Kansas City, Ma. Trcnton, N. J. South Bend, Ind. Minneapolis, Minn. San Francisco, Cal. The Stamp of Character --Means Cross Ties Plus- Plus - That security which has its foundation upon the ownership in fee of thousands of acres of standing timber- Plus -- A stock of cross ties always on hand, assembled with foresight and held in preparedness for those who depend upon us- Plus - The ownership and absolute control of treating plants where value is added to the natural product, not only through the mechan-

ical and chemical processes involved, Lu t also through- the experience, care and business integrity that are an integral psrt of the seller's obligation- 4 Plus - A warranty that the product bearing this brand is delivered in accordance with the terms and spirit of our promises and that this warranty survives acceptance by the purchaser-and last, but greatest of all- Plus - The pride and ambition of all the men who stand back of this brand eager to carry on the good name of a business founded over forty years ago and to make this brand truly a present-day symbol of their very best efforts. T. J. Moss TIE CO. SAINT LOUIS Orfober, 1925

11 THE FRISCO EMPLOYES' MAGAZINE II 827 FRISCO BUILDING .. ST. LOUIS WM. L. HUGGINS. Jr.. Editor II MARTHA C. MOORE. Associafe Editor WM. McMILLAN. Adoerfising Manaqcr

OCTOBER. 1925 No. I

Permission is given to reprint, with credit, in part or in full, any article appearing in the Magazine

Contents of This Issue PAGES New "Clcrks' C;ror~p" !~isurancePlan ;\~~iiouncc(lI)y Prrsitle~~tKuni ...... -1 "'J'hc Si1nnylant1"-A Sew Train to Floritla ...... 5 Twe~itySew 1.ocomotivcs 1)elivcrerl to Frisco in Srptcmbcr...... 6- 7 Circatest Intli~strialI

THE FRISCO EMPLOYES' MAGAZINE The Frisco ICmployrs' RIa~azinc~is tr monthly ~uhliciltiondevoted ~)l'inl;lrily to tile interests of the more than 30,000 active and retired employes of the Fr'isco Lines. It contains stories, items of current news, personal nolex about employes and the~rfamilics. xrticles dealing will1 various i11i;tsrs of railroad work, poems, cartoons and notices regarding tllr SPY~~CP.Good CleL\I. 11i1oto~,'l'npllssuitnhle for repro- duction are esl)c.cially dcsired. and will bc rcturncd only when requastecl. i\ll cartoons and ,lrawings must be in black India drnwinc ink. Employes are invited to writ<. nrticlr*~for tllc nlnC'~zir1c. (3ontril~ulions sllnuld he t,ypc\orittcn. on one side of the sheet nnly. and shoulrl he addressed to the Editor. Frisco Building. St. I,ou~s. 310. Distributed free among Frisco emplosres. To other's. price I5 crntn rr copy: subscription rate S1.50 a year. :\dvertisinc ralcw will br rnnrle known ulmn .i~)r,lication. New " Clerks' Croup" Insurance Plan Announced September Eighth by President Kurn

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Offers $1 000 and $2000 Policies to Clerks, Office and Station Employes -Rate Fifty-f iue Cents Per $1 000

news Lor :dl clerl\-s :ind other office and are entitletl to enroll after the com1)lction of 00 clays' employes on the Prisco Lincs. is con- service, and thereafter must avail themselves of the in the anno~ulcen~entof extcucled group privilege within thirty tlays. If this is not done the ~wwInsLIr;mce to be known as the "Clerks' Croup", Insuraucc Coml)an!. Ilia): require evitlence of in- iss~~etlfrom the office of I'rcsident J. 11. Kurn on surability. September 8. 'l'he plan will inclutle the following benefits : Class 'I'he announcement concerns itself wit11 thc extension ;2--171nplo!.cs earning $4.00 per day or less, entitletl of the Frisco groul) insurance. carrietl with the Metro- to $1,000 life insurance, \\rith $51.04 total ant1 1)errna- politan Life Insurance Company, by which employesl nent t1isal)ility benefits [or t\venty months. Class U- under the extension plan heading, may receive $1,000 l.hployes earning more than s.00 per day, entitletl to of life insurance for fifty-fivc cents a month, \\ritll the $2,000 life insurance, with S.52.30 totaI antl pernlanetit 1:risco assuming the balance of the cost. disability for 40 months. Rmployes eligible to participate in the plan are: t,I he life inmrance is payable in the event of natural clerlis, office boys, messengers, chore boys, station or accidental death, and payment of claim will he made hclpers, train announcers, gatclnen, checliers, baggage I)y the insurance company to the beneficiary named 1)). and parcel room emplo).es, train and engine crew call- the inb~~retl,im~netliatcly ul)on receipt of proof of tleath. ers, operators of certain office or station equipment Disability R~~tefitsGenerous devices, telc1)hone switcI11)oarcl operators, elevator o~)cr:~tor&ticliet and \\laybill assorters, machine ol)cr;l- 'I'he tlisability benefits are payable if and when an tors, employes operating appliances for 1)erforating ins~~retlbecomes totally and permanently clisablecl clue ant1 atltlressing envelopes, numbering claims or other to sic1;ness or accident froni any cause. any\vhcre con- 1);~1wrs,or adjusting dictaphone cylinders ; office, station tractetl, while his (or her) insurance is in force and ;und \\w-eho~lse\\xtchmen antl janitors, station, 1)lat- prior to the age of 60 years. form, \vareho~~se.transfer, (lock, storeroom, stockroom. ) I Ihe termination of service terminates the insurance, and team track freight or material handlers or truckers, antl others similarly eniployerl : sealers, scalers, fruit Imt the insured has the right to ol)tain from the in- antl perishable inspectors, sto\vers, stevedores, callers, surance com1)any Ivithin thirty-one tlays, \vithout medi- Inatlers. locators, coopers antl otllers si~nilarly ern- cal examination, an equal amount of int1ivitlu:~l lifc ployetl; and laborers employetl in and around stations, insurance at rntcs applicable to your age. offices, storehouses ant1 \\rarehouses and stocliyarcl la- Another splendid feat~lrcof the service is that of borers. a free visiting nursc. in the employ of the insurance , , 1 his insurance. as extended. does not apply to cm- comlxmy, \vl~o\\rill call at your home rluring si~li~~ess~ ployes no\\- covered by other Frisco group insurance assist in carrying out the physician's instructions, ad- plans, r're5itlent K~~rn'sstatement reatls. It does cover vise those in your home regarding proper care, and do cmplo~-es\\.ithi11 the above classification, \vho complete dl ~)ossiI)leto hring you 1)ncl.r to good health. 'l'lle the regular application card and wl1o are actively en- nursc will call at your request providing j.0~1 are in- gaged at \\-ork on the effective date of the entire plan. sured under this plan and live where the nursing serv- No Medical Exc~mirta~ion ice is available. Contrary to almost every other form of life insur- A free service which the ;\Ietropolitan \\rill also fol- ance, no medical examination is requirccl and employes low is that of rlistributint.- to -you, from time to time. booklcts containing 1)ractical instructions on health, In the lifetime of the employe, he or she could not disease prevention and hygiene. 1)ay to the insurance company at the rate of .55 cents a ~nonth,an amount eq~~alto the payment due the belle- S~verzty-fivePcr Cent Nec~ssnry ficiary at the tleath of the insured. In the meantime, "It is necessar). that 75 per cent of the gso~~ptake should an insured person become totally and pcrma- atlvantage of this op1)ortunity in order to make the ~)lan nently disabled, he or she receives $.51.04 per month effective and successful," I-'resitlent Kurn's announce- for twenty ~nonths-$1.020.80 in payment for a $1,000 ment continues. "You are offered this coml)lete plan olic 'I'he ins~irancecoml)any, you see, pays you of ~)rotectionfor yourselves antl your families at no~ni- interest for the use of your .i.i cents a nionth. Prompt- nal cost. l'he 1)rogram is made ~)ossil)lethrough the ness in payment is s~il-e,as is intlicatetl in the most re- co-operation of the Frisco Iiail~va!. Co~npany,which cent tleath claim, that of Mr. C. H. Claiborne, a Inan ~vill1)ay the balance of the net cost. Because of this Imown and loved 1)). us all. Jlrs. Clail)orne received on contril)ution 1)). the railwaj- company, the cost to you is Se1)temI)er 17, the face value of her husband's policy- much less than similar coverage coultl be obtainetl in- just five clays following the (late of his death. tlivid~iallyin the ol)en marlxt and, in addition, no ~netli- "I,et me also caution you," Mr. Ball continued, "not cal examination is recluirctl. I21w-y eligible employe to he led astray insofar as the most excellent group shoultl take advantage of this offer in the interest of life insurance privileges tendered Ily the management himself (or herscl f ) and family." are concerned. If yo11 will consider carefullj. the ar- gu~nentsadvanced in olq)osition to group life insurance 11's a Firw Policy, Snys G. L. Ball on the basis offered to employes 1)y the railroads. yo11 In conlmenting on the new 1)lan. (;. I,. Ball, sul~erin- will find the orators or writers presenting such argu- tcndent of insurance said : ments are not themselves eligible to the plan, or have "It is the fairest 1)olicy I know. Assume that an an 'axe to grintl' in the shape of their own insurance eml'loye co~~ltltake this ins~~ranceat the (late of birth. ~)l:lll."

"The SunnylandM-A New Frisco Train to Florida October 5 S '1'1-11< lifth (lay of Octoher, just outside the ,Ille I new train will run over the Frisco Lines to train slietls of the I

Fitre Mountain and Fifteen Mikado Type Engines Haoe Many New Imp rooements- Under Construction Since A p ril 1

IKXL tlelivery the first of Sel)teml)er of tho fourteen of the JIiliatlo engine\ and for two of the r--.W Zd 1 twenty new ioconlotives ordered iron1 t!le 1Iounta1n engine:, had I)cen ~ilachinetl. f\l)o~~tninety 2--1 Raltlwin Locomotive \\Turks of Philaclelphia. per cent of thc various 1natc.ri;tls going into the con- wWw Pennsy1\~ani:~,by thc. Frisco Lines, tern~inatctl 5truction of the hoilers h;d 1)ecn received ant1 the \wrk the contract with that company, which has kept it !)LIS~ of I:LJ ing out the sheets from the design was begun. sincc the first of JIarch, 102.5, with the construction of On May fifteenth all of the frames had heen ma- these locomotives. chined antl work started on the various machinery Altho~rghthe five Nountain and fifteen JIiliatlo type part, antl the tctiders. The part:, furnished by the engines are of the same size a n d .r turers, such as general construc- syphons. boosters, tion as the en- reverse gears and gines tlcliveretl to - .,si feed water equip- 4 1 lr 11s in 1023, there s~.. - , -iL-A.-.- - nlent mere being are a nunl1)er of sent in from vari- clia~igeswhich re- I ous directions. quired the prepa- I In the latter I-ation of a pmcti- part of 11 :I y, cally new set of many of these drawings and this nl a c 11 i n e parts, enginecring work The M~kadotype freight engine, shown above, is one of the fifteen of its kind delivered 11 hich \\'ere 1)I-e- has spread over to the Frisco last month. It embodies the latest locomotwe improvement, and was constructed by the Baldwin Locomotive Works at its Eddystone plant. 1 a t t h e many n~onths. 1'11 i 1 a tl e 1 1, h i :L \\.bile thc engineering c1el)artment at Philadelphia shol)s. were sent out to the I~tlclystoneplant anti erec- was 1~1s);preparing orders for materials and reqt~isi- tion of frames antl cylinclers hegun. tions for specialties, the specialty manufacturers su!~ 011June twelfth, five sets of the Mikado frames had mitted tlesigns of such parts as superheaters, thernlic I)een erected antl in the latter part of June the first syphons, reverse gears, exhaust steam injectors and boosters, all of which had to he incorporated in the 1Iikado boiler was n~o~~ntetlon frames and erection various drawings so that final asseml)ly at the JCtltly- of the first liountain type engine hegun. stone erccting plant ~voultlproceetl smoothly and fur- ,lhesc , engines differ very little from the ones pur- nish the completed nlachine conforniing to the agreed chased in 1023. The five new 1,lotuntain type passenger specification. engines will burn oil, while the fifteen 1Iikatlo type will Consitlerable elfort has been made in carefully in- I~urncoal. specting and testing niaterials ~~seclin boiler, frames r, antl forgings of these engines so that we may espect 1 hey will also be used in through passenger service, a long life antl safe and tlepenclal>le service. covering distances of some 542 miles without change of engines. 'l'heir hauling capacity, measured in terms Began Early in April of pounds of pull behind the tender, is .i4,100 Ibs., which Actual work at the Ealclwin shops began the first is maintained on the steep grades, with a train of sonie part of :\pril, at \vhich time al~outhalf of the loco- motive frames had been cleliverecl from I3urnhan1, l'a., twelve heavy steel cars, without a helper. Under and the work of machining the various steel ant1 iron masimum \\.orking conditions a horse power of 2,800 castings \vas begun. On ;\lay first, the frames for is developed. Specifiratior~sof ililour~tainType antl the No~mtaintype : , , I he Mountain type 1)assenges engines, S~~ml)ers Cylintlcrs, tliameter and stroke...... 27x32 in. 1.7 1.5 to 15 10, inclusive, arc of [he following tlimen- Valves. kind and size...... l'iston diameter 14 in. sions : \\'I:I~: rrvi J s \\;o~

The two pictures above show Aerop!ane view of the Baldwin interesting stages in the construc- Locomotive Works (at left). Eddy- tion of the new locomotives. The stone Plant on the Delaware River. picture at the left shows the gigan- faurteen miles below Philadelphia. tic steel frame in place to receive where the Frisco's new engines the boiler and super-structure, and were built. The water front has the right-hand picture is of the a dredged channel to accommodate frame with boiler in place. the largest vessels and crane facil- ities for loading complete locomo- tives from the tracks to ships.

I?OILI.:R- Steam I)re\sure, 100 po~llld\. base, 43 it. 4 in. Fuel, kind (soft coal) , I 1 otal en=ine antl ten- I~iti~minouscoal. der wheel haw, 70 Inside tlianieter, larg- Ft. 7 in. est ring. 7 i e e t. 10 5/16 in. Steam pressure ...... 20 Ihs. 'L'uhcs, 2 10-2- 1-4. 10 Feet long. J:uel, Iiintl ...... el oil 4.7 flues, 5% iii. diameter, 10 ieet long. Inside tliameler, largest ring...... 7 Ft. 10 5/16 in. 4.5 sul)crlicater units. , , 'I'ulws, 210-2-1-4, 21 feet long 1l:sLllOctober 1 - 1 0

International Petroleum Exposition Will Attract 300,000 Visitors- Frisco Serves Exposition Grounds Exclusi~el~

-lE grcatcst industrial eshil)it c\w staged I)y dating the vast asray of eshil)its. a single intlustry in the history of modern l'his great oil show kcelps the producers, refiners ant1 I)i~siness,"is a fitting description to give to the the oil \vorld in gener:il in touch \\.it11 the latest tools third annual International I'etroleum FOctober 8 has been designated as' Petroleum Safety construction. hundreds of feet of' arcades and olwn Day. Special first aid teams from vario~~srefineries eshi1)it spaces antl five acres of open space for the and plants in all ])arts of the country have entered antl carnival midway antl 1)nrk space is utilized in acconimo- New Passenger Station of Mission Style Under Construction at Springfield, Mo.

Old Building Which Has Served for Fo.rty-three Years to Be Completely Remorlcled- Work Now Under Way

~--OI( fl,rtr-tllree years, the Frisco passenger 'rlw floor elevation will be raised above its present st;it Springfield, 110.. h:is served ;i lcrel and a long 11orr.h will cover the entrance to the 2--2, 2 ral)i(Ily increasinn traveling p~~blic.Ii11i1t in station. www 1882. the commodious station has felt the -4 grat~edparli will be laid out at the east end of ravages of time, and is now to be replacetl. the b~~ilclingfor loading and ~mloatling of taxicab A modern passenger station is being constr~~ctetlin psse~igers,and the taxicab dispatching offices will be place of the Ipresent building, and its beautiiul rnissic-)n located at that end. style of architecture will make it a distinct assct to Another imlmvemcnt 01-er the present station ar- Springfield. Accortling to 1)lans antl specifications in the offk< I-mgcment ~villI)c the entrance to the dining room and of R. C. Stephens, architect, the mission style struc- I~mchroom, which can be made ture will have three wings, the center 1)ortion ti\.,) stories in height. The eas! - - -

NEW FRISCO STATION UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT SPRINGFIELD. MO. end will be devoted esclusively to Fred Harvey for mail and express building is now being con- (lining rooms antl lunch counter, and refrigeration structed so that this portion of the new plant can be plant, antl the western wing will be set asitle for bag- utilized during the remodeling of the present passenger gage. The second floor will be occupied by the Harvey station. As soon as the express building is completetl, manager, and accommodations will also be ~nacle for the work will be started on the passenger station. 'The the Harvey employes. Fred Harvey quarters in the eastern end of the build- commodious main waiting room will occupy the ing will then be completed and that portion now occu- first floor of the main building, with ladies' rest room, pird by the I-larvey 1)eople will be torn down to make ticket office, telegraph office and telephone booths. room for the baggage building. The central portion The building will have large space to care for waiting \\-ill be started immediately following the completion passengers, antl adequate facilities will Ije provided for of the baggage 1)uiltling. checliing g-rips through \vintlo\vs direct from the \\.sit- "\\:e have arrangetl the procedure of our construc- ing room. The building will be lighted with Frixo tion so that it will tlisconlmode the public as little as stantlard electric fixtures. pnssil)le," :lrchitect Stephcns said.

President Coolidge Receives 136 Pound Watermelon From Ozark-Frisco City ~-~HIIFrisco Rail\\ ay nlay run mo\tly through is believed to be the largest meloii ever raised in , t Ilemocratic territory, but a Repul~licanpre4- .\rLansas. I he incident was recortletl in the yes\ zTz tlcnt of the United States was remintlecl of throughout the Unitetl States, antl Gibson received kzJthil railway on September 5, when he a letter from President Coolidge's secretary, tl~ank- received a "wonder watermelon" weiyhing 136 pound5 ing him for the melon :md sentling his congratu- and grown at H- "";'j~~,~ka~~sas,on Frisco lines. The lation\. The melon was grown on the Hugh 1,aseter melon wa\ sen: (10 the CooIicIge I)y Carter Gihion. farm at Hope. Edgar 1,aseter. a brother. recently oi the John >t, as they ~g Company at Hole, antl 41ippetl a 123 po~uul~nelon to Henry 1:ortl. Forty Miles of Frisco Track Now Equipped With 'I Automatic Train Control

Territory From Nichols to Monctt, Mo. Completed Recently for I. C. C. Inspection Tour - Controls Worked Perfectly

By L. E. OWEN. Office Engineer. Signal Department 4 -- ORK toward a nation-wide one passcuger engine division he- consisting cf a duplex control valve. attitude of "Safety First" is tween Springfield, Ma., and Sapulpa. train stol) valve, automatic brake 25v2 heing done by mauy organiza- Oltla.. a distance of 198 miles, which valve aud the necessary piping and tions other than railways ill consists of 173 miles of single track couplings for their application to the ZNN2 general and the Frisco in par- and twenty-five miles of double track. engine. ticular, in these hectic days of cross- A committee was appointed to in- Incorporated within this first in- ing accidents, but one of the most vestigate all makes of these devices stallatiou are three speed con lrol lo- important of the Frisco's recent ac- and decide the type best suited to cations so arranged or ilesignr?d that tions in furthering its campaign of Frisco needs. Ten different devices when a train passes a caution signal

At tho left in the above picture, in white circle, is the double heading and release cock, under the engine. The circular insert sh3ws the track magnet with cover and one side removed, and the picture at ih: right shows the position of the control valve unit under the tender Safety First is the installation of auto- were weighed in the halance and the above the prescribed speed of twenty- I matic train control on 35\75 miles of device manufactured by the National five miles an hour, an automatic brake single track and 4.25 miles of double Safety Appliance Company was finally application will be given. All other track. as the first step ill a system- adopted, due to its sin~plicity,effec- locatious were stop locations only. wide installation of similar structure. tiveness and cheapness of installation On April 16, 1923, the first train The: territory now so controlled is and maintenance cost. equipped with train control device between Nichols and Nonett, 310. ~assedover this territory and con- On June 13, 1922, the lnterstate Test Installation Made sisted of engine 10:30 one cahoose and ;.: Commerce Commission issued an or- A test installation was made be- b~~sinesscar 900. Several tests were der requiring forty-nine Class Oue tween Nichols, ~Io.,and Brookline, made mith this train alld everything railroads in the United States to in- Mo., taking in the Rrooklille passing operated as illtended. stall automatic train stop or train track, a distance of approximately control device on one passenger divi- five miles. This installation mas start- Extended to Monett, Mo. siou. The Frisco Liues came under cd February 19, 1923, and completed Since the completion of the first this order. April 16, 1923, the work heing done by five miles, we have extended train con- 011 January 14, 1924, the Commis- - Frisco signal department forces 1111- trol to 310nett. Mo. This mas accom- sion issued another order which re- der the supervision of a construction plished by installing from five to eight quired forty-five additional railroads engineer furnished hy the Frisco. miles at a time over a period of two to install train control on one full pas- The wayside equipment of this in- years. This makes a total of 3.1.75 senger locomotive division. All the stallation consisted of twelve track miles of single track and 4.25 miles of " roads with the exception of two named magnets, together mith the necessary double track now equipped. There are in the first order mere repeated in the relays, wire and batteries for their also thirty-one equipped engines, run- second, making a total of ninety-two operation and was superimposed upon ning over this territory. The \\rayside roads now under the order. the present existing automatic block equipment ountry I-~fsixty-nine track Under the first order the Frisco was signals. Three engiues were equipped magnets. .\,ires. There are required to install train control on under this contract, the equipment (.v~~~-~!/('63. plr":- 39. p1e0.r~) Engineer Scudder Drove Frisco Trains to Tulsa When Hogs Wallowed Through Muddy Streets

"Oldest Engineers" I. W. Scudder and W. F. Boone, Recall Early Days of Oklahoma's Oil Capital in Interoiew With Tulsa Tribune Reporter

By WILLIAM N. RANDOLPH of the Tulsa Tribune -- .\J THE cab of a locomotive Sidewalks of Bsards hone has never worked elsewhere ' ' pulling a passenger train yhen;. continued ~~,~,jd~~,tile since he took his first locomotive out Z 2 daily between Tulsa and Enid, si,jervalts \rere rough boards in of Tulsa in 1902. on the Frisco, there sits a cases. Some stood several feet Boone lives in Tulsa, while Scudder ZNN2 giant of a man with Piercing high and some were down 011 the lives in Enid. eye and grizzled hair who has heen ground. 411 the little buildings had Despite his apparently hazardous 37 years at the throttle alld has never little wooden porches and it looked occupation. Scudder seems to have been in a railroad accident worth like corn fields and peach orchards just about missed all the thrills of mentioning. would eventually choke out what little life. While many trains were held up His name is I. W. Scudder. When town there was. by bandits three decades ago, his in Tulsa he lives at 25 N. Elwood "Back in those days one section of never was. It has always been just 4venue. He piloted traius into Tulsa the present Brady Hotel, the Alcorn, out one day and back the next with before any engineer now running into which is now the Newport, and pos- him, the feel of his engine running or through this city in the service of sibly one or two other buildings of smoothly as it ate up the miles, car- the Frisco saw the place. like size mere the skyscrapers here. rying him his most pleasing sensa- "Is not there a feeling lurking The cowboys used to complain about tion and the return to his home and within you that sooner or later a their being so high. They had to loved ones in Enid affording his great- wreck will get vou," Scudder est joy. was asked. Looking at the man in over- "so,= the veteran engineer Comment in the Frisco Employes' Magazine rrom alls as he sits in the cab, his answered in his crisp, decisive time to time concerning the splendid work done by hand 011 the throttle and his way. "The engine cab is my eye on the rail, it is difficult to real home, I have locomotive engineers, inspired William N. Randolph, think of him as having any in- been most of my life, it's there feature writer for the Tulsa Tribune, to set out one terest allart from that work. I would rather be, and it's there Locomotive engineers, never- that I feel safest." day recently on a search for the "oldest engineer" theless, are as lnuch a part of Fears the City Streets running out of Tulsa, over the Frisco Lines. Mr. the world in which they move "But, say," he confided, lean- as lawyers, merchants and Randolph found two of them, I. W. Scudder and W. ing earuestly forward and clerks. Scudder takes a keen speaking with emphasis, "it F. Boone. In true, breezy, newspaper style, Mr. Ran- interest in political and eco- sure is dangerous on foot here dolph wrote his story. It appeared in the Sunday 110n1ic questions of national im- in Tnlsa with the automobiles port and is much better in- speeding all arouud and the air- edition of the Tribune on August 2.3. We take pleas- formed along those lines than planes dart g overhead. in ,,-printing it here.-W. L. H., Jr. many politicians. never feel inst exactly safe in Scudder comes up from Enid Tulsa unless Ifin in my engine one day and goes, back the cab." stretch their necks too much to shoot nest. Boone goes down one day and "It was different back in the old out the panes ill the upper windows, back the next. They have been doing days," reminisced Scudder looking they said." that for years and will keep on doing dreamily out of the window and ap- Scudder is 62 years of age, but it for years. Their trains leave Enid parently visioning Tulsa as he saw Ioolts 16 years younger. Sizing up his at C:46 a. m., arrive in Tulsa at 10 it on that morning in 1901, when he massive, efficient frame and uoting a. ni.. leave Tulsa at 4 a. m. the next came here to take charge of one of his confident poise, no passenger day aud get back to Enid at 12:15 the Frisco's engines on the newly cou!d feel other than safe with him p, m. They can refer to their time- completed "Hiline", as the Frisco at the throttIe. He began railroading tables and tell you just where they division between Tulsa and Avard is when a lad of 20 and has been an en- will be 10 or 15 years hence, providing Itnown to railroad men. gineer since 1585. their trains are on time and they are "Yes, it was considerably differ- While the "oldest engineer" went still in the cab. ent," he repeated. "In those days on the Enid-Tulsa run 24 years ago, However, it is probable neither Tulsa was just a huddle of little he has not been on that assignment engineer will be on the job 10 years buildings straggling up the hi11 from continuously since. For seven years hence as both mill be eligible for pen- the Frisco tracks and fading away al- he pulled a train from Enid to Beau- sions at 70, barring accidents. together before it got to the top, mont. Kans. but returned to his old where Third Street is such a bustling assignment about 10 years ago, and thoroughfare now. says he mill finish his railroading there, so far as he knows now. "To be plain about it, the place you Well, Well! fellows like to call the 'Oil Capital' Longer Continuous Service was not much more than a mud hole Although he began running into Customer (to haberdasher) : "I'd then. At least, the busy part of Nain Tulsa a year after Scudder, the en- like a suit of underwear." gineer who runs opposite him has Street, Prom the Fv.;--o to Second, mas Haberdasher: "Union?" usually deep en thal soft mud to seeu more years of service with Tulsa Customer: "Sure. Ty~ographical accommodate a 'lo. the ' drove of as one end of his terminal. He is hogs and it oft6 as they tn' W. F. Boone, 464 S. Yorktown Avenue. No. 1. Do I hafter show me card?" October, 193

The Harley Family-A Story With a Moral

---HERE is a moral in this story. right sort of work in the right sort of But it isn't one of those time- \vay to the Frisco, one of the finest 2?7T2 £ and -shop - worn things that railroads in the greatest industry of CIJac+s you'll find in true life stories the world." or any of the affiliated "sob- J. A. Harley, Sr., 73 years old, is the sister" stuff. "father" of this story, a resident of It is the story of a railroad man's Enid, Oklahoma. He is a veteran of

JAMES BYRON HARLEY

"1 have nothing but kind words for railroads in general and the Frisco in particular," the father says. "411d with the help of my wife, I raised three sons who are now Frisco rail- road men, following literally in my CHARLES A. HARLEY footsteps. They are as surely died- J. ART HARLEY love of the railroad game and a love in-the-wool as I am, as faithfully and Frisco service, and on the pension that he imparted, with the help of a loyally a part of the Frisco as I was, rolls of this company. He entered loyal and faithful wife, to three sons and am yet for that matter, and I the railroad service forty-seven years now grown to manhood. know they mill keep on delixering the ago, rose to be an engineer and re- It is a direct tired on pension refutation of the without havlna careless s t a t e- an-accident. is ments so me- is a record to m a k e men times m a d e proud. that no r a i 1- Early in life roader wants his Mr. Harley son to follow in married, and to h i s footsteps, Mrs. Harley he that it is a dog's extends a large life of continu- p a r t of the ous "on call" and credit for rais- continuous haz- ing a family of ards with long hisky railroad hours and hard ers, Charles work. Harley. Arthur According t 0 Harley and the "Pather" in James Harley. this story, t h e "The boys are life of a railroad a chip off the man "on the old block." says line". is one of Harley. Sr.. "and constant fa s c i- when I say that, nation, of el- I mean they've citement a n d a great part of pleasure, of loy- t h e i r mother's alty and faith- goodness in fulness, and of them. She has sure and certain DAD (JAMES A.) HARLEY MRS. JOHANNAH B. HARL~~P6.;. p, (NOW t1m to just rewards. Pngc 31. plcasc) October, 192.5 Page 13

In Getting Business for the Frisco, Employes Help Themselves, Conductor Gibson Finds

Veteran of River Division, L. A. Gibson, Wins Better Service With Common Sense Suggestions-Contest Changes Next Month

-- A. GIBSOS, veteran conductor ice. it is all as plain as night and day. to.. the extra engines-the more car ' on the River Division and a "Everyone, of course, on the railroad men to keep the cars in shape to 2 %, 2 resideut of chaffee, hro., was should boost it-but I believe the handle the extra shipments-and so announced, OII September 21, boosting of the employes is more ralu- on dow~~the line it goes to each and ZNN2as the September winner ol able than that of the officials. 1 be- every employe on the line and to their the Frisco Better Service Contest. lieve that, because a prospective shi~l- wives and children. Conductor Gibson has thoroughly 1)er expects to have an official tell him "I say to you, let's make it our thounht out the matter of "give and of the merits of the Frisco, he does business to help get business for our take". He realizes that what is good not expect an employe to tell him of railroad and ourselves, rememberins for the Frisco is good for him, and the fine railroad he works for. IVhen the while that when we help the good for all Frisco conduc- Frisco, we help ourselves tors-and bralremen. engi- the most. neers and other employes. This is the last month of the Frisco Better Service "Self-preservation is one Contest under its present form and only one more chance His letter is a straight- of tlie first laws of nature, for\\-ard, plain-spoken treat- remains for the "suggestion" method to win the coveted and this is simply preser- ise on a subject that we gold button or gold pin. The prize award committee, com- vation. Remember, that if all lrnow, yet, perhaps neg- posed of S. S. Butler, freight traffic manager; J. N. Cor- the bus and truck take the lect to d\vell upon. natzar, passenger traffic manager; and Henry F. Sanborn, business away from the "In reading over the Sep- assistant to Vice-president Koontz, are working out an- railroad-where will yo11 tember issue of the Frisco other-and more definite plan-under which the contest go for work'? What will Nagazine and especially the will be conducted in the future. Enthusiasm in the cam- you do to support yoursell? paign as it has been conducted so far has been excellent. articles on better service "I feel that each and and the article outlining the It has been fully demonstrated that the employes of this railroad are intensely and loyally interested in ''better r7.ery one on the Frisco ~lanfor getting busiuess, should join in with Nr. Ful- suggested by 3Ir. hI. T. Ful- service" and also in "more business". The letters and suggestions which have poured in to Mr. Sanborn have llngton and protect our jobs linqton, I received an idea as he has outlined." that should be in the mind been filled with valuable suggestions and earnest effort. Honorable mention for of every man aud woman Now the committee wants to concentrate this enthusiasm. connected with this great That will be the key-note of the new plan. Not only will t'le August contestants for railroad of ours," JIr. Gib- the "better service" feature be stressed-"More business" the prizes was awarded to c. 0. Beale, agent at Re- son writes. will be an additional goal. The new plan will be an- public. JIo., and E. H. Har- "Advertising is the best nounced next month. Meanwhile another button and an- other pin awaits the contest winners for the coming ' ev, agent at West Fork, manner to get before the .\rlransas. public, and the best way month. Send your suggestions to Henry F. Sanborn, assis- to advertise is to be talked tant to the Vice-president, Frisco Building, St. Louis, None of the Frisco lady about. We have a large Mo., on or before October 15. That is the "dead-line". c~mployes entered the con- number of people connected Let's go!-W. L. H., Jr. tcxst this month. with the Frisco who should be tauqht to talk about the line they a sention man. an agent, a brakeman SOME UNIQUE ADVERTISING \vorlt for. They should do this if for or an enyineer or a conductor tells no other reason than the benefits that the prospective shipper what real they, then~selves.may derive. .;en ice the railroad he works tor is Secretary of Sunday School at "1 wish I could make each employe .;iviny, believe me, that shipper be- Memphis Lauds Frisco fully i~nderstand that the better off lieves him. the F~iscois the better off we will be. "IVe sliould all take this as a per- Letter to Class Members Inspired by We 1<1io\v that over fifty per cent of sonal n3atter and hell) ourselves by W. D. Welch, Frisco Platform all the money that the Frisco takes in simply helping the company that gives Roe.; to the employes, and we know us the means of earning our bread Foreman that the more the Frisco takes in. the and butter and in most cases a good more we will get. bit i~ore-and remember that every USIQUE bit of advertising for "From a selfish, and yet a purely hit we do to help the company w~ll '--' the Frisco was sent out by human \iewpoint, we know that it is -urely come back to us ill constantly Z 1 the S e c o n d Presbyterian to our own interest to get out and improved norking conditions and bet Church of Memphis, Tenn., get a11 the business we can and in ter ai~dbetter wages. 'wGJ recent1 y. that manner help ourselves. It is ob- "Thp more business we have, the 137. D. Welch, the wide-awake plat- vious that the best way to get this i:lol.e trains we will run-the more form foreman at Memphis, Tenn., is business is by talking and giving section men ue will need to keep the a member of the Business Men's service. IVe should talk it and give traclt in shape for the extra trains Bible Class ol that church. Dave it twenty-four hours a day. It should that t11~increased business necessi- Robson. secretary of the class, and a I)e just a little better, always, than the tates-the more clerks we will need keen busi~iessman. conceived the idea other fellow's-and I)y keeping on and to handle the extra business-the nf writing the class weeltly letters on on the public will talk about us. When more operators we will need to handle the letter head of some business firin. the public realizes that our service is the offering and assist in getting tho of which some member of the class the best, as we do the dollars will trains over the road-the more round was a part. multiply rapidly as they take our serv- house employes we will need to care (.Yo?<,turn to P(I

0. T. GOSS

hut ~aitlno nttent~on. I then heard two or three sharl) I~lasts,and roused myself to find one of your switch en- gines coming at me not more than twenty fret away. 1 immediately a!)- I lied my brakes. hut only succeeded in sliding my truck on the trnclt di- rectly in front of the engine. "l'ireman 111. 11'. Epperson (I \%as coming up on the engine's left) saw the situation, signaled Engineer Roy Givens, and he. having his engine un- der control, stopped quicker than I imagined possil)le, antl I ltept on 'slid- inq' across to safety. "The fact that these two men were wide awake and Itnew their stuff cer- tainly saved my life, and I am mighty thankful to them antl to the Frisco Railwav. It was due to prompt action on the part of Engineer Roy Givens. (left). and Fireman W. W. Yours very truly, Epperson. that 0. T. Goss. Arkansas City agent for the C ties Service 011 Company. is still 0. T. GOSS. Agent, "doing business at the old sland". Allhough tho engine was traveling at considerable speed only twenty feet from Goss' stalled automobile. Givens succeeded in ha:ting the locomotive-and Cities Service Oil Co., earned Goss' undying :hanks. Arkansas City. Kans." Frisco Agent Taught Telegraphy to Present Union Pacific Head

W.P. McNair, Fayetteuille, Arkansas, "Broke In" Carl R. Gray at Key in 1885-"He Was Splendid Teacher" President Gray Says

Y WIFE and I often talk things Trained Carl Gray agent wanted some honey and bro!~gl~t 2 2 over and I guess we shou1:i Little did he realize that little Carl three or lour pounds back with him, be the most thankful peol)le Gray. \\.hose fingers he guided until along with the money. 22-2 tn the world. We have lived i~rhatl mastered the a:.t of telegraphy, "The ex11ress agent, on receiljt of In Fayetteville, Arlt., since \voultl become a railroad president. both the honey and the money, came Sovember '86, our children all lived "It was always my disposition to to nly office and registered a com- here-our home is here and we are play pranks on my friends antl be l.laint, showing me the message. Carl within five minutes' call from every- careful of nly enemies. Carl was a1- \vas standing there tense-his eyes one of them. We have had a wonder- ways rely truthful. He was a cuh sparlzling. I told the agent I would fully l~a!~rylife and we are now liv- messenger boy ill our office. Altl~wgh buy the honey and also take care of ing to enjoy the success of our !ittle it was ayainst the rules, the oper- the wire. family-our children's success and our ator was teaching Carl t~legranhy. "Then I Sollowet1 him out ancl wr tle- five great-grandchildren!" However, he would not let Carl touch cidetl to make Carl think the jok~was The mall who made the above stat- the mail^ line keys. serioi~s. He was to send me a letter merit is perhaps one of the best known of complaint. We had that case go- a!!d loved veterans, W. P. JIcNair, who i!ig back and forth until we hat1 a bas forty-three years' service to his thick file on it, hut it never really left credit. the officr. We were supposed to have He was horn near Charleston, J,Iiss.. letters from everybody, from the sn- 011 Jnne 21, 1848. His father was perintendent of the division on tiown. commanded by General Dudley N. "When we finally decided to end the Caw1 to take a buncl~of negroes, after joke, 1 called Carl in antl told him the JIississi~pi purchase to till the we hatl received a letter from the su- soil antl plant cotton in the newly ac. perintelldent of telegraph. aslti~~gUS yuiretl section. This undertalzing did to fire him, and also that he should not turn out well. and many of the not again e~~terthe 1)remises o:' the little coml~anydied. Then the family railroatl. Rig tears rolled out of his moved to west Tennessee. cyes antl he packed up hiq few be- JIr. JlcNair, when fifteen years of lollgi~~gs. age, ran off to war. He was sent "I was sure his mother and father back hy his father to school in Ken- felt badly-they \vere lovely people tucky, but he ran away again to the ar?d Colonel Gray was conncctrd with army, where he remained until the the University. After about a "leek war ended. 1 went over and told them the xhole However, his life has not been filled story. They laughed and said it had with harrowing exl~eriences,but lived done the boy good ant1 needlets to in a quiet way antl alonc: the w:~y say, Carl was greatly relieved. he has trained and educated more "\%'henever I heart1 of a place ;\,here than one successful railroad marl of a boy was needed, after Carl had totlay. Carl R. Gray. president of the learned telegral~hg,I sent him t!lere. rnion Pacific says of him. "He is one His first position was at Ro~ers.Arlt. of the l~sttypes c~f the old school J ater he held a position at Carthage, agent ". 110.. a~~dlater this office vias moved Mr. AIcSair beyan his railroad "Carl was al\vays on the alert to to Oswego. Icans. It was here that c,arr,er in '76. with the Beaver Iro? l-eip in anyway he could ancl when Carl met the present Alrs. Gray. He 3Iil1e, in charge of the commissary. tl~pol1era:or was absent or hatl gone to lunch and there \vas a message to was only eighteen or nineteen years He then went with the Ozark Iron of aye at that time. Worlzs, west of Nrwburg, an old stage s:-ntl. Carl would always come to me ant1 ask if he might se11~1it. In this "tIe w~mt~me a letter onc ilay antl stand. He was also agent a~~doper- enclosed in it, one for his father antl ator for the Atllntic & Pacific, but wa. we became became very close nlother in my care. I handed it to one was paid thlough the iron worlzs and friends. "Bring Back the Honey" of his cousi~ls,E. A. Hoag, who was his name ,did not appelr on the roll then acting as messenger and he car- 01' the railroad comgany. "O:!e (la!- (he operator had ?one ried it ill his pocket for three days. to dinnc'r and the express agent had 3Ir. 3IcNair came to Fayetteville in We later fount1 it was most imnortant lSSZ and in '85 was transferred to Aleil a message for the messenger of as it contained the news that Carl an express car, concerning a ~)acliage Pierce City. He stayed at this point wa~ltetl his parents' ~~ermissionto of nloney he had signed for and failed for some thirteen months when he marry. to get. The message read, 'Cring !)aclt returned to Fayetteville, where he re- ".After Carl had been working for mained until he \vas !jensionetl. the money'. Carl asltecl for permiss- AIr. Russell for some time, Russell ion to rend it. and in a few mii~utes During the time that he was at \\as appointed assistant general F'gettrville, Mr. JIcXair always gave he had Ft. Smith opemtor. That cper- freight agent with headquarters at ator was an old timer and drank pret- a helping hand to the young boys St. Louis, which made a vacancy in who were in his employe. He seemed ty heavily at times. In gettin.: the the office. message, he got it, 'Bring back the to share with them their dreams of Mr. Russell recommended Carl. some day hecomiug a wonderful rail- honey'. The express messenger, re- road official. ceiving this message tho~lghtthat the /.\*cii; flrrrc to Ptrge 39, please) "The Frisco Nut Busterw-A Splendid Invention By Jason Thurston, Asst. Gen. Car Foreman Sherman, Texas -- EN, here is "The Frisco Sut ' Buster": '1fl2 Conceived in the mind of 2,-2 Jason J. Thurston, assistaut general car foreman, Sherman, Texas, and fabricated in the Sherman Shops. August, 1925, it has already claimed the delighted admiration of Master Mechanic J. W. Surles and his brawny crew, and bids fair to win the hearts of shopmen throughout the United States. In the day-by-day worli of repairing hundreds ol' cars, it is found that nuts -big, rusted fell~\\~s-cling tena- 'iously to their bolts, and they nust be brolren off. The old-fashioned way is dangerous. "Sam" hoIds the chisel-bar in place while "dim" slings a sledge-hammer against it. Result: broken knees, brolren hands, and seriom wounds in various other portions of "Sam's" anatomy. Slivers like daggers may fly off the chisel-bar and pierce "Sam's" face or body. In fact, they not only may, but they do. Assistant Claiin Agent E. V. &laxfield of the Texas Lines is authority for the statement that the simple operation of "busting" uuts has resulted in hundreds of acci- dents of the above nature-painful, pitiable accidents, causing the victims untold hours of agony arid loss of Tha now way-eve man does the work of two. and without danger. work. But no more. Inspired by the re- iterated slogan of the Prisco Lines, "Safety First", .Jason J. Thurston has invented the powerful and ingenious contrivance which has been christ- ened "The Frisco Nut Bnster". Hence- forth the job of busting nuts will he performed by one man instead of two. Adjusting the "Nut Buster" Lo tl~crequired height, planting it firmly in the ground by its rear spikes and slinging its strong houlr over the nearest rail, is the work of a few mo- ments. There remains nothin:: to do but to hit the chisel-bar wit11 the hammer- and bust the nut! When "Sam" was l~oldingthe chisel- bar, he would have to replace the end in the cut after each rel~ound-pro- vided he was still unhurt. But with the "Nut Buster" there is no rebound. The spring clamps on top keep the chisel bar in position, and the re- bound of the contrivance as a whole is prevented by the chain hooked to the rail. Simple? Of coilrae. 3Iariy real, great things are simple. But also practical, dependable and SAFE. Hats off, gentlemen: The Frisco leads the way again! The old way-the wrong way. Note the dangerous position of knee and hand -Ben Lewis. of the man holding the chisel-bar.

. . Frisco Had Splendid Advertising Display In Connection With St. Louis' Showing "The Iron Horse''

SPLENDID aclvertising dis- play was arran~etl by the 1~'risco in connection with the recent sho\vit)g of "The Iron Horse" at the New Grand Central Theatre, St. Louis, which enjoyed a run of cight days, eriding September 4. In thc lobby of Lhe theatre the rtniquc display of a miniature working model of the 1it1cst engine on the Fr~scoLines in 1004, cncasetl in gloss, reposed nndcrnenth a large picture of -1.' - * the t1ru "l.iO0" type ruglnes, firteen IRON ot wllich have just IJWII r~ccivcdutid HORSE' placctl 111 service. This niitiiature motlel was the Bris- co'n exhibib at the \Vorld's Fa~r111 St. L~uisIn l!JIJl, illit1 until rccc111Iy has Iltui on ~xliibitionin the Spriligtie~d, Ao., olt'ices.

Ucsitles Lliis exhibit 111 the lobby, Conlparison of "Twenty Years Ago and Today" (above), as it was arranged in the Frisco the two adjoilung slow \\rtl~tlu\vswere display in the lobby of the New Grand Central Theatre, woek of August 30, and (below) one decorated by C. 13. ~\lichelsonand 1). of the agricultural exhibits arranged in store windows next to the theatre. K. Eichcr 01 tlie agriculrur~iltleparc- me~~t,\vil.h horticultural products. The two windows showed, OIL a slim1 scalc, the great var~etyof lruits autl vegelables Ilandled over Frisco lath by 'Tile Iron Horse", lnepared III jiirs and the raw fruit c~nd vege- tables. Thc one niost interesting sl~ccitnen was an e~yhty-pountl watermelon, \vhich was reslilig oil scales in the \vliido\v to thoroughly mt~sfy the cu,ious. It \\ws co~iccdedto be the largcst ever I)r'ougl~tto St. Luu~saiid I\ as g~ own ncw Iictitictt, 1\10., on the 17risco Lines. The horticultural exhibit attracted thousands on account of the great wriety and size of the display, while the miniature locomotive was an ob- ject of intense interest. Sor was the interest confined onIy to St. Louis. 011 September lG, 31ichelson and Eichcr went to Crailite City, Illinois, at the request of citizens of that city. and arranged a similar display in the two largest windows of tlie Childs- FIenderson Furniture Store at that city. The display was to remain there itntil Srptenlber 23. Both Memphis and Birmin~hamhave requested the 1)assenger department, through J. N. Cornatzar, passenger traffic manager, to send the attractive exhibit to their respective cities. October, 192.5

Frisco Has Made Great Strides in Many DEATH OF Ways Since Early Days ALEXANDER DOUGLAS

Climbing from the position of a railway clerk in 1866 to that of vice- Louis R. Bangert, Salem Branch Engineer, Compares president for the receivers of the "NOW" With "Then"-"We're Better Of', He Says Frisco Railway constituted the career of Alexander Douglas, who died Au- gust 21 at St. Luke's Hospital, St. Louis, 1\10., where he had been an in- valid for practically two years. IFTY-OXE years in the serv- -4.3 21 boy, iifly-onc years ago, Mr. -- Mr. Douglas was born in Perthshire, ' ice ol the Prism, and the Ilallgert watered the "Miclis" who ' Scolland, but emigrated in 1865, the ?, ?, 2 entire time spent on the line were in thc construction gang, gracl- between Cuba and Salem, ing and laying the steel for the St. year ol his graduation from Blair- 'ww2~v~~ic~~is now know11 as the Louis and Little Rock Railroad, which gowrie. Salem Branch, is the history of Louis is now the Salem branch of the IVhen twenty-three years of age he Dangert, one of the Prisco's bcst- Frisco. came to St. Louis as chief freight Itnown engineers. clerk for the Atlantic & Pacific Rail- Bangert can give you history, and He Watered Thirsty "Micks" road and a year later was put in com- a story of progress, both in railroad "-ant1 water in^ the elephants at plete charge of the train service at antl governmental affairs, and he has the circus was a tame job compared the Carondelet branch. been an enthusiastic employe, since with watering a gang ol '3Iicks' on In 1576 he wns made traveling his first position with this road. He 3Ionday morlling after a Saturday pay auditor aud general bookkeeper in the writes of two experiences which have day,'' Mr. Dangcrt remarlicd. auditor's office of the St. Louis & San been enjoyed by him during the past "When the constructiou was iin- Francisco Railway. In 1S!)O he be- few months: ishetl, I got a job firiltg one of the came audilor of the St. Louis, Kansas "I have just had the pleasure re- wgine.;; and it n.as an every-day oc- City & Colorado Railroad; in 1896 cently of taking part in two great currence to stop the train near a ,good auditor of the Central Division, Atlan- events which have taken place in fishing hole while the whole crew tic & Paclfic Railroad, and ill 1900 Frisco history-one the Veteran's Re- went fishing-regardless of the howls general audltor of the St. Louis & San union at Springfield, and the other the of thc passengers. And we got big Francisco Railroad, holclillg all three first fuel meeting on the Salem money those (lays-the engineer antl positions at one time. Branch. Seemed llke we never would conductor got $60.00 a month and the get together on that fuel meeting, but bralieman and firenlan got $35.00." During the time the road was in the we finally did. \Ve had with us Mr. Bangert recalls little engine hands of the receivers, he was made AIessrs. IVhalen, Conley, Mason antl num1)cr 1, that used to sit out behind vice-president and general auditor. Elder alld the use of a moviug picture the Sorth Springfield roundhouse, In 1916, upon the organization of the theatre in honor of the occasion. with its slanting cylinders, guides and St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Com- "Let me tell you, every employe water puml) drivcn from the drive pany, he was assigned to special du- that could possibly attend that meet- wheel. ties, which were consultant auditor ing did, besides several citizens of "If ive needcd to pump water in the in charge of valuation accountillg, Salem, and there was much friendly boiler and were standing in the which position he held until October criticism and constructive fault find- roundhouse yard, we had to grease 1, 1919, when he was retired, due to ing, and we all left the meeting with the rails and then slip her until we ill health. renewed enthusiasm on fuel economy, had cnough water pumped. That en- No near relatives survi\ e him. Mrs. and a work-together spirit, which, gine was the pride of the road when Douglas died twelve years ago. after all, is the greatest single hene- the E'risco bought it, and I have often Mr. Douglas was a member of the firial result qainecl by these meet- wondered what became of it." Presbyterian Church, the St. Louis ings." Many changes have taken place Club and the Noonday Club. He was Meetings Are Helpful since his early days with the road very prominent in St. Louis affairs hIr. I3angert feels that these re- such as the officcs and roundhouses. for many years and widely Iinown. unions and meetings, bringing to- tllc new method of handling tools and gether the officials and employes in supplies, and the salvaging of old ma- a spirit of friendship and teamwork, terial. Darden to West Freight are wonderful and he rezalls, in com- Ran Engine With Broken Springs Shops parison, the earlier days on the rail- "I remember running an engine F. hl. Darden, formerly assistant road. car foreman at the north shops, ''111 those days we called the offi- once, with all the springs broken. JInrdly any attention was paid to the Springiield, No., has been transferred cials 'brass collars'. I guess that was to the position ot general car foreman because they held their heads so hiyh staybolts, cxcept when the engine \vent in for an overhauling and boiler of the west freight shop, vice G. W. and their necks so stiff, when they Thomas, resigned. were arouud us ordinary folk. We cxl)losions were not uncommon. If we had the engine failures in a year hIr. Darden, whose appointment be- didn't have any incentive those days came effective September 1, had hen to save-and made no effort to do so. today lhat we had in a month then, thc wllole gang woultl be chased oft' on his new position only about two "That picture on the July number of weelis when it was necessary for him the Magazine of President Kurn and lo the brush and that is where we woultl belong." to be talien to St. Louis hospital to his buddies! Do you suppose forty undergo an operation. years ago you would have seen the He compares those days to the president of a big railroad stand up present time, when he sails along -4s the operation was not of a seri- to have his picture talien with old without any trouble to speak of, and GUS nature, he is expected back in Jim JIuEwen and Jim Harpe and Bill if an engine does go lame, the repair Springfield in a iery short time. Mrs. hlorrill and those other 'buddies' of forces are right after the trouble. Darden accom~>aniedhim to the St. hIr. Kurn's? In those days all we got "If she doesn't steam right, it is Louis hospital. to see was the drawn shades of their corrected right aivay. And why? 1\11.. Thomas, who has bcen gcneral private cars-and we did not have Primarily to save fnel, but don't you car foreman at the wesl shops for near the respect for our officials that see that in addition to saving fuel, it some time, will be grently missed by we have now." (Now fwi~to Page 31, please) his associates. Frank Milliken, Break-In Engineer at Spring- CONGRATULATIONS TO COX Sarcoxie (Mo. ) Agent Praised field West Shops Has Exacting Job for Bravery in August 16 Robbery

"A Real Service for Law and Order" He Tests Engine a Day in All Phases Before Says Samuel Allender; Chief Turning it Ooer For Road Work Special-- Agent -- HARACTERIZING his deed a 2 2 "real service for law and or- 2 e ?. der". Samuel Allender, chief "BREAK-IN" engineer they His work is very technical and ex- special agent of the Frisco Zruru2 call Frank HiIIiReo, of the acting, for his word is final when he ZNN2 Lines, wrote a congratulatory 2 fld 2 Springfield west shops, who says that an engine is sufficiently letter to Agent A. B. Cox ol' Sarcoxie, has h;~lthirty-five continuous brokeu in for service, and all devices Missouri, who killed Tom BIadison, ZNN2 years' service with the Risco. working smoothly. one of a baud of thieves, in the burr- Rather an odd title, but his duties After the engine is out of the shop, larization of the Sarcoxie station are just that-breaking in engines hIr. Milliken takes it out on the break- early in the morning of August 16. just out of the shop after overhauling. in-track, which is approximately four Mr. Allender's letter follows: miles long. He runs it backward and "Dear Mr. Cox : forward, watching the entire opera- "You performed a seal service tion of the air equipment, lubrication, for law and order on the morning Hange oiler, steaming, water, sanders, of August 16, when you shot antl signals and illumination, and all cab fatally wounded Tom i\Iadison, one equipment. He checks closely the of a band of thieves who had burg- operation of the valves and exhaust, larized the depot at Sarcoxie and rods, journals, crank pins and other bearings. He watches for any defects were preparing to blow the safe. which might occur, which could only The investigation, as it now stands. be detected by the breaking-in indicates that this was a band of process. desperate thieves, and I am satis- fied that your courageous conduct When these defects have been on that occasion was the means of found, he corrects them, if they are averting a great deal of trouhle, small and reports them if they need loss of property, and perhaps loss shop attention. of life. At the end of the day he makes a "There is another feature in con- written report on the condition of the nection with this which is very sig- engine. An engine a day is a fair nificant. You risked your life to average for him. protect and safeguard the interest Mr. Milliken handles his work with of your employer. You have been the ease antl efficiency of one who in the employ of this company for has had years of experience. He is a long time, and you knew on the always a Frisco booster. Aljpare~ltly sixteenth, when you went clown to he is satisfied with his work of tam- the depot, that what you were do- ing the huge "lions" which colne out ing was not strictly within thr of the shop daily although he aclnlits scope of your en~ployn~ent.There- that he sometimes longs for the fore, I must conclucle that your ac- "round trip" again. tion was based upon your willing- -- ness to act beyond the bounds of the scope of your employment FRANK MILLIKEN Heyburn Before Association T. E. when the interest of your employer The yearly meeting of the Travel- is at stake. T know of uothing Mr. AIilliken, clad in overalls, is a ing Engineers' Association wa8 held familiar figure around the west shops, finer or better that can be said of ill Chicago, September 15 to 18 in- any employe. and the employes have given him the clnsive. name of "lion tamer". "Please accept my hearty con- Born ill Columbus, Ohio, on March J. D. Heyburn, Frisco master me- gratulations and best wishes. 10, 1864, he began his railroad career chanic at Ft. Smith, Ark., is vice- Yours very truly, at the north shops when Mr. G. R. president of the associ;~tion and on Samuel Allender. Groves was superintendent of motive this occasion presented a pager to Chief Special Agent." power and Mr. 31. J. Karney was mas- the assembly on the progress that has ter mechanic, in 1889. Working in been made in drafting of locomotives the shops from March 21, 1889, until with a view of increasing their effi- June 30, 1889, he then started firing ciency and economy in coal antl oil I Official Changes, September I I on the Eastern Division. He fired six fuels. and one-half years. His first trip as The following Frisco officials and engineer was on engine 145, Spring- supervisors also attended: Blessrs. H. On September 1. Mr. hI. 31. Sisson. field to Newburg, on September 6, L. Worman, superintendent Imotive assistant general manager announced 1898. power; A. H. Oelkers, chief mechani- that Mr. W. H. Bevans would resume In 1916, when Bngineer James cal engineer; Road Foreman of Equip- duty as superintendent of the West- O'Brien was called to "other service", meut Edward McElvany, M. J. Rarrett. ern Division. his place was bit1 in by Mr. 3Iilliken Frank Ellis, G. A. Ermatinger, R. H. Mr. R. B. Butler, who has been act- ant1 he ran from Monett to Lebanon. Francis, R. Hanna, Prank Reed, TV. E. ing superintendent in Mr. Bevans' Due to ill health, BJr. AIilliken left Belter and T. P. Holland; Traveling place, took up the duties of Mr. C. H. the road and came to the west shops Firemen H. L. Alallett and J. W. Ran- Claiborne, superinte~~tlent,with head- as break in engineer on May 1, 1924. kin. quarters at Memphis, Tenn. FRISCO BESTS RIVALS Day Forcc at Employes' Hospital, St. Louis, Mo. Excursion Train, St. Louis to ," Memphis, August 30, ,/ Made Record /' Two Competing Railroads drrived Late at Terminals-Frisco On-- Time Mew IJNDAY. August 30, the Frisco ' ran an excursion train to 2 2 AIemphis. Tenn., from St. Louis, hlo., in competition with two other roads ant of St. Louis. The trains were operatetl on a close s~hedole. The Frisco train was load- (ld to cal~acityand instead of leaving Lhe station at 11:30 D. m., as per scheclnle on August 29, was delayed in the station ten min~~tes,however, this train arrived in i\Iemphis, twenty min- ules ahead of schedule time. One of the other two competitive trains left St. Louis at 11:25 p. In., on tinlo, but arnved in hIemphis one hour and thirty-five minutes late. On the return trip, Frixco standard Reading from left to right, top row: Mr. C. T. Arthur, superintendent: Dr. L. E. Darrough. on-time service again was ~naintained, third house surgeon: Dr. C. E. Einer, first house surgeon; Dr. Robert Vinyard, surgeon in charge when the train left hlemphis at ll:25 and Dr. R. A. Woolsey, chief surgeon. Second Row: Mr. R. A. Sack. clerk; Mr. Verne Evermon, clerk: Mr. Jehu Meeham, orderly; F. m., on time, and arrived in St. Mr. H. M. Beeker, orderly, and Mr. T. J. Foley. engineer. Im~is,twenty-three minutes ahead of First row: Misses Mary Wilson and Bernice Burkell, nurses; Lydia Batdorf. drugggist; its regular arriving time. Agnes Pollack. supervisor; Grace I

Memphis Employe Has Been With Frisco Since 1906-Lost Only This fc~nil~il~r]~ulclirilucle. They stir thc niusc within n~c.. dcc11- Four Days Praise for Frisco Beauties For tirings not iittirineil as yet: I It ~naltcanic slg-11 for days of old. Simon Sonvood, colored signal I r'(~rc1rancc we n70uld Ilavc mrl. lnaintainer at Memphis, Tenn., is the oldest signal maintainer on the The page of Frisco bathing beauties Rclicw you me,. bc;~r this in rni~~tl. as shown in the August Magazine has liol~burns strolrg'.mitlri~~mc- Frisco and has the honor of beinr the Our !)i111is nl;ly (.row In anolhcr clime- o111y colored signal maintainer in the been the topic of commcnt from If so. will you I)(, friendly'! United States. many of our readers, and from Glen- 1 believe .vou - would- dale, Calif.. comes the poem printed I won't dcspnir-l)rrl~al,a a h:rl)py He entered the signal service of the mond. for Frisco on Jnne 26, 1906, and has been below, from an interested reader of Only thosc who rave tlcscl,vc thc fair: in continl~ousservice since that date. the Magazine. KO\\.,how nlucli rilvin' have you stood During this time he has lost only four It is dedicated to the three girls days-this account of a short leave of who posed with the Ziegfeld beauties, absence taken for a pleasure trip. and so far. the comment 11ns all been Dnring his nineteen years with the for the Frisco page: Good Record at Scventh Street Frisco, Norwood has worked under the ITc.'s right; hc'n right: I'll suy Iro's s~~pervisionof olle man, and he is right. Jrlst to xho\s that Seventh Street highly rc.con~mended for his faithful- Tn all h(- rln(.?r or sk?.s: Station, St. Louis is getting a good To laud the h'risco Hathil~x l~~~,luti~~s ..A ness to his tasks. '&I.<,- hkare of the business for the month His duties are to attend to all dp- Their mer'lls to the sliies. ot Angust, the followi~lgwas forward- tails in connection with the maintain- ''%i~g\.'s' ctltl,iW would st;llld 1:O c.tl to the magazine: c~1ianc.r ing of the automatic signals, the inter- .\$xailist i:o~nclyt)ncs likl: th(*sc,: "Merchandise handling, Sevent!~ locking plant at Bridge Jnnction, and .\lthough I h;r\'e Iirvc~r src.11 the111 Street Station, St. Louis, August 22. all crossing bells and gates in Vem- dance- 192.5, amorlnted to 1,222,000 pounds. I\:llo cbnren? T,cjoli itt thosc dirupl4 phi8 terminal. Icncex! loading eighty-four merchandise cars All the railroad worlters around on this tlav." Memphis speak a kindly word for him :?nd he is a devout member of one of the Baptist churches in Menlphis. Quick, Clean Service on Short Passenger Frisco Son Goes to Death Runs Provided by Frisco Motor Cars in Shenandoah Disaster The recent disaster of the Shenandoah, giant dirigible of Gasoline-Electric Motors Operate Economically-Preferred to the United States Navy, struck Steam Equipment at Some Points horror to many hearts, and the Frisco did not escape its share. William H. Spratley, machin- HE need for self-propelled cars This car ~movides clean quick and ists mate, who was killed in the -- control car of the craft, is the as adjuncts to the regular attractive service aud is capable of 1 equipment of steam roads has being operated by one engineman son of William Spratley, Frisco I)een apuarent for many years ancl cot~rluctor. The car body is fur- division lineman at Oklahoma ZNN2 and the Frisco was one of the nished to meet a range of require- pioneer railroads to inaugurate the meuts as regarding seating space, bag- City. reof gas-elcctric motor cars. gage and smoking compartments. Young Spratley had been in 'Fhc Frisco purchasecl in 1910, ten This car is sixty feet long, and has the Navy for the past six years ,-asolinc-electric driven motor cars a scating capacity of forty-seven pas- and had been assigned to the sengers. There are twenty feet of \vhicah have been in use since that Shenandoah ever since it was date. However, these cars have been express and baggage space, and the giving such good service ancl the main- total weight is thirty-eight tons. commissioned into the service. tenance cost has been so economical, The six cylinder eugine is connected The youthful hero was given a full military burial at Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, on Septem- ber 8. Through the Magazine, each member of the Frisco family sends sincere sympathy to the bereaved family at Oklahoma City.

All of the gas-motor pa::senper cars ot the Frisco System, fro:? 1911 to now, have made a total of 3,240,337 ~rrennemiles-handling trailers a to- tal of 1,636,415 miles, or a grand total of 4,877,2+52car miles at a total cost of .04!17 per car mile for running re- pairs, material and maintainer. The motor cars represent a total in- vestment of $S50,000 if they were to The new gas-electro motor car, delivered to the Frisco Lines by the Electro- be purchased at this time. Motive Company of St. Louis, at the start of its initial run from St. Louis to "These cars have given first-class Joplin. passenger service for the past fifteen Standing, left to right: E. R. Hale. brakeman and flagman. St. Louis. Mo.: D. M. Stewart. years, ancl are good for as many more conductor, St. Louis. Mo.; L. A. Toupin, general motor car inspector. Springfield. Mo.; A. L. years," Mr. L. A. Toupin said. Mr. Guenzler, engineer, St. Louis, Mo.: W. P. Sullivan, demonstrator. Electro-Motive Go.. St. Louis, Toupin's entire time is utilized in the Mo.; 0. 6. Worth, assistant supervisor, Electro-Motive Go., St. Louis, Mo. care and illspection of these cars over the system. He supervises any that two additional cars of a newer to a generator, and is started by air. changes, takes them out on thew type haw just been completed and The entire power plant in the motor inilial trip after slight shop attention, rlelivcred to our line by the Elcctro- car is within easy reach of the opera- and is familiar with the operation of 1\Ioti\e Co~npanyof St. Louis. 310.. at tor and this makes it possible for any each one. a cost of $05.000. The new cars are slight fault to be readily detected and The second car, No. 2121, has not numbered 2120 and 2121. repaired before bccoming serious. yet bem delivered to this company On delivery of the 2120 to our rail- This feature reduces the time neces- t~ythe builders, but its delivery is ex- road at St. Louis, it left on the after- sary for nlaking repairs, to a mini- pected the first week of October. noon of July 11, in charge of Mr. L. 1nuu1. Gasoline motor car operation, be- A. Toul~in, general motor car in- Thc fact that there is no mechanical cause of the economical features, is spector, the eugineer, conduvtor, connection between tho gas engine fast taking the place of steam trains brakeman and flagman and two repre- and axles, ancl that the engine may. on short branch lines. The people of sentatives of the Electro-Motive Com- therefore, be operated at ~tssped of .4herdeen, Miss., a few miles out of pany, AIessrs. D. B, Worth and W. P. highest efficiency irrespcct~veof the Amory, like the motor car which runs Sullivan. speed of the car, is coni1:lcive to fuel \,la Frisco rails bet\veen the two This car was run to Joplin, AIo., a economy. towns so much that the people have total of 339 miles. The run mas on Feature of Safety requested that it be operated esclu- train scl~ecluletime, taking nine hours There is a feature of safety about s~rely,and that no steam trains be time. these new cars, which is also true of I un. After reaching Joplin. the 2120 was the older ones and that is the fact The new cars are quite an improve- placed in service between hfton, Olcla., that it is possible to inst.~ntlyreverse meut over the older ones and it is ,Jopliu, No., and Columbus, Kans., pro- the motors, which furnishes a means, exlbected that they will make as good tectiug trains Xos. 186, 181, 175, 176, independeut of air or hand bralces, to a showing or better than was made 315 and 356. stop the car in cases of enlergency. \\ it11 the older type. FRISCo -- MEN MEET Former Kansas State Checker Champion Twenty-fourth Annual Session Held September 28-29, at a Frisco Engineer of Wichita, Kansas St. Louis Splendid Brogram for Two Days At. Frank G. Farmer One of Most Famous American tended by Three Hundred Com- pany Doctors Players-Has Room Full of Medals

HE twenty-fourth annual meet- ! ? ing of the Frisco System -ma r IS generally conceded that Sew Yorlier, and lost two out of three n Medical Association was held ! everyone has a hobby, but games. Then Mr. Farmer beat cham- at the Coronado Hotel. Sep- 2 2 2 few peo:)le have so interest- pion Hugh Henderson aud gained a tember 28 and 29. St. Louis. grcat amount of publicity and notice. Missouri. After that, the rest of his combats This meeting is attended each year enxinew of IVichita, Knnsas. were casy. Four state tournaments by l'risco doctors from all over the His 11obl)y is checkers-not just to found him in first place. The last system, \vho mect to discuss the Int~st pass the time away around a hotel htate tourmment was won by hI. hI. tlevelopments in the medical world. lobby but competing against master Aleelis, who later 011 p1;tyed six qames Dr. R. A. Woolsey, chief surgeon, ii checker players-and he holds the with AIr. Farmer and the result was, ;)resident of the organization and Dr. tillc of cl~ampion for the State of hIr. Meeks won one game. Itol~ertVinyard, of the hospital staff, Iiansas. AIr. Farmer lieeps a record of hi.; sccretary - treasurer. The exec*utive \\'hrn AIr. Farmer was eight years games which shows that out of 1,864 ~dnlnitteeis conlposed of the follow- old, his uncle began coaching him in games played he won 1,243, lost 2h4 ing: Dr. R. A. Woolsey, of St. Louis; and tied 621. Dr. 111. B. Bl~ms,hlemphis, Tenn; Dr. He is also a wonderful chess player. 12llsworth Smith, St. Louis, and Dr. but has never followed it like he has W. B. Hendrix, Memphis, Tenn. checkers, because of the limited num- Extensive plans were made this ber of fans. gear for future progress. It is esti- Has Many Books on Checkers mated three hundred were in nttend- 111 his attractive home in Wichita. ante. Kans., one room is set aside for his The program for the two clays was library. It contains many books. presented as follows: There are seventeen volumes alone 011 the lives of great checlier antl chess players, histories of the game as played in England, Germany. Scot- land, France ancl also the game played Tr:lum:~tic :\l~domit~;~l111ju1~ic~n-No11- 1))- the NossQ~~~,which is practically l'er~el~xti~~~ -Dr. Frvd \\r. Uailev. St. Touis the same, Mr. Farmer says. I)ihcussion opened by This room contains only two 'hairs. -T>r. Iialph Smith. Tulsa a walnut table and a built-in cabinet. .\m~)utations-Lantwn Slides --Dr. Thomas G. Orr, Kansas City where Mr. Farmer puts all his rec- Discussion opcned by ords, checkers and boards. On the -Dr. S. A. \\'oodward. Fort Wort.1 walls are various pennants and in one Problems of the State and the Doctor -Dr. Charles Huffrnan. corner is a glass case that contains Columbus. ICans. all of his medals. This room is the Discussion opened by most treasured one in the house, and Dr. W. H. Breuer. St. Janics. >to. Mr. Farmer spends hours reading and Some Points in the JIanagcment of Acute Appendicitis studying the game which has hronght Dr. Jabez S. Jackson, Kansas City him so much pleasure. Discussion opened by He is a great favorite with all who Dr. J. A. Foltz, Fort Smith FRANI< G. FARMER Surgical Treatment of Empyema know him and has always been well Dr. J. A. Crislor, AIemphis and enjoyecl life. "Sleep does \van- 1)iscussion opened by the art. The coaching stopped, how- ders, and the youth of today gets Dr. E. P. Ellis. Fayettcvill~ Prernaturc Sel~arationof the Placenta ever, when he won a game from his much too little for the pace he goes," -Dr. W.13. Vogt, St. J~ouis uncle blindfolded. He then set out JIr. Farmer remarked. Discussion opened by on his own merits to beat all local In a short time, he will be ready for --Dr. W.Rritt Rurns, Jleniphis EVENING stars, which he did with ease. Then the pension list, and it ~vouldonly take T~ISSl3R .\T SICVEX O'CT,OCIC .$T he searched for bigger game. one guess to decide what he will do COROS.4DO HOTEL His first big encounter was at the with his spare time, when his active SL'ECL\T, RSTERTAIN;\IEST National Tournament in 1912 in the service is over. His friends at Wich- 'l'anidny. September Twenty-ninth minor class at Cedar Point, Ohio, a ita are expecting great things of him Gunshr~tWounds of the Abdomen -Dr. P. \\'. T,utterloh, Jonexboro. .\~k resort on Lake Erie. He played many in the way of bringing home some im- 1)iseussion opcncd by games between that date and 1924, in portant pennants and medals. with his --Dr. \\I. 13. \Vilder. Birmingham which year he met H. B. Renolds, a entire time devoted to the game. 1':rtltolo~ical Fractures-Lantern Slides -Dr. JI. 1.. Klinefelter. St. 1.ouis I )iscussion oprncd hy F. --Dr. 1C. J. Xeatherp. Shcrnia? Frisco Men to Camp Clark motive power ant1 son nilly: A. Visualization of the Gtrll-blnddrr hy h great many Frisco men were in- Beyer, superintendent west shop:; .I. tl~rIntravc,nous Injection of Tetrn- E. Foster, chief clerk, and W. Mr. iodo-l)henol~~litl~alel~~-IAantcrnSiiil~s c111ded in the special cars of soldiers -Dr. Evarts A. Graham, St. I~ou~srouted to the summer camps via Shackelford, schech~lesuper! isor mo- l~iscussionopened by Frisco Liues and a number from the tored to Camp Clarli, Nevada, 310.. -L>r. L. P.JIcCulstion, Paris 1'1~csentntionof caws states of 3Iisso11ri and Kansas are where they were the guests of Lieu- -Dr. Ellw\vorLh Smith. St. Loilis no\v loc3ted in Camp Clark, near Ne- tenant-Colonel Ralph E. Trnman. 140th 1:retrraI Stricture-Lantc!rn Slidcn vada, 310. Infantry, State Militia, antl former T)r. \\r. R,Rrool:sher3. Jr.. Fort Smitn r)iscussion opencd hy On Sunday. August 9, AIessrs. J. K. s1)ecial agenl for the Frisco Lin~s,at --Dr. Leo Rartlcs, St. I.ouis Gibson, assistant to superintendent Springfield, Wo.

Mr. C. H. CLAIBORNE DEAD Uptown Ticket Off ice at Springfield, Mo. Widely Known Southern Division Superintendent Dies Sept. I I Stomach Complaint Claims Frisco Veteran of Forty Years' Service After Long Illness

OWOW N SEPTEMBER 11, 1925, after ' ' an illness of some two years z 0 2 and a serious illness of two Z OW- 2 weeks, death claimed C. H. Claiborne, superintendent o f the southern division, at the St. Louis hospital. He was one of the most widely known and best loved men on the Frisco Railroad and had forty- three years' service with the Frisco. He was born on a farm near Fre- donia, Kansas. He was a railroad man from the start, and an early recollection of one of his most inti- mate friends discloses that when a boy he owned a pony named "Prince". He loved the pony, as all boys do, but the lure of a railroad career forced 7--2HE accompanying picture is of In the rear is the livestock depart- him to sell it, to get money enough the UP-toWn ticket office of inent, in charge of Mr. E. F. Tillman, to go to a telegraph school in Sedalia, the Risco Lines at Spring- general agent. $10. 2 2 field. AIo. His first service with this company '--' situated on South Jefferson ~h~ boys who deal with the public Avenue, in the heart of the business was as an operator at New Albany, district, it is a busy place from the Over this Springfield counter, are Kansas. His cliinl~mas steady from that position on, and a short time time its doors are open until they alnong the most courteous and pleas- later he was appointed to the position close. ant on the system. of assistant superintelldent at Sapul- pa, Oklahoma. He served for some time with the Forsythe in "Steam Coal Buyer" construction company then building TOURING AS SHE IS DONE the line of Frisco track from Sapulpa, D. L. Forsythe, general road fore- 1 I Okla., to Sherman, Texas, and from man of equipment, and one of the Oklahoma City to Quanah, Texas; best ltnown men on the Frisco Lines, The keen observations on life in Ardmore, Okla., to Hope, Ark., and general written by Clark NcAdams in from Tulsa to Avard, Okla. His capa- recently submitted to "The Steanl city with this company was that of Coal Buyer", a short article entitled: the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, are a con- superintendent of transportation. "Practical Experiences in Fuel Rco- stant source of joy to many Frisco Returned In 1905 as Agent nomy". readers. T. S. Leavitt, Frisco em- I11 1905 he returned to the Frisco ploye at Chaffee, clipped the following as agent at .Jonesboro, Ark. Some Perhaps no other man on the rail- from McAdams' column recently, un- time later he served as agent as- road is better fitted to write on fuel der the heading, "Touring as She Is sistant superintendent, and finally su- economy than Mr. Forsythe. He is an perintendent of the River division at Done" : Chaffre, RIo. Then he served success- expert in effecting economies in rail- fully as superintendent on the North- road operation, especially that along The average automobile tourist ern and western divisions of the engine and fuel lines. looks fagged out. His wife looks like Frisco Lines and filially on the Snuth- a wild woman. His children haven't He has been exceptionally busy ern division, where death terminated had their hair combed since they left his service. during the past month, riding the new home and you know as well as you His death, resulting from stomach cngiiies which have been received on know anything that if the family ever trouble, came as a shock to his many our line, inspecting and making sug- friends. JJe had been confined in the gets home alive it mill never do it hospital since August 16, but it was gestions for better handling. again. No ignis fatuus like automw not until September 7 that an oper- bile touring ever lead a happy people atioii was deemed advisable. into a wilderness. Jason, Ulysses, JIr. Claiborne is survived by a wife Funeral Home of RIemphis, Tenn., at Xenophon, DeSoto, Amundsen all suf- and daughter, Clarius, age 12, mother 4:00 p. m., Sunday, September 13, fered less than the automobile tourist. and father, four brothers and two sis- with the following honorary and ac- They saw Hell one way and another, ters. J. W. Claiborne, one brother, is tive pallbearers: but not Kansas and some other places assistant superintendent at Hugo. Honorary: .J. E. Hutchison. J. H. we have. This is the true Anabasis. Okla.; C. 0. Claiborne, a second Fraser, AI. RI. Sisson, F. H. Shaffer, After everybody has tried it once, the brother, is Frisco agent at Clinton, R. E. Buclianan, G. F. McGregor, D. road will know them no more. Then No.; a third brother is with the AIis- E. Gelwix, J. W. Brooking, C. C. Nills, the farmer can have his own apples souri Pacific at Nevada. Mo.; and a Jack Reese, C. N. Looney, H. E. Gab- again. His chickens can scratch by fourth with the Kansas City Southern briel, L. Ramey, RIessrs. Barnes, Blain the road. He can raise golden pump at Pittsburg, Kans. RIrs. Bert Nc- and Hall, B. F. Cooper and Ed. Mon- ltins just over the fence. He can have Caslin, a sister, is the wife of the old- roe. grapes except by benefit of a shotgun, est conductor at Nonett, on the South- Active: R. B. Butler, J. A. Moran, and his roasting ears may bloom and n estern division, of the Frisco Lines. J. J. O'Neal. G. R. Carson, B. G. Gam- burgeon in the summer sun in no peril The funeral was held from the North ble and E. E. Nixon. of pillage. Not yet, but soon. Page 26 October, 1925 The Proper Method of Firing Oil Burning Loco- motives Related by Supervisor Fuel Economy

Whether Oil Is Luxury or Economy Depends Upon Efficiency of Crews Erase Question of Returning to Coal

By G. L. SCHNEIDER

Zww2HE use of oil as a 11ocomotive time when atomizer is shut off and up the steam pressure under such fuel is either an expensive the burner is hot. conditions. hen using the injector luxury, or an economy, the It is important to keep a close while the engine is standing or drift- classification depending, in a watch of the stack for black smoke, ing, a heavier fire should be carried iwFualarge measure, upon the in- as dense black smoke indicates im- and the blower used lightly to clew terest shown by our engine crews and proper firing and a waste of oil, and up the staclr. methods used by them in the opera- should be avoided because it covers The blower is often a means by tion of the engine. the flues with soot, preventing the which fuel is wasted, and should only As about 85 per cent of all fuel used heat of the fire from being absorbed be used enough to clear the stack by a railroad is handled and burned by the water of the boiler. When, by of black smoke, as a stronger draft by the engine crews, it is natural to chance, the engine has been smoked than is necessary only absorbs and look to them first when talking fuel badly, it should be immediately carries away heat, and cools, instead conservation. Every fireman of heating, the firebox. The and engineer operating oil- misuse of the blower not only burning engines should be Month by month the loyal FriscO fuel users are wastes fuel, but injures the thoroughly familiar with the besting their own records in conservation. A record firebox by drawing cold air in recommended methods of han- set in June was .~rom~tly .. beaten in July. The fuel through the flues and against dling this as lack Of saved in that month, as related in thk September the side sheets' knowledge or falling into care- Crew Should Co-operate less habits is immediately re- Magazine, would have run a thirteen-hundred-ton Close attention to duty and flected in a high fuel perform- train three times around the world with an extra full co-operation bet\\,een the ance for the trip. side trip one and one-half times over the Frisco engineer and fireman is neces- In starting Out of the termi- Lines. l-hat sort of efficiency is attr'acting the at- SarY to make a good fuel Per- formance on oil-burning en- nal, it is important that the oil tention of every railroad and industry which uses be heated to the proper gines. Avoid the waste of fuel ~erature,as cold oil does not fuel-and credit is redounding to Frisco fuel users by allowing the pop valves to bow freely to the burner, and from all sides. The accompanying article by Mr. raise. The fire is so easily cou- atomization is poorer. The Schneider- .. is a aem. Every Frisco fuel worker trolled that permitting the pops to raise on an oil burner degree Of heat depends upon should read L. H., Jr.. the eravitv of the oil used. and it.-i, is almost inexcusable and is 4th- the oil we are now burn- the sign of carelessness and ing, about 150 degrees is the proper sanded out to clean the soot from the inattention to duty. temperature. To heat the oil, the di- tubes. To properly sand out the flues, Let us all study our work, strive to rect heater should be used at all the engine should be working hard attain the highest degree of efficiency, times. This heater serves two pur- and at a speed of not less than 20 save every gallon of oil possible, so poses: it gets the oil hot quickly and miles per hour. Engineer should drop that its use as locomotive fuel will also stirs up the asphaltic content, the lever down several notches whi!e not be a luxury, but an economy over thoroughly mixiug it with the oil sanding, to insure the sand being car- the use of coal, and the question of where it will flow to the firebox 2nd ried eutirely through the flues and out going back to coal burners may never burn with as great a heating value as of the staclr. If sand is used when arise. the lighter oil. It is a very good prac- the engine is working lightly, it stops Effect of Blows in Valves and tice to turn this direct heater on full, in the flues, and with the soot will Cylinders several times over the division, so soon clog the flues so that no draft Blows in valve rings or cylinder that the oil will be kept well mixed. will go through them, causing the cn- packing especially on the modern, gine to steam hard and waste fuel. superheated locomotive, sometimes Oil Must Be Divided escape the attention of the engine The next step in the economical and Injector Handling 1s Important crew for several trips, not from any smokeless combustion of fuel oil re- Fuel oil may be saved or wasted by lack of interest on their part, but it quires that the oil be finely divided method of handling the injectors in may not be a very serious blow, and into spray by the atomizer. The supplying the boiler with water. So:ne cannot be detected by sound nor by color of the fire should be inspected authorities state that the water level the manner in which the engine han- through the wicket in the fire-door, should be kept high while working dles her tonnage. and the atomizer adjusted until a the engine, so that the injectors can Any blow, however slight it may be, white heat is obtained. Any more be shut off as soon as the throttle is is a waste of steam, and wasted steam than just enough steam will increase closed. Experience has taught us, means wasted fuel, and to avoid such the amouut of oil burned. Having a however, that the method of supply- waste of fuel we are making a special burner clean and in proper alignment ing water to a coal burner can be used effort this year. Often the first inti- is essential to successful atomization, with equal success on oil burners. The mation an engineer may have that his and a careful inspection of the burner water should be supplied in sufficient engine is failing slightly in efficiency, at the completion of each trip should amount to maintain a safe water will be in the extra amount of water be made and any defect reported. level, and not try to gain a great deal used from tank to tank. This will Burners often become clogged with of water by heavy pumping while the cause the engine to burn more fuel, as carbon, which is formed by oil being engine is working hard, as it will re- the extra water used must be con- permitted to leak into the burner at a quire a great deal more oil to keep (Now tnnr to ircxt page, please) October, 1925 ~/HE~&co ~MPLO)/ES'~WZ/NE Page 27

Engineer Harry Daoies Keeps His Fuel Record

-- NGIKEER Harry A. Davies, dled twelve cars Sapulpa to Spring- who runs on the "TEXAS field. 2 2 SPECIAL" and the "ME- "I do not know how this is going TEOR", is the sort of en- to compare with other records. It has Rw2gineer --ho is intensely inter- been my constant belief that by a ested in the effort on the part of his united effort we should get our railroad to save as much fuel as pos- through passenger, such as 1 and 2, sible. 9 and 10, down to nearly 1/Cj gallon to Davies decided to find out for him- the car mile. self, how his runs were comparing During this period, we have suffered with others. Unknown to the four some very heavy delays enroute, and firemen he mentions below, he kept it has been necessary to make up a record for thirty days, based upon from ten to thirty minutes in order to careful measurements by the firemen arrive at terminal on time. Every -and a few days ago he wrote his delay on a fast passenger train is dou- findings to J. E. Whalen, general fuel ble its time in ,fuel consumption." supervisor. Fireman A. W. Gelker made 8 trips, Following is Engineer Davies' let- handled 13,781 car miles using 9,041 ter: gallons of fuel oil, or an average of "I enclose herewith thirty-day fuel .% gallons per passenger car mile. oil performance accomplished by four Fireman 13. Alexander made 4 trips, firemen and myself on trains Nos. 1 handled 9,094 car miles, used 5.013 gal- and 2, 9 and 10 in the past six weeks. lons of fuel oil, or all average of .55 While in some respects it is uot gallons per passenger car mile. really the very best average that we Fireman Chas. Ely made S trips, Here is a good fuel performance made by have been able to accomplish on these handled 14,586 car miles, used 9,320 Engineer McClellan, Fireman Dillon, on engine runs since the first of this year, this gallons fuel oil or an average of -64 No. 45. On duty six (6) hours, Springfield to is the only complete record I have gallons per passenger car mile. Newburg, 48 loads, 2,504 tons or 297.967 grow kept. Fireman W. W. Burrow made 10 ton miles. Burned 13 tons of coal or a fuel "If I have made no mistake it trips, handIed 17.391 car miles. used performance of 87 pounds per 1.000 gross ton should run close to .61 gallons to the 11,333 gallons of fuel oil, or an aver- miles. car mile. On 1 and 2 the nlileage is age of .G5 gallons per passenger car 187. We handled nine and ten cars, mile. with the exception of the first trip The total for the 30 trips shows MORE GOOD FUEL shown on train No. 1. Had nine cars average number of gallons per passen- RECORDS Springfield to Vinita and picked np ger car mile of .61.5, and it might be No. 21's connection and handled to interesting to know that Fireman Gel- Muslrogee. On No. 9 handled eleven lrer and Alexander were on Frisco en- Engine 42, train second 32, Sept. cars Springfield to Tulsa and eight gines each trip, while Firemen Ely 12th, Engineer Frey, Fireman Tankers- cars Tulsa to Sapulpa. No. 10 han- and Burrow n-ere on 31-K-T engines. ley, Newburg to Lindenwood. Called for 2:00 a. m., arrived Lindenwood 10:OO a. nl. Handled 2,557 tons, con- Proper Method of Firing Oil blows will occur. One of the essen- sumed 16 tons coal, or a fuel perform- tials of a good record on the perform- ance of 110 pounds per 1,000 G. T. M. Burners ance sheet is for an engine to be free Following is performance of engine (Conti~rrredfrow Page 26) from blows of any kind. Frequent 4139, which is one of the new engines, verted into steam. When an engine tests should be made, both by the en- and this performance mas made on begins to make a poor fuel perform- gineer and by the roundhouse inspec- its first trip in service. Springfield to ance, and uses an excessive amount tor, so that no fuel may be wasted Xonett and return, September 9th. En- of water, a careful test of both valve through this channel. gineer Ed. Moore, Fireman Ely, han- rings and cylinder packing should be To reach the goal set for this year dled 225,379 gross ton miles, consum- made, so that the blow may be located in fuel conservation, every possible ed 16 tons of coal or 142 ~oundsper and corrected. source of waste must be checked up, 1,000 G. T. M. Total hours on duty, Valve ring or cylinder packing and the leak stopped. Watch the per- 10 hours, 30 minutes. blows are often caused by insufficient formance of your engine closely, and Think this is a very good perform- lubrication, which allows the rings to do not permit fuel losses through de. ance considering it being the first become cut or worn in a very short fective packing rings to go several trip of a new engine and also for the time, and the lubricator should be trips undetected. fact that they were on duty such watched carefully by the engineer. long hours. With the high degree of superheat ob- Following is the first break-in trip tained in the modern engine, dry On August 23rd, engine 1061, break- of engine No. 4137, which is also one valves or cylinders result in this tem- ing in between Springfield and Monett of the new engines-Springfield to perature being raised by excessive and return, with Engineer Thompson, Monett and return. Engineer Black- friction to the point at which packing Fireman Norrow, handled 134,248 lege, Fireman Turner, handled 74 cars rings collapse, or lose their expansion, gross ton miles-consumed 982 gallons westbound with 2,349 tons; 56 cars and allow the steam to blow by the of oil, or 7.10 gallons per 1,000 G. T. eastbound with 2,699 tons, total gross valve or piston without performing 31., which reduced to coal would be ton miles, 232,154, total tons coal con- any work, which is a waste of steam 86 pounds per 1,000 G. T. i\T. sumed, 16, making a fuel perform- and fuel. On September 7th, Engineer Siders, ance of 135 pounds per 1,000 G. T. M. However, while poor lubrication will Fireman Vaughn, on engine 1502, Total time on duty 11 hours, 40 min- soon lead to a blow, it is not the only train No. 10, Newhurg to St. Louis, utes. This is a very good break in cause of this trouble, as the rings handled 14 cars or 1,666 car miles, trip considering the long hours on eventually become worn too small for used 907 gallons oil, or 54 gallons duty. the cylinders or valve bushings, when per passenger car mile. (Now trtm to Page 31, please) Page 25 y/HE f7&c0 FMPLOSS'MWZINE Octobcr, 1925

Frisco Rebuilding Program on Freight Cars A BULL SNAKE DID IT! Monster Reptile in Possession of Most Extensive of Any Railroad Switch Almost Delays Train

Engineer F. S. Porter, of Neodesha, Tells of Unique Delay on Train Eighty Rebuilt Cars Put in Service From Springfield 328 at Mennehai Kan. West Shops Each Month -- NCE in a while, of course only when absolutely unaroidable. By C.W. MOORE. Assistant Superintendent, Motive Power . ? 0 2 these good Prisco engineers Zw-2 have a delay. --HE car rebuilding program on This shop is an ideal repair one, Sometimes it is due to a the Frisco is one of the most having first-class mill building and hot bos, sometimes a connection, extensive on any railroad and other buildings to take care of the sometimes a meeting with another train forces them on the siding with a this can be realized by a trip machinery, tools and material. through the west freight ten minute delay, but to Engineer F. The car yard is absolutely clean of S. Porter, of Neodesha, Kansas, must shops at Springfield, Mo., which is one all rubbish. This is due to the fact of our largest repair points. go the title of having one of the most that no cars are torn down on the unique causes for a delay that has At the present time 650 of the shop tracks. They are first placed on come to the attention of the Magazine. Prisco's 80,000-capacity box cars are a track provided for tear-down work being rebuilt in series 120,000 to 125,- But to let Engineer Porter tell the and all lumber stripped off of them story in his own words: 499, and are being turned out at the down to the naked steel. The next rate of eighty per month. operation is sandblasting, and then "I have been runniug an engine These cars have been in continuous they are placed on the rebuild track. since August 4, 1911, and never had a delay like the one that I now relate. It just shows how dangerous it is to not apply the safety first rule and be on the lookout for any and all objects that are liable to injure the employe that is performing a task. "I was leaving Wichita, Kansas, on train 32s recently and had orders to meet train 311 at Menneha, Kan., and take the siding. The brakeman made a hurried run to get the switch so as to save delay and to his surprise found a big bull snake had possession of it. "He was somewhat surprised as he leaned down to unlock the switch to see this monster snake and drew back hurriedly. He attempted to coax the monster to move on by throwing a stone at him and then some chat. However, the snake wouldn't move, but only raised his head and made a A splendid view of the freight car construction and re-building program now being carried out in terrible hissing sound, as much as to th6 West Coach Shops at Springfield. Missouri. say he was there first. "The brakeman was bound to take service for many years and this is The next operation is to jack the the siding so he got a clul) and killed their first general rebuilding. car up and set it on trestles, remove the reptile, after some little trouble. They were originally constructed the trucks and then the work is ready We took the siding after a five lnin- with very light steel underframe and for the truck repair gangs and steel ute delay. superstructure, but as they pass repair gangs and all steel work is "I can truthfully say that this is the through the shop, cover plates are be- con~pletedbefore the car is ready for first time I was ever delayed hy a ing applied on top of sills, reaching application of any wood material. The snake, bnt it just shows how careful from end sill to end sill. Gusset work is all classified and me have one mnst be, for had the brakeman plates are being applied to body regular men to take care of each not seen this snake, the bite would bolster and side sill. The ends are class. In other words, we have a probably have resulted in something also being strengthened by applying regular gang to apply decking, side serious, and might have delayed our two cast steel buffers. 'eaching dolm framing, regular gangs for siding, lin- getting into the clear for meeting No. and tieing to fifteen-inch draft sills. ing and roofing, and this expedites 311." The draft rigging is being lowered the work considerably. and 3x3 angles riveted to flange of There is an excellent organization draft sill channel to strengthen same, of men at the west shops and the work ployes connected with the car depart- which makes an excellent application is first-class in every respect. ment. of draft rigging. We consider that these cars, after All mechanical defects should he In rebuilding the trucks on this being rebuilt are as near one hundred taken care of promptly to avoid their equipment, the oil boxes are removed per cent as it is possible for us to running into some very serious de from the journals and the wheels and make them, and the maintenance to fects and by 'keeping up the small journals closely examined and wheels this class of equipment shonld be very repairs, the car is kept moving and renewed where necessary. small for several years. All concerned ready for service at all times. The cars are being painted with one on the railroad should see to it that These cars, with the proper atten- coat of good primer and two coats of these cars are not abused, and espe- tion, should be good for the next ten first-class red paint. cially the mechanical department em- years without any general repairs.

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Seven more loyal and true veterans that time has run a locomotive over road in Sovember, 1888, and worked of Frisco service were retired at the the Northern Division. He was mar- at various ~>ositionson rhe divisions August meeting of the Board of Pen- ried to Ida Edwards, April 15, 1885. north of Black Rock. He spent two sions, held August 26 in the general They have no children of their own, years in business for himself, but re- offices at St. Louis. but adopted a daughter, Thelma. The turned to railroading in 1895 with the The combined service of the seven daughter is now married and is living Blair line at Grandview where he was pensioners is 206 years. in California. Mr. and Wrs. Bowman agent-operator. When that line was reside on Route No. 1, Fort Scott, taken over by the Frisco, Johnson ARRY LAVPN, crossing flag- Kansas. His pension allowance is came to the Frisco service. He has ' ' man at Barter, Kansas, who $43.15 a month. spent the last 22 years at Weaubleau, i! 3 was recently retired under 310. In 1890 he married Eva Simms the age limit, was 70 years James Washington Haislett, South- of Collins, Mo.. now deceased. Three Zw"JZold July 19. He was born in ern Division locomotive engineer, children were born to them, Gladys New Durham. England, in 1855 and aged 57 years, was retired, also due AI. in 1891, Inda 0. in 1897, and Zada came to this country early in 1860. to total disability, E. in 1903. Johnson will continue to ---- reside in Weaubleau. His father was a laborer in Illinois r *- - . after continuous and Lavin was educated for a short service of 2 2 William Green Martin, agent-opera- while in the country 'schools of Illi- years and 8 nois. He went to work at 1.5 years of tor at Blairstomn, Mo., was also retired, months. His pen- due to total disability. Martin is 69 age in the coal mines and then fol- sion allowance is lowed, in succession, the jobs of $37.30 per month. years old mid has brakeman for the AIissouri Pacific at Haislett was born 1-7 been in continu- Nevada, i\Iissouri; brakeman for the at Olena, Illinois, ous service with Katy at Parsons; brakeman for the August 27, 1868, our railroad for Frisco at Neodesha and Ellsworth. 37 years and 8 Kansas and Afton, Oklahoma. He en- the son of a farmer. He at- I I months. His pen- tered the Frisco employ on June 8, # .,& I I sion allowance is 1908, at Neodesha. He married Agnes $41.70 per month. Loftus of Parsons in 1905, and a boy, and I ' He was born at J. HArsLETT Thomas, was born to them July 20, w. went to work for , Blue Mound, Ind., 1906. His present address is Fifth the Prisco as a locomotive fireman October 1, 1856" Street, Barter Springs, Kansas. Con- when he was thirty years of age, at the son of a mer- tinuous service of 17 years entitled Memphis. He has fired out of Spring- chant. He was him to a pension allowance of $20.00 field and Thayer during his career .,- 9, 1 , educated in Ef- per month. aud was promoted to engineer in 1907 fingham, Ill., and and worked on the Memphis sub until w. G- went to work Stanley William Bowman, Northern when 18 as a public school teacher. Division engineer was retired at the withdrawing from the service on June 14, 1925. He married Miss Mary His first Frisc& job was at Stanley. meeting due to total disability. He is Indian ~erritory,-from1887 to 1858, G8 years old and S. Williams in 1892, and was married a second time to Mrs. Millie Wagonor as agent; and then followed similar has been in con- in 1914. A child by the first marriage, positions at Jerome, Allenton and tinuous ser v i c e Miss Olive Dell Haislett, is now mar- Eureka, 310. He was united in mar- with the Frisco ried aud lives in Springfield, 310. riage with Elizabeth A. Baldwin at St. for 41 years and Haislett's present address is Box 366, Paul, Indiana, December 29, 1880, and 4 months. Bow- Thayer, %To. five children were born to them, Chloe man was born in - G. filartin, ~NellieM. Martin, both de- Morrison, Illinois, Joseph Russell Johnson, agent- ceased, and Millie M., Zella B. and on hIarch 10, operator at Weaubleau, Mo., aged 64 Maude Marie, living. Mr. and 3Trs. 1857, the son of a years, was retired due to permanent &Tartin will continue to reside at steamboat engi- Blairstown, 310. disability, on a neer on the Nis------sissippi R i v e r. pension of $31.35 Frank Buckley, Northern Division He was educated per month. His conductor, aged 65, was retired after in the public continuous serv- continuous service of 25 years and 8 s- W- BOWMAN schools of Morri- ice with the Fris- months, because son, and went to work at the age of co is 29 years ' of permanent dis- 18 as a blacksmith near Fort Scott, and 6 months. ability. His pen- Kansas, where he had moved with his He was born in sion is $43.25 a family when 14 years old. He ran the I+- New York Citv. month. Buckley cross-road blacksmith shop near his August 13, 186; was born at Car- father's farm until he was twenty-one, and moved to lisle, Ind., April then went to Marshalltown, Iowa, Randolph County, 14, 1860, the son and-worked there a year as a black- Indiana, with his of a carpenter, smith. He returned to Fort Scott fol- family, where he He attended received his edu- school at Carlisle lowing the death .of his father in R. JOHNSON September, 1881, and after a few ,. cation. His first until he was 18 years on the farm, entered the employ job was on the I. B. & W. Railroad and then went to of the Frisco as a fireman in Febru- at Crete, Indiana, as station agent work helping his ary, 1884. He was promoted to en- and telegraph operator. He entered B I father, and gineer in September 1890, and since the service of the K. C. F. S. & 31. FRANK BUCKLEY learned the car- October, 1925 Page 31 penter's trade. He worked as a car- Born January 1, 1854, at Aarons- Frisco Has Made Great Strides penter until 1887 and then entered burg, Pa., of pioneer Pennsylvania Since Early Days the Frisco employ as a brakeman and Dutch ancestors, who had settled in (Continued from Page 19) conductor on September 2.5, 1887. Two America many years before the Revo- lightens our tasks and makes our years later he went to H. 6c. S. Rail- lution, Mr. Wolf migrated to Kansas trips easier, and our jobs better, as way as conductor, but returned to the in 1870, settling at Crawfordsville. well as saving money for the com- Frisco in 1899 as brakeman and was In 1871 he took his first position with pany." promoted to conductor the following the Kansas City, Ft. Scott 6c. Gulf The enlploye gains every time the year. He worked on the Beaumont Railroad at Pawnee Station as assis- company gains, is Mr. Baugert's the- branch at Anthony, Kansas, and on tant agent, learning telegraphy, and ory. His belief is that co-operation the Kansas Division. In 1882 he was later in the year mas appointed agent has performed a great many of these married to Ella Yarkee at Carlisle, at Lenexa, then to Columbus aud back changes in that it has eliminated Indiana, and two children were born to Pawnee where he remained until waste and expense and at the same to them, William E. on August 22, 1875 when he was made agent at time made better conditions and 1883, and Glenn R. on June 9, 1890. Mr. Girard, at which station he remained easier jobs for the employes. Better and Mrs. Buckley are residing at 300 until 1892. conditions make better workmen. Central Avenue, Monett, Wo. Mr. Wolf, as a pioneer in Kansas, Then he added, "Better workmen and economical operation means Byron IIilton Peyton, Northern endured many privations, fought prai- rie fires, border bandits and helped greater net earnings for the company, Division conductor, aged 67, was re- lay the foundations for half a doze11 which in turn means more money to tired with a pension allowauce ot' prosperous conlmunities along the be paid for wages and equipment and $64.75 per month. Peyton was in con- present Frisco Lines. He was known service to the public, and thus it goes in a magic circle." tinuous service for 32 years and 1 as one of the best "teachers" on the old Gulf Line, and many times in his He is very interested in the younger month, and was retired because of later years he received letters or calls railroad man of today, and his advice permanent disability. Peyton was from his old comrades, mauy of whom is very valuable. He says, "Keep born in Danville, Illinois, September had become prominent in the railroad your shoulder to the wheel-attend 28, 1858, the son of a farmer. His world. every get-together meeting and do In 1893 Mr. wolf came to Kansas your best to keep your segment of the family moved to Springfield and he at- circle in good working order. I have tended school and farmed in that Wis- City and followed other pursuits until 1913 when he came to work in the of- given you young men a hasty sketch souri city until he was 21 years old. fice of the local freight department, of what has been accomplished and He entered the employ of the Frisco where he remained until June, 1924. the progress that has been made in at Springfield at that time as a switch- when he was retired. Due to his break my time. In your time there will have man, and was promoted to conductor in seniority, he was not on the pen- to be even greater changes." in 1897. He married Fannie I\'. Davis sion roll. "We are entering into a new era in at Spril~glield in October, 1887, and transportation and upon yon young As a citizen, he was always active men will fall the responsibility of they have two children, Clifton and in further development. Russell, both grown. Mr. and Mrs. keeping pace with the new conditions Peyton will continue to reside in He was reared a Lutheran, hut dur- and unless every' one of you, high and Springfield. ing most of his life he was an active low, stand together and cope with the member of the Presbyterian Church, situation successfuIly, there will be acting as an elder. He was intensely many of you looking for a new job loyal to his friends, his family and the when you should be reaping the re- railroad that he served so many years. ward of long and helpful service on One of his most prized possessions the job you are on." was a ring given to him by his friends Mr. Bangert is one of those fatherly from the local freight office of Kansas sort of people whom everyone loves, City upon his retirement. and when he gives advice it is indeed valuable. There never was a more loyal employe and his friends are JACOB BOYD YOUNG legion. - Jacob Boyd Young, pensioned con- The Harley Family-A Story ductor of Staunton, Va., whose pen- sion notice appeared on page 28 of the With a Moral September issue, died at his home (Cowtiizued front Page 12) in Staunton 011 September 2. Boyd been a faithful mother to them, an was pensioned July 28, 1925, with an excellent cook and house-keeper. I allowance of $36.80, and a total of don't know of a single time that either $73.60 was paid him at the time of myself or the boys ever got to work his death. His continuous service late. She always gets us off on time." with the Frisco totaled 23 years and Charles A. Harley has been with seven months. the Frisco twenty-four years and is a locomotive engineer on the Western Division. He began work August 2, More Good Fuel Records 1901, and has a three-year-old son. Arthur Harley also listened to his (Cotrtiitzwd fro111 Pnge 27) father, and his twenty-three years' September 2nd, train 532, engine service have won for him a place on 4026, Engineer Calvin, Fireman Roach the right side of the cab in a Western -Frances to Henryetta-handled 86,- Division engine. 768 Gross Ton Miles, burned 5 tons James Byron Harley is a brakeman of coal or a fuel performance of 115 on the Western Division and advanc- pouuds per 1,000 G. T. 31. ing rapidly up the ladder of railroad Engine 3682. August 12, switching progress. All of the boys live in F. S. WOLF in Kansas City yards, in charge of Enid. Engineer Frain, Fireman Scherge, And father and mother Harley are On August 11, 1925, death took an- made a performance of 83 pounds proud of this coming generation of other name from the list of retired coal per switch locomotive mile, in railroad workers. men-a pioneer Frisco railroader of other words, in the 8 hours on duty They believe that it is "the beet Kansas City, Kansas, Mr. F. S. Wolf. this crew only used two tons of coal. there is in Industry."

1 I Fvisco Babies I I I-.lt.;u~ \\'iiliarn, age 8 nronlhs; d~tuahterof \Vm. Ficltie. eonduetor on Southern Division local. 2-Robert, Harold and Ellxe; children of Bob King, Uirrnirrghonl. 3-Billie; son of \\'. 1'. Roberts, Hope, Ark. 4-Saooli, we 14 months; da~~ghterof Birl Thompson, Chaffee, Jlo. 5-Gtlin, nge 3 years; son of Dean Un- derwood, ChafYce, No. 6-.I:[% Edgar Kess, K;rnsah Ma. 7-Charleen, age 1 sear; diluahler of C. F. Corbin, Tulsa, Oklu. 8-Jlar- jorie, ilge 19 months; grandd:ru,~hter of ridan1 Rrlinzer, forenlan, 1nbound.Seventh Street Sta- tion. g-.T;~mes Joseph; son of Stationlnaster Pr;tl~lc Reha, doplin, Jlo. IS-Fiw-serrr-old daughtvr or R. G. Oulney, Tulstr. Olcla. 11- Zettie, age 3 sears; daughter of .I. E, Clen- inger. Jlnnnl;~in Park, Ohio. 12-James and l'r~ul, ilge 5 ant1 3 sears, respectively; sons of .I. E;. Depriesl, Springfield. 13-Robby, age 3% years; son of Blmche Brnmh;tll, Sprin&?ld. 14-Jlihrio~~, aKc! Y monlhs ; ditughler of das. \\'elch, Birnlirtgli:ln~. I5--D;~wsnn, age 2 months; son of L). S. Uroan, \\'illow Springs, >lo.

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Learning the Game Right About Face! Alice: "Oh, yes, auntie! A man The following story is told by Mr. Mr. R. A. Watson, supervisor of offered me a big plate of money, and F. G. Baker electrical engineer at tools, on a recent trip in his new car: I said, 'No, thank you'." Springfield. Mo.: "I say, old man, is this the road to His young daughter picked up a Pickle Center?" The Reason wasp. As she stood ruefully suck- Old Inhabitant: "Wal, yes, it's the Marshall: "The Joneses are moving ing her thumb, her father came up road alright, but you better turn from the neighborhood." and asked what was the matter. around if you want to get there." Muriel: "BIoving! Why, people are "That bug's wiring was wrong," she just getting to know them." answered. "I. touched him aud he The Pace! "That's why they're going." wasn't insulated at all." He: "Is she progressive or con- servative?" Complaint Adjusted Maybe So-Maybe Not! She: "I don't know. She wears Little Girl: "Mother says she found last year's hat, drives this year's car a fly in the cake you sold her." Party boarding boat for a trip down and lives on next year's income." Grocer: "I'm sorry. Tell her to the illississippi: "Is this boat going send the fly back and I'll give her a up or down?" A Sure Way raisin in place of it." Deckhand: "Well, she's a leaky old tub, ma'm, an' I shouldn't wonder Inquiring Old Lady: "Tell me, how if she was going down. But then, did you begin to be an aviator?" Oh! again, her b'ilers ain't none too good, Answer: "I started at the bottom Ben Zeen: "I know a good joke so she might go up." and worked up." about crude oil." Carry Been: "Spring it!" True Love Ben Zeen: "It's not refined." Dumb Cracks Engine Driver's Sweetheart : "And --- If all the chorus girls who buy their (lo you always think of me during On the Job in St. Louis! own fur coats and sport roadsters your long nIght trips?" A girl from a telephone exchange were gathered together, they would Engine Driver: "Do I? Why, I've fell asleep while at church. fill a telephone booth. wrecked two trains that way already." The preacher, announcing the hymn, Engine Driver's Sweetheart: "Oh, said: "Number 428." They say the short skirt is on the you darling! "-Tid-Bits (London). At that moment the girl awoke. wane in Paris. From what we've been "I'll ring 'em again," she murmured. able to see, we find it is on the bow- Excellent Taste, Excellent! legged in St. Louis. Grocer: "This is the best brand of RULES FOR SUCCESS peaches on the market-your husband Rule Number One The Contrary Sex will like them." If now your chance is offered- "An' yo' say dat little twin baby Customer: "The peaches my hus- Girlie, parlor, light subdued, am a gal?" inquired Parson Jones of band likes are not in cans." First, sit closely, very closely, one of his colored flock. Grocer: "What are they in?" Talk and look as if imbued. "Yessah." Customer: "In bathing suits." Rule Number Two "An' the other one. Am dat of the -- -Selected. Now success will make you bolder, contrary sex?" Religious Handicap Take her hand into your own. "Yessah, she am a gal, too." Teacher: "Now. Robert, what is a Slip your arm around her gently; niche in a church?" Tighten till effect is shown. First Lessons in Arithmetic Bobby: "Why, it's just the same as Rule Number Three an itch anywhere else, only you can't Act impassioned. whisper fervor, "If there were four flies on the desk, Of your love for her alone, Mary, and I killed one, how many scratch it as well." -Boston Transcript. And, with opportunity offered, would be left?" Press your lips against her own. "One," promptly replied Mary- "the dead one." Go Early, Avoid the Rush Rule Number Four A new musical comedy came to Yon won't need the book now! town. The billboards read : "Fifty Times Change! beautiful girls. Forty-five gorgeous And Soap With maids so scarce, and wives so costumes." Ten people were killed in "I can give you a double room with active in public affairs, an able-bod- the rush for tickets for the opening bath," announced the small-town hotel ied mother-in-law is a real asset to a performance. clerk. "Will that be satisfactory?" young man these days. "Give me a room with a double Floaters bath." replied the experienced travel- Advice Teacher: "Can anyone tell me where er, "so I'll be sure of a couple of Young Sophomore (slightly experi- Noah lived?" towels."-American Legion Weekly. enced): "When dating with a stage Pupil: "I think he and his family star, you meet her at the stage door, belonged to the floating population." Saved .Him a Bill but where in thunder would you meet Ding: "What did your wife say last a movie actress?" Polite night when you came home?" Senior (of vast experience) : "That's Aunt: "And were you a very good Dong: "The darling never said a easy. Meet her at the screen door, little girl at church this morning, word. And I was going to have those ol course." Alice?" two front teeth pulled out anyhow." homemaker^ Page - MISS LORETTO A. CONNOR. Editor

A PIPING HOT DISH Use same recipe for preparing Frisco Twin Daughters Are cooked tomatoes for table-only Contest Prize Winners Mrs. N. V. Allebach Recom- leave bits of bacon in the fat and mends Spanish Sauce for when nearly done add bits of dry Death Claimed Beverly Jean in July bread. Coo1 Days and Betty Jane Is "Carrying On" Alone Wife of Well-Known Springfield Engineer Gives Favorite Recipe HOW'S YOUR FRENCH Beverly Jean and Betty Jane Clark, to Frisco Wives TODAY? twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Roy 31. Clark of 1610 West 41st Street, -- OW that the wintertime is Kansas City, Mo., were perhaps the approaching, let us turn an Have you ever picked up a menu best known twins in that city. 2 2 eye to some hot dishes which card and found that it was difficult will take away the sting of to order many of the dishes because Zww2a sharp, north wind. of the numerous French terms? Mrs. N: V. Allebach, wife of N. V. It is often embarrassing to ask just Allebach, well-known engineer, who what each one is. Of course, they make a charming menu display, but when you ask the waiter to kindly tell you what "Blanch Mange" is, he'll reply with a very indifferent stare that it is a dessert made of gelatin or cornstarch aud milk. Plain enough, if you know. Here's another one, "Bisque", which means a thick, rich soup made of shellfish, birds or rabbits. "Casserole" is perhaps one of the more familiar ones and means a baked dish of meat or vegetables with bread crumbs. "Cecils" is only another way of an- nouncing that the balls of minced meat are served with bread crumbs..- Then there is the word "Compote", Beverly Jean (left) and Betty Jane Clark of which is a mold of jelly, relish or Kansas City, Mo. fruit. They can be claimed, rightly, Frisco A small cube of toasted bread is products, for Mr. Clark is a conductor called a "Crouton" and is served with for the Frisco, and they are the grand- soups. children of "Mother Clark", who took Food which is seasoned with curry such a prominent part in the Third leaves and spices is termed "Curried." Veterans' Reunion. "Entree" means a side dish. Beverly Jean and Betty Jane were "Glace" means covered with a coat- the winners of six Better Children MRS. N. V. ALLEBACH ing of sugar. Contest prizes in one year, the last resides at Springfield, Mo., makes a There is a mint, used in flavoring one being a diamond ring given in a most delicious Epanish sauce of which which is often found on the menu, Shriners' contest. she says, "Tested for enginemen and the French term being "Marjoram". On June 28 they celebrated their recommended for others". Another familiar one is "Pureen-a fourth birthday, and there never were Mrs. Allebach gives here recipe with thick cream soup. two happier, healthier children. On the endorsement of Mr. Allebach, who "Rechauffe" doesn't mean a thing- July 1, Beverly Jean contracted mem- claims there is nothing like it: except that the dish is warmed over. branous croup, which claimed her life, Take as much as two tablespoons "Saute" means to cook in a little in spite of everything that could be of clear, unscorched bacon fryings, fat. done for her. into which you cut two onions into A spongy dish made of eggs, milk The accompanying photograph was bits and fry until tender. and flour, beaten light, is termed taken on June 20. They enjoyed a Add one can or its equivalent in "Souffle". wide acquaintance, and Beverly Jean fresh tomatoes. With these few hints it should not shall be greatly missed by all Risco Cook until thick as marmalade, be hard to get a square meal out of folk, and her many, many other stirring to prevent scorching. a complicated French menu card. friends. Season while cooking with one teaspoon of salt, same amount of Every woman has a pet dish of good food. Railroad wives are known the world over sugar and half as much pepper. for their ability as cooks. Why not pass your favorite recipe around to other Frisco After trying, vary seasoning and women. Send it to Miss Connor, care of the Magazine, St. Louis. proportions to suit taste. October., 1925 Page 37

Miss Frisco Clad in Fashion's Latest

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NE of the rrrost beautifrd faslziorz shows 0 cwr z~~itnessedby St. Louis people has just ended a tlzree-we~ks'run at the Garden Tlreatrc, St. Louis, Mo. This charming blaclz sati~r dress Tile cost~tcs,slro-mz to the public on (as showt above), trinrrrred with professioiral ~trodels,depicted the latest in gold braid and itrserts of white satia, is charmir~gljiworw by Miss hats arrd shoes, ns well ns everything thnt Peggy Dowliizg, of the nuditofs colrld be of rrsc to milady 1.11 dressing fit- office, St. Louis, Mo. tingly for the fall mzd winter months. A beautiful red velour coat Tire girls who acted as models were se- (SIZOWRilt upper left cor)ier), with trimmings of silver muskrat, mod- lected a?~dtl-airred, urzder the persomd super- eled by 1l4iss iWelba Krue.qer of visiou of Major Levy, 7oho for several years the assistal~t auditor of freight ltns had a great den2 to do with stagittg the accounts' deportirrerrt, St. Louis. big St. Lolris fnshion show. Major Levy was one of the wost attractive zle- is con~rectedwith the Major Ganne~ltCom- lorw coats shoeu~t. pan! of St. Louis, Mo. At left is showit 01% z4i)-to-the minute sport outfit of blite im- Th~orrgh tlzc kijzdness of Major Levy. ported kasha cloth, with skirt af the Frisco's oztm r~todelsare slzo7un on tile red aizd groy stripes. Kick pleats are lined with bright red. Miss acco~r~parzyingfashion page, rrrodelitcg tiwee Betty L. tlerzog of the paymas- of the orltfits worft ilz the faslzion show. ter's office,St. Louis, is the attrac- While they are not the ruost elaborate, they tive model. dppict three serviceable nnd cl~nr~vzutingfall costzmes. witlritt the weans of the en?- ployed girl, and most stzmring for the up- propriate occasion. Page 38 October, 192.5

Foreman Barnard of Mississippi Answers Goolsby of Alabama To Fill Your Own Place Is the Most Section Boss Smitten by Muse as He Sits on Log by Tracks Important Thing in the World -- HEN J. N. Goolsby, of Jasper, Ala.. told John R. Godsey, By ROBERT B. PENNYCOOK Z~ZNagazine reporter and car- Freight Accounting Department, Springfield. Mo. toonist of Birmingham, all about his experiences in the early days of railroad building down in the Tombigbee country, he started - ROM the lips of the old, the and I will make thee ruler over many something. % young and the middle-aged. things." When Godsey's interview with 2 2 we continually hear such ex- The philosophy of this saying is Goolsby was printed in the August is- pressions as: "I wish he apparent to him who looks below the sue of the Magazine, that "something" 2mm2would do this," "1 wish she surface. The soul that successfully received momentum. would do that," "I wish they would do cultivates patience and fortitude and cheerfulness within the limits of nar- One day G. M. Barnard, section fore- their part," and I often wonder what man of Section 92, Nettleton, Miss., kind of a world it would be if each row, disagreeable circumstances has a man with 27 years' Frisco service. one would say: "I will try and do my thereby become so strong and self- part, whether other people do their reliant that the "many things" of aud a life-long friend of Goolsby's, sat power and opportunity cannot hurt on a log beside the railroad he and duty or not." If each should stand in his place, him. Goolsby had worked on years and Fill your place well. years ago. He had read the Jasper fulfilling his duty to the utmost. look- man's story in the Frisco Magazine ing to the right for help and approval, the night before. it wonld not be easy to calculate the The "muse" visited Foreman Bar- improvement that would soon take A HEAP 0' TROUBLE nard as he sat on there, and that night place in our every sphere of endeavor. By BEN 13. LEWIS at home he wrote the following poem: Each man, each woman, is fitted for a certain place; each being in his "From George to John-or Then and place, the whole is harmonious, like Ain't this a sad old world? Now." a grand army with its generals, its Friend John, I wish to make reply Take Bill for a gloomy example. colonels, its captains and corporals, Bill ain't but five-but he takes To the lines you write of the years its musicians and private soldiers. gone by, things hard, same as lots uv grown I worked today along the line, The power of the army is in its folks. This mawnin', long about nine Where you tramped m~~din eighty- discipline, so it is with the power of a. m., he hikes down t' th' pasture an' nine. society; but in civilized society. the goes cram-fishin', which seems t' be individual is mainly responsible. There his favorite pastime as well as his This mud has vanished far below is, indeed, an external law that re- main pursuit in life these days. He The grade line stakes of long ago, duced every atom to its proper level. uses up about a pound uv salt pork, Instead there lies a cinder bed but there is no human court-martial purloined frum his mamma's pantry, That you and I have both helped for members of society who persist in an' snags three crawfishes by twelve spread. getting out of their places. If a pri- thirty p. m., noon. vate insists on being a colonel, no one He's as proud ur them animiles as I fancy now I hear the song can hinder his donninq a uniform and a bran' new jack-knife, an' cuddles That mosquitoes sang over you so making a fool of himself and causing that old tin can t' his chest. Ten- long, endless trouble to others. derly deposits it under a peach tree, My vision now across the way Fill your own place and fill it well. an' rushes int' th' house long enough Reveals Sam Wilson stooped and gray. Concentrate your force upon that t' grab a bite o' rake-he ain't got which you are doing. If these yrinci- time fer beans-an' then hurriedly He looks as though in former years ples could form the groundwork of returns t' th' back yard t' match his He did his work with least of fears, every child's education how much pets. In th' meantime one uv 'em The steers that drowned in ninety- waste of power could be prevented. has died on him, bein' apparently et two. As it is. men and women are eternal- up consid'able by th' larger two. As No doubt were burned by your own ly struggling for something beyond a sort uv reprisal. Bill, he takes out crew. their reach. To strive ever for a th' biggest crawfish, which he sus- Perchance the ashes blew away higher condition is, as we all know, pects uv th' dirty work, an' whams To Henry Ford one stormy day- laudable; but a higher condition is at- him forceful with a brickbat. Wach- They came back here in form of cars tained best and surest hv filline well ully, that leaves but one; an' along That now are uumerous as the stars. the place, however low, in which one t'wards evenin' th' last one gits dis- may find himself. couraged, er lonesome, an' quietly They run in high, they run in low "ne thou faithful over a few things commits suicid~er dies nv some un- Most anywhere you wish to go: known crawfish ailment, probably Some carry men, some carry loads superinduced by repeated proddin' To gravel old Tombigbee roads. His doorsteps on the house top with a stick t' see him move. The house top on the ground. Bill's plum clisconsolate, t' say th' The world is on an upbuild, least. Seems he aimed t' start his- With me you must agree. His bedroom in the kitchen se'f a crawfish farm an' git rich raisin' For times are better now His kitchen in the hall, th' dern things an' sellin' 'em t' folks Than they were in Ninety-three. His wife was wearing breeches- \\-hich enjoys eatio' their tails. His And had no hair at all. business hopes is blighted in th' bud, But to hear some people tell it his stock in trade is dead an' gone. The country is in a shrill, My service on the Frisco Line he's run out o' bacon, an' he's busted Tombigbee is running sideways Has reached about one score and nine, er misplaced his fishin' tackle, con- Right up the Amory hill. So many things have changed you sistin' uv a scantlin' an' a piece o' see string. I met a man this morning Since mud was tramped by you and It's sad, that's all. It's a doggone, With the world all turned around; me. measley shame.

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Published in the MAGAZINE WITHIN The interest of the F. A. of M. C. & C. D. MAGAZINE Frisco Mechanic

VOLUME II OCTOBER, 1 9 2 5 No. I

The FRISCO MECHANIC The Supervisors-Most Important to the Frisco Published and Edited as a Deoartment of the Frisco Employes' Magazine WLM. L. HUGGINS. Jr...... Editor MARTHA C. MOORE .... Assistant Editor Aanoeiate Edltom WM. UNDERWOOD ...... Chafrman HOWARD PICKENS...... Secretilr>r - -- The Editor will he ~ladto rwrior Interesting contributions at all tlmea. A SPLENDID INTEREST Engineer Holmes of Thayer Is Awake to Crossing Dangers

Causes Passage of City Ordinance to "Stop Before Crossing" at Frisco Tracks

a11way employes may accom- plish in the way of civic in- terest, is contained in the Reading from left to right-Standing: Chas. Heinze. assistant boiler foreman: H. Gazette. D. Holmes. wheel foreman; S. M. Ferguson, gang foreman: E. F. Esser, machine foreman: E. W. Brown. yard engineer at Thtlyer, Missouri, ueneral foreman; H. J. Ray. shop superintendent; Carl Sauerman, mill foreman: J. A. Gehrs. who is directly responsible for the rod foreman: R. M. Marcell, pattcrn foreman; J. R. Lawrence, tinner foreman and E. W. Wilkins. passing of a city ordinance prohibit- painter foreman. Seated: I. N. Fretz. blacksmith foreman; Jas. Burns. motor car foreran; J. J. Collins. ing motorists from crossing railway chief clerk to superintendent and J. W. Reddick, boiler foreman. tracks in Thayer without halting their machines. -- RISCO ofl'icials have always praised the work of those most inlportant of men the supervisors. On then1 the responsibility of getting out the 2 7 2 work depends and it has never yet been said that one of them "fell down". The accompanying picture shows a group of these supervisors of the north shops, Springfield, Mo., talcen at one of their Sunday nrorning con- ferences, where they outline the work for the coming week. These men have all come up through the ranks and are well able to super- vise the work in the shops.

would be to get an order from the pany for twenty-seven years. During city, making it compulsory for all the past nine years he has been in vehicles to stop, before crossing these ~rdservice at Thayer, Mo. tracks. Y1"I have noticed Mr. Holmes a num- First he met the city aldermen ant1 ber of times running his engine over put before them the dangers that the passing track or lead track at might befall a motorist who attempt- Thayer, Mo., to the south, and stop etl to cross without stopping. He evi- it on the crossing, first south of the dently placed his case before them depot and remain there, blocking the in a convincing manner, for at the crossing to prevent anyone from run- last laeeting a Pew nights ago, they ning out ui)on the track in front of passed an ordinance that a sign should train 104, which would be due to go be placed at each crossing, reading, north, also freight trains coming into "STOP BEFORE CIIOSSING-CITY Tllayer from the south," 3Ir. Sheridan LAW". remarked. For Pallure to do this, the ordinance In thc long service which Mr. rends, "a man is deemed guilty ol' a Holmes has enjoyed, the prominence misdemeauor and subjected to a fine of the safety first program has been of not less than $25.00, a jail sentence, brought keenly to his attention, as it or both fine and imr)riso~iment. has to the attention of every man in HOWARD D. HOLMES This informatioll bas submitted by engine service, and he feels that 311.. L. E. Sheridan, claim agent and everything within reas011 should be In the performance of his duties as safety committeeman of Joilesboro, done to promote safety along the yard engineer, Holmes became aware Ark., as a record of this man's faith- Frisco Lines. of the great danger of automobiles fulness and interest in the company Referring to the splendid interest being struck on the crossing's south of and the public. of this inan in the safety first pro- the depot and the one west of it, by 27 Years With the Frisco gram, Mr. H. TV. Hudgens. chief claim incomilig and outgoing trains. Mr. Holmes is 47 years of age and agent, says: "Mr. Holmes is a fine ex- He thought the best thing to do has been in the service of the com- lC'orrtiirttrd ort 11c.i-t P

Engine 3735 Makes Record for First I "GOOD-BYE, DADDY" ( Six Months This Year Good-bye Daddy, come home safe, Hlse I might become a waif; Don't take chances as you work- That is worse than if you'd shirk; Best Fuel Performance for Yard Engines Credited You can do your job with care, to Crew-C. E. Whiflach,Foreman And that's only what is fair To my mother and to me- It's your duty, don't you see? -- NGINE 3733, first trick coach pounds. The cylinder is 20Y2 inches Good-bye. Daddy, do yollr best ' eugine in the lonett yards, in diameter with a 26-inch stroke. The But work safely, like the rest; 2 2 has the distinction of holding tractive effort is 33,700 pounds. Keep your mind and vision clear- the best fuel record perform- Needless to say, it requlres close Think of us folks waiting here; ance for the first six months attention and efficient handling to Foolish chances do not pay, of 1925 for yard engines on the Frisco be awarded this record and the crew For there's bound to come a day Lines. on both shifts, handling this engine, When you'll have an accident Which, by care, you could prevent.

Good-bye, Daddy, don't forget That you need your arms to pet Ne, and hug me, oh, so tight, When you come from work each night, And, unless you'll careful be, You may have no arms for me. Good-bye, Dad, come home tonight, Safe and sound and strong and bright. -Birmingham Sews. Scnt in 1)s Mrs. Frank 1,. Powell, 12'22 Slap- noliir A\enue, Birmit~fhalu, Ah. Harry Brown. Jr., Improving The son of Harry Brown. chief clerk, to L. J. Leysaht, superintend- ent of soutl~shops, Springfield, Mo., has been ill for some time with typhoid fever. Late reports are that he is doing This engine works sixteen hours a are due a great deal of credit in their nicely and his complete recovery is day with the crew shown by the side efforts toward fuel conservation. expected in a short time. of the engine handling for the last half. The crew consists of C. E. Whit- lach, foreman; David Marshall, IV. AI. Pitts, J. W. Ruggles, engiueer, and John Bridge, extra fireman. The regu- The Question Box lar fireman is Chas. Turner. Conducted by A. H. OELKERS Engineer Ruggles and Fireman Tur- ner handle the engine during the last Question. What are some of the conditions governing the stiffness and half of the work period without any strength of a flat leaf spring? preparatory work, except taking Answer. Up to the point that the material of which the spring is made water, and it is conceded that an en- can be bent without permanent distortion, the following conditions prevail: gine consunles more coal on the last (a) If the width of the plate is doubled without other changes, the half. By efficient handling, however, strength of the spring is doubled and the deflection is one-half as this engine crew made their recortl- great with equal load. breaking fuel conservation record in (b) If the thickness of the plate is doubled without other changes, the view of the above handicap. strength of the spring is four times as great and the deflection is The road foreman of equipment re- one-eighth as great. marked that this is the only engine (c) If the length of the spring is doubled, the strength is one-half as working sixteen hours without work- great and the deflection is eight times as much. ing on fires, that does not cause a de- (d) The amount a spring deflects under an equal load will be cut in lay. half by doubling the number of plates of equal thickness, but instead The engiue was built in 1910 by the if the thickness of each plate were doubled, the deflection under Raldwin Locomotive Works and the same load would be only one-eighth as much. N c.iqhs, exclusive of tender, 164.500 Question. How much work could be done by the heat in a pound of con1 if nothing were lost, and how much work does a locomotive perform with a a pound of coal? A Splendid Interest Answer: (a) The energy equivalent to the heat resulting from the perfect com- (COIII~IIIIP~frow I'(r(/e 42) bustion of a pound of coal would lift a weight of 1,000 pounds, ample or the employe who personally 17,000 feet or exert a Pull of 1,000 pounds for a distance of three interests himself in the safety pro- and onequarter miles. gram on the Frisco Lilies. Interest (b) The use of a steam locomotive involves so many varieties of losses such as his will soon lead to results in changing the heat into mechanical motion that only about one- which will mean a standard of 'no fifteenth of the perfect conversion is accomplisl~edand this means accidents'-a record which we will all that a pound of coal will exert a pull of 1,000 pounds for a distance be rightly proud of." of about one-fifth of a mile. October. 1925

by Chief Clerk P. D. Haycs on Lake this company is being sold at $100 per Taneycomo. They say it takes pa- share. Frisco mechanical employes are I WESTERN DIVISION I tience to be a good fisherman and we shorving their interest in the further know for a fact that is one quality development of the splendid resources - - the person in question undoubtedly and location that Chaffee has, by sub- possesses. Everyone can remember scribing to this stock liberally. TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT time and time again the results of a Leota Friend, our little stenogrupher- WESTERN DIVISION-ENID fishing trip were nothing morc than clerlc in the master mechanic's office. a good coat of tan, chigger bites and IS spending ~ a much deserved vacation Onr Slognu-Booxt or Blow those othcr things that go with a trip in points in California. We all sin- of this kind, so we are certainly hap- cerelv hone that she comes back. in- py to think that patience was finally cluding 3iac. A. L. KINI- of the death of the wife of one of our and heln nush the table around. rcnw R. Q. 3Ii11s, section fore111:ln at Enid freight house employes. George ..\ nrk -freight train has been in- Fairmont, has been placed in charge Snyder, which occurred at Enid reeent- irugurated between St. Louis and Mem- of his territory. ly. Sympathy of all extended in this. ])his. Leaves St. Louis at 12:00 noon Civil Engineer Nuckolls and family their hour of sorrow. c'arh day and arrives at hIempliis about spent a two weeks' vacation recently **** S:OO a. m. The train is delayed in and around Springfield and although throurh Chaffee about tmentv minutes hot and dry in that territory, report Sinrlnir-Miller chanfiing engines. The schedule is a nice time. Guess after all, maybc Helen Eugenia Sinclair gave up her rasily made and believe this about Oklahoma does not have all the hot. position ns assistant sulwrintendent's the hest service that is put out on dry weather. clerk at Enid to take the lifelong posi- any place on the Frisco system. After Helen. our assistant superin- tion as assistant to rclay opcrator at tendent's clerk, done went and got Sapulpa. The romance started about married. which they all do sooner or a year ago when Ruey A. Miller was later. Claudine Cox, from the roadmas- sent to Enid as relief operator and was SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE ter's office, bid in that job and is get- rompleted at the home of the brido CHAFFEE, MO. ting along in fine Shape as, of course. Sentemher 13. The ceremony was of- we knew she would. ticinlly witnessed hv Wire Chief R. I<. ASNA GOLDEX. Reporter Assistant Superintendent Canady and I-Tutcheson and Assistant Cashier Elma family like Enid so well they didn't Williams. of Rlarkwell. Rusiness seems to be booming on the even leave there while R. C. C. was on The bride is the oldest daughter of river division. With the close of the vacation, first part of September. H. F. Sinclair. c!aim agent. and the watermelon rush comes the cotton Harriett Baker, who is filling tem- Xroom the son of A. A. Miller, of Camp- movement, which looks very promis- porary vacancy, as stenographer to bell, >lo.. also a Frisco cmploye. so it's ing. Wc also have a new fast freight chief clerk, was the successful appli- n mutual Frisco affair and both have between St. Louis which seems to he cant for the Job in the roadmaster's scores of Frisco friends and others hreaking all records for the quick office and will be transferred to that to wish all the good wishes for them movcincnt of tonnage. On September position as soon as 4da Dillon, regular for their long and happy journev 13. this train wa~halidled by Conclur,- ~tenographerto chief clerk. is able to After a trip to Kansas City and points tor Holl~ndand Engineer Rice betnrecn resume duty, which we hope will be in Nebraska, they mill be at home in T,indenwood and Chaffee in four hours very soon; we Were very sorry to learn Sapulpa. Forty minutes, handling 1.463 tons. This she was unable to return first part of is almost passenger time. Septeiilber as anticipated. Mr. and Wrs. C. 3TcBroom went to Agent Maring, Enid. rcports a fine 3Icmphis Sunday, September IS, to ~t- vacation. in part spent in and arcund I RIVER DIVISION tend thc funeral of Superintendent Eureka Springs. Ark. While absent I Claihornr of the ~OUtherlldivision. from Enid station. Chief Clerk Rey- Our old friend Barney Hamilton. of nolds ably represented the regular Tulsa. Oltla.. hlew in the other day to man. ROUNDHOUSE-XHAFFEE, MO. shake hands with the general office Cashier-Operator Brown. at Black- force. Barney loolcn an though Okla- well, was recently called home account JAXRS F. HALEy. Reporter homa agrees with him, but seems to be illness of his mother. Trust me will zlad to he hack among his old river soon have him back with us again and division friends again. Mrs. Hamilton that his mother has fully recovered. C,. F. 3lc,Ti~n11:1.chic€ clerk. has mov- and daug-htcr. Rmilv-Ann. are visiting Operator Hague has heen acting as ed his f:irr!il?. to C:tp(. Girnrdeau. relatives in Cape Oirardeau. cashier-operator while the regular man Chaffctb IS soon lo have n garment So one can denv the fact that Arrent was absent. factory :IS t 11,. I'rcrr~icr Zlnnufacturinr: H~ilehan, of cape Girardeau, is the ..\ fishing trip mas recently enjoved Company iv lo~xlina here. Stock in luckie~tman on this division. harinc

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oC handling conditions as they come sarding injury prevention and first numhcr of the officc employes home up." :rid, which wc feel will prove beneficix: owners. 1,ike most good things, however, to all present and mill help us makc W. 4. A?cGlothIin reports a plehsant there is a drawback. whlch in this case a better showing on our monthIp in- visit out west. also a cruise on one oC is his already having a splendid posi- jury report. tho Qr~:itLakes. This is very diff~r- tion which he stoutly refuses to give The pictures Engineer J. C. JInxwell ent Croni the East Lake that Bill is so up in ordcr to talte up umpiring reg- is showing is sufficient proof that he nccustomed. ularly, and so far, efforts to sign him and Alrs. ;\laswell spent an enjoyable .Jim Uowdle, hard working switch to a regular contract havc failed. vacation in Hot Surinzs. Ark. engine foreman, rctired for ten days However, many friends and the Ft. The observances'of the nlind of femi- rest. It was reported that Jim had Smith managemcnt are prevailing upon nine is demonstrated in a story told gonc tc, Florida to invest in real es- Hhing to talte up the work of oificiat- by Engincer George Daniels. tate. but Jim says Florida doesn't have ing regularly as a11 are thoroughly Mr. and Mrs. Danicls spent a month's thnt apl~e;~lto him. convinced he will soon grow into the vnc:rtion with their son. Ralph Daniels Word wax received here of the death big league. and Blrs, Daniels and their family. of J. Y. Boyd. aged sixty, and for Johnson is assistant timekeeper in whose residence is on n bluff over- twenty-five pears conductor between superintendent's office here and we are looking the summer White House. blem~hisand Birmingham. His death begging him not to accept the offer as When President and Mrs. Coolidge occucred at his sister's home in Vir- the office without Johnson would be arrived at Swampscott, the school ginia. He had many friends among the like brcad without salt. children went to wclcome them. The employes nn th entire southern divl- Flora Rollinger, who motored with childre11 of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Dan- sion. friends from Sapulpa to Washington, iels were in the welcoming party. They IIars'nnll Ford holds the record of is expectcd to return this week. returncd home very proud and enthu- taking a weeli's vacation and coverlna Walter Smith visited relatives in siastic and said: "The president spokc much territory. This year he went to Cincinnati, the past week. to us." Their mother asked how they Singara Balls. knew it was he and Martha Lou. 10 Thc srcatest sensation this year, and N. K. Waters went to the St. Louis the greatest surprise was the marriage hospital for a tonsilectory operation. years old, replied: "Don't you think I I~11omthat hat Alrs. Coolidge wears'?" of George Prince in Corrinth. Miss.. One of the welcome visitors during during the latter part of August. the month was A. G. Denham, who was George was well in his bachelor years nnd all had thought he wou!d remain MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT vacationing in Fort Smith. His visit was enjoyed by all and we were that way. since it seemed impossible CENTRAL DIVISION pleased to know that he hasnVt forgot- to find one that would finally say yes. ten us. Etta Xae P~rulreturned from a two IRENE WOESTMAN, Reporter Mr. and Mrs. Frank Reed and son months' vzcation in Kansas and on tho George now are in Chicago where the?. first day in Dobbin's Cafe, shc vamped .\n honor roll of 480 schools through- attended the traveling engineers' con- Pete, the pie man, for a cocoanut pie. out the country prepared by the L. C. vention, which convened from Septem- Holland Wilson had a narrow es- Smith Typewriter Company. of Syra- ber 15 to 18, inclusive. We prcdict that cape while motoring on the Besscmer cuse. N. Y., for the months of April, Mr. Reed gathered valuable informa- highway one Sunday afternoon. The i\Iay, June and July for the greatest tion at this convention from which our car was struck by a speeding motorist speed efficiency obtained. places St. division will profit. who attempted to pass and almost Anne's academy. of Fort Smith, sccond E. Stringer, Cormcr flrst class ma- overlurned the car in which \Vilson with a speed of 112 words a minutr chinist at Fort Smith, has been ap- and his family were riding. maintained for a period of 15 minutes. pointecl working foreman at Rogers. A. Sir1 Green was fortunate enough This was the record of \'era Rishon. Ark., in lieu of G. Sprague, who has to spend his vacation in Texas this of Muukogee. pupil at St. Anne's aca- been transferred to A\moru. Miss. We year. dem y. wish them both success in their new Glen Hcckshles, the boy who works Miss Bisho~is the daughter of E. H. posi tions. fourteen out of cvery fifteen days. Bishop, engineer on the 0. & C. C. Irene Woestman has returned from calne out for a visit to sce his old bud- sub-division. a vacation spent in Houston and Gal- dies nnd possibly locate the fifteenth Pat M. Riley has returned from a veston. visiting Mrs. R. T. Durrett and day. bllt not having any rccords. hc month's visit with his daughter. Ger- Mr. Durrett. Mrs. Durrett will be re- was unable to find which day it was. trude Riley, in Denver. Colo. membered as Eula Branson. formerlv Aron L. Burleson, chief of the bridgc? Car Clerk E. H. Carstensen was employed in master mechanic's office builders, has decided his vacation will among those enjoying recent vacations, as file clerk and stenographer. he spent in Canada. Happy and Mar- having gone to his home in &Ioiltana. shall Ford always pick out some long It isn't any wonder that Oscar Nel- trip for that beer. the same thing can son enjoys his visits to Springfield, es- he sccurcd over in Georgia, but it must ~eciallvwhen he has a new car to taste bcttcr after such a long trip. break -in. G. R. Carson was in memphis for Mr. and JIrs. J. D. Heyburn and the funeral of Superintendent Clai- daughters. Grayce and Fern, have re- FREIGHT TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT borne. A large floral offering was scant from thc employes of the Bir- turned from Chicaao where thev at- MEMPHIS, TENN. tended the thirty-tliird annual coilrcn- mingham sub. tion of the traveling engineers' asso- The desperate heat wave that has ciation. Mr. Heyburn is one of the KATE JIASSIE, Reporter held all Rirmingham and especially the vice-presidents of this association and employes at East Thomas, was finally at last yew's convention he was select- JIias Gene Wingo Weds Mr. S. J. Pcgres l)rr>ken after six days of temperature ed as chairm~nof a committee to write The wedding of Gene Wingo to S. J. ranging from 104 to 106 degrees. Bir- a paper on What Progress has been Pegues took place at sevpr. thlrtv mingham mas officially recorded two made in Drafting of Locomot~veswith o'clock Saturday evening. September days as the hottest city in the coun- a View of Increased Efficiency and 8. 192.5, in the Claybrook Ave. Methodist try, ant1 thosc who tried working in Economy in Coal and Oil Fuels", which Church, Memphis. Tenn. Rev. Dr. T. the ol'fice will never forget. Nr. John- was read at this meeting. W. T~ewis.officiating. Only a few in- son can now work in peace and with- Due to the great demand for box timate friends attended. Miss Tingo out rolling his trousers above his car? and coal cars on the central di- has been secrrtarv to R. E. Buchanan. knees. vision. it has been necessarv to in- executive penerai agent for the pnst So Hooner than the group insurance crease the force in the car' depart- vrar, and Pegues is secretary to Jos. cards were passed out to the clerks, the ment at both Fort Smith and Hugo. S(,wburaer, of the Newburger Cotton chicf clerk was in turn swamped with Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Dver and son. ('omptxny. .\fter a short motor trip. a sudden return of all cards. properly Lawrence. have returned from a pleas- Mr. and JIrs. Pegues will be at home signed and waiting for the seventy-flve ant vacation spent in St. Louis and in the Columbia Apartments on Madi- per cent ovcr the system to slgn up. yon .\vrnuc. Memphis. thereby gaining the insurance policies other points along the Frisco. offered by the company. Should the Frank Reed. Jr., son of Road Fore- T!le younp couple are both popular entire system go over like the Rir- man and Mrs Frank Recd, has gone mcmbrrs of the Frisco family and re- mingham office, it will be a 100 per to Urhana, Ill.. to resume his studies wivecl mnny wishes for their future ccnt affair instead of just seventy-five in the state university. t.appinc.ss. per cent. On September 11. after the regular monthly safety first meeting. Z. E. Claypool gave a short but very ln- strurtive talk to all employes in the BIRMINGHAM TERMINALS STORES DEPARTMENT locomotive and car departments re- MEMPHIS; TENN. JCHN J,, GODSEY. Reporter ..\fter the landlord had applied a coat WYLIE & PACKWOOD of paint to raise the rcnt. R. R. Huie decided it mould be cheaper to buy a Real Estate and Insurance home. 3Ir. Huie selected a new hun- \Vc are mishty dad to learn of the Security Savings Bank Building fialow in west end, that section of the recent marriacc on this division which city wh~remost of the emploves arc was no othcr than that of Shirley I HONES sold on payments like rent. Icco ted. Rooth. our division accountant, who Largest RENTAL list in city John C. Mitchell has always believcd has at last "jumped ovcr the broom". I We solicit your INSURANCE I in Woodlnwn property, and therefore, Good luck to both of you. CHAFFEE. MISSOURI nnrchased a ncw home in that vicinity. Our stenographer in this office is I I These two additions make a large r*onsirl~ringvery seriously of tnkinr ------A - - -- Mail the coupon TODA Y to the store nearest you I Sears, Roebuck and Co. 62K84 . Dallas . Seattle

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I Rural Route ...... Box No...... We own and operate Radio Station ...... W-L-S. Tune in on 344.6 meters...... Page 48 il~rharne ale]) Lhat Shirley took, with BIRMINGHAM GENERAL OFFICE L. \V. Tankerslcy and wife hdve re- a mighty fine young man in another turned from a visit with his wife's ilcyarlment, which we hope to be ab11. mother in Oltlahonia City. Lo run in one of the issues some time Three or four of this office spent before Christmas. Since Traveling Passenger Agent B. Labor Day in New Orleans. Mr. Burnam at Thayer states that E. Hanley has been tenrporarily placed H. G. JIcKenzie spent his vacation in the fish are still biting in that neck in the city ticket office to assist ill the country, visiting relatives ncar uf the woods and that is about all thn~ taking care of the summer travel, he Jackson.~~~ ~ filiss. is happening in and around Thayer. has been complaining of suffering from One of our Frisco boys is a real ~.xccpt the monthly fuel mcetiligs fallen arches. account Iiavin~to he on ~)liotogra~~her,he can take a picrul'e wIiirii are held at that noint and hc his feet so much, well, thc summer is of anvth-ina from smoke on un, or II;IS already given the magazine a wrili~ nearly gone. down.. If any of ypu want an,; real up oil the meetings before. He doias Engineer H. E. Bailey l~asrccently pictures made, see Flol)". not feel like it is necessary to run a moved to Birmingham, having "desk" 0. G. Canman, now on pension. w\'as duplicnle write up on the meetings. space in the dispatcher's office. We wel- in to see us sevcral days ago. XI'. A. N. Burmam, storekeeper at Thaj' come Mr. and Mrs. Bailey to our city. Canman has been sick, but is looking iLr. spent thc day in Xlemghis recellti? Evelyn Franklin. assistant to Drs. much better now. \Ve are always glad on business. Woodson and Wildcr. has returned to see you. Mr. Canman. For the past six or eight weeks we from two weeks vacation spent with Leroy Eastman is now spending his have had our share of the hot and dry relatives at Morris. .%la.. and Dcnnis. vacation in Chicago. Washington. Sew \veathcr. but we were visited just re- Mississippi. York City and Boston. rently with a nice rain and things are J. a.fileGregor, district passenger C. L. Tidwell. of Lhe snecial azeiits' looking much better in and around agent, is spcnding a fcw days' vacation departmelit, is 'the proud father-of a Mcmnhis now. You can buy beoriw in thc mountnins of Tennessee. nine-pound boy, Paul Raymond, boiv cheai, now, and there are plenty 01 Traveling Freight Agen,t El. F. Sten- Sel)tember 2. them. Corn is also cheap. der is taking two weeks vacation at H. S. Crothers has the syml~athyof From the looks of the freight that home, gettinr: ncauaintcvl with his fam- the entire office in the loss of his is pouring into the Memphis frcight ily and friends. - mother, who passed away on September house, you would think that business Since the completion of Birmingham's 9, here, and was carried to Satchez. is good in Memphis, and it is. Our new million dollar Athletic Club. all >iiss., for burial. syml,athy goes out to you, Nr. Oliver. the bovs have been makinc wonderful \V. 4. JIoore and family had such a arid your understudies, for the next progress in developing therr muscles- nice vacation planned, a visit with his three months. for you are going to think they are figuring on runnin~a brother in California, but on account pet all the business you call handle. race soon. of sickness. were not able to take the The Tslississi~~iRiver at Memnhis. The writer. Rate Clerk Bowen. trip. They are now spending a few is about as lei; as it ever gets here "Chief" Thompson and J. W. Shill davs in Clarkton, 310. now. but, however, the boats are still swooped dowu on Carl hlosley, district i~ordscannot express the feelings of navigating up and down the river. freight agent. Jaclcsonville. Fla.. for this office in the loss of C. H. Clai- husiness is also good on the river. Thr Labor Day. Have Mr. and Mrs. Moaley borne and Mrs. Claiborne and little steamer "Eclipse" struck a snag lust to thank for a delightful day, hut we daughter have our deepest sympathy. week, somewhere close to Osceola, know they are glad Labor Dav comes Oliver Farris, of the accounting de- Ark., and went down with a cargo Of only once- a year. partment, has been assigned chief of :thout $60,000, but no one happened to Speaking of bathing heautieshad a the cotton denartment, and W. Y. Bill- clrown. hard time getting Abc and Tom back ings of the yard office goes to River- Here's another one on Mary an(l from Pablo Reach in time to get the side compress to handle our business her lamb: train home. The beach was beautiful. there. Mary had a little bond. but they wanted to know where the We are glad to have Harry Johnstoil Secure as bonds can be. beach was-they didn't notice the beach back on this division handling switch- That paid a handsome four per cent- particularly. ing accounts. It was a Liber-ty. Soliciting Freight Agent .T. W. Shill and daughter Evelyn spent their vaca- .% faker came to town one day, ticn in Springfield and St. Louis. Both AGENT-TERMINAL ACCOUNTS With tales on money made. report a large time. BIRMINGHAM, ALA. In Hokum Stocks or something such-- And took her bond in trade. LOCAL FREIGHT OFFICE ETHEL COPXLASD, Reporrcr JT;+ry sadly wishes now. MEMPHIS, TENN. That she had been content \Vhile Gzneral Yardmaster Brown TO let her fortune slowly grow. \'IRCISIA GRIFFIN. Reporter was motoring down Eighth Avenue to .it magic four per cent. work the other morning, another Due to favorable weathcr conditions Dodge came heading down Fourteenth this season's cotton and cottonseed Street without the proper protection, shipments are advanced almost a and shoving blind cornered Mr. Brown's month ahead of former seasons, cotton Dodge, causmg considcrable damage, & is coming in with a rush, and so far howcver. all is well now and the gen- this month, our inbound carload ship- era1 is drivin~once more. ments of cottonseed ;rre more, up to If there is aiyone intelpested in adopt- the present date, than we handled up ing babics, all particulirrs can be obtain- SWITCH CO. ed from L. T. Hatcher, of this office. Mr. to the middle or latter part of October during recent years. The priccs rea- Hatcher is a frequent visitor at the lized on both commodities are holding Childrens' Hospital on the south side. up well. and as the prosperity of Neni- and seems to be rather familiar with RAILROAD CROSSINGS phis and surrounding territory de- all the babies and can highly recom- ends considerably on these commod- mend any of them. It is thought that ities. it naturally Increases our out- Mr. Hatcher is planning to adopt one FROGS AND SWITCHES bound merchandise, which is very himself. heavy at the present time. Jimmie Welch spent his vacation MANGANESE J. L. Dazzle, clerk on platform, has tishins and claims to hdve had some rcturued from his.vacation. mighty good luck. T. E. Hanson and wife spent sever:il Mr. l)unlap, of the terminal account- TRACK WORK dayn recently with relatives at Stur- nnl's off~cehas just returned from a ris. Kentuclcv. visit to Springfield. - W. A. ~amiltonhas another boy at Mr. Kirk is leaving for the well- BIRMINGHAM - - ALABAMA his house, Thomas Emersoii, born known city. Bear Creek. It is rkther i\ugust 29, who weighed 41,4 pounds. hard to figurr out why Kirk should pick this particular spot to go squirrel hunting. probably that's just an ex- cuse. For the bcnefit of those who haven't heard of Bear Creek, informa- For better Concrete, Culverts and Bridges, tion can be secured from Jlessrs. I Hxtchcr and Kirk. D. Tiffany is spendinz some time in Springfield. Frank n'illcinxon sprnt his vacation under the shade of the barn, while Co. slreping there, the barn fell In on him Blrrnlngharn Slag and he had to auk for an addirional day off to build it back. He was dis- covered working at it 6:00 a. m. It's sad but truc. Assist;cnt Yardmaster Rob Kinr: has RIDOUT'S F"H%"M"E^L MAIN s AMBULANCE SERVICE left for a tishing trip of a couple of NIGHT AND DAY days. He r~romisedthat he \voulcI tell 2117 Fifth Avenue nlcL n sure-nuff "fish" story when he got hark. October, 1925 Page 49

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F'. 31. SCOTT, Rcporter Z I It is with rcgrct that we heard of I the death of C. H. Claibornc, superin- I tendent of the southern division, also Z of the death of Jacob Y. Boyd, at thc I home of his sister at Staunton. Va.. 111 'L thc first week of September. Mr. Boyd I was for years conductor 011 the Bir- I mingham sub-division, but for the last I d year mas unable to work on account of his hraltli. [I Bralieman W. E. Maize has returned to the Birmingham sub-division, having r beell loancd to F. C. Gow at Enid, Olcla. I Ted liltrd it mighty fine out therc. I Conductor Tliomas J. IIrCabe is now I cstra ~mhscnr-er man, ancl Lhat Irish- man iR some snannv lookimr concluc- Financial [Condition? tor, he ,,can bc lie'ircl all &ei~town yelling -411-1-1-1 aboar-r-r-r-d-d-d"! Brakeman Willic Millcr and Katie &@ Bell Parrish wcrc united in marriage recent1 y. We invite you to use "Mercantile Service." It Brnlicmaii Sam Williams (colored). was created for the betterment of your financial was married to a duuky Dora damsel, home few days prior to JIiller's mar- condition. riage, and as both Nillcr and Williams are brakemen on the same lob. IIillcr wanterl to makc it double \vcclcling, but Sam couldn't wait. The Sipsey run is now ticlng up at Prcs~dent Dora instcad of Sipsey, this run has been tieing up at Sipsey for scvcral ~MercantilcTrust Company sears, making two round trips claily St. Louis to Dora, but the powers that he decreed a change to cut down the overtimc on this run, and so far it is worlting nicely. The third big firc in two years hap- but over the rntire systcm. have returncd from a pleasant vaca- pencd at Dora Septembel, 10, when An annouucement which will be a tion spent in northern Ohio on Lake ahout tv7e!ve business houses burnecl. grcat deal of intcrest to many is tile Eric. all these being frame buildings. Dynil- n~nrriageof Shirley Walter Booth. di- William Scott. mail and baggage mite mas used to help check the blaze vision accountant, at Memphis, to Doro- handler, has decided to "try out" ax a and fire was finally stopped on both thy Sjoberg, of Springfield. 310. The clerk and is now a student under Ralph sides by brick buildings. The depot wedding ccrcmony was performed at Waltrip, yard checker. William also was damaged about $60 on one corner. tlie home of the bride's mother. Mrs. acts ill capacity of extra station mas- hcing badly scorched and broken wtn- John Sjoberg, on August 30, after ter, but says it is a pretty strenuous dow panes; the depot would have burn- which the happy couple. amid thc job for a young man looking aftcr the ed but for a switch engine opening a proverbial rice and old shoes. left for babies. bird cages and flappers. blow-off cock and blowing the tirc points north and northeast on their ont everv time it caught. Brakeman honcymnon. In behalf of the account- Sinety-six tickets were sold at M. W. Reese. on KO. 135. discovered ing department. wish to extend a Monett for the St. Louis excursion. the fire at .5:40 a. m. Operator Sliiflett hearty welcome to Mrs. Booth. Sincere- Aurrust 29. and Brakeman Maize got a good hat11 ly hope her culinary art will continue Conductor G. C. Foust and daughtcr while helping handle one of the fire to lteep the boss in as good humor in Mary Evelyn. have returned from a hose. Operator W. B. Rohuck had the future, as it has in thc past two visit with Mr. Foust's sister in Cali- most all the telegraph equipntent loose weeks. fornia. on thr tablc and walls, so if thc depot W. J. ICellcy is wrarinq a broad smilc It was announced at the "grape fes- did catch on fire. the equipment would these days-the reason 1s the arrival tival" in Springdale, hy J. P. Davis. bc saved. We had to call the lineman of Master James Alfred Krlley. Both secretary of Nonett Commercial Club. to put it hack. though, and put in a mother and hahy are reported doing that hlonrtt would put on a "stmw- new cable as the cable pole burned. niccly. As far as Mr. Kellcy is con- herry festival" nest year, and why not. Bill Goshcv, the porter, IiaA a heavy cerned. proper handling of Frisco ac- for we could certainlv come un to our pi~ccof freipht to unload ancl askccl counts is assurcd for somc time. Nissouri motto. "show me". '~ndby the sertion foreman to let his men Ninnie E. Rhodcs has been a~)voint- the way. perhaps you all didn't know help him with it. The foreman told ed comptometer ngerator.. taking the AIonett carried off second nrize in the him he nroulcl have to have it in black plticr of D0rri.i Rrown, recently re- Springdale parade with an attractive anrl white. so he went to the agrnt signecl. Miss Rhodes is not at all a float representing Nonett as "the mag- and told him that he wanted tlie sec- stranaer. having heen emnlovetl as net of southwest 1\Iissouri". tion men to help him, but that they oneralor for the store dcpa'rtment, had to havc it in black and white and JIemphis, for paxt two years. Lawrence Planchon, night clerk, has for him tn ask them. as he had al- A. H. Sarafinn rermrts a zreat time anne tn St. Louis to enter the Frisco ready nslted them and that was blaclt on his vacation, which mas spent with hospital for an operation to have his and when the agent asltcd them tlint Mrs. Sarnflan nncl son, near Asheville. tnnsils rcmored. Hc lost his heart would rivc them what thcv wanted. N. T!. Hr nays all they had to nrorrv snme time ago, but serms to bc in Rill C'lerli Morgan, in malting- 21 re- about wns snnltcs nncl wild cats. which good hcnlth. port, renortrd Sipsey as receiving 24 seemed nothing at all aftcr living in 3Ionctt had a circus few wceks ago. rars and loadinq 27, when asked about Nemphis for so long. hut the crowd that gathered from the it said that they didn't do that vrry John T,eali?~has just rrturned frnni surrounding countryside to see the nften- - - .. . St. Louis which nlnce seems to he his "parade" was rather insignificant com- The Frisco employes lierr have been idrn of l'topia. Everyone who knows nared to thr escitrment caused by qiioted a pricr of $2.00 per ton for John will understand that it is not es- the arrival of the first car of "new coal at the mines: pretty nice to get actly the town that holds his interest. modcl Fords". prices like that at the mines. (Looks likc another good man slig- Quite a "rise" from transfer clerk to Please send us ahout SO conirs of thc ping.) ticket (agent) hut this feat was ac- magazine. Thcre is a riot hero when Little Dnnnv Cunid lins s'orrd an- complished by the aid of rating yeast the mags come in as rveryone wants other "home run". Rock Island Travrl- three times a dav. For full particu- n cony, and with 5 ci'ews working out ing Acrountant R. N. Pumphrevs and lars, call the ticket office from 3:00 of Dora and in the office ancl thre~ Vera Youna, of T,ittle Rorlc. Ark.. hr- p. m. to 12:00 1). m. section gangs, ten ro1,ics clon't get tng the participnnts. Hrarty con- hloiirlap, the seventh of September, very far. gratulations. was observed in the freight depart- ment as a holiday, and a number of the employes took advantage of a trip DIVISION ACCOUNTANT'S OFFICE to nearby citirs for the week-end. MEMPHIS, TENN. Conductor Brrt. McCasli?. southmest- rrn division. on trains nme and ten. RALPH D. WILLIAJIS. Reporter has heen off duty account a spraincd AGENT'S OFFICE-MONETT, MO. knee. The death of Superintrndent C. H. W..K. Riercr, who has been first Claihorne. which occurred this month PE.\RT, E. LIGWTS. Keporter trick ticket clerk-cashier. at this sta- at the Frisco Hospital in St. Louis tion for past year. has exercised his has caused great sorrow not only here Conductor 11. C. Shipley and wife seniority acc-ount- changr in working Payc 50 October, 1925 hours and has displaced C. W. Horine, of backache. However, it does not seem Colorado Springs, as guests of the Rock transfer foreman freiaht ~latform.Nr. to interfere with his ~lavinafiftv-four Island on their annual tour, over Labor Horine has decided to-en& the trans- holes on Sundays. rkty and was the trip a success? %'hy, portation department as switchman. Time-8:30 a. nl. to 10:30 a. m. ~oahWebster's unabridged would be Earl Aulgur, who has served in ca- Placc-Main Street bv water ~1~6.- - about as useful as hIcGuffey1s fourth pacity of night ticket clerk for past Object-Buick tourink. rcadcr, when it comes to supl~lyin~ eight years. has been assigned the po- Enter the heartless villian-a big words to describe it. All I can say is sition of ticket-cashier, hours 5:00 a. m. Irish COII-white slin in hand: 111ac that it was perfect! \Ve have been to 3:00 n. m. in car. feeling very sorry for Mr. Newman and Enter demuro victim-Lee \Va13ner- Mr. Davidson. since then because they Ellis Nunneley, truckman, has bcnn tripping lightly; picks up faLal slip: cwrtainly missed a wonderful time. nrnnted a sixty days leave of absence hair stands on ends! (They stayed home under the shade of and with his familv,-. left Sentember 7 Exit victim sobblng pathetically, a thermometer registering 106 to see for a western tour. tragically-minus $1.50! that the Memphis excursion behaved J. H. Shoclcley has severed his con- Finis. itself properly.) nections with the freight office and Andy, our tall, graceful rate clerlc. Fred Werner was as busy as a floor- his smiling face is no\\- seen through (quotes a mean rate), caught a terri- walker at ICatz's on sale day. You see the bars at the ticket office. We are hlc cold with the change in weather. he was chairman of thc entertainment very zlad to have Joseph find out thew Andy, I warned you notto sit ill your commit tee. arc cities" in Nissouri other than shirt sleeves! Sit in a chair! "Aurora", Mr. Shockley is now second XIost any time. Geo. Kleinlloffer is in .\nd, by the way, the ncst time you rn. see Perry and John, ask them how it trick ticket clerk-hours 3:00 p. to the office you can hear the touching frcls to be on top of Cheyenne Moun- 1:00 a. m. strains of that beautiful ballad: "Who tain in summer suits (without over- Carl W. Archdale. check clerk, has ~eclwdthrouah the knothole in Papa's coats) in a nice, chilling fall rain. heen assigned to position of transfer wooden leg?" clerk. If you see volumes of smoke pouring On our nest trip, we have solemnly This locality has been proven a won- from our office windows early in the promised ourselves to find a good pi- derful field for tomato growing. The mornings, don't get excited and send nochle parlner for Geo. Light. We think Maul1 Canning Co., have been working in a fire alarm. It's just Peter J. Rose he should win at least one game on overtime to take care of the crop. rnjoying a Blapacuba. Outside of this the trip. They have a capacity of 2,500 cans a habit, he has all the virtues of our If any of you desire to stop smolcinp. minute and have already shipped a incomparable telegrapher, Geo. Story- mnyho Mr. Giffee can tip you off as to numbrr of cars to St. Louis. It is esti- and that's saying a "moufful". a good smoking compound. We under- mated this year's output will he forts, Gentle reader! In case you might stanrl that after taking a whole pound rars. misconstrue the remarks made above. of something hc has succcedcd in re- 1\11,. Bert AIcCaslin and family have I quote our motto. to which we religi- ducing his smokes to two or three a returncd from AIeml)his, Tenn., where ouxly adhzre: "Don't let's fuss: let's day. they attended the funeral of his broth- gct along. If you are looking for all advance cr-in-law. Sunerintendent Cal Clai- Tho writer has been on an extended agent, we suggest hIcCune. He came trip to Colorado Springs, Manitou and within an inch of having a special train Colorado City. Colo., and of the threr for Joplin to attend a tent meeting, places she has decided she lilies Kan- and thinli how thc ministers have to sas City best. ~lnveto work up enthusiasm enough to have ten at a prayer meeting. Frisky (the office cat) certainly MONETT YARWMONETT, MO. stands ace high with our porter. The hiahlr resoected citi other evening Bruce, after purchasing munitv. - some meat to take home for dinner. FRASK KTLER. Reporter returned and split 50-50 with tho cat. onh hie Pratt. stowman. was off duty It must be nice to be the office cat and sevcral days with a mashed toe. Lon- gct frer hamburger. nie is a verr steadv worker and it Baseball, football and the other na- tilies something unukual to keep him tionally renowned sports of the day from the freight platform. are talcfna thc dust on the "skreter" campaign'thnt is the present ordor of LOCAL FREIGHT OFFICE thc day. It didn't rain for nearly four KANSAS CITY, MO. wec1:s and when it did the little KANSAS CITY COMMERCIAL muslcal "insects" attacked by the hun- OFFICE CHATTER dreds. It's a great life. DAVID H. TODD. Renorter Yardmaster J. J. Newherry, who was injured on the ninth, by falling from a box car, is able to be around and ex- Jackson County being in need of pects to rcsume duty on the night some competent jurors have selected nlatform iob, in a few clam. Chief Clerli Fenner to serve on the Thc earnings of Knnsas City station Some o£ the local car clowns went notorious Garvey case. He don't like show a large increase for Auqust. 1025. fishing last mecli and Harry Loyd the idea of his car being locked up. over August, 1924. This indicates our swears the twenty-six pounder they mucall less himself. solicitors are rcal live mires and we're came home with was really caught on AIrs. L. Mr. Poncik entertained Aug- mighty proud of 'em. a troutlinc. Well, maybc so. but thesc ust 29, with a dance reception in hon- Bill DeVeney is being harassed to fishermen and their stories are oft or of the 29th birthday of hcr newly death by people giving him "bum times to he looked into. hegottcn husband, at their new resi- dope". A. C. Tiussey is layinx off, husiness dence in the beautiful Kenwood Ad- Steve is now back from his vacation in Clevclnnd. Ohio, is said to claim his dition. This was a gorgeous affair having spent a delightful time in thc attcntion. Remember. "Ccdar", busi- and everybody had a good time. off icc. ness hcfore pleasure. Fanchon Johnson states that my re- Will some kind. xenerous soul please S~vitchrn;unT. C,. Rlrod has returncd port did not take her far enough on send, or help us collect tw-enty-fivc to work after quite a lay off. due to h~rrrcent vacation and that she also cents for the purpose of purchasing ;LII having aocitlrntally shot himself in thc visited, Ogden and Seattle, returning office key for John Sachen? arm while on a fishin trip. via the Panama Can,~l. Gucss we sotire how popular mustaches arc hIr. and hIrs. R. Neil Gillettc are the llavr rovered enouxll mileage now. hecominr in our office? \V. Id. Cole- 13roud parents of a finc hahy girl. Frnton Renson has been off with a man came in with the latest a fen T.. Ncil is one of our latest additions sore throat which was the after ef- wvelis ago, but before me could pet to the local yard force. fcrtts of the solo that he sang at the some characteristic Poses of him for Switchman Barth Techan is laying rhurch last Sundav night. Bir heart- ed Pitaaersld. our~localrhairman, has the magazine, the cute, climinutivc off> sirsk thing disappeared. (The mustachc. I News Is kinda scarce. folks is too willingly filler1 his place, hut will sure mean.) I3usy swattin' and scrntrhin' after thesr be glad when Benson pcts hnctk. Ronnir Nalcolm accomp,~niedhis boy We fear that Saturday night shin- ~~sliypalliknippers (mc'lninc: skcet- rrs). See you nest month. friend to Grecnshurn. Pa.. stopping digs arc goiug.' to be the ruination of over at Chiraxo anrl Akron. They sure our suburban sheik, Rudolph Wiltshire. had n qood time showing thc country Some months ago he came to work girls what n cood time they could have with the aid of a cane; now complains DIVISION PASSENGER AGENT'S with real city sheiks. OFFICE-KANSAS CITY R. TJ. XIackey. our terminal auditor. has departed to parts unknown to sprnd his vacation. He had a pocket R. V. W.ILTERS, Reporter full of passcs so he must be going JOHN J. COLLINS somewhere. FUNERAL HOME The clerks from this office wish to (Incorporated) Our vacation days are Over. so there rsterld their tllanlts to thr manage- is nothing to do but work until nest ment for the insurance which they Summer, but mayhe You don't think have recently heen ahle to obtain at me closed the season in proper style! reasonable cost, ~t has met MEMPHIS. TENN. The members of the Kansas City with the hearty approval of nearly passenger agents' association went to evrrvone in this office. October, 1925 Page 51

:bought nrcre possible. Having made dances, as she attended all three the tr~pin new Dodge car, it is re- dances during the convention. I SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION I portec. to have been very pleasant. When the old Texas boys come to hfnrry Little, traveling auditor, was Tulsa, Effie Smith just can't help get- at Altus checking freight accounts and ting out the fall dress and entertaining CHICKASHA SUBDIVISION installing regular ticker cashier, week the boys from t.he old home state no of August 24 to 29. mattcr how much it worries old G. A. B. F. H. Broadstreet, agent Snyder, Chief Diversion Clerk G. D. Kyder. W. E. RICIIARDSON. Reporter took a short vacation after eirrhteen who holds the undisputed distinction years' continuous service. He &is re- of owning the only car at Tulsa sta- lie*ed by W. H. Agee, of south yards. tion equipped with a heater, says his Oklahoma City. time is coming because the girls will The writer lives at Altus, Oklahoma, Ira Coaker, third yard clerk, Snyder, all want to ride with him again when which we believe to be one of the is spcncling his vacation in California. winter comes. biggest little cities on the Frisco Rail- Wallacc Violette. of Lawton, is work- Well, vacation times are nearly over road, about 11,500 people. I had a InR h~syosition. dream that we might, by working to- end all we got to look forward to now gether, have a little news each month Chas. George, warehouseman, of Sny- is work another year and save our from the Chickasha sub-division. This der, has returned from vacation which money for next yenr's vacation. can only be done if all the employes was spent iu Panhandle, Texas, on his on our division help me, by sending me farm. t~psand news of any nature that might R. B. Strccter (Uncle Bob), conduc- be of interest to Frisco magazine tor, Snyder-Altus switcher, is back OKLAHOMA CITY NEWS rcaders. from his sixty day rest, which he spcnt Paul J. Miller. first trick operator. around his home at Chiclcasha. and ticket cashier. Altus. spent about The Chickasha station force Itas a GEORGE C. CAPIN. Reporter sixty clays in western states and has regular soliciting organization func- returned, having been checked in Aug- tioning, they have captions for each Just a minute, please-this is Okla- ust 27th. department and regular meetin~s. Mr. homa City broadcasting-the Capitol Everly F. Oates, regular second trick B~bb,the agent, acts as general chair- City. Just a short time and we will operator. Altus, went on extra board man. Crossing Watchman Craig and Section Foreman Rich. as well as all be called the oil city. and his first work is in relay office at stativn men have bcen very successful We have not been in the magazine Sapulp:l. Wc hope he likes the new in the past, but that makes no dif- \V017k. in recnrin~business for the~ Frisco.- ference. and from now on we are going Mrs. F'. Is:. Oaktes, wife of operator, 1'. ;H. Snell, who is the oldest clerk i,n to be reprcsellted. Altua, ancl Mrs. Earl Surratt. wife of xrrwcn on southn~estern division. IS i\s a temporary reporter, will do my now warehouseman at Chic~lcasha, has way cl~rk,AlLus, were operated on August been vcry successful in solicitation best in the of nn introduction to 22, for appendicitis. Both are getting \vorli. the magazine. along nicely. IT;rr:rtior~dn)w are here-not an epi- Nrs, Jones, of Lawton, died August The Chiclcasha station force is mighty demic-just a few days for visiting 18 at. Lnwton, and was buried on 20th glad to havc their old time co-worker home folks. at Faxon, Olcla, Mrs. Jones is the and friend, Edgar G. Wilmouth. back .J .\loorc, rip traeli foreman, and mother of D. H. Jones. brakeman 451 with them as cashier. He is a man \:rife. nero the guests of Mr. Moore's and 450. 1.trmton layover. that is ?.Inrays making friends and get- ting business for the Frisco. routing sister in Los Anrreles. Calif. Thev re- J. B. Southers. conductor on 451, orders nearly daily. port a p1e:isant time 'on the coast. Lawton-Quanah layover, is the proud L. L. Graham, car foreman, spent a owner of new Buick automobile. Jackson County Fair was held at pleasant two w\'nclcs in Nississippi and dltus September 2 to 5, inclusive. More Cecil Smith. warehouseman, Altus. than 25.000 tickets were issued to Alabama. He's still talking about spent two weeks in Minnesota, fishing. visitors for this fair. Good program those watermelons. He says he saw things he never was g~ingall the time, another indi- Georgc Jones, coach foreman, left cation of hltus being a good live city. for Denver and Omaha., -ioinin~ - Mrs. Jones in Dcnvor. IV. E. Richardson. .\Itus, is proud J. It-. lrnrshall, air brake foreman, of his eight sear old daughter Eula :and Art-... Marshall. report a pleasant Mae getting second prize for some trip to St. Louis, Chicago and Niagara painting at County Fair. Wallq.-. . - . you good folks on Chickasha sub- R. E. Stewart, car inspector, and Mrs. For all division, don't forget to get your news Stewart. have returned from St. Louis in for nest month. and Chicago, visiting friends and rela- tiv~sir~ both cities. Figurework .J. H. Schilling, car clerk, spent his vacation at home ill Indiana. Amelia Garett, stenogranher. is va- TULSA FREIGHT OFFICE cationing among the lakes of Nichi- TULSA, OKLA. gar: ancl Wisconsin. 31. W. Ward., machinist. reports a pleasant vacatlon in Xedicine Park. CHRISTINE VANDERFORD. Reporter but the 155 mile drive through the mud! Oh. well, hc says that was fun. C. B. Smith, general storekeeper at When little Nellie White first re- Sauulna. was a visitor here recentlv. turned from her vacation at Seattle, ~Gor'tseverything ok. Wash.. everyone noticed she had ac- IVm. TlnCer\vood was a visitor the quired a new walk, but thought it was nast weck. Wc had a regular get-to- just to give us an idea of- how the Scattle girls strutted their stuff, but it has later developed that a mix-up with n, bunch of Washinaton yellow HIGH SPEED jaclicts caused the peculiar stride. I BIG AWARDS! Junior Vanderford just simply can't ADDING-CALCULATOR gct accustomed to the wrlys of the peo- I Solve This Puzzle ple here or the extremely hot weather Addition. Subtraction. since being away a week on her va- Multiplication and Division cation up in the frozen north around ENVLCADLE are accomplished with equal Seattle, where everything is so dif- The ahove letters when properly arranged facility and with a visible fcrcnt. form the name of a i.lte President. 3Ia11 in the correct solution dt once and SOU will PROOF OF ACCURACY The picture show, dance pavilions he aw,~rdeda beautilul buildtr~: lot. size and cold drink stands around Tulsa 20x100 fect. FREE .md clexr of all en- have noticed a slight depression in rurnbr;~nc,es in .I superh dcveio~ment at Arrange for a frcc trial bus~ness since Wabash Bryan and \\'hltin~s Terrnrc. New .Jerse,. Jelly Thomas' wivcs have returned \\'e will Dav Monroe Calculating Machine Co. from the~rvacations. Roberta Smith has been very ill the General Offices: Woolworth Bldg. past few days, but is back on the to any pcrson sendin: in the correct an- New York llne again, apparently in as good shape swer lo the nbove puzzle who can verify as ever. A motor trio that exnosed that they imVe not heen :~mnrded a lot, Agencies in All Principal Citier her to the elements and the sudden FREE ;~nd of all cncurribrances. Solvc puzzle and n1:~il tndny with sour LOCAL AGENCY change in climate that her fifty mile nanle md address. This oRer expires trip brought about is blamed for her Sovember 19th. Act now! Syndicate Trust Bldg., St. Louis, Mo. illness. BEACHWOOD PARK CO., Inc.. .Irene Doling is given credit for the 299 Broadway. Dept 126 New York success of the Veterans Foreign Wars

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beautiful ~?hotographswt!rc displayccl T,ulu Jerniga~iis leaving toni~l!tfor and not the lcnst intcrcsting were thc Chicago, whcre she will visit 3lrs. pictures oE "Jlr. and Mrs." Ruhy Cooper, a formcr record clerk in Gao. E. ICeli(lail, statisticnl clerk. this office. claims to Iiavc seen tlic sun rise on It does our heart good to sec Luna E Frisco Boys Pilot Knob, Mo.. on Labor Day. As \Vildrr riding iii the .Buiclt again. Some- t Gcorgr generally gets lo the office holv, it cast a gloom o'er us to sees thc about nine arld one-half :~Pter eirht.-. car without her in it. 2 Succeed it is hard to conccive of his greeting If Mr. Linili~uist evcr leaves the Old Sol at such an early hour. Won- Frisco, we will give him recommcnda- AI.EX I~'II,IPIAIC der if hr staved UP all niaht? tions for c:itl~cr a ticket scller in the Xow City Cotlnrtclor Quitc an csasperatinx espcrience circus or as an insurance agcnt. as he f befell Philip Hayes, interline clerk. on does well at both. \VAI.TEIL STUDT a brief sojourn in Chicago. While in Delnurr:~ce ;~udStornce Berenu With bnw Dcpnrtment of E'rirteo ;I hotel lqbby thcrr, he noticcd a come- Rob Lewis 1s mo\'iug his family ? JOHN D. HETH ly young lady staring at him. Phil down to thc country. We undcrstand Sow n Notrd Criminal Tmwyer in went out to thc street, she follq?rved hc has a farm in the southcast part of Clllengo and when hc returned to tllc lobby, so the county, where they will bc domi- 2 rlid slip. Phil "thought shc was .lirt- cilcd. After seven years of the bright 2 CEORGIG REAUItY iiig with him". NOW, wtls she? liclits, we wonder how, hc will like 2 1'11blir .\caonutnat at #enlpl~irt, 1c;rrlin~the "simple life . Tena. CAR ACCOUNTANT'S OFFICE \\;hen Os\v:rld Itniney came back from w liis vacxtion, hc eritcrtailicd the office 2 SPRINGFIELD, MO. force with tlic antics of Iiis "hlcsican All Say They Owe Success to junipir~g I?eaii", reminding one of the 2 trained fleas which won much fanil' City College of Law and during the JVorld JVar. Oswald said 2 Hubert l'otlcr had one wliole day of lie had been to Kansas Cit?, but-do Finance vac;lLio~i Icft, so he took it adjo~ning JIesican jumping beans grow in Jack- 2 w l,al)or Day, and went to Dallas and son Cou~ily'? Explain yt~ursclf.Oswald. C'orsicana, Texas. Hc cicn!e h:!cii con- Therc wcre marly things wc fairly 2 As this issue of thr Frisco rinccd that our weather li:~Cl~i'tbccn achcd to RSIC Carl Canteel when he rc- Magazinc goes to press, it is in- turned from his vacation in St. Louis. 1 teresting to note the remarkable so terribly hot oftcr' all, becxuse it was PLIC~:CSSenjoyed by some of our about 112 in thc shade down thcre and but. rcmcmhering thc Golden Eule. we 2 former en~ployeswho hare takcn no trccs. kindly refr;~incd. \Vhen :inked how various courscs at the City Col- Incidentally, Jlrs. 1,aub was to board he left thc citx, he promptly replied: thc same train Hubert did and go to "I'll nevcr tcll. 2 lege of Law and Finance, locatd 1~'xyctteville. Hut for some rcason or on the soutliea.st corner of Grand Auvwav. Carl, we're glad you took ? and Olive, occupying the entire other, she couldn't nialrc connt-ctiows the ilot 'weall~er with you and only third floor of Mid-City Building. with the train and was ready for No. 6 wish that you Ilad your vacation 2 One of our boys who was for- Suuday morning. sooner. 2 111~r1ya stenographer for the Along toward the last of August. we Flizabcth Dunbar now knows thrtt all T'risco Railroad, residing at 3215 discovc:red that So. Bloonlcr had becn filcs are riot used on the nails. and 2 pulaslti Street, Ales J. Filipiak. 3h.s. George Morrison since .June 18. that thcrc is a little diffcrrnce between attended the night law school of \Vc don't underaland how shc kept it ;Ln nvcrage agrecnielit and a mutual thc City Collcge of T,aw and Fi- from us so long. All of us wish her agreement. 2 nance and today is the first assis- mr~ch hal~pinesu in her new married x tant City Counselor of the City of lifc. Oswald has named his Ford "true This young man, dur- Olic of the stenographers in the of- lovc", because it never runs smooth. 2 ?r&%.,"iP&al and pre-legal educa- fice was heard to remark tlnt she be- \\rc havc one gentleman in the of- 2 tion, was one of the most lo.val li?vcd she mould go into the insu~xnw fice who has a head better than a hat of our employes. He is thc young- writing business, having gained so rack. Meet Prof. H. P. (high pressure) 2 est 1n:m to evev be honorcd 11s the much rspcricnce during th? last few Chranford, who v e r y successfully mayor of this great metropolitan days filling out the cards in col~licc- taught a large class of fair co-eds in 2.(,~tv with so inioortant a nost. tion with the Group Plan Insurance. thc per diem department, tlic mys:rrics \Vxltcr ~tudt..gratluatc- of the 3I:iniie and Amy Brndley retul,ned a of dcmuI'rage, Before hc took the class, City College of Law and I.'iua~lce. fcw days ago from \V:lshington. U. C.. the young ladies thought demurrage suecceded AIr. Fili~iakin the Law whc:rc thry spent their vacation visit- was ir new way to cook prunes. Now Department of the Frisco. ing their unclc. they know that a cookcd prunc is the Another Frisco boy who is Mrs. Jones was called to Columbus. onlv one who would handle demuvragc. making an enviable record as a Ohio, recently on account of the dent11 Mabel lIunt, the young 1arl.v who c-riminnl lawyer is John D. Heth. of Mr. Jone's brother. spcnds her time com11cting with the Mr. Heth, when he enrolled at Catherine I,>-ons and Mrs. Amy Cum- dictaplionc, graduated from the law of- the City College of I.aw and Pi- mincs sncnt the holidav in St. Louis.-. Ace and is now taking a post-graduatc nance, was employed in the a~so'som'c money. coursc ill the law of detention. She auditor of disbursements office Ruth aud Hclen Owcns are sprndina has nearly worn thc new pencil sharp- of the Frisco li~ilroad.Although lhcir vacation in Kentucky, visiting cner out keeping her pencils rcady to ~ilarrled,having a wifc and three their brothor. Thcy will be joined in rccord JIr. Lewis' oratory in the name vhildren. 111'. Heth dirl not liesi- 1,ouisville by BIildred Truman. from of demurrage. $ tnte to enroll for nixlit c.ilucation which point thcy will go to \\'ashing- Sow that our travrling demurrage with the result that he occupies ton. D. C. supervisors, JTtssrs. Nahan. Rose, Bry- i~ Have any of you noticed Hub~rtPot- fir!e suite of offices in the Is'irst ant and Boughnou, havc returned from 92 Nntlonal Bank Building of Clii- t~r'sbig, shiny Buick'? \Veil, it isnt a t cago, and has a lucrative pi,actice new onc. it's iust the same car relcas- thcir vacations, they have taken UI) 2 in c~,i~ninallaw. rd from the pilint shol?. their supervising with ncnr "wim. wig- Still another Frisco success En~ilyPcnnington, of the per diem or and witality". miry he found in tlic story of dcpartmcnt, is planning a vacition trip 2 George Beaury. Xr. Ucaur? was lo Whittier. Calif. eniployed in thc offices of the Doris Cartrr tendered her re-ignn- SEVENTH STREET STATION 1 b'risco Railroad ilt the tinie he tion, effective September 30, to ~o into ST. LOUIS, MO. I)ega~l a night course in Rook- lifc partnership with the owner of the 2 keeping in 1916. He followcd .rcflerson Coffee Shop. Rest rvi.ihes. this course with a full Account- Doris. - 2 ing course at tlie City College of 'Phr privxtc car lino departnient asks Having made the fewest errors con- IA\V and Finance and ten years ansrone who has a cure for squeaky sidering the number of shipments han- ? later we find him resident man- shoes to please let them know. Mr. dled during thc month of August. ? agcr of Beaury->lason Compan~~. -\nde~'son's shoes sing a little tune Seventh Street Station is now the proud I.:schange Building. Memphis. cvery time hc moves. He might set possessor of the "best record fewest Tenn., with an income last year them in the lake, just as they do the crrors" pennant which has been in of over .$10,000.00. Mr. 13caury is old carriages out on the farm during possession of the Springfield Station man. and the above hot wenthcr to get rid of tlie rattling. for tlic past several months. only illustrate what can be Tt might get rid of thc squeak. acconiplishecl by Frisco boys The private car line department re- W. E, Rerntlial, auditor freight ac- ambition and a willing- ccivrrl a long letter from Tsahclle Bis- counts. has taken cognizance of the ? ness tr) nttend a college like the sett, who left for her ncw homr in excellent conditioli of this station, and City of College of Law and I'i- TUIRR. Shr likes her ncw hom~finc in x recent letter to H. G. Snyder, our 2 nilnrc on Grand and Olive. and the soft and ensv life she is cvi- gen~ralagcnt, hc congratul:ltcs $11'. \Ve certainly believc in tlic work rlcntly lerlding maltcs us grepn with Snyder, who in ,turn passed the letter ;! that this Institution is doing. rnvy. to the force. It will be our purpose hecnusc the above cases of the IMith Jlidclleton hxs takrn Isabelle's and endcavor to continue to merit, thc 2 Frisco boys offer a striltlng il- placo-I mt-an hcr desk-for no one tv)nimvndation of our general off:ccrs lustration of what can be accom- could take her place. whrrever possible. 2 plished by a liight srhool of the Ellen Johns spcnt an enjoyable few 1Voi.d comes from Gratiot yard of- type of the City Colle~e.-Adv. days in Oltmulgee, visiting her brother fice that the erstwhile sfation at Lawrence. Siltrston, Mo., moved here, 1s rapidly ti~ki~~g011 tl~c ~enil~l:incc of a rca1 of- lice, a~~dthe force is looking forwa, d tu its cornpiction before cold wc:~thcr. Its location on a new sitc, on tho rigl!t 11a11d.side of the inhound main line, IS cmsl~eclallywclcomo, thc mcn no longer Imving to cross sonlc twclve to llftrcn lcacls to get to \\.orii. Thc ern~)lovesof this station h:ive rc-

II;III~'Sjirou11 insuranc~:it hiis hec.~~ ISdna l>olcn-"Sot es:ictly." well recc2ived and iudications are that Cliirn Hc~rcsi-"Yes, 1 don't mind." the ni;~jority of the employcs will go I,il.\. Ji~rl:~g:'c-"(:ivc nle sum(! n~ug;i- in for it strong. "l,obby class" since she wears 'em zine items." Mr. Sr~>.rlcrh;rs 1)t~cnc;ill(.d to 14:nid. sl~inglcd. - 01<1a., account of thc dwth of his Sul)l)osc all you I+riseo folks reccivcd ~nothcr. I%ic.h and evrry employc ex- col)ies of J. 1'. (:nfl'ney's announce- WEST SHOPS-FAM ILY NEWS trnfls to hlm their sillcerc syn~l):~thy mr~~t'?? Oh, no, l~othis \v(~tlrling.Ills in his grc'at loss. p~vf(~ssion,for 1111 Scpternl~e~1, hc. lrft T,ouis G. ltosern;~n, s1,cci;rl officer nt the E'risco to start a elcaning :ind dyc- this station. \\.;is transfrrrc-d to GrxtioL ing rs1:ihlisI~n~rnt;it 2840 So. Gr;~nd Hl\,d. \\'o rc~rclhis del~arturc, hut \Vtwi SlllJ]~ s~llu~l~ll~r( st:ition. Sr1)tcmhr 1. F'rcd T3iutche1~ (:;ll)-lCd. F'ostr,~.. succc~cding him. most sinvrrcly holit for his suc%!r.;s. Mr. C;:IITII<.~\\'as 1)resentcd with cluit~! .lc\v-Jcrry C:rundburg. bxlorc'nc(> I3ucs(~her surl)riscd trvery- Soisc-l)on I'c~llo\vs. ";I ~,iwsingchcck" hy the freight ac- OIIC on Septcmbrr 2. when she Ivft a Hot .\ir-F:;lr~~ey Gooylr llauk~~l note on hrr clrsk wvralinp hrr mar- countinr del)xrtmcnt. Jlrrnory-Guy I*Csl~irl11fT that with his likrablc ~wrsonality,thv t\vo (lays cvlcbr;rti~~gtllu :~r~,i\'irlII~' a t1cl)artment oxtencls a w~Ic(~n~eI~ilntl. ~PII ~)oun(lgirl S(!l~tcmI~('rtl~ird, Mr. Ptcwhr is fooling the old \vo:ith(~r I.:rnest 1,:. Hr:izc~lLon. ;irm;iturc wind- mrin this summer by dolling up in his tlr, \vas married at Jlount \rvr~io~~,Mo,, ,\ugust 20, to Fie LC. IIooton, of 1'itt.s- "1);1111t hc:icllrrs", ant1 hc doesn't thi~~lc a I)urg. Kans. it'r hit hot. it ." J;icli 1tcsdy;~rd, :irn1:1ture \vindcr. U'c, nolicc Travelinx Autlitor \\roods J1;wic T- timc. I FORT SMITH - ARKANSAS Ed. \'olkcrt--"Hrllo, Punk!" .Tohn I-lulsch, alr room forcnlan, ro- T,e?,nic Scl,malz-"Quit that, ?ir,\v ~mrtsa s11lr11tlld vacation. >TI'. ITulsr ..sill\, .. . . . visitetl relatives ;it 1Cld111~nOo.ICar..:.. Ted 5:;iy-"011, Xin, close thc doors." for srverxl clz~yrand sncnt thr rc~n:il~)- Hert SroIIxy-"Don't mind me." tlcr of his timc at Oxrlc Bench. [,:I PALACE DRUG STORE Hc'uliih Hulgcr-"3Ty dear." 603 Garrison Ave. Ft. Smith, Ark. 3lcrlin Eifert-"\\'anna huy R clog?" I~I'I'~\Vigge-"Oh H-, no!" We Fill the Prescriptions for the F. J,. C:onnclls-"Ry a11 n~rans." Hospital Department A1 (:(~~~clel-"Here's thc way I fes.1 iilmu t it." \V111 Be Glad to Supply All Your .Iulius Svl~cl,Rin-"C;rrcfully scrutin- Drug Store Wants .izc".- nexnll nnd \\'hitn~nn Agentn .John Ruggxhcr-"I don't believe n n'ord of it." .\lartl~:l Tiiqro-"I.ool< and laugh." :\I Hluth-"I.aff that off." Corodite NO C. 0. D.-NOTHING TO BUY OR SELL TJowarrl I.awsc!n-"You know mc, Al." NO STRINGS ATTACHED TO THIS OFFER EUPER SAND COMPANY Hot, Kunslcl-"Hi there." FORT SMITH - ARKANSAS Xorwlan Rot1~1'rs-"Hmnimm;~ (:crtrurle Scl1111i~lz--'~1 ~UIIIIO. .Ann Col(lstrin-"Oh, pardon mc." ARKANSAS SAND AND 1Ju!tla LVthoff-"Let's ol)cn the win- ,I.. ,-,. \\,.. . GRAVEL COMPANY \Vilsir (:awthon-"\\rho belongs to that?.' VAN BURDN - ARKANSAS \P:~lter T.t.\vrdag--"I forgot to !cll ~IIUt11:rt-" Pngc 58 ]/HE/T@~~ ,@MPLOSS./!.WZ/NE Octobct-, 1925

- -. -SPRINGFIELD ADVERTISERS-

PAULY CONSTRUCTION GO. This Space for Sale E. P. BURMAN JEWELER

to a Live Springfield ('ARKIES A LISE OF HIGH GRADE; GENERAL WATCHES. SILVERWARE. JEWELRY Merchant ! ASD DIAIIOSDS CONTRACTORS Terms to Suit Your Purse ADDRESS ORici:~l lrrlsco Watrl~Inspeetor Magazine Advertising Manager 301 Land Bank Building 827 Frisco Building 326 E. Commercial St. SPRINGFIELD, MO. St. Louis, Mo. SPRINGFIELD, >TO.

Ford Brass Conipany Head-to-Foot Outfitter CHANDELIERS 1 ELECTRIC SUPPLIES Phone 665 334-6 E. Commarcial St. and APPARATUS SPRINGFIELD. MO. Aultioriked dealers for ( 320 South Avenue Springfield, Mo. I Crosley Freshman Masterpiece Radio Corporation of America Exclusive Radio Store, Radio - -- -- Hedges-Weeks FRISCO OFFICIAL and Supplies Only. AMBULANCE Construction Co. THERADIO STORE Ruonis 415-416 Holland Building Southwestern Radio & Supply Co. PHONE 742 PHONE Railroad Masonry Contractors 578 I3oonville Ave. Phone 5975-5 ALMA SPRINGFIELD. MO. SPRINGFIELD, MO. I LOHMEYERFUNERAL HOME Springfield. Mo. I

-- - - I Office Phone 150 Rea. Phone 2415-5 I SERVICE COURTESY RELIABILITY I STANDARD PLUMBING CO. 1 I Prerott Laundry Co. Steam and Hot Water Heating THE SOFT WATER PLANT TELEPHONE 2559 J. J. LAWLER, Proprietor YELLOW CAB CO. 335-37-39 East Commercial St. 311 MeDaniel St. SPRINGFIELD, MO. SPRINGFIELD - - - MISSOURI Frlsco Patronage Appraclated Rent a Car, Drive It Yourself

Bonded Baggage Carriers Colonial Hotel HAMMOND BROS. Springfield, Mo. PHONE 5000 Ice & Cold Storage Co. THE LARGEST AND BEST Eastern Junctlon. Frisco Rallwry Service Our Motto SPRINGFIELD - MISSOURI \\'HOLESALE ONLY-CAR LOADS SPRINGFIELD, MO.

Edablhhed 1666 1ncaporat.d 1910 TIRES Paxson Undertaking Co. .a Are Extra Service Tires (Incorporated) Funeral Directors They are used as Exclusive Equipment on all "Frisco" Trucks in Springfield and Embalmers DILLARD TIRE COMPANY 415 St. Louis Street Ambulance Seroice Day and Night DISTRIBUTORS SPRINGFIELD, MO. 410-412 South Ave. Springfield. Mo.

FAMILY WET WASH /Frank B. Smith Laundry Co. - sp,I,,FI,LD, SPRINGFIELD ADVERTISER- SPRINGFIELD "RAPID FIRE" WARM AIR HEATING SYSTEMS See First TRACTION CO. SPRINGFIELD Reynolds for Economical GAS & ELECTRIC CO. Manufacturing Co. Transportation

A. E. REYNOLDS SPRINGFIELD, MO. Vice-President and General Manager Standard Motor Co. Warm Air Heating Suppllas SPRINGFIELD, MO. 468 St. Louis Street Gray Iron and Sami-Steel CaStin~~ Springfield, Missouri - FRANZ ALLEBACH PHOTOGRAPHER

2 14 SOUTH JEFFERSON - SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI

HOBART-LEE TIE COMPANY Railroad Ties and Timber

ROBT. E. LEE, President BERT S. LEE, Vice-Pres. and Treas. LESLIE LEE, Assistant to Preside 2t A. C. DAILY. Secretary

Operating in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas

WE HAVE SUPPLIED THE FRISCO CONTINUOUSLY FOR OVER 40 YEARS

Landers BuiIding SPRINGFIELD, MO. at Sec1;tlin. ;lnA C!utir says tho rt.ilsn11 lluth Snlitl~ didn't sen him in Pcnn \';tllcy tourist clamp W;IS thnt hc \v;rs ul) and gone h~~fo~'eRuth got uli. and he did not get b:~clc to camp until Ruth w\.calthy and \Gise. - torgc't to return. h;td turned in for the night. T. 13. Bonl nlltl p:tt'ty of fl'iends m0- \-irgil Endicott advertisrd for a m;t- I'carl Town(% rrc:ord cl1~1ired hall. tnrcd ti, Porsvtl~e.I-lollistrr and Rru- cllille that would rcclaini jelly from spcnt hvr varation visiting friends and son: also ntl;~.~' points of illt~l.est on the glass on his desk, homercr. before r1.1:ltivc.s in Chicago. Clcvc.lanr1. Hoston. Lhc famous \Vhitc Iliver. ;I mnrhiue could hhn 1)rcwurc~I.Mr. 1C11- Sew York. Colunibus and Indianapolis John 1l:xskrll. :~il' room forcnl;rn, clicwtt (1rcidc.d on :I ncw 11lan. so :t -shc rcl)ortu :t vcry gnocl t imc. s1w11t his vacation in the south, visft- sign wax noticed on his d(~slc-"l~lc~ls~ Rlanclic ICvans, typist, has acrcptcd ing JIayficld. Tiy.. \vhorc he lnaintalris spread jelly on your hrcacl-not 011 this ;I position at S:tpulpa. Hate to Wc his home. then to ScW Orlcans. SR~clesk." Hlanchc~go, hut wish her all thc suc- .Intonio a~idHouston. \I.'hile in Hous- IDrrunnal-West Shop Readers cess in the \vorltl in her new positioll. ton. Mr. Haslct,ll wtbnt throug11 tnr? l'rrsunic Rill Gray will now rnaltc frc- Southcrn 1';tciiic shops. \vhc.re he serr- Tn a ~1101) as large as thc Wc-st quent trips to S;ll)ulliil. ~clhis apprcnticcsliip, but says that Shop. it is impossible for :I r~ 1)ora GaAo. l'e(:ord clerk red ball. ~~othinpin the shops can comlmre with 1)orter to get all thc news of in- spent 111.1. vacntion in Cloloratlo Sp~.inas. the Prisco west sI111~~s.311.. HaSkell tcrrst. As wc want the west sl~ol) I>en\-cr. I+:stcss Park. (lolo.. and visliin~ c.crt;~inly 1)oostc.d F'risco stock wit!l f;tniily news to he PX;\III,Y news. oil flvlils of \\'yoming. She reports :L tlte Southc.rn I'ac8ific boys and told would apprec.iale it if the west shop 1-car?- g.o~)tl timr ar~dsome ~vor~ilc~'fuI them thc~rcwas nothing like the old employes nmnld help makc our siqhts in the oil ficltls. \Volltler u'ho Frisco. space a good one-If you know of sllc went to see in the oil fields. Of .\ln1;1 Xorthcutt spent her vacation ;tny deaths. hirths, marriages, or ;I cbourse,shc muhnve some invwtn-~cnts at Scnccn. 310. Aliss Sorthc.utt has had go1111joke on your hudrlic, or som(.- one t~lscs' hutlrlie-give it to thr 21 nunll~erof intr!resting tril)s during hrr ~:tstv;tc:~tions. hut cs])ci?t this on(? shop r*hcckers. plcasc. Rcmc,~nl)~.r. will hrinc morcx roses tn her cl~celts-, those "fish" stories wc had in July fnr we hfsar she and her sister, Alh, numhc~~?T~'t's have a ht1111.11 of ~)fthc rnc~.h:lnical de])artn~cnt,np~nt a :rny Itincl of stories ~>ert;~i~~incto F.I-~.;I~dcnl of ti~virtirnc canning fr-uit. hunting, llshinc, vac:~tions ;111d Tlcrrnxn 13:. Rose,, stock clerk, stor';,s trips. clclx~rtnic~nt.;~rvo~nl);lnied 1,s his family, \\Tv kn('ur it PO~IICI. or 1:1t0r N';IS sprnt tI11,ir v,1c;tti1111at R;I~:I!Y~,scL~, OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF hrrunrl to cwmr-onc ~lftht' I~oysin tho (:. 0. Honha~n, stock clcrk in the TRANSPORTATION wrigiii~~churcnu is rolling hin so('Ics. stores (lt~lx~rtrn~~nt,said he was going Girls. thc "dim(," stow cnrries clarlc to s11i.nil his vavation visit ill^ thc north SPRINGFIELD, MO. c'li~sscs-sc.vurc~ :~nd~)rotc~c!t your c9yrs. ---- &inc to s11c11rl their vi~ci~tion-in tl!e s~,uth. \Veil. I wouliln't say who is F. L. & D. CLAIM DEPARTMENT I)c~ss.l111t T notiwd the I3onli:1m family SPRINGFIELD, MO. u.cnt SOIyTI~I. Sew Ol'lcans. Ft. \V3rth, Torn \Vo~nmavk,(,]lief of rvd hall. is 'rl>\-;ls and Shrrv~pnrt,T.a.. wcSro the thinking seriously of cquippinc record p~)i~lt~of i~~tctr~,st. Suggestions wprc clerlis' chairs with stirrul)~.13v;t \Vest- nl:~dc to I?l;~re~~c(~to throw a couplc~ enl~crmr'sclli~ir huclceil thr othcr clay and 6,a found herself jirouping nrountl of I~oxrsof arm ;tn~lh:~~nnicr soda ill Hctfol-r our rnportrr left, she a1)l)oint- his tr:tvrli~~a1mz f11r n trip on tile under thp desk trying to get hcr I)rxr- inga, with a pen in o~rrhanil and n ecl ".\hr" Jlartin as her snhstitutc and (:r~lf W;IS c.onte~nl,l;~t~~~l-;~~~dyou know undrrstudy for this month's ncws. 2nd SP;I sicknt~ssis i~ "corni~~a~1) aff:~ir". I)ur~chof "red 11:tll" reports in the othrr. .\ f11w (lxvr ~,fth~ v;~i.ntion wcrc to he Hob Patrick iwulfl h;~\-t. hc~na I-ca1 \\-c doubt if she could have aplmintc11 spent in T3i1.1ninyh;11n..\la.. xnd on rp- bcro only 11c was too slo\\- on his fclct. anyone mow willinz and ready to act turn tvil) visit ~~:trcnts:it Joneshor.>, Tom should hnvv mcv?hani~*al r1cn;tl-t- in that cap;~city. Rut you all know .\rliansas. mvnt park n dc~-rieI; 01- hrn\\-11 hoist th:lt :unyonc who clictatcs all clay on near the I~uildinrto be used in cstri- live stock-it's hard to c.hanpe thcir Ceo. H;tslvr. foremnn. ~lirnthis V:I- (!ode to mritc itrms on humans. c%tion at his father's eluh housc, lo- rsnting his girl clerks from unrlrr th,- c.;ttecl on the Gascon;trlc Iti\-cr. 311'. tlrslcs w11r.n their rhi~irsbuck with 'em. Strnnzc there is hardly ever a nicn- 1I;~sIcrtt~lls onhn of the boys. in co:lli- J1v ar1vit.c~to TCva is "rirlc, 'em cowhoy". tion madr in the mag;uinc ahout tho dcwrr, that he caught three black bass, Euln Stratton. tynist. sprnt her ra- conduct of thc, reporters. because thcy one a hi- one. but they all pot away- ration visiting rrlatives and friends at simply won't write anything on them- fishy! .\ better onr than thnt on nur Hillings. Jlont.. Tknvcr. Colo.. and Tlut- sctl\-es. Our reporter. Charlene \\rillarP, Jlr. TIasler-He ~>roniiscd1M. Fmtcr chison. Thns. She rpl~orts:t \vonderful is away at this time. vacationin? III and JIr. Hcxscr sornr catfish, hut- time, but savs shv IS glad to he hark the cast-~\lhany, Buffalo and Scw somc>thing happrncd-thr iish wore in the Oenrlis. York and rarious other points of in- 1)rourIit fmni Whet-lcr. but allomrd to Harlan Roehrn. night man. has bid Icrest. ;\s none of thc rest of us :~rc in split hour d;ty joh. "g:'ood" at writing like onr rrl)ort~&r. rc~ninin in thc refrigerator at Spring- our clrn;~rtme~~tmill hr ncrlcctcil this n1.1a :ula srorr.! Jlcrlc Plattc .sl)c~~thcr vor:ttion at time. kut \I-c will let ~h:1kl~ncwrite- lhn H. I.'ellows, sholr account;lut, ac- home con\~alcsc~ngfrom ;in olicr:~tion up hrr trill fo~.thr next issur. <.omlmn~~'dhy his famil!.. spent the an- on one cif her ctvc lids. .Tim Hrnil having joinc.11 thr roll of r.:ttinn in Cklhnm. Colo.. on a six hun- Virgil 1Tartl1.y. red I,;+ll cln.lt. horn Foril owners. clrcided to trv out his dred acre ranell-Don savs he st;ickcd I)Io\vcr and vnc.nl soloist with the Roy "now h:~ck"1)v rnotorinz to Hoip T)'~\rc Svout Rand (largest o~'gnniz;~tionof its Scntcmhr~.12. hut on awount of not kind in the world) s!,r,nt ;I wevk with hein$. :ii.c~u;lintcil with thr "n;lturhn IIP tlic hiind at State 1."111.. Sedali:~. \'isit- thi, hrutr" h;jil iluile an unplcas:lnt tri~). ors of the f;~i~-say Virgil's solos were .\ mech;~nir(liagnoscll thcl case. inforni- well rereivtvl, ctl JIr. TTca11 hr h:~illeft tlic vhokc out. toccthrr with ;I hrokcn ~~ol"'rlninin PI sl>arlnt, ;tlso states thr country is thick wit11 spc~nt his vneatio~~motoring to ('hi- ztwd looking cou-lmys :1nf1 cow girls 1.rIqo with his hrothcr. mhcrc? thrv :IS \vc11. esl)eri;llly cowhoys. visited. He rt'])orts yon~lerful ro;~ds Gcrtrudc Prycr h:~s rrtur~~cdfrom a and c~opspast oP thr. ~I\.(:I-. two weeks' \-ncation in Ihr soulh. "Cutie" Jloscs spent his r;~cation ilt principal stops hcinr. Jlemphis. Rir- the Fair. Svcl:~li:~and Kansas (!it.\'. NII. niingharn. :\tl:tnta. Ca.. (Stone Jloun- llis boy played in thc Hoy Scout H;tnd txin). Jac:krnn\-illc. Iclx.. St. i\ugustine. Octobei., 1PZ.j ~~]T@coEMPL OYES'M~Z~NE Pngc 61

FI;,.. iVcst P:tlrn Reach, JIiami, 1Cc.y just r~lurneclfrom an overland trip to (:lro I'carcc spent two weeks resting iircst, b'l;~.,and JJ;ivani~, cub:^. From 1'01)I.ir Hluff'. ~isitinqralativcs. :and visitil~~home folks at Hepublic. the kodnlc pictures dispI:tyed, especial- \iil,ginia ~~~~l~~ nuby Sorth- 'I". verier '\'cLdclle went to sl'er'd the wcnk-end with Clro-and they hot11 ly thc kccn looking S~ilni~~rd,w(? arc CULL ;iILvnded tho Chamher' of Corn- tell tile salnc i,hOllt an Ice box surprisecl thcre isn't u vacancy in Lhc lncrcc (lanccn Sel,Lemhrl. 2. the Kilrlsas .,.,m;Lllr.F,~-hll~ . .. . .~ .. .. . - . it- - I.:llher c:onfldcll- typing bureau-maybe there will bc city Club being guests. They werc tial itnd we won't tcll it, howcvcr. sum sonicthing to report Iziter. loud in their praise of the pood tl:inc~cr~s muat have hecn :I cold affair. Sylvia htxrtin will spend n f,,\v days and thc wonclerful music furnishctl hy Thv hot \venther over 1~al)or ?as of hcr vae;ition in St. J,ouis, having thc visiti11.s- orchestra. claimcrl R. 1,:. Coudcloclc as a victrm. I SAINT LOUIS ADVERTISERS 1

- - MARYLAND HOTEL Next to Frisco Buildlng PATRONIZE SCOTT & WHITE ST. LOUIS, MO. I'OPULAR PRICE EUROI'EAS HOTEL CONSTRUCTION CO. Absolurely Fireproor YOUR Ratas: $1.50 and Up Per Day 806 Mercnants-Laclede Building Eleclric Fun (Free) In Every Room EATS :-Unexcelled CAFETERIA and ADVERTISERS ST. LOUIS, MO. COFFEE SHOP Service

LEARN TRAFFIC AT NIGHT If We Want Good Candy Break Your Special rates to readers of this magazine Courscs 060 offwed in Law Accounting Salesmanship and High School subjects WE GO TO Debt Chains CITY COLLEGE OF LAW AND FINANCE 322 N. Grand Blsd. St. Louis, Mo. 3bsm's Money loaned at legal rate Phone: Lindell 2423 Doruntoen Ofice: 520 Liberty Central Trust Bldg. I / 910-912 OLIVE repayable in easy installments. CITIZENS LOAN & SAVINGS CO. S. E. Cor. 7th and Pine Sts. All Sizes of Washed ST. LOUIS I and Screened SAND and GRAVEL I 1tO1' F. BRITTOS, Pres. PLANTS : PACIFIC, MO. and MOSELLE, MO. FRISCO R. R. JOHN C. TOBIS, E. E. SIXGLETOS. V.-Pres. & Counsel Sew. B Treas. ST. LOUIS MATERIAL AND SUPPLY CO. II. C. GARNEAU. RORT. F. BRITTOS, 314 N. 4th Street Vice-President Complroller

BOMONT 4 14 BOMONT 41 5 SMEE & HENDERSON Becht Laundry Co. CIGAR CO. We Specialize in FRISCO BUILDING Family Laundry We Carry Your Favorite Smoke 3301-1 1 Bell Ave., St. Louis. Mo. Parcel Post Paid Anywhere LEADERS IN THE MIDDLE WEST INVESTMENT BONDS FOR- We deal in issues of the United States Government, Railroads, Public Utility and Industrial Corporations with established records of earnings. AID & COMPANY, Inc. FURNITURE SECURITY BUILDING ST. LOUIS, MO. JIEJIRERS, ST. LOUIS STOCK ICXCI-IASCE CARPETS RUGS DRAPERIES I You Can Buy Comfort by theTon I LINOLEUMS JUST ORDER 1070 HAWTHORN COAL COMPANY ARCADE BUILDING SAINT LOUIS YARDS : Wholesale and Retail St. Louis and St. Louis County

Some Unique Advertising I am giving you all this informa- inom and ClifPord ot station IVLS and tion about the Frisco, partly be- Miss Dixie Fields of station IVHT, cause W. D. Welch is associated also of Chicago, will be among the The Frisco came in for its share of with it, and because of what his stars who have signed contracts with ~Jublicity and Welch secured the ap- organization means to our own city. the Exposition. 1)roval of everybody concerned and Try their crack train, "The Mem- The Exposition gageantry is being Frisco letter head was used to convey phian", from Memphis to St. Louis. planned on a more gorgeous scale the weekly letter to the men~hers. It is good-I know from experience. than ever before, under the direction The Frisco is indebted to Mr. Rob- DAVE ROBSON. of Herbert Barnard, one of the most son for the following message: Secretary. famous festival artists and designers Fellow Member: In place of the file number, Mr. in America. The Pageant of the I don't believe any of us realize Robson has the remark: "File to Sun- Princesses will be the most daring and just the exact meaning to our own day School Sunday." elaborate spectacle ever staged in the city of an organization such as The circular letter came to the at- entire Southwest. Twelve princesses the Frisco. Our faithfnl member, tention of President Kurn, who ex- of the oil-producing states are being W. D. Welch, is a part of that or- pressed his hearty apl~rovaland his selected at this time and these beauti- ganization, and I was both sur- sincere thanks to Robson for his coin- ful young ladies will be presented on prised and interested to learn from glimentary remarks concerning Frisco niagnificent floats, costing over $1,000, him that the Frisco System has ap- service. on the opening day. The princesses proximately 2.000 employes living will be attended by pages, maids autl right in our own city. AIose of these outriders. From the raiiks of the employes are heads of families, Greatest Industrial Exhibit at beautiful princesses of this sear, will providing a livelihood for about 8,- Tulsa, October 1 - 10 he chosen the neu "Queen Petrolia" 000 of our inhabitants. They do (Cotrtirrtred frorrr Page 6) to succeed Xiss Ralnolla AIarcella a yearly business in this territory will compete for prizes nnder the aus- Trees of Winfield, Kansas, as queen of about eight million dollars. pices of the Petroleum Safety Coun- of the oil world. In 1S60, whell the Frisco was in cil, the U. S. Bureau of Xines and the Special railroad excursion rates will its infancy, it extended ouly from Safety Council of the Mid-Continent he in effect on all roads, 0. C. Staples, St. Louis to St. James, Mo., a dis- Oil mid Gas Association, under the chairman of the transportation coin- tance of 100 miles. Yet the name direction of Ray E. hIiller, and govern- inittee announced, Sollowing the re- "Frisco" was derived from the ment oKicials. Safety pictures ~villbr ceipt of a notice from the Southwest- charter name, St. Louis-San Fran- shown on this day. ern Passenger Agellts, Association cisco, the original plan being to Radio artists, old friends of the "lis- that the special rates of fare and a extend the line from St. Louis to tellers-in" in all parts of the United half had been granted for the Expo- San Francisco. Some ambition for States, will be the outstanding head- sition and Congress again this year. a 100-mile road; However, results liners on the Exposition Revue at the This Association has recoinlnencled have justified its high aim, for the theater every afternoon and evening. the grantiiig of special rates to the Frisco now has a mileage of about Eddie Cavanaugh of station WTAS in other associations in all ~nrtsof th(? 5,250 miles, covering eight states. Chicago, Grace Wilson, Misses Sim- United States.

his I~eruavelnent occasioned by the the social life of our "family" located ,L do,-, notify JIr. I-Icngist, locomotive rl<,ath of his fathcr, A[. Carbrcy, former lierc,, a numbcr of social activities have cnfilneer. IIo advises his dog housi~ st;ttion master at Tower Grove. taken placr. The Ladies' Auxiliary of wi~sm:~dc vacant by thc fact that his 311.. and Mrs. P. 4. Carter have re- the engincmen's associntlon secured "l)riy" met with a fatal auto accidenl. turned from :L second honeymoon, hav- ~)<~rmission11, close Tholozan Avenue, Sid, have you ur haye you not'? This ing visited the following points of in- hcl\\.cen \Val)nsh and JlcCausland Ave- susl)rnsc is a\vful. 1r.rcst: Peoria, Kansas Citv, Amarillo. nues, where a successful benefit street ICI Rvno and Olilahoma ~itJ. JIrs. Car- dance was held, August 29. 3Irs. Hat- tcr, b(*tter known as Hclen Neidroth. lie Tancill is president of the asso- ST. LOUIS MECHANICAL DEPT. ;lnd former stenographer to general (.ialion, and Nrs. S. I,. Oliver took -. foreman at Chouteau Avenue, finds it c,h;lrge of the receil~ts. Young and old LO171S1C SCHUTTIC, Repoi ter ., mow agreeable to take up householrl thoroughly enjoyed themselves in this tasks than officrh routine as JIr. Car- novel-. wav. Extra! Extra! Electridan takes the tcr said they were glad to get hack. C;lt:~l stv11. Dclosia LcFevre kmc! 1.loYd ('hcstcr, did you call Conductor Boy- lilose wcrc mk~rried in St. LOUISSc1)- Whoever heard a stenographer sny Idn, the night of August 2YY shc was glad to get back? Jlvet rovaltv! Xr. Gorman, our chicf tcmbcr 3. Xrs. Iilosc is the (laugl~L(~~. Coy Rarnctt, boilerma!cei7, married vlcrk, has recently acquir~da crown. of (2. G. LeFev~,e,traveling llcad!iglrt Trrnu Creek, Se1,temher lo. Coy is thc ('oi~trary to the saying, uneasy lies inspector for lllc Vrisco, and 1s third of our young men to leave the Sl)ringAcld girl. This mcans Lloyd the li(~adthat \\-ears :I cro\vn7', a broad will not have tu makc such numerous r:lnks of "eligibles", and with two mom smile has supplanted the deep frown. thrwttcning to do the same, it won't (The coronation took place in a den- t~,il~sto Sl)ringficltl: clficicncy is th~. be so much fun to visit the roundhouse. \vord. Thcv both have our very best t ist's chair.) wishcs. Wc \visli you and Irene every happi- The car department report bad or- ncss and success in thc world. 1\11', \Viller, chicf clcrk to master ders increasing, and advise the follow- mecIi;lnic, Kansas C'il,, visited us :I The cxl)ression. "say it with flowers", ill,- work has been performed during frw d;l> s :lgo. Nr. \Viller was former- is quite cft'ective according to C. C. Sel~tcmber: Thirty cars painted, fivc ly chief clerk lo thc gencr:ll forcnian Connelly, our locomotive inspector. HP gencral overhauled, and thrce re-builds at this 1,oint. ~~r;lcticallycornered the m:lrkct on that -two of which arc 73,000 class coal Sews important: .Jennie JIarie has commodity (specializing in for-get-me- cars. :rrquircd a tooth! So sxys (2. PJ. Car- nots) on thc occasion of a certain The reason Ed. Lynch wants to sell lisle. roundhouse clerk, hi-r proud 1~1~1. young lady's visit to our fair city. Re- his self-starter for a hand powered Lissen tu this: sult \vu when Jliss Norma returned rnr is because Edward Lavern, his 8- Havc you ev(.r sat by thc r. r. track. to Springfield. a diamond of Connelly's pound son, born Sel~tember 2. If D. choice, rcposcd on the propcr finger .\nd wi~tcl~cilthe (,lnptys cuming h:rcli? .I. S. didn't need a Gillettc more than I,uml~er~ng:rlong with a groan and :I of her left hand. Uhuh! You tried to he does a Chevie, would suggest talk- lccel~ it secret, didn't you? whine, ing it over with him, Ed. Smoke strung out in a long KW!. line. Eleven new engines arrived at Lin- F. G. Collar, storekeeper, has pur- Hclcherl from tlic pnting i~:jrlll's dcnwood up to and including Septem- chasrd a brand-new Ford. Just the stack- her 18; two of which were set up. The tlarldlrst grandstand i m a g i n a b l e. Just cni~?tyscummins. 1)acli. ccluipment is similar to thc old engines Thanlcs, Mr. Collar. ~'xceptthat the coal burners have th,c Many unprecedented, slightly fasci- I have-and to n~cthe cml)t),s st~a!n, Duj,l(~x stolccr and the air reserrolr nating, incidents break up the monot- Lilcc tlrcams I sometimes dream, tanks arc located on top of the boiler, ony of a strenuous day, hut pcrhaw Of a girl-or munn(,y--ur n?n~1>1, which latter variation noticeably af- the most surprising,, incident occi~rrctl fame- fects the appearance; howcvcr, to the September 14 in the encha~rtcd"north- 3lv r1re:lms have al~.v:u's rctul.ncr1 tll~ to the casual passers-by, thcir shining west corner of our office, wherc Claude same, ncwncss and massiveness are the out- Seeley was observed on bended Icnee. Snringing along tllc homr~landtr:zrk- sta~dingfeatures. 'Tis scarcely probable he was collect- Just cml,tys cumming 1):lclc. Since the establishrncnt of thc round- ing scattered articles as wc all lcnow house at Lindenwood. a number of en- Pearl happened to be at her desk at Arthur Fcttcr, m:whinist, is 011 n gincmcn have found it cunvenicnt to the time in cluestion. 6fl-tl:~y Icavc of ahsenec. He is visit- locate in the vicinity and to stimulate If anyone wants to sell or give away ing rclntives in Richmond, Va.

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a large eurthen reservoir at a high 0111' freight businrss, inbound. is elope-going to Dallas, but something rloint on tlie edae of 111s farm. inst;illerl pivking uj? every (lay. Our loval mer- got w1,ong with the flivver tlicy wel~! an electric ]Jump (current furnished by r1i:lnta are ~.eulislng that tl~eFrisco in and it was necessary tliilt the solemn nur city plant) on the hank 04 the furn1sht.s the only real and reliable oath he ti~kenat Handle?. Seems they Rraxos River. which throws an e~aht- mel'chanilise service. and arc gr~duallp had ouite a time rettinr thinm lined inch stream of water into the reservoir t.omi~~gbuck to us. up ~t~FI:rntlley,getling a p~.errcii(.r,rtv. day and night, furnishing plenty of ".T. C." said he had sr~c'l~an exciting water to keep two mrn busy during time of it. he didn't know what was the day irrigating fifteen acres of ROADMASTER'S OFFICE hnnneninr. . until he heard tile ministvr honey hall, other nielons antl vege- Pay: "1 "ow prononnce yon man and tables. He didn't have sufficient acre- BROWNWOOD, TEX. wife". He may not have realized what age this year anti the inclons didn't \\'as going on at that. time, l~lltwc an- ripen In quantities sufflcirnt for car R. 11. KISGTOS, liel)ort~,r ticinate he will know from now on. It load shipment, hut other farmera living -- is x $.rent life if yo11 don't wraken. near' tlie river and other running Havc,n't muvh to say from l-lro\\'rl- ".T. C.", and we all orer our c,ongratll- strcan~shave beconie intel'esterl and no \vood tl~isniontii. Tlave sick folks tit lation?. doul~twe will have nielons of all kinds home antl just won't ti21ve time Lo do ('. C. Alills, akifety supervisor fro111 to ship nest year. anv hettrr. Oklahoma City. was a visitor to our 0111- night opel'ator, T. R. Craddock. 6. T. Gatlin, scvtion foreman, turned safety Rlwt rnectlng. Sellten~l~er9, ant1 wife and two hoys. l.istul,neil re<.ently ill :i snapshot of Iii~nsc~lfand his prize- flattered us with the wmwrk tl~atit froln a three-weeks' tl,ip to Sew Or- winnini. cl~i?l;cns. and hi%m that tlif*~ was Lhe moat r'oirsing ~ntwtin:: he had leans, the Ozarks and Oklahoma .'r;~ise"- solnet liing down his way he- had tlie plrasore of attending. niakinx ~mints. Tom sold his farm shortly be- siclrs "low joints". Sovr!. the pic.trlrc8 nierition of the fact that our mrn in for.(, he left ant1 he didn't si~y"Sew n.81~tr,o hazy to print. all departments were !'el,?. n~llcliinter- Orlf,:~r~s"when he got hilclt, either. .\liss Pv;irl Su111tt.r. a n1trscb f1.0111 cstrtl. 'Ten~plc.. Texas, is visiting the family Ciar,a Alae, daughter of \V. C. Ale- oi \V. I). lieere, section forelnan zit I.'l.ancls. cliiet' clcrk. nassrn!zcr trnffir 1);~lzvIl. CAPE GIRARDEAU I'n~lcrstilnd I:en I:ngers of Ilrooltc- srnltii is lwving the 1-'riwn. Go(itl lu~~lc, ADVERTISERS Old scout. I I return soon to the university for the AIrs. l)ennis. wife of Jini Iknnis, wc- full tcnn. I I L,. L'. \Vilds, secretary :lnd tre;1surc3~'. left on thr sccond I'or ~wints east. \vIirl.e he will visit relatives antl f~,irnds and elljoy I~inisrlf at Lakc I Edward Hely Stone Co. I (:h;1111]11;iln. 1.d;~ Relle I)ul,l,ett. srcrt~til~'yto tl!qs Crushed Stone srrperintentlent of I*'. I,. & 11). claims, IS sli<'r~ding I~er vilcxtion at Ilome. If CAPE GIRARDEAU, 310. rlle is situ:rte(l lilt? some of the' rest of 11s. t11;lt is all she hiis to sl)tn(l. DALLAS, TEX., FREIGHT OFFICE (:. 0. .Tackson. assistant $.enera1

Cape Ice & Cold Storage ing' P:lssena~.r >\gents. which is heing I<. 1.:. \Vvsenher.q of tlir auditor's of- held in Montreal. From thc looks of fiw. I't. \Vortil, ~~aitl11s a visit this the pl'ogrilrn, th(fiy \\~111 ct.~.t~iInly11i1vr Company week. ilntl ex(~c(~dinl?.pleasant tri11. ;is wcll 81s L. 0. KOECK, Proprietor 1,twter H. Ri~chaniln, vl~i(,ftl(~liv('l'y an ed~~mtionalone. st rang^,. tl~oi~~li, clerk. has rrturnrtl fron~$1 visit to rela- why there are so Inany mnventinns Coidstomge "e Ice cream tivrs and fricnda in AlaRarna and Nis- 11~1~1in Canadirln citirn. I 1 .sixsippi. \\'c 1i:lcl :in ide;~ t1i:lt o11r CAPE GIRARDEAU. MO. congeniill "Buck" \voultl rctul,n \villi a. I\'. C'. Preston, t~.nffi<~ili;ln:lp.r, has just r~~tlll~liedfro~n :I wcek's vacation. Mrs. Young, wife of J. I). Youn?:'. or~crxto~.in "FS" office, is visitin~111 (~lhio and Slissonri. and ~~\'itlcntlyis M.LUMBER E LEMING~ COMPANY I~aving:I good time. John says lie is tirrd of "l~atching' 'antl 1.e:1(1?. for 11er to come Iiomr. ('. I". I)rike, diversion clel'ic in thi, (Incorporated) freisl~tt~wtl'il. tl(,p:lrtm(,nt, has sold his HARDWOOD LUMBER lionie in I~:ve~.miin. Gncss 11~'stircd of !ivin~in thct countrv. TTe is huilrlin~ CAPE GIRARDEAU I St. Charles Hotel I ONE BLOCK FROM DEPOT E. G. GRAJILING, Owner and Proprielor ]:IF. \\'c, ;L!I cwrir:r;itul;~trtjle I<'t.inro on tllc American Plan niw and ]lift? magnzlne. ;mil we a11 CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI cnjo? rratling- its contents.

FT. WORTH GENERAL OFFICES I CAPE GIRARDEAU I I think T st;lrteil so~nc,tl~illxI c,an't I Southeast Missourian I finish. Mr. Hudtl savs there's nothing NAETER BROS., Inc. clnins on his side of that ~)icturc..\~lislit I I he J'll 1in1.c to call on G. \V. Koontz, Has More Subscribers Than Any Other our, di\.ision engineel.. in If yo11 \v;irit to heill' ;l ne\v stol,v. T Dally Newspaper a Missouri City \r.o~~ldsllxgest you gct in to11c.11 \\,it11 Under 40.000 ~.itllcr:\. S. (Elondie) Metaqer at 3lt.1~- ~~l~ir;,01. G. \V. ICoontz at T.'nr,t \\'orth. 'Fl~e!. SI\CIII to he \vcli postctl. 1 I IVhile I was in the office of (:. 1.:. I.ittlefnir, our general aaent, few (i:c>.s agn, T i~eartla rumor-for he it I Metropolitan Cafe 1 Sr111n lne to mention nnlnrhr, tiio~~gh, \Vhat (lo you say. we start :I contost Meal Tickets at to we which division or office has the sn?:illrst persons c~~~[)loy(~ion tho Special Rates \vl~oles).stem? T'II het we 11tive hoth tl~r~ntilllest man (not ho!.) ond #i~,l 6 North Main Cape Girardeau. Mo. on thl. rililroatl. ('nurse thpre won't Ine any prizes offered.

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Ilohrrt C:l:lscocli had the misfortune to lose his Ia'ord in a fire recently. As FAMILY NEWS this is the sccond car he has lost in a lire, solne :Ire gmwing suspicious, but T. gtless this will b~?the lt~stonr. as he *am his nest IIII>- will he a bicycle TELEGRAPH GANG this fa11 and winter, as it is getting with a side iltt;lcllment for llis wife. COLD SPRINGS, OKLA. c:oolcr. 1)oys-so let's eacil one try lo Jlmmie Honaker nnd family. Car.1 come out to thc resulnr Friday ~riylit mcv+tings and bring some other VO- Alrx-andel,, of the mechanical depart- k%. Incnt. ?ncl wife, made an overland tril) 1:. J).\\-lI)SOS. Rcbporter worker with you. The local is expect- tr~ I'ar~s ancl Cooper, Tesas. Sunday. ins- to arrange for an entertairunent. Talk about warm weather. You don't or social of some kind once each rnontl~ ~ugrtst23. They report an excellent 11ave to tell us about it. trim-~.. . and it is hoped that much good and Jlrs. :A. T. Todd and sons, Jack and Two of ou~,"grunts" hirvt, 1~rt.11trans- plt.asu1.c will be derived from thvse .I,,I,I,?.,ol' J.'ol,t \\'orth, are visiting reliz- :'rr~od. Joe Stomate hci~lgtransferred monthly social affairs. tlvrs and Irlentls here. Jlr. Todd spent to 1-'orcman .I. E'. L'hirrrls, all11 Ucullle The local hopes that the cnthuc;iasm tllr week en(1 here, September. 12. I'iercc to Ioorernan A. Oliver. :~rttlinterest as displayed in this rncet,- Nrs. \V. +I. Ilinlmerman and clau.qhter, L. I.:rngley is spendjng ir short tinie in? nrill continue to grow and that Vanna Marie, wife and daughter of Sec- nt I!bnlc this week. we may have a regular attendance each XI'. (:. Carl,t.s is taking a short vacation. ;rl~ci evrry Friday night. tion Stocklnan H. Bimmerman. re- Lil~cmanHolt and wife arc s1)ending turned recently from a visit in Akron, a 1,. J. Leysal~t, superintendent of Ohio. They :~ttended the wedding of vacation at their home in Paris. Tex. south sllol)s, and James 31isc;1ml)l~t~lI. IT, .. 1.inem:kn H. R. Davidxon rook :i fif- ni~htsupervisor of roundhousr. urv ,L~I?. r.Iill~inr~~ltlaliwhile away. Harry tl,ell day vircation in southcast JIia- was at one, timc cmployetl ;IS a clerk on the job ;tgrrin after' their vacations. in tl~isoTfivc.. houri ~LIIC~canie back with a smile. \vliicl~were spent in the best 111il1.e in \\'hat.- rlill~. she..- sav. chief..~ v~sor llo'? 1'11~ stork visited thcx Iion~ix of Mr. . lhe \volnltl to spend a vacatiow-in H2 I~asn't \)ought ' the cigars yet-so and Mrr. I<. 1'. Guin. Septernher 12. and cion't sul)p~~$ehe had very good luck. southeast Nissouri and northwest Ar- I~ftthem a ten-pound girl. .\nother Billie Caoitrmd. 0. N. ]?;slick and El- kansas-where at this time of thc year ~)ic.t~~rc.fnr thc baby page soon. zle Wilson, take a littlc air thcsc watermelons. 11cacheu. apples. fried Mr. and Jlrs. Jirnmie IIonaker and warm evt*nlngs in Cotton's car. chicken aud everytliinx else aood to dnugll t el', Jimmie I.eo sr)ent. Sunday. I-'ort,man I<. 8. Ril, Harris hah a new cwt is plentiful, with fishing and sminl- r~~~~l~~t30, ill Dallas. tr;rvelin~: I)uu.. and we w~nclcr if he ming at its best. It's small wonder 1,:versone in this department spent nil! use it whe11 he t-akes his vacatioll. th:rt thcy are stcppin' round, full-o-pep. I.:~hor DII~in the ritg, either going to TIxos. 14:. Floyed, our straw boss, i~ James Rutledqe, blaclcsmith, is \.isit- the l~aligame or the movies. xo out- to sl'e~~dhis vacation somc tinie yoon. ills his brother. John. whom hc h:rd of-town visits were made. \Ve sure have? been going some larely not scen for twenty years. C. V. Jlontao~ncry and I.oya1 Xlr- -wincling through thc Kian-a moun- Wc are sorry to report that \'ernon. Millan arc still here, hut they did not thc young sun of Harry Brown. chief do anytl~ingto get their nnrnes on the txios from Koosevelt. \jre mill be in ~II(:II: unI 11 \\'(? reach Snyder. Okl~i. clerk to JIr. Lnysaht, is still critically roll titis ~nontl). In fact, news is very \\.u~tlcl likc to sec the other wnys ill after more than two months' suf- sca1,i.r. ;r~.~)unilthis joint. start \.riling for thc magazin(.-1n;llie fering with typhoid fever and nrrvt)us it srow nlith ncws. trouhl?. The littlc fellow is at 1)res- \\'llat wcs 1)ractice is thc safet>- first ent contlnrd in a local liospitnl. .\ LOCAL FREIGHT OFFICE sig~i.11s rlsi~~gthe A. R. C:, sign. A!- xpeedy recovery is the wish of evcry- nne. FT. WORTH, TEXAS w::ys Hcing Careful and avoid ail accl- dent?. Mr. Delo. yard foreman. and T-ncle 1,et's hear from thc olhar gangs- Jim Bence. hoss of the angle bar hunc.!~. s~wah- UI:. c:i.~cs. let's see what you have lcft for a two weeks rest: in fact elcryone who can get away is do in,^ C:~slliel .Tor JIoorman, wifv and little 0. \\.el don't blame them, as it 1s ?on. \\:t~rlv~n,l,etul.ned on the 31st after prct t> walm. two wc>eks' mration sl~ent in Hot SPRINGFIELD, MO. Y. V. Cha~man,machinist. has bern Sl)l'ings, Ark. They rel)ort a ver.1, en- ir]rl)ointcd roundhouse committeeman in joyable time. doe says Ilr found a SOUTH SIDE SIDELIGHTS t)l;trc of Virgil Johnson, who has tmns- good fishinx dog-every time the cork frrred to the reclamation plant. sinks, the rlox barks. I:JIEKY H.%GUEWOOD. 1lcl)ortcr Our hoilrr force is not claiming any Rut his story isn't the hrst one. Our new records. but we do claim that threc c.l~erkclrdrk, Sugent Law. wl~ohas re- Sot contented with merely bcing the n~emhersof the force were going some turnud from a fishin:: trip in South 1;rrgest in mc.mbership of ally local of when they recently removed thirty-two Texas, has a dog that saves him hooks the association. Local No. 1 has launch- clcfoctivc' radial stays and replarrd and hait. Imt11. The clor?. 11;~s a verv ,.d a 11em cli.ive fur members which is thern with new onrs on a 1.500 claw sensitive nose and when lie smells flsl;, cxpectcd to bring the shops pretty ctiglne. The whole job was donc in he dives 1.ix11t in and gets it. ncirrly up to the 100 per cent mark. thirteen hours. The three men who This reporter spent Labor 1)ay in Thc caml~aignis being worked out made this record were, Georgc Tluh- East Tesas (r)-I.:d.'s note: My gawd! ;rlong ncw lines. taking each of the h~rd.hoilrr-welder: Alvin 31cVey and East Texas!), hunting and fishing, but three s11ol)s sel,arately because of the "Rabbit" Siler. boilermaker and help- I'm going to tell the truth-I didn't large number of men emlrloyed and cr rcspectivcl y. kill ;I hivd or catrbli n flsh. I)?; l~:lndlir~geach dcprrrtment indivitl- JIr. and Mrs. FI. E. Wilson and JIr. Garnet I'arrett, rollertor, returned u;~ll>-it is the opi!iion that better re- and Mrs. C. H. Renrden spent :r very thc tw~lftli.from n two nreq.lts' visit in sults mill he obta~nc?cland, too. >void ~~njoynblrSunday afternoon reivntly ('nnxtla, rind r~.l)i~~.ts:i ~nlglity qood murh (:onfusion ;IS has hecn thc es- nicnicing at and exploring C'rvstal time. pcricncc heretofore. (~'ave. Plenty of sood eats. which .\ party frny this offi~.e.cnml)oscd of The mveting of .Xugust 25 mas tho "Clyde" enjoyed for he is always hun- G. I?. Littlefalr. ~encralagent. Mr. ancl most successful meeting held during L.r v. Mrs. Chcsirr and falllily. Mr. ;rnd Mrs. the 11:rst xumnler. There were 26 new Blarlisniith Edward Davis has left 11. A. Granger. Miss R11l)y 1,ona. JIiss nirmhcrs given the obligation and pre- for \\rasl~ingtonto visit an uncle. ITxvcs hIa1)rI T)ozicr. Miss Annette Gr:tr~ger, s(,~ltcdwith memhcrshil) c;r~.ds. ;i rood timc. Ed. i\Iiss 3,Iyrenr JIelton, Guy Walters, lsu- (;. I\'.Moore, assistant superintend- Ernest Jolles. machinist, roundhowe. gxJne TrantIi;~m,S. I.. I.anr, an,l littlv ent motive power: J. I<. Gibson, assist- iind thr misfortune of losing his car. JInry Fral~cisGrangel,, r~lji)yc,ln tine ant to sul)erlntentlent motive !mwcr. a Hudson super six. by heing burned outing on I.ahor Day at Camp The n-~rcpresent and thc local \\-:is nor^^ Grange, on lake \Vol+th. Thrre were ~II:LII gl~lto he honored with the ~lenlyof eats and len~onn~leby the hnr- prcsencc, of two of our ofiicials. 1\11., rel. games anil dancing. C. E. Little- >Inore rcndrred a snlcndid talk to ( CLASSIFIEDADS 1 fair nrou the ho~~cslioepitr.liing contest the 1.50 Irrvscnt and was very Iiifihl~ and Jlixs liuby 1,ong was crownrcl comrnendahlc~. \Ve hope Nr. Xoore and champion eater. hIr. Gihson will visit with us amin AGENTS-WRITE FOR FREE SAM- soo~~.Mr. ;\I. I:nder\vood, gcncral chnir- PLES. Sell Madison "Better-Made" man 1'. A. 31. C. & C. D. E., plcased Shirts for laraeNo ranitManufacturer1,-- nr ~--- nirpnt------FORJ1ERT.Y FR18CO MAY thr nutliel~ce with one of his vt3ry to wearer.- ... - - - - .-- - - - o~nerlenoa- .- - - .- .. - nicv heart-to-hcart talks. which was required, Many earn $100 weekly and greatly appreciated. bonus. MADISON FACTORIES.-, 505 FRANK W. DAVIS The officers and all n~embersa1):)re- Broadwav. New- Tork. ciate the very flnc co-operation shown LIFE, ACCIDENT I)? thc officials and tlicir sup(-rvisors FRISCO WATCH INSPECTORS- - - in helping to make the drive for new G. W. HALTOM. R. R. Watch Inspector, The Travelers Insurance Co. men~hersa surcess, as the fine spirit manifested by each one in the throe Fort Worth. Texas. 5 E. Wall St. FT. SCOTT show is very gratifying. FARMER-CANNON JEWELRY C 0. We hope to hold similar meetings Watch Inspectors. Blrmfngham. Ala. October, 1925 -~?&CO ~MPLO@S'&-?GU/NE Pngc 69 ug several dayx ago. Sparks fi>onl n E. 11. L)aj.. air man, has a new inodcl So, after all, I am pretty important ucarby trash fire iguitcd the garage. Chevrolet tourinc-- car.~ Eoth garage and car were a total loss, Mr. and Nrs. 0. Gray have a big to you. Cherish me-take good care brily partly covered by insurancc. boy, wcight 5% pounds, mother and of me and I will take good care of you. John Antrikil?, roundhouse, is back soil duiny nicely. Cunpratulatlons from You ask who I am? I am your job. un the job again after some time oft' the boys here in the ~wundhouse. -Union Pacific Magazine. on account of sickness. We; will have a picture of the fa- Thc first gun of the hunting season muus l~orthside Friuco ball club for has been fired;' In this ousc tl:ough ncxt month, also some reports of HOW ABOUT YOU? tl~cgun was rocks". Jess Land. of games. The north side club will play the coach shop has returned from n thc Ierisco Whitc Sox if they get up \Yhen Abraham Lincoln was a young hunting trig to Idaho, where hc says 11~1,vc.tu match us azain. man he ran for the legislature of Illi- 1)rairie rhickenx are so thick that all The picture of \v: J. Foley. master ]lois and was badly swamped. He nest unc ncerls to Itill then1 is rocks. Jess mech;lnic westcrn division. I*hid. sure entered business-failed-and snent also says that fishing is so common as looks zood. Mr. FoIev has niiiliv seventeen years of his life payini up to hardly he mentionrd: that they are friends over Llle system ihat know his the debts of a worthless partner. so tllick in the strcams that they rub smile as well ax I do. Good luck, JIr. He was In love with a beautiful the scales off of each other and in F'oley, have you found your passes and woman to whom he became engaged- many places they causc the rivers to pocketbook lost in California last year? and then she died. uverflow the banlts. .J. D. Knos, night foreman, asks the Entering politics again he ran for Chiis. Wolfc, also of the coach shops. following information: "Has anyolie Congress and was badly defeated. He \\-as so stirred up over this hunting found a nice. good-no good ycllow then tried for an appointment in the >tory that he has gone to try his hand. hrown white do,g. If found, yash ~ncl United States Land Office. but failed. \Ve arc$anxiously awaiti:lg Wolfe'x re- return and 1,ecelve a reward. After thls he became a candidate for :urn before we bclicve all of this. for the United States Senate and was de- wc know that Charley tells the truth, teated. Z\J.\VA~.~S. TELEGRAPH LINE GANG In 1856 he became a candidate for \Vc have been wondering why 14. E. CAMP No. 83-RITCHE.Y, MO. the vice-presidency, but lost the race. IVilson, of the blacksmith shop, seems In 1858 he was once more defeated. scm lonesome latcly. but have just found this time by Douglas. In the face of c.ut that Mrs. Wilson and daughter J. E. SUSSBAUX, Reporter 811 this. he-eventually became one of .\':rr~nret Janc are away visiting rela- the country's greatest men, if not the tives and friends at Ozark. 310. Mrs. Hullo, on-line gangs, how do you greatest. \Vilxon was formerly Anna Hays, of liltc this for hot weather? I hope the thermometer does not break. It is so How would you stand in face of such Oznrk...... setbacks? Think it over. Much favorable comment is being hot hcre in Suuthwest AIisuouri, that kcarc1 around the south shops in rr- sl~mc! of thc buys are afrald the in- -West Virginia Utilities. card to our group insurancc, cspe?iallr- sulators are going to melt off the cross r;ince me are receiving our dividend a!'n1s. checks, w1iic4l~shows that we are se- Lil~cm:ln Lynn ?dcI- to the line. RED TOP CAB CO. crops needed rain. This is the DI,'STLESS WAY, as the Chief Andrews. stoker man nights. Frisco began oiling the roadbed down is the snake charmer at Xorth Sprinc- here on September sixteenth. Phone 20151 TULSA, OKLA. A~ld,and at this writing he is some- where in Kansas looking for snakes. How many did you catch. "Cliief", how rnme?- - - - - ., I TAKE CARE OF ME! Virgil West, night inspector has I I 1l~t.noff a few days sick. he' boys wish for bis speedy recovery and that You had better take good care of I Nichols Transfer & Storage Go. he will be back on the job soo~l-~ood me. Perhaps you don't think much of DISTRIBUTORS OF CAR LOADS luck, Virgil. H. F'. Bromley, night foreman. re- me at times, but if you were to wake I THE OLDEST AND MOST t)orts that someone or ones' sure did up some morning and realize you did RELIABLD I enjoy themselves eating watermelon in not have me, you would start that day his Chevrolet car, as the party left the North Bouldw and Frisco Ripht-of-Way rr.mains for his disposition xs he saw with an uneasy feeling. Phone 2-1117 & 2-1118 TULSA. OKLA. fit. You should never mind a minor From me you get food, clothing, I I joke like that. H. P. shelter and such luxuries as you enjoy. Roy 0. Salsman, air man, reports I I someone made a grcat effort in splic- If you want me to, I'll get you an ing. and cutting wircs. trying to make eight-cylinder automobile and a beau- his "Hug" function, but they failed to tiful home. Oklahoma rut thr riffle. C,. \V. Rader, machinist. is still on But I am exacting. I am a jealous the sick list. Last report mas that mistress. Sometimes you appear hard- Steel Castings Co. Brother Rader was improving vcr\- ly to appreciate me at all-you make nic~ly. We hope that it will not hb MAKERS OF long until Brother Rader can be with slighting remarks about me and us again as of old. neglect me. I I S. S. -, machinist 3rd class. Considering the fact that you necd Railroad, Oil Field and ~>rc.srntcdthe boys with a good cipar- me not only for the material things of htsst wishes. Mr. and Mrs. Commercial Castings in "Cotton' Whitenworth, boilermnlter life, but spiritually as well, I wonder third class, mill soon he struting that you slight me as you do at times. around in a new 1926 model Ford. Say, What if I should get away from OKLAHOMA "C'ntton". what did you do with the old one? you? Your happil~esswould flee, for ELECTRIC STE EL 311.. McBride. boilermaker second a time at least, and your friends cl;~ss,has ordered n new model Ford- would wonder what sort of fellow you eome and take us for a ride Mc. and Tulsa, Okla, Box 668 we will so to a ball game-1-11 buy the were, and your wife would worry and gas and oil. your bank account would dwindle. I I Page 70 7/HE17@~~EIPLOI%S'~O?ZINE October, 1925

Transportation Problem 4300 Years Ago

ACK in tlie days when Alwaham \\-as liv- Strict Enforcenterat B ing in the lantl of the Canaanites, some time I)efot-e he left the City of Ur (recently In short the Code of Khamnu~rahiregu'atetl become better Icnown I~ecauseof its frequent the carriers of that tlq with all the vigor and appearance in cross wortl puzzles), there was Imver exercised 1, our present Inter\tate a king of Babylonia who caused the laws of Commerce Commission, 1:erleral 1,abor Board his COLIII~I-yto I)e gathered together and puh- and P~~blicSer~lce Commisqions of the vari- lishecl so that his people might know what 011s State\. It i\ prett!. safe to say, too, that was required of then^. the carriers comphetl with tlie law as strictly then as now ior there wah plenty of precetlenl Too illarty Laws Everz ?'hen in the law for lopping off an offender's hand l'ven at that early time there were an amaz- or ear, malting him a slave or hanging him at ing lot oi laws, which were the outgrowth of the first convenient tree. long established cnstom, for Babylonia was already old. The laws covered the most Private Property minute detail of the daily life of the Baby- lonians and since they were great traders and While there lvere demagogues even at that since trade and transportation have gone hand time, happily for the Ual)ylonian carriers, the in hand since the 1)eginning of tin~eit is not motlern vote-s~vapping, wire-p~~llingpolitic- altogether surprising to fintl that the Code of ian had not been invented. antl the law ux.; I commerce with the rest was a high regard for property rights. The of the worltl. necessity for good tralisportation to carry Early Bills o/ Lading and Receipts on the estensive commerce and trade of the INls oi latling were issued by the carriers coiuitry was recognized ant1 the merchants antl when they receivetl a consignment of goods. othcr 1)usiness men were owners of ships and l.(eceiptswcrc demanded when the goods were caravans, tleliveretl. 7'hc carrier took all responsi- Nothing iVe~utinder the Sun hility for the vali~eof the shipment antl 11s11ally demanded payment in advance. In all proh- All of this, remen~her,was some 4300 year\ ability there Iverc fisetl charges for carrying or more ago and the cmtoms, as written into certain kinds of gootls to specified points. the law, were alrcady ages old. So after al! \\'hen gootls were sturecl, especially in the there's nothing new imtler the sun abo11t regu- case of grain. one sixtieth was paid to the ~varelio~rseman.who assumed all risk, paid tloublc ior all shortage hut was not respolisible tinless he 11x1 given a properly witnessed receipt. Wages and Rates I,I he wages to be paid to thc crew of ships, radical theories of ~)oliticianswho linow noth- and the hire of the ships themselves, were ing of tr:itle or transportation. fisetl 1)y law, as was also the price of builtling , , The Code of I

I LIST CONSTRUCTION CO. I Railroad Contractors 1 DEARBORN TREATMENT 415 Railway Exchange Building KANSAS CITY, MO.

to time. Maney Brothers & Co. DE ARBORN TREATMENT is applied through engine CONTRACTORS tender, or direct to boiler, or by means of a DEARBORN Feeder 304 Empire Building to the wayside tank. Application adapted to suit conditions. OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. Dearborn Chemical Company JOHN H. PAYNE Highway. Railway, 310 South Michlgan Avenue FRISCO BUILDING, ST. LOUIS Municipal and Concrete CHICAGO C. S. Murrayi Manager Construction FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS

ANDERSON-PRICHARDOIL CORPORATION PRODUCERS AND REFINERS Railroad Contractor COLCORD BUILDING 3936 Euclid Ave. Kansas City, Mo. OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA

E. J. McCABE R. L. Bartholomew J. E. COLLINS Railroad Contractor Railroad Grading Contractor and Grader 220 West 12th Street 1117 N. Francis Oklahoma City GENERAL I OKLAHOMA CITY I RAILROAD Public Works Construction Co. CONTRACTOR I ALLHANDS & DAVIS I Constructors of Roads and RAILROAD Bridges CONTRACTORS 919 Cer~tur~Building 867 Roland St. Memphis, Tenn. ST. LOUIS, MO. I619-20 Frisco Bldg. - Joplin, Mo.

General Contractors FIREBRICK MASONRY I I 314 INTERSTATE BLDG. 819 Merchants-Laclede Bldg. ST. LOUIS. MO. I I KANSASCITY, Mo.

CENTRAL BOARDING & SUPPLY COMPANY COMMISSARY CONTRACTORS F. I, ESGLEJIAN, President General Office Branch Offices ST. LOT'IS, MO. G. I FITZGERALD, Vice-Pres, and Sec'y 31. S. F.SGLlC%IAS. Vice-Prosdent Coca Cola Building SPRIS(;FIEI.D, 310. CH.\S. GRAY, 3lanmer. Sprink*eld. 310. E. R. SH.\I{I

Hamilton Coal and Mercantile Co. General Office-WEIR CITY, KANSAS

PRODUCERS OF Hamilton Quality Coal CELEBRATED NO. 9 DEEP-SHAFT

Exclusive Sales Agents McALESTER FUEL CO. Frisco Protects CITY, Its Employees KASSAS 310. Frisco is careful about the wiping rags that it puts in the hands of its employes. No chance can be taken with allowing minor scratches to become infected. That's the reason Frisco uses KLEEN KWALITY K L 0 T H S, only. These wipers are not only clean, but their special treatment makes them as sanitary as hospital gauze-and they are lintless as well. AARON FERER & SONS St. Louis Nine Branches KLEEN KWALITY KLOTHS

JAMES D. LIVINGSTON, Fremident NORTON SCHUYLER. Sec'y-Treas. Reliance Coal Company REAMED -CHAMFERED MINERS OF NIPPLES "LIVINGSTON COAL" Made from New Pipe GENERAL OFFICE: CLINTON, MO. H. C. ATKINS MFG. CO. 2318 RANDOLPH ST. ST. LOUIS, MO. Eleven Years Satisfaction for the Frisco

I Jno. H. Heimbuecher Metals Co. 1 I <'Largeat Copper Stock in the Weat" I BRASS Nickel Silver CROWE COAL COMPANY BRONZE STEEL COPPER ZINC In All Forms General Office, Dwight Building I SAINT LOUIS MISSOURI ( KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI MINERS AND SHIPPERS 1 Midvale Coal Co. -- HIGH GRADE STEAM AND DOMESTIC GOAL Mines located at Mulberry and Scammon, Kansas and Henryetta I Oklahoma, on the line of the St. Louis-San Francisco Ry. Co. Chemical Bldg. ST. LOUIS, MO. I Alabama By- Products Corporation

COAL TAR, SULPHATE OF AMMONIA, BENZOL FOUNDRY, FURNACE, WATER GAS AND DOMESTIC COKE STEAM. BUNKER, DOMESTIC AND SMlTHlNG COAL

Grider Coal Sales Agency GENERAL OFFICES: AMERICAN TRUST BUILDING STEAM & DOMESTIC COAL Birmingham, Alabama 2,000,000 TONS ANNUALLY Birmingham, - - Alabama

HENRYADAMSON COAL& MINING CO. MINERS and SHIPPERS BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA OF COAL Mines Located Four and One-Half Miles East of the City of Tulsa WHEN IN THE MARKET FOR COAL Call Phone Cadar 5588 or Osago 9810-F21 OR \\'RITE US FOR EVERY PURPOSE TULSA, OKLA. R. R. 1, Box 145 CAPACITY OF MINES AND OVENS 2% MILLION TONS ANNUALLY We Want Your Business

Brookside-Pratt Mining Co. GALLOWAY COAL COMPANY Supreme Mining company EXCLUSIVE MINERS OF l NCORPORATED A. R. Lonz. Prea. . Albert Allison. See.-Treaa. ELK RIVER AND GALLOWAY COAL PRODUCERS OF General Office, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE Steam and Domestic Coal MINES AT GALLOWAY, CARBON HILL AND HOLLY GROVE, ALABAMA Brown-Marx Building (Mines Located on Frisco Railroad) BIRMINGHAM, ALA.

Indiana and Illinois Coal Corporation I MONTGOMERY COUNTY ILLINOIS COAL 1425 Old Colony Building CHICAGO I Daily Capacity, 20,000 Tons Located on the Big Four and C. & E. I. Railroads C. W. BOOTH & CO. Duner Car Closets St. Louis Truck and Mfg. to. I Enameled lron Wet or Dry Closets Railway Supplies "AMERICAN" SELF - OILING ST E E L DUNER CO. TRUCKS, HAND AND TRAILER SERVICE, Railway Exchange Building FOR RAILROAD PLATFORMS. WARE- 101 S. Clinton St. CHICAGO HOUSES, 00CKS AND INDUSTRIES. CHICAGO, ILL. For detailed description aee Car Builders Cyclopedia 1922 Edition 3200 North Hall St. St. Louis. Mo. I

Manassa Timber Company LARGEST INDEPENDENT DEALERS DU PONT SIMPLEX IN THE WORLD TYPE "B" STOKER PILING ROBT. S. LEETE & COMPANY STANDARD STOKER CO., Inc. TYPEWRITER RIBBONS 350 Madiaon Ave., New York, N. Y. OAK-CYPRESS-PINE CARBON PAPERS McCormick Bld~.,Chicago, 111. HIGH-GRADE BOND PAPERS DuPont Bldg., Wilmington. Del. Louis, Arcade Building St. Mo. 205 W. Monroe St. CHICAGO I Foundries and Works, Erie. Pennsylvania I

Reliance Customers always get what they want, when they I 1 JOPLIN CRUSHED FLINT CO. ( want it. Write or Phone Ua. I Byrnes Belting Co. ( "The Fastest C~ouringEngra~tnq,Organirat~an Manufacturerm I'RODCCISRS OF m the Middle West Oak Tanned Leather Belting, MINE RUN AND SCREENED CHATS Reliance Engraving Co. Hose Packing ROLLED FLINT SAND CRUSHED ROCK Engravera Artiata Electrotypers 701-703 Lucas Ave. St. Louis. Mo. SAINT LOUIS 717 FRISCO BLDG. JOPLIN, MO.

Mills: Dothan. Ala.-Prescott. Ark. CONTINENTAL TURPENTINE & I INSTANT SERVICE PHONE 6-0154 ROSIN CORPORATION Thomas E. Powe Lumber Co. LAUREL, MISS. / Bluff City Delivery Co. HARDWOOD LUMBER SInr~ltfacturors of ASH MAHOGANY POPLAR OAK Steam Distilled Wood Turpentine, Ice and Coal Steam Distilled Pine Oil. GUM CYPRESS General Office, 651 Beale Avenue F Grade Wood Rosin 2 to 24 Branch St.. ST. LOUIS, NO. MEMPHIS, TENN.

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Vulcan Rivet Corporation William H. Reaves BIRMINGHAM, ALA. THE P. & M. COMPANY RIVETS TRACK SPIKES - 1169 Arcade Bldg. St. Louis, Mo. Works and Office: Dolci~oJunc~ion, Ala.

The Producers Sand Co. Hyman Michaels Co. Producers and Shippers of the St. Louis, Mo. BIG ARKANSAS RIVER CHANNEL SAND IRON AND STEEL SCRAP SCREENED AND WASHED NEW AND RELAYING RAIL P. 0. Box 2133 TULSA. OKLAHOMA Get Business by Mail - =- '= 60 pages of vltal buslness facts and figures. Who, where and how many I- Barnard Stamp Co. your prospects are. - RUBBER STAMPS, -5z 8.000 llnes of bustneas covered. Com- I Tri-State Culvert Mfg. Co. ( - = plied by the Largest Directory Publlsh- -= SEALS and STENCILS = ers in the world. thru Informatton ob- MANUFACTURERS OF -E: = talned by actual door-to-door canvass. E Trade Checks, Pads, Ink, Etc. I - Fac-Simile Autograph Stamps Wrlle for so~rFREE cam. "Toncan Better lron Culverts" R. L. POLK & CO., Detroit, Mich. 310 Olive St. St. Louis, Mo. POLK DIRECTORY BLDG 514 Randolph Building MEMPHIS, TENN. Branches lo prlncl~wlcities of U. 8.

W. L. BRUBAKER & BWOS. CO. FISCHER LIME AND 50 CHURCH ST. NEW YORK. N. Y. Factory: MILLERSBURG. PA. Manufacturers of the SPECIAL TEMPERED RELIEVED STAYBOLT TAPS used by -CEMENT CO. - the leading Railroads and Boilermakers of the United States. Our Staybolt Taps will tap 20% more holes. Write for descriptive matter of our New Design SPIRAL FLUTED Building Materials RTAYBOLT 'TAPS. We also manufacture HIGH SPEED BOILER REAMERS. adapted especially for Boiler and Car Work. Other tools we make are all kinds of Taps. Reamers. Dies. End Mills, Counterbores MEMPHIS - TENNESSEE and High Speed Mud Ring Reamers. HARDIE -TYNES Southern MFG. CO. Wheel Co. MANUFACTURERS OF Corliss and Throttling Engines CHILLED IRON CAR WHEELS AIR COMPRESSORS PLANTS: ST. LOUIS BIRMINGHAM. ALA. PRIME'S PLUGS ATLANTA, GA. SAVANNAH, GA. BIRMINGHAM, ALA. PORTSMOUTH, VA. PITTSBURGH. PA. ROCHESTER. N. Y. SAYRE, PA. CLEVELAND. OHIO

Blackman-Hill-McKee Elliot Fro@SwitchMrks EAST ST.LOUIS.ILL.AND PULBW.COLQ Machinery Co. Other Works HILLBURN. N.Y. CHICAGO. ILL. NUCARAFALLS.N.Y. SUPERIOR.WIS F o r Signal 1513 North Broadway NIAGARA FALLS. CANADA RAILWAY TRACK MATERIAL ST. LOUIS Switch Stands. Switches.Frogs W i r i 11 g, Crossings. Guard Ra~ls.Clamps &.brSteam. Eleclrlc. Mine and Industrial Railway Tracks MANGANESE TRACK WORK A SPECIALTY Machinery and Service

Machine Shop SALES OFFICES AT ALL SEVEN WRKS Supplies

The New York Air The Gideon - Anderson to. MAriUFACTLTRERS OF LINCOLN Brake Company Hardwood Lumber Steel and Forge Co. AND Manufacturea the Slack Cooperage Stock RAILROAD, MI NE STANDARD AIR -BRAKE GENERAL OFFICES: Band, Circular and Planing MIIIs AND INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT GIDEON, MO. TRANSPORTATION GENERAL OFFICES SALES OFFICE: EQUIPMENT 165 Broadway, New York City Distributing Yard WORKS Second and Angelica Sta Watertown. New York Telephone: Tylw I I-Tyler 12 Works and Offices: St. Louis ST. LOUIS, MO.

St. Louis Frog & St. Louis Surfacer Chas. ReLong, Jr. Switch Co. and Paint Co. Company Arlington Ave. 6 Termlnal Belt Ry. LOUISVILLE I ST. LOUIS. MO. CHICAGO Raiiroad Paints, Varaisha All Kinds of Railway and ST. LOUIS, MO. Enam& Industrial Paints 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 SQUIRTS

ELECTRIC nemL CUPOLA METAL

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LOCOMOTIVE CASTINGS ' . EXCLUSIVELY

WAITE PHILLIPS COMPANY PRODUCERS. REFINERS. MARKETERS OF PHILLIP'S HIGRADE PETROLEUM PRODUCTS Refineries : OKMULCEE, OKLA. WICHITA, KAN. I TULSA, ------OKLAHOMA (

THE TULSA OXYGEN COMPANY wishes that THE FRISCQ EMPLOYES' MAGAZINE may live Iong and prosper, and gives best wishes to every employe of this GREAT RAILWAY SYSTEM Free Samples High Grade Machine Tools American Lathes and Radials for Norton Grinders WOLF RIVER SAND CO. Business Men Milwaukee Washed and Screened Of our effective, systematic and Sand and Gravel economical advertising service. Write for Common Cents, Senior, and Common Cents, OFFICE, 622 FALLS BUILDING Junior. MEMPHIS, TENN. Pels Punches and Shears Watson-Stillman Hyd. Machy. MENDLE PRINTING CO. and 801 Lucas Ave. ST. LOUIS, MO. EFFECTIVE SERVICE Car Load Shipments a Specialty

FRISCO ties, timbers and piling have their life greatly prolonged by preservative treatment at the SPRINGFIELD, MO., and HUGO, OKLA., PLANTS of the AMERICAN CREOSOTING COMPANY INCORPDRATED

LOUISVILLE pr~KENTUCKY

HOUSTON, TEX. SHREVEPORT, LA. ROGERS, ARK.

Hussey - Ho b bs Tie Company Railroad Cross and Switch Ties Lumber, Poles and Piling

"WE HELP MAKE THE FRISCO SAFE"

General Offices: 1967-1.969 Railway Exchange Building ST. LOUIS, MO. UNITED STATES CANADA The Name BIND YOUR RECORDS "Continental " on your policy means Guaranteed Protection for yourself and family l nto Permanent Books when accldent or lllness stops your pay. The latest policies provlde ln- come for life for total dlsabillty. Premiums payable in cash or through your paymaster-as you desire. Adopted by general and local ofices of every large railroad intheUni tedstates.

-> - (The Railroad Man's Company) H. 6. B. ALEXANDER. Preeident M@rngn Electrical Appliances for General Offlcas: Chloago, U. 8. A. BINDING MACHINES Canadlan Head Offlca, Toronto PERMANENT BINDERS Railroads

CUT OUT AND MAIL TODAY LOOSE LEAF DEVICES FOR CLASSIFICATION LAMPS MARKER GAUGE LAMPS Continental Casualty Company. ALL PURPOSES SAFETY PORTABLE HAND 910 Mlchlgan Avenue, Chicago. Ill. LAMPS I am emploged by the FRISCO SYSTEM ELECTRIC HAND LANTERNS DIvlsion PLUG AND RECEPTACLE Please send me Inlormation In regard lo HEADLIGHT SWITCHES your health and accldent pollciea such as TERMINAL BOXES, ETC. are carrled by hundreds of my fellaw em- ployes In the Unlted Scales nnd Canada. McBee Binder Co. Xy age Is ...... OLIVER ELECTRIC AND New York St. Louis Athens My occupation b ...... MFG. COMPANY NAME ...... Cleveland Chicago ADDRESS ...... 4221 Forest Park Blvd. ST. LOUIS

Owens Paper Box Co. MACHINISTS' TOOLS AND SUPPLIES SWEAR BY 413-415 N. First CUTTING & THREADING TOOLS SPARTAN HACK SAWS SAINT LOUIS 7 Pyle-National \ H. & C. FILES NYE PIPE TOOLS WRENCHES Equipment RAILROAD SUPPLIES, ETC. I Headlights and steam i ' I MANUF.4CTURERS E. H. Sachleben & Co. 1 turbo-generators .. \.+' r> :, ' . < .a - . - OF 1517 Olive St. Train lighting system PLAIN AND FANCY BOXES ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI Train control turbo- generators Yard floodlights TIGER BRAND -- PURE---- "HERCULES" Locomotive electric - Red-Strand - LINSEED OIL WIRE ROPE fittings "MADE IN THE WEST"

Mills at The PYLE-NATIONAL FREDONIA COMPANY KANSAS and 1334-13.58 North Kostner Avmue ST. LOUIS Chicago, Ill., U. S. A. MISSOURI Founded in 1890 Officer The Fredonia Linseed Oil Works Co. FREDONIA, KANSAS Manning, Maxwell & Moore, Inc. MANUFACTURERS AND DISTRIBUTORS OF Ashcrof t Gauges Putnam Machine Tools TRAM MARK Consolidated Safety Valves - Hancock hspirators and Valves Shaw Cranes BHANCH of F ICES Birminghamm] Cleveland San Franclam Hayden & Derby Injectors Mill Supplies Boston Detrolt Seattle Buffalo Philadelphia St. Loulr I Main Office: 100 East 42nd Street, New York, N. Y. Chicago Plttsburwh I

W. H. CROFT, First Vice-president M. S. PAINE, Secretary-Treasurer Magnus Company INCORPORATED Journal Bearings and Bronze Engine Castings I NEW YORK CHICAGO

SUBSIDIARY CITIES SERVICE COMPANY sSERvl@ Petroleum Products Sales Ofices: TULSA, OKLA. Q" EMPI RE ) Refineries : Also Operating OKMULCEE. OKLA. F'CNCA CITY. OKLA. CUSHINC. OKLA. PRODUCERS REFINING CO. OKLAHOMA CITY. OKLA. GAINESVILLE. TEXAS

SPEED IN BUILDING LOCOMOTIVES IS A BALDWIN FEATURE HERE have been numerous occasions when American Railways have found it necessary in ordering the building T of new power, to specify quick deliveries. With our most complete facilities for the buying of raw materials and fabricating locomotives, we have been able to greatly assist many railway companies. THE BALDWIN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS The Mount Vernon Car Manufacturing Co.

I' : Just completed, I New Rep ai r Shop, 500' x 150'. Capacity Fully equipped with 10,000 Freight Cars; Cranes, Electric 150,000 Wheels; Heaters, etc., enabl- 20,000 tons Forgings. ing us to work in all - -. - hinds of weather. ----.. ,. . --mi... -

BUILDERS OF FREIGHT CARS I MOUNT VERNON, ILLINOIS

R. F. CARR. Mernphia W. E. LOWRY, Hickory Flat. Miss. II Proaldont Vice-Pros. and General Manager

SPECIALIZING IN RAILROAD BUILDING MATERIAL II Strong as Ever for the "Frisco" GENERAL OFFICES II P. 0. Box 1032 MEMPHIS, TENN. Phone Main 2312 His Time Sheet and His Hamilton Are Indispensable

R. F. DEMARCE, of the Rock Island Lines, must have a watch tl~atis accu- rate, sturtl y and depenclable. His job, Supervisor of Motor Cars on the Illinois Division, dcmancls accuracc timekeeping. A Motor Car Supcrvisor mi~stbc on ~011- stant lookout for trains II hcn he is out on che division and, as hc must get his "line 1113 ' ' on trains betwcen stations, accurate time is a stern necessity. That is why Supcrvisor DeMarce, twclvc ycarsago,selectecl aHmniltonas his watch. Hc I

Evcry rai 1 road ma 11 in i-ransportation service needs an accurate watch. Accur~cy is thclirst consideration; ctepcnctability nnd :, turdiness, howcvcr, arc dmo~tcq~1;11Iy im- portant. That is why the Hamilton-a ~vatchtht comhincs thescquali tics in high ilegrec-is the favoritc ~v;~tchof most rail- roacl nxn.

HAMILTON WATCH COMPANY LANCASTGR, PENNA., U. S. .A.

"The Railroad Tirnek the west coast of Florida, and to New Orleans.

Schedule Effective Monday, October 5th '3 Lv Kansas City.. . Frisco Lines ...... 9:00 am < < Ar Memphis ...... 9:15 pm < < Ar Birmingham ...... 5 :40 am Ar Atlanta ...... Southern RY...... 11 :45 am Ar Tampa ...... Seaboard Air Line ...... 6 :15 am Ar St. ~etersburg..

- in addition to the - fastest time popular year 'round shortest route New Orleans Lv Kansas Crty Frisco Lines 6.00 pm Lv Kansas City Fr rsco Lines 9:00 am AI Atlanta Southel n Ry. 8.40 pm Ar Memphis 9:15 pm Ar Jacksonvrlle 7.45 am Lv Memphis Ill. Ccnt R. R. 11 55 pm Ar Mlarnl F. E. C. Ry. 9:15 pm Ar New 01lc,ans 11.00 am