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THE FRISCO EMPLOYES' MAGAZINE ROOMS 73 7-738 FRISCO BUILDING . . . . ST. LOUIS

WM. L. HUCGINS, Jr.. Editor ' MARTHA C. MOORE. A a s o c l a ~ c E d i t o r WM. McMILLAN. A d o c r t i d n g M a n a g e r

Vol. VII MAY. 1930 No. 8

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

Contents of This Issue Pages

A Trackman for Fifty-Three Years ..................................................................................................... 4 World's Largest Berry Farm in Alabama ............. . ............... .... ................................................................ 5 Has Lethargic Inertia Got You? ............................................................................................................ 6 Railroad Sunday School at Enid ............................. ...... ............................................. 1 ............................... 7 Masons Sponsor Boys' Camp in Ozarks ................................................................................................. 8

New Dining Lounge Cars Placed in Service .......................................................................................... 9

News of the Frisco Clubs ....................... .. ..... .... .................................................................................. 10-14 Navy's Xewest Cruiser \'isits Pensacola April 1 .................. . ................. ... .......................................... 15 J. S. JlcMillan Promoted ........,,..... .. ................................................................................................... 16 Passenger Trains 97.4 Pe r Cent On Time During March ............................... .. ............................... 18 For Meritorious Service ..................................................................................................... 19 Vetcrans Meet June 2-3 at Springfield, Mo .............,.... . ,................. St. Louis Business Men Visit Tulsa and Oklahoma City .................. .. ......... ...... ................................. 22 Largest Cotton Shipment in History by Frisco Lines ........................................................................ 23 Car Damage Reduced 20.5 Per Cent ..................................................................................................... 24 Locomotive Fuel Performance Records .............................. ... ........................................................... 26-27 Pcnsion Roll ........................................................................................................................................... 28-Z!l Homemakers' Page ............................. .. .................................................................................................. 30-31 The Twilight Hour ................... ... .... ......... ...... ..... ...... . ........... . .... .., .... . ................. . ......................................... 32 Frisco Babies .................................................................................................................................................... 3.3

Flashes of Merriment .................... .. .... ....., ....................... , .... .. .... . ................................................................. 34 A Page of Praise from Frisco Friends ........................... .... ..................................................................... 3s Frisco Mechanic .................... .,...... ..... . .... ......* ..... ,. ....................... . .......................................................... 36-43 Frisco Family News .............................................................................................................................. 44 76

THE FRISCO EMPLOYES' MAGAZINE MEMBER The Friseo Employ& Magazine Is a monthly publication devoted prlmarlly to the Interest3

more than 25,000 actlve and retlred employes of the Frisco Llnea. It contalns staries, [tens of current news, personal notes about emploYes and lhelr families, artlcles deallng with varloua phasm of rallroad work, poems, cartoons and notlces regardine the servlce. Good pipar photographs suitable for re~moductlon are especially deslred, and wlll be returned only rbsn reauested. All cartoons and drawlnss must be in black Indla drawlng Ink.

Employes are invlted ta write artlcles for the ma~azlne. Contributions should be type- wrluen, on one aide of the sheet only, and should be addressed to the Edltor. Frisco Bulldlng. St. lauk, Mo.

Dlstrlbuted free among Frlsco Employes. To others. price 15 cent8 a copy ; subacrlption rate (1.50 s year. Advertisinp retea wlll be made known upon a~plicatlon.

FIFTY -THREE YEARS A TRACKMA\(

I T was in the year of 1881, and Roa dm as t Pat Herd of inches or 13 inches through. the little Frisco section house, those were in the front end oj the home of the section fore- Car/ /unction, Missouri, engine. Back of that was anr 1

man a t Osceoma, Oklahoma, was a desolate looking place, indeed. The "wide open spaces" stretched a s far a s the eye could see. Prai- rie chickens were no novelty, neither were wild turkeys, hogs and deer were so plentiful that they sometimes blocked the track in front of the Frisco train which steamed its way each day to Afton, the end of the line.

One day a n old Cherokee Indian rode up to the section foreman's house. Across the pommel of his sad- dle were two sacks. Tied to the pommel was an axe handle. H e dis- mounted and went to the door. Upon being admitted inside he asked if the section foreman might want some potatoes and green beans, and, an axe handle.

"Well," the section foreman replied. "I might. Let's see them."

The old Indian brought them in, t ~ f o half bushel sacks, and dumped the top layer of each on the floor. They looked fresh and palatable, and the section foreman inquired the price.

"Fifteen cents--too much? Huh?" grunted the Indian.

The price did not seem exorbitant and with the axe handle thrown in, the deal was consummated.

And that is only one of the inci- dents which Pat Herd, genial Irish roadmaster of the Northern division, related of his experience in early railroading in the Indian Territory.

Fifteen cents! It seems a joke, yet when he went on to say that beef sold for three cents a pound; eggs five cents a dozen. butter three pounds for a quarter, and potatoes twenty-five cents a bushel, i t was possible for the old Indian to purchase for his own supplies, two pounds of beef, a half dozen eggs and two loaves of bread, with his fifteen cents.

There are a comparatively small uumber of Frisco veterans who can recall those early days of railroading, and this, 1930, is Pat Herd's last year of railroading. He was born in 1861 and began his service with Frisco Lines on June 1, 1877, at Ritchey, Mo., working on the section of the old Atlantic & Pacific, and will be retired when he reaches 70 years of age this summer. H e was sixteen years old a t that time, and together with another boy his same age, made a "hand". The two of them worked together, for a dollar a day. H e re-

" pair of wheels about the i - I Recalls Pioneer Days as Ret irement N e a r s

I',\T HERD

calls that the foreman's name was Jim Dunn.

On the first of September, 1887, the foreman a t Granby, Mo., one Dick Cox needed a man for a week or ten days and Mr. Herd took the job, and a t the end of the month drew his first pay check from the old pay car. Jerry YcCarty, the roadmaster fired Fore- man Dunn, and the men walked out with him, which left Billy Gordon, the foreman who took his place ("a little dried up Irishman from Crocker, Mo.," so Mr. Herd described him) with only one man.

Mr. Herd applied for a job and secured it. H e has spent a lifetime between Rolla. Mo., and Vinita, Okla., holding positions a s section man and foreman until his appointment as roadmaster in 1892, with territory from Paris to Brownwood on the Texas Division. He remained a t Granby until January 1, 1898, when he was transferred to Carl Junction. where he has remained for the past thirty-two years.

"I remember the first engine 1 ever saw," he said. "It was working laying track between Peirce City and Ritchey and was hauling rail and ties. It only had one pair of driving wheels about the size of those on a Ford automobile. The cylinders were about 16 inches long and about 12

size, with no connections. - cab mas open and small, a n d , little engine pulled a fla! ,-

about twenty feet long. - engine burned cord wood. The t'

cars in those days held about 1%:- head of cattle.

"We had a great deal of trr with that little old engine t h m r live sparks out of the diamond sr stack and setting the flelds on '. Most of the track was dirt in old days and we used 50-pound .- rail. All switches were stub s w and all frogs cast iron metal, six long, reversible."

The past severe winter broeell Mr. Herd's mind the winter of 1 while he was in charge of the ecr a t Dixon, Mo. The winter was and snowy and the ground was I; up solid. The roadmaster came #I -

and told him to lay off his men. . on the twenty-third day of Deceze he laid them all off. He told I - not to go far away. because as as the weather broke he wouldq them all back, however, they did resume work until March 4, 1884 f

day that Cleveland took his selt president. And those two mv were the only two months durinr . service that he did not draw a check from the Frisco Railroad it track department.

He recalls many of the old-time ductors, roadmasters and en& - He knew Jim Mansfield, Ben 6. Andy Carey, Andy Otherson, l1 Sprinkle, Jack Carr, John Lapp Schuler and Ben Fenner, all old ductors, intimately, and the Hit4 - brothers, Russ Green, the Lyons Dwyer brothers, Bert Coleman. ' Nelson and Walter Knowlmsn, gineers. Mr. Herd also worked r - days with "Bob" Holland, now nl rondmaster a t Neodesha, Kane well a s retired Roadmaster JOE Sheehan.

Mr. Herd has two children, a d. ter and a son. The son is his dar clerk a t Carl Junction and he ha< thirty years of service with Fr Lines. himself.

At a recent meeting of the s ~ c t

foremen a t Joplin, under Mr. He jurisdiction, he made an earnwf - pen1 to the men to make this, his' year with Frisco Lines one of I best. He urged that they pay PC cia1 attention to the rules of th+

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!WORLD'S LARGEST BERRY FARM IN ALA.

the Moffett State Farm, 1 e !%hi on the Prisco's new South- m extension 10 miles north of /i:xrre, Ala., five miles from jk~lord, Ala.. and 60 miles north i: Pmsacola, Fla. ' fadeed, there has been very little . b~ar about the Moffett Sta te Farm 'i-::I recently.

Two years ago the site of the farm as an area of 8,400 acres of unim-

r #ired land, with a scattered stand cpeond growth pine timber. Then the state officials of Alabama

&me enthused over the remarkable b;l fertility of this state-owned prop- p,, particularly in view of i ts close roumity to the s ta te penal institu- h n at Huxford, where convict labor +-aid be secured.

Conferences with Mr. G. K. Foun- 1113, warden of the prison a t Hux- '$d followed, and two years ago the *habilitation of the tract's acreage rag begun and Moffett Sta te Farm be- 3me a reality. The regeneration of the district is

;!eresting indeed. First , 4,500 acres D! the land was cleared and 2,000,000 Kaare feet of yellow pine timber was vcured, all of it sawed and dressed ; the farm's lumber mill, and used !:. the construction of numerous farm ::ildings. The farm was fenced, and m y miles of highway were con- t:mctrr! through it. Then followed :?P construction of housing accomlno- il!jons for the 1,350 convicts who a re

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1 EW of the Frisco's 30,000 employes Lave ever heard of Moffett State Farm Near

Huxford Has 220 Acres of Strawberries in

One Field

the farm workers, and their guards and overseers, and a hotel for the benelit of visitors.

The construction of five miles 01 railroad, with 60-pound rail, from the fa rm to a connection with the Frisco a t Huxford was completed in record time, and small switching engines were purchased by the s ta te to care for the switching of cars from the farm to Frisco Lines.

With all this work completed the actual farming began in November, 1928, when 40 acres of strawberries were planted. In March, 1929, 180 additional acres were put t o berries, antl today the entire 220 acres a r e producing lavishly. Agricultural experts claim this to be the largest strawberry farm in the world. The first car of the berries left the farm on April 2, via the Frisco to Chicago, antl daily shipments are being made. Warden

Sqwads of c o m i c t s tire used to pick sti-azuberries at the Moffett State Fariir ireor I Iuxford , Ala. T h i s pictrcre was takeit in t/lr slrnwberry fields os t/ir pickiug sensoir begall enrly last tliotrtlr. Several p~triteirtiary bziildiirqs iiioy be seen in the bnclrnroirnd.

Fountain estimates that fifty or more cars will be shipped this season.

Dvery facility for handling the strawberry crop is a t hand, and sixteen packing sheds a re located on the strawberry acreage. From the sheds they a re trucked to the

loading sheds, or to the pre-cooling plant which has seven compartments, six of them refrigerated with a capacity of five carloads. All berries are packed in 24-pint or 24-quart contain- ers, each container labeled with a highly colored and distinctive label of the Moffett Sta te Farm, and all berries a r e governmentally inspected and must pass an A No. 1 rating before shipment.

But development of the largest strawberry farm in the world is far from the limit of this modern plant.

During this year, the farm will ship the prdduction from 320 acres of Irish potatoes, 100 acres of snap beans, 100 acres of cucumbers, and 100 acres of sweet corn. In addition, sufficient acreage of spinach, lettuce, okra, beets, peas, onions, cabbage and tomatoes has been planted to care for the feeding of the farm workers.

In order that this vegetable production may be properly conserved, a canning plant has been established and any surplus from immediate iieeds is canned and saved for future consumption.

During the spring of last year, War- den Fountain and his "guests" planted

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HAS LETHARGIC INERTIA GOT YOU

A LL winter long we have notice how badly the Fever' heard persons complain of Sp ring's Famous Disease affecting us. "These disr having "that tired feeling" he continued, " 'that tired IF

and we have had it , too. Then, May Catch You Unless Dr. and the Spring Fever, an about the time everyone Is re- much alike, in fact, they sp covering and forgetting about it, Work's Pr~UentatiUe IS Used a s tate of acute chronic l t

along comes a similar but more gic inertia, and they a7 devastating epidemic - S p r i n g similar in symptoms lo a t Fever. It's very prevalent right now. a scientific man, and that is what we disease that its name can a h ,

What are these strange maladies? did-to no less important personage applied to them. This ig hppr In particular, what is this Spring in the realm of medical science than driasis." Fever that is hitting us so hard? And Dr. R. A. Woolsey, chief surgeon of Some one called the doctor ' how can it be cured? Much has been Frisco Lines. and our interview was termit said about this illness. We all know 'Well, Doc." we queried. "what's But i t was very satisfactory. Kp : the symptoms. Every- one knows what it is to come down to work in the morning all teeming with zip and zim, anticipating a day of large accom- plishment, only to get his chin cupped in his hand and a far away look in his eyes about the middle of the morning. If we go to literature for our answer, we And little. Authors seem to have ignored it. Perhaps it is because writers a r e permanently af- flicted with these diseases. T e n n y s o n skirted its edges when he said, "In the spring a young man's fancy l i g h t l y turns t o thoughts o f love." This may account for some of the season's distraction, but it is only a drop in the proverbial bucket.

Undaunted by the hopelessness of the task, we cast about to see if we could add to the total of general knowledge on tbis disease. We did it just because we wanted to h e 1 p o u r suffering f e l l o w s and just because w e w a n t -

ILETH ARGIC INEQTIA AND HY POCHONDRlArl t' I

ed to further the interests of science. We had no other motive. Of course if they want to give us the Nobel prize or what ever prize it is that is worth twenty-five hundred "buclrs" for the greatest scientific achievement during the year, i t will be all right.

W e decided that if we were going in for scientific research on the subject, the thing to do would be to go to

the dope on this "tired feeling" and Spring Fever business?" "Are they real diseases?" "How do you cure 'em?" "What gives them to you?"

"Wait a minute," the Doc parried, "give a fellow a chance. Sure they a r e real aiseases-bad ones." With our severe case of Spring Fever, we began to expect him to tell a nurse to run get us a nightie and get ready for an operation, but evidently he didn't

getting thls thin; a scientlnc bar: little more rw:- and we'd hare ,

acute chronic lrii- ic inertla (we'd c. that now) ab;. But a thought s c ' ly struck us. Wu't get to ask the ii- how to cure It sr i , the way, what this acute tbr- lethargic inerlia : hypochondriasis 7 : anyhow. Well, 7-

look them up in. tionary. We ha! use a medical dir . ary before ne Lr all of them, brll got 'em all right, i ,

guess what li. meant. Well, air, !' we had looked r. : of this acute 11.:. gic inertia and pc' . meanings togethi: 1

couldn't flgun : that it meant a I: r;

but just plain d a y laziness. \ +

hypochondris!!:: 7 found that wL: pereon has thid. 5 I not elck at all, b+ j~ imagines he's ~ i r t !

is just trying IF - sick. You've ewn C* people who rrr L

ways trying la 2 s o m e t h i n g r r ~

with themselves. That's what (En11

got. We thought it over for r -!J and suddenly decided that mayb r: doctor had been kidding us sfto: i so we rushed right out to SF. t: again and accused him.

"No, I wasn't kidding y c " * claimed, "they are bad cli;*:r.s

They've hurt a lot of people. F. they are curable. Do you knnrr t w

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RAILROAD SUNDAY SCHOOL AT ENID

T HE "boys" held Railroad spur them on to greater efforts S u n d a y School in Enid. Section Men Meet Sunday, than they had ever exerted be- Okla., on the morning of lore. An officer on a recent in-

ao, and the gospel of good March 30, for Discussion of spection tour of the \vestern di- -A good fences and proper 51,age was expounded by divi- . T engineers, roadmasters, as- ;wt superintendents, bridge

.-.: section foremen. It was one of * - largest section foremen's meet- - p i to he held on Frisco Lines, and ,, coach which was placed near the

.!rim could not accomnlodate the IF^ until several chairs were .'?red in the aisle. I! was the sort of gospel nleeting

revre everybody gets 11p and tells his qwiences - where t 11 e preacher

to be quizzing them on the ;;rrious lessons which they learned. : i d Ruding out if there were any ,l~:Bsliders 'not living up to instruc- " lW5.

Each man had the feeling a t some ,no or other that the preacher had :im in mind when he gave his vari- c: . Illustrations. And this railroad Sunday School

r:18 an open and frank discussion on :I-- backsliders of the book of rules -the penally for carelessness-the r~ults of a bad foundation on n~hich !a build our work. "Parson" S. Payson, roadmaster a t

faid, Okla., faced his congregation :~,l slarted out by telling them where .:P!. had fallen down-where they had

Srction Forcma;r P . dl. Bell of Cnr- ,n, Okla., wus the oldcst h i point of vice at the )iteeting (right) .

~ r a c ( Conditions

erred in not living up to the book of rules and that if they would repent in time-all would be forgiven. It wasn't that these section foremen had laid down on the job. It was merely to

vision spoke favorably of the track conditions which he found there, but these Western division foremen have a particularly diffi-

cult job, due to mud squeezes and other conditions peculiar to that division.

Briefly, Mr. Payson outlined the various subjects. He preached good right-of-way fences, the hazard of working with bad order tools, and other subjects such as rail laying, accident prevention, heeling spikes do11.n and tightening bolts, putting in missing p!ates, mud squeezes and flnally urged that each foreman plant a flower garden.

Mr. A. L. Fisher, division engineer arose to the occasion. He might be considered an "Elder" a t the meeting. for, he checks up on the members of his Railroad Sunday School by trips over the Western division every sixty days. He emphasized the fact that more time should be spent in dress- ing up the track and right-of-way, lin- ing ballast, cleaning ballast from the ties, etc.

T. F. Jones and 1'. N. Patterson. "Deacons" and roadmasters, both stressed the need for a uniform job of work and eliminatioli of personal

(Below) A v i e w o f the r r r e d w s who nitertded E~tid's Rnilroad Szrtzday School, Mnrrlr 30.

MASONS SPONSOR BOYS, CAMP IN OZARK

n NE of the most unique of Amrita Grotto sf Fort Smith Amrita Grotto band mnd d country clubs is located on t ra in Fort Smith, and C. F.; - Frisco Lines, 22 miles north

of Fort Smith, Ark. I t is owned by the Masonic bodies of Fort Smith, and was completed recently a t a cost of $40,000. Sit- uated on a high bluff overlooking the Arkansas lines of the Frisco, the views commanded from the club house verandas a re among the most beautiful in the entire Ozark country. The club house itself is constructed of native rock and has all modern equipment including electric lights and running water.

Amrita Grotto of Fort Smith, one of the prime movers in the club, has had the Frisco railroad flag stop a t the foot of the bluff named "Amrita" in its honor, and an additional honor was paid this grotto with the announcement recently that a boys' summer camp will be operated this year a t the country club, to be known a s "Am- rita Boys' Camp."

Fifty boys from the Southwestern territory served by Frisco Lines will be given training under the influence and protection of the Grotto membership, and the camp will begin in June and continue for a period of ten weeks. The cost for ten weeks is announced a t $275.00 and for five weeks $150.00.

Not only will the youthful trainees have a beautiful new club house t o live in, they will also have the run of o. 120acre virgin mountain-site camp, with swimming holes in abund- ance, and hunting and fishing to while away vacation hours.

No boys' camp is complete without a director of athletics, and not many boys will have a n opportunity this

P l a n s T e n Weeks' C a m p i n g a t

R e s o r t

year to train under the direction of a n "All-American" football player. But Amrita's boys will have that opportunity, for the famous Wear Schoonover, Arkansas University "All- American" selection by Grantland Rice, will supervise the training of the boys a t the camp during the season to come.

Schoonover's remarkable athletic record ably fits him for such a p* sition. He won letters during his last three college years in football and basketball, and during one year made himself a three-letter man with an "A" in baseball. For three consecutive years he was an All-Conference basketball player with the Razor- backs, and in football he made all- conference on two occasions, a s well a s placing the "All-American" mythi- cal eleven i11 his senior year.

Not all of the attention will be given to athletics, however, and a splendid coterie of experts in other lines will also be on the teaching staff. Other members include Col. H. C. Morrison, who will ac t as dean of the camp: Coach Ben Mayo of the Fort Smith high school, who will serve a s lieutenant director; F. Vantrease, scout executive at Fort Smith; Prof. Edgar A. Robinson, conductor of the

A ziezu of the clubhorcse at Aarrita Dogs' Camp is shown bclozo.

mans, expert in physical cub: woodcraft. and Indian lorn: of Fort smith.

Boys from the state8 of ! souri, Kansas, Oklahoma, T ~ I Louisana, Tennessee, Ark.

and perhaps other states in Southwest will be gathered IOP: for this character-building cc.: and Frisco employes who are t ested in sending their sons lo camp are requested to write Mm David Shepard, Amrita Boys' Pr Masonic Temple Offices, Fort L for full particulars.

EXTEND BERRY SEAS05 T h e strawberry season has !.

extended from the latter par: March until the middle of Jmi, to the movement of an estimate: cars from the Pensacola dh': These strawberries moved the b' part of March and will con ti nu^ : the Ozark season which will SW April.

The 100 cars came from the serl around Atmore, Ala., and horn a tract of land owned by the Ahk State Prison Farm.

Prospects for n. fine crop of ber from the Omrk section we g o d cording to Mr. W. L. English, st:

visor of agriculture, however, I! is a great hazard of frost in the F

days of April which would h:. havoc to the Ozark output. Tbc r- ber of cars which will move frnm' Ozark section could not be es!ia+h a t this time.

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New Dining-Lounge Cars Placed in Service

>-' Relozu : A view of the dipring corn-

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bart~rirnt. l o o k i ~ ~ a toward tlw kitchert.

111;s port o j thc car.

'C OLOR in industry" has become the cry of those up-to-the-minute in their service to the

jhllc. A 1 w a y s in the forward m of progress, Frisco Lines an- .mces the recent completion of two :*r dinlng-lounge cars, constructed ? the West Coach Shop a t Spring- !dd, Mo., which embody all of the !uscteristics of modern d e s i g n. h y are, undoubtedly, among the :,st beautiful cars of their type now -.rating on American railways. . Mning-lounge car No. 1801 has been

; x e d In special service. Work on :,diner was started on October 11, rl the car was turned out of the 441 January 15.

The car is 72 feet 6 inches over end clls, and the interior is finished in 9e Mexican mahogany, with maple mw stenciled in delicate colors on ~3 walls. The lounge end of t h e r Is furnished beautifully, and the .;Matering of the chairs and lounge nr done in the upholstering shop of :-im Lines. The chairs a re of dif- 4 colored velour in pastel shades, ct the carpet blends with the up- :!Mng of the furniture. At one r i p ! the lounge eild is a huge mir- :: 8 book rack and two berths be-

tween the lounge and dining compartment, which may be used for playing cards in daytime and as lower berths a t night for the crew on the car.

The dining compartment will ac- commodate 18 guests, and the chairs are upholstered in a golden brown leather which harmonize with the walls, and the Frisco Lines trade- mark, in red and white, appears on the back of each.

The kitchen is the last word in dining car equipment. It is finished in Ascoloy . Stainless Steel, which is easy to keep clean and sanitary. The refrigerators a re all lined and a tank of water in the car provides ice cold drinking water continually.

The estimated value of the car Is $GO,OOO.

Car 1804 is being constructed along the same lines, and it is expected that it will be ready for use by March 15.

Previous to the rebuilding of these two diners, a car of the 600 series, No. 636, was rebuilt which operates in trains 9-10, 1-2. Diners 637 and 639 are now in the shop undergoing repairs and rebuilding and will be placed in trains 1-2, 9-10 when completed.

The 1801 made its first trip with

the special train of the Kansas City Life Insurance Company to Florida and the car created a sensation among the patrons. Following their arrival in Hollywood, Fla., they wrote officials of the Frisco, praising both the service and the beauty of the new diner-lounge car.

THESE FRISCO TOWNS L. S. Bnrzcy of Joplitz, Mo., ir~vitrs

yoit t o solve these jztrrlble-lettered rmncs o f Frisco towns. SEC Page 15 f o r correct answers.

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NEWS of the FRISCO CLUBS Tulsa, Okln.

T HE elljoyable entertainment and dance of the Tnlsa. Frisco Em- ployes' Club, held March 21, wax

prefaced by a brief, effective bnsiiless S R S R ~ O I I . More than 160 were present.

The business session began with a report on tips and business secured. Between thirty aild forty oars of tank steel fro111 Beaumont, Texas, had been obtained through the efforts of H. J . Dailey, yardmaster, i t was reported, ai~cl a 5,700-pollllcl L. C. L. shipment ol automobile tires to Dallas, Texas, was accredited to the work of C. R. Warren, also a yard- aster. Several letters in regard to busi- nexs and pmspective business were read.

A communication from the department of p~iblicit).. in regard i'g to the formation of a . .

baseball league, was brought up. but because of limited time. was not discusserl. 4 committee was a])- pointed. however, to go into this matter. The following comprised i t : Mike Sax- on, c h a i r nl a 11, SI. I, o n a g a n. Weaver Bennett. John White nnd Bert Martin.

Little Miss David- son began the enter- thinn~ent that followetl

farmers and farmerettes, scnors and selloritas, Jiggs. Red Riding Hood and the Wolf, Sambo and his blushing bride. Sir Harry Lauder, a sailor. gyp- sies, a vnnip, and pioneers from the early "40's". The prize for the lady with the besl costume wax won by Mrs. Ward, wife of J . E. \Val8d, switchman. She wore an attractive Spanish costume. The men's prize was woii by C . A. Moody. condiictor. who was

have learned from pas1 exjlpi. that when the Frisco Enlployei' r there announces a dance, a Yeri-

tive and enjoyable occasion [nil

so when annonncement was I

that the rlnh was giving a elm B~Iarcli 5, more tliaii twu 1111ndrt.:

ployes attended with their (:I?

and friends, and the evening r' . entertainment they were givl~r filled their most extravagant r I r ,

tions. DaucCng be:^^

iiiiie o'clock 1;.

rhythnilc rend~ti popular danrc 1

by Art Frazivt chestra and Id*+

ti1 midnight Ti lowing ont-of-th ficials were in 1" ance: 11. 31. SIF-11 sistant genenl r er ; J. H. Doggr perintendent 01 '

portation, and ' I ,Ic,rmack. . 1

with two hiimoroi~s oily n$plnrrrlcd readings. Mr. Wrinkle s a n g "Friscoland". Jlrs. Wrinkle accompauying him a t the piano. TWO tap dances by Miss Betty Sue Slosser concluded the program Dancing beqan a t 9 o'clock. the Tulsa T-Towners, a seven-pieve orc.hestra. furnished the music.

Oklnhonrn City, Okln. "Some in rags, some i11 tags and

some in velvet go\vns." bespeaks the array of the 300 club menibers and guests a t the business and social meeting of the Frisro Employes' C!lub of Oklahoma City. held March 20.

The gaiety of custumes added much to the iuerriment of the crowd. Nin- glinp, about on the floor at this mas- querade party were colonial dames,

tendent of f r w and damage ~ I L S I

M P ~ A C l d Springfield \I8 The queattt.

which was p111

use 11y thp ' JIen'n Club n i >. field, 110. rt

yielded SOIIIP r - teresting and ent topics fo' sion at the n i b

the ch~h held "

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garbed as Sambo. The peppy dance melodies furnished by the Sunset Six Orchestra were another feature that added to the success of the party.

Guests of honor a t this meeting were Mrs. Mable Bassett, coinmission- e r of charities for Oklahon~a, and 311'. and Mrs. Charles Linthicum. Mr. Lin- thicum is a men~ber of the Oklahoma Legislature.

The business meeting, which pre- ceclecl the dance, co~isisted chiefly of reports on business and tips securecl. The i ~ e x t meeting was set for April 30th.

Birmingham, Ala. Frisco employes a t Birmingham, Ala.,

iug, 111 whir11 , -

decided to i: ; question box, members rere i! ed to make note of the mattpi. . they wished discussed and todr,,. notes illto the box during t l ~ r - Among the toplcs discuss~;I I, . sponse to requests from the 11111 :- , The best arguments to use in : . 1)iisiness from motor transl~l.' Lo Frisco Lines, the result. I '

club's work during the pas1 t v what constitutes a traffic tip. " lation of the company and a ' , . . that has leased a sile on 11,. - road's property.

In addition to this discussih ' '

Seabough made a brief tall; ;,I proposed Frisco baseball lear.: ' -

nounced at this meeting t h n n 1 ' ;

for capital investment. Interest, he continued, is merely the price we pay for the use of credit and is subject to the laws of snpply and demand a s is a commodity.

After a brief talk by Mr. Hamilton, the Vagabond Trio gave two novelty songs with guitar accompaniment. A hilarious half hour of anecdotes and impersonations by Tony Cabooch concluded the program. Bob Ansyln's orchestra furnished music during the meal.

Ladies' Auxiliar.y, Kansas City, Mo.

Drawing for an April Fool's box proved to be a very amusing contest a t the meeting of the Ladies' Aux- iliary to the Frisco Sunnyland Club of Kansas City, held April 1. Mrs. Milice was the lucky (?) lady in this contest. Fifty-four were in attendance.

Bridge, bunco and pinochle were the chief amusements a t this party. Prizes in bridge were won by Mrs. Wroughten and Mrs. Breedlove. In bunco, the prizes were won by Mrs. Poole and Mrs. Reber, and the pinochle prizes went to Mrs. Metcalf and Mrs. Batchelder. The hostesses a t this party were 3Iesrlames De Fries, Wells, Cooper and Bennisen. The next meeting was se t for May 6.

Ladies' Ar~xiliary, Clinton, Mo. The meeting of the Ladies Auxil-

iary to the Frisco Employes' Club of Clinton, 310.. held March 15, was at- telided. by nine members. The greater part of the discussion pertained to club business, inclutling the question of arranging a joint meeting with the men's club there. Following the discussion, Mrs. Frank Wilson sang "Friscoland".

Kansas City, &lo. The Frisco Sunnyland Club of

Kansas City entertained 250 members, their families and a number of guests with a dinner dance In the Kansas City Masonic Temple on March 27.

Immediately following the dinner, a very attractive program of entertainment was begun with group singing under the direction of D. R. Alexander of the Union Paciflc Commercial office. The piano accompaniment was played by Tom Miller of the Central of Georgia's commercial office. 4 reading by Miss Blanche Eaton, of the National Bellas Hess Company, followed. Mr. A. Stemen, an employe of Swift and Company, gave an ac- cordion solo and Mr. Roy Hanks, a n employe of the Santa Be, gave a vocal solo, accompanied a t the piano by Miss Ruby Christmann. W. L. Hug- gins, Jr., director of publicity, and E. G. Baker, assistant general freight

and passenger agent, made brief talks. The program was 'concluded with a talk by Dr. James W. Fifield, traveler and lecturer.

Following the program, the hall was cleared and the remainder of the evening was spent in dancing. Visi- tors a t this affair included a number of traffic men from Kansas City industries.

Solicitation work by members of the Sunnyland Club during the first quarter of 1930 has brought very

T . I . Dr~rrris, who lrns brcrr clcctcd l o the firesideracy o f the Frisco B~rr~loq'cs' Club o f Birvriirglrnrrt. Aln.

gratifying results, i t was reported a t a business meeting of that club held April 1.

This meeting was attended by thirty-five members and was featured by instructive talks by the following local officials: G. F. Macgregor, traffic manager; E. G. Baker, assistant general freight and passenger agent; J. W. Skaggs, superintendent of terminals and Mr. Anderson. The greater part of the discussion was devoted to traffic solicitation and future social functions.

St. Louis Terminals The wide awake Frisco Employes'

Club of the St. Louis Terminals has had considerable success in i ts solicitation work recently, it was reported a t a meeting of that club, held March 28. Sixty-five members were in at-

tendance a t this meeting. In addition to the diacw

solicitation a t this meeting, th ' ter of a club baseball tem . brought up. After going into t!.. ter carefully, it was agreed tb cumstances did not warrant 1i.r

putting a team in the fleld th: I and instructions were issued i

uniforms which the club boo?! year to be sold to another club port by the club's treasurer l- that the treasury was in excellr~ dition despite the fact tbat Ib+ had gone to considerable expv giving a dance and entertainmi cently.

North End Bcar~mnt S& The principal talk at the m

of the Frisco Employes' Club North End Beaumont Sub, he11 26, was made by C. H. Cowk club's president. Fourteen lrr-

were present. A report on tips and bush

cured and a discussion of soli constituted most of the bum this session. J. F. Overby, .: foreman, was elected cliib sr a t this meeting to succeen I

Nichols, who left Beaumont ' cently.

Poplar Blz~fl, 1110. The Poplar Bluff Frisca Emf

Club, in a business sesslou hpld .- 7, directed that a letter be a on behalf of the club to t h e Chamber of Commerce, 1hank.x organization for passing a I*'.' '

recentIy that Poplar Bluff ms,' should, whenever possible, gir business to the railroads in p r v to trucks. Thirteen rnembw , present a t this meeting.

G. H. Windsor, division frtkL passenger agent, was the chid:. er, devoting most of his talk !I,'. solicitation. I t was decided f t next meeting of the club shnal,i dance and box supper and A;- '

was the date agreed upon 11- party. The next business s~ssir.r set for May 9.

Members of the Frlsco Ea, Club of RIuskogee and the l Auxiliary to that club aere ur: a joint meeting of the chb April 3, to report all traffic ti! mediately upon receiving th~rr teen members were in attendar this meeting.

H. 31. Hammers, president r' I

club made the chief talk at 1) ' . sion. H e stressed solicitation :r cident prevention work. It was 2.-

that a joint social meeting, - - to the one given by the club on y',.

21, would be given April 25 *

men will be In charge of arrangements 'T this party. The last social meet- ~g was planned by members of the Ladies' Auxiliary. The following men rpre appointed to comprise am enter- unment committee: Messrs. Walker, Stes, Chamberlain and Long.

.4 great deal of amusement was af- orded at the joint social meeting of he Muskogee Frisco Employes' Club ~ n d the Ladies' Auxiliary to that lub, held March 21, with a penny oction in which those present bid in packages, the contents of which rere unknown. The Ladies' Auxiliaiy urnished the packages. More than no hundred members and guests {ere present. Mr. A. C. Miller was master of

premonies and the principal speaker. 1~ dealt chiefly with solicitatio~l in i s talk. Miss Pauline Keel gave '- - llano solos and Miss Theodor :we sang a number of songs, laying her own accompani. Bent on t 11 e ukelele. 1

F. A. McClaren, president, of the club, opened the meeting with a n enthusiastic talk in which he brought out that employes should feel it their duty to get together and discuss methods of getting more business. Brief talks, dealing with courtesy, methods of making contacts with the public and kindred subjectk, were made by J. A. Hutchison, assistant superintendent, M. T. Burr, roadmaster, H. G. McKinstry, agent, A. G. Wolfe, yardmaster, W. I. Adams, trainman, and R. Harshaw of the car department. The next meeting of the club was set for May 13.

Hugo, Okla. Freight solicitation was the subject

to which the members of the Frisco

'Riscoland" was sung y Ira. T. E. Walker. liss Gage accompan- ed her at the piano nd all present joined n singing the chorus. 'ollowing this, Mr. I. Walker, an em-

$ loye of Sears-Roe- uck and Company, ave two n o v e l t y rhistling nu m b e r s , l i s s G a g e accom- anying him also. Fol- wing the program, efreshments w e r e T

the recently organized Frisco baseball team there. Following this a motion was passed that a letter be written to the Frisco employes a t Paris. Texas, thanking them for their hospitality to the Hugo club on April .5. The next meeting was set for the second Tuesday in May.

Willow Springs, Mo. The business meeting of the Fris-

co Employes' Club of Willow Springs, Mo., held April 8, was attended by 'twelve memb'ers. An- nouncement was made a t this meeting that the club's entertainment committee had cancelled the smoker which they had planned and instead would give a banquet sometime in May. The next business meeting of the club was set for May 13.

Neodesha, Kans. "vd-fought b o x i n g matches

rere the principal feature of entertainment a t the meet-

ing of the Frisco Em- \ ployes' Club of Neode-

A large number of ville, Arkansas, risco Employes' Club embers from Hugo ent to Paris, Tex., on April 5, where ley were entettained by the Frisco- inta Fe station employes. A program, consisting of readings ~d other numbers, and dancing con- ituted the evening's amueement. r. Sherman Kelton of Hugo con- ibubd to the entertainment by giv- g~ several novelty stunt numbers.

Henryetta, Okla. The entire meeting of the Henry- la Frisco Employes' Club, held \ril 8, was devoted to consideration means by which members could

cure more business for Frisco 1Ar.es. oeteen were in attendance,

Employes' Club of Hugo, Okla., gave their wholehearted attention in a meeting held April 8. Ten members were present.

Mr. J. G. Weaver, division freight and pa.ssenger agent, Fort Smith, Ark., was a visitor a t this meeting and made the principal talk of the evening. H e urged the members to concentrate their efforts on the solicitation of freight. The matter of a club entertainment was brought up and E. P. Olson, chairman of the club's entertainment committee, announced that an entertainment would be given in the near future and that the proceeds from it would go to

1. Twenty-four members of the club were present.

The main event of the evening was a bout between Knock- out Harbin and Phil Scott. This bill for the evening consisted of four bouts.

The business session, which preceded the boxing, consisted of a report on business and tips secured and a discussion of solicitation. Mr. H. E. Norris, assistant general freight a n d passenger agent, wm the chief speaker a t the meeting. H e ex- presed his appreciation of club work and pointed out that b u s i n e s s had in-

creased during March. Following Mr. Morris' talk, i t was announced that the club had completed arrangements with the Gibhs Carnival Company to show in Neodesha during the first week of June. A report was made on the club's recent dar t ball match with Cherryvale, Kan. The Cherry- vale team won four out of the five games played.

Chaflee, Mo. Warning was issued a t the meeting

of the Chaffee Frisco Employes' Club, held March 27, for all members who aspired to horse shoe pitching honors to begin practice a t once, a s a n early

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date would be set for the club tournament. Six members were in attendance a t the meeting.

A report on solicitation work re- vealed that the recent efforts of members had yielded Iorty-one carlot and several L. C. L. shipments. Announcement was made that the club play, entitled "I Want a Divorce," would be given April 25. The next bnsiness session was set for April 10.

Girls' C h b . Springfield, Mo. A bridge and bunco luncheon, given

March 15, constituted the March meeting of the Frisco Girls' Club of Springfield. The St. Patrick's theme was carried out in the decorations and each girl was given a floral favol' by the Emhoff greenhouses.

The prize for high score in bridge was awarded to Miss Shirley U7ill- iamson. Mrs. Iris Erown won the second bridge prize. Niss Selma Hoff- mall took the prize for having the highest score in bunco aud second prize went to Miss Nola Rook. Niss Irene Schaller won the cut favor. Ar- rangements for the affair were in charge of the past officers of the club, anlong whom were the following: hIisses Freddie Draughon, Verne Tulloch, Anna Mason and Cora Pitts. ;\lies Marie Arnold was chairman of the group.

Wichita, Kans. The Frisco Employes' Air Capital

Club of Wichita had a very successful social meeting on the evening of March 28. More than 125 members and friends of the club were present.

The first part of the evening was devoted to a n entertainment program, folIowing which those present spent the remainder of the evening in dancing and playing cards. Refresh- ments were served by the members' wives.

A drive for a larger attendance at, business meetings was launched a t the meeting of the Frisco Employes' Air Capital Club of Wichita, .Kan., held April 14. Fifteeu members were present.

All present were urged to call the attention of fellow employes to im- portance of attending meetings, ant1 a s a further incentive for attendance it was clecided to secure one or more outstanding speakers for each business meeting.

A report on thc results of recent solicitation efforts brought out that a sizeable number ot carlot and L. C. 1,. shipments had been secured. A number of short talks on the new industries that are locating 011 the Frisco a t Wichita were made by members. A discussion of express service he- tween Wichita and Wichita Heights followed this. The next meeting of the club \ w s set for April 29.

Frisco Ladies' Club, Tulsa, Okla. The business and social session of

the Frisco Ladies' Club of Tulsa, held April 15, was devoted chiefly to planning a dance and a bridge luncheon, both to be given in Nay.

Complete arrangements for this (lance were put in charge of a committee comprised of Mesdames G. G . Harrison, J. C. Burnett, and W. B. Baxter. Mrs. Harrison and Mrs. Bax- ter were also appointed on the committee in charge of the luncheon. The third member appointed to that (;om- mittee was Mr. F. J. Green. In an election, held in this meeting to choose a successor to Mrs. R. S. Nor- man. secretary of the club who had moved from Tulsa. Miss Christine Vanderforcl was unanimously elected. The next meeting of the club was set for May 19, and a committee comprised of Mesdames R. J. Lahr, 0. L. Young, R. B. Collins, and W. B. Ben- nett was appointed to arrange for re- freshments and prizes.

Following the business session, a mystery package contest was held, the winning number being drawn by Mrs. 0. L. Young. In winning the package, she also won the duty of preparing a mystery package for the next club meeting. Thc remainder of the eveniug was spent a t bridge. Mrs. .J. C. Tegler won the prize for having the highest score and Mrs. C. H. Hensley won second prize.

Fort Smith, Ark. \

A novel plan for winning goodn in the community was brought up the meeting of the Fort Smith Frii

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Employes' Club, 11elcl April 10. 'T plan, which was introduced at ! meeting by H. E. Burgess of the rr. service department, is to plant aha trees along the local highways. '. definite action was taken on the m. ter in this meeting. A committee r- appointed. however, to investigate I' plan. Ten members were in attv ance a t the meeting.

A report on solicitation work : waled that members were getting: sults. An unusual number of ar' and L. C. L. shipments and passengr had been secured, it was brought o- The nest meeting of the club rav for 3Iay 8.

~Mernphis, Tenr~. The evening of 4pril 15 found 9 '

members and friends of the hlemv' Frisco Employes' Club on the J . : Deluxe, one of the largest and firh, boats on western rivers, enjoyinc moonlight excursion on the Mb Sippi.

This mas indeed a Frisco night :I'

a tlelightf~rl one. All terminal, dl; sion, mechanical and traffic offir*- and large delegations from their i partments were present. Dancingm extraordinarily peppy mualc :Y

amusing games provided the erenia:. entertainment.

F a y ~ t t e v i l l ~ , Ark. Praise of Frisco Lines from ri.

tors a t the meeting of the Frisco f ployes' Club of Fayetteville, A;: held April 8, was the 0utstandin:i; ture of that session. Nineteeu mi- bers and visitors were present.

The principal talk of the em-: was made by Prof. F. S. Root, s :q : intendent of schools. Brief ta lksr , : made by Wm. Dunn, a salesman. C. : Cole. a merchant, and by nearlya!l the other ten visitors who were in '

tendance at, this meeting. D. G . I,+ agent, spoke, clealing principally 1'. the value of Frisco Lines to the c r -

munity a s a taxpayer. W. E. 5 ' ' ford, president of the club, mair ; brief talk in which he outlined " aims and work of the club. The IF: meeting was set for the second Ti:

day in ?day.

Colored Club, Birnzil~~hnrn, ilE Speakers at the me:tlng of "

Birmingham Frisco Colored Emplnr Club, held April 7, were the Rev. Y L. Lauderdale, J. P. Washington. p : senger solicitor of the Southern k' way, and the Rev. L. R. Taylor Selma, Ala.

A challenge was issued a t 1::. meeting by the Birmingham Fi:- Oil-burners baseball club lo any t;:lr o n the system.

V.S. S. Pensacola. NauuJs Newest Cruiser, Visits Namesake Citu A ~ r i l 1st

Cheering tl~ousaiids of pridcfiil Pe~isacoliaiis greeted the U. S. S. Pcirsacola, irczccst crrriscr of the Navy's figlititig fleet, as -.,hr,icerdrd iria~cstically rrp Porsacola Bay the nromirrg of April first. artd docked at the Frisco's pier. Escorted by a convoy

oil11 decorated s t ~ n l l cra f t , tire 10.000 tort fighting cruiser rrmde her way up tkc bay arrd straight to the doch zuitlroi~t pilot -',;--a feat jossible orrlg in the decp watcrs o f Peirsocolo boy. High above, a fleet o f ~Vazry Hawk pursuit plarres stirilted

. < I " in cdebratioic of the Pcizsacola's arrizmi, zuhile oflicials o f the arrrzy arrd riavy forccs statiomd ira Pe~isacola w e l c o ~ ~ ~ ~ d ..'r:rrl A. G. Howe, her co~rt~wandcr, arid his crew of 600 oflzcers and V I C I ~ .

D-rrirrg A P ~ fhrce-dny visit to her ilari~csakc city, the ship 7 ~ ~ ~ s zrisiteti by appro.rir~wtcly twerzty thousa~rd persorts ~ l t o r* ld tlinr~sclucs of Coptairi Howc's irwitotiori to "opcri house". h t t e r s frorrr iraval dc.barti~~cirt, chanrbcr of conirrierce alui

rdrsiriistratiorr, thor~kirrg Frisco Lilies for zrsc o f dockill9 facilities, zvere received by SIr. Howard Hunrphr~~rs , sirperiir- .-. ~ t f of Irrririnals ot Pe~rscrcola.

Ills INERTIA GOT YOU? (Codirtued frolrl page 6 )

- rnre them?" Sn, how?" we asked. Bell, sir," he prescribed, "when

i: feel an attack coming on, just Tp right in and work twice a s hard vrnu would if you were feeling all 7%. That's a sure cure. You'll lor- ?. rll about it then."

?'e came back to the office de- :,mined to meet the next attack of :, enemy with the good doctor's r w . AIOng about two o'clock in : alternoon, increasing grogginess . : a s that a bad spell was coining r In keeplng with the doctor's ad-

r e redoubled our efforts. Got lot of work and laid it on our

-,i and started pounding the old

typewriter twice a s hard and twice as often. "A great prescription," we thought to ourselves * * * Yeah, it was a great one all right. If our elbow hadn't slipped off the corner of the desk about 4:30 p. m., we'd still be sitting right there in front of the little old L. C. Smith-sound asleep!

FRISCO TOWNS (Answers)

Springfield Wichita Kansas City Joplin Beaumont Memphis Birmingham Pittsburg

Galena Monett Cherryvale Neodesha Tulsa Oklahoma City S a ~ u l p a Ft. Scott Girard Carthage Aurora Jonesboro

Railroads in the hands of receivers a t the end of 1929 numbered 31, with 6,621 miles of line. At the end of 1920 there were 61 different roads in receivers' hands, with 16,290 miles of line.

3. S. McMILLAN PROMOTED Becomes Supt . R i v e r Division,

&loran to Eas te rn , Magers Res igned

H E pronotion of J. S. "Jack" WcMillan, assistant superintendent of the River division, to the

superintendency of that division in place of J. A. Moran, was announced by 31. AI. Sisson, assistant general manager, on April 1. 311.. AIoran was promoted to superintendent of the Eastern division, replacing E. L. hIagers, who was assigned other duties a t Memphis, Tenn. J. L. AIununa, River division traininaster, succeeded 1\IcAIillan as assistant superintendent.

The River division's new superintendent is 30 years old, the youngest of the Frisco's "supers," and was born in Canandaigua, N. Y., where he attended grade and high schools. In the early days of the World War, when he was 16 years old, he enlisted in the United States Marines, and served two years and three months over- seas with the Fifth Regiment of the Second Division. He participated in al l the principal engagements in which the Second Division saw action, and was both wounded and gassed. Following his discharge from , the army he came to St. Louis, ar-

riving in March of 1920, and joined the Frisco organization a s a chain- man in the engineering department on the Northern division. For five years he learned railroading on location work a s a chain and rodman, handled construction work on the Eastern cli- vision, building the double track between Windsor Springs and Eureka, and assisted in building the new terminal a t Lindenwood. In March, 1922, he became a transitman, meanwhile attending night school a t Washington University for three years. In 1926 he had charge of construction on the cut off between Brownington and Deep Water, Mo., and on January 1, 1926, he was made assistant superintendent of the River division. He is married and has two children, a boy and a girl. He will reside in Chaffee, No., operating headquarters for the River division.

Superintendent Moran is known to thousands of Frisco railroaders a s "John," and came to Frisco Lines in 1907 a s a telegraph operator on the extra board a t Osceola. Ark. H e is a native of Springfield. Mo., 40 years old, and prior to joining the Frisco organization he worked for the Western Union Telegraph Company in several cities a s a n operator. His progress up through the ranks has been steady and from 1907 to 1909 he handled nu- erator's jobs a t Osceola, Ark., Car- uthersville, Chaffee, and Cape Girar-

Goggles Save Two More Frisco Men From Inju~; I

EDWARD MERRITT GEORGE HERREX \

T w o wore nreir irr the meclror~ical departrlrcnt of tltc Frisco ill Sprircgfdd are tirni~king tireir- Irrck~. stars (and lucky they arc) that tlzcjl obscrvcd fli starttly prcached /-recoutiorrs abo~rt wcarirrg gogylcs.

E DWARD MERRITT, boilermaker apprentice, had spent the day rolling and trimming front end

air flues with an air hammer and tool. His stomach told hini the dinner hour was almost on hand, and the shop clock pointed to 4:20 p. m. when a chip from the flue struck his right goggle lens. What happened to the goggle lens is shown in the photo above. What happened to Mr. 3Ier- ritt's eye? It wasn't damaged in the

slightest degree. Boilermaker George Heeren 7

busily cutting inch rivets from a p on the side of an eng:ne tank. rivet head flew in the wrong direr1 as rivet heads sometimes do, knocked the entire glass tram '

goggle frame. Mr. Heeren ret:, no eye injury, procured another 1 *

I of goggles and returned to work.

What about it, men? Do you

I 'em, or a re you taking the chanc- I

deau, JIo., and Pocahontas, Ark. Then followed the jobs of cashier-operator and agent yardmaster a t Hayti, Mo., and agent a t Osceola, Ark. On De- cember 1, 1913, he was promoted to assistant superintendent of the River division, and has held similar positions on the Tupelo and Birming- ham Subs of the Southern division, and on the Carthage, Wichita and Burrton Subs of the Northern division. He became superintendent of the River division a t Chaffee, No., on De- cember 10. 1923.

The average operating ratio on American railroads last year was 71.7 per cent, which was the lowest average attained since 1917. This means that the operating expenses of the railroads last year averaged 71.7 per cent of total operating revenues.

ELECT MRS. O'( The Ladies' Auxiliary c

City Veterans Unit he1 meeting on March 28, foi of electing officers.

I i

The following will holc I

year: Mrs. Richard O'C dent; Mrs. B. J. Gleaso I president; Mrs. TV. G. Cooper, srr vice-president; Mrs. George S1. tholm, secretary-treasurer; Xrs. P Hutchison, corresponding secretw

Mrs. O'Connor entertained the I

with a card party at her hom~ April 11. There was a large cni

in attendance and the high r

holders were the recipients of k t ?

tiful gifts. I

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IN THE FRISCO HOSPITAL I The f o l l m i ~ list codairts the

Frisco E1i1plnycs' Hospital irz St . LLwb as of April, 1930. Thcy w i l l '; qlod to Item from their friends.

I SPRINGFIELD, MO.

J. W. Manary, Springfield, 310.; T. n: Richman, Springfield, 310.; K. Lee, Syingfield, Mo.; W. L. Cannady, S(~ringfield, Mo.; T. McAuliffe, Nettle- !..o, Ark.; J. P. Murphy, Springfield, Ilu.; J. R. Rowdeu, Springfield, Mo.; I. J. Clement, Springfield, 310.; L. R. Eirkhead, Thayer, 310.; C. W. Carter, Fais D'Arc, No.; A. Stapp, Greenfield, 170.; J. Haymes, Springfield, Mo.: B. .I Kilburn, Springfield, Mo.; B. Bil- y u , Springfield, 310.; C. Banta, *-;n-aeld. 310.: R. C. Arell, Willow

, Mo.

ST. LOUIS, MO.

Turner, St. Louis, 1\10.; H. M. on, St. Louis. Mo.; L. Hager-

,,,, ,>ringfield, 1\10.; J. T. Pearson, ipe Girardeau, 310.; Sam Servin, . Lauis, 310.; F. R. Thomas, Amory, iss.; H. H. Kilburn, Springfield, o.: M. L. Lane, Monett, Mo.; E. A. )atman, Sherman, Texas; J. Yar- ough, Blackwell, Okla.; J . C. Os- an, ;\femphis. Tenn.; L. Matamoros, ayburn. Okla.; Arcadio Moreno, 'W. ha, Okla.; H. R. Skinner, Olustee, ila.; Ralph Dinsmore, Paola, Kans.; PI Coley, Sapulpa, Okla.; Henry :e, Cape Girardeau, Mo.; C. P. mley, St. Louis, i\Io.; T. J. Cava- ugh, Kansas City 310.; D. Warren, emphis, Tenn.; Charles Allen, lomas, Okla.; R. Lopez. Gratiot, n.; R, hdams, Tulsa, Okla.; J. R. sapis, Ft. Scott, Kans.; W. W. Sher- md, St. Louis, Mo.; W. T . Wicker, ringfleld. Mo.; J. F. Haddock, Val- v Park, 310.; H. Darnell, Hayti, Mo.; T. Lane, Biggers, Ark.; E. E. Bate-

an, Thayer, 310.; P. S. York, Jones- rro, Ark.; C. R. McGinnis, Wichita,' ins.; G. Holmes, Hugo, Okla.; J. tterson, St. Louis, 310.; J. C. Greer, ;gott, Ark.; Miss Ila Cook, Chaffee, it.; J. &I. Adams, Springfield, No.; O'Rourke, Joplin, Mo.; T. Steel,

Itus, Okla.; T. R. Kirk, Kennett, 0.; E. Green, Chaffee, Mo.; J, L. 'nes, Hope, Ark.: J. Worley, St. lois, Wo.; A. &I. Darragh. Oklahoma itv, Okla.; G. K. Patterson, French- an's Bayou, Ark.; C. Rowton, Ft. lith, Ark.; Wm. Everage, Sapulpa, bia.; J. Mason. St. Louis, 310.; J. uch, Ft. Smith, Ark.; E. J. Sutter- bid, Cuba, Mo.; J. T. Rones, Lawton, klr.; J. A. Barr, Merriam, Kans.; D. '. Taylor, Poplar Bluff, Mo.; R. A. Inq, St. Louis, 310.; J. D. Sheppard, Mee, Mo.

A CHAMPION FOREMAN Wm. Dot t s of Buhle r , Kan., w o r k s

42 Y e a r s W i t h o u t Accident

N ORTHERN division officials a re considerably elated over another system-wide "champio:~'

whom they have discovered.

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WILLI.\Al DOTTS

His name is William Dotts, and he resides a t Buhler, Kansas. For forty- two years he has been a Northern dlvision section foreman, and during those years he has never had a re- portable accident either to himself or to any of the men working under him.

Records of the accident prevention department which go back to 1894 are clear of accidents for Mr. Dotts, and in view of that remarkable record, the department is perfectly willing to believe his statement that he had no accident between 1888 when he first began with Frisco Lines, and 1894 when the records were begun.

This champion section foremail was born in Peoria, Ill., on a farm, but left his home a t the age of 16 to work for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, a t Green City, Mo., as a section hand. In August of 1887 he came to Frisco Lines a s a section hand, and was promoted to section foreman on August 15, 1888. He resides a t Buhler, Kansas, with Mrs. Dotts and their five children, and is widely known on the Northern division, not only for his excellent safety record. but because of his loyalty and ability.

I11 a recent section foremen's meeting a t Medora, Kansas, Mr. Dotts was called upon to speak on accident prevention. He said:

"I never begin a day's work without looking over every tool as it is being taken off the car. If i t is not in good condition it isn't used. If the men don't use the tools properly I instruct them. No man can work for me unless he is willing to work in a safe and sane manner and abide by

A "DISTRESS PROPOSAL" Mr. Shinichiro Watanabe of

Fukagawa, Tokio, Japan, wi l l take a t r ip over Frisco Lines in the not too distant future. In a Letter to Frisco Lines dated February 26, and received in St. Louis on March 15, he says:

Dear Gentlemen: Please pardon me t o take the liberty of asking you to send your catalogues concerning traveling i n your distress (district) without obligation to me at your earliest convenience. As 1 intend to visit your place before long, I beg you to send me a ful l information about my propose."

Mr . Watanabe is now in possession of the necessary folders and catalogues to enable him fully to plan his trip, the passenger department advises.

PLAN BOWLING CONTEST Svs tem Wide T o u r n a m e n t Schec I- ;led at Springfield D u r i n g May

E NTHUSIASM for a system-wide bowling tournament has swept

.over Frisco Lines to an extent chat the tournament has been sched- uled a t Springfield, 1\10., on May 10-11 with entry of teams from a t least five of the larger cities on the railroad assured.

Definite plans for the tournament Will be decided upon and announced May 1 , by a committee headed by John I<. Gibson. Other members of the committee a re James McCoy, Claude P. King and Will Steele. At that time the committee will also announce prizes that are to be awarded.

It is expected that the St. Louis Men's Club will enter several teams, possibly as many a s eight and the St. Louis Terminals Club will probably enter two or three teams. Tulsa bowlers have expressed their eager- ness to take part in the event and will enter two or three teams. Kansas City and ~Memphis will likely each have that number of teams on hand and Springfield will have a number of teams.

Circulars announcing plans for the tournament have been mailed to all the Frisco Employes' Clubs, inviting all of the clubs to enter teams. Many entries in addition to those mentioned a re expected. When the Frisco teams meet in Springfield for the tournament, a system-wide league will be formed to function throughout the year and plans for making the tournament a n annual event will be considered.

the rules of the accident prevention department. I talk to the men often and earnestly about accident prevention, and insist that they take care of themselves and their equipment."

TRAINS 97.4% ON TIME R i v e r Divis ion L e a d s With 99. Per C e n t O n T i m e P e r f o r m a n c e

T HE on time performance record made by Frisco Lines passenger trains during the month of

March commands the respect of even the most exacting travelers. The 4,940 trains that were operated during that month were 97.4 per cent on time, according to the monthly report on this subject issued by the office of the general manager, Springfield, Mo.

Texas Lines scored 99.4 per cent on time performance, the report shows. One hundred eighty-six trains were operated there. This exceeds last year's record by 4.7 per cent when 188 trains were operated there during Xarch of last year. During March, 1928, the 248 trains operated on Texas Lines were 98.3 per cent on time.

Of the divisions. River division was ranked first in the report. A total of 848 t r a i i ~ s were operated on this division and they were 99.1 per cen1 on time. River division's record for March of last year was 910 operated 97.8 per cent on time, and during March, 1928, the 1,407 trains operated on this division were 97 per cent on time.

Central and Northern divisions tie for second place, the report discloses. Each of these divisions had a n on time performance of 98.1 per cent. A total of 310 trains were operated on the Central division and 1,116 were operated on the Northern division. The record made on Central division ties also with the record made there last year. During March, 1928, a total of 620 trains ran on this division and were 99 per cent on time. The same number of trains were operated on the Northern division during &larch a year ago as were operated there

Memphis Grottomen ,to Pensacola on Special Trair.

Olse of the firrest spectal trcrins ez'er unit .on Frisco Lirzes cortzqwl 500 711.

bers o f the rllazdn Grotto of 11.le~npltis to Pe~tsacola, Florida, arid refur)$, M a n b .' to 24. Strperi~tteirdent S . I . F r a x r of the Southcrn division, Grotto ~nonbcr,: his "1800" car on the rear of the train and played spccial host to the cclebrnl. Grottomen. The party ,net Prcsidcnt Kurn and Vice-Presidevt Koortfz at Per, cola, wlzere they were rrlakirtg nrt iirspectio~t, nrtd the photographer caugh! the d gates and Frisco off iccrs to(ietkcr- i i t the above pictrrre. On the cnr pldfor~t, 1, to right: 11Jessrs. E . Ii. M~right, chief justice, Mads Grotto, Memphis; I\: .' Black, treosrrrer, ~ lInzdo Grotto; 0. F. Lorrg, ntorrorclt; A. C. Gillum, secn:cr Below, left to r ight: Presidertt K u n t , dlcssrs. J . I<. Hall , chief jirstice, Zel- Grotto, Pmsacola; W . E. Wicke , master of ceret~rorries, Zelica Grotto; U'. + White , rrronarclt, Zclica Grotto; J . R. Koontz, and A. P . Matthcws, assistad fro; murtager at ~Memphis, w h o had direct charge of the ntoveiiwnt.

during that month of this year. Last year they were 97.8 per cent on time. The 1,331 trains on this division during March, 1928, were 97.9 per cent on time.

Southwestern division was given third place in the report, operating 868 trains 97.8 per cent on time. A

total of 806 trains were run therei- March, 1929, and were 96 per cpr'

on time. During that month in 1%. a total of 930 trains on this divirio; were run 97.7 per cent on lime.

The report, giving in detail the pa- senger train performance on all at. visions appears below.

Total Total Trains Maintained Per Cent Trains DiVlSlON Tralns Operated Schedule or Made Maintained Sehaduls S

UD Time or Made Uo Time

Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. 1930 1929 1928 1930 1929 1928 1930 1929 1928 1930

River ......................................... 848 Central ...................................... 310 Northern ................................. 1116 Southwestern ............................ 868 Southern ............ .. .............. 868 Western ...................................... 186 Eastern .................................... 558

Total Operated ...................... 4754

................. Per Cent O ~ e r a t e d 97.3 95.9 95.3

tandlq M Divisions

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Texas Lines .............................. 186 188 248 185 178 244 99.4 94.7 98.3

Total System Operated ......... 4940 4985 5881 4811 4777 5723

Per Cent Operated ................. 97.4 95.8 97.3

F o r Mer i t o r ious Seroice

SOUTHERN DlV lS lON

M ARCH 15-L. E. Stigall, brakeman, Springfield, Mo., was on Train 240 and noticed brake

beam down on ACL 32136 in 135 a s :hat train was passing. Five merits.

April 7 4 . C. Harbour, clerk, (.hary, found discrepancy in weights

on SF 41389. Commended. March 16-C. S. Williams, section

heman, Black Rock, found broken Bange on wheel of car in Train 131 ad notifled dispatcher. Commended.

Herbert C. York, brakeman, Amory, romrnended for his watchfulness of 3U trains passing him. H e has discovered several defects in trains re- wtlp.

WESTERN DlV lS lON J. T. Howell, agent-operator, Drum-

mod, secured routing of a passenger born Enid, Okla., to a point in Massa- chusetts. Commended.

T. L. XIcGeorge and F. P. Holden, brakemen, Enid, Okla., repaired a car- rier iron box car moving in train 662 lIarch 4 a t Southard, Okla. Com- mended.

Bert Erwin, conductor, R. L. Wil- !jams and C. L. Liken, brakemen, W. H. Keiller, engineer, and H. B. Girard, Erman, commended for good work in :.:pairing train line.

NORTHERN DlV lS lON

larch 22-5. D. Leak, section fore- ran, Carthage, Mo., flagged No. 305 rhet he noticed a farmer crossing :nrk with a riding plow which was cioght in a crossing plank. Ten rrits.

Uarch 28-5. L. Casey fireman, lot1 Scott, Kans., handfired engine 1112 from Carl Junction to Fort Scott :hen atoker was inoperative and -mdhouse force a t Pittsburg were t b l ~ to make repairs. Ten merits.

R o y Parsons, section foreman, Tkxanton, Kan., found draft in ?ror of C. W. Turner and returned :@ lo paymaster. Commended. !([arch 10--Guy Axtell, section fore-

ran, Altamont, Kan., discovered bot- f!m rod down and dragging on train trlra 4011 west, and fiagged the train. 'amended.

n'm. Sartin, section laborer, Joplin, i!~.. noticed a fire in the oil house a t :Ih yard recently and called fire de- .b<ment, taking what measures he - 3d to protect other buildings while :: fire department WBB Brriving. ',maended. \!mh 26-W. F. Wilson, conductor, 30. Willard, enginee~, Ray Zimpler- xn. fireman, and Wllliam Bill and H. 1 hvis, brakemen, all of Pittsburg,

Kan., saved several cars from damage when Central Coal Company's tipple was burning. Ten merits each.

April 10-J. A. Miller, Jr., operator, Pleasanton, Kan., notified crew of extra 4127, north, that brake rigging was dragging. Five merits.

RIVER DlV lS lON A. W. Aubuchon, engineer, Robert

waltrip, fireman, and L. King, conductor, given ten merits each for interest and services a t Matthews in assisting with engine 1019.

Guy Smith, brakeman, noticed and reported passing track switch a t AIat- thews showing par t red after 806 passed. Commended.

J . W. Dolen, conductor, L. F. Rig- gins, engineer, and 0. L. Jenkins and J. E. wimberley, operators, assisted in protecting company property in a fire. Ten merits each.

L. M. DeBerry, conductor, and J. W. Davis, brakeman, discovered car with a broken arch bar in train 535. Ten merits each.

When two passengers missed a train a t Poplar Bluff, Cleatus Price, clerk, took them to the tower there in his privately owned automobile so that they might catch 895 for Ken- nett. L. A. Gibson, conductor, held the train for them there. Mr. Price and Mr. Gibson each given a letter of commendation.

EASTERN DlV lS lON March 3 G E . V. Wilkes, operator,

Croclrer, Mo., detected a badly slid flat wheel on extra 4, west, and notified conductor and dispatcher. F i r e merits.

March 22--H. L. Young, fireman, Clinton, Mo., noticed broken fiange on tank wheel, engine 679, while working on main line south of Brownington. Ten merits.

March 14-H. D. Deitz, section foreman, St. Clair, Mo., discovered broken wheel on B. & 0. 19294 on train No. 35 and flagged train. Five merits.

March 18-A. E. Trotter, operator, St. Clair, Mo., noticed broken wheel in 1 s t 38 and attempted to flag the train. Five merits.

B I R M I N G H A M T E R M I N A L S

March 20-E. R. Bridges, switchman, noticed a broken rail on No. 2 outbound, Eas t Thomas, and reported it promptly. Five merits.

S O U T H W E S T E R N DlVlSlON P. J. Miller, agent, Scullin, took

three passengers to their destination in his own automobile when they arrived in Scullin on Sunday without

NO PER DIEM HERE The handling which was given

equipment in the cases reported below i s the sor t that makes the hire of equipment accounts tell a very cheerful story, according to Mr. J . H. Dog- grell, superintendent of transportation.

On April 6, MI. K. & T. 46561 was received from the T. & N. 0. a t Paris, Tex., a t 9:00 a . m. Immediately after i t was received, i t was moved to Moyers, Okla., where it was unloaded and sent back to Par is empty, arriving there in time to be returned to the T. & N. 0. a t 1 1 : O O p. m. on the day of receipt. This car traveled 102 miles and in that distance, i t was received by our line, taken to i ts destination, set out, unloaded and moved back off our line, all of this taking place i n fourteen hours and costing no per diem.

At Leon, ICans., S. F. 74008, a n empty coal car, was set out the night of March 7 and the next afternoon it moved out loaded with pipe. On March 14 a t Leon also, S. F. 50159 was set out a t 1:45 in the afternoon and a t 5:00 o'clock the same afternoon, i t moved out loaded. And on Narch 18, R. I. 56420 was received a t Leon and was forwarded the next afternoon on the local. This car contained 500 sacks of cake meal.

On April 5, thirteen Santa F e cars loaded with stock for Beaumont, were received from the Santa F e a t Wichita, Kans., a t 3:30 p. m. These cars were handled into Beaumont and unloaded, and a t 1 1 : O O p. m. on the day they were received, they were delivered back to the Santa F e a t Augusta, Kan., costing the Frisco no per diem. Illustrative of the interest in this movement on the part of employes who participated in it, was the work of F. Venn, conductor in charge of the train.

knowing tha t no t ra ins were run on Sunday on the Scullin Branch. Com- mended.

C E N T R A L DlVlSlON

H. C. Gardner and E. E. Estes, clerks, assisted in unloading a heavy run of catalogs on train 703 on which they were passengers February 24. Five merits each.

A. T. Ekstrom, engineer, climbed into water tank a t Melvin and broke the ice so that his engine could take water. Five merits.

J. N. Jenkins, engineer, B. N. Hens- ley, fireman, H. C. Martin, conductor, and J. W. Miller, H. Spurgin and T. J. Spain, brakemen, extinguished fire in wooden drain box under track a t mile post 322 February 19. Five merits each. - -

VETS MEET JUNE 2-3

N i n t h A n n u a l R e u n i o n of V e t e r a n E m p l o y e s i n Springfield, 310.

-Pres. L a n e Issues Ca l l

v ETERANS of twenty and more years' service with Frisco Lines, accompanied by their wives

and families, a re "commanded" to be present in Springfield, Missouri, on June 2 and 3, for the ninth annual reunion of the Veteran Employes' AS- sociation, in a proclamation issued April 18 by President W. L. Lane of the association.

The proclamation follows: "Whereas, it has been the custom

and practice since the year 1922, once in each year, for the veteran employes (those having twenty years or more accumulative service) of the Frisco System, to make pilgrimage to the City of Springfield in the State of Missouri, the hub of the Frisco Rail- way in the heart of the Ozark moun- tains, and to then and there, in a p preciation of the blessings and prosperity of the preceding year, again meet, mingle, reminisce and make merry with their fellow veteran employes from all parts of the system:

"Therefore, I , W. L. Lane, president of the Frisco Veteran Employes' As- sociation, have, and by this proclamation do, designate and set aside Mon- day and Tuesday, June 2 and 3, for that noble and time-honored custom, and call upon each and every member of our association, to, setting aside all manners of excuses and delay and accompanied by their wives and families, be present in Springfield, Mo., on the aforesaid dates."

The details of the program will include the usual barbecue and picnic a t beautiful Doling park on the first day of the reunion, with athletic sports. dancing and many other surprise features during the day. An unusual attraction of the reunion will be a surprise entertainment in the evening of the first day, by the Frisco Girls' Club of Springfield.

KEEP 'EM FILLED! The two-section photograph

which appears at the bottom of this page and the next, shows three hundred reasons why Frisco employes should continue their efforts in traffic solicitation.

Taken in the storage yards of the American Car and Foundry Company, 2800 DeKalb street, St. Louis, the picture includes three hundred of the new 50-ton cars which comprise a portion of the 1,500 car order which this company was given recently by Frisco Lines. Delivery of the new cars was begun on April 1, and wil l conclude about June 1, officials estimate.

Part of the $12,000,000 equipment purchase on the Frisco for 1930, the cars are of steel under- frame, single sheathed, forty feet and six inches long, and are numbered from 162,500 to 163,999.

Business sessions of the veterans' association ancl the ladies' auxiliary will be held a t the Shrine Mosque during the second day, and a musical entertainment and banquet, followed by dancing will conclude the reunion June third In time for the veterans to board the night train from Springfield. Transportation of veteran employes and their families will be honored on all trains to and from Springfield.

President Lane requests and urges that a l l veteran employes who have not yet done so, send their applica- tion for membership, accompanied by $1.00 annual membership dues, to J. L. McCormack, secretary-treasurer, room 400, Frisco Building, Springfield, Mo., without further delay. Tickets for the reunion, exclusive of annual dues, will be $1.50 per person, and will cover the entire cost of the barbecue and picnic, banquet, and all "main and side show" attractions.

A FLYING THRILL Miss Bernice Jennings, of Spring

field, Wo., the Frisco's one and oni, aviatrix, finds that flying ,still has b thrills. The recent "thrill" which si experienced would be termed a ne? catastrophe by those who look on f r ing a s yet in its infancy.

While in Washington, D. C., n cently she met Mr. Sam Lambert, ir ventor o f t h e Lambert .\Ionocoap: They decided to fly to St. Louis, b l l

the weather being unfavorable, did e , ' take off on the day planned. In YE, afternoon they decided to Ry orb. Washington. While up some l0.l' feet, they found that they had kr hausted their supply of gas. Thtj immediately sought a landing phi. Circling over what seemed to t smooth green fields, a closer scn!i?- showed rough hills. As >tias J+-- nings stated it "we soon ran out,' field" and t h e plane was descendkr with increasing speed. A gully a:- peared and the plane turned a nc.. somersault, landing on its back I n . muddy plowed field, without injuril: its occupants.

With some difficulty they extra?:;. themselves from the plane and ~ 3 4 '

through mud in search of help. Ph;- had landed in the wardhouse grona', of Occoquan prison. Convicts eaa running to their aid. They turned 1:-

plane right side up, straightened r' propeller and secured gas. T i motor was cleaned and they flew b! : to Hoover field, Washington, none 1:

worse for their "thrill." This plucky girl said that d u r :

the entire time she was not in !'.

least frightened. She was not at L: controls, but nevertheless was sps:~'

ing the ground with her eyes ftx. landing place.

However, she admits that now h';:.

is more concerned about looking . the gas gauge before going up ' - cause a repetition of the incidd-, might not have such a happy end~r:

Mr. Lambert was killec' :- -- . . plane accident in April.

I I FISHERMAN'S P A R A D I S E beineer Gooch S t a r t s Season's

Fish Stories-Have Y o u One to Bea t I t ? m v r ~ ~ ~ be the days;' remarked

the veteran employe, "when a man just nacherlly has to

to keep his mind on the with his attention being diverted by batting aver-

the like. But the blamed t worries me the most is

b hsh-liar8 ! " lying about fishing has been for

~arrations one of the most favored $.all indoor sports. Frisco Lines

r its quota of clever gentlemen who 3 year write the editor of this pub-

Engineer P. W. Gooch of Monett,

Ing his famous eel catch. We

a on the line have asked him many pes for "proof" in the form of a prure. But "P. W's" eel story is

excellent example of the famous ,oor pastime of "fish-storying," and 3are glad to print his story here a s riaring example of what spring and ~wghts of rod and reel, fly and m, will do to an otherwise truth- I Frisco employe! i The scene of the catch takes place 1 the t h e of the opening of the

pcdyke when the gold rush was in p:l swing, Mr. Gooch asked a friend F h i a t n "grub stake" him, and, with i.:nteen men started out to stake a j ~ i m . Since he had taken it upon emelf to hire the nineteen men for k s , grub and shelter, it was up : him to furnish them. And so it ~s his wont to cut holes in the ice EI! Ish for salmon. !! .talking to old timers who had

I 4 e d to the scene, he learned of '-2 habits of eels, of which there

HERE IS SPRING! I f any further proof is needed

that "spring is here, tra la," read on, gentle reader, read on!

On April second the first car of strawberries to move over Frisco Lines left Huxford, Alabama, for Chicago where they commanded high prices. The car contained 680 crates, with 24 pints to the crate, and a t twenty-five cents a pint, our statistical expert tell us the car of berries brought $4,080. If we're wrong you might write us a letter about it!

Then, on April 15, the first car of early English peas for the 1930 season, left Atmore, Alabama. They moved in regular freight service, leaving Atmore at 7:00 p. m., and arriving in St. Louis a t 10:30 a. m., April 17, where they were sold inlrnediately. The operating department statistician can tell you how fast they moved if you care to harass that gentleman for the figures. But believe us, they moved rapidly-and how!

were a great number in the icy waters. Among other things he learned that they breed their young at the head waters of the stream and after the eels attain a certain growth they are taken to salt water, in the spring, a t the time the ice breaks.

The old eels in taking them to salt water have invented a very ingenious method of transportation. They line the young eels up, placing a n older eel a t intervals. Then they "tail-up" like elephants, each grasping the end of the tail of the eel in front. The long procession then moves on. In case a young eel should get out of line, the one just behind will grab his tail and yank him back in line. No fisherman has ever been able to tell the exact length of the line, but it is estimated by old timers that it sometimes reaches forty miles in length!

On this memorable day, Mr. Gooch went out in the morning to catch a salmon for his hungry miners. It

C A L F SHOW AT ST. LOUIS Announcement was made recently

of the third annual calf show and sale by the St. Louis Live Stock Ex- change which will be held December 11 and 12. 1930, a t the National Stock Yards, East St. Louis, Ill.

This show and sale is open to all boys and girls between the ages of seven to twenty who wish to enter a steer calf of Hereford. Shorthorn or Polled Angus Breed. A total of $1,500 in prizes will be offered, $200 of it going for the grand championship premium which will he awarded for the best calf of any breed, $100 of it will go for the reserve champion premium and the remainder will be divided among three $100 prizes to go to the hest calf of each of the three breeds and a number of smaller prizes.

Last year several of the best calves came from points on Frisco Lines, one bringing twenty-five cents a pound.

was after a warn1 spell and the ice had melted considerably. He chopped a hole in the ice with his hatchet- dropped in his line and waited.

All a t once there was a terrific yank a t the end of his line. H e braced himself with his spiked shoes. gave some slack on his line and then took it in. The "big Ash" yanked a t it again, and he felt that there was something besides a big salmon on the hook.

Then with the last terrific yank, and all slack taken out of his line the "head" of the catch came up over the ice-a young Lampres eel. On his tail hung an old eel, with teeth clenched, and a look of determination in his eye to hold or die, and on his tail a young eel and so on.

Placing the line over his shoulder, Mr. Gooch started running over the ice, and after a time he stopped, ex- hausted. On checking up he found that he had landed 350 yards of eels! ! !

And now, gentlemen, let's hear from some more of the Frisco's fishermen!

Page, 22

St. Louisans Visit Tulsa and Okla. City April 6-9

This photograplt of the group of St . Lottis bttsiwess wen a-ho visited T d s a avd Oklahovtn City, April 6-9, was made iil Union Statiott, S t . Louis, just before Ihr sfiacial trnirz started.

TRADE trip which was considerably more than the usual "good will" tour, and which

had for its premise a genuine desire for better acquaintanceship and under- standing, was made by the board of directors of the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce and the Industrial Club of St. Louis, April 6-9, to Oklahoma City and Tulsa.

The special train which conveyed the St. Louisans was arranged by Frisco Lines and left St. Louis a s second No. 9 a t 7:05 p. m.. April 6. Vice-President J. R. Koontz and As- sistant Vice-president J. N. Cornatzar accompanied the party.

The train arrived a t Oklahoma City at 11 o'clock the next morning, and Oklahoma City business men greeted the St. Louisans with true southern hospitality, escorting them to the Chamber of Commerce, where a ' t e s - timonial luncheon was served. A tour of the city's industrial, ~nanufacturing and residential section was made in the afternoon, and a surprise feature of the trip was arranged a t the oil fields on the edge of Oklahoma City, when a gusher was brought in for the especial benefit of the St. Louis visitors.

Not t o be outdone by the Okla- homa Cityans, the St. Louis delegation played host a t a dinner that evening, which was served a t the Huck- ins Hotel. The special train left a t midnight for Tulsa.

A visit to Tulsa's famed airport was the flrst order of business for the visitors when they disembarked from their train in Tulsa the morning of April 8, and several group luncheons

were attended that noon. Visits to Tulsa refineries and other industries were included in the afternoon schedule.

The St. Louisans entertained with a dinner to the Tulsa business men that evening in the Mayo Hotel, and de- parted from Tulsa a t 10 o'clock a s second number six.

St. Louis speakers a t the various events included: Messrs. George C. Smith, Harold R. Bixby, J. R. Koontz W. B. Weisenburger. Thomas Dysart. Frank C. Rand, Richard Hawes, and Harry B. Wallace.

A complete list of the St. Louisans who made the trip follows:

C. B. Adams, C. B. Adams & Co. C. E . Allen, S. W. D ~ s t . XIgr., Wes t -

Inghouse Elec t r ic & Xfg. Co. J u d g e Glendp B. Arnold. R. F. Bisbee. Vice-president , St.

Louis National Stock P a r d s , National S tock P a r d s , Ill.

H a r o l d 31'. Bixby, Pres ident , St. Louis Aviat ion Corporat ion.

A. W. Brown, President . Hal l & Brown Wood W o r k i n g Machinery Co.

R. Vernon Clark, Presirlent, Clarlc R e a l t y Co., E a s t St. Louis, 111.

Stanley Clarke, President . St. Louis Publ ic Service Co.

31. D. Curran . W e b s t e r Groves, Mo. Scott R. DeKins, Secretary, St. Louis

Chamber of Commerce. T h o m a s A-. Dysar t , ICnipht. D y s a r t &

Gamble. Freder ick B. Eiseman, Trice-Presi-

den t , Rice-Stix Dry Goods Co. A. B. Elias. President . Southwes te rn

Bell Telenhone Co. C. B. ?ox, p res ident , Alcoa Ore Co.,

E a s t St. Louis, 111. Dudley French . G r a h a m P a g e r Co. CliKord TV. Gaylord. President , Roh-

e r t Gaylord, Inc. Kenneth L. Green, President , Green

F o u n d r y Co. Fe l ix E. Gunter , Vice-cha i rman of

Board. F i r s t Kational Bank. Joseph Hanlon , St. Louis Post-Dis-

Datch. R. S. Hawes , Vice-President , F i r s t

National Bank. W. J. Hein, Yice-President, Missis-

COACH RIDING DECREBSI Total passenger revenues 01 (

I railroads in 1929 aggregated million dollars. Out of this totalc 444 million dollars, or 51 per came Prom passengers in sleepinr parlor cars, while about 430 ml

dollars, or 49 per cent, came from sengers in day coaches. Hitherto revenue Prom day-coach passes. has always exceeded that from s' I

ing and parlor car passengers, In total passenger revenues aggnn 1,154 million dollars, of which bur million dollars came from sleepin$: parlor car passengers. Since 1921 revenue from day-coach passen: has decreased 265 million dd: while that from sleeping and p3:" car passengers has increased 85 : lion dollars.

While the building of new miln has been practically a t a standsfiil this country for some years ther* actually 630 miles under construr- a t this time, while 1,186 miles o f : construction has been author. Nost of this new construction i- the way of extensions to lines alp

in existence.

sippi Valley T r u s t Co. W. L. Hemingway, Vice-Pres:'

Mercantile-Commerce Bank and 7; Co.

J a c o b M. Lashly. Attorney, Hol L a s h l y & Donnell.

J. S. Laurie, Vice-president, Scr~ Vnndervoort & Barnev. . -~ -

H. J. Lit t ledale, denera! Mar.: B u t l e r Brothers.

John R. L o n ~ m i r e . I. 11. Sirno- l company.

- R o b e r t L. Lund, Vict-Pre-I?

L a m b e r t P h a r m a c a l Company. C. H. McMillan, Vice-President, ''

cantl le-Commerce Bank L Trust r James A. McVoy. Presidenf C-

S t a t e s Ll fe Insurance Co. F. Lee M'ajor, Vlce-Presldenl, r

men's Natlonal B a n k Douglas V. Mart in, Jr., St. L

Globe-Democrat. H i r a m C. Mart in. President, N u ,

Door Bed Company. 31. E. Meacham, President, Ow"

low L u m b e r Co. Car l F. G. J leyer , President Yr

Bros. D r u g Companv. H i r a m Norcross. Vice-Presidnl, "

sour i P o r t l a n d Cement Co. R. Ful le r ton Place, 1005 Arcade F P. R. Postlet 'hwaite, President, B

ner Elec t r ic Corporation. I C. B. Rader, Secretary, Mereb#.

Exchange. F r a n k C. Rand, Chairman 01 8, - 1

In te rna t iona l Shoe Company. E. J. Russell. Architect, Ni!-

Russell & Crowell. 1 George C. Smith, Director, Indiv..

Bureau of the Industrirtl Club. T o m K. Smith, President, Boatr

Xational Bank. I R. H. Switzler , General Man - I

SC Louis R e f r i a e r a t i n a & Cold Srn- , - C o m ~ a n y .

Hi l l sman Taylor, President, 3417. S t a t e Life Insurance Co.

F . W. A. Vesper, Presldent, V e q . Buick Auto Company.

H a r r y B. Wallace, Presldent, Cunr 1 Company.

W. B. Weisenburger, Pre.sldent, . Louis Chamber of Commerce.

J. Gates Williams. Francis Bro. ! Company.

-4. 0. Wilson, Vice-President. 311s - sippi Valley T r u s t Co. I

Largest Cotton Shipment uia Frisco Lines From Memphis to Carolinas

bales of cotton, said by Men~phis cotton men to be one of the largest shifiwzents of this coirarrrodity ever ~f flat textile industry, moved via Frisco Lines from Menaphis, Tenn., to the Cannon 114ills Cornpany plairts y d and China Grove, North Caroliila, on illarch thirtieth.

- - . . , ed 114 of the Frisco's new freight cars, and '~e~as handled hr two special. trains. The cotton was shipped by " n!. Crump Q C o m ~ n n y of A4enrphis, mad gathered frow Blytkeville, Ark., and Brownsvalle and Menabhis, Teriit. A ghoto- -A of the Iwo special trains just before they pulled out of the Yale yards outside.Membhis appears above. F. rli. Crumb & Cornpatsy is our of the oldest and best known of the cotton buytr1.q ond sellittg houses iir the South. Mr.

-rbneg H. Crrtrirp is chairton of the board and Mr. John Hopkins is president. Other oflicers o f the con~pany itrclude "cssrs. H . B. Potts, vice-president; Sol Cohew, vice-president; I. C . IVillionzson, vice-prssident, and C . Herbert Taylor, traflic mager. All oflicers reside i Menzphis except Mr. M/illian~sm~, who lives in Charlotte, N. C.

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the mention of personal in- I. F. Sinclair, "Treasurer" and :ent, pleaded for more care in ntenance of way men to avoid I injuries, thereby putting a a drain on the treasury. A

luction of .46 per cent on the I division was reported for ~ t h of February. L. N. Beck, "Secretary" and :per at Enid, spoke of several ncies in requisitions for sup- loted these men, and Mr. Al- ssell, "Visitor" and assistant chairman of the Brotherhood ~tenance of Way Employes, le point in hie short, interest- Iress-that motor car acci- ere inexcusable and that if i t possible to flag properly and

the curves, to leave the motor he shed. 1, J. Foley, "Visitor" and Mas- hank, acknowledged his intro- and said that he had learned .tefesting details while sitting neeting. Mr. F. C. Gow, "On rd of Governors" and assistant endent, stated that each man put forth 100 per cent effort. "Parson" had called for con-

1s to the birthday box. Mr. P. , aection foreman a t Carmen,

Okla., would have had t o drop in fifty-three pennies. H e was the old- es t member present and began his service a t Hunter, Okla., in June, 1904. He has had many years of experience and there were three things which he stressed in his interesting address; making the material go a s far as possible, preaching the law of accident prevention to his men, and keeping his territory in perfect order a t all times. H e is a member of the Frisco Veterans' Association and during his entire service h e has only had 25 days off due to vacation, and nine days due to sickness.

Mr. C. Laubham, one of the members in good standing from Ames, Okla., is a native-born Russian and one of the best foremen on the division. H e pledged his co-operation to the program a t hand.

All this business had been discussed between the hours of 12 noon and 2:35 p. m.. when the train left Enid which carried most of the members to their respective homes. The "Parson" had told them of their transgressions-and the members had absorbed the sermon and within each man's mind was the determination to put the lessons in every-day practice.

And the Railroad Sunday School was over. There will be another one in the fall of the year, with the "Parson" expostulating and the members rising to give experiences and suggestions for the betterment of any and all conditions.

CHANGE STATION GROUPS Effective April 1, a revision was

made in the grouping of the stations which compete in the various groups for the least error pennant awards. Henceforth, Group One will include only those stations which handle in excess of 20,000 shipments per month and Group Two will include stations which handle from 10,000 to 20,000. Group Three ~ ~ 1 1 1 be made up of stations handling from 2.000 to 10,- 000 shipments monthly.

Agents in the Group Three have been instructed to discontinue their monthly statements of tickets billed, shipments handled, etc., when their stations have fewer than the minimum number of shipments and to resume this statement when the number of shipments again rises above the minimum mark.

The revision is a result of the changed conditions tha t have come about among the stations since they were originally grouped. It is be- lieved that it will tend to establish a more competitive spirit among the stations on the basis of equality in actual performance.

Tulsa, Okla., had the fewest errors in Group One during March and will retain the pennant for another month. Birmingham won the Group Two pennant. In Group Three perfect records were made by each of the following stations: Wichita, Enid and Pitts- burg. Each was allowed to hold the pennant of the group for ten days.

1 WRGEST BERRY FARM

. 'M peach trees, and 10 acres of dew- vies, and then, not satisfied with ::u work, began this season's activi-

:< by planting 2,500 acres of the 'irn to cot to~. Proud of his handiwork, Warden

rmiain held "open house" a t the ,:!afett State Farm on April 14, to '.,!.resentatives of the Alabama state jiqurtments, officials of the Frisco -~ilmad, and representative people tilm many nearby points. Frisco officers who attended were:

'Icsrs. i\I. 31. Sissou, assistant gen- s r.11 manager; 31. W. Crow, general I

,zmt at Pensacola and Nrs. Crow; , S E. Gabriel, assistant superintend-

r! Southern division, and Mrs. ,;?hriel; C. B. JIichelson, farm mar- rsdng agent, St. Louis; D. E. Eicher, Micultural agent, Springfleld; W. L. Znelish, supervisor of agriculture, -pringtield; Howard Humphries, -1perintendent of terminals, Pensaco- :. and J. B. Yorrow, colonization :mt. St. Louis. Prominent state department visitors

:rlnded: Charles A. Moffett, presi- &nt of the State Board of Adminis- alion, Montgomery; Hamp Draper, sociate member of the board; Law- 'rice H. Lee, legal advisor to Ala- ma's governor, Montgomery; E. B. 'hestnut, warden of the Alabama ,'ate prison at Montgomery; W. W. 'mks, assistant s ta te treasurer, '!mtgomery; J. H. Smith, warden of :pdgner prison, Speigner, Ala.

'EARS A TRACKMAN Ymatinrted front Page 4)

1imt I 50 ask, rtra go -? in sp

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)revention Departmeut, and ed that each foreman do a n od job of keeping his track ,lendid condition. hen retirement comes to this

XI veteran, he says that he is go: t little farm where he can garden and have some cows kens and lead the simple life. ~rd, whom he met while at !~d to whom he was married mber 17, 1885, is equally en- c over the thought of having land with her for the remain- y years of their life, and both rly looking forward to his re-

t w e were 31,500 persons killed in .\dents to motor cars last year,

rile but 53,381 persons were killed : &on. or died from wounds, among - American forces during the - -1d'a War.

A YOUTHFUL POET Raymond Chesser, 13-year-old sbn of

W. R. Chesser, Frisco engineer on fast freight between Pensacola, Fla., and JIagnolia, Ala., has developed a talent for writing which has brought him much favorable comment. Short stories and poems which he has written have beeu published in the well known magazine, "Child Life."

One of his most recent poems was dedicated to Lodge 91 Brotherhood Locomotive Firemen and Engineers and Lodges 197 and 467. Ladies Society of the B of LB&E. Mr. Chesser, the father, is Legislative Representative and Local Chairman of Frisco Lodge 346, B of LF&E.

Mrs. Chesser was unable to locate copies of his short stories which have been printed in Child Life, but promised to send them to the Frisco Magazine a t a future date.

The above mentioned poem was printed in the Locomotive Engineers Magazine and following its publication, Raymond received congratula- tory messages from Mrs. Agnes G. Strong. Grand President of the society.

The poem, which is a delightful tribute to the organization and to the City of San Francisco. appears below:

San Francisco

San Francisco. San Francisco, From Twin Peaks about; San Francisco. San Francisco. Uanp boats are out.

I AGENCY CHANGES I The following were installed per-

manent agents a t the stations which follow their names: March 28-C. R. Piercy. Ashdown,

Ark. March 26-W. E. Haigh, Bessie, Okla. March 25-+. E. Mills, Chaonia, 810. March 27-H. L. Eaton. Foreman, Ark. Narch 31-H. A. Daly. Grove, Okla. March 31-D. Asher, Holland, AIo. March 6-N. E. Johnson, Clarksdale,

Ark. March 6-B. Robinette, Deckervilla,

Ark. March 10-1. F. Yandell, Harold, Mo. March 18-W. N. London, Rock, Okla. March 6-R. B. Lemons, Sligo, 310. March 26-S. J. Huntsinger, Qulin,

AIo. The following were installed tem-

porary agents a t the stations which follow their names: March 24-C. D. Rogers, Dell, Ark. March 26-F. M. Carlock, Neely's, Mo. arch 24-W. J. Ludwig, Pocahontas,

Ark. Narch 24-C. F. Rogers, Salt Fork,

Okla. March 25-R. E. Essman, Stanton,

Mo. Change of agents made a t Idabel,

Okla., March 27. R. W. Berry was installed temporary agent vice H. L. Eaton. No audit of accounts was made a s this is handled by cashier.

Arapaho, Okla., and Custer City, Okla., are now joint agencies with the A. T. & S. F. instead of the K. C. M. & 0. The Santa F e took over the I<. C. M. & 0. August 1, 1929.

Effective December 18, 1929, the Kansas City Southern closed their account a t Holmas, Mo., and this is no longer a joint station with tha t company. Through a n oversight on the part of the K. C. S. this information was not furnished by that company until March 10.

G. L. Henson was installed temporary agent a t Mountainburg, Ark., March 19. Mr. Henson had been acting agent since February 10.

San Francisco, San Francisco. Has the richest "Chlnatown"; San Francisco. San Francisco. Has many riches all around.

San Francisco. San Francisco. *Xarket Street is all allve- San Franclsco. San ~ r a n c k c o . Sure 1s busy a s a hive.

San Francisco. San Francisco. Museums great and small: San Francfsco. San Francisco. BIarvelous, one and ail.

San Franclsco, San Francisco. City I adore: San Francisco, San Franclsco. I am with you forevermore.

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LOCOMOTIVE FUEL PERFORMANCE RECORDS Ofice of Fuel Agent

W E a r e glad to report a reduction of two pounds in the unit fuel consumption in freight

service, March, 1930, over March, 1939, although we did not reach our standard. We had hoped to realize a substantial reduction in the performance on account of the efforts that are being exerted toward increasing the train haul and the ever-increasing interest in fuel economy.

The River division, with a performance of 150 pounds in March this year compared with 172 pounds in March last year, had the largest decrease, 1. e. 22 pounds per 1,000 gross ton miles or 12.79 per cent. The increase of 19.17 per cent in train haul was apparently the principal factor in bringing about this decrease.

The Southwestern and Northern divisions also had decreases of 11 pounds and 3 pounds, respectively, this year over March last year.

In passenger service the system performance was one pound over the standard and .6 pound per car mile over March, 1929, performance. The cars handled per train mile decreased in each division in March this year compared with last year, which condition would ordinarily cause the performance to increase. In spite of the decrease in cars handled, the South- ern and Western divisions made a slight reduction in their performance, and it is hoped that the other divisions will be able to do likewise under similar conditions if they should obtain in the future.

Switch service performance has been somewhat disappointing in the past, a s i t generally reflected an increase, however, it is gratifying to report that a reduction of . three pounds per switch locomotive mile was made on the system in March, 1930, compared with March, 1929, and it will also be remembered that a five-pound reduction was made in February this year, compared with last year. I t is hoped that th i s class of service will continue to show a decrease in consumption a s time passes.

The Southern division had a decrease of 19 pounds per switch locomotive mile and this fact enabled i t to move from eighth place in the order of standing to fifth place.

The River division also had a nice decrease of 12 pounds per switch locomotive mile, but remained in second place.

The Central and Southwestern di-

visions each had a decrease of 4 pounds.

The Tulsa terminal had a decrease of 19 pounds and moved from fourth to second place, St. Louis terminal ha(] an 11-pound decrease, but con- tinues in sixth position. Memphis and Kansas City terminals each had a three-pound decrease.

The Southern division equalled its standard of 16.0 pounds per car mile in passenger service.

Switch service broke the barrier by equalling the system standard of 150 pounds per switch locomotive mtle.

The divisions which contributed their efforts in making this showing a re a s follows: Southern division bettered its standard of 150 pounds by 13 pounds; River divislon bettered i ts standard of 118 pounds by 8 pounds; Central division bettered its standard of 107 pounds by 1 .pound; Southwestern division equalled its standard of 130 pounds; Tulsa terminal bettered its standard of 158 pounds by 14 pounds; St. Louis terminal bettered its standard of 210 pounds by 9 pounds, and Kansas City terminal bettered its standard of 170 pounds by 1 pound.

I t is interesting to note that a number of the Sub-divisions have made quite a saving in the fuel consumption in through freight service and the special fuel checks over the system have aroused much interest and friendly rivalry among them. As an illustration, the Clinton sub decreased its performance from 249 pounds per 1,000 gross ton miles in March last year to 215 pounds in March this year; Chickasha sub decreased from 171 pounds last year to 143 pounds this year; Oklahoma sub decreased from 133 pounds last year to 111 pounds this year; Creek sub from 147 pounds last year to 126 pounds this year and Pensacola sub from 153 pounds last year to 132 pounds this year. These reductions, and many others have been accom- plished by improvements in the methods of operating trains and correct- ing such conditions which were found to cause a waste of fuel.

A special fuel check was conducted by Mesars. Conley and Mitchell a t Monett, Mo., from March 10 to 26, which had its usual good results. Some of the best performances observed during this check a re included among the following performances:

EASTERN DIVISION Rolla Sub: Engineer D. E. MULl,

fireman J. R. CHAMBERS, traint engine 59, Newburg to Stan March 13, handled 182,685 gross miles, burned 10 tons coal, perk) ance 108 pounds per 1,000 gross I miles.

Lebanon Sub: Engineer J. B U LEDGE, fireman V. CROSS, train 38, engine 46, Lebanon to Nemb March 14, handled 157,248 gross miles, burned 8 tons coal, perf,- ance 101 pounds per 1,000 gross miles.

This same crew on March 21 m. the following good performanr- train first 36, engine 29, Springfielc Newburg, handled 371,193 gross miles, burned 16 tons coal, perfo- ance 97 pounds per 1,000 gross miles.

Springfield Sub: Engineer ED RIr fireman W. LONG, train extra r. engine 43, Monett to Sprlngll March 19, handled 159,984 gross ' miles, burned 10 tons coal, perior ance 125 pounds per 1,000 grosst miles.

Engineer E D MONROE, flremen ELY, train 33, engine 44, Springf to Monett, March 31, handled 116,' gross ton miles, burned 7 tons a performance 120 pounds per 11 gross ton miles.

Engineer T. WRIGHT, firemen GRIMES, train extra west, enginr. Springfield to Monett, April 1, h~ dled 85,654 gross ton miles, burn# tons coal, performance 93 pounds 1 1,000 gross ton miles.

CENTRAL DlVlSlOli Arthur Sub: Engineer LIDDI'

fireman C. E. DRAPER, train er- south, engine 708, Ft. Smith to Ha April 1, with varying load on line road handled 164,919 gross ton mLr burned 5 tons coal, performane r f ' pounds per 1,000 gross ton miles. 'il is a n exceptionally good performan and the crew is to be commendedr its showing.

Engineer R. R. SKELTON, irer A. M. BEAN, train 734, engine 1: I Talihina to Ft. Smith, March 13, b dled 64,086 gross ton miles, burn^:' tons coal, performance 93 pounds :. 1,000 gross ton miles.

Engineer BROCCIFUS, fireman r C. MYRICK, train extra north, engl' 1400, Hugo to Ft. Smith, &latch 1. handled 151,000 gross ton mile burned 9 tons coal, performance 1 pounds per 1,000 gross ton miles.

. & A . Sub: Engineer W. W. WAT- !, fireman W. D. BROCK, train 737, .r~e 1254, Hugo to Madill, March

andled 112,203 gross ton miles, ed 'i tons coal, performance 121

'ris per 1,000 gross ton miles. Smith Sub: Engineer W3I.

ZOG, fireman D. P. FURLOW, 1 first 534, engii~e 1341, Ft, Smith ;!nnett, hIarch 12, handled 190,619 i ton miles, burned 19 tons coal, ~imnmnce 199 pounds per 1,000

WESTERN DIVISION

erry Sub: Engineer McFARLISE, nun ADAMS, train extra, engine

B~id to West Tulsa, March 11, led 218,400 gross ton miles, .d 1,517 gallons oil, performance allons per 1,000 gross ton miles. gineer C. A. HURLEY, fireman . SIASSEY, extra train, engine.. Enid to wes t Tulsa, March 17,-:

led 218,400 gross ton miles, .d 1,596 gallons oil, performance

gallons per 1,000 gross ton miles. ngineer W. H. KEILLER, fireman 'IRD, train extra east, engine I. Enid to West Tulsa, April S,

Ivd 223,011 gross ton miles, ed 1,450 gallons oil, performance allons pe,r 1.000 gross ton miles.

s is an exceptionally good show-

UTHWESTERN DIVISION kee Sub: Engineer 3. L.

, fireman W, AIcKINNEY, train n west, engine 4,159, Monett to .a, Slarch 11, handled 256,650 gross miles, burned 1,713 gallons oil, nrmance 6.6 gallons per 1,000

gineer J. W. GILLEN, fireman J. C.IUD, train 430, engine 4103,

I Tulsa to Afton, March 5, han- 243,672 gross ton miles, burned :allon$, performance 7.4 gallons

1.000 gross ton miles. reek Sub: Engineer J. G. LEW- . fireman S. DANIELS, train ex- south, engine 4163, m7est Tulsa to xis, handled 225,661 gross toil P- burned 1,811 gallons oil, per-

nce 8 gallons per 1,000 gross

NORTHERN DlV lS lON ansas City Sub-Division: Engineer KYER, fireman J. S. MILLER, first 162, engine 4108, Ft. Scott

mas City, April 13, handled 79 . 282,437 gross ton miles, burned os coal, performance 83 pounds

1,000 gross ton miles. zineer WM. COOPER, fireman G. ZS, train second 162, engine.4128, Scott to Kansas City, April 13, :led 50 loads and 72 empties, 390,- p s s ton miles, burned 17% tons performance 88 pounds per 1,000 : ton miles.

Engineer T. HOFFHOUSE, fireman E. O'COSNOR, train 164, engine 4127, - Ft. Scott to Kansas City, April 13, handled 46 loads, 72 empties, or 403,- 920 gross ton miles. Burned 15% tons coal, performance 76 pounds per 1,000 gross ton miles.

Engineer R. E. ALJLXANDER, firemail hI. 0. BESSETT, train extra north, engine 4135, Ft. Scott to Kansas City, April 14, handled 62 loads, 24 empties-539,471 gross ton miles, burned 13 tons coal, performallce 77 pounds per 1,000 gross ton miles.

The four performances above were obsemed and reported by road foreman of equipment, G. A. Ermatinser.

Engineer ALEXANDER, fireman BENNETT, train third 131, engine 4133, Kansas City to Paola, Narc11 11, handled 115,627 gross ton miles, burned 6 tons coal, performance 104 pounds per 1,000 gross ton miles.

Afton-Parsons S u b: Engineer STOUT, fireman DAVIS, train 132, engine 4136, Afton to Ft. Scott, AIarch 27, handled 380,655 gross ton miles, burned 15 tons coal, performance 78 pounds per 1,000 gross ton miles.

S O U T H E R N DlV lS lON

Tupelo Sub: Engineer W. PROnT, fireman J. HENRY, train 135, engine .i3, Yale to Amory, March 27, handled 232,472 gross ton miles, burned 18 tons coal, performance 112 pounds per 1,000 gross ton miles.

Engineer J. hT 0 L AN, fireman CRAWFORD, train 938, engine 6, Amory to Yale, March 26, handled 311,048 gross ton miles, burned 18 tons coal, performance 115 pounds per 1,000 gross ton miles.

Columbus Sub: Engineer DIEAIER, fireman RICKEP.., train 938, engine 1627, Aliceville to Amory, March 9. handled 175,000 gross ton miles, burned 5 tons coal, performance 67 pounds per 1.000 gross ton miles.

Engineer KING, fireman RICKER, train 938, engine 1614, AIagnolia to A~Bory, April 2, handled 456,213 gross ton miles, burned 15 tons coal, performance 65 pounds per 1,000 gross ton miles.

Engineer FIKDLY, firemail SEL- LERS, train 938, engine 1632, Nag- nolia to Amory, March 20, handled 305,000 gross ton miles, burned 10 tons coal, performance 66 pounds per 1,000 gross ton miles.

This same crew on Warch 27 on train 938, engine 1614, same run, handled 361,174 gross ton miles, burned 13 tons coal, performance 72 pounds per 1,000 gross ton miles. The showing on both trips is very good.

Engineer REYNOLDS, firemau CAL- HOUN, train 938, engine 1625, Mag- nolia to Amory, March 21, handled 279,000 gross ton miles, burned 10

tons coal, performance 7 1 pounds per 1,000 gross ton miles.

Pensacola Sub: Engineer WHITE, fireman WIMBERLP, traiu 938, engine 1614, Pensacola to Magnolia, April 1, handled 311,000 gross ton miles, burned 14 tons coal, perfornl- ance 90 pounds per 1,000 gross ton miles.

Engineer SORRIS, fireman SER- VER, train 93S, engine 1614, Pensaco- l a to Magnolia, April 5 , handled 275,- 000 gross ton miles, burned 13 tons coal, performance 94 pounds per 1,000 gross ton miles.

RIVER DlV lS lON Chaffee Sub: Engineer A. AUBU-

CHON, fireman L. AIYSELM, traiu 835, engine 4017, Hayti to Memphis, ILarch 23, handled 247,556 gross ton miles, burned 8 tons coal, performance GEi pounds per 1,000 gross ton iniles.

E n g i n e e r DIERSSEN, fireman VICKERY, train 801, engine 1012, Chaffee to Memphis, March 27, Iran- dled 1,211 passenger car miles, burned 1,200 gallons oil, performance .99 gallons per passenger car mile.

T E X A S L I N E S Ft. W. & R. G. Sub: Engineer T. J.

DEAN, fireman T. C. AIELTON, train extra north, engine 1261, Brownw'ood to Ft. Worth, February 4, handled 100,076 gross ton miles, burned 1,360 gallons oil, performance of 13.6 gallons per 1,000 gross ton miles. This is splendid performance, considering fact that train had only half its ratin3 most of the trip.

Engineer ;\I A D D E N, fireman BROCK, train extra north, engine 742 (Saturated), Brownwood to Ft. T170rth, Warch 25, handled 109,558 gross ton miles, burned 1,868 gallons oil, performance 17 gallons 11er 1,000 gross ton miles.

Engineer C 0 L E A1 A N, fireman HOGUE, train 43, engine 793 (saturated). Ft. Worth to Brownwood, Narch 27. This train did local work a t all stations, changing tonnage a t six different stations, handled 86,205 gross ton miles, burned 1,799 gallons oil, performalice 21.66 gallons per 1,000 gross ton miles.

S. F. & T. Sub: Engineer R. L. LAU- TERBACK, fireman W. C. CRAIX train extra south, engine 707, Sher- man to Ft. Worth, March 27, handled 146,359 gross ton miles, burned 1,270 gallons oil, performance 8.7 gallons per 1,000 gross ton miles. On account of excess tonnage tlus train had to double one hill for a distance of two miles.

No man's opinions are entirely worthless. m e n a watch that won't run is right twice a day.

-Boston Transcript.

PHIL CONBOY, hostler, Joplin, 310.. was retired January 1930, because of total disability. H e was born in Kan- sas City, Mo., October 16, 1866, and

was educated in the schools there. At the age of eighteen, he entered t h e e m p l o y o f Frisco Lines a s an engine wiper in the roundhouse and remained in Frisco service until his retirement. He was promoted to fireman a t K a n s a s Citv in 1886 and in

PHIL CONBOY the same year was transferred to Clinton division a s fireman. He was promoted to engineer there in 1892 and in 1899 was transferred to Fort Scott on the Springfield division, remaining here until 1902 when he was transferred to the Kan- sas division where he remained until retirement. H e married Miss Flora S. Stephens of Olatha, Itan., in March 1895 and to them were born three sons and two daughters. His first wife died a number of years ago and in 1917 he married Miss Marie Hill of Joplin. Mr. and Mrs. Conboy reside in Afton. Okla. Continuous service of 45 years and 9 months entitles him to a pension allowance of $122 50 a month, effective from March 1, 1930.

ALBERT LEE PHILIPSON, locomotive engineer, River division, was retired September 1, 1929, because of

total disability. He was born a t Cape G i r a r d e a u, Mo., June 13, 1865, and was educated there. He began work a t the age of twentu-

a n engineer, re- A. L. PHILIPSON rnaininE in service there until the road was- taken over by the Frisco in 1902. At that time he automatically entered Frisco service a s an engineer and remained in that position during the rest of his service. On July 7, 1904, he married Miss Gertrude AlcCloud of Cape Gir-

Five Frisco Liiws vr!rron e r r~~ loyes , with conzbinrd service of 168 years ar~d 11 n~oirths, were retired attd placed on the Peitsioit Roll at a ~ i ~ e e t i n g of the Board of Pe,lsioits, held March 18, 1930, at the S t . Louis generrrl oflice.

ardeau and to them were born three daughters and three sons. Mr. and Mrs. Philipson reside a t 228 Frederick street, Cape Girardeau. Continuous service of 43 years entitles him to a pension allowance of $80.15 a month, effective from March 1, 1930.

PETER STEFFENSKY, car foreman, Sherman, Texas, was retired February 28, 1930, having reached the

ace limit. H e was w- born in Rehlingen, Germany, Febru-

I a ry 19, 1860, and was educated in the public schools in Germany. He began work at the

1 age of fifteen a s a n apprentice stone cutter. Before en- s tering the service of Frisco Lines, he spent three years

P. STEFFEXSKY in the ~ e r m a n army, was a contractor in Belgium and France for two and a half years and worked a s a section laborer and way for a number of years. From May, 1901, to September, 1902, he was in business for himself. He first entered the employ of Frisco Lines as a holster's helper in October, 1891, a t Paris, Tex., and was promoted to car repairman there. Later he was promoted to car foreman. When he re- entered service in 1902 after engaging in private enterprises for a little over a year, he started a s a car foreman a t Monett, Mo., and held this position during the remainder of his service, working a t Monett, Neodesha, Kan., and Sherman, Tex. He married Miss Mary Stein of Rehlingen, Ger- many, November 11, 1884, and to them a son and daughter were born. Mr. and h.Irs. Steffensky reside a t 512 Willow street, Sherman, Tex. Con- tinuous service of 27 years and 5 months entitles him to a pension allowance of $64.70 a month, effective from March 1, 1930.

JOHN PARKS REYNOLDS, locomotive engineer, River division, was re-

3 tired February 28, having reached I 1

ace limit He r P - born a t Charlest $ W. Va., Februa 1 19, 1860, and r educated in I public and pa7 chial schools the1 He began morh in a tannery at I

age of eightet Before coming

I Frisco Lines, ' worked as an r. I gineer f o r tb I

1 J. P. REYNOLDS pioneer Coal Carl

pany, and a s a fireman and later - 1 a n engineer on the Xanawha a: Michigan Railroad. He entered lvl employ of Frisco Lines une 1, 19i as a roundhouse foreman at C31l Girardeau, 310.. and since has work. on the Chaffee subdivision Lench~~~ subdivision, and the Campbell-Lear ville subdivision. At the time of C retiremen he was working on tk Leachville subdivision out of Cai3 Girardeau to Hayti, 310 In APL 1881, he married 3Iiss Virginia Rp. of Charleston, W. Va., who died Ap- 13, 1885. One daughter was born In them. In February, 1899, he marw' Miss Teresa Malone of Point Pleam W. Va., and to them three daughte were born, one of whom died Man 17, 1920. Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds r side at 148 Lorimier street, CY Girardeau. Continuous service of . years and 9 months entitles him to; pension allowance of $79.35 s mon" effective from March 1, 1930.

PETEYR BENTON LIVESAY, 10, motive engineer, Northern diriwn, was retired December 19, 1929, b-

cause of total d~r ability. He mC born at Sadrjll+, Ill., Decembcr : 1861, and aa? 1 '

c a t e d i n 1'. schools there ' a boy he a o r h p ~ his father's f - and at the a: ' twenty-one b e f firing on the L r ville and Nash~

worked in various capacities for !b L. & N., the Milwaukee H a r r w Company, and the C. R. I. & P. Ed

I red the service of Frisco Lines a s /f inginem in 1903 running between

jimas City and Fort Scott and 'ifirked as an engineer during the

of hls service. He married Mary !7 Cameron of Ashley, Ill., on January 1: 1881, and to them two sons and 11 'daughter were born. Mrs. Livesay i i . 4 in 1918. Mr. Livesay resides a t 1-2 Baltimore avenue, Kansas City, ?!n. Continuous service of 26 years !.?titles him to a pension allowance of kil.G a month, effective from March

I CHARLES W A L T E R RAGAN CHARLES WALTER RAGAN, pen-

, nned crossing watchman, died a t his i m e in St. James, Mo., March 27, 1r;ll He had been retired from ac-

8 p service April 1 1929, because of 1x1 - disability. He was born in St.

?m@s April 7, 1876, and attended the khools near his home. His first work k4 cutting grass and weeds along the n:ht~I-way between St. Louis and heific in 1886. During the World iT3r he was promoted to the position /' section foreman. Later h e served :a crossing watchman. H e was mar- TI to Xiss Mary B. Earp of Phelps 'nmty, Mo. (date not given), and to .km :mere born three daughters and TO sons. His pension allowance was I:hlY a month and during his life- m p he was paid a total of $140.00.

HENRY C. SEVENSON, SR. HESRY C. STEVENSON, SR., pen-

med ~ ~ g i n e e r , died in Los Angeles, W., on March 17, 1930. He was h n at Columbus, Ga., December 18, :\;?, and entered service as a fireman ~:Birmingham in July 1890. He was r d r promoted to engineer, working I' Birmingham, Amory and Memphis -111 retired, January 3, 1927, because i rota1 disability. His widow, who w d e s at Mory, Miss., survives him. F. pension allowance was $78.65 a -rPnth and up to the time of his death 1- had been paid a total of $3,156.80.

J. W. B l N K L E Y I. W, BINKLEY, engineer who

~ l i i t e d the first Frisco train into Ikiaboma City, died of heart disease k his home, 706 West Washington (I-inue, Oklahoma City, on March 29. I He had been a trainman since 1883. 2t aorked as a fireman a t Monett, $I. until 1887, then was promoted to wdneer, and held his position on zii right side of the cab until several ;74s prlor to his death. On August i;: 1597, he was engineer on the flrst b i r o train to run into Oklahoma i-. His service has been on the

I

Oklahoma City-Tulsa run. A widow and a son, Byron G. Binkley survive him. His son is also an engineer for the Frisco, working between Okla- homa City and Quanali, Tex.

Mr. Binkley's hobby was collecting cow's horns and using them in the construction of various pieces of furniture. From horns he made a settee, footstool, coat rack and other articles. One of the prized headpieces in his collection is a pair of horns from South America, measuring eight feet two inches from tip to tip.

Funeral services for Mr. Binkley were held April 2 a t the St. Mark's Methodist Church in Oklahoma City. The following Frisco engineers were pallbearers: John Zachritz, John Ma- son, Ed Bisney, Ed Kenney, P. H. Cross and George Westphal.

THEODORE W E H R E N B R A C H T THEODORE W E H RENBRACHT,

employe of the office of auditor revenues, St. Louis, age 50 years, died suddenly while on duty March 28, 1930. He had been with the Frisco since 1921, and was a former employe of the MK&T and L&N railroads. H e is survived by a widow and three children.

JOSEPH J. SPENCER JOSEPH J. SPE)NCEFt, formerly em-

ployed in khe agent's office a t Mem- phis, Tenn., and lately tIWI~ferred to the office of auditor revenues, St. Louis, died a t the Frisco hospital on April 4, 1930, after a brief illness. He was 67 years of age, and had been in the service of Frisco Lines since 1911. He is survived by a widow. Inter- ment was made in Atlanta, Ga., his native home.

JOHN ANDERSON BENSON JOHN ANDERSON BENSON, age

61 years, employed a t Kansas City as receiving clerk for the past eighteen pears, died on April 15 a t his home, from pneumonia. During his railroad career he had worked for the Santa F e Railroad a t Kansas City for a period of 13% years as a stowman; one year for the C B t Q a s yard clerk a t Denver, Colo.; 1 0 years prior service with the Frisco as receiving clerk and 4lh years with the Rock Island in the same capacity, a total of 47 years railroad service. He is survived by a widow and four sons, one of them connected with the accounting department a t Kansas City.

W A L T E R L. M A T T H E W S WALTER L. MATTH'EWS, switch-

man, age 36, enlployed a t the St, Louis terminals a s a switchman, was killed while performing hi,s duties on April 8. He began his service with the Frisco on August 21, 1928; was a

member of the Terminals Club and of the B. of R. T. 106, Frisco Rock Lodge. He is survived by his father who resides in St. Louis.

OMER E. RISSER OMER E. RISSER, of Springfield,

Mo., age 65, passenger conductor on Southern division, passed away on April 14, a t the St. Louis hospital, following a n operation. H e had had 37 years' service, all on the Southern division. He entered service a s a brakeman on August 1 , 1893; was promoted to freight conductor Sep- tember 14, 1897. and to passenger conductor February 16, 1908. He is survived by his wife, two daughters, one son, one brother and two sisters. One daughter, Katherine, is employed in the Springfield offices of Frisco Lines, and the second daughter, Marjorie, formerly served the Frisco in the Springfield offices. Burial was made in Springfield, 310.

DAN McCARTHY RETIRES K a n s a s City C a r Inspec tor 43

Y e a r s With C o m p a n y

I T is said that master workmen come to have a feeling almost akin to love for their tools, but it is not always

that workmen achieve a place of esteem in the hearts of their fellows that wins sympathy for this feeling. But Dan McCarthy, car inspector in the 19th Street yards a t Kansas City and a Frisco employe since 1887, is different in this respect. His fellow employes had sympathy for his feeling toward his favorite tool, a nail bar, to the extent that upon his retirement, on April 30, they had the bar plated in nickel and gold and ap- propriately engraved a s a present to him a t the close of his forty-three years' service. This was a gift from his fellow car inspectors. An additional testimonial of esteem was the radio set that was presented to him a t this time also.

Mr. McCarthy was born in Limerick County, Ireland, April 1, 1860, and came to America a t the age of sixteen. Prior to entering railroad work, he farmed in the vicinity of Leaven- worth, Kan. His first railroad service was with the Chicago & Alton in the car department. After seven years with that company, he entered the employ of the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis-which later became part of Frisco Lines-as a car inspector in 1887. His entire service was in that capacity, except for a period of seven years during which he was foreman of car inspectors. H e h a s resided in Kansas City throughout his employment by the Frisco.

Mrs. Brown of Frisco Lines Entertains "The Boss"

M RS. BROWN went into the kitchen and put on her big white apron. Today was the day

that John was to bring the "Super" home with him, and she wished to have the "big boss" know that she knew a s much about the kitchen as her energetic husband did about his job.

Of course she had known it several days before, which made it easy to plan one of those inexpensive but delightful dinners, which must always make a good appearance.

Mrs. Brown prided herself on having a tasty table at the minimum amount of expense. And so she had planned to have tomato boullion with cream, baked ham with orange sauce. baked stuffed potatoes, fresh buttered peas, deep dish rhubarb pie with hard sauce, and coffee.

She had made her tomato boullion in the morning and would reheat it in the double boiler for serving. In the making of it she put one quart of canned tomatoes and one cup of water in a saucepan with a medium sized sliced onion, a stalk of celery, one-half teaspoon sugar, one teaspoon salt and two whole cloves. This mixture she boiled for thirty minutes and then strained, rubbing the pulp through a fine strainer. She thickened it very slightly with a tablespoon of flour, mixed to a smooth paste with a little cold water. Just before the boullion was served she reheated it and served in boullion cups with a large spoonful of. whipped, slightly salted cream on top.

The orange sauce for the baked ham was a new concoction which Mrs. Brown had served often mith success, and which added a novelty touch to this rather prosaic food. She made it by melting two tablespoons of butter, adding two tablespoons of flour and when well blended, stirred in one cup of cold water. She stirred this constantly over a slow fire until i t thickened and then added the grated rind of one orange, one-half cup of orange juice, one tablespoon lemon juice and one-half cup of diced Arm orange pulp. The sauce was also reheated in a double boiler when ready to serve.

The ham was placed in a baking dish and baked in a slow oven for an

hour and was then uncovered a11d browned slightly on top.

The peas were boiled with one or two sprigs of fresh mint and a teaspoon of sugar added to the water.

Her stuffed potatoes were particularly delicious. After they were baked she cut a slice from'the top of each, scooped out the inside and mashed it with butter, milk, salt and pepper. A seasoning of minced parsley and a few drops of Worcestershire sauce gave them a delicious taste. The mashed potatoes were then placed back into the potato shells and reheated.

The 'hubarb pie was made from fresh young rhubarb stalks and her pie crust added much to the pie.

At s i s o'clock when her husband and their guest arrived, there was a tantalizing odor of foodstuff in the kitchen. The dinner went off without a hitch-everything was served steam- ing hot, and when the superintendent left he said, "Well Mrs. Brown, I've oflered your husband a position to travel o r to take charge of the office a t one of our main terminals, and he chose the terminal job. I know why now. No meals like the one we have just had could ever be purchased 'on-line.' "

DAINTY BANANA T A R T S Another way to make a quick des-

sert, if the tart shells a re baked, is to fill the shells with the whipped cream highly seasoned with the mashed banana.

Mash the banana and add it to three- fourths of the whipped cream, then fill the shells and top mith the plain sweetened whipped cream.

The bananas give a dark, flecked appearance through the cream, so it makes a more attractive tart when enough of the cream is left white to place on the tops of the tarts.

WHOLE. WHEAT BISCUITS Mix and sift two cups whole wheat

flour, one teaspoon salt, four teaspoons baking powder and two tablespoons sugar.

Add one-quarter cup melted butter or other shortening to two-thirds cup milk and stir into the dry ingredients. The dough should be soft.

Turn out on a lightly floured board, pat and roll and cut into biscuits.

A I-I031EMA41<ERS' CIAUP Formation of a Honlemakers' (

with membership open to every Fr housewife on the system, is u \\-a y.

As yet the name of the club ha? been selected. The dues, how will be one recipe for the Hc makers' Page each month.

It has long been the desire tot these recipes of Frisco houses appear on the Homemakers' Page, it is felt that through this club recipes will be forthcoming.

As to the name, it is the desire each housewife send in a sugga for a name with her recipe, and best name submitted will be use

There are many thousand Fr wives who will be interested in changing recipes with their fe members, and the Homemakers' F ' is an ideal medium. I

The housewife who sends i n first recipe will be given the plr'

distinction of being the first men of the newly formed club.

Send in both a name for the I

and a recipe immediately upon ceipt of this announcement, and ! find out what housewives over system are preparing for their me

It is suggested that recipes ti this page may be clipped and tl. desired filed away in a card ind~r the "Recipe Box," for we feel I

there will be many excellent c submitted.

Place on a baking sheet, brushc with melted butter and bake aba minutes in a hot oven.

CORN OMELET Separate four eggs, beat yolk

ti1 thick; add four tablespoons : one-half cup drained stewed corn,l half cup bread crumbs, one-half spoon salt. Add one-half teac- salt to whites of four eggs; beat- stiff. Fold egg whites into first: ture; heat frying pan, greaae . and cook slowly over low flamer set. When mixture is sufficientlr place omelet in oven for a Ier I utes to brown. Fold left side right and turn out on hot p l a garnish with parsley.

I!cJ, 1930

E x c e l l e n t D r c s s P a t t e r n s

Doctor: Your little boy has abso- Oh1 'itply no hearing in one ear. He: "Do I need a shave?" nrillie: There, Maw, and you've She: "No, but you needn't rub i t

teen washing i t every day for nothfng! in."

THE PATTERNS EXPLAINED For about town or sports, the ward-

robe of the well-dressed woman includes a featherweight tweed or a tweed printed silk. They express new formality that characterizes all the new Paris sports types.

No. 2581 is a printed silk crepe in burgundy tones that perfectly ex- presses French chic in its slim, straight lines. The scalloped closing with belt slipped underneath through bound opening denotes smart indi- viduality and assures slender hips. Designed for sizes 14, 16, 18 years, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 and 46 inches bust.

No. 2801 shows a conspicuously smart and slender frock in novelty printed wool silk crepe in fashionable hunter's green tones. The new arrangement of jabot frill a t end of diagonal neckline, slipped through bound opening and tied in knot. creates flattering sunburst effect. Designed for sizes 16 and 1 8 years, 36, 38, 40 and 42 inches bust.

No. 2551, a printed sheer velvet that is an economical choice for after- noons: It is smartly simple and de- cidedly slender, distinguished by ex- quisite details. The skirt, with cir- cular flare is attached to a smooth- fitting hip yoke that tapers to left side, reaching almost to waistline. which creates a charming diagonal line, both front and back. Designed for sizes 16 to 18 years, 36, 38, 40 and 42 inches bust.

These styles may be ordered from the Peerless Fashion Service.. 261 Fifth Avenue, New York City. The price of each pattern is 15 cents.

Tartar Sauce Yolks two eggs l/g cup vinegar 6 olives l/2 CUP olive oil 1 sour cucumber pickle Parsley Salt and cayenne Break eggs in bowl. put in salt and

cayenne and beat thoroughly. When thick and lemon colored, add oil, drop by drop, and continue beating; when half the oil is added, add half vinegar and then add balance of oil, not so slowly, but always beating. When all of the oil has been added, use last of vinegar, then chop pickle, olives and parsley very fine and add to flrst mixture. Keep very cold.

This sauce is to be served with soft shell crabs, fried fish, oysters, clams. etc.

You can't make very good time on the road to. ruin nowadays-the traffic is terrible.

A Letter From Maggie Legg

T HERE will be many of you Frisco children who will read' this page will want to write the letter the

Twilight Lady suggests, and the sooner the better. This month there came a letter from Maggie Legg of Garfield, Ark.

Maggie Legg lives on a little farm along the Frisco Railroad. She walks with crutches and wears braces on her lower limbs. Instead of partici- pating i n the rough and ready games with the children, she must s i t by and watch them. And so she ha# learned to make scrap books and pass them on to those who enjoy them a s much a s she.

The motor car passes by her farm- house and the Frisco engineers, knowing that she reads a great deal, throw papers and old magazines off t o her. From them she gets pictures and stories which she enjoys greatly.

Among the magazines which came to her was a copy of The Frisco Ew- ployes' Magazine. Maggie 1 o o k e d through it and found the Twilight Page, and so she wrote the Twilight Lady a letter, conveying her appreciation for the magazines and papers which she received from the Frlsco engineers.

And now the Twilight Lady has another idea. Why not a letter shower from all the Frisco children? How Maggie would enjoy reading those letters! Tell her where you live and all about your little brothers and sisters. Tell her of your pets and of Your School, and most of all tell her about t h e trips you have made on the Frisco Railroad. Perhaps you have visited grandmother i n a distant city. Perhaps you have visited a cousin, o r an uncle o r aunt. Be sure and tell her all about it.

Can't you just see Maggie Legg opening up those letters while she s i ts in the shade of a lovely old tree in her yard?

If she doesn't see the Mago,rrijte before you do, s h e won't know anything about it, but if she does, then she'll be looking for those letters and I am sure that she will receive many of them.

Here is her address, and a letter ad-

dressed to her as follows will soon be in her hands:

Miss Maggie Legg Garfield, Arkansas.

And here is her letter: "Dear Twilight Lady:

I a m a little cripple girl. I walk with crutches and wear braces on my lower limbs.

I live on a farm near the Dev- il's Eye Brow. Owing to my condition, I don't associate much with the outside world and therefore would be rather lonely if i t wasn't for the Frisco and old Joe Kenney, who is engineer on the motor.

Mr. Kenny brings me lots of magazines and papers which I appreciate so very much. I read some good stories and get so many pretty pictures for my scrap book and sometimes I pass them on to someone else who enjoys them as much as I do.

I have known Mr. Kenney for a long time and have learned to look forward to the time for him to come. Of course, I don't eu- pect him to bring something each time, but I always look in fear he should think I don't want them and I wouldn't want him to think that! Among the many different magazines is the Frisco Magazine which I always like to read and when Mr. Kenney brings me one again, I hope I see my letter printed in it. Engineer O'Melia of Ft. Smith used to bring me lots of magazines and papers too and many others whom I don't know by name. Mr. Kenney was es- wcially kind to me on Christmas when I was wondering where Old Santa was. Hoping to continue getting the reading material, I remain,

"Yours truly, "MAGGIE LEGG."

A Hard T ime Said the small boy: "My maw and

paw had a terrible time getting married. Maw wouldn't marry paw when he was drunk, and paw wouldn't marry maw when he was sober.

PLANT YOUR FLOW1 Children 's G a r d e n s Will I

P r i z e s This Year, Frisc Flor i s t Announces

F L O m R plots along Frisc a re being spaded and the prepared for planting.

long, the patrons of Frisco LII be commenting on the gaily flowers which greet them iv train pulls into each station.

Lately, attention has been the children's flower plots by I Fellows, the Frisco florist, and announced that t o the son or d: under 16, who makes a prize garden on each division and SI

a picture to him before July 1. pi-ize will be presented.

This plot does not necessarll to be a large one, but it fihc not less than four feet square artistic arrangement of the will have much t o do with tt dren's flower bed prize.

Mr. Fellows has arranged t packages of seed made up spec the children's gardens and all necessary is to write to him, I

of the General Manager a t Sgri Mo., and the seeds will be s you.

The Twilight Lady would H: all readers of this page enter tl tes t and she would like to ha! send these photographs to MI Fellows and he in turn wilI fc the pictures of winning flowe dens to The Twilight Lady.

Hurry and get busy-have send in that request for seed fo garden-get it planted right av you haven't already done so, an show them what nice flower the children of Frisco emplop have.

Remember-it doesn't have to large-but arrange it artistically, when it is in full bloom, take a ture of it.

Observant Child "Little girl, does your papa h

much trouble with his automobi! "Yes, sir. H e has a s much trou

with it a s if he was married to it.

Deflning I t ' T h a t is a reminiscence, Paw?' "Tiresome, usually, my son."

be and pic

av- ei ' ble ,

. . Fr isco Ba b ies . .

Top row, left to right: Ross Burns, son of V a n Burm, deceased, Hugo, Okla.; Robert E., son of

- X Dave E. Gee, Newbrtrg; nephew of Mr. P. 0. Dodd, Ft. Snritk, Ark.

Sccoird row: William R., son of Arthttr Dertzmit, Springfield; Jlartha Lavelle (celrter), daughter o f

I Lswis Otts, Sipsey, Ala., and Clifton nt7d Jimnzie Nrll, son and darcgkter of Janres Kqright. Pocaho~itas,

. Ala. . " - - - \ . I

Tkird row: Edm-n, son of A . P. Parks, Ft. Scott, Kan.; Robert I I I , son of Robert Ku~tstel, Jr., S t . Louis; Janws Harold, of A. W. Thomas, Lindenzuood, Mo.

Bottom row: Ruth and Eleanor, daughters o f Robert Kunstel, Jr., St . Lor&; Mary Alice Dollar (right), daughter of sec- tmploye, Sipsey, Ala., and Martha Lavelle, daughter of Lewis Otts, Sipsey, Ala.

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IGNORANT The old darkey, whose was known

to be one of the best mule handlers thereabout, came to work on crutches.

"Why Amos, whats the matter wid yo a l l? You get kicked by a mule and you is' de best han'ler they is?"

"Yes, sir, ah is, but I got a mule dis mornin' dat didn't know ma repituta- tion."

Not Responsible "No one seems to be able to under-

stand me." "No wonder, your mother was a

telephone operator and your father a train announcer."

GO A H E A D ! A college professor and his w i f e were

entertained a t dinner. During the gay- ety, young Johnny called his mother.

"~lilother?" he called. "Yes, what is it?" replied Mother. "There's only clean towels ht the bath-

room. Shall I start one?

Wobble, Wobble!

"What time does the next train come in?" asked little Philip of the old station master.

"Why you little rascal, I've told you five time, it comes in a t 4:44."

"I know it," replied Philip, "but I like to see your whiskers wobble when you say 4:44."

A GOOD T I T L E

The teacher held up a picture of George Washington crossing the Delaware.

"Can anyone te l l me the name of th is picture?" she asked.

"Sure," yelled a freckled-face boy i n back. "Sit down, you're rocking the boat!"

"What's the latest news about bustles?" asked the Literary Digest.

"Surely they're not coming to the front?" replied the Tampa Tribune.

A danger sign can't talk, but its not so dumb a s the fellow who dis- regards it.

She: "A survey shows that women live longer than men although men are more healthy."

He: "And here's another survey: Men live longer than draught horses, though the horses are healthier. It depends on who is doing the driving,"

His F i rs t and Last

When old Mose came down from his first airplane ride he said to the pilot, "Thank you suh, for dem two rides."

"Two rides?" replied the pilot. "Sure," said Mose, "Mah first and

last."

H O W D I D Y O U K N O W ? "I wajtt sowe collars for m y Izusband,

but I've forgotten the size." "Thirteen and a half? said the shop

assistant. "That's i t , how did you k),ozw?" "11le)r who let their wives buy collars

for thein are alzways nbolrt that size, wa'ant."

Carrying Out Instructions

The man was telling of the accom- plishments of his dog. "I taught him to bark if someone came in the front yard. Then my son taught him to carry bundles. One night I awoke and heard movements in the next room. I got up and there were two men--and the dog."

"Didn't he bark?" "No-he was too busy." "Busy-what was he doing?" "Carrying the lantern for the bur-

glars."

OH Y E A H ?

The Mississippi youth said that his musical t ra in ing had been the means of saving his l i fe i n a recent flooc! i n his home town.

"How was that?" inquired a by- stander.

''Well, when the flood struck the town, my father got on a bed and floated down stream.?'

"And yod?" "I accompanied h im on the piano."

Man31 a nzodren girl seei;tg a thimble, wonders what they serve in i t .

A L I K E

"Curse it, curse it!" hissed the VI

lain, snatching at the girl 's waist. I i

"No it ainlt, either," she retorte:! "It's only a girdle." I

Oh Yes

"My wife kisses me every time come into the house."

"Affection?" "No. Investigation."

The Way To W i n Her

To win a maid who has not reached The knowing age of twenty,

'Just make her verses to her charms And rub it in quite plenty.

Make her lots of little things And don't omit the "honey";

But after she has reached that age You've got to make her money!

N O W I S H B O N E "That chickell I bought yesterday k

no 7i~ishbo1ze." "Madnnz he w a s so happy artd ctw

teilted he had )tothing to wish for.

What Is This? "You a re the sunshine of my sou:

You drive away the dark, dark clouf of despair. You will always reign t my heart. My love for you will new grow cold. Will you . . . ."

"Say, is this a proposal or ! weather report?"

By Profession "See that fellow-he's a rum gu?,

ner." "You mean rum runner, don't you? "No, rum gunner-he's in the Coa?

Guard." COME A N Y W A Y

"Can't you come to the party Satup day night, Mandy?" I

"Nope, can't do it Andy-llse gdti I

case of lumbago.?' "Well dat don't make no diffetena

bring it w id you. Dem fools 'I1 drlra anything."

Pa By force of will h e came to be

The greatest thing in life: A self-made man-except where he 1

Was altered by his wife. I

' A PAGE OF PRAISE j-,, FRISCO FRIENDS

Il.ir. G. 0 . Nickel, traffic nmz- 'he Bartlett-Collins Glass Corrt- p lpa, Okla., to J. W . James, ~r~ager , Tulsa, Okla.: I take this means of express-

" . ~u my thanks and sincere appreciation for the service and special attention shown me in furnishing the drawing room on Train No. 10 last Friday evening for the accommoda- tion of my invalid mother.

"I have also received word from my rile, who accompanied my mother, and she wishes also to thank you and your organization for the special at- trntion shown her.

"I have always said that the Frisco 1 family is the finest in the railroad fraternity, and this proves that they h;lve a human heart. They have always lived up to my confidence in t h ~ m and I will always remember thsis art. I assure you of my continued moperation.

"I hope to have the pleasure of personal$ thanking you a t a n early hte."

Mr. Nickel also wrote R. E. Btcchan- ..r:, traffic inanagrr at Mentphis. The lettrr follnti~:

"Last Friday evening. February 27, 1 sent my invalid mother, accompanied by my wife and Mrs. Ed Brodie, to Memphis, Tenn.

"As the regular equipment, your %in Nu. 10 carries a 16-section Pull- man car. It was very important that 'he party have privacy of drawing mom. In handling the matter with Mr. James' office he immediately saw 'n it that regular car No. 43 was re- ?!aced with a 12-secbion car with drawing room.

"When the party arrived a t Tulsa, :hey were met by P. F. Atkinson who barded the train and called upon the ?arty renderiug real Frisco service. lad nothing is more appreciated in mreling than personal attention. :In. Nickel writes me that Mr. Atkin- ioa, the Pullman conductor, and the Pllllman porter were very kind to !?pm and attentive, and that on ar- iral at Memphis they were met by a ivresentative from your office, who :cristed in helping my mother and ':nking after the wants of the party.

"I do not know the gentleman's m e who met the party a t Memphis, '1: take this means of expressing to tu and Frisco employes, my sincere :pureciation for all that was done.

"I assure you of my sincere appre- -ition of every a d of kindness ren-

dered my mother and Mrs. Sickel."

Frow S . I f . Gilsy, traffic 1:ianager, Jawes B. Berry's Sorrs Cowrpnny, Chi- cago, Ill., to D . F . ~lIcDor~orlgh, traffic manager, Frisco Lines, Birrrtirlglrarr~, Ala.:

"With reference to exchange of mires regarding PTX car 5870 from Waterloo. Ark., on February 15, to Knoxville, Tenn.

"We wish to thank you for the pronipt manner in which your office handled this car. Up to the time of taking the matter up with you we mere unable to obtain any definite in- formatdon and no one seemed to know what was causing the delay. I can assure you that the writer appreciates your advice and will remember you in the future."

From A. L. ZCtrrta o f thc S h l t z Seed Co~rtparq, O d e y . Ill., to F . I . Lawler, assistant gerreral freight ar~d pasuertger agertt, Frisco Lizes, S t . Louis, Mo.:

"We received your two wires on car B. & 0. 269070 for Springfield, No., and note that this car is a t Spring- field.

"We wish to compliment you on this service and tell you that i t is a s good service if not a little better than we have received from any railroad during our shippiug experience of 63 odd years. W e thank you for the service given us."

Frorit T . FV. Roach, ageut, Southern Pacific Company, Redlamfs, Calif., to Geo. F. Xacgregor, traffic manager, ntanoger, Frisco Lines, Kansas City, 1140.:

"It may be of interest to you to know that under date of February 10 we sold to a Mrs. Anderson one ticket to Walnut Grove, No., via Kan- sas City and your line. The lady was well aclvanced in years and as a part of our service, to her ticket I attached a letter addressed to train conductors en route Redlands, Calif., to Kansas Clity, hIo., asking as a favor to see that lady was well cared for, if assistance to dining car a t meal time was necessary to see that it was supplied, etc.

"In this morning's inail, I have a letter from your conductor, Mr. D. S. Gillis, reading:

'This will show delivery of your passenger, Mrs. Anderson, a t Walnut Grove a t 3:45 p. m., 2-14-30. safe and sound and' seemingly fit for auother like journey. I put her in a taxi for her home.'

"I would like for you to know that such service from your conductor is very highly appreciated. I wish to assure you that he mill be remembered, as I shall take pleasure in ad- vising the lady's daughter of her mother's safe arrival a t home."

From Mr. Frartk E. Green, president, Califorrtk Cotton Growers as so cia ti or^, to Roy E. Marirrg, passerzger agent, Frisco Lines. Kartsas City, Mo.:

"I want to again express to you and through you to your company, my very deep appreciation of holding your train for me in Kansas City on the evening of February 21 for my arrival by the Western Air Express from Los Angeles.

"The meeting of the American Cot- ton Co-operative Association, which I was hurrying to attend. met in Memphis the following morning and it was only through your splendid assistance that it was possible for me to reach Memphis in time for the meeting."

From 6. R. Boardrrron, acting secrc- tary. fndcperrdent (Oi l ) Producers Asso- ciatiorz. to R . 0. Hoplzirts. assistawt gen- erol agent, Oklahoma City, Okla.:

"It is my very great pleasure to inclose herewith a copy of a resolution passed by members of our Asso- ciation, attending the meeting a t Washington, D. C. The resolution:

" 'Whereas, the Independent Pro- ducers Association deemed it necessary to send a delegation of 150 members to Washington to present to the national congress, its request for a protective tariff on petroleum and its refined products ; and

" m e r e a s , the exigencies of the occasion demanded speedy arrangement for a special train from Tulsa to Washington, and J. W. James, traffic manager, and R. 0. Hopkins, assistant general agent, and J. E. Payne, assistant general passenger agent, all of Frisco Lines, made complete and immediate plans for as- sembling such special train; and

" Whereas, much of the success of the trip was due to the thoughtful- ness, courtesy and dispatch with which train arrangements were handled;

" 'Now be it therefore resolved, that the Independent Producers Associa- tion does hereby formally express to the gentlemen mentioned above, its appreciation of and tender its thanks for, the extraordinary service given a s aforesaid.' "

SHOPMEN MEET APRIL 3 A n n u a l E l e c t i o n of t h e Advisory

B o a r d Members a t Spr ing- field G a t h e r i n g

T HE annual conference of the Frisco Association of Metal Craft and Car Department Em-

ployes was held in Springfield, Mo., April 3, and attended by representatives of various locals of the association from all points of the railroad.

At the annual election of delegates to represent the shopmen on the system advisory board, Tulsa and Kansas City won the largest share of the honors, with four representatives from Kansas City. The remaining member was from Fort Smith, Ark. The Tulsa men were: H. P. Phillips, blacksmith, M. L. Londigan, electrician; S. S. Wilder, carman, BI . C. Carrley, water service and Brown, hoist employes. Kansas City placed Frank Haungs, boilermaker, and John Califlor, sheet metal workers, while J. L. Eudy of Fort Smith, represented the machinists.

While the seventy delegates to the convention were in business session, their wives were entertained by the women's auxiliaries of locals No. 1 and 2, of Springfield.

Three hundred persons attended the banquet of the association held that evening in the Robberson Avenue Baptist church. M. L. Ryan of the West shops acted as toastmaster, and the speakers included: Judge E. P. Mann, Frisco attorney in Springfield; George Moore, assistant superintenden t of motive power; H. W. Hudgen, director of accident prevention; Frank Junkins, general chairman of the Frisco Association, and W. L. Hug- gins, Jr., director of publicity.

Besides the speaking, a program of

4 zc?arldcriitg ~ l io tographer took the above picture o f tltc t~mlrarzicnl departll~ force s t Paris , T c m s , recently. Mert in the photo are: Left to right, frorzt ro J . S . Sutton. hostler helper; J . A. Ndsorr, laborer; C . D . Szrltors, laborer; la moo re, hostlcr; D. Deck, boilermaker; R. L. Willianls, nzachinist; N . B. Palnrerh cnr irsspector: Pntrick Hcssiorz, wmhinis t ; E . S . Olsorz, master ?ncchartic; l i Wilbzcrrz, coal lrenvrr. Back r o w : Earl Thornto~r, hostler; B. I . hT~wcl l , hoslli T . R. Jnckson, chief clerk; A . E. PoPP, ?izachirrist helper, nnd L . B . Bell, boil, ?,raker helper.

entertainment included selections by dancing by Miss Louise Bostel's cia1 the Elks' quartette, a violin solo by of pupils, and a one-act play direct, Charles Good, and a cornet solo by by Mr. Gibbs, and a yodeling by Cb: Junior Osborn.

Following the banquet, the members and guests went to the Com- munity building where they danced to the music of Gibbs' orchestra for the remainder of the evening. Entertain- ment features a t the dance included magical tricks by Oscar Brown, tap

1 "Adequate transportation demai, that the credit of the railroads mud be maintained on a basis that will e: able them to compete with othc forms of industry in raising ne- money for their capital needs."-S; tional City Company. New York.

Delegates to the annfral converttion of Attorney: "Where was the prisont milking the cow?"

shop enlplop-s held in Springfield April \ l ~ i t ~ ~ ~ ~ : aA little back of the cr: 3, appear bclow. ter, sir."

1 May, 1930

Local Officers of Frisco Association ' of Metal Craft and Car Department Employes I

In response to requests front variows members of the Frisco Association, the Magazine is publishirrg herewith the names m d addresses of various officers of the local chapters of the system-wide Association. In order to avoid the necessity of re- trblkhing except at stated irttervals, the editor urges each member of thc Association to teas this page from the Magazine and kpej it h a d y for reference. The names and addresses were prepared by the secretary o f the assocktion, Mr. Howard Pick- ens, who guararttees thew correct and up-to-date, as of March 15, 1930.

Springfield, Local No. 1 Burl Hough, Pres., 2125 N. Frisco. G. R. Yowell, Sec'y, 2157 Travis. C. D. Parks, Ch'm, S. C. N. Car

Dept.

Springfield, Local No. 2 .4. H. Engleking, Pres., 1248 N.

Jefferson. A. H. Bishop, Sec'y, 2087 N. Mis-

souri. John Prugger, Ch'm S. C., 800 W.

Scott. Kansas City, Local No. 4

Ed. J. Ring, . P~es . , 1426 N. 26th St. ( Kans. )

J. C. McCready, Sec'y, 3010 Lister. F. Haungs, Ch'm S. C., 3221 Penn.

St. Louis, Local No. 5 0. M. Evans, Pres., 6970 Bancroft. R. W. Reed, Sec'y, 3126 Cherry St.,

Maplewood, Mo. Monett, Local No. 6

Irl Williamson, Pres,, 508 6th St. Coy Wadley, Secy, 602 County St. W. G. Kinsie, Ch'm S. C., R. R.

Ft. Smith, Local No. 7 If, L. Sexton, Pres., 720 Towson. H. Claypool, Sec'y, 405% N. 6th.

I James R. Howard, Ch'm S. C., Van

Buren, Box 210 R. R. 2. Enid, Local No. 8

C. A. Willey, Pres., c/o Car fore'n. loe Raab, Sec'y, 1006 14'. Broadway.

Joplin, Local No. 9 1 I,. 0. Foster, Pres., 1305 Jackson.

D. A. Hubbard, Sec'y, c/o Gen'l foreman.

Chaffee, Local No. 11 R. T. Ahlstead, Pres., 242 Yoakum. R. -4. Baert, Sec'y, 315 Black Ave.

Pensacola, Local No. 14 B. E. Spillman, Pres., 709 W.

Chase St. I. P, Brown, Sec'y, 1416 E. LaRua. 1. W. Dyer, Ch'm S. C., c/o Gen'l

foreman. Oklahoma City, Local No. 15

'A'. P. Myers, Pres., 124 So. \V. 35th, Box 229 Capt. Hill Sta.

1 7. B, Hammond, Sec'y, 507 E. Locust St.

!lais Rue, Ch'm S. C., 317 E. I Sycamore.

Wichita, Local No. 16 Homer Moss, Pres. R. R. No. 5,

C/O Gen. foreman. J. C. Burdick, Sec'y, 1410 Pattie.

West Tulsa, Local No. 17 A. W. Finley, Pres., Box 53,

Sapulpa. I. B. Moody, Sec'y, 905 W. 18th St. F. B. Phillips, Ch'm S. C., c/o 14.

M. Birmingham, Local No. 18

J. L. Hendricks, Pres., 221 N. 47th. 0. T. Vessell, Sec'y, 6909 1st Ave.

Yale, Local No. 19 J. J. Hazel, Pres., 1237 Mississippi. J. P. McNamara, Sec'y, 1407 S.

Rayner St. W. H. Motes, Ch'm S. C., c/o

Frisco Shop. A. 0. Proctor, Ch'm S. C., c/o Car

Dept. (784 Roanoke St.) Hugo, Local No. 20

R. D. Walker, Pres., P. 0 . Box 112. R. M. Brown, Sec'y, c/o G. fore'n. Clyde Knight, Ch'm S. C., c/o G.

foreman. Amory, Local No. 24

E. D. Hansen, Pres., P. 0. Box 71. R. F. Dees, Sec'y, P. 0. Box 165.

Fort Worth, Local No. 25 J . R. Ferguson, Pres., 3133 Stanley. J. F . Devaney, Ch'm S. C., 3240

Livingston Ave. J. G. Fooshee, Sec'y, 2525 Marigold.

Sherman. Local No. 26 W. W. ~ohnscm, Pres., 1215 E.

Houston St. J. J. Bryan, Sec'y, 1320 N. Cleve-

land Ave. T. M. Tolbert, Ch'm S. C., 1506 S.

Crocket. Thayer, Local No. 28

I. W. I4il1, Pres., Gen. delivery. R. R. Holmes, Sec'y, P. 0. Box 171.

Ft. Scott, Local No. 29 John A. Jarboe, Pres., c/o Gen'l R.

H. foreman. 77. Jones, Sec'y, 315 S. Eddy St.

Pittsburg, Local No. 30 Carl G. Ralston, Pres., 1309 N.

Joplin St. F. Dennis, Sec'y, c/o Gen. foreman.

Bacone, Local No. 31 S. P. Webb, Pres., 1103 Jefferson

St., Muskogee, Oklahoma. Frank Maxey, Sec'y, 1633 Summit

St., Muskogee, Oklahoma. Newburg, Local No. 32

W. H. Gowers, Pres., Gen. delivery. L. E. Long, Sec'y, Box 171.

Hayti, Local No. 33 J. J. Appling, Pres., Gen. delivery. Theon Strack, Sec'y, Gen. delivery. M. W. Rhodes, Ch'm S. C., Gen.

delivery.

MISCELLANEOUS LIST R. E. Braden, Committee, Car

Dept., Rosedale, Kansas. W. H . Gibson, Committee, Fayette

Junction. Roy M. Faupel, Water Service

Dept., Sapulpa. J. A. IYilliams, Francis, Oklahoma,

Mech. D e ~ t . W. S. ~ m e r s i n . Ada. Oklahoma.

Mech. ~ e ~ t . ' W. A. Heinbach, Neodesha, Kans.,

Mech. Dept. Colored Employes' Officers Kansas City, Local No. 4B

Wilbur Walker, Pres., 1850 Bell- view Ave.. K . C. Mo.

Seborn Gray, secJy., 1633 S. Elder, K. C. Kans.

Frank Ford. Ch'm S. C.. 2014 Bell- view ~ i e . , K. C. Mo. St. Louis, Local No. SB

A. Middlebrook, Pres., 2953 Clark. Guy Trigg, Sec'y, 2912 Laclede.

Yale, Local No. 19B H. L. King, Pres., 315% Beale. V. Adams, Sec'y, c/o Frisco Shops. Tom May, Ch'm S. C., c/o Frisco

Shops. Ft. Scott, Local No. 29B

R. Locke, Pres., 1802 E. Pine St. C. R. Erown, Sec'y, 423 N. Ivy St.

West Tulsa, Local No. 17B N. \IT. Pryor, Pres., c/o Frisco

Shop. A. C. Boone, Sec'y, c/o Gen'l R.

H . I?. Birmingham, Local No. 18B

J. J. Green, Sec'y, 527 N. 10th Ct. D. Guice. Pres.. c/o Frisco Shop.

mastcr mechanic. The readings were en- Joyed v e r y much a n d perhaps MISS 01- son will honor us again a t our next en. tcrtainment. The other number m a s a dancins number givcn by Misses Mild- ~ c d and nor r i s North, daughters of J L North, car inspector a t Paris. There werr plenty of rcfrrshmcnts for all, and favor I f o r the evening wcrc candy whistles, an even 3Ir. Taylor learncd to blow them with easc. Mr. E. P. Olson, from HUE< ma one of the live wires during the eve ning and it was through him that TV notiflcd the Hugo boys and girls of ou. party and extended our invitations.

Mr. E. P. Olson, trainmaster a t Hum was in town and invited the Far i s Frise employes to Hugo to a dance to be he1 on April 26, and we don't mean m a y b we will be there right on time-nnd than Mr. Olson and the H u r o Frisco emnlore

Frisco Mechanic Family News .

S U P E R I N T E N D E N T ' S OFFICE- W E S T SHOPS, SPRINGFIELD

RUSSELL TODD, Reporter

first quarter of 1930. Brother J. .\. Pearse. Brother Joe 3IcCartney and Brother A. A. Jones a r e the Trustees :mtl Brother Chas. Boggs is treasurer. and Robert IV. Reed is the seretarv. W e always look forward with p1casui.e to thwe quarterly meetings, a s a pleasant evening is always assurcd.

T h e new sick cpmmittee appoin ted to scrvc Local No. o a r c Brothers John A\.

Joe Goodrich, steno-clrrk, mas recently transferred to the transportation department a t Tulsa, ant1 Ear l hIooney is the new steno-clerk, taking the place of Joe Goodrieh.

A dance was given Aprll 2 a t Half-A- Hill Tavern for the baseball club. Pro- ceeds will bc used in purchasing equipment for the team.

H a r r y IV. T w n e r Is our new messenger. taking the place of Ri~rscl l Todd, who was pronloted to shol, checker.

Rayn~ond L. Jones, boilermaker apprentice, completed his apprenticeship the last of March.

W. C. Dcnt, watchman, was transferred to the reclanlation plant recently.

By t h e looks of Gay Walton's n e w golf e q u ~ p m r n t , he is looktng forward to lots o f t ime spent on t h e links.

Pearse, Max Hosang, ancl Robert W. Reed. So fa r , the committee has had little to do. a s folks in St. Louis do not have time ' t o get siek, and if they do get sick, they bent it to Sprin~fleld, quick. a s a large portion of our men7bewhip hail from Springfleld.

Local No. 5 for the past several months h a s been a w a r d i n g a n a t t e n d - a n c e prize a t each meet ing , a f t e r al l business h a s been t ransac ted , a n d if there a r e more t h a n f if ty members in a t tendance , t w o a t tendance prizes a r e awarded . W e have found t h a t everyone w a n t s to s t a y to see who g e t s t h e lucky number a n d in th i s may we h a v e a ful l house t h r o u g h o u t t h e e n t i r e

. . very much for the i r rnvitat ions.

I t is the h c i ~ h t of the shipping seaso. for the Par l s crate factorv and Pan box factory and it keeps Bill hIcGah buss get tin^ the cars moved out of Par a s they are-loaded.

Mr. H . R. Kelly, division chairman 0 ' 1 the clerks, visited in Paris this month and me were glad to see him, a s he v e r ~ seldom gets as f a r a s Paris. While her) Mr. Kelly got the promise of one nev member, Mr. Per ry Thomasson, par. l clerk. 311.. Thomasson will not make . mistake by signing up.

On April 9 Nessrs. H. C. Taylor ani wife, B. C. Derrick and wife and son Charles Edward. C. S. 3IcCord and wif~ and baby son. T. R. Jackson and wit Bill NcGaha and wife, Slim Desmuka and friend. Faye Hackleman and hp mother. Mrs. Haclcleman, enjoyed wicner roast a t the City Park , known a! "Lake Crook". The next morning B. C Derrick, chicf clerk. was "absent" fror 1 his desk and we cannot account for hl; illness unless he a t too many hot do^; and got "dog-itis".

Mr. AIcGaha, yard clerk, and wife en I tertained the "gang", April 12th, an:' they all had a b ~ g time, a s we alrarjl do a t our house partics.

Mr. C. S. McCord. onerator-clerk. anill

bp ,

N O R T H SHOP-SPRINGFIELD meeting. If a n a m e is called up w h o is no t present , a n o t h e r name is se - lected instead.

Local No. .5 elected a s de lega tes to qo to Springfleld to elect a n advisory board the following members: Brothers M a s Hosana for the machinists. Everett

SHERXAN ELLIS. Repor te r

L. E. Watldcll, machinist, is the proud owner of a new Chevrolet coach.

John Babb, oil reclaiming machine operator, rcturned to work March 24, follow- inc a week's conflnement in his home.

McNabb for the boilcrmakers, Monroe Evans for the blacksmiths. Louis N. IVoods for the sheet metal worlcers, Chas. S. Turner for the electricians, 0. 31. Evans for the stationary cnrlnecrs. Brown hoist enqinecrs, water service ancl shop and roundhouse laborers, an(l John 4 . Pearse for the carmcn. Brother Pearse did not get to go to Springfleld on account of sickness, but all the rest of the delegates rcport hnving a wonder- ful mecting and a good time. IVhile none of our delegates were e l ~ c t c d to serve on the advisory board, a l l a r e satisfied w i t h t h e select ions made a n d feel t h a t t h e best-fitted members w e r e elected to se rve the organizat ion.

The old reliable Lcaford "Doek" John- son was elected a t our last meeting to scrve a s machinist committcemnn and chairman of the shop commit te~ . to flnish the unexpired term of Bro. A. 31. Hallack who has resimerl.

ac:ount of illness. John Thies, machinist in the motor car

shop, was forced to walk home one evening recently. Some one borrowed his car for a joy ridc and ncvcr left any address where he eould flnd it. .John ~ ~-

said. "Never hurt her a bit". Pete 3IcSweeney. lcnd man in the a i r

room. has been in the hosnital th r nast t w o 'months, recovering erom in jur ies recelved f rom a fal l on the ice t h i s l a s t winter. family a r e planning on -an early vncati

to California a11d expect to leave so( Mack, me wish you and yours a n cnjc able vacation.

Mr. T. R. Jackson, chief clerk, a family a r e enjoying a new Najestic I dio and have learned to look forward the "Amos and Andy" program on t

Thos. Nangan, pipefltter, rct i~rned to work hIarch IG, following a n operation in thc Frisco Hosnital a t St. Louis.

Mrs. L. F . ~ i e n s l e e died hIarch 21, following sevcre burns she receivcd a t her home that day. Sylnpathy is extended b y t h e en t i re shop.

P a t Shenn. machinist. has been con- air. JIr. N. B. Palmertree, car inspect,

and family a r e the proud owners of new Atwater-Kent radio.

Mr. R. L. Williams purchased a bran new Ford the flrst part of this mon nnd we all envy him-those of us th have old cars . Come by and take our for some air. \Villiams, and let pass on the new car.

Mr. D. D. Deck, boilermaker, and a1 have moved to a new home on C a u h Street and were lucky to have found garden already planted.

flned to his 'home scvcral weeks on account of illness.

Bud Dailev. machinist. is sr~ort ina a Our s y m p a t h y is ex tended to Bro. A.

C. XIcVay and h is family, on account of t h e dea th of his fa ther . Thos. ATcVxv. new Graham-Paige sedan.

Fred Shanks, lead man in the tin shop. was conflned to his home a few davs rc-

who lived a b o u t twelve miles nor th oi Lebanon, 310.

Our s v m ~ a t h v is extended to Brother cently on account of illnrss. Chas. LaBoui~ty , machinist, has pur- Dewey Johnson and family on account of

the death of his fathcr, who died April 12. Brother Marion Andrew Brayfleld,

boilermaker, was on the sick list for about two weeks with the flu, but is back on the job aanin Peeling excellent.

The membcrship got their flrst glimpse of our new assistant superintendent of motive power the flrst part of this month. and the gcneral tnllc is tha t all of Local No. 5 a r e satisflcd that Mr. Surles is go- inq to be a n excellent executive to handle the business, and all i n t ~ n d to help to carry out instructions to the letter.

chased a new radio. Jas. VanHook, day watchman, has

been conflned to his home for several weeks on accoi~nt of illness.

The Frisco Ball Club of this City has begun to rc t in shape for the season. W e hope to havc a team that willl beat all comcrs.

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NEWBURG, MO., YARDS

3I.\CI< J . COTH.\3I, Reporter

Mrs. Ed. h1urphsr, wife of clerk, nw a few days recently visiting with rc tives a t Kansas City.

Per ry Elder, engineer, who has b suffering from a n attack of influenza.

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LOCAL No. 5-ST. LOUIS, MO.

ROBERT \I,. REED, Reporter

Local KO. .j n ~ r t in regular form eve- nings of March 21 and April 1, with a good attendance. Several new members were admitted and several mere stricken from our roster account of having left the service. We a r e not reportin7 quite one hundred per cent membership yet, but it won't be long until we will.

PARIS, T E X A S -

N. B. PAL?JERTREE, Reportcr now back on the job. SIrs. H a r r y Fuller. wife of n~achlnl

and son. John Errol, spent the 11th 1. and 13th visitinz relatives in Sorinsfiv

On the night of April 5 , 1930, the Santa F e employes a t Paris entertained with a party a t the F a i r Park Coliseum in honor of the Frisco emplows a t Hugo, Olcla. A number of our Hugo friends turned out and also our friend the agent a t Antlers, Okla. W e a r e glad to entertain these friends a s they almnys enjoy themselves and a r e nice folks. Therc was a total of one hundred and twentsr-flve nres-

Albert Breshears, clerk to assistant. perintendent, has been transferred to W. Bruton's office a t Springfleld

Mr. and Mrs. Roy Fuller and son, 1 Roy, of Kansas City. a re here risitir relatives and friends.

Charles Fulton. englneer, and fami visited with relatives in St. Louis a. Alton, Ill.. recently.

S. J. Gorman, yardmaster, and nit visited with friends and relatives Sprinqfleld and Aurora a few days la n~onth .

The members got generous on JIarch 2 1 and presented Bro. Dnn \Vhalcn, our division chairman with a nice new leather brief case. in which to carrv his letters and records when attending Board meetings. Brother Dan said it mas just what he wanted and he certnlnlv annreciated - .. the gift very much.

The Board of Trustees of Local No. .5 met on the nlght of April 2 a t the home of Brother Boggs, to audit the records of the Secretary and Treasurer for the

ent a t the party, and startcd t h e merriment with dancing. During the evening there were three special numbers on the program, two were readings by 3Iiss Josephine Olson, daughter of E. S. Olson,

:TI.% K. G. Stoll, wife of switchman. >it& her parents a t Springfield this ,nth. :kc. Ed. Fuller, wife of machinist, vis- ' xith her sister and family a t Tulsa Fth and attcnded a home-cominr ban-

..t of the Yquni- Woriicn's ;\Iissionai,y i d g at Spr~ngfleld the 10th.

i,te Williams. switchman, marlc a husi- -. trip to St. Louis, April 16. Fred Lwkn-ood. who has been working !he store department herc, has been n.;ferred to St. Louis. :!n. Harry Sherer, wife of switchman. u h a been ill for the past nionth with

flu, is able to he up.

OFFICE SUPT. T E R M I N A L S SPRINGFIELD, MO. -

SORhIAS HINDS. Rcporter

1 llr. and Mrs. Norman I irusc announce recent arrival of a son. The newest : mber of the Iiruse family ha.; been ed 'orman H. Kruse. Jr .

\re regret to report the loss of Ruel i I l .~mrna~k, who h a s so acceptably : Ird as secretarr to 0. W. Bruton , b u t ! P I has accepted a position in Che of- \ e of the conimissioner of revenue of

C I ~ Y of S ~ r i n a f i e l d . W e hooe Ruel -1~perrt In his new endeavor 'and w e - confident he mill succeed. A. J . .esh~ars who has been emploved a s wtary 'to 0. N. W a t t s a t I\Te<vburg,

succeeded Mr. W o m m a c k a n d is lcomed by the te rmina l employes. Virgil Finkenbinder has hcen absent JT his duties several days on account illness. Ur. and Mrs. Charles Wasson have ac- )red a bungalow home on E m t Lynn rwt and will soon move from thcir sub- tnn residence to the ncw home. I. G. Richardson. Virgil 31. Finkm- - 'w and Tom Turner a r e all smiles. [hey now have regular jobs a s snritch- a, afier fighting the extra board for era1 months.

Harold Spain, formerly ernploycd a t h t t as a snritchman, has transferred Springfield and now Is a n cx t ra switcli- 11 in the local yards. 1; A. Wileman is the newest addition

8 Ihe roster of switchmen, having hired April 9.

11. I. Brysnt recently nurchased a car ' the best-known variet?' and is very -'t~asiastic regarding its mechanical per- ~ r n x n " ~ . i'lrnrst Joncs has bid in a regular job

.n engine foreman and is successfully '.tllin~ the duties involved. Xr, and 3 1 ~ ~ . E. L. Stevens recently en- .el a trip with relatives in Kansas. :'. 0. Davia has made a n rnviable rec-

.I the past flve years a s a switch cngine -,men. 3Ir. Davis, for tiie flve ycars

- nc March 28, has not missed a day ,;I his duties, and believe it o r not. ,.6 consecutive days, o r rather nights. Yr. Davis is employed nights. is some rd. Natch it if s o u can. ::: F. Wood has been absent from his ' I b n several days due to having dental

- h done, hut is now back on the job. :rrhie Lamb is hack on thc job aftcr 'ghnrting his birthday. Archie rc,fusecl tdl what birthday anniversary h r cele-

-14 and thus caused some speculation. 'In. and Mrs. Ed. Wadley and smnli

rmntly enjoyed a n in te rwt ins trip l'li. White River country and report : r interesting sights,

FREIGHT HOUSE BIRMINGHAM, ALA. -

A. C. HANSOS, Rcporter

' L Packard. chic( clerk. and wife -., visitors in Jasper, i \ l i ~recentl j - ' r report a pleasant visit among

1.1: of the Frisco familv in tha t citv. ' J. Curnmins, aeent, has been seen rcnlng his appetite for flsh on other

than Frldays. We will soon hear G p r fish story a t tlic office. N. Slirrman, nizht clerk, reports a

fairly good Ash tale for a Sunday flnher- man. H e visitcd a nearby lake and the flsh really did fall for his bait.

I. E. Thomas, cashier. was informed tha t his mother is w r y 111 in her lionin in Sprinaflcld. 110. Whilc he has not been called to hor berlsitle, he expects to visit her soon. \Vc all wish her a speedy recovery.

Mrs. Pauline Eurt . renort clerk. reoorts a consi(lerahle irnpro\.ehcnt in thc -condition of h r r daughter, who has hren in the hospitnl for SI'VCI.RI ~ i i o n t l i ~ in Ran Antonio, Texas. We wish hcr continucrl improvement,

J. J. Perejioy, rate clcrk, has returncd recently frorri his GO-day vacation in 1,os A n ~ e l e s . Tiic only actresscn that h e met while therc were the Two Dlxck Crows, a n d he w a n t s to g o back.

Cnmie .\dkins. expense clerk. was forced to leave the office account of illness recently, but tlic attwlc was only of short duration antl she is now again on rlntu.

H. JI. Willis, nieht clerk, has been serving a s outbound rate clerk during the absence of J. J. Perrgoy. who has been on 3. rarat ion for sonw time.

W. IV. Phifcr, collector, is entrrtninin,c his brother. u ho is visiting him from In- diana. and who was fornrcrly ernploycd by the Frisco a t this tcrminal.

W E S T COACH AND P A I N T SHOPS

FRANK SCHELLHARDT, Rcporter

Har ry Holdcn, mill shop forcman, ha.;: purchased a new Chevrolrt sedan.

W e rxtelirl our sympathy to A. D. Dot- son, mill man. whose mother died on March 31.

Frccl Ayrrs. cnrprnter surprised his friends when he was marriccl March 1 9 .

Ralph Knox. piecrwork checker. enjoyed a short visit in 3Ionett recently.

John Sparling. tin shop foreman, is getting n big kick out of his new Chcvrolet sedan.

Robrrt "Rob" Sears, cthinet maker, and top-rank bowler. spent a week in Clevclanrl laqt nionth. where lie participated in the Nationnl Cowline Tournn-

JOPLIN, MO.

ROGER C. FLETCHER. Reporter

Mr. J. H. Skogman, conductor., has a new Chevrolet six.

3lr. M. I,. Crawfortl antl BIr. ITr. B, I3~r1-y were visitors a t the rounrlhouse the last of March.

The roundhouse is now usina city water. The former contract with the United Iron Works nnd Rogers' Iron Works ex- pired and a new one was drawn with the city water works. The transfer was made on the 28th day of JIarch.

3lr. and Mrs. A. W. Nelson enjoyed a visit from their two dauehters and three grandchildren for several days the Iat- ter par t of 3Iarch. The visitors were 3Irs. Boehmc and three children from Ok- lahoma City and Miss Gladys Nelson of Lincoln. Ncb.

G. R. Jones, night forcman, was ill for several nights, but is able to be out again. His place was fllled by F. L. Sharp, night machinist.

The trainmen's room and the roo111 formerly occupied by t h ~ telegraph company a t the Sixth Strcet Station is being re- modeled for thc convcnience of the Railway Express Compnny, who will movc their rlon'ntown office hradquarters when the reniodclin= is flnishcd. The more is esepctcd to be completed aboui the flrst of May.

Mr. C. C . hloult. formerlv of St. I.ouis. has bcen appointed local -agent for the Frisco Building. 111 place of Howard L Brown Realty Co.

The regular meeting of J,ocal 3-0. I) was held a t the i~ounrlliouse on thc night of the flftcenth.

The regular niectinr of the Emplopes' Club was hcltl on the 17th of Aprll, when a covered dish luncheon was servcd a t

6.:30 p. m., followed by a business session.

>,[I.. G. L. Scanor, general foreman and family no to red to E14c. Kans.. on the 30th of March to attend the funeral of a n aunt of JIrs. Scanor.

3rrs. Cynthia Raincs died a t the home of her daughter. Mrs. IJloyd I~achey. wife of night machinist. 901 E. Fifteenth St.. on April 6 . Burial was a t Carterviile Cenwtery on April 8.

Mothcr of Nr. L. E. G:xlloway. engineer, died a t her home a t Carl Junc- tion. on tiie 8th of i\pril. Burial was a t Carl Junction on April 10.

3Irs. .\(la Jones, niothrr of G. R. Jones, nig-lit roundhouse foreman, ant1 H. R. Jones, boilermaker, died a t the home of hcr son. 0. Ii. Jones, on Sunday the 13th of .Zpril. Durial w:rs a t Forest Park Ccni r te~~y.

Sinccre sympathy is extcnded to all these families by all Frlsco employes.

C H A F F E E ROUNDHOUSE

JAS. E. STOUT, Reporter

John Kay, ~nachinist , E. H. Norvell. boilerniaker. V. E. Collins. electrician, and Joe Porter, stationary flreman, nttended comniittce meeting in Springflcld a few days aso:

Nachintst J im Applinfi from Hayti was a visitor in Chaffee rrcentlv.

Louie IC~.uaer has b c e i promoted to flrst-class sheet metal worker and has bern assiyned to thc day shift

Talk about sartlens, well here a r e some real records tha t a r e hard to beat. Fred Glasstetter s a w he has over two hundred h e a l of- kraut set out, also few spuds and sonir chickcns. and Louie Scheeter says he has over three hundred head of kraut out:' ? ?

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Eaer t a r e the proud parents of a flne daushter. born a fcw weeks a ro .

Traveling Inspector C. H. Dingman paid us a visit recently.

Boy, those were sure flne flsh tha t Clyde Stephens and Walter Carter were going to bring us, they caught two big ones about six Inches lone and then a few small ones, so we have been in- fnrm~r l - - . . . . - -. ,

Wonder if Oscar (Rabbit) Eakcrs has been signed up to play on the Cape Nuny League this season, or if he just roes to the Cape to see the river every Sun- day.

SPRINGFIELD N O R T H SHOPS

A L E S WATT & GORDON YOWELL R e p o r t e r s

E d Renshaw, machinist, has applied for h i s to ta l dlsabil i tv papers as h e h a s been suf fe r ing w i t h a combinarion of neur i t i s a n d rheumatism. H i s I)hysician does n o t g ive him a n y hope f o r improvement in t h e n e a r fu ture .

JIerr i l l DeNoon went flshing PTarch 1 7 t h . H e repor t s not much luck, bu t jus t c a u g h t enough for a smal l fry.

Automobile thieves a r e a g a i n busy a s several c a r s of t h e Fr i sco employes have been taken o r tampered wi th recently. "Jake" Thees' c a r w a s t a k e n once and recovered and aga in tampered with a n d one of the door ~ I a s s e s broken in a n a t t e m p t to t a k e t h e car . Another roads te r w a s s t a r t e d and one of the employes of the s t o r e room s a w t h e thief a n d yelled for him to stop. T h e thief l e f t t h e c a r wi th t h e engine running and made his ge taway.

An 8% pound b a b y boy w a s born to 311'. a n d Mrs. J e s s e W e a v e r on ;\larch 21. They have named him J e s s e - -

Lee. S. T. W i l k s a n d wife a r e t h e proud

paren ts o f a 12 pound baby g i r l , horn April 3 ,

Cecil H a r r i s l e f t t h e Fr i sco to work f o r Uncle Sam. H e i s now one of o u r c i ty mail carr iers .

J e s s e Lee, oiler on the r ip t rack , h a s a leave of absence a n d will spend t h e next s ix ty d a y s a t Tucson, Arizona f o r his heal th.

Clarence Nobler has a new Chevrolet a n d is o u t every n ight breaking i t in.

J. C. Cox i s stlll in t he marke t for a Ford coupe.

H. D. Plecher of our upholstering department has bought a new Erskine sedan since our l a s t report.

Mrs. Homer C. Looney and daughter, Opal, a r e visi t ing in Salisaw, Okla. Homer is ra ther cross a s he has to batch and break in a se t of new teeth a t the same time.

Geo. Hammond, steel man in North yards, fa ther died April 8. In terment was made a t Clever.. Mo.

A. C . "Happy" pot ter and family a r e making an extended t r ip through the east. H e will visi t Washinaton D. C.. Philadelphia, New ~ o r k ; ~ u f f a l o ; Wiagera Falls , Quebec, Toronto, returnlng by w a y of Detroit to Chicago. They expect to be gone about fifteen days.

We have quite a few reported on the sick list. Among those a r e Robert Kelitz, Ed Yelson, and Happy Cozard.

An entertainment and banquet was held April 3rd b y Locals No. 1 and 2 in honor of the out-of-town delegates to the Advisory Board Convention. About 450 were present and all had a good time. we wonder i f Mr. Henley from M e m ~ h l s made his t ra in 111 tlme.

Two flrsi class machinists have been hired this month. They a re Bert Bowen, lately of West Tulsa, and Tat'e McICown of Sherman.

Har ry Hawkins, flrst class machinlst, has been transferred back to St. Louis.

Since the ideal fishing weather has s e t in, several machinists have been missing. They a re namely, Jewel1 Diva, Stanley Wood, Xarvin Cooksey, Dave Atwell and Merrill Denoon.

Geo. Offenbacker, machinist, has been on the sick llst the l a s t two weeks. We hope he will be back with US soon.

Wal ter Marshall. black smith. is sporting a new Ford sedan.

Employes of the north shops and the membership of local No. 1 extends their sympathy to Lawrence Hensley, machinist, In the death of his wife recently.

W E S T SHOP MECHANICAL NEWS

A. H. BISHOP C B. W. BALDRIDGE, Reporters

Por ter Wasters h a s been worlt ina In t h e steam pipe g a n g and thrott le fang for the last week.

R a l ~ h Cook has been off with a bad cold fo r about ten days.

We've had several visi tors a t the shop recently from different par ts of t'he-system get t ing instructions on different par ts of the work, especially valves and driving boxes.

E r a v F rance i s the new lead m a n In the tlirottle gang. -

Mr. Leo Reddick has been ac t ing schoolmaster in Fred Rauah's lace for t he pas t several months.- Scfiool was out on April 15th.

,411en Vallmar has had plenty of sickness a t his house late1 with both children having the measyes and the mumps.

Ar thur Burkholtz has been transferred to t he north side shops to flnish out his apprenticeship.

The sympathy of the west shops is extended to Oscar Mitchell in the recent death of h is mother.

Mr. Edga r Surles underwent a n operation in St. John's hospital the la t te r par t of March.

A dance was glven by the supcr- visors a t half-a-hill for, t he benefit of the ball team, on the second of April.

Manager Joe Breshears says every- th ing i s coming flne and practice h i s been started.

The las t lecture to be given th is summer for t he benefit of the a m r e n - * .

tices was made in Mr. Reeves' office on March 10th. Rods were discussed bv Mr. Holt and a rood discussion on laying shoes and w a g e s was made by Mr. Shorty Kewton.

We wish to extend the sympathy of the west shops to the family of the late Royal Douglas, who died in Saint Louis hospital March 28th.

John Prupger and John Skinner have joined the gun club so they will be sure not to shoot any goats fo r jack rabbits.

Fred Hoffman has ~ u r c h a s e d a new Ford-sedan.

William Fr i tz Reichman is conflned to the h o s ~ i t a l with a s t roke of paralysis.

0. D. Pottenger, machinist, an - nounces the birth of a six-pound boy, Donald Reich, born March 5th.

The boys in the machine shop a re patiently waiting the new smoke s tack reamer ordered bv Bill Whi te of t he s t o r e department. -

A. E. Godfrey, boilermaker, wlth Mrs. Godfrev v~s i r ed in Kansas City recently. A: E. has also purchased a new Ford-stepplng out-I calls it!

We wish to extend sympathy to John Allen, sheet metal work foreman, in the recent death of his mother.

Wade Fulbright, machinist, an - nounces the b i r th of a s ix and a half pound glrl , Lula May, born April 14th.

Tony Har t and Hayden Campbell returned from a recent flshing tr ip with s to ry of a catch of a seven-pound cat, but investiaation found i t to be a house ca t caught on a minnow hook while the boys were ea t ing their lunch.

Ar thur McCullough:, machinist, lieves in the slogan. Get s o u r M g " ~ r t h u r ' s man G a s . a bus- passenger bound for Tulsa, Oklahoma, and a f t e r sell ing the idea of going on the train, stayed wlth him until he purchased his ticket and boarded the train.

Herman Towe is back on the job a f t e r three weeks' seige of t he muIrips.

LOCAL NO. 14--PENSACOLA, FLA.

ROBERT HODGEN, Reporter

J. E. Ross, B. & B. carpenter, has returned to work a f t e r being absent fo r quite a while. Mr. Ross was quite 111 with mumps, which seems to be the prevailing ailment here just now.

Miss Mary Alice Carter entertained a number of young friends at her home on West Gadsden s t r ee t with a party recently, Mary Allce is the charming young daughter of R. P. Carter, who is locomotlve carpenter for the Frisco here.

G. H. Payne, machinist first class. made a business tr ip to Memphis April 1st.

H. D. Rawls, night machinist, mas off a few nights recently, having his tonsils removed, J. B. Nelson, ext ra- man, relleved him during his absence, and now Mr. Nelson has accepted temporary job a s machinist a t Yale shops. W. D. Van Slckle and wife a r e back in Pensacola, we a r e g lad to have them back in Pensacola again, a l - though we regret than Van is no long- e r connected with the Frisco, he was formerly flrst class machinist a t the shops here, and la ter a t Birmlngham. bu t has recently accepted a civil service position a s gun machlnist here a t F o r t Pickens.

By BERTHOLD RUSSEL HIRSCH

W e a re all walking: around with pride to think t h a t the U. S. S. Pensa- cola arrived at the Frisco docks in safe tv without a harbor ~ l l o t to br ina i t in.- The oceanographer, a government boat was on one side of the clock, and the U. S. 5. Pensacola, a navy cruiser on the o ther side. The U. S. S. Pensacola had 46 officers and a crew of 638 men. I t was 585 fee t long, and had a breadth of 60 feet and 11 inches. I t s a rmament consists of 10 eight-inch guns, 4 five-inch ant i -a i rcraf t guns. and 2 three-pounder sa lu t ing guns. 2 twenty-one inch triple torpedo tubes above water, i t carried two airplanes, i t can carry four airplanes if necessary. The shlp U. S. S. Pensacola was the namesake of Pensacola, Fla.,

the city asked fo r a namesake five years ago. The ship had two cots, one dog, and one cat. Thi E: Scouts of America presented a believe billygoat. An e l e c t r i ~ i y ! ~ ~ this boat named Fred S. Dixon mcten Miss Matilda Tice, Tuesday Apriar( the day the boat was here. , r t

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WEST SHOP MECHANICAL ~ i l r hic

JOHN R. FRbYKS, ~eporteri:'

Mr. Reddick. boller foreman,*" awarded t'he high score for havln. Of best kept department, for the wecl;:; ing May 5.

Born to Mr. and 3Irs. H. L. !$ March 15 1930 a baby girl.

W. L. Leyde: machinist, has beerove flned to hls home account of illn&

Dewey Ladd, machinist helper. I- 'Sp turned to work after being confir% the hospital for several days.

Mr. Claude Atteberry, stationaryro' man hurried home the ninth day ofi1' to flhd tha t he was a proud paren& newcomer's name is Claude, Jr.

Edward Farmer, statlonary en:, Dower ~ l a n t . has been off from work." ?or seGeral days. t:

We have a new mail boy, ~ a r r y ' " ner. He relieved Russell Todd. wh; ( been put back to checking. S

nt LOCAL NO. 7-FORT SMITH, )on

nrl LEE w. CAVINESS, Reporter C

I G Saturday aftcrnoon a t the no*

mechanic's office brings back men" of the old war days in camp. A employes in the car department pa roundhouse line up a t three o'clor'z a "shot" In the arm. For the ben~ those who a re not in on the storgh; pive them a few of the hfgh lights:!,, Foltz and Brooksher (also char , nurse) journey down to the shop tol1; us a triangle of typhold shots. gettlng our a rm daubed with red'"' It 1s then every man for hlmself and ?' thought 1s manlfested in the selectb the Medicine Man who is to do the work. Account of the Arkansas flowing several years ago. which l b i deposit of sllt, etc., our local surm deems it advisable that we take tliis,~. caution against the fever. sincerely appreciative for ation from all who are makinrr It nossible for us to do so.

Charles 'Cline, machinlst, has rec ,, purchased a new Chevrolet. He ereat believer in General Motors' r Gcts, a s this Is his fourth. P

Spring 1s here and everybody a! t shop is happy for several reasone the two most outstandlng are, th6'p the 16th of April we have our a * - d hours changed from 8:00 a. m. to p, m.. t o 7:30 a. m. to 4:00 p. m. other one is, grass comes up and our r man, Brother Lynn Loyd lowers the 1 of milk to .06 per pint. It Delegates to the Advisory Board 1 t vention were certainly loud ln r praise of the members of Locals Y and 2 a t Springfleld for the sulk I hospitality shown them whlle tb l a lso appreciate t he courtesy s! 8

them by M Y . Surles In arranging tr ip through the West shop.

0 . H. Linton. carman. is whlooln:' ball club into shape for the pennant I this year. Frisco Lines will be a mc of the Twilight League. This CIL composed of several of the larger in the clty and play about twenty p during the seaeon.

Our meetings aren't being attend- well as me mould like for them tt. however. every member seems villi: all t imes to help put over anything, structive that is undertaken. and as a s this interest Is shown in any or?: ation there certainly must be somci to it. The members of our local : appreciate a visit from any visitln.: r ber and we would, no doubt, pr~fll the visit.

Pnge 42

Sherwood Slraggs, clerk, visited mother in Willow Springs. fu n f

J. , H . ( R e d ) B r a n a m , 3rd-class ma- c h ~ n l s t s a y s he l ikes n i g h t w o r k bet-

have under taken t h e p lan t ing of potatoes for profir. A r t h u r h a s made u p h is mind to corner the po ta toe marke t .

Wi l la rd Abcrombrie, machinist , a p - prentice, is a proud o w n e r of a new F o r d coach a n d is do ing fa i r ly well under t h e coaching of h i s wi fe who i s t each ing him to drive.

J o h n Califlower, s h e e t meta l worker , w a s t h e s u r p l ' i ~ e d member when a b i r thday pnr ty wau given In his honor Xpril 8.

Josephine Disselhoff, d a u g h t e r of locomotive inspecter , who is undergo- i n g t r e a t m e n t a t a s a n i t a r i u m a t Mar- shal l , No.. is repor ted to be do ing nice- lv.

ter . Cal Adkins, colored machinist , 3rd-

class, i s off w i t h h i s rheumat ics again. E. D. Hansen , electr ician m a d e a

flying t r in to Tupelo, Xiss i ss ip i~ i , re -

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an BRIDGE AND BUILDING DEPI~;

EASTERN DIVISION

ARTHUR BUSCH, Repor te r - -

centlk. - Douglass AIarshall is filling t h e v a -

cancy made 11s t h e illness of F. R. I i s Xrs . Ell is JIayAeld recently sper hl

few d a y s v i s i t ing re la t ives a t TL hi Thomas , supplyman. Cfeo. Beggs , ,n/gh, t inspecter , f s s t i l l

off account lr1jurles received some months ago.

... Olcla. w:

John Lut t re l l is in t h e hospita' cu t h i s wr i t ing , due to s ickness a n d is ported g e t t i n g a l o n g splendidly. ,, hope to see h im back on t h e job F

Mrs. T h o m a s Jones h a s j u s t reco ,n ed f rom q u i t e a l o n g s ~ ~ e l l of : K

KANSAS CITY MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT A n u m b e r of t h e bops of the back

shop namely, W i l b u r Davis, George Hell. Dan 3IcGrew. Char les Knox, Wil-

.- ness. ;a

R o y Smi th recently s p e n t a Sur ie v i s i t ing w i t h his mother a n d fathi bc Willow Springs, 110. 1'3

Ye repor te r w a s on the sick a n d w a s a b s e n t f rom w o r k a few d

J i m Jones and his assistants

DORAL L. DENISON, Repor te r lard' Abcrombie, and Virgil ~ i l i i n g e r , a t tended a banquet held in Sl~ringfield

Mrs. E l m e r B u r g , wife of electr ician Burg , is spending n number of weelis in t h e hospital w h e r e s h e h a s under- w e n t a m a j o r operat ion.

Bur ley F a r m e r , machin is t second class, is now back to w o r k a f t e r a n a b - sence of several weeks wi th a n a t - t ack of r l leumatism.

F r e d Chaffin, is now back to w o r k a f t e r spending severa l weeks a t t h e Fr i sco hospital a t St. Louis undergoing a m a j o r oyerat ion. Af te r r e r u r n i n g home f rom St. Louis h e w a s s t r icken w i t h a n a t t a c k of a c u t e tonsi l i t is a n d we a r e g l a d t h a t h e is a b l e to be back to worlr.

\Ve wish to express o u r deepest s y m p a t h y to Louis B a k e r , boiler wash- er , in the loss of 111s beloved wife who passed a w a y recently.

George Stroble, s h e e t m e t a l worker . was off two clays, not sick, hut resting.

Ted Cavanaugh, n ~ a c h i n i s t , t h i r d class, is on tlle Injured l i s t w i t h a crushed foot which h e received when s t r u c k by a fa l l ing s team pipe while w o r k i n g in the f r o n t end of engine 3 7 3 3.

. - March 3 .

Local KO. 4 held, on 3larch 3, a n old fashioned s q u a r e dance, in t h e i r ha l l a t 13th a n d Troos t , wi rh a n a t - j u s t comp!eted br idge inspection on

E a s t e r n division. W e a r e g l a d to I Jim back on t h e job wi rh us.

Char ley Baron and most o f his g have been relmlrlng brldges in terminal , whlle the res t mere L load ing t imber for road worlr.

Clyde C u n n ~ n g h a m a n d gang '" t r y i n g to k e e p u p w i t h t h e safety I w o r k a t t h e w e s t shons. I !

t endance of approximately 200 people. W e w e r e roya l lv en te r ta ined by t h e famous t r io fror;l s ta t ion K . Jl'. B. C. H a p p y Hal low Groupe. D a n n y a n d D o u g a l so George W a s h i n g t o n W h i t e who g a v e u s one hour of side sp l i t t ing laughter . W e w e r e a l so en te r ta ined b y l i r t le Miss Josephine Catalano, who g a v e u s a wonder fu l exhibit ion of fancy danc ing a n d acroba t ic s tun ts . After t h e d a n c i n g and e n t e r t a i n m e n t a l igh t lunch w a s served. According to tlle happy faces a good t ime w a s had by all. W e a l l look forward to t h e n e s t one.

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Jim C a r t e r a n d lSanr: a r e repal. b r idges in and. a round Fairplay, !

General repa l r w o r k in and arn St. Louis is be ing done by Fred Ie g a n g .

Br idges on the Salem branch are i n g repaired b y E b Nense and FJ T h e y a r e n o w a t Coolts, No.

Char ley \\-allace a n d g a n g are p a i r i n g s t a t i o n buildings a t Lebar llh

MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT THAYER, MO.

F . ;\I. PEEBLES, Repor te r J. B. Brown a n d g a n g a r e nor

Grandview, No., do ing brldge rrl work.

Bill Skyles a n d g a n g a r e doing F, repa i r work on cu lver t s beta Springfield and Nichols Junction.

IValter Myers, machinist ' of Bl rming- ham, Ala., wife a n d daughter , also h i s s i s te r Nrs . L. D. B r y a n t of Houston, Texas, a r e n o w v i s i t i n a F. C. Will iams.

\Ire wish to express o u r deepest s y m p a t h y to Mr. and 311's. JIilre Mur- phy, Jr., a n d family, in t h e loss of the i r beloved s i s t e r a n d d a u g h t e r , who passed a w a y a t t h e i r home in P i t t s - b u r a K a n s a s , Mr. 3 Iurnhv w a s formal -

n i g h t roundhouse foreman. Mack Bieard, pumper, is n o w on a

leave of absence for 60 days, a n d visi t - i n g in Pensacola, F l a . T h a y e r I n g l e rel ieving him.

H a r r y Kneedler , t r a c k laborer has now been ass igned a s c ross ing watch- m a n a t Tupelo, Miss. Wish him much

RECLAMATION PLANT SPRINGFIELD, MO.

T. 0 . CHAPMAN, Reporter l y <mgloyed i n ~ a n s a s c i t y a s a boiler m a k e r t rnnsfer ing to P i t t s b u r ~ two y e a r s ago.

Miss X a r g a r e t Davis, d a u g h t e r of Tom D a n # , machin is r s p e n t a number of d a y s v i s i t ing relat ives in Osceola, 310.

H u a h Doran and wife were visll, a t O&eola, Missouri, over n re! Sunday.

F r e d T l ~ i e s h a s re turned to a; a f t e r be ing on t h e s ick l i s t for ner a month. Fred ' s a i lments this l seemed to b e chiefly due to neurit,.

H e r b e r t Salsman h a s had a ser. attack of rheumatism which h u ! him a w a y from work the past nir,: W e hope for h i s speedy recovery 3- re turn .

Mrs. E l izabe th McCullah, mother l a w of H o m e r I te r r , h a s passed a- s ince o u r l a s t wri t ing. The reclanr tion p lan t ex tends sympathy to bereaved.

Les te r Davis has mover1 away lr o u r ci ty to a f a r m on J a m e s River.' will continue to w o r k a s usual, d:..

success. Mrs. C. B. Callaham, wife of ass i s t -

a n t super in tendent , w a s a v is i to r in Xrs . J o h n P u r t l e a n d son, Alfred, wi fe a n d son of J o h n Pur t le . machinist . Memphis, Tenn.

R a l p h Holmes a n d wife, of Spr ing- field, visited the i r f a t h e r Howard

s p e n t a number of d a y s in Osceola, 310.. visi t ing relat ives.

E m m e t W a r d had the good luck of Holmes, yard engineer for a few days . Bob Jones , mi l lwr ight of Springfield,

No.. h a s been overhaul ina t h e a i r com- recoverinrr h i s c a r w h i c h rvas stolen some t imz ago .

Art ie Ber ry , machinist , w a s off a p ressor for t h e pas t 1 0 gays. R a l p h Bryan a g e 5% years, son of

R o y Bryan , pumper of Hoxie, died March 12th a f t e r a l inger ing illness. Bur ia l w a s m a d e in t h e local cemetery. T h e fami ly h a s o u r s s m p a t h y .

H. E. Crass, f i reman had tlle mis- for tune to have h is house a n d house- hold goods destroyed b y Are.

Geo. Mitchell, host ler , is now in the Springfield hospital f o r a n e y e opera-

few d a y s t a k i n g a much needed rest. d u r i n g t h e t ime h e rvas off h e s p e n t m o s t of h i s t ime buying a n e w F o r d town sedan, which i s to be del ivered n e x t month.

David W r i g h t , machinist fo rmal ly of P i t t s b u r g h , h a s re turned to K a n s a s City vice J a m e s Kaiser .

W e wish to ex tend congratulat ' ions to Mr. Will iam Romines, and wife, w h o w e r e marr ied on April 7. Mrs. Romines w a s formal ly Miss Thelma Raper , d a u g h t e r of George Raper , m a - chinist , th i rd class.

Will iam Rullard, maclllnist, w a s o r a number of da1.s moving. H e now resides a t 1111 \Vest 41st street'.

John P u r t l e , machinist , off a number of days , w i t h a severe cold, b c t is n o w a b l e t o be back to work.

Leo Rogerson, machinist laborer , n-as off a number of d a y s wit11 a s l i g h t a t t a c k of pneumonia.

A r t h u r ( F a t ) Disselhoff, locomotive

i n g to and f rom work . Those w h o work wi th Fred Ck-

bers In t h e forge shop s a y that't* no t old, o r g e t t i n g old, b u t he has t h i s t ee th pulIed a n d t h a t is the c l of h i s looking t h e w a y he does.

W a l t e r Delo, vard foreman, has '

tion. W. 31. Andrews, pumper, a n d wife

a r e n o w on a vacation to Campbell, >Yo.

B e r t Hal l ingshad of Y e s t P l a i n s is now the new f re igh t mnn here.

E. Rober t s , yard clerk. is now off for n few davs. F r e d Smith re l iev inz

convalescing a f home for home i , since hi? operat ion for goiter. F i tzgera ld , one of our recently , quired foremen, a n d James B u r r 1 been k e e p i n g t h e s c r a p piles row u p s ince Mr. Delo h a s been away.

Melvin McElhanev w a s a St L

- him.

R. Burkheail , n i g h t helper , i s now in t h e Springfield hospital wi th pneu- m o n i a &I. W. M a n n i n g rel ieving him.

Alack T u r n e r , t r a c k foreman, h a s been t ransfer red to Black Rock.

T h e fol lowing par t ies w e n t down to Mammoth Springs, .Irk., to see t h e m a s t e r degree in masonary conferred. H , N ~ l l e r , cash ie r ; E. Banks , yardmas- t e r ; H. W. Wait t , main tenance m a n ; J. A. Hals tead , englneer, a n d t h e wri ter .

C. A. Berry. roundhouse foreman, h a s n o w a new Dodge sedan.

v i s i to r recently. " ' ~ e a n s " say8 Louis i s some town, bu t he war F to re turn to d e a r old Spr~nsfleld. IT in St. Louis he walked across I b r idge a n d w a s so hungrv when h v . a meal on t h e o ther side, the resl r a n t t i cke t read $1.75.

Mr. a n d Mrs. F r a n k Rotterman t a s g u e s t s f o r severa l days, his bra' George R o t t e r m a n and w ~ f e of Gltt Oklahoma. T h e y spent con alder^

inspector , can now res t more easi ly a s t h e g r a s s in P e n n Valley P a r k is g e t - t i n g a lmos t h igh enough to c u t w i t h t'he democra ts in control of the p a r k board. W e a l l s t i l l wonder if Ar thur is s t i l l t r y i n g to blow t h e l igh t o u t on t h e corner, s o u t h of h i s house.

A r t h u r Thompson a n d yours t r u l y have joined the corn field canneries and

1 -42 driving, and viewing o u r wonder- .I Oearks scenery whi le here. One :;heir trips was u p to H a H a T o n k a I! the surrounding te r r i to ry in cen-

..! Mssouri on t h e Osage a n d

W. J. Hardenstine, assistant car foreman, has the flshing fever and it is running pretty high, but so f a r has ben unable to flnd any worms. His sincere wish is that a good rain will fall so that the ground won't c l i ~ so hard.

All reportcd s flnc time a t the entertainment and clancc given by Local No. 4 on the evening of April 4.

S O U T H T R A I N YARDS SPRINGFIELD, MO.

JESSE L. BRANDON, Reporter - : moa rivers. lr,l.is. Vahldiclc s a y s he h a s had

- r l y hard times in h i s life, mith t r ia l s . I lribulations ga lore ; b u t t h e hard- . I end last affliction t h a t h a s befal len I was when the dent i s t pulled a l l

' . teeth, and now he is looking for - . ;rd ro the time w h e n he can enjoy a I I set of new "store" tceth.

Klth the warm s p r i n g d a y s have the horseshoe gamcs a t lunch

- 8 . . The machinists a n d black- -1lh8 had R contest no t long ago. ,rrr Royal and H a r v e y Adams de- ;ling Alelvln Ei i ingswor th a n d Les- . Davis. Har ry Royal i s s a i d t o be

I -.;shoe chnm~ion of the shoo. H e

J. L. Brandon spent Sunday April 6, with his brother a t Centerton, ' ~ r k . H e reports prospects for quite a lot of apples through that countrv.

J. F. Brown and tamily spent Sunday. .Ipril 6, with relatives a t Crane. Brown says the farmers down there a r e suffering very badly for want of rain.

W e a r e glad to report that Joe Ep- person. coach repairman is back on the job a f te r a few days of'illness.

J . A. Bockman and family a r e making a trip to Des Moines, Iowa, to visit mith relatives.

Harold Patterson, son of H. R. Pat- terson, foreman a t the stockyards, is now sightseeing in Pensacola Florida.

Mrs. Dan Hainey and daukhter. Hor- tense, a r e making a trip to Wenatrhee, Wash.

LtCher Trask and family were called away to Steeleville, on account of the illness of Xr. Trask's mother. His mother

LOCAL No. 33-HAYTI, MO.

E. B. WHITENER, Reporter

C. A. Job, telegrapher for many years a t this place, has accepted a position in Chaffee, 310. We regret to see him leavc here, but we a r e glad that he has been promoter1 in his work. Mr. Job was president of the Frisco E n l ~ l o ~ e s ' Club a t this . . point.

Walter Shanks, boilermaker. went to Bcnton, Mo.. on business a few days ago.

Richard Haves, car inspector says watch him stru't his feathers in that new Chevrolet which he expects to purchase the 15th. Richard is building a swell garage for his new Chevrolet and he tells us that he had thought adout moving into it himself and converting his home into a garage.

The company is making arrangements for a new well a t this la re. The water

I throw ringers upon top of r ingers 1 c t any time he desires.

I I LOCAL NO. 6-MONETT, MO.

S. P. TI>IMONS, Reporter is improring. D. B. Barclay. inspector, is ofe malting

improvements on his farm, which is sev- ~:!mtde .4sh, third trick stationary flre- 1 n, and Yiss Estella Gould. were united

the holy bonds of matrimony. March Congratulations. Claude

LA D. Amos, machinist, and Mrs. Amos 1 . ,.ie a trip to Rockaway Beach the lat- t - ~xr t of Marvh. On the return trip ! w. they visited a nephew of hrr. :nsv', who had been opcrated on for ;~cndicitls a t the Springfleld Baptist

w l n l

era1 miles out of Springfleld. J u s t a n exDression from our loyal

coach cleaners -at ~ p r h g f l e l d : "We a r e al l for the Frisco and glad we

a r e Frisco employes. Doing all we can to get buslness and to slve a good day's work. Certatnly appreciate our good. competent foreman.

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in the old well be ing condemned. makes it very difflcuit in handling passenger equipment a t this place.

R. D. Saunders, car inspector, spent Sunday in Blytheville, Ark.. as he is now a sir-day man.

James Chronister, telegrapher, has the second trick a t this place. Mr. Chronis- ter came from Leachville here.

James Appling, machinist, also Presi- dent of our Local, went to Springfleld to attend a meeting of the locals.

LOCAL NO. &ENID, OKLA. , .! double blessing was bestowed on JIr. .! Jln. Charles L. Xathews. April 5 . the form of twin girls. They have

m d them Mary Helen and Sue Ellen. irky Is our blacksmith.

I Li~cnl No. 6 wishes to extend sincere -111athy to Mr. Bennett Nance and fam- 1- in the loss of his small daughter, Ile- sho passed away, March 29.

!"B also wish to express our sympathy 11% and Mrs. L. D. Amos in the death

- 'In. Amos' father. Il'rren G. Doty, tank man. is driving n-rr Chevrolet sedan, which he pur- vrd during the past month. r m to Xr, and XIrs. A. B. Bohannon . .ipril 6, a big baby boy. whom they . \ , giren the name of James William. ,. Bohannon is second trlck supplyman

H. H. FULLER, Reporter

Mrs. G. B. Adams and infant daughter a r e visiting friends and relatives in Springfleld. Mo., a t present.

Mrs. J. T. Payne, wife of J. T Payne mill. shop man, was painfully injured o i Aprtl 1, when a stove in her home ex- ploded in some mysterious manner. Fly- ing parts of the stove struck her but fortunately no bones were broken' and

- W E S T SHOP LOCOMOTIVE DEPT.

SPRINGFIELD, MO.

A. E. GODFREY, Reporter

Oscar Lee, boilermnlter. has traded his old Ford off for a n old Studebnker. Good luclt. Oscar.

. . she is now recovering.

Wade Adcock and wife of Dallas, Texas, a r e visiting Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Giclrlrn

Albert Cain, boilermaker, has a smile on hls face a mile long over a new gasoline buggsl. which he is driving.

Frank XIoses. boilermaker. was off sick for several days, but is on the job again.

Homer Nichols, boilermaker, is again able to be back to work after Ills all- night flshins trip and his s tay a t the hospital. n 7 e hope Mr. Nichols will be more careful in the future in hls selection of creek water, h e chooses for his cold.

Ed. Andaloft, boilermaker, who w a s sick in the hospital for about a week, is back on the job. The boys a r e glad

' Aibert Pritchette and wife a r e the proud parents of a baby boy born on March 29. 311.. and Xrs. ~ r i t b h e t t e a r e parents of Robert Pritchette sheet metal

- !he shops. Goodnight, sheet metal worker,

: I Gilbert Williams, machinist, who - been off for several d a m , due to per- -4 injuries, have returned to work. J. H. Morean 2nd wife of Oklaholna

s in the home - - - - - -. - -. . - . . .-

city, w e r e recent visitor, of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Phillips.

The boys in the roundhouse have organized a ball team with John Poling a s captain, and a r e working out daily. There is ~ l e n t v of material out of which

CAR DEPT.-KANSAS CITY, MO.

JMES N. HAAHGROVE, Reporter to see him.

Mrs. John Hoffman spent a few days recently in Kansas City nvith relatives.

Dave Beard, boilermaker. was off sick a few days, but is on the Job aaain. The

31 to Mr. and ;\.I&. C. 0. Edmisson F !?arch 9 a n e i~ht -pound baby girl, r.1 they have named Virginia Louise. : Edmi~aon is coach foreman of the

to mould -a winninq team. W e intend to enter the City Twilight League. Let everyone turn ou t and encourage the boys.

Mrs. R. D. Richards and daughter IViI- m a Jean, with Nrs. C. C. Bond drdve to Cashion, Okla., to visit in the' home of

boys a re -g lad to have him ba&. George Law, crane operator, made a

week-end flshing tr ip the week of April 5. George came back with a hard luck story. Wish him better luck next time.

E. 31. Spence. S. 31. W., is stlll smoli- Inrr his corn cob pipe.

Oscar Mitchell, pipeflttcr, has the sympathy of the boys a t the West Shops in the death of his mother. which occurred

'!rs H. A. Daughter, wife of car re- it- r, and children a r e spending a n ex- r 4 vacation in Oakland. Calif.. vlsit-

the former's parents. T. E. Bentley, representing the car

department. Carl Baker for the machln- ists. E. W. Young for the blacksmiths, B. G. Adams for the electricians, George Whitlev for the sheet metal workers, C.

c lrlenda and relatives. !rr Oscar Snelling, wife of a i r brake n on April 3, had the misfortune to ; md break her left anklc. She was L I to St. Mary's Hospital for treat- .-L but w e a r e glad to learn she is a; home again and getting along flne. . 3c Rogers, car repairer a t freight I ?.has been off for some time. suffer-

C. Bond, for the boilermakers, and H. H. Fuller representing the power plant. Brown hoist, and shop and roundhouse laborers. made uo the delecation from

April 7. Joe Hayden, pil~efltter. is whipping up

and down the street in his new Whippet. Joe Brandon, S. >I. W., made a week-

end trip to St. Louis, April 5 . Gordon JIann. S. 11. W.. is the ~ r o u d

Local NO. 8 to the Shop ~ r a ~ t s convention, held in Springfleld, April 3. The purpose of the convention was to. elect

r- h m a mashed hand, which mafes r'r~rsonal injuries in Xarch and none v la - month of February. Let's a l l be seven members to the advisory board.

Locals Nos. 1 and 2 of Springfleld. provided a splendid program of entertainment for the visitors and delegates. A banauet a t the Robinson Street Baptist

t v guard and t r y to get back to the i - a i - y record again this month and

father of a flne- baby boy. J. D. Allan, tin shop foreman, has the

sympathy of the West Shop boys in the death of his mother. which occurred on

F It there. : ht". one ~ e n c i a l Sha~Dener and two ' vrews-fhler will please return to E ,m man's office and receive reward.

+I hv V. K. Pack, pieccwork checker. yr.: Tm. . H. Hasten, wife of c a r re-

March 2 8 . K. E. Jacoby. S. M. W., was off sick

for a few days. but 1s now back on the

Church a t 6 :30 p. m. was followed by a number of interesting and instructive talks, by officials and vhitors. W e then adjourned to t h e Community Hall, where a program of music and dancing numbers was presented. The event closed with a dance. The members of Locals Nos. 1 and 2 deserve great credit for the perfect manner in which they conducted this entertainment.

job. J . A. Cooper, boilermaker, is off sick.

W e hope by the time this item goes to press he will be back on the job.

Ladies Auxiliary No. 2 is planning a n entertainment for the men in the near future.

b-:, and children spent a few days b . :mour. Xo., visiting friends and rela- :; , K. Pack. Diecework checker. men '

I EASTERN DIVISION ( MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT

LINDENWOOD, MO.

Z. 31. SIMPSON and J. 31. CUNNING- HAM, Reporters

Willlam Guenzler and wlfe left the latter part of Narch for Montana where they will spend a brief vacatlon on thelr ranch.

Mr. Charles Boggs Is our machlne shop foreman in place of Mr. Tom Murray. who a t present is acting roundhouse foreman in charge of passenger engines.

Xew machinery recently added to our modern machine shop consists of an elec- trically driven micro grlnder and a new llnk gcinder.

3Ir. 0. L. Baker and Mr. Tom Murray were in Springfleld, Mo.. April 7 and 8, Inspectlng various methods used a t the West shop, which proved to be of interest tn hnth - - - - -. . ,

Sldney Willlamson and wife, and Mrs. W. B. Smith motored to Decatur, Ill., where they spent April 12 and 1 3 visiting friends.

Mrs. Jack Ruben has been in S~rinrr- fleld. Mo., the past several weeks b6cause of the lllness of her mother.

Joe Baron sure is the "berries" when he steps out in that new four-passenger Oldsmoblle coupe which he purchased the latter part of March.

ShoD forces unite in extendinr. s m - pathy' to Dewey Johnson whose-faiher died April 2.

Claude Deskin was our nlrht roundhouse foreman April 11, In place of W. P. James. who took a night off.

A. A. Jones has recently purchased a new Essex sedan.

Sympathy I s extended to Jdr. and ,Vrs. 3Iarvin Lutes In thelr sad bereavement a t the loss of her father. who dled on April 2.

Machlnlst Arthur Burke joined the night owls Xarch 20.

Added to the list of new Ford owners is Frank Burt, night roundhouse foreman.

Miss Leota Berry of Springfleld, No.. was a St. Louls visitor April 13. at the home of her slster, Mrs. Bowman &I. Murrell.

At this wr i t ing Xr. W. A. NUrray has been off on sick list.

AUDITOR, REVENUES, T I C K E T ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT

ESTELLE HILTON, Reporter

Those attendlng the ninth annual tournament of Amerlcan Railway Bowllng Association held at Columbus, Ohio. March 22, were John Lemberger, Wm. R. Reigel, Arthur Stoessell and John B. Tremayne.

Clarlbel Robinson. tvoiat. has been transferred to thls'deiiartment account abollshment of her position a t Seventh street.

John C. Starkey, assistant audltor revenues was quite I11 wlth a cold for several days.

Relnhold Buder was absent from thls offlce April 5, account attending the funeral of a n aunt.

The impromptu luncheon given by the Girls' Club a t Hotel Statler March 31. was greatly enjoyed by all the girls in this department.

Fred W. Ries, chief clerk, lnterline department, attended a conference of C. P. A.. S . E . P . A . , S . W . P . A . and W. P. A. committees held a t St. Charles hotel. New Orleans. La.. March 1 9 to 21.

Our offlce boy, Lawrence Nahm, was stricken with appendicitis quite suddenly March 15-was taken to the Frisco hospital where an operation was performed. he improved very nicely and is able to be a t work arain.

Gordon en nett is the proud possessor of a (new) Jewett roadster.

We a re sorrv to lose Matllda Froh from our department, a s she has been transferred to the overcharge claim department.

Xr, and Mrs. Wm. Birkemeyer are re- joicing over a baby boy born on March 16. Both parents were formerly employed In thls department and the mother will be remembered a s Catherine Daley (Llttle Kitty).

0. E. Risser, conductor on the South- ern division, died a t the Frlsco hospltal 4prll 4, his death belng due to compli- cations followlns a serious o~eratlon. We have several other conductors who are patients a t the hospital also, E. E. Bate- man of the Southern division. A. W. Kil- patrick of the Currant River branch, and J. W. Barkalow. Southwestern dlvision.

PURCHASING DEPARTMENT ST. LOUIS, MO.

W. L. RITTER. Reporter

Our R. E. Drake threatened to reslgn from our ball team and start one of his own. We immediately took actlon and success full^ secured the servlces of Lewis Cunningham, our 0. B., who has a bat and ball and claims he can play any position because his Uncle Jlm once knkw a fellow who worked where they made baseballs.

Irwln Wegener spent three days vacation flshing around the outskirts of Belleville. Judging from what he had to say about his automobile and the number and size of the fish he caucht. we take for granted they are both good.

Herb Clay is ralslng a mustache on his upper lip.

Henry Compton attended a bridge party recently on Eads bridge and came in sixth.

E. W. Gatzert, R. B. McBrlde, Herbie Clay and yours truly, the pinochle club of the purchasing department, a re arranging a flshing trip in the Ozarks. stralght out St. Charles Rock road to the bridge and then turn.

We have some brlght sayings through our departme;t - Bernlce Hower-"Now listen, Hon. Margare t Cowan-"I haven't got t ha t flle, Hlckey." Clarke Pinkerton-"Oh-1 sahn uva gahn." X a r y Graddy-"You a l l ought to know." All together-"When's pay- d av?" ---

~ a y Rosky Intends spendlng a qu!et vacatlon In Chicago and yours truly intends spending a nlckle on his, providing he can sneak away from his kids long enough.

Lynn White must be taklng vocal lessons, slnce he was seen gargling his throat several times recently.

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The rirls In our offlce have sklhr a sewiGg circle and a re getting :bye nlcely. 4 t the recent election of o t h e Clark Pinkerton was elected p ra rtnt and R. E. Drake, chief tie Inspector, h o r n

L. W. Klstler wants to join our oriru tette, but he's too stout. Lh e

Grace McAvoy says she celebratedaUt 23rd blrthday on April 14th, and har'* splendid time. Kathryn Hughes prr we' ed Grace with 23 lemons taken fr(fUn tree In their back yard. by , L A

We have with us a new offlce bo:,p,"I the person of Roland Volkenlng. was formerly assistant prosecutingtha' torney In our law department. He 'ha'

very nice boy, well liked by us all,,:: we wish hlm luck on all hls fir trips.

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iournameht had played for years:-~ - Lillian Pates, captain of the 1

Special team. Edlth Middleton. caotnm

IIXRIE ARNOLD, Reporter 1 1 plo

The beautles of Pensacola were E PB oughly demonstrated to four of our g 4'; Vera Erke Mary Burrow and C Jackson of 'the assorting board and S "I ley Williamson of the typing departlr iE on a recent vislt there, and they t~:- he, that the ads concerning the clty anc "attractions" have never yet done It .I"! tlce. ' ;111

Ruth Owen of the record departrl ,,ti announces the blrth on March 23, i'i :

t he Friscoites, and Marie ~ r n o l d a! Red Ball team were members of I S~rlngfleld League during the nast i ;

daughter. Helen Louise, to her si:f Helen, who was for several years a r ord clerk In this offlce and is now L Jason Rohrer of Portland. Wash. F expects to vlslt the new niece this r iner on her vacation.

Our forces on leave of absence gradually returnlng, Bertha Arnold ing a t her desk again after a sever? ness and Pearl Hutton havlng retur April 14, but we regret to report I Emma Granade is still absent am the continued serlous Illness of mother and brother. and that 31r Cochran has recently been forced t o : a slrty-day leave of absence on ace, of her health.

+hich closed March 27. The three 1.:- teams a re arranging a banquet to en! taln the ent i re membership of 1

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Bertha Sutherland of the typlng I ;i partment spent a recent week-end 7 her parents near Lebanon.

Zula Selvldge of the statlstlcal d e r ment, in company wlth Shirley W111. son and Amy and Mamie Bradley of; typing department. spent the week-en. the twelfth a t the home of Zula's m(: a t Colllns, maklng the trip on Satui: afternoon and returnlng Sunday in:

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I Bradley's car. Edith Xiddleton of the record detr 1'

ment was one of the team of baa from the Frlsco Girls' Bowling ht- of Sprlngfleld entering the bowling I nament held In St. Louls, April 6,1 ' ' although no prizes were brought hom I

the team, a good time was had b~ , who went to the tournament. Our la- has been organized but one year. . , ~ r a c t l c a l l ~ all the others enterine

. S W WZUI the prize money. Inci- -mllg, Lllllan and Edi th a r e on th is

superintendent of telegraph, vlslted our offlce on April 15.

m rnlttee. I"! lorenee ' Lvons of the ner dlem deoart- W. M. Fraser has been released' from

the Springfleld t e l e~ raph offlce, account force reduction. H e has displaced P. E. Paulsell, telegrapher, JIemphis relay of-

It, in company with &&. W. C. cheek. ' of one of our Springfleld Frisco hos- 4 stall. is v is l t in~ her slsters In Whit- Ace. :, calif. making The trip via El Paso.

.I stopplng there for a day of sight- -in6 in old Mexlco. :hrr Welch is absent from dutv on

F. L. & D. CLAIM DEPARTMENT SPRINGFIELD. MO.

t ~rit of the serious illness of her 'ier who recently fell and fractured hlo in the same mot that it was DAZEL LEWIS, Reporter

The Sunnyland bowling team, composed mostly of employes In this department, of whlch C. F. Smith is captain. is leadlng the Frisco League. having won thirty games and lost nlne for' the last

(urkd a few years ago. ' .intielpation was proved to be not ' I iler than realization by the statlsti- , I department girls on the evenlng of I rrrh 25, when they so thoroughly en- k I ? ? a h n e r planned on the impulse of half.

Lenora Sutherland, typist. spent Sun- day, April 13 , in Lebanon, visiting her "You've no one t o moment (or perhaps more correctly

' ~ 4 , on the impulse of hunger), a t the -c of Zula Selvldge's sister, Mrs. .J. W. ma on Roanoke avenue. The Idea of blame but yourself!" parents.

Cleo Pearce, dlctaphone operator, enjoyed a trip to Conway. Mo.. recently.

This department was grieved to learn of tlie death of Xr. 0. E. Rlsser, April 14. in the Frlsco hospital a t St. Louis. Deepest snnpathy is extended to his daughter. Kathryn, of thls offlce. and

1 [arty was conceived by Margaret ! ' i ~ r and Zula, others consulted and

fngements Immediately completed. Not 1 1 7 the place cards were lacking a t the rphous dinner, which was Interrupted 1 the arrival of a special from the . 1s" of the department, which frankly

' vd that It was a "pain to thelr prlde" t: ! they were not invlted, but considered ' perhaps It was better for thelr own ,: pin \~iew of the Pact that the dinner 5 so hastlly planned and served.

"FIVE years ago we were both in the same boat. I knew I ought to he making more money-knew that I needed training that would fit me for a biqger job arid pull me out of the rut. So did you. I did something about it. You dtdn't. Today you're still in the same job. Arid you've no onc to hlan~e but yourself.

"When 1 enrolled with the International Cor- respondence Schools and began studying at home, eveniugs, you laughed at me. NOW thc laugh's on you, for I ' ve i~icrenaed my pny by $50 a week.

"If you had enrolled fivc years ago-when I did - you'd have as good n job as mine, and you'd he bcttcr off by thousands of dollars. Take my advice-don't put it off any longer-enroll with the I. C. S. today."

How much longer are you going to wait before taking the step that is bound to bring you ad- vancement and bigger pay? Every day you put it off costs you money - the extra nroney you might be making. The I. C. S. can hclp you. just ns it has hclpcd thouanrids of others, to win promotion. Put it up to us to prove it.

Employees o f this Road will receive a Special Discount ---------------___

I N T E R N A T I O N A L CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOLS "The Zinrrwunl Ziaicurxrtu"

other members of the family. Those enjoying early vacations a t home

this year are : Verne Tulloch, Nettie Sartorl and C. J.'Bowman.

The Air Line Special bowling team. composed of girls In the clalm department. won the chamoionshl~ for the 1929- 30 season with 1 9 cLmes won and 7 lost.

TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT The p&onnel-of tKe team is as~iollows-i Loree Action. captain, Marie Morelock. Frances Gustin, Lenora Sutherland and Mamie Gurley.

The Frlsco Veterans' Association mem- bershlp campaign is in full swing. To date, Aprll 17, approximately 550 members have enrolled and a s the month for

0. L. OUSLEY. Reporter

Urn. Grace Hartman has been em- yeti aa relief operator in the Ft. Scott ':C afllce. and will do relief work there

" -Ing racatlon time. T. Y. Estus, operator Sapulpa relay 're, returned April 1 from Tucson, ,I, where his wlfe is now temporarily 114 account ill health. H e reports condltlon improved, and expects to

i.r her back to Sapulsa soon.

the reunion draws near (June) the excitement increases day by day. Every- thing points to the biggest reunion in the historv of the association. If YOU have not already enrolled, please g e i in communication with the secretary, Mr. J. L. AlcCormack, Room 400. Frisco Blda.. - . Sminafleld. Mo. ?men Seabauah. messenaer. has re-

-1t '& a anever-falling slgn that sprlng Is tapping gently a t the door when Abe Martin. llve stock investiaator. sheds his

-d work in the .Springfleid -telegraph e after a 30-day leave of absence.

?. R. Lamkin. manaaer and wire coat and goes to work in fiis shirt sleeves. This important event took place a t the exact hour of 2 o'clock p. In., on April 11, 1930, on which date the temperature rose to 88 degrees.

!, Yemphis, has been off duty since ich 18, account illness. '3.s Lena Cagle. chief telephone OD-

Box 8604-E, ~cranton, ~ l n n a . Without cn\L n r abllgatlon, pleaso tell me how I can

qua l l h Inr the poslllan or in the subject, Btlore whlch I am lnarklnp S i n llld list below: IT. Memohis.-reslcned Aoril 1. She

: married' April 9,-to ~ r . ~ James Ad- - They wlll continue to reslde in

SIGNAL DEPARTMENT SPRINGFIELD, MO.

MATILDA C. HOFFMAN, Reporter

mt:-. MISS C a ~ l e was a very ef- I! employe, and b a s well known and 'I admired by her many friends in Frisco famllv who wish her much

.,mess and success in this new "ven-

?@rator C. G. Wilson has been ?led to oosltlon of cashier-tele- We a r e glad to report that Louis

Hagerman, who hm been confined in the St. Louis hospital, Is gettfng along nicely and will soon be able to resume his duties. Emil Thomas is relleving Mr. Hagerman temporarily.

G. J. Drummond, signal supervisor a t Springfleld, has also been away account illness, but has now returned and is agaln going over his territory.

Judging from stray bits of conversa- tlon and the display of golf clubs, several members of our force seem to be crow-

.,rr at sasakwa, Okla. ,arstor E. F. Oakes of Sapulpa re- lfflce, bccompanlecl by his wife and :irents. Xr. and Mrs. J. F. Gilbert

?i~uIpa, spent two days recently on -1oaw lake. flshing. ater Holt. 29th street towerman.

.i carid to3iorani ~ a n s . , to a t t e k - t h e al of his grandmother on April 14. :y:,:&

Burlness Carrespondcnce . G. Autrev: reaular second trick OD- .-'! at XY Sapuipa. has gone on extra .Y. Gene recently returned from New .:. alter a 60-day s tav there. durina ing enthusiastic over the game. M>ssrs.

Ball, Testerman, Thompson and Troth have been noticed to disappear after offlce hours recently In the dlrection of

I time he did- some recording for . r Phonograph Company. .I Gladys Roth, stenographer to Street Address ......................................................................

.-master. -Ft. Scott. and Mrs. W. H. one of the prominent courses. Urs. C. I. Garton. wife of assistant

inspector, vlslted her mother a t Purdy the flrst of Aorll.

ClW ................................. 6tnte ....... .... ....................... CmsdRmna rhnuld rend thir coripon to I n f n n a t i a m l Cmre- spundonca lahoola Conodisn. L lwi lcd , Montreal. Oa,rcldo.

LIY wife of superintendent, spent the -md of April 6, In Kansas City. B. Curtls, messenger. Springfleld

~ p h offlce, Is enjoying a week's va- I at this t h e . L Bray has been acting as division --I at Oklahoma Clty durlng Aprll. -. U. Hestings relieved division line- Helnis at Joplin, and S. L. Canady

'srotteville. Ark.. thls month.

Little ~ o s e b h Uhr. son of signal foreman, S. L. Uhr, has recovered from in- Juries recently sustained in a bad fall. maintalner, Nichols, b visiting her par-

ents a t Paola. - Jack Stewart, previously employed in draftlng room, has taken a posltlon In foreman S. L. Uhr's gang. Clifford Johnson, formerly with foreman Kelton's gang has relieved Mr. Stewart as drafts-

DIVISION STOREKEEPER'S OFFICE-SPRINGFIELD

PEARL k FAIN. Reporter

' .'new assembly' room in the super- : M s old offlce a t Ft. Scott is prov- man.

Mrs. L. L. Owen and son. Paul, family of signal malntalner a t Vlnlta vlslted In Tulsa recently.

Mrs. C . C. Woodflll, wlfe of slgnal

: :.rj popular as a place for Frlsco -. ant! various other meetings. 1- Elsle Demlng Beegle of Kansas - rho was formerly secretary to

Jimmy Walsh. our messenger boy, worked one week In Monett recently. His

place was flllecl by Ralph Wilk'erson, but Jimmy is now hack on the job again, grecting us with his famous smile.

The two sons of Mr. L. H. McGuire. crane operator, have had the misfortune to be kept a t home with the whooping- cough but they are much improved a t the present writing.

Nr. L. B. Pechner, lumber foreman, has been quite siclc for the past month and a half with erysipelas and he has been missed greatly by his fellow employes, but a t present he is able to spend a part of each day a t his work and we sincerely hope he will soon be able to give his full time again.

L. E. Goodman macle the trip on the Highline this month with the supply

Ill a t his home on North National boule- vard. 1\11,. Parker has served the Frisco for the past forty-two years and his nresence is areatlv missed by his friends.

G. E. Wise, seconcl 11's Springf recently visited his son, Bill, a foThe Eastern division operator, but I with the A. T. Rr. T. in WoodriverWa 0. H . Carson relieved Mr. Wise. K a

F. DeBerry, third St. James, rvis a few days a t his home in Stout recently. C. H. Findley relieved '0

The fa ther of G. E. Sally, sel'"v Rolla, and C. R. Sally, flrst paBu passed away April 14. The symp I of all is extended to the fami~ie :~lo:

0. H . Carson, ex t r a o p e ~ a t o r , ~ e l been sent to Seodesha, Kans.. t o . J

second trick a few days. This i'!nj like a shortage of good operatorlus

and we wisii for -him a speedy recovery: Others in this clepartment who have

been absent account of having severe colds are John Rheinder. Charles Twig- ger and Jim Saddler. Mr. Saddler lost the use of his voice entirely for a few days, but Is much better now.

Mr. and Xrs. Porter Leavitt and two sons have the sincere sympathy of this department in the recent death of their small son and brother, Richard Henry, age 8 years. Mr. Lravitt is storehouse agent in general storekeeper's offlce.

Our out-of-town visitors during the past month have been Mr. R. E. Drake. tie and timber inspector, from St. Louis; Mr. L. P. Cochran, chief clerk to division storekeeper a t Memphis, Tenn., and formerly of this offlce also Nr. Sam Wheatley of Rich Hill, Xo., brother of Mr. C. E. Wheatley, division storekeeper.

other divisions. E x t r a operators V. H. Wilkes,

R. W. Arnold paid u s a visit the : 0 morning while wai t ing for No. 5 .

The following note was receive "I would l ike for you to ins+

line in your column of the next of the Frisco Employes' Magazint tending my appreciation and t! for the nice floral tr ibute present, 3 the boys on the main line and t h : ~ ~ ~ , Line, account of the death of my c March 10, 1930. B

"(Signed) R. 31. Dickerson, 0 tor." Sm

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cars. Sam Gaston was called home recently

account of the illness of his wife. His son, Samucl O'Dell, was sick several weeks recently also, and was quarantined for twentv-one days with diohtheria, but we are grad to report he is-now able to attend school again.

Mrs. John Bradford of Chicago. Ill., is visiting her sister. Nrs. Howard Hutsell of thjs city and perhaps will remain a

GENERAL STOREKEEPER'S OFFICE-SPRINGFIELD

couple of months. Mr. A. M. Click, stock clerk, is batch-

ing again. His wife was callecl to the home of her daughter. XIrs. Xarion Nont- gomery, in Vega, Texas, account of siclc- ness in the home. Mr. Click cannot see why any man would enjoy the life of a bachelor. H e says he would starve to death if left to do his own cooking any length of time; in fact, he says he would find himself a flrst-class boarding place, instead.

One of our fellow employes recently got his spring hair-cut and we a re fear- ful lest he take ~neumonia. Be doubly

STELLA COXIEGYS, Reporter

Henry Mellon was absent several days account of being ill. We a re glad he 1s now able to report for work.

JIlss Jack Fitzjohn spent two days of her vacation visiting friends in Joplin.

Mr. Luther Utley is the owner of a car these days. He s ~ e n t one week-encl

AURORA-GREENFIELD, MC, g z : BRANCH I?

the B. P. RAXEY, Reporter *f 1 bro

In Milton E. Baker, section fon.gla

northern division, has resigned ar snd turned to his fanm which is 1,: n

this month i n 0klah6ma City, but w e . near Ark. A; think he macle thc trip on the train Noel Cox, relief Section for J rather than riskinr. the trlp in his car. f rom Greenfleld, has been ProtF sin,

vacancy lef t by Mr. Baker whi! and sltion is up fo r bulletin. for

Arlington Birch, stat ion helper .\ station is off dutv account illnea 7;

careful, "Willy." - Mr. E. R. Parker, supply man, and

fa i thful employe of th is department', is H e says he saw th% oil gusher. or rather where i t had gushed.

This department extends their slncere svmnathv-to Mr. Charles A. Allen whose

W. ~ o h n s o n is prbtecting statlon , f '

ers position while Birch is OR a firs E rnes t Riddle, formerlv s'

helper, th is station has accepte:, A% sition a s helper a t Richland, Xa CoU yes, by the way, a lmost overlool.: Ice,

Ernes t i s now a married man, t i.,, taken unto himself a pardner the' rlua of the month. The ent i re force! in wishing the young couple a ' : nlln and prosperous married life

On >Ionday, April 14, a ' car 1 hi$ head of catt le moved b y express; this station to Connecticut, the ; age price per head received for registered catt le was $115.00. 1- pret ty well for old Xissouri whe; have to come t h a t f a r to ohta: breed of catt le they wish back

The work of beautifying the s grounds has been started, a fence around same having hec-

ST. LOUIS ADVERTISERS mother died the latter part of March.

Decpest sympathy 1s extended by the employes of this department to Mr. and Mrs. Porter Leavitt and family in the loss of their son and brother who died

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Absolutely Fireproof Rates: SI.50 and UD Per Day

April 7. Paul Gaylor has had onc week of his

vacatlon. He feels the week off did him good as he was having some trouble with hls eyes.

Miss Naude Bedell spent Sunday, April 13, in Kansas City. visiting her I Electrlc in (Free) In Every Room

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sisters. Mr. Paul Lowery was off a day the

first of the month and l~lanted his garden "in the l ight of the moon."

we I hou the mer iian nrn Met Gus lert Scr1 Frle lng thal by In a t l l ~ ! nll! ! I S 1

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TELEGRAPH NOTES EASTERN DIVISION

HELEN FELLOWS, Reporter

W. T. Basket t bid i n third Croelcer, and B. T. Bruton bld in second St.

grounds cleaned off, t he nGt n understand is to see a bit of bery se t out, the plot being bt is -100 feet bv 60 feet. Shad have also be& se t o u t aro stock pens which will add gr, the appearance. Cass Vinya~ gardener, has worked very d i l i ~ ge t t i ng rhe grounds a l l cleant

Ralph Jury , relief operator, the boys a t the tower April 6.

Boyce Berry, relief expressm accepted a run on 107, 7, 108 I Memphis and Hoxie, -4rk.

John. P. S. P i t tman bid in flrst MO Jlonett ,

G. IT'. Brown second MO, and third %YO was bid in by C. H. Reed.

E. J. Sutterfield, thircl Cuba, is in hospital in St. Louis fo r examination, E. Trot ter is relieving him.

C. S. Musgrave, thircl Sullivan, and wife a r e spending a few days' vacation visiting in Kansas City and St raf - ford. H e is being relieved by W. C. T. - ,,

Owens Paper Box Co.

AGRICULTURE AND REFR T lON DEPARTMENT SPRINGFIELD, MO.

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C. ;\I. Leek, third NS Springfield, recently flew to Pit tsburg, Kans., with Swede Christopher, formerly telegraph operator on Eas tern division, but now sales manager for Curtis- E P P h DELK, Reporter

Wr. TT. L, English, and Mr. Eicher, at tended the celebration first carload of strawberries I h

- Wrigh t Company.

H. H. DeBerry, ext ra dispatcher, ha s been assigned a regular job a t Chaffee. We a r e glad to see Homer stepping up so fast , al though we hate to lose him from o u r division. H i s position i s being fllled by D. H. Leek, who has been working first trick Narshfleld. Dora1 makes the thircl of

the s ta te prison farm near J Ala. Monday, April 14.

3 1 h e Kidd recently vislted 1 in Tulsa. Okla.. and- reDorts !

PLAIN AND FANCY BOXES ]lad L- most--t l ir i l l ing tiine. same time Mr. and XIrs. Joe B made a t r ip to Oklahoma City,

our boys who has taken up dispatch- ing wirhin the pas t two years.

b y spent a few d a y s wi th h i s s is ter . :Irs. Glenn Jones and son, Glenn F:lie, have re turned home f rom ;,nsas City, \ \here they h a v e been %ling her s is ter . Ndry Burrell's m o t h e r h a s re turned I !)er home in Fes tus , 110.. a f t e r a :'.!I' visit in Springfield with Miss

I well. Blrbara T e m l ~ l e s p e n t E a s t e r vaca- ? with her mother , N r s . El izabe th

s mule, in Springfield. I . >I. Thomali and family have been

,.,+ying the Ford limousine, purchased ::: in time for the E a s t e r parade.

yielded to the Call o f t h e b ig out-of- doors a n d taken u p golf ing. Xow, if they don' t r u n s o m e of the ~ ~ r o f e s s i o n - a l s a close rnce, we miss o u r guess.

Albert Chnse was called to Los -\n- gelcs recent lv account dea th of 111s f a t h e r who w a s pas t 90 > e a r s o f age . We extend o u r sympdlhy to 3Ir. Chase

more t h a n this. T h a t g u y had a lot of nerve ro p u t over a s t u n t l ike t h a t when I know him SO WELL. R u t a n y - way, t h e g a n g in 3lonett yard wish him a l l t h e happiness in t h e world.

BIT. a n d Mrs. J. H. AIcTigue visi ted relat ives nnd fr icnds. in St. Louis re- - ~~ - ~ -

uently. E n g i n e e r W. C. B r a y of t h e 4:00 p.

m. c r e w h a s been lay ing off due to a badly infected hand. Mr. B r a y w a s confined to h i s bed for a week but is now able to be a round, b u t is no t

a n d wife. J. L. R y a n is in I'llilndclphia. Penn.,

inspecting the new locomotives being buil t f o r th i s company h v t h e Bald- win Loconlotive works;

T h r bowlinc g a m e s a r e over and t b e g i r l s a r e looking forward to t h e hic banouet which thev will h a v e soon.

y c t ab le to r e t u r n to work. Miss Bernadine Smi th , d a u g h t e r of

vard ena ineer C. J. Smith. and Miss

OFFICE DIVISION AND STORES ACCOUNTANT

SPRINGFIELD, MO. - R G. LASGSTON, Repor te r

~:&lerst&d a tournament is bc ing tallied u p a n d feel s u r e some keen competi t ion will ensue. Those in this depar tment el igihle to e n t e r t h e tour- n a m e n t a r e Hazel Clark. Eunice X o r - r o w and Alable Can~pbel l .

W e mere n o t surpr i sed to learn t h a t Chesley Looney, Jr., t h e y o u n g son of Mr. Gibson's secre ta ry , w a s adjudged a perfect child in t h e recent baby show held here. T h e f a c t t h a t t h i s wide-awake youngs te r n ~ i s t o o k the

i n l x owm man, d a u g h t e r of conductor H. Bowman, w e r e St . Louis visi tors re- ccntly.

F o u r s tudent swi tchmen a r e ridin= w l t h u s a t t h e present , m a k i n g t h e re- quired th i r ty d a y s s t u d e n t trips. They a r e Solon IVright , J r . , Ramon 3IcCau- ley, Ivan Cramer, a n d Haro ld Jaques . Cramer 1s a son of L. W. Cramer, yard ' I !.iary Wewton visited in Hanniba l , 1 t Yarch 24 a n d ti.

('. X. Small was in St. Louis Apri l 1. I " " 1 :I. W. Abernathy, former ly division

L ' i *pnuntant a t Spfingfield a n d F t . .mifh, and now w l t h the I n t e r s t a t e '~mmerce Commission, w a s a recent

:?itrtr. "Ab" expected t o be in Spr ing- -Id approximately 30 days. Conice Hagerman w a s a w a v f r o m

, ' I ? offlce several d a y s d u r i n g (he first : April in order to be w i t h h e r -tither, who underwent a n operat ion ; the Frlsco hospital, St. Louis. Am

z.f:mrn to report t h a t h e is do ing nicely p' nd expects to r e t u r n home soon. pdr $eedy Reed drove to Richland, Mo.,

;!il 6 to enjoy t r o u t flshing. LJ lkmbers of this d e p a r t m e n t ex tend 'gtwerest sympathy to P o r t e r Leavi t t @-,11 family dur ing the i r bereavement

r the loss of a 7-year-old son, 111 I r , ~ i l 7

firemmi, nnd J a o u e s is a son of Central dlvision b r a k e m a n S. Jaques.

Howard White, swi tchman, who w a s in jured on J a n u a r y 1 5 i s no t ye t ab le to r e t u r n to work . \Vhite w a s in jured while a t w o r k hy having his f e e t mashed a g a i n s t t h e side of a car h e w a s I ding upon. \V. L. Cannady, swi tchman, who w a s

injured recent ly i s s t i l l confined to St. J o h n s hosultal w h e r e h e is renorted

stethoscope for a telephone a n d tr ied to call u p t h e groceryman whi le t h e doctor w a s l i s ten ing to his lungs , did uo t keep him f rom be ing awarded t h e hlun rihhon.

~ -~ .... 3fable Campbell s p e n t t h e week-end

wi th fr icnds in Porc:lu recently.

RS convale'seent. Haro ld Spain, fo rmer ly employed a t

t h i s place a s switchman, h a s t rans- fe r red to Springfield te rmina l i n t h e s a m e capacity.

C. R . Gll let te , swi tchman, who has

OFFICE GENE.RAL MANAGER SPRINGFIELD, MO.

ORVILLE COBLE, Repor te r been borrowed by t h e Western division a t Enid. Olila., h a s been released a t t h a t point and h a s re turned to work in Monett yard, h a v i n g bumped o n posi t ion a s helper on t h e 11:.59 p. m. crew.

MONETT LOCOMOTIVE DEPT. MONETT, MO.

-- Niss R u t h Dunbar , d a u g h t e r of o u r

chief main tenance c le rk , 1s represen t - i n g her school t h i s y e a r i n t h e a n n u a l distr ict musical contest . Miss Dun- bar , a junior in h igh school, is well known to Fr i sco fo lk , h a v i n g s u n g a t a number of o u r functions. She h a s o u r bes t wishes to win out .

Miss Ann AIcClernon journeyed to St. Louis Sunday, thc s ix th , to view the a i r l s ' bowl lne tournament.

P. 4. Moffitt enjoved a n unsuccess- ful fishlng t r ip Sunday the th i r teen th .

Orville Coble is now back in t h e file room, displacing F r a n k Feyen , w h o re turned to t h e relegraph office. Coble win te red in St . Louis rrt t h e Fr i sco hospital . H e repor t s efficient doctors. good food, a n d p r e t t y nurses , h u t seems g laQ to r e t u r n to a desk a n d nn vrnll

Ir.' 'kalikr Hudson is cer ta in ly proud P- Illis new 1930 Chevrolet coach. H i s

-- r trip was to Har tv i l l e , Sunday , ~ ~ ' ~ , ~ d 13, to visit h i s parents . '" wear Xelson, former ly of t h e ac-

rnting department a t Bt . Scott , h a s I1,:.:epted a posltion w i t h t h e I n t e r s t a t e 3g nmerce Commission, wi th head- '$' 1;rters a t Minneapolis. W e w e r e Pr.-!p1~tv glad to see h im f o r a f e w ~ ~ - & l i a Saturdav. Anril 1 2 . and wish

BI..\RGUERITE FROSSARD, Repor te r

Another poor unfor tuna te h a s fallen prey to t h a t m i g h t y a n d inexorable drmon-the Golf Bug! T h a r insidious passion t h a t c reeps u n a w a r e s into t h e h e a r t s of men. r e n d e r i n ~ them ut te r lv

-..- . ! 7i success i t ~ his n'w under tak ing .

"i bvenge Is sweet . T h e "Bleteors" lnlt-:e defeated b v t h e "Scnlhs" In n

PoW~rleSs to overthrow- i t s poisonouk influence! Claude Neely, c a r clerk, i s

match s taged a t yh; k l leys of - Sew Green Tavern hotel on Com- -.:cia1 street, April 1G. "Doc" Wi l -

mu. "Speedy" Reed. George Wood. Al e? :,!ram and E. E. Carlock formed the

..'4!ors, while "Hienie" ICelpe, "Butch" n:";;!<n, Belton Hembree. "Jake" F u l -

be:. -r,m and Dean B a k e r bowled a s t h e b'*?.l~hs. Interest w a s h i a h a n d much

t h e la tes t victim, so when you hear him p r a t l n g a n d p r a t t l i n g of "birdies" and "eagles" don' t g e t t h e idea he h a s been v is i t ing the aviary-he is only visioning improbable possibilities w i t h regard to h i s f u t u r e golf game.

.,-.. - W e h e a r qu i te a 11ir of golf these

d a y s ; and who woulcln't be a t t r a c t e d to t h e green w i t h w e a t h c r l ike this'? (Cosby is t h r e a t e n i n g to w e a r plus- fours to work . )

Several wel l -known v is i to rs called a t t h e office d u r i n g t h e past' m o n t h ; n m o n a them JI. W. Aberna thv , for-

I t is w i t h dist inct r e g r e t t h a t t'he ci t izens of hlonett bid farewell to t h e familv of R. T. Kei th lev as residents

-dlv k ~ d d i n g w a s in Gvidence d u r - 'tlie fracas. I t is now rumored

I : the Neteors a r e to he challensrecl mer l< rlivision accountan t nom'of the I. C. C.: P a u l Connellp, b ro ther of Mike, former ly in t h e account ing de- p a r t m e n t b u t n o w w i t h t h e Gypsy Oil Co.: and H. L. Adlcins, formerly filc c le rk in t h i s office, now wit'h the F r n t e s in te res t s in Tulsa. W i t h H a r - l ey wns h i s recently adopted son, as c u t e a 3-vear-old a s o n e ever s a w .

of t h e town, b u t o w i n g tb the fac t t h a t engineer Kei th ley h a s accepted a r u n between Rogers a n d Grove they decided i t best to t a k e u p the i r abode in closer proximity-at Rogers , Ark. They have lived in Monett a b o u t t%irty-five years, a n d h a v e a l w a y s been ac t ive in social affairs a n d progress ive enterprises-thus the i r de- p a r t u r e i s recognized a s a n obvious loci<

E:{: : team composed of members who. "der to qualify, m u s t prove t h a t lrl hare never bowled. T h a t march

I probahk be in te res t ing , a s well lint r+tructive, for t h e novlcen.

MECHANICAL DEPT. NEWS SPRINGFIELD, MO.

ALTA SORTHCGTT, Repor te r

W e a r e - s o r r y to announce t h a t JIr. L. S tan ley is r e t i r i n g f r o m t h e service a s t ra in ru le examiner because of ill h ra l th .

. ...-. Mrs. H e r m a n Lipe, wife of boiler-

maker , toge ther w i t h h e r mother , X r s . T. 1'. Tennison. a n d t w o brothers. h a v e -

"r.. F. (3. Lis te r a n d son. Franc is . rere called to E l Paso. Texas. r r - MONETT YARD

depart'ed for a two weeks ' v i s i t w i t h re la t ives a t Denver, Colo.

Engineer N o n t Bent'ley a n d fami ly a r e en joying a visit f rom the i r daughter. Dorothy, who is in nurses ' t ra in- ing a t St. Anthony's hospital, Okla- homa City. Doro thy has been unable to be on d u t v for t h e n a s t severa l

F'RAXK L. RYLER, Repor te r I k ?mtt. has l u s t re turned f rom E u -

Oregon, where h e a n d road fore- nf equfpment. F r a n k Ell is , s p e n t

luille of weeks observ ing some in- 'Ing and ins t ruc t ive a i r b r a k e

'G being made on t h e Southern P a - ,?ilrond.

Announcing t h e m a r r i a g e of Mr. Les- l ie Alonzo Taylor to bl'rs. J e w e l Shee- han , which took place o n o r a b o u t March 10, t h e exac t d a t e w e h a v e been unable to obtain. F u n n y boy t h a t h e is. Taylor called upon this humble per - son to s t a n d u p w i t h him a n d then put over a f a s t one on me, t e l l ing m e t h e ceremony h a d been put' off and then goes a h e a d a n d s p r i n g s t h e t r a p wi thout m y assistance. I n view of t h e f a c t t h a t we h a v e heen closely asso- ciated for some time. I will n o t s a y

weeks, due to k painful a & pers i s ten t infection on h e r hands, combined w i t h the ohvsical iner t ia r e s u l t i n a f rom a

E. Potts a n d family w e r e severe ly . tn ul) and somewhat bruised when -car turned t u r t l e one Sundav re -

tonsi l operat ion, so is putt inE Ger en- forced convalescence to good use by a visi t to t h e home town. -

William Walper t , machinist , whose homc w a s destroyed by fire o n Beb- r u a r y 7, is hav ing t h e house rebui l t a l o n g more modern a n d convenient

.:r. They were indeed luckj. to ,#. with no bones broken.

Blevilns a n d Millie Alcorn, t h e : 1 tallest g i r l s in o u r offlce, h a v e

lines, a n d expec ts to be ready for a housewarming a b o u t t h e 16th of J lay.

The pale looking gent leman who recently walked slowly and laboriously in to t h e office i s none o t h e r t h a n t h a t e rs twhi le tower of s t r e n g t h , engineer W. C . Bra , , who h a s been reduced to t h i s w e a k a n d f a l t e r i n g condit ion by a s iege of blood noisonina in h i s hand. f rom which he h a s b e a n s u f f e r i n g since March 30. H e is improving a n d hopes to be a b l e to r e t u r n to work wi th in a few weeks.

ST. LOUIS TERMINALS.

WJI. GAGHYAS, Repor te r

Swi tchman F r a n k O t t of t h e 7 a, m. B w i n g Ave. job recently subs t i tu ted on Charl ie Brown's day l igh t yard- m a s t e r job a t Chouteau Ave. while Char l ie w a s t a k i n g a f e w d a y s vacation.

Switch Crew F o r e m a n Clarence Morris of t h e r i p t rack job h a s re - t u r n e d to d u t y a f t e r be ing off on account' of a broken toe. Tom Gibbons has been Alling Morris' vacancy.

Switchmen Mike P. Gal lagher a n d F r a n k Tony Anthony of t h e 2nd t r ick Arloe job h a v e repor ted a f t e r be ing OK for a f e w days.

E n g i n e e r W a l t e r Tancil E w i n g Ave. job d a y s 1s able to be a b o u t aga in , a n d w e hope he will have a n ear ly r e t u r n to du ty , a s W a l t e r recently suffered a broken ankle .

Engineer Mike J l a r r e n 2nd tr ick r ip t r a c k job Chouteau Ave. h a s been filling t h e vacancy on t h e dayl igh t E w i n a Ave. iob.

E n g i n e e r -dim Nevins, 3rd t r ick Chouteau hill job. a n d wife, a r e visit- i n a in Chicaao w i t h Jim's s is ter .

i ~ e wish -to ex tend o u r profound s y m p a t h y to o u r fellow w o r k e r a n d c lub member A r t h u r Cox. 3rd t r ick c a r inspector Gra t io t inbound yards , in t h e recent d e a t h s of his m o t h e r Nrs . Mary Yates of St. Louis a n d h is s i s te r J lrs . Alice Miller of Perryvil le , Mo. The i n t e r m e n t s w e r e a t Cape Girardeau. - - NO.

Swi tchman H a r r y F r i t z of the Arloe h a s t a k e n a temporary vacancy on t h e 3 p. m. Lindenwood job.

Switch Crew F o r e m a n H a r r y Doud of t h e Lindenwood job, 2nd t r ick , h a s t a k e n a temporary vacancy on t h e 3:30 P. m. job w i t h H a r r y Downing.

Swi tchman W. C. P l a n k h a s t a k e n t h e 6:00 n. m, swi tch tenders job a t Arloe in J i m Wason's vacancy, who is off account of s ickness.

Swi tchman Char l ie Voorhees h a s been assigned foremanship vacancy on t h e Lindenwood job, 2nd tr lck.

E d w a r d J. ( B u g ) Slatery, chief c le rk to Y a r d m a s t e r Maroney, recent ly suffered a broken a n k l e a n d w a s confined t o t h e hospital , b u t is now able w i t h t h e a id of c rn tches t o be in dai ly a t t e n d a n c e a t t h e office.

Dr. C. E. Baldree. of t h e hosnital dispensary, h a s been assigned as' the medical c a r now m a k i n g i t s r e g u l a r sys tem trin. Dr. Ba ldree is one of o u r v e r y en thus ias t ic members of t h e St. L o u f s Termina l Club.

T h e new addit ions to t h e hospital staff a t St. Louis a r e Dr. 31. E. Stoehle a n d Char les Hai l . s t e n o g r a p h e r in t h e office of Chief Clerk Rober t Sack, a n d we extend a cordial welcome t o both.

Noble Moore, inbound 3rd t r ick Gra t io t y a r d s i s confined t o h i s home account -of in jur ies received by be ing h i t by a n automobile. W e ex tend o u r bes t wishes to Noble for a n ear ly re - covery a n d r e t u r n t o duty.

Switch Crew F o r e m a n H e n r y Clend- enen, of t h e 10:OO W a b a s h w e s t t r a n s -

fe r job, w a s recently called a w a y account of t h e dea th of his f a t h e r a n d we e s t e n d o u r profound s y m p a t h y to h im a n d o t h e r members of t h e family.

Nrs . Grover Bond, wife a n d d a u g h t e r Corinne of Swi tchman Bond of t h e 3rd triclc Chouteau hill job, have lef t fo r a v i s i t t o H o r i e , Ark.

Swi tchman T o m Gibbons. Chouteau r ip job, is s p o r t i n g a new Ford sedan these days by r id ing in t h e r e a r sea t . 311.8. Gibbons is the chauffeur.

Lee Jr., son of Lee Whit ledge, i s do- i n g fine a f t e r his operat ion a n d we e s - tend o u r best wishes to o u r fellow w o r k e r in t h e case.

T h e new switchmen's locker a t t h e Lindenwood shoos w a s recentlv completed and open& for use wi th modern faci l i t ies th roughout .

Special officer Louis Roseman recentlv paid u s a visi t a n d renewed a c q u i i n t a n c e s a round t h e terminal . 3Ir. Roseman h a s been recently a s - s igned to d u t y at N e w b u r g a n d h a s moved h is fami ly there.

John Tro t te r , fo reman of the T:OO hill job h a s re turned to du ty a f t e r be- i n g off o n t h e s ick l is t a n d confined to t h e hospital fo r a week.

J i m Kel ly R o g a n 2nd t r ick t ra in triclc, Gra t io t yards, 1s conflned to t h e h l ~ s p i t a l a t this time. a n d we a r e wish- i n g .Jim a n ear ly r e t u r n to du ty . J im's p leas tan t smile is missed a round t h e Gra t io t y a ~ d s .

Yardmas te r S t roup has been off for a few nights vacation and the follow- i n g h a v e subs t i tu ted o n t h e var ious jobs: Tony H a r m o n fllled Stroup's job a s n igh t genera l yardmas te r , Bill Gretch foreman, of t h e t r a i n yard job, 2nd tr ick, h a s been filling Harmon 's ,I:OO p. m. y a r d m a s t e r job, F e n t o n Adnms h a s been filling Gretch's v a - cancy on Gra t ior t r a i n y a r d job.

Troubadors of t h e Chouteau 4 r e . hill job a r e t h e special Sunday n ight relief now for t h e variotrs :3rd triclc jobs a n d consists of J i m Nevin a s engineer, a n d Howard T u c k e r as foreman, a n d (Chalk) Bond. a n d y e scribe a s helpers.

Termina l Club Pres ident John D a n - iels a n d t h e o t h e r officers a n d t h e en te r ta inment committee, a r e c a r r y i n g o u t t'he plans, a n d t h i n g s a r e s h a p i n g o u t well for t h e picnic, the c rowning event in the St . Louis te rmina ls , a l - w a y s looked forward to by everybody. a s a n enjoyable t ime i s assured a n d enjoyed by all.

T h e fol lowing a r e on t h e honor roll of t h e sol ici tat ion f o r business secured: J o h n Sword, 5 cars : Charl ie Phil l ips, 3Iachinist Lindenwood, and J o h n Dan- iels, president of the te rmina ls club, h a s 36 c a r s to h i s credit fo r t h e 1 s t q u a r t e r , a n d a l so Mr. Whalen, clerk Tower Grove s ta t ion h a s a very hand- some credit also.

Hughie Robinson, chief c le rk t o Termina l Super in tendent P. W. Conley a t the presen t t ime is conflned to the hospital a n d w e a r e ex tending o u r best wishes for a n e a r l y recovery to Hughie.

Yard c le rks have organized sever - a l t eams Co send t o Springfield to t h e bowling tournament to be held in May, a n d w e a r e hoping t h a t one of t h e St. Louis teams will come back w i t h t h e T r ( ~ p h y cup.

yard Clerk J e a n Cunningham, Gra to i t yards , h a s purchased a new rad io a n d of course h a s joined t h e r a n k s of t h e radio bug, wit11 t h e s tor ies of the long distance received s ta t ions , and espec- ialIy,California. J e a n m u s t be w a i t i n g for dearie" to broadcast . She does occasionally, over K. F . I.

J e r r y School<, car inspector , 3rd tr ick, Gra t io t yards, is one of o u r modernists . H e h a s instal led a radio in h i s new sednn a n d i t rea l ly picks u p stat'ionfi.

The Night Hawks and the Owls. I t w o Fr i sco bowling teams in t h e ra: road c le rks league in St. Louis, 8- ished t h e season in the i r respecti places 13th and 16th. a n d t h e boys h plenty of fun a n d en joyment a n d a looking f o r w a r d wi th keen in te res t ! n e x t year.

Ben H e a t h , a s s t , genera l yardrn:' ter , and wife a r e t h e first vacationi! of the season covering a period of t' w e e k s which will be s p e n t at Tam: Miami, Pensncola, Fla.. v i s i t ing rr tiveu, and will include also a si: see ing t r in t'o H a v a n a Cuba. W e hoping t h e t r i p will be v e r y enjoya'. to both.

Wilkie Weir , fo reman of t h e C. & I. t r a n s f e r job, is filling in on E' Heath ' s y a r d m a s t e r job a t Gral y a r d s day.

ST. LOUIS CAR DEPARTMEN

LOUISE SCHUTTE, Repor te r

Johnnie Schwend, who m a s displs b y Gus Stein a s piecework checkel back in t h e s a m e capacity, Mr. S h a v i n p accepted a ~ o s i t i o n a t Be. mer. Ala.

Our A. R. A. clerk, Bill Gorman, ' t ransfer red to Jefferson a v e n u e co yards , Ayril 1, to t a k e c h a r g e of clerical w o r k in Mr. Doyle's offir!

D e x t e r Tobias, Mr. Gillespie's c! c lerk, visited his family in Wil Springs.

PASSENGER T R A F F I C DEPAR' M E N T , ST. LOUIS, MO.

RAYJIOSD H. R I S K E L , Reportel

F r o m a l l appearances severa l par! in o u r d e p a r t m e n t a r e competing some s o r t of "Get Your Glasses" P

t es t o r else they a r e p lay ing a "!

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!sn your leader" game. 'A'. G. Rodenroth, C. B. Michelson.

F. J. SlcEneny, and Delbert F ie lds have rdded a pair of glasses to the i r equip- -'ent, and E d Grob m a y be t h e n e x t - 5 ~ to "catch up" o n -ex te r ior dec- ;:q t l m . ..... .

Recent promotions a r e a s follows: Joe \Irosmansky, t ransfer red to of-

. :+ of the pres ident Our cheerful ,i::md, Killian V. Coever. promoted to wneral offlce mail room. Raleigh Riatty to file depar tment . K. R. +lith,-Prom genera l office mail room. ,n mail department on e igh th floor. ?,'P also have a newcomer in t h e gen- .ral offlce mail room-Vincent H. r ! W . We wish al l t h e boys t h e b e s r !success in their new l ine of work . Ideal vacation weather-and If i t

I mtinues-well, w e wil l a l l be w a n t - , ng ours rnther soon.

OFFICE O F AUDITOR-DISBURSE- MENTS-ST. LOUIS, MO.

DOL'YSE SCOTT, R e p o r t e r

Xr. A. P. F r e e is d r iv ing a new Olds- nu11ile seclan.

31r. Erwln Reimer, fo rmer shop ac- h ~ t a n t a t For t Smith, a n d Mr. Cur t i s :Z@nsley, completion r e p o r r c le rk a t !'he same lace. have been t ransfer red ,I-o St. Louis in .the valuation organiza- ;,ion department. 1 Hr. J. P. Culliman. f rom M i n n e a ~ o l i s .

also a new member of t h i s depar t - -,? n t

U ~ s s Vnshti Grimes spent E a s t e r a t :+r home in Nemphis, Tenn.

MISS Dolyne Scott' s p e n t E a s t e r a t , .r home in Mountain Grove, Mo. I llrss Elizabeth Weber is a n e w em- 1 ye in the machine bureau , coming ..rn the offlce of auditor-revenues.

PFFlCE SUPT. TRANSPORTATION SPRINGFIELD, MO.

EULA STRATTON, Reporter

Fell. the flrst of April passed in a :!her sane w a y in t h i s offlce, only a ! of us ge t t ing exc i t ing te legrams snd lovely onion-chocolates, etc., and

we And ourselves approaching 1',r with the prospects of some good ' -bail, white shoes a n d s t r a w hats . /Thee are the flne days when a-maying r ail want to go. visiting, sightseeing.

Mr. and Nrs. Virgil Hartley lef t Satur- ' 1 % 19, for Miami, Fla., and other points ' Interest in that section of the coun- '- for a two-weeks' visit.

Vies Catherine Toon, in company with *rmother, also vacationed In the Sunny

1. nh. spending quite some timc in May- .: J Ky.. returning via St. Louis for a ,. i with her slster.

I big. attraction a t St. Louis recently IF the Bowling League Tournament. '. la Stwenson. Edith Widmeyer and lL11ae Roren of this office, and Eunice 3 .row of the mechanical department, I, ided and report a most Interesting t-

i'anle Hindman and Helen Deckert L- 3 the week-end of March 15-16 in St. IN. taklng in some good shows and

of the night 3 , this office, has also been vacation-

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ing. F i r s t in Kansas City. thence to Chicago where he was able to have some thrilling experiences taking in the night clubs, and other late-hour affairs. There a r e some good points to holding down a night job, af ter ~11.

Speaking of thrilling experiences"-- must tell you about mine. On April the 10th I "enjoyed" m y first automobile smash-up. Having always driven a Star- car and having had my aspirations hitched to a s ta r , I came very ncarly living amona them for zood. when a fas t moving Naih banged -into. mc, knock- i n s it "sky-high." Fortunately I was not injured badly and there was no need to look for another reporter to represent t h i s office. I t w a s a g r e a t experience, but I'm not "hankerin"' for another such.

Dora Gado enjoyed a vacation recently. too, but she took it in a much calmer way than did George and the others. She spent most of her time visiting her folks in Billings, Mo.

Hallie Welch, head of the typing bureau, this office has been away for some time taking care of her mother, Mrs. C. M. W e l c h who is conflnecl to her bcd due to a fractured hip. W e a r e glad to report a s this goes to press that Mrs. Welch is much Improved. W e wish for her a speedy recovery.

AGENT'S OFFICE-MONETT, MO.

PEARIA E. LEWIS. Reporter

Colun~bus JIayhan, mail and baggaac handler. had the misfortune of havinc his brooder house and small chickens destroyed by flre March 27. H e Is now building a - larxer and more adequate building to house 400 chicks.

One of the new cafe-library cars be- i n r used on trains 7-8-4 and 9 laid over in-the Monett yards recently to be forwarded on train 9 and created quite a little admiration from those who viewed the interior of the car.

S t r a w b e r r v flelds a r e in bloom, which means we wbn't have to wai t very Ion.: now for tha t famous Ozark Special, "STRAWBERRY SHORT CARE.''

A refreshina shower which visited 310- net t and vicinitv Aoril 13 broucht out the flowers and Eardens which were need- ing moisture very badly.

Georxe Brown, who has been third trick operator a t MO offlce for some time, was assigned vacancy on second trick, in place of Sam Pi t tmnn, w h o is now oc- cupying the position of flrst trick operator.

Mack Cotham, clerk a t N c w b u r ~ . visited old friends a t Nonett .\pril 9. Mr. Cotham was stationed a t Monett a s Ire c le rk unti l t x o y e a r s a g o w h e n h e w e n t to Newbura a s bill clerk.

Arch Long, statdon master, was recently elected to office of City Commlssioner a t our s p r i n ~ election.

Leslie A. Taylor, extra yardmaster, and Xrs. Jewel Shcehan were married a t Mo- net t rccently and a r e a t home a t 306 Frisco avenue.

Mrs. E. E. XIcGuire and son, Thomas, of Memphis, merc visitors in Xlonett April 12.

George Brown, operator. is enjoyinq a two weeks' vacation from duties and with his family Is visiting relatives in Texas.

George J. C. T&Tilhelm. who has been necrctary of the railroad Y. M. C A. a t Monett for thc past 30 years, has resigned. His successor has not a s yet, been named. Mr. Wilhelm has' not decided a s to his future activities.

Mrs. Oliver Gulick is enjoying a trip

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Russell Gillette, who has been switching in yards a t Enid, has returned to resume his work in Nonett vards.

Harold B. Jaques, Ivan i~. Cramer, Raymond T. McCaulley and Solon Wrirht . Jr.. a r e newlv made switchmen a t ti&' station.

OFFICE D IV IS ION ENGINEER MEMPHIS , T E N N .

C. C. SICKLES, Reporter

Work on the Memphis bridge is practically finished. Mr. Capp, from Mr. Henncssy's offlce, has been on the job for quite some time and is doing very nicc work. Mr. Hennesvy spent April 9 looking over conditions on the bridge.

E. D. Ferguson is busily engaged in putting u p new coal chute a t Carbon Hill. Note he is very industriously studying the plans and we hope the coal rolls out of the chute when i t is put up. He is being assisted in checking the plans by J . 31. VanDover and between the two, the coal should come out of the ohute -. - - - - .

Assistant Engineer Scott and family spent a . few days in Pensacola and Demopolis flrst par t of this month.

Miss Mary Alys Sickles visited In XIeniphis for several weeks. Miss N a r y and hcr sister spent the week-ends visit- ina in Little Rock. Hot Sor inw and other . - n e b b y cities.

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fo.clng 110-pouncl rail out of Olden, No. J. P. Bruton and 0. E. Haman are

down a t Pensacola. The supposition is tha t they a r e supposed to be checlcing up on complation reports. This would have gone over all right if 311.. G1,uton had not maclt! suqgentlon that he was taking Otis along a s a guide. Tec11nic:illy that would be known as a caddy.

We have not learned whether tlic wearing. apparel lost by 0. E. Haman (presumitbly lost on a Pullman), has been returned. Will t r y to have rcport on thls by the next month's issue.

Former assistant englneer H. E. Bailcy of thls offlce has hcen transferred to Oklahoma City a s ~wjidcnt ensinecr to take charge of the new terminal work a t that point. The en t iw force recrctted Mr. Balley's leaving, but we wish hlm all the success.

R. B. MclCee, assistant engineer formerly stationed a t Fensacoia, has ' bcen transferred to Tulsa u.s resident engincer to take cliargc of the new terminal work a t that ~ o l n t . While we a r e sorry to have MI'. McKee leave us, we a r e glarl to see him movlng up.

R. R. Lamkin, chief, Memphis relay offlce, has been abscnt from the oeflce for the past several weeks account sickness. W e a r e glad to s a v t h a t he is very much Improved and 'hope h e will soon return to work.

Operator Thos. L. Walsh is fllling in the vacancy account Mr. Lamkin being ill.

File clcrli Frank Bauer and wife spent t h e week-end of April 6 visiting AIrs. Bauer's relatives a t Joiner and C r a s - fordsville, Ark.

Ramsay Wall is now driving a new Ford, having sold his Chevrolet.

y e a r e glad to report tha t Luther Wllliams is now able to go about on crutches and is set t ing along very nicely.

Xow tha t we have the change in the offlce hours there is quite a bit of com- petition in the flling department as to which Ale clerk gets out of the offlce a t 4:30, 4:31 and never later than 4:32.

W. 13. Bailey. water service foreman. has been spending considerable time in Springfleld learning how to make up and put in water lines. Believe with the in- formatlon and instructions he received in the Springfleld Terminals t h a t the pipc lines and water lines on the Southern division will be In flrst class shape.

According t o the boys in the offlce J. 31. VanDovcr, the proud owner of the new H u ~ ~ n ~ o b i l e , is doing 0. K., getting tweivc to flfteen milcs per gallon wlth it.

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The strawberry now has the rlght-of- way and the attention of the whole Frisco Family, in getting this luscious frui t to the northern and eastern .markets. The berrica a r e being shipped from different points in Florida and Ala- bama. The new icing clock which was built here a t Magnolia this spring has xreatly assisted them in icing thc cars. Nost of these cars a r e initially iced a t this point and then re-iced after cars a r e loaded and a r e started on their trip to the difeerent markets. Mr. G. Walker, of Springfleld, 1\10.. is in charge of the si tua- tion and is handling it in a most satis- f a c t o ~ y may.

Mr. W. C. Nanny, relief foreman, is a t present handling section gang a t Kolola Sprlngs. Xiss.

Mr. W. B. Greenc. foreman a t Rim- broush, Ala.. is on the sick list and Is being relieved by rellef foreman, Jake Starkie of Barrineau Park , Fia.

E x t r a gang 209 has been moved to Hy- hart , Ala.. where they a r e now surfacing the 90-pound rail. This gang is in charge of foreman L. D. Gardner.

R. J. Patterson's bridge gang is now stationed a t Linden. Ala.. and is working between Linden and hIagnolia, cuttlng and c h o ~ ~ i n c bents. orem man $1. L. Maddon of McCullough. Ala., was recently called-__to Memphis,

Tenn., by the d ~ a t h of ~.elatives. W. G. Roberts had charge of his scctjon diwing his absence.

The Florida Po\ver and Light Co.. icc (lock a t Pcnsacols., Fla., was finished by forcnian L. L). Gardncr and this dock is vct'y much in service a t the present.

Mr. V. Grace. Frisco nratch inspector, inadc un inspection tr ip from Amory to l'ensacola this month.

Mrs. H a r r y liazec, wife of engineer H a r r y Kasee, came down from their home in hmory and visited a t Magnolia with her husband.

This warm weather has dried up the roads around here so tha t thcy a r c ablc to get lumber and the lonr piling hauled In to bc loarled. Several cars of pilinn have becm shipped and something like tlvelve cars of ~ 1 1 u s e d lumber have been loaded and shiuued.

The Coliunl;& sub., held a section foreman's nicetinl: a t Columbus. Xiss.. on >Larch 28. which was attended by a11 the foremen. Mr. W. L. Heath was prrsPnt and gave them a very interestins talk on "Courtesy to your Fcllow Man" and also on "~afe ty ." which was an- weciateil by al l present. Mr. F. C. Hughett, division accountant. gave the foremcn a very helpful talk in their daily work. The meeting adjourned a t 6 :00 o'clock and dinner was served to thcm a t the Bcll cafc a t Columbus.

Kentche's bridge gang was moved from Xountain Grove, 310.. to Sheppard. Ala.. where it is repairing bridges a t different bridge loratlons.

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L. E. WALICER. Reporter

I t w a s necessary for Mr. J. 31. Xralkcr to return to the St. Louis hospital on Xarch 30 for a few days, however. wc a r e glad to s a y t h a t he has returned and is improvinx rapidly.

ATr. Lowell E. Wallccr spent the week- end of March 29, with relatives and friends in Sprin~flelil.

Mr. Rodney E. Wilcox spent Easter Sunday with r e l ~ t i v c s in Thayer and S~~rlngfleld.

3Ir. Worlcy E. Linvillc got his foot broken on March 1 5 when he dropped a brake shoe on it, however, he has returned to worlc and seems to be getting nlong alright.

We received the flrst underframes for the 300 new cars on March 2 8 2nd a sample car was s t a ~ t r d on 3Inrch 31.

On April 1 Mr. L. P. Cochran, chicf clerk, was presented with a Coca Cola and forgetting the date he drank just enough of it to get burnt up real good. a s he latcr found it was full of Tobasco sauce. T h i n w seemed wrettv warm for him around here for a while:

OFFICE O F T E R M I N A L ACCOUNT- ANT-BIRMINGHAM, ALA.

G. T. DUNLAP, Repoltcr

Mr. and 311s. R. W. Jqmes spent sev- crai days vislting in Mobile, Ala.. Gulf- port and Biloxi, Miss., and New O~leans . La., where thcy witnessed the Nardi Gras celebration. They returned to Birmingham Thursday. J Ia rc !~ 6, and. reported having had a very en~oyable tlme.

Oscar Hummel and J. B. Henson visit- ad wlth Mr. Hummel'a parents in St. I.ouls, No., Februaly 23. Oscar is planning on going to St. Louis In the ncar future and clrlvinz a car back to Birm- Ingham.

J. B. Henson went flshing Sunday. April 13. but reports t h a t the flsh weren't biting.

E u l a Montgomery's sister. Lorenc. spent March 29 and 30 visiting with her in Birminghanl. Xiss Montgomery spent the week-ends of April 6 and 1 2 visitlng wlth her parents in Ashville, Ala.

3Ir. G. R. Carson. former superintend- cnt terminals here. was a visitor in this offlce during the flrat part of April.

Mr. C. E. Rex and Mr. C. E. Elair of

MI St. Louis were in Birmingham for a l o v days recently. Pel

Mr. Jarrell, traveling auditor for ! Seaboard Air Line Ry. Co., spcnt SeVcni~ days in this office durinx March. ha

Mr. Higgins, tmveling auditor, and : ne Clevelanrl, divinion accountant, of ' an Illinois Central R. R.. vlsitecl In this m, flce during the first part of April. he

G. T. Dunlap ~ w e n t l y joinccl thc rs family, havinx purcharied n new Mn' ;;l tic "92" and enjoys programs from n all par t s of t h e I:nited 8tntt.s. - . -

Scl100l. Frisco officials a1.e receiving invitat'

to the celebration to be given on A 14 a t the Xoffett State Farm, Husl celebrating the owning of the new : road to the farm and also the flrst 5 ping of strawberries raised on the 1 2 .

The Frisco Club, in conjunction : the citizens of Barrineau Park are F' ning a celebration on the completlar 'the new depot a t Barrineau Park. will be plenty to eat, good music, dancing and a general good time i3 pr I iscd to all attending.

I Mr. C. W. Skates, who was fern!?

PENSACOLA, FLORIDA

GERTRUDE B.\ZZELL, Reporter -- '

Of vital interest to Frisco otYiciah citizens of Pensacola was the navim feat of the new U. S. Cruiser S. S. " c sacola" when she docked April 1, on east sihe oe Frisco P ie r NO. 3 wit' the aid of a t u g or harbor master, f three-day s tay a t the port of her n8 I sake. The 10.000 ton cruiser was 1 ! a t the Brooklyn Navy Yard and is on initial cruise, which will t ake her to Panama Canal Zone and several S t , American nations, coming back to States about Ma?., 31. The three I

were fllled with events in honor of 1 cruiser's stay, bat the most inspiring fa i r was the dedication ccremonies formal presentation of tlie city's gift a centralized radio set; Xoving pfct of the arr ival of the Pensacola" at Frisco clocks and of the ceremoni~

assigned here during thc reconstrurl and rehabilitation of the PensacolR L was a visitor during the lattcr par:

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heen oilcd a s f a r south a s Pen9ac which will assure Frisco patrons ol dustless trip over Frisco Lincs.

a most enjoyable time was had by attending the dance given hy the FI Employes' Club a t Sanders Beach, Jl i

formally present in^ the radio t o cruiser werc shown a t theatres, a. werc taken by student photographer the Naval Air Station PliotOgl:

20. J. H. Perkins, olxrator, has rctur

to work after having bccn in the hosr fo r a few davs account of a tonsil OJ tion.

Thc grounds of the superintendent terminals' office and the general 1- man's odice a t "0" and Govenlrr Streets a r e taking on a very attnc' appearance. Plowers, shrubbery and c , have been planted under the artful dc tion of Messrs. Lutz, Bryant and W:- and before lona i t will be one o f ' beauty spots oe Pensacola. Come sce for yourself.

Work on the 32.000.000 Pensacola I bridge is pro,l'essing according to a"' ule, one span having bern completet. meeting was held recently in Penw of the directors of the Pensacola ' Bridge Corporation in connection r plans for developments of Santa I Peninsula and Island : and they also pressed their satisfaction of the prtr on the bridge.

Miller Christie has fully recot1 from his illness and is back oh tlie j h the local freight onice.

1\11'. Chas. S. Gerth, who d l 1 act auctioneer a t the sale of 1.500 lots of Maxent Tract. Xwril 1 1 to 14. inchk recently enterccl his yacht "Starland t h e St. Petersburg-Havana race for I

?chado trophy. 31r. Gerth has travelecl --r thc world in this vacht on his clif- rvnt business enterpri&s. Tune in on WCOA each Monday eve- PIC at 9 D. m. and hear "Wild Bill Nehl- lm, 0sckola Country Club pro and win- ,r of the $15,000 LaGorce Open a t Mi- nl recently, and many major tourna- fnta before coming to Pensacola, and u his golf lessons.

On April 10 two new a n d at t ract ive s t reet ral lway passenger cars n-ere put into service by the Gulf Power Lino on the Interurban route between Pensacola and F o r t Barrancas. These cars were routed into Pensacola over Frisco Lines.

During the l a t t e r pa r t of Narch Ze l~cn Grotto enterto.ined the 3Icmphis AIazda Grotto, 029 Prophets and ladies having come to join with the local order in joint

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initiation. Thcy went anray happv a f tc r two days in Penmcola a n d were h g h in their praises of Fensacola'a hospltality. Zelica Grotto c.xpects to return the visit to 3lemphis in Scptember.

3Ir. R. G. NcIiee, who was assigned to the Pensacola fo r several years has been t ransferred to Tulsa, Okla. We wish him success in his new flelcl.

Work on the insulating boarcl mill of the .\rmstrong-Newport Company is prog- resuing rapldlv, but i t will be s ixty to ninety days before the s a m e is completecl and ready for opcmtion.

L. E. Tiller formerly demurrage clerk in the local 'freight office, is now assigned to a positlon in the yard office, having relieved Adam B. Unclerwoocl, who is now cashier a t Jasper , Ala. H. H. 1\Ioore, formerly switch clerk succeeded L. E. Tiller a s demurrage clerk', and G. ;\I. Tomlinson of J I e m ~ h i s h a s been assigned a s switch clerk. MTe welcome Mr. Tom- linson to the Pcnsacola Line and t rus t h e will enjoy thc good Gulf breeze.

Strawberr ies s tar ted moving the flrst of.April. bu t on account of d r y weather. shwments have not been heavy.

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MEMPHIS TERMINALS

MARGARET STEWART, Reporter

Several Memphis Terminal employes were off duty a few days during the past month account of illness, among the nunl- ber being R. J. McKnett, swltchman: G. 11. Tomlinson. yard clerk; Howard Eas- ley, caller : J. H. Martin, switchman : Dewey Warren. messenger: bIiss Thelma Drashman, stenographer in the master mcchanic's office ; Niss Margaret Stew- art. stenographer in the offlce of superintendent of terminals; and Frank An- gell, caller. Believe, however, tha t everybody has recovcred and is back on the job, working harder than ever.

Switchman J . H. Martln and wife spent several days In Pensacola the la t te r p a r t of March.

Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Barnet t and young son Harold Jr., visited relatives In ~ a r i s a s it;, March 22-24.

Robert I. Harrell , clerk a t Parkway yard, and wife have just returned from a pleasant v i s ~ t in Dyersburg, Ten- nessee.

Miss Gladys Anne Irwin visited her mother in Tennessee Ridge. Tennessee, March 29-31.

Maraare t Ann McGuire, l i t t le daughter o f superintendent terminals, was very sick several days recently, bu t we a re glad to report tha t she has now entirely recovered.

Mrs. 0. T. Williams. wife of switchman, was called to Durant, Miss., April 10, account of the serious illness of her sister. R. E. Laughter, switchman, was call-

ed to Ruleville, Miss., A l~ r i l 8. account of the death of his brother. Sympathy is extended.

The newest th ing a t Yale yards is t he tennis cour t which is being con- s t ruc ted for the especial benefit of the six g i r l s who work a t Yale. Work is progressing a little slowly, but the men have been very kind and generous in thelr donations and in helping u s every way possible and we wish to thank each and every one tha t has had a pa r t and to extend a n invltation to olav tennis with us when the court is doGpleted.

Thomas McGuire, son of superintendent terminals, who recwt'l,. had his tonsils removed. is improving nlcely.

Sympathy Is extended to R L. Arm- strong, train clerk, who had t o pap about $7.50 for a taxi to ge t to work the morning of April 2, because of his c a r belng demolished a t New Albany in a n automobile accident. Berter luck next time, Mr. Armstrong!

On the evening of April 1 5 t he Frisco Employes' Club of Memphls sponsored a moonlight excursion on the Steamer

J S for t he benefit of the Memphis Baseball Club. About 900 Frisco employes and their friends twisted and turned to the tunes of the famous cotton pickers orchestra. Nost of the local officials were present, and the event was declared n great success.

LOCAL FREIGHT OFFICE MEMPHIS, TENN.

VIRGISIA GRIVFIN, Reporter

J. L. Edwards, formerly yard clerk, has been assigned position of cashier's clerk in this office.

T. P. Lockhar t is now uti l i ty clerk, being assigned positlon left by G. R. Humphrey.

All local freight depots close on Saturdays a t twelve noon. s t a r t i ng April f i r s t and wlll continue until Oc- tober first.

B. C. Scruggs. 11'. 0 . Farris , Charlie Farre l l and D. E. Creeden, have been on the sick l ist recently.

Xiss Garlan Hayes has been assigned position of typist-clerk in the revising bureau left vacant by Miss Mary Guidi.

Sorry to learn tha t Paul Humphrey. young son of W. W. Humphrey, switch clerk, has been taken out of school due to being in a very badly run-down condition. H e i s such a brlght l i t t le fellow and has done so well in school.

We extend sympathy to Mrs. B. C. Scruggs, wife of assistant cashler, in the loss of he r mother on march 25, also to other members of the familv.

.J. B. Wright, claim adjuster, was called to Crenshaw, Miss., March 27, account the illness of his father. He had just returned home and was called baclc a s hls mother was very ill, who died April 2. Joe you have ou r deepest sympathy in your loss.

You should see the new Fords park- ed around th is office, the owners being J . T. Carrigan. J. F. Wrlght , Gordon Robertson, and Theodore Birkner.

Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Bagwell a r e re- joicing over t he ar r iva l of Ethel Vir- ginia on April 2. She weighed 7lh lbs. and is ge t t i ng along fine.

We were so sorry to hear of the death of J. J. Spencer April 4. I t seems he died ra ther suddenly in the Frisco hospital a t St. Louis. Mr. Spencer worked In this office a number of years before being transferred to St. Louis and was loved by us all.

J. F. Wright chief bill clerk enjoyed a visit &lth his children ' here week-end of -4pril 5.

W. A. Moore, ass is tant platform foreman, was called to Los Angeles, April 9, account the illness of his father.

Our baseball team played the Mem- phis Independent Club. Sunday, April

13, which was considered a pracl' game, however, we won, 4 to 3.

Ha r ry Johnston, travel in^ audll who has been with us for come tiF flnished his check of switching m te rs April 12.

"Frisco Day" was observed a t ' Men's Traffic Club luncheon, .kpril and besides S. L. Oliver and D. Creeden, who a r e members, non-mi bers from thfs office present were1 F. Corkery, Gordon Robertson, and 0. Truitt . Also H. H. Smith, agent West 3l'emphis. Ark., attended. 1

Several f rom this oKice attended Memphis Baseball Club opening gs April 15, the score being 20 to 2 favor of the "Chicks." Some gam-l

W e enjoyed a shore visit from bride, Mrs. Lena Cagle Atkins, d: 15, she came down to get her last r check. Lena was PBX operator, hav married A ~ r i l 9. W e wish for every hapdiness. but surely do hat* give her up a s she was so sweet pleasant a t all times.

Temporary position of cotton f a man was taken off April 1 6 , Louis H over, the holder, going baclc to regular job a s yard clerk a t Yale.

The local freight office was n represented on the boat ride. night April 1 5 , and everyone enjoyed it r. much. 4 s a n added attraction s 1 of ladies' snake skin shoes were g~ a w a y by JeNan's of 55 S. Main strt which were won by Miss Billie H noy, a guest.

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BILLYE BENNETT, Reporter

Station B&B on the the air-B anj everywhere-from Springfield to Per? cola and into Birmingham. We hope! all had a happy Eas t e r and a re fee!;. all the freshness and newness of tha t comes with the springtime.

We wish to extend speclal greetinn Mrs. W. B. Bailey. wlfe of our aim service foreman. who has had qui!: lingering illncss. May she soon corn? the end of it and into her rights health and happiness.

"There was a blg time In the old f - that day"-down In Pensacola on N: 22 when the Grotto Special of iI1cn.r fellows pulled In to put on a Grotto r monial. Mr. R. E. Gaines, one of BBB foremen. went to Pensacola r them and reports the day a huge suw

"Accldents will happen", so H- heard, but sometimes we wonder t- And thls we were tempted to ask general foreman B8-B. Mr. Eaves, d he came home off the annual sgr bridge Inspection with his throat a11 b

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,'!red up and called it a snake bite. Mr. 2ij.e~ says there was lots of snow up on ;i,c Current Rlver Branch and the snakes ;?re bad. From the reporter's stand- : ,int, at least we should give him credit :-~r mod lnspectlon a s from all she can kurr, he must have been down in the '.ow on his head, looking up under the ?~:i~iges. Glad to say that he has quite .,,,irered from the injury.

Z!r. W. R. Brown. B&B inspector, with .,;lllar headquarters a t Magnolia. is now

' :ding from Springfield to Memphis. 9 i ~ e u or Mr. R. L. Redding, w h o i s on m e special work. Mr. Redding spent

reek recently here In the office with .., but he frankly admitted he did not ;;e it here and said he'd rather be out

inrkin~. We wondered what he'd term ,'hat we do, but he hastcned to explain .i!t he meant manual labor.

Yrs. W. A. Digman, wife of BBB fore- (..LTI, and Mrs. L. E. Pugh, wlfe of B&B I %rirenter, spent the week of April 7 visit- ,/< friends in and ncar Barrineau Park.

~orida. , The small son and daughter of Mr. G. 87. Uiller, Pensacola, have just recently , orer red from a siege of measles. I If anyone has a n idea tha t construc- Inn work is all we know in this depart- -d, he would have changed h is mind

!d he been present a t t h e Traffic Wen's ~licheon, Hotel Gayoso. Memphls, on pril 14, when our talented clerk. Mr. R'. Evans, picked the old banjo. Some

' the officials who attended tell us John- ? certainly "did h i s stuff." Come on. Iks, give the young m a n a hand!

, , Our new pumper, asslgned to Atmore etl Xexia atations, is Thayer Ingle. Wr. H. N. Parmer, carpenter. in W. A.

%man's gang, spent Sunday, April 6, - ~ ! h his brother in Moblle. Believe it or not! Mr. Bailey, our W. S.

1 wman, came to work the other day , -~lh a badly bruised nose a n d face. 1 'i!" he bumped into t h e door in h i s 1 atel room when the telephone r a n g in I he night. He says he 's g o i n g to s t ick

8 mat story, too. I Mrs. J. W. Evans. wife of our clerk,

1. heen 111 for several days, but we a r e I !my to say that a t thls writing she is , . ~ t acnin. i 3!r.-K-$. Criswell, carpenter in G. T.

'~iler's gang, spent Sunday, April 6, I ; lh his parents i n McCullough, Ala. , J!!ilrrs Hamilton, carpenter in W. A. 1 'man's ganfi, admits having the Big , ?a. He Is home nursing the mumps.

Mr. R. L. Redding. B&B Inspector, I v t to the Springfield Hospital on Aprll , , lor a slight operation. 1 I new queen has come to rule the

ae of Mr. and Xrs. W. 0. Brown. She 1 a new baby girl. Mr. Brown Is one i ' nur BBB carpenters. I 3. Vester V. Homer. B&B carpenter, I , ~m a 60-day leave of absence due to

l~ralth. He Is a t homc in ~ u i i , Ala. IIr, 0. A. S h o b e r ~ and gang have been !Intin' the old l ine red," r a t h e r t h e

I w Line. S o t so bad, s ince i t ' s in t h e .? of nice red s i g n s a n d monograms

I In the center in p u r e snow w h i t e wrs are the t w o words, "FRISCO YES."

SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE MEMPHIS, TENN.

BERTHA HARRIS. Rcporter

T ~ P b e t rlde and dance given on the 'mer "J. S." under the auspices of Fdsco Empiopes' Club of Memphis.

: a g r a t success. There was a large ' ndance, the music was good and ~ h u d y had a good time. i pair of ladies' shoes was donated 'eNan's Shoe Company to the holder

' ine lucky number, Mlss Billy Hannoy .a the lucky lady. ' b r Lcna Cagle, our popular first trlck

lone operator, is no longer with us. . Cagle on Wednesday, Aprll 9. be-

Nrs. James Atkins, the ceremony .-performed a t 7:00 p. m. in the n.h of Christ on Union and Tucker.

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Mr. and Mrs. Atkins a r e home, 511 Cam- bridge. Best wishes of al l to s70u, Lena.

Lee Moore. a former enmlove of the company. reiicved Miss aye ~ a r b e e for two weeks account Miss Barbee belng ill. Glad to advlse t h a t Mlss Barbee Is now back a t her accustomed desk.

Mr. A L. Davidson, traveling accountant , was a recent vlsitor in our office.

Katherine Surles, comptometer operator. is contemplating a rest and vacation in the Virrrinia mountalns In the near future.

Mrs. R. E. Fleming and Mrs. Frank J. Walsh vlsited rccently In Thayer with Mrs. Fleming's mother.

DORA, ALABAMA

F. X. SCOTT, Reporter

Voy H. Goober Scott h a s been enrolled in the ranks of operators. His father. M. W. Scott, agent a t Adamsville, Ah. ,

now has three sons in the service of the Frisco a s operators, %.I. W., F. &I. and E. W. Have a total of 57 years as operators, al l made on the Birmingham s u b of the Southern dlviuion, and we a r e all young men yet.

Charlie Hall, Brakeman, and Mlss Fan- nle Harbour were married March 1. W e wish them the best of luck. happiness and prosperity.

Lindsey Norrls, helper, vlsited the old home town of Goodway. Ala. H e reports having a good tlme.

W. G. Connell, engineer, is trylng a change of scenery. After having workcd on mine jobs a t Dora for a number of years, Mr. Connell has gone Into through freight. W e understand he is to move his family to Birmlngham a t a n early date.

Charlie Hall brakeman has gone In through freight, a s it is not as hard on him a s the middle buster. That's right. Charlle, blame It on the middle buster.

Henry Shoupe and Jim Holllngsworth

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have been forced on mine jobs. It's been quite a few months since either of them have ben on any but thrqugh runs. Rube Smith bumped on the m~ddle buster and Willie 13. Lewis is flring the Amory switch engine in the day timc.

The Sand House bsgeball team man- aged by T. J. Connell, yardmaster, beat the Dora High School team in a "fast" game of ball.

The ball season has opencd and there is lots of betting going on with the mouth. but none with the pocket book.

Business is stili Dretty good for it to be the sprlngtime o f the year and mines worklng about 4 days a week.

Ross C. Smith, agent for the express companv has been transferred to Cull- man, ~ i i . , and Iira Price has been installed agent a t Dora. We are glad that Smith has got a better job and are sorry to see him leave us and a re glad that we can have Price back in Dora again.

OFFICE O F LOCAL AGENT ALICEVILLE, ALA.

L. S. BROPHY, Reporter - C. B. Rock has becn working the third

trick for two weeks whlle job on bulletin. N. C. Baker is now regularly assigned

to-the second trick. P. L. Tomlin bumped thlrd trlck ac-

count being bumped a t Linden. S. T. Neek has moved his famlly from

New Albany to Allcevllle and is now permanently located In their new home.

Speclal Officer Earl Johnson, who resides a t Demopolls, stoplml with us between trains. April 8.

Claim Agent Jlm McPhetrldge spent the week-end with us recently. lnvestlgat- ing an automoblle accident.

The ATCN have given us a splendid business the past two months. The tonnage consists of gasollne, lumber and paper and is the heavlest we have ever had

from them. We now have tri-weekly local service

on the Columbus Sub locals. tieing up a t Aliceville on Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights.

Spring is fast approaching, lots of plowing being clone, which indicates a good acreage to be planted in cotton.

TRAINMASTER'S OFFICE AMORY, MISS.

VIOLET GOLDSMITH. Reporter

On XIarch 17. Mr. H. C. Stevenson. former engineer' on the Southern dlvlsion, died in Los Angeles, Calif., where he had been residing. XIr. Stevenson was the father of Henry Stevenson. who is yard clerk a t Amory. We extend our sympathy to Henry, his mother and Rob- ert, his brother, who is working in hIemphfs.

Little "Joe Baby", youngest daughter of Mr. F. J. Garner, general roundhouse foreman. has recovered from pneumonia. We are mighty glad to see her ant again.

Mrs. C. E. Rerr was recently called to Kansas City for a few days, account the death of an aunt.

Mrs. J. R Looney, of Sheffield, spent several weeks in the home of her son, Conductor C. N. Looney.

We extend our sympathy to Mrs. C. N. Loonev for the death of her mother. Mrs. ~a rk lnson , March 26.

We are glad to see "Uncle Bob" GrlPPln, conductor on the Columbus Sub. back a t work again after being ill for several weeks.

Jir. R. T. Hynson. night trainmaster, spent several days vlslting relatives In Mammoth Sprlng, Ark.

Mr. and Mrs. R E. cam^. son Robert and daughter Mary ~nge l lne . wlll leave about Nay 6 for Los Angeles, Callf.. where Mr. Camp will represent the South-

crnn division during the 0. R. T. vention.

Anyone wishing to see Mr. J3 agent, Arthur Holmes, cashier, or I bly ye reporter, after 5 p. m.. will than likely flncl them a t the Amorr course, future contestants for F Jones.

BIRMINGHAM TERMINALS

NELLIE XcGOTVEN, Reporter

The topic of conversation now $

to be "vacation" where shall I go, when s l~al l I start.

R. H. Lamm, chief joint Inspector, called to St. Paul, Minn.. recently, count illness of his mother.

Little Billy Burrus, son of Yardm W. E. Eurrus, who has been qui' with pneumonia, is rapidly improvr

Mrs. T. P. Kelley and daughter, I wife and daughter of engineer, ar Galveston. Texas. where they were 1

account illness of 311-s. Kelley's br Xrs. Sally Xorton. mother of Df-

rage Cierk J. A. Morton, has retu from Nashville, Tenn., where she to attend the funeral of a grandchil

C. J. Thomsson. assistant to SUP tendent of terminals, spent several in Springfield recently.

L. S. Tucker, switchman, who has" confined to St. Vincent's Hospital some t h e , is able to be out again.

J. B. XcLane. yardmaster. was CL to Atlanta, G a , on March 30, account death of a brother. Our sympathy I: tended to Mr. McLane.

Mrs. S. H. Sanders, wife of switchr and chlldren are visiting in Shebleld,

G. L. Bennett, switchman, was r3 to Rocky Mount, N. C., recently, acr the death of a brother. Our syrnpatt also extended to Mr. Bennett.

Cecll Green, office messenger, Is 8- on a slxty-day leave of absence. I?, spending some time with h b parenb Dallas, Texas.

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R A. Klipatrick, record clerk, is con- "4 to his home account of iilness.

R. F. Oxley, demurrage clerk, has ac- -pled s position in the office of Traffic Xmager D. F. McDonough. Mr. Oxley .irrprils A. H. Lawson, who has accepted I oosition with the AT&N R. R, as trevel- 17; solicitor. Spring nnd the warm weather is giving

.,nia of the boys in the office the "flshing ' r~r" . UnAerstand some of them have bidy been fishing, but have been un- b'e to And out how many flsh they .~irht, at least they have not told any

' + h stories. 0. H. Fossett is manager of the Bir-

.iapharn Joint Terminal Baseball Club. -lich is in the City League. Mr. Fossett -:.;i he hns a very fine team and if there . a team anywhere on the Frisco that -nuid like to meet them, just say the .#TI and he will show them Just how '-I&> his team is.

FREIGHT TRAFFIC D E P A R T M E N T MEMPHIS, T E N N .

KATE MASSIE. Reporter

April 1 4 , was Frisco Day a t the luncheon of the Traffic Club of Memphis. 71.9 program was in charge of Ted H. 'lnister, general agent, all Frisco talent.

.is! from the number of compliments re- Iwd It must have been good. Johnnie

-\mu. clerk in the bridge and building rartment, Memphis, gave two banjo ~I~~tions, Allie Mai Speight, sceretary

' t traffic manager, sang two solos. Mary +htower, daughter of Assistant Yard- 114er Hightower. Yale, gave two very Ilghtful plano numbers. Earlene Buch- oln, charming young daughter of the -11llc manager. dellghted the members f the club with her interpretive danc- IF Ysrch 6, J. E. Patton. solicltlng freight rmt and ppassenger agent, and Dorris -1wn Dailey, were marrled a t St. Luke's .~~17mpal Church. after the ceremony w left for Jacksonville. Florlda. for a ~ r t atay. They a re now a t home to .r friends a t 1184 Tanglewood Street,

'mphls. F R. McWilliams Is now actlng oper-

m: in thls office. Herbert Blansett hav- I? bid In a position a t Yale.

:?:ru. N. C. Hamilton and children, fanl- of the rate clerk, a re visiting rela-

03 In St. Louis. %*:oball semon bas opened and Man-

' - r "Boots" Flanlgan Is very enthusi-

astic about his team. The Frlsco Employes' Club of Memphls

chartered the steamer "JS" for a moonlight boat ride, April 15. Music by the famous Cotton Pickers' Orchestra madc dancing the big feature of the evening.

We were glad to see W. H. Crow of Pensacola fame in the "old home town" for a day recently. He thought it was spring and came UD without an overcoat and had to make a borrow for the day.

AGENTS OFFICE, WILL IFORD, ARK.

L. W. JOHNSON, Reporter

After about three years' shut down the large quarry plant of the Williford Crushed Stone Company s tar ted up Anril 15th. We hone orders will keeo tliem i n operation- for several years. al tho this plant has given us a good outbound carload business while shu t down, loading and shipping Rip Rap, i t will not begin to equal the out put while nlant is runninn. Business now looks i ike old tlmes \;hen a rock train each morning was necessary to move our business.-

Section Foreman Smith has completed repairing Quarry track, and now the large engines can safely go in there. Lineman Tribble came down and repaired the telephone line from office to Quarry, April 8.

Aprll 6th BIrs. Selma Townsend, wife second trick operator, left for an extended vlsit with relatives a t Grenada, JIiss.

Juani ta , Rosa D., and James Sander- son, daughters and son of agent. will leave for Florence, Ala., within few days to spend t h e summer months with their g r a n d ~ a r g n t s .

L. W. Johnson, rhirB trick operator, was off April 1 2 and spent the niaht with his parents a t Cabool, Mo. H e was relieved by ext ra operator E. R. Billingsley of Hardy.

"Rip" Philllps was awarded regular position a s third trick telegrapher a t iMagnolia, Ala., and a s he passed here on his way to t ake possession, he dls- played a n expression of deep satisfaction.

Burnham, Mo., agency di9cvntinued April 2nd. Arno Wasson, agenr there, was undecided about bumping thlrd here or Agency Olden, Mo., but flnally decided on the latter.

Operator Sfoffit motoring through

from West Plains and Nettleton paid us a visit one day recently.

Effective April 16Ch, our other local placed back in service between Thayer and Jonesboro. We hope tha t Conduc- tor E. E. Bateman, who is now in St. Louis hospital, will soon be in his usual good health and resume his old place a s conductor on this train.

Jimmy Sanderson, our agent, accompanied by his family. was out on Spring river last week, having a little plcnic, and giving the l i t t le chaps a nice t ime on the river.

F rank Zitzman and family made a tr ip to Evening Shade, recently.

I SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION I T U L S A F R E I G H T OFFICE

TULSA, OKLA.

MARY JENKIXS, Reporter

Whoopee! Vacation time will soon be here, so let's everybody get out the old map and decide where you want to go.

Chas. Parker, accounting departnlent. "Well, folks. I guess I'll go down on some river bank a s the flsh will always - - ~ ~ - - -

bite good on the flrst worms." George Kerns, demurrage clerk, some-

where alona Mohawk Ridae. George is building a hew home and-expects to be the superlntendent on the Job during his vacation.

Fannie Turiey, expense clerk. "Guess I'll be somewhere between here. Los An- geles or New York Clty." (Big stuff.)

Christenc Vanderford, secretary to agent. "Oh! a r e you going to take a suit case with you? My trips are all short, so all 1-11 need is an over-nite bag."

Claude Johnson. assistant claim clerk. "Too bad I did ?pt get my pocket edition canoe oerfected. Claude has successfully dksigned and perfected a collaps- ible canoe and is now working on a pork& size.

Qoldie Workman, tonnage clerk. "I'111 all a-flutter. can't say where I'll go. Sudden cieclslons always did flustrate me."

Irene Doling, steno-clerk. The shock, that it is so near vacatlon tlme, made her lose her voice. Irene has been con- flneci to her home for a couple of days with laryngitis.

While house cleaning this spring, if you

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C. H . Hensley, agent. In back on duty after having hren conflned to .his home for a couple of weeks. 311.. Hensley was threatened with pneumonia.

Far1 Brown. chief bill clerk, while catrng beel stew ancl noodles, the other (la,,. swallowed a bone. The bone lotlaed in-his throat ancl it was necessnry to fie- cure medical aid. i 3 y l says. "bones in your soup is no joke.

*Martha Hensley, who makes her home with her grnndparents a t Salem, Ill., has

arrived to suend the summer months wlth her daddy. C. H. Hcnslep, .agent.

JIru. Annie Brennan of St. Louis and 3Ir. and Mrs. Jerome Boyer of West I'lains. Xo.. has been the guest of Mary Jenkins, bill clerk. for the past week.

DEPOT T ICKET OFFICE TULSA, OKLA.

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Mr. J. E. Manning, t icket clerk, spent a few d a y s l a s t month in Oklahoma City, Okla.

JIr . E. \V. Shannahan , informatir clerk, i s s p o r t i n g a n e w Pont iac coacl

Mrs. W. D. McCool, wife of tick clerk-cashier , h a s just re turned f r ~ a f e w days ' visi t in Oklahoma Cil Okla.

Mr. Wm. P. Kine, genera l manap Tulsa Jockey Club, announces ninelc d a y s of rac ing a t t h e f a i r grounds t g i n n i n g April 26.

W o r k is p rogress ing verv rapidlv . t h e elevations of ~ o u l d & a n d 'Cr cinnnti s t ree t s . a l so t h e excavating the s i te for t h e n e w s ta t ion . Reed a. Lowe, cont rac tors , of Birmingh' Ala., a r e do ing t h e excava t ing for 1

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Bla i r L. F l e g a l , mach in i s t , W e s t Tu lsa , is a g a i n on t h e s i ck l is t .

A. B. Crume, t imekeeper , h a s p h r - chased a n e w P o n t i a c b i g s i x coupe a n d m a d e F r a n c i s point of cal l on i t s

I-,m site and t h e l o w e r i n g of t h e 'i.

. , g e t lhnt w e w e r e too b u s y l as t I I I for any items. On a c c o u n t of wring lo our t e m p o r a r y s t a t i o n x u e all pret ty well w o r k e d down ' ~ ~ o k us several d a y s to g e t rhtened around a n d p roper ly a r -

;-I. However, a l l a r e well pleased oilr new quar te r s a n d h a v e e v e r y - : nrranKed a s convenient ' a s 110s-

not only for ourselves, b u t t h e ~!lng public a s well. W e h a v e re- -;I a number of c o m m e n t s ve ry .ihle from t h e public which a r e

appreciative of t h e t e m p o r a r y n and a r rangements .

m a ~ d e n voyage . The sympathy of all West Tulsa

F r i s c o fo lk is ex tended to Miss E t h e l S a t i o n , c o m u t o m e t e r o p e r a t o r in t h e m a s t e r mechanic 's offlce, in t h e loss of he r f a t h e r ..\pril 12.

0. H. Duncan , w r e c k e r f o r e m a n , is t h e p roud o w n e r oC a n e w Chevro le t sedan.

W e no te t h a t Mr. C. F . L e F e v r e , t r a v e l i n g head l igh t inspector , h a s lost vonsiderable we igh t . W e unders tand t h a r h e h a s t a k e n u p bowl ing a n d i s s h o w i n g t h e boys a r o u n d t h e b o w l i n g a l l e y s h o w to d o it.

Account of recen t smal lpox s c a r e a t W e s t T u l s a a n d t h e s u b s e q u e n t vac- c ina t ions , w e a r e in possession oC a s u r p l u s of s o r e a r m s .

J . E. Turriff , eng ineer , w h o h a s been a h s c n t d u e t o a n a t t a c k of blood pois- o n i n g h a s recovered a n d i s b a c k on h i s r u n o n t h e Creek Sub.

.T. C. T h o m a s , roundhouse f o r e m a n a t W e s t Tu lsa , h a s joined t h e r a n k s of t h e n e w c a r e n t h u s i a s t s a n d i s t h e p roud o w n e r of a n o t h e r Oldsmobile.

WEST TULSA STORES DEPT.

TOhI KISHLER, R e p o r t e r - '-. Leo Marsh, fo rmer ly w i t h t h e -, department a t th i s point , is n o w - r Sang ioreman on t h e 43rd t r a c k ,air,".

" h r ~ . H. tb'oolsey a n d son, S i l e , .o?rd to Wetumka Sunday , hIarch ind spent the d a y w i t h Mr. Wool -

(daughter. :rune Vanderford w a s a b s e n t t h e ' few days of the month , account

knesn. ': and Nrs. F r a n k E a s l e y vis i ted r parents in Greenwood, Ark., S u n - - !Xarch 23. , l ~ n V. Stone, chief c le rk of s t o r e ,rtment, and Toney Ph i l l ips of t h e hanical department s p e n t Sunday ,

-11 6, fishing: near Proc to r , Olcla. Mr. K'X family re tu rned w i t h h im a f t e r ' r t visit with Mrs. Stone 's pa ren t s . p!ce Coffer, our s teno, v i s i t ed n e a r 116 Okla., April 5 a n d 6.

' i G . Dorothea Hyde, c o m p t o m e t e r ;?tor, Is absent a t p r e s e n t a c c o u n t n w s .

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NISS EDNA A. WOODEN. Reporter

The sprinrr racing meet of the Tulsa Jockey Club, it is reported, will o p m Saturday. 4pri1 19. Consirlerablc number of horses from different t r acks over the country a r e a r r i v i n ~ a t the presrnt time to participate in this meet.

Lee Bolton, switchman, has rr turnet l to work nfter a n absence of several days account illness.

E. A. Batchelder, swltchman, who recently accompanied the r rmalns of his father. who passet1 away March 2 4 , t o Clinton. Iowa. has returned to work a f te r a n absence of several days.

Chester Corbin. va rd clerk. has re-

Lava costs a dime (or 6c for the medium size cake) a t any drug m grocery store. But if you want to try i t a t our expense. mail this coupon. Procter Q Gamble, Dept. C-530 Cincinnati, Ohio.

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- G. A. Erundidge, g e n e r a l a g e n t , Yr. H. T. Wood, chief c le rk , a t -

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turned to his dutie; a f t e r a n absence of several days account illnesq.

G. G. Harr ison, chief clerk, has returned from LOR Anseles, Callf.. where h e was called account the serious illness of his father , who is reported improving.

g a s p ressure , p o u r i n g over h i g h w a y 66, t y i n g u p t raff ic f o r t w o days .

I t is wi th deeu r e n r e t w e r e u o r t t h e 'i and Mrs. H. T. Wood, 3Ir. a n d Elesler K. R l k a r d , Mr. a n d Mrs.

'Silhelm, Mr. a n d Mrs. F r e d ell, and Miss J u l i e t B a s k e t t a t -

' d the Employes' C lub m e e t ~ n p I (dance a t Sapu lpa X o n d a y , Apri l

d e a t h of H e n r y e el fir, sect ion i o r e m a n a t Verdigris . D e a t h w a s d u e t o pneu- m o n i a a n d o t h e r complicat ions. Mr. K e l l y h a s been fo reman on t h i s divis ion f o r t h e p a s t 12 years , a n d h e will be e r e a t l v missed, b u t no t f o r g o t -

.Tor. Goorlrich, stenographer, who recently accepted position in this offlce has been transferred to the offlce of aseistant snperintenrlent a t Newburg. J o e Paisley, stenographer In mas te r me- rhanic's offlce, h a s succeeded Mr. Good- They were jienerous in t h e i r

q y of the Sapulpa c lub a n d repor t - very pleasant evening.

' ' w ! Jullet Baske t t s p e n t t h e weelc- ~f April 1 2 in Rac ine , 310.. a s t h e

- I of her la ther . Mr. D. H . B a s k e t t . chier Elester K. R i k a r d a n d J1r.s. -d spent Sunday, Apri l 6, In

-1iler. Okla., v i s l t ing relat ives. - Key F. Wi lhe lm, d e m u r r a g e .-.has returned f rom t h e U. S. Vet- -;' hospital in Musltogee, Okla., 'F he underwent a medical ex-

t en b y h-is m a h y fr iends. At O k l a h o m a Ci ty exc i t ement h a s

been r u n n i n g h igh d u e t o t h e oil field which is sa id to be t h e b i g g e s t in t h e U. S. now, a n d t h e world 's l a r g e s t g u s h e r . T h i s well is located a b o u t 5

rich. Mell Coley, ya rd clerk, is in the hos-

pital a t St. T.ouis acrount illness. W e hope Mell will soon be able to return home.

40th A N D 43rd T R A C K D IV IS ION SAPULPA, OKLA.

miles s o u t h e a s t of t h e c i ty a n d h a s been r u n n i n g wild, p roduc ing 1,000 b a r r e l s a n hour. Great ' difficulty w a s experienced in capping t h i s well. Whi le t h l s well v a s wild a s p r a y of 011 could h e fe l t a t Xorman , a c i ty 11 miles d i s t a n t .

T h e bu i ld ing of t r a c k s a t Oklahoma C i t v due t o t h e oil boom is in fu l l

'illon. and Xrs, Bracey B i s h o l ~ of T u l s a

llilce the b i r th of a d a u p h t e r , ' 9. Mrs. Rishov wil l h e remem-

W o r k of c o n s t r u c t i n g a SOO-ft. s p u r t r a c k t o s e r v e t h e O k l a h o m a Cement P ipe Co. a t T u l s a h a s been completed.

J i m Hea ly , f o r m e r l y r o a d m a s t e r on t h i s divis ion, w a s a v i s i to r a t t h e local off ices.

Leo M a r s h h a s been ass igned a s f o r e m a n o n t h e est l 'a g a n g w o r k i n g in connect ion wi th r e a r r a n n i n e t r a c k s

p rogress , t h e w o r k be ing done b y ex- t r a g a n g 148, u n d e r W. L. Higdon , fo reman . T w o ex tens lons to w e s t a l -

as the daughter of y a r d m a s t e r Urv. J. E. Ty~nr .

" C A Brunclidge is d r i v i n z a n e w lev t r a c k a r e b e i n e cons t ruc ted a n d a n e w a l l e y t r a c k be tween Noble a n d W a ~ h i n q t o n s t r e e t .

T h e w e s t lead of e a s t v a r d a t Olcla-

' I* sed'ln. Vlrfill IT. Ril tard, r a t e c le rk , h a s doing quite a b i t of f lshing l a t e -

11 he reports h i s l u c k is bad. f o r t h e n e w union s t a t i o n a t Tu lsa . T h e s e m i - a n n u a l b r idge inspect ion

h a s i u s t b e e n ' m a d e b v t h e divis ion o f -

h o m a Ci ty i s u p f o r r e - a r r a n x e m e n t a n d in add i t ion t w o new t r a i n ya rd t r a c k s will he bui l t . L o o k s l i k e business i s c ~ ) o d in t h e vicini ty of Okln- h o m a Cit'y.

'jE,CHANICAL D E P A R T M E N T YEWS-WEST TULSA, OKLA.

ficiais. .Tim Jones , w a t e r se rv ice fo reman .

h a s been appoin ted g e n e r a l b r idge a n d bu i ld ing f o r e m a n on t h e E a s t e r n divis ion, be ing succeecled b y Claud T u c k .

On t h e O k l a h o m a s u b divis ion a force of h u m p e r s a r e b u s y r e s t o r i n g d u m p s a n d wi l l be Collowed b y a p - pl icat ion of n e w ba l l as t .

Oil bus iness a t Chandle r i s on t h e

I. X\CK a n d J. N. PAISLEY, Repor te r s T R A F F I C MANAGER'S O F F I C E

O K L A H O M A C I T Y , OKLA.

LUCILLE B.\TTERN, R e p o r t e r

.rll 3. Williams, colored coach :, West Tu lsa , died Apri l 10,

..: lingering illness. . ympathy i s ex tended to A. L.

- n. foreman at ' F r a n r i s , in t h e 'his father w h o died recent l? .

hoom d u e t o s t r i k i n g oil a t 4,500-ft. level half a mi le f rom t h e ci ty . A :.OOn-barrel wel l b lew in w i t h h e a v y

P. E. Buesse, c i t v p a s s e n g e r a g e n t , St. Louis , w a s a n office v i s i to r Apri l 7.

Mr. Buesse accompanied a special train of St. Louis Chamber of Commerce members to and from Oklahoma City. The Olclahoma City Chamber of Com- merce entertained this special party q t a luncheon here then showed them over the city and in t he evening the visitors gave their own dinner to their personal frlends.

R. 0. Hopkins, asslstant general agent , accompanied the St. Paul baseball team to Columbus, Ohio, out of here on 112, April 13.

H. G. Snyder and wire spent week- end of March 15, visit ing relatives and friends in Palestine, Texas. Mr. Sny- der also accompanied the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce on their annual Good Will Tour, which they expect to be the most successful t r ip thev have ever taken.

airs. J im Douglas, wlfe of traveling f re ight and passenger agent , returned recentlv from a n extended visit with relarives in St. Louis.

Oklahoma Cityans a r e very proud of their new oil fleld which has recently won the title of having the greatest production for the number of wells of a n y field in the United States.

Production of the field Narch 29, was 100,803 barrels from 33 wells; th is is compared wlth 68,811 barrels March 28, f rom 31 wells. Locatjons and wells now drilling total approximately 215. Producing g a s and oil wells total 155. Reports indicate slnce December 4, 1928, a t which time the discovery well was brought in, there has been produced a total of 15,742,520 barrels from 155 wells, this includes Xarch 29. Pipe line runs from the Olclahoma City fleld up to and including March 17, amount- ed to 14,920,450 barrels. W e have had some excitement in our oil fleld, have had three wild wells, one belng the largest high gravity well in the world, th is well was capped three times before they were successful in ge t t lng it under control; flowed 2,000 barrels of oil per hour and ran wild for practically two weeks, causing ' the entlre south portion of t he fleld to be shu t down. These wells could be plainly seen from the down town offlce buildings of Oklahoma City.

TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT-SECOND DISTRICT-TULSA, OKLA.

MARGERY A. O'BRIEN, Reporter

Frisco Ladies Club held the i r month- l y meeting Tuesday evening, April 15.

Chaffee Building & Loan Ass'n Authorized Capltal $2,000,000.00

I ORGANIZED 1909 BY FRISCO ElJIPLOTES ,

6% Dividends on Full Paid Stock

if THE CHAFFEE ICE & COLD STORAGE CO. Manufacturers of Pure Distilled Water Ice

FRISCO ICEING STATION HIGH-GRADE COAL

I Essner Brothers & Co. The Pmflt Sharing Cash Store

Everything To Eat. Wear and Use

CHAFFEE, MISSOURI Chafee's Foremost Store

in the new club quar ters of the Genet building: there was an attendance of about twenty-flve ladies. After the business meeting adjourned bridge mas played and lunch served. Mes- dames Kent, Harper and Harrison were the appointed committee to serve. - -

~ 1 , e Ladies' Club will have a noon- day luncheon week a f t e r next, which is a monthly affair, and we a re now planning on a dance, the Eas ter season being over.

The Men's Club will hold their regu- la r monthly meeting tomorrow evening - in the new club quarters.

They a re mak ing nice progress with the construction of the viaducts around the new Union Station and a r e now underway wi th the depression of the tracks.

We a re glad t o welcome Mr. McKee, construction enrineer. to Tulsa and hope to have the pleasure of seeing him often and will co-operate with him in every way in connection with in- quiries, - etc., -reference t o the new Union Station.

The Tulsa Jockev Club will onen the spr ing meet In - T u l s a ~ e d n e s d a y , April 23. Mr. Wm. P. Kyne, of San Francisco, promoter of t he race meet. expects to be in Tulsa the flrst par t of the week.

We have already received hundreds of horses into Tulsa from California and other points al l routed Frisco and due to this heavy trafflc we a re loolc- ing forward to showing a nice increase for the month of April. We also enjoy a nice passenger business twice a year through Mr. Kyne's efforts during. these meets.

W e a r e enjoying real summer weather in Tulsa and a r e hopeful of i t s continuance.

h ' iss Maloney and Miss O'Brien a r e planning on spending Eas t e r in St. Louis, and several of the o ther members of our staff a r e likewise plannlng on spending the day with thelr folks ou t of town.

Tuesday, April 22, there will be a la rge celebratlon in Ponca Citv a t the unveiling of t he "Pioneer Woman." The governor has declared the day a s t a t e holiday and with the speclal rates in effect we hope to see Rome of our friends a t tend this celebration.

TRANSPORTATION AND MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT

AFTON, OKLA.

LUTIE D. DAVIS. Reporter

W. H. Toney, second trick operator fo r the Frisco, left last week for Hol- denville, Okla.. where he has a position a s agent. Mrs. Toney and sons will not leave for several weeks.

H a r r y Bently of Neosho is the second trlck operator. who takes Toney's place. Hls family arrived Saturday.

Mrs. G. P. Stenhens. mlfe of Northern division section-foreman, who has been in Vinita receiving treatment for severa l months was taken to Kansas Citv. Mo. She was accompanied by her daughters, Mrs. \'irgil Smith and Mrs. 4. L. Wiseman of Houston. Texas, and Mrs. Ar thur Hook of Kansas City. Mrs. Stephens' many friends here hope the change will be beneficial to her.

Mr. J. W. Cunningham, second trick yard clerk, and wife left for Guada- lupe, Calif., where they will visi t the former's father. J . L. Cunninaham. and family and his sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Pit ts .

Mrs. H. R. Folev, wife of roundhouse foreman, l e f i ' recentlv for Los Angeles, Calif.. where she Gill a t tend to buslness matters. She will visi t relatives in Hollywood and Pasadena before her return.

Conductor R. S. Korman and wife. who had a n apar tment in Tulsa this minter, have returned to their home here.

c-OY. 31. M. Lloyd, yard engineer. T

Vinita several days ago on busfn-

TULSA REVISING BUREAU^ TULSA, OKLA.

3trs. Henry Truman, wife o! man, returned home Saturday i[ visit with her daughter, Miss , Truman, and her son, Lavelle Tr. and family of Kansas City.

Mr. J. C. Rider, switchman ani .Mr. were gues ts of their dau&h~i : ' "~ .~~ ' husband, Nr. and N'rs. Osborn T . ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ of Tulsa, last week-end. Mr? tx: Rider, mother of J. C. Rider, from several months' visit niri granddaughter, Mrs. Osborn 7

Switchman Evere t t Es tus has !I?!,:: his guest JIr. and Mrs. Willard

XARGUERITE HEFREK, RepoT

Sign of spring-Guy Miller and McDermott with their baseball v ment having their daily worko:

of S a ~ u l p a . Mr. T. 31. Spencer, relief clerk

family visited his grandmot?wr. Martha Xiller, in Fairland. Sun+

C. 0. Thornton. express mew and family spent the week-end in Scott with Mrs. Thornton's F:- Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pryor.

F r a n k Young, section for~man family motored to Joplin recent!: spent the day with Mr. and 3lrs.

noon. Mary Van De Iyalle, key pund

era tor in general offlce, visited u. flrst' of April. Mary, a former ew of this offlce. is recouperating fr, recent operation.

A number of cars of race home being unloaded now gett ing read: the opening of the horse r -4pril 19.

Bob BIcDermott has been aner:

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several week-ends in Muskogei a gues t of his brother.

Marguerite Hefren has as hers he r sister, Frances, of Bellevllle. 6

Quite a bit of int'erest is b shown in the plans of organizing teams to enter the Frlsco bon tournament to be held in Spric; in May.

Several of us have planned a r' tr ip Easter-destination not kc definitely "just' going some place."

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took par t in this entertainment'! ' . b r

West also won flrst in the violin P

tes t in che Creek County Interschr r r t ic Meet a t Oilton.

F r a n k H. Schnorrenberg has i '?

transferred to the staff i n Lhe pr - !

OFFICE O F SUPERINTENDEN? SAPULPA, OKLA.

JENNIE F. AITCHISON, Regorb'

P. L. Palmer has been assigned ,- sltion of timekeeper in the sup- tendents offlce succeeding !' Flanagan. Xr . Penner was form cashier a t MTet.umlca.

Miss Mary J o West, daughter o!' E. West, general clerk, iWss Yarg: i te Rusch, daughter of H. H. BI. division engineer, and Kathryn Sa .

neering department from valuatior - par tment in St. Louis. Xr. Schnor . . berg went ro St. Louis from F t Fr T

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in January. I 1,

I. F. Brister and family were n. : to Lawton on account of the deatr ' - M'rs. Brister's brother.

daughter of F. 4. Smith, dispnti' , --I took part in the play presented a r high school by the American Assr, : T tion of IJniversity Women. &r.- ,, other children of railroad emnl-8 , 1

The office sent Easter greeting. Miss I r m a Brown and Miss >larg~~b. Hughey, enclosing candy for each of the girls. Miss Brown and :' Tughey a r e st i l l a t Tucson, Aris.

Miss Lois Flanagan spent a rrr. pleasant week-end a t Vinita, which her former home.

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account hls serlous injury. H e is somewhat improved but not able to be back a t work yet. Mr. Payer was our former 1

I R U P T U R E S ACCOUNTING D E P A R T M E N T SAPU LPA, OKLA. -

V. h. THOMAS, Repor te r - agent.

Ner t Ormesee, nlotor car maintainer, is kcepin,g the job a s a good flsherman up by brlnging in a nice str ing every timc he goes out. H e went frog gigglng few nights ago and brought in 24.

Mr. J. D. Boyd, agent. Pochantas. Ark.. Is taking a vacation and spendlng i t with his daughters in Washington. H e is being relieved as agcnt b y Mr. Bill Ludwig. and 3Ir. Ray Boyy, son of the agent. is relieving Mr. Ludwig a s cashlcr-operator.

I "r L. A. Wright , fo rmer blll a n d

I1.r clerk in this office, h a s been , :led to the task of account ing f o r i -+a concrete viaducts, s t a t i o n a n d .- nal facilities a t Tulsa, Okla. A t

Need f i rm but comfortable support The pntenled Brooks Appll-

nnce retains securely with- . out nnnoylng sprlngx or hnrd pads, nnd promotes henllng as It holds. Worn and pralsed by active men and women in every walk of I l k Over 3 mllllon sold. Sent on 10 days' trial. Not ohtalnnble through n n y store or ngenl in U. S., but made to lntllvldunl mcasure- ments and sent direct from 3Inrshnll. Full Infornmntion and free 28-page Rupture booklet sent In nlnln se:lled C. E. Brooks.lnvenlor"

! sresent wr i t in r no o n e h a s been &I to the l e f t v a c a n t '%. Wright.

' . ?a Maurine Nahan , s tenographer , :14 friends and re la t lves i n Okla- -., City week-end of Apri l 12. :r. 1; Copp, va lua t ion engineer of Lm~s, No., was a v is i to r In t h e v , Jlarch 25. Mr. Copp former ly

- i t d in rhe engineerlng depar tment 'ill? office. .r. and J l r ~ , W. C. Henlce m a d e a n . ,~obile trfp to Wichita, Kans. , bend of Aprll 6, w h e r e t h e y visi t - . i ~ t h friends and relat ives.

' :. Lane Gulnney, t rave l ing ac- :,rant of Sprlngfleld, Mo., w a s a tor in the office April 9, m a k i n g the :?i check of the M P 21 dlstr ibution.

B&B D E P A R T M E N T A N D ROADMASTERS' OFFICE

CHAFFEE, MO.

MARY FERRELL, Reportcr envelope. We regret the loss of Mr. J. A. JIoran

a s superintendent of the River division, but our most sincere congratulations a r e estendcd to Mr. J. S. JIcXillan, who suc- ceeds Mr. Moran a s superintendent this division. Jlr. J. L. Mumma, former trainmaster, hns been made asslstant superintendent, St. Louis Sub. and 1s certainly clue al l the congratulations h e has been ~wciv ing . Good luck every-

BROOKS APPLIANCE CO., 108 State St.. Marshall, Michinan.

Mlss Lorena Bollinger, steno-clerk, roadmasters' offlce, spent thc wcek-end of 3Iarch 22 a t her home in Oran. 310.

Joe Huber and family. of Sikeston, spent Sunday, April 13. with Mr. Huber's parents a t ChatYee. Mrs. J. H. Huber, Sr.. returned to Sikeston with her son for a few clays' vlsit. Joe, Sr.. roadmasters' clerk, says he Is too busy a t this time to vlslt.

',:hlng .,. of tl t have

season is here a g a i n a n d le members of this depar t - already t a k e n a d v a n t a g e of

~r lng weather a n d tr ied the i r le old pastime. So f a r t h e ch was made by t h e w r i t e r o-ounce crappie.

' Ire sp i at th ,TII cat< '8 fl l\V<

body ! Anna Guethle, stenographer BRrB de-

partment, entertained the Frisco Girls' Bridge Club a t her home, evening March 18. ,Mrs. Oliver Rlgdon won first prize and second prize was won by Mrs. I r a TY T I C K E T OFFICE

TULSA, OKLA. Sale. 3Ir. 4. N. Matthews general B&B

foreman, advlses that hls son, Holland. Ft . Scott. Kans., was rnarricd Saturday. April 5 , to Miss Frances Kerlin. The cerrmony was performed a t Ft . Scott. We wish this couple a happy marrled Ilfe.

Foreman Bailey and gang a r e working vicinity of Ste. Genevleve and Barnhart.

Folelnan Allison ancl gang a r e working around Benton and Bloomfleld.

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SUPERINTENDENTL~ OFFICE CHAFFEE, MO. -

ANNA GOLDEN. Reporter - 31r.s. J. W. Claiborne is making ex-

tended vlslt with relatlves in California.

I?. ATKINSON, Repor te r

I,'? haY~ I llle w; . new

and [he app

e nn addlt ion t o t h i s office by of a n e w electr ic s i g n .

BIuII Is a v e r y a t t r a c t i v e It surely a d d s a g r e a t deal Iearance of t h e f r o n t of o u r

m E. Dowell, s tenographer - ed relat lves in K a n s a s City 'r. ter enjoyed E a s t e r looking place to Ash. Those places

~d f a r be tween in t h l s p a r t

W. S. Johnston has been appointed agent a t \Viluon. Ark.. and will soon move his family to that point. Sorry to lose the Johnstons a s residents of Chaffee.

Foreman Segraves ancl gang mere on Eastern dlvlsion recently assisting In bridge worlc. Thls gang is back home now and Is worklng In and around Lake Cltv. Miss Belle Kinne has had as her guest

Mrs. E. J. Neville of Albuquerque, N. 31.. who also vislted with engineer and 3lrs.

1Foreman Inman and gang have been working a t Hayti the past few weeks.

Foreman Sayles and gang have been working around Success and Biggers.

Foreman Ervln and gang a r e now located a t Blstheville.

n a. I. Pasne. a s s i s t a n t g e n e r a l John Curths. 1 pas<en$er a g e n t , s p e n t one cently flshing a n d reported dwht some Ash. W e dldn' t

Mr. C. V. Foles has reslgned as secre- t a ry to superintendent and expects t o spend some time in Florida before taklng up other dutles. Walter Essner, former clerk to asslstant superlntendent, suc- ceeds Xr . Foles a s secretary.

W e a r e just wondering how Mlss Eliza- bcth Grieshaber Is going to spend her vacation thls summer. She has just purchased a classy looking Chevrolet sedan which she Is handllng like a veteran driver and no doubt Intends to make good use of our highways.

XIrs. Jaunl ta Fatchett has been visiting with her brother, James A. Morgan, a t Poplar Bluft.

JIrs. 0. P. Krueger of Springfield has been spending a Pew days wlth Xlrs. W. A. Singleton and Nrs. D. T. Wells a t Chaffee and Misses Xell and Clara Krue- ger a t Cape Glrardeau.

Mr. and Xrs. H. E. BIcBrlde have had as their guest Mr. XcBride's mother. of Cape Girardeau.

Mss Leota Frlend recently entertained the Frlsco Glrls' Bridge Club and one table of vlsltors which included Mrs. W. A. Walling; Mlss Anna Kaln. Jltss Allce Price and Miss I l a Cook. Prlzes were won by Mlss Mary Farrell, Miss I la Cook and Mrs. 0. E. Rigdon.

Miss Belle Kinne has recently been visitlng with frlends in Evansvllle.

Miss Lorene Bollinger spent week-end a t her home in Oran.

Mr. and Mrs. Don Bucklln ancl baby made short vislt in Chaffee last month. Mr. Bucklin was former clerk In assist- a n t superintendent's offlce.

"Chlc" McDonough Is a busy man these spring days plantlng garden and plannlng flshlng trips.

Roadmaster L. Ramey Is able to be on duty again a f te r about SIX weeks' 111- ness.

' ha ca - 'he flsl ),-but w e will t a k e h i s word

time. Next t ime w e w a n t Foreman poprester ancl gang a r e work-

ing vlcinlty of Kennett. Jack Ervln, 19-year-old son of B&B

foreman E d Ervln, passed a w a y a t Okla- homa Clty. Aprll 8. Death resulted from a splnal operation. The remains were brought to Chaffee for burlnl. We wish

IS. ,. .. E. Buesse, c i t y passenger

Louis, Mo., pald us a s h o r t tlg.

IVER DIVISIO'N I - . .--~

to express our sympathy to-the Ervlns. The Ervin. famlly deslre to express

through Frlsco Marazine their a o ~ r e c i a - PLAR BLUFF, MO.

4TUS PRICE, Reporter

Morgan, cashler-operator, Is blg smile these days a s he Is father of a big 8-pound boy. sell Jerome. .. Karty. who h a s been slck hospital. Is able to be on the

tion for the services and favors rk;ld&red during their late bereavement.

Mr. L. Ramey, roadmaster, has been off duty recently account sickness. While off duty Mr. Ramey was in Frlsco hospital. St. Louis. Evidently he was greatly beneflttecl bv the treatment h e received for he fs back on t h e - j o b - and states he Is feeling flne.

Nr. I r a Brazil. of the B&B d e ~ a r t m e n t . covered Nr. Rnmey's territory -& road: master during Mr. Ramey's absence.

Lorena B o l l l n ~ e r a n d Anna Guethle : - vo Employes' Club met Aprll 7. ~~xussed some Important thlngs In

--ls to sollcitatlon and a r e maklng xements to have some good times wmmer. A blg dance is belng

1 --d but the date Is not fully dell"

were among the-glrls from the Frlsco offlca who took advantage of the sprlng weather we have been having and enjoyed a wlener roast In t h e h l l l s near ChaRee cvening of April 10. The glrls s ta te it Is best to make a long story short! Perhaps they could lengthen thls storv.

+:& have our local servlce restored ..,cry day service on the Hoxle Sub. i vie are proud of and makes it :: rasier on our club in the solicita- - rnri am sure we can get much more :-% with this daily servlce. %actor J. V. Wrlght Is In Hot

,-!s. Ark., taking a series of baths. ?:right has been sick for about two

.,!:he Is belng relleved by Conductor ' :muon. . :A E. Payer, who was Injured dur- -??tornado In May. 1927, Is stlll off

x i d i n e Bryant , 13-year-old daughter of section foreman W. F. Bryant, of Ken- nett. 310.. dled a t Marshall, 310.. 2 :00 a. m., April 14. The body was taken to Kennett fo r burlal. The Frlsco employes wlsh to extend thelr sympathy to the Bryant famlly.

Xrs. H. G. Harmon, wlfe of roadmaster, shopped in Cape Glrardeau Aprll 12. Mr. Harmon accompanied hls wlfe home and spent Sunday a t Hayti.

OFFICE DIVISION ACCOUNTANT CHAFFEE. MO.

R A L P H STEPHENS. Repor te r

Our shop accountan t . Mr. H. H. Mc- Garvey, h a s been t ransfer red to Mem- phls f o r a period of s ix ty dayh to help relleve t h e congehtion of work a t t h a t 1)olnt.

3Ir. a n d Mrs. McGarvey s p e n t a re - cen t week-end in Springfield, 1\10., v i s i t ing hlr. JIcGarvey's s i s te r who waa v i s i t ~ n g a t t h a t point a n d whonl Jlr. NcGarvey h a d n o t seen f o r sev-

Mr. Sitze, accountan t wi th the C&EI of Salem, Ill., w a s a visi tor in o u r of-

J r . Congra tu la t ions a l l the round!

Guy i\Ias\vell, cal ler , has bumped by R. F. Hinkle. baggar f rom Blythevil le , aracount Jfr . H position be ing abolished.

\\'e have had a number of ct

fice A1)ril 17. Glenna F a y Kay, shopped in Cape

Girardeau recently. \Ve a r e su1)posing she's a l l s e t fo r the E a s t e r parade.

F i s h i n g a n d f rogglng , that 's a l l we h e a r a b o u t these days. H a v e heard heaps of good fish s tor ies these l a s t d,lys, however, believe i t h a s been definitely decided t h a t J o h n Crippen an11 F i reman F r a n k st i l l c lalm the t i t le o f "Champeen" f r o g ge t te rs .

Horseshoe p i t c h ~ n p , tha t ' s a n o t h e r g r e a t s p o r t these days. Even c a r foreman Prosser a n d chief c le rk J IcKenna

In th i s office recently. J . L. 3: w a s assigned to ass i s tan t super1 ent'; R. L. Cooper, a c t i n g day m a s t e r ; V. E. Hopkins, n igh t mas te r : H . H. DeBerry, from ,E field, haw been ass ianed a s rounr

C . A. j o b bid in th i rd t r ick op in t h i s offlce.

W. L. Powell is relieving Johnson a s first t r i ck operator. I W. S. Johnson ( b e t t e r kno-

C n w ~ e r ) yearned f o r b e t t e r thir h e left' our fireside a n d went t t son to be a n ord inary agent . I

Harold Hopliins, ca l le r anc president o f t h e Fr i sco Employer has been qui te busy of l a te prz. f o r a p rogram to be given on .A!

The new JIissouri Pacific inter a t Narque t te , No., i s completed. Lipscomb bid in a s flrst triclc ap Clay Smith a s second, and R. H. a s th i rd triclc.

Dean Underwood spent' Louis recently.

Tom Hudson h a s been looking 1)ale a n d thin since h i s wife he

era1 s e a r s . \V, R. McDonough is the proud own-

e r of a new Chevrolet coach. H e a n d Mrs. IhlcDonough h a v e been t r y i n g o u t Khe roads a l l over southeas t JIissouri.

srwnd ca>nsitler;ible t ime a f t e r ufflce i~n,urs i'itchinr: horscshocl;. J l r . 3Ic- l i r n n a s t a t e s he isn't a n exper t in t h e l ine b u t h e is a p r e t t y good runner-up. Xotire w h e r e t h e editor of the 3Iaga- zinc h a s aslterl fo r a photograph of thc winner a n d runner-ut) of t h e

Our steno, Miss I l a Cook, spent u recen t week in the hospital a t St. 'Louis h a v i n g h e r tonsi ls removed. She is now back o n t h e f o b a n d s a y s s h e s u r e is g lad t h a t esperience is over.

Niss Mary B a k e r of Sikeston, Mo., worked the s teno job while N i s s Cook w a s in t h e hospital .

31. \V. Roush s p e n t a recent' week- end in Rlythevil le , Ark., v i s i t ing f r iends a n d p lay ing golf. Xaur ice ac- qu i red a b i t o f s u n b u r n while awny.

The Fr i sco Club a r e m;kins flnal p repara t ions for the play, I \V:ant a Divorce," which they a r e to give w o n .

horseshoe p i tch ing tournament t h a t is to be held yecently-the mechanical depar tment I* go ing to provide t h e mater ia l for both ~ h o t o g r a l > h s .

I l a Cook is a t th i s t ime confined to t h e St . Louis hospital .

H. E. Hubbard h a s been receiving much favorab le comment on t h e min- i a t u r e s t a g e coach h e buil t a n d h a d on d i s p l a y i n one of t h e up-town s t o r e s recently.

visi t ing. Tom ICane just go t t i red work

he laid off . Aren' t you rest, 'Pnm 7

TRAINMASTER'S OFFICE AND LOCAL FREIGHT HOUSE

CHAFFEE, MO. MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT CHAFFEE, MO.

LEOTA FRIEND, Repor te r

S p e a k i n g of modern conveniences- G. 31. Cohoon, roundhouse c le rk , s a y s t h e new a i r whis t le recently instal led in t h e roundhouse office by electr ician Collins h a s them a l l bested.

Ben F. Hinkle , fo rmer ly b a g g a g e m a n a t Blythevil le , w a s displaced a t Blythevil le a n d he in t u r n bumper1 on t h e 4:00 D. m. to 1 2 midnight ca l l ing

..... Frrlght Hooxe

S n t h a n Carle. yard c le rk at is off du ty account a n infecte H e and 311s. Carle a r e v~sitinr t ives in Chaffee.

E. A-. Johnson h a s been assigr position of revising clerk in pl A. 0. Smiley who bid in posit chief yard clerk.

Mrs. J o h n Lenon is s t i l l serlo~ a t h e r homc on Black avenu~ hope f o r a speedy recovery.

T h e new m e c h a n ~ c a l coal chul beyond t h e f r e i g h t house Is completed and ready for uhe.

ILA COOK, Repor te r

Mr. a n d Mrs. J o h n Cur t i s s h a v e re - tu rned a f t e r spending a month in H o t Springs, Ark.

1\11.. a n d 311's. Emi l Sabas t ian w r i t e f rom Flor ida t h a t they a r e having a real vacation. XIr. Sabas t ian w a s re - cently ret ired a s conductor, h a v i n g reached t h e a g e limit.

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Miss E t h e l Mae Robinson, who Is a t - t ending school a t F a y e t t e , No., spent' a few d a y s between semes te rs wi th her paren ts , Sl'r. a n d 311% R. J. Robinson.

X i s s Marjorie Gordon recently visi t - ed h e r randm mother in 3Ien11)his.

job. F i r e m a n J. \V. Skelly and Mrs.

Slcelly of H a y t i a r e spending t h i r t y d a y s in H o t Spr lngs due to ill hea l th of Mr. Sltells.

E. H. NorveH, J o e P o r t e r , J o h n Kay, R. T. Ahlsteatl a n d J o h n Ponder were

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO, 3Irs. ->\. S t e g e r h a s a s h e r gues t ,

Miss Gladys \Viebark of E a s t Pra i r ie , INEZ LAIL. Report'er 31 0.

\Ve a r e g l a d . to repor t t h a t Mrs. F r a n k Moore IS improving rapidly nfrer being very ill.

JIrw. \V. A. Singleton en te r ta ined h e r bridge c lub on April 4. F r o m a l l repor t s Mrs. Singleton is a n excellent hostesw.

311% H . C. Montgomery and t w o children, B e t t y J o e a n d Homer. a r e v i s i t ing h e r m o t h e r in St. Ji'arys, 1\10.

Mr. J . P. Harr i son a n d d a u g h t e r s visi ted X r s . Har r i son on April 6. Mrs. Har r i son h a s been confined to t h e Barnes hospit'al f o r some time. W e hope to hear of h e r immediate re-

de lega tes to ronvention of F.ICD&MC recent ly held in Springfield.

\Ve received o u r first offlcinl f rom o u r new superintendent , 11 McMillan, and ass i s tan t super) en t , J. L. illumma, a n d w e want ' w i t h the i r m a n y f r iends in s them a l l t h e success possible.

\Vm. JIcGrn\v. c a r insnector. OFFICIAL FRISCO WATCH INSPECTORS

proud possehsor of a nkw Ply coach. Bil l b roke t h e new car d r i s i n a down t'o Memnhis for

Dllworth Jewelry Co ............................. Jasper, Ah. Billtom. C. W............................... Ft. Worth, Texas

w i t h friends. J. P. Reynolds, ret1l.e engine,

re turned f rom t h e Frisco h w h e r e h e underwent a minor t ion . . - ..

J l i s s Maur ine Lloyd, daughl conductor J . S. Lloyd, spent the end in St. Louis.

T h e new interlocker tower r

coovery. We a r e g l a d to know t h a t Mrs. R.

L. Cooper is a b o u t to r e n c h ' t h e l ~ o i n t where she is h e r own jolly self a f t e r n month spent in t h e E'~.isco hospital .

F r a n k Morgan. Sr., is s u r e s t r u t t i n g h i s st'uff these days. H e is t h e proud g r a n d f a t h e r of two t iny grandchi l - dren. A baby g i r l be longing to 1\11., and Mrs. J a m e s J rorgan a n d a baby hoy to Mr. a n d BIrs. F r a n k Morgan,

I St. Charles Hotel I ONE BLOCK FROM DEPOT

E. G. CRAJILISG, Owner and Proprietor

European Plan CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI

Girardeau is now in operatton Smith. G. A. Lipscomb a n d H. R a r e t h e t h r e e opera tors biddinr l~os i t ions there.

R. E. JIeudows, platform fw a n d family s p e n t Sunday in F 310.. w i t h X'r. JIeadows' parentr

CENTRAL BOARDING & SUPPLY COMPANY COMMISSARY CONTRACTORS

I Branch O l i n I General Office ST. LOUIS. ]!I'

F. J. ESGLEMAS. President 31. 9. ESCLEM-LY, Vice-Pres., Dallas, Tex. SPRISGFIELD, !f G. I. FITZGERALD. Ylce-Pres. and Sec'p E. B. SHARIiET, JIananer. F r Worth, Tex. 1205 Bd. of Trade Bld& FT. \\'ORTH T" CHAS. GRAT. Manazer, Sprlnaeld. 310. G. R. PIERCE, Supt., St. Louls. .\lo. KAiiSAS CITY. 310. DALLAS. TEW GUT KRESS. Supt.. Springfield, Jlo. J. P. JIcDOSALD. JIgr., Chicago. Ill. CHICAGO. ILL I

J. T. Pearson, y a r d f o r e m a n a t Cape Grardeau, underlvent a m a j o r opera - tion nL the E'risco hospi tal , b u t is r e - [~med to he g e t t i n g a l o n g nicely.

H o w a r d T. Ke lchner w a s appo in ted n igh t ' roundhouse f o r e m a n a t Wich i ta , Apri l 1, succeed ing E. Cra igh t , w h o w a s a s s i g n e d to o t h e r dut ies . 3Ir. K e l c h n e r is f rom St. Louis.

C. C. Mills, s a f e t y sul)ervisor , a c - compxnied b y C. E. A r m s t r o n g , roadmas te r , r ecen t ly m a d e a n inspect ion t r i p o v e r t h e 32nd t r a c k divis ion, in tiic. i n t e r e s t s of acc iden t p reven t ion a n d s a f e t y Arst.

J. P. Sheehnn , pensioned rondnias te r , h a s r e t u r n e d f r o m a s h o r t vis i t in F o r t

dl NORTHERN DIVISION I GENERAL AGENT KANSAS CITY, MO.

DAVID H. TODD. R e p o r t e r -

h e auditors office, o u r a c c o u n t i n g de- mtrnent was re ins fa l l ed i n t h i s o f f i ~ e \wil 1. Harold Ba tche lder w a s a g u l n

1 ~'?:,Iarcl~ 27th.

4 The Frisco howl ing t e a m had revenge

ill- 7 their heart's a n d blood in t h e i r eyes b,. ;.;lien they again a t t e m p t t o d e f e a t t h e

:irk' team of K a n s a s City, I i ans . I t is K, ,,-.edlers to s a y t h a t t h e y w e r e a g a i n I'q.:,ir.ated worse t h a n t h e first t lme.

I This one shou ld c o m e u n d e r t h e >heading of "The Thri l l t h a t comes once

a r ' i n a Life Time." R e c e n t l y J o e K r a m e r '.lilt for home a t 6:00 1). m. H c looked r c ' , -. his usual p a r k i n g s p a c e a n d h i s c a r ;,is gone. >:d C u n n i n g h a m w h o w a s

1 I t * hrnd of him sudden ly began g i v i n g :e ' 4 ',v all sor ts o f swi tchmen ' s s ignq ls , 11 't ~ : d RS Joe neared t h e c o r n e r h e spletl

I> car in front o f t h e "Grcasy Spoon" ly '91 :here he had lef t i t on h i s lunch hour. n. i -

j u q MASTER MECHANIC'S OFFICE m18.1 KANSAS CITY, MO.

H. I?. SHIVI~CRS, Report 'er

Smi th . Ark. W e u n d e r s t a n d t h a t H a r l e y Bowman.

ya rd c le rk , i s d r i v i n g a nt'n' Ford . John S e w f e l t , mach in i s t , h a s been

a w a y s e v e r a l w e e k s o n account of i l l - ness .

J e s s i e E u r d i c k , n i :~ch in i s t , h a s re- t u r n e d to w o r k , a f t e r be ing n w a y severa l d a y s on a c c o u n t of s ickness .

X r s . R e x Gill, w i f e of roundhouse c le rk , h a s been v i s i t i n g re la r ives a n d f r i ends a t Xeodesha .

I.. L. S tephens , s w i t c h eng ineer . w a s in St. Louis hosp i ta l , d u r i n g t h e Arst w e e k of .4pril, a n d r e t u r n e d t o w o r k Apri l 7.

0. S. Keel ing , yiu'tl fo reman , ant i "Shorty." t h e XIexican y a r d c leaner . have been busy t h e p a s t f e w d a y s 1) lant in.~- f lowers a n d s h r u b s in o u r p a r k , a u d g e t t i n g i t Axed u p f o r s u m - mer.

Mr. Railroad Man: INDIANAPOLIS GLOVES

Pass Inspection. CAN you carry on an important job 100%

efficient1 with your hands cased in wet greasy gyoves of inferior grade?

INDIANAPOLIS GLOVE COMPANY has been in business twenty-five years supply- ing RAILROAD MEN with just the kind of gloves suited to their respective jobs- work gloves that provide real comfort, greatest p r o t e e t i o n and LONGEST WEAR. These qua1i;ies we build rlghr into gloves FOR YOU.

FORT SCOTT, KANS.

DOROTHY WORKING, Rcportcr

We're having some very beautiful days this spring-the leaves a r e just begin- ning to come out and spring seems to be just al,ountl the corner.

Wi th the opening of the ear ly spring, the polo team has s tar ted practicin? aga in a n d we're quito anxious to watch some of the games. Thc team seems to be a very fine one.

Mr. L. W. Pipkin, divlsion account:~nt. is the proud possessor of a new Hudson scrlan-brown ant1 tan. H e secms to be qui te plcaseal with it.

BIr. J . P. B r i ~ g s . bill clerk, 1s also tlie owner of a ncn7 Dodge sedan. H c is a lso qui te satisflcd.

Mr. Oscar Nelson accepted n position with the ICC a n d lef t l a s t week. W e

NOW when you buy gloves insist on INDIANAPOLIS GLOVES with our RED APPLE ticket and you will get the GREATEST VALUES.

INDIANAPOLIS GLOVE COMPANY Indianapalis, Indiana

opcratcrl. During his shor t s t a y in the city, Mr. Dcat ty stepped out on the plat- forni a t the s tat ion a n d was interviewed by l'mnlc I.:. Murphy, local claim agent , :%n<i H. \V. Hutlgens. gcncrnl claim a ren t . with ht%tdqunrtrrs in Springfield. Mo. Mr. Hutlrens nnrt wife werc week-enrl guests of Loral Agent Murphy a n d wifc.

R. 0. Gctts, travelinq timekeel~cr. with headquarters in Springfield. has been here the past weck o r so, attcnrling to t lu t i z~ .

F. F Loyer, mill f o r e m a n a t K a n s a s 'it)., is In St. Lou is inspec t ing n e w idgh t car equ ipment be in^ bu i l t f o r

Iry the American C a r & F o u n d r y all wish him success, althougli wo cer- ta inly miss him.

Mr. Fred 3Iahan has been t e m ~ ~ o r a r i l y assigned to tile position of general clerk. 311'. J. P. Eriggs to the completion report desk, and Y w . William H u c i ~ e s to as-

,-[.!( ' ~mpany, r u The rwo Snerrv R a i l Service c a r s in " ~. .

:, . , , ,I. :;.~rge of n corps of r a i l e x p e r t s w a s -,.,!,,r! 131 Kansas Ci ty laxt m o n t h f o r n

,I?;,.. ,.rr of 1nst)ectlon over t h e X o r t h e r n s is tant hill ant1 voucher desk. ,.,.,.- ::ston. i f t 'er these c a r s h a v e been

, ~ t , ~ .T our The, t h e m a i n t e n a n c e of way i,.,,lplr .~:wtment will k n o w exac t ly t h e con- .. ,... ,ion of all ra i ls o v e r which t h i s m a - SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE

FT. SCOTT, KANS. MAINTENANCE OF W A Y

DEPARTMENT

LL '., vl . l t ne'&eis a s i t i s s o cons t ruc ted as

#detect all defect^ in t h e rai l . ELAXCHI.: RICICi\'ELL, Rcportcr

The Northern division held Its reb-ulav monthly fuel c~onuel.vation mrr t ing a t 1.Y. Scott. X number of officials a n d rm- ployes from out of the city were present. hIr. J . 1.:. Whalcn. ceneral fuel s u ~ c r -

h... Ve are d a d to report ' t h e recovery ,py::; ,>I& Elmer Burg , \\rife of shol, e lec- ,,.,.,,. - ~ m , who u n d e r w e n t a v e r y s e r i o u s

,,+ration In t h e local hosg i ta l l a s t C:1,:0. W. SCOTT, rc1)orter . , , c - ~ t h . .,,.; . Cmter Sunday w a s v e r y nwro1) r ia te -

uhserred bv mos t of us m a k i n g o u r Bridge a n d building wate r service foreman had a flne meeting Sunday, March 30th, in assembly room a t For t Scott, un- de r Mr. S. E. Melton. gen'l foreman BkB fir WS, After a general dlscussion of

c i l r , , . ' 11a1 appearance a t t h e church . CL,, i1. R. Spencer, ch ie f ca l l e r , g e t s h i s

lark . ::i direct f rom t h e c o u n t r y in o r d e r ,I,+. insure Cheir f reshness . A recen t

r.simrnent, however , w a s n o t q u i t e mnr , , ; rothe sl)eciflcatIon%.

,.,,. C. 0. Edmlsson. coach y a r d fo reman . :I ha^ a desire t o k n o w h o w i t f ee l s ride in a new Ford .

visor, of St . Louis, attcncled thc mectin:. Carl R. Gray. SI'.. prcslclent of t h r

Vnion Paciflc Railroad. pawe(1 throuqh F o r t Scott on t rain 1 1 7 , enloutc floni T u ~ R ~ to Kansas City. N r . Gray hacl been in Tulsa attendin,- a n oil mecting. H e stopped off just a few minutes be- t w e m trains to look up old friends.

Niss Blanche Bicknell an11 Miss Helen Roberts spent Sunday in Nevada. Mo.

I4arolcl Phelus a n d wife sgcnt Sunday

the various work a n d how i t should properly be (lone Nr . J. 0. Armstrong gave a Ant. talk on accident prevention follo\ved by Mr. F. E. Murphy claim agcnt who made ;t Ane talk along tlie same line.

Mr. W. H. Eevans, superintendent. J. 0. Armstrong, division e n ~ l n e r r , Mr. S. R. Melton. Gen'l foreman BCR. 0. \V. Wil- son nnrl J . W. Waterbury. bridge inspectors finished the annunl spring bridge inspection, .\pril 18th.

Mr. B. H. Crosland, a s s i s t a n t dlvis ion eng ineer , w e n t over t h e K a n s a s City Sub. Ash Grove Sub. a n d Af ton S u b

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1 ITEMS FROM WICHITA. KANS.

HELEX SHEEHAX. R e p o r t e r in ,Ioplin, ,\lo.

Claude Reerler. tirnnkeeper. was absent from his ~ l u t i e s one day. account sickncw.

hIrs. W. H , Bcvnns and XIiss Gl.srly~ Roth spent the week-end in Kansas City.

Mrs. J a c k Dalton is in the hosvital a t

B. Berry, m a s t e r mechan ic a t -sas City, a n d 31. L. C r a w f o r d , a s - ,int master mechan ic a C N o n e t t ,

vl~ltors in Wich i ta , Apri l 10. , v~d Underwood, s o n of C. S. Under -

I. travellna f r e f a h t sol ici tor . i s ill

Springfl~ld, 310. 111. E. W. Beat ty, president and c1inir~-

man of the board of the Canadian Pacifln Railway, passed through F o r t Scott. April .5, in his p r ~ v a t e c a r at tached to Frisco t rain No. 108. H e is making a trip throufili pa r t s of the United States ant1 ohser\,ing how American railroads a r c

w i t h t h e S p e r r y Dec tor c a r w e e k s t a r t - i n g Apri l 14th.

J a m e s W. Crav . uum1,er a t Boicourt . . w a s s e v e n t y y e a r s oicl, XIarch 9th. March 91st w a s his last d a y of work 3Ir. G r a y had conr inuous se rv lce s ince J a n u a r y . 1891. S t a r t e d p u m p i n g a t Boicourt in 1894.

, t scarlet fever. - Kimmel, locomotive c a r p e n t e r

vuckman. w a s off severa l d a y s on ,nt of the d e a t h of h i s s i s t e r - ~ n - n Oklahoma.

] z F ~ C O F M P L O ~ ~ ~ I(

Serving a great

Banner Steel Post The Post

With a Bac4bone

Railroad S v s t e m ~

ROVIDING adequate, strong, good will building woven wire fences- strong, easy t o set up, low cost steel

fence posts-signal strand-barbed wire fo r fences- tie dating nails-rail bonds for signaling and electrifica-

tion-wire rope for many uses-are some of the functions of this company in its relation to a great railroad system such

as the Frisco.

BANNER STEEL FENCE POSTS-r. r. rail design-are well thought of by railroad men a s they a re easy to install, of great strength and combine a long, useful life with low cost.

AMERICAN WOVEN WlRE FENCE has an equal preference and for the same reasons. Guaranteed to give the equal o r longer service than any other fence using equal size wire under any given conditions.

AMERICAN RAIL BONDS-the standard rail bonds for safety in signalling and telegraphing. Built and engineered to be superior under any service conditions.

AMERICAN MONITOR WlRE ROPE-conceded by most railroad men to be the strongest and most efficient of all wire ropes.

AM ERICAN BARBED WIR E-the original barbed wire-known and used by railroads the world over.

American Steel GZ% W i r e Company Subsidiary o f United States Steel Corporation

Chicago New York Boston Dallas Birmingham Denver St. Louis Kansas City Memphis Atlanta Oklahoma City Salt Lake City U. S. STEEL PRODUCTS CO. San Francisco Los Angefes Portland Seattle

I'JIAS. Riddle c ross ing f l agman a t zusta passed a y a y April 7th. H~lller D. JIorr ls is a c t i n g p u m p e r

A. Boicourt until r e g u l a r p u m p e r i s ns- -1c1L

1;i:au. Lincoln, w a t e r se rv ice r e - , urnan returned to w o r k March 22ntl.

: ~ t Frctleri4.k. Okla.. was cailecl to \Vivl~i- t s on account of t h r srr ious illnesy. irl' her n~o thcr .

Mr. V. C . Howl, rasllicr a t Clinton. Okla., has been visiting in Kansas Cit!. JIo. .

A great tical of ar t is t ic talent is con!- ing to tho front, particularly noticeable in the loal younc members of the Frisco Family. .\lirs I h r i s Dennc. 8-yiv1r-ol*l i laughtrr of Vic Dillon, filc clerk in thr, superintendent's offlcr. w a s the lea(1ing lwly in the operet ta rcccntly put on hy the gwt ic pupils of her school a t Thicl. She carried hcr pa r t well.

Mr. H. McClurv, hralteninn. and \\-if(. a r e plnnninp- on a t r ip to ( '~~l ifornin ta, visit with friends and relatives.

Mr. I". I-:. Porter. bralrenian. has hern visiting with f r i en~is in Strwitor. 111.

.I. F. \Vootl, son of the agent rtt I'aw- nee, plans on s p ~ n d i n l : some tirrie in 1,os i\ngc:les visitin,g with frien(ls nnil r c lw tives.

Mrs. W. 8. Currin. \vife of the ton-PI - nlan a t Vernon. Texns, syt'nt a few (lays in Tulsa recently.

I\ wctlrling of cons i~ le~ ,ab le interest to a good ninny on thc Western iiivinlon took place in Tulsa. Olcla, March 22. when Virninia. eldest daughter of H. H. Williams, became the bride of IIoward Thomas.

Virginia's f a the r ha$ heen with the Frlsco lo r a ~ o o d mnny yerrl.8. and a t present is t h r assis tant c h s i r n ~ a n of t l ~ o maintenance of w a y employw.

The young ctnlple will ~nrlkc their t~on l r in Enid, and their many fricntls extrntl their best wishes f o r all happiness.

Mr. H. H . Brown, former superintcnll- en t on the Western division, visited thv offlces again on his recent visit to Enlcl. His many friends werc (lelightetl to src: him and penew acquaintance. JIr. Brown is now retired and ninklng his homr i l l Southern California.

:-..: tvo months visiting with rela- .-* in Buffalo a n d Alhally, New York. :I. E. Baker, sect ion f o r e m a n n t nra, section B-1 on Ash Grove Suh

: ptered J I ~ r c h 2Rth.

?ANSPORTATION D E P A R T M E N T ORTHERN D IV IS ION FT. SCOTT, KANS.

OL.fDYS ROTH, R e p o r t e r - lor W. H. Gni the r w a s off trilm f lur ing Apri l , accc)unt and we imagine look ing a f t e r a5 the "Races" wil l soon be

I-nerrl Yardmaster I.:. I,. \\'ood rlt h i$ 2 days vacat ion o n t h e r i v e r

7:k fishing. Did n o t h e a r w h e t h e r

Time Out had any success n r not. b u t a r e king lor the "Big F i sh" s t o r y soon. Suirductor F. W. Marnmen h a s r r - -wd to work a f t e r s e v e r a l d a y s v a - 4 I iln.

&tchrnai~ J . B. Vowler h a s r e t u r n e d nl Ok lahom~ whore h r w a s cal led account of the i l lness of relat ives.

Brvlteman C. F'. Zentmire h a s been Inr several weelts a c c o u n t s i ckness .

>kernan J. I,. Dear ing , h a s heen fill- : his vacancy on t h e b d a y clause. 'onduetor Lee Nelson is now r i d i n g md il l a new DeSoto which me un- s!and he ha8 p111.c5h~~ed j u s t r ecen t -

for a pbeful +MAN W. F. Bennell and

BR;"zch-tender M. J. Rustia light up with Edgeworth while they swap a word or two in the New York Central's 60th Street yard. Edgeworth fills in a man's sparr minutes, and the cold out- doors gives an extra edge to a few puffs of this good old tobacco.

Edgeworth belongs in

jrakeman hI. AX, S w o ~ c i s in Cleve- ,I, Ohio, a l t end ing x m e e t i n g of t h e ,if R T I TEXAS LINES I . -" -.

':rx. C. At. Knechele, w i f e of b r a k e - n, has returned to h e r h o m e in K a n - (City af ter n visi t w i t h h e r p a r e n t s Rockview, JIo. H e r m o t h e r accom- lied her home. 'lr.5. Frank Shere r , w i f e of b r a k e - n. and daughter M a r y M a r t h a vis i t - :Irs. Sherer's m o t h e r i n T o n e k a r e -

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-1iy. Mrry Hubbart, son of t r a i n m a s t e r H. Huhbart a n d wi fe , s w n t t h e J o e Moorman , c a s h ~ e r , c la ims to havr*

whee led off a whee l h a r r o w fu l l of ha i l which wa.; a a t h e r e d f r o m t h e s ide w a l k of h ~ s home a f t e r t h e s t o r m of S u n d a y a f te rnoon . Apri l l a . P a g e Mr. Ripley!

C h a r l e s L u c k e r t , col lector , r epor ted t h a t t h e s t o r m caused h ~ s g a r a g e to collapne. a n d p rac t i ca l ly demolished a S t u d e h a k e r c a r p a r k e d the re in .

Mr. D. 0. E t t e r , ch ie f c le rk anc! 11(1r- t i c u l t u r i s t of n o smal l r enown, 1s ek- lwr iment ing wi th s o m e y a r d l o n g h e m s impor ted frhr h ~ s g a r d e n fro111 Ar l t ansas

JIr . P. C. Red\.e\ *t.~te.; thn t his a l - f a l f a is g rowln l : r ap ld ly qlnce the r t ~ i n a t J I a a n o l i a ; \ lanor

qrrr holidaye a t home. 1lm'ry is a t - -d;ng school a t Lawrence . ':I.$ Dorthea W o r k i n g , comi)tometer " "

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If ym don't KNOW Edge- worth, moil tho roupon for o pnErOl8S f r w p c k o r to t ry . L c r & I ~ m r r h show you horc, p o d it is - y o u be the judge. Addr~as L a r w %

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ipril. Kubbart, t~ ainm:istel', mc,ved "flodfrey" th i s m o n t h to hih or1 Judson 4tret.t a n d will r e -

e In the f u t u r e .

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Kveryone t!njoyed t h e luncheoll g iv - e n a t t h e F i r s t Chr i s t i an Church , e x - wr ) t N r . L i t t l e fa i r , anti hv h a d to hnvo

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da L)illon, vhief olcrk's steno- who has been sc.rior~sly ill for three weeits, is rapitlly improv- ve hope to have hcr hack with very long. \\: L?owers, conductor. anrl wife Ing on a n (%tentled trip to S c w

X r s . I?. P. Robertson, d a u g h t e r of N. IC. Glancvolt. sect ion s t o c k m a n , h a s g o n e to I.ouisville, Icy.. to join lirr' l iunb i~nd w h c r e t h e y will m a k e the i r home. She vis i ted h e r p a r e n t r h e r e h r f o r e g o i n g to Louisville. T h e y fo r - m e r l y lived :~. t Ardmore , Okla.

Miss E s t h c r J o h n s o n h a s re tu rned to h e r homv in Dallas . Texas , a f t e r v i s i t ing h e r s i s t e r , Mrs. 1,. McJIillnn.

C. \r. Xlontxornery. fo reman t h i s de - partment ' , a n d J o e B r y a n , e lec t r i c ia r~ . w e r e m e m b e r s nf a p a r t y w h o w e n t tn I ~ n l i a s on Apri l 16, to a t t e n d a Ma- s o n i r l ec tu re a t t h e F a i r P a r k Cnli- Frurn.

I ~..\nr:s a nlio. co.. loo s. 2 2 ~ st. I , Richmond. V,. I

I I ' II t ry >our ~tigcworth, ~ \ n d 1~ try i t 1 I in n good pipe. I

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) Xly namr.. I I I de Thomas, b rakrman , haq becn

i l l with pneumonia, i~ r e ~ o r t c . 1 long a s well us could be es -

Rurnside, ngent at Pcekham. 3 callecl to Lor Angeles on ac-

,: x t h ~ s ~ r i o u s illness of his sister. :.: R. 8. Clark. wife of t h r c a r clerk

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Our spr ing showers have se t In. I t ra ins every n ight and some of the davs. Guess our flowers will mow. also t h e weeds.

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M. A. Perkins, car clerk, who has been 111 wi th influenza for t he ~ a s t s ix weeks I s Improving slowly. -

Ell Boatman, coppersmith, underwent a n operation a t the St. Louis. hospltal recently. W e wish fo r him a speedy Pecovery.

L. C. Fuller, general foreman, N. Thorworth, boiler foreman, and John Morgan, blacksmith foreman, and the i r familles formed a par ty golng to Lake Dallas, near Denton, Texas, Sunday, April 13. They were caught In a b ~ g rain and storm on the way home and were ra ther la te ge t t ing In.

MEGHANICAL AND STORES DEPT. FT. WORTH, TEXAS

J. D. LACEY, Reporter

W e a r e havlng some beautiful weather and spr lng seems to have a r - rlv.ed a t last.

T h e following delegates from here attended the convention held a t Sprlngfleld on Aprll 8, for the purpose of electing a new advisory board. G. C. Best, carman, R. W. Courtney! elec- t'rlcian, G. O'Gorman, blacksmith, B. Boydstun, machlnlst, J. R. Ferguson, representing the boilermakers, and E. A. Padaet t , coP~er smi th . H. C. Roth- ell, waFer service man, was unable to a t t e n d -- - - - . - - .

A new a i r compressor I s being installed in the machlne shop to replace one of the old ones t h a t broke down some time ago.

C. E. Blentllnger, car foreman. Is serving on the jury this week. F. C. Rudloff, piecework checker, I s ac t ing foreman, and L. M. McMahon, carman. is ac t ing piecework checker.

W. M. Wit t , carman, has purchased a new Ford coupe.

Mr. Pendleton, government locomotive inspector, paid us a visit on April 9. H e f n s ~ e c t e d eight engines and passed them all.

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H. P. Saringer, boilermaker, is in Brownwood renewing the flues In the stationary boiler.

VP&GS OFFICE-FORT W O R T H

MARY BESS SXITH, Reporter

W e wan t to make special mentlon of t he division engineer's offlce (Por t of Misslng Men), who a r e always out ge t t ing Frisco business. We wan t to hand It to them fo r belng a bunch of Frisco boosters. And Incidentally, Mr. Bliss, divlsion engineer, reports steel g a n g on Texas Lines put t ing in two 54-ft. girders a t bridge 749.8. (Sign of progress and more business for the Frisco.)

Wha t wl th the old town' feeling gala and s t ag ing a b ig parade and

everything, we certainly expected our "Cats" to win tha t "ope er," March 9, but were doomed t o Jsappointment when the "Steers" ran away with a 7-5 score.

Those of us who saw the "Passion Play" staged a t Fa i r Pa rk Audltorium, Dallas, unanimously agreed I t was the most beautiful and impressive play we have ever been privileged to witness and certainly gives us a grea ter ap - preclatlon of the CruciAxlon and Res- urrection. I wish a l l of u s could have seen It.

We a r e r ight in the middle of t ry- ing to declde whether o r not we shall hold a spr ing dance, and hope by next month to be able t o report something rlefinltr - - . . . . . - - .

Our April showers were a l l rolled inro one last Sunday evenlng ( the 18th), when F t . Worth experienced the worst raln, windstorm and hall since 1905. Damage a s a result thereof has been estimated a t $300,000.00. For tu- nately, the s torm dld not las t long and was conflned almost entlrelv to the southeastern portlon of our city.

The Metropolis is all excited over t he opening of the "Hollywood," Ft . Worth's latest and very beautiful playhouse, which formally opens April 17.

Have you seen tha t worried look on "Buddy" Grace's usually smiling coun- tenance? You'd be worried looking too if the storm had "played havoc" with your house. M'r. Grace reports, however, tha t due to hard work on hls part , everything is a s neat look- lng a s new now.

TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT FT. WORTH, TEXAS

CORLYXE PLEDGE, Reporter

This is the t ime of year everyone is looking for t ha t new Eas t e r bonnet, and the spr ing weather we a r e having is causing quite a few plans for vacations and flshing tr ips to be made.

The strongest baseball team In the league, the North Texas Traction Company, was victor over our Frisco "all employes" baseball team the flrst game of the season. played Aprll 12th. with a score of five to three. Since we s tar ted out playing the strongest team and were successful in keeping their score down so well, we a r e ex- pecting blg th ings of ou r boys when they really ge t in trim.

Well they're a t I t again. Frank Huber t and J. C. Tewney have broken a l l thelr good vows and gone back to smoking. F r a n k says his reason fo r s t a r t i ng again a f t e r being o r cigar- e t tes fo r over s ix months is tha t he was ge t t i ng so f a t It was up to hlm to buy some new clothes or s t a r t smoking and he flgured It waa cheaper to smoke. Tha t sounds l lke logic, but can't be sure.

There was qulte a bit of excitement In ou r fa l r ci ty t he evening of April 13th when the worst s torm for 25 years

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i b i t here. Some of the hai l-stones were ;. large as hen e g g s a n d roughly est i- mted there w a s $400.000.00 d a m a g e dune, many homes being leveled to the rround. Traffic w a s badly crippled a s nu street-cars or in te rurbans could r u n h r 24 hours a f t e r t h e s torm, a n d f rom the tales tha t a r e told some very

1 freakish things Cook place. Thepisco Club luncheon a t t h e F i r s t 1' 'hrist~an Church, April 16th, w a s a b ig

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I CENTRAL DIVISION (

OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

FT. SMITH, ARK.

PAULINE SAIREKER, Repor te r

Slrs. Ralph Will iams, wi fe of bill a n d :owher clerk in division accountant 's dice, spent several d a y s i n Nemphin

rveently visiting fr iends, a l so shopping.

Mr. a n d Mrs. Leo Oberste announce t h e b i r t h of a daughter , Apri l 3r.d, a n d have named h e r Gretchen. X r s . Oberste will be remembered a s Miss M a r g a r e t Kr iener , a s s i s t a n t super in tendent ' s c le rk at F t . Smlrh.

W e had t w o v is i to rs latelv. one be- i n g C. E. Hickerson and the o t h e r Oscar Nelson, bo th having accepted posi t ions w i t h t h e i n t e r s t a t e commerce commission. Mr. Hickerson is located in Col- ton, Callf., and Nr . Nelson in Ninne- apolis , Minn. Mrs. Hickerson will g o t o Colton t h e 15th of May. W e wish them luck a n d hope they will no t for- g e t t h e Frisco.

W e wish to ex tend o u r s y m p a t h y t o Mr. W a l t e r MayAeld, n i g h t yardmas te r , account the dea th of his father .

Mrs. Haro ld Yerby, wife of d ra f t s - man, i s m a k i n g a n extended visi t in t h e w e s t w i t h re la t ives in Los Angeles, S a n Diego, Denver a n d Boulder.

Mr. Wi l l Clark, opera tor in "FX" offlce and 3frs. Clark jus t re turned f r o m a week's motor t r ip to H o t Spr ings and Li t t l e Rock. Clyde C. P u l l e r of Spr ing- field relieved Mr. Clark d u r i n g h is a b - sence.

IT. Dccidcdly "Frisco Consciozts" is the thriving little city of Rogers, Ark . , horile h ;the fatrro~rs Apple Blossorr~ Festival of several seasons past. A recertt zuindow

' r , h y of the H . L. Strotrd Nevcantilc Co?nparzy of Rogers, featured Lee Union 'hie Overalls, and Frisco Ihtes insignin was prorrrirre~it 012 each pair. Special

:vt E. E. Wilsoiz seiit in thc photografih.

I 'weral changes havc t a k e n place in ,,rion accountant 's office. W e now ,rr with us Miss M a r g a r e t Giles, tmptometer operator . who ha i l s f r o m

:, Louis and w e wish to welcome h e r "d hope she wil l l ike us. Cur t i s 'mley, cmnpletion repor t clerk, h a s .+n promoted a n d t ransfer red to St.

it19 office, Oliver Russ , genera l c le rk , -ring been assigned to position of wletion r e ~ o r t c le rk vice Nr . nkley.

:IT, C. McBroom, chief clerk, spent , ,[?a1 days In H o t Spr ings w h e r e he 7 6 called account t h e se r ious Illness '>is daughter. %as Ruth Cantrel l , d a u g h t e r of S.

?Cantreli, super in tendent , i s v i s i t ing dater in W m s t o n Salem. S. C.

%s Margaret Giles, comptometer -?tor, spent a Sunday in Li t t l e Rock l t n g f r~ends . r+ are glad t o r e p o r t t h a t Mrs. W a l - :layfield, wife of n l g h t yardmas te r ,

brvoverlng f rom a ser ious operat ion.

Phi l l lp Fonta ine , fo rmer t r u c k e r a t f r e i g h t house, is now per forming dut ies of office boy in super in tendent ' s o f - flce.

Nrs . H e n r v S t ie rwal t and H e n r v .TI... wife and son of mainte<ance &lerk, s p e n t a week in H u g o v is i t lng rela- t ives a n d a r e n o w v ls i t ing Mrs. St ier- walt 's mother in Oklahoma City.

A r t h u r .Sweat, t ra inmas te r ' s s tenographer , wl fe a n d s o n w e n t to Oklahoma Ci ty l a s t week to visi t Mr. Sweat 's s is ter . Mr. Sweat re turned Sunday while Mrs. S w e a t a n d son remained l o r a n o t h e r week.

Mr. N. K. W a t e r s , main tenance of way t imekeeper, s p e n t t'wo d a y s of h i s vacation m a k i n g a garden .

I t won't be l o n g n o w w e will be h e a r - i n g some b ig fish stories, in fac t , Opie Li t t l e came in yes te rday te l l ihg h e c a u g h t f o u r catfish, 6 crappie, 2 tu r t les , 2 g a r a n d one w a t e r moccasin.

J u s t learned of t h e dea th of Mrs. Jefferies, mother of P a u l JefTeries,

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~ 'oadmas te rs ' c lerk n t Payettevil le . W e wish to ex tend to h lm o u r s y m p a t h y in h i s bereavement. Also wish to ex tend o u r s y m p a t h y to N. I<. W a t e r s account the d e a t h of his brother-in-law. Mr. L. E. T u r n e r of t h e Dal las Coal Com- pnny. w i t h whom w e h a v e had business relat ions a n d who w a s very prominent in t h e coal industry. AM^. T u r n e r w e n t t o Corpus Christie. Texas, severa l months ago account ill health, w h ~ r c he died. The body w a s brought to F t . Smi th f o r interment.

Inasmuch a s n o t h i n g much h a d been heard recently a b o u t d a r t ball a n in- vest igat ion w a s made a n d w a s found t h a t t h e f r e i g h t house took t w o s t r a i g h t g a m e s f rom t h e suyerintend- ent 's oflice, Van Deitrlcll p lay lng t h e s te l la r role. Another g a m e w a s plaved t h e n l p h t of A ri l 16th. which w a s won b y super in tenaent ' s office.

Mr. H a l Lamkin , who h a s been here f o r severa l weeks, w a s ins t ruc ted In p lay ing d a r t ball. (Will h a v e t o ad- m i t h e w a s a very a p t pupil.) W h e n he re turned to h i s home In SprIngAeld h e had t h e p lans for a board d r a w n off a n d ~ u r c h a s e d some d a r t s a n d under - s t a n d h e h a s company enough for a g a m e a lmos t a n y time.

W o r k of s t r e n g t h e n i n g br ldges Mon- e t t to P a r i s h a s begun, cont rac t for work on t h e south end having been awarded t h e K a n s a s City Br idge Com- a a n v a n d on t h e n o r t h end to Lis t Rc iVeatherly.

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JPrs. J. K e m p Johnson , wife of ass l s t - a n t t imekeeper, h a s re turned f rom a visi t w i t h re la t ives In Hugo, Oldahoma.

Nr . Tim K r o n e is spending a week in DcQueen, Arkansas , w h e r e h e Is a g u e s t a t t h e Garr i son home.

AGENT'S OFFICE BLYTHEVILLE, ARK.

MARTHA REYNOLDS, Repor te r

E. N. Johnson a n d fami ly formerlv of Hayt i , Mo., a r e m a k i n g the i r fu turk home in Chaffee, as h e w a s recently assigned rev is ing c le rk there.

Mr. B. T. J u d e n , yard clerk, is tile smi l ing g r a n d f a t h e r now a s he h a s ;I brand-tien- grandson . W e have been unable to learn w h a t h i s name is. H. F. Hinltle and I 'a~niiy moved to

(:hitf€ee, No.. April 1, w h e r e t h e y mill m a k e t h e i ~ , home. ICveryone w a s s o r r y to s e e Mr. H l n k l e leave a n d h e will he missed by all.

Miss Marie Moon. daughter of A t . T . Moon, cashier , has I ~ e e n spenditig- a s p r i n g vacation wi th home folks. She rc turned tu school Sunday nig.hl, April , 6..

G. D. Gorh:tni is tt'rn1,orarily lillin? t h e vacancy a s iwsistant cashier .

Mr. J. Loeckner, t raveli t tg nuditov. visited [lie office fur a shor t n , l ~ i l c Saturday. April 5 , between trains.

A special t ra in service is now being given to points between L a k e City an11 Rlytheville, A I . ~ . , s i v i n g perishirblc! rommodil ies pre fe r red movement.

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Railroad Cars Refrigerator Cars

OFFICES :

Continental Illinois Bank Bldg., Chicago, Ill. Chanin Bldg., 122 E. 42nd St., N. Y. City

Canal Bank Bldg., New Orleans, La. Cosden Bldg., Tulsa, Okla. Magnolia Bldg., Dallas, Texas Richfield Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal.

OXWELD RAILROAD SERVICE CO. REPRESENTING :

LINDE AIR PRODUCTS CO. The PREST-0-LITE CO., Inc. (Linde Oxygen) (Prest-0-Lite Acetylene)

UNION CARBIDE,SALES CO. OXWELD ACETYLENE CO. (Union Carbide and Car Inspector's Lamps) (Oxweld Apparatus and Supplies and

Carbic Lights)

HAYNES STELLITE CO. (High Abrasive Welding Rod)

UNITS OF UNION CARBIDE AND CARBON CORPORATION

CARBIDE & CARBON CARBIDE & CARBON BUILDING BUILDING

NEW YORK CITY . , i.

CHICAGO, ILL.

I North American Car Corporation

TANK CARS FOR LEASE

CAR REPAIRS OUR SPECIALTY

SHOPS

CHICAGO, ILL. COFFEYVILLE. KANS. WEST TULSA, OKLA.

GENERAL OFFICE

327 South LaSalle Street

CHICAGO

Painter's tools that are

constantly at work on

the country's important

railroads helping them

maintain their

standards.

11 SPRINGS 11 LOCOMOTIVE AND CAR WHEEL TIRES

TIRE MILL PRODUCTS STEEL-TIRED WHEELS PRESSED STEEL JOURNAL BOX LIDS

Railway Steel-Spring Company General Office: 30 Church Street, New York BRANCH OFFICES-SOUTHWESTERN DISTRICT

915 Olive St., St. Louis,.Mo. Praetorian Bldg., Dallas, Texas Cleveland, Ohio

ALS

C a s t S t e e l

That Are Effecting Larg

Savings Fu

R AILROADS u s i n g cast steel spring bands port a saving over -

cost of manufacturing wrou iron bands in their own slic- Wrought iron bands crease the corners; the iron is burnt forging; they are not unifc in thickness, and there is cons erable loss due to imperi welds. Cast steel bands have solid cc ners, are free from burning. I of uniform thickness, and r quire no welding. The strength of these bands corl pare as follows:

Tenslle Strength Elastlc LI

Ib. per sq. in. Ib. percl. Wrought Iron Bands--

40,000 Cast Steel Bands-

70.000

from failures.

Designs

i W e can effect a saving in manc facturing cost and insure Ion. wearing bands that are frr:

Send Us Your Spring Band

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FRISCO ties, timbers and piling have their life ! II

Standard Brake Shot & Foundry Co.

Railway Steel and Iron Producb

greatly prolonged by preservative treatment at the , ' II

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SPRINGFIELD, MO., and HUGO, OKLA., PLANTS of the 1 ' 1 ' 1

Pine Bluff, Arkansas I I ( 1

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AMERICAN CREOSOTING COMPANY INCORPORATPD

LOUISVILLE - KENTUCKY

y, 1930

ILBERT RUSSELL T. R. SIMMONS

CLEVELAND LUMBER COMPANY JASPER. ALABAMA

Railroad Lumber GU Pine and Hardwood o * ~ Two Million Feet Per Month

on the Frisco in Alabama

JASPER i

t EWRIDGE A a

HOWARD hlly Equipped Plant * Planing Mill, Car Decking Planing Mill, Oak and

md Retail Yard t and Short Dimension 0 Pine Car Lumber

Dependable Service Quality Counts

Chapman-Dewey Lumber Company MANUFACTURERS

Hardwood Lumber . . . . Cypress Piling Grain Doors . . . . Boxes

MEMPHIS, TENN. MARKED TREE, ARK. KANSAS CITY, MO.

HOBART-LEE TIE COMPANY Railroad Ties and Timber

W E H A V E S U P P L I E D T H E F R I S C O CONTINUOUSLY FOR OVER 40 YEARS

Liberty Central Building ST. LOUIS, MO.

Wilhoit Building SPRINGFIELD, MO.

FOR GOOD SERVICE

HY MAN - MICHAELS CO., St. Louis, Mo. Rails, Rolling Stock, Cars and Car Parts

HOUSTON NEW YORK SAN FRANCISCO Home Office, 122 S. MICHIGAN AV., CHICAGO, ILL.

I The Cleveland File Co. I I Qusl i ty .Fi les Since 1899 1 I ST. L O U I S O F F I C E

2817 L A C L E D E A V E N U E I I Telephone, JEffcrson 4600

=L - - = = Barnard Stamp E z=2 RUBBER STAMPS, SEALS & 5

Trade Checks. Pads, Ink. Etc I 3 - - - Fao-Simile Autograph Stamps - z 1 310 Olive St. St. Louis, D = ~IIIIIIIIIIUI~III~IIM~IIIIUI~IIM~IIIIIIIU~~IIIIIIIII~I~IIIIIIIII~~

Brookside-Pratt Mining Co. - INCORPORATED

A. R. Long. President Albert Alllson. Secretary-Trcnsurer

PRODUCERS OF

Steam and Domestic Coal

Mines on Frisco, Southern and I. C. Railroads

Brown-Marx Building

B IRMINGHAM, ALA.

St. Louis Forgings Co. AXLES, LOCOMOTlVE FORGINGS

East St. Louis - Illinois

ESTABLISHED 1893 - . - - - - - - .

Kansas City ridge Company Builders of Raiiroad and Highway Bridges

River Improvement Work KANSAS CITY, MO.

, 1 W. . (Bill) R E A ~ I I 1 1 1169 ~ r c a d e Bldg. ( ( 1

St. Louis, Mo.

Representing the P. & M, I I I1

I M I L A M BUILDING I

Manassa Timber Compar PILING ,

OAK-CYPRESLPINE

Arcade Bldg. St. Louis, 1'

Viloco Railway Equipment Con

CHICAGO Ih For Dependable Servict I r

"VILOCO" Pressed Steel Bra: Step

"VILOCO" Automatic Rail Wash.

"VILOCO" Bell Ringer

"VILOCO" Exhaust Pipe

"VILOCO" Improved Sander

"VILOCO" Pneumatic Whiat!c Operator

k I Ill

JIIiiES AT GALLOWAY, CARBON HILL I

Galloway Coal Company EXCILJSIVE NINERS O F

ELK RIVER and GALLOWAY COAL General OiLlce:

MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE

MINERS OF 111

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Mill Creek Coal Company CARBON HILL, ALA.

w I , and HOLLY GROVE, ALABAMA

MINES LOCATED Oh' RRISCO RAILROAD I M I L L CREEK COAL ?

-LOWRY LUMBER CO. ANUI-ACTURERS & DEALERS

A L L KINDS OF LUMBER

SPECIALIZING IN

R A I L R O A D B U I L D I N G M A T E R I A L Strong as Ever for the "Frisco"

Exchange Building MEMPHIS, TENN. Phone 6 - 2312

The Mount Vernon Car M a

Repair Shop, 500' x 150'

Fully equipped with C r a n e s , E l e c t r i c Riveters, etc., enabling w to work in all kinds

of weather

n u f a c t u r i n g Co.

Capacity Per Annum: 10,000 Freight Cars;

150,000 Chilled Tread Wheels;

20,000 Tons Forgings

BUILDERS OF FREIGHT CARS OF ALL KINDS

MOUNT VERNON, ILLINOIS

Duner Car Closets Enameled Iron Wet or Dry Closets

DUNER CO. 101 S. Clinton St. CHICAGO For detailed description see Car Builders

Cyclopedia. 1922 Edition ' I C. G. Keishaw Contracting ~ o . 1

INCORPORATED I

GENERAL CONTRACTORS c.IJ I The D. & M. Cleaning Process

Railway Exchange CHICAGO, ILL.

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.

CANADIAN AGENTS: The Holden Company, Lid., Montreal,

Wlnnlpeg. Vancouver, Toronto EXPORT DEPARTMENT :

Internallanal Rallway Supply Company. 30 Church Street, New York Clty

BRANCH OFFICES : 3509 Grand Cen. Terminal, New York City 815 Boatmen's Bnnk Bldg., St. Louis, MO.

311 Bullders Ex. Bldg., St. Paul. Mlnn.

Union Asbestos & Rubber

Company

pJ

310 S. Michigan Ave. CHICAGO

607 Woodward Bldg. Birmingham, Alabama r

GRIDER COAL SALES AGENCY Mine Agents

OVER 3,000,000 TONS ANNUALLY 11 1 BEST GRADES ALABAMA STEAM and DOMESTIC COALS I I

Railroad Fuel a Specialty

1414-18 American Trust Bldg., Birmingham, Ala. I

Crowe Coal Company General Office : Dwight Bldg.

KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI

I Miners and Shippers ( M i n e s 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 k l a h o m a , o n t h e l i n e of t h e S t .

L o u l s - S a n F r a n c i s c o RY. CO.

" HERCULES" -Red Strand- WIRE ROPE - Made Only by

A. Lenhen & Sons Rope Co. ST. LOUIS

Teogh Slrong

Safe Dorable -

Brmrbes N E W YORK

CHICAGO DENVER

SAN FRANCISCO

St. Louis Surfacer and Paint Company

RAILROAD PAINTS, VARNISHES ENAMELS

ArIington Ave. and TerminaI BeIt Ry. ST. LOUIS, MO.

1 National Boiler Washing Co. I OF ILLINOIS

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i CONTRACTORS 1 NATIONAL H O T W A T E R . NATIONAL FUEL OIL

WASHOUT AND FILLING 4 FACILITIES for SYSTEMS g LOCOMOTIVE TERMINALS

lor LOCOMOTIVE BOILERS ' CONSTRUCTED COMPLETE

R A I L W A Y E X C H A N G E

CHICAGO

REID A N D LOWE RAILROAD AND

BRIDGE CONTRACTORS

G r a d i n g and Concrete Bridge Work

BIRMINGHAM, ALA.

High Grade Machine Tools American Lathe. and Radial.

Norton Grinders Milwaukee

Pels Punches and Shears Watson -Stillman Hyd. Machy.

1 BLACKMAN -HILL J% CO. I 1

Unxld Railroad Fusees

INSURE SAFETY Best by Every Test

UNEXCELLED MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Inc.

N E W YORK, N. Y .

PENSACOLA CREOSOTING COMPANY PENSACOLA, FLORIDA

Speeializinw In the Manufacture and Treatment of the followln~ Forcut Products PILING CROSS TIES POLES CROSS ARMS CONDUITS

LUMBER and STRUCTURAL TIMBERS on Frlseo Llnes

Your Ingulrlea Sollclted-Cost Estlmntes Gladly Furnished Cable Address: "PENCREO" Shipments: Rall or Water

I

We 0. SCHOCK CO. 1 Petroleum Products

Liberty Central Trust Building SAINT LOUIS 1

DE BARDELEBEN COALS Sipsey -Empire - Carona - Carbon Hill - Hull 7

FOR

DOMESTIC, STEAM, GAS, BY-PRODUCT AND CERAMICS

The South's Largest Producers and Marketers of

HIGH GRADE COALS DeBardeleben Preparation Southern Railway Building

Gives Added Value BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA A

For better concrete culverts and bridges

Photo, above, shows part of "60 miles of excellent track" between Carbon Hill and Birm- ingham in which

"ENSLEY" (Ir "ALA CITY" BAS^^ S L A ~ CRUSHED AND SCREENED

was used excluslrely as road ballast. The Frlsco Rnllwaq. hns used thousands oP lons of bask slag for road ballast in the Birmlngharri-Memyhls dlvlslou- and eaeh gear hundreds of tons goes Into the building oP concrele bridges and culverts.

Birmingham Slag Co. Slap Headquarters for the South

BIRMINGHAM, ALA.

J. W. McMURRY I WardenPullenCoalCo. I I C O N T R A C T I N G co I MINERS and SHIPPERS I I R. R. 6 BRIDGE

CONTRACTORS I 511 Railway Exchange ~uildirgl

HENRYETTA - OKLAHOMA

I Smokeless Fuel Company I I LIST CONSTRUCTION t0.I . .

HUNTINGTON, ARK.

MINERS AND SHIPPERS OF

Semi-Anthracite Coa l

Oklahoma Steel Castings Corn

MAKERS OF

Railroad, Oil Field and Commercial Castings in

OKLAHOMA ELECTRIC STEEL

Tulsa, Okla., Box 658

Railroad Contractors 415 Railway Exchange Bulldlnp

KANSAS CITY, MO.

ATLAS COAL Henryetta Fuel Compan

Henryetta, Oklahoma

McALESTER, WILBURTON COLORADO

and

HENRVETTA

%.tlmiau B A B N S D A L L OUHULGEE. WICIIITA. Edam OMIwm TULSA. CIIICAGO. NEW YORP. ST. LOUIS. KANSAS CITY, ST. PAUL, LO8 APlQ -I'

"Your Dealer Will Give You. A New Pair of

Overalls The best dealers in your town are now offering the most unusual buy ever presented American overall wearers. A famous overall company has supplied them with a garment made of a new type denim designed to resist shrinking-to stay the same size despite repeated washings. These dealers guarantee "A new pair free if they shrink." The overalls are called Crown-Shrunk and are made by The Crown Overall Mfg. Company, largest in the world. .

Crown* Shrunk Denim The Most Startling Improwement

Ewer Deweloped in Overalls

F OR years overall wearers and dealers have urged manufacturers to produce an overall that would not get skimpier and tighter alter

every washing. Now The Crown Overall Mfg. Co., largest in the world, has furnished the answer. They bought two denim mills and an entire town, and installed special equipment to produce a super-denim along the lines sct down by Crown textile experts.

Crown-Shrunk Denim, the result, is worth many times its cost of development. Xot only does it resist shrinkage as per sworn affidavit ol United Statcs Testing Company, but it is more closely-woven, heav- icr, stronger, tougher and quadruple-dyed! Yet this amazing shrunk feature costs you nothing extra. In fact its long wearing qualities make it far more economical.

Crown-Shrunk Denim is produced by a sccret process. The only mills that make this denim are owned by Crown-no other overall maker can buy it. The dealer who sells you Crown-Shrunk Overalls is offering you an exclusive product- the best that his money can buy and the best that you can buy. If Crown-Shrunk Overalls get tight-if they hind. lose their fit, or shrink out of shape like ordinary overalls, you - -~~ -

get a new pair free with no questiorrs asked l All you need do is try one pair ,

of &vn-shrunk Overalls. Not only DEALERS are they made of Crown - Shrunk The of Denim; they are the most comfort- C r o ~ n dealers proves that in &le, durable, economical and best Crown-Shrunk Overalls you appearing overalls ever produced . . . have a product beyond com- more poclcets and more spe,ial fea- petition. Your customers \!,ill

be asking for Crown-Shrunk tures than any other overall. Go to Overalls becau5e they want your dealer today. Look at the Crown the longer wear and shrink- ticket yourc_clf to see this revolution- resisting feature of Crown- ary guarantee never before possible- ~fi~~~a',"~ci~ - backed by "A new pair free i f they shrink." " A new pair free, if

Send for the Crown they shrink." . RailroadTime Book Krite or wire for particulars. FREE1 Embroidcretl Emblcnis of All Railroads ;\vnil;ll,le a t Slight E x t r a Cos t . byr i le for I'articulars.

The CROWN OVERALL MFG. CO. Cincinnati, Ohio

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