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VOL. I\I MAY, 1927 No. 8

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Contents of This Issue PAGES ece ...... 'May' ...... 4 ernonstration Train Started Manmoth Chicken Industry at Clinton, Missouri 6-7 :rawberry Industry Began in 1887 ...... 8 By C. B. Miclrelsort fficers Discuss Railway Problems ...... 9 inning Engine Passes 1,500,000 Mile Mark...... 10 eterans Will Meet Jnne 6-7 at Springfield ...... 11 the Frisco Greater Traffic Committees ...... 12-13 ounting on the Frisco ...... 17 By C. B. Rex wice Campaign Brings Good Results ...... 18 itorious Service...... 19 ringf field Roundhouse Abandoned ...... 21 aughter Prominent Radio Vocalist ...... 22 of Praise from Frisco Shippers ...... 23 :ords ...... 25 t of Frisco Employcs' Hospital Association ...... 26-27 sion Roll ...... 28-29 :crs' Page ...... 30 : the Season ...... 3 1 light Hour ...... 32 Daughters of Frisco Family Folk ...... 33 )f Merriment ...... 34 -ditorial ...... 35 . Page of Cartoons ...... 36 risco Mechanic ...... 37-43

THE FRISCO EMPLOYES' MAGAZINE The Frlsco Employes' Magaxlns is a monthly publlcatlon devoted primarily to the interests of the more than 30.000 active and retired employes of the Frisco Lines. It contains stories, items of current news, personal notes about employes and their families, articles dealing with various phases of railroad work, poems, cartoons and notices regarding the service. Good clear photographs suitable for repro- ductlon are especially desired, and will be returned only when requested. All cartoons and drawings must be in black India draw~ngInk. Employes are invited to wrlte articles for the magazlne. Contrlbutfons should be typewritten, on one 8lde of the sheet only, and should be addressed to the Edltot. Frisco bull din^, St. Inuis, Mo. Distributed free among Frisco employes. To others, price 15 cents a copy: subscription rate $1.50 a year. Advertising rates will be made known upon application. Frisco Demonstration Train in 1 9 1 3 Started Mammoth Chick Industry at Clinton, Mo.

Booth Hatcheries Ship 3,000,000 Chick in 1926 -6,000,000 Chicks Sen f Via Frisco From Clinton in One Year

NE of the first agricultural demonstration trains fence, and cared for the chicks until the weather per- ever run on the old K. C. C. & S. Line (Frisco mitted him to make room for them outside. owned) from Kansas City to Springfield At the end of the year he found that he had sold steamed its way out of the Clinton, Missouri, station both eggs and chickens from his original setting, to on March 19, 1913, after having stopped there over- the amount of $700.00. The dream looked more real ;ht. Its mission was to renew interest in poultry all the time! sing and fruit And that was )wing. There the start of the 3 been many I famous B o o t h ks made by r Hatcheries, now perts, and a I a State accredit- Ee mass meet- ed hatchery. A ; held at the 1. Frisco de m on- ;h school, and . stration train - I program was a kind Frisco rated so all I section foreman ght benefit by who was willing i t. Strawberry to lend a hen- plants and set- , and a boy's big tings of eggs , idea. had been given I I When Royal away to the per- I Booth l&ked sons holding the ,I over his busi- lucky numbers. , ness ledger for Royal Booth, I the year of a Clinton youth 1%6, he found of eighteen I that he had years, and a 1 shipped in that student at the . one year, 3,000,- high school had 000 chicks to drawn a setting I every state in of eggs the I the union. n i p. h t before. Booth 111 u st ~iifather and The above airplane view is of the 30-acre Booth Hatchery farms at Cliiiton,. r e c e i v e full mother had al- Mo., on Frisco Li~tes. Imert in upper left-hand corner is of Royal Booth, who credit for starled the trow famous hatchery in 1913. Imert lower right-hand corner, Rex ways had a Booth, who operates fhe business today in the absence of his brother. hatchery b u s i. chickens around ness in Clinton the place, but they hadn't belonged to Royal. Since his success, there has been a total of seven hatch- He took an unusual interest in this one setting of eries, all originating from the idea of the Booth hatch. eggs. They were his, and the expert had told him ery. The Linstrum hatchery of thirty-eight acres that they were from pedigree White Rock stock. shlpped a million and a half chicks in 1926, while tht None of the hens around his home seemed willing Bush hatchery, which had its beginning in 1919 to hatch the eggs for him, so he went to M. M. Kruse, shipped one million during the past year. section foreman for the Frisco at Clinton and asked In other words, a total of over six million bab for the loan of a setting hen! chicks were shipped out of Clinton, Missouri, duriq Days of expectant joy passed-days when Royal 1926, from the three above-named hatcheries, ant planned and dreamed a dream of a big hatchery, and from the smaller ones which are: Osage Valley, Go! of hatching millions of chickens, instead of the few den Valley, Houk & Null, Spannegal and Burnhan that, within a short time, picked the shells and fluffed hatcheries. out in downy fuzz. Today the branch of the Booth hatchery in the ci? 1 Royal begged the family for a north room in his carries on a tremendous work. In the main buildin! I home and here he fitted up a little yard, with wire will be found five standard incubators, each with ; May, 1927 7z7-3~30 ~MPLOX&S~~CQZ/NE Page 7 capa [city of 47,000 eggs, and four with a capacity of chickens are graded, the "C", "B", "A or pedigree 10,o 00 eggs each. It takes just twenty-one days for class. To be eligible to even the "C" class, she must lay an i ncubator to hatch. XX) eggs in her pullet year. These eggs, as well as Iier- M'hen the plant is going full capacity-during the self, must be above the standard weight, so that when mon ths of March and April, 275,000 eggs are in the she is eligible for the pedigree class, she is about the incu bators at one time, and on Mondays and Thurs- best in both weight and egg laying records that can days1, the heavy shipping days, as high as 30,000 baby be found on the farm. chiclks are shipped in a single day. Shipments begin The cockrels from these different breeds are loaned as early as January, and the last consignmelit usually to the various poultry raisers, and the eggs produced goes forward in November. are sold to the hatchery. They must all pass a stand- T he farm, where the pedigree stock is kept, one and ard test. une-quarter miles from town, looks like a little city Royal Booth has spared no money or expense in itsel f from the air. Forty-seven separate houses, ar- getting the finest strain of each breed that could be rang red with yards, accommodate the 4,500 chickens, found. In his pedigree pen of White Leghorns will the :pedigree stock, two thousand of this number being be found a hen, imported from Canada, and last year's layi~~g hens which supply the very purest champion, with a record of 318 eggs in

I hatched in the town hatchery. one year, all standard or above he most popular varieties standard size. Another record foul.~d on the Booth farm from this hen is that all are single comb Rhode chicks hatched from her Islar~d Reds, White eggs lived and thrived. Leglhorns and Barred The eggs are placed Ply1nouth R o c k s. in long trays in the B,ut during the incubators, and are first years, Royal fixed so they can Boo th did not have be turned easily, this splendid lot of twice a day, that u p-1 t o-date equip- both sides may be men t, and he re- exposed to the men hers distinctly same atmospheric w hen he bought his conditions. Wh i 1 e first small incuba- a temperature of tor, and a second- 59 degrees is main- hanc 1 one at that. tained, a direct cur- Dur ing the early rent of fresh air stages of the de- passes through the velol pment of the These chicks from the Booth Hatcheries, only a few hours old, will incubators all the B 0 c9 t h Hatchery, be packed in the two top-perforated bozes which were Patented by a time, and in warm 1mu l try experts Cliittorr, Mo., mats, and shipjed to their destination, hundreds of miles weather it is piped four~d that baby away. One hundred baby chicks are packed in each box. from out of doors: chiclks could live The air is therebv arou nd seventy hours without food or water, and be- changed every three or four minutes. Each tray ~f side:;, it proved that greater success was obtained from eggs is marked with the name of the breed, and the ship!ping live chicks, than in shipping eggs. name of the flock owner from whom the eggs were Sc the live chick business started in earnest. How- received, also the Booth number of the cockrel fur- ever , before Royal's enterprise demanded all his time, nished that particular flock, and when the chicks are he nlorked at odd months for the Frisco on the section hatched, if they do not show the proper qualifications, at CIlinton, as did his brother, Rex. no more eggs are purchased from that flock. m.loday this plant is one of the most efficient of its The chicks vary in price, from ten cents to twenty- kind to be found anywhere. The hatchery proper is five cents apiece, anc! are shipped in pasteboard per- easily accessible to the railroad, and the farm, close to forated boxes, 25, 50 or 100 to a box. town, is reached daily by one or more of 'the Booth The Booth Hatchery guarantees 100 per cent serv- trucks. ice, which means that every chick will arrive at its To trace one of the baby chicks direct from the destination in excellent health and ready for nourish- hatchery to maturity might be an easy may to explain ment and water. the care and severe culling the flocks undergo before Royal Booth, who first conceived the idea of a they are eligible to the pedigree class. hatchery, answered the call of his country in the World The baby chick is raised to laying size. Each house War, leaving the hatchery to the care of his mother, is equipped with trap nests, so a record may be kept father, sister and brother. He did not give his life, of every egg laid. As the attendant takes tlie hen off but he did give his health. He was gassed and since the nest, he marks the egg which will be graded later. his return has spent much time in the West, while Each pullet is weighed after she lays her first egg and his brother and his efficient organization carry on the the egg is weighed also. At the end of the year she work. His office force numb,ers six, while some is eligible for one of the classes in which all Booth (Now turn to Page 27, please) May, 1927 Ozark Strawberry Industry Began in 1887 With Organization in Blacksmith Shop

J. H. Foster, Original Organizer, Still Actiue in Work- 13 Yeacold Virgil Sapp Makes Remarkable Record

By C. B. MICHELSON. Farm MI

UST a few miles from Sarcoxie, Missouri, is an old blacksmith J shop. Long ago the last shoe was nailed and clinched, the last plow share sharpened and the last wagon tire reset, yet it was in this building, back in the days of 1887, that the strawberry industry was begun and co-operative organiza- tion work among the farmers started. Eight berry growers met in the shop to discuss their local problems and decided the time had come when they must work together. The result of this meeting was the first co-operative marketing organi- zation it1 Missouri. It is interest- ing to know that this organization is still in existence, and from a menihership of eight farmers and a total of 25 acres of berries, this lit- tle organization has grown to a Vigil Sa@Pr13-year-old membership of 550 berry growers, patch. Itzscrt: J. H. Fosfer, f representing over 3,000 acres. strawberry ~mrkrfing,in 1887. In this little blacksmith shor, was developed one of the biggest Industries in the Ozarks, is inter and from the ideas and plans of this little handful of strawbe men over 4-0 years ago, the Sarcoxie Horticultural and als Asmciztion was formed,-one of Missouri's strongest other st and foremost examples of true co-operative spirit and nearest after which many similar organizations have been cars. patterned. Strak Only three of the original eight men are still liv- coming ing, but their leader, Mr. J. H. Foster, is still with the strawbc organization and an active director though now past several 71 years of age. Needless to say he believes in the mercial berry industry, and in the spring of the year you may berries find him in his new strawberry patch giving it the ida in e, intensive cultivation he has learned is so necessary to express the production of a profitable crop. Space will not f requen permit going into more detail with reference to the sale ma sterling character of this old gentleman who laid the from I foundation for the wonderful development that has tends il taken place in the Ozarks. "Live up to your contract for thc and do your duty by your brother farmers" is what April u co-operation means, in Mr. Foster's creed. These : The strawberry development that has taken place in crates ; the Ozarks is a fitting monument to these eight pioneers mates 1 of Sarcoxie who had the faith and who set a world- cars. ' wide precedent in the way of working together. It co Officers Discuss Railway Problems at Annual Better Service Meeting

Hundred Fiffy Employes Attend Springfield Meefing March 24-25-26 -Grea feu Traffic Plans Made

ROBLEMS peculiar to the operation of a great ters of vital importance to service. . railway system in all of its many ramifications The second day meetings were presided over by 33. were brought out, aired thoroughly, discussed en- J. E. Hutchison, vice-president operations, and were thus iastically, and many of them remedied, at the an- devoted to detailed reports of many committees on the nual Freight Claim and Better Service Meeting of activities of their workers during 1926. Among those Frisc:o Lines held at Springfield, Mo., March 24, 25 to make reports were R. E. Ragent of the Perishable and 26. 1:reigbt Committee, E. Tillnian of the Live Stock Com- TIno hundred and fifty officials, agents, traveling mittee, F. L. DeGroat of the car account committee, reprtsentatives of accounting and operating and traffic R. H. Kerr of the operating budget committee, E. R. depa rtments from all points of the railroad attended 0. Miller of the station accounts records and reports duri~~g the three-day meeting. committee, R. H. Burney of the container committee, T tlroughout each of the sessions the problem of G. L. Ball of the fire prevention committee and W. H. grealter traffic held an important place in the discus- Samuels of the equipment committee. sion, and many valuable suggestions for increasing At the close of the afternoon meeting Vice-president the .revenue of Frisco Lines during 19Z7 were re- Hutchison announced that Frisco Lines was host to ceive d and recorded. the 250 men in attendance at a banquet in the Ker+- Ccmptroller Runnel1 pres,~,~,,,, L,,Z meeting on wood Arms Hotel at 7 :00 p. m., and urged each m the morning of the first day, when agents of principal to be present. stations and others discussed zone accounting, routing From every standpoint the banquet was a gra of freight, prevention of overcharge and undercharge stmess. Diverting almost immediately after the k claims, loss and damage claims, solicitation of traffic, corlrse was served, into a further discussion of wa interline settlements and kindred subjects. Papers and means to increase revenue for the Frisco, appro1 were read by W. E. Bernthal, auditor of freight ac- lnately 40 men were called upon by the toastmastc counts, and several officials addressed the assembly, Mr. Hutchison, to express their views on how bt including Chief Claim Agent Hudgen, and M. J. Con- to enlist the support of all employes, and by what ley, division freight agent, formerly at Joplin ; and methods to enter into the employe-solicitation campaign. John L. McCormack, superintendent of freight loss Chairmen Pledge Support and damage claims. Freight Traffic Manager Butler took the presiding A feature of the evening discussion was the en- officer's chair for the afternoon meeting of the first thusiastic support pledged to the movement for in- day and presided over the meeting, which paid particu- creased business by the heads of the various labor lar attention to the solicitation of traffic. The foun- organizations, representing 85 per cent of the total datio n of the newly inaugurated employes' campaign enlployes of this railway. forblusiness should be "Make Friends for the Frisco," Speaking for the employes whom they represent, thc following nine chairmen of organizations pledged the (:hairman said, and agents were urged to spend more time in actual solicitation. the support of their men: L. S. Thompson, Order of Railway Conductors; Albert Tussell, Maintenance of Traffic Solicitation Explained Way Employes; M. T. Fullington, Order of Railway I?. Sanborn, assistant to Vice-Presiderrt Koontz Telegraphers ; John Bowler, Brotherhood of Locoino- aaaressed the meeting and explained the plan of com- tive Engineers; Harry Sullivan, representing the mittee organization and outlined plans and details of clerks; Frank Junkins, Frisco Assmiatbrt of Metal cnl;r;+3+;~n h-7 Craft and Car Department Employes ;Otis Embry, Or- .,"..L.L'.&.".. "J 'employes. He was followed by Gen- era1 Manager Shaffer who emphasized the importance der of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen; A. 0. ie friendship of shippers and potential Drennan, signalmen and Frank Morey, trainmen. Mr. John T. Woodruff of Springfield, an employe IN.IYb..5L. .,. A ~lkswere made by practically every agent present, and the important factors of broaden- of Frisco Lines in the days before its present affluence, ing acquaintance, taking an interest in civic affairs, reminisced interestingly concerning the old days of poor and making friends were stressed. track and worse equipment, and praised the Frisco to- Car Accountant H. W. Johnson pledged his sup- day as one of the mightiest of American railway lines. port in the matter of solicitation through co-operation S. S. Butler told of the $65,000,000 the Frisco has with agents and others in the handling of demurrage, put into its property in the last ten years, and re- excess empty car mileage, car delays and kindred mat- (Now turn to Pagc 29, please) Prize Winning Engine of 1890 World's Fair Passes 1,500,000 Mile Mark

Engineer M. H. Eoans and Fireman J. W. Vinson Drooe "Monster" on First Run - Engine Now in Local Seroice on Northern Dioision

By EMERY HAGUEWOOD

T all depends upon the amount of your superstition tucky, in 1868, and on November 12, 1894, he made and the vantage of your viewpoint as to whether it application to the owners of the Blair Line for a posi- I was fate. or coincidence. or iust an ordinarv-everv- tion. He had fornierlv been with the Wabash and was day happening. hired by the Frisco as an engineer. Due to his efforts, But regardless of the con- his buddy, Joseph W. Vin- sensus of opinion, it was un- son, came to that line as a ~~sualto say the least that firenla11 one year later, end Manuel H. Evans, Frisco together they fired engine 94 engineer on the "High Line" ior many years. should have attended the Of this series of engine, World's Fair in Chicago in KO. 94 was the last one to be 1890 and looked with ad- put to work. She had been miration and wonder on the tied up because the Man- "magnificent" engine which agement advised that the rails won first prize as the best in 1894 were too light for engine on exhibition, only to such a heavy engine to run con= to Missouri, go to over. This engineer and work on the James I. Blair fireman were assigned to the Line and be the first en- .- - new engine which was to gineer to operate the same Manuel H. Evam, etrgiwer (left above), aud his fire- push the train engine that he had gazed at ~non,I. W. k'ittsoit, werc the first errgirte crew of titc. OF it, in which supplies and with such admiration ! famous eitgine No. 94 showrc at Dotto~zof page. The equipment were being hauled This engine is "the little engine has gorce l,jOO,OOO vdes irt her 33 years of for tile laying of the heavy old 94" now, and in her thir- servlce. steel over which the No. 94 ty-three years of service she \\'as to run. gas made approximately 1,584,000 miles, according to "The little No. 94 was one of the heaviest engines the motive power departinent at Springfield, Missouri. in those days," remarked RIr. Evans, "and thirty miles She was originaily numbered 10, when she belonged an hour was fast time. If we were to run extra, our to the Blair Line, and was one of eleven of that series. train order would read, 'engine will run wild.' All of When she was acquired by the Frisco the number was those little fellows were named, and I remember since changed to 94. the No. 94 was the prize engine and owned by the And besides the engineer and the little old engine, Blair Line as it was, it was named after the owner, a third veteran which makes the trio complete, is J. UJ'. the 'John I. Blair.' " Vinson, the fireman, who was also the first man to Sam Dodson, the oldest conductor in point of serv- ever fire this little veteran of steel rails. ice on the High Line, was one of the first conductors to Engineer Evans was born in Madison County, Ken- (n'orw twr?~to Page 27, please) May, 1927 Page 11

Frisco Veterans Will Meet June 6th and 7th at Springfield

NE 6 and 7 are the dates set for he annual frolic of Frisco Lines 'old timers" and their families, and on those two days Springfield, Veteran Employes' Association of St. L. S. F. Railway Co. Mo.,, employes will again be hosts to APPLICATION FOR MDMBERSHIP the annual reunion of the Frisco Vet- era!I Employes' Association. J. L. McCormack, Secretary-Treasurer, P resident George Taaffe, agent at Frisco Veteran Employes' Association, -.Lneiryvale, Kansas, announced the Room 105, Frisco Building, dates--". following a meeting of the gen- Springfield, Missouri era1 committee of the veterans' as- I hereby make application for membership in the Veteran soci ation in Springfield, April 18. P lans for the annual fun-making Employes' Association of the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway lest$Ion OI the veterans will be similar Company. I have had 20 years' or more accumulative service to those of previous years, with a with the Company and I enclose herewith remittance of $1.00 to picr iic and barbecue at Doling Park, cover 1927 annual dues. on 1the first day and an entertainment thal. evening. The annual business sescglon will be held the second morn- Name ...... Address ...... ing, with the election of officers and corn ~mitteereports, and the afternoon Position ...... 8891lion will be held in the Shrine iCI 0: ;que with the Ladies' Auxiliary Division, Terminal or Department ...... pre!jent. A banquet mill be held at ...... six o'clock the evening of June 7 at the Shrine Mosque, with an entertain- Length of Service...... Date of Application ...... mer it that evening which will adjourn in Itime for all to take night trains ANNUAL DUES-$1.00 , for their homes. -. 4t this time (April 18), only 725 IWsco Veterans have paid up their epond to the call of our creed, 'Lov- that ever assembled at a veterans' re- membership," President Taaffe said. ing Service' ~~Ithoutany red tape or union at the next meeting. "Only one more month is leet in which parlimentary rulings. "On June 5, for those who come to bring the membership up to last "We hope to see a good number of early and want a front seat, there will sear's record of 1,200, and I heartily our women there to formulate plans be an informal reception at the Co- urge all veterans to fill out the en- to bring our veterans, our people, into lonial Hotel in the afternoon and closed blank and send it to Chairman a closer relationship, and to let each evening, with vocal and instrumental McCormack at Springfield. immedi- one know and to make each one feel music, the Springfield women acting ately." that their welfare is our welfare, and as hostesses." The last meeting of the Ladies' as each prospers or grieves their suc- The next meeting of the Auxiliary Auxiliary to the Veterans' Association cess or adversity, it is reflected will be held on May 5 at the home was held at the home'of its president, throughout the organization. of Mrs. J. L. Zachritz; 1439 West Nrs. Robert Whelan at Oklahoma "Let us have the happiest crowd 30th Street, Olrlahoma City, Okla. City, Oklahoma, on April 7. Forty- one members were present and they formed the Oklahoma City Auxiliary MAGAZINE SURPRISED HIM "Frisco Best Service" Team Wins of this organization, elected Mrs. H. The following letter from I. 0. 10 to 4 from Monarchs A. Van Ness, chairman, Mrs. M. Schaub. dean of the North Carolina Campbell, secretary. Statc College of Agriculture and En- Seventh Street Aggregation Garners Mrs. Whelan addressed the women gineering, at Raleigh, North Carolina, Thirteen Hits in First Game of on the aims of the Auxiliary and what and a former Frisco officer, is sell-ex- Season had been accomplished by the various planatory. branches already organized on the It came in response to a letter from HE Frisco ball team of the system. After the business session, .J. E. Springer, Frisco agent at At- Seventh Street Station, St. a social hour followed and refresh- lanta, Georgia, in which Mr. Springer T Louis, played its first match ments -were serred. Several out-of- advised him that he was being placed game on Sunday, April 17, at the St. town vc ?terans and their wives at- on the mailing list to receive the Boniface grounds, and won from the tended the meeting. Frisco publication: 3Ionarchs by a score of 10 to 4. The Monarchs, sponsored by South Mrs. Whelan urges that all mem- "I have at last received a copy bers of the Auxlliary attend the re- St. Louis business men, were ineffec- of the Frisco EmPloy~s' ~140gozi~~e.tive before Pitcher Claude Earnest of union osn June 6 and 7. "This aus- I have not had a chance to look it iliary," she said, "which was formed the Frisco team and the Frisco team over completely, but have glanced made thirteen hits, while the Mon- one yea r ago, and which has such a through it and find it quite a sur- archs collected only five. crec1itaEde record for its brief exis- prise. It has grown so in the nine The Seventh Street team has been tence, FviIl have a very definite part years that I have been away, that named "Frisco Best Service" and con- I11 the servlces on June 6 and 7. I I hardly recognized it. Then, Loo, sists of the following men: E. Ber- wish to earnestly urge every woman the fact that Springfield really has ger, 0. Chaslonay, H. Busekinss, L. rho is Ielfglble to be present that she a new station comes as a distinct Glore, N. Glore, R. Eisen, A. Coyte, add her- name to the roll. There Is surprise. I had supposed that was Mr. Macker and C. Earnest. A. Boen little toI be asRed of you. We have something that would materialize has undertaken t,he job of manager. no cumberaome rules, nor intricate long after we had gone. On May 8 the Frisco Best Service method: 3 of law. We feel that the "I am going to take the Mago- team mill play the ball team of Her- heart t'hat prompted and the spirit ,&e home as I am sure the entire culaneum, Xu., at that tom. which 8:uided in the past may be famlly will enjoy looking tt aver. This Frisco team is anxious to meet trusted today to answer the call of "I certainly appreciate your any of the other teams organized on our slo~pan 'Friendliness' and to re- thoughtfulness." Frisco Lines. May, 1927

News of the Frisco Greater Traffic Committees

UPLOYES of Frisco Lines car- had requested that their goods be Frisco service and their friendly feel- ried the slogan of "Greater Traf- shipped via Frisco rails. The next ing toward the railroad and its em- E fic" to greater heights during regular meeting to be held May 6, ployes. Mayor Russell of Monett, the month just passed with the or- will be in the form of a mass meet- brought out very clearly in his ad- ganization of several new committees ing, and the merchants and shippers dress, the amicable attitude of the and clubs at terminals and division of Newburg will be invited to attend. city administration toward the Frisco points, and the list of employes who The Oklahoma City Chapter of the and its employes, and S. A. Chapell, have secured freight and passenger Greater Traffic Club met on Monday, postmaster, spoke of the co-operation business has grown considerably since April 11. The club took a vote and which his department had received at the April issue Of the Frisco ikfagazine. issued an ultimatum that it must be the hands of the Frisco. J. E. Sater. Chief among the newer organiza- the greatest on the system, "non attorney of Monett, made a pleasing tions is the "Magic address. City Club of Frisco On April 6, the Lines," organized at Wichita, K a n s a s , Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Soliciting Trafic- From an Accounting Standpoint employes held a April 5. Employes By BEN B. LEWIS meeting in a coach at this important "Traffic!" at the Union Station city on Frisco Lines The word has beconre overi~iyhta shibboleth, a password, the operr- Tracks at 7:30 p. m. are firmly joined in sesame to a long-locked storehouse of new idem and sparkling enthusiasms. The name of the a redoubled effort to Yesterday, your average clerk wos wont to draw down totals at the club was changed increase freight and foot of a colurnn, a ntorathly stipend arrd n sigh of relief when the day's from "Wichita Fris- passenger t r a v e 1 work was do~re,plodding his more or less weary way to the humble co Booster Club" to from Tulsa via Fris- fireside, giving never a hnng ilvr a devil-may-care for the source of his the "Wichita Frisco co, and their efforts daily bread. Traffic meartt nothing iit his yo~irrg life, and railroad Greater Traffic Com- have already shown revenues represented a phrase heard as an echo of some distant, incon- mittee." Chairman remarkable results. sequential yam. Paydays came and paydays went-ho! huin! ditrerio! Bannister called par- "The general com- ticular attention to The grocer was paid and eke the butcher; while the weathcr W(IS faith- mittee wishes t o the fact that COUP urge employes in frilly discussed. To the inqrriiiirg strntrgcr- the answer was droned: "Oh, tesy over the tele- Frisco cities w h o I work for a railroad!" Today, the coluritn wears persorral Ioss or guirc. The Sam Snailh phone is a vaEuable have not yet organ- Conapany shipped two carloads via Frisco Iasl moirfh, and only one this asset. Those pres- ized into F r i s c o month. What is the matter with Sum Smith, anyhow? Dorsn't he ent were urged to Clubs and greater his off, make weekly re- traffic committees, realize that if Prisca shippiug falls my payclreck is liable to foil ports of all new off, too?' Sam is a friend of miitc, I thotight. I have long regarded to do so immediate- him as such. I shall hie me ovcr to Sam's place of business and remind business secured. ly," General Chair- him that I coiwider his actiotr ill this ntattcr a pei.soital aflroizt, mly to The Ft. Smith man Sanborn said. Greater Traffic Com- "The movement is be wiped our by routing four cnrs via Frisco rtext nrotrth. If Sarit lovcs mittee held a meet- meeting with a gra- me, he must love tlze Frisco too, by golly! Eyad, yes! ing in the office of And to the inquiring stranger the boast is made: "Mister, I work tifying r e s p o n s e for the Frisco Railroad, the best itc the world!" the agent at 11:30 from one end of the F!. a. m., April 6. It railroad to the' other, The folh~ktg Worth carployes are to be cot~tiireitdedfor tlreir was decided that a cffoi,ts: P. N. DaZrs, iM. R. Evans, John 111. Freeman, I\'. A. Groves, and the management C'. rubber stamp would is keenly interested G. S. Hatheway, Gladys Norton, W. S. Hutchisort, J. P. Lylcs, G. be made and each in results. By our ilfiller, Lotta Moore, B. L. dlorgan, N. L. Owirags, C. H. Penacmmss, freight bill delivered combined efforts the J. H. Richards, Georgia Mae Snrith, W. B. Siiiipsort, J. A. Tovnlirtso~r, to patrons would be Frisco can be put R. D. Ward, J. L. Ward, W. ill. Walker, 1. B. White, E. C. Wilson. stamped to read: into the forefront "We thank you for even more so than this business." Re- at present. We can accomplish this secundum," which no doubt will cause Ports of new business secured, were great end by a continual steady pull some fine competition. Plans to or- made, and post cards to be used in together with 'Greater Traffic' our slo- ganize an Oklahoma City ball club reporting new passenger business gan, and a greater Frisco our aim." were discussed and it was found that were distributed. The Clinton, Missouri, Club met on a field had been secured for match A banquet was held for the officials April 17. Much new business was re- and practice games, and all necessary and employes of Tulsa, Oklahoma, on ported and each employe present had equipment was being secured. Re- April 5, at the Y. 31. C. A. cafeteria a report to make of a solicitation ports were received from the various to form a Better Service Club. Pre- which lie had made. The question of committees, and detailed preparations vious to this a meeting had been held forming a ladies' auxiliary was re- were made at that meeting for a com- at the local freight house, Superin- ceived enthusiastically. Clinton has bined social and business meeting to tendent Kennedy presiding, when this a n~ostloyal group of men and women be held on April 27, a report of which banquet was arranged for, and a belonging to this chapter, and al- has not been furnished at this writ- temporary chairman appointed. Many though their meetings are held on ing. officials were present at the banquet Sunday, the attendance is always ex- The Y. M. C. A. at Monett, Missouri. on April 5, and the meeting was a ceptionally good and the employes de- was the meeting point of Frisco em- decided success. It was voted to prive themselves of an afternoon, to ploye members of the Monett, Mis- name the club, "The Frisco Magic unite in discussing plans for securing souri, Chapter of the Frisco Club on City Club," and the following officers additiollal business for Frisco Lines. the night of April 7. Previous to the were elected: Fay Warren, president; The Newburg, Missouri, Frisco Club meeting, the Lee Boys' Band enter- Miss Christene Vahderford, vice-presi- met in regular session in the special tained with a concert. Reports from dent; Phil Atlrinson, secretary and R. agent's office, the evening of April the different members who had so- C. Culter, of the executive general 15. Many reports were received of licited and secured new business lor agent'a office, treasurer. M. M. Sis- en~ployeswho had sollclted and se- the Frisco were made. Six of the son, assistant general manager; H. F. cured business for the Frisco Lines, leading merchants of the City of Mo- Sanborn, assistant to vice-president; and several reports were made that nett addressed the meeting and ac- S. R. Kennedy, superintendent and J. dealers and merchants of Newburg knowledged their appreciation of W. James, executive general agent

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C. H. RALTZELL HONORED Frisco Florist Advises On Proper Cultiuation When C. H. Baltzell received a wire of Spring Flowers from one of his "boy" friends at Ft. Smith to be sure and be in that city Forrr hrrrrdred alzd thirty sectiott forewiril nird agcilfs of Erisco Liiws irave on Narch 13, he made preparations availed tlzenrselves of Gerwral Manager Shaflcr's circzi!ar olt flower plantitzg, and to be there. "I didn't know just what ordered plnnts awd bulbs from Frisco Florist Don B. Fellozas. Frisco statrov arrd was going on," he said, "but I section properties shordd bc> beautiful with blooiiiirzg flozuers this summer. The thought maybe the bunch was going flowers will be supplied free of clzarge by the Frisco, and ;lzalz?j varieties, includ- to have an outing or a swimming ing dahlias, scabiosa, elephant enrs, yladiolas, cnrriras and zirtrrias are ready to be party." shipped to those who placed their orders. But after his arrival, he founa that he, together with five other fathers. BEN you have cut flowers in plants begin to have buds on same. were to be initiated and given hono- vases, if you will change the Deep cultivation is advisable between rary membership in the Kappa Af W water each day, cutting the all plants, but do not disturb the pha Phi, a fraternity of which his stem about one-quarter inch each time tubers. young son is a member. This fra- You will prolong the length of the Gladiolus, if planted deep, need ternity is a national secondary one. prettiness of your flowers. velay liltle attention except to be Iiept "I've had a lot of very nice things Care should be exercised in water- free of weeds and then when bloom handed to me in my time," said Uncle ing your flower garden and do not spikes start to form, water them free- Charley, "but, honestly, I can't recall water until necessary. When you do ly. When the first bud begins to anything that got under by old, thick water, give same a good soaking. open they can be cut, but be sure and hide like this did. The way those boys handled the whole thing was either late in the evening or early in leave four or five leaves on the plant simply wonderful to me. This was a the morning. Think it preferable to in order that the bulb will keep on case of real friendship, and gave me water in the evening, and then as it growing and produce bnlblets. The buy- begins to dry off the next morning water should be changed daily, and something that money cannot work your ground good. in this man- faded blooms pulled off. the friendship of the finest, smartest ner preserving the moisture which and most loyal bunch of boys in the Scabiosa are very pretty flowers world." the plants need. As you all know coming in white, blue, pink and red, The six fathers were given the full weeds should be kept out of each and will last for nearly a week in initiation that the sons recelved, bed, but whether there are weeds or water. Seed pods should not be al- not, give your bed a good hoeing at when they became members. Follow- lowed to develop, as they will take all ing this, an elaborate dinner was least once a week, oftener if possible, the strength from the plant and will given at the Goldman Hotel, where as this will give you what they call not allow other buds to form. The pach father was called upon for a a dirt mulch. If possible do not let closer the blossoms are pinched, the felv words, in appreciation of his dec- your water touch the foliage as it is more flowers they mill produce. tion. apt to rust or turn brown. Cannas are very effective as a my "Now, that my home is In Spring- In previous article I failed to border plant for mass planting and fie!d," said Uncle Charley, "I have mention the fact that late planting also look fine in any fiower bed. At already received an invitation to visit of dahlias is advisable. Would pre- blooming time they should be mulched the Springfield chapter of this fra- fer to plant all dahlias after June 1, and watered well, and all faded blos- ternity. Am I going? Well, you'd and aa late as July 15. Last year I soms kept off and not be allowed to just better bet I am. Nothing like planted dahlias on July 26 and had go to seed. young boys, old swimmin' holes, and wonderful blooms until the frost Zinnias should be planted in full ex- good fellowship to keep an old fellow came. When planting early, the plants posure to the sun, given plenty of like me young!" will get a good start, make a lovely room to grow, and kept free from plant, and when hot weather sets in weeds and the fiowers pinched fre- a border or planted in mass formation the wood will harden and some of quently for nice showing plants. or any way that a person desires. The the leaves will dry up. When this Nolhing surpasses a big bed of zin- purple dwarf iris, which does not happens and the cool weather of au- nias with their bright and showy grow over four or five inches tall and tumn comes The plants will brighten colors and for cut flowers they last blooms in March or April, will give up but the blooms will not produce. indefinitely. When cut, only the stems flowers when little else is in bloom, If your plant happens to start to dry should be allowed to come in contact and they will help to brighten up any up it would be advisable to cut them with the water as the water seems room. This variety last pretty well off at the ground about August 1, and Lo effect the color of the bloom. in water. This plant should be di- then water plentifully until ready to About all that caladiums, or ele- vided about every five years. set out buds. If your clump of dahlias phanl ears need in the way of atten- And last, but not least, who dossn't should put up more than one shoot, tion, is a very deep mulch of barnyard enjoy a beautiful bed of violets? 1 the strongest one only should be al- litter and plenty of water and sun- hare growing in my garden the pur- lowed to mature. This can be done shine which will develop some very rle and white sweet-scented, purple by either pulling same up or cutting large green leaves which look very and white variegated and the while off just under the ground. Dahlias pretty either as single specimens, in and purple which are not fragrant. should be pruned the same as toma- beds, or in rows. All old withered Some people plant their violets in the toes, and a good many of the suck- leaves should be removed. shade, but I think they do best in full ers cut off unless you wish a bushy Peonias should be sprayed as soon exposure to the sun. Last spring I plant with many small blooms on it. as possible each spring with Bondeaux set out three short rows about fifteen If you wish large specimens, they can mlxlure, and again when the buds are feet long of the purple sweet-scented, be had by disbudding, that is, only about the size of a marble. If any setting out a plant or rather a small leave the middle bud to mature in of the plants, leaves or stems have root about every three inches and each branch. Dahlias should be kept a sign of being diseased, the effected this spring I never saw such a mass free from weeds and should be staked part should be cut off and burned. A of fiowers. We picked about twelve well for the taller varieties. Fer- good many times they will not bloom hundred one evening and you could tilizer can be applied before plant- but the spraying as outlined above not miss the blooms. ing the tubers, by placing a four-inch seems to allow the buds to develop. In concluding this series of articles flower pot full of pulverized sheep or When the buds begin to mature lhey I hope that I may have been of some cow manure with a handful of bone need an abundance of water. If cut assistance to some one who, like my- meal in the bottom of each hole. Do when the color begins to show and self, is a lover of "Flowers Beautiful" not let any of the fertilizer come in stored in a cool place they will last and would be gIad to hear from any contact with the tubers, however. Li- for a long time. who have any problem that I might quid manure can be applied when the Iris, or flags, can be used eithcr as help them solve.

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Zone Accounting on the Frisco ENDORSES VETS' REUNION By C. B. REX, Assistant Auditor "Those veteran em~loveswho are eligible to membership in the Frfsco Veterans' Association, and do not OR several years past a number ed in any number of ways. take advantage of the opportunity. of Eastern roads have been mak- Cards can be punched with all the certainly are missing a treat once ing a special study of freight ac- necessary information, two or three a year," writes J. A. Murray, veteran COUlnting in an effort to elimiuate times as fast as the information could engineer of forty-three years' service, duplication oP work in the freight aud- be transcribed by either longhand or Memphis Terminal. itor''s office and in the offices of sta- typewriter. After the cards are once Mr. Murray enthusiastically claim3 tion agents and to overcome as far as in balance they can be re-sorted into that the reunion brings the veterans posr dble errors in original work. any other grouping at the rate of 400 in close contact with each other, It has been estimated by various cards a minute; then all the informa- where they can renew friendships of autliorities that at least 40 per cent tion on the card printed and totals a lifetime. of t he time of employes in the office made at the rate of 75 cards a min- "I have been a member of this ss- nf,. .Lo freight auditor of any large rail- ute. sociation for the last two years," he roac1 is devoted to the correction of As an illustration, take the Agents said, "and I have never attended any errc1rs. Local Received Abstract, Form 35 Lo- labor or fraternal organization where T he tretght waybill being the basis cal. Under the present plan this is there was near the sociability which of practically all freight accounting either typed or written up in longhand exists at this assembly." war k, the subject naturally resolves and balanced. He also gives credit to those who ltse If into one of having waybills cor- On receipt in the audit office, cards are responsible for making the re- rect ly rendered and correctly handled have to be punched from each way- union a success, and to the good pes thrc)ugh the accounts. bill to verify the agent's abstract, to ple of the City of Springfield, Mo., 0n any railroad the volume of busi- use as a check for unreported way- who welcome the visiting veterans so nes:3 handled at about 75 per cent of bills and for statistical purposes. Un- wholeheartedly. the stations is not sufficient to justify der the Zone Plan, instead of typing the employment of men to handle the tlie abstract, a card is punched from act(mnting work only; as a result the the waybill In the zone office and the er diulsfon. emr loy yes at such stations must of agent's abstract is printed from these The second zone office was opened necf 3ssity be selected with particular cards. This operation in the zone can at Kansas City, March 1, to handle refe rence to their experience along be completed with no greater expendi- the accounts of Kansas City station ope]rating and traffic lines and the ture of labor than was formerly re- only. ATo further extension of the querstion of their accounting ability is quired to type and balance, and after zone plan is contemplated for some givem secondary consideration. the abstract is completed, the cards months to come. T:he principle of specialization and are forwarded to the audit office and Along with the zone accounting It volu [me production, with the aid of the punching and balancing of cards is expected to inaugurate zone revfs- mec hanical devices, under intensive in the audit office is eliminated. ing, or, in other words, at the points SUPf?rvision, has long been recognized Up to this time we have experiment- where zone offices are located, the as r~roductive of the greatest efficien- ed only with the Local Received Ab- final audit office revision will be CY in any line of work. It is, of stract, but effective April 1, we began placed on the waybills before they are COW-se, apparent that intensive super- to handle the Interline Received Ab- expensed and on stations reporting to visic3n by thoroughly qualified freight stracts in the same manner, and as the zone final revision will be made acccIuntants cannot be extended daily our plans mature will no doubt work before the waybills are taken into to Ithe work performed at 600 sta- out a similar system for handling For- station accounts which will result in tion s, and the problem is, therefore, warded Abstracts. corrections due to revision being re- one ot concentrating as much of this As previously stated a number of turned to agents within a few days wor k as possible at a few central roads have been experimenting with and undercharges collected while the poin ~lswhere the more important this plan for several years, with fair- matter is still fresh in the minds of clas ses of work can be assigned to a ly good results. An investigation of all concerned, thus eliminating cor- aPc;clalist and the purely mechanical the various plans developed the fact respondence and avoiding misunder- work can be handled with the aid of that no two were working along ex- standings. the most modern mechanical devices. actly the same lines and naturally, It is expected by relieving station These mechanical devices can only each felt their system was the best forces of tlie bookkeeping and ac- be profitably employed on volume pro- and it was impossible to decide which counting work that they will have duction, hence the necessity of con- of the various plans would best fit more time to devote to other import- centrating It at central points. our requirements. So it was decided ant duties. More care can be used in The use of "Punched Cards," while to start an experimental zone at St. billing freight, in applying rates, mak- new to a great many people, has been Louis and endeavor to utilize the best ing extensions, etc., thereby material- employed in various departments of points of the various other systems. ly reducing the number of corrections. the U. S. Government at Washington, Effective May 1, last year, the first More time can be spent in checking in the general offices of many rail- zone office was started at Seventh freight to see that the freight as roads, and in large manufacturing and Street, St. Louis, handling the ac- actually billed has been sent forward other industries for more than 30 counls of Seventh Street station only. in accordance with billing instruc- years, and their use has made possible This work was handled by Mr. Snyder tions. the compilation of important stalisti- with the assistance of representatives At destination stations employes cal information, the cost of which of the accounting department and was have more time to revise rates and would be prohibitive under any olher continued on this basis up to Decem- extensions and to properly render and plan. ber 31, when it was decided the plan check their freight bills before pre- The old longhand method of com- was entirely feasible and should be sentation to patrons for collection. piling information requires a re-tran- extended. Station forces will be able to assist scribing of all the data for each partic- Effective January 1, the entire ac- in reducing the amounts paid on ac- ular class of information required, and counting force was transferred to the count of loss and damage claims by with each transcription errors creep jurisdiction of the auditor-freight ac- seeing that the freight as received is in which cause difficulty in balancing. counts and his representative placed properly checked against the waybills Under the card plan all the informa- in charge, and at this time the plan and proper notations made on freight tion required for the various reports was extended to all stations between bills and waybills. is punched into the card at the Erst St. Louis and Chaffee and, effective More time will be afforded agents to operation and, when once in balance March 1, is being extended to the follow up their uncollected and the with the control figure, can be re-sort- balance of tlie main line stations, Riv- solicitation of freight. May, 1927

A. 0. DRENNAN ELECTED A NO-OVERTIME RECORD I AGENCY CHANGES FOR If you'd like to know how to elim- inate overtime, it might be well to Cabool, RIo., Employe Chosen as APRIL have a talk with TIr. P. Gustin, gen- Gen'l Chairman, B. R. S. of A. eral yardmaster at Springfield, Mis- Mrs. Rae B. Langley installed tem- souri. porary ticket agent, Upalika, Mo., ef- The last overtime in that yard was HE election of A. 0. Drennan, fective April 1. S. Doyle left the sta- made on December 23. 1926, and for T signal maintainer at Cabool, Mis- tion February 26, and Mrs. Langley a portion of the time between that souri, to the position of general has acted as ticket agent from that date and the present one, 18 crews chairman of the Frisco Unit of the date. were working. This number was re- Brotherhood of Railway Signalmen of R. E. Nichols installed temporary cently reduced to 17. America, was announced at Springfield agent Webster Groves, Mo., effective "The yard and engine men in the March 27. Mr. Drennan succeeded April 4. Nichols had acted as agent terminal are very proud of this reo Earl 31. Stewart, who resigned fol- since March 17. ord," Mr. Gustin writes, "and It was lowing his transfer to Ft. Worth, F. 31. Means installed temporary accomplished by the co-operation of Texas, recently. agent, Olden, Mo., effective April 5. these men and the supervision given The new general chairman has L. L. Sharp installed permanent by the assistant yardmasters. spent 17 years with the Frisco, always agent, Portia, Ark., effective April 6. "The shifts are so arranged that in in the employ of the signal depart- Wm. NcICenzie installed permanent case a crew does not complete a piece ment. He will represent a present agent, Cold Springs, Olzla., effective of work, another crew is usd to fin- memh9rship of 100 men. Drennan is April 6. ish it. On outside engines the fore- married and the father of one son. He T. K. Orr installed permanent agent, man makes a report of the work left resides at Cabool and will maintain Piedmont, Kans., effective April 11. undone and another engine completes his present position with this com- R. W. Berry installed temporary it." pany while serving as general chair- agent, Valliant, Okla., effective April Mr. Gustin's aim is to continue this man of his organization. -. record as long as conditions permit.

Better Service Campaign Brings Good Results First Three Months

HE first three months of 1927 corresponding increase of 63.5 per three months of this year without have wrought many changes in cent was made in the number of cars damaging a car. The Western made the. standing of terminals and handled per car damaged. a similar record of no cars damaged. divisions in the better service cam- The Springfield terminals continue but handled 60,669 cars as compared paign for rough handling reductions, to hold first place, with Birmingham to the Southwestern's greater num- according to the April 9 report of Air. a close second and St. Louis in third ber. The Northern division dropped ?.I. 31. Sisson, assistant general man- position. Tulsa terminals hold the from fourth to sixth place, whlle the ager. same position as last year, with Central dropped from second to Lhird Mr. Sisson calls attention of all Memphis advanced one point, and position. employes to the fact that through Kansas City dropped from fifth to The slogan under which the cam- their co-operation a 44.7 per cent de- sixth position, occupying the place paign was carried on during April crease in the number of cars dam- held by Memphis last year. was submitted by G. I. Gann, engi- aged the first three months of 1927 The Southwestern and Western di- neer of Newburg, 1\10., and is: "Much was made, compared, with the same visions are tied for first place among of the Business Depends on the period of 1926. A further decrease of the divisions, but that coveted posi- Proper Handling of Equipment." 47.1 per cent was made in the amount tion was awarded to the Southwestern The table of comparisons lor 1925, of damage per car handled, and a when it handled 275,902 cars the first 1926 and 1927, appears below: --- rLn 1 STANDING DAM-,,,EZX DIVISION DIVISION NUMBER CARS AMOUNT DAMAGE . NUMBER CARS HANDLED TO TOTAL OR Or DAMAGED HANDLED TERMINAL TERMINAL 1927 1926 1925 1927 1926 1925 1927 1926 1925 1927 1926 1925 191!7 1926 1925

TERMINALS Springfield ... 2 Birmin~ham . 7 St. Louls ..... 19 Tulsa ...... 20 Memphis ..... 43 Kansan Clty . . -47 Total ...... 13S DIVISIONS Southwestern . - $ 1,947.60 $ 694.00 273.902 274,*540 26S,6S1 Western ..... - 120.00 60.663 54,007 53,757 Eastern ...... 6 257.75 145.00 196.S20 207,763 . 194,329 Zentral ...... 5 15.00 - 9S.SJ7 102,965 96.165 Southern ..... 1.5 612.00 2.390.00 227.805 257.706 229.SS9 River ...... 13 516.00 1,059.00 104.55.5 112,262 111.736 Northern .....- 36 219.00 ----SSS.26 233,824 259,042 256,060 Total ...... - 73 $ 3,567.28 ----$ 6,186.2.5 1,197,412 1,268,284 1,209.617 Texas Lines . . 1 60.00 292.50 25,447 36.639 43,396 To. System.214 $15,259.48 $11,096.25 1UX Compnred wlth 1026 Per cent decrease in number cars damaged...... 44.7 Per cent increase in number of cars handled per Per cent decrease in amount of damage...... 47.1 car damaged ...... 63.5 Per cent decrease in amount of damage per car handled ...... 41.54 mrnm nvr;nn AP nnnvnt;nrr nnnn..tml.nt ctntietininn B~~~~~R~I~~1rr. Page 19

FREIGHT AGENTS MEET

For Meritorious Sevtlice Station Section of A. R. A. Convenes at Memphis, EASTERN DIVISION May 17 UPERINTENDENT E. L. MAGERS reports the following cases of meritori- ous service: HE Freight Station Sectit S A. A. McClennan, engineer; George McLelland, conductor; J. E. Mc- American Railway ASSOCLLA~U, h'olly, fireman; R. 0. Davis, C. Gault and G. J. Richardson, brakemen, ex- Division 1. Operating. will hold tingulshed fire in car Erie 114080 at Marshfield, Mo., on February 18. Mr. its Seventh Annual Convention at i\Iagers placed a letter of commendation on the personal file of each of Memphis, Tennessee, May 17, 18, 19 these men. and 20, with headquarters at the Pea- B. W. Fisher, telegrapher at Leasburg, Mlssourl, noticed sometning wrong body Hotel. with a car In train No. 36 as it passed through his station at 8:00 p. m., This convention was secured March 17. He notified the dispatcher and the train was stopped at Bourbon through the activities of the local and bad order car taken out. A letter of cornmendatlon was placed on Mr. freight agents for the various rail- Fisher's personal record file. roads at Memphis. S. L. Oliver, Fris- T. A. Ridley, engineer; T. P. Hood, brakeman: T. M. Pannell. car man: co agent at that point is chairman of A. R. Pruitt, engine watchman; J. L. Mace, operator-towerman; B. H. Lar- the entertainment committee for the rimer, blll clerk; H. P. Hilton, signal maintalner at Aurora, Mlssourl, and H. convention. F. Plunllee, special office at Monett, Missouri, made ready the Aurora branch The freight station section was engine on March 20, when the Aurora Mill burned, and pulled the cars located formerly an association of freight near that mill to safety. Anlong the cars was one whlch contained gasoline. agents. The organization was found- Ten merit marks were credited to the record of each of these men. ed during the year 1888, at which RIVER DIVISION time it was known as the National Superintendent J. A. Moran reports the following cases of meritorious Association of Freight Agents. Thir- service: teen years later, the name was J. F. Yoant, conductor; J. P. Rice, englneer and C1. 1. Knawlton, flre- changed to the American Assoclation man, repaired the north end of passing track at Knowlten, Missouri, when of Freight Agents, to permit local as- they found it in bad order, euabling them Lo meet extra south and let train sociations from the Dominion of Can- 802 go by without delay on March 23. Those men were commended for their ada and the Republic of i\Iexico to be- action. come members. During the latter G. I. Rnowlton, fireman, was also commended for his aid in connection part of the year 1920, the American with movement of train extra 1283 south, December 13, 1926. Railway Association gave favorable G. A. Gibson, conductor; J. P. Rice, engineer; Spray Edwards, brake- consideration to the establishing of a man; W. F. Proffer, J. C. Hampton and H. D. Conerly, water service repair- Freight Station Section, and the first men were commended for meritorious service in connection with locating and annual session mas held during June, 1921. making temporary repairs to defects on combination car 151, train 881 011 Narch 10. It is expected that several hundred SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION agents, located throughout the United States and Canada will attend, and Superintendent C. T. Mason reports the following cases of meritorious below is a list of the subjects which vice: will be discussed: 0. N. Bridges, brakeman at Francis, Oklahoma, located broken arch bar Shipping sugar, rice, flour, meal and G. A. T. X. 6524 in train extra 4130 south at Mill Creek, January 31. His other similar commodities in cloth and sonal record was credited with ten merit marks. jute bags, vs. packing in metal con- D. Wall, engineer at West Tulsa, while switching on extra 4147 north, tainers. Develonment of apprentlcca choosing Ma!rch 8 at Holdenville, Oklahoma, found one of the grates in his engine dis- transportation as a buslness career. con nected. He stopped the engine on dry level track and wedged his way Uniform application of Rules 4-A and und erneath and crawled up in the ash pan and connected the grate, causing 11 of the National Reconsigning Rules. Having motor and other trucks so a dlelay of only fifteen minutes. His record was credited with ten merit constructed that they can be unloaded ma]rks. or loaded at the side as well as at the R. C. Meadors, engine foreman at Afton, Oklahoma, reported S. F. 32124 tall board. Supervision of freight station serv- and four other cars containing various commodities, listed and moving into ice. Aft1on on March 13, as empties. A letter of commendation was placed on his Unlform 1)lan for handling of charger per sonal record file. made for persons traveling with freight shipments. E. L. Gardner, engineer and Matt Thomas, brakeman, both of West Tulsa, C'oncealed damage. OkI ahoma, were commended by Mr. Mason when they found valve discon- Simplified and uniform over. short nec ted inside water tank on April 4, at CheIsea, Okla., and volunteered to and damage reports. clinnb inside the tank and raise the valve so as to permit engine on train Claim prevention, ice. carloads. Showing vent or icing instructions No. 438 to take water. on car cards, switch waybills, etc. 0, N. Breeland, brakeman at Oklahoma City, while looking over train Peddling from cars. extira 4109 at Depew, Oklahoma, on March 22, found four slipped tires on Rule 41, Consolidated Classification. 605 Minimum weights applicable to eng lne which was being handled dead in train. His personal record mixed cars subject to Rules 24 and 34 wasi credited with ten merit marks. of Consolidated Classification where hhippers order cars over 36 feet in NORTHERN DIVISION length and two shorter cars are furn- Superintendent W. H. Bevans reports the foIlowing cases of meritorious ished. vice : The lighterage situation of XeW Yorli City and harbor. 0. R. Adams, brakeman at Kansas City, found brakehanger on F. G. E. Authority for delivery of shipments rm98 bent and beam on top of wheel in his train while at Paola, Kansas, covered by straight bills of lading. on March 14. His personal record was credited with five merit marks. Proposed plan of supervising collec- tion of transnortatlon charges and Will Arnold, janitor, Frisco shops, Neodesha, Kansas, detected a broken credit arrangements. arch bar on car S. D. R. X. 865 when the car arrived in Neodesha at 10:25 Observance of rules as a freight a, m., March 3. His personal record was credited with five merit marks. clnim prevention measure. B. A. Mlller, operator at Pleasanton, Kansas, found a broken rail in front Preventing "out-of-line" charges. Waterlng.and feeding live stock In of tower In Missouri Paclflc crossing, Pleasanton, at N:00 p. m., March 25. and transit at junction points. notified all concerned so that repairs were made in a short time. His per- Carload deliveries in New York Citv. sonal record was credited with five merit marks. Dimensions or weight capacity of cars greater than ordered. furnished (Noz~t~im to Page 20. ~ICLISCJ for loading carload freight by carriers. May, 1927

FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE H. W. JOHNSON HONORED I IN ACCIDENT PREVENTION I An additional honor has came to an (Co)~tiwredfrom Page 19) official of the Frisco Lines from the American Railway Association, with Paul Stewart, agent's clerk, Colum- Four hundred and forty-two em- the appointment of Henry W. John- bus, Kansas, while acting in the ca- pIoyes aild visitor8 attentlttcl nineteen son, car accountant, Springfield, as pacity of weigh-master-clerk on March accldent prevention meetings during 21, at Scaminon, Kansas, found a the period March 9 to April 14. One broken rail on passing track at that hundred and sixty-two of these at- point. A letter of commendation was tended the nine meetings in April, placed on Mr. Stewart's personal while two hundred and eighty attend- record. ed the ten held, March 9 until March WESTERN DIVISION 31. A meeting was called by F. A. Superintendent S. J. Frazier re- Beyer, superintendent, west shops, ports the following cases of meritori- Springfield, on April 4, and twenty ous service: men responded to roll call. A close Fred A. Mauldin, brakeman, on a and accurate check of records of all recent trip on the western division, unsafe conditions and practices was volunteered to fire engine on local made, and many small items were re- freight due to illness of the fireman. ported. To date, the west shops has Allred A. Rodgers, engineer, was corrected every unsafe condition and commended for his excellent work in practice reported so far in 1927. bringing passenger train into the F. M. Darden, general foreman of terminal on time, although the cylin- hhe car department at Springfield, der head on motor 2133 had broken, called a meeting of his men on April allowing water to flow into the cylin- 4. Twelve were in attendance. This der. department also reports all unsafe conditions corrected. KANSAS CITY TERMINALS J. M. Flanigan, superintendent of Superintendent J. M. Flanigan re- terminate at Kansas City, called a ported the following case of meritori- meeting at his department on April ous service: 4. Twenty-eight men were present. Henry 31. Carson, brakeman at W. S. Pollard, claim agent, addressed Kansas City, Missouri, detected a the meeting at length on the accident broken truck side on extra 4104 north. reports needed relative to the new February 3. He set the air on the Compensation Act. train, and stopped it before the brok- H. J. Ray, shop superintendent, H. W. JOHNSON en truck side had caused a great north shops, Springfield, Mo., called amount ol damage. a meeting of his men on April 5. a member of the transportation divi- Twelve men were present. The meet- sion's committee on demurrage, stor- SPRINGFIELD TERMINAL ing was addressed by Harry Harrison age, reconsigning and diversions. The of the accident prevention depart- appointment of Mr. Johnson was made Superintendent of Terminals 0. W. ment. Out of a total of fifty-three un- April 1, and followed shortly the ap- Bruton reports the following case of safe conditions reported, all but nine pointment of John L. McCormaclt, sup- meritorious service: have been repaired at this shop. erintendent of freight loss and dam- C. C. Ellison, bill clerk at Spring- J. T. F'ite, general foreman of the age claims, to a similar committee of field, Missouri, caught Q. R. X. 1748, car department, Springfield, Missouri, the A. R. A. car of gasoline billed from Arkansas called a meeting of his men on April The committee of which Mr. John- City, Kansas, to McCook, Nebraska 6. As Mr. Fite was called away, Har- son is a member, supervises tariff via St. Louis and C. B. & Q. Rail- ry Harrison of the accident preven- rules and changes on demurrage, stor- road. This car should have been tion department acted as chairman. age, diversions and reconsiqnments. routed Kansas City instead of St. Fifteen men were present. A report Louis. A letter of appreciation for and review of accidents which had oc- J. W. Surles, master mechanic at his careful check was placed on his curred occupied a considerable part Sherman, Texas, acted as chairman at personal record file. of the program. a meeting held at that point on April S. T. Cantrell, superintendent at 13, when twenty-one men met for an TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT accident prevention session. Out of Ft. Smith, Arkansas, called an acci- J. H. Brennan, superintendent tele- dent prevention meeting at Fayette- a total of 105 unsafe conditions re- graph, Springfield, Missouri, wishes ville on April 7. Twentyfive men ported, only thirty-six remain uncor- rected, and these are receiving imme- to mention the two cases of meritori- were present. Several of the special ous service noted below: committees made reports, and letters diate attention. from absent members were read. The following held meetings during E. C. Holt, lineman: Signal Foreman P. W. Conley, superintendent of ter- March: 0. L. Young, superintendent Kelton, and Signal Supervisor Claman minals, St. Louis, Missouri, acted as terminals, Birmingham Ala., 42 pres- were complimented for their work In chairman at a meeting held in his of- ent; S. T. Cantrell, superintendent, restoring telegraph and telephone Ace on April 7, with thirteen of his Ft. Smith, Ark., 16 present; P. W. wires at total break, where three poles men. A discussion of rough handling Conley, superintendent terminals, St. slid into the river at Mincke, Mo., on in respect to injuries was a subject Louis, No., 16 present; J. D. Heyburn, April 6. The slide occurred at 9:00 of much interest, with many new master mechanic, Hugo, Oltla.; 15 a. m. The material was out of St. phases of accident prevention inject- present; W.G. Hall, assistant master Louis at 1:00 p. m. on a freight train, ed into the discussion. mechanic, Kansas City, No., 32 pres- and all wires were working by 4:30 E. W. Brown, general foreman at ent; W. H. Bevans, superintendent, p. m. Tulsa, acted as chairman at an acci- Joplin, Wo., 56 present; W. T. Clark, Wm. Spratley of the telegra.ph de. dent prevention meeting held April general car foreman. Nemphis, Tenn., partment greatly assisted in carrying 12. Due to the change of terminals 23 present; E. E. Nixon, master me- a pilot from Oklahoma City to Greig, froin Sapulpa to West Tulsa, this was chanic, Chaffee, Mo., 15 present; E. Okla., on Sunday, April 3, in connec- the first meeting of its kind since E. NcGuire, superintendent terminals, tion with washout troubles, and re. 4 January. Many subjects were dis- Memphis, Tenn., 25 present; W. J. ceived a letter of commendation from 1 cussed, and the matter of accident Foley, master mechanic, Enid, Okla., C. T. Mason, superintendent, as well c prevention was stressed. 40 present. as one from Mr. Brennan. 'F/~&co@PLO~S'#%MZIM Page 21

ABANDON ROUNDHOUSE These Men Built Frisco into O$lahoma Citg, Ohla. So~hSpringfield, Mo., Facilities Turned to Reclamation Work

HE Fdsco facilities at South Springfield, Missouri, on April 1, T WPP~.. -a - turned lnto a reclamation plant excl!usively, when the south side roundhousround1 e was abandoned, and on that nightr , the roundhouse was. dark for theth~ fir st time since it was erected it1 1885.18t There has always been a night forc!e at work, taking care of runuingrunuir a~nd light repairs of equip- ment whi ch passed through the SpringSpringlleld I south side station, but this work will hereafter be taken care of at the north roundhouse. "Thl"The ni ght the roundhouse was dark," saild Harry Brown, chief clerk to L. J. ILeysaht, superintendent re- clamalclamation plant, "many of the old fel- lows who have worked here for a numb€number olI years came down, just as a sort of a. tribute to the old surround- ings." The for1ce of men of over 400, was reducedreducr ti D 260. This force will be employedemplo: exclusively on reclamation . . plant worlk. The two hundred trans- ferred me]I went to various points be- tween St. Louis and Monett. Nearly -Pholo Courless Okl:~homrt City Chamber of Coaimerce. 140 of the:m transferred to the north Here arc the we)t who hilt the Frisco Railroad ii~toOklaho~itn City frow and west shops at Springfield; many of them afent to Monett and a num- Sapulpo. Top rozw, stnrrdittg, rmditzg from left to right, IIcr~ryOvrrholscr, J. iM. Owen. S. A. Stmnrd, F. L. DoBDkt, F. 1M. Riley. Hottom row, sitting, front left ber to thc s St. Louis shops. Among Will, the super1visors who made a change to right, C. G. Jonrs, Henry T. M. Richardsoir, Sidmg Clnrk. in their location were: W. B. Murney. general foreman, transferred to Chou- ATE in 1898 (exact date un- and construction began. The Missis- teau Aven ue, St. Louis; H. T. Keloh- known), citizens of Oklahoma sippi Valley Trust Company of St. ner, boiler maker foreman, transferred L City thrilled to the announce- Louis agreed to take the company's to Choute;iu Avenue, St. Louis; J. H. ment by a committee of prominent bonds and a mortgage on the road. No Miscampbc311, roundhouse foreman. citizens, that the St. Louis and Okla- one of the charter signers made a cent transferreci to the north roundhouse; homa City railway was to be built into out of the project except C. G. Jones, SpringiieldI; F. A. Beyer, Jr., assistant Oklahoma City. A further thrill was who loolred after some townsite loca- roundhous'e foreman, transferred to contained in the statement that the tions and work. ~h~ road was later Monett. M 0.; J. E. Grudwell, machine road would connect with the Frisco taken over by the ~~i~~~,and is now foreman. Inade foreman in charge of at its then terminus at part of the Southwestern division. trains at ;South Springfield, Mo. Sapulpa, Oklahoma. For five years the committee had labored to secure The signers who There arere a number of men em- appear above, arecharter all deceased, with ployed in these shops who had had building of the road through the exception of Mr. J. M. Owen, who years of Iiervice there. T. B. Chap- territory south of Sapulpa- Copgres- man, rounldhouse clerk transferred to sio~lal approval was necessary, but is president Of the Oklahoma City the North Springfield roundhouse, had when that approval was secured, Building and Loan Association. Mr. served 20 years; James Palmer, out- president (-leveland vetoed it on the Owen served as chairman of the Okla- side host!ler helper had thirty-two grounds that the permit was too far homa City committee On the twenty- years' selrvice, transferred to the reaching. Later, money was voted by fifth anniversary celebration of the North Spriegfield roundhouse; James the city of Oklahoma city "3Ieteor" which was held in that city Edwards, inside hostler helper had the voting was rather roundabout) March 18. had eightf !en years' service and took up new utfes at the North Spring- field rounclhouse. smaller boilers and air compressors U. C. V. RIDE FRISCO "We hope to make a bigger and which will furnish sufficient steam better sho wing for 1927 than we ever and air for our reclamation plant." Four hundred and thirty aged vet- did," said L. J. Leysaht, "for we were The reclamation plant hums with erans of the Civil War, members of somewhat cramped for room while the activity. Car loads of scrap come in the United Confederate Veterans, roundhous~a was here, and could not daily, with material which will be rode two sectiolls of a special train devote our entire time to reclamation salvaged and used again, and except on Frisco Lines from 3Iemphis to plant worlt. Xow, since that is our for the men who transferred to other Tampa, Florida, on April 3. The train sole work. we expect to make the re- points, there has been no interruption was named "The Commander-in- sults start1ling. Our north roundhouse in the big program which this plant Chief" and was run in tW0 sections will take care of the branch line follows for the year. via Frisco from Memphis to Bir- power no>V, but our south side will mingham. Another train of veterans, Continue t o take care of the motor originated in Texas by the Cotton cars used on the runs out of Spring- ~efiRailroad, was handled by the field. The! big Heine boilers and air He a tree must Frisco from Memphis to Birmingham. cornpressoirs are to be shipped to West grasp its branches-not the blossoms. A total of 814 veteralls rode Frisco Tul~aand we are going to get two -Thackeray. rails to and from the reunion. Page 22

P. M. REILLY HONORED Frisco Daughter Prominent Radio Vocalza Retiring Veteran Given Banquet in Mid - West K by Fort Smith Employe- Friends was a member of several glee clubs - through her school days, and took a ATRICK M. REILLY, tool room leading part in many operettas. 1 man at Ft. Smith, who ApriI Since finishing college in '21, she P became a retired employe of the has been studying at her home in Frisco on penslon for the remainder Kansas City, doing solo work in the of his life, was honored at a Larewell choir of her church, the Westport hannlr-+ given for him by the nlcn of Methodist Church, and filling engage- the rail1Kay shop, where he had been ments meekly at the various clubs. employed for 20 years, the night of She also sings for weddings and has March 3 0. performed several times over Swee- The 1'arewell party was gIven at ney's n' H B radio station, Kansas First B,aptist Church ol Ft. Srnfth, City. She is a member of the "Clef -lna..otra,drlranao where a banquet was Club", a prominent musical club of served at 7 o'clock in the basement her city, and on March 15, appeared dining room and where a program ar- on the program of that club with two ranged by the entertainment co ' numbers. tee, J. L. Eudy, L. W. Cavine She mas asked recently to sing at Stringer, D. L. Stanley and R. L, the 0. R. C. memorial services, Kan- don, later was given. sas City. and at the dedication of a L. W. Caviness was toastmaste new Methodist Church at Hun~e.310. the guest of honor was introduc One compliment which she treas- E. Stringer. Other speakers wc ures greatly. and which came from troduced by the toastmaster a1 an Italian music critic of note in her J. L. Eudy. The musical progr-.U ,L city, was that she has a wonderful ukulele, banjo, piano and voice solos, radio voice. In other words, her R quartette number, community sing tones come over the radio without a ing and readings, for the most part break, and she feels that this is a were arranged with a significance to valuable asset, especially since radio the life of the honored guest. Ap- RUBY GOODSPEED work opens a large field for the vo- pearing on the program were Miss calist. Ruth Ellen Morgan, Miss Frances GREAT majority of the Frisco As conductor Goodspeed travels on White, Miss Ruth Stringer, Miss Eli- employes over the entire system his passenger run over the northern zabelh Blair, RIisses Agnes and Vera A are acquainted with James division, on trains 101 and 102, he is Dressendorfer, Miss Delmaya Dorough, Goodspeed, northern division Frisco besieged with questions from those Misses Jean and Jannis Stringer, conductor, and they are also aware who know and ride with him often. Tom Hawki~is,W. L. Cordell and John of the fact that he has a charming as to the date when hrs talented Bellar. Sentiment of farewell and and talented daughter. When they daughter will again broadcast over tribute to Mr. Reilly's native land of caught the program f roin station the radio, for they all want to tune Ireland wove a bright thread of feel- KLDS at Independence, Kansas, on in. ing in the program pattern. the night of March 19, and the an- "I want to go just as !~ra8 1 can Mr. Reilly was presented with a nouncer introduced Ruby Goodspeed, with my musical career, said MISS gold chain on which hung an emblem Kansas City vocalist, F'risco radio Goodspeed, "and I am now in what of his religious faith as a farewell fans listened, with renewed interest. might be termed my training course. gift from the shop men. L. W. This was not Miss Goodspeed's first I intend to pay for my own tralning, Caviness made the presentation. The performance over the radio, but it but most of the performances now are guest of honor was touched by Lhe was one of her most recent. She has 'thank-you' ones. But that's all in tribute and spoke briefly in thanks. been interested in music all her life, the game, and some day I'm going to M. L. Crawford, general foreman of and she told a reporter who visited be famous and make iny old dad and the Frisco Shops at Ft. Smith, and J. her, that her ambitions have always mother and all my friends proud of D. Heyburn, master mechanic of the been for a musical career. me. And when I do, then I'll get the Central division, Will Harlan, retired Miss Goodspeed is a graduate of whole Frisco family to help me cele- engineer of the road, G. B. Stubble- the Norman grade school and West- brate, and I'll broadcast to them all. field, intimate friend of Reilly. J. L. port high school at Kansas City, 310.. for I know so many of them through Eudy, division chairman of the Metal and Cottey College at Nevada. She dad." Crafts' Association, E. Stringer and the toastmaster, all paid tribute to the man who on March 1 reached his sevontielh birthday anniversary and RUSSIAN LIKES MAGAZINE BERRIES FROM HI-LINE who, because he had been with the From Petrograd, Russia, a former According to T. B. Coppage, super- railway company a sufficient number locomotive engineer in Turkestan intendent of the Hi-Line, there will be of years, is retired with pension. writes to praise the Frisco Mogasirte. shipped to the markets during stran- Crawford expressed his personal to which he recently subscribed. Un- berry season, 200 cars of the luscious liking for Reilly and his appreciation der date of March 28, Vadime Reiss fruit from the territory on the Osceola for the faithful service rendered by writes: Sub, and between Clinton and Spring- an employe, and incidentally suggest- "Please accept my thanks for the field on the Hi-Line. Three years ago, ed that such a meeting as the fare- copies of the December and January not a Pull crate of strawberries left well banquet where employes and sup- copies of the Frisco illognsii~e. I am that territory. ervisors met for an evening of cordial very much interested in your issues good feeling, was in itself a revelalion because I have often heard of the The poultry and dairy business is of the chaiiged conditions governing Frisco and its splendid Jlogozirre, and also booming and Mr. Coppage asserts railway workers and supervisors rela- also because I have been a locomotive that the territory along the Hi-Line tions lo each other. A few years ago, engineer in Turkestan. I enclose has natural resources which will make he said, such a meeting would not $1.50 for subscription to your .\logo- it one of the best producing sections have been tolerated by either. ,Gwfor the coming year." along Frisco Lines within a few years. Page 23

Page of Praise From Loyal Frisco Shi

Marion Steam SBovel Com- This will mean overnight delivery a pleasure to note the promptness y of Marion, Ohio, appreci- on spare parts." with which you h;ave handled the prompt Frisco service and Mr. Wolfe appreciates both letters whole situation an~d to assure you erat ti on of W. Q. Wolfe, gen- and he says, "It was only through the that it is quite dijRerent from the ~tof the Frisco Lines at, Pltts- fine Frisco service that 1 was able to treatment we recc?ive here in the us., where they have a branch give this csoperation and receive the east. 1. E. Stiffler, traffic manager, complimentary comments." "We feel sure t hat anyone hav- forwarded to Mr. Wolfe the ing business with1 your line is letter: bound to receive the best of . Coi. A. H. Stevens, general agent. treatment" ?e wish to express our ap- located at San Francisco. California, H. G. Snyder, gemera1 agent at iatlon to you for the eEorts sends the Magazine a letter from G. B. Soventh Street Staticm, where the e by your office in expediting Irwin, manager of the Fort Collins valve was received, wi shes to give due movement of recent shipment Flour Mills at Fort Collins. Colorado, credit and appreciatic>n to his claim ,team shovel dipper to the in appreciation of some splendld clerk, John J. Daly for his interest ? Star Coal Company, Pitts- freight service. and handling of this matter. ---us - Kansas.- This shipment left The letter reads !n part, as follows: out plant at 5 :00 p. m. on Novem- " * We are trying to give ber 5, and WIas delivered to the your line a good share of our Another letter re!garding Frisco Frisco at 3:0( 1 p. m. on the 7th business Into the south and they frelght servlce has be en received and exactly 46 ho'urs later. Your St. are maRing wonderful time on the patron says that the service was Louis office i idvises car arrived shipments for us. We delivered "almost beyond belief. " so rapidly was at destination at 9:30 on the 9th. a car in Friara Point, Mississippi, It handled. "Not only nlust we demand the on the flrst of April that had been The letter is addressed to Geo. M. utmost in operating performance. rolling just three and a half days Forreater, commercia 1 agent of the but it is also 1~ssential that we be from Fort Collins. This is almost Frisco Lines at Sprin~gfleld, Mo., and kept in almost hourly touch with passenger time and we surely ap- was written by A. E. Reynolds of the 75 per cent of' our shipments and preciate it." Springfield Gag & El ectric Company we are glad toI say that the Frisco of that city. Railroad, botl1 at Cleveland and Mr. J, H. Whitmore, manager of the The letter reads as follows: at St. Louis, realizes the import- Cream Buying Department of the Blue "As a public ul:ility operator, I ance of semi-daily wire passing Valley Creamery Company of St. can truthfully sajr that letters of reports and 1s one of the few Louis, Mo.. recently paid a fine com- commendation, w hen good work systems that Imore than fulfill our pliment to efficient Frisco servlce. is done, are rarely received, but expectations 1n furnishing us such In a letter to J. & Livingston, mllk when such a corn]nunication is re- information

Some Facts on Locomotiee Operation and FuelSaoing PRAISES ENGINE FOREMAN E. 0. Davis, engine foreman, By D. L. Forsytlte, Rood Fweman of Equipntmt Springfield terminal, holds a record of which he is very proud. From UEL saving is now and always the time in the preparation of the March 27, 1925, to March 27, 1927, will be a live subject on this engine for service, besides the sav- he worked a period of eight hours F railroad. We have many locomo- ing in side sheets, staybolts and fuel. on the same engine, the same job tives of modern type and many dif- Treated water, together with a lib- and the same hours. from 11:00 p. m. ferent appliances which are applied eral amonnt of blowing the boiler out, to 7:00 a. m., without having lost as to them to make a more efficient and saves combustion chambers, side much as one hour during the two economical operation. There are all sheets and fuel. It Is a well known years. klnds of books published and supplied fact that one-sixteenth of an inch of With the exception of ten demerlt which men read to obtain knowledge, scale in a boiler represents a loss of marks, which have since been re- together with competent men who 10 per cent in fuel. moved, his record is clear. give instructions on the construction Higher steam pressure together "The management of this railroad and operation of these various appli- with larger grate area is being ap- appreciates loyal service of this ances. plied to all modern locomotives and kind," writes 0. W. Bruton, superin- The standard of management and the results are shown in higher speed tendent of terminals, in referring to Operation has been raised to a new and decreased fuel consumption. Mr. Davis' record, "and I feel that high leveI. A finer spirit of team Good lubricatlon is one of the very it is nothing more than just to ex- work and cooperation is what makes best fuel savers known in locomotive press our appreciation of such serv- successful efficiency in fuel conserva- operation. The locomotive merits ices by mentioning this specific case. tion and an all around better job of more attention on lubrication and the where the whole Frisco family may railroading. All the up-to-the-minute best of lubrication furnished. The see it. appliances will not bring the desired successful running engines from 400 "I might state that the wonderful results unless the human element en- to 735 miles is made possible only by record that has been made in Spring- ters into the performance with the the closest attention ta lubrication field terminal, with reference to the determination to know: why they are and operation. elimination of rough handling of cars, on--what they do-what they save; The long runs through several in- is chargeable to just such employes and the company to know: what it termediate terminals on both pas- as Mr. Davis." costs for maintenance and if it is senger and freight (which can be justified In spending the money for; done successLully, cuts down the these appurtenances. roundhouse expense, prevents conges- miles. reducing the number of loco- The locomotive is performing serv- tYon, and saves fuel. The locomotive motives in service, preventing the ice today that a few years ago was must be put In the pink of condition making of overtlme and getting the considered impossible. It was at the initial terminal to make these train over the road without delay, is thought it had reached the limit in long runs without a delay or failure. pulling towards an jdeal job of rail- size, weight and power. Every day The booster makes it possibIe to han- roading. there is something new applied and dle more tonnage on a 1,000 ton basis The figures have been shown on the put on that opens up the way for and is especially effective when the amount of money saved in the year more power and speed and creates a locomotive gets down to a speed of 1926 and I wish to call attention to more efficient operation. 5 and 6 miles per hour. Stokers some of the most important items The most important appliances make it possible to develop the ca- which made this saving possible: the which are now being used, are: super- pacily of the boilers on the large use of modern power, new and re- heater units, Piicholson syphons, brick locomotives and will enable the lo- built; increasing the train haul: get- arches, flexible staybolts, exhaust comotive to be worked at the maxi- ting over the road In better shape; steam Injectors, boosters and low mum capacity on the ruling grades reducing the overtime; placing snper- water alarms. and grades of fuel used that in some heated engines on some of the di- Formerly, saturated steam was used cases could not be fired by hand and visions in place of saturated ones; exclusively. Now we have super- obtain the best results. watching the pop valves and the black heated steam which increases the ef- The constant watching of the loco- smoke; placing paper on the grates ficiency of the locomotive about 25 motive rating with the change in of coal burning engines at terminals per cent and brings a saving in fuel.. temperature and placing the power to to prevent coal falling through; the If the superheater is used as a fuel the best advantage on the different proper banking of fires in the termi- saver and not as an evaporator pull- divisions is very important in keep- nals and outside points; getting the ing the water over in the units, caus- ing the fuel consumption down, also engines over the cinder pits and in ing poor lubrication and impairing the there are many other economies de- the roundhouse quicker; better fuel performance of the locomotive, it will rived from these changes. furnished; closer co-operation be- show a considerable reduction in the When the locomotive has been dis- tween the enginemen, trainmen and renewals of packing, bull rings and patched on the trip, the engineer and dispatchers; the monthly fuel meet- fuei. fireman working closely together with ings at the different terminals and Flues stopped up mean a loss of the followinq items in front of them the readiness of employes to put in time and fuel, and a test which has at all times, viz., good job of lubri- practice the items brought up at been made shows a loss of 2.5 per cating, a good job of pumping, the fire- these meetings; the examination of cent for each drop in temperature of man paying particular attention to the more firemen and their study of com- 10 degrees which will occur if flues matter of black smoke and popping bustion to save fuel; squaring up are not kept clean, all steam and air off, watching the grates, ash pan and lame engines; cutting off engines at leaks prevented and front end appli- condition of flre; the engineer hand- water tanks and coal chutes and oil ances set and maintained to a stan- ling the injector, reverse lever and cranes on freight trains, which pre- dard. throttle and the brake valve in the vents draft gear being pulled out or In this day or larger boilers, higher proper manner to insure the prompt damaged in stopping. pressure and long runs, it is neces- release of all brakes, with good work With the continued improvement of sary to give more attention to every reports on the engine, and the work the power, together with longer side part of a boiler and insure a perfect done before locomotive is listed for tracks, better water and coaling fa- performance of the entire machine service, will enable the company to cilities, I feel by all pulling together and safeguard the lives of employes. utilize the engine and make a 100 per in the same direction at the same The use of the hot water system cent performance. time, that we can in the year 1927, at roundhouses for washing and fl11- Every one on the road who does make a still better performance than ing boilers, saves time and reduces his part towards reducing the train we did in the year 1926. 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Tupelo Sub: Englnecr NOLEN, fire- man TITUS, train 136, engine 28. from In its edition of April 8, 1902, the FUEL RECORDS Potts Camp to Memphls. February 21, Birmingham News said : "March handled 2,250 gross tons, used 6 tons of coal, performance 93 pounds. was a record breaker on the Frisco Engineer AYRES. flreman THOMP- and Central of Georgia Railroads The "Fc el" Standard in freight scrv- SON, train 108. engine 1522, Birmlng- in this section, the movements in ice for th e year of 1927 has been set ham to Amory. February 28, 10 cars In ...st IkS,,, ,,mdsnnll per 1,000 gross ton miles train, used 7 tons of coal, average per- the yards on Ninth Avenue for the Frisco System and, as will be formance 11.3 pounds. amounting to more than 2,000 noted, there were some excellent rec- Engineer DOBBS. flreman JONES, cars." ords made In the months of February train number 135, engine 17, from Jlem- and AIarch. ]>his to Ports Camp, handled 2,500 Contrast this with the business The following represent? some of thc gross tons and used 9 tons of coal, av- of March, 1927, when the joint ter- best records on each div~slon: erage 128 wunds per 1,000 gross ton minals at Birmingham handled EASTERN DIVISION miles. 93,585 cars. Approximately 2.600 Rolln Sub: Engineer LYNCH, flre- RIVER DIVISIOX cars are handled daily in the East St. Louin Snb: Engineer KESLER. man THOMPSON, train number 6, en- Thomas yards at Birmingham- gine 1505 February 18, St. Louis to fireman WELKER, train 801, engine Newburg,'ll cars, used B4O gallons of 1015, from St. Louis to Chaffee, March more than handled during an en- oil, au .erage fuel consumption per pas- 1.5, used 701 gallons of oil for the trip tire month twenty-five years ago. sengelr car mlle .64 gallon or 7.6 or an average of 1.15 gallons per pas- pound a. IlenRer car mile. Enslneer FREY. Areman WALLACE, Englneer ROSE and fireman DOUG- miles or an average performance of number Extra West. enalne 33. LAS, train 801. en~ine1054. from St. train Louls to Chaffee. March 16, made a 10.1 pounds of fuel per passenger car Gratlo[To xewburg, arch 28,handled mile.---. 1,838 igross tons, average performance performance of 1.20 -aallons -Der -Das- ienner car mile. SOUTHWESTERN DIVIlION 150 PCTunds oer 1.000 arosa ton mlles. Cherokee Bubi Engineer W. H. LIPE, Lebrmon S~JIEngineer MOORE, fire- cknllce Bubr Englneer ROBINSON fireman WM. CAUSLY, on train 1/434. man I3LACK, traln number 10, englne end fireman BOPTS, on train 832, en- engine 4163, from West Tulsa to Af- 1505, IFebruary 12. Springfield to New- fiine 1283, Havtl to Chaffee. Februarv ton, Mar,ch 29. handled 2 098 gross tons 14 cars- In train. used 1.106 aal- 24, had 79 loads and 16 emjity cars ih burg, traln, total of 3,617 grass tons. De- and used 12 tons of fuei, average con- lons I>f 011, average ' 7.8 pounds per sumption per 1.000 rross- ton mlles passer lger car mlle. parted Hayti 9 a. m.. arrived Chaffee 102 pounds. 1:36 a. ~ St. LOU^. Ynrcl~ Englneer W. H. m.. sawea 808. took water and Engineer J. W. HICKS flremar HEN(3IST, flreman OLIVER McDAN- had 6081 shoveled ahead at ~udd.No LITTLEFIELD, on traln it434 en] IEL, worked an elght-hour shift on other delay except slow movement for about 3 mlles to give time for 835 to 41.56, from West Tulsa to ~fto;. MI AIarch 7 with enslne 3748 and used 31 handled 3 005 sross tons and I only t.wo tons of coal, or an average take slding at Conran, probably all 13' tons of cdal or an average of of 83 pounds of fuel per switch loco- told amounted to 7 or 8 minutes, pounds per 1,000 gross ton miles. motivcI mlle. (St. Louls Terminal en- burned 11 tons of coal, handled 249.573 Rross ton miles. averare ~erformance Oklahoma Sub: Englneer A. B. g-ineers and firemen, see if you can beat SMITH, fireman C. SMITH. on t raln thls r ecord.) number 10, engine 1511, from 0kla- ton Snbr Englneer BALKE, flre- gngineer *\>I FIZZELL flreman C. CHn W. VICKERY on engine' 1054 train homa Clty to West Tulsa Xarhh 28, man 1CERRY, traln No. 58, Clinton to number 806. ~iemnhlsto chaffe;. Feb- had 9 cars in train and 'burned 801 Knnsa s City, engme 1269, March 10, gallons of oil or an avera&i~--Gf .76 :d 1465 gross tons, and used 9 ruary 13th, handied 8 cars and used handlc 869 gallons of oil average perform- gallon per passenger car mile. ()f coal, 172 pounds of fuel per tons ance .71 gallon per'passenger car mile. Creek Sub: Engineer CALVIN, :flre- 1.000 I:rous ton miles. man SCYLOR. on train 532. en1 Chelee Sulrs En~ineerWOODS. -, flre-... . cine The follawing Is a special run on 4130, from Francis to ~apulpa.Fei bru- train number 2/10, of March 17, from man CHRIST, on--train 835; -Garth 6. ary 1st. performance 117 pounds t to St. Louls, Mo.. 8 cars In the englne 1302, from Chaffee to Hayti. per AIonet handled 2.500 rross tons and used 8 1,000 gross ton miles. train, engine 1503, engineer TO31 Engineer W. H. SAWYER flre~man WT. flrernan YEAGER. handled tons of coal or an average ot 92 pounds WRIO or fuel per 1.000 gross ton miles. J.. S. ICE, on train number i/535. en- this t8 ame 4129, from West Tulsa to Fra~1cls. on .57 NORTHERN DIVISIOII: March 30. made a Derformanca of 116 Engin, ICl~nrn* Clty Sub! Engineer LLOYD HEND and fireman DEW, on train 118, englne Kenrb~ 1052, Afton to Ft. Scott February 16, CEKTRAL DIVISION H't. lrnlth Subr Englneer HICRB or 1.1E used 700 gallons of oil.' average per- NILLER. flreman MARTIS. on t and el formance of 1.3 gallons per car mile. raln 706, engine 1045. from ~t.'smlth 1 to SHOR'?--for the -last lap 'of the run Engineer AIcCRUM and fireman COL- Monett, February 3. had 9 Cars In from ~'ewburgto St. Louis, using an LINS, on train 1/131, engine 4120, from the Kansas City to Ft. Scott ;\larch 11. train and consumed an average ojr 10 averap:e of .99 gallon per car mlle. pounds of fuel per passenger car n...-n fle The pntirn- ..- ..run from Monett to St. handled 2.136 gross tons \nd used 9 while the average lor the Central ~i: Louis was made ln 6 hours and 50 tons of coal, average of 85 pounds of vision for the month of January, 1927 minutc?s, total of 2,266 passenger car fuel per 1.000 gross ton miles. was 18.1 ~oundsor 81 aer cent- .. . mod------miles. and burned 2.248 aallons of oil Engineer LARSON. flreman J. T. fuel used- on the average than was or .99 =allon pei car miie. MILLER, train number 1/131. engine used by Mr. MILLER and Mr. MARTIN Mes! srs. C. WRIGHT and YEAGER !142. Kansas City to Ft. Scott, March on.. thla.--. trin~ -1. made an ayerage performance of - - ret thhe credlt for making the lowest Engin H. BLAKESLEY. Brarnnn perfor rnanrn while Messrs. H. KNOERR 102 Bounds. -4RnlSTRONG. On train 2/735 -&iine and S HORT rank second and Xessrk. ~ihGrove Subs Engineer KELLS, 1305, from Cheater to Ft. sm~th,March JIART IN and HENDERSON last, how- flreman YOUNG on train 131, engine 4. made performance of 111 aounds. ever, ,all were excellent performances 4105. January 2b. Ft. Scott to S~rina- Arthur Snbr Engineer DAVIS. fire- and Inuch below the average for field, 46 cars in traln, average pe& man JENKINS, on engine 1407, traln throus:h p?ssenger service on the East- formance 103 pounds. 706 Hugo to Ft. Smith 144 mlles, ern D ivis~on. Atton-Pnrnann Snbt Englneer HALE, Feiruary 17, 5 cars in trhln anb used fireman HUNT. on train 132.. -Afton -- - - to- - --SOUTHERN - DIVISION 11 pounds of fuel per passenger car Ft. Scott, engine 4027, January 19. mlle, which is an unusually good per- Wlllow Spring-N Snb: Engineer WIL- wlth 47 loaded, 17 empty cars in train. formance and reflects 100 oer cent co- LIANEi. fireman COLE. on train 131. used an average of 105 Bounds of fuel operation and interest in fuel economy. engine 4145. S~rinrfield to Thauer. per 1.000 gross ton miles. Engineer C A .M P B E L L fireman Febru: rry 2,' used an average of -126 Cnrtl~nae Sob: Engineer W. J. STGMP, on train 735, englne' 710, from poundr 3 of fuel per 1,000 gross ton O'NEIL, fireman BALLORY, on train miles. 33,5, engine 4004, Monett to Neodesha, Ft. Smlth to Paris. March 23. made Engiineer TEARNEP. flreman SLAT- January 14, wlth 26 loaded and 9 performance of 99 . pounds per 1,0ij6 -ax'Os4 . ton.. - - mll~n------. ER. 01 1 train 107. engine 1017. Spring- empty cars in train, used 113 pounds luakoyee Sub: Engineer JAMES. fleld tc , Thayer, February 23, consumed of fuel per 1,000 gross ton miles. fireman PEARSON train number extra an ~VIeraae of 10 aounds of fuel oer Wlchlta - Burrton S u br Engineer nassnn ger car mile: VANUERHOFF, flreman REYsOLDS, engine 767, from '~eaketo Muskogee: ,IIempblm Sub: Englneer PHILLIPS. on engine number 1270, train 332, from made performance of 117 pounds per fireman INGRAM, traln number 131, Wichita to Neodesha. Januarv 17. 42 1,000 gross ton miles. engine 4010. Thayer to Jonesboro, loaded and 1 empty car in t-rain, per- A-A Sub: Engineer C. A. %WXJRE February 26, performance 67 pounds. formance 72 pounds. fireman WATSON, on train 786 engin; Engineer FROMNEL, flreman ROB- Train 306, from Wichita to Monett 1248 Hugo to Hope 121 mlles. 'handled ERTS, train 131. from Thayer to Har- engine 1009 March 7th, in charge oi 189.k20 gross ton &iles and consumed vard. March 22. 2.480 moss tons Enrlneer E.' X. WALKER. flreman OS- 14,000 pounds of coal or an nveraRe of in tfaln, used 12 tons of coal or 73 CAR HALL from ~lchitato ~eodefiha 74 pounds per 1,000 gross ton miles. pounds per 1,000 gross ton mlles. tlnd engineer J. P. DWYER, fireman WESTERN DIVISION Enaineer SPANOLER, fl r e m a n C. F. LINTHICUM from Neodesha to Perry Sub: Englneer BLADES, flre- DIiuR. train 108. from' Memnhls to Monett. This train left Wichita on man BRANER, on train 634, engine ThayG, March 12, 864 passenger~cil. time and arrived at >lonett on time, 1344, from Pawnee to Tulsa, February miles. average of 9.3 pounds of Cue1 made 31 stops, consumed 9 tons of coal. 3, performance 100 pounds per 1,000 per pnssenger car mile. made a total of 1,780 passenger car gross ton miles. Page ,

Ozark Strawberry Industry Began in 1887 totalground of setting25 days the planta,in preparhg cultivating the {Contitrued from Page 8) the patch and bringing it up to the harvest season. His first crop during by movement from North Carolina. . or four families coming into the ter- 1925 pr9duced 201 crates of berries Alabama, Mississlppl, South Texas ritory. which sold for nlightly over $1,000.00. and the Imperial Valley of California The average scale for picking straw- After deducting all expenses, Includ- are also among the early shippers of berries is 3 cents per quart or 72 ing crates, picking, packirk, associa- this fruit. They are followed by the cents per crate. The cost of picking tion charges, etc., amounting to Atlantic Coast region and the great a car of strawberries is something $300.00, Virgil had left in the bank mid-western berry section. May is over $300.00. To pick the crop of Over $760.00 as his profit on one acre the big atrawberry month with move- strawberries estimated along the Fris- of land. anent from Tennessee, Missouri, Ken- co in the Ozarks, this pear, will take Unfavorable weather conditions lucky, Arkansas, Virginia, Maryland over $1,290,000.00, which will certain- during 1926 slightly bffected hls ber- and various mid-season states, extend- ly place a large amount of money in 'Y patch, yet from this same acre for ing into June. These states are fol- circulation during the strawberry his second crop, Vtrgil sold 86 crates lowed hy New Jersey. New York, harvest. of berries at a net profit of $184.26, Pennsylvania, Michigan,Wisconsin and To show the unlfmited possibI1- maklng for the two years a net profit the Pacific Northwest. Usually the ities in connection with strawberry of over $884.00. heaviest shipments are made from the production in the Ozarks, let me cite Soil and climatic conditlona in the middle to the end of May. The heavi- the experience of a 13-year-old boy Ozarks are certainly ideal for the pro- est day's movement ever recorded near Exeter, Missouri. In the spring duction of strawberries and the above was 663 cars on May 31, 1924. The of 1924, Mr. i. M. Sapp, a prominent is an Indication that the growing of leadlng producing states ranked in the berry grower, living two miles north this crop is also quite profitable. order named last year,-Louisiana, of Bxeter, Missouri, told his 13-year- -- Missouri. Maryland, Arkansas, Vir- old son, Virgil, he might have free At 8:00 o'clock she laid out his ginia, Tennessee and North Carolina, use of one acre af ground, worth pos- dinner clothes. indicating that the two states served sibly $50 per acre. He didn't come. by the Frisco ranked second and Virgil decided he would grow straw- At 11:30 she laid out his pajamas. fourth in production. berries; his total equipment consisted He didn't come. The total carlot movement of straw- of a mule, a double shovel plow, a He came home at 2:00 a. m.--and berries from Frisco territory last year chain harness and a hoe. He spent a she laid him out! was 1,596 cars. The estimated mave- ment for the season 1927 is 4,276 . cars. It is expected that 400 cars will be produced at Springdale alone and Frisco Employes' Hospital Association between 400 and 450 cars in the fa- mous Sarcoxie district. Based on an Receipta nnd Dlnburcrementn nftcr December .3l. 1928, through larch 34 1@27. average of $2.75 per crate of 24 quarts, this would mean a value of than $5,000,000.00, and a total Balance brought forward from December 31, 1926 ...... $ production of more than 43,000,000 RECEIPTS: quarts. From assessments on members...... $64,627.20 The berry industry is rapidly ex- Interest on dally balances in bank ...... 67.17 :: lnterest on oecurltica in Treasury ...... 4.730.62 tending over the entire Ozarks. The ,, donation by St. L.-S. F. RY. Co...... 124.99 movement begins in the vicinity of sundry accounts collcctlble...... 1.153.91 Van Buren and Mansfield, Arkansas, " proceeds sale $5,000.00 Southern Rallmay Co. 5% extending northward as the Egulpt. Truot Ctfs., Series Y, matured March 1, 1927.. 5,000.00 'I proceeds Pale Sl.i,000.00 U. 5. A. 4%% Treasury Notes, advances. Nonett. Missouri, is the Serks 8-1927. matured March 15, 1927...... 15,000.0Cl 80,703.89 hub of the industry in this state and the two large selling organizations $98.183.15 who will handle this enormous crop, DISBURSEMENTS: wilI have their headquarters at &Ion- ett during the shipping The For payroIlr ...... $25.876.86 " professional. ordinary and emergency servlces...... 13,520.63 Ozark Fruit Growers' Association will ;; labor, materlal and snpplles...... 6,782.58 provlslons ...... 6,303.84 alone handle over 3,000 cars of ber- drugs ...... 5,638.61 ries this year.a They haveoffice recently build- ,, light, watcr. ice, KRO, Luel and telephones...... 2,157.27 all other expenses ...... 1,849.88 ing at Rlonett where they now have " $5,000.00, face amount, Wabash Ry. Co. 4Y2% EquCpt. Trust Ctfs., Geries F (mature Dec. their permanent headquarters. '1. 1929), purchased Jan. 12. 1827, at 99.6994 The picking of such an enormous (4.65% basis) ...... $ 4,979.97 crop of strawberries is quite a prob- acc'd interest. 1 month 11 days...... 25.63 4,006.60 lem berry in Our $6,000.00, face amount, Current River R. R. Co., territory this year. It is, of course, Flrst Mtge. S%.Bonds (mature Oct. 1, 1927), necessary to call in outside help and purchased Feb. 28, 1927, at par...... $ 6,000.00 strawberry pickers are being adver- acc'd Interest, 4 months 27 days...... 122.50 tised for throughout the entire south- commission ...... 12.00 6,134.50 west. Special reduced fares have $ioooo.oo face amount, st. L-S. F. RY. CO. been put into effect over the F~~SCO &ulpt.'Trust 6% Ctir., Series AA (mature Sept 1 1935). purchased March 14, 1927, and every effort is being made to as- at 151.8574 (4.70% basis) ...... $10,165.74 sist growers to secure sufflcient help acc'd Interest. 13 days...... 18.06 10,183.80 to harvest the crop. The hlghways " $6,OOP,OO, face amount, Kansas City, Memphis and byways leading to the strawberry and Birmingham R. R. Co. General Mtge. territory are now congested with 4% Bonds (mature March 1, 1934), pur- traffic. Men, women and children chased March 14, 1927, at 95% ...... ; 1,776.00 afoot, on horseback, in every con- acc'd Interest, 13 days...... 7.22 4,782.22 $88,235.84 ceivable. make of machine are an- Balance March 31, 1927, p. m.. at: swering this appeal for pickers. . The First Nationat Bank, SL. Louia, IMO...... 9,947.31 old prafrle schooner has once again made its appearance. Frequently $98.183.16 these covered wagons contained three . (Statemetrt concluded on next page) Page 27

PRIZ:E-WINNING ENGINE chicks were dead, and the remainder they are to be sent to th were rp~rtiir:ned from Page 10) fed and grew without another west coast, they are shippe, loss. they are hatched, while thc ride behi nd the little veteran. Royal Booth ham had inqulrles from go to southern and northe "I rec: tll an incident in 1896," he many ioreign countries in regard to are sent the aecond day. said, "wlhen the Osage river around his success, asking for pamphlets and Who knows, but what ....Osceola, Missouri, was rising out of information on the poultry industry, chicken or the egg omelet 119 DilIlKSI. We had just come in with but so far no baby chicks have been Florlda, Naine or Oregon the No. 94, and if I remember cor- shipped across the water. When traced back to Clinton. rectly, Elvans was the engineer and Vinson t he fireman. We were to tie up there for the night, but after we Frisco Employes' Hospital Association lied up I[ walked over and Iooked- - -~- at-.~ the rive1:. It mas rising rapidly. I (Continued from Preceding Page) called th e dispatcher and tried to get him to Iun us out. but he was con- THE ASSOCIATION OWNS: vinced th[at the water would not harm Par Value us. 1107vever, after talking to him New York Central Lines 5% Equipment Trust Certificates of 1924 (macure June 1, 1927) ...... $ 5.000.00 for some! time I finally got him to Current River Rallroad Co. First Mtge. 6% Bonds. move us out of that point at about 9 (mature Oct. 1, 1927) ...... 23,000.00 o'clock. Me had to walk ahead of Edison Electrlc Illuminating Co. or Boston 4%% Coupon the en& Gold Notes (mature Jan. 15, 1928) ...... 10,000.00 ie and with long sticks, put Clncinnatl, New Orleans & Texas Paclllc Ry. 6% Equipment them do! vn in the water and find the Trust Certificates. Serles G (mature April 1, 1928) ...... 2,000.00 track to see if the ties were in place. Chesapeake & Ohio RY. Co. Equipment Trust 5% Xotes, We save1d the little prize engine that Series V (mature July 1, 1928) ...... 20,000.00 Canadian National Rys. Co. Equipment 45$% Gold Certlflcates. time. It was a week before trains Series H (mature July 1. 1928) ...... 20,000.00. could gelt to that point, so if we had Klnloch Telephone Co. First Iltge. 6% Bonds not take]n our train out at that time, (mature Aug. 1, 1928)...... 10.000.00 perhaps t:his story of the little old ten U, S. Thlrd Liberty Loan 4% % Bonda (mature Sept. 16, 1928) ...... 7,500.00 Illlnois Central Rd. Co. 4x76 Equipment Trust Certlflcates. spot cou~ld not have been written Serles L (mature Oct. 1. 1928) ...... 3,000.00 now". New York Central Rd. Co. I%% Equipment Trust Notes Mr. Do ldson was an employe of the of 1917 (mature Jan. 1, 1929) ...... 6,000.00 Baltlmore & Ohio Rd. Co. 5% Equipment Trust Certlflcates Wabash at the time of the Chlcago of 1923 (mature Feb. I, 1929) ...... 2,000.00 World's Fair, and he remembers dis- Bt. L.-5. X'. Ry. Co. 4$5% Equlpment Trust Certificates. tinctly sf:eing the Iittle engine on dis- Serles BB, (mature Feb. 15, 1929) ...... 10,000.00 St. Louis Southwestern Ry. Co. E.qulpment Tmst 6% Notes, Play. Series J (mature March 1 1929) ...... 4,000.00 Engine 10 was rebuilt in I898 and ~ennsylvahaR. R. Co. ~quibmentTrust 5% Gold Notes, given th e number of 94, when the Series B (mature Aprll 1, 1929) ...... 7,000.00 Blair LIInes were merged with the St. Louis Bridge Co. 1st Mortgage 7% Bonds Frisco in September of that year. Mr. (mature April 1, 1929) ...... 10,000,OO Clncinnati. New Orleans & Texas Paclfic Ry. 6% Equtpment Evans Is now runnhg between Spring- Trust Certificates. Series G (mature Aprll 1, 1929) ...... 3,000.00 field andI Kansas City on trains 20 Southern PaciAc Co. 6% l!:qulpment Trust Certlficates, Series G and 21 on the High Line, which is a (mature May 1, 1929) ...... 5,000.00 Baltlmore & Ohlo Rd. Co. 6% Equlpment Trust Certlflcates part of t he road he gushea the work of 1922 (mature Aag. 1, 1929) ...... 1,000.00 train ove,r thlrty-three years ago. New York Central Lines 4$% Equipment Truat Notes His buddy and former fireman, Mr. of 1922 (mature Sept. 1, 1929) ...... 4,000.00 Vinson, is an engineer on trains 11 St. Louis Southwestern Ry. Co. Equlpment Trust 5% Notes, Series J (mature Sept. 1. 1929) ...... 4.000.00 nnd 12, between Springfield and New- New York Central Lines 454% Equlpment Trust Notes burg, and the little veteran 94 is tak- of 1924 (mature Sept. 15, 1929) ...... 6,000.00 ing her turn between Springfield and Pennsylvania R. R. Co. Equipment Trust 41,4% Notes, Olathe on trains No. 120 and 121. Serles C (mature Oct, 1, 1929) ...... 2,000.00 Kansas City & Mernphls Ry. & Brldpr Co. 1st Mtge. 5% Bonds These two engineers have had many (mature Oct. 1, 1929) ...... 5,000.00 experiences together - many thrills Illinols Central Rd. Co. I%% Equlpment Trust Certiflcates and perhaps many troubles to go with Series N (mature Oct. 1, 1929)...... 14,000.00 Illlnois Cehtral Rd. Co. I%%Equlpment Trust Certiflcates, all the fun, but they both l001i back Series L (mature Oct. 1, 1929) ...... 2.000.00 . to the days with the little No. 10, and Baltimore & Ohio Rd. Co. 5% Equlpment Trust Certlflcates. especially to that spring morning in Series A (mature Dec. 1, 1929)...... 2.000.00 Wabash Railway Company 434% Equlpment Trust Certiflcates, 1895 when they started out with her Series F (mature Dec. 1, 1929) ...... 6,000.00 on her flrst trip. and nothing quite Canadian Natlonal Rys. 4 % % Guaranteed Gold Bonds compares wlth thart incident. (mature Feb. 15, 1930) ...... 10,000.00 St. L.-S. F. Ry. Co. I%% Equipment Trust Certiflcates, Serles BB (mature Feb. 16, 1930) ...... 10,000.00 New Yorlr Central Lines 4%% Equipment Trust Certlllcstss DEMONSTRPITION TRAIN of 1925 (mature May 16, 1930) ...... 10.000.00 BEGAN CHI(:K INDUSTRY Receiver'e. Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry, 6% Equlpment Trust Certiflcatee, Series D (mature Aug. 1. 1930) ...... 9,000.00 (Continued :from Page 7) St. L.-S. F. Ry. Co. Equipment Trust 5% Gold Notes, Berles AA (mature Sept. 1, 1932) ...... 6,000.00 twenty to twenty,-five men are em- St L.-S. F. Ry. Co. Equipment Trust 6% Certlficates, ployed in the hat'chery proper. Mrs. Series AA (matura Sept. 1. 1933)...... 10.000.00 --..A- -,--La- L- DUULU also uaa wen a great help to Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham R. R. Co., General Nortgage 4% Bonds (mature BIarch 1, 1934) ...... 5,000.00 him in hls work. She was the daugh- St. L.-S. F. Ry. Co. Equlpment Trust 6% Gold Notes, ter oi a Frisco employe, and her Series 71-C (mature Jan. 15, 1935) ...... 10,000.00 father was employed in bridge work U. S. Fourth Llberty Loan 4%% Bonds (mature Oct. 15, 1938) ...... 35.000.00 for a number of years. U. S. First Liberty Loan (Converted) 4%% Bonds Rex Booth, the brother, told of one (mature June 15 1947) ...... 15.000.00 shipment of chickens which was sent St. In-S. F. Ry. Co.'Prior Lien 4% Bonds, Series A to a point in Oklahoma. It was un- (mature July 1. 1950) ...... 14,000.00 St. L.-S. F. Ry. Co. Adjustment nlortaage 6% Bonds claimed and returned to the Booth Mature Jnly 1, 1955) ...... 5.000.00 Hatcheries. From the tlme it left Clinton, until It retarned, seven days $331.500.00 had elagsed. The box was opened, St. Louis. 310.. April 1, 1927. 6'. H. HAMILTON, and out of the 100, only one or two Treasurer. Page 28

HARLIE PETER HORNBACK, Smcn aetcrairs. .ri;itlz a total of 191 of roadmaster, and served at various locomotive engineer, central cli- ycars, elcveu r~zo~ttl~sservice, were placed points in Kansas. He was married C vision, was retired from active ON the Pension Roll at the ~irrrtirzg of to Mary E. Wilson of Burden, Kansas, service February 28, 1927, due to hav- tlrc Board of Pc~lsiojtshcld March 15, on Septeinber 15, 1887, and to them ing reached the age limit. He was 1527, irt the o,firrs nt St. Lollis, Mo. were born flve children, three of born at Girarcl, Ill., whom are living. Mr. and Mrs. Peter February 23, 1857, reside at 705 West Third Street, Pitts- , and received his reside at 102.5 E. Randolph Street, burg, Kansas. Continuous service of education in the Enid, Olrlahoma. Continuous service twenty-six years, seven months en- schools at St. Jo- of thirty-two years and eleven months, titles him to a pension allowance of seph, 10 His entitles him to a pension allowance $60.15 a month, effective March 1, father was a of $70.35 a month, effective February 1937. farmer, and he as- 1, 1927. sisted with t h e DAVID WALTER S H U ;\I A R D, work on the farm WILLIAM T H 0 lM A S TOOLEY. bridge and building carpenter, west- until twenty - two roadmaster, southern division, was re- ern division, was retired from active years of age, when tired from active service March 5, service Febr u a r y he accepted a posi- 1927, due to total 28, 1927, due to tion w i t h the d i s a b i 1ity. Mr. having reached the Frisco. in 1880. Tooley was sixty- age limit. He was laying track nea; rour pears of age. born in Effingham Oswego, Kans. He haviu~been born C o u n t y, Illinois, gave up this work to farm again, the at Oatsville, Ind.. February 12. 1857. latter part of 1880, and it was not on March 5. 1863. and attended the until 1885 that he accepted a regular As his father was schools near his position with the Frisco in the round- engaged in Iarm- home. His father house at Rogers. Arkansas. He was ing, he assisted was a carpenter. promoted to the position of fireman with the work un- The son followed and then to engineer and served con- til he was ninetee11 in t h e father's tinuously in that capacity until his re- years of age, when footsterm and se- he entered the lected -the carpen. tirement. On February 2, 1881, he ter's trade, Join- D- xT. SHUMAm married Lula Henson of Rocky Com- employ of the fort. Missouri, and to them were born Louisville & Nash- '" T. ing the E'risco fam- four girls and two boys. Mr. and Mrs. ville Railroad. He ily on August 2, 1911. He wad mar- Hornback and the four children who also worked for a brick conmpany, ried to Miss Alice Emerson of Burr- . are living, reside at Chester, Ark. and did not enter Frisco service un- ton, Kansas; on January 16. 1884. She Continuous service of forty-two years til January 15, 1894, in the capacity died on November 30, 1918, and on entitles him to a pension allowance of of a section laborer at Willow Springs, March 3, 1921, he was married to Miss $93.10 a month, effective March 1, Missouri. He was promoted to the Anna IM. Witherell of Effingharn, Ill. 1927. position of extra section foreman on Two boys and two girls were born of . June 20, 1597, but received regular the first union. Mr. and Mrs. Shu- WILLIAM FRANKLIN HINKLE, work in that capacity on October 23, mard, one son and a daughter reside roadmaster, western division, was re- 1899. He was promoted to the posi- at 906 West Pine Street, Enid. Okla. tired from active service, due to total tion of roadmaster on November 1, Continuous service of fifteen years, disability. He was 1906, a position lie held until his re- seven months entitles him to a pen- fifty-nine years of tirement. On January 10, 1894, he sion allowance of $20.00 a month, et age, having been was married to Miss Elnora Thorn fective March 1, 1927. born on June 7, of Quincy, Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Too- 18 6 8. at Union. ley have no children. They reside at West Virainia. He I Willow Springs, Missouri. Continuous ALEXANDER N E W T 0 N BRAN- received -his edu- service of thirty-two years and eight NOCK, crossing fiagman, southwest- cation in the months entitles him to a pension al- ern division, was retired from active schools near his lowance of $72.60 a month, effective service on Febru- home, and as his March 1, 1927. ary 28, 1927, due to father was en- having reached the gaged in farming, age limit. He was

he assisted with SILAS BENJAMIN PETER, road- born~ -- at Marshfleld. the work. In 1893 master, northern division, was retired Mo., ~ebruary14; he entered Frisco from active service on January 31, 1857. His father service as a sec- 'V. F. HIxKLE 1927, due to total disability. He was was a carpenter tion laborer at An- sixty-six years of age, having been and contractor. He daver, Kansas. Mr. Hinlrle was pro- born December 26, 1860, in Rego. Or- attended the moted to the position of section fore- ange County, Indiana. His father was schools near his man in 1897 and served at various a farmer, and during his early years home, but at an points in Kansas. He was appointed he assisted with the work. From early age started roadmaster July 1, 1907, and served 1887 to 1890 he worked as a section his business career in that capacity until his retirement. foreman for the Santa Fe at Grand as a clerk in a A. N. BRANNOCK On January 25, 1896, he married Mary Summit, Kansas, but held his first po- mercantile store In E. Chase, and to them was born one sition with the Frisco at Belton, Mo., Marshfield. He son, Harry L. Hinkle, on January 2, in the capacity of section foreman. served in this capacity at Springfield 1897. *Mr. and Mrs. Hinkle and son He was later promoted to the position and St. Louis, Missourl, and later as Page 29

assista nt cashier at a station in March 18 at the St. Joseph's Hospital, Was hi]ngton for the Great Northern In Memphis, af pneumrrnla, while in THE DEED BEAUTIFUL Railwa.Y. In September, 1879, he came the same hospital his wife man fight- I I with t he Frisco as a freight check ing a brave battle for her life. Mr. clerk at Springfield, Missouri. He and Mrs. Reedy were taken to the "There are two switchmen here in also st?wed in the various capacities hospital several days go, both suf- Sfonett," writes Frank Kyler, reporter of cons~truction clerk, chief engineerk fering with pneumonfa. Her Illness for the Magazirle at that polnt, "who office, St. Louis; chief clerk for gen- was saM to be so critical that she was certainly deserve a front-page notice eral rl oadmaster and superintendent not informed of the death of her hus- In an early issue of the ~lfaga=i,te,and of bric Ige and building. Fort Smith, band. Mr. Reedy had engaged in rail- I take great pleasure in giving you Ark.; 1rack bridge and building clerk, road construction work practically all the details of what they have done, genera 1 storekeeper's office, Spring- his life, and had supervised the laying that you may judge for yourself. Their field, Jdo.; clerk, bridge and building ol the track in the present Union Sta- names are William Schafnitt and depart]ment, Fort Smith, Ark., and tion at Memphis. He became asso- Harry Loyd. also asI ballast inspector, same point; ciated with the Frisco Lines in 1902. "A matter of two years ago a fam- rail in:spector, Sapulpa, Okla., and as Mr. Reedy leaves his widow and six ily consisting of a widowed mother timeke eper at Sapulpa, Okla. On children, Mrs. James C. Adler and and two daughters, who resided on April 20, 1898, he was married to Frank J. Reedy. of Memphis, John MarchalI hill, were exposed to hydro- Nevada1 Johnson of Fort Smith, Ark. S. Reedy, of Chicago, William E. phobia. The mother was bitten by They hlave no children. Mr. and Mrs. Reedy, of St. Louis. Mrs. John H. a mad dog, and unable to combat suc- Brannc~ck reside at 115 North Fourth Henkel, of Pueblo. CoIorado, and Dud- cessfully with the rabies, the attend- Street, Fort Smith, Ark. Continuous ley Reedy, of Wisconsin. ing physicians could not save the service of twenty-two years and mother's life, and only succeeded in seven months entitles him to a pen- - OREN GEORGE CANMAN saving the elder daughter by a hasty sion a1lowance of $20.00 a month, ef- OREN GEORGE CANMAN, pen- amputation of her left limb. Left fective March 1, 1927. sioned clerk, died at his residence at in straitened circumstances and hob- Memphis. Tennessee, on April 9. He bling about on her crutches, the girl cmlTON GATLIN TAYLOR, block was born at Shiloh, Illinois, February has been the subject of much pity, operatcr, Memphis terminals, was re- 22, 1855, and was retired from Frisco but until the two switchmen hit upon tired bam active service on February service, due to his having reached a plan, nothing had been done toward 28, 19 27. due to the age limlt, on February 28, 1925, placing her in a position where she having with nineteen years and three months could secure employment. age linlit. He was service. His pension allowance was "Seeing her pass through the pas- 'ebruary 28, born F $21.00 a month and up to the date of senger yard one day on her way to 1857, i3t ~kolona, his death he had received a total of town, William Schsfnitt, switchman Miss., and educat- $525.00. ed in the schools on the 7 a. m. crew, and Harry Loyd, or W'est Point, HENRY GARMAN an extra switchman, working on Miss. His father HENRY GARMAN, pensioned en- Schafnitt's crew, decided to take the was a railroad gineer, died at his home in Oklahoma matter in their own hands and pro- trackm an and later City, Oklahoma, on March 26. He vide a mean8 whereby tbe girl could a con ductor. At was born November 8, 1848, at Bur- be placed in a position 20 obtain em- the agl of slxteen lington, Iowa, and entered Frisco serv- ployment. The two boys started tak- years Mr. Taylor ice as an engineer at Wichita, Kans., began serving the on September 6, 1898, and served con- ing up a snbscrlption and in less than M. & 0. Railroad C. G. tinuously in that capacity until the a week they had pledged enough to as a section em- time of his retirement, which was due purchase an artificial limb and sev- ploye. He served the following rail- to his having reached the age limit. eral dollars over, that would help her roads in the capacities of nlght He leaves a widow, Elizabeth J. Gar- bear the expense of golng to a nearoy watchrrIan, telegraph operator, opera- man. His pension allowance was city to make the purchase. tor am1 agent, towerman and bridge 827.20 a month and up to the date of "These two boys did this act with- dispatc her: Illinois Central, Nashville, his death he had received a total of out any thought of self-glory, but now Chattnrlooga & St. Louis, and began $2,692.80. his Fri sco service on June 1, 1907, that they have accomplished so nplen- at Bri dge Junction, Arkansrrs, as OFFICERS DISCUSS RAIL did a thing, praise is reaching them operator and towerman. On Decem- PROBLEMS on every side." And the little, crlppled girl? Put ber 17, 1922, he was transferred to (Contiwed from Page 9) Ilemph is. Tenn., McLemore Avenue, yourself in her place, and you can as towtrman. where he remained nn- ferred to the ten year progress of the well picture her feelings. To her Frisco as "nothing less than magni- ti1 his retirement. On December 24, the world has opened anew. There 1878, Ele was married to Mary S. ficent." Passenger Traffic Manager Cornatzar also spoke in comparison are opportunities to work, and most Cook 0f Martin, Tenn., and to them of all to walk! were b orn twelve children, six boys of the Frisco of today with the Frisco and six girls. Three of the sons have of pears ago, and praised the present We must cancel from our list of at one time been employed by the efficient organization. rnllroad terms. the one concerning the F'risco as timekeeper, car record and The banquet adjourned promptly at "hard-boiled" switchmen. file cleirk. Four of the children are 10:30, and most of the men returned dead. :Mr. and Mrs. Taylor reside at to their homes on night trains. How- 1264 LC~tham Street, Memphis, Tenn. ever, several officers remained over A CORRECTION Continu ous service of nineteen pears, for a discussion of technical prob- seven rnonths entitles him to a pen- lems in the office of General Manager The photograph of Frisco locomo- sion allowance of $29.10 a month, ef- Shaffer on the third day, March 26. tive No. 44, which appeared on fective March 1, 1927. Page 30 of the March issue, was built ,by the Baldwin Locomotive Mrs. Edward Everett Dix, widow of Works, of Philadelphia, and is a the late E. B. Dix, of Ft. Scott, Kan- sas, has recently purchased a home ten-wheeler type. The March Mag- azirze stated that this engine was in Pensacola, Florida. "Major" Dix built by the Pittsburgh Locomotive was a Frisco agent for forty years. Works, and referred to it as a MICHAEL REEDY She wishes her friends to know her ?dICHAEL Mogul. We are sorry this error oc- REEDY, age 68, Frisco new address, which is, the San Carlos curred.-The Editor. roadmaster, died at 4:20 p. m. on Hotel, Pensacola, Florida. May, 1927 homemaker^ Page MISS LORETTO A. CONNOR. Editor Brcah fast, an Assct in the Day's- Work RECIPES UST stop, look and listen if you From seven in the evening until FISH I' are one of the host who have snc- seven In the morning is a twelve-hour J cumbed to the fad for omitting interval-much longer than is usu- A man may admit his lack of prow- breakfast from the daily routine, in- ally needed to digest food, so if an ess or skill in other lines, but we asmuch as health publications on all individual has no appetite on arising, have never yet met one who did not sides are protesting against the grow- he undoubtedly needs to give some at- consider himself a proven or potential ing tendency. tention to his digestive tract. Izaak WaIton. Because of this deep- The popularity of the anti-breakfast Investigation shows that those who rooted conviction, vacation time for idea is, in all probability, the direct do not eat breakfast are much more the male members of the family result of the continued enthusiasm for frequently absent from school or work means fishing time and a summer the slim silhouette. On the whole, than those who do. This may be be- without at least a few days of angling those who entertain the idea that they cause doing without breakfaat de- is for them a summer lmt. may slenderize by going breakfast- creases efficiency to the point where So be prepared! The odds are less are cherishiug an illusion. Usu- an individual is actually unable to heavy that you will be frying some ally they make up for the omlssfon by work, or, it may be explained by the of the catch (or purchase) before eating more at other meals, so the supposition that if s person is too the season is over. Did it ever occur total food intake for the day is not lazy to get up in time to eat, he will to you that a snappy sauce may lift reduced. Experience seems to show require little or no excuse to remain a "measly" catch out of the realm that human beings get along better away from work. The great majority of the ordinary and the commonplace. when the necessary aggregate amount of those who are chronically late are Remember-an appetizing mess may of food is taken in three or four meals likewise found in the ranks of those be the stimulus for a new hat. at regular hours, with regular inter- who start the day without breakfast. vals. During the period of sleep, the Bearnalsa Sauce digestive apparatus is at rest and that What constitutes an appropriate Bearnaise Sauce is served in the breakfast depends partly on the ac- same way and Is quite similar to Hol- interval may be longest. Eandalse. The method of preparation Many people have accustomed tivity of the individual, and the time differs slightly. themselves to doing without break- of his next meal. For the usual mixed 2 tablespoonfuls minced shallot fast so that they may regularly enjoy family group, an ideal breakfast 6 nemercorns crushed a few minutes longer sleep. They would consist of fruit, cereal, bread 14 'cuDful vinegar 2 tablespoonfuls tarragon- vinegar lose sight of the fact that sufficient and a beveragepreferably milk. Oc- 3 ena yolks food is just as essential to well-being casionally bacon, eggs and some 1 tabl&poonful minced parsley as enough sleep. If getting up in the sweets, such as syrup, jam or pre- 1/3 cupful and 1 tablespoonful butter may % teaspoonful salt morning is a task, no further proof is serves be added. For a family Grating of nutmeg needed that the body is not getting engaged in more strenuous work, 1 tablespoonfu1 minced green pepper adequate rest and relaxation. If, in either mental or physical, a some- Cook the shallot (or onion) and what heavier breakfast may be nec- peppercorns in the vinegar until It Is addition to inadequate sleep, the body reduced one-half. Straln. cool, add is deprived of food in the morning, a essary. the egg yolks and the one tablespoon- two-fold injury results. Whatever the character or the ful of butter. Cook carefully in dou- ble boiler or better the two saucepans Some claim that they go without breakfast taken, It seems advisable. as with Hollandalse, until the mixture breakfast because they are not hun- or at any rate rational, to start out beesins to thlcken. Add the rest of gry. Every normal, healthy animal with the fuel and energy needed for the butter, a tablespoonful at a time, seeks food and water In the morning. the day's activities. stirring constantly. until the sauce Is about the consistency of Mayonnalse. Remove from the heat and add the other Ingredients. Thls sauce. too, ON CHARACTER READING CHOOSING A HAT will curdle if cooked too long. Thin Character reading has become so Recently we read, "Some women is ~rcrcllent added to chicken a la popular a diversion of late that every- treat their faces with a severity that Klna. thing about one is being scrutinized is quite shocking. They may be the Cocktail Sauce for additional clews to the quirks of kindest creatures to their relatives 1lQ copful tomato catsup one's inner nature, with its complexes and friends. But for their faces they 1/3 cupful lemon juice and repressions. 1 tablespoonful Worcestershire Sauce have nothing save hard water, poor 1 tablespoonful crated horseradish Have you ever tried to size up your soap, wrong hats and an occasional H teas~oonfulTabasco Sauce correspondent by the type of note derisive glance in the mirror". % teaspoonful salt paper she uses? Experiment a little 2 tablespoonfuls grated onion and observation will convince you that The writer made some interesting 2 tablespoonfuls celery. very flnelg suggestions for a more helpful atti- chopped this test is quite as sure a guide as Mjx all together and serve about handwriting. tude toward nature's endowment and two tablaspoonfuls with each cocktail. Carefully written letters' and note a point most strongly emphasized was attention to the shape of one's hat. Devilled Almonds paper of pleasing texture are always 2 oz. blanched almonds an evidence of good taste and cour- In her opinion, a too plump face 2 tablespoonfuls butter tesy. Ta send rubbishy-looking letter requires a tall hat, aided by long ear- 2 tablespoonfuls chutney 2 tables~oonLuls C~ODD~~- - cucumber paper to your friends shows careless- rings and a litle color on the cheek pickies ness and Indifference and is a~ything bones. The chinless woman. on the I tablespoonful salt but a compliment. other hand, should wear a hat whose Dash cayenne Use stationery that adequately ex- crown fits closely to the curve of the Chap the almonds and brown them In the butter. Nix all the other In- presses your personality. Its good head at the back, and her shingle gredlents wlth the nuts. Heat through taste is obvious-its greeting friendly. should always be short and trim. and serve with fried oysters or clams. rn rn CcStyle~for the Season" - -

Above, an over- turrred basket of s h o u 1 d e I. flowers. There is oire for CVE~~co~ttrii~e. Lcry of the volley ad the loitg pointed crepe floever in the lower right hmd coriter are the newest to be shown.

At the left: Betty Boer of the oflice of nirditor of disburse- ire., St. Louis, wears n fi11p S~TUZJ Itat, witlt siirall feat!?- er tririrmi~tg,tlzz Izew rst for early strilmer rrronths.

DcIphitte Wilsorz of the aqertt's account depart~rrertt St. Louis is shown at tire right, wodelrrrg [I z,oshable sn/irt and georqctte corri- brrurtiort ijr !;DOtoires of tall. Hcr shoes arc black pnte~rt, with sr~rall gold leatli~r straps which fasten with u tiny buckle at the front.

Dns through courtesy of B. Nugent nnd Bros. Dry Goods Cornpnny, St. Louis, 310. Page 32

"Now, YOU didn't fall, did you," said The Robin Family's Victory 311.. Robin. "Next I want you to hop along the limb, slowly, then faster. T was a beautiful warm May morn- "So soon," screamed Mr. Blue Jay. ing. The flowers and grass "So soon," scoffed Mr. Robin. "You Now start! There-faster, faster! I sparkled with dew and the trees. must remember my dear sir, that Fine. Now you Fluffy and Brown in their newly attired green dresses, Robins are unusually intelligent. They Eyes, follow the example of Red waved to and fro in the breeze. waste little time being babies, and Breast and do just as he did." All nature was smiling because the they are much easier taught to fly After a few minutes Mr. Robin sun was shining. A mother robin than most birds." glanced around with pride and there, hopped and chirped, stopping occa- "Well, I'd like to make a little on a nearby tree, sat Mr. Blue Jay. sionally to dig for a worm. When she wager with you," said the huffy Blue He said never a word, but sat there, had succeeded in extracting its wig- Jay, "that your children don't learn watching the progress of the lessons. gly body from the soft black earth, to fly within two days after you start "Now the next step in the flying she flew to a nearby tree. teaching them." game is to fly from one limb to an- There in a secure and snug little "1'11 bet they do," said Mr. Robin. other. Be sure and use your wings, nest three tiny robins loudly called "What is the prize if they do." or you might go to the ground," he for worms! "Fifteen big juicy worms," said Mr. instructed. "Dear me," sighed Mrs. Robin, "it's Blue Jay. Fluffy and Red Breast after some just all I can do to keep these babies "OK," said Mr. Robin. "1'11 start hesitation, were soon hopping around fed." with their lessons next Monday morn- like veterans, but poor little Brown "Well, my dear," said Mr. Robin, as ing when the sun comes up, ad you Eyes. To make a long story short, he hopped to the end of the limb." can be present if you like." she mlssed one of the limbs, and fell "you're certainly doing a fine job of "Oh Certainly," said Mr. Blue Jay, to the ground with a thud, despite it, the babies are growing and they'll "that would only be fair that 1 see the combined efforts of the wind, soon be ready to take some flying les- what methods you use." which blew to help her, the tree, sons." And so it was that the following which bent its boughs to try and catch "And that's your job to teach them Monday morning Mr. Robin woke the her, and her father, who flew swiftly how," responded Mrs. Robin, glancing Robin children up early. "Now I to her side, scolding in angry tones. at her three fine children. want your attention for a moment," "Ah, hah!" screamed the Blue Jay. "TelI meee," sighed the wind, "just he said. in his most dignified manner. "I knew one of those three wouId which way you want meee to bloow, "You're going to have a first lesson in keep you from winning the record," and I'll help with the lesson." flying. You must pay very close at- and he flew away, satisfied that the "Ah," said Mr. Robin, as he threw tention to all I tell you and do just lesson was a failure. out his chest. "I'll be very glad to as I say." After much coaxing, and with her advise you when the right time "Wee," answered the three. "We father's aid, Brown Eyes was secure Comes. You see, my dear, everybody will." in the nest at the end of the day, is more than willing to help when "Now I've made a bet with Mr. Blue and the first lesson was over. good folks like you and I start rais- Jay that you would fly in two days, The second day, all three of the ing a family." after your first lesson, and he says birds took to the air, eager to test "Well," said Mrs. Robin, "if you're you won't. Now, will you?" their wings, and clumsily they hopped going to be such a big help in rais- "Wee-we will," they answered. about, but finally they flew. "Fine. That's half the battle, in ing this family, suppose you dig for The third morning Mr. Blue Jay a few worms. My plumage is slightly malting up your mind. Your poor showed up again, confident that none ruffled, I had such a tussle with that mother is a wreck digging worms for last grub worm, and I want to spruce you and you might as well dig sour of the babies could fly. "Well," he said, "I suppose you'll teIl me that up." own. I am slightly tired too, ahem, assisting in the task, so your mother all three of your smart children can So Mr. Robin sailed down to the fly," he sneered. earth. and I have made up our minds that "Hush," said Mrs. Robin to her you must learn to dig your own." ;Mr. Robin turned to the nest. three young children. "I never in my "Wee-we will," they answered "Well, children, who'll be the first to life heard such crying. You'd think again. get a big juicy worm from the you never saw a worm, and you're full "Xow just hop out on the edge of ground, and deposit it in the nest?" of them-absolutely full! Just give the nest-careful Brown Eyes, take it The three hopped on the edge of your mother a chance to dress, won't easy. We've got two whole days." the nest, rested there a moment, and you, you bad things!" "Oooh," said Fluffy, "what a long flew to the ground. Within the space And down on the ground Mr. Robin way down. Is that where you get of a few moments they returned, each had met a Blue Jay. Now these two worms?" with a worm in its mouth. weren't the best of friends, and they "That is," answered Mr. Robin, Was Mr. Blue Jay mad? He just had many arguments, and this one "and you'll soon think its only a lit- screamed and fussed and made more started when Mr. Blue Jay asked tle way after the first flight. Now racket, but he finally found the fif- about the young Robins. Red Breast, you take the lead and teen worms, and the Robin family "Oh, they're splendid," said Mr. step out on this limb." had one day of rest, and a regular Robin, making a little run after a "Oooh I'm scared," said Red Breast. feast. bug. "Their feathers are coming out "Weee!" said Brown Eyes, tipping The moral of this story is that if nicely and I thinli the flrst of the backward and forward. you bet, don't brag too much about week I shall instruct them in the art "I'm here," sighed the wind as it winning, for if you lose, the debt is of flying." helped to balance the young robin. twice as hard to pay. May, 1927 Pj5i-w ~PLO~S~&~~NE Pago 33 Sons and Daughters of Frisco Family Folk

Top row, left to right: Johtl Titnothy A4tillatre, aqe 2 years, 8 nzorltlrs, sort of Tirii .IItrlla;le, firevitait, Ft. Scott, sas; Oliver W. Iiltss, Jr., son of 0. W. Russ, Ft. Smith, Arkamas; Kathryn June, Y years. John D.. age 11 years Emily Mag. children of J. 0. Arwrstrong, assistant division engiwecr, northefit division.; Billie, age 5 months, son Yrorge If. Threlfall, rrigltt rour~dRotr.teforc~nan, Anrory, Mississippi; Jess Sullbs, Jr., sort of Jcss Sullins, conductor, yer, Mo.; dlartha Elizabeth Fellows, 6 ntotitlts, daughter of Don B. Fellows, accourrtarzt, Springfield, Mo. Center roa: Dor.otlty, age 4 years, daughter of H. W. Willinins, boilerntaker, dnrory, Miss.; Leotau D. Campbell, 3 8th old sort of George Ca~npbell,laborer, U'est Tulsa, Oklaltonra; sort of W. A. Schubcrt, roadtnaster, Oklahoma City, zhom; Betty Louise Jones, age 2 months, daughter. of Rt~ssellJones, coach cleaner, Oklahoma City; Woodrow West Wilb~rrrr IVest, sorts of IIenry West, section forerrran, Bourbon, Missortri. Bottom row: Mable Oliver, age 4 and Jereline Hurnble, daughter of James Oliver, tr-rccker, Springfield, dfo.. and her ~n; Ritssell Oliver, 8 years and Jimmy Ashridge, age 7, sons of James Oliver and J. G. Askridge, truckers, Springfield, ; Bcttie Jean Oliver, age 3 rrloitths, dnughter of Jantes Oliver, trucker, Springfield, Mo.; Elder Thoit~as,age 5, sort of 'I forervair H. Thonrns, Brownwood, Texas; Lou Ella Alarie Hendersort, two and a half year old daughter of Daniel demon, car air brake wan. ~Vernphis.Tean.; Dan Hrrlburt, Jr., age 3, son of Dan Hulbltrt, corrductor Hi-Line; Billie ~lf,Jr., son of Wm. Dicrolf, Webb City, dgo.

One soda cup has two handles. Beverly Long. Sapulpa. Okla...... 14 Little girl's shoes do not match. Bayden Baske. Tulsa, Okla...... 13 THE PUZZLE ANSWERS 7 Man has only one spat on. Elnabeth Lewis, Memphis. Tenn .....I3 "Druooist" sion should be reversed Esther Clemens. Ozark. Mo...... 13 on wFidow. - Dollic Corn. Willow Springs. hlo. .... 13 9N Mildred Halstead. Thayer. Mo...... I3 XATOSKE, of 1S23a Warren And be'ow are the names Of the Thelma Marie and Dorothy Glass, Itreet, St. Louis, Missouri, won the Frisco little folk who sent in answers, Chaffnn.-..- ..--.... Mn - ...... 17- rize for having found the most in- and the correct number which each Norma Laney. cook Station. MO..... 12 ect things in the picture puzzle found : Alma Brigance ...... I2 Virginia M. Cranford. SpringReld. Mo. 12 April. John Matoske, St. Louis. Mo ...... 23 Dovey Drissoll. Chaffee. Mo...... 12 le Georganna Hubbell. Burrton. Kan .... .21 Twilight Lady received many Mary Evelyn Smith. Thayer. Mo 21 Wilma hledlock. Newburg, Mo...... 9 ..... Hazel Allen. Chaffee. Mo.. l l ,rs in answer to the puzzle for George M. Scott, Springfield. Mo ....21 ...... 1, and many requests for more Naomi Rockholt. Little Rock. Ark.. .20 This month you will find instead of les, when this one is over. Freda Washburn. Chaffee. Mo...... I8 a puzzle, a short story of the robin George Callanan. St. Louis. Mo. ... .I7 it before we talk of what to have Loretta Stone, Afton, Okla...... 16 family. Won't you write the Twilight he Twilight Page in the future, Cella Umlauf, Newburp. Mo...... IF Lady and tell her whether you want talk about this April puzzle. Be- Mildred Milbratz. St. Louis. Mo...... 16 more puzzles, or more stories? Evelyn Roepke, Birmingham. Ala.. . .I6 There are many Frisco lriddies in- are the thirteen correct answers: Jack Glascock. Shorman. Texas...... I5 Man eating sundae with fork. Mildred Stanley, Thayer. Mo...... 15 terested in seeing pictures of the four Word "sundae" misspelled on sign. Jannie Fite, St. Louis, Mo ...... 15 puzzle winners, and so the Twilight Lenses in man's eye glasses do not Anna Merl Adair. Clinton. Mo ...... 15 Lady hopes to have a picture of each rtch. Norma Painter, Eureka, Mo...... I5 Word "here" misspelled on sign. Walter Niles, Jr.. Florissant. Mo...... 15 on the page for June, with a descrip- Cashier's cage has no wlndow. Gerhard Lang. Maplewood. Ma...... 14 tion of the prize which each won. Electric light wire between fan blades. Retta Wilson. Exeter. Mo...... I4 Xow don't forget, if you want more Clock has only one hand. Rosemary Oliver. Pensacola. Fla...... I4 Sign on counter faces wronp way. Kenneth Ball, Springfield. Mo ...... I4 puzzles, write the Twilight Lady, right Man has cap on backwards. Amelia Pearl Blalock, Jonesboro, Ark.. I4 away! Ma): 1927

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Jonah's Job An Ideal Place A foresighted girl is one who sleeps "Jonah had a good job, but threw "Is this a healthful town" asked in a cotton nightie, and keeps a pair it up." a stranger. of silk pajamas under her pillow in case of fire. "How's that? What kind of a job "It most certainly is," replied the did Jonah have?" native. "When I came here I couldn't "He was secretary of the interior!" utter a word, I had scarcely a hair on You convince a man, but you per my head, I hadn't the strength to suade a woman! walk across the room and had to be A Funny Suit lifted Prom my bed." "That is wonderful," exclaimed the Yes and No Customer: "Would you mind chang- stranger, "how long have you lived "I don't suppose you don't know of ing this woolen underwear for a less here?" nobody who don't want to hire no- humorous suit. This is tickling me "1 was born here," was the reply. body to do nothing, don't you?" to death." "Yes. I don't."

YES, YES,-AND GLADLY (From the Webster, West Virginia, Do You Believe This? Record-News) : "The flrst large floor A spinster living in a London sub- will seat 600 persons, then there is a urb was shocked at the language used double gallery that will seat an addi- by two men repairing telegraph wires tional number of people with uphols- close to her house. tered seats." She wrote to the company on the matter and the lineman was asked to report. "Well, me and Bill Fairweather were Queer Humor on that job," he said. "I was up the Call this a joke if you like. If the telegraph pole and accidentally let joke is hidden, the nerve it took to act the hot lead fall on Bill. It went down it out, isn't! his neck. Then he said, 'You really About fifteen minutes before a must be more careful, Harry!'" Frisco train was to arrive in a sta- tion on Frisco Lines, a woman stepped up to the ticket window and asked for He knew she was a good chorus girl, the information clerk. The attend- because she only had a cloth coat. ant at the window politely informed her he could answer her question. So she said, "Well, mister, I wish you'd Sure Thing come out here and call in this room The cartoonist is apparewtly guilty "So you're sure that was a Scotch and see if there's anybody with a car of cruelty to aniatals, btct sittce the ani- terrier you bought yesterday?" going down my way. I'd like to get wtal is n black cat, and tlzrrrfore our pet "Well, I threw a penny into the a ride." ani~i~ndversiotz.7c-e'll put him ori-if it is street this morning and he risked his oll right with our readers.-Ed. life to get it and bring it back to me." The Wrong Couple * He, showing his girl around the Heat and Repeat Clipped from the Custer County park: "See that loving couple in (Nebraska) News: "Plan to eat din- that parked car? They've been mar- An ambitious inventor went to a blacksmith to have him forge a piece ner on May 15 with the Baptist ladies. ried for ten years." The same wonderful dinner as served She: "Really?" of iron. The smith and his helper both stammered. last year." He: "Yes, but not to each other!" The old blaclrsmith heated the iron and placed it on the anvil. A New Name "H-h-h-h-hit it," he stuttered to his Betty's mother was spanking Bet- Sign in a doctor's office: "I treat helper. ty's baby sister when Betty remon- all cliseases including children." "Wh-\vh-wh-wh-where?" sput t e r e d strated. the helper. "I'm never going to call you mother "Ah, h-h-h-h-hell, we'll have to again! You're just a common mama. A Hard Hitter h-h-h-heat it again," sputtered the el- You don't even know how to treat your kids decent." Judge: "Did you or did you not der one with disgust. strike the woman?" -Water Works Engineer. Landlord: "Your Honor, I only Clipped from the Omalc (Washing- remarked that the wall paper in her ton) hTews: "Marshal Latshaw is en- apartment bore fingerprints." Husbands are a kind of promissory forcing the ordinance against chick. Judge: "Two years for knocking note. One gets tired of meeting ens running at large and riding bi- her flat. Next case." them! cycles on the sidewalks!' The FRISCO EMPLOYES' MAGAZINE That, indeed, is co-operation. That is help- Published on the First of Each Month fulness. That is service. When the confcr- By the ence closed, each man in attendance knew that St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co. his department had been heard, knew that his Edited by WM. L. HUGGINS, Jr. suggestions had been received and his criticism 827 Frisco Building St. Louis, Missouri of some condition respectfully considered. He Tills magazine is published in the interests of and for free distribution among the 30,000 employes of the St. knew that during 1927 the Frisco would profit Louis-San Franclrco Railway. All articles and communi- cations relative to editorial matters should be addressed by the community of interest brought about by to the editor. the Better Service conference. And that was Single copies, 15 cents each its goal! Outside circulation, $1.50 per year Vacation in the Ozarks Vol. 4 MAY, 1927 No. 8 A S vacation time comes again.-, emdoves " of Frisco Lines are looking forward with en- thusiasm to the annual two weeks' outing. It surely is uot amiss to direct the attention of these Frisco vacationers to one of the beauty spots of nature on their own railroad, altl~ough most of them have probably enjoyed a period of delightful repose in its confines. For Better Service To all Frisco people, mention of the Ozark WO HUXDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE men Mouutains brings thoughts of long trainloads T gathered together in the fourth floor as- of strawberries, apples, grapes and other per- sembly soon1 of the Frisco Building in Spring- ishable commodities yielded so generously by field, No., for a three-day session last month. the fruit farms of this remarkable region. They came from all points on the Frisco rail- And it is in vacation time that our Ozark- road, from north, south, east and west, and bound Frisco vacationers think yearningly of they came, to phrase it forcibly, "loaded." Bella Vista and Monte Ne, of Roaring River For these men were officers and employes of and Winslow, of Fayetteville and dozens and Frisco Lines, and this gathering was for the hundreds of other resorts in the beautiful purpose of remedying clefccts of service, find- Ozarlts. ing and correcting the weak spots, instituting If you, Xr. Frisco Employe, were planning better methods, saving lives and limbs, build- OIA Florida, California, Canada or some other ing more business, in fact, bringing Frisco far-flung vacation place, stop awhile and ponder Lines up to an even higher point of transpor- tlie region which is served, even bounded, by tation efficiency for 1927. Frisco rails. Get a copy of the new summer For three days the session vent on and the folder, just issued by the Frisco passenger de- minutes of the reports and discussions and partment, and choose from its pages the spot suggestions would fill many pages. These ~nen of your preference for the annual two weeks. were sincerely in earnest, and if there were any personal axes to grind, evidence of the grind- The Beautification Program ing did not show above the businesslike surface T is significant that 430 agents and section of the conference. I foremen have availed themsehres of the The outstanding feature of the entire better Frisco's invitation to furnish, free of charge, service meeting was the frankness with which flower bulbs and plants for the beautification men spoke to each other, the helpful criticism of Frisco property. Several hundreds of dol- used, the sincere attempts to correct and im- lars ~villbe spent by the management in fur- prove and re-vamp service. While the dignity nishing the bulbs, but that expenditure would of position \\-as not forgotten it was held in not have been made had not Frisco employes abeyance, and an agent at one of the smallest evinced a whole-hearted interest in the beautifi- cation program. As Frisco Florist Don B. Frisco towns could speak his mind to an as- Fellows completes his work of shipping the sembly of his superiors with the assurance that flower bulbs to all points on the line, Frisco sec- he would be complimented upon his astuteness tion house yards and station parkways will be- and interest. gin to bloom with beautiful flowers. THC LITTLE BOY'S THo~GHT~ HOWARD PICKENS. Editor NEW LOCAL FORMED Is This Largest Frisco Family I'

Frisco West Shops Workers Organize Local No. 2 at Springfield

NEW organization, embracing in its membership Metal Crafts A and Car Department employes at the Frisco West Shops, was formed at a meeting called for that purpose by Frank Junkins, General Chairman ol the System Committee, Frisco .4s- sociation of Shop Employes, Spring- field, Ma. Tuesday evening, April 12, at 7:30 o'clock, at the Association Hall, 214% East Commercial Street. Thls action followed endorsement of the proposition by the men them- selves, a majority of those affected having signed petitions asking for the organization of a second local, sub- ject to the aDproval of the Executive Committee of the organization. Ifore than two hundred men, em- ployed in the West Shops, attended the meeting. RISCO shopmen at the Saringfield ist welder and one of his sons is a Charles Melton, a cab builder in north roundhouse enthusiastically boilermaker by trade, while another the West Shops, was elected presi- F acclaim the family of Charles is serving an apprenticeship as a dent of the new local (No. 2), as the Beck, mechanic at that shop, and Mrs. machinist. Frances is attending State first step in the organization. Beck as being the largest among the Teachers' College, where she is Spe- A. E. Godfrey, a boilermaker, was Frisco families at Springfield, and cializing in dramatic art. elected vice-president, and Harvey perhaps on the entire system. The Families of this size are rare in Smith was named secretary. Tom family consists of eight children, five these modern times, and the Friaco Ladd was elected treasurer, F. L. Ge- boys and three girls. is more than proud to be able to clalm nung was named chaplain, George EI- The names of the group above are, this one as belonging to its big family. lis was named conductor and Earl Ge- left to right, sitting: Mr. and Mrs. Beck with Trevor between them and Mr. Beck is a member of Local No. nung was chosen as district chairman 1, Frisco Association of Metal Craft in place of L. J. Lyons. Ruth standing directly back; stand- ing, top row: Wanda, Wiley. Floyd, and Car Department Employes and Three trustees, who also will serve Nrs. Beck is a member of the Ladies aa the house committee, were elected Ralph, Wayne and Frances. Another and are: William Hughes, Emmett child, a girl, died three years ago. Auxiliary. Their home is at 628 West Skelton and A. C. Daily. Mr. Beck is employed as a machin- Mt. Vernon Street, Springfield, Mo. Fourteen committeemen for the various departments of the West vote cast. A large number of the Shops were elected. Machinists' com- members present also voted to do- mitteemen are: Harlan Atwell, Tom nate one hour's pay to the treasury Ladd and Paul Rice. Boilermakers' of the organization. committeemen are: A. E. Godfrey and Those members of Local No. 1 who Emmett Skelton. Electricians' com- are employed in the West Shops will mitteeman is George Ellis; Joe Bran- merely draw away from No. 1 and don, committeeman for the sheet take their membership in No. 2, just metal workers; Charles Melton, com- organized. All employes of the West mitteeman for the cab shopmen; W. Shops, car department, coach and M. Pickering for the freight car de- freight shops, amounting to better partment; Jack Thomas for the coach than 1,200 men, are eligible to mem- carpenters; George Harp for the bership in the new local. blacksmiths; 0. S. Bradley for the It is believed that because of the powerhouse employes; George Walk- large number of men here and the ins for the truckmen of the coach diverse conditions at the two shops, shops, and R. Bartlett for the mill two locals will show far more satis- room employes of the coach shops. factory results, both as respects the Regular meetings of the new local men and the railroad. will be held on the first and third All employes of the north shops, Tuesday nights in each month at the roundhouse, back shops and car hall, 214lh East Commercial Street, shops and the south reclamation according to an almost unanimous plant will be included in Local No. 1. charging through the suction tube Operation of Liue Steam Injector "c", which facilitates the starting of the injector, sucking water through By F. G. LISTER valve "v", where it is caught by forc- Chief Mechanical Enaineer ing steam nozzle "b" and is given the n final impulse sufficient to enter the boiler, the steam and water combin- ing in tubes "d" and "e", and passing through the delivery tube "f", where it attains the necessary velocity to carry it into the boiler against boiler pressure. The overflow aperture "h" is locat- ed between the suction tube "c" and combining tube "d", where it passes out through the overflow valve "on, permitting a free ontlet for the water and steam during the operation ol starting. To start the injector, first turn on steam with the main steam valve at the fountain or boiler. Turn the overflow valve "on full open. Open water valve "v" full. Pull the lever steam starting valve "T" open to start the injector. The water supply should then be regulated with the water valve "v". To stop the injector, close the starting valve "T", then close the feed water valve "v". The overflow valve "0" should not be closed when start- ing or stopping the injector. It should be maintained wide open. It is poor practice to close the overflow valve and leave the feed water valve open, because when it is done the steam pipe to the injector will fill with water from the tank to the level of the water in the tank, then when starting the injector and the over- flow valve is opened, the water in the steam pipe will not drain out with the feed water valve open. Conse- quently, when the starting valve is pulled open, the steam strikes the water with great force and drives it out through the combining tubes, bulging the steam pipe, loosening the combining tubes, and injuring the injector body. When an injector is tested for operation at the roundhouse, it should be done with approximately full boil- er pressure, and at a time when the boiler is not too full of water. If the boiler is too full of water the steam will be so wet that a reliable test for operation cannot be made. A good test is to start the injector and note its operation. First, close the water valve. The injector will then break and discharge out of the overflow. Now, open the water valve and the injector should re-start. If it fails to re-start, there is something wrong, and the trouble should be lo- cated. If it re-starts, then close the feed water valve carefully until a HE non-lifting injector, as its The non-lifting injector (see illustra- light discharge occurs at the overflow. name implies, does not lift its tion) consists of a body "x", supplied If the injector is in fair condition, the T feed water. It is located in such with a feed water valve "v", a lifting water valve will be about one full a position on the locomotive that the steam nozzle "a", a forcing steam turn open at this time. Next. open feed water pipe connection to it is nozzle "b", a suction tube "c", a rear the water valve wide and if no dis- lower than the bottom of the water combining tube "d", a forward com- rharge occurs at the overflow. the tank, causing the water from the tank bining tube "e", a delivery tube "f", 'njector is in good condition. When to flow to the injector by gravity. and an overflow valve "o". making the re-startinq test, the start- Thls allows a feed water having a Steam enters the injector from the ing valve and overflow valve must higher temperature to be used than boiler through a starting valve "T" be maintained wide open. The failure would be possible with a lifting in- and steam pipe "S", passing through jector. the lifting steam nozzle "a" and dis- May, 1927

IIIOTOR CAR EFFICIENCY Vets To Hear Them At Re-Union June 6-7 at Strides in This Equipment Made in Past 20 Years

By A. E. WOOLDRIDGE AlLWAY track motor cars came Into existence about twenty-two year6 ago. It is said the first one used was made by mounting a smal11 horlzontal gasoline engine on an ()Id hand car. The section fore- man who did this, found he could save himsel-I and his gang he hard work of pro pelling the car over the section and ttlere was a saving in time for the company because he got his men to and from their work more rapidly. Since that beginning the money value of the time which can be saved has be !come so great that motor cars for th e purpose of moving mainte- nance and signal forces and material are bt?ing used to a very great ex- tent. With this evolution the upkeep of thi s type of cars has become a proble m. A number of railroads have The wrlt shozdir 171 tire above piclure are vot orr/y farrriliar ~7ththe ~rtmical organi zed a regular department or acco~nparti~~rerrtof tlre steasir hu~ir~ircrarrd drill in tire Frisco shops of Sprirayfieid, force to properly handle motor car illo., but they are eqrrally at home wilh a nrrfsical score in rraodevrc jazz, or rrr malntcxance; others have simply classical orchestration. Forir years ago George B. Iiasler, Spritagficld wechanic, made provision for repairing their orgarrizcd hrs shops orchestra a~dthey have played for warty Frisco etrtprtaimre~rts cars at periodic intervals, and at- in the post yeilrs in atrd around Spritrgficld. Tkcir ~iricsical talents will again tempt to carry a sufficient stock of be on exhibitiotf at the Frisco Vcterarzs' Rcunion in Springfield, June 6 atrd 7. repair parts for the maintenance of Thc #ten are, frorra left to right: Kenrteth Lee, drums; Lester Bell, banjo; R. the cars. Bwch, violin; George Wlteailcy, trumpet; Byron Mortotr, piano; Tova Appleby, The successful use of motor cars ~a~oPR01rc;Ge0r.m Spranger, sn.z-opiiorre, arrd Groryc B. Flosler, sanophortc aprd depends largely upon their proper rrcarrager. maintenance and care. One of the principal conditions which now op- erates against the efficiency and suc- cess of track motor cars is that in Naturally it is desirable to keep motor cars in a systematic and eco- many instances there are a less num- the stoclr of spare parts down to a nomical manner: ber of cars in service than there are minimum consistent with good man- 1. Appointment of a supervisor uses for them. It is the practice on agement. One way to do this is to of motor cars. nearly every railroad in the country maintain a sufficient supply of re- 2. Under his jurisdiction there to keep these cars in service long pair parts at one central point to in- should be a staff of motor car in- past the time when they can be eco- sure prompt return of cars sent in for spectors, whose duties shall be to nomically repaired. It is a good sug- repairs. In many instances motor gestion that, until a sufficient number travel over their respective terri- of Cars for all gangs is provided, the cars are out of service for long tories instructing the operators of number in service be allotted in such periods awaiting receipt of new parts. motor cars, making light repairs manner as to provide at least one Large Growth In Use of Motor Cars and adjustments, and inspecting the surplus car for each division. The development and general use cars to determine when they are in Send Broken Car In of the motor car which has occurred need of a general overhauling at Under the present condition the av- in the last fifteen or twenty years. the shop. erage section foreman or signal main- and which, in the last three or four, 3. The adoption of a standard tainer, anticipating the delay and in- has been greatly accelerated, has re- type of motor car. This may mean convenience while awaiting the re- sulted in there being a great number for the entire system or for only a turn of his car from the shop, will of various types and makes of cars- definite part of the line. In other delay sending it in for repairs. He some of them obsolete. It may be words, conditions may easily be con- runs It until some vital part gives very expensive to carry a supply of ceived where a certain type or way amd when the car is sent in, it spare parts under these conditions. make of motor car would be entire- is ~OL~nd that an extensive and ex- The time has gone when railroads pensiv re overhauling is necessary. Had can afford to experiment with various ly satisfactory for a given terri- the sllight repairs been made at the makes of motor cars. They should tory. and yet, could not be used propelr time, they would hare saved decide upon standard makes and to advantage on some other part both (dela J and unnecessary expense. types that best meet their require- of the line. If then, standards are A sys tematic method of inspection to ments. This will insure that the cars adopted for definite territories, the deterruine the need for both light re- will be cared for in a more system- system will have ample flexibility. palrs and a complete overhauling will atic and economical manner. It will 4. Provide sufficient cars to ai- sa1.e most of this trouble and ex- avoid the necessity for stocking a low shopping of cars at proper in- pense. Motor cars are forced to work large variety of parts and will enable tervals. under ~lnfarorableconditions most of cars to give the full service for which 5. Carry in the store, at centrat tne.. cline... They are heavily loaded. they were designed. The folIowing points, ample stock of repair parts, run at high rates of speed and are are the five fundamental principles not oilly to meet ordinary condi- frequently handled by an inexperi- upon whlch an organization should be tions, but to cover such emergencies enced operator. built to operate and maintain track as are likely to arise. -

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CO-OPERATION Frisco Mechanical Deparfmenf Supertrisors

Frank Lochrie, 14-year-old son of ------R. W. Lochrie, manager of the Har- vey house at Springfield, is a great admirer of general manager Fred Shaffer. The admiration is mutual, and young Frank has made many trips Up and down Frisco Lines with his friend when he could es- cape the mandates of his high school teacher, One Sunday young Frank and his father were driving in the country around Asbury, Missouri, and crossed a Frisco crossing in their Hudson coach. The crossing was in bad shape and gave the car a vicious lurch. "Dad," Frank said, "I'll have to report that to Mr. Shaffer. He doesn't know about this crossing or it wouldn't be in that fix." The report was duly made, and a week later when the elder and younger Lochrie again drove over the same crossing, it had been re- built and was in excellent condi- tion. "See that, dad," Frank said. Wr ni-r blrosrd to brirrt obovr, the bicture of tlfr rscrittive board of the Frisco "You leave it to Mr. Shaffer and ,llecltntr~cal ~upcrvrsor~Association. ' me and we'll run this railroad like Frogrt row, i.eodiizy frow left to right: W. A. illorgart. .Cl~er~r~arr,Texas, I. it ought to be run!" Frnuk Fcrguson, Eirld, Oklahorrm. R. ti. Gnrditcr. Spriirgfirld, Missouri, C. E. Grur~dblrrg,Spi-irrgfi~ld, il/li.isouri, ilI. L. Schick, iMet~rpl~is,Tcrmrssrr. Back ro2, froni left fo right: J. S. JOZUCYS.West Tdsn, Oklahonra, J. MI. Reddick. Sprirrgficld, OPERATION OF LIVE STEAM Missouri, A. D. Horcroa~,Fort S~rritlr.Arkmtsns. LValtrr* illedlock. Katrsas Cilg, Missouri, H. E. Hubbard, Chaflcc, ~l4issowi. INJECTOR (Cotltimrd frovr Page 38) of an injector to re-start in this test it may be caused by a partially If you your ears would keep from will nearly always be found to be closed steam valve at the turret, by jeers, due to some substance lodging in the hadly worn combining tubes, or a Five things keep mildly hid : combining tubes. restriction in the delivery pipe (usu- Myself, aud I, and mine, and my, When a discharge occurs at the ally caused by lime), sometimes a And "What I said and did." overflow with the injector in opera- defective intermediate line check tion, before attempting to repair, try valve, and sometimes by a boiler Snobbery in Motor Horns to ascertain whether the trouble is in rhack valve with insufficient lift. me the injector, the water supply, the - "And now. sir." concluded the steam to the injector, or the delivery tor car salesman, "what kind of a Don't waste time reasoning with an horn n,ould you like? DO you care from the injector. Note the nature of angry man. the discharge, whether it is mostly for a EOO~. loud blast?" steam or water. If it is steam, it in- His Fault "NO?' answered the customer. "1 OpToole: and where did nw1t something that just sneers." dicates that the water is not reaching the injector freely, a partially closed git the black eye? tank valve, or a collapsed hose lin- Donovan: "Faith, and but I spnke Better an ounce of example than a ing. If the discharge is mostly water. outta me turn and forgot to duck." pound of advice. *m]T@~O ~MPLO~%S'&?&?Z~NE Page 41

Frisco Ties at Frernont, Mo. TREATING A COLD 1

o you realize that every time you gh or aneeze without putting up a riet, you spray the atmosphere ~ndyou for a distance of three or ' feet with a flnely atomized mix- : of moisture and germs-germs by million-all fresh and ready to be Lthed in by the unlucky victim r you? these germs reach anybody whose stanm Is in a lowered condition, r may cause all sorts of serious ~ble. A great number of us have wed from infection with "germs" . cold from someone else who has ,n it to us, because he or she has I careless about sneezing or :hIng. Even if we became infect- vhile in good health, fatigue or ex- ire may lower resistance and per- the "cold" to develop. Olds are often followed by pneu- Alortg tho Frisco Lines, at various poirtts, ties are asse~irbled for inspectiort, lia, Influenza, pleurisy, tuberculo- loadirzg aild use. The photograph above shows t!ze tie yard at Freirloirt, Missouri, mastoids and many other more or and in the plratograplt are Walter Paul, tic inspector, J. Ad. Davis and R. H. Perce, serious and disabling diseases. coritmctors, atid Messrs. L. Black, M. Doyle, I. McIrttosh, C. Swoford. E. Hurreyc~ct, ryone who has a cold does not get J. Crites, I. Voyles, loaders, arrd "U;zclc" Frartk Legg. a visitor. These ties are ie serious diseases, yet anyone hatfled for wiles around ta this central poirrt where thry arr sortrd avd sent to start a small blaze which will vnrious poittts oit the lirie. uait! up into a serious conflagration. If you have a sore throat, a run- ning nose, a headache or a backache, Frisco Mechanic Notes you should rest, take a laxative, drink plenty of cold water and eat lightly of NORTH SPRINGFIELD SHOPS ernns' Hospital, Kansas City. simple foods which will do a great J. W.Reddick boilermaltcr foreman, SPRINGFIELD, MO. nttendrd the master boilermakers' con- deal toward eliminating these symp- irention in chicago. He was accompan- toms, which are sure signs of a com- ied by Mrs. Reddick. Ing cold and perhaps something worse. Dean Peck, machinist, has purchased Lewis Roach, machinist, shares with a new bunrralow at 2000 North Broad- You owe it to yourself and to oth- Mr. Gustin, yardmaster, the honor of way, and is-spending all his sparc time ers to follow a few simple rules if r e s c u i n g twenty-eight "Chickens" cutting down trees, grading his yard. you have a cold, to keep it from from a watcl-y grave during the flood and constructing a garage. Dean says a week or two ago. While spectators it is the hardest work he ever did. but. spreading to neighbors or fellow work- stood aghast, Mr. Roach calmly han- of course, that is because he is under ers. dled a brown hoist and cleared away the supervision of the Mrs. debris which was holding back flood Cough and sneeze into a handlier- waters from storm sewers. These two chief and away from other people men disclaim any act of heroism and LOCAL No. 10-NEODESHA, KANS. whether you have an active cold or say that thev merelv did thelr duty as7 they saw- it. However, we don't W. J. EGERER. Reporter not. blame them for glowlng wlth pride Always lceep and use your own when mention is made of the thrilling Harold V. Grove, from Kansas City towel and drinking glass. rescue. Needlcss to sav when the flood north rip track, is our new clerk. We Wash your hands before eating. had receded, the fowis flew clown off extend a hearty welcome to you, Har- of their roosts joyfully. Keep away from other workers as Another boy has embarked on the nlnch as you can. troubled sea of majfimony, deluded by Live and work in well ventilated the theory that Two can live as chcaply as one." All the blacksmith rooms. It is better for the thermom- shop extend their congratulations to eter to read 68 degrees than 70 de- Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Seboldt. grees. Fred Shnnlcs. sheet metal worker. Sleep with open windows in winter smilingly admits that he "rode the is wished by all. goat" successfully at the recent Shrine Wc all thought that John Barnes and summer. It is not enough that consistory held in Joplin. bought a new car, but on closer in- air be COLD-it must be FRESH. George Lutzenberger. machinist ap- spection we found it was a good paint Keep your feet dry. An extra pair prenticc, has "swapped his "Lincoln job, and John did not forget to put Pup" in on a Pontiac coupe, and de- a FRISCO BOOSTER sign on it. of shoes and hose kept at your place clnrew he is well satisfled. Mr. JIcLean and family have our of work will add to your health. Mr. and Nrs. Neville Cunningham are sympathy in the recent loss of Nr. 3Ic- Cool off gradually. If you are per- the parcnts of a flne baby boy, Wilber Lean's- father.-~-----. Lee, born >Iarch 16. Mr. Cunningham T. 31. Bierman, one of our new- spiring, an electric fan or a cool la employed in the blacksmith shop. comers, shows remarkable talent for breeze may start a cold. Chas. E. Burch, boilcrmalter, was drawinc. IVe hODe that in thc near See a doctor if ypu keep on taking translcrrerl to north roundhouse in the future,-we will see some of his car- piare of Gordon R. Powell, who was toons in the Frisco Mechanic. cold In spite oi taking care of your- sent to north shop. Arthur T. Hasler, annrentice, from self. Wm, F. Sullivan, machinist, has the Snrinrrfield west side sho-n. is here. an8 -(Policyholders' Service Bureau of ~ympathyof the shop in the dcath of w~llspcnd thc last six inonths of his his mother rcccntly at Temple, Texan. apprentlccsh~p in Neodesha. dletropolitaiz Life Itrstcm~lce Coitrpavy.) Clemcnt L. Auerbach. machinist, has Harry Lynn built a garage. He purchased a 1927 Chevrolet coupe. tmught all his lumber from the Baxter Jos. A. Bodey, blacksmith, and his Lumber Co. because that firm has all Guest: "What did you say this Crrmily were called to Pierce City. No., its goods sent "The Frisco Way."' April 11, account of the serious illiness James Hinkle is back on the Job was, waiter?" of Mrs. Bodey's father. again after being off sick for abou a Waiter: "That's Alet de sole." Chas. Looney, colored laborer has week. Guest: "Please take it out and been confined at his home for siveral Dock Ford was taken home ill the days account of illness. other day. Hope you get better soon. bring in a couple nice tender uppers Chas. W. Wllson, machinist, is un- Dock. No. 2 and 4 pockets are empty and have the buttons removed." dergoing treatment at the U. S. Vet- again. Page 42

Geo. Killebrew, our apprentice, was Otto Gelsheimer and family Fpcnt proving he will not be able to report transferred to Springfleld, where he Sunday, April 10, visiting in Spring- for work for two or three weeks. will work out the last one hundred fleld. Ot says he likes to ao back to Leslie Hogan (col.) is working In and flfty days of his apprenticeship. his old stamping ground Ks there is Ed's elace while Ed is off. Leslie also Good luck to you, George. nothing like "home sweet home." operates the steam hammer. Rex Rolston is driving a new Whip- Prospects are good for a real base- Willie A. Bullard machinist ap ren- pet car. ball club at Monett this vear, com- tice of the west shops, was a v!sltor Dave JIallory spent a few days in the posed principally of shop -boys. All at Amory shop last week. Frisco Hospital. St. Louls. We are glad the boys joined together and con- Bob Stevenson car department cIerk, to hear that nothing serious was structed a new fence and grandstand left for a two wieks' vacation in Baltl- wrong, nnd are putting things in readiness for more, Md. He rode through on his John Barnes, just bought a pretty a big start. Have no doubt but that motorcycle. little home in the suburbs of Neode- Monett will llve up to the good repu- Howard Rainey is working as Car sha. tation already established as having a department clerk while Bob is on his Rex Showers bought a home in Ne- wlnning team. vacation. odesha, Kans., and burnt up the little Fred Lake, boiler foreman, has been Tom Sisk. car insnector, took a flue can that held a large amount of worth- recuperating over an attack of influ- day vacation last week. It was under- less rent recolpts. enza, but came out victorious and is stood that he went flshing. Our baseball team is comlng along baclc on the job again. Steve Tunnel who was bumped OR one and by next month we will be able We hare quite a number .of changes the third triclr hostler job last to broadcast our desire to bring up a around the roundhouse since three month, is back on the job again. team that we can't beat. As usual, we shifts have been put into effect giv- Lenard G. Beckam, switch engtne will try to get our first season's game ing some of the night men day jobs fireman has bought a "good as new" with Monett, and after we beat them and vice versa, however, the changes flivver 'and now his areatest trouble all the rest are easy. Let us hear. are too numerous to mention. is gisoline evaporating. George Conboy, machinist appren- R. L. Row, coal chute foreman, cer- tice, has been laying off the past two tainly has a nice garden. On the 13th RECLAMATION PLANT weeks account sustaining painful in- dav of An]-ll he had areen oeas and SPRINGFIELD, MO. jury while performing some work on &iIiaaije~~ut~~~~hlsgaFden. - the drop pit. Earnest Hall (col.). coal chute man, T. 0. CHAPMAS, Reporter has been off slclc for several day& Cal Atkins (col.), thlrd class ma- Clarence Sissel. ~~ainterin the recla- LOCAL NO. 19-MEMPHIS, TENN. chinist, traded his old Nash for a bet- mation plant, has transferred to the ter one last week. Frisco Shops in St. Louis as a second- D. P. HESLEY. Reeorter Xrs. Dave Ammison (col.), wife of claws boilermaker. our third class boilermaker, has been Homer Kerr, sheet metal worker, hns Contract for grading for new facil- ill for the past month. We wish her been on the absent list for some time ities at Yale has been let and contrac- a Speedy recovery. on account of poor health. tors are busy, having alreadv made We .have just given engine 652 a George Condon, formerly welder on considerable showing,-and each pass- class five overhauling. He ought to hot work at the south shops, has gone ing day brings us closer to the time run well now. to St. Louis as electric welder instruc- when we will move into our new quar- Melvon Lowe, car repairer. has tor for the Frisco at the St.1 Louis moved into the new Edgewood- addition shops. Sqon expect to have the 1500 class at Amory. Since the abolishment of the south engines operating through ICnnsaci Eddie Dill, pump house flreman, has roundhouse, the power plant operates City to Birmingham and the 1060 class. iust returned to work after being off during the day only, there being no Kansas Citv to Nemehis. Some more sick wlth the fiu. necessity for running twenty-four, but details for ihese arrangements are be- The new gas line is coming through rather the eight hours during the day ing worked out, and everyone cooper- Willie Ritter's yard and Bill is think- is sufficient. however. we sure miss the ating to make the running of the large ing of having his house piped UP for big whistle.at 5:30 a: m. power through an entire success. gas. Bill is our locomotive carpenter. There has been much talk since the During past few weeks a great deal first of the year of moving the recla- has been accomplished in Nemphis LOCAL No. 17 mation plant to the north shop, but it Terminal in connection with double now is all given up and understand we crewing yard power, which is working WEST TULSA, OKLA. are to continue to operate in our pres- out in good shape and will result in ent location. We hone this rumor in a large saving in our engine handling E. F. BEATTY, Reljorter a true report as all the boys had rather and maintenance cost. - stay where we are than to move to April 3 handled several sections as A. I<. Watters made a flying trip to some new location. apecia1 trains, 3Iemphis to Birming- Kansas City last week and reports a ham, carrying delegates to the United nice time. Confederate Veterans' convention, at A, N. Beck is the proud owner OK FT. SMITH LOCAL No. 7 Tampa. Fla. All trains moved on good a new Chevrolet coupe. schedule. We are glad to report that P. J. H. H. MORGAN, Reporter Committees have been elected at Kemper, who has been in the hospital Memnhis. Yale and Harvard. in connec- for the past six weeks, is able to be Machinist B. G. Warden has return- tion -with solicitation of business and at home again and is expected to re- ed from a trip to ~oches'ter,Minn. these committees are functioning and sume his duties as car oiler w~thln Car Painter E. L. Reese. has returned have already received some valuable a few days. from St. Louis hospital after a success- tips for proipective busines*. Thomas Riddle has been entertain- ful operation. Glad to have him back We extend our sympathy to C. L. ing a severe attack of lumbago for the with us. Mr. Reese says that the Fris- Xoore, coach painter, in recent loss past few weeks but is better now. co boys should be proud of our flne of his brother-in-law Ed Xulberv. C. E. White ' was on the sick llst hospital nt St. Louis. Glad to see C. J. Coggins back on the week. We are proud to report that the job after being off several weelcs with 3fr. Junkins, system chairman, met Frlsco will be represented in the twi- the flu, also "Daddy" Yates. with Local KO. 17 Monday. April 4. light league. D. W. Stanley of the car Yale renorts- Loyd Richison spent several days in department has been selected as mana- During- the month of March com- Claremore recently taking mineral ger of the club. The league opened pleted rebuild program and turned out baths. Friday, April 22. the last of the 600 coal cars, which Bard Abernathy has a broken arm. Second-class boilermaker 31. I. Hall. were started about January 1, or an as the result of cutting a piece of iron is the proud father of an eight pound average of ten cars per day from time with the steam hammer. boy. born April 7. started until last car was shipped. E. A. Hendrix, electrician, has just Mrs. Dressendolpher, wife of our Following closely upon completion com~>leteda new four-room house at boiler foreman, has returned from Jlis- of the 600 rebuilds, are now busy on ~ed'Borlc, and expects to move in souri after a very pleasant visit with converting 200 of the 73,000 series to within the nest few days. her daughter. flat cars. Progressing on this work Born to Mr. and Mrs. Johnnle W. Blacksmith J. N. Coley is smilina nicely at present and indications arc JIorris on April 1, a 9% pound baby over the arrivfll of a nine-pound girl. that a good record mill be made in boy. born April 12, and, incidentally, the this work. little miss arrived on the mother's SOUTH TRAIN YARDS birthday and has been named Betty SPRINGFIELD, MO. Ruth. LOCAL NO. 24-AMORY, MISS. EVERETT D. HANSEN, Reporter JESSE L. BRANDON. Reporter LOCAL NO. 6-MONETT, MO. Frank Junlcins, general chairman. C. C. Mills of Oklahoma City dellv- COY WADLEY.. Re~orter- met with this local last month. We ered a splendid lecture on accident - were glad to see him and he made us prevention to the men on the freight All right! You flshermen get your a verv interestina talk. We also had ~latformat noon A~ril6. He vralsed flshing tackle out for the time has a large attendance at the meeeting. the good record of -the men here and come that we have been longing for. Henry W. Williams, boiler maker, gave some specific directions as to to take the old lunch kit our-and en- recently bought a new Chevrolet car. how that record could be made still joy a real outing with the coming We are sorry to report the serious better. There is to be no letting un of the good old spring breeze once illness of Ed Whitfleld (col.) third in the work of preventing accidents. more. class blacksmith. Although he is im- 0. Mr. Bruton, our superintendent of

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Ft. Smith to Kansas City, a special and family were unhurt. When he coach being chartered for the trip. asked his little dau-hter age 5, what 1 CENTRAL DIVSION The writer was in the Frisco Hos- she did during thz stdrm, she an- pital at St. Louis during the past swered, "I just prayed to God to take I if month, and wishes to join in the care of me and sat tight to see ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT praises of the many others that have He'd do it." been there. Every care and attention FT. SMITH, ARK. 1,ossible is given company employes and anyone feeling "under the weather" Margaret Krietwr, clerlz to S. Keltorr, FLORA BOLLINGER, Reporter should try OUR hospital where, if pos- sible, they will surely set you riqht assistant srrperiute~cdei~tat Ft. S;iziflz. ir Ft. Smith mas truck by a tornado sgain. a tale~~trdsinger. .on Anril 12, it taking eight minutes Her nmny friends for the storm cloud to pass over tile city, killing two women, injurin::, MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT a rr d ncquaintances many, and leaving great wreckage in rccetrtly heard hcr its nath. There were over 100 homes FT. SMITH, ARK. in n rccital, and the .damaged and a number of Frisco em- - ployes resided in the storm torn area corntnerrt was that .The home of H. 31. Booth, Jr., assist- IRENE WOESTMAN, Reportcr she had a beauti- ant enaineer. was heavilv damaaed frrvy clear soprano and his-garage blown away. House-at Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Worden have rc- ,629 Clifton Court, owned by Napoleon turned from Rochester. Mlnn.. where vozce. IVaters, timekeeper in superintendent's JIrs. Worden entered Mayo Brothers' At presmt she b office, had roof lifted and walls torn Hospital, and it is with pleasure that a pfrpil of tltc Bent- away. At the home of W. F. Griggs. we learn that Mrs. Worden's health chief clerk to the storekeeper, the has been greatly benefited by treat- dictirze Colrservatar~ front porch was torn away, living ments received while there. of .l/llrsic ill Ft. Smit/~. room and roof heavily damaged. Luck- BIiss Louise Magruder has been ily none of the men or their families working temporarily as file clerlc and were injured. The tornado was fol- stenographer in place of Miss Beat- lowed bv a downnour of rain, which rice Limberg, who has been absent I SOUTHERN DIVISION I lasted ail night, krith heavy showers account of tonsilitis. .during the next two days. All low- On the morning of April 11. 1927, Jas. land farms and the city of Moffett just Dorough, former machinist in the lo- .across the river from Ft. Smith. are LOCAL FREIGHT OFFICE under water. The river has overflowed ral shops, and father-in-law of J. H. into the factory dintrict and some of river, assistant foreman at Fort Smith, MEMPHIS, TENN. the lower res~dcnt clistr~~ctsof Ft. and W. B. Stewart, fireman, died at :Smith, making it necessary to move his home in Fort Smith after a linger- VIRGINIA GRIFFIS. Reporter all equipment from the Frisco round- ing illness. We wish to extend our house as the floor was covered with sincerest sympathy to the famlly in Geo. S. Levi, grand secretary of one foot of water before the flood crest their bereavement. Brotherhood of Railway Clerks of Cin- had been reached. Nearly all trains Much work. thought, and worry is cinnati, and H. E. Sullivan, general are coming into Ft. Smith over Frisci~ being caused by the float that is being chairman, of Springfleld were here tracks and the Missouri Paciflc is us- constructed for the Strawberry Festi- March 17, to attend a m;?eting. of the inr the Frisco oflice buildinr for load- val which is to be held in Van Buren. clerks. ing and unloading freight and passen- Ark., on May 4. However, we feel Glad to report the children of B. C. gers. Refugees of the tornado and confident that when the float is com- Scruggs, assistant cashier, have fully -the flood are being cared for in Pt. rlleted all this will be forgotten. as recovered from the flu and whooping :Smlth and a fund is beinr raised to it is certain that it will be a great Cough.- help meet expenses of their-needs. success. T. C. Higginbotham of Koshkong. Nr. and Mrs. L. 0. Mouser and fam- Refrigerator cars are being gathered Mo., has been assigned position of ily visited friends and relatives in together and put in A1 condition prep- check and receivin clerk on outbound .S~rinafleld. - durina- the Dast month. aratory to the fruit movement, which platform. Work on the Frisco float to be en- will begin with the shippinq of straw- berries in about two weeks. Irvin Tankersley. son of L. W. Tan- tered in the strawberry festival ~ par- lcersley, claim clerk, is recovering ade at Van Buren. May 4, is progress- from an attack of scarlet~ -~ -.fever. --. ing nicely and we are told it is to be We all extend to R. B. Butler, super- a beauty. The girls who are to ride STORE DEPARTMENT intendent of southern division, our .on the float, recenty held a meeting In FT. SMITH, ARK. the officc of division engineer and de- deepest sympathv in the loss of his cided unon costumes to be worn. wife on March 23, at Fort Scott, Kans. 0. M. Russ, general clerlc, had a very KATHRYNE IvIcIvIXHON. Reporter Xrs. Clar:~Speer, stenographer; El- narrow escape when the car he was ma Wright, comptometer operator: driving was struck by another car go- Wni. W. Humnhrey. switch clerk: J. \I7. F. Griggs, who recently pur- A. Carrigan, miscellaneous clerk, .and ing at great speed^ across Garrison chased a beautiful new home in Clif- avenue. We are glad to tell the friends A. V. Garrett, OS&D clerk, have been ton Court, was onc of the heaviest on the s~cklist, but are now back at of Oliver, that thc car received all the losers in the cyclone which hit that work. .damage. section of the city on April 12. The It was with regret that we learned roof was entirely lifted from his house. Harry Johnston, traveling supervls- of the death of James W. Dorrough. and his garage was found securcly or of switching, paid us a farewell 60 years old, which occurred April 10, lodged in the tree in his back yard. visit a few days ago, much to our re- at his home after a long illness. A Mrs. Griggs and three children were met, as he has been transferred to stroke of paralysis in Xovember, 1026. in the house when the storm hlt but the southwestern division with head- is believed to have led to his death. wpre unhurt. Heavy damage also re- quarters at Tulsa. Mr. Dorrough was a retired machinist sulted from the downnour of rain A. V. Garrett was off April 1 and 2 .of the Frlsco Railway Company and which came after the- cyclone and account the death of his aunt, Mrs. had lived in Ft. Smith about 30 vears. lasted for two days and nights, Mr. Bart Vaccaro. Mrs. Vaccaro was 10 IVe extend our deepest sympathy lo the Nanley, who llves on Lecta avenue and years of age and had lived in Memphis family and relatives of Mr. Dorrough. who was also in the wake of the cy- practically all her life, coming here JIembers of the Greater Traffic Com- clone, suffered very little damage. His irom Italy when but a small nirl.- mittee are receiving enthusiastic co- car was carried about two hundred Speaking of new things, and most operation from all Frisco employes feet away from the house and a fender everyone has something new around As a result of the recent activity of broken and tire flattened. His family Easter, but John A. Ladd, uncollected

this committee, special agent G. W. also escaped injury. clerk, has somethinc.- different. a set~ ~ Walker was successful in securing the A. D. Harcrow, car foreman, was of brand new teeth. ;passage of 13 Federal prisoners from also in the storm center. His property We all regretted to learn of the

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where Mr. Thompsoll went to attend says that he is thankful he is where E. H. Barry is rail inspector in con- a meeting of car accountants. he can get palmetto leaves without nection with this work. W. R. McDonough, clerk in terminal much trouble. H. E. Farris has been assigned tho accountant's office, has bid in a posi- \Ve don't only make records in pile Kenera1 clerk's position formerly held tion at ChaPfee. Xo., and left on March driving, but we also have an enviable by Vlc Thomas who is now at Sapulpa. 27 to take up his duties at that point. record for movement of freiaht. A Otis Hamn of the engineering de- We regret to announce the death of shipment of coal was ordered-out of partment, reports a very enjoyable W. M. Morgan, step-father of C. J. Dora, Ala., Saturday, March 26, at meek-end visiting S. W. Booth at St Thompson, who passed away on March 10:OO a. m., moved via Frisco from Louis. 25 at Gulfport, Miss., burial taking Dora to Birmingham, delivered to After much consultation and numer- place at Amory, Miss., on the 26. Our Southern and moved via Southern from ous rides with various automobile aympathy is extended to Mr. Thon1j~- Birmingham to Kimbrough, delivered salesmen Niss Bertha Harris at last son and famiiy in their bereavement. to us at Kimbrough and was in the aelected and purchased a new Nash Record Clerk S. L. Record has re- ship at Pensacola by noon Monday, coupe, which ix very smart looking. turned from a visit to Memphis. Tenn. hlarcil 28. That is efficient handlin:: Speaking of silent motors, this car Fireman W. G. Ward. who has been by three roads. has the world beat, as Saturday night confined to his home for two weeks The first ship owned by Henry Ford, Rertha drove down town. parked, ate with Wu", is able to be ouL again. to enter Pensacola Harbor, tied up at dinner. went to a show and came back Demurrage Clerk Paul Gilleon, 1s our Pier for coaling and also a cargo to find the motor still running-also back on the job after a spell of "flu." of cross ties for New York. a nice little invitation to drop in and Mrs. J. H. Bryan, wife of switcll- Among the visitors me have had see the judge. No, he didn't offer to man is visiting in Manchester, Ga. recently were: J. E. Hutchison. F. G. pay for the gas burned either. ~iefriends of J. F. Hardegree are Jonah, H. L. Worman, J. K. Gibson, A. E. Hoehle and 0. N. Crocker of very much interested in the announce- L. Bangert, A. H. Hughes, 4. E. David- the auditor's office are soendine sev- ment of his engagement to Miss Thel- aon, Albert Chase and A. Prugger. ma Sullivan, the wedding to be an Mr. Prugger is still here setting up eral days here making certain- tests event of the latter part of April. >Ir. the machinery in our new mill shop toward revising forms in connection Hardegree is car agent for the Bir- and roundhouse. \vith A&B accounting. Jlr. Hoehle has mingham southern railroad and sta- H. L. Jovce went on a fishina trin been enjoying our municipal golf links, tioned in our office at East Thomas, a few days ago and when he-came which me believe are the finest on the and we feel that he is "one of us." \Ve back he was telling C. U'. Skates that Frisco. extend to the happy couple our hearty he caught eight blg. flne fish and what By the way, the municipal tennis congratulations and good wishes. a time he had landing: them. The next courts are opening this week. Any of Switcl~manJ. C. Honeycutt and wife day Harvey brought his boy to the YOU folks who hannen down this way. were called to Montgomery recently office with him and Mr. Skates asked be sure and bring the old racquet. account of illness of a r-elative. him how many fish his daddy caught. \Thy not run down and make a week- Miss Laura Greenough, stenographer The little fellow held up three fingers. end of it? in superintendent terminals office, was Harvey is keeping his boy home now absent from the office on Saturday and until he educates him about fishing. she says she spent the day fishing. 1\11.. Jovce is our most CaDable claim however, she didn't bring us any fish. agent. I EASTERN DIVISION ( Superintendent Terminals 0. L. W. R. Brown and wlfe left Saturday Young was a recent visitor to Kansas night. April 9. for xew York to at- City, where he went to attend a Safe- tend the marriage of his sister. ty meeting, and represented the Bir- OFFICE OF CAR ACCOUNTANT mingham Safety Council at this nleet- SPRINGFIELD, MO. ins. FREIGHT TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT The "Frisco Boys" at Birmingham MEMPHIS, .TENN. MARIE ARXOLD. Reporter have organized a baseball team and under the able management of J. H. KATE MASSIE, Reporter Seven of our assorters and extra Johnson, demurrage clerk, expect to clerks were made hannv this month make a fine record during the summer Passenger Agent .A C. T,ealte has n.1.t.n th;it number of c;lbrical positions in the Birmingham Industrial League. ~.einst?.ted on the first. Three The boys have received their new uni- our sincere SYmpRthJ' in the loss of his mt,rt: uositions were teml)orarily fllled forms and played the opening game father, J. C. Leake, who passed i1wa.v on Xareh 21 at his home in Monett. on account of the illness of Mrs. Jones. on April 16 with the Sayreton team. Lulu Jernigan and Nyrtle Cocllran, They have been practicing for Several 310. Nr. Leake was employed as coach foreman by our company and mpny each of these being on leave of ab- weeks and we feel sure they will have sence. Xvrtle Cochran is in the 110s- a good season. friends mourn his passing. The following is the line of the Our office is growing rapidly, hav- pita1 at s-t. Louis. team'- - -. - - . ing recently installed an operator- The Bradley twins, Amy and XIamie, J. H. Johnson, demurrage clerk, clerk and messenger. Ralph Young, visited in St. Louis on Easter Sunday. manager; J. B. Kildron, fireman, Prom Alarked Tree, and Frank W. Everybody who had a car or a catcher; Carl Clotfelter, yard clerk, O'Seil heing assigned. friend with a car, went to Branson on pitcher; F. L. Scott, clerk, first base; Miss Lucile Hughes and mother Easter Sunday to see the damage W. B. Freeze, train clerk, second hase; spent an enio1~able-Sunday in Jones- wrouaht- bs the high- water. Oscar Lantrip, fireman, short stop: C. boro this month. We were sorry to lose Ralph C. Bry- M. Gann, yard clerk, right field; S. C. Lloyd J. ~Y..ILJ visited the old home town. Wardell, the ~astweek-end. ant from our traveling force this past Lantrip. fireman, center field; H. S. month. Ralph has been transferred Gann, report clerk, left field. Traveling ~relght-Agent Crow ex- tends an invitation to all of us to at- to the office of auditor freiaht- ac- Following are the substitutes: counts, as traveling auditor. A. C. Hanson, clerk, pitcher; H. H. tend the celebration at Tupelo, Miss.. Hargrove, clerk, pitcher; Bill Benton. Mas 7 at the opening of the Carnation W. E. Boughnou, traveling demur- messenger, catcher; E. T. Boone, Milk Condensery. This plant is located rag-e supervi~or,transferred headquar- clerk: T. L. Purdv. machinist: L. 31. on Frisco tracks. ters from Springfield to Joneuboro. Bertha Harris, reporter for superin- Our foreign record clerks made all tcndent butler'^ offlee, mav feel a del- en\.iable and unusual record this ~c~c\in mentioning her'brand new month. When the Fehruary record? Sash coupe. She alrcady has a wait- M. S. B. & P. GENERAL OFFICES were turncd over to the per diem du- ing 11st. partment there was not an incomplete PENSACOLA, FLORIDA -- record in the books on 33,516 individual ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT foreign per clicrn earning cars handled. 12, .\JIEROSE, Reporter MEMPHIS,- TENN. Sorry LO have failed to gct report I~.\SGPTOS-\\rII~LIAAISSReporters DON'T WEAR in on time last month, will try to do betler in future. .T;iclc Pikcslcy of the pay roll dc- A TRUSS Notice in the Jnnuary issue that thr 1)artment in St. Louis, was in Memphis river division was boasting of their .getti,ng acquainted with the faces be- E - record of pile driving. Their record long~ngto the names he seemed so B COMFORTABLE was 205 piling being driven in 4 days. familiar with. \Year the Brooks Aguliance, the We have thcm beat! Foreman Barney Asa Terry, formerly roadmaster of modern, salentlflc in~antion H. Henderson drove 331 piling in 5 the Slst track on the river division, is whlch gives rupture suEerers days, the best day's record was 76. in charge of the rail laying gang now imn~edlaterelief. It has no ob- noxious springs or pads. Auta- T. R. Gibson's name has been added operating on the southern division matic Alr Cushlons blnd nnd to list of victims of thieves in Pen- from Jasper, Ala., north, a distance of draw torether the broken rnrts. sacoln. Someone entered his room and thirty miles, replacing 90-lb, with So salres or plasters. ~urnble. Cheap. Sent took about all there was left. He 100-lb. steel. on trial to prove its worth. Beware of lmita- tlons. Look for trade-mark bearing portritit and slmature of C. E. Brooks which appears on OFF'ICIAL FRISCO AMBULANCE every Appliance. None other gemlne. Full JNOmCm DANNEL 302 8. WALNUT STREET informallon and booklet sent free in plnln, FUNERAL HOME Phone 125 Shormaa, Toxu Sealed envelope. I BROOKS APPLIANCE CO.. 98 Slats St. Marshall. Mlch. for Lee UnionAlls Overalls Play Suits

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Burchett is recuperating nicely, and hope to see her at her desk beform we extend our hopes for a successful long. and rapid recovery. The three buildings- of the Aurora ORVILLE COBLE, Reporter Hurrah! Paul Holland, roundhouse Milllnc Company were completely de. clerk, is seeing daylight agaln! No, stroyed by Rre the night of March 20. >IIss Anna Wllligan and her mother Paul's eyes haven't been afflicted in There was some splendid co-operatio? are moving over to the south side, hav- performed by the following in remov. ing purchased a home on East Walnut any may, but he's been working the night shift since the day job was cut ing a car of ~a~ollneand several other Street. ob some months ago. Due to the ln- loads and emptles from a track along- Victor Gleaves had a mighty good side these buildings by J. L. Mace, firs! Chevrolet-at least thleves thought so, creased activity around these parts. this job was re-tstabllshed the flrst of trick telegrapher. Aurora tower: En- for it was stolen twice this month. April, and Paul was the successful gineer Ridley. and Brakeman Hood. The flrst tlme it was found by the bidder. Assistant Superintendent G. H. Jar: police three hours later on the Divi- and Tralnmaster W. W. Little, Sprine. sion Strcet Road. Two tires had been Mr. Welch, traveling accountant, was in Monett one day, checking up on the fleld. paid the tower a visit recently removed. but the spare was still in and trfed thelr strength on a few o' place. Two weeks later the car dis- accurateness Of our labor distribution. Although not greatly out of llne. our forty-eight "armstrong" levers. appeared "en toto" and has not been nevertheless, we-cannot boast of being T. A. Ridley, engineer on the Green- recovered. nerfect. field branch, has been absent from hl; Paul Lohmeyer. manager of the lo- position in the cab for a few da: cal mall room, has just returned from Charles Earner, of Springfield, has taken advantage of his lenioritv. and entertaining his son. Howard Glad. Detroit with hls Chrysler which, stolen stone, who stopped over with htm en- some time ago, was located in that bumped on the night roundhouse city. clerk's Job at this terminal. Hope you route to take his new position with a7 like the surroundings- - and the Derson- oil company at Cincinnati. P. W. Arnold Is golng to the hospl- nell. Chhrlle! The Grecnfleld branch can also boa- tal for an operatlon to relleve ninu~ of having a veteran employe. E. E troubIe. Earl 3fcCroskej. machlnlst appren- H. C. Holmss 1s spendlng the month tice, was transferred lo Oklahoma City Miller, conductor, has 36 years to h,: in a sanitarium at Van Ormy, Texas, the flrst of the month, where he will credit. This is quite a long time on on. hoping to recover hts health whkh has complete his apprenticeship, and will position. Yet, Mr. Miller is as regul? not been good during the winter. We then be placed on permanent asslgn- as a clock, in fact, it has been said thy hope he wlll be back with us by the ment as a machinist. quite a number of Aurora citizens $1' time this is published. Gearge Davis, who for the past sev- thelr tlmeplecea when they see hir eral years has trodden the tortuous going to work. Rut coming frm Slght Watchman Vane is now In the ' path of the belabored englne crew work, well, they Roon found that hl. St. Louis Hospital. Sam Bostic Is look- personal schedule In this instance rrr. ing after his duties at present. caller-tramping the hard pavement. R. H. Powell found a pretty Httle climbing dimly lighted roomlng- varlable. gold-plated cyllnder which he put to house stairs, and making repeated at- use as a match box. One of the girls tempts to awaken tired, sleepy englne- ST. LOUIS ZONE BUREAU has since clalmed It as her lip-stick men from an all too short slumber. has holder. sought a less harassing existen& in R. A. WALT. Reporter I must confess to an error in my the form of roundhouse labor work. last copy, having called "Gentleman hoping some day to rise to the ranks of Introducing to the readers of th Jim" Corbett. John. Apropos. In the a flrat-class mechanic. Good luck. Frisco Employes' Nagazine, the .$ days of John L. Sullivan, C. H. Baltzell, George! Louis Zone Bureau. Thls Offlce, 1 then chief dispatcher for the Iron We are lad to see Engineer H. E. cated at Seventh and Cerre Sts., F Mountain in Louisiana was asked to Davies again mounted at the throttle, Louis, was opened May 1. 1926, an' teach a Sunday school 'class. The les- on tralns 1 and 2, after an enforced took over on that date the entire har son was about Sampson, and Baltzell lay-off of three or four months, due dling of the accounts of Seven1 got on in great shape. Next Sunday. to illness. Street Station, by the latest approv? thinking to test his teaching, he asked: methods of accounting. based r- punched cards and the necessary m- "Who was the lesson about last Sun- "SP" OFFICE-SPRINGFIELD, MO day?" Without hesitation the boy8 chanical devices for transposing ti. replied: "John L. Sampson". information punched thereon into tabu. G. C. VERMILLION, Reporter lated statements. On January 1 of this year, the bu. reau was transfprred from the juris. MONETT LOCOMOTIVE DEPT. Second Trick Operator Greener, "SP" diction of the general agent. St. Lou;< MONETT, MO. office, was off from duty for several to the auditor freight accounts. ar days account of the death of his G. R. Woods was placed in charge: MARGUERITE FROSSmD, Reporter mother-in-law. He was relieved by zone auditor. Coincidently. the bu Operator Jones. reau took over the station Wcountir April showers bring May flowers! Operator Keehne. Globe, was miss in^ work of 25 stations. Gravols, Mo., If there be one spark of truth in that from duty the flfth. He was relieved Chabee, Mo.. inclusive. This Is ab old adage, we're due for a multitudi- by Operator Roam. complished by daily reports, subm~t nous growth of colorful blossoms real We are all glad to see Bob Wilson. ted by the agent, of all recelpts sn soon. Still. we haven't had "showers" oDerator at "NY" office. Monett. back disbursements. supported by wayb~ -just "a showerw-but that has been oh the job again, afte6 being off for received and a copy of waybills issue continuous and without surcease. several months. together with a copy of his stat], We are pleased to relate that our Everyone is well pleased to have W. record applying on the varlous char;. roundhouse force has been quite sub- I. Christopher as our new G. S. and T. with which all agents are familiar. stantially increased, due to the change of division thirty-two. Mr. Christo- On Narc11 1 an additional 25 stativ effected on April 1, whereby passenger pher was formerly third trick wire were taken over, and now the entlr engines receive run-through servicing chief of "S'obice, Springfleld. main line of the river division is br at Monett instead of South Springfleld. Second Trick Operator Pack, West ina handled. The following men were transferred J.ebanon, was absent from duty sev- ~conomy,--promptrenclitlon and cer. here from Springfield: Geo. M. Bates, eral days account of sickness of his tralization of reports, nnd a Iightenic. Irl Williamson, Everett A. Lozar, mother. He was relieved by Operator of the duties of agents are but a fv Frank Coggins, W. J. Larrick, Fred Wilson. of the accom~lishmentsof the zw Bullington, Leslie Amos, Orville L. Third Trick Operator McNutt, South- hlll.e%lll.- -. - - -. Yancey, Prentice B. Rogers, also F. A. ern Junction, has been misslng from It will interest our reader8 to kns, Beyer. Jr., as assistant roundhouse dutv for several weeks. We uresume that the Frisco. which leads the u: foreman in charge of passenger and he has gone back down on the farm to eat more fried chicken. Xr. Jurv and Nizht Chief Freeman MEN! DON'T WORRY ABOUT BUTTONS are each -the proud owner' of a new PILCHER'S B A C H EL II Chaffee & Hudson. BUTTOSS snap on. > BuiIding We are glad to see Walter Rice. sewiw necessary. Quir+l Loan Association clerk in Nr. Jury's office, back on the detachable, too. Use 1h6- job again after belng OPT for some over and over opaln. :' Authorized Capital, $2,000,000.00 time account of sickness. Walter dealer can't sunply, send h ORGAXIZED 1909 states he is feeling much better. name and 45 cents for C Operators Nahanay, Strafford and assortment of 3 colors, 6% lnt6tMt on FUN-pald Stock. Henson. Dixon, are in the St. Louis slses. Payable Senl-annually hospital for treatment. Operators @PILCHER MFG. CO.. Inc. Wallace and Bruton relieved them. Deot. 408 Louisville. Kentu* among the rallroads OF the Southwest Empire, is also the flrst west of the Mississippi River to adopt this system which will eventually cover the entire system through the agency of strate- gically located zones. On-llne agents visltlng St. Louis are invited to vlslt this office and we will be pleased to ahow them what i?i possil nate in rallroad ac- count D-MONETT, MO. FHASK L. -KYLER, Reporter Jlr. and Mrs. 8. H. Robertson are the proud parents of a son born on Jfarch 25, weight elpht pounds, who has been named Rolan True. Daddv Robertson is the third trlck operatIessick, who was worklng as as!sistant yardmaster at Monett, has retur~led to Springfleld, where he has Smallest and lightest portable with standard keyboard (weight only taken up other duties. 8% pounds, net, and the carrying case is but 4 inches high). Incom- AGE:NT'S OFFICE-MONETT, MO. parable for strength and durability. The recognized leader-in sales and PE.4RL E. LEWX3, Reporter popularity-a Remington through and through. Fro m the number of cases of eggs being: handled over our platrorm. it Send for our booklet, "For You-For Everybody," to Department 166. is evldent the "Qzark hen" Is sure do- Ing her -. rlutv.--- Remington Portable can be purchased on terms as low as $5 monthly. we,aver ginnett, a farmer employe of thle car deoartment at thls station. nnrnt.. several-days reviewing hfs old REMINGTON TYPEWRITER COMPANY "haunts" and greeting his many Division of REMINGTON-RAND. INCORPORATED friends. He is now filling the ~ositlon of car foreman at Afton.-0kla.- Branches and Dealerslfirywhere An eastern 81vislbn~-safety -meeting 374 New York was held at this statlon on April 2, Broadway, E. L. Xagers presiding as chairman. C. C. Mills, accident preventlon agent, was in attendance and the meeting proved a very Drofltable affair for the employes who were present, however. the attendance from the eastern divi- sion was not as large as expected. Peach ~ickln~:was a little earb around heie thli season, occasioned bk the heavy frosts on March 21 and 22. just after the blossoms had burst forth in all their gIory. Tom McMillen has been aaalsned the position of coach foreman, made va- Machine for cant by the death of James C. Lealie. an old and honored em loye at this every purpose station, whtch occurre$ March 21, 0 after a three-day Illness. P The Missouri Fruit Exchange have Renrington-madePara- ' moved their oflfces to Monett, where gon Ribbons & Red Seal Carbon Papers alwap make good impressions, TYPEWRITER5 TYPEWRITERS MAC H I N ES Pngc 5 they will handle tneir buslness for the C. T. Rogers, traveling supervisor misscd our column in the last issue of comlng season. of refrigeration service. was at this the Magazine, but same was due to the Dlclc Shreve, slvitch tender, took his station several days this month. loolc- fact that the reporter neglected to family for -an outinn on a recent Sun- ina after the cleaninrr of refrirrerator state definitely to her proxy, Abe Mar- day and was truthful enough to tell cars for the strawberry movement. tin. the dead line that family news just what happened. He had to be W. H. Samuels of the mechanical would be accepted by the editor. pulled out of the river twice, not from denartment. Snrinnfield. is stationed The latter part of March, Niss- Alma any fault of his Cheurolet, but owing here for the berry-season. Fielden and Charlene Willard spent a to the clearness of these Ozark F. W. Young, paymaster. was in NO- few days In the beautiful and histor- streams. it is difficult to judge their nett on the 14th and 15th. handing- out ical old city of Xew Orleans. La. The denth.------. the "joy paper". lusurian: wisteria blossoms, quaint William Scott has come back "home" C. W. Archdale, transfer clerk, was antlaue sho~sand lovely courtyards to tho freight house as an extra clerk off duty for several days account of made a lasting impression on them account of having been displaced by the illness of his wife. and they both stated it was the most the return of Lawrence Planchon from R. G. Kaufman, general car foreman, interesting city they had ever visited. Nowhnrrr - .- .. v - - -. Lawrence tip~edthe scales and wife were vlsitors in Topeka, On April 16, President Tnaffe of the at 210 po unds when he arrived, but Kansas. this month. Thev had the Frisco Veterans' Association. BIrs. the "plnin g" for the Little Piney and pleasure of seeing relatives- from New Robert Whelan. President of the Aux- the Newblurg hospitality has acted York whom they had not seen for a iliary. Mrs. Walter Bovd, Vlce Presi- somewhat as a reducer. number of years. dent;'~.C. l\Illls. accident prevention At a rt?viva1 held recently at the Tom McYillen, coach foreman, has agent' J. I<. Gibson, assistant to sup- Christian Church, April 2 was deslg- startea the spring house cleaning at erintehdent motive power and .I. L. nated as "Rallroad Night" and over -this station. Just a glance inside his McCormack held an Informal meetlng 200 emplo yes and thelr familles at- office would convince you what can and discussed pIans for the Frisco tended. be done with a little soap and water Veterans' Reunion, to be held thls on the wlndows and fresh paint on coming June 6 and 7. Elaborate enter- the walls. Expect you'll almost have tainment is promised to all who at- 9 to present your card to gain admit- tend, and as this artlcle goes to presa ADVE RTlSERS tance. we have enrolled 726 veterans who have pledged themselves to partleipate in thls year's frollc. If you know of F. L. & D. CLAIM DEPARTMENT a veteran who does not hold a 1927 I Nichols Trawler & Storage- Co. I SPRINGFIELD, MO. membership card, won't you please re- DISTRIBUTORS OF CAR LOADS mind him of his dues and urge him to THE OLDEST AND MOST CHARLENE WILLARD. Reporter attend the reunion in June? RDLIABLE J. L XcCormacR spent the last few GENERAL STOREKEEPER'S North Boulder and Frlaco Rioht-of-Way days of April In Savannah Ga., attend- OFFICE-SPRINGFIELD Phone 2-1117 & 2-1118 TULSA. OKLA ing s meeting of the A. fl. A. Freight ClaEm Prevention Committee. hlrs. McCormack accompanied him on the STELLA COMEGYS. Reporter trlp. Ruth Uselton was absent from the Virgil Andyson, clalm investigator, office several days last week on ac- spent April -4 at hlarshall, Mo., at- count of a sprained knee. We are glad tending the annun.1 meeting of the she is able to aet around anain and be Oklahoma Grand Chapter and Grand Councl of back to work; the A. F. & --.A. 31. R. H. Burnie, assistant superintend- Pearl Pain is auflerlng from a a burned hand. We are aarrr she had Steel Castings Co. ent, F. L. & D. claims. is eniovinz to learn from sad experience that few weeks' rest at his home. - burning ivory brushes are hot. Pearl MAKERS OF Marjorie Rlsser and Betty Adarns we are sorry for you, even though have returned from vacation trlps In we do tease a 1itLle. Tulsa, Okla., where they vlslted mem- Several tn ZMs oRtc4 are getting Railroad, Oil Field and bcrs of thelr respective families. tralnlng in volce endurance a8 the new Commercial Castings in Too many good thlngs to eat and price books are belng typed. Elizabeth not suRicient judgment dlspIayed as to Gibson is esoeclally attentlve to the the capacity of the human stomach work as she- informs us she Is goin was given as the cause for an epidemic to st& taking vocal lessons tllls sum- OKLAHOMA of sleeping Sickness that followed in mer. the wake of a picnic spread ziven We are very sorry to report the ELECTRIC STEEL by the girls In the office, the mornlna death of Shlrle Lee Sperry. 5 year of April 7th. old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. W. Shumate. claim Investigator, en- Tulsa, Okla., Box 658 joyed his vacation at home, waxinjq floors and picking dandelions. Opha Hardcastle flle clerk is visft- hng her sister in ~rescott.irk. MONETT ADVERTISERS \V. P. McKinnell, claim investigator. narrowly escaped losing the vision in hls left eye when he attempted to split THE SMOKER'S TREAT I Oil Flyer Cafe I up some kindlina one mornlng and a piece of wood flew up and s'iruck a glancln~blow on the eyeball. How- WM. FREDRICK'S HAND MADE I A Good Place To Eat 1 ever, he Is now out of danger and a.ble to perform his duties without the aid 15 North Main Street of dark-colored glasses. NOW Mrs. H. E. Walters. wife of Hosev 5c - - 5c Tulsa, Okla. Walters, claim investigator in this of- Monett, Mo. I fice, 1s convalescing nicely after an almost fatal attack of pneumonia. Nrs. Morris Leitsendorfer, formerly Xias Lucy Whittenberz of this office. visited us last week. In her arms she 45 HOOIIIS-~~with Bath European Plan OfPicial Frisco Ambulance carried the newly-arrived heiress of Stenm Heated Rates Re~sonable the Leitsendorfer estate. She was cer- tainly a little jewel and without a The PHONE-2-6186-PHONE doubt would take a prize at a baby Broadway Hotel -show. .. NEW-COMPLETE-JIODERS ~ustbefore Easter, Tom Quinn. claim investigator. almost turned in- Popular Priced Cats in Connection to a bunny, when he appeared one MONETT. MO. morning with two beautiful "pink" Stanley & McCnne I eyes, which gave him considerable trouble for a number of days. He was not alone in his affliction, for Earl FUNERAL DIRECTORS Head (his room mate) and G. C. Roop THE MONETI' TIMES celebrated by having their tonsils re- Booster for Monett, Her Industries and the I moved. Nr. Roop was back on the OZark Play~rounds job within forty-eight hours after his operation. but Earl played hookey for Dally, $5.00 per Year by Carrler; $4.00 per a week and remained in his room (or Year by Mail. Weekly, $1.50 by Mall TULSA, OKLA. went fishing perhaps) until he was TIMES PUBLISHING CO. permitted by the doctor to return to PEARL PETERS, Edltar the off~ce. 212 Fllth Street MONETT, MO. An apology is extended to all who No. 4-The Value of "Time" TI ME" in the Motion Picture Industry

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Blwrry. who dled Aprll 3 after a brief with the meeting and on from which a gave you rather a queer feeling to see illness. 3Ir. Sperry Is assistant chief meat deal of benefit was derived in the funnel-shaped cloud pick;?g thlngs clerk in thls office, and we all extend the handling of stores department bus- up and, as he expressed it throwing our ainccrc sympathy to him and his them out the top of the funnel." Mr. family in their sorrow. Kerr was glad to get home without There are exceptlons to all rules- going up in the cloud. Mr. Kerr, we there Is one to the old saying "If sincerely hope you won't have to be March comes In like a lion, it w~llgo in another cyclone to get your name in out like a lamb." March came in this the magazine. year with a snow storm (Lion all ifght). 11n6 went out with' a flood (more Ilke a duck). As has been the custom for several LINbENWOOD MECHANICAL yeala, on March 21, first day of spring, DEPARTMENT thc girls in this office bloom out in their sprfng dresses. This year the same thlnfi was ~lanned.but instead CELESTINE DEVEREUX, Rep--'-- of spring dresses, -nead y .everyone dug out the warmest dress they had, as The enginemen who have I ocated that day was anything but springtime in the south Llndenwood Subdivision temperature. have begun intenslve activities IIn their Alice Edmondson. price clerk, is ab- respective garden plots. Quite a few sent from her desk account of illness. of these men having moved frcbm the We hope she will be back soon feeling aprlcultural districts of Missouri , great much better. the bulldlng, were going up in smoke expectations are held for thei r suc- Helen Aldrich, invoice clerk, return- when the lightning struck the ventl- cesses. ed to work the Arst of April. We have lator in the vault Saturday mornlng. After nature has had time to func- lnl~sed Helen since the first of the April 9. If the lightning had struck the tion and before harvest time It iwill be year, but we are certainly glad to wel- main ofilce we would a11 have died iiecessary to employ civil englnc?ers ax come her back to the office, especiallv kravely, because we would have dicd call boys to locate the rmgloyt?s and since her health is so much improved. hollering." their homcs behind n barricade c,f corn Mary blur~hyIs back at work. but Mrs. Rodire. torrnerlv. - Orlene Delaa~. and wheat. The lantern, that inclispen- has not entirely tecovered from in- and Mrs. Harvey, formerIy Ofia sible accessory to thc call bov 1all1 be juries received in an auto accident last Grundberg Vlslted this office Aprll 11. supplanted by the civil englniir'l3 tran- week. Both Mrs. Rodiere and Mrs. Harvey sit..- -. On A~rll8 the division and local We wish to express our sincerte ssm- worked in the stationerv- deoartmen-tr storekeiper of the entire Frisco sys- before theIr marriage. 1,athy to the mother and other re lativep tem held a meeting in the office of Henrietta Truman spent the week at the death of Glen A. Guntc?r and general storekeeper. Springfield, A W, rnd visiting Mrs. W. R. O'Bryant, who to the family of Charles W. Bo ggs at Blume presiding. the morning sesslon before her marriage was Beulah Shep- the death of his father Wm. Curtis being devoted exclusively to a dlscus- ,herd. secretary to Mr. Blume. general Boggs. ainn of the .handiing~ofstores /depart- storekeeper. 1 The Easter bunny rlsited the e:enera1 tters at division and local Our traveling storekeeper, J. C. foreman's office the afternoon 01 C April n the afternoon a joint scs- Kerr. has a fatal weakness! He wants 16 and left chocolate imltations of hIs held with all storekeepers to see his name In the magazine. We worthv self. Many.. . Many t hanks. : clerks at the general store. are going to help him out by telling of bunny-! -lous Items of interest were an experience he had thls week In Ft. Due to the three eight-hour shifts Those attending expressed Smith. He was in Ft. Smith when the now In etrect' numerous prom ~otions ,s as being greatly pleased cyclone hlt that place and he said it have taken place. C. 4. Phlllil2s has

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Working on Line North of I 1 Working on New Line South of J. W. McMURRY I Columbus Aberdeen Ed. Molinder & Son Horton- Price coflstructiofl Co. CONTRACTING CO. R. R. Grading Contractor R. R. CONTRACTORS I I DREDGING--DRAG LINE COLUMBUS, MISS. ABERDEEN - - MISS. - I I R. R. 6 BRIDGE CONTRACTORS Working Steam Shovel South of Boligee, Alabama D. B. HILL & COMPANY Railway Exchange Bldg. GENERAL CONTRACTORS-DREDGING CANSAS CITY, MO. BOLIGEE, ALABAMA LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS Page 54 May, 1927 taken charge of supervisory work. beyond description. With this wealth Wm. Hagan full of zest. solely. with E. R. McNabb relieving of material someone really should cap- Aubrey always stopping to rest. him of boiler inspection duties. Cliff italize on it. Siebert roamlng o'er all the west. Barnett has realized the second class Strothltamp President of the Frisco rate as boilermaker, while Allie A. some day. Jones has been advanced to the flrst PASSENGER ACCOUNTING DEPT. Wm.,, Eichlnler surmlsing, "perhaps class position in the same class. Joe ST. LOUIS, MO. I may. McCartnev has been auuointed locomo- Gene Horner to the front here's our tive inspector on the midnight to nav..---- eight-thirty a. m. shift. William Per- ESTELLE HILTON. Reporter Van Ronselan training the hair on kins has secured the second class rate his llp. as sheet metal worker and Leo M. Elmer Kohring (Tuggles) and 1Ilss Joe Peyton carrying a flask on his Riley is now carricd as second class Edith Schmelzer crossed the Rubicam hip. machinist. April 2 when they eloped to Waterloo. Stoessel awalting the coming of his Engine Crew Caller, J. G. Norris was Ill., the department extended its con- ship. assigned to a position of car clerk in ~ratulatlons wlth an offering- of a Wallenfechtel without musical tab Mr. Glllispfe's office but the position beau_tiful set of flat sllver, the men ent. was abolished April 15. Needless to say of the department also gave a ten-cent R. K. Cleveland ever so gallant. we welcome sou back into the mcchan- store shower In which many useful Frank Fisher (Train Auditor) Opu- lcal department. John. articles were donated. lent. Ray Herods of the store department Augusta Reigle spent one week of Co-workers, do not thlnlt I am pessi- has invested in the "Chevie" brand of her vacation just staying at home and mistic. cars. resting. Of the Frleco Woriters in this dis- Machinists Alonzo 15. Hallack and Jno. C. Starkes. audltor nassenaer trict. John C. Clayton have transferred to accounts, attendd a meetl.nE of pas- I've endeavored to portray the re- Lindenwood from south SpringAeld. senger eccountlng afficcrs held at At- verse characteristic, One of the surest Indlcatlons of the Innta. Ga.. Blnrch 14-15-16. Mr. Starltey - - approach of ~pringis the sons of the was ~ccomoanledbv Mrs. Starkev. OFFICE, SUPERINTENDENT OF robin. And indication that sprlnl; has Graham iforgan &signed from-~ris- arrived is rathcr positlve when certain co scrvfce Mnrvh 15 to join the U. S. TERMINALS, SPRINGFIELD, MO. of our roundhouse songbirds begin to Aviation Corns. Hc sails for Panama exe-rcise their vocal chords. Mr. Gor- April 23. DOLYXE SCOTT.. Reporter- man entertains with selections of The Frlsco Merrymakers spent Sun- - Grand Ooera. while Claude Neelev re- day, April 3, at the Maniacs Club near Terminal Aqcldent Prevention and enacts lsopular musical comedy.. Mr. Castlemod, 110. The forenoon was Better Service meeting was held April Medley is inimitable in his selection spent In playing indoor ball the C. B. 6. A very enthusiastic meeting- was of plaintive southern melodies, and Mr. B. team against the I. X. te team. We reported. Northinrrton's old time folk songs are would suggest that some of the glrls Maurice J. Wllson, yard clerk. is study the position of the different driving: around in a new Essex Coach. bases bcf~reanother ball game so they John Summers, secretary to Nr. will not race to the opposing team's Bruton. eoent last weekend in Belton. M. S. B. & P. Contractors left outfielder Instead of third base. No. ~emkto be some attraction there The "Manlncs" partook of dinner at Mrs. Roscoe Hoffman, wlfe of switch- the Washington Hotel, then hiked man. was called to Blvtheville. Ark.. The Most Modern Remilling Plant over the hills in the afternoon. account serious Illness -of her .rather. Remlnlscences OK passenger account- Mrs. E. 0.Davls, wlfe of switchman, in Pensacola tng office employes. Can you imagine? was called to Sayre. Okla. recently due Augusta Reigel very fair. to the serious iilness of her slster. Geo. Callinan with halr. Harley C. Bates of Niiea, Mich., died John C. Starkey wlth not a care. March 27, 1927. Mr. Bates had been DUVALLUMBER Leola Hughes wlthout a job. sick for possibly four or flve years. Morgan smoking his old corn cob. beine an invalld oracticallv all of that COMPANY Nary VanLicw with a bob. timer He was forkerly assistant yard- Manufacturers of md Denlerr Is The chief clerk without a pen. master at Springfleld, and was later Victoria not flirting with the men. transferrea to Tulsa, Okla. Margie whispering "it might have 0. 31. Simon was called to Tulm. BUILDING MATERIAL been." Okla., last week due to the illness of Estelle Hilton ngt complaining. his niece. Offfce and MHrs Rvclyn (Irene) Castle entertalnlng. Edna Neu her name retaining. AGENTS' ACCOUNT% DEPT. at F and Magnolia Streets Shoemacker longing for Hornsby's fame. ST. LOUIS, MO. Russell Qrouctl Ilvln~ up ta his Telephone 812 P. 0. Box 1245 name. MERLIN W. EIFERT, Reporter Goose not ruling hls Uomaln. - PENSACOLA, FLORIDA Rev. Bohn without a parish. We have with us agaln our mail Roy Murray someone to cherish. desk group, which includes Wm. J. Helen McHale in clothing garnlsh. Duesing, chIef clerk of same desk: L. H. Butts reducing hls welght. Henry J. Schleck. flrst assistant: Rob- Al. Busch with a bald pate. ert AIcDernott, assistant to flrst assis- Hilda Xelchior coming In late. tant and Malcolm R. Rlcc. Chlef Flun- I PENSACOLA SHIPBUILDING CO. I Fred Kreteer slx feet two. kie. PENSACOLA, FLORIDA Carl Shaffnit little boy blue. Our co-worker, Norman RodKer~, Jack Tremayne without a chew. just returned from two weeks' vaca- General Contractors and Builders of Walter Coopersmith a vamping tion. He spent a few days in his home E%ldees. Floatlng Equlpment, Foundntlons, shiek. town. Fislt. 310. DmRs, Dredgin~ nnd Pile Drivl~rb. Frank Xlever lonainr- - for the end of A. ' J. G.-"put that funny paper A Full Llne of Steel Products and Mlll the... . meek. away and get to work." Supplles Conslllntly In Stock ~heGle-Buder mild and meek. Wilsie-"That isn't a funny- ..pager. Eleanor Huske with a smile. that's my picture." As Tuaale onens the window a while. For phi1 the Zephyr to beguile. Johnny Lemberger a cheese. Wm. Birkmeyer obese.

CO. ~ MORGAN HILL Melvln lonrrina for hla Eloise.--~ Paul ~yan-shortand fat. Now Is the Time to Begin GENERAL CONTRACTORS Tom Berry ready to spat. The Office BOY too tired to chat. Electric Ranges of All Kinds Shovel and Drag Line Work Genevieve entfcclng the tlny mlce. I I An,d Iona exclaiming, "Oh! how and Prices at Our Display nice. I Woodward Bldg. BIRMINGHAM I Roy Dornhoffen rolling the dice. Room Walter Walsh with eyes of green. Eddie Gerdel with modest mien. SOLD ON EASY PAYMENTS Allan Balston no troubles I ween. Wm. Reigel studying the mystic. LET US EXPLAIN OUR CHEAP Y & COMPANY Core Young very artistic. COAL MERCHANTS C. A. Houlihan optimistic. COOKING RATE IRT-BUN KER-DOMESTIC Ezra Stewart highly elate. and Dealers In Wm. Pffiefer a prelate. IUILDERS' SUPPLIES James R. Murray ultimate. GULF POWER CO. r Coal Yard on the Frisw nt Lawrence Brockelmeyer without a Pensacola vocation. Phone 2010 TWO YARDS FOUR PHONES Roy Meyers transferred to Union I 19 EAST GARDEN STREET Stati~n. Fred Ries not giving dictation. VISIT IE WONDERFUL CITY OF ADVANTAGES9* P E N S A C 0 LA

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hoj~ehe will recover rapidly and soon tion of fuel clerk, accounting division. crutch altogether and maintain his be able to resume hls dutles here. We want to welcome Mr. Sandefer in equilibrium with the aid of a cane Miss Mary T'anDeWalie is now at the department and hope he will en- only. work, after a prolonged absence, due joy working with "our gang." When Jno. C. Conley came limping to illness. We are glad to have her All the sunervisorv force of the fuel into the office recently carrylng a with us and also hone Dorothy John- department are looking forward to a cane we decided that Rufus Clark son, who Is on leave of absence be- "big time" in Chicago where they go had 'started a new style. John soon cause of $Yckness. will soon be back. to attend the annual convention of Informed us, though. that it was an Three members of this department the International Railway Fuel Asso- Infected toe and not an affected style. are now in the Frlsco Hospltal, How- clatlon May 31 to 13 inclusive. Per- that caused him to use a cane. ard Goode, Theodor Wehrenbrecht and haps in the nest issue we will be able Jerome Cicero Hester, We hope thev to ~ivetheir ideas on the benefits and will soon enjoy the best of health and pleasures derived from attending such be able to take up their worlc here an important assembly. Contractors Who Are at Work on Frisco'r aaain shortly. Mr. Nachtmann, mining engineer, is El. Boulware has our deepest sym- in the Frisco Hospital but we hope $250,000 Depot at Springfield pathy in the loss of his beloved aunt to have him back with us, feeling flne, who recently passed away. in a short time. Jim Needham is familiar with hand- ling any disposition that comes along. Wall Paper, Paints, Glaee and He has been instructing all the girls OFFICE SUPT. TRANSPORTATION how to abstract. Good luck, Jim. SPRINGFIELD, MO. Interior Decorating Oliver Duffy is raving again as he had his old hat cleaned and couldn't wear it for two weeks account of the EULA STRATTON, Reporter rainy spell and now it is too dusty. The following will cheer our statis- Anril Showers! We've certainlv had LEE SAVAGE tical girls, as it is by and about them: our'share of 'em. NOW. that they are Can you ma pine Agnes King not over, some of the energetic young Vreparing for a trip. tracer clerks of this department have PAINTING CO. Canncl Keating without fri~nds. changed from "Radio Bugs" to "Gar- Elsa Blitt with a boyish bob. den Grubs" and each evening after of- Julia Ritchie with knee dresses. fice hours, finds them trying their Norin: Conway doing the "Black hand at back-yard gardening. Mr. Bottom. Gray 1s trvlng strawberries; hlr. Hunt Elsa Reeks without her schoolgirl excels in flowers. while Mr. Dulin says COmplexion. one can't live on flowers. and nlanted SPRINGFIELD, MO. Helen Auman not reserved i,otatoes,iily to flnd them coming up Dorothy Schicht not on a diet. a quarter of a mile from where he Theresa Mucher "Flve foot two." nlanted them-this due to the recent Phone 353 319 MoDANlEL ST. Margaret Droste not fickle. fioods here. Ann Hennessy not being mysterious. Speaking of advertising-want to Arnlta 3Iurrel a blonde. say that FOE 14S.53, seed potatoes for Edna >!eyer a brunette. Springfield Seed Companv. left Kan- Elvlra Zeigenfuss a perfect 36. sas City 7:30 n. m. March 23. arrived Lucille Cicotte without "It." Sprinpfield .?:.iO a. m. the 24. was Evelvn Kiessling not being the of- switched from north Snringfield to fice pet. south Sprinpfield and available to con- NeH Roblnson without a new joke. signee at 8:00 a. m. Narch 24. Car en- Josephine Berra and Lucille Byrone route Kansas City to Sprlngfleld 8 not as inseparable as the Siamese hours 20 minutes. When better service twins. IS siven FRISCO will give it! Mary Lou Carrico in a hurry. Vacations are upon us agaln-Mrs. Fannle Payne and Theresa Hentschei Merle Platte is enjovlnr hers with a W. H. SHARP not buying paraphernalia for their complete rest at- her- home, while hope boxes. Georce Neff has answered the call of Contractor Dorothy Franz a flapper. the hills and in driving to Denver. Florence Brown without her won- XIiss Florence Kline had a dellnht- derful personality. ful visit In St. Louis recently. shop- PLASTERING - STUCCO Anne Silhavey weighing 160 pounds. Ding, etc., while Carmen Bowman went in the other direction, visiting her nar- FUEL DEPARTMENT ST. LOUIS

LOUISE S. GIBSON.. Renorter. 1301 Roanoke S~ringheld,Ma Harold T. Farriss, fuel clerk, ac- counting division, took a position in the divlsion accountant's office. Memphis, Tenn., on 3Iarch 22. Mr. Fariss was only with us a short while, but he made a very agreeable co-worker. and while are regret to lose him. we cer- tainly wlsh him the best of success W. W. Johnson in his new position. R. B. Sandefer has taken the posi- BUILDER CAPE CIRARDEAU ADVERTISERS She experienced kevere pain, but is petting lonp nicely now. 301 College St. Building Bliss Vinnie Hlndmans has also been I St. Charles Hotel I ronflned to her home with a crippled ONE BLOCK FROM DEPOT foot. The renorter havlna received the same kind of an Injury once in n fall E. Q. QEAMLINU. Owner and Proprietor from a berth can sympathize with her American Plan like no one else: however. IIins Hlnd- SPRINGFIELD, MO. man is much better and has returned CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI to work. MECHANICAL DEPT. NEWS SPRINGFIELD, MO. CAPE CIRARDEAU ASBESTOLITH ALTA NORTHCUTT, Reporter New ~riscnPassenger SLatlon, SvrlngErld, Southeast Missourian Mlssourl, to hare ASBESTOLITH Rufus Clark im at his desk again Floors, Baae and Walnmt NAETER BROS., Inc. after an absence of several weeks due Standard CompoaItlon Floors fm Mom to his having broken a knee-ca,p as than Twenty-Ure Yeam Hu More Subtorlben Than Any Other the result of a fall. With the ald of Dally Newpaper in a Mlsaourl Clfy one crutch and a cane. Rufus man- THE SANITARY FLOORING Cb. Under 40,000 ages to get, around, and he hopes to I Clark Ave. at 13th St. ST. LOUIS, MO. I soon be able to dispenme with the FRISCO OFFICIAL Offiw Phone 150 Rm. Phone 241CJ AMBULANCE See First PHONE 742 PHONE STANDARD PLUMBING GO. ALMA Bteam and Hot Water Heatlng LOHMEYERFUNERAL HOME J. J. LAWLER. Proprietor for Economical I Springfield. Mo. I _ 311 MoDanlel St SPRINGFIELD. YO. Transportation I SPRINGFIELD% LEADING HOTELS I d.Smiling ~swiee~! HOTEL SANSONE Standard Motor Co. HOTELOZARKS CAFE 468 St. Louls Strset in FIREPROOF 100 Rooms- 100 Baths Rates $1.50 Sprlngfleld, Mlamurl Up FIREPROOF UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT

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Not that flowers in an office are Slim says the "Automobile Club of Ross Rancier has been dealinr in such a novelty-but quite a sensation Missouri" has offices in the Hotel real estate having purchased a -new was created in thls offlce recently Ozark instead of the hotel mentioned. home at Blackwell Oltla. Mr. and Mrs. when a dozen American Beauty roses All of us read the letter and enjoyed Rancler mill makk thelr home there were placed on F. G. Baker's desk. It It a heap. Ralph is still a member of instead of Enid. where thev formerlv was Mr. Baker's bjrthday and Rogers the F. A. M. C. & C. D. E. and intends lived. Primm, manager of the American Na- to help them with their Ninstrel show, Charley Malone has changed hls res- tional Insurance Company, was the which comes off in about sixty days. idence from Sand Springs, Okla, to donor. Strange how these insurance Good luck, Slim. Fayetteville, Ark.. where he will be men have a way of finding out when Tom Musgrave, former shop distri- nearer his home while working on thls one has a birthday. bution clerk, was awarded position of estimate.- - .-. .. - .-. We are glad to report that Harry shop order clerk at the north side in Mr. and Mrs. A. Newberry expressed Hines who has been off sick for the Mr. Sperry's office. Tom has our their appreciation of this gang March past ltwo weeks is now greatly im- "boosts" and well wishes .and we know 31, by presenting us with a box of nroved and hones to be able to retur.1 he can't go wrong working for a real cigars. fellow like E. G. Sperry. We were called out on storm trouble W. W. Shackelford. schedule suner- the nlrht of March 29. A little wind visor, has a winning'youngster in- his storm -blew twenty poles down one WEST SHOPS--FAMILY NEWS family. Little Marjorie Ann won a mile south of Rogers, Ark. $15.00 prize odered bv the Merchants Mr. Woodall added a new member NAYDEN G. BLAKELY, Reporter Ice Company for an ess~v. to this Kana. Now I don't know if It is to be a m%scot to the gang or just Walter E. Phillips machinist, died a private pet of Nr. Woodall's. Any- April 10 at the ~pringfield hospital way i; is a goat and his name 1s after a brief illness. Mr. Phllllps served I TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT I "Billy. his apprenticeship at the West Shops Claude Denney has been working ex- and has been employed by the Frisco I tra time in this gang, but was trans- for fifteen years. Mr. Phillips leaves ferred to Foreman Harris' gang at many friends at the West Shops who TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT Troy, Okla., April 4. extend sympathy to his wife, mother SPRINGFIELD, MO. Mrs. James Poole and Mrs. D. P. and other relatives. Jones, wives of linemen Poole and It Is with the deepest regret we an- 0. L. OUSLEY, Reporter Jones, drove up from Ft. Smith, March nounce the death of Mrs. William 17 and visited the city of Garfield. White, wife of William White, stock Miss Nildred LeBolt visited two Weddings in this gang, I believe, clerk. Mrs. White died April 13. after days in Memphis recently. will get to be a common occurrence a long illness. Bill has our slncere Frank TV. Bayless is back on the if we don't run out of single men too sympathy. job after a few days. slcltness. soon. Tommie Pentzer asked for a G. TV. James stock clerk. store de- D. N. Ryder, division lineman, Hayti. few days' leave of absence March 26, partment, lost' his long struggle for has been assigned to the Pusico terri- and returned to work March 31 with life AIr James has been ill for a long torv. a box of cigars and the announcement timo and put up a brave fight. He is I@. B. Holland, manager and wire of his marriage to Miss Grace Cath- survived by one son and a daughter, chief, Sapulpa, is spending a brief va- cart of Henryetta. Okla. They plan to whom we extend our sympathy. cation in Sh.oshone. Idaho. on making their home in Springfleld, Apprentice News Miss Nellie Patton, PBX Operator. --MO. Apprentice School, meetings of which mas called to Ashland, Ky., April 10, No accidents this month! are held at Springfleld Hlgh, termi- account the death of her uncle. natcd Friday, April 15, after which Mlss Julia Brown, PBX Operator. tlme school for Frisco apprentices Tower Grove, is spending a vacatlon DONAHUE'S GANG only, will be conducted at the north fn Stamford, Conn. visiting relatives. PORTIA, ARK. car department. She is being reli&ed by Miss Rose C. C. Vassar, machinist. and M. H. Xarie Bernard. J. E. NUSSBAUN, Reporter Kunzelman, boilermaker, completed Ray T. Soper, personal record clerk their time this month at the West is enjoying a two weeks' vacation in' Edw. Beartell, groundman, is s~end- Shops as apprentices. California. in6 a vacation '*ith parents in hm- New A~prentICen Miss Jessie Horniday, stenographer, moth Sprlng, Ark. John J. Obrien, boilermaker. visited at the home of Miss Sadie Arthur Reed, groundman, was trans- C. E. Hunter, machinist. Saultz in Tulsa last month. Miss Saultz ferred to this gang from Harris' gang P J Calvey sheet metal worker. was formerly employed in this office. on AIarch 21. "Big Boy" said he was ~m.'J. Vaight, boilermaker. Mrs. Allie Kitchen, PBX operator, very glad to be with us so that he Transferred to Weut Shop# Sapulpa, visited relatives in Wichlta could be closer to home. Geo. Killebrenv, machinist appren- first of the month. Earl Bagle.~, groundman, is on a tice. transferred from Neodesha, I

Page 62 Mny, 1927 again after what we all thought was The Oklahoma City chapter of the J. L. Green of Mustang noticed the a long absence. IVe are always glad to Frisco club is having its next meet- cs7clone coming and escaped with his see our old chlef clerk. ing on -4pril 27, in which entertain- family by using the storm cellar. The And still the improvement is shown ment is to be presented. roof was torn from the section house around West Tulsa. E. 1x7. Brown. gen- C. 0. Jiitchell, formerly storekeeper, and the walls barely were left stand- eral foreman, is busv from dawn to whose position was abolished at Afton, Ing. The injured were taken care of dark lceeying the labor 'ang on the Okla., is bumping Will Temple, store- in the.garape of Mustang and attended jumg and sure is quite a job to keep room counter man. to bv a doctor from Weathland. who the place looking nice with all the Another Booster has been made for braved the storm to get to ;Mustang tearing down and building going on. Frisco service. A stock man, whose and give relief to the injured. When Lester I3. Lewis. third-class machin- name is not known to the writer, had Roadmaster Schubert and his crew ar- 1st at this point, is in St. Louis Hos- two cars of stock readv to load at rived at Nustang they found a sec- vital. Lawton, Okla., on another line. when tion laborer, L. New, being attended Terminal su1,erintendent S. R. Ken- he found out that the Frisco would to by the doctor. His body was se- nedy has movcd his office from store have a full train of stock out of Law- verelv bruised. His mother was killed building to yard office. ton, so he diverted his shipment to in this twister and his father is in Outeide foreman Willie Pierce has the Frisco. Four hours after stock was serious condition with several broken been transferred to 12 o. nl. to 8 a. m. loaded, he was in Oklahoma City. and ribs. The relief crew could not leave hostling job. 27 hours after loading his stock was on Mustang on account of the rain storm Fireman L. 0. Davidson has been the market in Kansas City. He states that was still .raging, but about 3:00 appointed to outside foreman's job vice pereafter Frisco will get all his bus- a. m. the raln commenced getting Mr. Pierce transferred. lness. lighter and it was decided to try to get to Oklahoma City as quick as pos- MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT OKLAHOMA AND CHICKASHA sible in order to do all possible to save the injured, A push car was OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. SUB-DIVISIONS placed behind a motor car and the re- turn trip started only to flnd that the ARTHUR D. MINICK, Rerjorter J;\IROW WASHERS THOU IRONERS Pike Hailey has returned from visit- THE ing his home town Haileg, Mo.

EXECUTIVE GENERAL AGENT'S Peoples State OFFICE-TU LSA, OKLA. Kalnsas Utilities to. Bank R. 11. McGLASSON, Reporter - W. B. Baster spent Easter Sunday 1IHE ELECTRIC STORE FORT SCOTT, KANS. with his family at Sherman, Texas. 3Ir. and Mrs. R. 31. McClasson spent Easter Sundav with relatives in Mus- kogee. Xiss O'Brion was away for a few A 81 mall Payment Down-Balance days durinf the month, visiting in Frisco Depository St. Louis. In 8mall Monthly Payment+WIII Mr. Reid, our commerclsl agent, is (kcuIre Any One of the Great Num- and a Good Bank for back on the job after hating becn operated on for ~ppendlcitls and is ber of Useful Electrical Goodr. Frisco Employes beginning to look his old self again. Mr. Patrick, who was on the tracing desk Is back on hIs old job at Sapul- Page 63

~ndF. L. Castle, formerly of the Since he succeeds the writer as re- Mrs. C. J. Landgraf, wife of C. J. freight office, is now on that porter for the Magazine, it is suggest- r.andgraf, assistant claim clerk, left ed that he explain his maneuvers. Anril 13 for St. Louis. Mo. "Chris" E. Reimer has been transferred to ~v-ill go down Saturday and they will CCOUNTANT DEPARTMENT St. Louis. I wish to take this op- return home Sunday night. SAPULPA, OKLA. portunity lo exnress mr sincere an- Florence Geil has accepted a posi- prrciation far the co-o-peration thnt tion with the Prisco as secretary to E. REUIER, Reportcr has been shown in connection with Agent C. H. Hensley. Miss Geil comes the performance of my duties at Sa- to us from Judge Warren's office. D. Jones, sho11 accountant, is pulpa, Okla. Judge \Varren is a brother of our in first-class condition. 1 Since much-favored assistant yardmaster. eeth do not bother him any more. "Kid" Warren. s in a position to take full ad- TULSA FREIGHT OFFICE age of that green Chrysler road- TULSA, OKLA. Iry Wilcox stenographer, is the :andlns cm~loyeof the account- J. W. Riley, agent department. Rotice the exclusive Forrest Castle, diversion clerk, has for the Frisco at ce--a Whippet and chauffeur are been assigned to the position of diver- tantly at her disposal to and from slon clerk in the executive agent's Bengal, Okla., has >Rice. office up-town. Xore than one hated beet&playing his old :tor L. Thomas, general clerk. to see "Castle" leave the freight office, violin for over iinent on the river, southern and as he furnished the fillings for man!: iwestern divisions, has returned. a sweet tooth. thirty yews, and is lpa holds one attraction for Vic- C. E. Shu has been assigned the po- an artist of "jig- dut so far it has not been admit- sltion of yard clerk. time" tttnes. He is Yes, the Bui:ck is with him. W. E. Rust, formerly accountant, has ?one had better acauaint him with been made chicf clerk to Agent C. H. shown irt his freight lew laws about speeding, parking, Hensley. Jess Freeman, former chief room door with the clerk, left the company to accept a violin w hic h h e H. Qillis, completion report clerk. position with the Chevrolet Company 'w the head member of the 4. & B. of Tulsa, as salesman. treasares. ion and is still wrestling with Chas. E. Parker, of Wetumka, Okla.. prints, showing proposed and has been assigned to the position of ~letedyard changes. Jack has all accountant. Xr. Parker has moved his ~ndicationsof being a "star" per- family here, so our "Prisco family" is -.. still increasing. I RIVER DIVISION I F. Higdon of Springfleld, No.. has Mrs. Effie Smith, abstract clerk, who 'ed at Sapulpa to flll the posi- suffered a nervous breakdown. is back of completion report clerk. All on the job afler a month's 'absence. OFFICE OF B. & B. AND MAIN- Xfr. Higdon a very hearty wel- Everyone is glad to see Effie back, as things are pretty dull around the TENANCE OF WAY A. Wright, bill and voucher clerk, freight office when she is away. CHAFFE.E, MO.

now completed one month's busi- Bannie Turley, who is quite a favor- P on the bill and voucher desk and Ite with the West Tulsa superintend- l'.V.\ IVI?AY. Reporter proven his ability. Mr. Wright ent's office force, is fillinrr in on tem- 's that business is good-more porary work, as Edna lvooden is on bills than vouchers. the sick list. Amelia Allen is working Jlr. Terry, former roadmaster on C. P. ~ensley, assistant bill and hIiss Turley's position as expense Chaffee sub-division, was a visitor in voucher clerk has made frequent vis- clerk, Tulsa frcight office. our office on March 23. He says he its to Coun;il Hill and Muskogee. Clyde Burd, check clerk, has been likes Jasper. Ala., very much and 1s off duty for some time with rheuma- busy laying rail. tism. The track that has been under con- Bert Jlartin, check clerk, accom- struction by the List & Weatherly Con- ST. LOUIS ADVERTISERS panied by his wife, spent last week- struction Company at Seventy-Six, Mo., end, April 10, visiting the old home has now been completed and ready for - - town folks at Thayer, &lo. use. MARYLAND HOTEL Elmo Herbert, assistant chief clerk. The track changes in connection Next to Frlsco Building has moved to Tulsa. with the new depot at Steele, Mo., have ST. LOUIS. MO. J. G. 3Iulrenin has been assigned been complelcd. the position of assistant caller. Mrs. W. G. Alsobrook, Jr., and two POPULAR PRICE EUROPEAN HOTEL children of St. Louis visited wlth her Absolutelv--~- Plreornof George Kyger has been assigned the Rates: $1.50 and UP Per Day position of diversion clerk. We are husband's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Eleclrtc Fan (Free) in Erery Room glad to have George with us as his Alsobroolc, this week. EATS :-Unexcelled CAFETERIA and looks add to the appearance of the Slessrs. H. G. Harmon and L. C. COFFEE SHOP Service Tulsa frcight office. (.:rigel,, cxtra gang foremen, dropped I I Ralph Corbin has been assigned the in to see us for a few minutes to- position of record filer. das, as their gangs were moving to F. A. Shellborn has been assigned Cape Girardeau to help fight the hlgh the ~ositionof yard clerk. water. President J. 31. Kurn was in Tulsa J. H. Davenport. formerly of Oran, April 12 and 13, meeting with the No., is now our Chafree yard foreman Tulsa city oft'icials and Chamber of and has moved his family to our clty. Becht Laundry Co. Commerce, with regard to the new We have completed 40 miles of slag Union Station to be built here. The 1>al1ast,from mile post T-145.5 to 185.5 We Specialize in City of Tulsa, as well as the "Frisco this month. Family Laundry Family" will, without a doubt, feel proud of this new building. 330 1 - 1 1 Bell Ave., St. Louis We are sorry to learn that Superin- OFFICE OF DIVISION tet~dent S. R. Kennedy is in the St. Louis Hospital, but trust that. ere ACCOUNTANT-CHAFFEE, MO. this goes to press, he wlll be back - with us again. J. W. Skaggs is look- 1Lh COOK. Repo~,ter If We Want Good Candy ing, aCter Mr. Kennedy's interests wh~lehe is away. 3Iiss Esther Rigdon has been in the 3Iiss Minnie Kruse, secretary to hospital for a week. We are glad to WE GO TO Agent C. H. Hensley, resigned to ac- say she is her own cheerful self agaln. rept a position with the Chestnut While there she had the pleasure of Smith Oil Company of Tulsa. We were meeting Miss Myrtle Cockran of Mr. 3bs~n's sorrsr to see SIinnie leave, as her "Uke" Johnson's office, Springfield. 910-912 OLIVE €urn-ished music on many an outing. Hannev McDonough is back with us We trust she will still join us on out- ns brll and voucher clerk after a flve ings, picnics, and "coon hunts". months' sojourn in Birmingham. Eob Hudgen from the office of audi- tor disbursements is now our general INVESTMENT BONDS clerli. We deal in issues of the United States Government, Railroads, Rob Hudgen went to St. Louis last Sunday and drove his car down. Ex- Public Utillty and Industrial Corporations with ceptlng getting lost three times. being established records of earnings stuck in the mud twice and driving throuxh miles of water, he says he AID & COMPANY, Inc. had n pleasant trip. SECURITY BUILDING ST. LOUIS. MO. Mr. and Mrs. H. H. YcGarvey spent MEMBEFlS, ST. LOUIS STOCK EXCHANGE Sunday. April 10 in Springfleld. Mrs. Mack remained for a two weeks' visit. Page 64 May, 1927

Russell James and George Lodge MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT sistant superintendent clerk's position were here lor a mhort vlsit this month. at Neodesha. Kan., vice Mr. Foster, Tim Murray and Henry Grupe spent CHAFFEE, MO. who resigned. Bill Hughes bld in Ful- Saturday and Sunday wlth the McGar- ton's place as comptometer-operator- veys and greeting old acquaintances. JAMES HALEY, Reporter clerk position. W. C. Henke was here for the week- - Jim Chesney 1s working in place of end. Bill is wearing one of the latest Charles Baronowsky, first class ma- Chester Fulton while Huff's vacancy chinist, has returned to work after an styles-a mustache. Irene says she is being fllled so Bill Hughes- can re- likes mustaches-they are so distin- absence of nearly five months. Need- lieve him. guished looking. less to say, we are all glad to see Harold Mitchell is back with the ac- Prelpht HOUH~ "Uncle" Bud back on the job and are counting department again, having re- Leo Lane has been promoted to rec- clad to see his health returned to him. turned from Chaffee. ord clerk. Otis Keller succeeds him .ill shopmen at Chaffee extend their Wilson Robinson is our new office as checking clerk. hearlfelt SvmDathies to the bereaved boy, taking the position held by Bill Mrs. Bob Kamm is here visiting her family of kd-Tfr. Glen, car carpenter, Hughes. sister, Mrs. Ed Dunn and their father, who passed away Monday, April 11. E. L. Wood is back as our general R. C. McKnight. Mrs. Kamm has been W. B. McGauah. student ~iecework vardmaster. M. J. DeBoben. who has residing in Seattle, Wash.. but will go checker, has rehrned fromathe Frisco been yardmaster for some time i$ RS- from here to Baltimore, Maryland, to hospital in St. Louis where he under- sistant day yardmaster. make her home. went an operation. Ben R. Tate. who has been dls- Trolnmonter'n Offlce Allen Blackwell is our new coal patcher at Ft. Scott for a number of Roy Abernathy is in Frisco hospital cute foreman temporarily fllling the sears, has resigned to go to work for for an operation. Very glad to report vacancy made by Otto Golightly. Central Life Insurance Company. that he is improving rapidly. Engine 4005 is now on river division. Leo Chumlea has bid in Ale clerk's Mr. and Mrs. Lee Story attended This is the first of these engines to position made vacant by Nr. Huff re- the funeral of Mrs. Pearl Owens in St. come to the river division. They are signing. He is a great hunter and Louis, April 11. Our sympathy 1s ex- doubled through Chawee, receiving only know all lost Ales will now be found. tended to Mrs. Story in the loss of her necessary attention here. only sister. At recent meetina of Frisco Associa- ZONE AUDITOR'S OFFICE Mrs. Fred Bisplinghoff and two chil- tion of Metal Crafts and Car Depart- KANSAS CITY, MO. dren are in Springfield for a two weeks' ment Employes, Chaffee division, it visit with friends and relatives. was voted uDon ancl motion carried. NELLIE J. SCHAFER, Reporter The store department is getting real that all mechanical forces start work prosperous these days! Charles Staus- at 7 a. m. instead of 8 a. m., erective A. P. Saugrain and Geo. Pipes hare ing, division storekeeper, is driving a Nay 1. this shift to last durina the been quite busy the last month teach- new Dodge sedan. summer months. ina evervone their work. The local shopmen who received our grass house is completed now. treatment a Frisco hospital were: Jess "P e o p 1 e who live in glass houses SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE Dudley, apprentice; M. L. Flannery, shouldn't throw stones." We h0~eLylia first class machinist: Theon Strack. Too~oodand "Buddv" will remember CHAFFEE, MO. tankman ancl 1x7. B. McGaugh, student this: piece work checker. Our sheik, Fenton Benson, is sport. ing glasses. They certainly are be- ASNh GOLDES. Reporter coming, Fenton. He has never toId us - NORTHERN DIVISION why his eyes became weak. Assistant superintendent J. S. Mc- I Ruth Shaffer and Marguerite Earp Millan has been assigned to the St. I are stepping out with blue shoes, and Lauls Sub and has moved his family ye are wondering if they have the to Kirlcwood, LMO. OFFICE DIVISION ENGINEER hliins." Mrs. W. 0. Long of Fort Scott, Kan.. FORT SCOTT, KANSAS E. N. Miller of the Seventh street vlsited a few days with engineer and zone office has been with us for two Mrs. F. H. Dierssen while on her way C. B. CATCHIhTG, Reporter weeks. to Caruthersvllle, Mo. She also spent Harry Bower's wife was taken to the some time in St. Louis with Mr. and E. C. Sullivan, who formerly worked hospital recently. We all wish her a Mrs. W. 0. Coy. Mr. Coy was formerly here as rodman, was througli the city speedy recovery. one of the Chaffee office force. a few days ago, paid the office a call. Herman Wilson was quarantined for Marys Dailey had to spend several Eddie is now working for an electrical a few weeks. He has reported that days in the hospital last month; Irene company in the east. everything is 0. K. again. Rigdon took care of business in the Mr. Potter has joined our ranks as Roland Woods of this department is assistant superintendent's office dur- chainman. He is from Thayer, Kan. a preacher. We are all waiting for ing her absence. Mr. Finn, draftman, has purchased Mr. Woods to give us a noon-hour ser- Mrs. T. S. Levett is having quite an a Ford couDe and ~racticallv all the mon. extended visit with her sister in BIi- men here have cars-now. - H. P. Batchelder, F. J. Benson, Gus ami, Florida, and "TS" is putting in H. W. Smith, instrumentman, has Gabauer, Harry Bowers and H. C. Wil- Rotten started on the re-running of son were transferred from the local the garden alone this year. office to the zone department. Ralph Stephens is again with the curves on the Kansas Citv subdivision. Chaffee freight house force after help- preparatory to the laying of the new ing out at the Sikeston station for 100 pound rail, expect to get started COMMERCIAL OFFICE CHATTER several days. on the laying of the new rail in the KANSAS CITY, MO. Ed Berry, of the engineering depart- near future. ment, has gone to Jasper, Alabama, to The campaign for "more business" IRENE MORRISON, Reporter look after a big rail laying job on is steadily growing, the various com- the southern division. mittees report that they are continu- Export business is good. March 29 Engineer Roy Abernathy is reported ally strivlng to get more freight and improving nicely after undergoing an passenger business for the Frisco. operation for appendicitis, and expects Wislon Robertson has been added to to be able to return from the hospital the force in the capacity of assistant I CLASSIFIED ADS I within a short time. file clerk in the superintendent's of- Ray Fatchett has been appointed fice. secretary and treasurer of our local Classlfled advertislnl: under this headlng wlll ball team and expects to have all his TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT be charged for at the rate of 5 cents per Word spare time talcen up for the coming FORT SCOTT, KANSAS with a minimum of 75 cents. Cash must ac- season. C. G. Roland, Glenn Cooper company copy. and "Stuff" Rigdon are the Frisco boys LEO D. CHUMLEA. Reporter on the team and have promised to do AGENTCNEW PLAN, makes it eaay some good work. Opening game was Jack Dalton is now Mr. Evans' sec- to earn $50.00 to $100.00 weekly, selling played May 1. retary vice Mr. Evans, who recently shirts direct to wearer. No capital or : 17. F. Hoplcins has been put on as resigned. experience needed. Represent- a real an additional dispatcher to help out Leon Huff recently resigned to go manufacturer. Write now for FREE with the heavy work during the high into the automobile business. SAMPLES. Madison Factories, 562 wn ter. Chester Fulton recently bid in as- Broadway, New York.

) PATRONIZE YOUR LOCAL WATCH INSPECTOR I Adams, R. M ...... Ed, Okla. Graves, A., Co ...... Memphis, Tenn. Dllworth Jewelry Co ...... Jasper, Ala. Gahlenbeck Jewelry Co...... Pensacola, Fla. Farmer-Cannon Jewelry Co...... Birmingham, Ala. Haltom, G. W ...... Ft. Worth, Texas I 111 Mnley, R. W ...... Chaee Mo. Standard Jewelry Co ...... Muskogee, Okla. 11

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IC- -. Friends of Frank Hinkle. retlred roadmaster, lent him a very sympa- thetic ear, when on Saturday, April 10, he appeared at the general office buildinc-. Enid. and reDorted that on the previous day "in broad daylight" his home had becn forcibly entered durina his absence. Mr. Hinkle war out only a short time between one and two in the afternoon, and JIrs. Hlnkle was visiting in Wichita, Kans. Cn- hookin,- a screen by means of an ice pick, the housebreakers raised an un- latched window. and thus secured en- trance into the kitchen. "I F;ueSs 1 surprised them, though," said Nr. Hinkle. "because they ~umpedout the window and ran through the back yard just as I was getting ready In unlock the door." . . . "No, friends, 1 do not carry x gun, and with my rheu- matism it was useless to chase them. The best I could do was to throw a brick at them: and I have the satis- faction of knowing that it did not miss its mmk! I guess I must hare rot there just at the right time-at the p~~choiogicalmoment;as they say -for there wasn't a thing touched- not a thing. I tell you. And not only was there nothina touched but they left a bag-the swellest bag you evfi set eyes on." Fred T William- at Rosedale. Kartsas, smt this photograph lo the ililagoziirc lli~T~,"~r~~~Sfor the loot'" remarked and he sags it is o very good likelless of nineteett of the erirployes of the car- $'For my silverware, i auess," said dcpartinetit ot that poiizt. 311'. Hinkle. "But they didn't get it We'd greet yotr cnch By rzarrrc, only Fred forgot to ottoch the "John Swiths" $::, ~~a~;sls,","~nsi~ nnd "Bill Netrrys" to his lrtter! prolonging way, he slowly brought forth the note. It read: "Dear Frank: The sang knowing that you would be doing: a-great deal dlcitis operation, is improving stead- Masonic Temple at Enid for the pur- of traveling are making you a pres- Ily and expects to be able to return pose of organizing a Women's Auxil- ent of this bag in memory of mans home in a few days. iarv to the Veteran's Association. Mrs. years of pleasant association.-The Albert Johnson has becn off for the J. 11. ~{crnnrd,as temporary chairman, Frisco Gang." past sixty days assisting his two boys introduced the principal speaker of It was then learned that the sectlon with farm work. He expects to return thv evcliina, Mrs. Robert Whelnn of foreman and track laborers who had to work in the near future. Oklahoma Citv. who in a verv inter- faithfullv served under Mr. Hinkle's Ben Stoner is now on a short vaca- esting manner outlined the of able jurisdiction for about a quarler tion at Hot Springs. Ark. the organization. During the busincs - of a century had from their ranks sub- The Frisco roundhouse ball teams w.swion which foll~wedZIrs. U'hclan's scribed about $50.00 for the purpose are ormnixed and have nlaved one talk, Xrs. J. A. Harter was elected of buying Xr. Hinkle an appropriate gnme so far. Would have piayi.d more. president and Miss Alice J. Dicks sec- gift on the occasion of his retirement. but the spring rains have interfered. retary. After a very entertaining pro- In the one rame that was ~layedbe- gr,lm given by the students of the tween the back shop and rbunbhouse, 1)ramatic Department of Phillips Unl- TEXAS LINES the back shop won by the score of 4 to versity of ~nid,+hecompany was in- 1 I 3. The roundhouse players claim that vited to the dining room where Mrs. Umpire Kerlin favored the back shop J. D. Fountain and her able assistants STORES DEPARTME.NT and also claim that Umpire Iterlin was had prepared some excellent eats. -4 SHERMAN, TEXAS seen to acceDt a handful of cigars from sncial hour was enjoyed and talks were the back shop players before the made bv a number of the veterans. S. IVA SEWELL, Reporter game. If this is so it should be called .J. Frazier, superintendent, and W. J. to the attention of Commissioner Lan- Foley. master mechanic, were enthu- The first meeting of baseball fans dls. si;:\tlc about the new organization and was held March 23 at the Chamber of A number of bowlers from the Fris- piedged their coopenation and sup- Commcrce rooms for the nurDose of co roundhouse teams are entered in port to make it one that will brins electing ~ officers. The foll

I ESTABLISHED 1893 I I Kansas City Bridge Company I Builders of Railroad and Highway Bridges River Improvement Work KANSAS CITY, MO. ul blrthday presents, a whistle and hher snake. a Yay Hutchison of the qcneral es at Fort Worth spent Sunday. The FRISCO ch 27 with friends and relatives uses NATIONAL TRAIN CONTROL ;y Scott and wife spent Sunday. and will be glad to gioe others 11 3, at FL. Worth. Thorworth, boiler shop foreman, the facts and figures on its ndad a baseball game in Dallas, il 3. Simplicity. Reliability, Low 10~. baseball team made a tri~to Cost and Low Maintenance. )na, Texas, for a game Suxiday. 11 3. This was their first game he season. The score was 14 to favor of Nocona, but we are hop- National they beat the Katy Shop Team The Safety at Denlaon, April 17. J. Honaker and John McKinstrv Appliance Co. hare returned from a trip on the sup- ply cars down to the Cactus. Railway Exchange Bldg. - CHICAGO, ILL. Hal Glascock of DeQulnch, La., has returned to his home after a visit with 57 Pod Street - SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Glas- cock. Jlrs. Glascock has been very A'!>9:;- .e-.-.--- ill, but is imgroving- at Dresent. STORES AND MECHANICAL DEPT. HE'S ARARE BIRD WHO FT. WORTH, TEX. DOESN'T KNOW THE VALUE - -- OF MARATHON PRODUCTS H. R. GLASCOCK, Reporter WEIR-KILBY A. T. Todd, storekeeper, has pur- -take this down, chased a Ford sedan. CORPORATION Jimmle Honalter and John bIcKins- it's easy to swallow! try were here to ride the supply cals to the Cactus Country. The Ft. Worth shops and general Railroad Crossings MARATHON Motor Oil is office have one of the hottest ball teama yet. A game isscheduled with GOOD-Goodness Knows! the Sherman shops in the near future. Frogs and Switches BETTER-Because it Is and Prom the outlook. a tirrht rrarne is "BEST-in the Long Run" bne item that we are proud to re- port is the beginning of the Greater Manganese Track Work TraRlc Club at the west yards. C. C. MARATHON Gasoline was the Jordan and K. P. Guinn called a meet- Ing here and formed a committee, and CINCINNATI, OHIO pace maker for the fastest dirt although we are not strong yet. we BIRMI NCHAM, ALABAMA track driving ever seen in the houe to be successful in ouF efforts. ~hlsdlvision carried the "~eologist State of Oklahoma. Special" to Tulsa with the usual Frisco "on-time" schedule. Also a special carrying Colored Knights Templar to Sherman for an Easter service. The WASHED AND SCREENED latter was secured mostly through the efforts of the colored Frisco men. mem- GRAVELANDSAND bers of the Traffic Club. Born to Mr. and Nrs. H. B. Cheshier. PLANT: March 29, a daughter, who has been ORVIS, PHELPS COUNTY, MISSOURI named Irma Maxine. Cheshier is sec- ond trlck yard clerk, and so far he Little Piney Sand and Gravel Company hasn't got his waybills mixed. Chas. Tobin, first-class machinist, of Lock Box 22 NEWBURC, MlSSOURl Sherman is filling a vacancy at this point. TRANSCONTINENTAL Jno. H. Heimbuecher Metals Co. The Cleveland File Co. ''Lor#e.( Copper Stock in the Weat" OIL co. Quality Files Since 1899 Producers, Refiners and Marketers of BRASS Nfckel Sflver BRONZE STEEL Marathon Petroleum Products COPPER ZINC ST. LOUIS OFFICE In All Forms 1712-14 CHESTNUT ST. Genera1 Offices: Ritz Bldg., Tulsa, Okla. ( SAINT LOUIS MISSOURI 1 Teleptxme, GArfteld 6120

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Municipalities and Industries find them projitable Refiners and Manufacturers of Graphite and Graphite Layne & Bowler Manufacturing Co. Specialties HOUSTON MEMPHIS LOS ANGELES Roof Paint, Roof Cement, Etc. Page 68

(CITY ICE COMPANY Consolidated Cement Corporation Kansas City, Mo. KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI WHOLESALE-RETAIL 1 Fredonia Brand Portland Cement "Year 'Round Service" A FRISCO Industry at FREDONIA, KANSAS

Paint Materials for Every Railroad Puxqmsa I Midvale Coal Co. 1 S 1P E 9 S HIGH GRADE STEAM JAPAN OIL ENAMEL OIL AND DOMESTIC COAL I S I PE ' S COMBINATION JAPAN OIL Chemical Bldg. ST. LOUIS, MO.

Memphis Stone and For better Concrete, Culverts and Bridges, - I Gravel Company "ENSLEY" & "ALA CITY" 1,.RP%CZS~ smG Birmin&amAla. Memphis, Tennessee b CRUSHED &SCREENED Birmingham Slag Co. I I I

-- - - ~- The Pittsburg & Midway Mines on the Frlsco at Carbon Hill, Alabama Coal Mining Co. COAL OPERATORS I MOSS & McCORMACK I MINERS AND SHIPPERS General Sales Office COAL- lacks smith, Bunker, Steam, ~omestic-COAL 1901-4 American Truat Building BIRMINGHAM, Am. I

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Into Permanent Books OVER 3,000,000 TONS ANNUALLY BEST GRADES ALABAMA STEAM AND DOMESTIC COALS Adopted by general and I Railroad Fuel a Specialty local offices of every large railroad in the United States 1414-18 American Trust Bldg., Birmingham, Ala.

BINDING MACHINES DeBARDELEBEN COALS PERMANENT BINDERS r LOOSE LEAF DEVICES FOR SIPSEY - EMPIRE - CORONA - CARBON HILL - HULL ALL PURPOSES For Domestic, Steam, Gas, By-product and Ceramics I DeBARDELEBEN COAL CORPORATION I McBee Binder Co. The South's Largest Producer8 and Marketers of New York St. Louis Athens HIGH GRADE COALS ( P. Cleveland Chlcago BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA I r 1 May, 1927 ~ZJ--;-WFHPLOI%S*~UNE Page 69

Modern Locomotives L are self-propelled power plants, designed and built to deliver a maximum ton-mileage per hour in proportion to fuel and water consumed. To produce such a machine requires ample experi- ence, together with the highest type of plant and organization. We are ready to work with you in solving your motive power problems. The Baldwin Locomotive Works Philadelphia

THE KELLY ATKINSONCONST. cO. STEWART Machinery Company I KELLY ATKINSONBUILDING CO. 41 1 Buder Building. St. ~ouis,-MO. BURY AIR COMPRESSORS KELLY ATKINSONFOUNDATION CO. COCHRASl; \\,let Sortauars, Ileatera and- I Flnw Melers. Dean Cqntrlfugal and Steam Pumps. SECURITY BLDG. Strong Steam Traps. L CHICAGO In soliciting business request merchants to American Handle Company purchase from industries on the FRISCO WE SELL Manufacturers of FREIGHT Gasoline, Kerosene, Distillate Gas Oil and Free Oil High-grade Hickory, Axe, Adze, Pick, Sledge, Hatchet, Hammer ANDERSON-PRICHARD OIL CORPORATION and Railroad Tool Handles OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. JAGENTS JONESBORO - ARKANSAS REFINERY: CYRIL. OKLA.

Leave11 Coal Co. Pittsburgh Forge Unxld MINERS AND SHIPPERS & Iron Co. Railroad Fusees 1 MAGIC CITY COAL I I PITTSBURGH, PA. I TULSA, OKLAHOMA I INSURE SAFETY Car and Locomotive Axlea Best by Every Test Heavy Forging8 The Producers Sand Co. Crank Pins Piston Rod8 UNEXCELLED MANUFACTURINC Producers and Shippen, of the Atlas Staybolt & Engine Bolt Iron BIG ARKANSAS RIVER CHANNEL SAND Screw Spikes Track Bolt8 SCREENED AND WASHED COMPANY, Inc. 307 Nntlonal Bank of Cornmeroe Bullding CHICAGO OFFICE, RY. EXCHANGE BLDQ. NEW YORK, N. Y. Telephone 3-4272 P. 0. Box 2133 TULSA, OKLAHOMA

LIST CONSTRUCTION CO. I C. A. ROBERTS CO. S. I. SMITH Railroad Contractors " SHELBY" Seamless Steel Tubing Manufacturer of 415 Railway Exchange Bullding CHICAGO ST. LOUIS KANSAS CITY, MO. 1 I DETROIT S. I. SMITH Cattle' Guards Hubbard Steel Foundry Co. I SWEDOX I WELDING RODS. WIRES & ELECTRODES P. 0. Box 522 South Side Station Miscellaneous Car and Locomotive Castlngs A Qrnde of Rod for Every Class of Welding SPRINGFIELD, MO. by the Electric or Acetylen. Pram PLANT AND GENERAL OFFICES: CENTRAL STEEL & WlRE COMPANY E. CHICAGO, INDIANA Cblago. llllnois - Datrdt. Ylobl#m r

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The Mount Vernon Car Manufacturing Co.

Just completed, New Repair Shop, 500' x 150'. Capacif y Fully equipped with 10,000 Freight Cats; Cranes, Electric 150,000 Wheels; Heaters, etc., enabl- 20,000 tons Forgings. ing us to work in all hinds of weather.

BUILDERS OF FREIGHT CARS

MOUNT VERNO~,fLLfritGis

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NEW YORK CHICAGO

Indiana and Illinois Coal Corporation MONTGOMERY COUNTY ILLINOIS COAL 1425 Old Colony Building CHICAGO

Daily Capacity, 20,000 Tons hated on the Big Four and C. & E. I. Railroads I May, 1927 Page 71

The New York Air The Gideon - Anderson Co. MANUFACTURERS OF W. H. (Bill) REAVES Brake Company Hardwood Lumber 1169 Arcade Bldg. St. Loulr AND REPRESENTING Manufacturer the Slack Cooperage Stock The P. & M. Company GENERAL OFFICES. STANDARD AIR -BRAKE Band Saw Mills and Planing Mills Rail Anchors EQUIPMENT GIDEON, MO. The National Lock Washer Co. SALES OFFICE GENERAL OFFICES AND Improved Hipower 168 Broadway, New York City OlSTRlBUTlNG YARD: 110 Angelica Street Maintenance Equipment Co. WORKS Telephone: Tyler 001 1-Tyler 0012 Labor Saving Devices Watertawn. New York ST. LOUIS, MO.

Hamilton Coal and Louis Surfacer Mercantile Co. St. Chas. R. Long, Jr. General Office-WEIR CITY, KAN. and Paint Co. PRODUCERS OF Arlington Ave. & Terminal Belt Ry. Company LOUISVILLE Hamilton Quality Coal ST. LOUIS, MO. CELEBRATED NO.! DEEP-SHAFT CHICAGO Exclusive Saln Agents Railroad Paints, All Kinds of Railway md McALESTER FUEL CO. Kmmr City. Mo. Varnishes, Enamels Indmtrial Paints C. H. HICHTOWER. Sales Manager

High Grade Machine Tools Owens Paper Box Co. MACHINISTS' TOOLS AND American Lathea and Radiala SUPPLIES Norton Grinders CUTTING & THREADING TOOLS SPARTAN HACK SAWS H. & C. FILES NYE PIPE TOOL8 WRENCHES RAILROAD SUPPLIES, ETC. Sachleben & Co. Pels Punches and Shears E. H. Wataon-Stillman Hyd. Machy. 2829 Locust Blvd. and EFFECTIVE SERVICE PLAIN AND FANCY BOXES ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI

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BUFFALO BRAKE BEAM CO. BRAKE BEAMS AUXILIARYSUPPORTS FOR BRAKEBEAMS

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THE OHIO INJECTOR COMPANY 1437 Monadnock Block CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Manufacturers of OHIO LIFTING INJECTORS CHICAGO NON-LIFTING I N J E C T 0 R S CHICAGO AUTOMATIC FLANGE OILERS, CHICAGO LUBRICATORS, OHIO LOW WATER ALARMS, CHICAGO AUTOMATIC DRIFTING VALVES, LOCOMOTIVE BOILER ATTACHMENTS, OHIO CAB SQUIRT9

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WeHe MINER, INC. I THE ROOKERY CHICAGO I Page 73

GLOBE TRACKLESS DOOR HANGER Peter Adamson Coal and Mining Company Mines Located ON FRISCO AT DAWSON

PHONE RURAL 91 EASY TO OPERATE-DURABLE-PILFER PROOF Can not lose of7 or awing out at bottom GLOBE RAILWAY EQUIPMENT CO. ST. LOUIS. Mo. Tulsa - - Oklahoma

VILOCO RAILWAY R. L. Bartholomew General Railroad EQUIPMENT CO. Con tractor CHICAGO 867 Roland St., Memphis, Tenn. LEE WILSON & CO. FOR DEPENDABLE SERVICE WILSON, ARKANSAS VILOCO Improved Sanders Manulacturcrm o International Business VILOCO Bell Ringers Machines Corporation 1 Band - Sawn Southern Hardwoods VILOCO Automatic Rail Tabulating & Accountin0 Washers Machines CRESCENT Metallic Packing Ti-me Recorders - Scales 50 Broad St NEW YORK, N. Y. I

Against Accident and lllneu Uae CONTINENTAL Protection HARDIE -TYNES Southern THE SERVICE SUPREME CONTINENTAL SERVICE may be Wheel Co. depended upon. MFG. CO. A CONTINENTAL POLICY MEANS MANUFACTURERS OF PEACE OF MIND AND A PAY CHECK WHEN EARNINGS FROM Corliss and Throttling Engines YOUR OCCUPATION ARB CHILLED IRON STOPPED. CONTINENTAL representatives may AIR COMPRESSORS CAR WHEELS be found on every rallroad dlvlelon In the United States and Canada. PLANTS: ST. LOUIS BIRMINGHAM, ALA BIRMINGHAM, ALA. ATLANTA. GA. SAVANNAH, GA. PORTSMOUTH, VA. PITTSBURGH. PA. ROCHESTER. N. Y. SAYRE, PA. CLEVELAND, OHIO Masualttf Mompang H. 6. B. ALEXANDER, Prbsldent wrw' General Offlcm: Chlcano. U. S. A. You Can Buy Comfort by the Ton Canadlan Head Offlce. Toronto CUT OUT AND MAIL TODAY MAIN Continental Casualty Company. JUST 910 Mlohlnan Avenue, Chloana, ILL. ORDER &TOW I am employed by the FRISCO SYSTBJI ...... Dlvlslon FRAN KLI N\C-T*Y COAL 3050 Please send me tnformatlon In regard to your health and accldent pollclea such as are carrled by hundreds of my fellow em- HAWTHORN COAL COMPANY ployes In the Unlled SStatee and Canada. ARCADE BUILDING My age la ...... YARDS: Wholesale and Retail St. Louis and St. Louis County The Only Efficient Locomotive Cleaner Telephone, GArfield 5233 E. G. Fike & Company C19 I GENERAL CONTRACTING RUSSELL V. LARKIN Bridge Construction-Rallroad ConstructIan I The D. & M. Cleaning Process ( Manufac- turer PRINTING Rooms 20-22 Nebraska Bullding Railway Exchange Telephone Dlal 3-2459 412-414 N. 3rd St. SAINT LOUIS CHICAGO, ILL. ITULSA, OKLA. Elliot Frog~SWitchMrks Manassa Timber Company ( GALLOWAY COAL COMPANV 1 I MST ST.LOUIS, ILL.ANDPUEBLO.COLO. I PILING I EXCLUSIVE MINERS OF I Other IVorks HILLBURN. N Y. CHICAGO. ILL. OAK-XY PRESS--PINE ' NtAGARAFALLS.NY SUPERIOR,WIS. ELK RIVER AND I LOS ANCELES. CALIFORNIA I Arcade Bldg. St. Louis, Mo. I NIACARA FALLS. CANA~A - I GALLOWAY COAL Switch Stands. Switches. Frogs. Cenerd Office8 Crossings. Guard Rails. Clampa etchrStearn, Electric. Mine and MEMPHIS,TENNESSEE I Industrial Railway Tracks I MINES AT MANGANESE TRACK W~ASPECIALTY RUBBER STAM SEALS and STENCILS GALLOWAY, CARBON HILL and E Trade Checks, Pads. Ink. Etc. I SALES OFFICES AT ALL EIGHT WORKS. I HOLLY GROVE, ALABAMA 1 I -= Fau-Slmlle Autograph Stamps ( Ramapo Ajax Corporation 310 Olive St. St. Louis, Mo. ( (Mines hated on Frisco Ralrud) I EII~IIIIIU~UU~~~~~~~U~~~~I~O~~~IIRIII~IMWIRI~I~~II~~~~R~I MILAR, CLINCH & COMPANY ExcIudve Agents for CAR CEMENT

Steel Tlreu, Steel Tlred Wheels, Steel CONTINENTALWORKS CO. Adem, Steel WprJng., Rolled Steel MANUFACTURERS CHICAGO Ring& Solld Wrought Stel Wheels, Steel Iro%ngr. Steel Cnsher Uolls and- Shells. Eblled Steel Gear Blank., Steel md Iron Malleable Cartlnga Steel Pipe W. L. BRUBAKER & BROS. CO. Ir1aB.g- 50 CHURCH ST. NEW YORK, N. Y. I Factory: MILLERSBURG.- ~ -- . -PA. ~~- Manufacturers of the SPECIAL~TEMPEREDRELIEVED STAYBOLT TAPS wed by 1 Standard Steel Works Co. I the leading Railroads and Boilermakern of the Unlted Statea. Our Staybolt Tap8 wlll tap 20% more holes. Write fw deserlptlve matter of our New Dmlgn SPIRAL FLUTED Main Office: Philadelphia, Pa. STAYBOLT TAPS We also manufacture HIGH SPEED BOILER REAMERS. adaptad Works: Burnham, Pa. espeuially for Boiler and Car Work. I I Other tools we make arm all kinds of Taps. Rwmen. Dim. End Mlllr. Counterborn and High Speed Mud Ring Reamers.

I Bed and Mc Namara I I Painting Co. St. Louis Forgings Co. Union CONTRACTORS FOR PAINTING I LOCOMOTIVE FORGINGS LN ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTB'I AXLES, Asbestos & ~ubberl Main Office: 6078 Earton Avenue I ST. LOUIS. MO. East St. Louis Illinois Company I RO(1UEMORE GRAVEL CO. I 1 Mlllr: Dotkan, Ah.-Prnoatt. Ark. 1 MONTGOMERY, ALA. I Thomas E. Powe Lumber Co. I I The south*^ Largest Producers of I HARDWOOD LUMBDR 310 S. Michigan Ave. 1 AH MAHOGANY POPLAR Sand and Gravel 6UM CYPRESS OAK FIRST NATIONAL BANK BLDG. 1 CHICAGO I All Phones 4928 1 2 to 24 Branch St, ST. LOUIS, MO. I

CENTRAL BOARDING & SUPPLY COMPANY COMMISSARY CONTRACTORS Branoh Offlea F. J. ENOLEMATT, President 31. S. ENGLEYAIi. Vlce-President General Oflicl ST. LOUIS, MO. G. I. FITZGERALD, Vlee-Pres. and Sec'y E. B. SHABKEY, Manager, Ft. Worth, Ter. 125.9 ~)..,d of lr,da n1dr SPRINGFIELD, ~0. CEAS. GRAY. Mnnager, Sprlnzfleld, Mo. NEAL WET, Manager, Dallaa, Texas KANSAS cIn. MO. GUY KRESS, SupL, Sprinfleld, Mo. Q. B. PIEBCX, Bupt., St. huk, Mo. yfiFi;Y&T Page 75

WOLF RIVER SAND CO. A Fuel Company ' ~okeless ROSIN CORPORATION WASHED and SCREENED HUNTINGTON, ARK. LAUREL. MISS. SAND and GRAVEL Msnufaclurm of MINERS AND SHIPPERS OF OflRce: 622 Falls Building Steam Distilled Wwd Turpentine Steam Dlstllled Pine Oil MEMPHIS. TENN. mi-Anthracite C o a l F Grade Wood Rosin CAR LOAD SHIPMENTS A SPECIALTY

TMlor InteraaUoaal Paint Cory. OXY-ACETYLENE Brake Equipment W. R. WELDING & CUTTING & -SuppByCo. MAXWELL 2324 6. CANAL STREET 916 Ollve Street EQUIPMENT SAINT LOUIS, MO. MODERN ENGINEERING CO. CHICAGO MANUFACTURERS OF AIRBRAKE PARTS IIM6 Skel Ca Manhaltan Rubber Mfg. Co. 3411 ~l~d. St. LOU^ REPAIRS TO AIRBRAKE EQUIPMENT8

HENRY ADAMSON COAL & MINING CO. Oxweld Railroad Service Company MINERS and SHIPPERS REPRESENTING: OF COAL LlNDE AIR PRODUCTS CO. THE PREST-0-LITE CO., INC. (Linde Oxygen) (Prest-o-Lite Acetylene) Mlnes Located Four and One-half Miles East of the City of Tulsa OXWELD ACETYLENE 00. UNION CARBIDE SALES 00. WHEN IN THE MARKET FOR COAL Call Phone Cedar 5588 or Osage 9810-F21 (Oxweld Apparatus) (Union Carblde) OR WRITE US TULSA, OKLA. R. R. 1, Box 145 Carbide & Carbon Building Railway Exchange Building NEW YORK CITY CHICAGO, ILLINOIS We Want Your Business

W. 0. SCHOCK CO. I I Wm.Roberison&Co*I FUEL OIL Robertson Cinder Conveyor for I Su~reme Mining Company - Railway Cinder Pits LIBERTY CENTRAL TRUST BUILDING I INCORPORATED SAINT LOUIS Great Northern Building A. R. Long. President 20 W. JACKSON BLVD. CHICAGO I Albrrt Allison, Secretary-Treasurer PRODUCERS OF Steam and Domestic Coal Tii-State Culvert Mfg. Co. Vulcan Rivet Corporation Manufacturers of BIRMINGHAM. ALA. Brown-Marx Building "Tancan Better Iron Culverts" RIVETS - TRACK SPIKES BIRMINGHAM, ALA. 514 Randolph Bldg. Memphis, Tenn. I 1 Works and Office: Dolcito Junotion, Ala. I

W. CARSON ADAMS E. J. ROWE DEVOY & KUHN COAL & COKE CO. BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA

Suite 1225 Central Natlonal Bank Bldg. SEVENTH AND OLIVE STS. FOR EVERY PURPOSE ST. LOUIS, MO. CAPACITY OF MINES AND OVENS 25$ MILLION TONS ANNUALLY I CROWE COAL COMPAN General Office, Dwight Building KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI

Mines Located at Mulberry and Scammon, Kansas, and Henryetta, Oklahol I on the line of the St. Louis-San Francisco Ry. Co.

FT. SMITH ICE AND

The Carbon Coal COLD STORAGE- - CO. COLD STORAGE FOR ALL-PERISHABLE MERCHANDISE Company Storawe Capacity. 125 Can, Daily Ice Maklno Capacity. 125 Tons PITTSBURG, KANS. For Signal Service, Car Wiring, I I INSTANT SERVICE PHONE 6-0114 1 I Bluff City Delivery Co. Service Minee on the Frisco at Ice and Coal Scammon, Kana. General Offlcc, 651 Beak Avenue I MEMPHIS, TENN. I 1 UNION STEEL CASTING COMPANY Tiger Brand Superb 1 i1 PITTSBURGH, PA. ABSOLUTEILY 1 4 ( CARBON and VANADIUM THE FREDC CAST STEEL LOCOMOTIVE FRAMES Linseed Oil Works Co. General Miscellaneous Castings for Locornotlve and Car Work FREDONIA, KANB.

I Byrnes Belting Co. Duner Car Closets Acme Coal and Mining CI MANUFACTURERS Enameled Iron Wet or Dry Closets MINES LOCATED IN HENRYETTA Oak Tanned Leather Belting DUNER CO. FIELDS ON FRISCO Hose Packing I01 S. Clinton St. CHI-- CACO - LlN ES For detailed description see Car Bullders OFFICE-OKMULGEE, OKLA. I SAINT LOUIS Cyclopedia 1922 Editlon BARNSDALL Be Square Petroleum Products Modern Refineries BARNSDALL, OKLAHOMA WICHITA, KANSAS 3 OKMULGEE, OKLAHOMA 3 OUR OWN CRUDE OUR OWN REFINERIES OUR OWN PIPE LINES OUR OWN TANK CARS I DEPENDABLE SOURCE OF SUPPLY ES, Inc.

General Sales Otffeu Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill, He times the "American" with a Hamilton

AST summer a special ascnt L of the Pennsylvania lines was out "shooting scenery" bc- twcn Tcrre Haute and St. Louis. Alnong the picturcs sccureil was one of Engineer I. B. Flenner, nho handles the throttle of the "American" on theTerre Haute- Sc. Louis run. 'hat kind cf a watch do you c;my?" asked the agent. A nc I Mr. Flenner instantly re- plied, "A Hamilton-I own two , of 'em I.

Mo!rt of the engineers and conduictors on America's fast trains will answcr "Hdm~lton" to the question, ''\\?lint kind of You will bc irltcre: a witch do you carry'" These larly in the 992, Illen C.e~1i.x that in the Hnmil- jewcl model that i ton is found that much-c!esired to all necessary posi~ combnation of accuracy and H;l~~~il:onsare buil depenclability that should be a men who have spc~ part o f evenr railroad watch. building rai1ro;ld accuracy- fittd in And1 Hamilton's enviable rep- are designed especi;~ ucatio 11 in the railroad field h~s stnnd the rigors o becn 1wilt upon perlormance servicc. inrolv ing these two imporrant roin ts . No martcr huw high 'The ncw H~mllto~ the pl henomenal accuracy of a for 1927 ih now avi Hamil ton may be rcgarded there tribution and your c is alsc the afterthought -- "and they a re so dependable."

Ask your jeweler to show you mail adclrcssed to you within Nmice chespecinl pendant- construcrion \virh the connecting bar owr the low ser winding the H arnilton railroad models. twenty-four hours. crown.

" - he Railroad Timekeeper of America" HALMILTON WATCH COMPANY LANCASTER, PENNA., U. S A. DINING CAR SERVICE ALL 'MEWAY :: FKEU HAKVEY MEALS UN -1HE FKISCU