n which puts Frisco he said. "My congratulation,^ are le very peak of this 6,438 Carloads, 8,438 LCL, offered to each and every employe t among American he employes who are ' the sixty-two Frisco Xubs, secured the re- total of 6,438 carloads, lan-carload shipments, and ngem during 1928 accord- annual report filed with

Kurn and Vice-president W. L. Hugzins, Jr., chair- central committee on so-

id employe clubs. he year, 28,085 employes 'amilies attended business meetlngs of Frisco clubs ~hora, and the scl~edule of cates an even greater at- uring the year of 1929. n of the solicitation and activities of the clubs was e Central Committee in St. ' requests had been made b secretary for his report. llely seventeen clubs had n accurate check on the heir solicitation, and while estimates were available, tee felt that only accurate uld be accepted. Thus the howing was made by forty- sixty-two clubs on Frisco

d, MO., men's and girl's the list by a total attend- 00; carlots secured, 2.288; ~ t s , 870, and passengers,

territory a great deal more ?, Oklahoma City, St. Louis lesha, Memphis, Jonesboro, and Okeene show up to dvantage with many car- d. ter to Chairman Huggins, Kurn writes: pport or accomplishment^ EmpIoyes' Clubs during a record of wonderful

lent. certainly encouraging to enthusiasm displayed on of the members, and it

ike me great pleasure if thank each and every- onally for his or her ac- the interest of our Com- Yith the impetus this i t ha8 already gained, , In predicting that the 9 will show even greater shments."

and 5,576 Passengers in 1928, Report Shows

Mr. S. S. Butler, general traffic manager, also was enthusiastic in his praise of the record made by the clubs.

"It is, without a doubt, one of the finest examples of the results to be obtained in a business way

who had part in making this wonderful record. We in the traffic department regard you a s an in- dispensable addition to our solicitation forces. I wish every mem-

ber of the clubs who has any suggestions to offer on how to improve service, either passenger or freight, would write me a letter setting forth his or her suggestions."

The report on the club activities for the year follows:

C L U B Attendance Carlots L. C. L. Passengers ...................................................... Springfield 3 ~ 0 0 ..................................................... Fort Smith 850

Hayti ............................................................... 185 Wlnfleltl, Kelnsas.. ......................................... 20

................................................... Poplar Bluff 153 Lawton ............................................................. 98 h'eotksha.. ....................................................... 107 Okmulger ......................................................... 800 Clinton. Mo... ................................................ 24 1 Tulsa ................................................................ 950 Drun~nlond ..................................................... 51 Jlt. I'ark, Okla..~.~ ........................................ 184 Hug0 ................................................................. 425 Fayettcville ..................................................... 104 Fort Scott ....................................................... 960 Joplin ............................................................ 300 St. Louis Tern~innls .................................... 2,800 St. Louis Girls' Club .............................. 2,165 St. Louis >ten's Club ............................... 2,004 Sherman ....................................................... 1,381 Monctt ............................................................. 560 Blackwcll ...................................................... 73 Wlchitu .......................................................... 300

............................................................... Madill 67 Thomas, Okia ................................................. 1 2

................................ Fort Worth .. ............................................. Cape Cirardeau 113

Oklahoma City ............................................... 3.271 Sapulpa ............................................................ 450

.................................................. Carrier, Okla 36 ................................................ Dacoma. Okla 6

Memphis .......................................................... 600 ................................................ Carmen, Okla 20

Blytheville ....................................................... 160 Jonesboro ....................................................... 500 Helena, Okla ................................................

.................................................. Clinton, Okla .......................................... Carbon Hill, Ala

................................................ Amory, Miss Henryetta ................................................. 11 6 Arkansas City. Kans ................................... 134 Enid ............................................................... Chaffee ............................................................. 1.750

........................................................ Dora, 41a ....................................................... Salem, Mo 187

.................... llirmlnghnm (joint terminnl) 3.271 Muskogee ...................................................... 110

..................................................... Ames. Okla Cold Springs, Okla ...................................... 12

........................................... Eagle City. Okla 40 .................................................. Frnbart. Ok!a

Kansas City, 310 ........................................... Okeene ..................................................... 4 2

.......... ................................. Pensacola .. .......................... Thayer .............................. .... 120

................................................ Vernon, Texas 164

.................................................... TOTAL 28.085

2.288 870 3,571 15 42 26 15 21 4 0 No rer30rd kept 8 40

1.3 . 100 50 760 16 130 700 5 0 12 460 16

101 13 19 0 2.500 2 2 7 2

2 0 75 7 6 12 2 5 50 "- 1 :J 90 40 No recortl kcpt

Consi~lcrable 1.250 0 125

No record kept No record kept

105 1 5 0 500 25 5 0 25 6.5 8 0 65 3 0 0 0 0 0

No record kept 12 3 3 2 1 53 7 6 115 10 250 5 o 8 40 .5 5 0 0

120 153 37 2 3 5 0 D

20 10 100 252 1,576 237 11 26 1

No rccord kept No record kept No record kept 29 1 0 5 9 7 11 76 7

No record kept 50 100 65

No record kept 35 125 75

En~vloses not permitted to solicit 360 300 No rec.

No report received NO figures furnished

4 No report No report received No report received

125 50 2 3 Recently organized

6 xo report 361 - 205 - 16 -

6,488 8,678 5.576

NEWS of the FRISCO CLUBS Hugo, Okh..

u S D E R the i~litiative alltl Icacler- ship of the Frisco Employes' Club of Hugo, Okla., that city

on Christmas eve held its first community Christmas tree celebration, on the court house lawn by a decorated and illun~inatetl tree.

That afternoon forty-five baskets rontaining food for sumptuoux Christ- mas dinners, and containing also clotl~ing, were distributetl to under- privileged families. The fund for the purchase of the conLents of the baskets was raised by the clnb and was t!umted partly by members of the club and civic organizations. The 3Iinisterial Association assistcd in gathering part of the fund. So s rea t was the success of the entire celebration that the clnb has planned to hold one this year on a larger scale.

A clear sky, a bright ltioon and tenl- perature cool enough to be suggestive of the season, combined to help make the event a marked success.

The service began a t 7 o'clock Christmas eve a t the community Christmas tree. The service was conducted by Rev. Bert G. .Jones, Presby- twian minister. The program was o p e ~ ~ e t l with a surprise nun~ber in which the "Holy City" was played by >I cornetist. concealed on top of the court house. After the singing of several carols, the words of which were cast on a screen, the song, "Holy Night, Sllent Night" was played by Garth 13'. Caylor, saxophonist, and Mr. Bailey, cornetist.

The Ministerial Association of Hugo constituted the central couunittee on arrangements, with the clnb and all civic groups of the city co-operating. S. Iiellon, Frisco dispatcher, was chairmall of the commit,tee 11avi11g charge of all arrangements for the community Christmas twe . 17. A. Dufour. car distributor and secretary of the Frisco Club, had charge of the linancial end of the program and was assistetl by the following? 4-+;.A;'Strat- ton, bridge inspector;, I;,.'~:.?L. , Hope, roundhouse clerk; Hi., .- r,. -. Akridge. storekeeper; J . 0. Dick, agent; F. T. Shanahan, roadmaster'$: d e r k ; E. L. Ayles, roadmaster; J. W. Stansberry. roadmaster; P. I. HoVofiFay,'. car department foreman; A. K. Sn~i th , conductor, and G. W. Edgerton, yardmas-

ter, all of the Frisco, and C. L. Odom. clerk, American Creosoting Com1)auy.

DISTRIBT-'TES CHRISTMAS BASKETS

Following the precedent established in 19ZS, the charity committee of the St. Louis Girls' Club packed and delivered forty baskets to needy of the city. A total of $123.30 mas donated to the committee to carry out its program, $23.00 of which was gireu by St. Louis officials of Frisco Lines.

The program has received much publicity for the last two years a s this club is one of the few clubs on any railroad to undertake a charity program. Resides the staple articles in each basket, such a s one sack of flour, two loaves of bread, coffee, sugar, one can of pork and beans, one large jar of apple butter, apples ant1 potatoes, a chicken and celery, candy and toys were added this year for the families known to have children. The largest family supplied with food this year had ten children.

The names of the families submitted to the committee were care- Sully investigated by the Christmas basket committee.

Members of the club volunteered to deliver the baskets, and letters have been received by the committee from the recipients, expressing their thanks. In practically all cases, the only Christmas the family had was the basket which was received. m d in many instances the basket contained the first bit of food which the family had had for several days.

Her~rye t tn , Okln. The Frisco Employes' Club of Hen-

ryetta, Okla., in session December 18. passed a resolution that W. B. Pine, Unitetl States senator from Oklahon~a, ;md \Y. \V. Hastings, the congressman from the congressional district in ~ l l i c h Henryetta is located, be requested to use their influence to re- tain the Pullman surcharge.

The next day the club sent tele- grams inforn~ing these two members nf Congress of the club's resolution regarding the surcharge.

In reply, these two members of

Congress stated that, in their opiniui the subject of the surcharge wal~l not come before the present sesair of Congress. -__

Traffic solicitation and prmn switching service were include6 :I

the subjects handled a t the mee!ic! of the Frisco Employes' Club of H k t

ryetta. Okln., held January R at IIQ freight office.

F. A. AIcClaren preslded r:.' thanked those present for their !,

tendance. H. G. McKinstry, a v spoke 011 courtesy. A. G . Wolfe, master, spoke on prompt switdl service. He said he was ready ala to do a n y t l ~ i ~ ~ g possible to makp

trons satisfied, and that he was .I

each of his employes reahzed the I

portance of this service.

Birmingham, Ah. The Frisco Employes' Club of i

n~ingham, which in Ikcen~bvr dressed letters to Hon. Georg~ I ? tlleston, congresslnan from Ihb gressional district in whlch Blrv h a n ~ is located, to Thomas J. 8 and to Hugo Black, the latter IKI 1 United States senators from dlal asking them to vote agalnst rerl the Pullmnn surcharge, haa rvr, a reply Srom Congressmau Hul ton that 11e is "in full harmony the club's views. and non-cn- replies from the other two m v 2

of Congress.

Thaycv , Mo. H. W. Miller, president, an11 i 1,

Edmundson, secretary, of (he i'. ( j

Employes' Club, were re-elec't' ' q vember 18 for the ensuing p:i ( 1 C. Lark, secretary 01 the Y. 11.' PI was elected vice-president, $1: q ing C. A. Berry, roundhouse fnr,- ,b

Talks were by T. E. King, m: m, ~ \ h o spoke on traffic ~olicitatir'~ dl Lark, who told of obtaining 1 8 . . I

Frisco a passenger who Wac . ,P1 from Thayer to Poplar Blur i but who, when Mr. Lark s n i i I

she would go via Frisco be xr, p,d company her to Hoxfe and rill!: - .;a. con~modations for her lor the n!: , m, the home of his brother, cham, ,w, routing to via Frisco; hesid~" ,dcg ler, who spoke on traffic solil , IL, and H. 1%. Horne, St. Lmis - I,,, .\,I. C. A. secretary, who t6' !,, Frisco employe at Springfix,! l overtook him in hls car arLl .*

I b

him to the station. Wll

rr out o f k r the btlshress'' wight bc the title of this car too,^ for tlte cmployc clubs, drozcv~ by youtltfrrl V i r d Willioiits, won, Mo., brolher-in-law of W . H . Pryor , general forento~i water service d e p a r t m ~ n t and art entkrrsiostic Frisco Booster. 5

'mately 250 persons, includ- y children, attended the

party given by the Frisco . ' Club of Sherman, Texas. c night a t Elks Hall. The consisted of a three-act play, ::: o l presents to children a t

:Istmas tree, singing of Christ- mls by the assemblage and

I:)', which dealt with Christ- nccident prevention, was cli-

I? (he arrival of Santa Claus p r presents to all the children

Inrgan, general car foreman. t Included Mr. Morgan, Mrs. nhnson, H. L. McDuffie, presi- the club; P. 2. Stenger, Foe 0. Xs jorie Morgan and Jim- a k w , the latter playing San-

the play and between the :iclmes carols were sung, led

by President McDuffie, and accompanied by Miss Dorothy Matlock a t the piano.

The Frisco Employes' Club of Sher- man, Texas. received a letter from Congressman Sam Rayburn, of the congressional dist,rict in which Sher- man is located and a member of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, replying to a telegram sent him November 37 by the Club, in which the club asked him to oppose repeal of the Pullman surcharge. Cou- gressman Rayburn said in part:

"The matter of congressional repeal of the Pullman surcharge was up in the House of Representatives two or three years ago. At that time I op- posed congressional rate making and in a speech in the House gave my views. I have had no reason to change my position and am still op- posed to Congress making rates on railroads a s this was years ago turned

over to the Interstate Commerce Com- mission by the Act of 1887."

Officers for the ensuing year were elected by the Frisco Employes' Clu11 of Chaffee, LMo., January S. 31. H. Stubblefield, train dispatcher, was elected president; H. E. McBride, civil engineer, vice-president ; \V. J. Essner, steneclerk. secretary and treasurer, and Ray Fatchett, timekeeper, assistant secretary and treasurer. All the new officers made short talks.

The officers of the last year, J. R. Holland, operator- clerk, president; H. E. Hubbard general roundhouse foreman, vice-president, and 0. P. Krueger, secretary to the superintencl- ent, secretary - treasurer, t a 1 k e (1 briefly on activities of the club during 1928 and pledged the club their support d'uring the ensuing year. The attendance was twenty-three.

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passenger brakemen, Chickasha sub.; 0. N. BreeIand, vice-president, freight brakemen, Oklahoma sub.; J. E. Van Ness, vice-president, freight brakemen, Chickasha sub.; N. H. Burch, vice- president, telegraphers; J. I<. Davis, vice-president, lnaintenailce of way; George L. Howe, vice-president, car inspectors; George Papin, vice-president.. car department; John Shafran- ek, vice-president, boilermakers; H. 0. Holiman, vice-president, machinists; C. C. qtteberry, vice-president. general yardmaster's office; L. B. Car- ter, vice-president, switchmen; AT. Campbell, vice-president, pilots; W. L. Pipkin, vice-president, general agent's office; J. I?. Moore, vice-president, platform and dock forces; C. 0. Mitchell, vice-president, stores department; W. E. Fountain, vice-president, B. & B: department.

The entertainment committee, D. L. Estes, chairman; Mrs. D. L. Estes. Mrs. Jesse Moore and Mrs. 31. G. Buf- fington.

The following letter was sent by President Mills to each of the vice- presidents:

"I, take pleasure in informing you that you have been elected vice-president of the Frisco Employes' Club of Oklahoma City for the year 1929. representing (name of department in vhich addressee works).

"The club Pelt in electing you, that you would serve them well and with credit to your department and to yourself. When your are notified of a meeting, kindly get in touch with everyone in your department that you can, and make plans to attend this meeting and bring someone with you.

"The Oklahoma City Club is leading the system in club activities. Let's keep it up to its present standard. I am depending on you to do your part and know that you will. Let's make the year 1929 the best yet.

"Yours for a bigger and better employes' club,

W. A. Mills, President."

D. L. Estes, who was president of the club during 1928, thanked the club for the loyal support it gave him during his term of office and assured the club that he would work just a s hard for the club's success for the ensuing year.

President Mills thanked the club for electing him president and stated that he would do all within his power to keep the club up to its present standard.

The following were reported a s placed on the traffic solicitation honor roll since the last previous meeting: W. L. Pipkin, one carload to Los An- geles; Mrs. Geraldi.ne Woods, one

Important Conoent ions Belout is a list o f intfiortartt cortventions which will be held durittg 1929. The Passenger Troflic L)rpartmertt will welconte any hzforrraution tho1

might be of assistwrcc in sectiring travel to these meetings. Any contmunicalion in cortirectiov t h e r ~ ~ t h , should be addressed to wares! pass~ngrr departnreril rcprcsrntative or to ~Vlr . J . W . Notrrse, Passerrger Traff ic M a v o p . Si Louis, Mo.

1929 CONVENTIONS

..... Natl. Education Assn. Dept. of Supts..Cleveland, Ohio Feb. 24-28 ...................... Presidential Inauguration Washington, D. C.March 4

.............. Amer. Assn. of Petroleum Geologists..Tulsa, Okla March 21-23 ............ .................. American Bowling Congress Chicago, I l ls March 3.Apr. 10

............ Daughters American Revolution Washington, D. C...Apr. 13-20 .... .... Gen. Assembly, Presbyterian Church St. Paul. Minn. May, 1929

Southern Baptist Convention ............... Memphis, Tenn. .May, 1929 ..... American Wholesale Grocery Assn Memphis, Tenn. .May 21-23

........... ................................ Rotary International Dallas, Texas May 27-31 ...... General Federation Women's Clubs Swampscott, Mass.May, June 1929

................... National Assn. Credit Men ...Minneapolis, Minn. June 24-28 .... Natl. Ret. Hardware Assn. Congress..Okla. City, Okla. June 1929

Co-operative Club, International ............ Milwaukee, Wisc .... June 16-19 Lions International .................................. Louisville, Ky. ...... June 1&21 Mystic Shrine (A. A. 0. N. M. S.) ........ Los Angeles, Calif.June 4-6

................ .... United Confederate Veterans Charlotte, N. C. June 4-7 Modern Woodmen of America ................ Chicago, ill. ............ June 4-8

.,;. ............ U. S. Junior Chamber of Commerce Flint, Mich. June 12.15 Grotto (M. 0. V. P. E. R.) .................... Rock Island, 111s. ..June l&U)

...................................... ..... Master Plumbers Buffalo, N. Y. June 2527 Natl. Assn. of Real Estate Boards ........ Boston, Mass. ........ June 24-29 Kiwanis International .......................... ..Milwaukee, Wisc. ..June 23-27 American Inst i tute of Banking ............ Tulsa, Okla. .......... June 1@14 Optimists International .......................... Tulsa, Okla. .......... June Travelers' Protective Assn ..................... Detroit, Mich. ........ June 17-21 Natl. Assn. Retail Grocers ...................... Portland, Ore. ........ June 1929 National Education Assn. ........................ Atlanta, Ga. .......... June 3Wuly 5

....................... B. P. 0. E. Grand Lodge .Los Angeles, Calif.July 413 ; International Soc. of Christian End ..... Kansas City, Mo ..... July 3-9

...... .... Natl. Bus. and Pro. Women's Clubs Mackinac Island 2nd Wknluly B. Y. P. U ..................................................... Detroit, Mich. ........ July 10.14

ticket to New York and one ticket to Sapulpa; John Barry, two round-trip tickets to Boston, Mass.

Druntmond, Okla. Traffic solicitation was discussed by

the Frisco Employes' Club of Drum- mond, Okla., in its session of De- cember 22. The meeting was presided over by T. T. Cowley, president.

Tulsa, Okla. The Tulsa Frisco Em,ployes' Clu'h

held i ts monthly meeting on January 16 a t the Knights of Pythias Hall, Tulsa, with an attendance of seventy.

The business meeting was held first, and directly following, the club was addressed by J. W. James, traffic manager; 0. L. Young, superintendent Tulsa terminal and J. B. Hilton, industrial commissioner. The addresses given by the three officers were educational and well received.

Miss Jeanne Doling presented a piano solo and Mr. C. A. Manus, accompanied by Miss Doling sang

"Moonlight and Roses." C. H . H sley, local agent gave a reading. 7 program was highly entertaininr :. enjoyable.

The number who attended this c ing was encouraging to the OUI~ - and Mr. R. L. Schoeneberg, preill . of the club predicted a good y w activities for the Tulsa Club.

Mentphi,~, Tenn. Traffic solicitation was discow

length during the session of t h e r- e r traffic committee of the F Employes' Club of Memphis, he14 ' uary 9. The attendance was thir*

Bnsiness was reported an h. been obtained by the following. 7 Bryant, H. D. Robertson, D. E. (

en, Len1 H. Davis, W. P. Cor: - chairman of the committee: Ir Farris, Will Robinson, S. L. O I i v R. York, conductor; T. B. H e U m ney C. Lamb, Mr. Pickett, rec- Demopolis, Ala.

The following letter from J F. I

dolph, of Van Vleet-Ellis Corpov I

ill be stationed there perma-

sible for me to 'chin' with you hare done so many times in

st, but it will surely be my idea In' and swap stories whenever

to express to you my sincere

soperation, such as you have us, greatly smoothes out the dif-

!as of commercial work and I you to know that I shall always

irman Corkery spoke in part a s a: "We are starting on a new I do not believe any other great-

e committee on the entire sys- de a better showing than we og 1928 . . . . .

r all do better this year.

next meeting of the committee

had a wonderful time," said the Frisco Employes' Club

of the dance given by night of November 23 a t

Garden. The attendance

!a. Kan., and E. J. Immele, sec- of the club, were re-elected to dub oflces at the club's busi-

arry Sigler, conductor; S. B. ; Yardmaster Grimes; John and E. E. Carter, assistant

tendent, Neodesha. The latter nn the growth of Wichita and

the development of the new oil fields a t Wichita Heights and a t Valley Cen- ter.

Fort Scott, Kans. The Frisco Employes' Club of Fort

Scott, Kan., has received the following reply from United States Senator U. S. Guyer to the club request t o him that he aid in retaining the Pullman surcharge:

"Voted againlst the removal of Pull- man surcharge in sixty-eighth congress. See no reason to change my mind now."

Sherman, Texas Joint resolutions of respect in the

death December 25, 1928, of Dr. E. J . Neathery, of Sherman, for twenty years a Frisco physician, were passed by the Frisco Employes' Club of Sher: man and the Sherman local of the Frisco Association of Metal Crafts and Car Department Employes, a t a meeting of each of these organizations held January 14.

The joint resolution closed a s follows:

"BE IT RESOLVED that in the

death of Dr. Neathery, we have, lost a true man and a friend, and that we feel, individually and coIlectively, that we shall never be .able to find a man who will take h i sp lace in our hearts, love and respect a s did this man, and that we extend to Mrs. Neathery and the family our heartfelt sympathy in their bereavement."

Fort Smith, Ark. During the meeting of the greater

traffic committee of the Frisco Em- ployes' Club of Fort Smith, Ark., held January 8, the following were reported as having obtained recent business for the Frisco: H. B. Stierwalt, transportation clerk in the superintendent's office and L. W. Blakely, claim clerk, freight oflice.

Chairmen representing various departments were appointed for the ensuing year.

The tentative program of the club, to be broadcast over the radio station of the University of Arkansas, h a s been submitted to the university and a reply was being awaited a s to an open date. The next meeting of the committee was set for February 12.

Moue 5,310,476 Freight Cars in 1928-Damage Onlg 757

ling campaign on Frisco Lines. Among

how up well in the year the amoun t of damage per ca r hand- t by the 1928 experience

led was 25.82 per rent .

DAMAGED AMOUNT DAMAGE NUMBER CARS HANDLED TO TOTAL HANDLED

8 1927 1926 1928

' I ' E I ~ J l l N A I d S

DIVISIONS

hsm ........ 112 162 1 5 3 5.248.50 6.624.65 2,730.SO 1,073,073 1,041,962 1,115,958 .0104 ,0153 .(ll:i; G li 6 r 50 7 1 7 1 3.S12.50 2,276.00 2,:i.l:3.80 117,7:19 416,141 :106,364 ,0112 ,0161) .0140 7 'i i

-. - -- - -- -

taL .............. 3 2 4 367 517 $22.449.02 $16.130.88 ~ 1 6 . 7 6 4 , O S S.OS1,SR.i 4,SY2,5GO 5,335,261 .0064 .(I072 . 0 0 9 i - - - - - -- - -

m Belt ... 6 - - 142.00 ------- --- 73.731 --- .0081 Llnes. ... 33 : 30 1 882.00 ,570.50 li114.G6 1Z4.851 1-12.261 160 ,686 .0213 ,0232 .01517

Sratem ..... 757 S ~ O 1308 s-16:484.02 $36,616.SS $43,555.98

TAKE LEAST ERKOR

treight stations-Enid, Okmul-

6 Imst.error pennant. As a con-

in December and took t h a t

'ihe other stations in Group Y; Seventh Street Broadway Station,

ansas Cit . Louie;

SHIP RABBITS EAST Rabbits by the barrelsful,-oiie

hundred and fifteen to a barrel and three hundred forty one barrels- were shipped via Frisco Lines dur- i ng the first few days of J anua ry to eas tern markets from Fa i r Play, Mo. The total contained in the three hundred forty-oue barrels was 39,115. The hunters received fif- t eeu cents a rabbit and the total sum brought to the community was $5,867.25.

St. Louis, and Memphis. In Group Two, Hugo won the group's

pennant in December. T h e station won the pennant in November, also. The other stations in Gron~p Two a r e For t Smith. Joplin, Birmingham and Oklahoma City.

VETERAN COMMUTER DIES

Arthur Mittelberg, rea l es ta te man of Webster aud rightfully named "The King of Frisco Commuters" died a t his home 217 W e s t Big Bend Road, Webs te r Groves, Mo., on Janua ry 4.

I n a u interview with a Prisco ,\lago-

, ~ , ' ~ l e repor ter in February, 1926, JIr . Mitt leberg s ta ted tha t up t o tha t da t e h e had ridden 303,000 miles on Frisco Liues a t an expense of $6,000 and 15,- 288 hours dur ing his 45 years ' residence in Webster Groves.

He had, a t tha t t ime in his posses- sion, a Frisco commutation t icket dat- ed May 15, 1885, which was t icket No.

1, issued to h im the first t ime he com- muted from St. Lcuis to his home.

Frisco Passenger Trains 95.2 Per Cenf .on T ime

B ORING through the night and rushing through the day in fair weather and foul, along the

mighty Mississippi river in Missouri and in Arkansas, skirting the Tom- bigbee river in Alabama, climbing and clcsce~~ding the picturesque Osark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas, speeding toward trhe Gulf of Mexico a t Pensacola, out on the plains in the wheat belt of Kansas and into the oil and the cattle country of Oklahoma and Texas, 58,884 of the 61,863 passenger trains operated by Frisco Lines during 1928 maintained their schedules or made up time.

This was an on time performance of 95.2 per cent and was due to team-

work on the part of those of the Fris- co's 25,000 employes who have to do with the handling of the passenger trains and due, also, to the splendid rolling stock and track.

F. H. Shaffer, Springfield, l o . , general manager, has expressed his hope that the Frisco will show the performance of 98 per cent for 1929.

Of the last four years, last year was the best in passenger train performance on Frisco Lines.

In 1927 the Frisco operated 66,381 passenger trains, of which 62,m2, or 93.8 per cent maintained their schecl- ules o r made up time.

In 1926 the figures were 66.906, 63,-

in 1928, Record Shows 549, 95 per cent. In 1925: 6S,Q81, 63. 819, 94.3 per cent.

During last December Frisco Lit.. operated 4,916 passenger trains, 0'

which 4,539, or 92.3 per cent, maic tained their schedules or made urn time. This compares with 85.4 r'T cent for December, 1927, and rr ' l \

88.6 per cent for December, 1926. The comparative chart be lo^ sh.4.

that the River division held first pi; in December, 1928, with the per7- mance of 98.8 per cent. This divP held fifth place in December, 1927

The performance last Deceml was made despite a large volume passengers, mail, baggage and expr-

The chart:

Total Total Tralns Malntalned Per Cent Trains

DIVISION Schedule or Made, Maintained Schedule or Standln~ d Trains Onerated UP Time Made U p Time Division8

Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. DOC. DOC. Dee. Dec. Dec. Dec. Or 1928 1927 1926 1928 1927 1926 1928 1927 1926 1928 1927 1::

River ...................... ........ 848 964 674 838 854 648 98.8 88.6 96.1 1 5 Western ....................... 186 217 217 180 211 205 96.8 97.2 94.5 2 1 Central .......................... 295 56 8 620 280 505 610 9 4 . 9 88.9 98.4 3 4 Northern ...................... 1100 1333 1333 1017 1238 1205 92.5 92.9 90.3 4 2 I

............... 910 868 729 827 749 90.4 90.9 86.3 5 3 Southwestern SO6 Southern ..................... 852 865 775 757 708 605 88.8 81.8 78.1 6 8 . Eastern ......................... 581 651 682 Fi04 605 585 86.7 77.6 85.8 7 7 Total ............................. 4668 5508 5169 4305 4848 4607 92.2 88.0 89.1 - ~

Texas Lines .............. 248 248 248 234 241 190 95.0 97.0 76.6 .............. Total System 4916 5756 5417 4539 5089 4797 92.3 88.4 88.6

Ofllce of Gerrernl B I ~ n n ~ e r , Sprlngfleld, Jan. 4. 1928.

PRIZES FOR BEST G A R D E N S

Flor i s t Fel lows Announces G o l d A w a r d s f o r Mos t B e a u t i f u l

S ta t ion P l o t s

A PRIZE of $15.00 in gold as first prize and $10.00 in gold as second prize will be awarded for

the best and second best flower garden on Frisco property a s of August 31. 1929. according to Don B. Fellows, Frisco Florist in an announcement made recently. All employes, such a s agents, section foremen, crossing watchmen or pumpers a re eligible to try for these two prizes. Don B. Fel- ows, Florist and W. L. Huggins, Jr., editor of the Fvisco .Wagazinc have been named a s judges. The judging will be made on August 31.

Mr. Fellows advises that he would like to have the names of all those interested in trying for the prizes.

"It is nearly time to begin planning for your flowers for the conling spring," he writes in a letter to all those who have requested seeds for the conling year. "Have you studied the seed and garden catalogues and tried to decide what new flowers you nonld like to try ou t?

"Here a re a few suggestions for flowers which you will find lovely for your 1929 bed, if you have not already had them: Stevia is very valuable for its cutting qualities and for i ts fragrance: Schizanthus or Butter- fly flowers is largely grown for green- house use but can be successfully grown a s a garden plant: Dahlias from seed, if planted early in flats or hot beds will flower the first season and make small clusters of bulbs which can be saved and g r o a n the next year a s bulb stock: Lupines (annual) bloom on great stately spikes and are very pretty indeed: Gaillardia or blanket flowers either annual or perennial, a re very showy, resemble daisies and grow about fifteen inches tall: Mex- ican Fire Plant commonly called sum- mer Poinsettia will grow about three feet tall and the top leaves of each branch a re where the plants resemble Poinsettias.

"Another plant which should be in more gardens is the Combustion (Amaranthus) which was originated by the late Luther Burbank. Tricolor Splendens or Jacobs Coat, i s of the same family. Scabiosa or Mourning Bride is one of the best cut flower

plants. Off of forty plants I harr ,

a s many a s 1,000 blooms a day. C: chila or Baby's Breath should I every garden as it is in~alnable~~ :

with other cut flowers. Staliceo:. ' Lavender is another good R o w :. ' when cut and dried is Ane for al-, I bouquets. Other items fine lo; . I ter bouquets a re strawflowers, 7 . ,

' elor Buttons and Pampus Grass. '

i

lies and ~ o p ~ i e s are both finp - .' ' showing and if Easter Lillie; . planted with the big scarlet [MI- -

a

they will always command a r k , I/ Cannas, Tuberoses, Dahlias. GI. ri

2' and Iris mill complete your ga:,'. ,,,

Division No. 151 (lonett. " I Order of Railway Conducto: A "

session November 27, unanlm passed a resolution that th* i I, b1

ion request the two Udted S. ' '' senators from Missouri and congressman from the ti(, . Missouri district to oppcse ib 1- posed repeal of the Pullman -

charge.

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Friends C i o e Tes t imonia l Banquet to . John Fo rste r, Retired

hxd known,

insco Lines,

A LlTTLE less than fifty years ago a carrot-haired, freckle

, laced young Canadian giant of t c ~ f o u r years, who answered to kvme of "Jack" Forster, asked the k ' o r mechanic of the Michigan Cen- h: Rsilroad at Jackson, Mich., for a

L machinist. He got it. 'l he night of January 19. 1929. c - l m d r e d and fifty friends of

011 him. And perhaps there was a look of app1,eciation and gratitude on his face a s he heard his old friends tell of his sterling character, his loyalty to his company and his friends.

One by one toastmaster D. Forsythe called upon them. Vice-president Hutchison, 31. 31. Sisson, T. B. Copp- age, P. 0. Wood, "Jack" Doggrell, W. 13. Thompson and F. A. McArthur. con-

JOHN FORSTER

-all of them joined O r In a testimonial banquet to

de more friends and anemies, so his friends say,

n on Frisco Lines. was, an undertone arly felt, as these ye to their friend.

: irlections of Miss Susie Dill- i:. Flo Blevins and Mr. June :here remained a tug a t the

?Sngs of lhose n h o had as-

:' the head table, surrounded nficers and employes who

1 mile on his face and a cigar .! !n his determined jaw. ~d then his hearty deep laugh -7' 33 he listened to the speak- '! his early days on the Frisco, & and the pranks played up-

tributed t h e i r words to t h e meeting.

Then general manager Shaffer presented M r. Forster with a gladstone b a g from his friends o n the Frisco, and Master Me- chanic Harvey of Springfield, presented a large framed picture of Mr. Forster to his daughter, Mrs. Nellie Lackey of Kansas City.

Many more men who had spent years in harness with "Jack" For- s te r spoke before toastmaster .For- sythe called upon the honor guest.

His farewell greeting was sim-

ple and sincere. "I appreciate this more than you

will ever know," he said. "It proves to me that my creed of life-a firm belief in the principle of kindness, sympathy and understanding-is right. I've enjoyed my work on this railroad. I've watched many of you men grow up. I gave H. L. Worman his first job, and now look a t him-superintendent of motive power of this great railroad. I've watched C. J. Stephenson, P. 0. Wood, John Gibson and lots of others of you out there fight your way to the top, and I'm glad if I could have been of some help to you along the way. I'm leaving the service, but i ts cot leaving me. My friendships and memories on this railroad will never leave me while life is here. I'm a n old man in years, but I'm just a kid when it comes to learning how to live. And believe me, I'll see you all again many times during the retired life I'm just starting."

"Jack" Forster's railroad career began almost with his birth. His father was a railroad mechanical officer a t

DECREASE IN ACCIDENTS 1928 Figures Show 16.5 Per C e n t

R e d u c t i o n O v e r Prev ious Y e a r

R EFLECTING results of the most comprehensive and intensive accident prevention campaign

ever conducted by Frisco Lines, casn- alties a s a whole decreased 16.5 per cent during 1928 a s compared with 1927. These figures a re shown in the annual statement for 1928 prepared under the direction of H. W. Hudgen, director of accident prevention.

Casualties among all classifications decreased duriiig 1928, but casualties among autoists and trespassem, two classes over which the railroad company has only a remote control, increased, respectively 3.6 per cent and 5.2 per cent.

Among employes the decrease per- centages were: transportation department, 5.8; maintenanceof-way and structures department, 18.7; shops, 29.9: all employes, 20 per cent.

Casualties anlong passengers decreased .6.9 per cent and among 11- censees, 2.3 per cent. Total caslialtiea among non-employes decreased .3 per cent.

Numerically the casualties were a s follows: total killed, 127, a s compared with 123 in 1927; total injured, 4,329, as compared with 5,217 in 1927. Among employes the casualties, numerically, were: 18 killed a s compared with 21 in 1927; 3,492 injured, a s compared with 4,370 in 1927. Among non-employes the casualties, numerically, were: 109 killed, a s compared with 102 in 1927; 837 injured, a s compared with 547 in 1927.

Hamilton, Ontario, where Forster was born seventy years ago.

During his fifty years of railroad service he served in almost every mechanical official position American railroads have to offer, working for the Michigan Central, Grand Trunk, and Santa Fe. He was superintendent of motive power for the Colorado and Southern a t La Junta from 1894 until 1898, and his Frisco service began in 1900 a t Kansas City when he went to work as roundhouse foreman. He was made general foreman the next year when the K . S. F. S. & N. and f i f sco consolidated, and in 1902 he was promoted to master mechanic, the flrst man on Frisco Lines to hold that title. He filled that position until 1924 when H. L. Worman, (whom Forster had given his first job a s a machinist in 1907), promoted him to mechanic inspector in charge of passenger cars.

Mr. Forster resides with his daughter a t 5225 Garfield avenue, Kansas City, 310.

H. C. CONLEY RETIRES Trcteran TraR'ic Official Reaches

Age Limi t J a n u a r y 1

H A R R I S O S C . COXLEY

T HE traffic department of Frisco Lines lost another valuable "old- timer" on January 1, when Harri-

son Clark Conley, better known as "H. C.", assistant general freight agent a t Oklahoma City, reached the 70-year age limit and was plaretl on the pension roll.

Officially credited with 46 years and nine months' service with F'risco Lines, Mr. Conley was one of the most widely-known rail traffic execu- tives in the great Southwest. His retirement from service was the occasion for a large "H. C. Conley party". given by the Frisco Employes' Club of Oklahoma City OII .January 17.

Mr. Conley entered the employ of Frisco Lines on March 22, 1882, a t Joplin, No., a s a car cleaner for the Missouri River-Ft. Scott and Gulf Railroad. He was determined to become a telegrapher, but it was necessary that he accept the car cleaner's job to get on the road's payroll. Shortly thereafter he became a combination car clerk, check clerk and baggage man under Agent W. A. Denis. So multitudinous were his daytime du- lies that the telegraph key remained a s fa r a s ever from realization until he hit upon the idea of handling baggage for the Missouri Pacific night operator, and that gentleman, in return, agreed to "practice" with him on

Reduce Freight c la im Payments $3 1.825 in 1921

N OTWITHSTANDING the splendid record made in the year 192i in , freight loss and damage claim payments, a further reduction wa. , made in 1928, which reflects the excellent operalion and efficirn'

vvorlc of employes, according to John L. McCormack, superintendent Q, freight loss and damage claims.

During the year 1928 the Frisco Railway paid in settlement of frei~~l loss and damage claims $457,825.48 a s compared with $489,369.77 In 19Y. a reduction of $31.54429 or 6.470. I

The highest freight loss and damage claim payments in the histor, of the Frisco Railway were in the year 1921, the period ii~cluding a" 1 immediately following conditlons resulting by and from the World's YJ- Federal control of railroads, etc. In that memorable year, $1,746,1623 were paid account of loss, damage and delay to freight. Following ti disastrous year, a campaign with a view of reducing this enormous drab upon our revenues by remedying conditions and eliminating causes, a ' - inaugurated. Operating conditions were improved, delays and 0th.- causes resuiting in claims were eliminated or materially reduced and tb co-operation and assistance of the employes generally were requested

The result of this campaign in the interest of freight loss and dam age claim prevention,-a decrease of $1,288,336.82 in the year 1925 a compared with 1921,-is one of which the entire Frisco family may t+ proud. While much of the reduction is the result of improvement - motive power, equipment and facilities, no small part of it is attributah'. to the efficient work and loyal support of the rank and file of emplop 1 in the yards, stations, train service, etc.

the key. Thus Conley learned the telegrapher's a r t a t the practice key from seven until eleven o'clock each evening.

In the latter part of October. 1882. ! ~ e went to Girard a s helper, then became relief agent. Then, throughout the years of his Frisco service, came agencies a t BIcCune and Arcadia. Kansas; Lamar and Joplin, Mo.; commercial agent a t Joplin, commercial a ren t a t IVichita, Kans.; division freight agent a t Wichita and a t Ok- lahoma City.

His appointment a s assistant general freight agent a t Oklahoma City was made in 1912.

311. Conley was born October 30, 1858, in Paiusville, Ky., the son of a stock raiser, and received a common school education in his natal city. During his boyhood he aided his father on their farm and his first job, a t 20 years of age, was that of a mln- ing clerk. He married Miss Frances Copes on September 6, 1887, a t AIc- Cune, Kans., and two sons were born to that union, Homer J. and i\Iurray C. The latter is deceased. Mr. and 31rs. Conley reside a t 1107

West 18th Street. Oklahoma City, Okla.

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She: "A penny for your thoughts."

He: "I was thinking of going." Her Father (a t the head of stairs) :

"Give him a dollar, .Jeannette. It's worth it!"

R. N. NASH WEDS R. X. Nash, freight traffic mar=

for Frisco Lines a t St. Louis r od '' Dorothy Peck of Ohicago were gu married a t the home of the hr' parents in Chicago on January I?. ; couple left immediately after thp r,-

mony for a short honeymoon In Antonio, Texas. and returned tn

Couis where they will make home.

CARD OF THANKS We wish to offer our sin, -

thanks to the Officials and r- I ployes of the Western and $I>-'

Western Divisions for the splur,' reception tendered us on the pi . 1 ing of January 17, and hlgheqt preciation of the beautiful and - 1

t I

I 1 1 I C

uable presents given us a1 1'

time. Not only do we appreciab I

gifts, but especially the lib spirit and good will whlch atr-

panied them. It is very grattfy to know that on severing our ar'-

relations with our Fellox N7c'rr: - to whose cheerful and loyal port we largely owe our sup, *

w e carry with us the friend: good will and best wishes (1:

Frisco Family, and we sl$bL each of you a full measure o! cess and happiness.

Sincerely yours, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Conh

zark Apple Orchards Pay Large Dividends, S. C. Pitts Finds

ar Haroest Crops Pay for 463 Acres at Lincoln, Ark. I "Hard Work and Good Advice" the Recipe

I; opplc. ojyljard oird hnrd worl: brtilf this I!niirc )or .C. L'. / ' i l ls nird his nirrc! clrildrerb at I . i ~ ~ o l i r , Ark. I w c t .C. ('. P i l t s

a man who be- could produce ugh to make a and to pay off

.Lhe Osatk territory durinx

xas set Lo about 8,000 Ben Jonathan trees from eight

es, with 280 acres in or- entire total of approxi-

success Is a splendid ex-

ample of what can be done in the Ozarks through perseverance and hard work.

"When I came to the apple belt thirteen gears ago I knew nothing about how to care for an apple or- cbartl," Mr. Pitts said in an interview. "I picked up one of the reports which the Frisco agricultural department issue on the test orchards, and I a t once wrote to D. E. Eicher and he came down and put on two demonstrations. one of pruning and a second one of spraying and general care. 1 have fol- lowed his instructions diligently for thirteen years and the smallest crop I have ever had (excepting the 1921 freeze) was the first year on the farm.

"When I bought this place there were about 8.000 trees from eight to twelve years old occupying about 175 acres. 1 a t once began resetting and planting new orchard which now amounts to about 18,000 or 19,000 trees. Each succeeding year will see about 1.000 new trees bearing Jona- t h a n ~ . Collins Red and Grimes Golden. and I am about the only orchardist around here with Ben Davis trees."

The contrast in the affairs of this man a re indeed great-from an in- debtedness to a sizable bank account: from a n orchard of old poorly-bearing trees, to one of the best commercial orchards in the Ozarks.

.A FRISCO SON ON BUSSES Leonard Barnes is the fourteen-

)ear-old son of H. 0. Barnes, car- in- spector for Frisco Lines a t Vinita, Okla. Leonard's father, like all loyal Frisco fathers, has discussed the bus problem around the family circle. Leonard hecame impressed with the fact that the bus was not fair to ~ t s competitor, the railroad, and he wrote the following theme in connection with his school work:

"Ny question for discussion is. 'Are the Busses Fair to the Rail- roads?' I have chosen this subject because I am particularly interested in it.

"This question is very much discussed among the more important men of today. It is a question whethw the busses will take the place of the railroads.

"Are both of them giving the same to the country? Are they getting the same, or is one unfair to the other?

"To begin with, the railroads were here firsl. They were here and were serving the people long before the busses were thought of. Is it fair that the busses should take the place of this swift and sure means of transportation? 1 think it is not.

"The railroads bought their own land. built their own tracks and bought and kept up their right-of- way.

"The bnsses use public roads and have very little upkeep or expense. They pay very little in taxes, while the railroads' taxes a re large.

"The railroads pay about forty per cent of the cost of building and maintaining our highways for the busses to use. Is that fair?

"Those in favor of the busses may say that railroads a re more danger- ous than busses. That is not true. In rainy and muddy weather, when one takes a bus, he does so a t lhe risk of his or her life. Bus accidents are never much thought of. They are not a s large a s trains.

"Trains a r e far less expensive. Prices will show that. The bus fare from Vinita to Tulsa is four dollars and twenty-five cents. The railroad fare is two dollars and thirty-one cents. That is just about half.

"Railroads a re far faster thau busses. Besides this, they have running water, steam heat, porters, smok- ing cars and Pullmans. All these insure greater comfort than one would find in a small, over-crowclecl bus.

"These reasons should be sufficient to convince anyone that the bosses are unfair to the railroads.

"In closing, I ask you to carefully think about this and I hope your de- cision will coincide with my own."

Making Money for Frisco By J . H . DOGGRELL

Superin tenden t of Transportation

Lines!

URING 1928 Frisco Lines paid foreign railroads a n average of almost $8.000.00 daily or three

million dollars for the year, in per diem, which is the daily rental of one dollar per day for every foreign car on our rails a t midnight. This does not include payments made on private line cars.

I know that every one will be interested in knowing that our average mile per car per day for foreign cars for the first eleven months of 1928, was 62.11, an increase of 4.61 miles per foreign car per day over same

Southern, the Southern accepted car a t St. Louis.

We receive from the T. 0. & E. Ry. numerous foreign cars loaded, destined St. Louis and Kansas City-investigation developed that a large percent- age were cars delivered the T. 0. & E. Ry. by the I(. C. S. and on handling with the K. C. S., securing their home route, we have been successful in delivering the cars a t Kansas City and St. Louis, thereby saving several hundred miles on each car.

W e a re also using this plan in con- ,nection with other railroads.

( JOE MAHANAY HONORED 1

JOSEPH W. 31AHANW

' k YAIO FORU6N LINES P U R \ N ~ \42L, ~3,000,000.00 PCR D I ~ .

IF LRCP TRRlN -YAK)- EN6\FIL-AND JTflTION CHPLOYL i SllYLS TUST ONC (bf l PIT

PUi MONTH DuRWG 1419, W t CAN R f W TUll BILL flPPltOKlt14Tc~Y J,IZSOOO.OO. -

peridd of 1927. We also gained .40 mile per day on system cars.

Almost every employe on this railroad can assist very materially in saving per diem almost every day and I a m enumerating below just a few of the things we a re doing to reduce empty car miles, save'per diem and fuel.

W e have, by short routing cars, saved a s high a s 734 miles on one car, which means that we saved on this one car $12.00 per diem-plus the fuel and cost of handling 18,000 gross ton niiles.

This was accomplished a s f0llows: 'W. L. E. car received Ioaded from t h e T. & I). Ft. Worth, Texas, destined StpLbuis: Fnstead of sending back to

.-Ftt iWorth when empty, we mired the owners fop the home route, they ad- vise& they had delivered to the Big

' ~ F o u ~ , ~ w h o i n turn delivered to South- e r n : ~ on wiridg- the Big Four and

We also have reciprocal arrangements with our direct connections. For example: we have a t Birmingham a Georgia Qr A. C. L. car that routes home to some line a t Memphis, Kan- sas City o r St. Louis. Instead of moving the car away from the owners we deliver to the C. G. A. or some line connecting rvltli the owners, who move the car home-perhaps a distance of 100 miles and take from them a car and handle to the owners, an equal distance, saving the difference, and a t the same time getting the car home. I There a re times when our terminal ahd station people can save a long haul on non-connection forelgn cars by loading them to a connection thak has a direct 'connection with the owners.

To make this clear-say we have a New York Central, Michigan Central or an Erie car a t Wichita, Kansas City o r St. Louis unloading, that routes homp tn a junction four or five

Joseph W. Mahanay, recentlv -. moted to soliciting freight and 28.

ger agent a t Memphis, receird *

other pron~otion outside of Friw cles.

On January 4 he was elected 1'

arch, the highest office Mazda Cr of Memphis could give him. HP I - erly served a s master of cerpmo-

There are 1,400 members ot the " sonic organization in Memphis, r of them Frisco employes. ..

hundred miles away. By loadin: ' car to the Rock Island, C, t E. I ' A., or any line that has a conn. with the owner, when we h a - connection with the owner, th31 cannot return the car to us P C *

lbut must deliver it to the o m p load i t off line.

I believe there are very mar, tional short cuts we can use ! ; rid of foreign cars without h a ' them for home routes and then r ing them several hundred rn~lr. L

I want every one to feel tree t o =- me, making any suggestions you ' or asking any questions. In ' wish every trainmaster, car dl

tor, yard cIerk, yard master, - and others would e v e this F I I I I l ittle thought and discuss it ni.c other and write me of anythr: - develop or wish to have infmr about.

There is no doubt but that a. by the co-operation of all coo^+- ! save many thousands of dollars 1.. diem, this year.

LITE 365 INDUSTRIES New Plants on ~ r i s c o

a in 1928 S11,610,000 industrial department made

tivities for the past lton, industrial com- Louis, 310. The re- three llundred and

ustries were located an increase of twen- previous year. The

umber ninety-six and exten- existing tracks number seven- hich involved an expenditure NO0 on the part of the Frisco ,000.00 on the part of the

handled during the past year t a rental of $8,062.00. a s com- Ith $9,920.00 last year, how- ring the year 333 new leases swance of old leases were

al the more important indus- p a t e plants on Frisco tracks

Montgomery, Ward & Com- Ft. Worth, where approxi- ,000,000.00 was invested ; the Ils at Jasper and Winfleld,

nstructed by the Alabama mpany, and the Aliceville,

n which the Frisco has se- at deal of inbound build-

rial and machinery. id, the Pillsbury Flour Mills erected a large mill and ele- is now preparing to ship in

I machinery to double the

ndustries which warrant spe- ion include the Johnson-Ran- iture plant a t Festus, Mo.; Engineering Company, St. rlnnell Company, St. Louis ; ELer R Conlpany a t Enid; lea BiscuIt Company a t Bir-

Cudaby Packing Company gham; Baxter Chat Com- axter Springs, Kans.; T. J. Company's treating plant a t , Miss.; Linde Air Products Oklahoma City, and leases

nlrersal Carloading and Dis- pompany at Tulsa and Okla-

on lo the above, prospective with a total capital outlay l millions are now being

negotiations for be closed during

trial activities on marked increase

Missouri Governor Appoints "Colonels"

COL. ARTHUR STOEHR

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Two Frisco M e n

COL. J. E. HUTCHISON

A roaique honor was conferred rrboir Frisco Lines and i ts ~ c r ~ o n n e l on Decen&et 23 by Henry S . Caulfield, newly elected governor of Missouri, when he appointed Vice President J . E. Hutchison, an entploye Ar thur Srochr to the rank of Colom4 on his personul s ta f f .

V ice Presiderzt Hutchisms hm been a personal friend of Gov. Caulfield's for years. &ir. Stoehr, aa employe of the arcou~zting department i n S t . Louis was activa in the Calclfield cantpaign. H e has also attained civic prombtence i n S t . Louis by his ~rlnnbershib on the Citizens' Bond Subervisory Comnrittce.

Both o f the newly mode "Colonels" dorrned their newly made uniforms nnd took part in the elaborate inauguration cerc~rrotrits nt Jefferson City, Mo. on Jumary 14.

T h e Frisco photographer caught t hem just prior to the ceremony, nnd the photo- grnphs accomparrying show Colonel Hutchison and Colonel Stoehr in " fu l l regi- mentals".

OKMULGEE EMPLOYES SEND GREETINGS

Under the leadership of G. A. Brun- didge, general agent a t Okmulgee, Oltla., employes of that thriving southwestern city broadcast attractive Christmas cards to friends and patrons of Frisco Lines in their territory during the recent holiday season.

The cards were attractively printed in two colors with the usual picture of "Santa Claus" and the greeting "Merry Christmas", and contained the following sentiment: "The spirit of the Seasorc prompts i4s to

wish you increased happiness and prosperity the co)r~i,tg year.

" J lny your brrsincss dealings with others be as pleasant as ours huve been wi th

~ 0 1 b . ' '

A Frisco Lines insignia in red and white appears a t the bottom of the card.

President Kurn forwarded the card to the Magazine department with a

RAILWAY BOWLERS COMPETE

Frisco bowlers a re entitled to enter the eighth annual tournament of t h e American Railway Bowling Assocla- tion, to s tar t March 23, 1929, a t the Bensinger-Congress Alleys, Cbicago. E. W. Hampton, secretary, 6034 Stony Island Avenue, Chicago, will be g!ad to supply information. Entry blanks a re ready and entries close March 4.

Starting in 1922 with the entry of 134 flve-men teams, this tournament has grown to be the world's largest sporting event solely for railroad men, The prize list is very liberal and so arranged that the bowler with a small average has a chance to be among the winners.

note of commendation for the loyalty which prompted enployes to print and distribute the cards.

SNYDER M A D E TRAFFIC MGR. Addi t iona l Traf f ic D e p a r t m e n t

Changes A n n o u n c e d D u r i n g J a n u a r y

H G. SNYDER, formerly agent a t Seventh Street Freight Station, St. Louis, and later special

representative of the general manager's office a t Springfield, was appointed traffic manager for Frisco Lines a t Oklahoma City, effective January 1, S. S. Butler, general traffic manager, announced.

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HUGH G . SNYDER

Mr. Snyder has made the following Oklahoma City appointments: L. W. Price, formerly d i v l s i o ~ ~ passenger agent, becomes general agent; M. G. Buffington, commercial agent, becomes assistaut general agent; R. 0 . Hopkins, city passenger agent, becomes assistant general agent; R. F. Hughes, traveling f r e i a t agent, becomes traveling freight and passenger agent and J. L. Douglas, traveling passenger agent becomes traveling freight and passenger agent. The men assumed their new duties Jan- uary 1.

D. F. SIcDonough, traffic manager for Frisco Lines at Birmingham, in a bulletin issued January 1, made the following appointments:

J. C. Nidyette, formerly district freight and passenger agent a t Jack- sonville, Fla., was made general agent a t that point; H. I?. Stender, formerly traveling freight and passeliger agent out of Birmingham, will serve in that same capacity out of Jacksonville; C. E. Bowen, chief clerk in the traffic department a t Birmingham. succeeds Mr. Stender.

The promotions were lnade Pollow- ing the resignation, January 1, of C. C. Mosley, formerly general agent a t Jacksonville.

F o r Mer i tor ious Sertlice N O R T H E R N DIV IS ION

Superintendent W. H. Bevans reports the fo!lowing cases of merftn:, service:

L. A. Heinrich. conductor. and S. V. Frye, brakeman, both ol Port .C kktns., noticed and reported a broken rail as their caboose passed over it T personal record of each man has been credited with ten merit marks.

Cecil Lynch, brakeman, Fort Scott, Kan., discovered and tied up \hvr, would do no damage, an iron brace that was projecting from a car of 5 r . iron. The brace had knocked down four switch lamps at Quapaw be for^ ". Lynch discovered the projecting brace at Bnxter. He has been commendl-'

P. L. Anderson, brakeman, Fort Scott, ]<an., discovered a broken arch' on an empty tank car and had the car set out. His personal record ha< 1 8 . credited with five merit marks.

G. M. Christy, conductor; J. J. Galyon and Lyman Harbin, brakemw - 31. Galloway, engineer, and George Archer, fireman, all of Neodesha, Kan.. .it

J. W. Miller, conductor on extra west, advised them that there was brokm - a; MP 497-4, took their train, 334 to that point. found about nine Inches of r broken out a t a joint, found the piece of rail down the fill, wedged It i n 1'

track with track spike and a wooden wedge and proceeded with their irA

which was not delayed more than ten minutes. The personal record of c . of these men, including Conductor Miller, has been credited with five n: - marks.

RIVER DIVISION Superintendent J. 4. Moran reports the tollowing cases of meriton

service : W. E. Dailey, section foreman; A. 31. Orlee, section foreman. and F 't

Schumacher, agent, all of Hayti, Mo., assisted in putting out a fire in rlw - in a Frisco freight car. They have been commended.

Glen11 Young, brakeman, has been commended for discovering and nil . conductor's attention to sharp flange on a Frisco freight car. Nr. Young. a brakeman on passenger tiain 801 a t the time. Mr. Young has been cornme?'

T. Y. Adkins, section foreman, and Dennis Rodgers, John Rodg~rc 2'

Hiram Robinson section laborers, have been commended for interest shoan' them in connection with a fire a t Benton, Mo.

C E N T R A L D IV IS ION Superintendent S. T. Cantrell reports the following cases of meritn:.

service: R. T. Lewis, conductor; J. Brodbeck and C. J. Southern, brakemen, E

been commended for reloading ties which had shifted on a car. A. K. Smith, conductor, and E. Milburn and J. E. Hammons, brakemen b-

been commended for service they rendered by handling train 751 short hin when the engineer became ill. One of the brakemen Ared the engine.

D. W. Wright, brakeman, fired a n engine when the englneer becam on the .line. The personal record of Mr. Wright has been credited with * - merit marks.

H. C. Rotherum discovered a broken wheel. His personal record ha^ credited with five merit marks.

B. J. Mooney, brakeman, discovered a broken wheel. His per9ond rr - has been credited with ten merit marks.

R. RI. Clark. agent, has been commended for co-operation given the V'. ern Union Telegraph Company in delivering a death message to the irl - town of Muse. Okla.

EASTERN DIVISION Superintendent E. L. JIagers reports the following cases of merim

service : A. W. Sigler, conductor, and T. B. Holder and H. W. Balldock, bra!+.

pumped and carried water to engine 662, when this engine was stuck in .r . two miles north of Raymore, Mo., January 5, which permitted keeping l h ) gine with steam up during the time it was standing and saved consid+-6 time in opening up the track. These men have been commended.

H. C. Franklin, brakeman, Springfield, Mo., went down into the water I . At Wishart, Mo., on a very cold day and removed from under the valre an struction which had almost emptied the tank. He has been commended.

B I R M I N G H A M T E R M I N A L S Superintendent J. W. Skaggs reports the following cases of meritor'

(Coir t i~rurd otr ,Vc.~-t I'agr)

'Con!imced f rom Paqe 20)

ue yard, brought the block to the Thomas, Ala., roundhouse and

d it over to the roundhouse fore-

!I. Anthony, switchman, discov- n partly-loaded freight car mov-

a3 an empty. His personal record hcen credlted with five merit

WESTERN DIVISION

intendent W. R. Brown reports lowing cases of meritorious

rd Halton, brakeman, Enid,

a broken rail in a yard track a t rt. He ha^ been commended.

ctor. Enid, has extraordinary to give assist- ho became ill. medicine and

that person, via Frisco to St. The paRsenger was going to

ark. N. Y. Mr. Pitts has been

TULSA TERMINALS

!* merit marks. nip Lockhart, switchman, when I I ~ to switch oil, Pound oil boil- * of pipes and reported this con-

e Winters, engine foreman; I,. engineer; W. W. Manning,

van; H. B. Bankston, switch-

en credited with five merit

~ A C K S O N V I LLE EIVISION.

Superintendent's Office,

Roodhouse, January zoth, 1880.

Mr. J. E HUTCHINSON is appointed Assistant Train

Dispatcher of the Jacksonville Division.

T. M. BATES,

Superintendent Jacksonville Division,

Approved :

C. H. CHAPPELL,

Ass? Genll Superintendent.

Forty-nine years ago the twentieth of January, a young operating en~ploye of the Chicago and Alton railroad viewed proudly the circular announcing his first "official" position. That employe, J. E. Hutchison, just promoted from

operator to assistant train-dispatcher (which meant trainmaster), then picked up his pen and wrote the "73 Old Pard" which yon see a t the bottom of the announcement printed herewith, and sent it to his old friend H. E. Lamb, a former C. and A. employe who had left the service a short time before to work tor the Great Northern.

Forty-nine years passed and J. E. Hutchison had become vice president in charge of operations of Frisco Lines.

Up in Minnesota H. E. Lamb saw mention of his ilame in press dispatches. Digging up bhe ancient circular he sent i t back to Mr. Hntchison with this sentiment across the top: "The 'old pard' congratulates you upon having weathered so many years of service, and wishes for you good health, happiness and continued prosperity in the forty-ninth year since this appointment."

OPEN POPLAR BLUFF DEPOT N e w $100,000 Building Dedica ted

a t Ceremonies D e c e m b e r 28

E VlNCISG great interest in the Frisco's newly con s t r u c t e d depot, nearly 1,500 citizens and

Frisco employes of Poplar Bluff, Mo., attended the dedication ceremonies held December 2s in the new structure. The building was completed Christmas week, a t an estimated cost of $100,000.

The baggage room was gaily decorated in holiday trimmings and a n improvised platform a t the south end served to accon~modate the speakers and the orchestra.

Geo. H. Windsor, division freight and passenger agent a t that point, arranged the varied and interesting I,rogram, while L. A. Gibson, president of the Frisco Employes' Club of that city, introduced the numbers. The entire expense of the program, which included the orchestra, was paid by the Club.

Mr. Gibson introduced the first speaker of the eveniiig, J. A. Noran. superintendent of the River division. who formally presented the station to the Mayor. In his remarks. Mr. Mo- ran outlined the story of the building of the structure, from the time ground was broken, until its completion, and emphasized the hearty support which the citizens had given to the railway officials. Mayor J. W. Berryman accepted the station in the name of the people of Poplar Bluff and assured the Frisco officials of his desire to co- operate in any way that either he or the city could in furthering Frisco interests.

Dr. C. B. Coleman, vice-president of the Chamber of Commerce. voiced the sentiments of members of that body and tendered congratulations to the Frisco on the new edifice.

Mrs. Claude Marshall furnished a delightful vocal solo, accoinpanied on the piano by Mrs. B. K. Flanery, both well known in musical circles of Poplar Bluff. Miss filartlia Moore, as- sociate editor of the Prisco dIaga-itu. expressed the congratulations of the dfngaci,~e and publicity departments, and concluded her remarks with two readings.

W. B. Wells, assistant traffic manager, and .J. C. Lovrien, assistant general passenger agelit, both of St. Louis, offered the congratulations of officers of St. Louis to the people of Poplar Bluff.

H. E. Johnson, a n employe of the old Frisco a t Poplar Bluff when it was known a s the Missouri Southern t ,4rkansas, gave a bit of interesting history about old times. He has many friends in Poplar Bluff and was a n

J . T. FITE PROMOTED The retirement of JO& Forster,

mechanical inspector, and former master mechanic of Frisco Lines a t Kansas City, brought about several changes, effective January 1.

J. T. FITE

Mr. J. T. Fite, who for the last fourteen years has been serving Frisco Lines a s general foreman, passenger car department a t Springfield. succeeded Mr. Forster a s mechanical inspector.

John Hayes who served under Mr. Fite a s foreman, took his place. Mr. Hayes has been inspecting the Fris- co's new ecluipment which has been built in eastern plants.

H. E. Bader, who has served Frisco Lines for a number of years took Mr. Hayes' place.

honor guest on the speakers' platform.

Following the program, the guests danced on the newly waxed baggage platform.

Carnations, donated by the publicity department of Frisco Lines of St. L,ouis, were distributed a t the door. A radio, installed for the occasion by the Dalton-Baldwin Company of that city, furnished music in the waiting room.

The station is of the latest modern design of Spanish Mission architec- ture. The interior is beautifully finished in oak, with waiting room ac- commodations of the latest devices. The station was formally opened for passenger service a t 2:00 p, m., De- cember 29, and the freight station was opened for business on Monday, De- cember 31.

Representatives of the road, present a t the celebration, included the following: J. A. Moran, superintend- en t ; Earl E. Nixon, master mechanic;

1 IN THE FRISCO HOSPITAL I 1

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Joe Hipp .................... Wheatland, Okl? George Barney ........ Pleasanton, Ka::.

.................... George Morie Chaffee, hl12 Walter Stamper ............ Memghis, Teno. James Davis .................. Oswego, Knn: Wm. Sprohs ................ Springfield, :I!. W. S. O'Brien ............ Springfield, !#I Cloud Dougherty ................ Chaffee, ::I E. G. Sperry .................. Ft. Smith, M Walter Hazen ................ St. Louis, John Daly ........................ St. Iauis, :I. Clarence Ellison ........ Ravenden, A- R. A. Gerard ................ Kansas City, 1:' C. E. Kenny .......................... Enid, Fib Triphon Mortier ........ Kansas City, !.l Joe Russell ........................ St. Louis. Sk Dave Wilson .................... Newburg, !:,> J . A. Beck ...................... ..... Thayer, :#I

............ d. J. Harrington Jonesboro, A i l . George McGregor .... Kansas City, :Ig# Dana Fields ............................ Enid, Ck!: James E. Poe .................. St. Louis, 1!- John Ottley ........................ Olathe, Kar: R. B. McClain ........;... Kansas City, ':' Edw. Frashe ............ Birmingham, .; : G. B. Bedwell ............ Kansas City, !? I Robt. Collett S t Louis. :: I ....................

The follo'~ving list conl~i~rt thr tuznws o f pntieirbs cotlfiized in 1,: Frisco Employes' Hospital t11 St. Louis as o f January 15, 1929. Thq will be olad to hear front t h i r f r imds :

' I W. E. Dold .................... Memphis, Ti:- Jas. McGuire .................. Aahdown, hi Claude Moore &burg, ;I' d ................... W. A. West ........... Enid, 0::: P ................. G. W. Buckalew ........... .Memphis, Tu:: a A. J. Maulding Seneca, "-

11 ...................... Ivan C. Cassil Ft. Scott, Ew

b ................ tl

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J . A. Barrett, road foreman of e5:. ment ; J. W. Claiborne, assistant SI:: . intendent; F. W. Reick, roadma~1.- E. L. Brand, division engineer; (;, ,,, Fowler, general car foreman; W, i' d4 Pryor, general water service t:- ,I( man, and Paul Krueger, secretar; '

Mr. Moran, all of Chaffee; W. ' ,, Wells, assistant traffic managpr, ' . lhl C. Stephens, architect; J. C. L m - ,,, assistant general passenger 2 : . w, and Miss Martha Moore, all rr! n, Louis. - r b

1 JOHNSON HEADS KIUrAl!!' Im H. W. Johnson, car accounlar

Frisco Lines a t Springfleld was h l v . Ian ed on the night of January 11 vh,;r: HP was installed a s the newly ti+ In' president of the Kiwanis Clri~ dtr

Springfield, 310. 3br I ar I

The Kiwanis Club is one of lhr ' + .

ing civic clubs of that city with 3- ! . I- tive membership of 125 and ; 1 luncheons weekly. I

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[SCO DAY" AT JOPLIN i e Traffic C l u b Honors the I Lines at Banquet, Jan. 15. TCIALS of Frisco Lines were uesb of honor a t the "Frisco lay" banquet of the Tri-State Club, given a t the Connor Ho- ~lln, the night of January 15. Ian 300 representatives of rail- hippers and other business in- attended. Co-operating with

b In the event were the Joplin ,r of Commerce and the Trf- and and Zinc Ore Producers' rloo. id S. Butler, St. Louis, general manager, was the principal : J. R. Koonta, vice-president, and J. E. Hutchison, vice-

nt, operation, both of St. Louis. lliered addresses. htler declared that the "solu- all traffic problems lies in a

understanding of them." H e pwt: traffic clubs of this country

Ins more to bring the public. sl and railroads together than her agency I can name. The u of the shippers and the rail- md of the public, for that mat- 8 Identical and through this ro-npwative effort represented ~Ight by your association the Irlntbn problems of this nation per solution than ever before. I mpn are more familiar with Ibject of transportation and I conditions and needs than any ypanltation. . You have studied tdral phase or your business. I

at the crystallized view of a b, or a group of traffic clubs, atter concerned with nation- odrtion problems, should be rrect and very valuable.

Is r country of vast distances. 3 but few water transporta- iea; we are almost wholly

t upon railroad transporta- that is the case, the rail- rank as a vital factor in

.a1 prosperity and every- do toward bettering rail

!!on and alding it to flnd evels of service is a service o yourself and the public of

Ident Koontz voiced a plea itlon of the railroads and PTB aB major contflbuting ward American prosperity. !tention to the "masters of ion," ploneer leadere in the t of the nation, and urged of considering railroading don requiring its own pe- u!es of skill and training. ent Hutchieon spoke of

~ d e r which railroads la-

PENSACOLA GREAT FISH CENTER

A Ash industry of large proportions may be found a t the Frisco's port city, Pensacola.

According to present records the investment in boats, packing houses, buildings and equipment is more than $1,000,000, and approximateIy ten million pounds of flsh a r e sent from Pen- sacola to markets throughout the entire Unlted States.

Pensacola Bay Is ow of the few ports in the world Irom which red snapper may be flshed. A fleet of about fllty schoone~s carrylng a crew of from elght to ten men go to the famous Campeachee banks on regular schedule from Pensacola, and after f ishhg for approximately three weeks bring back carefully preserved car- goes caught from water as much as 600 feet deep.

Red snapper fish a r e shipped in great quantities to San Francisco, where they a r e byght for Japanese religious feasts whicfi require this kind of flsh.

Mullet, grouper, Spanish mackerel, pompano, blue flsh, flounder, carvelle, porgies and a few "red flsh" a r e among the other varieties found and handled in varying quantities. Shrimp are plentiful, but no effort has been made to stabilize this industry.

bor a t the present time, instancing bus and truck competition, with railways paying taxes which help build and maintain highways over which their bus and their truck competitors operate; waterways competition and the inability of railroads to curtail service in proportion to their decrease in passenger traffic.

Scott A. Fones, club president, was toa&master and introduced local and district officials of the Frisco to open the program. H e then turned the gavel over to T. J. Franks, former Frisco official, who introduced the guests of honor a t the speakers' table and the speakers in turn. The Amer- ican Legion quartet, of Miami, Okla.. was well received in a program of vocal numbers during the dinner.

Besides a great many Frisco officers, representatives of the following railroads rrere present: Santa Fe, Mis- souri Pacific, Kansas City Southern, Missouri-Kansas-Texas, Kansas, Okla- homa and Gulf, Pennsylvania, North- east Olrlahoma, Southwest Missouri, Baltimore & Ohio, New York Central, Chesapeake & Ohio, Southern Paciflc, Chicago & Alton, Texas & Paciflc and the Seaboard Airline.

J. M. Kurn, St. Louis, president of the FWECO, was prevented by a slight illness from fulfilling his engagement to attend the banquet.

C. 0. M c C A I N PROMOTED Succeeds W. C. S m i t h As Freight

Agent a t Springfield Jan. 1

C . 0. McCAIN, formerly general agent a t Ft. Scott, Kans., arrived in Springfield January 1 to as-

sume his duties as freight agent a t Springfield, succeeding W. C. Smith, who was retired on pension December 31. E. A. Miller of Blackwell, Okla., succeeded Mr. McCain a t Ft. Scott.

Mr. McCain's flrst job was aa bob- bin boy in a woolen mill a t Carthage, Mo. In 1901 he landed at Bourbon with his savings of $85.00 in his pocket and started to work a s janitor in the F'risco station and also got a chance to study telegraphy after working all day. In about three months the agent was transferred to Sullivan, but Mr. McCain remained, doing a great deal of the station work and finally after a few months was assigned a salary of $10.00 a month.

In 1902 he was called to St. Louis, examined and given the position of night operator a t Valley Park. H e also worked as extra operator a t Pa- cific, Cuba and Sullivan. H e was transferred to Newburg in 1906 and then to Marshfleld where he remained for three years.

From there he was sent to Lebanon where he remained thirteen years and in 1923 was transferred to Paris. Texas, a s joint agent for the Frisco and Santa Fe. On December 1, 1926, he was transferred to Ft. Scott a s general agent.

Willie: Pop, what do they mean by "the quick, o r the dead"?

Father (absentmindedly) : Automo- bilists and pedestrians, m j boy!

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View of Recently Completed Station at Poplar Bluj

AGENCY CHANGES W. H. Cole installed permanent

agent a t Blue Springs, Miss., Jan. 10. F. J. McEneny installed permanent

agent, St. Louis Milk Account, vice R. J. Knoll, January 7.

H. A. Johnson installed permanent agent a t McNab, Ark., January 5.

J. J. Corum installed permanent agent a t Troy, Okla., January 3.

C. E. Schofield appointed permanent agent a t Blackwell, January 2.

E. A. Miller installed permanent agent a t Fort Scott, January 2.

W. L. Moffitt installed permanent agent a t Hickory Flat, miss.. Jan. 2.

C. 0. McCain appointed permanent freight agent a t Springfield, Mo., effective January 1.

I. S. Watson installed permanent agent a t White Oak, Okla., Dec. 31.

Netherlands, 310.. closed a s a freight agency and W. B. Thompson installed a s ticket agent, December 31.

J. A. Miller installed permanent agent a t Webb City, Mo., effective December 31.

Ticket agency opened a t Fountain, Ala. and W. 0. Powe installed a s freight and ticket agent, effective De- cember 29.

F. R. Payne installed temporary agent a t St. Paul, Ark., December 28.

T. E. O'Bar installed temporary agent a t Neely's, No., December 28.

Ticket agency established a t Hux- ford, Ala., effective December 28. Freight agency was already established.

H. S. Miller assumed temporary charge of Columbus, Kans., agency, December 27.

Ticket agency established a t hlus- cogee, Ala., December 27.

R. E. Maffett installed permanent vice R. E. Nichols, acting area! agent a t Haverhill, Kan., December 26. ~~~~~b~~ lo.

R. E. Nichols relieved B. E. Foster a s agent a t Phillipsburg, Mo., Decem- H. J'

ber 19. Mr. Nichols will act a s agent a t Phillipsburg until permanent agent G . E. Stratton installed pm is assigned for that place.

Frisco Employes' Hospital Association (t Reeelpin nod Dlnboraementa alter Yelbtember 30, 1D28. through December 31. #

..................................... Balance b r o u g h t f o r w a r d Prom September 30, 1925 .!i'

RECEIPTS: ........................................... F r o m assessments on members , . . $54,295.40

...................................... " in te res t on dai ly balances in bank 42.4i

........................................ '" in te res t o n secur i t i es in T r e a s u r y 3.185.00 ............................................. " donation b y St. L.-S. F. Ry. Co 125.00

" s u n d r y accounts collectible ..................................................... 1,314.56 " proceeds a t matur i ty , Oct. 1, 1928, of $3,000, Illinois

Centra!. Rd. Co., 4 ? 4 % Equipt . T r u s t CertiHcates, Ser ies L" .................................................................................. 3,000.00 " proceeds sa le o_f $6,000, p a r va lue New York Cent ra l Rd. ,o., 4 % % Equipt . T r u s t Notes of 1917. (due J a n . 1, 1929), on Nov. 2. 1928. a t 99% ................................................................... $5,986.00 l ess commission .............................................. 6.00

$5,979.00 accrued in te res t J u l y 1, 1928, to Xov. 2,

............................................ 1928, 4 m o n t h s 1 day 90.75 6,069.75 :&

DISBURSEMENTS: F,pr 11ayrolls .............................................................................................. $27,451.17

.................. professional , o rd inary a n d emergency services 17.791.11 .................. .............................. " labor, mater ia l a n d supplies ... 6,395.96

......................................................................................... " provisions 7,706.60 .................................................................................................. " d r u g s 6,219.11

" l igh t , water , ice, gas , fue l and telephone .................... " a l l o t h e r expenses ...................................................................... 1,172.43 V . ,

Balance December 31. 1928, p. m.. a t : F i r s t National Bank, St. Louis, N o ......................................................

*Subject t o $363.36 of pay-draf t s a n d voucher-drafts , outstanding u t close of business December 31, 1928.

(Concluded on next jnge)

:. SMITH PENSIONED Known Springfield Agent

Retires Jan. 1 December 31, 1928, W. C. nith, one of t h e b e s t k n o w n en on Frisco Lines today a n d he oldest in point of se rv ice , service of h i s ra i l road com- pause or the seventy-year r u l e Irerns the service of employes .

Inst position w a s a s local agent at Springfield, b u t he his Eret s e n i c e w i t h t h e F r i s - ~rldly ea ir he had only e n t e r - aploy yesterday. H e h a d b e e n ~ h w , chief clerk a n d c a s h i e r h s o u r i Pacific Railroad, b u t reap books for a St . Louis busi- 11se. When he w a s offered t h e , o l cashier of t h e f re igh t s t a - Frisco Lines a t P a r i s , T e x a s , ,pled, and In 1887 assunled h i s ha with the Frisco.

Hmb was rapid, a n d o n J a n u a r y , Ihe was freight a n d t icke t iParis. From t h a t posi t ion he $ Springfield, October 15, 1892, pn his long term of thir ty-six mice at that point.

~i lroad game is h a r d e r t h a n rna before", he said, "and t h e y more of yo& than they used to. br has been such a b ig c h a n g e n y the people feel toward t h e I now, than In old days. Now ale city is friendly toward t h e

:Smith recalls t imes of l o n g rl how the city of Springfield ke than doubled i t s populat ion. pm were run on s o m e of t h e j l ina when he first c a m e to

i and 1898 saw the first of t h e ollices of the Fr i sco b e i n g

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FRlSCO EMPLOYES' HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION ( C o h t r t e d f r o m preceding Page)

T H E ASSOCIATION OWNS: P a r Value

Balt imore & Ohio Rd. Co. 5 % Equipment T r u s t Certificates of 1 9 2 3 ( m a t u r e Feb . 1, 1 9 2 9 ) ..................................................... $ 2,000.UO

St. L.-S. F . Ry. Co. 4 3 4 % Equipment T r u s t Certificates, Series BB. ( m a t u r e Feb . 15. 1 9 2 9 ) ... : .................................................... 10 ,000 .00

St. Louis Southwes te rn Ry. Co. Equipment T r u s t 5 % Kotes. Series J. ( m a t u r e March 1. 1 9 2 9 ) ............................................................ 4.000.00

Pennsylvania R. R. Co. Equipment T r u s t 5 % Gold Kotes, Series B ( m a t u r e April 1. 1 9 2 9 ) ............................................................ 7 ,000 .00

St. Louis Br idge Co. 1s t Mor tgage 7 % Bonds ( m a t u r e April 1, 1 9 2 9 ) ................................................................................ 10.000.00

Cincinnati , New Orleans & Texas Pacific Ry. 5 % Equipment T r u s t Certificates, Series G ( m a t u r e April 1. 1 9 2 9 ) ........................ 3 ,000 .00

Southern Pacific Co. 6 % Equipment T r u s t Certificates. Series G ( m a t u r e May 1. 1 9 2 9 ) ................................................................................ 5 .000 .00

Balt imore 62 Ohlo Rd. Co. 5 % Equipment T r u s t Certificates of 1 9 2 2 ( m a t u r e Aug. 1. 1 9 2 9 ) ................................................................ 1.000.00

New York Cent ra l L ines 41h% Equipment T r u s t Notes of 1 9 2 2 ( m a t u r e Sel?t. 1, 1 9 2 9 ) .............................................................. 4.000.00

St. Louis Southwes te rn Ry. Co. Equipment T r u s t 5 % Notes. Series J ( m a t u r e S e ~ t . 1. 11129) ................................................................ 4.000.00

New York Cent ra l Lines 4 % % Equipment T r u s t Xotes of 1924 ( m a t u r e Sent. 15. 1 9 2 9 ) ............................................................ 6.000.00

Pennsylvania R. R . ('0. Efluinment T r u s t 4 % % Notes. Series C ( m a t u r e Oct. 1. 1 9 2 9 ) ............................................................. 2.000.00

K a n s a s City Ji XIemphis Ry. Sr Bridge Co. 1s t J l tge . 5 % Bonds ( m a t u r e Oct. 1. 1 9 2 9 ) ................................................................................... 5 ,000 .00

Illinois Cent ra l Rd. Co. 459% Equipment T r u s t Certificates Series N ( m a t u r e Oct. 1. 1 9 2 9 ) ............................................................. 14.000.00

I l l inois Cent ra l Rd. Co. 4 1/2 % Equipment T r u s t Certificates. Series L ( m a t u r e Oct. 1, 192 ! ) ) .......................................................... 2 ,000 .00

Balt imore & Ohio Rd. Co. 5 % Equipment T r u s t Certificates. Series A ( m a t u r e Dec. 1, 1 9 2 9 ) ................................................................ 2.000.00

\%'abash R a i l w a y Company 4 3 4 % Equipment T r u s t Certificates. Series F ( m a t u r e Dec. 1. 1 9 2 9 ) ............................................................... 5 .000 .00

Canadian National Rys. 4 l h % Guaranteed Gold Bonds ( m a t u r e Feb. 15, 1 9 3 0 ) ................................................................................ 10 .000 .00

St. L.-S. F. Ry. Co. 4 H % Equipment T r u s t Certificates. Series BB ( m a t u r e Feb. 15. 1 9 3 0 ) .......................................................... 10 ,000 .00

Pennsylvania Rd. 5 % General Equipment T r u s t Certificates. Series "B". (Mature April 1. 1 9 3 0 ) ........................................................ 5.000.00

New P o r k Cent ra l L ines 4 1 h % Equipment T r u s t Certificates of 1 9 2 5 ( m a t u r e May 15 , 1 9 3 0 ) ................................................................ 10 .000 .00

Receiver's, Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry.. 6 % Equipment ........................ T r u s t Certificates. Series D ( m a t u r e Aug. 1. 1 9 3 0 ) 9 .000 .00

Edlson Elec t r ic I l lumina t ing Company ef Boston. 3-year 4 l h % ........................................................ Gold Notes (Mature Nov. 1. 1 9 3 0 ) 5 .000 .00

St. Louis-San Franc isco R a i l w a y Company 6 % Equipment T r u s t ................................ Notes, Serles 7 1 - D ( m a t u r e J a n u a r y 15 , 1 9 3 1 ) 1 ,000 .00

St. Louls-San Franc isco Ral lway Company 6 % Equlpment T r u s t ................................... Notes, Series 71- IT ( m a t u r e J a n u a r v 15 , 1 9 3 1 ) 9 ,000.00

St. L. & S. F. Ry. Co.. General Mtg. 6% Gold Bonds ( m a t u r e ................................................................................................ J u l y 1. 1 9 3 1 ) 4 ,000 .00

Middle W e s t Uti l i t ies Co. 6 3 4 % Serial Gold Notes ( m a t u r e Augus t 1. 1 9 3 1 ) ........................................................................................... 7 ,000 .00

C. R. I. & P. Ry. Co. 5 % Equip t . T r u s t Certificates, Series M ............................................................................... ( m a t u r e April 1 , 1 9 3 2 ) 5 ,000 .00

C. R. I. & P. Ry. Co. 6 % EauiDt. T r u s t Certificates, Series L ( m a t u r e J u n e 1 , 1 9 3 2 ) ................................................................................ 2 ,000 .00

St. L.-S. F. Ry. Co. Equipment T r u s t 5 % Gold Notes. ............................................................ Series AA ( m a t u r e S e ~ t . 1. 1 9 3 2 ) 6 ,000 .00

Chicago. Rock I s land and Pacific R a l l w a v Co.. 4 3 4 % Equlpment ........................ T r u s t Certificates, Series 0, ( m a t u r e J u l y 1 , 1 9 3 3 ) 20 ,000 .00

St. L.-S. F. Ry. Co. Equipment T r u s t 6 % Certificates. ............................................. Series AA ( m a t u r e Segt. 1. 1 9 3 3 ) 10 .000 .00

K a n s a s City, Memphis a n d Bi rmingham R. R. Co., Genera l ................................... M o r t a a a e 4 % Bonds ( m a t u r e March 1 , 1 9 3 4 ) 5 ,000 .00

St. L.-S. F. Ry. Co. Equipment T r u s t 6 % Gold Notes, .................................................... Series 7 1 - C ( m a t u r e J a n . 15. 1 9 3 5 ) 10 .000 .00

U. S. F o u r t h Liber ty Loan 4 % % Bonds ............................................................ ( m a t u r e Oct. 1 5 . 1 9 3 8 ) 3.5.000.00

U. S. F i r s t L iber ty Loan (Converted) 4 % % Bonds ....................................................................... ( m a t u r e J u n e 15 . 1 9 4 7 ) 15 .000 .00

St. L.-S. F. Ry. Co. P r i o r Lien 4 % Bonds, Series 4 ................................................................................ ( m a t u r e J u l y 1 , 1 9 5 0 ) 1 4 . 0 0 0 . 0 0

St. Louis-San Franc isco R a i l w a y Company Consol. BItgs. 4 % % ................................ Gold Bonds. Series "A" ( m a t u r e March 1 , 1 9 7 8 ) 25 ,000 .00

(As a t close December 31. 1 9 2 8 )

St. Louis, 310.. J a n u a r y 3. 1 9 2 9 .

....................... $303 .000 .00

F. H. HAMILTOX. Treasurer .

moved i n t o t h e old O z a r k hotel , w h e r e w o r k h e could a w a y s b e fouiid beaut i - t h e y r e m a i n e d unt i l t h e p r e s e n t F r i s c o fy ing t h e yard . bu i ld ing w a s e rec ted . Mr. a n d Mrs. S m i t h h a v e g o n e to

H i s h o m e i s h i s hobby, a n d t h e b a c k C a l i f o r n i a f o r a v a c a t i o n unt i l Apri l . y a r d is a g a r d e n of roses . He has He confided t h a t h e w a s c o m i n g home lived at 1889 N o r t h G r a n t S t r e e t for i n Apr i l t o meet wi th t h e F r i s c o vet- thir ty-six y e a r s a n d w h e n n o t a t h i s e r a n s a g a i n a t t h e i r a n n u a l meet ing .

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t i c on f n l bo;

W ILLIAM HIRAM MEAD, locomotive engineer, Northern Di- vision, was retired from active

service November 1, 1928, due t o his having reached the age limit. He was born November 1, 1858, a t New Or- leans, and educated in the schools in Kansas City, : Kans. His father ! was a professor in .. a N e w Orleans school. At the age 3f 17 h e began work in a real estate and insurance offlce. He se'rved his railroad appren- W. H, sfEAD ticeship in the mechanical department of the K. P. Rail- way a t Amstrong, Kans., and later

. served the Uiiion Paciflc a t Omaha a s a brakeman. He came with Frisco Lines in August, 1883, braking on passenger between Kansas City and Springfleld and was promoted to engineer a t Kansas City, October, 1'888, where he served, out of Kansas City and the surrounding territory until his retirement. In February, 1889, he was married t o Ellen Kirkbride of Kansas City and to them were born two children, one of them deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Mead reside a t 805 N. 9th St., Kansas City, Kans. Continu- ous service of 43 years and 11 months entitled him to a pension allowance of $93.85 a month, effective from De- cember 1, 1928.

THOMAS WASHINGTON GRIFFIN, locomotive engineer, Southwestern Division, was retired from active service on Septem- ber 1, 1928, due to total disability. He was 64 years of age, born March 14. 1864, a t Mascou- tah, 111. His father was a fanner and the son attended the schools of New- '

ton County, Mo. 1

At the age of 15 he hired out a s a farm hand. H e be- T. W, GRIFFIN gan h i s Frisco service in September, 1887, as a fire knocker a t Peirce City, Mo. H e was

aiiir Frisco Lines veteran en~ployes wilh combined service of 281 years and four months, were retired and placed on the Pet~sion Roll at t h meeting o f the Board of Pensions, held December 14, 1928, at the St. Louis general office.

transferred to Monett and was promoted to the position of fireman in 1890, and worked between Neodesha. Kans., and Monett. He was promoted to the position of engineer in 1895. and ran out of Monett. H e was married to Rosie Courtney of Barry County, Mo., and t o them were born three boys and one girl. One son, Clyde is now serving the Frisco a s a (passenger-brakeman between Kansas City and Tulsa. Mr. and Mrs. Griffin reside a t 860 N. Grant Ave., Spring- field, 310. Continuous service of 40 years and nine months entitles him to a pension allowance of $119.35 a month, effective from November 1, 1928.

GEORGE FRmTONT UPHAM, locomotive engineer, Southern division, was retired on November 30, 1928, due to his h a v i n g reached the age limit, November 8. H e was born No- vember 8, 1858, a t Harmonsburgh, Pa. His father was a carpenter in that city and the son was educated in the schools near his home. He served a s a carpenter apprentice, and a s G, F. UPHAnI a painter, and came to the K. C. F. S. & M. in the spring of 1886, wiping engines a t Thayer, Mo. He later became a fireman and then was promoted to t~he position of engineer. He was running a n engine on the K. C. F. S. & M. when that road was taken over by the Fris- co and continued to run out of Thayer until August, 1914, when he bid in the B. & S. W. branch out of Jonesboro, Ark., and served on that branch until his retirement. On October 18, 1891, he was married to Dilla Smith of Lane, Kan., and t o them were born three girls. Mr. and Mrs. Upham reside a t 518 W. Matthew St., Jones- boro, Ark. Continuous service of 39

years entitles him to a penslon s l Bn

lowance of $75.76 a month, eKect';: IBJ

from December 1, 1928. rch t h e Im

MRS. SUSAN E)LIZABETH FFDO? rd : ticket agent, Fanning, Mo., was a!;' rmc ed from active service on Novemk rep

30. 1927, due to total disability. 5'- Ree was born June 1, 1860, at Cuba, !!. Jan Her father was section foremac i mot Fanning, No., and she attended l ? SFC{ scliools near her home. On Febm* Oct( 6. 1900, she was assigned the popit:: 01 v of agent and has served in lhal;! horn pacity and a t that point until her- of h tirement. On February 8, 1884, .r! rr t was married to Joe Wood of Fm!-:. Ur, ; Mo., and to them were born our i- yn. .and one daughter. Mr. Wood ii and ceased and Mrs. Wood resides at 3: rlnn ning with her daughter. con lie:?^ f ~ r t i ~ service of 27 years and nine m o P entitles her to a pension allowas,. MI $20.00 a month, effective from :,

lknt cemher 1, 1928. WIre 20.19

JEREMIAH H U G H HACKK yp l j bIue printer, stores depar4.r-- bnrn Springfleld, Mo., was retired Sr; , lora, 1928, due to his 1 hrme having reached the age limit. H e was born November 12, 1858, near Spring- field, Mo. His father was a miller. During his early years he attended the Peabody Norm- al College a t Nash- ville, Tenn., where he graduated in . . . - . . , 1887. H e flrst work- S, H. H,,,7~,mi .m, I ed on a farm and &la,-1 then taught soh001 Ia Texas an! f m tho souri, being engaged in the la!:$- to. 1sgg cupation until twendy-five ?ti. , Q India age. In April, 1902. he came to :- bb, or Lines a s a laborer In the stor? !I: &TR in ment a t North Sprindeld rh:? wlmen h a s served his entire time in !b ~ p d jrr; tpartment and a s a blue print r ma. c H e has been married twice, I.! ! ad ; mc wife. Miss Lou Hardy of WariSc &wrnc Tex., and his second wife, lir3 T. ~ e ( ces Lloyd, of Springfield, b ~ h G ed. H e h.ad two daughters zr! lnHN son by the two marriages. 3!:, F

Itrom, ll ney resides at 1638 E. Florh due t, SpringAeld, Mo. Continuws . . h1 No of 26 years and 7 month8 entilh i ka In ,

r ory, 1929 Page 27

n, Reeds, Mo., was retired

ucated in the He worked on

arly years and 6 to 1881 work-

1, 1905, when he was pro-

23,1890, he married Ida Duke

arrett reside in Reeds, s service of 39 years entitles him to a pen-

of $75.75 a month, ef- cember 1, 1928.

er was a carpenter and

d worked on the farm.

served in this capacity a t

Testern division. On August

la his having reached the age orember 15, 1928. He was Centry County, Mo.. Novem-

ber 15, 1858, and was educated in the schools of Lawrence County. His father was agent-operator a t Aurora and Verona. His first position with Frisco Lines was a s agent a t Nichols, November 20, 1878. He remained a t Nichols until 1905. He was out of service December, 1909, until September, 1911. On the la t ter date he was re- employed as agent a t Aurora where he has remahed. H e married Maggie Kingery of Aurora, Mo., (date not given) and to them were born one daughter and flve sons. One is now agent a t Bolivar. Mo., another a fiag- man an the Sunnyland, and a third signal maintainer a t Nichols. The other two serve other companies. The daughter died in 1908. Mr. and Mrs. Woodfill reside a t 416 East College St.. Aurora, Mo. Continuous service of 17 years and 2 months entitles him to a pension allowance of $30.90 a month, effective from December 1, 1928.

MARTIN JAMES CLEARY, clerk, store department, Springfield, was retired from active service on Novem- ber 30, 1928, due to his having reached the age limit No- vember 11,1928. He was born Novem- ber 11, 1858, ..near Westport Cqunty. Mayo. Ireland. His father was foreman for the land- lord on the Lord Sligo estate in Ire- land. H e came to America in 1866 and was educated 3I. -1. CLEARY

in the schools a t Primrose, Pa., and Momence. Ill. At the age of thirteen years he began his railroad career on the section, working for the Des Moines and Ft. Dodge Railroad. He served that railroad in varioug c,apaci- ties, coming with Frisco Lines a t Springfield. Mo., as invoice clerk in the store department, October 3, 1907. He served there until his retirement. On January 1, 1884, he was married to Miss Bridgid Elizabeth Scott of Grand Junction. Iowa. There 'were no chii- dren. Mr. and Mrs. Cleary reside a t 760 East Commercial St., Springfield. Continuous service of 21 years and 2 months entitled him to a pension allowance of $25.75 a month, effective from December 1, 1928.

J O H N W A S H I N G T O N H l X O N

JOHN WASHINGTON HIXON, former pensioned crossing watchman, died a t his home a t Paris. Texas, De-

.cember 13, 1928. He wae born Feb- ruary 22, 1850, in Carroll County, Ohio, and entered Frisco service a s stock yard foreman a t Paris, Texas, in No- vember, 1902, working a t Paris in that capacity and a s crossing watchman until February 28, 1925, when he was retired on account of reaching the age limit. H e left a widow, Mary J. Hixon. His pension allowance was $20.00 a month and he was paid a total ol $920.00 during his lifetime.

ROBERT ANDERSON KIRK- PATRICK

ROBERT ANDERSON KIRKPAT- RICK, former pensioned checker, died on December 19, 1928, a t the home of his daughter in Emporia, Kansas. He was born in Derry County, Ireland, February 2, 1847. After c o d n g to the United States he entered the service of Frisco Lines in April, 1880, as a machinist a t the north shop, Spring- field, and worked in that city until June, 1914, when he became checker a t the north roundhouse. H e served there until February 28, 1917, when he was retired due to his having reached the age limit. Mr. Rirpatrick was a widower. His pension allowance was $36.15 a month and up t o the time of his death he had been paid a total ol $5.097.15.

H A R R Y S A U L F E L D O T T

HARRY SAUL FELDOTT, former pensioned conductor died a t his home in Clinton, Mo., December 29. He was born April 12, 1861, a t Napersville, Ill., and was pensioned in August, 1926. His pension allowance was $33.60 a month and up to the time of his death he had been paid a total of $1,008.00.

A L E X A N D E R H A M I L T O N S T E V E N S

ALEXANDER HAMILTON STEV- ENS, former general agent for the Frisco a t San Francisco, Calif., died a t his home January 5. He was pensioned by the board of pensions in No- vember, 1928. He entered the service of Frisco Lines as general agent freight traffic department a t Denver, Colo., in M.arch, 1910, and worked there and a t Tulea. Okla.. until May. 1918, when he was appointed representative of freight traffic department a t St. Louis. He served in that capacity for two or three months and was then sent to Joplin a s division freight agent, being promoted to general agent and located, after leaving Jop- lin, a t Wichita, a t Denver and flnally a t San Francisco. He leaves a widow. His pension allowance was $57.90 a month and up to the time of his death he had been paid a total of $173.70.

GEORGE VEASS ROGERS

GEORGE VEASS ROGERS, pensioned locomotive engineer, died a t Calumet City, Ill., on Janua ry 5. H e was born July 12, 1845, a t Hillsboro, Ohio, and served Frisco Lines a s a locomotive engineer on the River division from October, 1900, until Ju ly 11, 1915, when he was retired due to having reached the age limit. H e was a widower and left a married daughter Mrs. P. M. Dishman with whom he made his home. His pension allowance w a s $21.50 a month and up to the da te of his death he had received a total of $3,461.50.

JAMES L. HOLBROOK

JAMES L. HOLBROOK, chief clerk of the mail room a t S t . Louis, died a t the Frisco Hospltal on Friday, J an - uary 4. H e was born in Syracuse, N. T., September 25. 1873, and from 1910 until 1914 was in joint service with the Ekpress Company and the Frisco Railroad a s train baggageman-express messenger. On February 13, 1914, h e was made foreman and chief clerk of the mail mom, which position he held until h is disability. Funeral services were held a t Kriegshauser Funeral Parlor. 4228 S. Kingshighway, January 6, under the direction of Rev. Dr. C r o w e, Westminster Presbyterian Church. The remains were taken t o Carthage, Mo., and in terment made in P a r k Cemetery. H e is survived by Mrs. E t t a Holbrook, the widow, two daughters, Mrs. C. R. Maness of Dal- las, Texas and Mrs. Ea r l Deane of Kansas City and one son, Newel1 James and a brother, Newel1 T. Hol- brook of Carthage, Mo. Mrs. Holbrook and family wish to express thei r heartfelt grati tude to friends and Frisco employes for thei r kindness and sympathy and for the beautiful floral offerings.

ADD 66 TO PENSION ROLL

$1,456,167 P a i d in P e n s i o n s Since P l a n I n a u g u r a t e d in 1913

F OR the flrst t ime in the history of the pension depar tment the year 1928 added more employes to

the pension roll by re t i rement through the operation of the age limit rule, than from total disability. The average number of age cases in previous years h a s been twenty, but in 1928 i t reached the high point of thirty-eight, while only twenty-eight were added by reason of disablement. Th i s announcement was made by W. D. Bas- se t t , secre tary 0f t he board of pensions of St. Louis.

Of these sixty-six veterans, eleven

were engineers, twelve agents and operators, eight clerks, five conductors, four B. & B. foremen, four traffic representatives, four laborers, three section foremen, three pumpers, two crossing watchmen, two switchmen, two signal men and six miscel- laneous. The combined service of these sixty-six men amounted to 1,943 years, or practically thirty years per man, and the average pension allowance paid this group is $51.35 a month. During the year of 1928 forty-one pensioners died.

The pension plan became operative July 1 , 1913, and i n the fifteen and one- half years of i t s operation, 896 appli- cations have been received, of which twenty-nine a r e still under investigation o r awaiting action by the board of pensions. Seven hundred and fifty- nine employes have been pensioned, three hundred and eighteen of whom were retired because of the age limit rule. Three hundred and th i r ty died, leavlng four hundred twenty-nine upon the pension roll a s of December 31, 1928. These pensioners served the company a total of 12,395 years and eight months, or a n average per man of twenty:eight years and ten months. T h e average age of these men is seventy years and arranging them in age groups there a re : seven under 50 years ; thirty, 50 to 59 years ; one hundred thirty-four, 60 to 69 years ; two hundred thirty-two, 70 to 79 years and twenty-six SO years old and over.

The total amount expended to da te in pension allowances is $1,456,167.77. The average monthly pension is $42.52.

T h e oldest living pensioner is William Lotan Holt, machinist, Spring- field, Mo., aged 87 years. The young- e s t pensioner is Cornelius Aloysius Houlihan, clerk Auditor Passenger Ac- counts, 3s pears old.

In referring to the pension rules and in response to several requests, Mr. Bassett gives the following facts:

"There a r e two classes of employes to whom pensions may be granted, ( a ) all who reach the age of 70 years must be retired and those with fifteen years of continuous service a s shown by the payroll records may be pension,ed; and ( b ) those employes of any age who become totally and permanently disabled from performing any service for the company and who have had a t the t ime of thei r disablement twenty years unbroken service a s shown by the payrolls. In addition certain specified employes in hazardous service, such a s conductors, engineers, section foremen, etc. may, if totally and permanently disabled, be pensioned -with fifteen years continuous service a s disclosed by the payrolls."

FRANK X. A D A M S DIES C h i e f C I a i m A d j u s t e r Stricken

N e w Year ' s E v e w a s Widel K n o w n a s R a i l w a y Man

F RANK X. ADAMS, one of the I known members of the Frisco I ily, suffered a stroke of apopl,

OIL New Year's eve a t his home to Springfield, Mo., while out riding r his wife and daughter, which resul iu his dea th shortly thereafter.

Rlr. Adams. years of age k n o w n as I

"grand old man" the freight cla department. I entered the serv of the Kansas Ci Ft. Scott and .lli phis Railroad t h e superinrb dent's office, I(r s a s City, Mo., in t

F. s, A D A h ~ ~ year 1886 as a:; tant chief cli*

s e r v i n g in that capacity and laler chief clerk until 1899 when be siged to accept an official posh8 with the D. 0. & ;\I. Railroad.

H e re-entered the service of 1 ,

Frisco Railway ill 1903 and his .- vice had been continuous from It ' d a t e until on December 31, ll?c.

From 1903 to 1911 he held the p., tions of chief clerk to division aura intendent. traveling agent, chip1 tr' eling agent , assistant chiel clerk t- chief clerk in the Freight Claim 16

partment. During the year 1S:l 6

was made chief traveling claim ter , which position he held up Ill '', t ime of his death.

In the early par t of his aervir- ;I chief traveling claim adjuster, IF r- claim depar tments were not opes' '

as in the present day manner, r'*. tically a l l sett lements were cons~r ed by correspondence end the .- class of claims handled by per=-. contact were claims wherein h amounts were involved, rhev 4 -

had been entered or where some#.':-' a n t had e i ther a real (H. imarv- grievance agains t the company, r'

made successful handling by I - - .

spondence a n impossibility. His polished, gentlemanly m-r %

his genial and sympathetic dlsy:',:' and his unquestionable integrllj : mirably qualified him for this !--:r and difficult position. His dutir;, I '

him from coast to coast and fmc :v1 Great Lakes to the Gulf and b= widely known and universally l; ;?

In the passing of Mr. Adam! '

Frisco h a s lost a faithful and mt. employe, and his family, a kiri dulgent and loving husband and b , E

LOCOMOTIVE FUEL PERFORMANCE RECORDS Ofice of Fuel Agent

EL conservation is and always 7\11 be a live issue on the "Frisco F Lws" growing each year and re-

B y directly in bringing about a k s c in money expended for fuel. >,par of 1928 has just ended and

I I gratifying to be able to say + min we made a considerable

over the previous year, verify- I*!? above phrase that each year I$ '? a lower consunlption of fuel

TI year.

d 1923 compared to 1928.

*::re system in this class of ser- w 175 pounds or 23.9% de- . Based on the total gross ton handled in 1928 and average

wumptlon for 1923, i t would ~quired 398,000 additional tons ! Lo handle the business.

ENGER SERVICE has also 8pmnounced decrease, consum- : 1923, 17.72 pounds of fuel for . plssenger car mile handled and 3:r approximately 14.8 pounds . fares lor full year not avail-

I decrease of 16.5%. t H SERVICE in one sense of deserves more credit for the

r than any other class of ser- P f~ not receiving benefit from ssed unit from Which the per-

8 figwed. An allowance of each switch hour worked

aa a basis from which to figure %rmance, regardless of work

in freight and pas- y increase in train

ger cars will in most a lower consumption

for year 1923 was 162 itch locomotive mile,

e consumption per approximately 140 pounds res for full year not avail-

:: 13.6% decrease. :otal saving for the year of ir 1927 did not equal that of r 1923, wblch was the "Ban- r in comparison with perfor-

mance previous year. However, the 1928 unit consumption and cost per unit was the lowest in the history of the railroad.

A word might be said here in connection with records made by individ- ual engine and train crews. Through- out the year these records a r e published in the Magmine to allow each division to see what the other is doing in lowering the best previous fuel records. Each particular division as a whole has different conditions under which to work, therefore one cannot he compared very favombly with another. Ne~er the less there a r e a

number of sub-divisions which have about the same tonnage rating, grade line, etc., and keen competition exists between the crews on these sub-divisions.

The year of 1928 was a record breaker but by continued close co- operation the year of 1929 should bring even better results.

At this time the fuel performance figures for the full year are not available, however the following figures represent performance made on each Division and Class of Service for month of December, 1928, compared to same month in 1927:

F R E I G H T SERVICE

DIVISION December. 1928

Texas Lines ................................ 176 Southwestern ............................. 179 Northern ...................................... 193 Southern ........................................ 196 Central ...................................... 196 River .............................................. 201 Western ......................................... 213 -stern ................................... 218

.......................................... TOTAL 196

PASSENGER SERVICE

DIVISION December. 1928

................. .................... Eastern .. 14.1 ............................... Southwestern 15.2

........................................ Southern 15.4 ................................ Texas Lines 15.9

Northern ....................................... 16.5 ......................................... Central 16.5

River .............................................. 18.0 ................ ................... Western .. 19.3

......................................... TOTAL 15.6

December. I927

16.1 16.1 17.1 18.7 19.0 18.2 15.8 21.8 17.1

S W I T C H SERVICE

DIVISION December, 1928

........................................... Central 113 ............... ........................ River .. 119

.......................................... Dastern 123 ............................... Southwestern 129

............................. ..... Northern ... 130 ................................. Texas Lines 132

..................................... Southern 153 ......................................... Western 154

Nemphis Terminal ................... 141 ................. Springfield Terminal 149

.......................... Tulsa Terminal 164 Kansas City Terminal .............. 175 Birmingham Terminal ............ 182

..................... St. Louis Terminal 211 TOTAL .......................................... 155

December, 1927

104 147 134 139 146 126 153 158 139 148 164 189 177 211 158

Per Cent Incr. Deer.

4.76 ......... ....... 6.77 ....... 6.76 1.03 ......... ....... 2.97 ....... 4.74 ....... 9.36 ....... 6.03 ....... 4.39

Per Cent Incr. Decr.

....... 12.42

....... 5.59

....... 9.94

....... 14.97 13.16 .......

....... 9.34 13.92 ......... ....... 11.47 ....... 8.77

Per Cent Incr. Decr.

8.65 ......... 19..05 .......

....... 8.2,l

....... 7.19

....... 10.96 4.76 ......... ....... .....a*..

....... 2.53 1.44 .........

.68 ......... ....... ......... ....... 7.41 2.82 .........

......... ....... ....... 1.90

, homemaker^ Page MISS LORETTO A. CONNOR. Editor

February Party Fauors Made at Home

T HERE is a n indescribable something that makes one hostess' parties more charming and de-

lightful than anothers', and makes everyone thrilled to receive her in- vitations.

Often the real secret of this "charm" is the fact that the hostess has spent considerable time in searching through the shops for unusual favors and prizes, or she may have created some of these dainty accessories herself, and thus be assured that none of her guests has seen anything just like them.

St. Valentine's Day suggests a host of the most fitting emblems and colors for .party decoration-red or pink hearts, cupids, red roses, old-fashioned lacy valentines and bouquets. And for the patriotic parties that are so popular in February-there a r e flags, cherries, eagles, and crepe paper streamers, of red, white and blue, and these may be quickly arranged for charming decorations, for cut-outs, and crepe paper may be had for all occasions.

The favors for February parties should be made by the hostess, however, to lend real charm to the party. And these are easy to make, a s shown by the illustrations.

T h e Colonial Maid i s flrst. Really useful articles like hand- kerchiefs a r e s h o w n h e r e "dressed up" a s a prize or a favor. The head and arms are of China such a s are used for boudoir lamp foundations, and the handker- chiefs a r e gather-

ed over the wire frame. Delightful effects can be obtained a s you will quickly learn if you try to dress one of these dolls. For the underskirt and the trimming for the neck and sleeves, a dainty shade of crepe paper may be used.

Valentine Shop

Yo! HO! and a gay little ship of red cardboard! To make it, two heart cut-outs a re bent around a tiny paper serving cup and tied with ribbon. A bit of wire covered with cre,pe paper holds the sail and Valentine heart seals trim it.

Martha Washington Doll T h i s dainty favor

may be built over a lip- stick or a pencil. The head is made by wrap- ping white crepe paper tightly around a wad of cotton. The face is drawn on with India ink and the hair is a generous pinch of cot-

- ton.

The Joy-Pop A joy-pop (smaller

and rounder than the ordinary lolly-pop) is fashioned into a flow- e r doll wearing a quaint little bonnet made of a tucked streamer which i s crepe paper t h a t comes pleated. But you may easily pleat this yourself. Leaves a re added and it is stuck in a tiny flower ~ o t filled with crushed brown crepe paper. The stick is wrapped with green crepe paper.

These instructions a re necessarily

brief, but an instruction bonk #. "Tables and Favors" will be seo! ' directing an order to DennisonC~' Service, Department 229, 62 East fW dolph Street, Chicago, enclosing n the order ten cents.

Ways of making the favors are scribed in detail. They bri~htes : the tables of a party Ior a few or rl bc used advantageously to d w - . tables for banquets or dinners heii' the various Frisco Employes' f':' and can be made within a few h o u ~

The Cherry Tree Stump

This is very easily made by 7:.

ping several cigarettes in brows r-:- paper. Then glue on a !!ny cardl':' hatchet

A trim little soldier boy w h o r ~ b . is a small red box filled wi th ?-

The head is a circle of cardborri p taped to a wire. The hat, re*: K arms are made of cardboard; 13, (

trousers, straps and cocade, d r:i' crepe paper. 1

I D~INTIES FOR THE PARTY

c recipes for Vinegar Salad and

V i n e ~ a r Galad I welope gelatine ( 2 packages)

l i ~ worth sweet pickles

riher ingredients. Cut in slices aerve on lettuce leaf. This will

Sweet Potato Balls il sweet.polatoes, mash with but- Boll mashed potato around a

Sroallow to forin medium size rnll in Post's Bran flakes and P r y

'rop fat, until well browned. No Regret Pudding

I rnN nectar raisins : cups boiling water I lnhlespoons granulated gelatine i mp cold water

! vapoon powdered ginger 5 tun granulated sugar I lihlespoon lemon juice

cutter. Plump raisins by boil- nutes in water to cover. Cover with cold water, let stand to When ralsins are cooked, re- om fire, add sugar, salt, gin- lemon julce, then stir in the gelatine. When all is dis-

11 nuts. Turn in the raisin . When firm, remove Prom and serve with custard sauce

I raw oysters or clams well

spoon mustard salad dressing Goon Rnely minced celery o r

.s and serve in a

February Hints fo.r Early Spring Clothes

Xot a cr-ossword pu.zclc-but the very

lotest irr n printed silk for office arrd

strrct car. T h e flair* skirt a d cape

or c co~r~birrrd irr n chnrmirrg lirolrlzrr, atrd

the black ribboir ties at waist atrd iteck

ndd a firrishiirg touch. T h e tight felt

hot holds its owir in the sbring costnnre,

urrd the Black shoes arc correct. Miss Catlrerine Carrigan of the office of

nrrditor o f frciykt nccourtts, S t . Louis, rrrodels the costrrrrre.

This exqrrisitr little trrcked drcss of lovely bltce georgetle is an advance frock o f the spring. T h e slecves. lorrg and tigfrt, are jirrislrcd at !/re lrorrd with a lhcy ruffle to watch the orre on tlrc skirt and the O I Y C down the right skoddei- aml to tlrc bncl<. Mics Natalie Schultz of the office of a~cditor of freight accounts' office, S t . Loriis, wears the gozurr be- cowiryly.

(Fnshioirs by C'orcrtesg B. Nugeitt G. Bros. D. G. Co., S t . Lozris, ~ f o . )

Cranberry Conserve nut meats and remove Prom fire. Serve 1 quart cranlberries with cold fowl. 1 cup cold water Seedless raisins 2% cups sugar

A careless worker is a "Red Cross" puzzle.

lh cup finely chopped nuts Cop: "Hey, where are you going? Wash berries and chop coarsely. Don't you know this is a one-way

Add water, the juice and raisins and street?" then simmer for fifteen minutes. Add Abe (in new car) : "Vell, I'm goin' sugar and boil for two minutes. Add von vay, ain't I?"

Pngc 32

i\ LETTER FROM TEXAS

n e a r Twilight Lady: Please let me read this in the Frisco

Ewplojcs' ~!daga~i l rc . This letter is from Plover, Texas.

I am a section foreman's son a t Plover on the F. W. R. G. Division. I am at school today. I go on the t ~ a i n ten miles to school, so you see I can't help but love the Frisco.

There are nine Mexican children in Plover. Sis and I sure can talk their way and have lots of fun. Of course we learned to cuss in Spanish first of all. Sis and I have a cat apiece to play with so one clay we thought we might use some of our Spanish words while playing with them, but let me tell you that didn't work. Mother had learned all those words \vhen she was our size and I'll leave the rest for you reader's to guess at-but we got IT!

Now I'm sending a pictnre along with this letter. I don't know what Daddy and Mother wilI think if this should come out in the 114agazirtc.

Allie, my sister will miss three weeks of school a s she had to go and catch the measles sonle place. She is doing line now and will soon be back to school and I will be all sinilea again a s you can see in the picture. It's just like Dad not to smile and it seems that Mother and Sis forgot too. Any- way I smiled for the whole family!

(Signed) Louis Richardson, Age 12 P. S. Please send this pictnre back so I can put it back where I got it .

Lonis.

Old Valentines for New

J E S S I E and her grandmother were great pals, in fact grandmother mas about the best friend she had

When those bron-n coolzies were taken out of the oven ancl placed on a plate in the pantry, grandmother always managed to look the other way when Jennie sneaked in and tasted and then crammed several in her little apron pocket.

You see Jennie was an orphan. Her mother ancl father were both dead and grandmother served a s both. Grand- mother was not old like most grand- mothers, and Jennie thought she wa.: very beautiful.

One day dnring the first of February Jennie came home from school, her eyes brilliant ancl she 1w41ed into the living room where she found grandmother reading a paper.

"Oh grandmother-we're making thc loveliest valentines a t school. We're making them of crepe paper and paper lace and the teacher asked us if we'd bring a little old fashioned picturp from our grandmother's scrap book to school tomorrow and we'll paste it in the center of the valentine and make them like they used to, long ago. Have you one for me?" she askea.

Grandmother thought for a few moments. "I think I have, Jennie dear. This evening after dinner we'll go to the old trunk upstairs and see what we can find."

The dinner that evcning was lovely. Vegetable soup-just the kind Jennie liked steamed from a large bowl; hot muffins and baked fish with Jennie's favorite clesscrt. apple tart. formed the meal.

When the table was cleared, Jennie and grandmother climbed the stairs to the old attic. Grand:nother unlocked the old trunk, and laid aside the tis- sue wrappings. There in the t i s s w paper and moth balls mas an old satin gown, trimm~ci wilh lovely ecru lace. I ts folds were \\-rinkled for it had lain there for many years.

"Oooh-oh!" said Jennie as she touch- ed the satin with her tiny fingers. "What is it grandmother?"

"It's-it's my old wedding dress dear. It's old and wrinkled now but it nras lovely then." And she shook it out

ancl held it up to her shoulders. "

long train fell to the floor. "It was a lovely old dress dea:-

and some day perhaps you'll be urr the lace for a wedding dress of: own. You know your grandfather : I were married on Valentine i. many years ago.

"1 can remember that dar y and I can remember farther k? when he sent me my first valenfk; Grandmother laid the dress back 0-

the top of the trunk and diggingd. er drew from the old trunk a ab'-

'box tied with ribbon. Slippin: knot. she took from it a handful '

valentines-old ones, beautiful cr . I'ancy and colorful.

Jennie took each as grandmo" handed them to her and emam- them carefully. She had never :: '

any so beautiful. and now she k r - y

\vhy the teacher had asked lhat r:

one bsing an old picture from a ? I :

book. for the teacher had in i r-

copying one of these ,old lacy on<: "Now dear, pick out any one oft- -

yon want, and me'll titke the pi?!? ofl' and you may have it lor r.7

modern valentine," grandnlother .' "Oh. but grandmother-may !'

questioned Jennie. And witho~rr F!

illg for an answer, Jennie laid ?r -1 of the most elaborate in front r !- for selection. Hesitating for o f ~ t

moment she chose a faded yellorr . with a picture of a girl holdir: b i~nch of white lillies in her I:. White doves flew over her he82 :. a tiny pink ribbon encircled her '- and was tied in a bow at the cent;- her forehead.

"I'll take this one grandnm:I , she> said.

Grandmother put the rest back :' them up wit11 ribbon and r!- -

thein back in the trunk That evening after Jennie ha4 c -

to bed grandmother took the !:'. tine into the living room whr:, . grate fire wa.s burning, and h=" lovingly to her heart.

"Bless her", she said. "She th8.z this was the prettiest one of then: and so did I, for it was the firs: 1 ' -

my sweetheart sent to me-rr . many years ago."

The Awakening Motorist (waking): "Where, am I,

where am I?" Nurse: "This is No. 110." Motorist: "Room or cell?"

Dumb! She: "What's the matter with

Harry?" Second she: "He's so dumb he puts

his radio under the bed and tries to get Hot Springs."

A Tr ia l

The Mrs.: "John, taste that and tell me what you think it is."

Mr.: "It tastes like soda." The Mrs.: "That's what I told Mary,

but she declares it's r a t poison."

A N e w Year's Story Pat was arrested for being intoxi-

cated. On being brought before the judge, he was asked by the court what he was there for.

Pat : "Your Honor. I was arrested for being intoxicated."

Jude: "Pat, where did you buy the liquor?"

Pat: "Your Honor, I did not buy it. A Scotchman gave i t to me."

Judge: "Thirty days for perjury."

Popularity "Is your daughter popular?" "Huh. I can't park within three

blocks of home."

Farm News An Iowa farmer purchased a pure-

bred pig from a raiser of fancy hogs. The pig and bill arrived the same day. Next day the dissatisfied farmer wrote to the hog raiser as follows:

"Dear Sir: Both pig and bill arrived safely. Judging from their comparative size, you made a n error in ship- ping. You should have sent the bill by express and the pig by mail."

Accident or Relic "What kind of a car have you?" "I got a wreck." "A wreck?" "Yeah. Every time I park it, a

dozen people come up and ask me if I've reported the accident yet."

ECHOES FROM THE VOLITONE

Not only a re the tones of Frisco's famous volitone whistles wafted melodiously to parts of the country- side, but a n echo has come to us from Pratt, Alabama, just eighteen miles out of Birmingham.

The story was told to a patron in the diner by the second cook on the Frisco's Sunnyland while it was speeding south. This cook said he lived a t Pratt , and a t one time recently when volitone whistles on Frisco locomotives had first been installed, a colored camp meeting was in session.

The minister had been having a great deal of trouble raising money and was preaching a sermon that night on the subject of donations. He was telling the colored congregation that if they didn't chip in liberally, Gabriel would blow his horn.

Just a t that time the Frisco locomotive, equipped with a volitone whistle which was "wide open" went by, and this Frisco cook is willing to make aflidavit that the windows were broken and also the doors by the congregation who fled to their respective homes.

I t is to be presumed that the same fear which made them flee, made them return with a liberal contribution.

Eggs and Aigs Coming upon a football which the

son of the house had brought home from school, the rooster promptly called all the hens around him.

"Now, ladies," he said diplomatic- ally, "I don't want to appear ungrate- ful or raise any unnecessary fuss, but I do want you to see what's being done in other yards."

Just Imagine1 "That was a foine sentiment Casey

got off a t the banquet last night." "What was it?" "He said that the sweetest mimo-

ries in loife a r e the recollections of things forgotten!'

Train Too Early "I live in the country now aaod

certainly is dull." "I guess it is. What do yon r

most ?" "The last train."

99 Year Lease Mistress: "I saw the milkmr, k w

you this morning, Jane. I'll t ah milk in myself after this!'

Jane: "It won't do you no : mum, he promised not to kiss r~+. but me." -

Sympathy Our heart goes out to thr 8:

youth who claims that all soldi~ : dishonest. He says he heard rf . sentry af ter another being relin~' his watch.

Patent Wanted "I said something to my wt!,

angered her so much she spoken to me in six monthe. would you do about it?"

"Do nothing, but take out a I on what you said." -

A Remedy "Dear Doctor: My pet billj.

seriously ill from eating a c*: leather-bound set ol Shake! What do you prescribe?"

Answer: "Sending 'Litem7 T by return mail."

Canada Tell How much dirl Philadelphia, PI

How much does Columbus. 0' How many eggs did Louisianr L:

What grass did Joplin, 110 ' We call Minneapolis, Minx;

Why not Annapolis, Ann' If you can't tell the reason E':

I'll bet Topeka, Ken. --Oreat W' -

Lost or Strayed "What's the matter xu'? 1

asked the cop at three-thlrtJ a ?

"I'm lost," explained the wi.. "Don't you know your war I< "Sure I do, but that aid1 rv

want to go."

I ory, 1929

FRISCO EMPLOYES' MAGAZINE Published on the First of Each Month

By the Louis - San Francisco RaiIway Co.

Edited by WM. L. HUGGINS, Jr. St. Louis, Missouri

published In the lnterests of and for o n g the 25 000 employes of the St. Railwav. All articles and communi- ditorial' matters should be addressed

R editor.

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

Ls FEBRUARY. 1929 No. 5

1 Shattering All Standing Records

ing lady, will pardon a preoccupied look

is inventory time,-the p on results of the year , finding the weak spots ions of strengthening s and applying the glue ks may not show up a t

s issue of the dilagaxine, we print wit11 several departmental annual reports show the great eff iciency with which

s operated during 1928. general manager we learn that our

the superintendent of freight loss and

this same department announces a further reduction of $31,825 in freight claim payments for the year.

The superintendent of transportation announces an increase of .40 miles per day on systenl cars, and another increase of 4.61 miles per foreign car per day.

The fuel clepartment proudly claims a considerable saving ill fuel costs o ~ ~ e r 1927, a performance in which every engine crew can take pride and credit.

The clirector of acciclent prevention offers his records to show that a reduction of 16.5 per cent in injuries was made in 1928 o17er the previous year, and the industrial coinnlissioner is feeling

a loll very well indeed, thank J ~ O U , over the loch t ' of 365 industries on Frisco Lines with a value in plants and equipment of $11,610,000.

All in all it's been a great year for this great railroacl of ours,-but wait.

A new record was also charted up this pear, -a record that was never made before, and one that will be beaten, we confidently predict, every year.

Employes of this railroad who are menlbers of the 62 Frisco Employes' Clubs were active solicitors of freight and passenger business during 1928.

A tt~bulation of their results shows that these employes, none of then1 members of the r e p - larly cons titutecl traflic f orces, secured for Frisco Lines 6,438 carloads, 8,678 lcl shipments, and 5,576 passengers.

And that record, added to the list of accom- plishments of other departments, makes it appear certain that Frisco Lines records will show an achievement for 1928 greater by far than any of its Class One contemporaries.

We Seek T o Construct

A GAIN Frisco Lines has applied to the In- terstate Conlmerce Commission for per-

mission to acquire a short line railroad, a i d build two extensions from present railheads to the line.

Frisco employes watched with great interest the progress of our acquisition of the Muscle Shoals, Birmingham and Pensncola Railway, and the subsequent building of the estensioil which permitted our railway to reach tidc- water a t Pensacola.

This present project in the southwest, while not quite so large in its scope, will mean additional revenues to Frisco Lines. The iMagazit~e will publish from time to time, stories on the progress of this latest building project.

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tcy Make Two-Piece Orchestra for Springfield Shopmen

SUALLY takes more than two ;lit? to make an orchestra, but Prisco West Shop employes a t tld have a whole orchestra .ill keep you entertained with

~ U v e minute program and yet !$ only of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. and their various instruments.

. Wbs is a boilermaker and has in Frisco servlce for the last

para. He cannot recall just how cok him to work up the little ~hlch he has presented to

rmmployes at their various meet- , l r s . Gibbs Is musical and plays ! lour or five instruments, and r rot to putting things together d i e d it up," he said.

picture shows Mr. and Mrs. in costume, with their various lmt musical Instruments around Their repertoire consists of old rlw.;,--some from the south-

r! some which have been heard

dn with, before Mr. and Mrs. cr,!r,r the stage, there falls on r: of the andieme a good imi-

{I! a drum corps, and after a "r.ds when the t v c artists a p

rtv:: find that the instruments 7 . a wash tub, a wash board

Mr. Gibbs is versatile, to say the least, when for his next number he picks up an old piece of rubber hose and imitates a perfect bugle call. He uses a n old shingle to imitate the strains of a cello and plays on it, "Old Black Joe" while his wife accompan- ies him on the guitar.

There is a bit of magic introduced in the nest presentation of the Gibbs' orchestra and Mr. Gibbs refuses to di- vulge the secret. He takes from the table an ordinary teaspoon. Showing it to his audience, l ~ e throws it in the air. It disappears for tl second, only to re-appear in a pitcher of water on the table. It not only stands up, but dances up and down, while Mr. Gibbs standing a long distance from it nud talies u p one of his instruments and gives the spoon an added incentive to perform.

Perhaps one of the most interesting numbers is his tin can arrangement. "I just picked those tin cans up in alleys", he said. "and each one of them sounds a different note." And then he picks up a little hammer and proceeds to play "Nellie Gray" on the eight tin cans.

H e plays "Chicken Reel" with his clarinet. Then he takes off a piece of the clarinet and plays another well-

known melody. Taking away another piece he uses the mouthpiece to play "Annabelle Lee". He gets "Ny Wild Irish Rose" out of a n old oil can and "Eosy Cheeks" from a new tin oil can funnel, much to the amazement of his audience.

The performance is highly enter- tailling and leaves the audience won- dering just how he learned to get music from kitchen utensils, tin cans and a rubber hose, and of conrse the bit of magic has never been explained.

But Mr. Gibbs' entire time is not taken up in learning how to extract music Cron~ oil cans or mash tubs. He is a devoted hunter and breeder of Euglish setters, of which he has three.

FRISCO MECHANIC I FAMILY NEWS I LOCAL No. 24--AMORY, MISS.

- RAYMOND F. DEES. Repor te r

Boiler Inspector. R. J. Sull ivan, a n d wife. s p e n t t h e holidays w i t h f r iends a n d re la t ives in Springfleld, No. "Dick" s a y s h e h a d a "very" good time.

Rrannoek 3Iag. former ly employed a t t h i s noint , spent a f e w d a y s w i t h home fo lks recentlv.

J. C. Robertson is t h e Droud a r a n d - f a t h e r of a ten and one-half pound baby gir l . Congratulat ions. "Grand- Pl" " L ..,,

3Ielv1n Lowc, c a r repairer , is w e a r - i n g a broad smile. The S tork recentlv I t f t a n eleven nound bov a t h i s house named Will iam J.loyd.

Otho Harvey , former ly employed a ? Rip T r a c k F o r e m a n here, h a s accented ~)os i t ion a s ass i s tan t foreman, West Coach shons. Snrinafield. J o h n Allison h a s been made- temporary foreman, on this position. Piece w o r k h a s been re- r s tab l i shed a t this point , effective J a n - u a r y 1st.

F r a n l i Wolfe. machinist . visi ted home fo lks a t I'ork, Ala.. recently.

H. P. Robp. Inspector . was called to Deanberry. Tenn.. account of t h e dea th of h i s fa ther . Our s y m a a t h y is extencl- ed t o Mr. Robv. a n d the familv.

Fo l lowing i s a l is t of emploveev ant1 members of the i r families. w h o have been. a n d n o w a r e affected b y t h r flu epidemic: R u b y Lee Adams, d a u g h - t e r of machin is t J. T. Adams: wi fe a n d one s o n of Insaec tor Roby: bo th son* of Raymond F. Decs. pipe f i t ter ; F. R. Thomas , supply man: R. F. Row, wifo a n d daughter . coal c h u t e foreman: H. W. Williams. n i g h t supi,lv m a n ; G. H. Thre l l fa l l a n d t w o children, n lgh t foreman: wife a n d t h r e e children of W. D. Tibbe t t , ca r repa i re r : I n f a n t s o n of J . H. 3IcCoullough: C. D. Riley, ca r inspector. Aberdeen: 0. A. Combs. c a r inspector . ,Columbus; 3Iarshall Ma- lone, c a r renalrer , Amory; Kelley Pow- ell, c a r repa i re r , Amory; wife a n d two children Grady Nicholson, c a r repairer , Amory: th ree children of F. J. Garner . genera l foreman.

Fol lowing colored employes affected hy tile flu enidrmic a r e a s follows: Cal Adkins. 2nd c lass machinists; Dave Stevens. flre knocker : Rich Wilson. laborer: Gillie Walker . hos t le r helper: F r a y McKinney. laborer: Boss H a n n a flue borer ; Excell IVhitfleld. 2nd c l a s i machinist .

Boyd Long, colored box packer, is s t i l l on the sick list.

H e n r y , colored laborer , coal chute, died a f t e r being ill bu t th i r ty -s ix hours w i t h the fiu.

MECHANICAL DEPARTME.NT TULSA, OKLA.

HENRY PHILLIPS. Relinrter

N a r r i e Mexine Hil ton, two year old c l a u ~ h t e r of Mr. a n d Nrs . E. M. Hilton carman. Tulsa, Okla.. died a t t h e homk of h e r g randparen ts , in Franc is . Okla.. December 20. 192s. Li t t le J Ia r r ie w a s s t r icken wi th dinhtheria only for ty- e igh t hours before d e a t h claimed her.

Mrs. XI. J. Dosler , a g e d 68, mother of W. R. Doster , mil lman, Wes t Tulsa , died at her home. 502 E a s t Orange St., Sherman. Texas. J a n u a r y 11 1029. She w a s survived b y h e r husdand. R. S. Doster a n d three sons: W. R. Dos te r of Tulsa, Okla.. B. L. Doster , of alla as: Texas, a n d J i m Doster . U. S. Navy. and five d a u g h t e r s : BIrs. M. Holland. Stafford. Okla.. Mrs. R. Verman. Tex.: Mrs. B. 0 . Bacon. Okmulgee. Okla.: Mrs. G. D. Bryant . D a l l a ~ . Ter. . a n d Mrs. R. Seeltin, Sherman. Tex. F u n e r - a l services were held F r i d a v afternoon a t her home. Rev. R. C. Hand. pastor of the Methodist Church conducted the services. Mrs. Doster had been a member of the Methodist Church since childhood. ~-~ -

William Londigan a g e 4 4 years. a brother of 3Iaclc L & l i c n n , clcctrician a t Tulsa. Oklahoma. clietl in the hos- pi tal in Joplin. 310.. J a n u a r v 3rd fol- ~" .- -. --. lowing a s h o r t illness. F u n e r a l se rv- ices w e r e held a t t h a t place F r i d a y a f te rnoon a t 2 o'clock. T h e deceased is surv ived b v h i s wife. Mrs. Stel la Londigan of ~ 6 1 ) l i n . h i s mother. Mrs. I<. Londigan a n d three bro thers a n d three s i s te rs , Mack Londigan, Tulsa. Okla.. Lee Londigan. Springfield, 310.. Tom Londigan. Joplin. Mo.. Mrs. L. \V. Adams, Gentry. Mrs. A. J. Charron. F r a n c i s a n d Mrs. Belle S tewnr t , Tulsa. Okls - .-

Ralph Brown, machinist , h a s just re - tu rned to w o r k a f t e r be ing off the joh for some t ime account h a v i n g t h e "flu."

W e a r e g l a d to repor t t h a t tile con- di t ion of Wm. Bow is improved. Bro. Bow h a s been In t h e Sherman iiosuital f o r some time. H e w a s be ing t rea ted for rheumat i sm a n d l a t e r contracted pneumonia, a n d w a s in x cri t ical condition for some t ime but is much b e t t r ~ . now.

J a c k Drake , machinist , W c s t Tulsa. h a s just re turned to work a f t e r beinc oft for several c l ~ y a . J a c k said he was just t ry ing the nu," bu t he don' t th ink he cares for a n v more.

Mr. a n d Mrs. W. Timhrooks. ca rman have j u s t re turned Prom Callfornia w h e r e t h e y visited t h e l a t t e r s f a t h e r a n d brother. T h e y reported a v e r y de- l igh t fu l time. I t w a s t h e first t ime t h a t T imbrooks had seen h is f a t h e r f o r e i g h t rears . a n d h i s b ro ther for t n en ty reel's.

C H A F F E E ROUNDHOUSE

JAS. E . STOUT. Reljorter

Night roundhouse foreman B r i n k m a n w a s off s ick w i t h t h e "fiu" several d a y s recent1 y.

Pipe f l t ter Geo. Morie w a s opera ted on f o r appendici t is a f e w d a y s ago. Geo. i s recover ing very sa t i s fac tory a t Fr i sco Employes ' Hospl ta l in St. Louls. Louie K r u e g e r i s w o r k i n g George's t emporary vacancy.

W a l t e r Reihm, c le rk in divislon s t o r e keeper's office w a s marr ied d u r - i n g t h e holidays. \Ve congra tu la te the lucky lady W a l t e r a n d wish you both much joy a n d happiness.

General roundhouse foreman H. E. Hubbard s a y s h e is qualified f o r a S u b P o l a r Expedit ion a f t e r l iving through a t r ip f r o m Chpffee t o Mingo o n a n open road motor c a r in t h e wee smal l hours of t h e morning wi th tempera- tu re f a r below s u m m e r heat .

Boilermaker J o h n 31. Sheeley suffered a very painful ~ n j u r y to his right hand recently. J o h n w a s changing a t i re on his c a r and in some m a n n e r go t middle Anger mixed u p a n d a lmos t off instead of the tire.

S ta t ionary F n g l n e e r Hawl t ins h a s been on t h e s ick l is t s ince Chr i s tmas I v a s ( P e c k ) Hami l ton i s w o r k i n g H a w k i n s vacancy.

Bill Deckert . special equipment m a - chinist h a s been w i t h u s since J a n u a r y 1st. overhaul ing Brown Hois t fo r s t o r r and c a r depar tments .

LOCAL NO. 29-FT. SCOTT

ROY W. RECTOR. Repor te r

J o h n Rounds has been in t h e Fr i sco hos1)ital for t h c las t t w o weeks due to a minor operat ion. Johnnie is back on t h e job &gain however a n d feel ing fine. H e s a y s w e have a wonderful hospital.

W e wish to ex tend o u r hear t fe l t sympathy to Mr. a n d Mrs. F r a n k Grab- n e r in t h e loss of t h e m o t h e r of Mrs. Grabner.

Mrs. John J a r b o e a n d son. Bobby. have recently re turned f rom n fihort t r ip to St. J o s e l ~ h , 310.

Orville Newell h a s re turned from t h ~ Fr i sco hospital w h e r e he had his ton- s i l s removed,

W e extend o u r deepest s y m p a t h y to Mr. a n d Mrs. H a r r y Moore in the i r s o r - row over t h e bereavement of Mrs. Moore's f a t h e r w h o h a d made h is h o m r w i t h them for m a n y years.

Altho there is no official contes t on we believe t h a t F r a n k Blankenship a n d .Toe Sellers a r e t h e champion rabbi t h u n t e r s of o u r shops. w i t h J o h n B u n n a n d Verne Jones a s close seconds.

Ed. P ie rce h a s moved to F t . Scott from Redfield to m a k e this his home. This is a long promised move on Ed ' s 1)art. E h , E d ,

P. J. Moore. genera l foreman, who has been confined to his home for over a week wi th a n a t t a c k of the flu. which la te r developed into diptheria, is improved a t th i s wri t ing.

Bob Bradley recently paid a visit to relat ives in s o u t h e r n Arkansas .

Mr. E. L. White. w h o w a s a machinist fo r t h i r t y y e a r s here a t F t . Scott. passed a w a y a t h i s home on December 23. 1928. H e w a s t h e f a t h e r of Ro?- White, machinist . F t . Scott a n d of H u g h JVhite, K a n s a s City, to whom we e s t e n d o u r sincere sympathy .

LOCAL NO. 19-MEMPHIS, T E N N .

C. J . DAILEY. Repor te r - J. H. Humphreys . pipe fitter, drove

t o work wi th h i s wife in the i r Dodge a n d on h e r r e t u r n home m e t wi th a n accident which resulted in m i n o r in - juries to herself a n d demolishment of t h e car .

S. F. Berguson. hack shop foreman. spent the holidays a t t h e home of h i s p a r e n t s in Kingsville. Texas.

R a y Shepherd, machinist apprentice. a n d wife , mother a n d s i s t e r spent the holidays in Springfield v i s i t ing rela- t ives.

P. W. (Pinlts.) Landers, n igh t m a - chinist , i s ofT sick wi th t h e flu.

Bill Jorden. genera l roundhouse foreman. w a s off a week w i t h t h e flu.

31. L. Chick. a s s i s t a n t roundhouse foreman, w a s off s ick wi th t h e flu f o r several days.

\V. H. Gimson, g e n e r d foreman off s ick wi th the flu.

P. 0. \Voods, Jr . , machlnlst, fortr. of Springfield, flnished hls trade p r 1'

point a n d a f t e r work ing aa machl* for severa l months. h a s accepted si t lon a s s teel- inspector for the n ~ o n w e a l t h Steel Co.. St. Louis youri. W e a l l wish him succe? h i s n e w position.

T. W. Chapman. second-clas: chinist , w a s marr ied to Ethel Sr on December 22.

W. C. Shoup, hack ehop mar and wife spent the holidays ! the i r paren ts in Neodesha. Kans:

hf. 11'. S tewar t , machinist help< w i f e s p e n t the holidays with hr. e n t s in H a s t i . JIissourl.

F . \V. Huff, machinist, and wife t h e holidays v i s i t ing wlth their p in Springfield. Nissouri. Hub T such a g r e a t h u r r y to get to thp t o ca tch t h e t r a i n for Memphis. I fo rgot h i s p a s s a n d had to rel! t h e home of h i s parents, whip1 qui te a distance, for his pass. H luclty t h a t the Springfield npeeb were froze up o r h e probably have had to s t a y longer than I tended.

Bob Vernon, machlnlst, formri Springfield, is in St. Joseph's HI., H e w a s operated 011 for appen, a n d is in a very serious condition al l wish Bob a speedy recovery.

J o e Herhold, second-class l smith. a n d fami ly spent the hn vis i t ing w l t h the i r parents In TI Missouri.

Mrs. Otto ICetteman. wife of !TI, ikt. s p e n t t h e holidays visitin5 : in Li t t l e Rock. Arkansas.

George Ber ry , machinist, mot,,! Jackson. Tennessee and Paducnii. t u c k y and o ther points In that 1

d u r i n g the holidays.

N O R T H SIDE SIDELIGHTI -- 1,CSlERY HAGUEIVOOD, Rent-1

The b o ~ s of t h e North rou18' have a l l s igned the pledge for 1'. th i s c a s e i t is nei ther a "swezr r "swear on." b u t every one li'udr v e r y bes t effort to avold ~ c I ~ P ~ , ! only in 1929 b u t for all time to I t is very gra t i fy ing to knur t ' f a r we have not had an accidw

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of a minor nature. E lzy Gott , machinlst on the d l ,

w a s t h e victim of queer prank$(,,!$ era1 d a y s ago , the marauders P S I '

holes in the gasoline tank of 11,. Ruick car. evidently to secu:, gasoline.

J. U. XIeclklff, machinist, s l i . .,

finished his apprenticeship here :v

given tr ~)osition a t Hayti is nzrtir 1

ing here as extra. This on el., '

being cut off by force reduction * t

George Snyder. machinist, is -I r . us a f te r being OR several days :I,

the serious illness or 3lrs. Snr-rl,,i. a rc gli~tl to s a y Is improvinz 1 3 .

present. Cecil Groves, cellar packer. '

tlic loss of \Vilbur Dean, 111- months' old twin son. whose 81. '

curred December 27. Air. ~111.1 311.11's. Chas Dummit. '

tumetl from i~ holidav visrt ',t - Okla.. where they had grent t r ' l h ~ m n i i t is third shift grease car

George Hook. machinist. wai I r' - days the lat ter part of Decrmhj. ina from rheuniatism.

Ed. Uridwell, who supewiqc througi~ going engines at ths I station nlatie an extended trio I,, I

nia ant1 since returning lmne I unable to resume his duties nu r - , ncss which it ir leared is s w w a

John Stewart, machinist on 1, ' r lias been confined to the 11~~11'. b

he underwent an operation for 5r. ' in his head.

Alene, the seven year old lh . . Lawrence Patten, machinist t .. quite sick wlth pneumonia fever, a r c glad to s a y she is improfin:

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huntlng season is owr-ninny and I are the stories of both good luck

,J, but all honors for the most suc-

in the January number of the .,)le. Robert Rced of Local No. 6 .

includes the C h O ~ t e ~ u avenue .-'use. Many of us here enjoy a .tcquaintanceship among the Chou- rrenuc boys and it is a pleasure to 4 their doings, and while we use shnp we are no less sinccrc when

w. "Stay rlght in therc. Eob".

AL NO. 1-SPRINGFIELD, MO. -

JOHS O'BHIEN. Eeporter

t w a of the south shops enjoyed a rwntion during Christmas. Sev- r them took advantage of this by

r,+ recently married to ArI Flee- T'ne ceremony was held a t the if her father, 10-17 W. >It. Veron

sr Appleby and Finnis Dison, both itore enlplos,es h ~ v e returned to ,;her a bad spell of the flu.

1;. Woods, shop clerk, spent his rr.is vacation a t his home in Colfax,

1' Rean has just returned to work

e second half of the season

E. Brown. chief clerk, has bcen

,111otlon is permanent for Mr.

I N YARDS TH TRA 'RINGFIE

Sam Hays, thlrd trick inspector, has been off several clays with a very severe . case of thc flu. Roy Twigger, extra inspector, worked third trick while he wm off.

JIr. Ezra Dooley, c a r InspectoY a t South Side. and Miss Margaret Wisbrod were niarried January 2. 1929. Rev. Walter George performed the cercwiony. W e extend to Mr. and 3Irs. Dooley our best wishcs for a long and happy mar- r . i w l l i f e . - - . - . - - .

Floyd Jones, machinist a t South Side. is back to work again after: being off 12 days with the flu.

Jamea \Vales. coach truckman. who has bren off some time with nn injured hand i y working again.

Hershel 3IcConley. South Side machinlst, has been off a few days with the flu. IVe hone he will be able to return soon.

Mrs. Floyd Jones. and children, spent holidays visiting her relatives a t Doe- ville. Tennessee.

A. P. Wells. check clerk, is back a t work aza ln a f te r being off a few days with the flu.

Carl 3IrKinney Is absent from d u t s on account of sickness. FI. W. Phelps. city auditor, is assum-

ing Mr. JIcICinney's dutics tempora.rily. Mr. Bcaudina started on his \;acation.

Monday, Dccember 16. He is v l s i t in~ ' his former home in Fort Smith. A ~ k a n s a s .

We regret vcry much to report the death of Nr. Roy C. Chrisman, trucker on Springfield's frciaht platform, on Decem- ber 30. 1928. H e entered thv sorvire February 9, 1920. Foillng health neces- sitated his discontinuing work scveral wceks previous to his death. ROY will be greatly missed by the platform boys and we all extend to Mrs. Chrisman and Pam- ily sincerest sympathy.

H. E. Daugherty. clerk. was off ten days on account of sickness of his family. who were visiting in St. Joseph. Xlissouri.

J. E. Bedwill. machinist a t Sooth Slde. has been off for sime time because of stomnch trouble. W e a r e glad to hear the report tha t hc is Improvinfi some, and we hone he will soon recover.

J a k e Williams, veteran employe a t the freieht house. who has been off dutv for some tlmc, reports for work.

Mrs. Bertha Noah, dauahter of 311'. and Mrs. Roy Pitman. who- underwent a n operation a few days ago, became worse and a second operation was necessary.

A llttle girl without a name has taken nn hcr abode a t the home of Lee Howell. block clerk a t freight house. Shc arrived January 16.

LOCAL No. 15-OKLAHOMA C I T Y

E. W. GEE. Rcporter

T h r wrlter was absent last month on account of the holiday rush.

Oklahoma City is now the oil canitol. a brand new 5.000 barrel1 well with 27 wclls drlllina. At present several Frlsco employes have been lucky to have hold- ings in the fleld which leases on them brought a tldy sum.

The Frisco has handled 8everal cars of 011 from the' new fleld to the refinery a t Okmul~ee .

Brother George Papin, preslilcnt of 1,ocal 15, attended a convention a t Spring- Aeld recently. 11'. A. ~Vills. west end pasnmyrr ron-

ductor Is the new president of The Fris- co Employes' Club. We al l assure him of our support in 1929. W. G. PafCorcl. the general passenger

brakeman. was on the sick list. but we a r e glad to see hhn back on the job.

Oklahoma City is soon to have a 25 story' hotel operated by the Blltniore interests of New York. Everything t h a t helns Oklahoma City helps us.

Brother Fountaln had the misfortune to sustain a broken a rm In a motor car accident last week.

Brother Myers, employed in the coach department, dropped dead in the coach yard of heart failure. We extcnrl the family our sympathies.

The H. C. Conles party of the Frisco

En~ployes' Club will be held January 17. We a r e going to have a big time and ex- pecting a number of out of town offlcialu.

STORES A N D MECHANICAL DEPT. FORT WORTH, T E X A S

C. \V. EURKELL. Reporter

Scveral of the ~nechanical dcpartmenl m ~ p l o y e s have been absent lately account of the flu cpidemic, but we a r e glad to r e ~ o r t that the most of these men a r c bdck on the job again.

Our sympathy is extended to F. C. Rudloff, piece work checker, in the loss of his father who died Uecembcr 2 4 , a t San .intonio. Texas.

Roy "Uutch" Thompson. Is now our night boilermakcr after having been promoted due to the reslgnation of I. R. Hrlton.

The officers of Local Ko. 26. Metal Crafts and Car Department Employes' As- sociation were entertained a t the homc of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. High. Tuesday rwening. January 13. After a brief buwi- ness session. ganies were plas7etl nncl re- ficshmenta were scrved. Yevernl of the oRicera were absent due to wlcknesu, but it is hoped that thcy will all br able to a t - tend thc next meeting.

MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT LINDENWOOD, MO.

-- Z. M. SIMPSOX and J. &I. CUXSINC-

1I.\&1. Reporters

W. E. Cotter of For t Lincoln. Bismarck. N. Dakota, son of Har ry Cotter, coa! chute foreman, was marrled December a to Niss Alvida Allinson, also of Bis- niurck. 3-. Dakota.

l'etc Peters, of the owl gang is in line for congratulations. being the proud fath- e r of a baby girl. born Dccember 15. named Doroths Louise.

1\11.. and Mrs. Bowman XI. Xlurrell spent the Christmas holidavs a t her motherds - ~ . -

in Springllelcl. 310. John Clayton. one of the boss on the

owl ganq. is "bathing" it w a i n , his wife hnving left Decembcr 23 for Sprlngfleld, for a n extended visit.

P'irernan Noel Sweetin, and wife, spent the la t t r r part of December visiting his friends and relatives a t Cuba, &lo.

Tom Flannifian was our boilermaker from Green County. December 1 to De- cember 8. flllina the vacancy crcatetl by h A . ones. -..

Allle A. Jones. clcctric welder, wlls In the Frisco hosoltal from December 1 to .. . - Dccember 8.

Lee Wardlow was in Rogers. Ark., De- cember 8 to ll. visiting his mother.

John Sanders was callcd to Nashville, Tenn.. on the 23cl of December. owing to the clenth of his father-in-law. G. W. Charlton. The shop forces extend sympathy.

"Wicker Bill" Henry has a new R. C. A. 60 of which he is very proud. H e claims he can get coast to roast on his new set lnclucling station K>IOX.

>Ira. ~ e n r y is visitlng relatives a t St. James, so it is ;i good th inr that Bill has the R. C. A. to make up for her abaencc.

"Dutchy" Prugger spent the Christmas hollclays with his mother in Green County.

Engineer Al. Knelle. and wife, spent the 20th to 27th. inclusive in Toronto. Ont.. Canada. visitinr her mother and Piielids.

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Sidney Williamson is another to fall in line with a new R. C. A.. and his wife isn't zone. either.

Edith yrl Jones. more p 0 p ~ h r l y known as'ld'Cascy". spent Christni:+s a t the old home town. Where? Need you m k ? Springfield, of course.

Engineer Mike Faber was off with the flu from December 29 to January 5. You ran't keep a good man clown long! W e sure did miss him too, because there isn't anyone tha t can play Old Black Joe on the whistle like Mike.

Mrs. Chester D. Davis. wife of Eastern divislon fireman, was vlsiting frlenrls In St. Louls the latter part of December.

off, to can his pe!nut butter. Believe it o r n o t ; Sam is a man of his word".

The recent marriage of Mlss I la Wil- limns a t Enid ren1ovt.s from our ranks a very loyal employe. \\re boys out of thc S ~ r i n ~ f l e ' r l onice w-ill surely miss her on our western trlps and we do hope she ?enlains in Enid. We take this opportunity to cstrnd best wishes for a happy married lifc.

THE BUNCH.

BRIDGE A N D BUILDING DEPT. EASTERN DIV IS ION -

ARTHLTR BUNCH. He;>o~ ter

\Yc hope this year will be aeprosperous y r a r for all of the Frisco employes and also the company. We a r e sorry to s a y n t present that quite a few of the boys a t the West Shop a r e off account sickness. \Ve hope by the timc this item goes to press tha t they wlll all be back on the job.

Dorsie Robcrtson kind Miss Thelma Roe were happily marricd Dcccmbcr 16, 1928. Xnny happy days. Dorsie.

H. L. Knight. boilermaker. spent Christmas in Rcy Wcst, Pla. Mr. Knight reports a flne trip.

Paul Larkln. pipefltter, ant1 wife, spcnt thc holidays in San Antonio, Texas, with XIr. Larkin's brother. Paul reports a wonderful trin.

side of his wife's father who has b > . , i sick for sonle timc. H e rcports that ! h -

father-in-low is not improving ang. .\i. bert was accompanied by his wile on 11. trip.

Max Hosang. lead a i r man and ex!:- foreman, spent the 1lolirla.ra In l k n w Colorado, antl reports a n excellent r:lr,. tion. Mr. H o s a n ~ was acconipmiz~l h:, his wife and chtlrlren.

Santa Clam visited the horn- of Se Garner, flrst class rnachlnist and JtO. Snarr. second class machinist, and I!!: I each a br'anrl new elcctrlc radio.

\Vc a r e sorry to admit that we rlid n ' 1 make a better showing In accident pr. , vention for December. We had t u o I - . portable xccidrnts antl thnt is two I I many. \Ve \\-ill t ry to keep thcm t l j x - I C'h:ts, Pu~'ye:ir, hollerm:rker, spent

(:hristn~:is ilo1id;~ys in Culln~an. ;\I;I.. with l~onie folks. Ch;rrles renorts a flne tril).

Xlr. and Aim. Hugh Nease spent sev- ural days visitins rclativcs a t Pra t t , Kansas.

Mr. and Nrs. Thomas Baker spent sev- eta1 days visiting relatives a t Mcmphis. Tenn

in January. I Thc conimlttce appointed for t h ~ E v ' . I

six inonths of 1929. a r e In favor of 41. ,. ' I nat ing zccidents entirely, and hcre 1;. ; 1 a r c : Frefl EsteA in the machine sib.' William Christotkl In the pipe shop I.- i 0 well .\mas and A. T(. Holrnqulst, niar'+ : a lsts In thc roundhouse: Prather I>.: 1 ley in the tank g a n g ; Dewey Jalii. f in the boiler makers: Joe I>avics on :. r 4 P. 31. shift. and Joe Barron on 111, 1. ! midnight shift.

I I " Carl Bornman. mechanicu laborrr, I ' .

I V ~ a r e very sorry io announce the death of Robert Smith, n~achinist. which occurred January 1, 1929. Mrs. Smith and family, have thc ssmpathy of the boys a t West Shops.

L. E. Reddick, boiler foreman. spent a few days Christmas week with his sister in Shreveport. La.

I\. I,. Jacobs, boilermaker, rind family. spcnt Christmas holidays in Topeka. with home folks.

1.2. H. Jones, tank trwckman. spent Christmas holidays in Pensacola. Pla. Mr. Jones reports a flnc trip.

H a r r y Smart , blacksmith. spent Christ- mas holi(laps in Los Angeles. Calif., with his claugliter. Mr. Smart reports a won- (l~rfi11 tvin.

- . . . . . . Roy Smith spent a few davs visiting

his mother and ftither z t Will&v Springs, AX0

The sick list for Deccmber was very hcavy on account of the flu. Bill Haral- son was off three days. Robert Riley was ole about s e w n dayfi. Roy Smith off for about thrcc days, Ellis Mayfleld off four d a y s and reporter off about two weeks.

Mr. 31. R. Johnson went off on ~ ~ e n s i o n t h e flrst of the year antl is going to Cali- fornia to live.

Lorcn Turientine was quietly malrietl. Drcember 22, and the couple spent their honeymoon in Los Angeles. Ctilif.

John hlcGlI1 is back to work a f te r bc- Ing OR for almost a year on account of

the service Decernber 28, and his \..*,..I. . , 4 was fllled by Lowell Jason. supply 11 ' fl who was oldest in seniority and e7nw to same. the vacancy made by prww:. .(

Jason was flllcd by Henry h1cislt.r. u ' 9 has been worktng extra. 1:

The craftsmen a t Chouteau KIII I ' !I C'hi~istmas spirit and made up n prrr- ! .' ,I the purpose of presenting the offio 1,'- - j VI a few giftn. The gcneral foreninn ; . presented u flfty foot steel tape in 1'11. e r case. The nssistant roundhousr I . . man. the ninht foreman and thc I. '

foreman were pltsented with a b,m , of Chancellors. the c h i d clerk awl .: - g~'al)hers, werc presented with a .:. * - rubber chair cushion with velour 8 :'

ing. The stenographer. 311ss Schur!r '8

ing the only ~ i r l employed at t h ~ !, . was urcsentecl with an additional 1.17 -

. . . . - . . . . . . ,. . Carl Oberlander. cab carpenter. ant1

fxmils. u ~ c n t a fcw clays Christmas. in a n operation.

Charlny \\Tallace flllell Mr. 31. R. John- son's place in the B. &. B. gang No. 2 They a r e now doing geiiei.al repair w'ork at Monett. 310.

XIr. a1 days box, Olrla.. tli:iSinfi the Christmas holidays. iSdwin said this was his honeynloon triv.

Virail Smith. valvc man in G a n r 3-0. - ~ . Mr. J . P. Carter and gang a r e repair-

ing brldEcs between Aldrich :tnd Walnut Grove, Alo.

Mr. Sliyles and gang a r e repairing Bridse.9 a t Lory City. No.

Xlr. J. B. Brown and g a n a rrre dolns general repair work a t Grandview. 310.

Clyde Cunnln~haln and pang a rc doing genrral repalr work a t West Shops. Springfield. Mo.

1, is <porting a n T~ssex coach, antl he hit.; had lots of trouble during cold weathcr. There a r c only a fenr of the boys that ride to work with hint antl the gang had to push his Essex home in the snow, so I hear Virgil m m t s to trade the Essex for a Chevroiet.

.Toe Brandon. shcet metal worker, sDent

the form of a n atomizer, which sh* ' fllled wlth perfume in l c ~ n than an I ' ,

The general foreman. MI'. Murn.,:. liatl the Clir~lstmas spirit, and ewi . , - ' loye ye sniolccd tlie cigars on hlni, C'V

Christmas in St. Louis. Joe reports x flne trip.

N. J . Freeman, boilermaker, has the sympathy of thc boys a t the West Shop. in the death of his grantlfather, which occurrcd Jxnunry 1, 1929.

mas ere. Well. we a r e all glad Chrlstmae 1 4 ' *

and now we will get rrndv lor 1' . and thcli the Veteran's Reunion.

N O R T H SIDE ROUNDHOUSE SPRINGFIELD, MO.

CHAS. A. CAHXER, Reporter

E. Cngar, flreman, has been off for several weeks account sickness.

F. E. Watson, flreman. has returned to work after beliig off for severxl days account of sickness.

Earl Mead. flreman, is off account of sickness, and has been off some time.

George L. Baner. Areman. is off sick

LOCAL NO. 5-ST. LOUIS, MO. - HOUERT W. HI?:I+:L). Repor'tcr

' On account of Are which damaged the Sloose Hall in Maplcwood Heights. where Local No. 5 meets. it became necessti1.y to hold our two laat incetingrr in a vacant adjoining store building. all regular buslness wan handled as usual, but it \-:as nccmsary to postpone the dance and chicken dinner, which was schedulctl for L)cct-mber 21.

Our sympathy has been extcndetl to Chas. Roth, thlrd class nuichinist. who was called home December 13, account of his iuother beins Itilled by a n auto.

Our sympathy la also extended to Mr. and XIrs. Har ry Davidson, who were callcd to Swedebour~ . 310.. on January 2. account of the tlcath of the niothcr of Mrs. Dixvidson. Har ry T)avi<lson is a second class n~ac l~ in is t .

We also extend our sympathy to Frtinlc Menson, third class boilermaker, who wax ralled to Greenfield. 310.. to attend the funeral of his sister. who died Janiiarv 9.

Our sy~ripatliy is also extentled to Wm. Gentry, lead truck and spring man. antl his son. Claude Gentry. extra third class mechanic. for the loss of the wife an11 mother, who was found dq.ad on arrival home from work. Friday. January 4. Mm. Gentry's remains were laid to rest in Springfleld. Mo., January 6, 1929. Pall- bearers foi' Mrs. Gentry were selected from among fellow employes a t Chou- teau avenue roundhouse.

Albert Spacheck, thlrd class niacliinist. spent the holidays in Kansas, a t the bed-

LOCAL NO. 11-CHAFFEE, MO.

111.. and Mrs. John Sheely werv 8 - to St. T ~ ~ u i s recently. account surl.':z ness of Mrs. Sheely's brother.

Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Rankiarr. -' holidays with hlrs. Rankin's hmli. * Leachville. Ark.

Mrs. Sam AIusgrave visited her n ' - in Bloomfleld. recently.

XIrs. 0. E. 1,2dwards of PuxE-~~ '' shopped in Cape Girardeau. .\lo.. I-..

the holidays. Mr. and ?drs. Henry Arth : l i ' .

prond parents of a boy. Hcnry. J r XIiss Lucille Cettings visi!esl in '

Louis recently. Conductor Marvin Stockley, ri: .. I

daughter. Marylyn. attended the 8:.

tion ceremonies of the new - I

a n d expects to return to work soon. Lee M. Harrison is off sfck. W e hope to

s c e him around a ~ a i n soon. A. F. Lautzenheiser, flrcman, is off sick.

and has been off for some t h e . H e was taken sick while in Newburg on his run.

W e a r e sorry to. report the death of John Nerritto, flrenlan. who w a s taken sick on December 16, antl diet1 December 2.1. 192R - , - - - -

Chas. L. Martin, flreman, was among the unfortunate. the last month. in thc loss of hls mother, who died December 24, 1928.

Thou. Lyons and \Villis Long hnvc been assigned to i'uns No. 1 5 and No. 4. work- Ing between Xionett and Springfleld.

Lee Kelthley. engineer. has been assigned to passcngcr service on the Cen- t r a l Division. IIe was formerly in freight service between Springfleld and Nonett.

Poplar ElufC. 310. Mrs. J . 31. Pryor of St. Lou18 5

her mother. Mrs. G. 4. Reeve= re - Am informed a t thh nrllln: '

Georpc 3lo1.ris is in thc Prlsco H ~ Y St. Louis. We hope for speedy r

The play given by the Ladiea' 4 1 on December 2 was well at t tnd~~

Mrs. 0 t h Snider spent thv r with he]' relatives.

3Ir and Mrs. C. R Slmpkln? the latter's father. J. E. Pr)or dv-. holidays.

Mrs. Tom Lane vlsited her ni I .

W E S T SHOP-SPRINGFIELD, MO.

A. E. GODFREY. Reporter

Well, here we a r e again for tlie flrst time in the Year, 1929. W e a r e glad to s a y tha t a fcw more of the boys a r e back on the job who were laid off Illst year.

Blgger8. Ark., recently. Mrs. Earl Wllliams of St. L ~ u I - -

ed friends and relatives In Clu<'+ cent1 y.

I EASTERN DIVISION I SPRINGFIELD GEN. STORE ROOM

Xo doubt, most all cmploycs that have paid the general store a visit in the :last twenty years will recall having mct our latc tinieltecpcr. Eugcnc Henderson, a s he was well and favorably known amon:. the store forces since he entered the scrvice some twenty ycars ago. Mr. Hcndcrson suffcred a n attack of thc flu during the lat ter part of last December and being very zealous of performing his regular line of dutlrs, he returned to work within a fcw days a f te r being able to be up. and suffered a set-back, which resulted in clouble pneumonia and a f te l sewra l days' illness, he ~)assed away a t the Frisco ~vnrt l OK St. John's hospital. this city. Mr. Hencterson was a man among men. - malting fricnds with all n ~ h o m he met ancl the stoi-r forces mill ever miss his fimlling face from among our. number.

Sally Sharp, daughter of Thomas A. Sharp, atore helper-chrclicr, lumber yard. 1 ~ s returned from Augusta, Kans., where rlw had been the gucst of Mr. and Mrs. George A. Miller. Mrs. JIillcr was formerly Helcn Ricn of this city and Xr . JTiller is a frog repairer for the Frisco.

Joe Wilson. trucker, has returned to work after bcing absent for two weeks account of sickness.

John Williams, night watchman. has returnrcl to his duties a f t r r bcing confined to his home account of having a severe at tack of flu.

Gcorge Piat t , trucker. has returned from a visit in the West. IVhile in Se- attle, Wash.. Ilc visited wit11 Mr. F. \IT. Pomeroy, a Frisco veteran, for a short time. Mr. Ponic~,oy is in poor health a t the present time and all of his Frisco friends wish for him a speedy recovery.

E. R. Parker, supply m:m, and L. E. I'echner. gcnel'ul lumber forcigan, who h a r e been ill, h a r e recovered and a r e back a t their clcsks.

3Iaurice (Red) Baron. visited in Springfield. December 23. 2 4 and 1 5 . 3I;lurice was iormcrly a supply car man Eor the Frisco. -111 of his fisientls were glad to scc him.

Taylor Stevens, trucker, and 311-s. Ste- vcns departed January lfi on 104 for the southern par t of Californla. whcrc they went in the hopcs of Mrs. Stevens re- g a i n l n ~ her health.

Mr. W. T. Sloan, trucker. and Xrs. Sloan have :is their guest, their daughter. Mrs. \Vllbur Estes of Detroit, Jlich.

W. F. Sprohs. fa thr r of John J. Sprohs. upp ply car itlan, Is conflncd to the company hospital in St. Louis, We wish for Mr. Sprohs a speedy recovery.

Gofi Snodgrass, trucker, is recovering From a n at tack of the flu. Mrs. Snod- arnns w a s taken ill with the flu whlle cisitlng 111 Kansas City and w a s removrd to the hospital antl a t the ~ ~ r c s e n t tinie she is In a very critical condition. We t rus t that her condition will inwrove and that she wlll be well enough in a short time to return to hcr home in Spriiigfleld.

Bert D. Shcridnu truclccr. is off duty

a t the present tinie account of hcing vac- cinated for small pox.

Griffin Pricc, trucker, and George Gm- ham. stock man. \\ho have bcen ill, havc rccovercd and a r e bark a t work.

John Hartsell, trucker. was injured on January 11. -4 manhole cover off of an oil tank struck Mr. Hartsell in the head. which causcd a gash about six inches fn ienfith. This was a repoi-tablc arcident whlch broke a sixty-eight day rrcord \vithout a n acc itlent

\17illiam Haymrs, t r u ~ ~ k c r , is conflnetl to his honic account of a sprained back.

MONETT LOCOMOTIVE DEPT. MONETT, MO.

IIerhcrt TToW~l~t@n, ljaintcr, has been seen herding a new Ford sedan around the villagc strects. Hc has one advan- tagc over thc rent of us-if th r paint job dorsn't hold up. :i fcw minutes with thr sp1 .x~ gun will recondition the finish.

P. .\. Rodsers, c-ovcrn~nent insl~ector. wid us onc of his ~~criocliral visits the 14th an11 l.5th. S o disastrous results were I ermrted.

Fireman 1,. IV. Harbaclc and family wcre called to For t Smith by the illness and ~ubscquent death of JIr. Harback's mothcr, which occurred on Dcrcmbcr 30.

A l u ! A conflr~ned bachclor has fallcn ~~ ~ ~ .- .. into thc ranlw of the henrrlicts?- Xonc other than Ross A , Monroe, flrcman on the Northern division. who \vns marr ic~i to Miss Elizabeth Burdcn on January 12. They will make their home in Monett, ut- tcnrled by the goor1 wlshes of all th(.ir friends and acyunintonccs. R. E. Hooscr, fireman, went to Amory.

Jliss., on .lanuat,)- 2, called for service on thc Colunibus sub. However, as hc didn't s tay Ions, zuess h r must have he- romc homesicli for a snowball flght, so left the tropics behind.

Enainccr P. W. Gooch, who is cu t off the extra board a t JIonett, has accepted teinporary scrvice as engineer on the Ok- lahoma City an11 iltoka Railroad.

Do you know just how much a fresh coat of paint on tho walls of your clomi- cile can !leg up lagging spirits antl re- vive wan in^ enthusiasm? Not much, by actual esprrience! hTcvertheless, the ncw flnlsh on our office malls does create a hriglit aiul c.hcerful atmosphere and is greatly apr~reciated by the whole force. now that the paint is d ry and therc Is no further ii:mrcr of incurring cleaning bills.

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TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT

0. 1,. OUSLEY. Reporter

M'e estrnd our heartfelt s y ~ n l ~ a t h y to Operator G. E. Martin, Sapulpa, whose fathcr died iwcntly.

Foreman .I. Oliver mas oft' sick scveral days during January, but is back on thc job again.

Mr. E. Baer, operatoi-, LaCygne, spent n holiday vacation with relatives a t Hi- :~tville. Kans.

Miss Lctha 1,inn. P B X opc:mtor, Ft . Scott. recently spent a fcm (lays vlsitlng in Cushing. Okla.

Jimmie Kitchen, messenger, has returned to Sapulya after a short visit with relatives in Houston. Texas.

. . J. F. \IVcst, agent ;it Tflckwor~l, li r ::; covering from pneumonia and CXPP t s ,

soon be ablc to rosume his d u t l ~ , C . C. Fullcr. operator. relieved 01 - '"I

a tor Martin a t Sapulpa a few d a p 1 - ''I month. T. F. Kcatin:., towerman. Lnmar, =pr.:

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a n cnforccd vacation a t honle this n1,1-. ' "'

with influenza. .\. E. Laxton, lineman, Sapulpa. *

lost s e w r a l days and a few poungl; weiaht with flu. H e was relieved hr H. Thompson, assistant foreman i r Donahuv's Ganfi.

W. B. Hollantl. manager and wire el Sapulpa, mas i d l e d to Houston, J n n n 3, account of tile illness of his nlothcr

Ifr\\'. Gracey. who was flrst trick opt itt Paola for several years, passrti zr a t St. John's Hospital in Springfield. I cember 26. following a prolonged iilr Our i ieer~wt sympathy is extended tn L'amily in tiic>ir bereavenlent.

31. S. Sisemore. cllvision linemni~. I IVorth, was off for several rla::i ' month. H e was relicvcd b y R. 6, y?o lineman Prom Oliver's gang. 8. H. Kelso, ganx lineman. r--.I,

n-urlr i,eccntly Mtcr having been of[ scvcral weclis account slckness.

Miss Maudc Gorsuch spent several 8 :

last month !n Jefferson City visitin.: i uarents (luring the holidays.

Miss M\.Ialxdla Porter returned 10 r Januar-s- 2, af te r several days, wT -''pr Chicago nnd Rochester. . I?

', . ,, Mr. .I. H. Brennan, was called to r , lnPs fng. Okla., January 1.5. account 8 . -

illness of his father. I t Is hoped tl,..! . '?"" is inlyroving and that Mr. Brcnnan 7 1 ;/:.:,' pire 11s a favorable report soon.

Roy Hclms, division lineman. Jopli; ! l'y,,' off sick. Hc is being relievd by 1: [,,,.

Bray. , .:-. 111 - in(

AGENT'S OFFICE-MONETT, MO 1 : $ -

I't~C.\HT, 1.:. LEWIS, Reporter - OFf

The Lrui~inien rewived their hl, 11 checks Decemher 20, whlch c a a ~ + . 8

very aeccptnblc "C1~ristrna.s gift". Mrs. Charles 3Iarshall and dan:r,.- 1

Grace ancl Edna. wcre visltors 18 - '

past month in .~acltsonville and 11 ' ~la le , l$71a, W'. W. Wolfe rcsumed work s~ 7 8 , -

tor on trains I antl 5. January I,

. t;:: . w ] t ' '

. : !lie :n,+!>e

a lay-off of flve months on account . ' , ,. fol nexs. 1 ~'lrls 13. P. McCaslin has returned frd. , .7,.s ,

Louis where he \v:ls a ~~aticnt .:l ,rH,i,j. IWsco Employes' Hospital on ~ r . r . l " ; ~ ' (.. j a n injured back, but is still unnb!. sume w o ~ k

Tlic following employes and t11i.'- '.- ilicv werc out of town vbiton tile ' , part oP Ikceniber ~ n r l 1st of J2.r - (:cnci~al Yardmaster Caffey :mi . guesLs of relatives a t Phillipsbw. . Springflcld. Cashier A. If. TrimV ., wife. Iiutchinson, Kans., Agent .: Crown and wire, Tulsa. Okla. \!- I.

A1i.s. C. H. Heying nnd two 8 r. Springfleid and Republic. Xr. an: ''

C. W. Archdale and son, ICanpl. Mr. and Mrs. 3I. I.. Hudson ari(l ter, Kansas City.

Wilson 0. Gatcs hm been OK ~i:::, .* weeks on account of illness. but ti., ciently recovered to perform hls r . , yard clerk.

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::!e::n , : t.,, ~ ~ ' ~ ~ ~ , I , , , ~ ~ I

;"&? Il:l,',yp

~ ~ I ~ b c ~ , """"~ 1 r!,,) $11 vv. E,

Uam Wormlngton resumed duties a s ~llchman January 9. af ter having - OR slnce June, with a n injured arni lolnt Book of Rules meeting was held

1' ?.I. C. A,. Monett, January 8, the -:dons marked a n attendnncc of 91 ~~oorts indicate a very interesting vofltable meet in^. ' * Tardniaster's antl Agent's offices

hen treated to a coat of paint in .i?des of gray which has added ma-

%',! to the appearance of the oflices. a rge Morris, section laborer, spent -d reeks risitlng relatives in Arkan- rnrt 13111 Allen pushed the red wheel- - a and attended to the duties of

. ' cleaner. ! r, uaster R. 0. Davis, wife and two I rere reccnt visitors in St. I.ouis and r-+ld. w ,rl-r, Schwandt, extra ciorlr. was sent \::on where he worked a s rclief man

*lie past month. r. :,. ... Gulick, extra clerk. was in Ncw- r: l',!rt of past month, helping hold r :he yard offlce positions account r: 01 seve~aE clerks. Y.. :md Mrs. Joe Short. of Rolla. were Ll lo BIonett by the serious illness and rb I,! Mrs. Short's father, -4. M. Hall. k :,:I? bcon a hlghly respectecl citizen IY'',..tL for the past thirty-flre years. p l'harley Wallace has received the ) ~!ment as bridge and building fore-

,wle vacant by tlie retirement of ;\I.

-.who ia now reported a s much im-

I . eastern division. P a t Hurd, >.<ter, northern division. 1%. E. C ~ o n a n into JIonett on thc Blue-

ICE O F CAR ACCOUNTANT SPRINGFIELD, MO

NARIE ARNOLD. Reporter

t f r 4 break in the dullncss a f tc r the . was a pretty lunchcwn-bridge en-

y: sixteen of the girls of this officc Untra on Saturday nineteentll.

0: Vayer, 3Iwon, Renshaw. Vane. Dearing nnd Owcn. placecl these

.I Lhe list of those who begin the ; with "Did you get Lou Angeles

r Bridwell Lo s t work again after to Ca!iIomla, and a round of

I~~nrhcons, movle s ta rs and a visit ! % I . # , also after witnessing the Rose

? I at Pasadena. Calif., on New LIZ!-. ! h i s , chlel clerk demurrage bu- rra one of the worst sufferers with pi. wing OK work for more than a

. OK more than a wcek mere

rle Y~ller and Theda Pyland, who

I':rznbeth Rosley waa off several

rlavs this month with the flu and suffer- i n i from injuries receivccl when she Pen on the s ta i r a t the Gillioz Theatre, but is back a t work again.

This office is proud that one of its number. Mary Howell of the per diem department, ranks among the list of those securing the greatest number of traffic tips for the company in the Traffic Club : ~ t this point.

Elleabeth Owen suffered a n at tack of 1.1rynfiltis this past month and was forced to s t a v a t home a few days to rest. Ellzabcth is still stunned o w r the rloctor's ndvlce that she has a "singer's" throat. nevcr hnvinr had aspirations along that line.

Evclyn XTannlnq was called to I<ilnaa% City during the Christmas holidays to a t - tend tlie funeral of her aunt . who died in Amarillo. Tex., af tcr a short illness with the flu.

I e n n n Solomon has bcen granted a ninety dnv Icave of absence account sick- ncss bexinnina with December 21. antl will spend some time In the west regain- ing her hcalth.

Ola Zieqlcr. formerly clerk in this officc who lost seniority on account of redurtion of force. wns re-employed during the holi- rlnyq a s a n ansorter. Erma Kerr and Doris Redwell were also employed durinz the hcnvy nbsenre acrount Illness Our rcrorcl for several days was fourtcen absent .lwount slc3kness.

IT . \IT. Johnson. car accountant. af ter n srverr at tack of the flu. was able to a t - tent1 the meetin- of the .\. R. A Com- mittee of which 11- is a menibcr, helrl in New Orleans on the 11th and 15th. The Kitvanis Club of Snrinrfleld bestowed on Vr . Johnson tlic honor of the office of Prcsldent for the year 1929, a t its annual election in Deccnibcr. and Iic was installed a s such a t a Klwanis Banquet a t the Ontra on the nixht of January 11.

The spmpaths- of the entire office force i.; cstendecl N. I>. I.indrluist, chief clerk of record dcpartment. and his family. in the loss of XIr. Linrlquist's father b\. dcatii on Dwember 27, after n short ill- new with flu nnd pneumonia.

OFFICE GENERAL MANAGER SPRINGFIELD, MO.

ORVII.I.E conr'r.:. Reporter

C:. W. Lodgc. aecrctary to Mr. Sisson. ~ w i ~ n c d his position January 1, to become official court reporter for the eigh- tccnth judici:~l district mlt11 headquarters a t Bolivar. 1\Iissouri.

With the resignation of G. 117. Lodge. Hobart F. Xadison bccomes secretary to 3Ir. Sisson, while Vlctor Gleaves surceeds Madison a s secretary to Mr. King. Gleav- es fornierls- worlied in this office and w e :1re glad to welcome him back.

Mr. and Mrs. H. F, 3Iadison are now nosscssed of :I haby daughter. Mary Frances. born J a n u a r y 11. 1029. Hobart rleclnres shc is thc prettiest baby in the liospitai and our investigation bcmrs him out. Conc~.atul:~tions !

Miss Grace Jochum visiting in EIdora- do, Ark., reported roses blooming out of doors New Yew's day. R. G. Sns-rler. formerly inspector of

stations. left the General XIanager's staff January 1, to bcvoine Traffic hfanager a t Oklahonla City. Those. of us who had thv pleasure of ~vork ing with him ice1 rurn hc will be success f~~l a t hls new post.

S U P E R I N T E N D E N T ' S OFFICE- WEST SHOPS, SPRINGFIELD

-- JOIC GOOURICH, Reportcr

A v r r s interesting and instructive ad- (lrcss. given by J. E. Hnsltell, a i r foreman a t West Shops, was thoroughly enjoyed by the students of the Frisco Apprentice School, Mondny evcnina, .Tanuary 14, a t the Senior High School building. Mr. Has- kell's subject. "Brakc Equipment on Lo- <,omotives in Service," was very timely a s he dealt with the inspection and rules

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of the Inter-state Commerce Commission, a topic with which tlic classes a r e chiefly concerned a t this time. Mr. Haskeil will talk to thc school on "The Origin and Operation of Air" In the near future.

Robert W. Smith, toolmaker, died a t the Frisco Hospital a t Springflelcl. Jan- unry 1, following a short illness. XIr. Smith had been in the West Shops tool room for many years. H e was a n excellent workman and his loss will be severe- I?. felt.

M ODERN deve lopmen t s in r a i l w a y science make i t necessary for every

railway employee to study his work if he desires to advance. Only the poorer places are open nowadays to the uneducated man. T h e old methods of "picking it up'' no longer avail. Definite, systematic study is necrssary to a mastery of railroading. and the men ~ v h o realize this the quickest are the first to secure promotion. T h e r e is always room a t the top for men of ability and spccial training.

I t is universally recognized today that the best home-study courses for railroad men are those offered by the Interna- tional Correspondence Schools. T h e big reason is that these courses are pructicul.

T h e instructors are men who have had long experience in both the practical arid theoretical branches of railway work -men who have occupied important positions in the railway world and who have spcnt many years in gaining their kno~vl- edge of the business.

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'URCHASING D E P A R T M E N T ST. LOUIS, MO.

W. L. RITTER, Reporter

I December 20 we had a visit from Bertha Ralph Kottman, formerly

!%a Hahn, stenographer to 311.. Gatz- She says housework is lots harder drumming keys.

~wster Wirtz, our formcr lumber !, also stepped in a f te r a month's ; In Sprlngfleld. Since leaving us. nnd that he speaks two lanauages- li~h and profane. e are all glad to see Irene JInus back n after an attack of the flu. ib have with us Al. 31. NefP. I!. D. lor of ukelele), our offlce boy. Every- meea that If he plays hls uke like ;eyxts for duty in the nlorning, he ! ;da.ays be a few notes behind. .lliing about ukes, Herb. Mahler says

we as easy to play as passing in- ... Do you make many mistakes .~iur uke. Herb? Jr office electrlclan, Herbert L. Clay. nwted wlth a live wlre the other day Imm the expression on his face, one

3.1 suppose he was in the middle of heck, looking both ways for Sunday. :lherlne Hughes received a beautiful for Chrlstmas from her mother, but

I reems to be a funny way to pro- v e "Boy friend". 'you happen to see a tall boy roam- *round the hall, wl~iaperinp hoarsely.

,%I, Joe," and "I claim". kindly open V.oor and push him In a s it's our office

Konnan Cool. hlce Hower is very nicely fllllng the !!on or stenographer to Jlr. Gatzert. h was formerly held by Bert. Hahn.

:iren boasts of followlng in her foot- by taking on weight.

'hnic Hulbert, the little girl from Du- deno~rapher to yours truly and the - detective. Is fllllng her positlon llke .Id regular. :rtn the outer door opens and the J! few stragglers blow in. It wlll be 1.11). 8 : 0 3 a m.. Central Standard -. Thls t h e service is given to you -1rh the courtesy of The !?:( Nut - m y . :nn Whitt bought a new radio for ,:!mas and has been trylng to get - rille ever since. Jus t shu t off your

bnn, and open the side window. .U pet It. .n new Year's Resolutlon :

8 1 m, to 5 p. m. One hour for lunch. ' I. to the office personnel Send me '.- news.

- ,ma truly" has been Improving in b !+wllng scores. Jus t recently got in c + c t circle by havlng a hlgh score 1 1 ; The roundhouse curve was break- E ':kc the two elghts in the 88 score.

VICE SUPT. TRANSPORTATION SPRINGFIELD, MO.

FTL.4 STRATTON. Reporter - %kle Rho&$ left on December 1 9 , t her parents, for sunny California b 1: dill 'acatloning in Pasadena. Los IE. I : , etc. We're gettlna lonesome for h - W n smlllng face. :- h House Is also in the City of L \zgeles, having left here December :' - 3 month's vacation. '..'!sn FWcr spent two weeks in Chi- . ?ntiy visiting her sister. '."I Stevenson and Savlna Felin re-

*I January 11 from a trip to the k l i n d . havlng visited New Orleans. t Urustlne. Havana. Cuba, and other CI h l Interest. .,.ma Brady IS conflned to the St.

,=< hspital tbr a month's rest. fol- LC? w attack of Influenza. i 1. J. H. Dofiwll was also in the hos- p 8t11rinn the holldays, ,bu t hns re- thl to work looking much improved. I 1- Retty Laker. Anna Sheean. Eu-

Railroaders . . . ore power to your pipe!

0 NCE you make friends with Stores and camps, railroad depots Edgeworth, you'll find i t will and stations. Two forms, Edge-

help you make the stiffest grade. worth Ready-Rubbed and Edge- For Edgeworth - the pipe worth Plug Slice. Both smoker's pal -is as con- offered in various auan- stant and true a comrade as you could hope to find. Smooth and fragrant, per- fectly satisfying, its likable quality never changes.

Edgeworth s m o k e r s in the railroad world speak with genuine affection for this favorite blend. A sort of brotherhood seems to have sprung up among them down at the roundhouse and along the road.

On s a l e e v e r y w h e r e , i n c l u d i n g C o m m i s s a r y

tities from small picket- size tins to handsome pound-size humidors. Trial OEer to Ballroad Men

If YOU have never made friends with Edgeworth, let us send you free samples of both Edgeworth Ready-Rubbed and Edgeworth Plug Slice so that you mny put them

to the pipe-test. Send your name and address to Larus & Brother Company. 27 S. 2lst Street, Richmond, Va.

On your radio tune in on WRVA. Richmond, Va.-the Edgewort h Station. Wave l e n g t h 270 meters. Fre-

xueny 1110 kilocycles.- pecial eature: TheMEdge-

worth Club" Hour every Wednesday evening a t nine o'clock E a J tor n Standard Time.

la Stratton, Della Stevenson, Cora P i t t s and Mrs. Pearl Townes entertained with a mlscellaneous shower, January 17. com- pl in~entary to Florence Bowen, whose marriage to Mr. George Laker was celebrated the lat ter par t of January.

They will get married! Harlen Boehm became a happy bridegroom December 22. Thls office extends heartiest congratulations to both Harlen and Flor- ence.

Our after-Christmas fun w a s very much dimmed on account of the lllness of s o many employes wlth slight colds, flu, etc. Freda Fielden. Helen Dryden, Frances Gustln. Elbert Hunt and Lester Langsford were the worst sufferers.

But now we're better and full o' pep. Were going to t r y to keep In step,

And while the year is young. T o be one among Those securlng greater traffic !

M O N E T T Y A R D

FRANK L. KYLER. Reporter

L. 4. Taylor, engine foreman. ha3 been Iaylna off wlth the flu, but is now able to return to work.

Switchman Ovid Vermillion has been away from work for several days on account of illness.

Mrs. 0. G. Donlavy, wife of Engine Foreman 0. G. Donlavy. is in a hospltal a t Springfleld suffering from a n injury received recently when the water heater exploded in the basement of her home. Although Mrs. Donlavy is stlll in a serious condltlon, she is reported a s getting

along very well and nl l l be permitted to return home in the near future. Mrs. Carroll Donlavy. a daughter-in-law. who was also injured In the exploslon. Is recovering nlcely, as she was not so. seriously injured.

W. P. Fenton. nlaht assistant yardmaster. has returned -to work foliowlng a short vacatlon spent in getting rid of the flu.

Engineer .Joe Kenney, who pilots the motor car between here and Fayetteville. is just a little Irish and due to this. the car has been named "The Irlsh Mall".

J. E. Shlpley, night assistant yardmaster. has been laylng off. H e was relieved by Engine Foreman L. A. Taylor.

Switchman F. L. Kyler relieved engine foreman 0. G. Donlavy on the 3:10 p. m. crew, while the lat ter w a s laying off on account of lllness in the fanlily.

Mack McClanahan, third trlck switch tender. has been laying off sick, but has returned to work.

Jfembers of the local grievance com- mlttee of the Brotherhood of Rallway Trainmen. consisting of Swltchman G. E. Dawson, Brakemen J. W. Mlller, P. J. Eoyer and 0 . E. Butler, attended a meet- Ing of the General Committee a t Spring- flcld recently.

Swltchman Jesse J. Newberry has been laying off slck.

Brakeman Ben Breeden of the North- ern division. has been in the St. Louis hospital with both a rms broken, has returned home for a few days. Bree- den w a s Injured by falling from the top of a furniture car in the yards a t Cher- ryvale, Kans. H e is well on the road t o recovery. but it wlll be necessary for him t o return to the hospltal for addltlonal treatment.

According to records of Agent A. T.

Rrown. a total of 1.294 cars of freight were handled to and from local patrons of the road during the year of 1928. Of these, 289 were shipped out and 1,006 received into Monett. Not so bad for a little town, beg pardon, I meant little CITY.

COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE ST. LOUIS

0. G. MOULT. Reporter

In the preceding report of the "carry- ings-on" of the noonday club, only a few of the members were mentloned, and not to sllght the rest. take thls means to Introduce all the members and their weaknesses :

Walter Wllliarns-vlollns and dictlon- aries.

Glenn Reeves, hard leather heels and Jonesboro.

Claude Parkhurst , Chevrolets, open a l r Lnd lodge work.

Milt Grote--fallen arches, calloused heels and the Ilke.

Nlck Farmer-mdlos and penslon rolls. Claude Balley--cob plpe and clgar clip-

plngs. Herman Hatt-misplaced eyebrows and

fashion plates. Walter Werner-truck gardenlng and

general carpentry. Al. Egli-bonds, safes and Fords. Oliver Moult-too numerous to men-

tion. These club meetlngs afford as much en-

tertalnment as a show, and now t h a t you a r e acquainted wlth the cast, will relate in the next Issue of the Magazlne a story t h a t wlll make the "True Story Hour" flght for Its laurels.

Old Timers--here's the soap you need on the job. Cleans the tougheat-looking pair of hands that ever pulled a throttle fired a "Hog." acked a hot- box or "oiled around.'' gubs up more lather in 15 aeconda than ordinary soap in 60, and even hard or cold water can't kill it. Millions uac it. "Good old Lava.'' they call it. Gets hands cleonl Not just "surface-clean" but clean 'way down deep. Quick and thorough but as easy on your hands as fur-link gloves-bccauac it's made from the fineet of vegetable oils. All druggists and grocers sell it.

Have you tried Lava Soap? If not, send thia coupon and get

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F R E I G H T ACCOUNTING DEPART- M E N T C T . LOUIS, k10.

LILLY KULAGE. Reporter

The ice hockey games a t the winter garden a r e well attended by employes of the freight accounting department, who declare it to be great sport. Several have signlfled their intentions of trying the game.

XVe have several changes in department heads to report : 0 . S. Jones is now head of the recheck bureau, W. H. Boyne succeeds Mr. Jones as chlef clerk to the audltor overcharge claims, Mr. A. H. Burgdorf is now s ~ e c l a l representa- t ive of t h e f r e i g h t account ing depar t - ment. while Mr. Lamont has taken charge of Interline-recheck department. We houe all wlll make aood In thelr Dres- ent capacltles. Ernie 'fhlelker was made asslstant chlef clcrk In the interline department.

J. J. Breen of the recheck department has been seriously 111 wlth the flu, but is now reported Improved. Other un- fortunnte flu patlents were: Emlly Lehr. Robert Carr, Clifford Penlston, Rucly Rode, Forest Barfleld. Mabel Carey. Ann Schwartz. Lurlynne Sencllein. Helen Au- man. Lenore Gavin. Theresa bfutcher, Evelyn Kelssling. However, all a r e back on the job a t thls t h e .

Virgll Jones Is agaln back with the boys in the "Glass House" after a n absence of a year. As a matter of Infor- mation, the "Glass House" happens to be a machine room enclosed with glass.

Wm. H. Boyne and wife spent Christ- mas In New Orleans and report a wonderful time. Incidentally, Mr. Boyne 1s a new Chevrolet owner.

John (Checker) Schad, formerly of the St. Louls zone offlce. IS now doing his stufe a s a 34-A checker In the general office. We also have with us the AIisseu Vlrglnla Leahy and Melba Crane from Seventh Street nnd extend them a glad welcome.

Fred Knlckmeyer of the interline department Is thlnklng of taklng up fnrm- Ing. Understand Fred has recently purchased a home in St. Louls County.

Bob Anslyn continues to be the 12th floor fashion late. Ask hlm to show you his Christmas present.

Speaking of Christmas, there seems to have been a rush on promlses judging from the diamond bracelets and diamoncl rlngs In the statistical department. Eve- lyn Klessling was all sn~lles. , No wonder. you should see that bracelet. Mary Crane came in for one of those, too. Grace Webber and Arnita Murrell, a r e dlsplay- ing rings on the susp i~ ious finger. I t won't be long now.

All ye bowlers, t ake notice. The Inter- c i t y Handicap Railroad Tournament Is to be held early, in February. Get your entry blanks in and make t h e Frisco entry 100 per cent.

The latest rlffle in the accounting department is speculation in hogs. Quite a number of the boys have invested well and we now have several prospective flnanclers.

Gus Weiss is sure wearing t h a t smile tha t won't come off. Why not? Gus bowled 277 recently in the Frisco League. whlch is hlgh for the season.

Agnes King and Lucllle Cicotte spent their holidays in Louisvllle Ky.. Laura Cole In Martln, Tenn., and Irene Frank- lin In Memphis. They all report a wonderful t h e .

Mrs. Woodworth, formerly Ethel Wood. gavc a bridge party a t her home, January 7. Katherlne Martln scored flrst prize. Katherine Kenney walked off with second. Cnrmel Keating had her fun eating all the milk chocolates, while Mary Crane indulged In all the hard candy.

Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Kiburz recently celebrated their twenty-flfth weddlng an- nlversary. Congratulations and best wishes for the next twenty-flve years, is the sentiment of the frelght accounting department.

Slnce January is the month of elccu a and installatlons. we want to take 1h opportunity of congratulating the nrwl elected offlcers of the Frlsco Men'r l'.!

Mr. C. G. Lamont. a s presldent Art: Stoehr a s secretary, Ernie Thlelker ill Interline department as a membpr I

the Board of Governom: also F Straus of the agents' accounb in llw I n ' ter capacity. W e might also say, In rgM Ing, t h a t whlle we thlnk Paul ulll i

good as a member of the Board of ,;. ernors, we know for a fact that h 1

except ional ly good an a cnmpalgn r 8.

ager. Ask Jullus Schepflln. As R. L. Schoeneberg. cone aud r

Tulsa. Okla.. is still "one of us", w --.. to congratulate hlm on hls eleetlm - president of the club at Tulsa T - members of t h a t club knew thelr i" when they elected hlm.

We a r e sorry to report that Mr. C' Thomas, formerly of the freight o w - ing department, dled very uneapr '* on January 13. We extend our s!m? to the members of his lamilr.

Mr. Arthur Stoehr attended U auguratlon of Governor Caulflel uary 14. H e is a Colonel on hls a t

Mr. A. H. Burgdorf was m e n stalled conductor of the B. A. R. I

Messrs. R. R. Rode and Ed, C* of the lnterllne were also vlctl the flu. Hope they will be back job soon.

AUDITOR O F DISBURSEMEI OFFICE-ST. LOUIS, MO,

LILLIAN RITTER. Report*:

Emma Loffhagen hns been w * blg smlle, ever slnce the day shs> down wlth a sparkler that dazzl* eyes. The lucky boy Is nonc olh*. Bert Scollay, In the station a w ~ partment on the 13th floor.

I hear Peggy Dowling was rr- with one of those susplclous IO,,~ ' long, and so high-boxes. Now $1 has to do is All it and everythlng~ lovely.

Henry Gruppe Is going ma! wlth a queer look. And he keep r about saving his money. Ah: grand !

Joe Sondag spent e day In PV Fla.. over New YeaPo and broutLt a few alligators ~eellulold) to III. friends. J. S. reporb that Yn 11 housekeeper of the San Carlos H Pensacola, s tatea that the F r i s ~

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enevleve Proost, Le- a Andres, Mae Reilly.

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this "certain party". Iden, formerly of this

tllled and we understand that his pipe, book and even the radlo

n set aside and his spare moments are consumed in teaching "Fido" thru a rlnp and roll over.

and MI-. J. D. Turner. s the writer has been

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portunlty and make this trlp. As loyal members of the great Brisco family, we a r e proud to boost the Frisco's new gulf port cltp. E n route we met Mr. H a r r y Gabriel, assistant superintendent of the Pensacola Line, who is a very enthusiastic and wide-awake veteran railroader and Is so imbued with the possibilities of his new Hne t h a t h e predlcts for it a most promlsing future. While in Pensacola, we were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Bangert. Mr. Bangert is a transports- tlon inspector for the F. L. & D. clalm department and is now making Pensacola his headquarters. One of the most interesting slghts was found a t the Frlsco docks. watchlng the Frisco's big coal tip- ple In operation while coaling the "Ruur- lo", a Dutch freighter from Amsterdam. on her way to Buenos Alres and Mon- tevideo wlth a cargo of lumber. The ship took on about 200 tons of bunker coal.

The Sunnyland Team of the Frisco Railway Men's Bowling League won the championship for t h e 1 9 2 8 season with 29 games won and sixteen lost, o r a percen- tage of .644, closing the season with a

pin average of 704 per game. Flve members of this team a r e Weight loss a n d damage clalm investlgators. They are, J. E. Head. W. N. Doss. R. D. Gllbert. G. R. Reed and C. F. Smith. C. E. Harris, another member is claim clerk a t t h e local freight office, while Ar t Dyer, t h e s t a r of the team, wlth an average of 163 for 33 games Is manager of the Fred Harvey Eating House a t Springfleld, Xo. Miss Lona Arnold, typist, ha8 been absent Prom the office for over a month account of Illness of her mother.

Most all of the older employes in t h e claim department received a Christmas greeting card this year from G. E. White- lam. formerly head of the department i n the period prior to the late war. Mr. Whitelam is connected wlth an engineering concern in New York City.

On the eve of December 31, 1928. every member of the frelght clalm department was deeply shocked and saddened by t h e news of the sudden passlng away of their beloved friend and co-worker, the la te Mr. F. S. Adams, formerly senior travel-

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ing claim adjuster in this department. There ncver wm a sweeter or more noble character in the emplo j~nent of the dcpartment, and his memory will be cher- ished forever by a11 who were privileged to know him. Our depest sympathy is extended to Gctty Adams. daughter. (fllc clerk in this office) and to JIrs. Emma Adanis, the witlow and the re~naining six children.

Walter Hudson was away on vacatlon December 2 4 and 26.

Harold poren spent ~ e c e m d c r 24 ' on vacation.

Says Her Asthma Is Entirely 60 0. hr. Crocker of St. Louis, was a visl-

tor December 26. Ralph AlcBride of the purchasing de-

partment, St. Louis, was a visitor. De- Cough and Wheeze Soon Fade Away. Health Fine Now ccmber 26.

Jlr. E. C. Peet or St. Louis was a \'is- itor January 4. We a r e glad to see Mr. Peek lookinrr so fit a f te r his manv weeks' A dlnerent and better way to conquer a a

ilnd hronchtnl trouble. Is described in a It from Alrx. Leila Strazicr, 918 Cu~nberland ! Tnmpn, Fla. She says: "

"I had bronchial asthn~a for 2 perm. an: that time, I tried everytl~ini I could hear Finally, I got so bed I coughcd lerrlbly hours nt a tlme. had to sit"up In bh!.

didn't know what n good nld~t's sleep was started tnklnp Sitcor Jlnrch 31, 1928. Mcr thlrd done, I slept soundly and lniprovcd I

idly. Before Ion:, I was doing n ~ g housea M y health is now good In every way, and asthma is entlrely gone."

You will enjoy readlrrg miwp other le! Frum people who recovered after years o f . rering from ;~sthma. bronchitis and dn couphs, and hnve had no return o t tho troll

These letters, nnd .n booklet OF vllal inform.^ ahout: these disenses, will he sent free by S Nedlcine Co., 705 State Llfe Bldg., Indh~~ apolis, Ind. No matter how serloun your r l . write for Ihia Free Information. It may ie ; you back lo health, nu It has thousands i'

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OFFICE DIVISION AND STORES ACCOUNTANT

SPRINGFIELD, MO.

confinement-in the St. Louis hospital i1uF- in^ the early fall of last year.

We wish to extend the heartfelt sym- ~ ~ a t h y of members of this department to families of Mr. Frcd Delo and Mr. Eu- gene Henderson. Ah. Delo of the stationery dcpartment died January 1, after a short illness. Mr. Henderson of the stor! department died January 6 of pneumonia. H e had reached thc axe of 70 and was to be pensioned the lat ter par t of January.

H. A. Likens of F t . Smith. was a visitor during the Christmas holidays.

H. S. Coleman of St. Louis was a visitor, January 11. .

R. G. LANGSTON. Reporter

Jack Gannon of the store depa~,t!nent was quietly 1na1,riecl December 1 6 to Miss Jlaurlc Dupree. Ncmbers of this deoart- rnent wish the newlyweds every hapdineus in the coming years.

The followinrr emvloves of the accounting departme& were- absent from the office tlurinr December due to the in- flucnza ep ic lk ic : P. C. Freeman, Male Brnman. JIal y Moore. Charlel Small. \V. A. Warden. Dean P. Baker. Nary hTewton and Bob Langston.

I n v c ~ ~ t o r y of rail, ties and miscellan- eous Stock "11" Naterial and Supplies is over and the following who compiled the final figurcs have returned to their respective duties ; Don McCoy. Chester IVirtz and Mr. Bostlcman of St. Louis and H. E. Lamkin and J. L. Hamilton of Springfield.

J. R. Lodge spent December 22 on a hunting trip in company with general manager Shaffer. I4:arl Head and Hay's brother, George Ifidge.

A. E. Hoehle, and family, spent the holidays in St. Louis.

ST. LOUIS Z O N E OFFICE

1%. A. WALT, Reporter

\\.'it11 the reduction of the number of stations reporting to this Zone to six besides the Seventh Street account, there has been a shif t of nearly Afty per cent of our former force back to the general office. W c regret to lose them, but treas- ure tlic friendshios made.

F o r t Smi th is to have a new $6008; hotel. t h e w o r k on same now harln. been begun.

ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT FT. SMITH, ARK. -

C. P. HENSLEY. Reporter

l)iscarding the- Powers system of accounting thc flrst of the yeal; the office under thc direction of MI-. G. R. Woo~ls. In

' n h i zone auditor. is engaged in putting into effect a system which, while not new. will have features a distinct advance ovcr that used by other roads. thl. Cary has retwned to work after a

spell of disability. We a r e glad to see him back and admire his fighting qualities.

I r a AIcLean, who is on temporary u s - signment from general ofllce a t this office. is very resplendent in his sui t of overalls pursuing his work in our record room.

We have not seen our friend. Georce Pipes recently but t rust he in on Ills way to a recovers of his eye trouble.

Mrs. Stel la Sanderson, of 627 Sarii Leveret t Street . Fnyetteville. Ark.. 2r. nounces t h e m a r r i a g e of her daughr, Grayce. to Mr. H. E. Farrls. The ner- lyweds now be ing a t home to Lly' f r iends a t 883 Phlladelphla. Memp::# Tenn.

The members of t h e accounttng d. n a r t m e n t wishes to take 'this opcr,: tun i ty to t h a n k the Frisco Empln:.. Club for a n enjoyable evening swnrr' t h e New Pear ' s Dance a t the U. C. 7 Count ry Club.

hlr. C. B. DeGrande was s w e l w

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GRXYCE HEPB1:RS. Repor te r

Paul ine S m r e k e r of Lhe engineer in^ depar tment h a s been cri t ical ly ill wi th Au-pneumonia. W e a r e v e r y g l a d to report . however, t h a t s h e is n o w well o n h e r w a y to recovery. much to t h e deliwht of h e r m a n y friends.

E l ton Sprouse h a s been t ransfer red to H u g o as S t o r e Helper, succeeding J a m e s A. McAleer. who w a s aensioned o n J a n u a r y 1st .

The Pr i sco indoor baseball t eam wil l ],lay t h e Emanuel Bapt i s t Church t h e n i a h t of J a n u a r y 19th. W e hone to

ANXA GOLDES. Reaorter

A number of the locnl o ~ ~ I c I s I F employes went over to Poplar E' ' December 28th for the opening of n e w passenger depot a t that plncr

INVESTMENT BONDS enjoyed t h e entertainment arran?4 '

the Poplar Bluff Frisco Club. Mr. C. F. Schaeffer. assistant .-I We deal in issues of the United

States Government, Railroads, Pub- lic Utility and Industrial Corpora- tions with established records of

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regor t t h a t they urere victorlous d t t h e u e s t wr i t ing .

Mr. a n d JIrs . H e n r y N. Johnson of H u g o s p e n t Chr i s tmas w i t h the i r son E a r l of t h i s oeice. Mr. Johnson had

ncer. h a s been transferred to Sap1 a n d h a s moved h is family to that 1 1 '

The SchaefPers came from Pen.' F lor ida a b o u t s i x months ago and I m a d e a number of friends during I s h o r t s t a y in ChaPeee who remet 1' the mis for tune of losing h i s pocket-

book, conta in ing $60:00 a n d 111s pass. whi le here.

The s toreroom is be ing considerably improved by a coat of new pa in t and en la rgement of t h e shelving. W h e n flnished w e expec t to h a v e t h e neatest . best lookinw, storeroom on the system.

L. E. Livingston, represen ta t ive of t h e Barco Manufac tur ing Comnany. aa id u s a visl t recently.

leaving. Mr. a n d Mrs. ROY Abernathr h;tv'*: 4~1th

turned f rom a vacation trip io Hr - f ra* C Cuba a n d o t h e r points south; an(. Tho? port h a v i n g a wonderful time. C hqnd

Miss Lorena Bollinger. =ho has 1 ' ~ O C wi th t h e Blvtheville station force ' I '* Wl some time, h a s accepted po~itifl* I " the s tenographer in roadmaster's np mill bc N l s s Reynolds, who was fillinp + I

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vorary vacancy h a s gone to Bly the-

1'1~s bfarr Far re l l w a s a b s e n t f rom post or duty In the t r a i n n ~ a s t e r ' s

' t e for several days account suffer- -from rather severe a t t a c k of flu. [rx. W S Johnson has re turned

from a v ~ t w i t h f r iends a n d es a t Success. Arkansas .

Profitt. of t h e f re igh t house was called t o Oklahoma City ac- ieath of his mother who resided t place. Mrs. Profi t t w a s for- a resident of Chaffee. and Mrs. C. E. McDonough a n d daughter recently s p e n t w e e k - 11h Mr. XcDonourrh's o a r e n t s a t . No. pathr is estended to Mr. Joe r aud f a m ~ l y in loss of hlx moth- D recently died a t h e r home In . JIo.

OFFICE OF DIVISION ,OUHTANT-CHAFFEE, MO.

4LPH STEPHEWS. Repor te r

and Mrn. H. H. McGarvey spent a week-end visi t ing re la t ives a n d

I at Springfield. Mo. !. Heard took u p duck hunt ing int Reason but repor t s h i s luck I 1 bad. however. E. C. s a y s t h e re was good for him. Esther Rigdon spent New Year 's

I St. Louis s h o p p ~ n g a n d a t t e n d - [OWE. lelmer And wife spent the last ol 1928 r l s i t ing home folks st u. Okla. I Ila Cook, comptometer opera tor lrlon nccountant's office a t Mem- Tenn., was a t the home of he1 r several days s u f f e r ~ n g wl th t h e ;pare glad to report a t th i s w r i t - ~t she has recovered a n d re turn- her position.

IPW connecting t rack is be ing con- : wd at Xettleton. Ark.. between

Jonesboro Sub of the River Divis- - n d the Memohis Sub of t h e South- - Divlslon. - * rcribe spent a recent Sunday in

ir Bluff, Mo.. visi t ing relat ives a n d $5. The new Frisco passenger and

:h: statlon recently dedicated a t .looint is one of the most beautiful

llnrs in the cltv.

"- A. W. Fay, chief yard c le rk , ix r8n the job after a s t a y in the

: ' u hospitnl. ' * home of .klvin K l a r e s recentlv

: - ~ r ~ d by fire has been ;.enaired and moved hack home.

:- Mont L Proffit, yard clerk, wax - ' i to his home in Oklahoma City.

t . account a f the serious i l lness 1 bath of hls mother. W e wish to * ' I to Jfont our deepest hear t fe l t - jlhy in his overwhelmin.g sor row

: his mother. wnd trlck yard c le rk position llshed. Earl Fa tche t t bumped *r, Jr.. from first t r i ck a n d J o c Ben Allen a t Havti .

Wchett, e s t r a yard clerk. h a s 1 regular job in agent 's office thersville. Mo. n Carle, extra yard clerk, i n 1111 Charles Lafont's vacancy a t

APE GIRARDEAU, MO. - lSEZ MIL. Repor te r

erpest sympathy is es tended t o &ram, car inspertor. over t h e 1 , i i i ~ mother. who died j u s t be- I \[mas. lwrr.; of the death of Edw. L. r. (of Cape Girardeau. w a s q u i t e t11 this community. Mr. Schind-

1 well known to rai lroad men River Division a n d h is d e a t h mourned by all who k n e w him.

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.I. T. Hulehan . genera l agent , spent Chr i s tmas day in Jonesboro, Ark. , w i t h his daughter . Mrs. E . F. Smith, a n d h e r family.

Conductor a n d Mrs. J. 2. T u c k e r w e r e i l l Cape Gira rdeau recently t o a t t e n d the f u u e r a l of Edw. L. Schindler.

David Hawltins. repor t clerk, motor- e d to Desloge t h e p a s t week t o t a k e h i s mother home. XIrs. H a w k i n s i s home e c o n o n ~ i c s teacher in t h e schools a t Desloge.

POPLAR B L U F F N E W S

R. T. HARDY. Repor te r

Our new depot p u t s u s on the map. A n d you s l ~ o u l d have seen Geo. H. Wlndsor. D. F. & P. A.. A. L. Gibson. conductor, E. Zimmerman, a g e n t , Cletus Price a n d J . L. Robinson of the Poplar Bluff s taff s t r u t the i r stuff a t the opening. Too much credit o r t h a n k s cannot be c iven these ~ e n t l e m e n .

Mrs. Robinson a n d c h a r m i n g d a u g h - ters , a n d Mrs. Hardy . F r a n c i s a n d Helen d is t r ibu ted a r o u n d 1.000 c a r n a - t ions to v i s i to rs n i g h t of t h e opening.

And dancing. speech making , promi- n e n t visi tors . readings, tPe public dance in t h e f re igh t room. n everything. caused everyone t o en joy themselves a n d a g r e a t dea l of favorable comment w a s heard.

Section foreman Clyde Hoesfel t of Rombauer h a s been off due to sicknesn of himself a n d familv. Glad to reoor t improvement a s to sick folks.

Yard F o r e m a n B r y a n t h a s been laid Ul, w i th "flu."

Brakeman Richard Poole had the mis for tune to have his lef t hand se- verely mashed a t Broseley on 12th. F o r t u n a t e l y no t a s bad a n in jury a s a t first thought .

Conductor J o h n Yount back on Hoxle-Poplar Bluff local.

Conductor J o h n W r i g h t on pile driv- e r job a t Brownwood.

Montgomery-Ward re ta i l s t o r e a t P o p l a r Bluff Is f a v o r i n g u s w i t h good volume of the i r business. The i r s t o r e is well w o r t h a vlsit.

New cour t house. cos t ing a r o u n d $250.000, n e a r i n g c o m ~ l e t i o n here a n d wll l probably be ready for occupancy b y March l.5th.

Section foreman B e r t Polk. fo rmer lv h ~ c ~ o u g a l , Ark., t ransfer red to ~ r o w n - -

wood. 1\11., Hudginu. formerly a t Man- illa. 'Ark.. is the new foreman a t Mc- Dougal .

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CORI'T.YNE PLEDGE, Repor te r

We a r e g l a d to report Mr. J. C. Tew- mey, diversion c le rk , back on the job a f t e r a bad a t t a c k of the "flu" which he s t r u g g l e d w i t h d u r l n g t h e Chr i s t - m a s holidays. J. C, is only a shadow of h i s former self , hav ing los t e i g h t pounds in the seven d a y s he w a s 111.

Miss Rosemary Oliver, d a u g h t e r of t ra f f ic manager . s p e n t the Chr i s tmas holidays in Chicago v is i t ing relat lves a n d r e p o r t s a- marve lous time.

Mr. H. J. P e r k l n s i s t h e proud possessor of a most unusua l a n d beaut i fu l p la t inum w a t c h presented t o him b y t h e Masonic Lodge in appreciat ion of h l s p a s t m a s t e r work .

T h e T u r k e y movement f rom F o r t W o r t h a n d R i o Grande points is now n e a r i n g complet ion and qui te a l a r g e a m o u n t is moving to Northern des t ina- tions.

I t is expected t h a t t h e new f a s t f re igh t schedule o u t of F u r t W o r t h mill very mater ia l ly espedi te t h e movement of perishables to Northern dest i- nat ions.

I NORTHERN DIVISION I KANSAS CITY, MO.

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B. J. Gleason, "If you w a n t a c a r t h a t will s t a r t r i g h t now in cold w e a t h - er . Ket a 'Dodre' then p e t a snow nlow and-you m a y be ab le to g e t In to '47th & Sta te line by noon."

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Fenner, "It's a miracle to m e t Essex g o t down wi thout 11s morning. T u r n h e r over a P times f o r me, wil l you

Otto: "I'd r a t h e r w a i t for a : ell n igh t t h a n to drive down er like this." r Rich: "If I could bor row one Frisco Charcoal H e a t e r s s o i t warm I would t a k e n chance g &OX\ ." Zahl: he reason 1 w a s la te ning w a s because a f t e r t h a t

turned a round a couple of was jus t scared t o death." Wilson: "Gee. I wish al l those

11d have been r id ing w i t h m e n them a real thri l l t h e night around 3 t imes on t h e 39th

Nilson: "I came down on a flat ning but i t w a s too D--- cold lt and flx it.:: Llndeman: The w a y I keep

esing m y rad in tor is t ie a rock f the hood." :em: "If you w a n t to be s u r e on the IJaseo f o r t h e r e s t of pour some boil ing w a t e r on

buretor when i t is ice cold." itzgerald: "I rode the old Kealy norning f o r s a f e t y ( m e a n i n g st car.)" Wagner: "If you w a n t to g e t

time get you a good c a r and :hauKeur." XcC~r thy: "\Veil, if you a r c

o ride wlth him on th i s ice. 1 take a chance too." lfartln: "If you w a n t to keep

eezinfi up th l s cold ,yea ther . ur radiator, then run it. 3uck: "I put a dime's wor th of in my radiator , you don't t h i n k Feere up in an outside g a r a g e ,

- TiW~ey: "Look o u t George, : missed t h a t tree." the rest a r e s a y i n g : \Veil I

h s t as soon ride a s t r e e t c a r , -- TER MECHANIC'S OFFICE KANSAS CITY, MO. -

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R number from K a n s a s City ;.r points on t h e Nor thern Di- ~ttcnded the farewell banquet 1 . k . John F o r s t e r a t t h e K e n t - .Wna Hotel in Springfield on

1 % T h e fol lowing associates ?18rrter went from K a n s a s City: Ir,mary, machinist: C. R. Kew, c ~ . s ~ p foreman; E l m e r Carlson, ':roundhouse foreman ( n i g h t s ) ; :irkson, machinist: J. J. Gruen- steat metal foreman; Joseph

, deadwork foreman: W a l t e r roundhouse foreman ; J a m e s

thilermaker foreman; Mr. a n d lackey, hostler. Mrs. Lackey

,n*rly Xiss Eleanor F o r s t e r a n d -.~oyed in Lhls office a number ', rwior to her marr iage .

Raindell, clerk in super in ten- '!re, is on a deal wi th Geo.

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now vis i t ing in F t . \Vorth. Texas, re - c u p e r a t i n g Prom h l s recent illness:

Aside f r o m being a m i g h t y good repor te r for t h e macaz ine , Dora l Denison is the champion rabbi t h u n t e r of t h e n i g h t roundhouse force as will be borne o u t bv his success on Xew Year 's day. Doral loaded h is t r u s t s fowl ing i>icce in his dependable Lizzie a n d s e t f o r t h for t h e wilds in the vicini ty of Shawnee. Kansas . I n a t t e m p t i n g to m a k e a t u r n in to a s ide road com- ~ l e t e l y obli terated by a r a t h e r gener - ous fal l of snow, h e a lmos t w e n t o u t of s igh t . Af te r h i k i n g some mile o r so to secure a id of a f a r m e r a n d team to pull him o u t of t h e s n o w d r i f t h e came to t h e conclusion t h a t New Year's day w a s no t a good d a y to h u n t rabbits. H e p lans h i s next foray on the rabbi t s o n f o u r t h of J u l y when per- h a p s the snow won't be so deep.

MECHANICAL D E P A R T M E N T KANSAS CITY, MO.

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Mrs. F r a n k B r a t t e n . wife of machinist helper. Is reported as be ing a lmos t recovered f rom a very sevcre a t t a c k of flu.

Sympathy is extended to Joseph Mark , machinist helper. in t h e loss of h i s h ro ther , who passed a w a y recently.

Colfax Hoopes, s t a t i o n a r y engineer. is ab le to r e t u r n to work a f t e r being off d u e to a touch of lumbago.

Clarence Enhi , t ra in control man. h a s re turned f r o m a t r ip o u t w e s t a n d re - por t s a splendid trip.

Mrs. Chas. Frizzel l a n d son, wife a n d son of machinist , have re turned f rom Mt. Vernon w h e r e Mrs. Frizzel l h a s been undergoing t rea tment .

Josephine Disselhoff, d a u g h t e r of engine inspector A r t h u r Disselhoff. h a s been conflned in a local hospital w i t h a bad case of pneumonia.

W e a l l wondered w h y Chas. Glover. a i r man helper. w a s so highly elated. b u t flnd t h e reason in, h i s baby d a u g h - t e r is beg inning to w a l k

J o h n Pur t le , second class machln is t , h a s displaced Richard Sil lvman on d a y job effective J a n u a r y 14 .

Will iam Car te r , wiper foreman, h a s returnecl f rom a visit with relat ives in Yazoo City. Miss.

Mr. a n d Mrs. \Vylie McCready a r e the proud p a r e n t s of a. flne baby g l r l born ,January 10.

H a r y Lockridge. machinlst , is now callecl papa. I t w a s a gir l . born De- cember 23d a n d h a s been g iven t h e name of Sally May.

A r t h u r Thomason. machinist . now drives a brand new Ford coupe. W a t c h h im gir ls!

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Miss M a r g a r e t Hendrick. ~ t e n o g r a p h - er , spent several d a y s a t Chr i s tmas

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311,. a n d Mrs. W. D. J o n e s vislted wi th re la t ives In St. Louls. Mo.. Christ- m a s day.

hIr. H. A. JI i tchell , gencra l clerk, had t h e p leasure of a t t e n d i n g t h e i n a u g u r a l ceremonies for Governor C, 31. Reed. which w e r e held a t Topeka. Kansas. J a n u a r y 14th. Mr. Mitchell is captain of B a t t e r v "E". -

3Iiss K'atherine Jennings. d a u g h t e r of Mr. G. B. Jennlngs . completion repor t clerk, has re turned f r o m Or- lando. F lor ida , w h e r e s h e had been vls- i t ing her s i s te r for t h e p a s t severa l months.

Mr. E. H. E v a n s of t h e auditor 's office of St . Louis. Missouri, made u s a s h o r t visit.

Congresxman U. S. G u s e r telegraphed t h e president of t h e F t . Scott Fr i sco Club t h a t he voted a g a i n s t the nbolish- ment of t h e Pul lman S u r c h a r g e Bill.

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s igned to t h e position of In te rchange Clerk. a t Wichita. W e a f e s o r r y to Iinve hIr. a n d Mrs. Meal leave u s b u t hope they will l ike the i r new home.

F. F:. J I u r ~ h y . claim a g e n t , of F o r t Scott, w a s In the office a few d a y s a g o

1,. I;:. Leaverton displaced G. H. Cun- ninxhnm, brakcman on t h e flfth south : Cunningham displaced J . Schildltnecht on the four th south : Schildknecht dis- nlaced H. R. D;\vis on the 6 : l . i P. J t . : Davis t l is~)laced C. P. Pope on the 6 P. M, rlorth end, a n d Pope rever ted to the ex t ra board.

J a c k Allen. conductor, has heen l a y - inx off for a few days.

Steve C'Ii,l.istoff and Enr l Tobin. I,rtiken~an. have been borrowed from the Fovt Sr-ott e x t r a board for a few

t h a t you will g e t a look a t our coh f rom now on.

Vane Powell. sect ion foreman been t ransfer red f rom JIannford Blackwell. Oltla.

Joe Skinner , t rackman. Avard.0' is now a c t i n a foreman a t JIannford

Mr. R . K. Stoneberger, w h o served a.; ac, t ing roadmaster a t K a n s a s City for some t lme has been promoted to road- m a s t e r a t Fayettevil le . Ark .

>Iessrs. T. A. Graff. T. J. O'Brien and T. A. Ryan , a t tended a banquet given a t Springfield. J a n u a r y 19 in honor of Nr . Fors te r , who w a s ret ired on pension the first of the year. Mr. F o r s t e r w a s formerlv mas te r mcclianic a t th i s point.

On December 21, 1928. pilot Lee Al- len, w a s ret ired on pension. Mr. Al- len entered ' the service of the Fr i sco on September 16. 1897. a s swi tchman a n d worked in t h a t capac i ty unti l a b o u t l ~ e b r u a r y 15. 1920. w h e n he w a s made a pilot. H e made a n enviable record while w i t h t h i s company a n d we wish him m a n y y e a r s of hea l th a n d happiness in h i s ret irement.

Miss F r a n c e s Ladeski . file c le rk iu t h i s office. is w e a r i n g a b i g diamond ring.

F. E. hlorgan a n d H. J . H o k e have been r e g u l a r in a t tendance a t t h e a m a t e u r prize f ights given each Tues- day night .

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h a s been ass igned relief foreman t h e P e r r y - A r a r d subs.

Wilev Stanlev. section Frt-or ~ k e e n e , h a s re turned from a visit o his paren ts a t Norfolk. VR.

Stanley Harr i s , trackman Okt h a s re turned from a n extended I with fr iends in Port land. Ore.

. lay R ~ l p h . B, & B. caraenter.. called to LOR Angeles on accoan. the serious illness of his father repor t s t h a t his f a t h e r is now lare ' the ronti to recovery.

A. 0. Paup , foreman or the I g a n g , w a s ret ired Januarv 31, o n count of h a v i n g reached the aae l r Mr. P a u p lias been in the serv~ce - 1911. a n d w a s made foreman or pain t g a n g in 1926. We are sorry I i t i s necessary to re t i re h ~ m and he will come around to visit us. P a u p h a s made m a n v friends slnm h a s heen w i t h t h e Frisco and n1 wish him success in whatever bur

days. Miss Nnrie Hayden , s t e n w r a p h e r .

has returncci to work a f t e r hav ing her tonsi ls removed. Miss L a u r a Clark re - l ieving N i s s Wayden.

TRANSPORTATION D E P A R T M E N T N O R T H E R N DIV IS ION

FT. SCOTT. KANS.

JIISS GLADYS ROTH. R ~ p o r t e r IIC e n t e r s into. T h e flu seems to be hanginz on r

Swi tchman T. 31. COPPPI- a n d w i f ~ h a v e re turned f rom California w h e r e they spent the holidays w i t h the i r son. Glenn a n d family.

Mrs. Ifr. H. Bevans. wi fe of super intendent , h a s re turned f r o m AIuskoge~, . where she spent the holidays w i t h her t l aurh te r . XIrs. W a l t e r Rober t s and

e r close t h i s month and a numb-r the men a r e off on account of I t ' Yarbrough, sect ion foreman at Rl , well and J a m e s F g a n . section Iori- a t Avartl a r e t h e l a s t two to be I. to admi t defeat . flnally had to la a n d call in the doctor. However nect them back on the job \v i l i -

MARIE HAYDEX. Repor te r family.

Disna tcher J . F . T,ee and wife drov, . Mr. and Mrs. Carl Cowan, had tls the i r g u e s t d u r i n g t h e Chr i s tmas holi- clays Mr. Cowan's mother. Mrs. Xora

s h o r t time. R a y Morlan lias been ass lgn~d~

tion K-11 a t Peckham, account 1'' Brigance being assigned K-16 at n -

to ~ i t t s b u r g n ight of J a n u a r y 17 to see t h e "Singing Fool."

The "Frisco Lunch" a t F o r t Scott ~ o h e r t s o n , of Ponca City. Okla. Mr. F loyd H x r i s o n ( b e t t e r known

a s Shor tv) h a s re turned to his nosi- ter.

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has closed a n d Frisoo employees i n d pa t rons a r e now l u n c h i n r elsewhere.

Mrs. Rov S. Bennett . d a u g h t e r of dis- pa tcher \V. I. Kipp, expects to leave soon f o r F a l l s City. Nebr.. w h e r e hev husband lias accepted a position a s m a n a g e r of Montgomery Ward.

Mr. Dan Sullivan. b ro ther of dis- pa tcher M. ?V. Sullivan. of Card ing- ton. Nebr.. 1s spending a c o u ~ l l e of m o n t h s here.

W e wish to welcnmc o u r new Agent E. A. Miller and wife. w h o came to us f rom Blackwell . Okla. Mr. Miller w a s former ly f rom K a n s a s s o feels h e i s ~ e t t i n g back to h i s na t ive country.

Xliss L a u r a Clark is n o w w o r k i n r temporari ly a t F t . Scott. She relieved Xelle Richardson. s t s n o ~ r a p h e r in t h e division engineer 's office, while Miss Richardson visited in Wichi ta arlcl o ther points. .4lso relieved Chester Ful ton , s tenographer to chief clerk, fo r a few days.

E. L. \Vood, genera l pnrclmaster, has moved to residence former ly occupiecl h y Mr. C . 0 . AIcCain, who has moved tn Springfield. a t corner of IVall and Crawford.

X r . a n d Mrs. L. 0 . Garclner a r e en- t e r t a i n i n g Mrs. Gardner'x s i s te rs , AIrs E d Hendrick a n d Mrs. Clare Mason. from Detroi t .

W e wish to extend o u r sincere nym- p a t h y to Mr. W. H. Churchill a n d fam- i ly in the loss of the i r son a n d bro ther Clifford.

J a c o b Hubbar t . son of t rainmastel ' R. H. H u b b a r t a n d wife, h a s accepted a position a s ass i s tan t m a n a g e r for Montgomery Ward a n d Co.. a t Lincoln. Sebr. . a n d h a s le f t t o t a k e u11 h is du t ies a t t h a t point.

tion a f t e i . a n absence of several weeks. 31r. Har r i son h a s been rel ieving Nessrs . J. B. McCool a n d Ed. F r y e a t the Yarcl Office. Xr. Harr i son w a s relieved 1,s Mr. H e r b e r t Nodlin.

,Mr. J. B. McCool. y a r d clerk, h a s r e - tu rned t o w o r k a f t e r a n i l lness of sev- e r a l weeks.

Mr. a n d Mrs. Coll Meal a r e moving to W i c h i t a account of Coll be ing as-

ENID, OKLAHOMA

C',\JIPBICLL C HICKS. Reportc;

About t w e n t y local businesr conr 111 Enld have organized an Indeprr: Rasketball L e a g u e where they n r : lowed to p lay only emplos~s. : Fr isco boys have entered a teorr competi t ion is rea l h o t and boy? 1 . a11 d e p a r t m e n t s a r e entered. F r n - l i s t of seventeen players the Ioll'r were picked to represent the F n L. Bentley. manager : Frank HI;- g u a r d : R. Burner. guard : Ralph F;: g u a r d : f rom - t h e mechanical dcr ment : C r a i g Campbell. captain, r mas te r ' s c le rk : Chas. LonR, acca'!., depar tment , g u a r d ; E. 0. Dauri- fo rward , t ra inmas te r : John Re:t center , yard office: Jack Lesnr:l. Tvard, cal ler : l\lurl Patterson, r . main tenance of way; and F - Smity. cen te r , exrlressrnan.

The s u i t s a r e being bought hy 1 t ions f r o m the employes in Enid the a t tendance a t the Ramea is s; increased b y t h e Frisc,o fanu, w'., hecoming real enthusiastic. Tb : f o r m s nrc red and whlte, the 7 emblem be in,^ white with s rld

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Loconiotivc Machine Shop Practice A i r Rrakn 1'rar.tir.n

supper a n d dance f o r the benefitm' team. X. L. Dunning. switchman, r , t

ed to J lanches te r . Iowa. on acr t h e d e a t h of h i s xrandmother. \i, tend o u r s y m p a t h y to his Ian the i r loss.

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This is o u r first a t t e m p t a t this r a c k - e t so will tell you al l hello and promise

J. J. Hood and Robert. wife and

k A TI^ that Sinas - o f the aaent a t Dacoma, have been

' t n r i n Abilene, Kans. 7 . Hnu-ell and wife. warehouse fore- . :[ Arkansas City, have been vis- - ,n Houston. Tex.. New Orleanr; points in Florida. .\ JIauldin, brakeman. is lookina

-.,rd to a visit in Californiil in t h e , f~~ture. r. PenfleId and wife. cashier oper-

- . a t Pawnee, has been v is i t ing in :.Id& G. Reese and family, a g e n t a t Cold

. . ,EX, plans to make a n ex tens ive in Ihe near Kuture. They will visi t

. . m e time In Oregon. r 1;. Singleton and wife, switchman.

- i.itinn in Los Angeles a n d S a n

A Savings Account a t "Commerce" is t h e "Tie T h a t Binds" in t h e lives of m a n y Frisco workers, a s well a s thousands of o thers in different lines of endeavor.

Build u p a Savings Account here, where t h e Frisco Railroad itself banks, a n d be prepared t o t a k e advantage of opportunit ies t h a t present themselves.

. b \I Bnlcs and wtPe. c le rk a t Ho-

.. bve been visiting in St. Louis. ' .* Christine Nalabu. s tenographer -

freight office. h a s been v is i t ina - 11S3.

rxtcnd our sincere s v m p a t h v t n " F . . ? m u ~ s c n , c~~s l i ie l ' opera tor a t

on lhr death of his mether. w h o lway January 14th.

BROADWAY = OLIVE to PINE 5- I I: I SOUTHERN DIVISlON

IMINGHAM TERMINALS

I -

[,LIE HcCOW-EN. Repor te r

t all there is to wr i te a b o u t a r :ham is sickness as the "flu" to he rngina th rouphout t h e

- - The fallowing employes h a v e I ,.,. absent from the office,, f rom one

do!% account of the flu": C. J. ;,In, aasistant to super in tendent ils: R, A . Kiloatr ick, record

Bill Jlillinder. engine foreman, h a s been confined to h i s bed f o r pas t sev- e ra l d a y s wi th the flu.

J. J. H a r r i n g t o n , swi tchman, h a s been released from St. Louis hospital where he h a s been for t h r e e weeks suf - f e r i n g wi th s tomach complaints .

The R. L. Muse Lumber Co.. of Jones- boro, w a s en t i re ly destroyed b y flre on n ight December 31st. do ing d a m a g e of over seventy thousand dol la rs a n d t h r o w i n g qui te a number of people ou t of employment. W e have not received advice ye t a s to w h e t h e r they will re- build UD a a a i n .

,\I. H. Jones and wife were called to Meridian. Wss.. recentlv account of se- I ious i l lness of a n a u n t .

0. H . F o s s i t t a n d wife have re turned f rom the i r w e d d l n a t r ip und a r e now a t home to the i r f r iends w i t h t h e par - e n t s of Mr. Foss i t t .

R. J . Vines. Switchman, who w a s re- c e n t l y in jured account fa l l ing f rom t h e ton of a c a r , h a s been s e n t to St. Louis

6. R. Johnson. head t ra in c le rk ; .IcCaffrey, roadmaster's c le rk ; J. Ile, yard clerk; Carl Clotfel ter . lerk: A. H. Lawson, rev is ing r. P. Xealey, record c le rk ; Nellle tn. secretar\- to super in tendent 11x; W. E. Burrus. yardmas te r . P. Joneo. conductor. a n d wlfe.

' rhe Christn~as holidays in K a n -

~ o s p i t a i f o r t rea tment . J. D. Sims, c ross ing flagman, is visi t -

inlr re ln t ives in Bremen. Ga. xlr. R. W. J a m e s , t e rmina l account-

a n t , and wife s p e n t t h e Chr i s tmas holi- d a y s in St. Louis.

Our s y m p a t h y is extended to X i s s E t t a Mae Paul . t imekeeper In t h e mechanical depar tment , in the loss of her mother who passed a w a y in Mexico on December 26th. H e r remains were brought back to Cherokee. Kans.. h e r old home, f o r in te rment .

Charl ie Welch. messenger. is ab le to be back to work a f t e r a t w o weeks' illness of "flu." X. A. Jennings . swi tchman. is con-

fined to h i s home nccount of illness. R. E. Hute. record clerk. h a s purchas-

ed a new Chevrolet Six Sedan.

1 7 .

1. Godser, timekeeper and wife , * I'hrlstmas with Mr. Godsey's p a r -

rt Tupelo. JIiss. :[ Lemaster. switchman. a n d twe returned from a visi t to re - ,- In Anniston.

"I. Zlonk. switchman, a n d wife 8-illed to Anniston recently ac-

.il i i the ~ilness of Mrs. Nonk ' s fa-

A 1eiter'-was received f rom C. W. Yarbrough. operator , w h o i s a pa t ien t a t t h e S t a t e Sana tor ium a t Boonville. Ark.. s a y i n g he is g e t t i n g a l o n g fine a n d looks f o r a n e a r l v recovery. Mr. Yarbrough has the good wishes a n d hopes of h i s fel low-men a n d w e look forward to h i s recovery.

STORES D E P A R T M E N T M E M P H I S 7. Dunlao. clerk in the a c c o u n t i n c

: -.mutt, aid Xrs. Dunlap, announce ',rth of a little daughter on De-

- ,- 1 ?th. who has been named N a r y I a (:ongratulations extended. I 3 C J. Thomoson. a n d Elfreda.

H E L E N G R I F F I S . Repor te r

W e a r e glad to have L. P. Cochran wi th us from t h e St. Louis s toreroom. t a k i n a Georae Morris' lace as chief

Our s y m p a t h y i s extended to X r . a n d Mrs. H. L. Sanford, swi tchman, in t h e dea th of the i r l i t t le d a u g h t e r Myrtle ;nd daughter bf the ass i s tan t to

. . "lendent terminals. have been

. ll rith the flu but glad to repor t " V r at thls time.

Ann. who died severa l d a y s ago. J. li'. Hardegree , clerk for t h e Bi rm-

i l ~ a h a m Southern Rai l road s ta t ioned a t clerk-on December 15. '

Millard Rhodes, sect ion s tock clerk. had a touch of the f lu a n d w a s confined to h i s home. December 20 doc tor ing

- ICnst Thomas yard, is conflned to his home w i t h t h e flu.

.I. .I. Connollv. re t i red t rn inmas te r . is UP. Mrs. E. L. Pa t ton . mother of Ruby.

s tenographer , suffered a spra ined back in a fa l l recently. Glad to repor t t h a t s h e h a s a lmos t recovered.

J. A. Rlankinshin. dlvision s torekeep-

confined to h i s -home account of illness. W e hope "l'ncle John" will soon be ab le to be ou t aga in .

C. SI. Qoodin, operator . a n d wife, a r e visit in^ relat ives in New Albany. Miss.

er. s p e n t ~ e c e m b & 26 in Thayer. N i s s Rub,v P a t t o n w a s a w a y f rom t h e

office severa l d a y s account h a v i n a t h e f l , , JONESBORO T I C K E T OFFICE

JONESBORO, ARK. D. A. Riddle. foreman. s toreroom, h a d qui te a job recent ly when Nrs., Riddle. the i r t w o l i t t le g i r l s and twln boys were a l l s ick w i t h t h e flu a n d he w a s nurse. Thev a r e rill much be t te r now.

E v e r e t t Nixon, s t o r e checker. w a s off J a n u a r y 2, account illness.

Account t h e s t o r e depar tment a t T h a y e r h a v i n g been abolished, R . E. JVilcox, s torekeeper. h a s accepted a position here as s tore checker.

Hymirn IZapell took a day of his va- cat ion J a n u a r y 10.

I!', A . SANDERS, ; \ct ing Repor te r - J . J . Freeman, opera tor , from S of-

fice. paid t h e Jonesboro boys a Chr i s t - m a s visit.

J . J. Stowe. chief l ineman a n d Bob Tribble. n o r t h end division l ineman, were here for a few d a y s ass i s t ing F r e d Clugey. division l ineman. in rais- i n g wl res a t Nett leton. Ark.. where in - t e r locking p lan t i s be ing installed.

Wm. Henry Maule Box run P h i l n d e l ~ h i ~ . PR.

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OFFICE OF DIVISION &COUNTANT-MEMPHIS, TENN.

IL.\ COOK, Repor te r

r? are glad to s a y t h a t everyone is i on duty in this office a f t e r a .-- slege of the flu.

C R. DeGrand spent New Years in Smith. Arkansas.

5.. W. J. Kelley, a n d son. a r e re - ;,I much improved a f t e r being ser - i - ,, Cook and Maurice Roush s p e n t

[Years a t their respective homes. F "" "re and Eldon. Mo.. both h a v i n s '11; during the holldays. rcus Coleman had as h i s guests .

- c the holidays, his b ro ther a n d 7 from Oneida. Tenn. :- porter is the proud possessor o f llv and truly porter's c a p w i t h a

:.n Porter" label which h e pur - -1 with money given him a t Christ- f'me by the office force.

-+tyone surely enjoyed t h e Fr i sco 8d:nce given in Dreamland Hal l on

t'. Hughett lets his pipe and c igars o~t" these days s o t h a t h e can re -

, :hem with the combination c i g a r and paper weight t h a t S a n t a

4y glad to s a y t,Fat Mrs. A. E. b r ; is able to be up and about"

0 - ,L relapse of the flu.

TRAINMASTER'S OFFICE AMORY, MISS.

;;!)LET GOLDSNITH. Repor te r

C. :.J Hunt, whose wi fe died a t -. January 18. and w a s burled in

-Mivision will miss Nrs. Gaut, who .I Carbon Hill about January 10. i;mi for many years has run a

Yrs. J. V. Brower, who w e r e re - , - marrled. Mr. Brower is t h e flrst

nperatol a t Linden. M a .

Operator E. T . Metz f rom Jasper , a s - pires to be a t ra in d i spa tcher a n d h a s been spending Qui te a b i t of t ime In o u r dispatcher 's office. Miss Doris Looney a l so is l ea rn lng t h e "Railroad Game", b reak ing in w i t h Kei th Allen, clerk to a s s i s t a n t superintendent.

Conductor C. N. Looney i s a t t e n d l n s the ~ e n e r a l committee m e e t i n g in Springflcld.

Miss Annabel F l inn , d a u g h t e r of dispatcher, E. W. Fl inn , is v i s i t ing h e r s i s te r in B i r m i n g h a m

J u s t a b o u t every o t h e r one of u s h a s h a d t h e f lu a n d t h e cases a r e en t i re ly too numerous to w r i t e up. B u t a l l seem to be slowly g e t t i n g back to normal.

Mr. H. R . W a d e a s s i s t a n t s u ~ e r i n t e n - d e n t on t h e ~ u p e l o - ~ i r m i n g h a m Subs. recent ly noted one of the Pensacoln Sub brakemen w e a r i n c a n i f tv l l t t lc mustache, a n d a s k e d Mr. H. E. Gabr ie l if t h a t w a s t h e s t y l e on t h e "Xew Line". Mr. Gabriel replied t h a t t h e brakeman w e a r i n g the mus tache w a s borrowed f rom Mr. E. A. Teed on t h e Ozark Division a n d w a s mere ly t r y l n c to introduce t h e s ty le down here.

LOCAL F R E I G H T OFFICE MEMPHIS , TENN.

\'IRGIXIA GRIFFIN. R e p o r t e r

R . L. Mackey a n d wife, zone audi tor . spent C h r i s t m s ~ s in K a n s a s City a n d New Year 's d a y in Chattanooga. Tenn.

J. H. B r e w e r a n d wile, receiving a n d check c le rk , spent t h e holidays in Jonesboro.

R. J. Rotz inger a n d wife, c le rk on platform, enjoyed the i r holldays In Sprinafleld.

T. E. Bagwel l a n d wife. r a t e clerk. visi ted re la t ives in Townlev. Ala.. week-end of December 29.

Mrs. T. E. Bryant , wife of cashier 's clerk. h a s re turned f rom a visi t w i t h re la t ives in Springfield. Whi le t h e r c she had the f lu. -4. V. Garre t t . 0. S. & D. clerk, w a s

unable t o repor t f o r du ty one d a y account h i s w i f e be lng sick w i t h flu.

J. H. Norman. d e m u r r a g e clerk, r e - tu rned to work December 27 f rom a two week's a t t a c k of appendicitis, w a s t a k e n w i t h t h e f lu December 31, a n d is s t l l l confined to h i s home.

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B. C. Scrums, assistant cashier, was unable to work for three days, suffering with pleurisy.

JIlas Aline Bolin, icey punch operator. zone, WRS off one day account of a bad cold.

Wm. Jasper Tankersley, bill clerk. mas off a couple of days account of Illness, in fact the whole Tankersley family mas slck a t one time.

Paul DurR, messenger. wa unable t o work several rlnys account of Illness.

.\tius Fayc Rarbee, stenographer zone. n7ns confined to her home sevcral d a y s with pleurisy.

R. L. 3Ielton. machine operator, was of[ nhout a meek u i t h the flu. W. 0. Farris . assistant di.sposition clerk.

m a s conflned to his home several d a y s with a terriblc cold. Nrs. Far r i s was also ill a t the same time.

Xrs. R. J. Rotzinger, wife of clerk. was real sick for s r v e r ; ~ l days with a cold.

Mrs. John .\. Lacld. wife of zone un- collected clerk. was in bed several clays account having the flu.

J1is.s Louise Rurns. comatometer ooer- ntor, zonr, enjoytd a visit- recently f;.om her brothcr nnil family. H e lives in Michigan and it was the flrst t h e they had secn each other in six years.

Glncl to see Mr. Ed. Monroe out and will be glacl whcn he can discard the crutches.

A. E. Grixsom, receiving and check clerk. was called to Amory. 3Iiss.. Decem- ber 31, account illness of both his mother and lather.

W. W. Humphrey, switch order clerk. has the sinccre sympathy of all in the low of his grandmother. Xrs. AIollie \Vetch, o n January 1. She seemed more like his mother as she had reared him from a littlc boy. Mrs. Wcich had been in bed flve years. was 85 years old. She w a s the mother of Wm. D. Welch. nlat- form forcrnan here for many years, who tlicd on August 1 6 .

Sorry to hear of the death of Mr. F. X. Adams. claim acljustcr.

J . J. Sprnccr, zone clerk., was off Jan- uary 3, account illness of his wife, who entered the BIethodist Hospital t h a t day. and is still conflned there suffering from mastolcl trouble. We wlsh for her a

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Sorry to hear of the deal11 of Geo. W. Davis, who passed a w a y a t the Old Xcln's Home here J a n u a r y 3. Mr. Davis worked in this ofl'icr for many years. in fact he surveyed the lanil for the FI isco's A t ' r i r:iils in Xrmphis. H e leaves a brother. Ch:ts. JI. 1)nvis of this officc.

Svmpntliv is extended John H. Norman in tiic loss'of h ~ s father. who was buricrl a t Red Eanks. Miss., J a n u a r y 6 . :: secms h r w a s on a visit in G u l r ~ o r t Miss.. a t the time of his death.

W e a r e alad to have W. Id. Broall with us a s revisina clerk. coming f rom St. Louis January 4.

Mrs. Leon Rohrbaugh. wife of t l e m u - raRe clcrl;, was called to St . 1,ouls. Jnn- ua ry 5 , account death of her brother.

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Mr. antl J l rs . W. 11. Crow, and fumily of F'ensacoln, wcre the guests of Mr. anrl Nrs. J. A. Crow during the Christmas holidays. They wcre u7elcomecl by a host of old friencls. A se,ries of a t t ract ive parties were given in honor of Mrs. (!row. one of which was n luncheon glven by 1XIi.us Xllie Mae Speight a n d Miss iiatcn M:wsie a t the I'caboil>-. Thc cigllt guests were scatcd a t a round table which had a prctty centerpiecc: of roses. A rosc antl sp ray of f e w marked the plrlcc of each guest and the honor guest w a s pre- scntctl with a corsage of roses antl v ~ l l ( ~ y I~llies.

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Thrce members of our ofCicc force were victims of t h e recent int'luenza ei)iclomic. but ail havc now made a complete recovery.

Friends of genetnl yardm:~ster. Church- hill. extrnd to him sympathy in the loss of his brother who passed nwoy rrcently a t his ltomc in For t Scott.

.\ number of the Frisco ~ ~ r o p l e in Mem- vhis will rcgrct to Irarn of the denth rrf Mrs. XInurice Awty, ne r ?Jks Myrtle Grecnwootl. a t ttic Baptis t Hoxl)ital. ;\.11,n?- rhis. December 1 7 , from pneumonia. I<e- fore her n l a r r i a ~ e she w:is :i p o p u l : ~ iwl- ploye in the tcmiinnl office here.

Our cantlitlate in the Lions Club con- test thnnks all fo r your support. \Vhile s h e did not win, she niatle eighth placx!, whirh was a very good showin,- conxider- ing thc keen conipctition antl luck of time to work in the canlpaign. Miss N a r y JIcHugh of the Illinois Central n-as crowned queen. T h e Lions Club announce rccript of S12,.J00 t o w a ~ d the fund for the benefit of under-privileged chilclrcn.

Mr. and Mrs. Tcd IT. Batlister nnrl l i t t l r son. John. wcre the guests of rrlativcs 111 St. Louis during Chr i~ tn ius .

Wal te r C. Jackson. traveling freight anrl pansenarr axent. oassetl Chris tmas with his s ls ter in Moblle.

MEMPHIS TERMINALS

.\I,'. Ralph 13vans. secretary to superin- tmllcnt termincls, and wife spent New Year's with relatives in Chattanooga. Tenn. Also visited the Capitol in Xash- viilr! on their return trip.

Mr. I<. IC. McCuirc, h t u berm conflne! to his home witii influenza fo r the past few days, but art ' d a d to scw t h a t he is ou t again.

311-. Marvin K. Pace. Jr.. son of t rain- ninstcr tet'rninala, visited his parents during the Chris tmas holidays, and while here made a sightseeing t r ip to Pcnsacola. Florida. H e h a s now returned to J lonet t to snhool.

T h e f lu rer talnly is raging in Jlemuhis and vicinity a t this time. The newspap- vrs a r c dally reporting new cases a n d deaths. Children under 1 2 v e n a l of Hrc. a r e not perniltted to attencl' the nio\&g picture shows, the city officials havc advised agalnst a t tending gatherinas, :incl several Sunday Schools have closcd In a n effort to s top thc epidcniic. On J a n u a r y 4, we had the follow in^ forcee off on o r - count of sickness in the 3lemr)hin ternii- nais. Practically all of thenr being sick with the Influenza.

26 switchmen. General yardmas tev. 3 yard clerks. 3 local office anrl wnrehouse clerks.

Since everybody has returnccl to thcir post a f t e r the Cliristnlas. antl New Year holidays there I s au l t e a bi t heard about varioiis "home towns". "If the Flood Pre - vention Bill is ever passed Calro is going to be one bootnlng town", so says C. R. G14ndlel-. o u r Illlnois representative in the officc. "Thayer ma). be small but it su re is lond" interposes Mlss Jacobs of Xissouri. "\Vhen the big broadcasting s tat ion is placed on top of Lookout Noun- tain you will hear o f ,3a t t anooga" . Ralph Evans brings out. Kansas Clty speaks for itself" is all t h a t can be broughf, out of Yr. Barnett. whlle Mr. Pace says Jio- net t ' s g o t 'em a l l beat." Mr. NcGui re merely agrees with Miss Jacobs so i t goes on a n on, while "Dutch" Loeffel s i ts

back with a mean arin and say.. ""T w h a t a r e you a l l doing in 3femnl11'- A

C. H. Grindler. traintnaster', 4 'I niacle n flytnr: ti3ip Lo St. Louis. I v "

1 4 , being called there on inipnrl P I sonal businms. He will be in &I I 1

FRISCO FREIGHT HOUSE

only a few clays. Cyril K ~ i d e r . svvllchman, la wri 11 : -

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with pneumonia a t St. Jwcr)h'a t I , ? W e a r e glad to hear that litti. 1 ,- Marra re t Louisc Laeffel is con,! , I

from a recent attack of pnruiilonl! ' ' garset Louise is thc daughterof . 1 > '

Loeffel, timekeeper. Shc in i l -I ,

old. C:. J . Cash. switchman, s :rr In . '

BIRMINGHAM, ALA. - .\. C. H.-\I\'SOS. Reportcr -

I.'. hl. Packard. chief clerk. I:-

absent from the office for A w;. 11ays on sick leave, b u t b ;ie:lir~ . harness a t the office. just a rnr'. U:

fcver on slip bill. he says. J. J. Crtnimins, agent. Yrim :

togctller with his fanlily, xpcnt 1 1 days with rc:latives and frien4. , - .

Scott. Knns. He repork a nire I:I. t he exception of the influenza I* ' vrt:rlo~minatcd that sertlon as wd I < i r r n ~ n ~ h n n i rlistrlct.

J. E.:. White, night clerk, h:w I - sen t from his tlutles tor three a., , '

!o influenza antl also pneumnnit : Ing. :.We a r c glad to report that t. soon be on the job again.

R. A. Allen. station account:ml . to be progressing very fast in rb. ~nobl le business, as he only h= r - ' tler lcft to smash on his new r , .

J a n u a r y 5 . niashinfi his hand in c l l v ing to couple up some box r m ,,- repair track. Yalc.

The Intwnatlonal Corrcsp 8. - School's instructio~l car No. iW !. ,. Terminal a t this time, and un,l- . their classes a r e being well ;I~!G,I; . the einploycx.

sedan. Miss Violet ColRsmlth, dsui~,.

vhief dispatcher at A~iiory, s ~ . cwnie vlnitor in the Rlr~nlnchan~ 7

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nalv recently. She was welGimrl ' many fricnds in Blrmlngham, a for\vard to othcr visits In the nt :

DORA, ALABAMA

b'. M. SCOTT. Reporter

Jlrs . F. M. S ~ v t t was a pa!;,.' 13irmlngiiam hospltal during ttir

Pl'actically everyone at L)or,t i , . the flu durlng the past few wy<, - were ablc to keep going. rim - had to lay off for a few da! . 7

0. Gaylor seems to be about t l r v , , 4

Iiit, a s he has had a relapse. W. V. ICarl. conductor, bid in ' .T

job antl held It almost a wet& h ' - 8

had to come back to the Sipse) :. -

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F. d. ESGLEJIAN, President 31. S. ESGLJDIAN, Vice-Presldent C. I. FITZGERALD, Vlee-Pres. and Sec'y E. B. SHAHKRY, Manager, Ft. Worth, Tex. CHAS. (:BAT, Manager, S p r l n ~ e l d , Mo. NEAL RAMEY. Manager, Dal l~s, Texas GUY KRESS. Supt., Sprlotgleld, Mo. G. R. PIERCE, Bupt., St. Louls, Mo. J. P. 31cDOSALD. Jfgr., Chlc:~go, 111.

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MAKE IT A B. Lewis and H. C. Shoup, en- '. are hack a t Dora whilc 1,. H. bad to go to the Birmingham ext ra

:. Shlnett, operator, had qultc a b is n the field recently. H e bagged h birds to send some to the neirrh-

Sext time. Louis. please clean rs it is a messy job. D. l f a r ~ c r . sicnal ~nalntsiner . was . a week attcn;llng the ~ a p t i s t Sun- 'oh001 Convention a t Tulsa. Oklu. larper is being rclieved by Aver). r ehy blRl.til1 is 1.eliwing J. &I. Alob- d o n Porc'man on the Dora se~tiorl . nt of aickneas. Hope Mobley will h? 0. K. a ~ a l n . 8. Weeks, known to his a rmy

* as "Pork Chops", ih relieving \\-. rl on thr Sipses run. This is thc m e In several years that I I C hiis on I Dora job.

I Lllllch has bccn relievinr .\rthur account of sickness of Creers'

nn. C. M. Hunt. wife of mginecr.

the morning of January 16. 1929. I took place in Springflcld. Mo. Our ;t ~ympathy to the fanlily. '. Gaut, wife of punlpcr :kt \Vinflcl~l. buried at Cordova, Ala.. January 1929. Xrs. Gaut was well-known r railroad men a s a boarding house *. havlng kept thc boss a t J m p t ? ~ . 1"wbon Hlll Por the past eightecn

A11 thc men mourn her passlna. On naa s w ~ u l a r epidemic of cstra sots here during tile last part of ~ber, account of sirkness of veg- dperatorw, Guy Creasy, J. L. Davis 1, E. Price all made time durinfi the 4od. ,tard Taylor S h i f l ~ t t . son of 1,. S. +!t. operator. arrived rcrently. To

bir daddy tell it, this is the only a the world.

SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION I m AND 43rd TRACK DIVISION

SAPULPA, OKLA. - I. A. MacMILLAN, Repor te r -

k r n Eagan, foreman in the Sapulpa f: la spending a. vacation in the Ir visitlng Birmingham a n d P e n s a - r He Is accompanied by Mrs. E a g a n . k Quln Raker. who h a s been office pter on this division f o r t h e p a s t I * plght years has been appointed tmster on the 4%rd t r a c k division. b a s Monahan, who h a s been em- bi as crossing watchman for t h e 1 Is years on this division. died o n bv the 13th. H e suffered a para-

i stroke some time a g o a n d n e v e r recovered from t h e effects of it. !.an will be great ly missed o n t h e ,ar where he served for so long. !!rr Marsh, roadmaster o n t h e 43rd

i8 division Itas been t ransfer red to I

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You'll discover that whatever design you choose (there is a widc variety) that S immo~s Chains are reasonably priced. Every chain is made in our own factory under our own patents, ar,d we've been making ehains for 56 years! Stop in before your Kelt run and ask your jeweler to show you his se!eet:on of these fine chaim. It. F. Simrcom Co., Att!cl:oro, Mass.

t h e P a r s o n s s u b division. o n t h e Nor th- e r n division. W e a l l wish W a l t e r well on h i s new job.

Chas. Reed is in c h a r g e of t h e Sa- pulga y a r d sect ion d u r i n g t h e absence of t h e r e g u l a r foreman, w h o is on vn- cution.

The emploses of this departmel!t have been hi t h a r d by the "flu" epr- clemic, Pew of them escaping a11 a t t a c k e i t h e r mlld or serious.

The wr i te r sl>ent a very enjoyable week's vacation a t L i t t l e Rock. Ark.. d u r i n g t h e holidays.

T h e fol lowing foreman have been permanent ly assigned to sect ions ax follows: G. S. JIcDowell. Ritchey. Mo . T. E. Grlmes. Afton ( W e s t ) : A. ~ o d s o i : Afton ( E a s t ) : A. J. Redmon. Racine, No.; J o h n Gregory. Relief.

On J a n u a r y 13th. F. Russel l . road- m a s t e r on t h e Cherokee s u b divlnion. w a s un i ted in m a r r i a g e to Adah Mob- ley, of Norman. Okla. T h e ceremony w a s soiemnized a t t h e Congrega t iona l Church, Oklahoma City. Only immedi- a t e relat ives of t h e couple were present . After the ceremony t h e happy couple lef t f o r t h e home of t h e bridegroom in A r k a n s a s for a s h o r t Visit. The i r m a n y f r iends wish them much joy a n d happiness.

W e wlsh to express o u r hear t fe l t m'at i tude to the many employes a n d o t h e r f r iends f o r the i r k indness a n d s y m p a t h y a n d t h e beautiful flor- a l offerings s e n t u s in t h e d e a t h of o u r d e a r wife a n d mother.

;\.I. D. GIBBS & SONS.

W E S T T U L S A STORES DEPT.

OTIS R. RULK. Repor te r

Thos. Mishler. price clerk, spent the las t week of t h e y e a r 1928 on vacation. but w a s forced to a l t e r h i s plans of a

t r i p to K a n s a s City. Xo.. on account of t h e serious Illness of Mrs. Mlshler, w h o w a s confined a t home w i t h t h e "flu."

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E r n e s t Alexander, s t o r e trucker. h a s t ransfer red to the mechanical depar t - ment. a s host ler helper.

J e s s F. Bradley. foreman. h a s a n - nounced the marr iage of h i s son H u g h to Xliss Opal Shoust , both of Sapulpn, w h e r e they a r e m a k i n g the i r home. W e join in wish ing them a v e r y long, hapby a n d nrosnerous marr led Ilfe.

Char les Neirneyer. s torehelper. a n d family visited w i t h re la t ives a n d f r iends a t Versales. No., f rom Decem- ber 24 to 30 inclusive.

FREIGHT AND PASS'ENGER DEPARTMENT-OKLAHOMA C I T Y

VICTORIA IVALKER. Repor te r

\Yith the e n t e r i n g of a n e w y e a r came many changes in the f re igh t and passenger depar tments . H. C. Conley. ass i s tan t genera l f re igh t agent , w h o h a s been w i t h t h e Fr i sco in Olclahoma City a b o u t twenty-five y e a r s w a s re - t i red J a n u a r y 1. W e regre t ted v e r y much to see BIr. Conley leave us, bu t o u r best wishes g o w i t h him in the hope t h a t hea l th a n d happiness may be h i s lot fo r y e a r s to come.

H. G. Snyder. a rea l Oklahoma boy. comes to u s a s t raff ic m a n a g e r f rom Springfield. XIo., w h e r e he was a represen ta t ive of t h e General N a n a g e r . H e is well acquainted wl th the terr i- tory, h a v i n g served severa l y e a r s in Oklahoma. So we n a t u r a l l y feel lucks to have a m a n of XIr. Snyder's experience w i t h u s a n d k n o w t h a t under hls g u ~ d a n c e 1 9 2 9 will be a year of ac- complishmen ts.

J. D. Rogers , fo rmer ly chief clerk in t h e passenger department. h a s been t ransfer red to T u l s a te r r i to ry as t rav- e l ing f re igh t a n d passenger a g e n t . \ V h ~ l e Mr. R o g e r s will be missed Very much by h i s fel low employes a n d f r iends of Oklahoma City, we wish him g r e a t success in his new field of work .

T w o e x t r a . c a r s w e r e handled De- cember 1 7 to Detroi t v ia St. Louis to accommodate p a r t y of Dodge Bros. dealers. One c a r o r ig ina ted a t Okla- homa City a n d one a t Tulsa.

Graham-Paige Motor Company p a r t y w a s handled to Det ro i t J a n u a r y 1. R. 0. Hopkins accompanied this p a r t y a s f a r a s St. Louis.

OFFICE SUPT. T E R M I N A L S W E S T TULSA, OKCA.

EDN.4 A. WOODEN. R e p o r t e r

The consolidated accident prevention and b e t t e r service m e e t i n g of Tulsa. Termina ls and Southwes te rn Division w a s held a t Tulsa, Monday. J a n u a r y 14. This w a s t h e mos t in te res t ing meet ing of t h a t k ind held since they were changed to supervisory meetlnps. Very in te res t ing t a l k s w e r e made by Mr. XIorrill a n d Mr. Har r i son , sa fe ty sunervisors, in r e g a r d to accident prevention. a n d also by Mr. Blankenship who represented t h e f re igh t loss and D a m a p e denar tment . There w a s a n a t - tendance of a b o u t flfty supervisors.

Xlr. W a l t e r N a r s h , roadmas te r , h a s been t ransfer red to the K a n s a s Divl- sion succeedin& Roadmaste r ~ o l l a n d who is ret ired. Quinn Baker , ass l s tan t engineer, has heen promoted to road- masler . filling vacancy left by Blr. Marsh.

Olie Guin, chief yard clerk, is spend- i n g severa l d a y s a t Ada. Oklahoma. where h l s a g e d J Io ther i s v e r y 111.

Mlss F r a n c i s Har r i son h a s resumed h e r s tud ies a t Oklahoma University. a f t e r spenclinp t h e holidays w i t h h e r parents , Mr. and J t r s . George Harr i son .

X a u r i c e Connally. is a new member of o u r office force. h a v i n g succcedcd Chas. Hunnicu t t , s teno.-clerk. who re- s igned.

We w e r e sor ry . indeed, t o h e a r of thc d e a t h of the i n f a n t son of 3Ir. and Mrs. Lynn Holloway. Lynn is a former member of o u r office force. W e sympath iac w i t h them in the i r g r e a t loss.

ACCOUNTING D E P A R T M E N T SAPULPA, OKLA. -

\'. 1.. THOJIAS, Repor te r

W o r k h a s been v e r y h e a v y d u r i n g the pas t month, due to the fac t t h a t severa l of t h e employes were o u t of t h e office account of t h e fiu. Those w h o have been on the sick l i s t are. L. A. \Vright. AIaurine Mahan. W. R . Mc- Donough a n d R. E. P ipkin . Mr. P ipkin is s t i l l s ick a t the t ime of this wr i t ing .

TULSA ADVERTISERS

HENRY ADAMSON COAL & MINING CO.

MINERS and SHIPPERS OF COAL

Mines Located Four and One-half Miles East of the City of Tulsa

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OR WRITE US

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COMPLETE BANKING A N D TRUST SERVICE

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I Nichols Transfer & Storage Go. Leave11 Coal Co. DISTRIBUTORS OF CAR LOADS MINERS A N D SHIPPERS I I THE OLDEST AND MOST

RELIABLE I ( MAGIC CITY COAL 1 North Boulder and Frisco Rlght-of-Way ( Phone 1-1117 L 2-Ill8 TULSA. OKLA. I 1 OKLAHOMA I

ou easy psment plnn and 1

centls . Mr. Reimer was former1 c le rk in th i s office.

Xrs . Broe Nitchell and son, hay, re turned f rom an extended visit In fornia, Mrs. XJitchell reoorts :! wonderful t r ip bu t a m quite aur. Broe g o t t i red of the "Beanery" d u r i n g his wife 's absence

MECHANICAL DEPC W E S T TULS -

L. A . MACK and 5. N. PAISLL Reporters -

311.. R. L. Carpenter. Areman f

Sub Division is making extensiv,! tions to his home in Red Fork.

. R. W. Harper , chief clerk to r mechanic, h a s been working , diff icult ies the past week. FIic bone w a s broken in two lace? ! h e had a tooth extracted recentl: is now in a plaster of paris r:w

0. R. Tucker. former chief car resigned h is positlon January 7. ' now w i t h t h e Mid-Continent Pel: Company. We w!sh him all suc:. h i s new work.

W a l t e r B. McQaugh, forrnri: CharPee succeeds Mr. Tucker 8.: , c a r clerk.

D. P. Cronen. enalneer. Is awr : d u t y due to the Iltnesb of im who resides in Kansas City.

W e wish to extend our sjwp Wm. R. Doster, mlllman In tht. I his mother. who died recentlv ? - man. Texas, a s a result of a n w Influenza. : , .

S. P. O'Neal. fireman. who h , ~ I a w a y f rom d u t y due to injury 11 * released from St. Louls hosr~t, expects to re turn to work KI:' s h o r t time. ..

OFFICE O F GENERAL AGEV OKMULGEE, OKLA.

THEL31.4 I. COBB. Reportc - Mr. F r e d P. Drewell, our . '

chief yard clerk, was married r t o JI iss E l m a Robertson of !' - ,

Texas. t h e Rev. Mr. -4. L Coli. of t h e F i r s t Chrlstian Church. t '

ing. The couple were attendell ! ! J o h n F. Slewart. cousin of ti. ' . a n d Mr. Roy ~ h o m p s o n of t h i n , ' 7 .: mediately following the w e ~ l h . \ a n d Mrs. Drewell left lor a s l ~ r rv

ding- t r ip , and upon-theirreturr.. i a t home a t 1 1 1 2 East Fourth P.

311'. J . W. James. traffic m1.7n . ' A

companied b y Mr. J. E. Pawl, 1

genera l a g e n t a t Tulsa, s[w:lt ' t w o in Okmulgee last we& .ih' 4 i n 6 visited al l the stations I: -- nor th . Accompanied by 31- Brundidgc. general agent at 1':- . thev visited the new well hru>:' 3 f e w days ago. southeast * w L They reported the well m.11 I fifty bar re l s per hour WI' . new locations going down. ' - . prospects f o r a good lay II

Nrs. H. T. W o o d . nnd ehlldr, of o u r chief clerk, recenti,. :

rancis Where thev were the - -

;f relatives. tor John R. Lancaster was off r a vacation from Janua ry 1 to lusive. H e was relieved by r Altage 0. McGlhanon. naster J. E. King is laboring lifficulties. About half of his force is off work from the flu. work is beina done by brake-

'nder the conditions. however. as been very l i t t le complaint. eceired a grea t many favorable ~ t s regarding the Christmas iailed by enlployes a t this s t a - our patrons, from our oflicials

ern. Among them, one from 3Ir ~nd one from 3Ir. James, which >rg much appreciated.

UTIVE GENERAL AGENT'S IFFICE, TULSA, OKLA. -

M. NcGLASSON, Reporter

r's magnificent new Coliseum ! Palace which was reported to :ost e i ~ h t hundred thousand u-ns O~ened on New Years' night hockey game.

h all reports the Zone Auditor's has a crack bowling team. On luiry they were heading the l ist znles won. Anyone desiring to le of the teams should make in- of Xr. Johnson in the revising nent of the Zone Auditor's office. were glad to note and tell the of the report tha t Tulsa's build- .rmits for 1928 averaged more ne million dollars per month and way they are s tar t ing out, 1929

tceed that flnure. we glad to note the increased ac- I of the employes' clubs, and nat they be continued. We wan t to feel free to call on us a t a l l for any assistance tha t the?: eed. The greater the activities

of the clubs the closer co-operation we will have, which makes bet ter service.

Mr. W. L. Pendleton, solicit in^ freight and passenger agen t is now in the hospital a t St. Louis. where he is to undergo an operation. We wish h i n ~ the best of luck and hope he will be back soon. well and sound.

T U L S A F R E I G H T OFFICE

NARY (7. JENKISS, Reporter

Well folks it's good to be back with you again, a f ter having spent three weeks in the St. Louis hospital. Lost a n appendix. but Gosh! didn't reduce my weight an?; and cannot ge t an?; sympathy. Due to good treatment re- celved.

Len Kerns. counter clerk. and wife. are telling they had New Year's Eve dinner a t the County .Tail in McAlester. Olcla. Have not been able to learn wha t the offense was.

Well i ts here, back in Tulsa again Wha t??? The nennant tor the least number of erroxk.

Everyone has been sick. due they claim to the flu. None will admit, hoar- ever. it was too much Christmas tur - key and trlmminKs.

Mrs. R. A. Heath , wife of cashier, spent the holidays with her mother. Mrs. L, AI. Thasher a t Fairbury. Nebr.

Lon Burd. warehouse foreman. has moved over to Tulsa Prom Sapulpa. Well. its nice to know Lon wants to be a big city fellow.

Fred Bash, 0. S. and D. clerk, is baclc on the job af ter having been in the St. Louis hospital. where he underwent a n operation.

A. C. Carl, warehouse clerk, is a proud grandfather. J e r ry Lee Carl is the l i t t le fellow's name. who was born to Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Carl. Decem- ber 23. 1928.

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur JIiller, and

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daughter. Najorie. spent Christmas with homefolks in St. Louis, Mo.

T U L S A DEPOT-TULSA, OKLA.

E. W. YH.\NNAHAN, Reporter

Mr. W. P. Kent, depot t icket agent. has arranged for more convenience for Pullman parscngers for Frisco number 10. All Pullman cars are now located this side of main a s formerly parked below. Mr. Kent reports passenger and mail and express is baclc to normal.

Sympathy is extended Xr. L. B. Rem- ey in the loss of his mother.

Nr. and Mrs. Frye. had relatives from Missouri visi t ing them recently.

P ike Hailey had his automobile r e - paired. He had a narrow escape from death when it turned over.

T R A N S P O R T A T I O N A N D MECHAN- I C A L D E P A R T M E N T S

AFTON, OKLA.

LUTIE D. DAVIS, Reporter

S e w fas t freight service, inaugurated January 7. through this gateway to Kansas City. F rom all reports making running time schedule. A11 train and engine men pepped up, looking forward to increased business which will later develop.

During holiday period, necessary to run several ext ra trains to handle passenger, mail and express business.

E. P. Hogan, general yardmaster, visited with his family in Monett, AVO.

Miss Gretchen Rust, daughter of our local agent here. was married to Xr . Wilbern E. Thetford of Holdenville during the holidays. 31rs. Thetford was a former employe of the Frisco. They a r e at home in Holdenville. Okla.. where he is nn emnlove of the Fi rs t h'ational Bank.

,-IN ST. LOU IS Re& U. S. Pat. Off.

" F I R S T " . . . for All Your Banking

A SAFE and CONVENIENT P l a c e f o r Your S a v i n g s

First National Bank

BROADWAY - LOCUST - OLIVE L O U I S ' L A R G E S T B A N K

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H a r r y AIoorehouse. second tr ick oper - a tor . i s en joying a vlsi t w i t h his mother. Mrs. BI. T'. >foorehouse of Neosho. Nissouri .

H e n r y Truman, c a r inspector. a n d wife visi ted the i r son. Lavelle Truman. a n d family, in K a n s a s City for several clays.

Mrs. S. J. Xiatlock. wi fe of E n g i n e e r J la t lock , en te r ta ined a s h e r d inner r u e s t recently. Mrs. Ed . Ziller, and daughters . F c r n a n d J I a r a a r e t of Miami.

H u g h Rus t . son of o u r a g e n t . H. E. Rus t . is spending t h e week end w i t h his parents .

ISverett Es tes , a n d family, e n t e r t a i n - ed a number of out-of- town g u e s t s d u r i n g t h e holidays.

XI-s. C. 0. Thorn ton , wife of e s n r e s s messenger. a n d children. re turned recently from a visi t in F t . Scott. Kan .

Mrs. J. L. McGraw, wife of swi tchman. recently visited relat ives in I i a n - S R S City, Sflssouri.

J. C. Rider, swi tchman, and family. have had a s the i r aues t . the i r d a u g h - ters . Mrs. Lowell Rre ider , and d a u s h - ter. Gerles, of Enid, Airs. 0. B. Tuckel. o f Tulsa. Mrs. T u c k e r who h a s been a Fr l sco employe for several y e a r s h a s accepted ;i position wi th the Continen- ta l Oil Company of Tulsa. Okla.

H. R. Foley, roundhouse forcman. h a s becn ill for several days.

W. J. Doran. swi tchman. moved his fami ly from a n a p a r t m e n t in t h e P a i n t e r and Cunningham building into a residence on E a s t F i r s t Street .

1\11., Wilton C u n n i n ~ h a m . yard clerk. h a s been confined to hi8 home the lasL few days. on account of illness.

TRAINMASTER'S OFFICE SAPULPA

R. E. LEACH. Repor te r

J. XI. Smith, n igh t t ra inmas te r , sl)ent a f e w d a y s in Jefferson City recently.

Joe El. Robson, third t r ick opera tor a t "XY" is confined a t h i s home, wi th t h e flu. H e i s expected to r e t u r n to work short ly.

C. H. Rolling. a n d wife, spent Sun- d a y in Okmulgee v i s i t ing relat ives. W. B. Holland. rnanneer and wi iv

chief, w a s called to Houston l a s t week d u e to se r ious i l lness of his mother.

W e wish to t a k e th i s oppor tun i ty on behalf of the ern1)loyes in th i s office, to ex tend to Mr. Glbbs o u r deepest sym- pa thy in his recent bereavement.

You have a l l by this t lme heard a n d

handled t h e t ra in known a s the "Red Raven" t h e Chicago merchandise t ra in a n d probably have wondered where it go t i t s name. T h e name w a s given to th i s t ra in by Mr. Rudd, o u r t ra in- master . a t Sapulpa.

ZONE OFFICE-TULSA, OKLA.

XICI.Li;: WHITE. Reporter

xow that the Pule-Titlc scason Is over. Tulsa Zonc Office is r o i n r 100 per cent. W e have adilcrl to our little circle two new faces. Guy Miller and Jos. Coornbs to help u s revise waybl i l s f o r t h e new s ta t ions just added.

ivar Johnson, chief ratc clerk. wife and daughter , Joyce, enjoyed a f e w d a y s re - cently with friends in Ardmorc~. Okla.

Marie Klever. balance clerk. renorts n j-113. ~ o o d t h e . i n St. 1,ouis. ~ e w ' Year% Eve-we a r e all wonderinc who was re- sponsible for such a jolly iooootl. good time.

M. A. Schulze, chief c le rk t o Mr. W. I.:. Bernthall, was a visitor in Tulsa Zone Offire January 2 and 3. in connection with the revlsinl: department. Glad to have had you with us, Mr. Schulae.

13illie Cagle. secretar\- to zone auditor. spent New -year's with ' h r r aunt in ~ h e r l man, Texas.

Ihrr l ler i tc? FTcfren. con~ptomcter operator, had Chrlstmas dinner with hcr par- c n h in Cherryvalc. Kansas.

J a s t hut not Icast comes our bowling x o r e s .

Team Per- Aver-

IVon I ,[>st cent. age Zone Olficc 1: 3 8 5 7 6 8 5 Agent's Officc J 4 476 ' 624 J40comotire Dept, fi 12 393' 608 ('ar Dept. I T 2 7 ' i * ti80 *Includes handicxp.

- - OFFICE O F S U P E R I N T E N D E N T

SAPULPA, OKLA.

-

Niha Lois F l n n a a a n i~ spending a month ' s vacation I11 California. She w a s t h e g u e s t of h e r b ro ther while in San Dlego. H e is connected with thc a i r corl)s of the Navy. which h a s been maneuver in^ on t h e \vest coast. Miss F l a n a a a n alho vihitefi in Los Angeles a n d Arizona.

N i s s Helen Gorham a c c o m ~ a n i e d h e r mother to H o t Springs, t h e l a t t e r Ilav- i n g g o n e there for t rea tment .

Bob Hil l , rodman, h a s re turned to Oklahoma 1.niversity. Richard Olney

SPRINGFIELD ADVERTISERS

To give Universal Service is the goal of Public Utility managers and operators. W e are a part of the' organized

effort to reach that ideal.

Springfield Gas and Electric Company

Springfield Traction Company

h a s been added to t h e staff of !h,- g i n e e r i n ~ depar tment at Sap111rt.1. *'. Olney wan connected with thr 8 - !

n e e r i n g depar tment a t Pensarnl ' yome time. Geo. Br igh t has 6 . v .

this depar tment a s chairman. '' B r i a h t is f rom t h e University of !m oming.

Another c h n n s e in the engini d e p a r t m e n t i s Chas. ShaPfer sucrr., Quin B a k e r a s office enginerr; : R a k e r t ransfer rpd to other dutive ', ShafEer former ly worked on thiv is ion a s draf t sman and Is by no r a s t r a n g e r . H e left to g o to w,,.' t h e Pensacola Lines and has r r ~ . ,

worked a 8 office engineer at C h ~ f

C I T Y T I C K E T OFFICE TULSA, OKLA.

-- I'Hll. F . .\TKINSOS. Reportt,. -

JIr. a n d 311's. J . F:. Payne spell1 v;~cation in St. 1.ouia. ftlssour Hous ton , Texas , dur ing the i~~ . ! , a n d 311.. P w n e said they enjopl '

t r i p a n d visi ts very much. but snls he didn't flnd a n y of that warmr, e r t h a t is so much tnlked of Inr Souti1.

Mr. and J l r s , D. 31. Hickor, trar passenger ; ~ n d f re igh t p!:enl, al : a r e t h e ],roud ~ ~ o s s e n s o r a of a nex I, gi r l , the child having been bttr~! cember 16. i3ewry ifi fltill wcaril-: usua l smile t h a t is seen on the :,I

the I a t h e r o I a new arrival. Mr. a n d Mrs. P. F. Atkinson .

Chr is tmas wi th Mr. and Mrs. T Xtltinson in Cherokee. Kansas.

Mrs. R. IC. Dawson, planned ;;

pr i se b i r thday dinner in honor 1 8 :

R. E. Dawson. Fr iday evening. A!: 11. The s u w r i s e pian worked aw k n e w noth ing a b o u t It until hr - home. Those present mere N r Sirs. R. E. Dawson and sons 1 R o y a n d Kenneth Ray. Mr. Elm,. t leman. Mr. 0. Sf. Green. Nr. ! Voltz a n d M r . Phi l Atkinson. Em one enjoyed t h e evening imm-' Roy said it w a s fine, but he h ~ ? ! r egre t . which of course was Ili:: \*-as one year older than he wa8 a ago .

FRlSCO OFFICIAL AMBULANCE

P H O N E 7 4 2 P H O N I

ALMA LOHMEYER FUNERAL Horn

Springfield. Mo.

Used Cars Ikr Good F I Standard Motor C O ~ I 468 St. Louis Street

Springfield, Missourl

STOP AT THE a THE LEADING HOTEL I COLONIAL HOTEL i SPRINGFIELD, MO. C

Ik Gideon - Anderson Co. UNUPACPURERS OF

Hardwood Lumber AND

Slack Cooperage Stock GENERAL OFFICES

h d Saw Mills and Planing Ml l l r I GIDEON, MO.

SALES OFFICE AND QlSTRlBUTlNG YARD:

110 Angelica Street Tdlphmr! Tyler 001 1-Tyler 0012

ST. LOUIS MO.

Unxld Railroad Fusees

INSURE SAFETY Best by Eoery Test

UNEXCELLED MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Inc.

N E W Y O R K , N. Y .

Nicholson Thermic

Syphons mean: Circulation :: Fuel Saving

Sv~hon Installations Durine 1928 Exceeded Any other Year

LOCOMOTIVE FIREBOX CO. General Office

310 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, U. S. A. 30 E. 42nd St.. New York

In Canada: 211 McCill St . , Montreal

"The Heart of the Locomotive'!

L. BARTHOLOM EW General Railroad Contractor P I L E DRIVING - BRIDGE

:Roland Street MEMPHIS, TENN. end STRUCTURAL WORK

Headlight Headquarters Headlights

and Turbo-generators Train Lighting Systems

Train Control Turbo-generators Fittings and Wiring Appliances for Locomotive, Car and Shop

Installations

The Pyle - National

1334-1358 North Kostner Ave. Chicago, Ill., U. S. A.

CLYADIAR AGEXTS : The Holden Company. Ltd., Montreal.

\YlnnIpep, Vancouver. Toronto EXPORT DEPARTMEST :

Internatlonnl RallwllJ' Supply Cornpans. 30 Church Street, Xew York Clty

BRASCH OFFICES : 3509 Grand Cen. 'I'ermlnal, S e n Yerk Clty 815 Boatmen's Bank Bldg.. St. h u l a , Mo.

311 Bullders Ex. Bldg., St. Paul. JILnn.

I Crowe Coal Company General Office: Dwight Bldg.

KANSAS CIT'Sr, A f ISSOURI

I Miners and Shippers

Mines L o c a t e d at M u l b e r r y a n d S c a m m o n . K a n s a s , a n d H e n r y e t t a O l t luhoma , o n t h e l i n e o f t h e St. L o u i s - S a n F r a n c i s c o RY. Co.

:hapman - Dewey Lumber Company MANUFACTURERS 11

Hardwood Lumber . . . . Cypress Piling Grain Doors . . . Boxes

0

MEMPHIS, TENN. MARKED TREE, ARK. KANSAS CITY, MO.

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1 BIND YOUR RECORDS I into Permanent Books

Adopted by general and local offices of every large railroad in the United States

I BINDING MACHINES

I PERMANENT BINDERS

I LOOSE L E A F DEVICES FOR

A L L PURPOSES

/ McBee Binder Co.

I New York St. Louis Athens Cleveland Chicago

I The FRISCO uses NATIONAL T R A I N CON- T R O L and w i l l be glad t o glve others the facts and figures on i t s Simplicity, Reliability, Low Cost and Low Maintenance.

The National Safety Appliance Co.

Railway Exchange Bldg. - CHICAGO, Ill.

57 Post Street - SAN FRANCISCO. GAL.

1 Wise Buchanan Coal Co. I I MINERS and SHIPPERS

HENRYETTA - OKLAHOMA

. .

I I I Warden Pullen Coal Co. I i MINERS and SHIPPERS

HENRYETTA - OKLAHOMA

GRIDER COAL SALES AGENCY Mine Agents 1

OVER 3,000,000 TONS ANNUALLY BEST GRADES ALABAMA STEAM AND DOMESTIC COALS

Railroad Fuel a Specialty I 1414- 18 American Trust Bldg., Birmingham, Ala. I

I MINES ON THE FRISCO A T CARBON HILL. ALABAMA

MOSS & McCORMACK MINERS AND SHIPPERS

C O A L - B l a c k s m i t h , Bunker, Steam, ~ o m e s t i o - C O A L

1901.4 American Trust Bui ld ing BIRMINGHAM, 1U

Independent Gravel Company PRODUCERS

Crushed a n d G r o u n d Car thage L imestone Jopl in C h a t - Flint Sand - Crushed Flint

JOPLIN, MO.

International Business Machines Corporation

Tabulating & Accounting Machines

Time Recorders - Scales

50 Broad St. NEW YORK. N. Y.

Duner Car Closets I Enameled I ron Wet or Dry Closets

DUNER CO. 101 5. Clinton St. CHICAGO For detailed descrintion see Car Builders

i & G G q GENERAL CONTRACTORS

Shovel and Drag Line Work

Woodward Bldg. BIRMINGHAM

SERVICE ICE COMPANY successors LO

HAMMOND BROS. ICE & COLD STORAGE COMPANY

Eastern dunctlon, Frlsco Rallway SPRINGFIELD, NO.

WHOLESALE ONLY--CAR LOADS W. E. OGYTOX, Presldent and Treasurer

I CHICAGO OFFICE : Stock Exchaon P t

Chemical Bldg. ST. LOUIS, !: I John V. Boland Construction Cc

CHIMNEYS, CONCRETE and BRICK FURNACES

OIL STILLS and BOILER SETTlW61

FT. SMITH ICE AM COLD STORAGE CO,

COLD STORAGE FOR ALL PERISW. MERCHANDISE

Storage Capacity. 125 Can Dally Ice Making Capaelty. 125 l?n

FORT SMITH - - ARKANY:

- N

Oklahoma Steel Casting. rfi I

MAKERS DF

Railroad. Oil Fielc Commercial Castin

OKLAlHOlC ELECTRIC S'l

Tulsa, Okla., Box I

!WTHERN WHEEL CO. A. R. A. 850 Lb.

SINtLE PLATE 1111EO T R E A D W H E E L S

FOR

70 TON CARS

hens Paper Box Co.

hbIN AND FANCY BOXES

lorth American , Car Company !TANK I CARS

1 FOR LEASE

CAR REPAIRS OUR SPECIALTY

OPS

CHICAGO, ILL. iOFFEWILLE, KANS. K B T TULSA, OKLA.

GENERAL OFFICE

U7 South LaSalle Street

CHICAGO

High Grade Machine Tools American Lathes and Radials

Norton Grinders Milwaukee

Pels Punches and Shears Watson -St i l lman Hyd. Machy.

BLACKMAN-HILL & CO. 11

INSULATED WIRES AND CABLES

For All Purposes -under t i m- @ ditions - Every- where - KDRITE - G i v e s U n- equalled Service.

PENSACOLA CREOSOTINC COMPANY PENSACOLA. FLORIDA

Speelallzin~ In the Jlsnufacture and Treatment of the following Forest Producw P I L I N G CROSS T I E S POLES CROSS ARMS CONDUITS

LUMBER and STRUCTURAL T IMBERS

on 81. S. B. & P. R. R. Your Inqulrles Soliclte&Cost Estimates Gladly Furnished

Cable Address: "PENCREO" Shipments: Rail or Water

I A P P R o v E D BONDED R o o m i s FOR AMERICAI; TAR w t o D u c T s co. I BIRMINGHAM FURNACE & ROOFING CO., INC.

ROOFING, H E A T I N G A N D S H E E T M E T A L CONTRACTORS 213 South 13th Street Phone 40775

BIRMINGHAM, ALA.

Forster Paint and Manufacturing

Company WINONA, MINN.

Reflners and Manufacturers of

Graphite and Graphite Specialtiee

Roof Paint, Roof Cement, Etc.

"HERCULES" - Red-Strand - WIRE ROPE

St. Louis Surfacer and Paint Company

RAILROAD PAINTS, VARNISHES ENAMELS

Arlington Ave. and Terminal Belt Ry. ST. LOUIS, MO.

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National Boiler Washing Co. V

OF ILLINOIS

CONTRACTORS N A T I O N A L H O T W A T E R . NATIONAL FUEL OIL

WASHOUT AND FILLING $ FACILITIES for SYSTEMS U LOCOMOTIVE TERMINALS

for LOCOMOTIVE BOILERS CONSTRUCTED COMPLETE

R A I L W A Y ' E X C H A N G E

CHICAGO

I 1 ATLAS COAL Henryetta Fuel Cornpan\

H e n r y e t t a , Oklahoma

McALESI'ER, WILBURTOF COLORADO

and I / HENRYETTL

CHAS. R. LONG, JR. VILOCO RAILWAY ~ COMPANY 1 EQUIPMENT CO.

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LOUISVILLE - CHICAGO -ST. LOUIS

Manufacturers oj I

CHICAGO For Dependable Seroice

"\rTLOCO" Pressed Stee l Brake Step "VT1,OCO" Automatic Rail Washer

4 "\rILOCO" Floatiiig Journal nearing

All Kinds of Railway and Industrial Paints, Varnishes and Lacquers

I I 1 The New York Air I

"VILOCO" Bell Ringer "VILOCO" Exhaust Pipe

"VILQCO" Improved Sander

Brake Company

Manufactures the

STANDARD AIR - BRAKE EQUIPMENT GENERAL OFFICES

420 Lexington Av.. New York City

Photo, above, shows part of "50 miles of excellent track" between Carboil Hill and Birmingham in which

For better concrete culverts and bridges

"ENSLEY" & "ALA CITY"

CRUSHED & SCREENED

WORKS Watertown, New York

was used excluslrelg ns road ballnst. The Frisco Railway hns used ttiousands of tons of basic slag for road ballast in the Rlrrninchnm->lemphis dlvlslon- and ench year hundreds of tons goes into t h e hullding of concrete bridges and culrerts.

Birmingham Slag Co. Slag Headquarters for the South

BIRMINGHAM. ALA.

I The Stair Coal Co. AIINERS and SHIPPER!

HENRYETTA - OKLAA?':

I ROIIUEMORE GRAVtl el MONTGOMERY. ALA. I The South's Lnrwsi P n h c m rt

SAND AND GRAVEL SALES OFFICES:

Lincoln Life Bldg.. Bonr AIB- Lx Birmingham. Ala. Atlanlr. G r *

PHONE 5871

Estimates Cheerfully Submitted 1 ( The Producers Sand C,

Prq?ucers and Shlopdn of L HOUND TOOTH SAND"

SCIIRESED A S D wmin , BIG A R K A N S A S R I V E R WAN-NEL "I I 1 307 National Bank of Cammcrra B. : j

W. H. SHARP^ I Telephone 3-42;? P. 0. R ! . TULSA. OKLAHOMA

C o n t r a c t o r

PLASTERING - STUCCO

1301 Roanoke, Springfield. Mo. I

The Locomotive Finished Materii .\TCAISOS. KISSAS

FOUNDERS and ENGINEERS R l ~ h Grade Grey Iron and Reel Lu

Tor Railways-Finlshed or I(..:

Flnixhed Locomotlre Cglirrdem r i.. Erluipped to make large Crer i--

Castinm up to 25 loo^

UNION STEEL CASTING COMPANY PITTSBURGH, PA.

CARBON and VANADIUM CAST STEEL LOCOMOTIVE FRAMES

General Mlsccllaneouo Castings for Locomotive and Car Work

GLOBE OIL AND REFINING CO. REFINERS OF

GASOLISE, KEROSENE, DISTILLATE, GAS OIL and FUEL OIL Refinery on Frisco Lines-BLACKWELL OI<LA.

Sakes Dept., 609 Kennedy Bldg., TULSA, OKLA.

l lPBIS BRIDGE OX THE FRISCO P A N T E D BY

A. GERSKE CONTRACTOR

YnSG BRIDGF3, B U I L D I N G S AXD ALL S T R U W R A L STEEL

1008 Hearst Building ! W. MADISON ST.. CHICAGO. ILL.

ledges-Weeks onstruction Co.

Rwms 415-416 Holland Building

ilroad Masonry Contractors SPRINGFIELD, MO.

uokside-Pratt Mining Co. A. R. 1

!crt Allison

- RPORATED

.on& President . Secretary-Treasurer

Z!UIII Domestic Coal

1 nes on Frisco, Southern and I, C. Railroads

Brown-Marx Building

BIRMINGHAM, ALA.

8 Pittsburg & Midway , Coal Mining to.

1 COAL OPERATORS

Genaral Salea Office

DWIGHT BUILDING

KANSAS CITY, MO.

W. H. (Bill) REAVES 1169 Arcade Bldg. St. Louis

REPRESENTING

The P. & M. Company Rail Anchors

The National Lock Washer Co. Improved Hipower

Maintenance Equipment Co. Labor Saving Devices

LAYNE WELL SYSTEMS ARE DEPENDABLE

AMERICA'S G R E A T E S T RAILROADS USE THEM

Municipalities and Industries find them profitable

LAYNE & BOWLER, INC. HOUSTON MEMPHIS LOS ANGELES

/ C. Go Kershaw Contracting Co. I INCORPORATED

I GENERAL CONTRACTORS

607 Woodward Bldg. Birmingham, Alabama

Sherrill Oil Co GASOLINE, KEROSENE, O ILS

Fuel Oil in Cars or Over Dock8

PENSACOLA, FLORIDA

Vulcan Rivet Corporation BIRMINGHAM. ALA.

RIVETS - TRACK SPIKES 1 Works and Office: Dolcito Junction. Ala.

FOR GOOD SERVICE

HY MAN - MICHAELS CO., St. Louis, Mo. Rails, Rolling Stock, Track Equipment

HOUSTON NEW YORK SAN FRANCISCO H o m e Office. 122 S. MICHIGAN AV., CHICAGO, ILL.

I( WESTERN TIE AND TIMBER COMPANY I1 905 SYNDICATE TRUST BLDG.

WALTER POLEMAN, President A. R. FATHMAN, Vice-president E. A. NIXON, Vice-president THOS. T. POLEMAN, Sec'y and Trei

E. J. STOCKING, Sales Manager

Treated and Untreated Cross and Switch Ties, Piling, Car and Track 0

I I Owners o f

KETTLE RIVER TREATING COMPANY I I MADISON, ILLINOIS

I( Zinc and Creosoted CROSS TIES, Modern Adzing and Boring Machin.. I! I I I

Treating Plants located at Madison and Edwardsville. Ill.

E. A. NIXON. President A. R. FATHMAN, Vice-President R. E. KNEELAND, V.-P. and G. Mgr.

H. G. McELHINNEY. Sec'y and Gea. Sua 1 J. E. PETBRSON. Treasurer E. J . STOCKING, Sales Mgr.

Galloway Coal Company EXCLUSIVE MINERS OF

ELK RIVER and GALLOWAY COAL Mill Creek Coal Company

General Office: CARBON HILL. ALA. I

MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE m

MINE3 AT GALLOWAY. CARBON HILL MINERS OF

and HOLLY GROVE, ALABAMA

(MINES LOCATED ON FRISCO RAILROAD M I L L CREEK COAL,

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111 The Frisco Policy to guarantee the safety of their empk is further carried out by their purchase of

Marathon Brand Sterilized Wiping Rags

G . MATHES COMPANY St. Louis, U. S. A.

F , ' k wry, 1'29 Page 71

Tk Only Efident locomotive Cleaner

The D. & M. Cleaning Process Railway Exchange

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I 'aIMRAFALLSNy SUPERIOR.W[S. LOS ANGELES. CALIFORNIA-

NIAGARA FALLS, CANADA I

REID AND LOWE RAILROAD A N D

BRIDGE CONTRACTORS

Grading and Concrete Bridge Work

B I R M I N G H A M , A L A .

MILWAY TRACK M A T ~ R I A L Switch Stands. Switches. Frogs. Cmssings.Guard Rails. Clamps rlr GrStearn. Electric. Mine and

Industrial Railway Tracks 1 Manassa Timber Company NWXNESE TRACK WORK A SPECIALTY wrln0lllce HILLBURN.N.Y.

PILING AT A L L EIGHT WORKS

OAK-CYPRESS-PINE

' a X @ r p ~ r a t ' ~ ~ Arcade Bldg. St. Louie, Mo. 11

1 Tlrtm, Bfeel Tired Wheels. Steel h l q Steel Bprinxo. Rolled Steel Rlm#a, 901M W r o n g h t Steel

WLeelr. Steel Rorgingn, Steel rmher Rollr and Shelln, N e d Steel Gcnr Blankn. Steel and Iron M a l l m l ~ l e Cartlagn. S t e e l Pipe

Flange8

Office: .. . - BI Works Co. Philadelphia, Pa.

horns: trurnham, Pa.

~~~MIAIAIIH~I~H~RI~I~U~II]~I~IIIIRIII~II~IIIIII~~~III~IMI~~ = - I Barnard Stamp Co. - - - = f

= RUBBER STAMPIS, - - - =

SEALS and STENCILS I = = . - - - - - = - Trade Checks. Pado. Ink. Ett. - - - Fac-Slmlle Autograph Stampa I - - - Z 310 OIive St . S t . Louis. Me. s

MILAR, CLINCH & 'COMPANY Exclusive Agents for CAR CEMENT I CONTINENTAL WORKS CO.

MANUFACTURERS

Creators and ROBERT Me LUCAS CO. Makerso f . . .. FLEXIBLE CORROSION PROOF CEMENTS

and PAINTS FOR RAILROADS 1955 West Thirty-first Street CHICAGO, ILL., U. S. A.

ane ldc Namara S t Louis Forgings Co. Painting Co.

I'lltiTRACTORS FOR PAIXTIXG I \ ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY

AXLES, LOCOMOTIVE FORGINGS Pain Office: 5078 Easton Avenue I I East st. ~ o u i s Illinois

ST. LOUIS, MO.

I ESTABLISHED 1493

Kansas City Bridge Company Builders of Railroad and Highway Bridges

River Improvement Work KANSAS CITY, MO.

.

LONE STAR CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, I N C . M l L A M BUILD ING

SAN A N T O N I O , TEXAS t '

Union 1 Asbestos & Rubber

Company

310 S. Michigan Ave. CHICAGO

W. R. MAXWELL I 915 Olive Street

S A I N T LOUIS , MO. I Logan Iron & Steel Co. Arrow Tools, Ino. I

Pnge 72

Smokeless Fuel Company HUNTINGTON, ARK.

CONTINENTAL TURPENTINE & American Handle Compaa.r ROSIN CORPORATION Manufacturers ot

LAUREL. MISS. High-grade Hickory, Axe, A& >hnufacturers of Pick. Sledge, Hatchet. Hammer

MINERS AND SHIPPERS OF I Semi-Anthracite Coa l I I Steam Distilled Wood Turpentine Steam Distilled Pins Oil

and ailr road Tool Handle8 F Grade Wood Rosin I I JONESBORO - ARKANSII'

LIST CONSTRUCTION CO WOLF RIVER SANDCO, I I WASHED and SCREENED Railroad Contractors SAND and GRAVEL I R. R. 6 BRIDGE

CONTRACTORS I I 415 Railway Exchange Building I I Office: 622 Falls Building MEMPHIS, TENN. I 511 R a i l w a y E x c h a n g e Bldg.

KANSAS CITY, MO. I KANSAS CITY, MO. I I CARLOAD SHIPMENTS A SPECIALTY

I CW.Booth& Co. I I W. 0. SCHOCK CO. I . Railway Supplies . I Petroleum Products

RAILWAY EXCHANGE BLDG.

CHICAGO, ILL. Liberty Central Trust Building SAINT LOUIS

I T O N C A N Copper Mo-lyb-den-urn Iron Culverts

C. A. ROBERTS CO. " SHELBY"

Seamless Steel Tubing CHICAGO ST. LOUIS

DETROIT INDIANAPOLIS

Manufactured by HIGH GRADE STEAM

Tri-State Culvert Mfg. Co. AND DOMESTIC COAL

Second and Butler, MEMPHIS. TENN. Chemical Bldg. ST. LOUIS, I t

BARNSDALL Square Petroleum Products

M o d e r n R e f l n e r i e a

3 BARNSDALL, OKLAHOMA WICHITA. KANSAS

OKMULGEE, OKLAHOMA 3 OUR OWN CRUDE OUR OWN PIPE LINES

OUR OWN REFINERIM OUR OWN TANK CARS

44jI

DEPENDABLE SOURCE OF SUPPLY

Subsidiary Barnda l l Corporation I Executive Offices General Sales Oflica

Petroleum Building, Tulsa, Okla. 624 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, JL

4

S ! l l W l I ! l ! SEMI- STEEL FOUNDRY CO.

-- GREY IRON - ELECTRIC STEEL . SEMI-STEEL ~ ~ S ~ ~ ~ ~ ! ! ! ! b ym=---

I BUFFALO B R A K E B E A M COMPANY -BRAKE BEAMS-

AUXILIARY SUPPORTS FOR BRAKE BEAMS 1 9 aft Key Locks (Self Locking) [ Brake Pins (Self Locking)

, . ' . '.I

NEW YORK BUFFALO

THE OHIO INJECTOR COMPANY i437 Monadnock Block

Manufacturers of CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

OHIO LIFTING INJECTORS C H I C A G O NON-LIFTING I N J E C T O R S

CHICAGO AUTOMATIC FLANGE OILERS, CHICAGO LUBRICATORS, OHIO LOW WATER ALARMS, CHICAGO AUTOMATIC

DRIFTING VALVES, LOCOMOTIVE BOILER' ATTACHMENTS, OHIO CAB SQUIRTS

I M I N E R FRICTION DRAFT GEARS IDEAL SAFETY HAND BRAKES

SAFETY BOLSTER LOCKING CENTER PINS REFRIGERATOR CAR DOOR FASTENERS SIDE BEARINGS

W. H. M I N E R , INC. THE ROOKERY CHICAGO

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. I . Railroadr

THE A I A X ; HAN.D BRAKEi Safe and Efficient

THE ONE-HAND HAND BRAKE I

/ RA~LWAYEXCHANGE A X HAND BRAKE COMPANY C H I C A G O 11 C

ALBERT RUSSELL T. R. SIMMONS

CLEVELAND LUMBER COMPANY JASPER. ALABAMA

Railroad Lumber rm Pine and Hardwood 0+3 Two Million Feet Per Month

on the Frisco in Alabama

JASPER i ELDRIDGE HOWARD Fully Equipped Plant * Planing Mill, Car Decking % Planing Mill, Oak md

and Retail Yard t . and Short Dimension Pine Car Lumber

Dependable Service ..J Quality Counts t . i Side Frames

C O U L D Bolsters Couplers

Open Hearth Steel Castings

THE GOULD COUPLER CO. NEW YORK Works: DEPEW ST. LOU1 BALTIMORE CHICAGO SAN FRA

HOBBS TIE 68~ TIMBER CO. Railroad Cross Ties, Switch Ties and Lumber, Poles and Piling

1965-66-67 RAILWAY EXCHANGE BLDG. ST. LOUIS, MO.

We Help Make f h e Frisco S a f e

r DE BARDELEBEN COALS

Sipsey - Empire - Corona - Carbon Hill - Hull FOR

DOMESTIC, STEAM, GAS, BY-PRODUCT AND CERAMICS

1

The South's Largest Producers and ~ a r k k e r s of

HIGH GRADE COALS DeBardeleben Preparation Southern Railway Building

Gives Added Value BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA L A General American Tank Car Corp.

General American Car Co. -

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 Cval Bank Bldg., New Orleans, La. Cosden Bldg., Tulsa, Okla. Magnolia Bldg., Dallas, Texas Bartlett Bldg., Los Angeles, Calif.

We HORACE WILLIAMS CO., INC. ENGINEERS AND GENERAL CONTRACTORS

1) ANY CLASS- CONSTRUCTION -ANY SIZE 1 I I ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD I

Specializing in Design and/or Const ruct ion of Dock Wharves, Piers, Breakwaters, Dams, and Jetties, Bridges, Railways, Highways, Industrial Plants. All classes of Building Construction, Building Foundations.

Maintaining an Engineering Department for Consultation, Investigation, Reports, Surveys, Designs.

H O M E OFFICE BRANCHES I Fifth Floor Southern Building Pensamla, Fla. Mobile, Ala. Houston, Tex

833 Howard Avenue NEW ORLEANS, LA. Representatives !n Principal ~ i t t e s 01 AII southe I

FRISCO TERMINALS at PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, WARRIOR RIVER BRII and Other Important Works for Frisco Lines

BUILT BY TBIS COMPANY

II OXWELD RAILROAD SERVICE C

REPRESENTING :

LINDE AIR PRODUCTS CO. The PREST-0-LITE CO., (Linde Oxygen) (Prest-o-Lite Acetylene)

OXWELD ACETYLENE CO. (Oxweld Apparatus)

UNION CARBIDE SALES CO. (Union Carbide)

CARBIDE & CARBON BUILDING RAILWAY EXCHANGE BUILl

NEW YORK CITY CHICAGO, ILLINOl

SOBART- LEE TIE COMPANY Railroad Ties and Timber

3BT. E. LEE, President

CSLIE LEE, Vice-president

BERT S . LEE, Treasurer

J. LAURENCE LEE, Secretary

Opwating in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma nnrl T ~ x a s

W E H A V E SUPPLIED T H E F R I S C O CONTINUOUSLY FOR OVER 40 YEARS

anders Building SPRINGFIELD, MO.

INCORPORATED

JOURNAL BEARINGS and

BRONZE ENGINE CASTINGS

NEW YORK CHICAGO

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