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Contents of This Issue Pages Roads File Rate . Increase Brief ...... 4-5 On Time Watches Run On Time Trains ...... 6-7 Battle With Canadian Game Fish ...... 8-9 St . Mary's, Mo., Wins Flower Contest ...... 10-1 1 Rode Yard Engines Forty-seven Years ...... 12 Governor Murray of Oklahoma Rides the Meteor ...... 13 Engineer Burns on First Engine Through Boston Tunnel ...... 14 Complete Temlok Plant at Pensacola ...... 15 News of the Frisco Clubs ...... 16-17 St . Louis Employes Honor F. R . Griffith on Retirement ...... I9 Roadmaster Scherry Retires From Central Division ...... 20 'Thrifty Farmers Face Winter Well Stocked...... 22 Conductor Charles White Completes Forty-nine Years' Service ...... 23 Frisco Announces Fare Plus Third for National Dairy Show ...... 25 "Zack" Mulhall . Former Livestock Agent, Dies September 18...... 26 Passenger Service Improved on New Schedule, September 27 ...... 27 Shovels and Safety Pins Among Lost and Found on Trains ...... 29 Casualties Decline 37.6 Per Cent During August ...... 30 Perishable Movement Increases 168 Cars During August ...... 31 I. momotive Fuel Performance Records ...... 32 For Mcritorious Service...... 33 The Pension Roll ...... 34-35 Homemakers' Page ...... 36-37 The Twilight Hour ...... 38 Frisco Children ...... 39 Flashes of Merrimenf ...... 4 Page of Praise From Frisco Friends...... 1 Frisco Mechanic ...... 42-47 Frisco Family News ...... 48-72

MEMBER THE FRISCO EMPLOYES' MAGAZINE A The Rim Employes' Jiagazlne Is a monthly publleatlon dcQoted prlmrrtly to the lnleresb of the mcllva and retired empIoyes or Ihe FrlsCo Llnes. I1 conlnlns storlea. Item of cur- rent news. personal note8 about employes and lhelr hmlller. artlcler dealing with varlous phases of railroad work. poems. cartoons and nollces regarding the semlce. Good clear photographa sultable lor reprodudon are especially deslred. and wlll be returned only when requested . All cartoons and drawlngs must be In black Indla Ink . Employes are Invlted to wrlle artlcles for the magazine. Contrlbutlons should be type- written. on one slde 01 the sheet only. and should be addressed to the Editor, Frlsco Bulldlng . St...... Tnuls . Mn . Dlstrlbuted free among Brlsco Enwloyes . To others, prlee 15 cents a copy; subscription rate, $1.50 a year. Advertlalng rate wlll be made known upon appllcatlon. Page 4 ROADS FILE RATE INCREASE BRIEF

15 PER CENT increase in ity of a general schedule of rates all f r e i g h t rates and Sixty pageDocument to I, C. had been demonstrated. The A charges is the "proper C. Emphasizes Car riers' right to the relief sought has course" for the Interstate Com- been established on the record. merce Comniission to follow in Right- to Increased We submit that the Commission providing necessary additional should recognize the right and revenues lor the country's rail- Reoenues grant the relief sought and that roads, according to a general it will discharge its full duty in brief flled September 18 with the then adopted, the railroads, from doing so." Commission. Contending that the 1923 to and including 1930, made ad- The brief argues at length the duty financial needs of the railroads have ditions and betterments, which, in of the Commission under Section 15a been clearly established, the brief gross, amounted to $6,742,000,000, and of the Transportation Act. "What is states that if the Comnlission does subtracting retirements, amounted, this duty?" says the brief. "It is to not agree with this method of pro- in net, to $5,046,000,000. There can 'initiate, modify, establish or adjust viding additional revenues "the mat- be no doubt that this constructive such rates so that carriers as a ter does not end there." It is then program of the carriers helped great- whole (or as a whole in each of such the duty of the Commission, under ly to initiate the unprecedented in- rate groups or territories as the the law, to decide on a different dustrial prosperity which followed Commission may from time to time method, the carriers maintain. and that these extensive additions designate) will, under honest, ePPi- The filing of the brief, through a and in~provementsin railway facili- cient and economical management special committee of counsel repre- ties contributed in a high degree to and reasonable expenditures for senting the eastern, western and maintain that prosperity. maintenance of way, structures, and equipment, earn an aggregate annual southern rail groups, marks the final Right to Relief Established chapter in the railways' revenue case net railway operating income equal "As stated in the resolution, the as nearly as may be, to a fair re- which has been before the Commis- policy was pursued in 'reliance on sion since July 17. Oral arguments turn.' We call particular attention to the continuance of the policy an- the objective that the 'carriers as a are scheduled to start on September nounced in the Transportation Act 21, 1931. whole (or as a whole in each of such of 1920, as a measure of reasonable rate groups)' shall achieve this re- "The carriers come before the protection to investment in railroad turn." Commission and the country with a property.' It is respectfully submit- A decision of the United States record of achievement in their serv- ted that after having made these ex- Supreme Court is quoted in this con- ice," says the brief, "of contribution penditures, the carriers are justified nection as follows: to the economic progress of the na- in expecting the Government to keep "Rates which as a body enable all tion and of moderation in the asser- faith with them. the railroads necessary to do the tion of their rights which more than "Upon the curtailment of business business of a rate territory or sec- justifies the award of relief they which set in during the latter part tion, to enjoy not more than a fair seek. The conditions under which of 1929, despite cogent reasons for net operating income on the aggre the railroads were returned from pursuing an opposite course, the car- gate value of their properties therein Federal control are well known. The riers decided to continue, as far as econon~ically and efficient'ly opera- difficulties were increased in the possible, a normal program of ex- ted, are reasonable from the stand- years immediately following by the penditures. They adhered to this point of the individual shipper in business depression and the strikes program as long as it could be justi- that section." The brief goes on: of the shopmen and the coal miners. fied from the standpoint of the trust "The Court (Supreme Court) fur- "In the year 1923, coinciding with reposed by the railroad security ther says that the shipper may 'prop- the beginning of the revival of busi- holders in the managements of the erly be required in the rates he pays ness which led into the great indus- carriers who were administering to share with all other shippers of trial prosperity of the aubsequent property which, though devoted to the same section the burden of main- years, the railroads co-operated in public use, is nevertheless private taining an adequate railway capacity formulating a plan of improvement property. to do their business.' It is clear that in railway operation and extension of "During the present year the car- the language 'in the exercise of its railway facilities. A meeting of riers have met, as far as possible, the power to prescribe just and reason- member roads ol the American Rail- exigencies of the present situation able rates' does not mean that the way Association was held in New by drastic curtailment of capital and revenue result is the incidental out- York City on April 5 and 6, 1923, in operating expenditures. They finally come of its exercise. On the con- connection with the adoption of their reached the point where they could trary, the language means that the program." At this meeting, it was no longer disregard the fact that Commission shall so exercise the explained, the railroads adopted a their existing rate structure had be- power to prescribe just and reason- resolution stating that they were come inadequate to support their able rates as to attain this result." raising their additional capital service and their obligations to their Citing numerous additional cases "largely through borrowed money on investors. involving the interpretation of Sec- the abiding faith in the fairness of "They have accordingly applied to tion lSa, the brief emphasizes that the American people." The brief this Commission to grant the o.nly all of these decisions "clearly estab- continues : form of relief which has ever been lish the governing character of finan- "Pursuing consistently throughout deemed by the Commission appro- cial consideivations in the determina- the subsequent years the program priate when the revenue infirm- tion of the reasonableness of a gen- October, 1931 Page 5 era1 increase or decrease in sched- to explain: "Surplus is, of course, ules of rates." It continues: AN IMPORTANT BRIEF from an accounting standpoint, an "Having upon the authority both Every Frisco employe should item on the liability side of the bal- of the Commission and of the Su- read the accompanying article ance sheet. It counterpoises the un- preme Court demonstrated the para- which is a condensation of the capitalized assets which are included, mount character of financial consid- cardinal points brol~ghtout in the either in cost of road and equipment erations in the determination of the railroads' brief filed with the In- or other assets, as the case may be. propriety of general increases or de- terstate Commerce Commission These assets, generally speaking, are creases in rates, we come to a con- asking for a fifteen per cent rate property employed by the owning sideration of the financial factors increase. Many persons on rail- carrier in its own business. . . . It roads and shipping and traveling follows, therefore, that for the car- whose resultant determines whether, over them, do not understand fully, and if so to what extent, a general riers to distribute these assets in the wide range of reasons why increase in freight rates may at this this increase should be granted. the form of interest or dividend pay- time be permitted to become effec- By familiarizing themselves with ments would require the issuance of tive. These factors are (a) the ac- the points brought out in this ar- additional capital obligations to rep- tual return under existing schedules ticle, Frisco employes will arm resent the uncapitalized assets whose of rates, (b) the prospective return themselves with facts which they value would be distributed." under the schedules of rates pro- may find occasion to use. If ad- The railways likewise rejected the posed to be made effective, (c) the ditional information is needed, a suggestion, made by certain ship- value of the railway property held copy of the general brief, which pers, that n "pooling arrangement" is a document of sixty pages, will for and used in the service of trans- be sent free upon written request. might be utilized at the present time. portation, and (d) the rate of return Address your letter to the Com- The brief says on this point: thereon. . . . mittee on Public Relations of the "It is sought by the suggestion of "During the year 1930 the freight Eastern Railroads, 143 Liberty some so-called pooling arrangement revenues of the Class I carriers of street, New York, N. Y. to bring this subject within the scope the United States amounted to $4,- of Section 5 of the Interstate Com- 083,241,555, and the net railway oper- merce Act. We are unable to see ating income to $868,878,792. or 3.54 "If the freight revenue for 1931 that it can be brought there because per cent of the value of the property under existing rates arrived at in any pool, whether it be 'the pooling ascertained by adding to the aggre- the manner we have stated be in- of freights' or the division of 'the gate value established by the Com- creased 15 per cent, and if there be aggregate or net proceeds of the mission in Increased Rates, 1920, the deducted from the net railway oper- earnings of such railroads' contem- net cost of additions and betterments ating income thereby produced the plates that each carrier participating made subsequent to that date. additional taxes which would become in the agreement shall contribute "The freight revenues for the flrst applicable, it is found that the net something to the pool and receive six months of 1931 were 18.0 per railway operating income would be- some division from it. cent below the correspondina period come $985,000.000, produced by the "The mathematics of the sugges- of the year 1930. Assuming the con- net railway operating income under tion now made, as we understand tinued application of this percentage existing rates of $553,000,000 and the them, would produce the result that during the balance of the year, the prospective increase in net railway some carriers making contributions freight revenues of the carriers for operating income under the proposed could not possibly receive anything the entire year 1931 will, if no in- rates of $432,000,000. The return will and other carriers necesarily failing crease is made in the present rates, be 4.01 per cent, as contrasted with to make any contribution would re- and assuming no reductions to have an estimate of 3.91 per cent based on ceive something." Such a proposal been made which would become cur- the Pour months' figures available at is essentially ''the negation of all rently applicable, amount to $3,348,- the time the application was filed." property rights,'' says the brief in 000,000. Concerning the valuation of rail- dismissing the plan. "The passenger revenues during way property, the brief points out The brief alludes also to "a sug- the year 1930 were $729,471,409. Dur- that "on any conceivable basis of gestion that instead of a percentage ing the first six months of 1931 the valuation it is 'manifest from the increase in all freight rates, a uni- decrease in those revenues was $88,- record that the carriers are falling form specific charge per 100 pounds, 619,884 under the corresponding so far short of earning the fair re- per ton or per car on all traffic period of the year 1930. The per- turn contemplated by the law as to should be imposed. This suggestion centage of decrease was 23.3. The make the question of the actual ag- presents the illusion of equality of similar percentages of decrease in gregate values of the properties de- treatment, but lacks its substance. It other revenues were: mail 5.4. ex- voted to common carrier purposes un- would be impossible on traffic of low press 24.2, lniscellaneous 18.8. necessary to determine in this case." value to impose the same amount of "Operating expenses i11 the flrst Various alternative suggestions increase as on traffic of high value. six months of 1931 declined 17.2 per made by different witnesses during Raw silk, worth tens of thousands of cent under the corresponding period the course of the hearings as to how dollars per carload, would take the of 1930. Assuming the continued op- the railways' financial eniergeiicy same amount of increase as slag, eration of all the foregoing percent- should be met were dismissed by the worth a few hundred dollars per car- ages, both of revenues and expenses, brief as impracticable. load." during the remainder of the year and One plan, ofiered by certain op- The brief states that an effect of estimating the freight revenues for posing witnesses, comprehended the this suggestion would be to lighten the year as we have done, it is found use of railway surplus in order to the additional charge on long haul that the net railway operating in- provide returns for investors. This traffic and to increase that on short come of the carriers for the year 1931 would mean the distribution of "un- haul traffic, which might be diverted will amount to $553,000,000, produc- capitalized assets," a procedure to motor truck transportation, the& ing a return on the basis employed which would be entirely unworkable, by avoiding a substantial part of the of 2.25 per cent. according to the brief, which goes on proposed increase. Pagr 6 ON TIME WATCHES RUN ON TIME TRAINS

TIMEis one of the most im- time in 1883, on the initiative of portant factors in the life of Watches of 4, 245 Fris co the American Railway Associa- A every human being. We Employes Inspected Each tion, and at noon of November rise, eat, work, play and live 18th, 1883, the telegraphic time each moment of the day with Month by Ball Co. signals sent daily from the that element of time, perhaps not Naval Observatory at Wash- foremost in our mind, but always It was also common practice for an ington were changed to the new sys- in the background-a goal by engineer to carry anything from a tem, accordlng to which the meridians whlch we plah each day, crowding hall clock to an alarm clock. But of 75 degrees, 90 degrees, 105 degrees work and play into epecified hours. those old methods have been sup- and 120 degrees west from Greenwich The first step in starting a railroad planted by what Amos and Andy became the time meridians of Eastern. is the Aling of a time table, and one would tern1 as a "check and double Central, Mountain and Pacific stand- of the requisites of that railroad is check" system, and today one may ard time, respectively. that its men, directIy connected with bank on the watch of any railroad By Act of Congress, approved March the operation of trains, have perfect- man in the operating department 19th, 1918, standard time 1s made the ly running timepleces. Trains must and in the smaller communities, legal time throughout the Unlted be met at sidings at the exact second when the citizens wish to know the States. In addition to the four time and minute; trains must leave a ter- correct time, they phone the agent. meridians already mentioned, the minal at the appolnted hour, and a There are now six manufacturers meridian 150 degrees west from railroad's schedule would indeed be building watches which are consid- Greenwich is established the time in a sorry plight if the trainmaster's ered proper timepieces for railroad meridian of standard Alaska tlme. watch, or the clock by which he service. Those consist of 19, 21 and Authority to readjust the boundary routed trains over the road was five 23 jewel, 5 position. 16 sized watches. line between the time zones is lodged mlnutee in variance with that of the manufactured by Hamilton, Illinois. with the Interstate Commerce Com- watch carried in the pocket of the Walthani, Elgin. Howard and Ball mission. engineer. companies, However there are still In May, 1928, the Cornmisston made Need for precise, accurate time- in service today a number of 18 sized a readjustment so as to bring the pieces began in 1867. The story of watches of 17 jewels and better, that limits of the zones as nearly halt-way its Inception wan told to a reporter are found In such shape as to be con- between the Standard meridians as for tMs Magazine by 0. J. Poupeney. sidered safe for use on our railroads. the junction and division points of assistant general time inspector of the Time, as we a11 know, is the es- common carriers would permit. Batl Railroad Time Service Co., whose sence of all things. The earth re- United States Standard Eaetern contract with Frisco Lines to keep volves on its axis, making a revolu- time is used from the Atlantic Ocean the watches of Frlsco trainmen and tion of 360 degrees each 24 hours, to a line through Toledo, Ohio; Nor- men of the operating department per- therefore the sun is in the same per- ton, Va., Johnson City, Tenn.; Ash- fectly accurate, was made May 28, pendicular position in the same spot ville, N. C.; Atlanta and Macon, Ga.. 1928. Prior to this time Frisco Lines once every 24 hours. Taking that spot and Apalachicola, Fla held a contract for the same work as a standard point, in calling it 12 United States Central the Is used with the OKicial Bureaau of Railroad o'clock noon, in the city of New York. from this first line to a line through Time Service. May. 1923. This Bu- or the 75 degrees meridian west of Mandan, N. D.; Pierre, S. D.: McCook, reau, however, was renamed the Ball Greenwich, then working west each 15 Nebr.; Dodge City, Kans., and alon~ Rallroad Time Service Company on degrees of longitude, we And exactly west line of Oklahoma and Texas. the latter date. one hour of time change. Standard Mountain time is used One of the eastern roads had a dis- Inasmuch as the earth's travel each from the second line to a line that astrous wreck in 1867, and on inves- 24 hours is 360 degrees, 360 divided by forms the western boundary or Mon- tigating the accident, Webb C. Ball, 24 gives us the 15 degrees of change tana, thence follows the Salmon River a jeweler in Cleveland, who was at in which the sun would be in a per- westward, the western boundary of that lime interested in building a pendicular position as compared to the Idaho southward, the southern bound- watch for railroad service, was called earth. It can readily be seen then ary of Idaho eastward, and thence in by the president of that road to that it is necessary to adopt a change passes southward through Ogden and sit in at the investigation. The mat- of time. Therefore, with a change of Salt Lake City, Utah; Parker and ter of accurate, dependable time was time in New York City, it would be 12 Yuma, Arizona. a matter of serious consideration. noon; west of Toledo, Ohio, 11 United States Standard Paciflc time and from that investigation, time oclock; slightly west of Dodge City, is used from the third line to the service, or watch inspection, had its Kansas, 10 o'clock; and west of Salt Pacific Ocean. inception. Lake City. Utah, 9 o'clock. If there Almost all countries throughout the AIthough it is difficult for the later were no time changes the sun in those world use standard time that differs ralIroad employes to believe, the different localities would not be in the from Greenwich time by a whole num- old timers will remember that in the same relative position as at New ber of hours or half hours: a few old days, prior to 1867, it was a com- York and people in Los Angeles would countrfes, however, use standard time mon practice to have the fireman see be arising from their sleep when New based on the iongitude of their nation- that the stack of the engine emitted Yorkers were eating luncheon, but al observatories. an enormous amount of black smoke, both having the same time, hence, the But so much for the history. so that trains comlng from the op necessity for time change by longi- Now let us ,look at the operatson of posite direction would know of the tudes can readily be seen. this time service company. Those em- approaching train. The United States adopted standard ployes whose watches must receive October, 1931

KEY-POUNDING BROTHERS Telegraphing "Runs in the Family" on Frisco Lines AILROADING seems to run in the family, and there have been R numerous cases recorded in the Frisco :Ilagn~irrcof two, three and blve brothers, all of whom served the Frisco at one time, or are now serv- ing. The records of the general chair- man of the telegraphers, M. T. Full- ington ol Springfield, Mo., show that there are more brothers in that serv- ice than in any other on Frisco Lines. Records show that the Singleton family have all identified themselves with this department, G. J. Single- ton, agent-telegrapher at Westville, Okla.; H. M. Singleton, agent- A. J. Perry, watcktrroker for rlrc R. Y. Wiggirt.* Jtwelry C'or~rpa~rpof 123 No. telegrapher at Southwest City, Rlo.; JSrk Street, St. Louis, at work at his desk. The Wiggirrs' Co~rrpanyis orrr of the E. L. Singleton, agent-telegrapher at contpanies hat~dlingwatch inspectiotr on Frisco Lines. Tlaey Ro~rdlr nppro.rinmtely Gravette, Ark., and 0. A. Singleton, 250 watclacs a month irr their shop, atrd moray of the tirrrcpir~ccs .rcrrr ahnor arc agent at Wister, Okla. Their service onorred by Frisco etr~ployeswho ha7v left them for insprctiort. records indicate 32, 29, 25 and 19 years respectively, or a total of 105 iuspection at set intervals, includc same process is repruled lor the sec- years. roadmasters, division engineers, train- ond minute on up to one minute of The Carlock brothers are located on masters, dispatchers, assistant super- 11:OO and the last minute is handled the River division, A. B., agent-telog- intendents, road foremen of equip- in like manner, except that the rapher located at Gravois; F. W.. ment, road foremen, bridge and build- sounder stops at 50 seconds, and then ticket agent-telegrapher, Blytheville, ing foremen, water service foremen, ticks exactly at 11:OO. This allows and F. Y., telegrapher, Hayti, whose bridge Inspectors, engineers, firemen the operator three minutes in which service records total 49 years, and (including h o s t 1e r s), conductors, to correct his clock, or watch. Mrs. P. E Pender, wife of the agent- hrakemen, switchmen, yardmasters, The Time Service Company secures telegrapher at Steele, No., is a sister assistant yardmasters, train porters a list from each superintendent of the of these brothers. and section foremen. In the month of men whose watches require inspec- Clay and Clarence Smith. twin May, 1931, a total of 4,245 employes tion. This list is sent to a jeweler ap- brothers, Bre telegraphers at Cape on Frisco Lines were required to have pointed by the company, and as the Girardeau Tower and agent at Rlsco. their watches inspected each two men come in for walch inspection. Mo., respectively, with service rec- weeks. proper record is made of their visit. ords totaling 37 years. To those not familiar with watches, Those who do not come for the inspec- The Zimmer brothers. E H., agent- it is interesting to know that there tion each week are delinquent, and telegrapher at Advance. Ma., and W. are between 150 and 225 parts in a names are sent to the superintendent Zlmrner, agent-telegrapher at Mat- modern watch and about one-third of who notifies the men, returning the thews, Mo., have service records of this number are screws, of many sizes, list to the Ball Time Service Company. 26 and 14 years respectively. some of them not visible without a Demerit marks are often given by thr The agencies at Barnhart and magnifying glass. Each one is a per- superintendent for failure to adhere Mingo, ~o.,are held by the Norrid fectly machined screw with a cleanly to these rules. Watches of these men brothers, J. C., the agent-telegrapher slotted head and an evenly turned are also cleaued and oiled each IS at Barnhart and W. R., the agent at thread. There are also other parts of months. Mingo, with combined service of 33 a watch which must be measured to The Ball Time Service Company has years. a hair's thickness or less. 94 inspectors on the entire line, in- The Boyd brothers are located at Where does the railroad get it8 cluding the Texas Lines, and in speak- Commerce and Perryville Junction, tlme, someone asks? This tlme comes ing of the record8 kept on the various Mo., where they are agent-telegrapher from the observatory at Arlington, railroads, 3lr. Poupeney stated that and agent. respectively, and their Va., each day at 11:OO o'clock and is the time service performance on the service records total 35 years. used throughout the entire country aa Fri8co had beeti more consistently W. J. Ludwig, agent-telegrapher at standard tlme. Should you be near a maintained at a high average. than Pocahontas, Ark., with a service rec- telegraph key at three minutes to 11:OO practically any other road. This rec- ord of 8 years is the father of F. R. in the morning, you would hear this ord was made possible through the Ludwig, agent-telegrapher at Biggers, service sent over the wires. The serv- interest which the men have taken. ArPi., the latter having been with ice starts at three minutes before The Ball Railroad Time Service the Frisco since December 22, 1920. 11:00, ticking each second up to and Company is a large institution, han- The song of the telegraph key including 28 seconds, then stopping dling 135,000 miles of railroad and in proved to be irresistible to these men, and starting again at exactly thirty their St. Louts office alone are watch and proved to be a career lor each. seconds, continuing to and including inspection records of 100,006 men. Is record of the number of brothers fifty-five seconds. The sounder then Other offices of this company are employed in the telegraph department stops and does not strike again until located in Chicago, Cleveland, Boston, without equal in any other depart- exactly two minutes to 11:OO. This Wiunepeg, Hortston and Omaha. ment? BATTLE WITH CANADIAN GAME FISH

OTHING eases a fellow's where a 45 H. P. launch awaited nerves like a little fishing Springfield Fishermen Make them. Placing four canoes on top N trip, so most railroad men Remarkable Catch the launch they left the landing will tell you, and if there is any in Rainey Lake for Northwest universally loved sport among the in Two Weeks on Bay, thirty-five miles distant. "rails", it is fishing. Just try to This country is not inhabited, locate one of them on Sunday- Northern L&~S the only means of travel is by ask several of them where they water. and the canoes and beddine- spent the Lzbor Day holiday, or if oiled, and bags packed with outing had to be portaged a distance of ap- fishing has a prominent place in the clothes, Mr. Gustin, together with H. proximately twelve miles between memoirs of a vacation trip, and an af- E. Fitch, and A. Lamb, engine fore- lakes. The country is replete with firmative answer will always be given. men; and C. C. Thompson, assistant lakes, and the Indian guides, familiar The boys in the shops zealously guard yardmaster, all of Frisco Lines left with the country, knew exactly in records of catching four-pound bass, by train from Springfield for Fort what part of each lake the fish and if a fellow employe catches a Francls, Ontario. There they were awaited them, and also knew the kind five pound one, the finny tribe are met by Drs. U. F. Kerr and T. S. Bru- of fish to be caught in each. harassed in an effort to break or ton, physicians of Springfield and Dr. From Northwest Bay the party went equal the records made. P. C. Hopkins, dentist of that city, and into Footprint Lake where they There is one Frisco employe in his father, E. J. Hopkins, train bag- camped the first night. The Indian Springfield, Mo., however, who would gageman and expressman for the guides unrolled the bedding and after not be interested if a group of his fel- Frisco, who had left several days in erecting tents, laid hemlock boughs low workers proposed a trip to White advance. inside upon which they spread the River. He's a fisherman of the first On arrival at Fort Francis the party bedding. The cool night air, the order, but he's been spoiled. When went to Bruce Lloyd's General Store fragrant hemlock and the sport in you've landed a forty-five pound where a complete outfit, including which this party indulged, brought on muskellunge, after a battle lasting an food, bedding, guides, etc., were sup- appetites which were amply satisfied hour and twenty-five minutes, the plied them, all of which had been ar- by the cooking of the guides. sport of pulling out a hungry little ranged in advance by Mr. Gustin. bass which might weigh three pounds The guides, four stalwart Indians who En route to the first campsite, the doesn't produce a thrill. kuew the country as these men knew party fished while the several por- tages were being made and caught This fisherman, W. P. Gustin, gen- their railroad, proved invaluable. something like twenty pounds of Wall eral yardmaster for Frisco Lines at When the outfits had been gathered the North Springfield yards takes an together, the party drove about a mile Eyed Pike, which were fit for a King's annual pilgrimage into the wilds of critical taste when cooked over the Canada each summer on his vacation, open fire. and he has just returned from one of The Gustin fishing Party seated before Dawn breaks at 4:00 a. m. in this the best trips he has ever made. Con- a day's catch. Reading from left to country and darkness does not come sidering that fishing is the universal right, top row, Alex Alorrisotc (guide), until 9:00 p. m. The party arose at sport of railroad men, the story of C. C. Tllonrpso~r,W. P. Gustin, Dr. U. 4:00 a. m. and after a breakfast of ham his vacation trip will no doubt be of F. Kerr, Fred Maitrville (guide), Archie and eggs, fish, potatoes, coffee, tea and interest to all true lovers of the sport Lavzb (stailding) and Jolzmie Jordorc. raspberry jam they broke camp and of pulling in a member of the finny guide (standing). The four men seated started into Jack Fish Lake, where in tribe. in the bottom row, E. J. Hopkins, Alfred ibIorrisotz (guide), Dr. T. S. Bruton aird twenty minutes they caught four On June 30, with fishing tackle H. E. Fitck. Northern Pike weighing thirty-five Page 9 pounds. party were agreed the Salmon Trout WINS PRIZE TRIP They then proceeded to portage meat was the most wonderful. These The Frisco received some well into Stone Dam Lake over a piece of fish are caught at great depth and the merited publicity in the recent con- ground into Loon Lake. While going meat is yellow. They average around test staged by the Memphis, Tenn., through this lake they trolled for Sal- twelve pounds and there were none Evening Appeal and Orpheum Theatre mon Trout, using copper wire for a in the catch which weighed less than to find the most popular police officer line and a large spoon for bait. The six pounds. These fish are also very of Memphis. First prize, won by Salmon Trout are game fighters and game and put up a terrific fight when Sergeant J. P. Cross, was a two weeks' are rarely caught in water less than caught on the tackle. trip to Pensacola, Fla., via Frisco 200 feet in depth. E. J. Hopkins The Pickerel or Northern Pike or Lines, with all expenses paid. Ad- caught the flrst Trout which weighed Jack Fish (they go by all three mission to the theatre entitled the pa- ten pounds. names), are long and speckled and tron to one vote. They proceeded to Pipestone Lake grow to an enormous size. Sergeant Cross won the contest and camped between Pipestone and The Wall Eyed Pike, known as with 258,890 votes, second place be- Yoke lakes at 4:00 p. m. Here they Jack Salmon in this country are ing awarded J. ill. Fowler, with 29,460 found some seven or eight cabins caught in rather shallow water and votes, and third to R. L. Archer, with used by the Indians in trapping sea- in narrow channels. The party 26.000. son. Taking out fishing tackle they caught them using artificial minnows. Friends in Sergeant Cross' district feel the honor is deserved as he is caught an ample supply of Salmon Line Side Bass, another species of known to have personally helped many Trout which were served for supper which they caught numbers, weighed poor families of Memphis from his together with eggs, coffee. potatoes, not less than four and a half pounds own pocket, and one family in which tea, bacon and fruit. and they cast for these, using artifi- he took an interest were put on their Fish was again served for break- rial minnows. feet and later sent to relatives in fast, along with the regular break- The Lake Trout were caught in fast menu and the party started fish- Chicago. Many of these cases are deep water the same as the Salmon known to his friends but many are ing again at 7:00 a. m., going in Trout, however, not in the same lake. canoes into Yoke Lake and portaging known only to himself. Each species seemed to be found in Sergeant Cross, his wife and three to Strawberry Lake, thence to Bluff separate lakes, and the Indians not Lake where they again portaged to an children, left the latter part of August only knew which lake contained the for the two weeks' trip. While there unnamed lake. Here they caught species, but they knew the exact thirty-two Line Side Bass in forty-five he had the pleasure of landing a nine- spots for the fishermen to cast for foot shark which weighed 550 pounds. minutes, none of them weighing less them. than four pounds. Eleven were They report the trip a delightful The entire country which the party served for dinner and the balance one, with every courtesy extended by traversed is replete with lakes, joiner1 turned loose. In the afternoon the the Frisco crews on both the going by short stretches of land over which party fished for Lake Trout a and return trips. at the canoes and supplies were carried depth of from 200 to 300 feet and by the Indians. Each lake bore an caught twenty fine specimens which day morning following. Each fisher- India11 name, and as they inquired weighed 162 pounds.. man came over and took a supply, the they found an interesting legend snr- neighbors were given fish and the The next morning it rained and the ronnding the names. Mr. Gustin says Gustin family kept fish on ice for a fishing was postponed until 4:00 p. m. that no woman could have cooked week, until the entire supply was when the fishermen again took their more tempting meals than the Indian gone. fishing tackle and caught 255 pounds guides and one evening for dinner the This is Mr. Gustin's third fishing of Pickerel, Bass and Lake Trout. men enjoyed a lemon pie. trip to Canada. He has niade several The Bass weighed four and a half Deer and moose were plentiful and to Minnesota, but he is partial to the pounds each and there were 37 of the they caught glimpses of them in the Canadian trip. He says he has been Pickerel or Jack Fish in the catch. thick undergrowth as they went from selflsh the last few years, and the Proceeding on from one laka to an- nne lake to another. next year he intends to take his other, the next aftelmoon's catch pro- But like all fishermen, they felt that family to Minnesota, but his friends duced 152 pounds of Northern Pike. photographs of the various catches and fellow fishermen are already The evening was cool and following would not be enough to satlsly doubt- maklng plans ta return to the Gana- a tempting meal, a big camp fire kept ing friends and so they prepared to dian paradise or fishermen. the fishermen warm until time to roll take home some of the catch. On And Mr. Gustln says the trlg dld into their tents. which they did at Wednesday afternoon, the week-end of not cost any more than a regular 10:OO p. m. their return, they advised the Indian camping trip of two weeks on Urhlte While the largest fish caught on guides that they would like to take River-the largest single expense In this trip weighed 17% pounds and back some fish. The Indians took off one day being for a non-resldent Rsh- wtts landed by Dr. P. C. Hopkiiis, it the gills and cleaning the fish put a ing license which is $5.50. The party did not equal Mr. Gustin's record of a pole from one tree to another and was on the water nine days and the several years ago when on one of his strung up a number which were trip consumed two weeks. first trips he landed a forty-five pound promptly photographed. On the re- It can easily be understood from lnuskellunge after a tussle of an hour turn trip they reached Fort Francis, the foregoing story that a trip to the and twentydve minutes. Dr. Hopkins' Ont., on Friday afternoon, 48 hours river, where one might catch a few Northern Pike was one ot the finest later, and taking the fish to a fish Perch or Bass, would not appeal to of specimens snd he measured thirty- shop for packing in ice, the fish man this group now and the accompany- nine inches. He caught this fish on told them they were in perfect con- ing pictures, bear out the story that a thirty pound test line, Eristol rod dition. They were packed in a box the only reason one wouldn't be able and ordinary reel. of ice, feiced at St. Paul, and Kansas to catch fish in this section of Canada Of the various specimens which City and delivered to Mr. Gustin at is because they didn't drop their line were caught, Mr. Gustin says that the his home in perfect condition the IvIon- in the water. ST. MARY'S, MO., WINS FLOWER CONTEST

HE care and attention given Ga rden at Roge rsoih, Mo., T the garden at the Frisco - ~,","",~alp~~s~",,"rO~~~b"me~ A station by Henry Schroeder, Takes Second Prize - shows the old saying is true. agent at St. Mary's, brought "Where there's a will, there's ;I gratifying results when the an- 1,200 Flower Plots way." nouncemenl was made on Sep- Besides these two system win- tember 21 by Don B. Fellows, Planted ners, a flrst prize was given on 'risco Florlst, that that garden each division of $10.00 and the had been adjudged the best on the en- of Celosia or Coxcomb that he has gardens were dlvlded into two divi- tire Frisco system, in the division of brought up to a high state of per- sions, those where water was avail- gardens cared for where water was fection. able and those without water. Mr. avalhble, E H. Leming, section fore- At Rogersville, a large Frisco mono- Fellows believed it unfair to compare man at Rogersville, Mo., on the South- gram with yellow lettering has been the gardens which had been growing ern division, shared honors with Mr. made and from an old wood pile and several years with those which had Schroeder in having his garden ad- dump yard which was the front of the just started, and in order to judge judged the best on the system under town, up until last year, has evolved a fairly, the divisions above quoted the second group. where water had wonderful park, in fact the most out- were made as well as every consid- to be carried from B nearby point. A standing on the whole system, and eration given to the condition of the silver loving cup was presented to all of it without water. It would be a garden on date judged, whether it both Mr. Schroeder and to Mr. Lem- credit, Mr. Fellows believes, to any was free of weeds, hedge trimmed, Ing. place with water. The entire credit etc., and the arrangement of the In the garden at St. Mary's, there for the display may be given to Mr. plants. are two very attractive emblems, one Leming, who started the garden, but In addition to the loving cup award- in the old portion along the track it has been maintained largely through ed the River division, the garden of which reads "St. Mary's," and in the the efforts of the citizens and busi- M. Owens, agent at Bassett. Ark., new portion the emblem reads ness men and women of Rogersville. was awarded first prize in the df- "Frisco." Numerous beds of bloom- Around the outer portion of the park vision where water was not available. ing flowers also give a very pleasing there is a hedge with iron fence sur- rounding, and in the center are numer- Other division prize awards are as outlook, and an attractive southern follows: planting of Cacti and other varieties of succulents along with a pool, cre- Central division, best garden with ate a great deal of interest in "Mr. Ten thousa~rdplants were used in mak- water, Muskogee, Okla., tended by R. Schroeder's park," as it is called by ing this flornl design of Frisco Engine L. Ritchey, crosslng flagman. Best residents of St. Mary's. One of the 1050, shown below. Thc "engine its garden without water, Toskahoma. flowers" is located in the Frisco pas- most outstanding beds in the layout Okla., cared for by J. T. McCrow. sec- sengcr station flower gnrdets at Spring- tion foreman. is a large round bed of bachelor but- field, Mo., and is believed to be the only tons bordered with a very showy type one of its kind ilr America. Western division, best garden with October, 1931 water, Winfield, Kans., cared for by stood alone in the field of having a J. B. Vasilopus, section foreman and florist, whose entire time was engaged THE FRONT COVER J. H. Constant, agent. Best garden in beautifying stations and plats of The picture on our front cover without water. Thomas. Okla., cared ground on its right-of-way. It is with this month might be construed as a for by H. A. Gossett, pumper. sincere regret that this announcement modern picturized version of "Beau- Northern division, best garden with is made by the management. ty and the Beast." At least the water, Parsons. Kans.. cared for by editor will get by with that charac- One of the last bits of floral display employes at that point. ahd best gar- terization if everyone agrees, as we made was the reproduction of engine den without water, Golden City. Mo.. think they will, that the young 1050, made in approximately 10,000 ladies on the front of the engine' cared for by Ed Lock, section fore- are beauties, and if Superintendent man. shrubs and border plants at the park directly east of the station at Spring- of Motive Power Surles won't be Southwestern division, best garden fleld, Mo. unduly offended at our calling one of his rplendid 1500 class engines a with water, Chelsea, Okla., cared for As far as Fellows can learn, a re- by J. B. Key, section foreman, and "beast." best gard6n without water, Wyandotte, plica of an engine in flowers has These Oklahoma and Missouri never yet been undertaken. The girls arrived on the Frisco's Okla., cared for by Richard Clark, sec- Meteor at Union Station In St. tion foreman. picture, whtle not doing full justice to the task, gives a fairly good idea Louis on the morning of September Southern division, best garden with of the dfmensions. 15, and judging from the affectlon- water, Atmre, Ala.. cared for by Wm. ate smile on the face of Pullman Before a blt of it was planted, Mr. Eggart, section foreman, and best gar- Conductor Harry Hulett, they were den without water, Rogersville, Mo., Fellows had a blue print made of the a splendid group of passengers. The engine scaled down to forty-one feet, photographer reported In enthusias- cared for by E. H. Leming. and ten feet high. In reality the en- tic tones that they consented to Texas Lines, best garden with gine is 76 feet over all. With the pose graclously, and the picture water, Bluffdale, Texas, cared for by exact dimensions at hand he planted attests that they did so gracefully. M. A. Hufstedler, section foreman, and the tender wheels, traller wheels, The girl8 went from Union best garden without water, Plover, Station to Lindenwood College, drivers and pony truck wheels, cab widely known girls' college at St. Texas, cared for by E. L. Richardson. window frames and the number Charler, Mo, and tho train crew of Eastern dtvision, best garden with "1050," also the cowcatcher or pilot the Meteor that mornlng hope water, Lebanon, Mo., cared tor by In pink Alternanthera. Outline of the they'll be fortunate enough to draw Robert Harrison, sectioh foreman. and tender, pilot, coal space, trailer truck, the run that takes these charming J. Dadgherty, roadmaster, and best cab, boiler. smoke arch and stack is young ladies back to their homes for the Christmas holidays. garden without water. Springfleld, Mo., made of gray Santoline, and the ten- The girls in the picture, from left Boulevard and Mi11 crossing, cared for der. trucks, brake cylinders, coal to right, are: by George Russell, crossing flagman. space, cab top, trailer truck, flrebox, (Top Row) Misses Hestbr Day, To make these gardens, and up to sand box d~meand smoke arch and Oklahoma City; Anna Lorine June, 1931, the following amount of braces, are made of dark red Alter- Lynde, Okarche, Okla.; Mary Ford, seeds and bulbs had been shipped out nanthera. Tender body, draw bars, Sayre, Okla.; Mary Jane Carson. cab windows. pop valves, bell, head- Shawnee, Okla.; Lois Wells, Shaw- to various points on Frisco Lines by nee; Elizabeth Darling, Oklahoma Mr. Fellows: 17,135 bulbs; 5,338 win- light, boiler and cylinders were City; Mary Lee Gallaher, Shaw- dow box plants; 750 apple trees; 100 planted in yellow Alternanthera, and nee; Marion Hauck, Oklahoma pear; 50 peach; 15,000 kedge plants; the smoke in blue Ageratum. City, and Mildred McWilliams, 250 Chinese elms; 150 Catalpa trees; The engine stands out in the beds Oktahoma Clty, Okla. 1.000 two-year-old California grown surrounding it-the left one bordered (Bottom Row) Mlsseu Mildred roses: 10,000 miscellaneous shrubs and with pink Spatulata, Alternanthera Puckett. Bayre, Okla.; Mary Sue James, Joplin; Marilyn E. Shlnn, from 200 to 300 evergreens, This does and verbenas and dwarf French mari- Joplin; Mary E. Sinclalr, Aurora, not include some 15,000 packages OK golds and periwinkle center. Mo.; Rosine Saxe, Monett; Eliza- seed and orders had not been com- Around the fountain are found old- beth Wheeler, Galena, Kans.; MI- pleted when this estimate was given. fashioned lady fingers, maderia vines, Gayle Turner, the girl above on the Approximately seventy-five Frisco cannas and caldiums of elephant ears. extreme right, wlll attend Prlncipia a this year. The two men on the end emblems were worked out in red. To the right is most unusual rock are, H. J. Hulett, Pullman conduc- green, yellow and pink Alternanthera, garden planted with evergreens, tor, and Wm. B. Wardlow, red cap. with approximately 200 plants shipped pampas grass, summer poinsetta. ver. to each bed. benas, sedums and hardy hen and The flower program was inaugurated chickens. Window boxes at the Har- LOADINGS INCREASE . on Frisco Lines in 1929 and received vey House windows were planted with Car loadings of revenue freight and a hearty response from agents and lantanas and verbenas. ferns and .receipts from connections by the ~i. section men on the line. The 1930 whyrantha. Louis-San Francisco Railway Com- program was bigger and better, with Directly back of the fountain is a pany for the week ended Septembei- the flower garden at Monett. Mo., long bed bordered with ageratum 19 (the last week recorded before the cared for by George Morris, chosen as (colored blue) World's Falr achyran- magazine went to press) totaled 14,711 the best one among the 1,000 on tha, which was originated for St. cars, according to a statement issued Frisco Lines. There were approui- Louis World's Fair of 1904, periwinkle by President J. M. Kurn. This was mately 1,200 garden plants during and dwarf French marigolds for an increase of 1,889 car6 over the the season of 1931. center. preceding week when 12.822 cars were Following the announcement of the Plant8 from pots used to make this loaded. During the correspondin.k prize winners advice has been re- lovely layout at the Springfleld passen- week of last year the total was 19,424 ceived that due to curtailment of ex- ger statfon totaled 4 073, not in- cars. During the week ended Sed- penses, the flower program will be cluding approximately 10,000 used to tember 5, 1931, car loadings totaled abandoned. The Frisco Railroad make the engine design alone. 14,752 cars. RODE YARD ENGINES FOR 47 YEARS

LONG time ago J. A. Mur- which regulates the oil, and if it ray worked for the LdtN Engineer Murray 'pent isacoal burner,itisequlpped A Railroad as fireman in the Railroad Career in Mem- with a stoker." ' famous Mississippi River bottoms The longest regular run he at Memphis, Tenn. His work was phis Terminals by Prefer- ever made was eighteen miles at night and he promised himself in length and was between that if he ever landed a promo- Harvard and Yale. But there tion to engineer and wuld get on were times during his career a terminal job where he could have a when he took special trains out ,good night's sleep, three "squares" a over the Southern division and day, and daylight hours, no road job one of those times was in 1912, when would ever tempt him. he handled a special train for J. E. And he kept that promise, as his Hutchison from Memphis to Hayti. record with Frisco Lines will show. The majority of his work has been He came to the Frisco as a fireman making up trains, pulling up empties .on October 14, 1884, and a short time to the various industries around Mem- later was given the position of engi- phis and pulling away loaded cars for neer in the Memphis yards aud here making up freight trains. He has he remained until his retirement in had a number of chances to bid in the August, 1931. There were few vaca- job of regular passenger engineer on tions for him during those forty-seven the Frisco passenger trains on the years and only one bad spell of sick- Southern division, but he preferred ness which kept him from work for a the job of yard engineer at Memphis. short time. He is grateful for the steady em- Another record of which he is ployment which the railroad has fur- proud is that he was never late to nished him and for the pension which work but once, and that was on Christ- he will receive from now until his mas day a number of years ago. Jack death. He cannot offer enough praise Fitzpatrick, then yardmaster, told the for the improvements made by the crew they could take two hours for railroad conlpany to make the work- dinner, but Mr. Murray took two hours ing conditions better for its employes, and thirty minutes. When he returned, and one of the improvements which he told Mr. Fitzpatrick that the time he feels most noteworthy was the lay- ,had just slipped away from him, and Pholo by Cooverls, Yempliis ing of double track from Clarkdale to it was his first offense. Mr. Fitzpat- J. A. MURRAY Bridge Junction. Formerly freight rick, filled with the spirit of Christ- trains had to go in the siding for mastime, told him it was all right- Then came his promotion to the po- passenger trains, and with the double there wasn't a lot of work anyway. sition of engineer. At that time a pro- track, countfiss delays are done away This veteran railroad man was born moted engineer never went back to a with. August 14, 1861, at Lexington, Ky. fireman's job. Just as he had re- He feels that only those old timers His father was a farmer. "J. A." had ceived his promotion, he received a who have been in the service for prac- a leaning toward railroad service and message that his mother was not ex- tically fifty years, can appreciate the left the farm to accept a position as pected to live and he was called away tremendous changes for the better- brakeman with the L&N railroad. He from Memphis. On his return he ment of the employes which have also served as a fireman on a run worked one day and the job was abol- been made. Mr. Murray has lived from Birmingham to Decatur, 111. ished, and there was six months in- through it all and has seen both the An old friend wrote from Californla tervening before he was given an en- power, the rolling stock and the sta- that there were many opportunities in gineer's job and he has been "at it" tions and roundhouses improve each the far west and Mr. Murray decided ever since. year until they have at last reached to work his way out there, and so he "Since I have been retired," he said. the last word of twentieth century left the L&N and took a position as "I have thought over the changes in railroading. fireman with Frisco Lines at Mem- railroading today as compared with His last service was on the yard 14, 1884. phis on August But day by the days when I first went to work. engineer from eight in the morning day he became more interested in his Then it was the engineer's duty to until four in the afternoon. His work, promotion to the position of an keep his engine in spic and span or- friends and fellow workers tendered engineer loomed, and he abandoued der. We were furnished sponges and him a splendid banquet on the night the thought of going west. His first soap and we kept thc cab clean and of-August 25, and it was a fitting fare- engine was the little 27 and he says scoured the brass trimmings. The en- well to his long years of railroad the frame and tank were all in one gineer of today does not have to touch service. piece. a piece of waste if he does not want John Sullivan was the Frisco's yard- to. And I remember the years when Following -the banquet he left for master, and one day he told Mr. Mur- I shoveled many a ton of coal into a Chickasha, Okla, where he will visit ray he thought he would make a bet- little four by six fire box, which was a sister. He will then go to Detroit ter hostler than fireman and so he only three feet deep. Today on the where he will visit a granddaughter. assumed his new duties as hostler. big Frisco oil burners the fireman "Don't flop," his railroad friends ad- which he held for about two years. watches the gauge and turns a valve (Continued on wxt page) October-, 1931 Pnge 13

GOO.Murray of Oklahoma Rides the Meteor

Tlrc grrrtlcurari fourth frorrr left, ill the plrorogmph abonv. ol Soldiers' Field Stndirrrrr. Appcnrirrg left to right, the grorrp has nppenred in ~rewspnpers~o ofterr rr~rccc~rt rweeks tknt it nbow is corllprised of Ira dlitclrell, R. 0. Ilopkirrs, Frisco is hardly irccessary to rrrcrrtiorz Itis rtame. The pRotogruplr Lines assislarrt g~nernlngent; A1 Nichols, state senator; Gov. rr!as lakrrc Scptenrber 5 jrrst before rhnr l~crr~irrorp.Governor Mtcrsay, Ira Findley, slate represenlntive; Pnt Alrrrphy, stnte "Alfalfo Bill" M~rrrny of Olilahorrrn, oird /lit pnrfj rc4ticI1 lnbor covrrrrissiorrer; I~rrlker Langslorr, alld Herr J. Theirrrer, nppcars with Aim eillrnirrcd ori tile Frisco Lines "Meteor" all of Oklnhorrra City except Mr. i\'iclrols zuho liws at for Chicngo, zwhere /he governor nradc a Lnbor Day spercli Il'ewokn, Okla.

RODE ENGINE 47 YEARS TRAINS 96.8% ON TIME WHAT THE RAILWAYS DO (Corrtirrrrcd fronr Page 12) IN AN HOUR Frisco Lines operated 3,719 trains vised him. "Keep going and you'll .Sortice: Bureor~ of Rnihoay 96.8 per cent on time during August, live twenty years longer." Ecorto rrrics according to the statement issued by His hobbies are hunting and fishing. (Based on statistics of Class I rail- the office of the general manager and when his sister wrote from Chick- way operations in 1930. Figures 4. asha that the wild turkey. squirrels represent averages.) September This compares with the and rabbits wo~~ldhe abundant for In an hour, the railways earn corresponding month of last year fall hunting. he packed his bag and $602,876 from their transportation when 3.762 trains were 96.5 per cent only waited for the farewell banquet operations. on time. In an hour, the railways spend before he headed for Oklahoma. $448,736 in operating expenses. Among the divisions. Western led And then he talks about a trip to In an hour, the railways pay with 155 trains 100 per cent on time. Havana, Cuba, visiting friends in Pen- $291,158 in wages. (Much of this River division was second highest total is included in operating ex- sacola, Fla., which indicates that he is with 744 trains 98.5 per cent on time going to take the advice of his friends penses.) and Central divisioll had third highest und "keep going." For forty-seven In an hour, the railways pay $39,- 789 in taxes to national, state and 309 years he applied himself diligently percentage with trains 98.1 per local governments. cent on time. to his task of railroading and now he In an hour, 5,238 cars are load- is as diligently applying his time to ed with revenue freight on the rail- Records on other divisions during the enjoyments of life. ways' lines. August were: Eastern division, 558 The call boy will soon be forgotten. In an hour, 80,371 passengers trains, 96.6.per cent on time; South- and he will move from one point to board the railways' trains. western division. 558 trains, 95.7 per another visiting friends and relatives, cent on time: Northern division, 713 a Frisco pass safely stowed in his His philosophy has worked out, that trains. 94.7. per cent on time; and pocket and a pension check coming to it' you work for the company's inter- Southern division, 682 trains, 96.8 per him each month. est yo11 worh for yovr owa ~ood. cent on time. Page 14 ON FIRST ENGINE THRU BOSTON TUNNEL

HOMAs BURNS, engineer $35.00 a month. Mike Kearney, Ton motor car 2104, which Engineer well remembered rr a Msco mas- runs between Springfield of Springfield, Workcd ter mechanic, was Mr. Burn's and Kansas City, has but two mother's brother. more years of active service be- on Construction of There is also another distinc-

fnra hn reaches-..- - the- ~enslonafze. tion of which he is proud. His ------1 Elut his career wit< the ~risco Central Dioision great uncle, Than Laten, ran the Ii :ailroad will make his memories first engine that was ever run in C olorful, for lie has worked with the endwance today, is brought forth in the United States, on the Hudson many (3ther ways. River Railroad, from Albany to re ailroad when tracks were-- being. laid - in virgin territory, ana he treasures -rne-.. orders given to the engheer Schenectady. the record that he was the fireman in the old days were sometimes that "The old timers will remember the on.. anuinaU..m...u -.,17 when..----- it-- was the---- first---~~ he was to meet a train between two little 'consolidators'," Mr. Burns said. npine through fhe Boston Mountain points and one train would, of "And there will be many of them unnel on the Central division at course, go in the siding. It was who will remember the long hours of Vlnslow, Ark. usually a rule that when the en- overtime which they put in without He to Springfield in 1880 and gineers thought the train approach- pay, and dreaming of the good home- earned to fire an engine on the old ing was near, they woulcl give the cooked meat at home. They managed 'risco. Then he went into the sllop . to 'last' with the ald of a can of .s an engine wlper. When the con- sardines and some soda crackers, truction work was being undertake11 slept in little, one-story rooming roln Fayetteville south, he fired on houses and drank bad water. But we ha nnncttwrotlnn andno un wns onlv lived and thrived on It, and we t..c, l"..u..yl.. ".. --- -.... 17 years old at the tinie, and he was thought it was great sport. A rail- promoted, to engineer at' the age of road men's job in those days was a real 'he-man's' job, and it was no 18 years. place far a man with a weak back or It was difficult to get crews tor the a poor constitution. engine during -the construction work "Sometimes I wonder how we man- at that time. due to a dreadful epi. aged to survive it all. I take that deniic of smallpox and malaria in that little motor car over the road with section. Both negroes and whites 12 round trips a month between died by the dozens, and he said that Springfield and Kansas City and it's when a death was reported, a whistle just like taking candy from a baby. was blown and oxen hauled the (:of- compared to the old days of railroad- fin to the little camp. ing. There were ninety men employed "The motive power, of course, has on the construction work, and it was changed, so that if one of those old with great difficulty that the road timers, who had not bridged the gap was built. Followiiig his work with between the years of 1881 and 1931 the construction train, he saw sen- could suddenly come to life, he would ice over the entire Frisco Railroad. think he was in heaven, and had a at various points. His longest run job on a railroad with more improve- was from Springfield to Peirce City. ments than any 1881 railroad man on a local, which took him all day: THOMAS BURNS dared to conceive. thence to Tulsa for a train of stock. "You hear a lot of talk about we then lie came to Springfield and firenian instructions to "smoke in," engineers not liking these little mo- clekned the fire and took a second which meant that he would fire the tor cars, but I believe, as a rule, that traln to Newburg. He then returned engine so that huge, black billows they do prefer them to the big steam to Springfield with a local train of of smoke would shoot skyward and engines. at least I do. The motor car. eighteen cars of merchandise. On the engineer of the other train would like the engine, has reached a high the final lap the fireman went to know that the train was near. Com- state of perfection, and it is a joy deep and Mr. Burns fired and ran the pared with the automatic block signal for me to take it out on each trip." englne into the home terminal. The system of today, the accuracy of the Mr. Burns is the proud possessor entire trip consumed seventy hours dispatchers in arranging meeting of a forty-year badge, given him by and durlng this time he had had no points to the split second, the old the Brotherhood of Locomotive ICE- sleep. "smoke in" system seems more anti gineers. He takes an intense interesl Consldering the eight-hour law to- quated than it really is. in the activities of the Veterans' As. day, the, above instance is difficult Mr. Burns recalls many of the older sociation and, while he claims no to. believe, but .it was the sturdy railroad men and those who were for- hobbies, he enjoys a day on the river pioneers ,of those days, whose job of merly with the F~isco,many of them fishing. railroading was their entire exist- having passed on. He remembers There have been only a few times ence,, who ,have made the Frisco one Carl Gray. .Mr. Burns was firing a when he has had his record broken, of the outstanding roads of the coun- locomotive for $90.00 a month when once when he received an injury, and

try today. .The , loyalty of its ' em- Mr. Gray was a night operator for he is hale and hearty and still en- ployes, while not tested with physical the Frisco at Avoca at the salary of joying a day's work. ktober, 1931 Pnge 15

TemloQ Plant at Pensacola Completed at Cost of $1,200,000

I MONG the major construction board and this company will direct Company's plant on coi~veyorv and projects completed on Frisco all manufacturing operations. then put through the process neces- A Lines recently is the plant of Erection of the factory at Pensa- sary to reduce these chips to Rhres the Newport-Armstrong C o m p a n y, cola followed extensive research for of correct size to make good hsulat- built at Pensacola, Fla., for the manu- suitable raw material available in iila board. In taking the rosin trom facture of Temlok, a new insulating quantities sufficient to produce a com- the chips, a percentage is left In the board, which is made from spent pine parative low-cost inmlating board. chip, which tends to give the finished chips and which will be marketed as Among the materials tested were cat- product a low water absorption qual- house insulation and for industrial tail fibres, Spanish moss, rice straw ity. After chips are first treated.

purposes. The recently flnished fac- and mica. Of all the materials tested. then carried 80x1 conveyors to mlxing tory represents a capital investment however, investigators reported yel- vats where water is added to bring of approximately $1,200,000. low pine stumps, such as are found the pulp to the proper consistency. The Armstrong Cork Company of on thousands of acres of deforested The pulp masses then go to a forming Lancaster, Pa., and the Newport Com- areas in the South, as best. machine and the wet board Is taken pany of Carrollville, Wis., entered in- The Newport Company plant for the from that machlne by a "doctor to an absolute partnership for this en- extraction of rosin from pine stumps blade" and is carried on continuous terprise. The Armstrong Cork Com- presented an adequate source of ex- roller conveyors to cut-oE saws. pany, which manufactures linoleum cellent raw material, since the pine which cut the wet cake into pieces and cork products, has sales offices chips remalning after the process of 22 by 16 feet. In this form the ma- in the leading cities of the country extracting rosin, contain tough fibres terial is sent through dryers to saws and it is through this organization which, when properly fabricated, pro- at the opposite end, where the fin- that Temlok will be distributed. The Puce an insulating board that meets Newport Company has a large naval requirements for toughness, durabil- ished board is cut into desired slzes stores plant at Pensacola, which fur- ity and economy. for sale. nishes the raw material used in Pine chips are delivered to the new A composite photograph of the new manufacturing the new insulating factory from the adjacent Newport plant appears above.

ASSIST BLIND PATRON niately five hours. J. R. Dritt, agent her hotel bill at Okmulgee. where she was required to wait about six hours Perhaps it might be termed an un- for Frisco Lines at Sapulpa, took her lor a connection. When she was usual case of courtesy, but those to his home and gave her dinner and Frisco employes interested in seeing kept her there until time to catch her ~daced aboard the train at Sapulpa. train. He also gave her money to pay she was put in the custody OL a Frisco that service be extended patrons of rmploye who saw that she was taken Frisco Lines, considered it a privilege (.are of and placed on the train which as well as a duty to assist Miss Gar- OPEN LUNCH ROOM took her to Muskogee. land of Hollis, Okla. 0. L. Young, superintendent of term- Miss Garland, whose first name The restaurant in the Tulsa inals at West Tulsa, Okla., feels that could not be obtained, is fourteen Union Depot was opened Septem- ber 1 and Is providing 24-hour the case is worthy bf conslderable years old and blind. She arrived at lunch room servlce. The restau- me&, for ft signiflea the extreme in- Sapulpa. Okla., on Frisco train No. rant is operated by the Union terest which employes of this road 10. en route to Muskogee, Okla., to a News Company on concession from are taking in patrons to whom cour- school, for the blind. She had to wait the Frisco, Santa Fe and Katy, who tesies of this kiad are deeply appre- use the Tulsa Union Depot. In that city until No. 117. approai- ciated. -- Page 16 ~F@coF~P~o~s~#~~M

I I NEWS of the FRISCO CLUBS

Sapz~lpa,Okla. President Wm. Estus opened the ment; Sig Matlock, engineers, and W. The purpose of the meeting of the meeting by reading a short resume of M. Kramer, linemen. Sapulpa Frisco Employes' Club, held the Frisco's interest in Afton to the The next meeting was set for Sep- August 17, was to create enthusiasm business men present. He cited the tember 16. among employes and to get the club's $78,000 a year payroll of Frisco Lines Thayer, 1Mo. fall solicitation program under way. at Afton, and also the $74,000 annual The Thayer Frisco Employes' Club Nearly 100 members and visitors were tax bill in Ottawa county, as evidence met at the Y. ;\I. C. A. there Septem- in attendance. of the Frisco Importance to the corn- ber 1 to plan a Frisco Rooth for the R.. E. .Leach, president, opened the munity. county fair to be held at Thayer, Sep- session with a brief talk and intro- W. L. Huggins, Jr., assistant traf- tember 14 to 19. No other matters duced C. T. Mason, superintendent of fic manager. St. Louis, and C. T. Ma- were taken up in this session. Com- Southwestern division, who was the son, Southwestern division superin- mittees were appointed and from in- principal speaker. Mr. Mason made tendent, Sapulpa, spoke on various dications in this meeting Frisco Lines an interesting talk touching on the phases of the railroad fight for fair- will be represented at the fair with extent lo which bus and truck com- ness of competition against the trucks an excellent display. and waterways. Business men of petition has affected railroads and Girls' Club, St. Louis, Mo. citing methods used by other clubs in Afton' were called upon, and unani- mously announced themselves in favor Musical numbers were featured on regaining the traffic lost to highway the program at the luncheon of the carriers. He also called attention to of the Frisco as opposed to highway traffic. St. Louis Frisco Girls' Club, held the reduction in the Frisco's payroll August 26 at the Jefferson Hotel. at Sapulpa during the past six months The next meeting of the club will be held early in October. One hundred ten members and guests and urged employes to stress the were in attendance. value of this payroll to local business In order to more ably solicit traffic Peppy selections by Bob Anslyn's men. Others speaking in this session Frisco Orchestra headed the list of were H. F. Busch, division engineer; and to otherwise promote the inter- ests of Frisco Lines, twentyseven numbers, and following the entertain- J. R. Dritt, agent; G. A. Brundidge. ment by the orchestra, Lester Goeb- agent; L. Williams, conductor; 0. H. resident employes of Afton, Okla., assembled September 2 and organized bles gave a specialty act in which he Reid, general agent; S. A. Gates, con- played several solos on a saw. Curtis ductor; H. W. Hale, assistant super- a Frisco Employes' Club there. The meeting was also attended by the fob York, 14-year-old student at the intendent, and R. C. Canady, assistant Pettingill School of Music, played sev- superintendent. Nearly all of the lowing visitors: T. N. MdKillop, en- gineer, Fort Scott; L. E. Elliott, water eral very pleasing piano numbers and speakers dealt with solicitation, em- Miss Kathryn Hamilton, an enter- phazing the importance of Frisco service engineer, Springfield, Mo., and J. D. Allison, grain and feed dealer, tainer from Gingham Inn, sang several Lines maintaining a sizable payroll at popular songs. Sapulpa. Wilson Burns, E. Vanwinkle and W. Madill, Okla. W. Mustain, all of Afton. At the conclusion of the musicaI W. M. Estus, acting chairman, called section of the program, Mrs. Louise The business meeting of the Madill the session to order and made a brief Gibson, president of the club, an- Frisco Employes' Club, held August talk in which he outlined the purpose nounced that Miss Julia Stines, an 18, followed a watermelon festival of the meeting and called attention active participant in club work, was which was attended by approximately to the decreasing revenue both at Af- leaving service September 1 to be seventy-five employes and members of ton and on the entire Southwestern married. After brief talks by J. N. employes' families. division. He also pointed out the Cornatzar, assistant vice-president. Talks in the business session were amount of the Frisco's taxes and pay- and S. S. Butler, general traffic man- made by Chas. Webster, agent at roll in the Afton district. Others ager, the meeting adjourned. Guests Ravia, and 0. F. Nowlin, acting sec- making talks in this meeting were W. in attendance besides Mr. Cornatzar retary of the club. Mr. Webster dealt H. Shedlebar, agent; Mr. hIcIchief maintaining goodwill of the public and and Mr. Allison. purchasing agent; F. H. Hamilton. Mr. Nowlin urged employes to keep In an election, held following the vice-president, secretary and treasurer. before the public the fact that Frisco talks, Mr. Estus was chosen as presi- and C. G. Lamont, a former president Lines is a vital part of the community dent of the organization; A. Moton, of the St. Louis Frisco Men's Club. and that employes are interested in J. vice-president, and Mr. ;\lorel~ouse, Sherman, Texas local affairs. W. Garner was chosen secretary. Included in the election Discussion in the meeting of the to serve as secretary until the next was the selection of an executive com- Sherman Frisco Employes' Club, held club election. mittee comprised of the following em. ~ugust24, was devoted to a number Afton, Okla. ployes, each representing the group of subjects connected with the ad- A joint meeting of employes and designated after his name: C. Ward, vancement of the interests of Frisco business men of Afton, Oklahoma, un- clerks; J. C. Rider, swilchmen; A. K. Lines and . the club. Twenty-three der the auspices of the Frisco Em- Butler, maintenance of way employes; members and four visitors were in at- ployes' Club of Afton, was held in the -4. C. BIcQuigg, telegraph department; tendance. Passenger station at five o'clock the Emmett Todd and Chas. Evans, me- C. V. Montgomery, president of the afternoon of September 16. Sixty five chanical department; A. Hatcher, club, opened the session with a re- persons were in attendance. water service; H. Truman, car depart- port on a recent meeting of Trainmen which he attended with several other expansion of that company. The fix- members of the club. He said that TO THE SHIPPERS OF tures were routed via Frisco Lines. members of that organization seemed SHERMAN At the conclusion of the session an to be very deeply interested In uolicl- Do you know that in Sherman attendance prize of $1 was awarded alone there are 234 Frisco Lines em- tation. Mr. Montgomery announced ployes? With their dependents they to J. D. Rogers. that a committee from the club comprlse a total population of ap- nroximately twelve hundred people. Fayetteville, Ark. planned to meet with other Big Four They are well paid: they are thrif- organlaatlone soon. ty; more than seventy-Are per cent Sixty members of the employe^ cent of the Frisco Lines families clubs at Rogers and Fayetteville met Harry Harrison, of the accident pre- own the homes they occupy. In in a joint meeting at Odd Fellows hall vention department, a visitor at the 1930 they earned $431.160.69 in sal- aries and wages which was spent in in Fayetteville, on August 12. Presi- meeting, told of a resolution adopted the markets of Sherman. dent L. J. Price of the Fayetteville by the independeut retailers of Fort They are a very definlte force ~0rklng toward the permanence club presided. An interesting feature Smith, Ark., refusing to receive and solldity of the communlty. of the program was the performance freight which came other than by rail. In 1924 and 1925 the Frlsco Lines of the railroad band, a Frisco organ- Following his talk, a report on the fi- employed in Sherman 503 employes with a monthly payroll of $77,700.00. ization using piano, guitar, banjo, nancial condition of the club, showed Their prosperitv rises and falls mandolin and bass viol. The meeting a substantial sum in the treasury. with the prosperity of the Prlsco Lines. If the railroad is given the was addressed informally by W. L. After discussion of a newspaper ad- public support and patronage whlch Huggins, Jr., assistant traffic manager vertlsement published by the Unlon It earns by its service to the com- munity, It will prosper, and its em- of St. Louis; F. E. Brannaman, as- Pacific employes of Denver, Colo., it ployes with It. If other and un- sistant superintendent Central divis- was decided that the club should run regulated forms of transportation are allowed to undermine the rail- ion; Hugh Hayes, president of the a similar advertisement in the Sher- road. employment with the rallroad Rogers club; Lee Caviness, president man Democrat August 29. Is affected. of the Fort Smlth club; Agent D. G. Your friendship and patronage Is T. E. Bliss of Fort Worth made a earnestly solicited. Lehn of Fayetteville and others. A brlef talk in which he suggested that FRISCO EMPLOYES' CLUB committee was appointed to make the club might be able to assist in OF SHERMAN plans for the Central division's Labor forwarding the Frisco's cause In Deni- Day picnic at Chester and the joint son, Texas, and in the discussion clubs unanimously passed a resolution which followed a number of members Cape Girardeau, Mo. to thank the Fayetteville Democrat, agreed that the club might offer daily newspaper, for its fairness in assistance at Denison and at other A discussion of solicitation occupied presenting editorially the railroads' nearby towns as well. It was decided the entire meeting of the Cape Gir- rate increase petition. that the president should write let- ardeau Frisco Employes' Club, held ters to all agents from Denison to September 3. Seven members were in attendance. Reports from the Girls' Club, Springfield, Mo. Hebron, inclusive, offering assistance Honor guests at the luncheon of the and suggesting that if a meeting with various club committees were de- ferred until a later meeting. Springfield Frisco Girls' Club, held in business ineu of the towns was the grill room of the Ontra Cafeteria deemed advisable the club would Tulsa, Okla. there August 25, were Miss Dora Hen- bring a good representation. The ses- The meeting of the Tulsa Frisco nicke of the Southwest Missouri State sloli was concluded with a brief talk Employes' Club, held in the hall of Teachers' College; 31. M. Sisson, by Mr. Harrison. the Public Service Company there, assistant general manager, and J. A. August 2l;was given over almost en- Moran, superintendent of the Eastern The Frisco Employes' Club of tirely to solicitation and was fea- division. Sixty members and guests Sherman, Texas, took funds from tured by an interesting talk on that attended this affair. its treasury recently and ran the subject by 0. L. Young, superintend- Miss Henniclre gave an interesting advertisement, which follows, in the ent of terminals. Sixty members were review of the book, "The Marks of an Sherman Democrat. As perusal of the in attendance. Educated Man," and Mr. Sisson and advertisement shows, the club placed Mr. Young urged each and every Mr. Moran made short talks. At the the Frisco's position before the people en~ployeto use all possible influence conclusion of the addresses, Miss Be- there in an effective manner. How- to secure both freight and passenger atrice Deming, president of the club. ever, in addition to the advertisement. traffic. He called attention to the introduced a number of girls who had the Sherman Democrat a few days vast decrease in business since last been transferred to Springfleld from later con~mentededitorially upon the year and pointed out that working for other points. Among them were club's message In the space it pur- more traffic is the most effective Misses Ethel Copeland, Iia Cook, and chased. means an employe can take to insure Julia Gossett of Memphis; Misses Eu- The editorial calls attention to the his position. nice Hagerman and Vashti Grimes of fact that Frisco Lines employes more A large per cent of those in attend- Fort Scott; Miss Helen Rogers of workers in Sherman than any other ance at this session reported securing Birmingham and bliss Dorothea Hyde local railroad because of the shops business, tips, or both, and a letter of West Tulsa. there and says further, "Their (the was read from 0. H. Reid, general Girls' Club, Springfield, Mo. club's) advertisement serves to give agent, to Otis Mercer, yardmaster, ex- In a recent election, the Frisco us an idea of the relatlve importance pressing appreciation to Mr. Xercer Girls' Club of Springfield chose the of the rallroads to Sherman. Trans- for furnishing information for solicita- following officers to serve during the portation is the lifeblood of a com- tion purposes that he had purchased a 1931-1932 club year: Miss Hazel munity, particularly an industrial cen- new Chevrolet from a local dealer. A Baker, president; Miss Marie Kidd, ter and our favorable position in this letter was also read from John H. first vice-president; Miss Helen Heflin, respect is to be appreciated. It is Dunkin, secretary-treasurer of the second vice-president; Miss Daze1 also one to be upheld as far as pos- Brown-Dunkin Company of Tulsa con- Lewis, treasurer; Miss Hazel Clark, sible." cefnlng flxtures from Grand ~apids, secretary, and Miss Lillian Fuller, as- The advertisement follows: Mich., in connection with the, recent sistant secretary. ASSIST IN FARM SALE Ward-Belmont Girls Pose on Frisco Train Colonization Dept. Helps Locate Apple Ranch for A. D. Romine HE effective way in which the Frisco Lines colonization depart- Tment under C. B. Michelson, colonization and marketing agent. brings settlers to lands in Frisco terri- tory is exemplified in the file of cor- respondence outlined below. On July 3 A. 0. Romine of Hobart, Okla.. wrote Mr. Michelson, mention- ing that he had seen the colonization department advertisement in a time folder and expressed a deslre to pur- chase a farm of twenty to forty acres in southwest Missouri or northwest Arkansas. Mr. Michelson replied as follows: "I am pleased to learn from your letter of July 9 that you are desirous of securing a small farm of about 20 or 40 acres in either southwest Mis- souri or northwest Arkansas. "I am aure that you understand that the railroad has no land of its own for sale; however, we are co-operating cIosely with various firms who have propositions to offer and in this con- nection wish to state that a great many Oklahoma people have located recently in the vicinity of MarionvilIe, Mo., which is situated between Spring- field and ~Monett, Mo., on our main line. "This particular district is especial- ly adapted for the growing of apples, berries, grapes as well as dairy and diversified farming, and there are some very fine small farms in this transaction to w. L. Engllsh, agri- Most of the female hoboes fear section that can be purchased at the cultural agent, and made arrange- neither God nor man and defy men present time at reasonable prices. I ments for D. E Eicher, the Frisco's to fill any occupation they cannot en- am asking a Marionville land company horticultural expert, to go to Marion- ter. A large number of then1 have to write you at once, describing what ville personally for the purpose of see- worked in many male occupations. An they have to offer in that section. ing that 1Mr. Romine received every example of this is illustrated by the "I hope the propositions, as sub- possible aid toward achieving success following dialogue which occurred in mitted will appeal to you and hope in his new endeavor. a clash between a train employe and you will advise me further regarding a "hoboess: " your plans." A carbon copy of the foregoing let- ENTER THE "HOBOESS" "What are yon doing on this car?" ter was sent to a land company at That women are entering into near- "Ridin'." Marionville and they wrote Mr. Ro- ly all occupations and in many in- "I'm sorry, but you'll have to get mine, sending him a list of farms for stances filling places that in the past off." sale and inviting him to visit and in- were held only by men is becoming "0 yeah! Say, I'm on my way to a spect their various agricultural prop- widely recognized. Their latest in- job as a taxi driver. and I can hobo erties. vasion of the domain of men, accord- as good as any man." On September 9, Mr. Michelson re- ing to reports recently received, is "I can't help that, lady, you'll have ceived a second letter from Mr. Ro- one that adds gravity to the railroad to have a ticket to ride on this rail- mine, stating that he had been to situation, for in recent months em- road." Marionville and had purchased a 20- ployes on trains have been troubled acre apple ranch. He expressed great by women who have taken up hoboing. "Men get away with it and so can eatisfaction with his purchase, but These women hoboes have become I. Why, I've been a conductoress, an mentioned that his original intention a menace, it is said, and are bold, authoress, an actress, a messengeress, had been to buy a chicken farm and saucy, and much harder to handle a waitress, a poetess, a manageress that he was unfainilia~ with apple than the male members of that and a photographeress." growlng. For that reason, he re- itinerant profession. They usually Whether' or not the employe man- quested bulletins on the subject. travel in pairs, but if present indi- aged to put this hoboess off the train However, instead of sending bulletins cations materialize, they will soon be he did not say, but Frisco employes Mr. Michelson referred the Ale on the seen in larger groups. seldom fail in their tasks. October, 1931 Page 19

MEET AT PACIFIC St. Louis Employes Present Retirement Gift

A meeting- of Frisco and Missouri CVA.1R Griffith Paciflc employes with business men of Paciflc, Mo., the evening of August TOUCHING ceremony took pIac ce for a great many years, made a brlef 20 drew a crowd of approximately 150 just before 1 o'clock on Augu;st talk in which he presented him with and wan marked by the sincere and A 31, when employes of tiie a bouquet of 30 roses from general comprehensive mmner in which the freight accounts department on ttie office employes. Each rose, Mr. Muel- railroad situation was presented. J. twelfth floor of We Frisco generla1 ler said, symbolized a year of loyal, A. Moran, superintendent of the oflice building in St. Louis gathere!d faithful service by Mr. Griffith. -. -. . . - - - .--.. .-. . F~~SCO'SEastern ~IVISIO~,ana ti. E. In rne..-. omce or..- E. n... u. -.~-~..~--Mueuer, au- At the conclusion of tlle talks, con* Carlton, assistant general freight ditor of freight accounts. to say good- gratulatory telegrams and letters to agent of Missouri Pacific Lines, were bye to Frederick R. Grifflth, who was Mr. Griflith from all over tlle system the chief speakers. retired on that day. were read to the gathering. The session, which was held Sn the The assembly came a8 a surprise Mr. Griffith, whose years of rafl. McHugh and Daily Hall at Paciflc, road service totaled 52, was born at 27, 1861. was opened by its chairman, W. B. Mc- Battle Creek, Mich., August Evilly, Friaco agent, at 7:45 p. m. His father was a Are insurance ad- Mr. McEvilly announced that the pur- juster. Mr. Griffith attended school pose of the gathering wae to talk in Lawrence, Kan., and at the age over mutual problems and to foster of 16 began his railroad career as a co-operation between employes of the check and yard clerk with the Union two roads and the community for the Pacific Railway at Lawrence and advancement of all. Henry Williams, after a time became a bill clerk on mayor of Pacific, welcomed the gath- that line. After two years as a bill ering and F. Haub, Missouri Pacific clerk for the Union Paciflc, he en- agent at Pacific, read the names of tered the employ of the South Kansas local employes and statistics on total Railway as an agents' accounts clerk. salarles and taxes paid by the rail- He served there a year, then entered roads in Pacific. the service of Missouri Paciflc Lines of* Mr. Moran, in his talk, placed par- as a clerk in the general auditor's fice in St. Louis and served there 11 tlcular emphasis upon the fact that a years. In March, 1901, he went to large part of the money paid to rail- the Beaumont, Enid and Southwest- roads by patrons comes back to the community where it is spent in the ern Railway as general bookkeeper, cashier and paymaster at Blackwell, form of taxes and payrolls and asked Okla., and was in the employ of that tile business men to carefully con- road when it became part of Frisco sider how this money supports their Lines. He served Frisco Lines in a schools, roads and other institutions before giving their business to com- number of capacities, working as peting carriers whose support of the chief clerk in agents' accorlnts de- community is negligible. He also told partment at St. Louis then as auditor of the improvements made by rail- at Sherman, Texas. Later he served as traveling auditor with headquar- roads both in equipment and service FREDERICK R. GRIFFITH and concluded by asking that those ters in St. Louis, again as chief clerk in agents' accounts department and In attendance give all business they to Mr. Griffith and he was further consistently could to railroads, stating as traveling auditor. He was em- surprised when Col. Arthur Stoehr, ployed as a clerk in the agents' ac- that he believed that if every factor one of his associates, presented him was considered carefully they would counts department at the time of his with a Bum Special Illinois Railroad retirement. find it to their best interests to pat- watch, and chain on behalf of fellow ronize rail transportation at all times. He married Elizabeth ;\I. Welsh at employes. In the speech of presenta- St. Louis, February 15, 1887, and to Mr. Carlton told of the difficulties tion, Col. Stoehr called attention to them were born four children, only under which railways are laboring in Mr. Griffith's long term of service one of whom is living. Mr. and Mrs. competing with unregulated competi- and to his loyalty to Frisco Lines and Griffith live at 2831 Norwood avenue, tion and tlle desire of the roads to extended to him the best wishes of St. Louis, 310. Continuous service of serve the communities through which the Frisco general office employes 30 years and 4 months entitles him they run. Eugene Mock, assietant for a happy life in retirement. to a pension allowance of $54.65 a freight traffic manager for Missouri Following Col. Stoehr, Mr. Mueller, month, effective from September 1, Pacific Lines, also spoke briefly. with whom 1Mr. Griffith had worked . 1931. Following the talks by the principal speakers, expressions from business men and employes were called for, and among those making talks in this beneflts oi the railroad payroll to Pa- A French dancer has insured her section of the meeting. were James cific and urged that everyone do his legs for $500,000. During her per McCoye, a real estate dealer; F. J. formance her legs are covered by the utmost to see that it is maintained. Lawler, Frisco Lines assistant gen- policy only. eral freight aad passenger agent, Mr. Lawler dealt with the general James Booth, an attorney, and Rob- railroad situat,ion, pointing out the The United States purchased Alaska ert. Alexander, a farmer, living near need of co-operation between business from Russia, March 30, 1867, for Pacific. Mr. McCoye pointed out the men and rail carriers. $7,500,000. 1.'OR CONSC~ENCE FUND Roadmaster Scherry Retires from Central D ioision 31a11~Frisco Patrons "Pav UD" d. J.oug After IJsing Service! DHN DOE tossed upon his bed. He turned on his side, then lay on his J back, but sleep eluded him. His conscie~ice was pricking him. That was the trouble. In fact, it was more than pricking him; it was giving him some downright pahful jabs. He got up, took a smoke, then returued to his bed of torture, but his wrongdoing lay too heavily upon him. Finally, in the lowest depths of an insomniac's slough of despond, he began counting sheep. Toward dawn, he dozed lightly but was torn~ented,strangely perhaps, with dream images of flames, and his relief was unbounded upon awakening to find that the heat came from the sun streaming across his face. John arose wearlly and before eating breakfast, he sat down and wrote the following letter to one of the Frisco's clty ticket offices: PPROSIAIATELY flfty friends fore coming to the railroad in 1884. "I rode on one of your trains with- and co-workers of A. Scherry, He has served for forty-four years. out a ticket about forty or forty-five Central division roadmaster. starting as section laborer and road- years ago. Inclosed you will find fifty gathered at the assembly room of the cenw.~~~-. .. master. old Frisco depot on August 30, at Ft. He mailed the note without signing MY. Scherry made a short but sin- Smith, presumably to talk over rafl- it, but that night sleep came to his cere speech of appreciation and C. road problems, but prlnlarlly to pre- eyes immediately after his head H. Baltzell, newly appointed accident sent Mr. Scherry with a radio, an touched the pillow and in all prob- prevention director, followed Mr. easy chair, and footstool. and a lamp. ability it was not because ol' loss of Scherry's ren~arkswlth a talk about upon the occasion of his retirement. sleep the preceding night but because old times on the Central division Mr. Scherry is shown above seated his conscience had ceased Its relent- where he formerly served as super- in the chair, and surrounded by his less prodding. intendent. friends. Despite the whimsical aspects of Radio station KFPW of Ft. Smith, John Doe's case, he suffered an ex- E. L. Collett, division engineer, re- broadcast their wishes to Mr. Scher- viewed Mr. Scherry's railroad career perience which everyone has had from ry and honored hiin with a musical before presenting him wit11 the gifts one cause or another, although inost selection. He intends to enjoy the persons have been pained much less from 247 of his fello\v workers, and gifts at his home at 215 North acutely. While his case is more or advised the group that he was born less mythical, it has a foundation in in Essen, Germany, and was asso- Twelfth street, Ft. Smith, where he fact because it exen~plifies the type ciated with the milling industry be- will welcon~eall of his old friends. of letters that comprise a large part of the Frisco's "Conscience Files" which are fouild in the executive of. ceived from men who "beat" their "conscience" letters are small, some fices of the conlpany, and which have way on freight trains when they were as little as a few cents and none ex- grown to a considerable size over a hard pressed financially or when they ceeding several dollars; l~owever, period of years. were being "economical." One letter even when amounts as small as these These letters are from men and was received from a man who had are involved, Frisco officials do not women who at some time or other in traveled via Frisco frelght service un- miss the opportunity to handle the a moment of weakness or because of der the fallacious belief that harvest matter in a way to win goodwill for pinched circumstances have taken ad- hands were pernlitted free transpor- the company. The files show that in vantage of the company and later, tation. every instance they have written after thinking it over in light of the Nearly all remittances cover trips khidly replies of appreciation, even inoral questlon involved, have decided made nrany years ago and nearly all though the "conscience" communica- that the only just thing is to make offer such explanations of the iniscon- tion mentions that the person is only amends by repaying. A large per cent duct ax "1 was young and foolish contenlplating payment. An official's of the letters are from parents who then," "I have since learned the er- reply to a letter of that type follows: have failed to yay fare for children. ror of my ways," etc. In some cases "Pour letter with reference to trans- In some instances they have failed to the repentant persons have written portation on our line years ago with- pay through misinformation regarding and asked if it is permissible for then1 out proper ticket. the age under which children are al. to pay and after they have been in- "1 wish to thank you for yoiir kind lowed to ride free and in others they formed that their ren~ittance would offer to reimburse us and any tlme have wilfully mlsrepresented the be gratefully accepted, the Ales show you are in such financial condition to child's age when purchasing their own no further communication from them. do so would appreciate your sending ticket only to be seized wlth remorse Perhaps, they feel that an inquiry is a draft or check to the St. Louls-San later. sufficient balm for their conscience. Francisco Railway Company for the A nun~berof letters have been re- AIost of the amounts accompanying amount Involved." October, 1931 Page 21

How To Keep Track Bolts Tight GIRL BOWLERS MEET The Frisco Girls' Bowling League ,-It the request of Gerzeral AIorlaqcr Shafer., we rcprirrt I~ere~ithair ar-ticlr- which of St. Louis opened its fifth consecu- origirrally appeared irc the Frisco Iitrrployes' il.lagn5rre for August, 1927. It is by tive season, August 25, with a meeting J. A. Sollars, a sectiorr forerrratr of Chaoiria, dlo. Mr. Slraffer writes: "The articlr in which six teams were formed and was o spletrdid OIIC,and if you will reprir~t it we will agairc call this article to captains were chosen as follows: (The 7'he article folloz~s: tlrc oth?trtiorr of our roadn~aster~and sertiorr forerrren." teams were named for Frisco trains in the usual manner) Sunnyland, Lillian NE of the most important items I feel sure no track man of any Barnes; Southwest Limited, Lil Kul- of track work is keeping bolts experience will disagree with me on age; Texas Special, Ella Eckelkamp; 0 tight. Failure to give the prop- any of these statements, yet it is not Blue Bonnet, Mildred Singer; Mem- er attention to this work will prob- uncommon to see joints raised, ties phian, Marge Droste, a~idMeteor, -4g- ably do more Irreparable damage tamped, track lined and dressed and nes Wangler. than the neglect of any other Job re- nothing done to tighten the bolts. The The girls have been bowling each loose bolts in the joints are priniari- quired of track forces. The fact that Friday at 5:30 p. m. since the open- failure to properly handle this mat- ly the cause for the joints getting ing of the season at Rogers Recreation ter is not apparent to the majority low, yet the foreman will go away and Parlors and have established averages of those who ride over the railroad leave the bolts loose. He has cor- ranging from slightly below 100-to rected the eeect, but not the cause, until after there is permanent dam- 144. age done, makes it doubly important and as long as the cause exists, the effect will be repeated and the work At present the Sunnyland is lead- that we all give this our closest atten- ing the league with a three-game total tion. will all have to be done over again of 1,206 and the Meteors have the In the flrst place, the life of a rail in a short time. The trouble with so many of the high single game score of 430. Miss depends almost entirely on the way Alice Hanley has made the highest in whlch the joints are maintained. foremen is that they do not put into practical use their knowledge of such individual three-game score. Her total All track men having any amount of is 463 and Miss Helen McHale has the experience, have seen rail changed matters. I have known foremen who were so busy picking up low joints in high individual single game score of out, due to the bad condition of the 181, and the high average of 144. joints, while other rail of the same their track, that they did not feel they could spare the time necessary to Officers of the league were elected age is left in and still gives good at the close of last season in May at service, because the joints have all tighten bolts. This is like being out been properly maintained. A differ- in the timber looking for the forest a banquet, held in the Mark Twain and not being able to see it for the hotel. Miss Lil Kulage is president. ence in road conditions, amount of Cecilia Andres, vice-president, Mar- ballast, character of ties, etc., may trees. A bolt cannot be properly tightened garet Droste, secretary, and Mrs. Lou- have had something to do with the re- ise Gibson, treasurer. New members moving part of the rail and leaving the the day it is put in the track. It must balance in the track, but the probabil- be given attention one or more times in the league are Misses Kathryn later, depending on the traffic, the Kenney, Mary Aim Vogel, M,arie Kley- ities are that failure to give the same er, Helen Bell, Arlie Hart, Melba Tal- attention to the bolts in both in- type of angle bar, whether or not nut bot, Grace McEvoy and Lucille Meyer. stances is primarily the cause for the locks are used, and the ability of the difference in the condition of the rail man doing the work. Good wrenches at the joints. are essential, and proper instructions Loose bolts not only cause damage from the foremen to the men is neces- as to just what these marks mean. to rail, but also to angle bars, ties, sary. The labor connected with tight- and they do their wrenching accord- roadbed and bolts, bringing about ex- ening bolts is not easy, and in some ingly. In most cases, if it is neces- cessive and unnecessary expense in cases men will slight the work if they sary to tighten one bolt in the joint, the maintenance expense of these know they will not be checked up on. all of the others should be tightened various items. The combination of In addition to tightening bolts a little, as tightening the loose bolt these bad conditions brings about bad whenever surfacing or spotting is will probably loosen the tight ones riding track, heavy expense of main- done, all bolts should be gone over slightly. taining surface of track at joints, and periodically, probably twice a year, A foreman who has a run-down sec- a lot of criticism for everyone re- preferably in the spring and in the tion will be surprised, in most cases, sponsible for the track. fall, when an expansion of the joints at the improvement he can make in occurs. This will enable the foreman his track by getting his bolts tight Tighten Immediately to catch any bolts that are slightly and keeping them tight. He will loose. also And that the second time he goes There is only one time to properly over his bolts, he will not have so start tightening bolts, and that is the Sounds Bolts With Hammer much work putting them in good con- day the angle bar is Arst applied When I tighten bolts out of face. dition, and will not find so many Allowing the bolts to run loose for I follow the plan of going ahead of broken ones. even a short time starts the damage my men and sounding all bolts with The job of foreman can be made to various parts of the track structure a hammer. Where a bolt is very much easier and much more pleasant as above mentioned, and this dam- loose I make a mark on the head of by keeping the bolts tight in the track. age can never be entirely repaired the rail, directly over the loose bolt, It is a matter of economy on which except through the application of new using keel or lumber crayon and mak- every foreman should keep close rail, bars, etc. Many a foreman is ing the mark about an inch long. If check We are laying rail and work- havlng trouble today keeping bolts the bolt is not so loose as in the first ing with joints today that are going tight because he or some other fore- case, I make a shorter mark, and if to have to be maintained by other man has, in the past, neglected to only loose enough to require a one- foremen later, and we owe It to those keep bolts properly tightened in these eighth or one-quarter turn, a very who will come after us to take care same joints. short mark. My men are instructed of our section. Thrifty Farmers Face Winter With Well-stocked CAR DAMAGE DECREASES The number of cars damaged by Store rooms and Cellars rough handling on Frisco Lines dnr- ing the first eight nlonths of this VERYTHING comes to him who and closets for storing the canned year decreased 42.3 per cent and the waits" say the wise men, and goods and have put up an adequate "Efrom a survey of the present supply for each family. They have inoiietary amount of this damage de- creased 63.2 per cent, both in com- sitnation regarding the farmer, econo- not yet finished canning their black- parison with the corresponding mists feel that this year, one of the eyed peas and the field peas and their period of last year, according to the most depressing for some time, is whole beeves. monthly statement issued by the of- truly the farnier's year. Perhaps we The turkey crop would seem to in- should say the thrifty farmer's year, dicate it is up to norinal in most fice of the car acconntant at Spring- and one expert has gone so far as to counties, with feed plentiful, showing field. September 10. say that the thrifty farmer is the turkeys will go to market in a most The increase in the number of cars niost fortnnate man in the country to- finished condition. handled per car damaged amounted to 45.3 per cent and the amount of day. According to reports from the agri- With a spring of mild weather, cultural department, approximately damage per car handled decreased 56.19 per cent during the first eight there were never as many new gar- 150 cars of cans have been shipped to dens reported along Frisco Lines nor Frisco points dnring July and August months of this year compared with as many idle fields planted for forth- of 1931, fifty-eight of these cans and that period in 1930. coming crops. glass jars shipped from Sand Springs, Among the divisions. Western ranked first, handling 110,762 cars As the result of a good suinmer, Okla., to all points of the country without damage during the first eight with rains enough for all crops, there from Vancouver to West Virginia. montlls and Southwestern division are more vegetables. fruits. heat Other points where factories making was second with eight cars damaged and other commodities ill the country cans and glass jars are located on out of 570,019 liandled. Northern di- today than in any year of the past Frisco Lines include Wichita Falls. vision was given third place by the few. Blackwell. Okla., Ada and Tulsa. Olila. report. Nine cars were damaged The thrifty farnier has planted grain One car of empty cans will mean three there out of 613,374 handled. and hay for his stock, which he has cars of canned goods out. Tulsa lead the terminals, liandling stored safely away. Triiclt gardens Flocks of chickens and turkeys have 478,988 cars with damage to 12 of have flourished, house wires have sold been culled and only the produciiig then1 and St. Louis was second with as much as they cared to sell and have fowls are kept. The housewife, in 13 cars damaged out of 402.392 han- preserved and put up the rest, and order to realize a greater value from dled. Kansas City was ranked third cellars over the entire Frisco Lines the chickens which she culls froin with 16 cars damaged out of -115,8(;2 are bulging with enough edibles to her flocks is canning them for winter handled. keep the farmer and his family, not consumption. All bones are removed No cars were damaged on Texas only through the winter, but for some from the chicken, and celery stalks Lines during the first eight months. time to come. He need not worry are placed to take the place of the A total of 78,735 were liandled there. aboi~tthe food problem, for either his bones and hold the meat firm. Three This compares kith the correspond- family or his stock. chickens are sometimes canned to- ing period of last year when 9 cars This year, as a result, has beell one gether, and with the bones renioved. were damaged out of the 87.554 han- of the greatest in the history of the take lip but small space. During the dled there. During the first eight Frisco for canned goods commodities winter months this canned chicken months of 1929. a total of 96.412 cars and particularly cans. will be used by the housewife in mak- were handled on Texas Lines and 12 Comanche County. Texas, on the ing salads, pressed chicken and other of them were damaged. Frisco, used probably the largest delicacies for the table. The cans are number of cans for home canning of sealed with the steam pressure canner any county on Frisco Lines. This and sealer and the pantries of house- county usually brings in two or three wives all along the Frisco hold many they will have a task on hand in car- cars of cans, at least one-half of a delightful meal during the wintei ing for those who have not provider1 which are nsed by commercial can- months. well for the coniing winter, are hold- neries. This year for home canning The time is now at hand for pre- ing community canning days. These they used one car which was left paring the meat for the winter and canning days are sponsored by the from last year and have brought in here again the housewife is proving American Legion, and 4-H Clnb Pantry seven cars to date, only one and one- efficient in canning yearling and Demonstration groups and surplus half of which have been used for medium sized beeves for winter. con- vegetables and fruits are canned for coniniercial canning. Another car is sumption. A yearling beef will take winter consumption. on the road and they expect to use from 85 to 100 cans, for each edible These cans of fruits and vegetables still another for meat canning later part to be placed for consumption. and will not be given away promiscuously. in the Pall. One firm In the town of the medium sized beef from 125 to for these coinmuiiities will require Comanche sold, in the county alone, 150 cans. Instead of visiting a butcher those who receive them to donate sixty-seven steam pressure canners shop this winter, the housewife will their services to the cities in which and sixty-four sealers. As there are merely go to her cellar for a porter- they receive help, keeping the streets from 60,000 to 60,000 cans in a car house steak, a roast, or tongue. clean, and doing other work. load, this means that this county has All encouragement is given to the It lias been a fiiie year for the used close to a half million cans. farmer to plant a winter garden which thrifty farmer, and as prices advance Conianclie County was one of the will consist of turnips, parsley, he may sell the surplus materials counties which suffered severely from radishes, spinach, lettuce, parsnips. which lie lias, keeping what lie de- drouth conditions last year and under collards. winter onions, swiss chard, sires for home consuniption, and it is their county agent this year the farm- Irish potatoes and sweet potatoes. felt that he will fare well this winter, ers have planted gardens, built cellars Community centers, realizing that follo\ving ;I year of depression. Charles White "Rests" at Monett Home I MOVING ALONG I After 49 Years' Seroice The wide iuterest manifest oil Frisco Lines in fast handling of FTER serving Frisco Lines for of railroading today aiid that of year? freight equipment is rapidly growing forty-eight years and eleven ago, proves interesting. as the large number of instances of in o n t h s without a break, He says that the track in the olden unusually prompt service which are Charles White, passenger conductor days was good, but the equipment was reported evidence. Several outstand- on the Frisco's very small. Trains were crowded ing recent examples are outlined he- Northern division, with passengers and sometimes there low. is now enjoying a was standing room only, in the small Car LGrS 7696, loaded with flour, life of ease at dimly lit coaches. arid car C of Fa 17622. loaded with his home in 310- Ailother interesting item which he I~ridgesteel, arrived in Winfield, Ala.. iiett, Mo , since ~ecallsis that when he first went to the morning of September 5. These h i s retirement xork there was only one roaclmaster cars were placed for unloading at .July 1. 1931. Mr. on the entire Frisco system. This was 10:30 a. m.. and welit out in train 937 White had a fol- Roatlmaster Lyman. reinembered by toward their respective owning lines lowing - regular inany old timers. His offices were lo- at 4:00 p. in. the day they were re- patrons who cated in St. Louis. There were also ceived. wanted to be sure only three divisions on the system. that he w;+s coil- Car Santa Fe 126384. loaded wit11 the I

The following were installed per- manent agents at the stations which follow their names. James E. Wimberly, Chaonia, No., August 17. Kelly H. Brashears. Crosses, Ark., August 20. John B. Patrick, Durham. Ark., August 24. William A. Bosley, Fordland, Mo., Au- gust 21. Cecil M. Watkins, Grubbs. Ark., August 18. Hubert E. Cochran, Miller, Miss., August 17. Floyd K. McDaniel, Piedmont, Kan., August 19. Cary L. Fields. Portia, Ark., August 17. John P. McClure, Purdy, ;\lo., August 17. Herman M. Russell, Troy. Okla., August 19. William B. Miller. Amber, Okla., August 26. Sidney A. Leeper, Cameron. Okla., August 25. ZARK, MISSOURI, a town of one of the leading towns in South- Ralph W. Tapp, Chester, Ark., August less than 1,000 inhabitants on west Missouri and the new paving 27. Thomas H. Lucy, Clayton, Okla., 0 the Frisco's Eastern division, project can be listed as one of its August 26. Aubrey Burnside, Eddy. recently passed another milestone many civic triumphs. For the past Dkla., August 25. Benjamin S. Grn- along the path of civic progress when thirty-five years, this town has main- ner, Glen Allen, Ala., August 31. it completed twenty blocks of Tarvia tained an electric light system, wa- Arthur E. McCane, Granby, August paving at a cost of approximately ter works and sewerage system. Dur- 31. James J. Morgan, Leachville. $12,500. The photograph above shows ing the last ten years, the progres- Ark,, August 28. John R. Marlowe, one of the newly surfaced streets in sive citizenry there has built a new Leflore, Okla., August 28. Donald B. the little city's business district. $100,000 court house, a $50,000 high Sudsberry, Quapaw. Okla., August 25. The program of street improve- school building, and a $40,000 church. Jesse 0. Hastings, Patterson. Kan., ment there consisted of laying nine Last year an entirely new water sys- August 26. George W. Brown. Phe- blocks of Tarvia paving of the re- tem was installed at a cost of ap- nix, Mo., August 27. Clyde Purtell, tread type in the business district proximately $40,000. Many of the Arklnda. Ark., September 1. Roy L. and eleven blocks in the residential improvements are the culmination of Reeder, Bushyhead, Okla., September district where Tarvia was laid over a deflnite program undertaken in re- 10. Dewey M. Pickel, Everton, Mo., previously graveled streets. The re- cent years by the Ozark Community September 10. George W. Francis. tread pavement was constructed ac- Club. Garfield, Ark., September 5. Key cording to specifications by the Mis- J. W. Alderman, the Frisco's agent Browning, Lincoln, Ark., September souri Highway Department and is at Ozark, is one of the town's pro- 1. William C. Judkins, Millerton, identical in type to the paving on gressive citizens and owns a home Oklr., September 8. Barton W. Car- Highway 65 south of Ozark. The sur- on one of the streets which were re- ley. Mountain Park. Okla., September facing just completed at Ozark has cently paved. Mr. Alderman, who is 1. Harbin M. Hammers, Park Hill, been judged by several contractors recognized by the business men there Okla., September 2. Allen H. Owen, and engineers as being an outstand- as an efficient and accommodating Stanton Mo., September 1. Bert Tan- ing project of its kind. agent, and his family are active in quary, Wichita Heights, Kan., Sep- Ozark has long been recognized as local social and fraternal activities. tember 2. Ralph B. Sidebotton. Wishart Mo., September 3.

The following were installed tem- located on the Western division, Miss., formerly a ticket only agency. porary agents at the stations which Perry sub-division, was closed. opened as a freight agency. John L. follow their names: Claude E. Hall was installed tem- Cary was installed as freight and Paul G. Whitson, Mountain Park, porary agent at Kimbrough, Ala., Au- ticket agent. Okla., August 18. Ova L. Haddan, gust 24. William F. Reckentin was installed Sr., Davenport, Okla., August 29. John D. Mefford was installed permanent ticket agent, at Tower Frank E. Kloss, Norge. Okla., August assistant city ticket agent at Tulsa, Grove, Mo., vice C. R. Catlin, Septem- 24. Frank F. Cappus, Eagle City. Okla., vice P. F. Atkinson, August 17. ber 8. Okla., September 10. Change of agents was made at We- Effective August 28, Herman, Ark., Willle M. Howell was installed per- leetka, Okla. William M. Walters, ticket only agency was closed. manent ticket agent at Aberdeen, regular agent, returned from leave of Mlse., August 4. Andy Burl Cardwell was installed absence. No audit of accounts was Henry 0. Proffer was installed per- temllorary agent at Lincoln, Ark., Au- made as they are handled by cashier. manent agent at Broseley, Mo.. Au- gust 22. Personal transfer was made Change was effective September 3. gnst 17. Walter E. Matthews acted by agents. as agent from July 28 to August 4, Ora L. Jenkins was installed per- Teacher: "If there were Mr. Jones, inctuslve. Clarence E. Sadler acted manent agent, Naylor, Mo.. August Mrs. Jones and the baby, how many as agent from August 6 to 17, when 31. Charles C. Ogle had been acting were there?" Proffer was installed regular agent. agent since August 6. Johnny: "There were two and one Effective August 20. Hallet, Okla., Effective September 2, Hamilton, to carry." RATES FOR DAIRY SHOW IT'S SAFEST BY RAIL A THOUGHT FOR EVERY Fare Plus One-third Announced Your Chances Are 100,000,000 to 1 DAY for Exposition at St. Louis On American Railways Is a~tybody lrappier becarrse yo11 October 10-18 passed his way? Does arryorte remem- NE hundred million to one are RISCO LINES, with it6 usual ber that you spoke to him today? the chances in favdr of your This day is alritost over, and its joil- readiness lo assist In furthering 0 life being safe when you travel irtg lime is rhrosrgh. Is tltere 'anyotw F worthy causes, has been co-oper- to utter a kindly word of you? Did on American railways. The odds can ding with the management or the yon give a frie~idly grcding to the hardly be improved upon. Last year Sational Dairy expositim whkh will friend who cnrjte along, or a churlish only seven persons were killed, and sorf of "hnrody" and then vanirh iri the railways carried over 700.000,000 hold its silver anniversary celebration the tlrrottg? Were you selfish, pure in St. Louis, October 10 to 18, in- a7id sirnhle, at yo76 rushcd alotrg yorrr passengers. clusive, and has arranged special low way, or i~ mv~eonewiighty gratrfd A report just issued by the Inter- Pares to encourage travel to that meet- for a deed gou did today? Can you state Commerce Commission shows say tmight in parting with the day ing. The rates apply throughout that's slipping fast, that you helped that 1930 was the safest on record for Frisco territory and Frisco employes a single brother of the nmny that you travelers by rail; 1927 was next best. should assist In the sale of tickets Passed? Is a siirgle heart rejoici?rg when only ten passengers lost their wherever possible. over zchd 3.014 did or said? Does a lives, or one out of 84,000,000. rlran wliose hopes were fading now General arrangements for these ex- &Ih tQt4mgr look ahead? Did you At least one of the rail passengers cursions provide tlbkets which will be :vaste fhr dny or Iosc it, was it well lost his life because of an automobile on sale October 8 to 15 and give a or poorly spent? Did you leave a stalled on the track. Only two of trail of kiirdrtcss or. a scar of dis- round trip rate of one regular fare the seven fatalities on trains were, contcntf As yoit dose your eyes plus one-thlrd with a mtnlmum adult in sltrnrbet do you think that God in fact, due to faulty railway equfp- fare of one dollar. Chlldren may wmrld say, gotr hovc enrlrcd one more ment or carelessness. One death was travel for half fare. TBese tickets are tonrorro7o by the work you did today? caused by a wreck from a spreading good for the return trip until mid- -Chariot. rail attributed to the excessive heat last summer, and one from a collision night, October 23. when one train backed into another. A number of special days-state MAKES MANY ADDRESSES The other Pour accidents, resulting in days, 4-H Club Day, College Students' fatalities, were caused by derailments Day, etc.-have been designated on J. E. Hutchison Speaks Before due to obstructions placed on the the exposition program and other low Civic Clubs on Frisco Lines tracks by persons unknown. fares have been arranged for these Less than half as many railway pas- occasions. These round trip tickets . E. HUTCHISON, who, after re- sengers were injured last year a9 In tirement as vice-president in sell for seventy-five per cent of the 1929, the exact figures being 790 as charge of operation, Janusry 1. against 1,742. The railroads carried regular one-way fare with a minimum Jbecame special representative of the adult fare of one dollar and provide over 9,000,000 passengers safely for president assigned to work in con- everyone who was injufied. The rec- half fare for children. Information on nection with regulation of unfair ord is largely attributable not only to sale dates and return limits of these co~npetition,has been conducting an the concerted efforts of employes and tickets will be given out at Frisco intensive campaign of speeches re- officials to promote safety, but to im- stations by agents. cently before luncheon and other provements in equipment, heavier The National Dairy Exposition will clubs upon railroad problems. rails and better signal devices. be combined with the National Horse Between August 4, when he en- The yearly expenditures of the Show, National Poultry Show, Wom- tered into this phase of his work, and Class I railroads of the United States en's Home Exposition and St. Louis August 27, Mr. Hutchison made nine for several years for improvements Fair. In recognition of the occasion, talks in Missouri, Oklahoma and looking to the safety of both employes the Exposition's silver jubilee cele- Kansas before gatherings that aver- and the public have averaged about bration, a variety of additional fea- aged about two hundred persons each; $300,000,000. tures are planned. Present arrange- however, if allowance is made for ments call for pretentious thrill acts. radio listeners, it is likely that he various entertainment presentations, placed his message before nearly During August, Mr. Hutchison elaborate musical programs and a dis- 100.000 persons. On August 31, when spoke before Rotary Clubs at Spring- play of the latest mechanical and he reported upon this activity, he field, Fort Scott, Aurora and Monett; scientific inventions. had numerous other speeches sched- Chambers of Commerce at Tulsa, St. Following are the state days listed uled and doubtles his total audience James and Oklahoma City and before on the program: All-State Days, Oc- has reached an even more impressive combinations of chambers of com- tober 10, 11 and 12; Missouri Day, size since. merce; Lions clubs, Junior Chambers October 14, and Mid-South Day and While Mr. Hutchison's talks are of Commerce, etc., at Vinita and Mid-West Day, October 15. The pro- quite varied. in general he deals with Miami. His talk at Tulsa was broad- gram also designates the following the economic condition of the coun- cast. special days: Vocational Students' try and the place of railroads in the During ~eptemberhe had engage Day, October 10; College Students' nation's economic structure. His ments to speak at Fort Smith, Cher- Day, October 12; 4-H Club Day, Oc- talks usually call attention to op r y v a 1 e, Neodesha, Birmingham. tober 13; Milk Producers' Day, Oc- pressive taxation, subsidization of Thayer, Willow Springs, Cabool, Sa- tober 14; Gopatis Day and St. Louis water competition and the burden of lem, Olathe and a tentative engage- Day. October 15, and School Day, Oc- highway competition, both upon the ment at Mountain Grove and several tober 16. 1.11blic and rail carriers. other cities. Page 26

"ZACIP MULHALL DIES Motor 2100 and "Crew" at Columbus, Miss. Former 1,ivestock Agent for Frisco Succumbs September 18 'EWSPAPERS all over the coun- try have carried prominent stories about the death on Sep- tember 18, at Mulhall, Okla., of Col. Zaclr Mulhall, Olrlahoma plainsman. rancher and wild west showman, who for many years served Frisco Lines as lirestoclr agent. The colorful career of this former Frisco official made his passing an occasion for nationwide notice. JIulhall became livstock agent for the Frisco while the late Benjamin F. Yoakum was president of the system. and in that capacity he not only per- formed duties in connection with movement of stock but also took an important part in governmental af- fairs in Oklahoma, serving on the staffs of many territorial governors. When J. C. "Jack" Walton became chief executive of that state, he was appointed as the governor's bodyguard and escort. Bringing to a close a long series of train robberies stands out as an in- Tltc poprrlnritg of rrrolor clrr 2100, 1:rrowrl ns trrrirt 904, tolriclt rrrrrs bclwrcrr teresting accomplishment of the (,'olrrrrrbus orrd Arrrory, Jlrss., rrrtrliirry corrrrrrliorrs zi~illz llrc Kmtsas City-Floridn Colonel's railroad service. In this .Ypr~.iczl, is gcrirrirrq dnilx. niid clniiris n goodly slrarc of llrc Orcsirrrss frurrl Colrtrrr- connection he was summoned to St. bus. irollrz~+i/hs/crrrdirr~~kccir corr@c/itiorr. Louis by a Frisco executive and in- 7'lrr srr-vice of the rrror irr the pictrcrc rrprcsrrrtr 17.; ycnrs. arrd arc. fr.orrr I~jt formed that trains were being robbed to right: 7'. .\I. I~eflir~.n~rrclrorrs~ rrrnrr: It. ill. Cntrs, Clcrli; IW. S, Gr-irrres, cur- so frequently in Oklahoma that pas- irisprctor; Johrrrric 6. Jolrrrsorr, cnshicr: Ed. I~rrboderr.p-ricrnl ngcrtt; If'. N. Lylr, sengers were choosing another line. floyrrrnii; If. D. l'ork. corrdrrctor; C. H. liccscr, crr~irrcrr;It. 211. CoBcc, r~ic7ssor~cr~, Mulhall journeyed back to Oklahoma orrd Jnsprr- Biggs, crrgirrc n~!crlrkrirtrrr. 011 the plotforrrr nrc. J. S. Irr~Oodcrr. Ycrtr nrrd Iltrzcl Irrrbodor, jallrrr nrrti and spent many days and nights try- tlnnglrtcrs of Ed Irrrbodcn, gorcrtrl oqcrrt crrrd ptrrty of ptrssrrrgcrs for Ilrr Karrsrrs ing to get in touch with Henry Starr. Cily-Florida Spcrinl for Jncksorr~~illc. a notorious bandit. Finally he se- Corrd rrclor Sor-k I~c~dstlrc gr-ou!, irr lor,qrst nrr irrbrr oj ymr-s of srl-ricr. His cured an appointment with Starr in scr-aicc totnls 39 yctrrs. Errgilicrr Iiccser is n closc sccorrd wilk 38 ycars nrrtf .IIr. the hill country of northern Oklnhonla. IrrrOodcrb kns hod 27 ycars with 1;risro L.irrrs. Mulhall told of )the meeting as fol- lows : "I had a deputy United States mar- portunity. Rogers' technique in that boy band led the inaugural parade of shall's comn~issionand I came upon appearance immediately attracted at- President McKinley. Mix was drum Starr beside a cliff where he could tention of vaudeville managers and major. have shot me easily enough, but I held his career was launched. i\.Iulhall was born on a prairie nly hands so he could see I wasn't try- Although a Democrat, Mulhall at- schooner on a Texas cattle trail in ing to get the drop on him. He said, tracted the interest of Col. Theodore 1847, and while an infant was taken 'Zack, what do yon want with me?' I Roosevelt and when Roosevelt became to New Orleans. His parents died said, 'Well, Henry, I'm not going to president. Mulhall's name was men- when he was 9 months old and a rela- try to capture you, but I want to ask tioned as a possible appointee to gor- tive took him to St. Louis, where he you to do me a favor.' Starr asked ernorship of Oklahoma territory. This was reared. His early life was spent me what it was and I told him, 'Henry, did not materialize; however, he took in parochial schools, Notre Dame Uni- can't you see to it that the trains on a leading part in providing entertain- versity and at jobs on ferry boats on my railroad are left alone? JIy boss ment for Roosevelt in the first annual the St. Louis river front. In 1889 he is getting sore about these holdups.' rough riders reunion in Oklahoma left St. Louis for a homestead near Henry agreed and from that time on City in 1900, staging a wild west show an Oklahoma town which now bears our line wasn't bothered." in which his daughter. Lucille, then his name. He is survived by a son, During the Louisiana Purchase Ex- 16, amazed spectators with roping and two daughters and a grandson. position in St. Louis, Mulhall entered riding feats. Even before this con- - the wild west show field. His daugh- vention, she had roped a lob0 wolf ter, Lucille, trouped with him and at the 3Iulhall ranch gate and her A grumpy old cynic in church said father had sent the hide to Roosevelt. when the collection was passed to later his show appeared at Madison him: "Not a cent; I don't believe in Square Garden in New York. It was Always an ardent Oklahoma booster, missions." . there that he gave Will Rogers, later he is credited with making arrange- "Then," said the usher, "won't you to become famous as Oklahoma's cow- ments whereby Tom Mix. now a film take something out? It's intended boy humorist, his first important op star, and the Oklahoma territory cow- for the heathen." Page 27

JMPROVE TRAIN TJRIE Industry Can Bear 15% Rate Increase, Passenger Service Benefited by Time Changes September 27 Economist Says NDUSTRY can bear the 15 per RISCO LINES iniproved passen- idle lnnds whose unemployn~ent is cent incrense in freight rates ger service in certain territories one of the 'hief causes of the pro- which the railways are requesting F on the line Sunday, September I longation of this industrial depres- 27. The in~provementsin service are because the service rendered by the sion. steam carriers "in w01.t11 many times between Kansas City. Tulsa and "There are $700,000,000 of hoarded what it costs," in the opinion of Dr. Oklahoma City; Springfield and cnrrency and billions of bank de- David Friday, economist, who testi- Kansas City; Memphis and Pensa- posits which shonld be invested it1 cola; Amory, JIiss.. and Birminfi.ham. fied at the recent hearings before the long term securities. This will stim- Interstate Coninlerce Cornmission ulate both production and prices, so Ala., and St. Louis and Men~phis. held in Chicago. His statement on that nien and machines will be put Train KO. 111. from Kansas City this point follows: to work producing wealth. If 300.000. to Tulsa and Oklahoma City. became "The whole structure of our indus- or 5 per ce!lt, of the unemployed call a faster traln with fewer stops. ef- be put to work they will produce at fective with the new schedule. The trial society is based on transporta- tion. OUI' industrial organization a conservative estimate $600,000,000 new service leaves Kansas City at of wealtl~. This will more than cover 11:20 Instead of 11.00 p. m.. and ar- fnnctions more productively than any other has ever functioned before. \VP the cost of the increase in rates. rives Tulsa rind Oklahon~a City at feed our people with the labor of 24 "At present, profits are at a low 7::10 R. ni and 10 45 a. In., respec- level. It has been said that bnsiness tively. Retuning as No. 112. the per cent of our population workinp on the land. confidence ca~nlot survive for any train leaves Oklahoma City at 7:4.i length ot time unless there is an im- p. m. instead of 7:15; leaves Tulsa "We produce all the raw materials for our industry with 30 per ceut of provement in the rate of profit and at 11:20 instead of 10:50 p. nl.. and that profits can be improved by pnsh- arrives Kansas City at 7:30 a. m., our workers, and transport it to the point of fabrication and then carry ing down costs. five minutes earlier than at present, "Rnt many costs could be reduced the finished product back with 4 per a saving in time of thirty-five if capital were available. It should cent of our laborers. The course of minutes. 11e borne in n~ind.at this jnncture of production and profits since 1921 An improvement in the service industrial affairs, that no industry shows that industry could have borne from Springfield to Kansas City was can hope to make normal profits dur- much higher rates than those which made on train 104. leaving Spring- ing a period of hnsiness depression. prevailed during the last nine years. field at 11:00 p. In. instead of 11:50 It can only hope to keep the eco- p. m., and arriving in Kansas City at "Further, in my opinion, the ill- nomic strncture in a healthy state 7:15 a. m. instead of 7:35 a. m. crease in freight rates will not for by reducing costs and maintaining The sleeper from Memphis to Pen- any length of time reduce the real law and order, the stability of the sacola, Fla.. whicl~had been handled income of ally important group of currency and the quality of the pub- on train No. 923. leaving Menlphis at our population. The restoration of lic credit. 6:30 p. m., leaves Memphis on train confidence in any industry whose se- "To do thix, we must make pay- 107 at 11:15 p. nl. under the new curities are so important and vital a ments for the purpose of maintain- schedule. This train arrives Pensa- part of our private investments, and ing a general situation which will cola at 12:55 p. m. instead of 7:55 of the assets of those fillancia1 in- enable business t.o revive as rapidly a. m. There was no change in the stitutions which have custody of our as possible and regain a high level return service. savings. will put to work some of the of prosperity after revival." Local train No. 921. from Anlory to Birminghan~, now leaves Amory at ALARGEORDER SW JNGLER WRITES 12:10 p. nl. instead of 12:.50, arriving G. B. Kirk, Frisco conductor be- Charles Swingier, blind and bed- in Birmingham 4:lO instead of 4:50 tweeu Ft. Scott and Olathe, has in his ridden former Frisco engineer of p. m. The return train Xo. 922 has possession what he believes to be the Springfield, No., to whom his friends been changed from an afternoon to largest order ever put ont on Frisco presented a radio in August, 1929, n morning train, leaving Birmingham Lines. It is dated June 5, 1904, and wishes to tell his many friends on at 7::30 a. 111. instead of 6:15 1). m., conveys orders for the meeting of the Frisco that he is still enjoying arriving Amory 11:30 a. 111. instead eight trains. reasonably good health, and that the of 10:15 p. 111. Mr. Kirk says he left Kansas City radio has given him a new pair of on June 5 on 171, and got to AIP C- eyes. Passengers between St. Louis and 561-2 and the track was washed out It was not long after the presenta- JIemphis will find train Nos. SOi-808, and after it was repaired, he flagged tion until he was able to operate the "The Sunnyland," equipped with lux- to LaCygne and the order quoted be- radio himself, finding various pro- urions individual seat coaches for low, was waiting for him. The order grams each morning and afternoon which there will be no additional was put out by dispatcher J. Ryan and and enjoying Sunday services once a charge. There is no change in the wax not changed. week. time of these trains. "Engine 765 Kirk and XK&T Joplin traffic will be benefited by engine 416 JIurphy pilot will run mill meet 1st and 2nd 152 engines extra LaCygne to Ft. Scott, will fire minutes earlier se~,vice from 558 and 617 at Linton, will hold meet Extra 773 north Cortez at main track and meet 2nd 110 Kansas City on train No. 117. This Boicourt, will hold main track and MK&T engine 106 at Fulton, will train will leave Kansas City at S:50 meet Extra 774 aud 769 north meet 3rd 152 engine 612 at Ham- a. m. as at present, and arrive Joplin Rourer and JIcKerrihan and 1st mond and meet No. 112 engine at 1:23 p. m. instead of 1:28 p. m. 110 Engine 228 at Pleasanton, unknown at Ft. Scott." Pngr 28

POSTPONE MEETING Engineer's Wife Wins First Garden Prizc When the Old Timers' Club of Frisco Lines met at Ft. Smith, Ark.. on the occasion of their second an- nual reunion, April 11, 1931, they made plans to meet in the fall of 1931 in Pensacola, Fla. However, accordiug to an an- nouncement from W. D. Bassett, sec- retary of the Pension Department, the trip has been called off. C. H. Baltzell, who formerly had charge of the Pensacola tours, has been as- signed the position of accident pre- vention director and will be unable to undertake the handling of the trip, and as he was elected an honorary member of the club, the Old Timers were anxious that he accompany them and make all arrangements. This fact, together with present business conditions make it advisable to postpone the trip, holding no fur- ther meetings of the club until the 11ir.r. W. S. Ktrabb. wife of Fr-isco rnoineer of Clinton. Mo.. was awarded first next one in June, which will be held prize in the lawn ani'&-d;n iontest sponsored 13,; the ohe en's Civic Club of iht at the same time as the Veterans' city. This prim wos given for the greatest irnprovcr-,tent ?node in the yard and Relmion. lauw during the season. klrs. Knapp also WOII second prim for her lovely lily pond. The accon~panyingpictwe shows the rvcll-kept lawn and the lily pond. Close to thr lily pond is a bird bath, and sttrrorrnding the pond is a lovely flozucr garde~r,where gnily colored flozwrs bloonrd in prnfusio~r this simtnrrr.

REDUCE FREIGHT ERRORS ON LABOR COSTS In response to a recent request Twelve fewer errors were made in from the Railway Age, the Frisco handling shipments on Frisco Lines Railroad has completed an exact during August than during July, ac- cost study, comparing the opera- cording to a statement on the sub- tion of the motor bus a distance ject issued September 10 by J. L. Mc- of 300 miles and the cost of oper- Cormack, superintendent of freight ating a steam railroad or a rail- road motor car the same distance. loss and damage claims. Errors in The exact cost study dealt with August totaled 217 and in July the labor cost only. total was 229. Labor cost to operate bus 300 Among the stations which compete miles: for the Group One least error pen- One driver at 1% cents nant. Tulsa had the best record, per mlle ...... $4.50 handling 20.495 shipments during Labor cost to operate passenger August with 6 errors. This allowed train 300 miles: Tulsa to hold the pennant during Engineer, 6.9 cents September. Tulsa won the pennant per mile ...... $20.70 during July also and held it during Fireman, 5.34 cents August. per mile ...... 16.02 Birmingham won the Group Two Conductor, 2 days at $7.14 pennant, handling 11,449 shipments For twenty-three years B. H. Benne- per day ...... 14.28 son has been a Frisco employe, and for with 1 error. The pennant was re- Brakeman, 2 days at $5.01 ceived from Oklahoma City, where almost that length of time he has been per day ...... 10.02 drawing an occasional caricature or car- .. it had been held during August. toon for his awn amusement. He u Baggageman, one-half of pay for two days (Ex- In Group Three, Hugo had a per- now timekeeper in the office of the su- fect record and won the pennant. for perintendent of terminals in Kansas City, press Company pays one-half) ...... 5.51 the second month in succession. A Mo., and his cartooning ability has been 3,114 turned to good use by Howard Hoke, Porter ...... 6.00 total of shipments were han- secretary of the Sunnyland club. Each - dled there. month Benneson produces several ex- $72.53 cellent "trafic" ideas in picture, for dis- It motor car: Farmer Barnes: "I've bought a tribution among Kansas City employes. Engineer ...... $20.70 barometer, Hannah, to tell when it's His latest efort appears above. Conductor ...... 14.28 going to rain, ye know." Brakeman ...... 10.02 Mrs. Barnes: "To tell when it's ge I just killed flve flies-three females Joint Baggage and Ex- in' to rain! Why, I never heard o' and two males. pressman ...... 5.51 such extravagance. What do you How do you know that? - s'pose th' Lord has given ye th' Three of them were on the mirror $50.51 and two were under the table. rheumatiz for?" October, 1931

bedding, one pair of ragged overalls, Shooels and Safety Pins Among Lost and Found pair of old shoes, one measuring shovel, one padlock, two old dirty on Frisco Trains pillows, one hatchet and a mirror and book were returned to the owner, HE telephone in the agent's of- faundry, New Testament. Rep ring, after an address was found inside the Ace at SprIngfleId rang lustily. portfolio, sheepskin lined coat, pair trunk, but employes of this depart- T"Hello, Is this the Frisco?" an spats, miscellaneous Iot d student's ment found the owner had made no excited voice asked. "Well, I left manuscript, pafamag, three nnlon effort to locate his lost baggage. my purse on the train last night-I suits, ladies* blue apron, string of Twenty days in advance of the sale, didn't miss it until this morning and beads, one kimono, pictures, box of which is always held at the dead I wonder if you found it." candy and children's toys of all kinds. freight house at Springfield, an ad- "We hare a number of purses here The list is a long one, yet these items vertisement is carried in the Spring- madam," replied the agent. "if you'd are among the most interesting to be field papers, advising all concerned of describe the puree, tell me what train noted. the sale. This is to comply with the you rode, also give its contents, I'll It is only feasible that these items Missouri State laws regarding auctlon- see if it Is in our lost baggage de- should be concentrated at one point ing of lost baggage. The railroad partment." and so they find their way to the dead advertises the sale on each day of "Well," continued the voice, "it was freight house, where they are held, the two days previous to the sale. a brown purse with a strap on the when they are auctioned to the high- C. S. Smith, supervisor of the dead side and it had a handkerchief, a box est bidder after being held many freight house, auctions the articles on of powder, a memo book, a paper of months for possible claimants. the day of the sale and records show safety pins, a coin purse, hair curlers, But before the auction, a traveling that some pretty valuable papera have a box of rouge, a key ring, a pencil, auditor of Frisco Lines, as well as a been found in some of the baggage post cards, some stamped envelopes, special agent and C. S. Smith, super- in the past years, such as oil leases, and I think I had my life insurance visor of the dead freight house, open etc., and invariably a negro will receipt in there." all trunks and suitcases in the hope of draw the only "find" of the day. Assuring the patron that every ef- finding some identification, and if Employes of this department advise fort would be made to locate the purse there are any names or addresses in- that at one time a trunk containing the agent phoned the dead storage side, the party is communicated with leather was auctioned off and brought office, and found the purse, to the immediately in an effort to return the $200.00. The man who purchased it great relief of the customer. lost baggage. This letter is often the later re-sold it for $500.00. That is only one of the many in- means of locating the owner, but if There are on file a number of letters teresting cases which comes to the it does not locate him or her, then from owners of lost baggage, whlch attention of this department of Frisco the article is sold. Trunks are sold show that through the diligence of Lines of which little is known, but without the purchaser knowing what the Frisco employes of this depart- which tenders an invaluable service they contain. This also applies to ment, the articles were saved from to the traveling public. suitcases. Usually the amount real- tlle auction sale. These letters speak While department stores may have ized from the sale only covers the of the splendid system in effect on departments where packages of mer- time and effort expended to locate the railroad, of the gratitude of the chandise, gloves, handkerchiefs, etc., tlle owner, and storage. owner for the return of the articles may be called for, they are not con- Not long ago a very nice looking and unstintingly offering their future fronted with the enormous task of wardrobe trunk found its way to the patronage. finding and returning to the proper dead freight office. It was opened and Train crews on all Frlsco trahs go owners, such items as trunks, baby found to contain four three-piece through the trains at terminals. col- carriages, animals, quilts, shovels, men's suits; thirteen neckties, mail. lecting all articles left In the seats. plllows, etc. string of imitation pearls, pen knife, which are turned in for identification. The department is under the super- compact, two night shirts, overalls, So, careless as the traveler may be vision of G. B. Davis, assistant traf- five suits of underwear, two hats, one of his or her belongings there is every fic vice-president, and the dead stor- scarf, five bath towels, one box of reason to believe that if the artlcle age office is located in the dead nledicine, one suit of pajamas, one is found by an employe of the Frisco, freight house at Springfleid, 310. volume of William Jennings Bryan's it will be held until called for and To lhose who zealously guard their works and a shaving kit. every means used to locate the owner. suitcases, properly address trunks to An address found in the mail was It might be easy to understand how destinations and see that each piece used as a nieans of identification, and a mother with several children, In dls- is carried to the platform by the por- after a month and a half a letter was embarking at her destination mlght ter at destination. the story of lost returned advising that the trunk be- overlook a sweater or a blanket whicb baggage may prove unbelievable, but longed to the party to whom the com- had slipped down behind the seat dur- a number of cases of particular in- munication had been addressed and ing the trip, or how some traveler. terest have been noted from the files check for same was enclosed. eager to see if friends were on the for this story. No effort had been made to locate platform to greet her on her arrival. The amount of lost articles by both the trunk, yet the patron was de- .might, in her haste, forget a package men and women for 1931 seems to be lighted to know it had been found and containing personal belongings, but about equal, yet women are supposed was more than grateful for its return. the matter of men's hats, purses, and to be the more careless of the two. Just why it had been left uncalled trunks will always remain more or Here are a few of the items found for, for a month and a half, is dif- less of a'mystery. on Frisco trains during the last few ficult to explain, yet that one trunk The need for such a department is months: Yellow slicker, child's was saved from the auctioneer's evident and proves that a railroad sweater, gloves, cane, phonograph hammer. operating to serve in every way those records, small blanket, men's rubbers, Another trunk, insured for $100.00 who patronize it, has not overlooked man's coat, tennis racket, bundle of and containing a comfort, a bundle of the smallest detail. MEET THE SHEEP LOADER A GROTTO SPECIAL "Frisco," Black Sheep. Leads to More than 200 members of the Cars at Menard, Tes. Amrita Grotto of Ft. Smith, Ark.. made a two-day pilgrimage to Paris, HE Frisco Railway does not go Texas, on Labor Day, availing them- in for sheep raising, bnt those selves of the low rate instituted by Tnot informed might be interested Frisco Lines. in knowing that oil the books of the The trip was made in special equip- company appears this item : "One ment on train No. 709. leaving Ft. sheep, location, 3,Ienard. Texas." Smith Sunday morning, September 6. And the old question. "Baa, baa, black and on the return trip the party left sheep, have yon any \vool?" would Paris at 1:00 a. m.. Tuesday morning. not be appropo to this story for arriving in Ft. Smith at 6:00 p. although this sheep is black. his wool m. The return trip mas made in special isn't his most important requisite. sleepers. The boys at Menard have named One of the main attractions inci- him "Frisco," and that name is dent to the trip was the Ft. Smith painted in red on his black coat of Frisco, nzcwc.d by the Frisrn Rnilrnnd Smile Girls' Band, composed of thirty- wool. Frisco is a lead sheep. He and located at Menard, Tex., shakily) two girls. For the trip the girls were loads cars at Menard, one of the most Imirds zuitlr Lornirr Roiiisorr. who /IUS furnished a special coach on the going important sheep loading points on the char-yr of thi~s/r~ep lofldirt{j. trip and a special Pullman for the re- Frisco's system. Frisco once belonged to a sheep turn trip. This band, one of the most unique rancher and was the leader of 5,000 CASUALTIES ON DECREASE in that part of the country, was or- sheep. But Frisco's former master Total casualties on Frisco Lilies got in financial difficulties and had to decreased 37.6 per cent during Au- ganized in 1926, by Carl H. Wortz, Jr.. sell his flock. He felt a particular at- gust and 28.5 per cent during the first president and general manager of the Wortz Biscuit Company of Ft. Smith. tachment for Frisco. Frisco's value eight months of this year, both in and since its organization Mr. Wortz as a lead sheep was from $45.00 to comparison with the corresponding $65.00. but his master. knowing that periods of last year, according to a has been its director. It has been the guest of the National Real Estate he would be well cared for by Frisco statement issued September 10, by C. employes at Menard, who needed H. Baltzell. director of accident pre- Convention at Tulsa, the Rice Carni- him, sold him for $7.50. vention, Springfield. Mo. val at Stuttgart, the American Legion When he arrived at the Frisco pens. Casualties among employes de- Conventions at Little Rock, Texarkana Frisco was new to leading sheep in creased 29.5 per cent in August and and Ft. Smith, as well as the District a car, but he was led into the car 33.3 per cent during the first eight Rotary Conventions in Tulsa, Spring- several times, with the sheep follow- months in comparison with those field and McAlester and the National ing him, and after that he understood periods of 1930. Among the various American Legion Convention in Bos- what he was supposed to do. departments, the greatest decrease ton this year. When the sheep get around him during August was in maintenance All who made the trip to Paris ex- in the chute, a man speaks to Frisco of way department, a reduction or pressed appreciation or the service and he starts on the run for the car 27 per cent. That department also given by Frisco Lines and particn- with sheep following him and trying led during the first eight months larly praised the meals served in the to keep up with him. He leads then1 with a decrease of 38.1 per cent. dining car. to the end of the car, until the car is Transportation department w a s about half full and the11 he slips out second both in August and the first BOWLING LEAGCE MEETS of the car and goes back for some eight months with a decrease of more. 25.5 per cent in the former and 30.6 The Frisco Men's Bowling League He is very sure-footed and walks a Per cent in the latter. A decrease of of the general offices is making ex- railroad trestle going to and from 20.7 per cent was effected in the me- cellent progress with its fall sched- work, for loading sheep is work for chanical department in August and ule. The League has met each Fri- him. The Frisco people at Menartl a 26.6 per cent reduction was effect- day eveniiig since August 25 at the would not part with him, for they all ed there in the first eight moiiths of Washington Alleys at 8th Street and love him and admire his great in- the year. Washington Avenue in St. Louis for telligence, and under their expert hail- Total casualties anlong non-em- League play. dling, he is considered to be the best ployes decreased 47.4 per cent in Au- Plans for the season were made lead sheep in that part of the country. gust and 17.4 per cent in the first in an organization meeting held He is only six years old at this time. eight months. Among the classifica- August 20, at which time H. E. hIar- and with the excellent care he is re- tions of non-emploses, passengers led tin was elected president, A. Stoessel. ceiving, should live to a ripe old age with a decrease of 86.2 per cent in vice-president. and Fred Rose. secre- and continue to perform this ex- August. During the first eight tary. Each of the eight teams which cellent service for the Frisco. He months, licensees were first with a comprise the general office loop is takes his work seriously, and does it decrease of 53.7 per cent. Licensees named for a crack Frisco train. The well, and he is rewarded for his showed the second greatest reduction teams, with their respective captains, loyalty by receiving the best care and in August, 69.2 per cent, and passen- follow: Bluebonnet. Lee Brown; attention which the Frisco men can gers had second greatest decrease Blemphian, R. 'C. Long; Meteor, A. give him. during the first eight months. a re- Stoessel; Ozark Special. C. G. La- C. A. Weise, agent for the Frisco duction of 45.9 per cent. Autoists lnont; Southwest Limited, 0. B. at Menard, is probably the one man showed a decrease of 3.1 per cent DuRy; Sunnyland, J. A. Kilker; responsible for Frisco's purchase. He both for August and the first eight Texas Limited. W. Riegel. and Texas realized Frisco's capabilities. n~onths. Special. J. B. Tremayne. Pnge 31

EFFICIENT MOTOR CARS FRISCO ATHLETE INCREASE IN "PERISHABLES" Operators Write of Enviable The stalwart young athlete in the ~~~i~ and produce &I~~~~~~~~ photograph below is Leo Corrotto, son Performance on Branch Runs of W, L. Corrotto, yard ellgineer at Increase 168 Cars in Aug. . G. Balcer, electrical engineer for Fort Smith, Ark., ERISHABLE freight originating Frisco Lines, has received many and the silver on Frisco Lines and handled in E comments on the story which loving cup which Prefrigerator cars showed an in- appeared in a recent issue of the he holds is evi- crease of 168 cars during August of I;r-i.cro E~rrploycs' d.laga.ziirc, telling of dence of his this year compared with August, 1930. the splendid service made by motor prowess in throw- accordiug to W. L. English, super- car 2104 which ran 71,977 miles with ing the javelin. visor of agriculture. Springfield. Mo. but 28 days out for running repairs. He won it with a A total of 2,540 cars were handled Many of the comments came from duriug August this year and in 1930 operators of other motor cars who heave of 133 feet 10 inches in a the total for that month was 2.372 felt that the records which they had cars. made were also outstanding. meet at the Citi- z e n s' Military The heaviest perishable movement In checking through the files and during August was in fruits, 968 cars through correspondence received j _. , Training Camp at moving in comparison with 721 dur- about the story of the 2104, it mas Fort L e a v e n- LEO UOllROTTO ,,,Orth, K~~,,from ing tlie same month last year and of found that motor car 2132, operating the various fruits, melons accounted between Ft. Worth and Brownwood, which he recently returned. Leo for nlore cars than any other. 532 Texas, has made a total mileage of hardly had to extend himself to win cars moving in conlparison with 282 48,812 miles from January 1 to July 31, this cup, however, for he has tossed in August, 1930. 1931. Approximately 3,100 miles of the spear as far as 150 feet in high There was an increase of 24 cars this total was made on the Eastern school meets. He is a senior in the in produce during August over Au- division and the balance between Ft. Fort Smith High School and stars in gust, 1930, this Bar's total amounting Worth and Brownwood. This car, football as well as in track and field to 311 cars compared with 287 last during this entire servlce, had only events. year. Butter led in the produce one small delay and no failures and group, 126 cars moving in comparison the only time it was held out of serr- 31. H. Evans are the engineers on the with 109 in August, 1930. ice was for a change of wheels. cars out of Springfield and Kansas A total of 347 cars of miscellaneous From March 1 until August 1 the City. perishables moved during August in car was in service 97 per cent of the With such pride in the operation of comparison with 191 in the same time, which leaves a very small these cars evinced by these engineers. month last year. This included 242 margin charged to servicing. Opera- and with the excellent work of the schedule cars this August as against tors on this car, which made the motor car maintainers, it is not sur- 75 in August last year. splendid record. were engineers- S. prising that these cars have made the Coleman and R. F. Amiclc. splendid performances listed above. There was a decrease in cars of vegetables handled. Twenty-seven Car 2102, which operates as trains But these records also revert back moved in August this year while 50 310-311 between Wichita, Kans., and to the careful and excellent super- were nioved during that month last Ellsworth, Kans.. also established an vision given by Mr. Baker, under year. There was a decrease also in enviable record, when it made 200 whom the cars operate, and he has meat, fish and packing house prod- round trips without a minute's delay. been untiring in his efforts to see that ucts. 887 cars of these products mov- Mr. Baker feels that this record, too. their performance is not only good. ing August this year while the total is remarkable and speaks well for but as near perfect as possible. in August last year was 1.122 cars. the maintenance by Otto Meador. He made the announcement on the foreman at Ellsworth, and the en- first of September that effective gineers who operated it. Messrs. September 10, a new motor car run Brown and Smith. Mr. Balcer says was established between Okmulgee. ENGINES "IN OIL" that these men could not take any Okla., and Fayetteville. Ark. This Taking advantage of the present more pride in the car if it were their run will be handled by motor car 2126. extremely low price of fuel oil, the personal property. which is one of the larger cars and Frisco Railway has decided to con- 400 Cars 2121 and 2122, operating be- rated at horse power. There are vert approximately ten of its coal- tween Enid and Vernon, and cars at this time, twenty-four motor cars burning freight locomotives to oil on operating efficiently and econon~ically 2124 and 2125 operating between the Central division, between Monett on all clivivions of the Frisco. Springfield and Kansas City have also and Paris. made splendid records, the latter This will necessitate the construc- cars being the speciak pride of Walter FlFTIETH ANNIVERSARY tion of oil tanks, which are now un- Feehan, motor car maintainer at Many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Dan- der construction at the Frisco's west Springfield, who. on his own time. goes iel McCarthy of Kansas City gathered shops. These tanks will be placed in- to the shop at night and makes re- together at Sacred Heart Hall, that side the tender so that they may be pairs. If he feels that there is any city. on September 21 to aid this removed easily and at little expense. question about the car operating in couple in celebrating their Fiftieth if it is decided to re-convert the en- anything but 100 per cent condition. Golden Wedding Anniversary. &If. gines back to coal burning again. NcCartl~y is a retired car inspector he is at the station the next morning Oil burners are wed on virtually all to see that everything is all right. lor Frisco Lines, a member of the of the Frisco's fast, through passen- Engineers A. Rodgers, P. J. Beazleg. Veterans' Association and of the Old W. E. Mayes and W. H. Keiller oper- Timers' Club. ger trains and upon almost all'service ate the cars out of Enid, and En- It was greatly enjoyed by all pres- in oil-producing sections traversed by qineers Robert Shaw, Thos. Rnrns and ent. its lines. Pngc 32

LOCOMOTIVE FUEL PERFORMANCE RECORDS Ofice of Fuel Agent, St. Louis

N the last Issue of the Magazine we handled 1,870 car miles, burned 996 oil, performance 5.6 gallons per 1,000 called attention to the goal set of gallons oil for a performance of .53 gross ton miles. I 135 pounds per 1,000 gross ton gallon per passenger car mile. Engineer J. W. Gillen, flreman J. miles in freight service, which the Meylor. engine 4115, train 431. Monett management has set as our mark to CENTRAL DtVISION to West Tulsa, July 10, handled 242,- be reached either in July or August, Arthur Sub: Englneer P. V. Ham- 550 gross ton miles, burned 1,511 gal- the two months when the best records mersly, fireman A. M. Bean, conductor lons oil, performance 6.2 gallons per are made each year. We had strong Shultz, brakemen Lamkin and Maples, 1,000 gross ton miles. hope at the time, as last year a rec- engine 1343, extra train, Ft. Smith to ord of 140 pounds per 1,000 gross ton Paris, Septemher 8, handled 131,718 NORTHERN DlVlSlON nijles was made and in June, this year, gross ton miles, burned 1.619 gallons Kansas City Sub: Engineer E. B. we made it on 143 pounds-5 pounds oil, performance 147 pounds per 1,000 Herriman, flreman R. L. Herman, en- less than June last year. However, gross ton miles. gine 4218, train 162, Ft. Scott to the breaks were somewhat against us Kanvas City, September 2, handled SOUTHWESTERN DlVlSlON from the standpoint of train haul and 500,000 gross ton miles, burned 44 tons we did not quite make it but did tie Creek Sub: Englneer Ary, fireman of coal, performance 66 pounds per last year's record in July of 141 Chandler, engine 4118, train 532, Fran- 1,000 gross ton miles. pounds and in August beat last year's cis to Henryetta, August 3, handled Afton-Parsons Sub: Engineer P. J. record by two pounds-140 pounds vs. 126,160 gross ton miles, burned 752 Bessey, fireman A. Fetters. engine 142 pounds. gallons oil, performance 6 gallons per 4139, train 2-130, Afton to FL Scott. In passenger in July we lost a little 1,000 gross ton miles. September 4, handled 404,889 gross ground over last year but came back Engineer B. Couch, fireman Carpen- ton miles, burned 17 tons coal, per- in August and beat last year's per- ter, engine 4114, train 534, Francis to formance 84 pounds per 1,000 gross formance In August by 1.44 per cent. West Tulsa, July 8, handled 317,452 ton miles. Filler Hill is the ruling The changes in business and re-ar- gross ton miles, burned 1,909 gallons grade on this sector and the tonnage rangement oi runs brings a great 011, performance 71 pounds per 1,000 handled over this hill was 400 tons many changes In assignments. Men gross ton miles. over its rating. Considering these con- who have not fired for a number of Sherman Sub: Engineer Matlock, ditions this is a mighty good showing years, or perhaps have never fired as fireman Butler, engine 4155, extra and the heaviest train ever pulled over regular firemen, are now firing and south, Francis to Sherman, August 22, this hill by a 71-class engine. taking right hold of the thing to do handled 232,890 gross ton miles, Engineer J. M..Kost, fireman J. Dew, the best possible job. Engineers burned 1,712 gallons oil, performance engine 4140, train 138, Afton to Ft. changing from one class of engine to 7.2 gallons per 1,000 gross ton miles. Scott, May 21, handled 372,152 gross another quite dlirerent class find that ton miles, hurned 15 tons coal, per- Cherokee Sub: Engineer J. L. Reno, it takes a little time to get next to fireman H. Sowder, engine 4154, West formance 80 pounds per 1,000 gross them and to burn the least amount Tulsa to Afton, July 7, handled 255,464 ton miles. of fuel consistent with the require- gross ton miles, burned 1,309 gallons ments of the service. But all in all SOUTHERN DIVISION oil, performance 5.1 gallons or 61 the records and the interest are some- Memphis Sub: Engineer Phillips, pounds per 1.000 gross ton miles. thing to be proud of. flreman Ingram, engine 4214, train 136, Engineer D. Beeler, fireman J. Rob- The fuel meetings get better all the Thayer to Memphis, August 26, inson, engine 4147, train 438, West tlme because the engine and train handled 486,000 gross ton miles. Tulsa to Afton, July 7, handled 271,908 crews and officers, working together, burned 13 tons coal, performance 53 gross ton miles, burned 1,511 gallons are determined to make them better pounds per 1,000 gross ton miles. oil, performance 5.5 gallons per 1,000 and thus make the railroad better and Engineer Jacobs, fireman Martin. gross ton miles. handle better the business we have engine 1527, train 106, Memphis to and thereby bring more business, Engineer C. Bohanan, fireman J. Ice, Thayer, September 14, handled 1,440 which after all is what we want. engine 4110. train 438, West Tulsa to passenger car miles, burned 1,009 gal- The records herein prove the rule. Afton, July 8, handled 254,748 gross lons oil, performance .70 gallons per Send Ln more of these good runs and ton miles, burned 1,411 gallons oil, per- passenger car mlle. if yon get a bad trip or have a con- formance 5.5 gallons or 65 pounds per Engineer Freeman, fireman Rowden, dition that causes waste of fuel, try 1,000 gross ton miles. from August 6 t,o 14, made five round to get word to your nearest division Engineer J. Counts, fireman W. Mc- trips, or 10 single tdps, on trains 105- officer that can help to correct it. Kinney. engine 4116, train 430. West 106, between Thayer aild Memphis Tulsa to Afton, July 8, handled 144,066 during which time they kept a record EASTERN DIVISION gross ton miles, burned 1,008 gallons of their operations. For the I0 trips Sprlngfleld Sub: Engineer Prewett, oil, performance 7 gallons per 1,000 the crew handled 14,644 passenger car flreman Lewers, train 7, engine 1518, gross ton miles. This is a very good miles, burned 9,759 gallons oC 011, tor Springffeld to Muskogee, August 14, performance considering the light ton- a performance' of .66 gallons per handled 2,431 passenger car miles, nage handled. passenger car mile. burned 1,400 gallons oil, performance Engineer W. Lipe, fireman F. J. Tupelo Sub: Englneer Beshears, .58 gallon per passenger car mile. The Smith, engine 4164, train 434, West fireman Jones, engine 1069, train 2-923, same crew on engine 1519, train 7, Tulsa to Afton, July 9, handled 267,540 Memphis to Amory. August 22, August 16, over the same territory gross ton miles, burned 1,512 gallons handled 1,664 passenger car miles. October, 1931 Page 33 burned 1,428 gallons oil, performance .85 gallon per passenger car mile. For Meritorious Service Columbus Sub: Engineef EarrIs, I fireman Huff, engine 720, train 2-907, August 22, Amory to Magnolia, RIVER DlVlSlON interests of Frisco Lines were fully handled 1,989 passenger car miles, August 12-T. M. Stokely, conduc- protected. Twenty merits. burned 7 tons coal, performance 7 tor; J. E. Barber, and L. A. Kelley, July 22-H. W. Bunselmeyer, op- pounds per passenger car mile. brakemen; Ray Abernathy, engineer, erator, St. James, Mo., and V. R. Pensaeala Sub: Engineer Norrls, and J. P. Slaughter, fireman, while Findley, operator, Rolla, Mo., discov- fireman C. Webb, engine 720, train members of the crew of Extra 4030, ered brakes sticking on No. 33 and 2-907, August 23, Magnolia to Pensa- south, found SF 47067, empty stock took proper steps. Fifteen merits cola, handled 1,963 passenger car car at McMullin, with one pair of each. miles, burned 7 tons coal, performance trucks shoved over derail at south WESTERN DlVlSlON 7.1 pounds per passenger car mile. end of siding. They rerailed the car August 15-L. K. Hines, conductor: Engineer Irwin, fireman Thames, and placed for stock loading with a G. C. Tribbla and W. H. JonH, brake- engine 1615. train 931, Magnolia to minimum of delay to the train. Ten men; W. J. Potter, engineer. and Pensamla, August 22, handled 293,000 merits each. Wayne Campbell, fireman, ail of Enid, gross ton miles, burned lllh tons coal, SOUTHERN DlVlSlON Okla., who were serving hs thl3 train performance 81 pounds per 1,000 September 7-L. H. Koll, crossing and engine crew on extra 696', gave gross ton miles. flagman, Olive Branch, Miss., dis- splendid handling to both tralin and Pensacola Yard: Engineer Bicker, covered broken arch bar on car and engine in movement of N

We Must Plan Ahead to Get Ahead ENTURIES ago the compass was not just sail blindly along in the dark tures we are now making necessary? brought Is Europe from China, without a compass or chart, liable at (2) Are we buying at the lowest cost. C where It was supposed to have any moment to strike a rock and sink, quality considered? (3) Can some been invented by the wise Chinese. never reaching the harbors of security things we are buying now, or con- The sallors dong the shores of the in the promised land. By planning templating buying now, be purchased Atlantic and Mediterranean were quick every cent of the family income, be it at a later date for less? (4) Can to adopt thls new device that aided wages, salary, or dividends, these we really afford it? them so much in sailing their ships modern mariners carefully portion out Sufficient food must be allowed to through storm8 and darkness into the so much for rent, so much for food, maintain health and earning ability. unexplored waters further and further so much for clothing, fuel, light and Food expenditures generally are di- from homeland shores. Finally one gas. As a consequence, these fam- vided lnto five parts. One-flfth, or of their number bravely sailed away ilies know where they are and where more, for milk and cheese; one-fifth. into the diatant horlzon, out lnto what they are going. They have a deflilite or more, for bread and cereals; one- most people in those days thought was plan, a plan which anyone can take flfth, more or less, for vegetables and the edge or the world. He relied sole- advantage of just as easily as those fruit: one-fifth, or less, for meats, flsh ly on the little black magnetic needle old sailore Borrowed the compass and eggs; one flfth, or less, for fats, to chart hls course into the unknown from the long-queued Chinaman. sugars and other groceries. In this seas. As Columbus carefully planned hls way the nutrltion of the family is Moniha later this sailor, Christopher quest to find this wonderful new world, more carefully provlded, and a maxl- Columbus, and his little band of brave authorities on household ru o n e y mum return in food value for money seamen, returned to the home port management bring out some cardinal spent is secured. with fairy-llke tales of new lands and rules and practical suggestions which, peoples, of fabulous wealth, of luxuri- It is an old, well-known rule that not if followed, are bound to bring a more than one week's wages should out forests, and man? strange wonders larger measure of freedom from finan- go for rent. But housing conditions to be found in the newly discovered cial burdens and worries. country. His carefully planned voy- vary so widely in different commun- The two most essential considera- ities that it is difficult to make this age into unknown waters was more tions involve family health and secur- a hard and fast rule. However, when successful than he, or any of his ity. To maintain family health there families spend more than one-fourth of mariners, had ever dreamed it would must be adequate food for mainten- be. Who could have foretold that to- their income for rent. some other item ance (and for growth if there are of expense must he reduced accord- day mlllions ot people would be find- children) ; sufficient clothing: and ing happinesa and contentment in his ingly. living quarters that are warm, dry, The manner in which to handle ex- new world through the farsighted ef- properly lighted, well ventilated with forts of Columbus? penditure for clothing, fuel, light, gas adequate sanitation. and refrigeration, varies with the size Now. in this modern age, thousands Some provision should be made of people are llnding that discovering of the .family and income. These ex- against loss of money, income through penditures must be watched very new worlds of happiness are by no unemployment or the death or per- means over. These voyages take place closely as they are often the source of manent disability of the breadwinner. unexpected large bills. right in our own homes, in the midst This can be provided through insur- ot our own family circles. Like the The true foundation of budget ance, savings accounts, and expendi- making is to know what are the fam- old European sailors who learned tures for education. Poise and free- from the Chinese how to use the com- ily ideals and then to plan expendi- dom from financial worry and from ill tures accordingly. pass, pilots of the famlly pocketbooks health which inevitably follows such are learning how to chart their course worry must be assured. No matter how little money there through seas that are at times diffi- With these ideas firmly in mind. ask is, or how dark and threatening the cult, dark and stormy, to the shores yourself: (1) Are all the expendi- financial future seems to be, there is of new worlds of financial independ- one thing that every family can do to ence, worlds that overflow with un- help its flnancgal ship weather storms told wealth of happiness and content- The Magazine office has on hand safely-That is to sit down with pencil ment. several h u n d red booklets on and pad and figure the best plan for Like Columbus, who before he "Money Management for House- monthly expenqea, and then stick to started his voyage, planned carefully holds", published by a leading au- that plan. The time to prepare for the entire quest with its ultimate thority in thls field. One will be the lean years is during the fat years. goal, so these modern pilots of family mailed free of charge to any reader Stop and thhk how much unnecessary finances are carefully planning each of this Magazine. Address Editor, suffering could Be eliminated if people Frisco Magazine, Frisco Bldg., St. expenditure before it is made. They Louis. would consistently plan ahead to get "plan ahead to get ahead". They do ahead. October, 1931 Page 37

Princess Eugenic Hats Lead in Fall's Fashion Pa rude

'HEN the new Princess Eugenie hats came out, women rushed to the millinery shops, only to return home thoroughly disgusted with the effect. The styles were so daring, so drastic a change from any- thing of recent years, that several more trips were necessary before each woman found a type which suited her. The streets of all cities at this time are fashion parades. Hata with glori- ous ostrich plumes d black and white, brown and yellow, make a pleasing ef- tect, but the woman who knows, finds that she must match her costume with the hat in order to produce the full effect. A Princess Eugenie hat worn with a light summer frock cheapens both the hat and the dress and so women are shopping for a complete ensemble. The two frocks shown on this page are two of the delightful styles for fall, one for the girllsh figure and an- other for the matron. Extreme simplicity marks the fall dress and suit, and makes it a charming model for all-day occasions. No. 2922 is a lovely model made up in printed flat crepe and easy to wear. It's charming too, and slenderizing. The bodice cuts all in one until it jolns the skirt flouiice, which makes it especially simple for home seam- stress. Another idea for this easily made model that will make it appear en- tirely different, is to make It sleeve- less with the cape collar. Dainty chiffon prlnt, eyelet batiste and pastel tub silk make up most attractively with the capelet collar. Wool crepe, tweed mixtures aud canton crepe are also appropriate, and with dark shoes, and a Princes Eugenie hat, the costume is complete. No. 3372 shows a delightful model, TABLE DECORATIONS Pink, red and yellow are the easiest which will make the slightly stout Most housewives, even those with color schemes to plan for, because we woman look slender. It simr~katesa small incomes, realize the importance have natural vegetable Colbrin~ far hip yoke and achieves an unusually of some pretty . and simple table them In our kitchens at all times-a slenderizing effect through its moulded decorations, as well as dainty linen blt of blackberry or raspberry juice, or long-waisted bodice belted at point and careful setting of the table. A beet juice for red and pink, oranges most becoming to its wearer. pot of ferns, a few wild grasses in a for yellow effects. Cake icings and many simple desserts may be thus When it is so easily made-why not crystal vase, a bowl of flowers, or a basket of gay fruit may be used as a colored. Colored candles are now have it? It combines white crepe silk very cheap. with black and white printed crepe centerpiece. Often in winter, a bright silk. little flowering plant, such as a A little girl whose blrthday tell fn geranium or a begonia, will add cheer October was delighted to And the Chiffon prints, plain flat crepe silk, to the meal. family dinner table set with a yellow canton crepe, marocain crepe and But not all housewives realize how c~olor scheme: a bowl of flne big crepe satin are all appropriate ma- children and old people do appreciate oranges was .used as the centerpiece, terials for making the dress. extra decorations for birthdays, holi- and about it, in simple glass candle- The pattern for either of these two days, or once in a while just for a sticks, were four orange-colored styles may be obtained by sending "surprise." If the housewife will be- candles, large enough to burn through- fifteen cents in stamps to the Frisco stow a little thought and money on out the meal: Orange slices on let- Pattern Service Department, 261 Fifth this matter, she can manage several tuce, with mayonnaise, formed the Avenue, New York City. lovely color schemes. salad course. HYPNOTISM AND THE DOG THE DEAD PUSSY CAT JUST LIKE A BOY By JAMES I. WOhrTi4CCE You's as stiff an' cold as a stone, What! Me afraid? Well, I guess not- I went to hear a lecture by a noted Little cat. I'm a boy-had you forgot? hypnotist, Dey's done frowed out and left yon You just hold my hand real tight- Who said a strong, determined will alone, 4nd we'll pass that old clog all right! no creature could resist. Little cat, "A dog," he said, "who comes to bite 1's a-strokin' you's fur, You see, you're just a girl, Lucille, remains to cringe and frown, But you don't never purr, And girls are skeered-they just If you but look him in the eye. with Nor hump up anywhere, squeal all your will turned on. Little cat- At most everything they see- The fiercest tiger may be faced with W'y is dat? But hoys! They're brave-lrr'ow you perfect nonchalance Is you's purrin' and humpin' up done? just watch me: If you will only fix him with a stern. subduing glance." 4n' w'y fer is you leetle foot tied. Shoo hack. I say! If you doii't run- Little cat? I'll shoot you with my pop gun With this grand informatioil firmly Did dey pizen you's lummick inside. That my Uncle Joe giye me on niy fastened in my mind, Llttle cat? birthday. I went along a certain road, a certain It's loaded-Pow! Look. there, Lu- Did dey pound you wlf bricks. dog to find- cille. he's startin' off- Or wif big nasty sticks, -4 do:: with whom for many weeks I'd My, but I skeered him awful-sure had a bitter feud, Or abuse you wif kicks, enough. And whose profoundest pleasure mas Little cat? in rushing after me, Tell me dat. He don't kno\v-(talk easy, please) And driving me to. refuge in the first Did they holler w'enever you cwied? That I done shot up all my bag of convenient tree. peas. Look. Lucille-he's comin' back- Did it hurt very bad m'en you died, My, don't he look just like that lion Little cat? I met the dog beside the gate; I fixed in 111y book. him with my eye, Oh! w'p didn't you wun off an' hide, Expecting him to blanch with fear, Little cat? I believe he's mad-he's such a and presently to fly. I is wet in my eyes- sight- While I rushed fiercely after him 'Cause I most always cwies, and scourged him down the street, And dogs that's mad'll-Run, Lucille When a pussy cat dies, -hold tight Observing "Ha!" and "So!" "At last!" Little cat! and "Oh! revenge is sweet!" -?,. .': !*?()..(),. Tink of .dat. "Farewell to fear!" I said aloud. I don't see why you have to cry- The brute will whine and cower And 1's awfully solly besides. That dog was only gassing by. When he reads in my awful glance my new acquired power! " Dest lay still dere down in the soft I don't see why you had to fall and gwoun, mess your dress up like that- ~ookthere in the ditch-at your hat! That evening, in the same old tree, Little cat. It's ruined for good and mother'll I saw my heartlight grow, W'ile I tucks the greeil grass all scold- But vainly did my loved ones wait, a woun' the dog was down belo\v, For you're a great big girl-four Little cat, years old. I might have made him quail and flee Dep can't hurt you no more- before my direful gaze Wen you's tired an' so sore. Had I alone been versed in those ad- My blouse! I don't care-so now! Dest sleep twiet, your pore vanced hypnotic ways, I got another one, anyhow. But when he gave me stare for stare, Little cat, Here's my gun all broke-come on and never flinched, I knew Wif a pat, here, That everything was lost; the dog An' fordet all de kicks of de town. Next time I'ni going to leave you at hard heard the lecture, too. home. October, 1931 Page 319

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Spurred On A SECRET Maiden: "What causes the flight of ..--a .-w.. ..#.. . A man, not too well Informed, pur- time?" Dr. Thornas Edwbt Elridge chased a horse from a farmer. After Man: "I don't know unless it's the hsrse was delivered and he had Hang on! Cling on! No matter urged on by the spur of the moment!" been worked for several days a horse- what they say; rnaH visited the farmer and told the Push on1 Slng on! Things wlll ONE WAY man that hls horse was blind. The come your way. Housewife: "How can I keep fish purchaser returned to the seller and Rlttinn dnwn and whininn never from smelling in hot weather?" - .- - .. . u -----.-..- --" ...... - ..- - -. said: helps a bit; Butcher: "Cut their noses off!" "Say, did you knew that horse you Best way to get there is by keep- sold me was blind?" ing up your grit. SHOWING HIM HOW "Sure," said the seller, "but thm fel- low wh6 eold hlm ta me dlddt men- Johrsrrie came into the office of tlrc Don't glvb up hoping when the tion it so I thought It was a secret." boss. "Kin I go to the ball gallre," Ire $hip goes down, said. Grab a spar or something-just "NOZV,Jolrnrrie," said the boss. "That's refuse to drown. At the Wrong Time rto may to ask. Yorr sit here irt my chair Don't think you're dying just be- Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Brown were and I'Y go oitr and corm back in and cause you're hit, conversing in the parlor. Mary and show you hmto ask." Smile in face of danger and Johnnie had been sent up to bed. The boss wcut out, got Iris Itat artd re- hang to your grit. "Don't you just love to hear them turned. On entering the office he rc- upstairs. They're such eweet chll- nwved his hat and said, "Mr. Doran. my Folks die too easy-they sort of dren," said Mrs. Smith. "Never any work is all up and I wonder if it worrld fade away; trouble and always have such perfect be all right to go to the ball ganre this Make a little error, and give up manners." afternoon.'' in dismay. Just then a voice cams lrom up- Up jumped JoRi~*rie and filrtlirtg his Kind of man that's needed Is the stairs. "Mother!" hund in his pocket arrd said: "Sure-and man of ready wit, "Oh, I expect they want me lo hear here's 50 renls ro gct into the ganrc To laugh at pain and trouble cc+itlr." them say thelr prayers." she said to and keep up hls grit. Mrs. Brown. "Yes, dear, what is it?" "Mother," sald the voice, "Mary's SEEING THINGS found a bedbug." A 6runk drifted Lnto the slde door Don't Ask of the gymnasium just In time to see an acrobat do a cart wheel, a alp-flop "Dat am a fine mse, Brother ONE BETTER and full twistfng back somersault. Brown. whar dl did git it?" Enrpfoy~r: "Did yo11 rcad that letter "Brother." Re said, "I drank some "Now, Parson, when yo' all preaches I sent yon? of that same stuff yesterday, hic." a specially good sermon, I never axes Employe: "Yes, sir: ir~sidcand out. yo' whar yo' git it. I hopes yo'll show On the inside it $aid 'yodre fired', and THE BUG BITES me de same consid'rashun." on the outside if said, 'rcturn irc fivc A minhter, lcarning to play golf, slid- days,' so here 1 nnr!" dmrly remarked: "I nrrcst give it *a$, I rlrtrst give it up." A PIG PEN RAPID FIRE CONVERUTION "Givc u$ what?" he aos asked, "goff- A backzooods farrim was wc! in thc Pat was on Ria way to tho station: ing ?" "What's the quickest way to get "No-the ~ri~ristry." field oitc day by a iiroderii agricrtlturist. 6Vhcir asked zuhnt hc was doi~tg thc there," he asked. forrircr. said hc 7~ias driving his hogs 'lR~n," somebody enswered. One or the Other tlarun to tltc woods wltcrc they codd eat So he ran to the statlon. When he Conductor: "How old is your little acorits nrrd fattc~rup for tlrc fall ~rnrkct. got there he sald to the station mas- by?" ter, "1s that my train over there?" Mother: "Four." "Why that's i~otthe way to do," said "I don't know.' ' wae the reply. "1 It'e Conductor: "How old are you, my thc agricrtltrrrist. "Thc ?iroderir way is got the company"s name on it." little man?" to bdd a pcir in thc yard and carry thc "Well, do youI care if I take i,t 7'' Boy: "Four." acorns to tlrenr. It'll save lots of timc." asked Pat. Conductor: "Well, I'll let him ride The old rrrarr lookcd at thc visitor for ddN~per"said the stationmasiker, free this time, but when he grows up a ~iromeitt,arrd thcir iir utter disgrtst "there's been lots of 'em missed he'll be either a liar or a giant." said: "Hcll, what's timc to a hog!" around here lately." October, 1931 Page 41

A PAGE OF PRAISE from FRISCO FRIENDS I

Frorr~ C. E. St. Johns, sriperintorderrt Frortr H. 8. Stevens, plant pathologist, and tracing being in compliance with of schools, Arkansas City, Kan., to H. Citrus Disease Iwuestigatiorrs, Orlando, our request of September 4th. R. Smycr, agetrt, Arkansas City. Fln., to C. Mack Jones. passenger agent, "We congratulate you gentlemen on "Durlng commencement exercises Frisco Lbrcs, Kansos City, Mo. the splendid service in the move- on the Athletic Field the evening of "I wish to express my appreciation ment of this shipment, which was May 25, it seemed to be necessary for and thanks for the kind attention due out of Pensacola by boat on Tues- some switching to be done on the given my niece, Anola Payton, in her day morning, September 8th, and ap- track east of the fleld and quite near change of trains at Kansas City, preciate the service rendered in this to the bleachers. Of course, it is im- August 29, by yourself and Mr. E. instance." possible to run a locomotive silently G. Baker, who sent me the wire. This Front Will P. Forbes of Forbes Dc- along a track, but the engine crew was her first long trip alone and we were so noticeably carefnl to go by felt somewhat concerned about her; portrrietrt Store and Forbes Rexall Drng Store, Haclzett, Ark., to L. A. Tidwell, quietly that I feel some notice should however, she got through nicely. I city ticket agent, Fort Smith, Ark. be taken of their kindness, considera- fully appreciate and will remember the service given by the Frisco Sys- "Referring to the matter of your tion and courtesy, and I hope that charge, my seven-year-old grandson, you will convey to them our appre- tem." Forbes Allen, whom you accepted at ciation and sincere thanks for this From J. P. Kay. presiderat. Oklahonra your train, No. 710, Wednesday the kind act." R a d i o Afanufactrcrir~g Corporatio?t, ninth, for delivery to his mothet at Members of this switch crew were, Twlso, Okla., to T. E. Walker, agerit, the Pennsylvania Station in Nmr- George Hastie, engineer; Louis Frisco Lirres, dfuskogee. Okh. York City. Schlecht, fireman; W. C. Martin, fore- "This will acknowledge your letter "I am just now in receipt of a tele- man, and W. R. Bond and H. H. of August 22, in which was inclosed gram from his mother, thirty minutes Worthington, switchmen. the draft for $70 in payment of the after the Pennsylvania train landed shipment to the Radio Supply Com- at the train sheds, that the boy has: From J. F. Mix. pastor, First Baptist pany. been received by her, well cared for. Church, Clovis, N. Afex., to George B. "We certainly want to thank you. "The simple purchase of his ticket. Davis, assistant to vice-president, St. Mr. Walker, for your kindness and which you had all prepared, including- Louis. co-operation, and assure you that it Pullman ticket out of St. Louis, an& "My lost hand bag came in today. is a pleasure to do business with a the simple payment of the price, was Many thanks Lo you for your manifest railroad company that has agents so just a routine duty, but your offer of Interest and prompt handling of this interested in its customers." a Frisco special agent's care in St- matter. I shall always have a good Louis, to take him from your train, word for Frisco Lines." Frorrt C. D. Sample, president, The see that he had breakfast, and finally Citizens Notiorml Bank, Fort Scott, deliver him to the conductor of the From Elsie Chinn of Palmer and Kart., to E. A. miller, general agent, Pennsylvania, the receipt of Special Chinn d4ail Advertising Seruice, Kan- Frisco Litres, Fort Scott. Agent Wills' wire to you that his or- sas City, Afo.. to E. G. Baker, assistant "I received this morning check ders had been obeyed and duty dis- general $asscnger agent, Kansa3 City, from your good company in the sum charged, your kindness and consid- dl0. of $20, covering, as it does, in full eration, and interest In our boy. an& "The trlp I look to Havana, Cuba, payment of the recent little loss that I his final safe delivery, were not just using your road, last spring was de- experienced in the way of a dressing routine matters. It was a speciar lightful-the service was excellent. gown. Of course, you are familiar service and trust, and f want you to "I just hope I can go again. If at with this matter. know we fully realize and genuinely any time you want to refer anyone to "I desire to express to you person- appreciate your own, and all the me it will be a pleasore for me to ally my sincere appreciation for the other trainmen's favors." thoroughly recommend your service." way you have handled this claim and the prompt settlement that has been From 0. J. Weinsberg, secretary. Front 3. J. Lynn, President of the U. made, and I feel that I have been An~erican Legion Executive Cornwrittee Eppersorr Underwriting Coniparty, more than fairly dealt with in the of St. Lorcis County. l maple wood, 1Mo.. nbermcn's Underwritiag Alliance, matter. I wish that you would, if the to Harris011 Will. divisiolr freight a~d ltsar City, Mo., to E. G. Baker, as- opportunity presents itself and you possrnger agent, St. Louis, Mo. srrt generol passeriger ageirt, Kamas feel so inclined, express my appreci- "At the regular meeting of the V. ation to the St. Loois oflice for this American Legion Executive Commit- Your tlcket agent, Mr. Holman, settlemel~t." - tee of St. Louis County, it was un- i thoughtful and thorough in taking From C. G. Ronda11 vice-president and animausly voted to extend to you and e of our transportation between ~r~omger-,H. C. Cole Milling Company, the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway isas City and Florida. He was Clrrstcr, Ill., to F. J. Lazulcr, assistant Company sincerest thanks for the ecially courteous and attentive to general freight and passenger agent, St. splendid service rendered and tend- needs. This all makes us feel Loftis, Mo. ered the delegates from St. Louis d and appreciate your company. "We are in receipt of your letter County, who attended the American o it was pleasing to find that the of the 9th instant, advising that MP Legion convention at Joplin. Thfs In equipment this year has been 94522 which left Chester September also concerns the American Legion ch improved. Our travel was com- 4th, arrived at Pensacola at 6:35 p. Auxiliary. Your interest In our wel- .able and enjoyed." m., September 7th. The handling fare will not be forgotten." freight transportation that can be Notes From the General Chairman offered; all of which are good talking points and should be used to the full- By N. E. BURGESS est possible extent. Also it can be ~ointedout that the truck with whom everyone has more or less unpleasant Y the time this comes to your Brother Kellogg's presence at Okmul- experiences while out on a family notice Local No. 1 will have com- gee strengthens the Association in pleasure drive, is not filling a useful pleted arrangements to move that vicinity. purpose inasmuch as the railroads are their home to the American Legion giving a faster and more reliable ser- building. The new quarters are much vice. There is no power more potent more commodious than the quarters The Ladies Auxiliaries of the dif- than the opinion of the public and it being vacated. They will now have ferent locals are going strong. It is the use of a very fine banquet and doubtful whether they are getting the will prevail regardless of the many dance hall as well as the cosiest pos- recognition to which they are entitled. types of hokem that may be put out sible little hall for their Ladies Auxil- These are the buyers for the house- as a form of distraction. Just now our liary, and a regular lodge hall for the hold and are unusually keen to see truck competitors are pointing with a maill body. Leaving the old home that their paycheck is distributed great deal of pride to the low price (Knights of Pythias Building) is not among Frisco patrons, so that a part of fruit as paid by the consumer and without its regrets and brings up of the check gets back to the Frisco of the plentiful amount of it to be many pleasant memories of by-gone purse, thus having a chance to spend had, taking much of the credit for this days, Christmas parties for the kids, the same old dollar next month. To condition, which in reality is due to where candy, fruit, pop corn were as these good ladies is due much credit an over abundant crop. for the efficiency of operation of which plentiful as the sea sands. Splendid The facts are, however, that this parties, where all as a big family, we are extremely proud. It would not be possible for men to give their best "free lance" trucking has so com- danced the evening away; where good pletely disorganized the produce trade nature and friendship bubbled over eYfort to their work if they had not comfortable, happy homes-well pro- that the merchants who shipped in and everyone planned to be at the vided with wholesome food, and a and disposed of several car loads of next one. President Burl Hough gives spirit of friendly co-operation. It fruit each year, are not inclined to his opinion that this coming season might he well to remind these splen- take the risk of being left holding the will compare me 11 with its pre- did co-workers of the many benefits sack in competition with this "wild tlecessors. that may flow to their honie, by en- cat" trucking of produce. The facts listiilg their men folks in the Frisco for this season are not all at hand: Local No. S. Enid, Oklahoma, had schools. This is the high road to ad- but tl.? indications point very plainly their usual water-melon feast on vancement where there are no dis- to the most important fact that the August 8. It is said the melons were appointnient hut many prizes to those producer-farmer has not received the very good and they had a truck load who try. On the other halid if our best price from the truck man; those of them, which would lead one to be- mechanics fail to study and fit them- having used the established market- lieve that their capacity to eat melons selves for the higher places in the ing facilities getting the better re- was not badly impaired. service, these higher places will be sults. filled by outside men. Girls! get busy We have been hoping each month to and get "daddy" into school and think be able to announce that we had gone Had a very pleasant visit with the about the fatter check that mill come boys at Newburg on August 14. Pres- through a full month without an along, furnishing the cash with which ident W. H. Gower called a special engine failure on the entire system. to put your boy or girl through Col. meeting of Local No. 32. The time We have almost clone it, coming lege, that it might have a fair chance was consumed in discussing associa- within one of it several times. But in a sphere where education and train- tion business and usage. After the August, one of the hottest and most ing counts. Get "daddy" into school- meeting about 30 members reported to difficult months gave us that very he will thank you later for your fore- a cafe were an excellent lunch was much desired result. Men of the me- sight and your children will reap the served. chanical department, this is a notable benefits. achleveinent. One brought about only by strict attention to duty and con- We regret very much to record the resignation of Brother J. E. Kellogg Calling attention to our pick-up and scientious effort, and to say that this as chairman of South Side Shop Com- delivery system, or store door delivery office is justly proud of your effort is mittee. Brother Kellogg having been of freight, is an opportunity otiered to putting it mild indeed. given a special assignment to Okmul- every railroad man to help the cause. This shows a fine co-operation be- gee, Okla., as Motor Car Mechanic. one too valuable to be overlooked. tween all branches of the service. A The steam run No. 788-789 having Our service becomes faster, safer, and record to shoot at for all time, and been superseded by a motor train. more reliable than any other form of now let's duplicate it over and over. Pngr 1.:

1;:. S. Harmon and wife visited his I?rothet'-in-law, Guv Smith at Kansas I Frisco Mechanic FamiZq News I (:ity, over Vhe holiciay week-end, Labor -"..13- ,r . I'red Phillips visited relatives in HOUS~CJ~.Jrissouri and in Texas and RIP TRACK-KANSAS CITY, MO. building the depot' at the new town Wright counties while on his vacation. of Alhanlbr;~ Grotto, neiLr Sewi)urg, Ira Jones and sons. Melvln and Vln- LEE \V4RFORI), Reporter .\lo. Hugh Sease and family recently cent, went down to Pensacola to view spent a COUIJ~~of days visiting rela- the Gult scenery while Ira was laid Walter Spencer and family spent -.-.n FT Labor Day in Springfield visiting his tives in St. Louis. Mo. Wade Coutz had a minor operation parents. Walter is getting so he Chas. Baron and gang have finished pei'formetl by Dr. Fesxenden, of the knows every turn in the road en route. thc roof on the new reservoir at the E'risco sta!K, while the reclamation Mr. and Mrs. Doliglas Donaldson west shol)s. plant was shut clown. He has re- spent Labor Day in St. Louis visiting Ed Poe spent a few days visiting uwvered and is around again better relatives. They visited Forest Park relatives in Little Rock. Ark. that1 usual. while there and enjoyed it very much. Ed Nease and gnng are repairing Carl Brandt, accompanied by Mrs. S. K. Wheeler was visited bv his bridges in the vicinity of Pacific. 3Io. Brtrndt and daughter. are on a vaca- mother from Houston, Texas. Clyde Cunningham has been repair- tion trip to California. We hope thev Dan McCarty, retired car inspector. ing a culvert near Robertxville, 310. have an enjoyable time and a safe re- visited his frlends in the yards Sep- Jim Carter and gang have just fin- turn. tember 11. Dan made an announce- ished doing general repairing on Ia'red Garland has been on crutches ment that he will celebrate his golden bridges and buildings at ;\Iorrisville. Xln with an injured toe for the past month wedding September 21. We all wish and unable to return to work when the him well and many more happy years General repairing in and around St. Louis is being done hy Bill Slcyles and ~)lxrltresumed operation. to come. I\'. C. Bean has been transferred Mike Mazelo and wife have recently gang. from the reclamation plant as account- gone fishlap;. Mlke won't tell The ant to the same position in Mr. Hoele's larch and we Ra37en't seen the wife yet. office at the north shop. We regret Mr. and Mrs. Martin Juhl and Mr. LOCAL NO. 24--FT. SMITH, ARK. to see Mr. Bean leave our crew but and Mrs. Charles Pummel drove to St. wish him continued success in his' new I.ouis over Labor Day. They visited T:.\Y\'JIOST) F. DEES. Reporter locat'ion. Forest Park. which is very interesting. ICrnmit Wilson went to Joplin on They drove along the blississippi river E. E. Carlock and family have re- Labor Day and performed with the and crossed the Eads bridge. turned to Fort Smith after being away American Legion boys who went from All had a flne time hut were tired for two years, we eltend a hearty Springfield to the convention, while when they returned. welcome! his wife. hlrx. Anna Wilson went to Mr. L. J. Leigh is getting well ac- The employes at Fort Smirh held a St. Louis to visit her sister.'&Irs. Sial quainted with his new job as rip track meeting night of August 25, whirh Hnll f[~l.em;tnnow. was very much of a success. Mr. \Valter Thompson and wife are risit- Cantrell was chairman of the meeting ing with Cheir parents in Springfield. MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT and several of the men made interest- Walter will return soon to his duties ing talks on solicitation, unfair bus as instructor at the University of KANSAS CITY, MO. and truck competition, etc. Sisty-one Western Ontario, London. Canada. employes attended this meeting. Walter is an extraordinary young: man \I-. A. BULLXRD, Reporter George Dodson, cashier at the nf sterling reputation, and is making freight ofPice. and family motored to the besr of Ills education. He is to be .\ll's. C'has. Frizzell and small son JIuskosee September 12. where they congratulated. spent several days recentls visiting spent Sunday visiting w~threlatives. Silas Sicholson, son of Fred Nichol- friends and relatives in and around C. 0. 3lcCain recently moved his son. has been promoted to the po- Springfield, 350. family to Fort Smith. Mr. McCain, for- sition of general superintendent Sin- Mrs. C. C. Davis, wife of plpefitter. merly of Springfield, No.. has been ap- cltiir Oil Corporation lor the state of is enjoying a vacatlon of several weeks pointed division freight and passenger Oltlahomx. Silas is only 26 years old In Southwest. Texas.- agent. Fort Smith. .lnd has had a remarkable advance- --Local KO. 4 held a very enjoyable Mrs. F. B. Poplin, wife of third trick ment since he started at the bortom square dance at their regular lodge operator at Fort Smith yard office. as filling station attendant. We con- hall at 13th and Troost avenue the passed away on September 8. JIr. grat IJIR~P him. lith of this month. Refi'eshments Poplin has our deepest sympathy. served late in the evenillg were greeted hlr. and Mrs. A. T. Thorson spent -- with enthusiasm. September 6 and 7 in Springfield visit- 0. B. Stoner. our roundhouse fore- ing relatives. Mr. Thorson almost ar- LOCAL NO. 32-NEWBURG, MO. man, and Claude McCready. machinist, rived back in time to ao to work the report R wonderful fishing trlv, re- 8th. E. F. FVLIXR. Reporter cently, also some wonderful fish" Mr. Dewey Bass, division timekeeper, stories. They said they threw nll of has been having a great time this sum- Sons and daughters of Frisco em- t'he small flsh back into the water. mer with his motor bo;~t'. Mr. Bass and ployes here who will attend college Believe it or not. wife took a trip down the Arkansas this fall are: Valerie Montgomery. John Cauliflower, better known as river Sunday, September 11. Mr. Bass Speedway Business College in St. "Oozie," and family drove to See- reports a good time and says motoring Louis; Gene Fuller and Johnny Martin. dail-ey in Pettis County, recently. to on the water is great sport. AIisxourl School of Mine8 at Rolla: atte~~dthe annual State Fair. Miss Hazel Prexson, daughter of C.. Rrba Staggs, Drur~College in Sprlng- A vartv of SIX Frisco men and their IA.Presson, trainmaster, will leave soon field; Yivlan Potter, Southwest Baptlsl wivps atiended a mreatllng match at to attend Arkansas L'niversitv at Fav- College at Bolivar. and Gladys \\-!I- Convention Hall on the 16th of Sep- ettevllle. This will be Miss'~ressori's kenloh and Edward Fuller. Sprlngfi~ld tember. Included in the party were first year at Fayetterille, having spent Teachers' Colleae. General Foreman E. C. Brown. Round- two years at Junior College at Fort Mr. and 316 Earl Carter visited house Foreman 0. B. Stonrv and J1r.s. Smith. .\I.!<. Springfield and Kansas Citr.. Stoner, and .\ssistant Sight Round- Air. and Mrs. Wm. Owens ri~iterl house Porcvnan John h'achb:rr and Mrs. RECLAMATION PLANT relatives in Rogersville. 310. Mrs. 0. E. Brown and daughter Miss JIrs. ('Iarence Ehni has returned SPRINGFIELD, MO. Olive, were St. Louis visitors regenrly. from ('hit%go. whrrr shc spent srvrr.ll JIr. Clair Roach, Len Eddleman and tlilvs nttrndin~n conventior~and visit- T. 0. CHAPMAS. Reporter families spent Labor Day fishing on Ing friends. the Gasconade. The writer, due to an operation for E. L. Fuerst, accompanied by Mrs. JIr. and Nrs. 0. J. Painter of Spring- the removal of his tonsils, spent three Fuerst. visited relatives in Chicago field visited the families of R. L. tl~tysrecently In the Frisco Employes' recently. Painter and H. W. Fuller during the hospital at St. Louis. hIo., and wishes Virgil Brown, son of Theodore Iiolidav. to report that he is of rhe same opinion Frown, who has been employed by the Mr.'Wm. Goweru made a buainws as all others who have been there-it Springfield Gas and Electric Company trip to his farm near hIarshfield. is a wonderful hospital, and every con- the past summer. returned to school Mr.=Harvey Green, grease cup man. sideration is given each and everv at the St. Louis University, St. Louis. returned from the Frlsco hospital very patient. A'o praise could be given bit ---hrn ~nuch~mproved. would be deserved. Dorris Thompson, daughter of J. \V. Miss Valerie JIontgomery and XIiss Thompson, has gone to Ann .\rbor. Maxine Lemons visited ill Springtield. Mich., to attend the university the nr~)...... verpn - - - .. tl-. v . BRIDGE AND BUILDING DEPT. coming nchool year. Mrs. ~uiiile Fitch of Springfield EASTERN DIVISION Wm. Osmon and family momred visited Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Ward and through various sections of Oklahoma f~niilv. ARTHUR BUNCH. Reporter and in their rounds vlslted several Mr. and Mrs. H. Roemer were St. relatives and sat\, the 101 Ranch, whilr Louix shoppers ,recently. Nelrin Hendry and wife spent Labor Bill was on his vacation. 111.. Clair Roach ad family visited Day visiting relatives in Memphis. James Adams reports the best catch JIr. and Mrs. W. S. Harpe of Linden- Tenn. of fish he has m~dethis season on noorl. Chas. Wallace and gang hare finished L.~bor Day. at Tunnel dam. Mr. Claude Deskin and \\rife of St. Louis spent his vacation visiting home for the last year and a half. The Iowa. Mr. Wagoner made a trip ul, folk here. coach yard force extends their deep- after them. They report very dry Mr. Dan Malant and Mr. Ollie Drown est sympathy to Mrs. Robertson and weather in that part of the country. and families motored to Bennett familv. Mrs. C. C. Bond and Jesse Claudine Sprlngs recently. ~h6B. and B. gang have just about wife and daughter of oilerm make; Robt. Whiteslde, fireman, had the completed a much needed improve- Claude Bond, have returned from a misfortune co lose both his home and ment In the shape of a new roof on vlslt to relatives in Delhart, Texas, and furnlture In a Are that happened the erecting shop and. coach shop. JIcPherson. Kans. while he and Mrs. Whlteslde were va- Now that the old cornfce has been H. H. Fuller, statlonary engineer to- catloning. torn away we will feel much safer go- gether with hls wife and son, Maktin. The following Frlsca employes were ing in or out this building as there spent Sunday, August 30, wlth Mr. and Initiated into ths mystlc order of Al- won't be any danger of a loose brlck ~Mrs. Ira Brown at Medicine Lodge. hambra Grotto ot St. Louis at the lat- dropping down on our heads any Kans. ter's new Recreation Park and Coun- more. Mrs. Tom King, wife of tank truck try Club one mile west of Newburg. Mrs. Gene Thompson is recovering man, Tom King, made a tTlp to Sher- Septmber 5: Mr. C. Wilkenloh, Mr. from an operation at Providence hos- man. Texas, to visit the Tom Gidding Wm. BetBelgle, Mr, Wm. Flinr. Mr. pital. familv.--- Jack Hill, Mr. Ivan Fuller, Nr. C. D. Tom Conway still denies that we had Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Giddings, for- Ward and E. F. Fuller. It was a an earthquake several weeks a o and merly roundhouse foreman here, were great day and the writer, for the first still insists that it was mereTy the recent ~isit~rsof Mr. and Mrs. Elmo time In hls Hfe, ate all the fried depression scraping the bottom again. Sistrunk. Mrs. Glddings is Mr. Sis- chicken he wanted. Uhmm! Uhmm! trunk's sister. The wrIter can remember the old FOR SCOTT MECHANICAL DEPT. Mr. and Mrs. Burleirh Adams eler- town of Knotwell when he was a boy trician, spent the ~a6or~ay h~lid&~ (a very small one). It had a water with relatives in Springfield, Mo. s stem and at one time was con- J. N. HARGROVE, Reporter Mrs. Roy Rlchards and children. wife shered more modern than Newburg. of Machinist Rov Richards. have iust The years passed by and as the mine. L. L. Graham, lead car man, spent returned from i,isiting an --aunt*-& that was the ltttle town's chief. sup- the last half of August in the south, Diamond. Mo., and an uncle In Pea port, became exhausted of its mineral vlstting his wife and daughter. in- Ridge, Arb. She reports a very en- the old miners, one by one, left Xnot- c4udlng other relatives and friends. ~oyabletime in the Ozarks. well to her fate. She crumbled and John Henshaw and family spent a passed inro oblivion and for many week's vacation the last half of Au- years there was but a single home aunt. visiting frlends and relatives in MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT left standing near the old site. When Texas. THAYER, MO. the Alhambra Grotto of St. Louis be- Harry Bryce, caller of engine crews. gan their search for a Country Club spent a week-end with friends in site they chose Knotwell because It Kansas City. F. Jl. PEEBLES, Reporter was located on the Brisco and because Abe Phelps, locomotive engineer. has of Its rare beauty. It was a sight the moved to his farm five miles east of Howard Holmes. engineer, and wife writer never dreamed of seeing when town. vlsited their son at Ste. Genevieve. the Special Grotto Traln pulled into Fireman Mayberry took a vacation 310. old Knotwell where the Frisco has trip into Southeast Missouri and re- Miss Althea Frommel. daughter of erected a pretty little statlon on which ports a great time. P. C. Frommel, englneer, is now at- there in a huge sign readlng-ALHAM- The wrlter was called to Kansas tending the Sprlngfleld college. BRA GROTTO. The little town of City to work a few days the last F. C. Schratz, car inspector, wife and Knotwell is no more. part of August. Was glad to get back daughter is now on a visit to Run- lip there and meet all rhe old friends ning Lake, Ark. again. P. C. Frommel, engineer, is on the LOCAL NO. 33-HAYTI, MO. Engineer Mathewson just returned sick list from a trln to North Missouri. F. E. Bates, former road roreman of equipment at Enld, Is now back at E. B. WHITENER, Reporter LOCAL NO. 8-ENID, OKLA. Thayer am englneer. C. H. Bauer, engineer, has movea The accident prwention niceting at his farnlly to Springfield account his thls place was well attended and sev- IT. H. FULLER. Reporter daughter attending school there. eral from Chaffee were present. Many Ray Milliman and C. E. Shaver, Interesting points were discussed. Asa Vion, engine ins~ector, and flremen, have moved from Jonesboro J. J. Appling. machinist. was in family spent a most enjoyable vaca- ..--hp~o-. Chaffee ane nlght recently. tion last of August visiting friends Wm. Davls fireman has bumped on C. V. Slgler and farnlly spent a few and relatlves at different points in West ~emphbswitch'ec. days In St. Louis visiting relatives. ~llinois. Mr. H. Denton has displaced Flreman Warren Beck. box packer, has been Charles Carver and family attended Nilliman off B. & S. branch at Jones- on the sick list for several days but a family reunion of the Carver family boro. is able to be wth the gang again. at Canadlan. Texas. week of August A. D. Anderson, engineer, and wile J. H. Chronlster and Mrs. Chronister. 24. They report a most enjoyable has returned from a two months' vaca- of Chaffee. Mo.. visited Mr. and Mrs. t. lme. tion in California and have moved C. V. Sigler on Sunday, September 6. Everett Vrooman. machinist, has the from Jonesboro to Thayer. and thev report a fish fry on the sympathy of the shop forces in the Conductor Henry Bennett, brake- banks of the Mississippi. death of his brother who was struck men Jas. Polk, C. 0. Whltby, and Fire- hy lightning during a rain storm. He man Crash are fishing on Eleven was vlsiting in Colorado at the time. Points river. COACH YARD-KANSAS CITY, MO. John Herreld. sand drier, spent his Rlley Freg, third class machinist, vacation last two weeks of Sugust. has a new Whippet. visiting among old friends and eating --- J. J. SULLIVAN. Reporter "Fried Chicken" in his old home in Iowa. BACK SHOP NEWS Home? Roller I8 having difficulty Jlr. William Troxel and family have gettlna nccustomed to the sunshine. the sympathy of the shop forces in ALEX WATT and GORDON YOWELJJ. he at last havlng a day job after t'he death of his aunt. ?Xrs. J. W. Reporters several yearn of nlght work. Homer Scott, of Pond Creek. which occurred bid In the day job, made vacant by the Monday August 31. reslgnatlon of Jams Kyle. ~ffeciiveSeptember 2. H. E. Hubbard George Cooper, drill press operator, C. 0. Edmisson, former coach fore- was appointed general foreman at went flshing recently on the Niaunga man. who was bumped by M. J. Sar- ICnid, vice William Philips, assigned river and reports a fine catch. tain, has returned after a thirty-day to other duties. Mr. Hubbard was John W. Highflll, shop oiler, and leave of absence. bumping John Sparks general foreman at Chaffee. We ex- wlfe attended the State Fair at Se- off of the afternoon shlft. John Sparks tend a heartv welcome to Mr. Hub- dnlia and report a wonderful time. then took the night job vacated by bard and family. Freeman Bassett maehlnist. and wife Homer Roller, but at present John Is Earl Young, blacksmith. has gone to visited relatlves in' Tulsa, Labor Day. engaged in fishing In the Ozarks. Oklahoma City to rake a medical ex- W. H. Gimson, formerly superin- However, if John doesn't have any bet- amination preliminary to entering a tendent of the north back shop, has ter luck than our other fishermen, the Veteran's hospital for treatment. We been alven Jurisdiction over the flsh ~robablvare havina- more fun than are hoping Earl will soon be restored roundhouse. Also he has been given ~oh6. to health. the title of general foreman. It is wlth deep regret that we The members of Local No. 8 gave a William Craig, machin~stapprentice, chronicle the death of Edgar Cyrua watermelon feed at Sprlngs Park the and wife smnt-. a few days in Tulsa Robertson the grand old man of the evening of September 2, which was en- recently.- coach uadd. who assed away on Au- joyed by a large crowd. Erskine Carlin, machinist appren- gust 28, after a fingering Illness. Mr. We wish to extend our sympathy to tice. and wife spent Labor Day in Mo- Robertson the coach yard hlstorlan. J,lrs. Tom King, wlfe of tank truck nett, his old home. had forty:slx years service wlth our man. Tom King, in the death of her Charles Champioux, machinist. and railroad, all af which was spent in mother, Mrs. Sullivan. on August 11. wife spent Labor Day in St. Louis, the coach yard. He was retired last Mrs. Mike Wagoner and children vlsitlng his aunt. Januarv due to reaching the age limit have just returned from a visit to her Gordon Powell, his mother, with although he had been unable to work sister, Mrs. Estell, of Mason City, relatives from the Pacific coast, at- changes in the lights at the rounrl- Nrs. Joe C!llarron accompktnietl hcr (,ourit?., coming here from Indiana ill house on Auaust 22 antl 23. sister to Rochester, Xinnesota, .\layo 1871. He is survived bv his widow. Local No. 9 met in regular session I31.other~Hoxpital. five son.;. five dnughferb, tnrnly-SIX On the 18th of .iugust. A good ~t- Pat Jorda~,machinist, is hacnlc or€ n grandchildren and slx great-grand tc~~danc-ewas out in soit'e of the ho: flying trip to St. Louis and Springfield, ch~ldren. Burial was made in Pieasant weather. 310. 1t1dp.e cemetery north of Sprincfield. 31r. Len N~eland, yard clerk, and 31. T,. Leverett and familv have rc-- The sick list for the month ,reach,ed daughter returned from an r~stendrrl turned from a ten claps. visit to Shaw- considerable proportions, harlna 111- viqit in Callforni.l the first of Septeni- nee and Purcell. Okla. cluded Matthew Rouse, Earl Cetcheil, her. Wm. (Bill) Thompson, machinist. and Claude Tuck and Chancev Buckmastar. .\. I.,. Franklin. storekeeper, has been familv have returned from a short stay his wife and daughter,- Alma. Glad transferred to Wichita, Kans;~s, as in thb &arks. to report .a11 recovered hut the most storekeeper there. Mr. Franklin was Edward Hines, machinist 2nd class. seriousl~~111 who were Chance\- Suck- very active in the Employes' Club and is in St. Louis hospital. master al~dClaude Tuck. wan a good Frisco booster and will J. C. Griggs. machinist, and wife am Chas Rohinson with crew of men is surely he missed by the other vl11,h going tu spend about thirty days iu progressing nicely with the new fire rnemhers, hut we trust that what IS (lolol~adofor 311's. GI-i~g~'healtl~. 1,rotection line at the west FIIOIL .Tol,lin's loss will be Wichita's gain, f!tr \Ye all estend our deepest sympathy Wm. Coon has been sl)en(lir~gcon- wr know full well that Nr. Franlcl~n to Mr. :rnd Mrs. D. B. Phlllips in thc ~iderabletime ill Topeka. Iianr., visit- will work in the club at that point. Irrss of their infant son. August 20th. i~lghis parents. The joh of storekeeper and clerk va- Andv Hakrl- worked in St. 1,ouis for VRWd by Mr. Franklin and the store- severi~days during the iilncss of Iteeper and clerk job at Pittsburg hnvc LOCAL NO. 1-SPRINGFIELD, MO. Claude Tuck. heen consolidated and George 3Ic- Earl Getchell visiled his brotherv Kaskill of Pittsburg is holding down J. F'. WASSON, Reporter and a sister in Fond du Lac, \\'is.. dur- the consolidated job. He sure is one inn his convalesance from ilia rvcent husy man. - illness. The roundhoose force has been busy I.ocal So. 1 met in regular ses~ion Assistant Foreman \V. H. T3roctkf~ and the past month with a little heavier nn Friday. September 11th. with a Mrs. Rroolte visited in Cape Girardc:!~. repairs than they have been hefore. good attendance. The local has rented (:llafTee, >lo., and Memphis, Tenn., dnv- T!ie last of August folind engine So. the American Legion Hall and will in^ the L:~bor Day week-end. 791 clue a hvdro wirh wmow.1 of move there for their first meeting in James Stephens and wife. and TIar- flcsihlt. ziGyholt caps and removal of October. The Ladies' Ausiliarv nrill grove Piest'ch of this city, \vent to Biz lagging. Th? engine was tllrned out aive an entertainment' for the local Spring Stat-e Park Labor lhy. where about tho first of Serlternl>er. Just now memhers and their families on that they mere met by a party of old rtnglne 772 is In the \hop for new cln tr. friends, composed of 3Ir. antl Mrs. flues and rernovnl or laggins. This ('. A. Sash, tin shol) foreman at the r)oyle Gaither. Mr. and Mrs. John work, In addlllon Ict the reglllar run- ~.ecl;tniationplant, has movcd to a four- 13eckman. Xlr. and Mrs. Ed Cain and nlng work, rure keep* the force busy. acre tract of land and is fnrmlng on daughter. all of Cape Gerardenu. 21 Airs, Tom Foster has returned from ;r small scale while he is off from wonderful time was reported by all. Tletroit, where she was visltir~g her \\.or1c. Hermann Hereford went to Kansas slster, Mrs. 117. E. Hale. While on the Floyd Penn made a flying trip to City. Sept. 11 to spend the week-end visit she.en~oyed a motor trip with S. I>aleota the first' of this month. with Frank Lacaff who was his guest them, goln?, to, Xiag-ara Falls and Walter A. Thompson is returning to in Springfield during July. Ruffalo. S. 3 .. Er~e,Pa.. and Cleveland. London. Canada, after a two weeks' Herman entered t'lie State Tenchers Ohio. From Cleveland thev took a boat visit with his parents and friends. College here Sept. 15 for the (!)::I-32 hack to Detroit on the lake. Walter is teaching In \\'ester11 rni- term. R. W. Outland, general car foreman. versity at London. His sister. Doris. will return with him t'o attend the The writer and \rife were called 10 spent the 12th and 13th of September Nevada, 110.. July 16. by the death of at Lake Taneycomo. >Iichigan I'niversity at Ann Arbor. 3Iichircan. Walter is a son of .T. \IT. Wm. C. Brown, whose death owurred Thomikon. general foreman at recla- in Kansas City. July 11. Billy made LOCAL NO. 30-PITTSBURG, KANS. mation plant. his home with us for a nunlher of v The following list contains the years during his school days, liavin~ names of patients confined in the St. located in Kansas City at the time N. T, AI.\H.\S. Reporter John's Hospital, Springfield. 110.. as of when we came to Springfield. 1\11.. and September 1981: Miss Ida Blood. ~~~~~a. Jack Gannon accom anied the stenographer: Mr. C. 3Iorman. carpen- writer and wlfc to ~eva&, or1 the Mrs. Richard Morris and filn~ily ter: Mr. H. J. Ray. machinist: Mr. TI. above occasion. visited relatives in Rogersville, Jlis- Derrick, laborer: Nr. G. \V. Thompson. Miss lone Brooke, daughter of Nr souri. machinist: Mr. S. I!:. Be;rr, retired: JIr. and Mrs. W. H. Brooke, entered Mrs. Cleude Steeley visited her p:rr- S. \V. Debo. enrineer: Mr. J. E. Frank. Southwest State Teachers Cvllege here ents at Springdale. Arkansas. electrician. September 14 for the 1931-::? term. Nr. and Mrs. X. T. JIalin visited friends and relarives in Cassville. Mo. George 31cCaskil1, store room clerk, LOCAL NO. 24--AMORY, MISS. LOCAL NO. 7-FORT SMITH, ARK. attended a ball game in Saint Louis, Missouri. R. F. DEES. Reporter H. F. Lace),, general roundhouse foreman. took his two days off and 3lnchinist John T. Boltlinrc renorled spent most of his time fishing, a very pleasant visit in tEe city of At this writing the St. 1,ouis Jess G:ub, conch cleaner. has moved Yensacola. Florida, recently. C'ardinals look sure winners of the from Fort Scott, Kansas, to Pittsburg. Car Oiler R. H. Cook and Jlrs. Cook Sational J.ea~ue Dennant arcain this Several Prisco employes have formed are proud parents of a new baby girl. vear. and several of the gand2hare es- a clob and leased two large strip pits JI. B. Lowe, wrecker engineer, and i)ressed their wishes to be prespnt ;~t west of town. and are planning on Mrs. Lowe are smiling graciously, and Sportman's Park on October 1st and stocking them with fish. why? The stork left :i fine, handsome 2nd. Hare's 1iol)ing that the "c:ards" - young boy at their home. Isn't that take the series. rnollgli to bring a smile to tlnyone's 31. 1). Hodgec-., third-class milchil~ist. LOCAL NO. 17-TULSA, OKLA. face? took on his broad shoulders pleilty of Tom Sisk, car inspector. ~vascom- responsibility in nccluiring a small I*. C. PRIC!E, Reporter pelled to retnrn to the Frisco hosyital farm and n Che!'rolet sedan, all in 3 - in St. Louis. as a result of injuries week, too. received several weeks ago. We hope \\'e are very glttd to report that W. JIrs. Trene Timbrook, dau~hter of they will Ss Tom up in good shape \I:.Claypool, car foreman. is back on \V. C'. Timbrook, car man. 1s doing this time so that' it will not be neces- the joh again after being off for a nicely after an operation for al~pendi- sary for him to go back. month, confined for about fifteen days citis at St. John's Hospital. Rnymond F. Dees, pipefitter, who in the hospitaI with pneumonia. H. H. Philllps is still ill the St. has been aarav from the uhon account of illness. is no\\- able to he' back 011 .it this time 11. J... Cramford, master Louis hospital, suffel'ing from an auto- mechanic. is ill with maleria, but we mobile accident. \Ire wish Tony a the job again. speedy recovery. Mrs. H. J. Sullivan, wife of boiler in- hope for a speedy recovery. The Cen- R. I.. Floyd. formerly of Oklahoma spector. recently returned home fol- tral division should make a better rea- C ty, is our new roundhouse clerk. lowing a pleasant visit with relatives ord in fuel saving now. as Mr. Fhdwiy Mrs. John White. wife of General in Springfield, Slissouri. and 1ir Hammerxley. former fuel men, Chairman John JVhite, is in Lr,s are back on their old jobs ingeles hospital. We wish her a \VP have just learned that Ernest speedy recovery. WATER SERVICE DEPARTMENT ('arsterson, former car clerk, \rho \!,as Frank Russell, machinist, spent a SPRINGFIELD, MO. bumped by Louie Hope, has accepted week's vacation in Arkansas on the a position ax salesman for a Saillt Illinois. River. CL.\VDE HEREFORD, Re],orler Louis firm, furnishing undertaking .Jim and Joe O'Connor spent the last supplies. \Ve hope Mr. Carsterson doex of August with home folks in Spr~ng- The spmpat'hy of the department is as well on his new job as he did on fielrl extended our General Foreman .I. 4. his old one. Bill \Voolsey, machinist. and family Jones in the loss of his father. Noah By the time t.his is published 31. L spent a few days with homc folks ill R. Joues, whose death occurred July Young, helper apprentice, will be out Jlissouri. 16th. Mr. Jones was a pioueer of this of his time and will be looklng Cor a Ortobrr, 1931

job. so if an)' of >-on boys at other fortunate that the only other mem- MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT points see one, please notify 1,'ort her, a brother of Fresno. Callfornla. Smith at once. was not present. They are the children OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. We have just turned out the 4012 of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Stone. who aerc aft'er class 6 repairs, and as she is thc pioneer srttlrrs near 3Iansflrlrl. 3tlstaouri. Inst one on the division, we dislike to wlirrr they mere itll born and reared. FTt.\S('IS S. JOSES,. Reporter see Iwr leave: srr whoever gets her, he kind to her as she is a real enginr. \'ernie Brown of Tulsa has bumped - LINOENWOOD CAR DEPARTMENT on the day caller's job replaring John NORTH SIDE SIDELIGHTS Ryan. rJ. F'. TOBIAS, I:epo~.tcr Robert \Vel)h has bumped ot~ the night callrr's joh replacing Bob Noorr. 1~:Ml~:l:YHAGVE\VOOl>. 1:eportttr \';~cxtlons XI-estill popular. Our stcno. Helen Cantrell, daught'er' of I~oiler- Slis. Louise Schutte, has sixty days maker John ('antrcll is well on the may 1:oss Ikvis, electrician, attended the learr nnd departed the 1.5th for n visit to recovery after an illness of four recent State Fair at Sedalia. where he to polnls in California, routed via No. months. exhibited his famous bird ,dog "Miaba rac. and Santa ye Lines. Mr. and STrs. Crirwford of Tulsa Bell", who won first prize In American Summer. is w~thus still. The hot visited a few days with 311'. :~ncl 311's. bred class, also first in limit class. \\-eather Is hotter than ever i~ndthe \\r. P. Myers of 0kl;lhoma City. Alr. pecond In novlce class, and special prize weather man ran only say "Fair and (:mwford is a sheetmetal worker at ar best' .\merican bred female shown. warmer." the Frisco shops in West Tulsa. .\I1 th~sin face of stlEf opposition from President John 1)aniels of the l.'risco Mr. and Mrs. Claude Greeson and son. many sections of the country, from Jlen's Cluh promises t'he meetings in Frankjin, have returned from a two mh~chmany entl~emnere made, glvea the Cluh Room at Tower Grove Station weeks vacatlon in California. 311 Davis plenty of reason to be proud will be resumed this month and hints 31r. and Mrs. F. F. Earnhart' and chil- of h~sdoc.- - -. of better attendance nre being passed dren spent a couple of weeks at L1i~i1. Carl Teed, boilermnah~raecontl shift. around. fnrm. close to Springfield, Mo., thr Ix- Yard Oiler \Villi:lm J. \\'ebb left us ter part of ~ugust. has thc nympathy of the roundhouse for thirty days visiting with friends force in mourning the loss of hls wife. Nr. and 311's. Tvnn Reid visited 3I1.s. whose death occurred during the past and relatives in S~IIFranrisco Calif., Reids' parrnts in Fnyettevillt~, .\rIi.. month. with a stop to be made at Tdos Angeles. the rirrlv part of September. Jnspector L. R. Schlltte and wife mo- 111.. and Mrs. Jack Gillispit? and rhll- Herman Andrcs, machinist', at pres- tored to Steelville, No., Septemhcr 6 dren have returned from a two weeks' ent working extra, has returned from and 7. vacation in Knoxville. Tenn. .Jack r;aI11 a three weeks' tour of Colorado. where Mrs. 13. H. Pctton, wife of box packer he surelv eninved heinc' bnclr In thc. he visited many points of interest. He Edw. H. Petton, will start' for visits old horn6 touri~.again. -- :11scb visited in Wyoming and Kebraska with friends and relatives in Massa- Nrs. Pearl Natherly, mother-in-lnw and reports having a great tril, and chusetts in a few days. of Harry Cummins, was seriously ln- good ime. Ye scribe visited the wife and clill- jured last week alipn she wa?r strurlc \\'illiam Kimble, tool room attentl- dren at \Villow Springs. Selltemhel'. 5. by a street car and n rlbs were !woken. ant, was off several days during the Hugh D. Baker of Springfield, has Shoulder broken and several cut3 rind past month, due to illness. b~rnstenn in this offire since August 1)ruises. Doctors say that she mill be Xlrn. John Derrick has undergone an 22. confined to the hospital for rhree or operation at a local hospital for ap- Cla~~deNeeley is with us again as four months. Jlr. Cummins is en1l)loyed pcr~dicitls. She is recovering nicely at first trick ci~ller at Lindenwoutl. dia- in the round honse. this time. Mr. Derrick is a machinist ])lacing Wm, Exposito. "Bill" prefel-red Elmer nutton, machinist and .klirt-cl on the day shift. the Lhird trick causing caller A. Trant- Rue. pipefitter. spent September 13. Charles Dummit, grease cup man. ham to return) to Springfield. squi~-reI huntinr in Pottau-atomle passed around the cigars several days Charles Waite. third shift rounter- County. The 13th was evidentlv un- ago in announcing his marriage to man in the storeroom visited his mother lucky for them. for the total numhcr of Carrie Wilson of this city. Everyone and sister at. Monett. September 16 squirrels amounted to onlv two. accepted and smoked while extending and 17. Lucille May Childs. daughter of Eoiler best wlshes. F. J. Jenkins is filling vacancy of W. Forcman W. L. Child% has entered Orie Gray, sheer metal worker, is the J. Webb as yard oiler at Gratiot. Nurses Training School at the Wesley Car Rel~airerC. E. Wilson is off the Hospital. proud daddy of an 8 %-pound girl, who third quarter of September on personal has been named Ruth Emoline. Alother I\'. 3Ir. and Mrs. Jnclc Raulc anrl daugh- and babe are doing fine. business. A. Griffey filling the va- ter. 1,illie May have returned from r Ben Derrick, extra man, is at pres- rancy. 10-day vacation in \Vest Texas. Their ent in the emnloves' hosuital. where ret'urn was hastened by the illness nr he wnu operatd upon for'nl~pendicitis. TULSA FREIGHT HOUSE the daughter. .Tack reports llrat She I~?test reports are that he is doing is much improved at the present tinl?. n~cely. We extend our sympathy to \Vm. Thomas Clark, laborer has returned T~mpleof the xtore department \vho to work after an absence of several just' recently lost his mother. days, due to illness. Part' of the tlme The Tulsa State Fair ouened wiih a George Papin spent Sunday, l::tll, in he was in the employes' hospital. bang, bigger and better thin ever. The Clinton visiting his wife who is in the William Hutchinson. sheet metal I.'risco is handling the majority of all sanitarium at that place. George re- worker, recently made a very enjoyable t'he livestock shipments. The fair lasted ports that Mrs. Papin is very much in~- visit to relatives and friends in Okla- the entire week of Sentember I!) to proved. homa. 26 and was worth anycine's time that John Covington and family have re- 1\11.. and Mrs. Uriel Atwell have re- could go. Two new buildings have been turned from a thirty day vacation, most turned from Coffeyville. Kansas, where roml)lete(l on the grounds to care for of which was spent in Delta. Colo. they visited Mr. Atwell's brother. AIr. the increased showing of exhibits. Ma- John says that he had a mondrrful .Atwell is a third shift' cinder it man. terial fo~this work was handled via time. Mrs. ~~wrencePatten recent'ly visit- Frisco Lines. In connection with t'he .Test; Bryant and familv spent Srn- ed for two weeks with relatives in Fair there was the annual racing meet. temhrr 6th in Shawnee visiting friends. Tulsa. Oklahoma. Mr. Patten 1s a The horses entered came from as far l\:m. JIeIvin urns in 1.:1 Reno the earl\. third shift machinist. ;*s Mexico and Seattle. part of the nionth lo assist in tlrr Set- Thomas 1'. Brown. machinist, is all H. C. Allen, formerly uncollected tling of his mother'x estnte. pepped up by the arrival of two clerk in this office, was the pinch hitter hliss Billie Duster of River~lde.Cnl. granddaughters. Tom says that proud for Xr. Claude Johnson. off one day the is here visiting her father. Wm. nnst~r. as he is of them, that he would not past week account of t'he illness of his Miss Doster plans on attcndfng ColPeae hare claimed kin with them had they wife. in California again this year. come in on a bus or airplane. but as George Ruddle, formerly night chief Dence Howard spent a coUple of dave they came in on the Frisco he is cer- clerk is now employed as bill clerk in Francis. Olcla.. last week. Sirs. tainly proud of them. with JIidcontinent Petroleum Corp. Howard. his mother, remained fnr an James l\Iotlt~y (colored), office jani- Anyone desiring information on how indefinite visit. tor and roundllo~~sehandy man, was a to lock and unlock doors, please In- >lanuel Hunter has returned rmnl recent victim of a sneak thief who quire oI our versatile hill clerli, Hebert. Californix with more fish stories than srole $85.00 from his home. The thief Miss Qoldie Workman was a Xowatn we ever expected of him. Hon-ewr, was captured, but unfo~~tunatel).the visitor Labor Day. he brought hack plrtures tn prove It. money was not recovered. Guy Niller and Leo Rrown of the re- so I Cuesh we ran't dispute him. T.oolt* Mrs. Fred Eobzien, wife of a ma- vising bureau, St. Louis, visited at the l~kethev would make a real meal. chinist, and Xrs. Louise Yowell, mother freight office Labor Day. Each of the ranc cis Jones haa returned .ltt~ra of Gorden Yowell. apprentice. who are boys were very emphatic that Tulsa 10-day varation in Indiana and Ohh sisters, recently met with seven other was the only place to live. IVhile In Ft \Vflyne. Ind.. he attended sisters and a brother at the old family Miss Christine Vanderford. secretary Lhe 29th .innual Convent~onof Rappa home near Mansfield. Scores of ot'her to the agent, spent an enjoyable week- Alpha Phi Fraternity of whlrh he 1s relat.ives were also present at the re- end in Wichita during the holiday. :I member. Hid also was elected to the unlon, a feature of which was the at- >Ir. and Nrs. Fred Shellhorn visited office of Kational Secretarv. The Con- tcndance of the group in a body at the in Joplin Labor Day and while there vention will be held in Oklahoma Gitv. old church where they attended Sunday witnessed the American Legion Con- next year and we hope to route the School as children. This was the first vention. It was noticed that the Frisco Kreater number of the de1egnt.e~ from time in many years that that many of handled many of the Legionail'es t'o the east over the Frisceo to Olil~homa them have been together. It was un- a~~tlfrom the Convention. City. Pnge 48

ductor Rutherford, attends Christian ablv be off two or three weeks. We wiCalumet, Mich.. on third trick Jerome, and H. R. Wlllls of him. for a month's stay In an endeavor to was successful bldder on third trlclc Millie Alcorn spent the week-end In agaln rld himself of hay fever. Good Billings. Tulsa recently visiting her sister, Mrs. luck, Jake! H. R. Wlllls. thlrd Globe. is in the J. B. Gilliam. hospltsl at Sprln~field. He is being I'io wonder Jlmmy Burns cannot see PASSENGER ACCOUNTING DEPT. relieved by 0. 0. Gilbert who has just the necessltv for taking gym; for, after recently gone on the exti-a board. after running errands for the Frlsco all day ST. LOUIS, MO. belng bumped as agent at Keysville, and beatlng a drum half the night. - by A. Trotter. Jimmy has about all the exercise a ESTELLE HILTON, Reporter We falled lase month to report the slim guy needs. arrival of Peter Boyd Bradley, grand- We are sorry to learn that S. E. F. W. RSes and famllv visited friends son of E. B. Shepherd. third trick SP Bear retlred M. C. B. clerk was taken in Detroit over Labor '~a~. Sprlngneld. We here and now to tGe hospital where he ls'ui~dergolng Wm. Eichioner has returned to work apologize. grandpop! treatment for appendlcltis. after three months' leave of absence. A. Chldester, third MO Monett. was Another mechanical department' em- Walter Koopersmlth Is improving oiT one nlght, belng relieved by B. C. ploye now in the hospltal Is Conrad nlcely after hls accident. He has been Jones. Walters, whom we understand is doing In the Frlsco hospltal for about six George Greener. second SP Sprlng- nicely. weeks. flel(1. OK one nlght. R. E. Nichols re- That apples are cheap this year is Frlends of Genevleve Hutchinson Heving hlm. indicated by the fact that LeRoy will be sorry to hear of her illness ill the Frisco Iiospital. \vl~ere she is HIS HAS TO COME EY .\ GR.\CE; Though painful and \veakeni~ig. he is sufl'ering from a iiervous breakcl~)\vr~. Y.ARD. Xow, needless to say, Ellis recovering nicely from the operations Genevieve was formerly employed in cute youngsters never lack for thrill- and hopes to regain Iiis former vi- the office of auditor passenger ac- ing bedtime stories, and Ellis surely tality after the usuxl course of time. counts, hut is now in the office of can tell good ones. He missed his auditor re\'enues. c.allinz heinc. ;I tracer clerk for his .\. J. Czerney spent the Labor Day stories are really good, literary OFFICE OF CAR ACCOUNTANT holidays in Union Cit'y, Teiin., fishinc-, n'everything. SPRINGFIELD, MO. but did not catch any fisl!. Speaking of stories, here's a real true one: Last month 3Ierle Plattc. Jlal-y Van Liew is xgalll a patient Jl.AJ:IJC ARSO1.D. Y.el)orter at the Frisco hospital. She underwent mimeograph clerk, returning home a11 oj~eration for gall bladder infec- from the night ball game, found her tion in February and for a time was home had been ransacked by thieves. September's excessive heat has been considerably better hut is again suf- They had started with the icebox, 1)l'e- a \vonclprful inspiratio11 for viicatioris ferin;. from indigestion. dug ring thernselves a bountiful spread- in the mountains. Bess Huff spent' then working tile rest of the Iiouhe. the first part of the month sightseeing takinc treasured Iteensakes. jewelr\. in the Canadian Rockies and the Pa- AGENT'S OFFICE-PACIFIC, MO. ancl ii6t a small amount of morie>.. x;) cific Xorthwest. enthusiastiv over the trace of the thieves or Che loot has wonderful scenery around ~anffa~id been found and the frightful disorder I.ake Louise, her boat trip from \'ail- sl.-\('I< .I, COTH.\>l, J:c~)orter in which thev left Merle's charrninz rouver to Seattle. the Columbia Hiah- -- litt!e home whs a very real bad bed- way trip and one day spent at Glacier .Jl)e .J;thraus, towerrnan, and l'rank time story. Park, all of which made, according to Huciti~ls, conduct'or, are spending a \\'ell, everybody is quite happy that her statement, the most perfect vaca- six \veeI & .. .. , er 111 I*'. S. Huckins \-ac;~ncy. \\'. R. Holland, man:%ger and wire Fdward R. POW~I.S.hr:~lieman on the "(;re, hut I'd give the world to see. chief. Sapulpa, accompanied hy his siirttCher, was off ;I fen. clays the first that old gang of mine!" This old song family, left August 21 for Jerome. of the month and \v:ls relieved by seems ~)uignantly esl)ressive as \vr Idaho, for fen- days vacat'ion. E. F. (:harI~~M~lllens. look around and view the changes that Oalies. extra Southn~esterii division .Iolin Glaze and I\:. L. Light, hrake- have been n.rought: among our person- telegrapher, worked as relief man in men, were the star players in the Fat nel within the last few months. Al. the Sapillpa relay office during 31r. and T,ean team here on September 13. H. Cruise, formerly chief clerk, hav- Rolland's absence. The proceeds of I'he gwrne went to the ine bee11 disnlaced bv Loren Lo\~elexs .I. S. yrie,ze, manager and xvire chief. I'iicifir relief fnnd. OC '~~)rin~tieli,has taicen a posltion ill St. T.ou~s. 1s in \Vicliita Falls, Texas. \\:. B. JIclWilly, ngeut, went to the the office of car foreman. This ill on a month's leave of absence. He is Frisco hospital at 8l)ringfirld for treat- turn caused Claude Xeely to have trl bring relirved by C. B. Crocker, regu- mcnt 011 September 12. Ilre the city and returfi to Linden- lar night wire chief. who is heing re- \vootl, from whence he came to us a lieved by extra Easter11 divisioli tele- cpul)lc of years ago. Many were Chr grapher J. P. Anderson. OFFICE SUPERINTENDENT sighs of regret thar accompanied our Nrs. Edith ;\I. Austin. chief telenhonc TRANSPORTATION adieus to CYaude, for his genial pel'- operator, Ft. Scotr, is spendini the -- sonality and friendly drrnennor have first half of October ill Chicago \isit- made him a grent favorite with ;lII ing friends. 14:171,.A STR.\'L'TOX. 1:el)ort er his associates. .I. P. Parks, night \\-ire chief at Igt: Fred Bonen, sheet metal worker. ar- Scott. I". H. JIcCann, Jr., dispatcl~ers \\.h,e~~\Vill P.ogers claims the de- companied by Jlrs. I:onreii and daugh- clerk, ancl 1,. 0. Gardner, tracer clerk. ~)i.ess~onhas even reacI11,d the news ter, Frances, left on September 10 for attended the Kansas State Legion con- items and he can't think of intr~,estii~gRochester. JIinn., where bliss 14'1-:liicrs vention, held at Wichlta, September 7 t'hinas to write, far be it from me to xvill undcrco examination and treat- ;~nd8. Mrs. Parks and Xrs. Gardnei. i~ttemptanything interesting. ment nl 3I;tyo Brothers hosl)ital. also attended. However. must tell you about the Quite an unt'ortunatr accident oc- \\'. \V. Shane. clerk ill St. J,ouis tele- grand surprise the employes of this curred in the course of an inuoce~~tgraph office. spent a few days in nffice gave 3Ir. J. \iT. Pugan, chief of school picnic at the City Park recently. Sl)ril~gfieldrecently recuperating from the weighing bureau, \vho was re- whei~little J)orothy English. daughter the effects of an operation. tired last month. As 1 told you he of Roy ':nglish, stationary engineer. \V. .I. Sayers, telegrapher in Spring- had tr birthday-bliC there was no gav fell from the Cop of the rock quarry, field relay office. and wife spent Sun- 111ncheon with cake lleaviiig under 70 some ten or fifteen feet. It was thought d;iy and Labor Day in Osceola, Mo., canclles, instead that evening when he at first she had sustained a ~pinalin- fishing. 1.6,ached home a beautiful and cnm- jury. t!ut later developed there was Floyd 31. Barry, chief operator. forlable upholstered chair. carryina IIO serlous result. and she was able tl~r:ood wishes of this office, greeted ti return to srl)ool u~ithini few days. I~im. 1\11., Dugan certainly was rle- Mrs. Vincent I<:. I)avis, wife of boiler- lighted. maker. was called to \Vichita. Kans.. \Vc miss Mr. Dugan and Ills good on Seiltember 15, to assist in caring disposition and 11ol)e he will drol) in for her sister who is ill. often to see us. Hefore assuminx duties as geueral lloy ;\. Bonham, former 81 rlerk, wax foreman. after ah6llshmei1t of the no- in to see us recently, :LS was Clarence sition of assistant master merhaiiic~. SECURITY NATIONAL BANK \Villces. our firs? extra tracer clerk. 011 September 6. I\'. I". Rrantlt is en- \Verre always glad to see them again joying a two \veeks' vn(.ation from Reasom Why: .Us0 saw Virgil Hartley. former c;Lre ilnd responsibility. .A portion of 4% on Savings balances in clerk. with his adorable small dau~h- the time be is sj~endingwith a party ter last \\eel< and that child is so of friends down on \Vhite rivrr. excess of the Arst $500 beautiful lie ought to take her to Engineer J. P. Uwyer is at prcsent 3%% on Savings balances up IIollywood immediately. delighting in ail extended tour and to $500 rn

Springlield reli~voffice, has just re- Iblanrl, S. C.. is here and attending expecting to handle a considerable ¶urn@dfmnl a tin-day vacation. school this winter. movement of mules. We are also hav- C. R. Crump. Springfield relay office. lng a fairly good movement of dairy was off sick several days during Sep- cattle at the present time and this tember. He was relieved hy Pat I.'.. GENERAL STOREKEEPER'S should contlnue for several months yet. Paulsell, extra Eastern division telee- OFFICE-SPRINGFIELD, MO. rapher. J[rs. n. I,, Ford, sec30nd Crick npera- DIVISION AND STORE ACCOUNT- Znr. Harnmoncl, has heen enjoying Hlcr.l~:s .\LT)RI('H, it el torte^ ANT OFFICE-SPRINGFIELD, MO. vacation. She and XIr. Ford attended the Priedhurg Passion Play. which was showlng in Ft. Scott. Miss Ruth Vselton enjoyed a pleas- >IAIIonday, September (i ~lresserl t'o the reporter in care of Mr. of the Cudahy Packing' CC:ompny and anrl 7. Rrennan. and should reach thin office IS now manrtxer of their pla~~tin Miss Vnshti Crimes virited with her I~eforeIl~r 1Bth of t11e nlontll. S~rinzfield. 111. \Ire are iilwavs -lad sister in Sikeston. 310.. over the holi- tc< see our former assodates hdv;~nce (lily. to better positions. A. 15. Higg.ers and wife motored from DIVISION STOREKEEPER'S We never cease to hear of praise Memphis on September 6. to Hardy. for the Oaarks. Miss Jack 1*'itziol111 OFF1CE-SPRINGFIELD, MO. Ark.. spending the night with rela- entertained company from Kansas kit>- tives, coming on to Sprit~gfieldthe 7th. and Tulsa over Labor DIIV and she 311's. I,. A. \\'right and two children. showed them the benuties r~f the of Sapulpa, spent Labor Day here with Ozarks, taking them to .Rrnnson and Leonard. Hollister. Their praise for the (.harks Nisn r\Ie~guerite O'Brien is enjoying There terribly warm days are very maA sincere. 11 \-Isit with her sister, JIable, from unusual for September. Some of thr Sevrrtil took advantage ot thc va- Ijetroit. Mnble. accompanied by her i1ay.a are as warm as those experienced tation aKortled them over Labor Ihy. rnother and Marguerite, then left for in June, which \\,as the hottest month namely: AIiss Barbara Murry visitcvl lletrolt, where >label was married of the year. In fact, the heat' has in Bennett' Springs, Ha-Ha-Tonlca ;III~ Saturdny. September 19, to Nr. Albert heen so intense that Tom O'Kelly tells Bagnell. Nrs. Dorothea Hyde went to 1:oaers of that city. Mabel was for- us that when he goes to his car at noon Tulsa and Mr. Earl Johnson to Ft. merly a Frisco girl and am sure all and in the evening after .i:OO. that Smltli. When Mr. JOhnson returned. ot' her friends will wish her all of the several times the heat from t'he car. he hroUght hi* \vice and little fl;~ual~- I~nr)~)inessin the world. when he oliened the door. was so strong ter with hlrn, making the rettbrn tvilr SIi-, ancl Mrs. JI~DO~OU~IIspent Sun- that it knocked him clcar back to thc I>\.~.< '.a 1.. . day. September 6, in Hollister. fence, "l)elit~\7eit or not." Running into the third week or the JIiss Eunice Hagerman and Narv The supply car men 11ave been cut 1-'risco nowlinp League schedule, \ye Sewton, ot this ofcice, and Xliss ~uth dolvn to only one crew now anrl a trip find the Jfeteor's representative tmn~ I'selton, of the stores department, is made every sixty days to viirious from the divlslna nnd store accountant motored with friends to Roclca\vay pnlnt.s on the systenl, with E. A. and genernl store offices 111 a Ile for Beach Saturday. September 12. Thomas and T. E. Rerst in charge. One first place. \Yith Captain Jlay~bball month they go north and west ancl ~trimed up, bein.q a :;;rd degree en- the ft~llowing month they go south thusiast, his team ha8 evidently and east. Mr. Thomas was in 0lrl:l- caught on to a fighting spirit. I~uller- homa City on his last trip which was ton and \Villiams, the genial 'c\'elsl~- the Hrst tlrne in Chirteen years, and man, are hitting on all Yours, witit t~tltlng' jnto consitlerati~)n the new penham, O'Ke11y and Mitchell trail- Friwo station there and the number Ins. However, these boys are expect- of new builrlings, pictures of whici~ ed to hit their rt'ride soon. \\ere ~huwnon last month's Xlagnaint) The team is keyed 1111 to meet (he vover. he hardly recognized the tow11 "Go\-ernors" this week. Thev airy th:~t ;la being the same. <:laude JCing is full of trick; and that he may pull some off next Thursday. 1,. H. JIrCuire's small son. Keet, has Well, his 258 and 611 won't I;rst Ion.,- hen In the Springfield Baptist hos- in this league. nitnl since the seventh of the month. SPRINGFIELD STOCKYARDS SPRINGFIELD, MO. and we sincerely hofic for ills speedy MEASURE YOURSELF and con~pleterecovery. AIra. G. I,. Pickle had a sll~litspera- FOR THE JOB AHEAD tlon un her zlioulder hlandar of this week and is getting along Hie at this The reducrion in force co~~tii~ues.I'ocn EIIPL~YER cannot very well tell you that he ii writing. Jli.. Pickle'r flower gardens Day trick at the west yard was nhol- win^ to wed a new superintendent a year fronr todav. here at the storeroom are very pretty ished, displacing John R. Scott, \vh~ ?biPrnust De left to your own imagination. Analy& thls summer, tliough at present they returned to the extra board at the youwlf and why wu're not getting ahead faster. need ra111 badly. freight house. One ni~httriclc \\.;IS You know you have the requircd loyaity, industry Dolly Sloan and two daughters abolished, displac~ngT'. E. \\'hiteman and d~trrrnination. What is it that you lack? wil! leave the first of the weelc to who took a newly crcatcd piirt-tin<. If you are serious about wonting to advance, you visit relatives in Iletroi t. iob at the went ~:LITI. can do it. The Interuational Correspondence Schools Nrr. Henry Spavlin~,mother of 3l1's. Ralph 3lcHam ind family were ci~lled can qivr you t.sactly the training you nerd. 1". >I.Bishup, hr~d the n~isforlunet'o to Texas recently account serious ill- I'o ilrld out how, mark and mail the coupon. slip from a snlnll step ladder recer~tl>., ness of his mother. \Ve are nlad to . E~~:ploy~vsof this rood win receive a and break her Ieg just below the knee. renort that she is now well 1111 her Sp~ciulDiscorrt \Ve trust she will recover nicely. Mr. wig to recoverv and is able io bc UIL Hishop is stockrn:~n in this department. C. R. ~hitenknleft recently for an ------Mr. and Mrs. 0. Kernm and two sons, est'ended visit at Cimarron. X. 31. INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOLS Rlchard and James, were in St. Louis Ko one else seems to be taking n Box 6611-L. Scranton. Pmnna. over Labor Day. vacation at preset~t, although Henry Jlrr. Marion Jlontgomery a~~dlittle (Shorty) Freeman is making good use rlaughtrr. Sharron Jean. (chat "grand" or these clear (lays with the boyr rand-daughter of A. 31. ('lick) rrre down around the post office ],itching visiling J11.r;. Jlontgomery's pi~rents, horse shoes. 1\11.. and 311s. A. >I. Clliclc. They come Our business is holding its own-- frc+m \'egn, Texas, and "C:rii~~rI-I-~atl~er"some weeks showing a slight in,-rease. 511n1c...... AB~ ...... has only praise for his 15-month.-old ~;";"~~~ec~~,"l~~.","~",~~Oerrp~linn ...Em~Iml b, grand-dauphler. Nr. Click's ntecr. ~~tl~'~~ ...... Vlsr Geraldine JJcGuire. nt Paris our way any time soon. \Ye are nls~n .Idrfrr-.s...... OFFICE GENERAL MANAGER IVeighing and Inspection Bureau. who flrst Nadill, re1ievin.g L. A. Hadwin works out of West Tulsa yard, par- account his mother 111. SPRINGFIELD, MO. ticipated in City Publlc Tennis Tour- W. D. Fine. first Henrvetta off PAW nament, held at 11th Street Tracy days, relieved' by 2.T. ~i;leI--' --- -- .. Park. August 26, which had a very H. hl. Marshall, from Springfield. ORVILLE COBLE, Renorter large representation this year, and bumped W. M. Robuck off the swlnrr won three out of five sets. receivinr- dispatchers job at Sapulpa just re- Mr. Stephenson enjoyed a day's fish- large engraved loving cup. cently. Understand Mr. Robuck went ing, Bunday the 6th. hlr. and Mrs. Walter Woodson an- back to the Southern division. -MISS - - - - Jessie------~ulkvisited relatives in nounce the birth of a fine baby son, A. C. McQuigg, first Afton, off couple tllinois Labor ~ay. She went via born to them September 8. days, relieved by J. E. Moore. Kansas City because it was closer that C. J. Quinn, first West Tulsa, at- wav. Anv concern needing a traffic tended the American Legion conven- expert would do well to consider Miss TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT tion at Enid, Okla. September 6. 7 and 'P,,lk-.... 8. J. E. Moore relieved at West Tulsa. Zan Claypool is building a house in TULSA, OKLA. an orlginal manner-first the roof then WEST TULSA &he basement, then the walls. Thus Ihe heavy digging can be done shel- W. K. BAKEP., Reporter - tered from the sun and rain. ELIZABETH TINNEY, Reporter C. H. Baltzell, director of accident Continulng the buml~s from last reven en ti on, is moving his family to month: H. 31. Russell to agency, Troy. Greetings! And the heartiest of Springfield this month. He has secured vice J. J. Corum who reverts to extra them, from the store de~artment in a splendld home at 722 Cherry street. board. J. E. Hulse to second Holden- West Tulsa. We've been quiet for Paul Lohmeyer went fishing the 16th. ville, vice 0. L. Daddon. Sr.. who re- some time now, and believe, like your- He boasts a splendid catch of bass self, that it is about time we made but refuses to divulge the location. ourselves known by being properly Clarence Wilks substituted in the mail represented among those other depart- room during Paul's absence. ments of this wonderful Frisco family The bowling sheet shows high score of ours-through the means of the best 10 frames, 258 September 10; best la'risco Employes Xagazine. 30 frames. 611, same date, credited to Considerable changes have been C. P. King of this offlce. made in our personnel since last you Hobart Madison 1s now drlving a big heard from us-G. V. Stone llavinp Nash, havinv disposed of 111s Essex. been appointed chief clerk to the di- The traffic circular credits Miss vision storekeeper in Springfield on Grace Jochum with securlng two car August l-he being succeeded at West loads of business, Miss Olive Bernet Tulsa by Wm. F. Griggs of Ft. Smith with one passenger. Ark. Too bad we had to lose ~r: Stone, but again we're mighty lucky in havlng secured Nr. Grigg? for the new "chief" at West Tulsa. Nuf said. I SOUTHWESTERN DIVEION I The Grlggs famlly, so we understand. are completely settled in Tulsa, and even though there is some hesitancy OFFICE SUPT. TERMINALS in their admitting it, we know that they much prefer Tulsa, with its many WEST TULSA, OKLA.

MISS EDNA A. WOODEN, Reporter ST. LOUIS ADVERTISERS We are glad to report Mrs. 0. L. Young. who underwent an operation .. . . . - . at St. Johns hospital, Is getting along G. 0. Pickett, extra operator, re- nicely and able to return home. lieved at Kellyville few days recently. Mrs. Herman L. Bolen has returned going from there to his home in Ala- INVESTMENT home after vlslling several days wlth bama. relatives and frienda in Fort Worth Agency Amber, Okla., made a non- BONDS and Dallas, Texas. telegraph station. Roy Sloan took a Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cole and daugh- bump to first Snyder, vice M. A. Wil- AID & COMPANY, Inc. ter. Miss Margaret, have returned from son to second, vice R. D. Richey to s vacatlon whlch they spent visitlng third, Lawton, vice H. AI. Stannard to Security Bldg. ST. LOUIS, 310. relatlves in Mem~hls,Tenn.. and dif- second Brisrow, vice W. JI. Fraser MEMBERS, ST. LOUIS STOCK EXCHANGE ferent points in MlssourI. who. I think. will go to the Tulsa J. H. Smith, switchman, has returned interlocking tower. to duty after an extended absence ac- Agency Norge, Okla., made non- count Illness. telegraph station. W. L. Wood to We are glad la report R. E. Hayes, third Lawton, vice R. D. Richey to switchman, who has been In a sanl- second Bristow, vice H. M. Stannard, tarlum at Denver, Colo., so much lm- who has not placed his bump yet. Owens Paper Box Co. Droved In health that he has returned W. B. Miller assigned agency 4m- home and expects to resume duty EOOn. ber. &I. Swofford assigned agency Mrs. Minnie Eagan and daughter. Norge, leaving third Falrland open for Miss Hazel, mother and sister of W. E. bids. Eagan general yardmaster, have re- Chad Beard. second Okmulgee, off turned' from an extended trip to Cali- few days, C. T. Fine relieving. fornia. E. F. Oaks, extra operator, made a Christ Krages, stock yard and re- one-day relief in the Springfield of- ice foreman. who was severely injured fice recently. From there he went to in-& auto 'accident few days ago, is able to be back on the job. John Overstreet, messenger, has gone to Long Beach, Calif., where he expects to vislt for some time with Hy. L. Schafermeyer friends. Locksmith and Machinist W. E. Eagan, general yardmaster. is enjoying a few days vacation. be- Safes Opened and Repaired ing relieved by D. J. Lyons during his absence. 408-10 N. 3rd St. A. J. Hall, fireman, who has been St. LOUIS.Mo. MAin 0245 PLAIN AND FANCY BOXES oilite ill in St. Johns hosnital- - is re- I joried improving. -- C. J. Quinn, operator, West Tulsa. attended Amerlcan Leaion convention at Enid, which was heid at that point September 6. 7 and 8. R. B. McKee, who was resident en- Consolidated Lamp Company gineer at Tulsa during const.ruction of the Union Depot, has returned to his I Becht Laundry- Co. I LIGHTING SPECIALISTS home in St. Louis. We Specialize in Auenta for Ford Hufford, yard clerk, who with his mother and sister have been visit- Family Laundry WESTINGHOUSE LAMPS ing in Long Beach, Calif.. have re- 1622 Chemical Building turned home. 330 1 - 1 1 Bell Ave. St. Louis St. Louis, 310. G. P. Spence, inspector for Western October. I().:! advantares and o~~ortunities.to the plete at t'his writing. Fureman A. .J. Charrun, spent a Pew fair ~rk'grisascitv' ' Oklahoma City enjoyed a distinct days recently ill Arkansas. Then on kugusi.16, with the transfer honor the week of Se~tember6 to 12th, Machinist Frank R. Mock, West Tulua, of all accounting to Sgringfleld, to our when the large beacon light on top of contemplates a short vacation in regret we lout -two more of our per- the new 33-story First National Bank Denison, Texas, and Wichita Falls. sonnel. Dorothen Hyde and Tom Jlish- building was lit during the conven- Teua- - - - .- -.r; . ler, comptometer operator and prlce tion of the Kiawanians bv the national Engineer E. Rrida'ell, Cherokee Sub, clerk resnectively. Even though we president of the ~iawanfsClubs. who layed off recently uccSount OF ill- miss theic smiling Paces around the Bridge inspection is in progyess on ness is reported doing all right at his storeroom here, we are happy they the Southwestern division, be~ne in home in Monet't, Mo. were able to locate in Springfield in charge of C. T. Mason, superintendent: Engineer Wm. Weber. Oklahoma the general obice, and all join in wish- H. F. Busch, division engineer: N. D. Sub, is away from \vorit account of ing them unlimited success and hay- Gibbs, Gen'l B&B foreman and the illness. but is reported doing nicely. piness. roadmaster whose territory they are Mr. Weber is at his home in Oklahoma We are verv glad to learn that Mrs. working on. City. Claude 0. Mitchell, wife of store helper Sam Agee, water service repairman. Engineer Drew Chandler. Creek Sub. C'. 0. Mitchell, is recovering nicely spent a short vacation at his old home is away from his regular job on Creek from the operat'ion underwent some in Arkansas and reports an enjoyablc Sub division account of illness. few weeks aeo at the St. Johns hos- time. Fireman W. T. Wilson, Cherokee pital in ~ulsa. Carl Sherman frog repairer helper. Sub, has accepted service on trains 1 Little 9-pound "Jerry Clay" said his is back on the job after a 10-day 111- and 2 out of Springfield. first good mornirlg to his young par- ness. Englneer Wm. H. Sawyer and Flre- rnts. 311.. and Xrx. Virgil E. Yeargain. The roadway oil sprinkler is belng man 0. 31. Hankrs are away from duty storr trucker, and wife about 6:30 operated over the Creek and Sherman account of short vacation. a. nl.. September 9. Our congratula- subs. oiling the new chat applied in >lain Line Hostler J. 31. Cheek and tions to the Yeargains. connection with the tle insertions and Switch Enrineer J. R. Cheek. Saoul~a. ~olks.Charlle Niemeyer. store truck- re-surfacing work heing done by extra are away on short vacatlon in pbrsuii er. and family returned from that trip gangs. of the flnny tribe. through Death \'alley. and California Wm. Everage. BBB carpenter, who Yard Engineer 1,. L. Hinch, West in general, okeh-and report they are has been out in Colorado for his Tulsa, is off account of illness. now familiar with the wlles and ways health, returned to Tulsa, visiting the Yard Engineer Mallory is away on m ma yo CHnic" on his way back. short vacatlon due to too many squir- of ve Californians. Charlle says he E. F. JIaggi BBB foreman is re- made some wonderful catches while in rels in Arltansas. Mr. Mallory hopes newing brid~es'onthe ~ul~hur~~ranch.to deplete the crop to some extent. the "Sunny State1'-in fact, he brought account increased gravel 'business on along some snapshots as complete evi- that branch. Engineer J. L. Franklin, who has dence. However, folks, we couldn't' been away from duty account of ac- let you gather the wrong lmpresslon cident to his ankle, has returned to 01' Charlie, and must explaln that it MECHANICAL DEPT. NEWS his home in Sapulya and is able to get was "Fish" Charlie caught. TULSA, OKLA. about again with the use of crutches. 4 number of the storeroom Frisco Blcksmith F. B. Phillips. West Tulsa. family report much gadding about L. A. MACK, Reporter was compelled to stay in St. Louis hos- over Labor Day-Charlie Millard spent pltal a while longer due to infection this time with hls father and other Englneer Ceo. W. Kengle and wife setting in in his hand which madr relatives in Springfield. No. Lindley are the proud parent's of a babv girl, necessary the amputation of his finger. C. Akin-"Daddyv'-and his family nlo- born Sunday, September 13th, 1631. Mr. Phillips injured his hand in an ,red to Afton, spent September 6 and with relatives and friend8 in that ~ty. The stenographer was in Kansas it\. over the holiday. 40th AND 43rd TRACK DIVISION Railroad man's SAPULPA, OKLA.

J. .\. JIcJIILLAN. Reporter On the Oklahoma sub we are look- favorite smoke ~g for an increase in business due to he good cotton crops, which will over- ome, ro some extent, the loss in oil usiness drilling having been shut oivn in'the Oklahoma fields by order f Governor &Iurrav. PIPE and good tobacco Reflners at ~idaiand Bristow arc till holding their own in shipments, A is a real man's smoke. ut they are drawing from storeage upply. Wherever you go you'll The Tidal Branch, an extension uf miles, that, was completed last Dr- find that a pipe is the rail- ember carrles the star for branch nes, h'aving a business of 8103,000 for road man's favorite smoke. he month of August. Roadmaster Schubert, who has en- Flagman Buckley of the )yed the visit of his father and lother since May, accompanied his Illinois Central, pictured arents to NEW York, where they at right, is a pipe smoker oarded the Albert Balling" crack assenger liner of the Hamburg and he's been at it long merican Llne for their home in Ger- )any. The Albert Balling is a motor enough to know that he hip of 21,000 tons, and had 35 Indian assengers from Oklahoma City to prefers Edgeworth tobacco ,ermany on this trip, going abroad to in a circus. in his pipe.- - Foreman Logan Pool and Sam Mc- Edgeworth is a blend 'herson enjoyed a two weeks' vacation Edgeworth gives a cool, slow burning O! fine OM burieys, urinrr Auaust. and are back on the 3b iR full-swing. smoke that never bites the tongue. You i",'~~~~dna~~d"~~~ The construction of the new Robin- on avenue subway at Oklahoma Clty can buy Edgeworth wherever tobacco is ,"~,'J,":~",is,:;,"::;; nder the Frisco tracks is progressing ery rapidly, being about 30% com- sold. Or for a special trial free, ~;~;~;~$~;,~;;; address: Larus & Bro. Co., 108 S. 22d worth. Allsizes. 152 pocket package to Street, Richmond, Virginia. . pound humidor tin. Chaffee Building & Loan Ass'n Aulllorleed Capil~l$2,000,000.00 ORGAXlZED 1909 BY FRISCO EDGEWORTH EMPLOYES I 6% Dividends on Full Paid Stock I SMOKING TOBACCO

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Cairo, Ill.. as tlie guest of Mrs. L. A. F. 31. Carlock, operator, will attend as his job was pulled OR' there he came Seo t t. the National American Legion conven- liere to work. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Allard spent tion in Detroit. We wonder If he wlll Eddle Green machlnlst ln round- Sunday in St. Louis vlslting their keep a "memo" of all that happens! house, has rettrned from a tan days' daughter, Miss Margaret Allard, who Misses Marie Moon and Vlvian Hol- vacation In Houston Texas. recently entered nurse's trainlng at St. land were guests of Mr. and Mrs. How- Jack Olascock, soil of E. E. Glas- Luke's Hospital in St. Louis. ard Caldwell at Hot Sprlngs, Ark.. re- cock sectlon stockman, has returned ctently. The trip was made vla auto- from' San Antonlo where he visited his SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE nob bile. brother, Harry GIascock. Harry Is in The writer was a guest of Miss the novernment aerlal servlce. so Jack CHAFFEE, MO. Frances Fisher, in Jefferson City, the sawbulte a blt of Ssn -4ntonlo hom latter part of August. Whtle there the alr. His longest fli~htlasted two drove to Sedalla where we attended hours and forty mlnutes. ANNA GOLDEN, Reporter the State Falr. Dispatcher Frank Morgan spent several days last month in St. Louis receivinr- treatment at the Frisco hos- pltal. TEXAS LINES A certain kind of rail- Mrs. Ft. E. Btewart spent several days wlth relatives and frlends in road man is going Springfield last month and also sropped MECHANICAL AND STORES DEPT. lor a short vlslt in St. Louis. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Thomson have FORT WORTH, TEXAS to like this chain! had aa thelr guests Mr. and Mra. 9. J. Crosnoe and daughter. Mary, of Arthur, J. D. WACEY. Reporter Ill. Mr. Crosnoe was formerly con- nected wlth the store department at ClmPfee. Miss Katherine Courtney has re- WEDON'T KNOW what his job is. Maybe

Ray Farchett spent several days last turned- ~~ from- ---- a-~ vislt with relatlves-~ ~ in he pulls the throttle on a flyer. Maybe month worklng as cashier at Ca- ~oxvllle,Tenn. ru thersvllle. Chas. Young, car inepector, having he's walking a stretch of trackage out Miss Ellzabath Grleshaber and her been OR for several months on account in the Bad Lands. But we're sure of this: mother motored to ~armln., Mo., to of sickness, expects to return to his if he's the kind of railroad man who's spend week-end with friends recently. duties in the train yard soon. Nr. and Mrs. W. H. Brooke and Mlss Miss Hazel Wacey, daughter of Ye proud of his timepiece, he'll be he Ione Fields of S~rinefleld. Mo.. have Scrlbe. and A. L. Buraen- were married set eyes on this new Simmons Chain! been visiting-&tfi Mr. and MFS E, L. nn AUHUS~30. Brand and Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Alllson. Xrs. G. O'Gorman Is at' home again, You can see it's the sort of chain that Mrs. A. N. Matthews has returned convalesclna. after a major oneratlon belong3 cm a railrmd man's watch. from a vlslt wlCh relatives and friends last month.- in Fort Scott and Kansas City. Mrs. ~m.Wltt was called to Clare- Fact ie, this chain was designed espe Mlsa Leota Friend of Kansas City more, Okla.. recently on account of cially for the new llllinois Bunn Special snent the recent holldavs vlsltinr with uerious Illness of her father. whose hir parents at Oran and her sister, condltlon Is now reported linproved illustrated, though you can wear it Mrs. John Metz, in ChaPfee. and Mrs. Wltt Is back home. with any other line pocket watch. C. G. Roland, who has recently been 4 ~ostalcard has been recelved from disolaced in the suoerlntendent'i oPf1ce S. M: Jones. locomotive enaineer. tram Links are strong and durable-built to accbunt reduction, -is spending several San Francisco. ~ccompanTedby Mrs. fight grease and oil and dirt. The de- weeks with relatlves and frlends In Jones, they are vacatlbnfng on the sign is simple and straightforward- Llttle Rock. Hot Sorinrs- - and Bluthe- west coast for some thlrtv davs. vllle. Ark. . L. A. Sharp. locomotive engineer, has no kills or gugawa Prke, chain alone returned to Brownwood after spending (33760). $6. Your watch insptor will n, month vlsitlnp northern and eastern ~ointsbut has-not reoorted for his be glad to ahow you this and other iun. styles. See him today. Made by R. F. ~lskes Anna Guethle and Miss G. D. Sltelton, hostre?, 1s recuperating Juanita Morgan recently spent the at home after a prolonged xlege In Simmons Co., Attleboro. Mass. week-end in St. Loulu. the Harris hospital. Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Gesl and two It is with slncere regret that we daughters and Miss Elizabeth spellt learn of Dr. S. A. Woodward belng con- the week-end of September 12 on' a fined to Harris hospital as a patient. camplng and flshlng trip near Zelma. where lie has practiced so long and We hear the flsh were not so plentiful has done so much good for the Frlsco but there were plenty of other good employes. Our wish is for a weedy. . eats and an enjoyable trip. recovery. Paul Krueger of Springfield pald the C. W. Burrell, of the stores deparr- office a short vlsit last month while in ment, and family is on a sixty-day ChaPfee on business and vislted his leave. visltlng polnts In New Mexico. father and sisters at Cape Glrardeau. Walter Lawson. machinist. has been Miss Almeta Watts, daughter of OR' several days'nursing an lntected asslstant superintendent and Mrs. 0. flnger which was bruised while work- N. Watte, has departed for St. James. ing on his car. It must have orovoked Mo., where she will teach In the public him sorelv for he has traded the Chev--. schools this winter. rolet for -a Ford. R. B. Leach, machinist, accompanled BLYTHEVILLE OFFICE by Mrs. Leach, made a very oleasant oirerland vacation trlp to - l)6lnts in Xew Merlco and West Texas. Bruce MARY FERRELL, Reporter has been mumbling about sleeping un- der blankets ever since their return. Dick Brown and family have been Our shop fire department gave a real making numerous trlps in the Ford. good account of itself recently when Dick reports being In Slkeston for a the tall grass west of the shop caught few hours recently. on fire. The boys whisked the hose reel our In time to prevent a house James Cecil- - - Lowe- - . -I1 - arrived-- .. . .- at- . the.. . . home of Mr. and Mrs. Cecll Lowe from catching on fire, which was di- August 15. Mrs. Lowe Is the daughter rectly in the path of the blaze, before Of LM~.and Mrs. M. T. Moon. who think the city department arrived an the that "Jlmmle" is quite tlie grandest scene. child ever-it's their flrst grandchild! And they don't believe in s~oillnr- STORES DEPARTMENT children! Mrs. LMcMunn of Kennett, Mo., was SHERMAN, TEXAS a vlsltor at the Ed Foster home during the early part of September. E. F. Blomeyer and famliy spent ohe JV.1 SEWELL, Reporter Sunday recently at Hardy, Ark. They report a mosr enjoyable outing. P. L Stenger, machine shop fore- Ed Foster and famllv visited In man, and wife have been entertalnlng Tennessee the latter part of ~u~uitltheir son of Monroe, La., who was on Later visited at Paragould. Ark. his Vocatlon. Mlss Marie Moon resumed her teach- J. G. Huehes. section stockman. has

Ine dutles at Bl~thevilleand- -. Steele~ ~ the-~-- been spen&gS a few-- days--wirh flrgt of Septem6er. Miss Moon studied family In Fort Worth. Mr. Hughes In St. Louis thls summer. formerly reslded In Fort Worth but Miss Gerthal Guin, daughter of I<. neer's ofrice enjoyed a fluhing trip at ?if a real good husinesn, and everything P. Ciuin, division storekeeper, hau re- Lake RTorrh several weeks ago and working out' for the good of the turned from a few days visit wlth her states, while the fish weren'l' xo large. Brisco. Seems that we are more than uncle and aunt. Mr. and Mrs. Carl he certainly caught a var'ety - bass, proud to report to vou that wc are Walker of Port Arthur. Texas. cat, carp and crappie included. coming out with an 'increaxe in busi- In the daily paper here listing the Jlr. 0. 1). Sanders Special Agent, says ness o\-er a year ago. buildings belng erected in Sherman we we t~regoing to be missinga uperial Some few davs ago one of our locsl noted one of interest-The Diamond i~centthe first day deer season opens. husiness men .met our agent. Mr. H. Milling Company, which was recently R. Smyer. on one of the up-town purchased by Mr. K. Kimble of Fort streets. The business man's attention Worth, are erecting a feed plant and PARIS, TEXAS was somewhat attracted by the exceed- some elevators. The Jones-Heddstler - ingly large smile on the face of the Company of Kanuas City. No., was X. H. I'AIAIERTREE. Reporter agent and the way JIr. Smyer wax awarded the contract for the erection chewing hls cigar. Bring just a llttir of the elevators. J. H. McDufPle. son Sam Peacock is the new chief clerk inquisitive the business man asked. of H. L. McDuffie, stationary engineer, to the master mechanic at Park, Mr. \Vhy all the smiles thls morning. Mr. is Lhe foreman in charge of the work. Peacock came here and displaced T. Smyer. without further question, re- The ooeninz of school flnds several R. Jackson. who went to Gainesvillr. plied. \Vhy shouldii't we smile after a of our Priscz girls entering college. \Ye are sorry to lose Mr. Jackson, bul $28,000.00 increase for the month of Jliss Helen IIorgan. daughter of W. welcome MI.. Peacock in our midst. August over a year ago. Am jrixt .I. Morgan, car foreman. is re-enterlng The Lnmar County Fair is in full wondering if this increase wasn't due Austin College as a senior: Miss swing at this time and there is the bent to real Frisco service and the co-opera- Gerthal Guin, daughter ,of K. P. Guln, display of agriculture products as well tion of all concerned. division storekeeper. 1s re-entering 11s all other commodities that has been Ywltchman R. 1.:. Purdue and wile Austin College as a junlor: JIlss 31x1'- ;it any of the previous fairs here. are spending the week-end at Enid, jorie Morgan, daughter of W. .I. Business seems to he on an incline Oklahoma, with Mrs. Purdue's parents. Morgan, car foreman, is entering AUR- here, we are moving more loaded cars Ifr. and Mrs. Harry Slnclair. who are tln College as a freshman; Bliss out of Paris than we have for some well known Frisco foilts. Mr. Sinclalr Dorothy Montgomery, daughter of C. tlme. The Frisco is getl'lng their part is claim agent for the Frisco on this 1'. Montgomery, foreman in this de- 11f the business, and are working hard division. partment, is taklng post - graduate for more. Xr. and Mrs. 31. F. Patterson are work In the Sherman Hiah School in now maklng their home In Enld, Okla.. stenography and bookkeegng and gen- LOCAL FREIGHT OFFICE as the result of being bumped here a eral office work. few weeks ago. Mr. Patterson is a Several from the shops and offices FT. WORTH, TEXAS switchman. also the son of Roadmaster . attended the celebration of the openlng \V. N. Patterson who 1s a frequent of the new free bridge over Red River. J. P. SPICER. Reporter vlsitor at our stjtion. which wax held in Denison. Texas. and Mr. J. R. Richardson reports a won- irt Red River on Labor Day. D. 0. Etter, chief clerk, took ad- derful anme of tennis between hr and -- vantage of opening day of the dove season on Se1)tember firxt and bagged TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT eight birds. The weather was too warm for an extensive hunt and consequently FT. WORTH, TEXAS he failed to get the maximum number of birds allowed under the game laws. 1 ADAMSON FUEL I CORY1,YNE PI.IGDGK. Reporter H. A. Compton who had been work- ing on the bill desk for the past thirty days has gone back tu Sherman. Quint COMPANY The football season opens September Tavlor was recalled from the extra 19 and we are certainly looking for- board and lx temporarily working this ward to some keen games-and of desk until a permanent assignment is TULSA OKLAHOMA rourse that brings on the winter xea- made. son of club dances which will help to P. C. Reaveu. utation accountant. who I,ep up the ole burg. has been livink on hls extenslve estate, Frank's hunting tril, over Labor Day SIort'gage Manor, near the new Jacks- (to hear hlm tell it) was a huge sur- boro highway is moving out to Arllng- cess. Thlnk he got his quota of quail ton. He 18 dolng this so that his son. HENRY ADAMSON & and plover. I)an, a recent graduate of the North These parts have certainly been ex- Side High School can attend Junior A I LEFLORE POTEAU perlencinfi some hot sultry weather and M College located In Arlington. COAL & MINING COMPANIES lately, whlch is more noticeable ac- Joe Moorman. cashier and a very count of the unusually cool weather consistent golfer can be found on the I MINERS and SHIPPERS we had in August. Won't be long un- Municipal Golf Links every Sunday of til the first "norther" hlts and then we morning. He usually plays from 18 to will wonder where all the stoves and 36 holes but has not yet been 3ucky TULSA CHIEF (Bituminous) blankets were stored away last sprln~. enough to make a hole in one. and Mrs. Willis Moore and Jean Marle The underDaSs at Rio Grande and POTEAU CHIEF (Semi-Anthr.) were recent visltors at the home oi Jennings avenue is rapidly being com- Harry Granger. Both are looking ex- pleted. Street car tracks are now he- COALS ceedingly well and happy. ing lald and the street cars will start Mines Located at We certainly could sing "Hail, hail uslng thelr new right of way on Sun- the gang's all here" last Saturday clay: September 20. Concrete for the TULSA and POTEAU, OKLA. when our boys gathered from hither paving Is now being poured. Brick WHEN IN THE MARKET FOR and yon to discuss our pick-up and de- will be lald and this immense job will COAL OF ANY GRADE livery service. We challenge all be completed by October, 1. Hurrah! comers to make a better showing than Call Phones: Rasidance 9681-Offlce 46388 We will soon know definitely whether OR \\'RITE US AT "our gang." our freight depot will be moved back in accordance with the original ~lans. TULSA, OKLA. 5320 E. 11th St. Ye correspondent took a week-end VPaGS OFFICE-FORT WORTH trip to Tulsa last Saturday night to see J. W. James. Traffic Manager. While MARY BESS SMITH, Reporter there the writer visited wlth Carl Hunt. traffic manager of the Oil Well Sup- Just as soon as the weather changes ply Company who took your reporter Phone 8263 a llttle so people can thlnk, concen- on a nice auto ride to West Tulsa. Sand trate or something we are going to Springs and other manufacturing places ---~~resume-~ our. club activities. I think our near and far from the Oil Capltol of president has a-very interesting and the World. Superior Am bzclance Service worthwhlle Drogram for the remainder of the year in-the-making. We are an- FIJ tlclpatlng R successful schedule for the fall-wlnter season. Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Tuck and young I WESTERN DIVISION I ROBERT A. McBIRNEY son vlsited recently In Dallas, Ft. Worth and Weatherford and the wrlter was fortunate enough to see the folks. FUNERAL HOME "Skl~ov"Is certainly a flne vounc man ARKANSAS CITY, KANSAS and -&light to have-his picture rn the FIJ Frisco Magazlne right away. Mrs. W. 0. Moore and Jean Marie NOAH 31. BRILES, Reporter vlsited us recentlv and we think they 1119 Swth Boulder were both- 1ooki;g great, only corn- Some folks are of the opinion that plaint we have to make Is the vislt we western folks never hear enough TULSA, OKLA. was too short and Mr. Moore was not of what Is going on to really know down too. what It's all about. But here comes Mr. Oaborne, in the dlvlsion engi- Arkansas City, Kansas, with a report October, 1931

Mrs. Richardson's brother. Harr~s TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT he is slaying so long this year, and Kelly, who is now visiting them from with such a vengeance, 105% in the Western Kansa~. According to Rich's CAJIPBEIdI~and HICKS. Reuorters report I guess there was no winner. - sllade and no shade. We think we will The writer and wife just had the old man summer seems to lllte us, enjoy the first snow, but thc chances l~lensureof intertaining Mr. and Mrs. Sottingham and two sons for a few clays visit. 111'. and Mrs. Nottingham are Santa Fe folks of Clinton. Okla. SPRINGFIELD ADVERTISERS Engineer Rov Gibbens reports a nice time over the holiday at the 101 Ranch. Roy says the terrapin race went over big. But was not so proud of his en- try. He said he did his best to get off his back. but seemed impossible. Roy nrrees that he should have picked a Reyco Metal F'risco terranin. then he would have Firestone I had speed. A High Grade CAST SERVICE STORE The balance of the Arkansas City employes wish to give their regards to IRON Adaptable for all Firestone Tires, Thbes, their IWsco friends through the RAILWAY CASTINGS magazine. Batteries, Brake Lining MANUFACTURED BY We Invite You to Open a Reynolds Charge Account SERVICE ICE COMPANY FIRESTONE Eastern Junction. Frisco Railway SPRINGFIELD, NO. Manufacturing Co. ONE-STOP SERVICE WHOLESALE ONLY-CAR LOADS SPRINGFIELD, MO. 610 St. Louis St. \Ir. E. OCSTON, President and Treasurer Phone 135 SPRINGFIELD, MO.

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OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT John Moffett at the present tlme is through thls same news medlum, want on leave of absence account illness. to send best wlshes to Loulse. TERMINALS Waller Heck of Ft. Scott Is fllllng the KANSAS CITY, MO. nosltlon as roundhouse clerk. - Paul Hendrlcks, formerly of Sprlng- OFFICE OF GENERAL AGENT field, has been assigned ARA clerk, this KANSAS CITY, MO. TOM KEHOE, Reporter Ila Cook of the accounting depart- MARK CASSIDY, Reporter Rich O'Connor, car record clerk, has ment. ~prl'ngfield, vlslted the wrlter - uni ue methods of reclprocatlon for recently. Mlss Cook seems to be favor- We are extremely sorry to report k1n8nesses recelved. On s u n d a y. ably Impressed with Green County. having been recently transferred there the death of Champ Phillip's wlfe who August 16, on his way to work, he was died on August 16. Mrs. ~hilllpiwas picked up by a man in a car who had from Memphis. burled in Chillicothe, Mo. The entlre started from home with a verv sub- Mrs. John Dalley of Plerce City force at Kansas City extend Mr. etant~a~lunch tied up ln B neat-pack- vlslted her daughters the Mlsses Dai- Phillips their slncere symnathv. age. On leavlng the car. Rlch, by mls- leys, the last week 1; August. take, or we hope It was by mlstake, Ed Kelley had gone a fang-tlme in Mlss Agnes Lynch and her mother his Ford without an accldent but bad picked up the wrong lunch. The error were Chlcago vlsitors over Labor Day. luck flnally overtook hlm on' Sunday, was dlscoverc& much to Rlch's em- JIlss Lynch assures us the thermometer August 23. He was rammed by a barrassment and the other man's dls- reglstered a milllon In Chlcaro Sen- truck and the Ford almost demollshed. comfort. just at lunch tlme. Althouah. tember 7. It wasn't so cool wlhere we Ed got out of the scrape with a Rlch managed to aurvlve wEth6ut were elther. catastrophe it was learned later that skinned and bruised leg and a baay the man wdo tried to stave off starva- A recent change in claim agents cut lip. The Ilp healed and the wreck- tion with Rich's lunch. almost falnted' sent W. S. Pollard to Ft. Smlth, Ark., ers flxed Ed's Ford, so everything la before hls day's work was over. and W. G. Cook, formerly of Ft. Smlth, again dandy. We all regrel the tragedy of the to Kansas City. John Leonard has been on the nick death of Mrs. C. C. Phllllps, wlfe of A number of the Frisco employes at- list for some tlme. After worklng yard clerk. on AUgust 22. 1991. She tended the dance sponsored by the wlth hlm for so long, the oflice misses dled following the blrth of a baby glrl Frlsco at Wlnwood Lakes recently- hlm and hopes that he soon recovers. on August 18. Mr. Phllllps has the but from observation It would seem Many of the office force wlll re- sincere sym~atlkyof the offlce of the that Nlck Fracul. nresldent of the member John Helsler. formerly clerk club, got more real Bnjoyment out of In sunerlntendent df termlnals. In thls office. Mr. Helsler- - - - died- - - - .-. the rldes on the dlpper. slnce he was Kan.. nn ~nrnat qi hk. L. W. ~bnctkwife of chlef OsaWatOmle. I-' grd clerk. was conflneh In the Bethany seldom seen on the dance floor. Burial was '~nKaiGaa City,--ii:Oai~- osnltal, Kansas Cltv. Kansas.. where Bill Edwards Is experlenclq~ the Cecil Kln~flnallr. aot off on hln she -underwent a serious operation on feeling "why fathers get gray. Blll long planned motor-trl:. He-left pit: August 24. Mrs. Ponclk is dolng tells us his second son entered mchool day, September 4, for a drive to St nicely, and we hope her condltlon con- this year and that Is what It takes to Louls and Illinols ~olnts,and returneci tlnues to Imurove. make a fellow feel hls age. in time for work- Tuesday, the 8th. The Sunnyiand Club held a plcnlc at Bowling season starts early thls Cecil was hlghly pleased wlth St. Winnwood Lake, August 27. A good year. We have several bowlers In our Louis, and seems to have enjoyed the crowd attended and a pleasant tlme department. Agnes Lynch bowls with trlp Immensely. was enjoyed. the Perrv Motor Comnanv club in C. C. Lacy waa OIY a couple of days, Mike- ~biattl. B&B foreman, was ~ansasc-ity, ICan.; Bill -~dkards-and tor a flshlng trip to Osceola, Mo. I do called to Lockwood. Mo.. August 21. Lee Taylor also bowl wlth a Kansas not know how come but he never telh account of the serloos Illness of hls club. Lee Taylor says he dldn't think us the slze of the' catch, any more. wife. When he returned on Se~tember so much of belng captain of the team However, ducks will soon be flylng 1st. he reported Mrs. ~blattiwas much until he learned there was a sllk shlrt agaln, and he never falls to bag aev- hotter.., - - - - - . involved. he and Bill Edwards are now eral, so he can make uu for lost tlme Mrs. T. C. Kehoe, wife of secretary vleln~for the honor, and needless to there. to superintendent terminals, and small say t%e sllk shirt. Taklng advantage of the Labor Day Ron Jack spent the early part of Sep- Slnce the position of assistant maa- holidays Mark Cassidr and famlly tem'ber vislting relatives In New York. ter mechanlc. Northerr] dlvlslon, has vislted hlsa, Okla. It seemed to be During the conventlon of the Vet- been abollshed Mr. Berry makes only hotter there than in Kansas Cltv. hnt erans of Forelan Wars whlch was Hying vlslts to Kanbas Clty. the trlp was very enjoyable. ----'--- held In Kansas City dmSeptember ~oiksin this office were glad to Stuart Yockey also vislted Tulsa over 1 to 6, yard clerk R. F. Blanke and have Lucille Witter with us a day re- Labor Day. From there he motored to switchman J. A. Foster, who are en- cently. S~erryand to Dewev to take.. - . .in- - the- - - - thuslastlc members of the organlza- We are to have s weddln and a rodeo: Stuart sa s fhat for once he tion, laid off In order to take part In wedding celebration! The brkdegroon had hlr fl11 of frled chlcken, whlle the actlvitles. to be Dan McCarty pensloned car in- vlsltlng frlends In Oklahoma. Mike Cleary. Water servlce foreman. spector, Xansas Clt;, who tells us wlth The Prlsco held Its annual plcnic at was on the slck list from August 17 no small amount of prlde that on Winnwood Beach, Thursday, August to September 2. He has returned to September 21 he ~111be mirrled (re- 27. Quite a good crowd was there (in work and Is reellrig much better now. married) to Mrs. Catherlne McCarty. During hls absence he was relieved by In case you have not heard-September Water Servlce Man J. E. Beck. 21 marks the 60th wedding annlversary W. F. Kane, asslstnnt yardmaster, or Mr. and Mrs. McCaTty and thelr $1.50 and 82.00-NO UP and wife. returned Sentember 0 from a short vacatlon speni vlsltlng rela- many Mends intend to help them cele- tives in the old home town. Wllkes- brate the occaslon In a very fitting MANHATTAN HOTEL barre Pa. They also made a run manner. As we are among the Invlted GEO. KUPFRIAN, Manager down' to New Pork City where they will be able to furnlsh you the detall; saw the "Giants" In a blg league in our following report. Rooms Wlth or Without Of much Interest was the Item In Private Bath rame. September magazlne announcing mar- Nlck FTBCUI, WhQ IS the "Bobby PENSACOLA, FLA. Jones" of the Kansas Clty termlnal riage of Miss LouiBe Laes. formerly division, came down to the offlce on car accountantAsoffice. Sprlngfleld, and September 9 and Issued a company- wlde challenge to play any or all golf- ers on the Frlsca, the loser pay, or lor slde bets. He made a speclal chal- lenge to Elmo Stevens and ,Me1 An- derson of the trafflc department. SAN CARLOS We're for you Nick where there 1s such a will, there mist be a way out. 3f. L. Sollers, swltchman on Septem- ber 2, 1931, celebrated his'32 years of HOTEL wedded bliss, and up to the present date. September 1.5, Is still celebrating. Pensacola, Florida

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Pact. all escept the, bill clerks), and lucky to havc another World's Series. thorollghne~sof solicitation, result~ng to use the old standby. "a good t.ime The fans in Kansas City are now plan- in personal contact with all W~chita was had by all." Ray Ruisinger laid ning to visit St. Louls around the flrst shippers and business men. ('. S. IT?- off to go to the dance, and says that of October. I rather think Ed Kelley derwood, our new general agent, ~h he saved money by doing so. will be among chose present. grasping business like a veteran of I wonder if Cecil King still has the olrl. cf course, this was esl,ec*ted oi Oliver \Vinchell announced that his "Cliff, his ready smile a~~dpleasing wife had given birth to a brand new collie dog that he and Mr. Fenner both wanted. Cecil took the dog home, but personality have won hrm many daughter on September 10. They have friends who are confident of his sue- christened the child Lois Jean, a pretty has never said whether or no1 the dog name for a pretty child. Mother and is still a guest at his place. (laughter are doing quite nicely, thank you. WICHITA, KANS. Mr. Gleason. general agent, was off R few days accr)unt death of his nister- THE UNION NATIONAL in-law. I.OT.\ I,. \\:ILLI.\YS. Reporter We were glad to see Bonnie >Ialcolnl. BANK who visited the office a couple oL rimes The traffic department hrre is buz- before going to work in the Kenerai zing with activity. Regular confer- SPRINGFIELD. JIO. office. St. Louis. ences of the force under the able di- You folks in St. Ln~iiscertainly are rection of H. E. Morris make for LET THIS BANK BE THE EXECUTOR OF YOUR ESTATE

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cesr. "Bill" Turner says they are not clean up all tonnage that is left over. enough." Mr. Carter assistant super- wen thinking of the depression, just This bid for business should appeal intendent, from ~oplihand H. E. Mor- results and more results. strongly to the packers and produce ris, general freight and passenger The Yellow Cab and Transfer Com- men. We belleve the result will be agent. from Wichita were also present pany, successful bldders for handling very beneficial to us on solicitatlon of and made short talks, as well as some of all carriers in Wlchita, the job of llerishable frelght. of the members of the Chamber of pick-up and delivery service effective Business conditlons corrtlnue to look Commerce. Rotarv and Llons Clubs. October 1, unless tarins ere postponed. favorable. The increase In Inbound During the coursks we were lend in are making arrangements to take care tonnage Is encouraglng. There seems song by the president of the Chamber of all business oflered and to handle to be more activity and Interest now of Commerce. u-ithout delay between all points in than at any time during the past Also had musical numbers and read- the clty limits of Wichlta. several months. We are lead to be- ings and an orchestra from the High Mrs. Ada R. Lynch, blll clerk va- lieve that "prosperity" may have de- School furnlshed the muslc durlng- the cationed early in September, "lilting cided to emerge from "around the cor- dinner. her parents at Hancock. Mo. ner" where It Is said to be hidlng. Edward H. Pumphrey, formerly gen- Mrs. C. S. Havens, wlfe of yard- eral clerk at Wichita, relieved Mrs. master, has returned after a short vislt T.ynch as extra clerk. He is now wlth her sisters in Oklahoma City. assigned to positlon of yard clerk at TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT Operator J. A. Miller. Jr., and wife Fort Scott, effective September 11. NEODESHA, KANS. spent a few days visiting Mr. Miller's A. P. Heherthler, dellvery clerk, is parents In Webb City during Septem- now vlsiting friends at Sparta, Ill., ber. Ralph Mlller and wlfe of Rolla, being relieved by Straud Brandenburg. MISS GLADYS ROTH, Renorler Mo.. were also there. Thls Is surely Mrs. James Ansbro. wlfe of truck- an operator's family. Mr. J. A. Xiller. man Ansbro, is visiting relatives at Sr.. is agent-operator at Webb City: Clyde. Kans. Jimmie declares that Whew-such September weather as J. A. Miller, Jr.. operator Neodesha. just as soon as the last dlsh is dirty, we have had-thermometer registering Harry Miller, another son, is operator he Is going to have a dishwashlng bee, around the hundred mark for days and for the Frlsco at Columbus, and Ralph "batchlng" becoming somewhat irh- days and really believe has been as Miller is Western Union operator at some to him. hot as any period durlng the summer. Rolla, Mo. The Wichita drum corps, Lawton We like summer in the "Good Old Summer Time;' but can't say so much Switch Foreman 0. Thompson and Povt No. 9, of the United Spanish War when wife spent the month of September Veterans. olned by Mr. Heath and for it we ate supposed to be with thelr son in Chlcaao. family of Aeodesha, left via Frisco for havlng beautiful Fail days. thelr annual convention at New Or- We certalnly enjoyed having J. E. Pensioned Operator B. M. Gamble and leans, September 6-10. The Wlchita Hutchison wlth us September 3 at wlfe spent the month of September in drum corps had the distlnctlon of win- which time we had a banquet, &on- California. ning flrst prlze in national contest of sored by the Neodesha Chamber of We wish to extend our sympathy to drum corps at New Orleans. Commerce when the Lions Club, Rotary the family of Oscar Hudson of Fail Xrs. C. S. Underwood and the twins. Club and other civlq organizations River, who passed away at the Frisco Charles and Davld recently visited in were well represented with a total at- hospltal at St. Louls. September 15. Springfield, Mo., fir a few days. tendance of about 125. Mr. Hutchlson Mr. Hudson has been In the servlce of W. E. Turner recently made a short made a flne nddress on tasation which the Frisco many years, and for the 310 was enjoyed by all. Heard many com- past few years has been pumper on vlslt to Joplln, going over on No. menting the next day on the address the Wichita Sub. He will certalnly be and returning on No. 311. and all made the remark: "It was cer- missed by his relatives and many A. L. Franklin is now storekeeper at tainly a fine speech, but was not long friends. Wichita. He came here from Joplln with flne recommendations where he has been a persistent worker in the -- -- Employes' Club, and we are glad to have his assistance here. Frank W. Archer is driving a shiny MON ETT ADVERTISERS new Ford. "It's great fun being awa' and nwa', for to see and for to admire. Tor to behold thls world so w~de. I MILLSAP BROS. I Have Purchased the Monett had a short two days over Labor Day Drug Co., and Will Be Pleased to in the Colorado Rockles, mostly just taking a train ride, but it mas a glor- DEPARTMENT STORE See All the Old Frlsco Boys ious two days, seeing a little of a DEPENDABLE MERCHANDISE Prescriptions Carefully Filled whole lot. "where beauty Is it's own rscuse for belng!" A light touch of PAIR PRICES frost had added to the richness of MONETT DRUG CO. coloring in the hllls and valleys. A XIONETT, MISSOURI KENNETH McSHANE sudden mountain shower resulted In a rainbow of vivid hues and several ~~lungingwaterfalls from high rock cllffs. Had a blg thrill seeing the Ttoyal Gorae by moonlight. DAVIS BROS. MARKET MONETT STEAM TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT KANSAS CITY, MO. Groceries and Meats LAUNDRY - Phone~r 3 nnd 48 W. A. YOUNG, Reporter 304 Drondwny lonett, lo. MONETT, MO. I.:fCective September 21 new fast freight service Is to be inaugurated to the southeast and to Oklahoma and Texas points. This train will leave Kansas City at 7 a. m. Heretofore all "PICTURES THAT PLEASE" of our fast freight trains have left ROSS E. SHADEL Kansas City in the evening, starting .UMBAUGH'S STUDIO at 7:15 p. m., and thereafter at fifteen Jeweler minute intervals. We have felt keenlv PHOTOS FRAMING the lack of a morning train to handlk ENLARGEMENTS GIFTS THAT LAST late billlngs and tonnage received from connecting llnes too late to forward KODAK FINISHING Frisco Watch Inspector the xame day. MONETT, MISSOURI PHONE 60 MONETT, MO. The new train ~111enable us to

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John-~ .... L- ~eeha".-travelln= freight agent, Michigan central, vlslted -in Jonesboro July 24 wlth agent's force. Rav Mllllman. flreman. BSW. was bumpkd by A. benton. flreman from AN0 IT'S CASY ON THE SKIN. West Memphls switcher. LATHER - EVEU I* HARD Rav Miller, brakeman, has bid in on SURE GREAT AFTER A DAY BSW- branch run (old Blaze). LT. Oaks, -telegrapher, Kentucky St. Memphis, mas pensioned September 1. We all will miss Mr. Oaks but are glad to know he has served the Frisco ell In his years of servlce. J. Skaggs telegrapher, has bumped In at ~llce;llle, Ala. He was bumped by L E. Henry, from Ro~ersullle.Mo. C. M. Watklns, agent. Grubbs. Ark.. C has been absent from his station for I few days, account taklng his wife to Blrmlngham Ala.. for a serlous opera- tion. He w;s relleved by C. D. Rog- ers, extra telegrapher. W. M. Ebbert, engineer on BSW, has been laylng off early part of September due to illness. All of Jonesboro's schools opened I September 7 and heavy enrollment of students was reported. Also A. & M. College and Joneaboro College has started fall terms wlth flne attendance. Large crops of vegetables, fruits and farm products were ralsed in this vi- cinity thlu year. Everyone seems to LESS THAN A MINUTE thlnk that this wns best frult vear In over 26 years In thls part of ~rkansas. We look forward to cotton and cot- tonseed movement as blg production ...AND HANDS CLEAN! 1s expected, so let's get all of this class of bushes8 possible. It's the pumice in Lava that Lava has many uses about AGENT'S OFFICE ALICEVILLE, ALA. gets the dirt. It gets the dirt the house. It cleans burnt-on where ordinary toilet soaps grease from pots and pans. It L. 3. BROPHY, Reporter - fall down. Lava is tender with shines porcelain and wash Conductor H. R. Milburn. on the Alicevllle-Magnolia local, has returned your skin, too, because the basins. Removes fruit stains to work after- a- 60-dav absence due to illness. Operator 9. T. Meek remains in the pumice is fine and powdery. and ink stains. St. Louis MOspllal at chis wrltlng. His condition lmprovlng. For extra protection, Lava Your local grocery store sells Traveling Auditor Harry Johnston checked the accounts at this station contains glycerine, which Lava-in two large sizes, 695 last month. Operator E. 0. Walker worlted first soothes and softens your skin. and lo$. trick few days durlna August, rellev- inn O~eratorM. C. Baker. who worked agenci for few days. L. 9. Brophy and famlly have re- turned from a two weeks' vacation spent at Kansas City. Mountain Grove LAVA SOAP and Hardy. Mrs. M. C. Baker, wife of operator, is enjoylng a vacatlon at Florence. Ala. Out Interchange OI loads to and from tates the dirt-protects the stin ATN, Allcevllle. Is holding up remark- ably well, conslderlng the times. Divlslon Engineer Koontt spent Au- gust 21 at Allceville looking after maintenance matters. LAVA SHADOW Engineer Burris has bid in Engineer F R E E ! Reynolds' vacancy In through freight. PICTURE BOOK FOR THE CHILDREN! Engineer Kelly Is fllllng vacancy cre- ated by Burrls. Get this free book for the children. Operator P. J. Young, flrst trick it shows how to make all kinds of Bollgee tower. has bid In second trick funny shadow pictum with the block 1, Blrmlngham belt. W. H. Cole hands. A generous sample of Lava working flrst trick Boligee pending Soap cornea with each book. Write bulletln. to Rocter Ib Gamble Co.. Dept. LKG- 101Cincinnati. Ohio. October, 1931 Pagt

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ST. LOUIS, MO. I Copper-Molybdenum Iron I CULVERTS I TRI-STATE CULVERT MFG. CO. I Mem~hls,Tenn. I Local Watch Inspector H. G. Wil- J. H. Johnson. clerk, and wife spent keep a secret. Our best wishes are liams has given up the inspecting at Labor Day in Jacitsonville Fla. extended to the happy couple. Alicevllle and moved to Amory where Mr. E. A. Teed, superintehdent term- A. P. Carden, clerk, is now at home he is engaged in other business. inals, was called to Fort Dodge. Kan.. after beino conflned to St. Vincent hos- Trainmaster Goldsmith made us n on August 29 on account of the death nital for several davs. visit on August 5. Always glad to see of his brother-in-law. Rlrs. J. T. ~uin,-wifeof operator, is "Goldv." Mlss Mary Anderson, daughter of re- visltlng relatives in Gadsden, Ala. Mrs: C. C. Waggoner, wife of coal vising clerk J. H. Anderson, is spend- J. L. Godsey, timekeeper, was a re- chute foreman, has just returned from ing some time in Knoxville. Tenn., with cent visitor to Memphis. Columbus. Ohio. where she attended a relatives. rhurch convention as a delegate. T. R. Bfonlc, switchman, and family are visiting relatives in Anniston. PENSACOLA, FLORIDA TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT Mrs. E. Pauline Burt, clerk at the MEMPHIS, TENN. local freight oflice, spent week-end of GICRTRUDE BAZZELL Reporter Labor Day with relatives in O~elilta. KATE MASSIE. Reporter C. E.. ,Welch, messenger, ind wife are vlsltmg In Mlami, Fla. Miss Eleanor Estein. attractive - daughter of engineer and Mrs. A. K. Earlene and Audrey Buchanan, Mrs. Frank Brock of New Orleans Estein, left recently for Stillwater. daughters of R. E. Buchanan, traflic has retdrned home after a visit of several days with her father, Geo. Mar- Okla., where she has enrolled as a manager Memphis had a wonderful student of the Oklahoma A. & ;\I. Col- time in '~ensacola'the latter part of tin, engine foreman. She was accom- August. panied home by her sister Miss Lois lege. She was accompanied to still- hnk Smith and A1 Kleln, of the Martin. who spent the mohth of Au- water by her mother and sister. Grace. gust in New Orleans. Miss Cleo Xanning, daughter of Chief city ticket oflice, Memphis, vlslted in Clerk G. F. Manning, spent the first Pensacola over Labor Day. Frlends of J. A. Craves, train clerk. has re- Mr. Smith were verv much surprised turned from a short visit to Gulfport', week of September in New Orleans. Miss. visiting relatives and friends. to learn that he became quite seasick - - - ., - . Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Stlles have had whlle taking a trip on the gulf. he P. J. Welch, switchman. and wife as their guests during the summer being one of Uncle Sam's sailor boys are visitlng relatives in Mobile. months their attractive grandchildren. for.. three vears.- Yr. and Mrs. Ed Baker and Mr. and Betty, Ann Houston and Stuart Steven- Miss Betty Stewart, stenographer. Mrs. E. G. Smith of Chattanooga. son. They returned recently to their vlslted her sister In Birmingham Sun- Tenn., were recent guests of AM^. and home in Kansas Clty. dav. Se~tember6. Mrs. C. J. Thompson. Harry Martln. yard clerk, spent dir. and Mrs. L. L. Gibson. Xemphls. A. D. Barfleld, section foreman, Is In week-end over Labor Day In Thayer. having just returned from a vlsit In Atlanta, Ga.. where he was called ac- Mo., as a guest of relatlves and friends. Denver and other Colorado ~olnts.tell count of serious illness of hls father. us they certainly enjoyed ou? excellent Miss Idalea Chum spent Sunday, train service, and the courteous treat- AIr. and Mrs. Geo. Xartln spent' ment they recelved. several days in New Orleans recently Mrs. Hubert F. Hastings and little with Mr. ,Martlnls daughter. daughter, Mary Joe, wlfe and daughter Announcement has just been made of soliciting freight and passenger the marriage of S. Leo Record. clerk. OFFICIAL FRISCO WATCH agent Memphls, together wlth iMrs. who was married on August 14, to ~asti;lg'smother. Mrs. R. 31. Jackson. Miss Bernice Evelyn Patten. The an- INSPECTORS of Hardy, Ark.. had qulte a nice trip nouncement came as qulte a surprise to Kansas City and other Missouri to Leo's frlendu, but we will have to polnts during the latter part of August. "hand It to him" that he can certainly Haltom, G. W ...... Ft. Worth. Texas Effective Monday, September 14 the Trafllc Club of Memphis resumed ihelr weekly luncheons, starting the season off right by entertaining the ladies. There were many beautiful prizes for the guests. Mr. and Mrs. Ford Mlller entertained their niece and nephew Margary and Nicholson Thermic John Main, of ~untlngtdn.Ind., several days thls month. Mr. Miller 1s city passenger agent. Ted H. Banlster, traffic manager Birmingham, was a visltor in the of: fice Saturday, September 12. Friends of Gene Suctclife will be glad to know that he has returned from SC Louis hospital feeling much Iwtter. BIRMINGHAM TERMINALS SELLIE IvIcGOWKX. Reporter A. P. Carden, clerk. and wife spent several days recently in Atlanta. We are very glad to report that Miss Lenore Gorman, daughter of superin- tendent termlnals, and Mrs. Teed is rapidly recoverlng from a recent op- eration for appendicitis. Mrs. W. N. Drake and Miss Benr Dasbach wife and granddaughter of clerk, a;e visiting in Oklahoma City. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Lane and Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Martln hare returned from Nashvllle. Tenn., where they attended the convention of the Dixle Boosters. Xr. Lane and Mr. Martjn are employed as englne foremen 111 Birmlngham terminal.

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General Office Branch Offices F. J. ENGLEYAN President GUY MESS Sunt Snrinaeld Mo. ST. MUIS, YO. G. I. FITZGEEALD,Vlce-Pres. and Sec'y X. S. CVG~~~AN."V~~~-P~~S~,ballas, Tez RJ. Exchange Bldg. SPRINGNELD, YO. CHAS. GRAY, Manager, Sprlnfleld, Mo. E. B. SHARKEY, Ynnager, Ft. Worth. Tex. KANSAS CITT. YO. FT. WORTH. TEX. JOS. Y. O'DOWD, Supt., Snrinfleld, 310. G. R. PIERCE, Su~t.,St. hula, Mo. DALLAS, TEX. October, 1931 Page 65

September 6, here. weeks' illness. Mrs. Roy Ramey, wlfe 42 sheet metal Mr. J. E. Halligan, out of the land Herbert Doilahite. Jr., son of Caller worker. has been makins a two weeks' tax office. spent a few days with us Dollahite, at Amory, has resumed his vlsit wlth her sister in Kansas City. recently. studies at Washington and Lee for Mrs. Ramey also stopped for a short The barge "Oriole" recently came this year. vlsit wlth relatives and friends in again to the port of Pensacola, dis- We extend our congratulations to Springfleld en route. charging a cargo of Sulphur and Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Backschies who hlvln AI. Burks, formerly employed takina on a cargo- of coal returned to were married in Monroe. La.. during in the local storeroom has obtained Galve%on. August. Mr. Backschies Is the son of employment in the genhral orice of a On November 7 and 8 Pensacola F. G. Backschies. manager and wire large local wholesale grocery con- Beach will have a Water Festival. chief at Amorv. Miss Margaret cern. Many historical and commercial floats ~ackschiesis atfendlng business‘ col- will be entered in the parade of floats lege in Memphis this year. Mrs. H. D. Warren, wife of elec- on the water, and we would like to Miss Katherine Reynolds. daughter trician, has returned from a visit with have many of our Frisco friends visit of Engineer ~eynolris, has returned home folks In Athens. She also stopped Pensacola at' that time. to Springfield, Mo.. mherc she wlll at- over for a visit with relatives in De- tend school thls year. catur. W. 31. Robuck, formct disDatCher at Mrs. J. T, Hughes, wife of car clerk MEMPHIS TERMINALS Xmory, has been asslgned third trick and son, Dan, and daughter, ~ildred' -- operator at I

- RAILROADERS WHO BELIEVE IN REAL FOOT PROTECTION W. E. "Gene" Purdy, extra man. filled the position of night electrician three nights recently durlng the ab- sence of P. F. Crouch. C. H. Vaughn is now calling crews on the third shift, having displaced Caller J. T. Benton. Electrician W. M. Chamberlain. wife and small son spent two weeks visit- ing relatives and friends in and near Memphis. Tenn.. the first of September. ~i&hael Broderick. affectionately known as "Mike," was 3. caller August 20. Mike is a retired maln line host- ler and though he has been retired from active service for quite a while he looks hale and hardy as ever. Car Inspector Thomas L. Wilson has been off some time on account of per- sonal illness. National Fire Prevention Week is scheduled this year for October 4 to 10. The proclamation of the President of the United States has been signed and released and the committee on Are reve en ti on cam~aignsis anxious to se- cure the issuance of a proclamation by every state in the Union. Last year proclamatlons were lssued by 46 of the 48 states. It is planned to have complete reports of Are prevention programs carried out by the different cities placed in the hands of inter- I national judges who will award a roll of merlt to the city in each state con- ducting the best Are prevention pro- gram. The importance of this cam- L paign cannot be over-emphasized and Frisco employes will endeavor la make a conspicuous showing In the preven- tion of Are during the week of Oc- tober 4 and regularly thereafter. MIKE Car Inspector J. M. Smith has been off since the early part of August due to slckness and is now In the emeloves'. . hospital at St. Louis. We have been envying Pete F. takes no chances Crouch that shlny blue new Six-cylin- der couDe. Certainlv looks nlce: "~eaplng'~ena" was the cognomen of Mr. Crouch's former car: what do you call the new one, Mr. Crouch? Frlends of Engineer If. &I.Snell with Footwear were interested to learn of his mar- riage Lahor Day to Mrs. Nina L. Wig- ein of Desoto. Ga. The cou~lewere Mike Semprervivo is engine hostler 'irnited in marifage at the home of a friend In Desoto in the presence of a at the Rock Island Yards in Chicago. few relatlves and friends and the cou Le motored to the home of Mr. No matter how cold and wet the sne\'s brother at Columbus for a wed- weather he must be on the job-oil- ding luncheon and are now at home at 1909 Fifteenth Avenue North. We ing the "hogs". join their many frlends and acquaint- ances In felicitations and best wishes For complkte foot protection on for a long and happy matried Llfe. Division Storekeeper C. E. Wheat- this busy job he wears "U. S." Blue ley visited Blrmingham Labor Da Traveling Passenger Car lnspeclor 9: Ribbon Overshoes. They are espec- T. Fite visited in company with W. T. Clark, general foreman, car depart- ially built for comfort and wear. ment since our last writing. We also Piece by piece, Blue Ribbon Over- had {he pleasure of a visit from E. W. Dieckman of Springfield. shoes are scientifically constructed to W. M. Chamberlain took over the position of night electrician, effective give a snug, comfortable fit around August 16, displacing P. F. Crouch. the ankles and legs. The non-slip, who was formerly on the job. A meetlng of -Frlsco employes was corrugated soles are heavily reinforced held in the Y. M. C. A. auditorium the Here's a boot that's as tough as evening of September 8, when special iron-yet it's as comfortable as at wear points to give extra long life. representative of the presldent, J. E. an old slipper. Ask your dealer Hutchison. addressed the meeting. Xr. to let you try on a "U. S." Blue There is a "U. S." dealer near you. Hutchison's subject was "Question of Ribbon Boot. Note the snug. Taxatlon as Affecting the Present De- comfortable fit around yotu toes Ask him to show you the type of pression," which was enjoyed by a and ankles. It's built on a special large number of employes who at- aluminum last. exactly to the Blue Ribbon Footwear that best fits tended. shape of your foot. Examine the heavy reinforcing at all wear your job. wints . . . Blue Ribbon Boots BIRMINGHAM GENERAL OFFICE stand the hardest wear you can give them. United States Ruhher Company 49 LAUXA >I. CHEW, Reporter

Mrs. R. F. Oxlev and son, wife of "U.S? BLUE RIBBON chief clerk, e'xecu'tive general agent, s~enttwo weeks visiting.- relatives in ~ulaski,Tenn. Mrs. J. N. Cornatzar has returned to St. Louls after spending a few days heavy footwear visiting her daughter, Mrs. T. H. Banister, wife of trafflc manager. Mrs. Harry Pork of Memphis, Tenn.. han becR the guest of the writer for STORES DEPARTMENT RAILROADERS WHO RELY several days. YALE. TENN. Sam McDonough has returned to Tuscaloosa, Ma., to enter the Univer- ON RAYNSTERS sity of Alabama. MABEL A. WOODMANSEE, Reporter BlrmCngham baseball team has again nroven the best In the Southern On August 1 C. E. Wheatley was league, winnln the pennant for the appointed dlvlskon storekeeper at Yale. fourth time. ~gheynow hope to cinch vice L. P. Cochran assigned to po~ltlon the Dixle Series. of chlef Clerk to Mr. Wheatleg. Very Miss Anna Mal Smith, secretary to glad to have hlr. Wheatley wlth us Land Appraiser Mann spent a few and hope he wlll Hke Memphla. days' vacation vlsltini relatives near There Is not very much lo repart 1.esington. Ky. this month account smal 1 force in store department and the writer has been so busy and has been unable to secure a report tor the magazine. ENGINEERING, BRIDGE & BUILD- J. C. Kerr. traveling storekeeper. made a visit to Yale last week in re- ING, WATER SERVICE DEPTS. xard to store department afi'airs. MEMPHIS, TENN.

SUPERINTEN'DENT'S OFFICE ~EMPHIS,TEMN. .4fter nu extended stay in Ille coln- panj hospltal at St. Louls, Brldge Foreman Stanley Ehrak reported back BEltTHA HARPXS, Reporter to work on September 1. Elmer R. Brown, son of Brldge fn- Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Mwers spent spector Drown, left August 24 for LOS several daga recently vlsltlng Mr. Ma- ~ngelesfor a visit wlth his brother c~r'smother In Churubusco. Ind. and wife. hlims Rillye Bennett stenographer, is \Ye extend our sympathy lo Mrs. maklng an extendeh eastern row, Walter Dixon In the loss of her father, vlsltina \\'ashin~ton. D. C., New York Mr. Guln, August 27. Cltv-.~< and other Doints of Interest. Quelin Honey has returned home to fif. C. ~~cum,.~-operator at WLLIow enter South Side High after spending Sprlngs, Mo.. vislted wlth Dispatcher the summer In the Ozarks around R. C. McWllliams and ffimlly. here. Stoutland and Northview. Mr. Yocum was en routs to St. Louls. J. H. Stewart, bridge man, is very Mrs. Wm. Marsh, wlfe of dlspatcher, 111 in the St. Johns hospttal at Spring- Is in Denver, Colo.. attending the Epis- field. We hope he soon recovers and conal Church Conventlon at that returns to work. point. G. W. Koontz was called to Iowa Jllss Idatea Chum spent Sunday in Clty on Septembel 14 account the death Pensacola recently and reports a very tb1 a close relatlve. This Is the flrst enjoyable tlme. Irio Mr. Koontz has made back to his Miss Katherine Surles, whe was up hofne town in several years. to April. 1930, reaularly emp'layed as A brand new Eula Harrell. daughter of Bridge comptometer Operator In this offlce. lhreman Harrell, had the misfortune died at her home on Young avenue. lo lose her grlp while visltlng her August 26. Miss Surks' heath had hipter in St. Louis. We hope she re- been bad for some time prlor to her covers the grip slnce it was fllled wlth leavlng the owlce. She was 25 years "Raynster"for new clothes for the fall college term. of age and is survived by her mother Mrs. C. M. Scott has been on the and slster to whom the sympathy of xlck list for several days but is feel- the ofi'lce Is extended. Ing quite herself agaln. Understand from some or the golf Walter Dlxon Is now relieving Mack "bugs" in our offlce that a golf tour- C. M. Decker Heaird, pumper at Bollgee. nament, composed ot Frisco employes. Audell and James Hobson, sons of is going to be heFU In Memphis about water service repairman. and 0. B. October 1. 1931, wlth sultable prizes Holmqulst, son of hlachlnlst Holm- for the wlnners. Mr. Decker 1s a yardmaster on oulst. have entered school at Buena the Rock Island Lines. There's \'-isti, arlss., for the fall term.. MISS P,eeves, of Mountain Grove, has LOCAL FREIGHT OFFICE no "chewing the mop" around entered Draughon-Springfield Buslness (:allege at Springfield. Mlss Reeves' MEMPHIS, TENN. the "Doghouse" for this man father is Brisco pumper. Betty Scott's dancing class gave a VIRGINIA GRIFFIN, Reporter when a storm comes up. He recital the flrst of September on the slips into his Raynster raincoat boat, Island Queen. The performance Sorrv to hear of the death of Paul was excellent and a large crowd at- W. ~ainsey,former team track-clerk. and is ready for any weather. tended. which occurred at Oaltville sanltorium Glad to learn that Mrs. Tom Madl- on August 17. where he had been con- "U. S." Raynstera are abso- son is recovering nicely from a major flned for several months. lutely weatherproof. No cracking operation and is visiting lier son at J. F. Wright, rate clerk. spent 411- Springfield. sust 30 In Forrest Clty, Ark. or rotting. Railroaders every- Joe MeCartney, W. S. repairman on We have a new member of our i4pcp the Pensacola line, spent September 4 now, A. W. Holmes. who bumped In. where choose "Raynsters". vislting friends in Amory. account being displaced at West Operator Yocum, of Willow Sprlngs. Memphis, Ark. He Is now expenso More "Raynster" raincoats are is arranalnrr- - to attend the World clerk. worn by Police and Firemen than Series. Your reporter returned to Au- Operator W. X. Edson, of the JIem- gust 31 after spending two weeks in any other coat. phls relay offlce, was cut off Septem- Chlcago. Detroit, St. Clair, Mich., also ber 15, account reduction in force. points on Lake Huron. Miss Faye There's a "U. S." dealer near Mrs. L. C. Campbell. mother of W. Barbee, extra stenographer, took care 6.. repairman at Memphis, arrived from of my work while away. you. Ask him to show you a Fresiio, Calif., to make her home at T. E. Bagwell and family spent "U.Q." Raynster. the G. A. Camnbell home at S~rinr-- - several days the flrst part of Septein- field. ber in Townley and Carbon Hill, Ala.. Mrs. G. A. Campbell expects LB leave vlsltlng retatives. shortly for Santa Fe, N. M.. to vlsit D. E. Creeden, disposition clerk. was United ~n~tes@~ubberCompany her sons, Lee W. and Herbert Camp- off several days recently account 111- bell. ness. W. Y. Blllings was placed on Very sorry to learn of the serious this desk durlna his absence. Illness of Mrs. Paul Schmitz's father The entire force sympathlzes very and hape he will soon recover. deeply with S. L. Oliver in the loss Manager Hastlngs reports a pecu- of his sister in Los Angeles on Sep- liar case of wlre trouble at TurreII, tember 12. Ark. Three wires crossed In jack box H. C. Fryar, bill clerk, spent Sun- -cause a mouse nest. We have had day, September 13, In Jonesboro. bats and bees in the cable pole at thls hlessrs. Thorn, Johnston and Wal- atatlon and now Mr. Hastings says ker, traveling auditors, dropped in he Is not surprised at anything he finds Wednesday morning, September 16, for at this station. n check on this station. 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