The Frisco Employes' Magazine, August 1925

The Mount Vernon Car *-M;3nufacturing Co.

Just completed,-. New Repair Shop, 500' x 150'. FuUy equipped with 10,000 Freight Cars; Cranes, Electric 150,000 Wheels; Heaters, etc., enabl- 20,000 tons Forgings. ing us to work in all 0 kinds of weather.

BUILDERS OF FREIGHT CARS

MOUNT VERNON, ILLINOIS

R. F. CARR. Memphis W. E. LOWRY, Hickory Flat, Miss. President Vice-Pres. and General Manager

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NUFACTUR'ERS,.& DEALERS

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WM. L HUGGINS. Jr., Editor MARTHA C. MOORE . Associalc Editor WM . McMILLAN. Adacrtising Manager

VOL . I1 AUGUST . 1925 No . I I

Permission is giveri'to reprint. with credit. in part or in full. any article appearing in the Magazine

Contents of This Issue PACE Frisca Gains Splendid Scaport Through Purchase of Line to Pensacola. Fla ...... 2- 3 i-\lluvial Empire Served by Frisco One of World's Richest Scctions...... 4- 7 Five Carrigan Brothers Serve 182 Years with Frisco...... 8- 9 "Chic" Sale. Famous Comedian. Received Start from Frisco Shopmen ...... 10 \\'atchman "Mike" Grant Ina~lguratesNeiv Move in Safety Work...... 11 Richard H . Briggs. World's Oldest Master Mechanic and Friscoan Dies ...... 12 Rating Suggestions Win August Dctter Service Contest Prizc for Agent ...... 13 "Facial Stucco" and Flat Purse Cause Trouble in hlcGinnis Family-BJI "Suildy" ...... 14 The Famous Frisco Band ...... 15 Co-cperation and Exchange With Mu~aicipalPolice Urged by Allender ...... 16 One of America's Most Con~pleteRailroad Shops at Springfield. Mo ...... 17-18 b'eteran J . N . Goolsby Tells of Floods. Mosquitoes and Snakes ...... 19 The "Ho\v" of Electrified Statistic3 ...... 20 1;urlnc.r Friscoan. No\\. U . S . Aviator. Tells of Thrills in Mexican Jungles ...... 21 A Traveling Man Talks for Railroads...... 24 New $30.000 Sikeston Station Dedicated ...... 25 ..lhe Pcnsion Roll ...... 27 Tulle Fuel Performance Best in History af Our Road ...... 28 Commendations on Frisco Service...... 39 Engineer John Stone. Monett. Receives Praise from Patron ...... 31 F:d~torials...... 32 Hetween the Rails-By W . L . H.. Ir ...... 33 Friwo Bathing Girls and Flo Ziegfetd's Famous Beauties ...... 34-35 ~tlomemakers' Department ...... 36 "l[iss Frisco In Fashion" ...... 37 Elashes of Merriment ...... 39 The Twilight Hour, A Page for Children ...... 40 Iirisco Babies-Children of Special Agents ...... 41 Pastime Page...... '...... 42 Frisco Employes' Hospital Association Statement...... 44-43 Frisco illechanic ...... 46-48

I THE FRISCO EMPLOYES' MAGAZINE The Frisco Employes' Magazine is a monthly publication devoted primarilb. tw the interests of the more than 30. 000 active and retired employes of the Frisco Lines. It contalne etorieb. Items of current news. personal notes about eml~loyes and thelr families. articles dealhg wlth varlous phases of railroad work. poems. cartoons and notices regarding the Ser\'ice . Good Clear photojiraphs suitable for repro- duction ara especially desired. and will be returned only when requested . All cartoons and drawings must be In black India drawing Ink . Employes are invited to write articles for the magazine. Contributions should be typewritten. on ono side of the sheet only. and should be addressed to the Editor . Frisco Building. St. Louis. Mo . Distributed free among Frisco employes . TO OtfieTB. ptWe 15 cents a copy; subscription rate $1.50 a year. Advertising rates will be made known upon agpllcatlon . l~eris cleared away, the splendid alluvial soil is turned to agriculture. . Cotton is the principal crop raised on the J. L. C. & E., although a quantity of fruit and garcieti truck is also shipped on its lines. The road has approximately 300 employes, and was sold to the Frisco by its present owner, Robert E. Lee Wilson, wealthy railroad man of Wilson, Ark. 'rhe principal branch of the road, as shown in the accompanying map, is between Jones- Im-0 and Barfield, while two shorter branches run between Victoria and Dell, and Osceola and Jfcli'erren. Stockholders of the Fsisco will be asked to approve the ;LC- quisition of the two roads at a special meeting called September 4th. I ABOUT THE MAP I The nccomlmnpiny lung wnn farnlnhed the Slepn- nine del~nrtment through the eourteny of Col. Wrnnk G. Jonnh, chirf rne;inerr and his drl~nrtn~ent,and the nrehiterturnl drlmrt- ~nent. The large amp whown our llne fron~Mcm- phls to Rirmlnghanr. nnd the nrchitect* wrrc kind enonglr to drnw the new ron~lin order thnt Friwo Pnlkn ~nlght ha\ e n drA- nite Men of the ndvnntn- geornn eonneetlon nhich their comlbnny haw n~nde. The con*tmcted llne of the Shonln. Birn~i~~~.hnnrrind Pe Ilnilrond, ns the "key" st i to111 of the mnn indicntcs. north frour &nsacoln to Kim- l>rough, Aln. (In nlnkinz the plnte for this pieture, our nrtlst innd- vertently plneed the ialsert over n portion of the word "I~in~lrrough". lenvinc only "011l:h" showing.) '1'11e conntnrction wl~ichthe Rriseo is uadertnkinl: in indirnted by the dots from liinlbrough on UII tn Glen Allen on the Birn~inghnn~nub. nnd on through Unrliugton to SJ~~nclcShonls. Tena., the mite of the fnmons Tenaer.see river IPowrr project. The innert (contained in the circle) Is thrrt portion of onr linr in Nortltennt Arknnmau nnd Somth- cnrt Mix.*ouri, with whfch tvr hnvc nKcctecl further eonnectfons througlr the ~~urchnrreof the Jnnrs- l~~ro.Imke City & I?..nntern Rnil- wny. The .I. I,. C.& E. ronfl tonrhea. nu the mnlt nlronn. nt Jonerrboro, Lenchvllle. Ulytlreville end Wilson. nll 111 Arknusns. Xo nttcatlon wsr 1m1d to geo- grnphleml relntlon .*etwcen the two dlntlnet u~al~n.Ihr 1nrl:cr one, nnd the clreulnr Insert, It is the 3Inpnrine's intcntlon oalr te nhow the new property. The CHy of Me~nphla, Tennessee, fn nhowrr in eneh map with the thought thnt It will nld thr render* in locntina the sertlonn of our llne rrhown. Alluvial Empire of Southeast Missouri and No Arkansas One of World's Richest Sectio

Famous "Super-Soil" Section Served by Frisco Offers Rema Opportunities to Homeseeker-Only One-fourth Developed N(

?-""2TD you know that the Gulf of Mexico once diately to the north, the gateway to the £192extended up into the United States to about =stern marliets; Kansas City to the w, ?--2 the present nlouth of the Ohio River? phis as an outlet to the principal marts of the Southeast, When you were on the Frisco between Chaffee and this section is indeed fortunate in its location. A car Memphis, did you notice that the land is as level as of cattle, hay, grain or produce may be loaded one a floor ? . day and be in St. Louis or Memphis the following If you've knocked around in that part of Southeast morning. Missouri a n d Its Geological Northeast A r- History kansas do you Geologists say recall h a v i n g that the Gulf of seen a rock or Mexico once stone as big as had an "arm" your fist? reaching up into Or did you the United notice the soil, States to about or hear anyone the present loca- talk about it? tion of Cape There is an Girardeau, a lit- interesting and tle north o f instructive story C a i r o. This in the super-soil "arnl" varied in section, servcd wiclth from a so thoroughly by CLEARING VIRGIN TIMBER LAND few miles at its the Frisco Lines. upper or north Rut first let us tell you of the admirable service which end, to 50, 60 and almost 100 miles in width farther this railroad gives to the "finest soil in the world". down toward the place where New Orleans now stands. The Frisco Lines, with its two trunk lines out of It is the theory that this land was made thousands Memphis leading toward both St. Lo~iisant1 Kansas of years ago by deposits from the Mississippi River City, penetrate the heart of the alluvial land district whose mouth, in those days, was just below Cape of Southeast Missoruri antl Northeast Arkansas. These Girardeau or perhaps about where the Ohio River now trunk lines mith tributary branches form a perfect comes into the Mississippi. network of steel rails, affording this region splentlid This process of filling in the Gulf of hlIexico is go- transportation facilities. Beginning just belo\v Cape ing on today below Sew Orleans. If you will look Girardeau, R~o.,a thriving city mith a population of at a map you will notice that there is a long neck of approximately 18,000 people, and located one hundred land stretching out into the Gulf on either side of the and thirty-two miles south of St. Louis, this great IIississippi niiles below New Orleans. All this land alluvial distiict of Southeast Missouri and Northeast lvas "made" from river deposits. Governn~ent cn- Arkansas ex:ends southward to the very suburbs of gineers figure that a mile of new land is created at the City of hlemphis and in & northwesterly direction the hlirsissippi's mouth in from 16 to 20 years' time. from Memphis to the foothills of the Ozarhs, ahich You may have heard of the Delta of the Kile River can be rearlily traced 011 a map of the Frisco Lines, and its great fertility. The name "Delta" supposedly following their main lines from Memphis toward Kan- came from the Greek letter ~vhich is triangular in sas City, to Jonesboro, Ark. With St. Louis imme- shape--the shape of the land at the mouth of the Nile.

-7%F/y&co ~MPLO@S'~WZ~NE August, 1925 phosphorus is mentioned because it is the most difficult soil element to restore. Nitrogen can be put back in the ground with legume crops like pas, clover, alfalfa and the like. The other elenlent potassium, is seldom deficient in any soil, so phosphorus is the important thing. Restored artificially by a farmer, it often costs several dollars an acre. It is little wonder, then, that splendid farms are being developed in Southeast Missouri and North- east Arkansas along the line of the Frisco, and further south toward the Gulf in this same "Alluvial Empire." SPLENDID ROADS AND BEAUTIFUL HOMES The region has been slow to come to the front but Only in the last twenty-odd years have great strides when one knows the causes, it is readily understocxl. been made, for it was not until 1917 that the Govern- Even today, many people have an impression of ment started making appropriatioils to rush the work the country that was gained in the old days when the along and finish it. region was not reclaimed antl developed as it is no~7. Now there are no longer any great overflows by the 1,700 Miles oj Levees Mississippi and the rich, level land stretching out for In the old days, the land being level and just a bit miles on either side of the stream is protected. Homes above the high-water stage of the Mississippi,- - it was have ken built under the very shadow of the levee lines subject to periodical overflow 1,vhen the Mississippi and the cotlntry appears .more like prairie land than was high. To stop this, great levees or dikes have "bottom land" as so many think of it. been built. These are now pra ctically complete and Another development, 1. lowever, was necessary be- they total more than 1,700 miles In lengtn.1 _I malney are lorer -Ime sarestr .r Iarming . could be practiced. Recalling merely big "fills" in an unbroken line on both sides of tli& the land lies level for mile after mile, the question the river where the land is level-where there are no of drainage had to be solved. In rainy weather, the bluffs to prevent overflow. water passed off yery slowly, for the land has a fall One easily could imagine that these levees were of but a little more than one foot to the mile. So arti- thrown up as "fills" for a railroad. In places they ficial drainage was necessary. tower 50 feet high, with a base of 300 or inore feet. Landowners undertook artificia! drainage on a big People in the lower Mississippi Valley have becn builtl- scale only a decade ago. Now there are organized ing SLICII protecting levees since 1717, the year that the drainage districts, just like road districts or school City of New Orleans was laid out by French engineers. districts, antl these raise the money and let contracts

for drainage- ditches. Once these systems are finished. the district is iinlriediately convertecl into an ideal farming section. Where conditions were bad from the hcalth stantl- point before drainage, with standing water, nlosquitoes antl the likc, all these trouldes quickly disap- peared. There is no more health- ful country for farming anywhere. Practically every foot of the great area of alluvial land in Southeast Missouri as well as in Northeast Arkansas now is drained. Most of it has been accomplished only in the last few years. Thc result BRINGING COTTON TO THE GIN ir that the fast growth in population and in number of farm has only begun. The CostIy barns and the like are not necessary. Spring counties in Southeast h4issouti and Northeast Arkansas is early, meaning early crop for the early markets- showed the greatest population gain by the 1920 census and fat prices. Fall comes late and the growing sea- of any other counties in the two states. son is so long that two crops of many things, such Artesian Water Everywhere as Irish potatoes, can be grown on the same land in the There is another interesting feature about the region same year. Wheat and oats can be followed with and this is that artesian water can be found by boring some other crop for two crops a year. wells from a few score to a few hundred feet down. It Not only can this region produce everything that is the finest, purest water to be found anywhere and the so-called corn belt and wheat belt produces, but it practically every town, including the City of Memphis, is the finest cotton country in the world. "In the and almost every energetic, progressive farmer, depends rvorld" takes in a lot of territory, but it is true. Mis- entirely for water upon this strata of artesian suppIy. sissippi County, the northeast corner county of Ar- I11 some places the pressure is sufficient to shoot water kansas, not only is the greatest cotton county of Ar- into the air from wells. A steady flow, much like a kansas, but it is the greatest in the world! And the spring, is almost to be guaranteed for every farm yard. Frisco line runs right through the very choicest of From the farming standpoint, the region probably Mississippi County's farming section. Incidentally, is not surpassed by any other farming region anywhere. this county isn't yet one-half in cultivation and it has Former Governor Frank 0. Lowden, of Illinois, who less than 500,000 acres-just an average county. The owns more than 30,000 acres of land in the alluvial town of Blytheville, Ark., now is just 25 years old. It section of Ar- had 302 people liansas, declared 6 about 24 years in a speech at i ago. Today its Memphis not p o p u 1a tion is long ago that he more than 10,- had sent experts 000 - nearer over the worlcI 12,000 according to find the rich- to late figures. est lands and Other tow n s U' they picked the that are thriving- lands in the and growing and 1 o w e r Missis- a r e prosperous sippi Valley. centers of busi- "Wherever I ness have sprung have gone, in up in the last this country or few years. in any other, I THIS SECTION IS FAMOUS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF FINE MULES One-fourth have seen no Developed Now lands that in my opinion are the equal of the alluvial The "Alluvial Empire" of the lower Mississippi Val- lands of these southern states," Mr. Lowden declared. ley is less than one-fourth developed now. It already In a book dealing with southern agriculture and produces 90 per cent of America's finest cotton, known soils, Hugh Hammond Bennett of the Bureau of Soils, as "long staple upland cotton" to distinguish it from U. S. Department of Agriculture, says: Egyptian cotton. It yields almost every crop imagin- "These alluvial soils constitute one of the most pro- able, including truck or garden crops, which are just ductive agricultural regions in the world. The great being started on, a scde to warrant car-load shipments. area of these lands already in cultivation," he con- Radishes, tomatoes, beans, etc., can be gotten to market tinues, "is being rapidly added to by the reclamation for the fat spring prices-and practically overnight to of swampy lands and the clearing off of the timber. St. Louis, Chicago, Cleveland and other buying centers Much of the soil consists of 'buckshot land' (Sharkey -via Frisco, of course. clay) the productiveness of which is probably not ex- Thc people who live in this wonder country are ceeded by any soil anywhere." mostly from other states-come into start anew or to A Splendid Climate grasp new and better opportunities. They are confident In that section of the "Alluvial Empire" through that there is no better land anywhere. which the Frisco Lsnes pass, it is neither "up north" And it is a source of comtant satisfaction to folks nor "down south" but a happy combination of both. of the Frism that this railroad played such a large The winters are short and mild. Livestock can run part in the development of this territory, and is now out all winter and can graze 10 months of the year. (Now turn to Page 20, please.) Five Carrigan Brothers Serve One Hu Eightymtwo Years With Friso

Matt, Frank, John, Tom and Charlie Carrigan Started as sectionmen on Same Section-Father Before Them With Frisco

N THE little city of Knobview, Missouri, ninety- Each of these boys started his career on the section I five miles west of St. Louis on the Frisco Lines, near Knobview, each was ~rornotedto brakeman and the residents will tell you an interesting story of a three of then1 at this time are passenger conductors out pioneer Frisco family. They tell it proudly out there, of St. Imiiu on Frisco trains. for the Frisco spirit is instilled deeply in the com- Frank Carrigan is the passenger conductor on trains n~unitylife of the town. Sos. 1 and 2. He is the oldest of the five brothers, The name "Carrigan" is almost one to invoke rever- and his career started in 1851, when he worked on the ence from I

MATT JOHN TOM FRANI< to brakeman, height conductor and finally passenger on the same section in 1594, was promoted to the po- conductor. sition of brakeman, and then freight contluctor. In MATT CARRIGAN CAME NEXT 1912 he was pron~otetlto [be position of passenger con- Mr. Matt Carrigan was the next brother to come on. ductor, until 1922, when, after twenty-seven years with He took the place of his brother John on the same the Frisco, he went with the Terminal Railroad Asso- section, in 1889 and soon was pron~otedto brakenlan. ciation of St. Louis, where he is now employed. His record is slightly broken, after his position as brake- But as to the sisters: -Ann, the oldest, married Mr. man, hut Re is now located at Tower Grove as a switch- J. C. Lynch, a passenger engineer on the Eastern Di- man. He recalls distinctly the time when he and vision. his brother John were "braking" for Frank, ancl were Mary, next oldest, nlarried Pat Roach, who is now al! three working in the same crew for over two years. employed in the storeroom at Chouteau Avenue, St. Ton1 took the place of his brother Matt on !he sec- Louis, ancl their son. Pat Roach, Jr., is running a tion gang in 1890. In 1892, he was promoted to brake- freight engine for the Frisco. man and in 1897 to freight conductor, and to passen- Kate married Ed Jason, who for eight years was ger co~~ductorin 1903. His run is between St. Louis section boss at Knohvie\v, No., and whose son is now and Monett on trains Kos. 5 and 6. in the record room at the St. Louis general offices. He remembers the first electric headlight on a Frisco A stepson of Mr. Tom Carrigan, Mr. C. M. Warren, engine. It was a source of much annoyance to the is alsa in the record room of the Frisco St. Louis office. farmers as it scared the cattle and horses on the farms John and IValter Campbell, second cousins of Tom along by the right-of-way. Carrigan, are freight conductors with the Frisco, and . a There were nb set hor~rsthen, and the section gang the Campbell brothers' grandfather, was one of the worked from daylight until dark, and after the day's first contractors who worked on the old Atlantic & work, they pumped the hand car some times as far as Pacific Lines. five miles. In winter time they did not stop for rail: (ATo.ru furl1 to Pngc 25, please.) Cheered by Frisco Shopmen Around Memphis Cinder Pits, "Chic" Sale Started on Road to Fame

Popular Impersonator of "Rube" Characters Now Famous Around World Remembers Encouragement of Frisco Buddies Back in 1908 NE hot summer's afternoon in 1W8, a long, brake riggin', but I wasted a day doing a two-hour job 4inm youth with twinkling brown eyes and a 1)ecause I'd always stop to do an eccentric step or so- 0 ganb b ready smile, sauntered into the office of the master or crack one at a friendly I,~~dtly.I wasn't getting mechanic of the Frisco Lines at Memphis, 'I'ennessee, any place as a railroader and I wasn't the only one and slid perspiringly and wearily into a nearby chair. that knew it. The foreman hinted rather strongly that \v way, and some For a f e CHARLES "CHIC" SALE minutes he of the 1110 re waited patient- serious nlinded ly antl when older men told the boss finally me I was wast- turned to hini ing my time. w i t h a brief, After t h re e "Well, what's months I gave 011 your mind it up. All the today?" the tall time I'd been y o 11 t 11 was working to- ready for him. ward a little "Want a vaudeville job," he said. sketch of my "Machinist." own, and I The boss quit t h e good was short Frisco antl hancled and Ile went back to put him on-- AS HlMSELF AND IN HIS MOST FAMOUS CHARACTER 1 11 d i a napolis with trepidation. In a week, the brown-eyed kid of 19 antl tried to put it on. Ye-es-I guess you might say was the "clown" of the shops, and a mighty popular it was a success. I had five hard, almost starvation one, too. years. But I'm on easy street now. And I'm happy During the llooll hour he was in hearty demantl- gilri1% lleol'le pleasure who come to see act-just and his fame as an in-prsonator spreatl among the "WON railroad folks are happy givi~lg lea sure a11t1 s~l~pll~en ullhelieval~le He "took off" service alld courtesy to the who come to your the hoss' stenographer, he mimicked old "Squint-Eye" YoLlr trains." Toe, he affected perfectly the rather swanky half-walk- Sale was born in Huron, S. D.7 and when just a of the superilltentlent. xo one Ivas safe kid, started 011t with the Big Four Railroad as an from llis good-naturec~,, yet deadly accllrate ilnper- office boy at Urbana, 111. IIe entered and finished his sonation. machinist apprenticeship at that pint, before taking And in the Frisco shops at Memphis, Tennessee, up Frisco service at Memphis. Charles "Chic" Sale, famous Orpheum and Keith cir- Booked over almost all the reputable vaudeville circuit headliner, received his first encouragement toward cuits in the country, he has toured Europe time antl again antl heen in almost every sizable city in America. the career in which he is now classed as "king". His "country boy" and "hick" impersonations have The applause and laughter of the machinists, helpers him famous. anrl- mechanics of the Frisco at Memphis, first gave ~~t a group of jolly, sJrmpathetic ~~i~~~ shopmen I "Chic" Sale the idea that he could nlake a living, (ant1 gave hiin his start \vhen they apphded his impromptu a good one) at ente;iaining. "noon-day" acts around the cinder pits on the Missis- , "I was about the humniest machinist you ever saw," sippi River bank at Memphis, Tennessee. Sale confided. "They gave ,me the job laying off .Ant1 "Chic" Sale has never forgotten it! Watchman "Mike" Grant Inaugurates New Id( Safety Movement at Railway Crossings

Frisco Employe at Paris, Texas, Presents Safety First Petition to TI D rioers for Signatures-Effort Is Highly Successful

LIKE of motorists was halted at the Bmham if every one of ye truck drivers would sign a petition street crossing of the Frisco tracks at Paris, like that, and then stand by your signature the rail- Texas. In the line of waiting cars were trucks, road companies of Texas, and the wives and mothers coupes and roadsters, and each driver had his eyes and kiddies of Texas, and the cities and towns of upon a sturdy, rugged Irishman, who std in the Texas, would save a lot of lives and money and sorrow. street with a "STOP" sign in his right hand. Now that ye've signed it remember, young feller, and

That genial- .-.,-,-- ,-don't git careless. Irishman was, and At least ye'd better is, "Mike" Grant, q not get careless at a veteran of Frisco ' ' . the Bonham street service, and a sin- crossing, or 1'11 gularly c a r e f u 1 jerk ye out of the student of human- truck and wipe up ity and its many the right - of - way ramifications. with ye !" On this particu- Mike rushed lar morning, after I back to his post to "Mike" had made direct the traffic sure traffic had over t h e crossing halted for an in- as the train swept coming passenger on its way. C train, he drew a i As the truck piece of well- driver passed him, creased paper f roni Mike smiled his pocket and ap- MIKE GRANT broadly. proached the sturdy driver of a five-ton truck. "Stay with 'em, Mike," the driver yelled. "You've "Hello," said Mike. "Dig out your pencil and sign got somethin' they all oughta sign." this resolution, and be quick about it!" And that is the way in which Mike Grant, for fifteen The burly chauffeur took the paper in surprise and Years Frisco enlploye, started a railroad crossing read : safety campaign which may spread from one end of "We, the undersi.gned truck drivers, licensed by the America to another. State of Texas, do sign our names to this resolution for Mike has already filled up two sheets of paper with the purpose of co-operating with the railroads that do signatures of truck drivers of Paris concerns, who business in the City of Paris. Texas. For the benefit of promise to crossings carefully, and he intends the general public, ourselves, our employers and the railroad company, we agree to use every precaution to avoid to keep at his Bonham street campaign until every accidents, and in the event any of us see another driver nlotor car driver that crosses it has signified his care- disobey any of the traffic laws of this State, we will report fulness. It is a long job, but Mike intends to com- such person to his employer." plete it. "Alright Mike," said the truck driver, as he dug out Not long ago .Miss .4nna Bell Dunlap of the Paris a stubby pencil, "I'll put my name on it-and I'll mean (Texas) Morning News found out about Mike. She it. But what's the idea." reported his campaign to Mr. C. H. Baltzell, superin- Mike looked at him guizzically. tendent at Ft. Smith, and Baltzell wrote Mike a letter, 'TYote a big bum if you don't get the idea," he congratulating him on his movement toward safety. said. "It's to protect lives, that's what it's for, and (Now twn to Page 31, please.) Page 12 P/K~&w)!~FMPLO~S'~WZ/NE August, 1925 Richard H. Briggs, Grand Old Man of the Frisco, Is Dead

Oldest Master Mechanic in the World, Age 93, Passes Away at Memphis Home July 3 rd

?--!ICHARD H. BRIGGS, age 93, the oldest rail- Mobile & Ohio Railroad that he did something that has zR~way master mechanic in the world, died at never been accomplished before or afterward B the %,=+.,,2 1 :20 o'clock morning of -.-Tulv 3. at his residence. south. He built six passenger loconiotives, casting all Lauderdale and Jessamine St1-eets, Memphis, Tenn. the different parts to the engines in his shops. Mr. Briggs was retired from active service of the In 1883, he accept1td a positioni as superintendent of Frisco Railroad in 1913, aft,er twenty-five years, and motive power with tk re Chesapeake & Ohio Southwest- since that time has been livinjI ern Railroad, with headquar- with his daughter, Mrs. C. S. ters at Elizabethtown, Icy. Roach. However, in 1884, his offices His life had been wonder- were removed to Paducah. fully colored with the scenes In the latter part of 1886 recording changes in railroad- he went to the Atchison, ing. Perhaps no other veteran Topeka & Santa Fe Railway could recall so many changes. as master mechanic at Argen- For seventy - six years he tine, Texas. Here he remain watched the progress of the ed until February 2, 1588. locomotive, f r o m a small when lie accepted the position sputtering, puffing w o o d- of master mecl?anic at Mem- burner, to the powerful steel phis for the K. C. M. & B 1500's of the present day. Railroad, now the St. Lotiis- Mr. Briggs was born in San Francisco Railway Com- chenectady, N. Y., February pany, which position lie re- , 1833. At the age of six- tained until the date of his re- :en lie entered the Schenec- tirement, July 1, 1913. ~dyI~comotive Works as a In May, 1921, when the lachinist apprentice, remain- Veterans' Association of the ~g there until a liqtlidation, Frisco Railroad held its sec- hen he moved to New York. ond annual meeting, Mr. 'here he obtained employ- Briggs was urged to attend. lent in the 34organ Iron RICHARD H. BRIGGS He declined the invitation, be- Yolks. In August, 1852, he decided to move south, cause of his advanced age and the long trip to Spring- nd lie worked as a marine engineer, running on a field. But the veterans were determined that this "old- - - - teamer from Little Washington, N. C,, to Buford est master mechanic in the world"-their - - nd Newbern. should attend if there was any way possi In 1865, at the close sf the Civil IVar, he obtained private car of the superintendent was mployment as a machinist in the shops of the Mobile disposal. : Ohio Railroad at Whistler, Ala. One year later he His life-long friend and neighbor, H .

Splendid Suggestions on Rating Wins August Prize for Agent C. W. Giberson, Cement, Okla.

Better Sertrice Contest Brings Forth Continued Interest on Second Month- Miss Lois Flanagan, of Vinita, Is Women's Winner

--HERE is no question but that once established, is a vatuable asset 4, 2 the Frisco Better Service and the best advertising medium in 2 Contest launched thmgh the the world." 2,,, July issue of the Magazine and now entering its third Praise from B. H. Stanage month has aroused the interest of Mr. Brooks H. Stanage, assistant every employe on the Frisco Lines. freight traffic manager in charge of Whatever dubious parties there were rates, had an enthusiastic word to among the far-flung Frisco forces say for the business acumen of Agent from Kansas to Alabama and Missouri Giberson, when he was shown the to Texas, must perforce admit th-v . .. guessed wrong. One look at the of suggestions on improvement$ ng his head admirably in service, both of a general and that sort of recommenda- specific nature, and possible nek 1 Stanage said. "If all our ness, on the desk of Mr. H- F. )them having to work with born. assistant to the traffic . remember Mr. Giberson's president at the close of the cor would save thousands of on July 15, would convince even y year, It is easy enough most doubtful of the doubters tariff if the fundamental "something new" was brewing. re once understood. And Vice President Itoontz sends mportant that rates should hearty congratulations to those a shipper accurately. If participated in this month's con harge him, it causes the ouble. If pbu overcharge Fino Work, Says Mr. Koont: lcur his ill-will. If those o with rates will be accu- "We are making use of each ireful, a large amount of gestion, and gaining results," necessary on the Frisco Koontz said. "This spirit of co-c liminated, and I consider ation in increasing business and n's suggestions of the ut- , proving service is one Lor which e. -. recnnlcsury 18 mrolvea, ana quae a most ~rugortance and unhesftatingix railroad in the country is striving high rate, thus running a chance of commend them to his fellow-workers. and we are proud, indeed, that our losing the sale or of making a dis- own employes should be among the So, you see Agent Giberson hit the satisfied customer who wants back nail on the head with his suggestion first to step to the front. I look for the overcharge. He should endeavor for improved service. He grasped the a great deal of valuable help through to get acquainted with the patrons' very root of the idea which brought the continued contest." needs and the kind of goods he han- about the inauguration of this Better The Magazine takes pleasure in an- dles and in that way familiarize him- Service Contest. nouncing the two winners of the Bet- sele with future business. ter Service Contest for Juiy, Miss Lois Men and women on the Frisco are Flanagan, typist-clerk in the Frisco Agent's Illustration on Pipe constantly coming in contact with baf- orices at Vinita. Oklahoma, and Mr. "As an illustration, I want to cite fling problems. In many instances C. W. Giberson, agent at Cement, one of my own experiences. A ship- they themselves devise ways in which Oklahoma. per came to me and wanted to know these tangles can be straightened The choice of Agent Giberson for the rate on oil well drill pipe. I out. But perhaps they are reluctant the men's button was a unanimous quoted him the rate on wrought iron to come forward with the suggestions. gne, all three Judges concurring that pipe, which would have fully covered The ofPicers of the trallic depart- his suggestion for service improve- the shipment in question, only for the ment realized this, and it was to give ment was the most valuable of the fact that "tool joints" were attached. the real students of the Frisco a many fine ones orered. Tool joints take a higher classification chance to gain recognition of their Agent Giberson dug deeply and in- rating ,than pipe, therefore, it was nec- value to the road, and to receive these telligently into the problem of rate essary to re-rate the shipment, raiiing suggestions direct from those who quotations, and his letter follows: from pipe rating to 'Class A'. Since encounter the difficulties, that the "There are a great many shippers that time, when I am asked to quote contest was begun. and receivers of freight, who do not the rate on drill pipe, I always ask It is in line with this same thought, the party if tool joints are attached. that the request for suggestions for maintain traffic departments to watch increasing business was included. over their shipping problems. There- "The particular and definite point I have in mind is for all of us to Many employes know of persons who fore, they depend upon the railroads could be successfully solicited for ton- to furnish them rate8 and information study the patron's needs, his business. his shipping custom, his goods-and nage, but because they are not in the pertaining to rates. freight department these employes may "I find that in such cases the rail- then apply our knowledge intelligently to the end that harmony will result. allow such opportunities to slip by. road employe handling rates must be The Frirca Is your railroad. It is very careful to quote proper rates, It we can do this, we will have no not attempting to quote a cheap rate, overcharges, no undercharges, and to your Interest to increase its busi- which he himself is in dou.bt about, to consequently no claims and com- ness if you can. satisfy the customer. Neither must plaints will result. A satisfied patron, (Now trmz to Page 21, please.) 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"Facial Stucco" and a Flat Purse Almost Trouble in the McCinnis Family

Trials and Tribulations of Husbands In General and "Sandy Mac" in particular a re Sellled With Tears

By "SANDY" McCINNIS --EVERAL days ago mysatf and tor a pair of oxfords that didn't have with it, but I was' only kidding my- the spouse was discussing the enough leather in them to make a self. advantage and disadvant age washer for a baby buggy. Next it was "Go drive around the block, then," of having a job and my :side twenty-five for a four-ninety-five pat- says the Missus and the tone of her of the question being tha t.ern- -.- .h~ll~e. - -- - dress.-.- - - . -All -.. -I could- - -.- do- - wan- voice suggested Ice water in January. negative I had to own up and admit to heave a sigh and follow the spouse "then come back after me, I'll be at I liked to work. I've wondered since around in hopes she would call a the beauty parlor." just what sort of penalty St. Peter halt berore I went broke. Finally. will impose on me for that lie, how- we lands around one of these antique Now, listen, fellows, take this tip, e,ver that's a small matter as com- countere and the wife took anchor like whenever the wife asks you to meet lared with some other things. a grou nded schooner on a coral reef. her at one of these beauty emporiums. don't do it if you ain't afraid of her. You see we was talking across the "Oh, Sweetheart," she gushes, catch- brea~~asr-.-.-me . ..c.came ana. wnen. we .naa ." nn- ing up a pair of brass candlesticks, I went outside and got the hack out ished eating and quarreling, the Mis- "aren't they goregous!" Following from behind a coupie of road Levia- sus pins on this comes a chorus of "Oh's" and thans and drives around for a spell one of these "Ah's" and other feminine exclama- and then comes back to park, think- vest pocket tions of delight and I visions the de- ing that the wife would be ready. edition tea parture of more cash. Seeing us close As I mounted the steps to this mezza- aprons and by the counter a lynx-eyed clerk show- nine floor I wanted to cut loose and starts in to ers down on us like a falcon after a run because the place Is always wrecking the canary. Seeing the wife was about crowded with females, but thinking dishes. I to go over Candlestick Hill, I tries to the Missus would soon be through, I eased off to get interested in some other direction, went on over to where a sign denoted the front but is wasn't any use. All I could do that Mlie. Epidermis did facials, hair room, thinking was to groan and reach for the Ever- dressing and other toilet necessities. I would get a sharp and little black book. Well. Kind of shaking around the knee caps, chance---- . - to when this clerk ventured to remark I opens the door and went In. Well, smoke a little while, but it wasn't about the price, I actually thought she about a dozen or so females was sit- any use. was pricing the whole collection, ting around for their turn and they all gives me the high hat stare, no doubt "Herei" gays the Bpouse, handing knowing the spouse, however, I puts me one of these Mother Hubbard a twenty where I'd figured on putting thinking I was some person's chauf- things. "slip .this on and help me do one fifty or maybe two bucks, and we feur or poodle dog nurse. Facing this went on. gauntlet of frigid glances was no easy the dishes, then get the car out while matter and I was ready to run when I dress. We're going to town." I proceeds to head for the door as a little female dressed in black comes Now with this, there comes a vision soon as I could make it. but as usual forward. Thls girl had the map of of fleeing cash because the wife never I failed compldeIy and the spouse County C6rk stenciled on her face, lets me accompany her to town un- gabs me, wanting to know where I but she spoke like they do over in less she expects to make use of me to was bound. I tried to frame a lie Little Italy. I tells her the spouse is carry the bundles and write the about the twehour parking limit and a patient and I was waiting for her, checks. However, I kept still rather for once I figured I was getting away so she ooints- - at a chair and bands me than risk a battle, and in a "The Ladies' Home Journal". short time I trundles out I was busy reading an ad "Rebecca, the Jew Packard," After an absence of two months, friend l'Sandy*' about how Palmolive soap and we starts to town. grew on trees when a sweet McGlnnis has come out of his shell long enough to voice at my side claimed my To start things off In a nice attention. When I looked up way, a fresh speed copper write another humorous sketch of the trials and I thinks this female looks claims We was making sev- tribulations that worry a husband like mosquitoes like the wife, only the wife eral mlles in excess of the is a white girl and this speci- Iimit which is fast enough worry those misgulded folk who drive 'cross country for any Tin Can, and the men is colored. instead of riding the Frisco. This time 'Sandy*' has "Oh, there you are, dear," on19 thing that saved the day says this mulatto, and I was was my quick wit in giving an experience with some artistically (and expensive- the epouse the wheel. You on the point of telling this ly) applied "facial stucco", that beautified Mrs. fresh cinder she had the see, she can be clever as a wrong 'possum treed when kitten with her smile and Sandy but made the old pocketbook collapse like it soaks in that this is this beef-headed law was no the baby's punctured balloon. All of us know that the spouse with some of this exception to the general rule new kind of mud on her map. --so we promedfl. feeling. The picture of "Sandy" said to be an For a wonder I dldn't swear. authentic one, is from the talented pen of Leon and she says she'll be ready Flnding a place to park in a minute, so I again reads "Rebecca" on the Square, we Pratt, Frisco cartoonist at Monett. about the soap until she is starts out on the purchasing ready. tour. First it was ten smacks -W. L. H., Jr. (Turn to Paga 43, pkase.) Here's That Famous Frisco Band of Springfield,

L i f .. C r,,r --5 =.EEL.&-. 2-- .--ex-F*- -,-SEE& From a, start of only a few members, July 24, one year ago, the Frisco Band, pictured above, has grown to a splendid musical organization of twenty-four accomplished musicians. Wherever Frisco activities are in progress, and whenever a Frisco town has a celebration, the Frisco Band is called upon to help things out. At the Rotary con- aention recently in Fort Smith, Arkansas, the band was given an ovation wheh it appeared on the program for a selection of numbers. And at the Rose Carnival in Tulsa, Oklahoma, June 10, the band led the parade while representatives of twenty-two Oklahoma towns marched behind. The periodical trips which have been given the band, have stimulated the interest of the playere to such an extent that they are now acknowledged as one of the best industrial bands in the western half of America. And that is quite a distinction-even for the Frisco. The director, J. E. Foster, chfef clerk to Superintendent F. A. Beyer of the West Shops, is an accomplished musician, and is also assistant director of the Springfield. Mo., Shrine band. The Magazine is indebted to J. K. Gibson, assistant to the superintendent of motive power at Springfield, Mo., for thls picture of the Frisco Band. The band members, reading left to right: Top row: R. E. Matthews, machinist. drum malor: G. B. Hasler, link roreman, clarinet: A. P. Rwla. IaDorw, trombone; John Bowman, laborer, trombone: Willlam Delo. yard foreman, trombone: Hubert Mason. laborer. cornet: E. M. Hasler, machinist. clarinet: H. 0. Wines, shbst metal worker apprentice, clarinet; Geo. Falks. laborer, cornet; Geo. DeMore, machlnlst. base; A. Wmver, blacksmitll, bass; Wm. L. Lewi~black- umlth. small drum; J. E. Foster, director. Bottom row: J. A. Mangan, machinist, errnet: M. 8. Hayes, coach carpenter, tornet: C. A. Wioht. oalnter fersman. cornet; Kenneth Lee. machinist apprentlte, amall drum: L. J. Gibbs, boilermakar. saxophona; Gee. B. Sprinter, machinlt, raxophone: R. L. Miles, #heat metal worker, alto; 1. M. Epps, blacksmlth. alto. Absent member8 at time plcturm was taken are: Wm. Schaller. roundhouse foreman. baritone: Wm. Rms. Dollermakw, raxophone: 0. Thur- man. machinist. large drum.

Richard Briggs. Grand Old Man ed that he recalled its presentation cluded services at the grave in Elm- as one of the brightest spots in his wocd cemetery. of Frisco, Is Dead lift. But the grave does not end euch a ,fCo~dirrnedfrmn Page 12.) Hls mind was Clear up until the last life as Mr. Briggs' experienced. His the Uniop Pacific RalIroad and lor few hours, and any time during the last message to the veterans at their merly of the FrisCIO, Ieft the platform night or day, his chief delight was the third annual reunion was that he was of the officials and one on either aide. discussion of railroad topics-a com- glad he was in the land of the living. led Mr. Briggs to the platform, amid parison of yesterday and today. He and he hoped to be with them at their the cheers of every veteran, where he lived his career over and over, for it third reunion. However, he made no was presented with a medal which had been his keenest interest for so plans to attend for he was gradually was given him as the oldest veteran many years. becoming weaker and he seemed to at the reunion. realized the end was near. Mr. Briggs was a member and sen- He was happy and peaceful up un- There was something touching In ior deacon of the First Baptist Church til the time of his death, when his the gentleness with whlch they guided of Memphis, a Mason and Knight spirit slipped away to join that of his his faltering steps, and hIs speech of Templar. Hla whole heart was wrap- wife, who died several years ago after acknowledgment, wan heard by prac- ped up in his religion, and he spent they had celebrated their golden wed- tically the entire audience, so clear hours readlng his Bible. The "Golden ding anniversary. . and distinct was his voice-and when Rule" had been his standard through In all the pages of Frisco history, he had finished, there was not a dry life. there will never be such a "grand old eye in the audience. Funeral services were held Satur- man" as Mr. Briggs. His close friends and associates say day afternoon, July 4, from the First And, it is not lor we who knew and that during his Iast daya, ha kept this Baptist Church, the Rev. Thomas C. loved him to mourn his departure. medal by hlm constantly, and it seem- Wyatt officiating. The Masons con- for his last words were: "I am ready." Pnge 16 August, I925 Co-operation and Exchange With Municipal Police Officers Is Important to Railroad Special Agents

I A !/ende r, Frisco Chief of Secret Ser~ice, Advocates Closer ~urnrnunicafion in July 8th Address Before Special Agents at Chicago

--N SPEAKING OE police depart- lize that he is the representative of successful in taking thieves, an elfort 2 2 ments, it is to be understood his department, that he is the repre- should be made to learn the other 1 1 1 that I do not refer to any one sentative of his chief. that he will be fellow's secret. Being envlous of his "-,-"department, or a department of benefit to hie department only as success will not help. The special of any specified size or compo- he. is succesful in maintaining friend- agent must make himself agreeable sition. I refer to a composite depart- ly and profitable relations with the to those with whom he comes in con- ment, typical of the large department police. Every chief special agent has tact. When he goes to police head- as well as the amall department. In a policy, and that policy will get a fair quarters, he must expect to come in actual practice, of course, the ideas trial only if each special agent is contact with those who entertain a expressed here cannot all be applied adaptable enough to fit himself into rather exalted opinion ol their posi- to any one department. Obviously, the scheme of things. The applica- tion, ability, knowledge, or experience. the manner In which the special agent tion of this to the question is: Un- The special agent mnst be tolerant. mnst deal with a department in a city less the special agent is in harmony In his relations with Metropolitan PO- of 1,000,000 cannot always lice departments he must be followed in a city of 10,- not attempt to direct the 000. I trust that vou will Ever Y railroad in America has one departme1nt with a activities of the officers who do the necessary mental Force and power and persistence, that la as essential to its may be detailed to work scene-shifting as our dis- suocessful as fuel for its engines, That depart- with him unless he is uked cussion progresses. to do so by their superior ment is the secret service or special agentsi organization. oEicer. In lhiSquee tion, it must be borne in it rarely mllows itself to be publiclzed, for promiscuous H~~~~~~,it is ODiY fair mind that the methods em- prominence would do much to defeat the ends to which it that railroad Special Serv- P lOY e d by Metropolitan aspires. It is with genuine pleasure that we print ice departments s 11 0u 1 d Police departments and this month Part I of an article on nCo-operatlon and Ex- an cornpen- sate Metropolitan Police ''lice change of Information Between Special Agents and Police depatments by assisting was tho." in tho+- fl>r- Deaartments". which- . - - delivered- - - - bv Samuel Allender.7 C11GZ.. ..a CYG.. ..rnrlr..".a. -I."-".-I &"a- ~,'!:;P_..~~","_:!Y.-rvllcau rulluu The-uegarcmenr Yetr0r - -r- - - -- ' -, - - -- uses methods that are di- chief special agent of the Friseo Lines, before the speclal nishing them information of rect, makes arrests on Bus- agents' section of the American Railway Association at in their work. the picion, raids westionable Chicag,,, July 8. This article show many of us ways purpose of discussion* we Places, makes searches and shall consider information seizltres, almost at the will In which we may C&OPerate with our own special agents as timely or specific knowl- the chief. ~h~ special and our town police departments, for the good of the Frisco edge respecting some mat- Service department of a Llnes. Part 11 will conclude the hrtlcle next month. ter of interest or inquiry. railroad m u st handIe its -W. L. H., Jr. Calling at police head- cases diplomatically, seldom quarters two or three times resorting to the direct- a week to assert that one action methods of hfetropolitan police with his chief's program of co-oper- has had "no case of loss for six departments. ation, the best results will not be months", is not exchanging informa- In many cities, railway Special obtained through his contact with the tion. Service departments operate effective- Municipal Police department. Neither is- relating how one "set- tied a bad gang Of thieves" of any '"n., vu,^"!Y by the grace of the police, Professional Jealousy Harmful value to the hearers unless the narra- rather than by any means at their The special agent absolutely must tive illustrates some point which is own 1 'Omrnand- The police depart- get aWaY fmm any tendency toward relevant to a case under consfderatjon. ment alway9 Controls the locku~,has "professional jealousy". The most many of information successful special agents, 1 think, are ItemsIn my estimation,infor,natlon the following and than :has the Special Service depart- those who have ceased to regard steal- ment, has a wealth ~f record and ing as ,, individual crime be regarded as such by the special agent who wishes to exchange crimirlal indexes at its c0mmand7 and is not an individual proposition; it is has tl he decided advantage of being an impelling force that finds express- information with a police in abs0hte authority in police matters ion through the medium of humanity. Methods of Thieves: Whenever a arisini5 within its jurisdiction. rt must be considered in the light of OX Car is burglarized, Or a warehouse So the Metropolitan Police depart- a public enemy. We ehould consider larceny a ments have, in their opinion, I think, any man foolish who would declare be paid Of the circum- little to gain in exchanging Informa- that he alone would engage the public stances Occurrence. tion with Special Service departments. enemy In time of war; yet there are, I believe that better results could For that reason, the Metropolitan Po- I fear, a great many special agents be obtained if Special Service depart- lice departments do not especially who set out single-handed to cope with ments would adopt the rnodus oper. seek such exchanges. They expect the all of the crime in their district. The andi system used by many police de- special agents to come to them for in- result is that they have very little partments in recording the methods formation, advice and assistance. effect on the situation, and are ot cor- of criminals. Whenever this can be so the special agent must take the responding value to their employer. done, the special agent, in addition Initiative and seek out the police. In The special agent must remember to the police that doing this, the special agent must rea- that if the other fellow is the more (Now turn to Page 45, please.) One of Most Complete Railroad Shop Plants in America Maintained by Frisco at Springfield, Mom

Splendid Layout Couers Three Hundred and Twenty Acres and Prouidcs Fuei/ities for AU Phases of Shop Work

By F. A. BEYER. Superintendent West Shopa

At Springfield, Missouri, the Friseo Llnes rnalntain one of the most corn- plete railroad 8h6ps In Amerlca. Praise for the fine equipment and the excellent brand of workmanship has come to Frisco officials from many sources. A prominent rallroad president, on a recent visit and inspection at Springfield said: "Wonderfull I'll never be satisfied until my road can boast of as fine a plant as this one." Many othei- railroad men, mechanical experts and construction authorities have uttered simllar pralse. The shops at Springfield have been more or less neglected by the Magazine recently, and it is proper that the 30,000 employes who read this publication should be given a brief history and description of this plant of nation-wide repute. Mr. F. A. Beyer, superintendent of the West Shops, has kindly prepared the following story, and furnished a series of fine pictures of equipment. We are printing Part I this month. Part II will conclude the article in the September issue. --W. L. H., Jr. OXYGRAPH MACHINE IN BOILER SHOP This machine Is an oxy-acetylene cutting torch operated through the use of a pantaumph ---HE Frisco west shops plant has devlce and the photwraph illustrate$ the machine as set up ready to cut a valva Oear link. Ihr long been recognized as one master plate or guide beino shown on tho table with guide wheel In place and the cuttlnp torch ready to start a cut on dab of solid metal. When completed. the link will be rimilar to one z~zof the most modern and up-to- shown on the left hand of the machine on which is located- a number of parts cut from th8 colid L,.,A date plant. of its kind. Lo- by thlb device. One of the economies effected by the use of this machine is practically all of cated in the southeast section the Dartr as they are cut from the metal require very little machine wort The oxygraph of Springfield, Mo., this plant was machine Is located in main boiler shop building and is used for the cutting out of many shapes built by the Arnold Construction Com- of heavy material whlch otherwise would have to be made by maklng patterns and using steel castinos or by tho old process of for gin^ parts from heavy billets and machining the excesr pany, and completed on July 4, 1909. stock which is a total loss, with corresponding Ioas of time in manufacture.

Since that time it baa been found necessary to add a number of buildings, together with additional machinery and facllltles, owing to the constantly increasing size of motive power. An- ticipating a condition of this kind, pro- vlslon was made in the layout of the shops, which covers three hundred and twenty acres, lor a future duplication of any or all tacllitles. The machlne and erectlng shop bullding is 173 feet mlde and 566 feet long, having twenty-five pits on the erecting side, which is served by three electric cranes, one 200 ton, one 100 ton and one fifteen ton capacity. The center, or machine bay, is served by one 10-ton and numerous jib cranes. A balcony extends the full length of the north machine bay on which is located the eleCtrica1 department, air room, manufacturing tool room and tin shop. In the machine bay a thirty- A GENERAL VIEW OF HEAVY MACHINERY five foot, open side planer has been Here Is a Oeneral vlw of a heavy machinm bay in which the various machines described are located, all of them being of the latest models, motor driven and belnm ~rovlded Installed for finishing locomotive with exeellent lighting conditions, craw and operating condition#. frames and large castings; an Inger-

quitoes were SO thick Veteran Tells of Floods, Mosquitoes and that I Jumped In tht ter of self-protection Snakes in Road Building Days of '87 Snakes! Snab "Along the right c holes made by the .-,--, ,--,- as they would require dirt to fill in J. N. Golsby, 36 Years Section Foreman, Reminisces of Old certain places. These holes were very Times in Raiiroading-I-le Remembers First Train deep and filled with water most of the time, especially during the grassing in October, 1887 seasons. They would eventually fill up with snakes and these snakes would By JOHN L. GODSEY sometimes come out on the tracks. We began killing them and before we had J. N. Goolsby or Jasper, Alabama, gone one mile down the tracks I had has seen thirty-eight years service with counted 157 snakes that we had killed. the Frisco Railroad as section man and Those old water holes along the right section foreman. of way recall another Incident. Some- Many things have happened during times a log would be ffoating in them his years of service and Goolsby has and rabbits took an occasional 'joy made an enviable reputation for him- ride' on these logs. One day we came self as an expert story teller of expe- across one and one of the laborers de- riences in the "old days." cided he would wade out in the wate~ He entered the service in March, and catch the rabbit for dinner, but 1887, as a laborer with the rail-laying as he neared the log the rabbit jumped gangs on the K. C. M. & B. when they over and swam for shore. The negro were extending tracks to Birmingham plunged in after him but Ian( and two years later was promoted to hole considerably aver his h sectPon foreman, a position he has held almost drowned before we coul for the thirty-six years since his pro- him." motion. The negro laborers were ver, ,,,,,., Back In the daye when Goolsby han- and Mr. Goolsby related an incident dled a shovel laborers were paid one when two of his laborers wagered one dollar a day with worhing hours from could not carry a hall rail from one sunup to sundown. telephone pole to another. The dis- "Spikers," the hlghest paid mea, re- tance was great, but the bet was only -rl.rn> C1 OC n An.. C-r +h~l--.+n-l. mZIllr ~clvcu91.8 r, a uaj rwl ~uc11n WI m. WUIIC one dollar and old Sam Wilson pfcked the section foreman's salary bCA ILA a month. "I can remember when thc ran on the line in October. the people came from miles see it. That old engine sui funny coming down the tr hammock rocking from 01 the other," Goolsby said in : terview. "What kind ol ties did under the tracks, Mr. GO where did you get them?" --,-., V" Y. '"c.CbG.U "."""."6. VYF II IGU C" veterah gave a hearty laugh as his swim out of the water, got caught be- working in the early hours or the thoughts drifted back to the old ties tween two trees that had grown dose morning and Mr. Goolsby began miss- hewn along the right of way. They together and we went there after the ing a number of his men and finally were young trees cut half in two and flood to get him out. His feet were did not have enough to work. Along manv times they were just small logs. up about five feet Prom the ground. the roadway was a large patch of sage "But tamping those ties is where we "On the same occasion the Roadmas- grass. had trouble," he continued. "We used ter attempted b get by to Amory in "I thought they were over in that the handles of our shovels, and that a skiff and was lost for two days. We patch," he continued, "so I took a mud was some sticky. We had to buy thought he had drowned, but he finally few ashes over and set fire to the grass our own shovels, too. crossed over and reached his head- and you never saw the like of negroes "Talk about track jacks, shucks! We quartem at Amory. sclambling to get out of that burning used a claw bar in those days and lots "The mosquitoes in the bttoms were grass. They had gone over there to of times got a young sapling and something terrible, too. The laborers slee~.'" notched three or four holes in one end were handicapped at their work and "You have a white pass, don't you, and plared it under the rail. Then one old negro became desperate and Mr. Goolsby; do you ever use it?" the one man would climb up to the end and tied quilts and strings from his trous- interviewer asked. another catch bis feet to pull him and ers and as they burned he would shake "Well, sometimes I run down to the lever down to rake the track. about to keep his clothes from burning. Birmingham," he replied, "but in all lfvlud Was Stickiness Itself. The smoke would keep the mosquitoes my 38 gears service I have only been ''It's a fact," continued the old vet- from biting. When lunch hour came off twice. One time I took a ten- eran, "and that was the stickiest mud we all had to build large fires in a days vacation and another time I was under those ties. It was so sticky circle and sit in the center and eat off for twenty-one days when I went that one time during a bad washout our lunch, an8 I have seen hunters to Detroit for a convention; so, in all the ties held ir place, but the gravel come from the bottoms with a trail those years I have only lost about one under the track washed away. That of nlosquitoes fifteen feet long follow- month." was up in Tomblgbee bottom and the ing them-that's the truth, too! I will A limited space would not sufffce track was covered for about five miles never forget the time the mowuitoes this old veteran and his many expe- and during that time the back-water pushed me over in a creek! Yon know, riences, nor wouTd a brief sketch tell destroyed a lot of property and live I had a string of Ash tied to a log in of his career as n section foreman, and stock. It hit a drove of steers near the creek and alter work I walked out no one could conclude without an hon- the tracks. I will never forget those on the log to get the Ash and the mos. est and sincere, "Well done." ON ROAD TO HEALTH The "How" of Eiectrified Staiistics Hazel Straud. Formerly of Frisco --HE general offlces at Spring- wbIch are also indicated by codes on Telegraph Office, Fights , field, Mo., claim one of the the cards. Steadily Against Tuber- most interesting departments Next comes the assorting machine. !"a: on the railroad in their system The cards are put into this machine, culosis of "Electrified Statistics", in- passing through it by electric motion, -- stalIed In the office of the operating and are assorted according to eymbols ''I Don't Look Sick, Do I?"She Writes department statistician. In the office or codes, by dates, directions, states From Sanitarium at Edgewater are Hollerith tabulating, assorting and and even by numbers of locomotives. Beach, Colo.-Sends Re- key-punching machines, used for com- This assorting can be accomplished gards to Friends piling various locomotive, freight and at the rate of approximately 175 cards passenger car mileage and tonnage per minute which would be equal to CKIwLIC*JHEaccompanying snapshot is statistics. a little over 10,000 an hour. of Hazel Stroud (in front) ' ' and her "buddies", now con- Lz,fined in a sanitarium at Edgewater, Colo. It will be recalled that Hazel is the girl who was formerly connected with the telegraph office in St. Louis, and who, because of ill health, was seat to Phoenix, Arlz. Her expenses were subscribed by officers end employes of the Frisco at St. Louis. Some two months ago Hazel was reported "cured" in Phoenix and expressed the desire to find employment. The late Mr. Melvin Wilkinson, of - Scruggs - Vandervoort - Barney Dry Goods Co., St. Louis, stated he would be glad to place her in his Denver, Colo., store. She went to Denver. but contracted a severe bronchial cold enroute, which caused a set-back in her condition and made it necessary for her to go to the sanitarium at Edgewater. The process oL obtaining the tre- Last, but not least, we have the

mendous evolume qf.such statistics by tabulating machine with which five - . the use or the macnlnes 1s very simple dlRerent col umns of flgures may be as well as rapid. It is accomplished added simultaneously by electric mo- by the use of a card (size 7Mx3% tion with pe rfect accuracy at the rate inches), containing various rows of of 144 itemc; in each of the five col- figures fom 0 to 9 in numerical order. umns per m inute. The flgures that represent the items Therefore, three very important constituting the! etatistics desired are things are a(:quired by the use of these punched out of the card by the elec- Hollerith ma rchines for statistical pur- tric key-punch machine. poses : The office receives approximately First. spec!d; second, accuracy; and 300 passenger conductors' wheel re- third, prepa.redness. ports per day; 500 freight conductors' The pictu re shown above is that ___%^^1 -^-^-I- ,C..--- .-.,.I-.- 1^--^-- andinn nP tl wneel leyul ia (11 UIII wu~tiuLuullar)e, UYll.VY .,. .he office or the operating freight and passenger car mileage are department statistician at Springfleld. compiled) with a corresponding entry Mo., used for the operation of the on dispatchers' sheets (from which Hollerith machines. The group repre- reports of locomotive mileage is comr sented in the picture are the operators piled). It can readily be seen that of the various machines and reading to punch a card for every move repre- from left to right, they are: Herman sented In the entries on the dispatch- Plumb, Mary Prophet. Evelyn Man- The picture belies the fact that ers' sheets and conductors' wheel re- ning and Dorothy Leake. Hazel is ill, snd in fact she won't ad- ports would take in a month's time mit that she is. Nevertheless, the approximately 80,000 cards. The flg- Alluvial Land on Frisco la Richest chief surgeon at the sanitarium has ures themselves are by no means ail in World only now permitted her to take some that Is desired; various separatfons are required, such as dates. directions, (Continued front Pagr 7.) exercise-which consists of walking striving more and more to lend Ita in- one block per day. subdivisions, classes of service, states and numerous other separations fluence and ald in building the coun- All who know Hazel have learned try further. Through the trafflc de- a good lesson from her. She is per- partment, the Frisco is prepared to sevffance personified. She has been she need not worry so long as her render thorough and immediate asais- flghting now over a year to regain her good Frisco friends are on hand. tance Tn the matter of inrormation, health. The climate in Phoenix has With the picture, she writes: "My both 3n the way of location and for restored her lungs, her main trouble bed Is where the last girl is standlng, the development and cultivation of now being a congestion in her bron- The doctor's office is to the left by the land. To interested parties it will chial tubes. which she feels is being the tree. I don't look sick, do I?" gladly furnish booklets and other In- overcome slowly but surely. And this last remark brings out the formation going more Into detail as Her Frisco friends are fighting with spirit of fighting obstacles that Hazel to land for sale and agricultural pos- her and pulling for her in every way. has always manifest. sibilities. Her one desire seems to be to become She'll win, and when she does, there This is but one of the examples of well again, so that she may go to will be great rejoicing among her the fine public service work rendered work and support herself, although Frisco friende. by your railroad. Lost in Mexican Jungles and Whirled Earth- I THE BATES FAMILY I ward in Parachute Gives Thrills Aplenty

Harry Glascock Leads Exciting Life as Army Aoiator- His Father a Frisco Employe at Sherman, Texas

GX/L3P+JORtwelve days and nights in under Mr. K. P. Cnin. 2 2 the mountains of Old Mexico, Failing In his attempt to secure s 2 Z Hmr~Claacock and his place as an apprentice in the mechan- ,,,lieutellant guarded two U. S. ical department, he joined the Air planes that had been lost. Service.

The only place for them to sleep was He- was.-..-.-- flrst stationed~~ at Love~..-.--. Field, in the planes and the only food they Dallas, for some three months an1d had was what a passing plane now then transferred to Houston, Texar3, and then threw down to them. where he was put in charge of a fir e Frequently a band of Mexican ban- truck. On account of his quickness dits would come along, and the men and ability, he was promoted. Ente~ would hardly Breathe until they had ing the school for mechanics, 11e passed. passed hls examination and was give]n Everybody around Enid knows Road When finally the planes were res- a diploma. Foreman F. E. Bates, but we doubt cued and they returned to the Unlted - On- June.-- 22, 1922, ..when - his- tin11e if you have met the best looking part States, Cflascock said: "Thank God nau explreu, ne re-enllsteu and was of the family at that. for the Stars and Stripes. They are transferred to Hampton, Va., where The above pictures Mr. and Mrs. a wonderful protection and I love and he is now located. Bates and their two children, Francis reverence them." Youth craves adventure and it and Harry. . . Better Service Contest (Contiwed frmn Page 13.) Read This Winning Letter MISS Flanagan sent in the finest. most comprehensive general letter among the lady contestants, and was awarded the women's prize. Her letter follows: "We have one of-the Rneat railroads in the country, and we are going to have a better one if we have a few more 'Better Service Contests' and all of the employes realize that they are really a part of this great railroad of the Southwest. Their officers are back of them and it is the duty of each and every one to be true blue and at all times have the interest of the railroad at heart with 'Better Serv- Sce' as their motto. "If there is anyone who thinks there is no chance for better service in his particular line of work, that person is mistaken. Dveryone is a link In this great chain, each link must be strong, and it is up to each individual to see that there is no flaw in his link which would weaken the chain. "The most dangerous part of the work to be dmon an aetrplanr is cranking the motor- or as we say, 'pulling the prop,'" says Harn Glaacoclt, former Frisco smploye-at right in the "The clerks in the office, by dolng above picture. (Now tzrrw to Pogc 44, plcnsc.) The above story is only one of the seema that Harry Glascock'a life h6s work to be done on an aeroplane is many which Harry Glascock, son of been one thrilling event. He has cranking the motor---or as we say, E. E). Glascock, section stockman in made several trips by plane to Wash- 'pulling the prop'." he said smilingly, the store department at Sherman, ington, D. C., and has taken part in as he gazed at the picture, reproduced Texas, shops, could relate to you, a number of plane demonstration herein. since his enlistment in the Air Serv- races. "Don't you wear some special unI- ice, June 22, 1919, at the age of He has gone to bombing expositions, form?" he was asked. eighteen years. where they would bomb at targets in "None for us. All the mechanics He was reared on a farm near Ra- the ocean at night. This, he admits wear union-alls ! " leigh, Ill., and grew up a rugged, was thrilling and so far he has never There is one experience whlch in healthy country boy. He had two had a serious accident. his mind is placed above the rest for interests: one in outdoor life, and In May, 1925, Harry made a trip in a 'thriller'. One day he jumped out the other in machinery. a bombing plane from Hampton, Va., of a plane, three thousand feet in the In 1907 the Glascock family moved to San Antonio, Texas. It was a sen- air. to Sherman, Texas, where Harry com- sation, he said, to pass over the Fsisco The parachute opened, and he land- pleted his high school education. shops at Sherman, Texas, and see the ed safely. Later he was hired by the Frisco men viewing the planes. And-Harry Is till having- "thrill- as extra man in the store department "The most dangerous part of the ing" experiences. August, 1925

FRISCO CELEBRATION

Another Lesson in Safety First Association of MetaI Craft and Car Department EmpIoyes Hold Picnic

Lincoln Park at Pittsburg Scene of Jollification on June 22- Another Party Soon

--HE biggest ever, snd best yet." was the comment of General Chairman W. M. Underwood. fa!,,, of the Frisco Association of Metal Craft and Car Depart- ment Employes, in speaking of the big picnic staged in Lincoln Park, PItts- burg, Kans., on June 22. Local number one of Springfield, Mo., enter- tained. This was the third annual picnic or this association, the two previous having been held at Springfield, Mo. A special train left Springfield depot A few months before this picture was taken, the hlarmon automobile shown, st 6:00 a. m. On arrival at Monett. cost Clifford Bodanski, age 22, of Springfield, Mo., about $3,000. Who'll bid Mo., guests from Local number six for it now? boarded the train. A number were Bodanski was slightly injured and his handsome car reduced to scrap, also picked up at Neodesha and Ft. when he drove in front oP Frisca traln No. 7 at the Central Street crossing Scott, Kans. In Springfield, at 9:lO a. m., July 4. No. 7, driven by Engineer R. Tierney, The Frisco band was on display as was moving at about 15 miles an hour when the accident occurred. His brakes the train drew into Pittsburg, and led were set and his bell ringing, and he had twice whistled for crossings. a blg parade through the town, which Even though the track was visible for more than 200 feet each way, this ended at Lincoln park, a beautiful accident occurred, almost costing Mr. Bodanskl his life. sixty-eyght acre tract, which was the This should be a stern reminder 1to all that "He who watches trains go by, chosen spot for the picnic. will live to watch them another day' The Mayor oi Pittsburg delirere the address of welcome, followed b a short talk from Mr. Ford Harpe Kansas City, Ma., Business Mt secretary of the Pittsburg Chambe In NEW MAILING LIST of Commerce. Mr. G. W. Moore, assif Make Inspection Trip of I tant superintendent of motive powe Terminals and Mr. Wm. Underwood responded. A enmnlete new.. mnillne------list went -~ ..--,--- -a ..:-> ------u ---- -. -.~lnere were concessqons or arl-.. ~1ndS into effect wi-.th tne" JUI~- - numwr or on the grounds and accommodations instructive Trip on June 30 Took the Magazlne. Party to Frisco Terminals and for all those who did not bring bas- It is the decdte of ..the-.Magaei?e . . De- kets. The lunch hour was called Rosedale Yard partment to maKe tnls lisc aosolurely. . .-- promptly at 12:OO noon. flawIess, but to do this we must have At 1:M p. m. the band pIayed a A complete and instructive trip, of your co-operatic In. most enjoyable concert and did justice practically eight hours' duration was We have alrleady been notified of to its already splendid reputation. made on June 30, by the business men deveral om.fssicms, which. we have A number of brize races were to be of Kansas City. in inspecting the corrected. By a personal cnecs, every held promptly after the concert, but switching facilitfes of the various tail- request for magazines in this office, due to the immense crowd, so scat- roads entering that city. was filled, and mailed, and if there tered over the grounds, these were The trip was made in open cars, no was some error in the receipt of the eliminated. they would miss nothing of interest. copies, we Peel sure it will not occur However. at 2:00 p. m. a ball game During the round of inspection, the a second time. was called between the Frisco White party visited the Frisco tracks, and If you did not receive your quota, Sox and the Kansas City Southern our Rosedale yards, and included the we would like lo)r you to check your Grays, which was hard fought and following points: Sheffield, Belt Junc- list and let us kr low of any changes. finished with a score of three to one tion, Leeds, Big Blue Junction, Air Ir--All-- mA..Cn- -3.- in favor of the K. C. S. team. After Also, to facilitate UUU1111& ~UIIUCun Line Junction, Lydia Avenue, Burling- through what source you were to re- this game, the Monett team played ton Bridge Junction, North Kansas ceive your copies, that is, through the Springfleld, witB a Anal ecore of two City, Santa Fe Tower (in the Central superintendent's office, the master to one in favor of Monett. Industrial District), Edgewater, Fair- mechanic, or by direct mail. During the afternoon, those who dfd fax District, New Jersey Avenue. not wish to attend the ball games en- Kansas City Terminal connections, Co-onerate with us in reporting joyed the dancing in the pavillion- Argentine, Chlcago Junction, Kansas changes and corrections and we will to music furnished by the Frisco City Terminal Tower, Union Pacific be able to iron out all the difficulties. band. State Line tracks, Armstrong and The Pitteburg Chamber of Com- Rock Island Junction. merce co-operated in every way with The Frisco was represented by tha L. W. Poncik, reclalm clerk, and E. the picnic committees. hllowing delegates who were in the C. LindBman, station accountant. Mr. J. K. Gibson, assistant to the party: Messrs. Jack Flnnagan, super- After their return, the businesa men superintendent of motive power han- intendent of terminals; F. E. Morgan, expressed their apprecfation of the dled the transportation problem. as- assistant superfntendent or terminals; trip, which gave them a much better sisted by Mr. F. A. Beyer, superin- R. L. Mackey, terminal auditor; W. insight into the intricate workings of tendent of the west shop and Mr. L. Coleman, commercial agent; P. J. a railroad and especially of the freight I,. J. T,oysaht, superintendent of the Rose and L. W. Warner, solicitors: handling division. south shop. A LETTER FROM IRELAND system of railroading. Safety flrst is certainly their motto. All the engines Dennis Mullane have vacuum brakes on passenger Engineer Writes A PRAYER of Experiences on Recent Trip trains. The freight train equipment is I more obsolete, having no brakes ex- --ROBABLY no treight agent bn He Found Farmer Frlscoan, M. J. cept on the engine and hand brakes Leahy, in Motor Car Business on the caboose. The couplings are 2 2 the Frisco Is better known at Listowel Z than E. A Heil. newly ap. steel links with hook and eye. Their Z-w.+.o pointed traveling freight and roadbed, however, is eurely the finest passenger agent for our line. -'lwDNNIS J. MULLANE, popular In the world. The rails are bolted on at New. York City. He was for- Northern DIvIsion engineer, each alde to the tie with a steel plate merly located at St. Louis. Mr. Heil 2~2is enroub home from his na- above and underneath the tie (called contributed a bit of copy to the Mag- auld tive land. Ireland, alter a Ash phtes), so that it is .practically azine this month which is in turn month's visit with his parents impossible to turn the rail. humorous and tragic! It is called. in Althea, County Limerick, Ireland. "The Traveling F r e i g h t Agent's Mullane wrote a highly interesting "After spending four days at Killar- Prayer", and Heil repeats it often (he letter to the Magazine Department ney. I took a train for home, arriving says). The prayer: concerning his trip, and many old at the nearest railway station, Listo- Oh, Lord, look with a forgiving eye. friends of M. J. Leahy, former yard wel. I had 8 miles to go by road and We beseech Thee, on the shipper who engineer at Kansas City for the Fris- asked a person how to go. You can lies to us about the fast service our co, will be glad to know that he is imagine my deIight on inquiring for competitors give them; strengthen the prospering in the motor car business a motor to be informed that M. J. memory of those shippers who are in Listowel, County Kerry. Leahy, my old Kriend and Frisco em- always going to route a car our way next time. Lord, often the hearts of "Our voyage on the Baltic was a ploye, could supply me with a car. the shipper who, as soon as we come pleasant one," Mr. Mullane writes. He is in the motor hlring business at in, gets as busy as a hen with one "the weather beautiful and the sea Listowel and I know his many old of chicken and keeps us standing around like a sheet glass. We left New friends on the Frisco at Kansas City until our feet warp, and then gives us York on June second, and the pleas- will be glad to know that he is doing a short haul and wants it rushed. ures of voyaging are confined to rope Good Lord, curb our tendency to flirt skipping, dancing and concerts. We eplendfdly. I don't believe there was had some very 'rare' talent on board a single one, either switchman, flre- with the married women; the single and the length of the voyage was ma- man or engineer, that he did not in- ones don't count and they expect it terially shortened by their entertain- quire about and ask to be remem- anyhow. Surround with Thy power. ment. oh Lord, the Superintendent, Chief bered to." Dispatcher, Trainmaster, Train Crews, "The night before land is sighted is - et al., so that our trial car won't get always made a gala one and none FRISCO HONEYMOONERS lost and we have the shipper cuss us of the passengers retire, as it would out even to our ancestors. Teach us be impossible to rest. At daybreak, not to complain of the roller towel on land was sighted and we all rushed on deck. It would be impossible for me which the multitude have washed be to describe my feelings at that mo- fore we get there. Lord. give us diges- ment as my eyes again feasted on tions like alligators that we may digest the land I left as a boy. What a mul- the steaks cut from the neck where titude of thoughts kept rushing the yoke works. Teach us to be through my brain as I anticipated the thankful for the sump water served joy of old associations, old friends us and called coffee. Toughen our and the super-joy of again seeing my hides, that we may sleep soundly in parents. beds already inhabited. Cause us to "As the morning broke, I thought look with a charitable eye on our it was the most beautiful scene my competitors who are a sorry lot any- eyes ever dwelt upon. The bay looked way. Help us with our expense ac- like a sheet of silver under the soft count, which never comes out even. rays of a fu11 moon, and Queenstown, and sotten, oh Lord, the hearts of our with its tier upon tier ~f houses, re- employers who tell as about cutting sembled some huge fairy palace in it down. We beseech Thee, oh Lord, the background. The day impressed to teach our wives patience. so that me with the smallness and yet the they will wait for our salaries till we beauty of the Irish fields. Accus- get them. Oh, Lord, overlook our ab- tonled to the vast flelds or grain in sent-mindedness when we get out on Kansas and its rolling prairies, 1 was the road and forget about being mar- impressed with the contrast In the ried and, in conclusion, we beg Thee small fields there. They are beautiful, when we have made our last trip. however, gaily bedecked with the please don't send us beIow. We have flowers, and I doubt if even the ex- had our part of that place here on pensively kept lawns of our millIow earth. Amen. aires can equal these nature-kept fields of my native land. FRASER-VADDARO "The bustle of landing cut short my MR. AND MRS. N. P. DUFFY The old Fraser home In Frankfort, day dreaming and a voice with a rich lnd., which had been re-opened for the brogue gave us our Arst touch of Irish Nathaniel P. Duffy, mchInlst at the occasion, was the scene of 8 very pret- humor, The voice inquired of a lady Lindenwood shops, St. Loois, and Miss ty wedding on June 17, when Frances voyager. 'Trunks, Ma'am?' 'Yes,' said Annie CluE of Killarney, Manitoba, Fraser, daughter of J. H. Fraser, gen- the lady. 'I guess so.' 'You'd better be Canada, were married in St. Louis re- eral manager of SpringfleId, Mo., was sure, and never mind the guessing,' given in marriage to Leo. V,addaro, of the voice returned. cently. Mr. and Mrs. Duffy will make Forrest City, Ark their home in St. Louis and start Mr. Vaddaro is in the lumber and Safety on Irish Railroads housekeeping with the wishes of their plantation business In Forrest City, "I left ahortly for Klllarney on the many friends Lor a happy and pros- where the young couple will make train and paid close attention to their perous married life. their home. Page 24 ~E/?@coEMPLO@S')@WZ/IYE

A Trading Man Talks for Railroads Most Complete Shops Plant at Springfield. Mo. --T IS only occasionally that a "Have we stopped to conslder (Colttimed fron~Page 18.) non-railroader will take the where this is leading? Can you and many storehouses along the system time and trouble to enter into I not see the thousands of men in the demanding this supply. A Car Type an argument in defense of this shops, other thousands laboring on annealing furnace for slde and main gigantic industry. Now and the tracks, other thousands in the rods and an American Gas Producer then a smoking-car compartment will train service, others in the depots. and case hardening plant, used for throb with an argument for or against both freight and passenger, other hardening all pins and bushings, is this or that. And railroads and their thousands in office buildings all over another feature of this shop. All fur- deserving or undeserving qualities our land-and remember that they naces in this department are heated generally come in for a part. live or perish with the railroads? with fuel oil-the larger ones being A few days ago President J. hi. "What truck or bus company has served by jib cranes using air hosts. Kurn received a special delivery let- built or will build cattte pens and Stete~useIs Important ter from Searcy, Arkansas, in which loading chutes all along its line-or One of the most important facilities, Hugh A. Johnston, traveling represen- will fence one side of a man's farm to successful railroad operation, 1s an tative of the Cahlll-Swift Manufactur- free, or will build a loading wharf or efficient storehouse. The storehouse ing Co., St. Louis, dealers in plumb- go out of its way on a side-track building is ninety feet wide and 247 ing, heating and mill supplies, briefly for the convenience of a customer? feet long and consists of two floors and concisely defends the railroads of. Nothing doing! This &as nightmare and a basement for oil and paint America. will pass away and should, when peo- storage. A standard height platform ple consider soberly. From a stand- surrounding the building, bcilitates Following is the letter which Mr. point of economy alone it must fail. the unloading of cars of material, a Johnston wrote: Not one bus or truck line in this number of which may be unloaded "This wonderful country and Its country today is making a profit, nor at the same time, owing to the sev- great business lnstltutlons, its mines. Will they, because of unsound busi- eral delivery tracks on either side of factories, mills and agricultural inter- ness methods. the platform. Very large castings, ests, exist only because of the rail- locomotive frames, and driving axles "The railroads are the main arteries are unloaded by means of a yard roads. They have opened up for set- through which flows the lifeblood of tlement our vast and productive ter- crane of ten ton capacity and having ritory, have built our towns, carried our land and they should be eo re- a span of seventy-five feet, such cast- our settlers, our coal and all manner garded. It is our duty as American ings being piled In the crane runway of foodstuffs and other necessities and citdzens and advocates of the 'square for future delivery to the shop. The created our markets. deal' to stand by the railroads, for yard crane which runs at right angles they have and will stand by us. We to the transfer table thus serves all "I wonder if we can get a true idea are proud of the fact that we protect shop buildings. Smaller castings are of how much they have done. Yet I our farmers, our manufdcturers, our handled by truck from the casting shudder to think that the average business investors, our laborers, our platform, located near the machine citizen and business man is the one forests. mineral and oil reserves. shop. Delivery of material is made who is deliberately knifing the life out we from the delivery counter on presen- of the railroads. We are destroying "But - boneheadedly - assassll- late the railroads by tar the most tation or requisition signed by the the most essential, in fact, the leading foreman, making it unnecessary for agency of our existence. mportant and deserving of the lot. "I say. 'Let's quit'." delivery men to enter the storeroom. "We are auto mad, gasoline craay. (To bc cottcluded sled month.) We patronize bus lines, inconvenient, stuffy, unsanitary coops, packing ourselves in and choking with dust and Our Purchasing Officers Recent Meet suffering from heat or cold. Hardly at ever on time and never dependable, they are always far inferior to train travel. The poorest coach on the poorest railroad has water to drink and prorldes toilet accommodations and a chance to stretch out. "We ship by truck, tax ourselves for road maintenance and let the trucks destroy them. We give our freight business to unreliable truck lines when the railroads have spent millions of dollars to equip and maintain a Creight service that is almost perfect.

No Position to Judge Joshua Kornshux, of Scrabble Cor- ners, was paying a visit to the city and while there ran into a fellow townsman. "And how do you like the city, Josh?" he was asked. "I dunna," was the dismal reply. The men who keep the supplies of the F'fisco up to the minute met in "My wifes' along." St. Louis recently at the call of their chief, B. T. Wood, vice-president and C. P. O., and after the meeting eat for the photographer. They're a hearty looking bunch of railroad employes. From left to right, seated: A. W. Blume, She Needed Only a Hint general store keeper; B. T. Wood, vice-president and C. P. 0.;A. N. Laret, assistant to the vice-president and C. P. 0.;L. L. White, chief clerk. Top Jack-You look sweet enough to eat. row: F. G. Collier, S. R. Gardner, J. M. Walker, C. E. Wheatley, J. C. Kerr. Mabel-I do eat-where shall we K. P. Gnin, L. B. Pechner, C. B. Smlth, C. H. Stmsing, C. E. Wright, J. A. go ? Blankenship and A. C. De Fries. Atcgzrst, I925 Pap 25

New $30,000 Siliyston Station Dedicated TO SUMMER CAMPS Movements of National Guard Troops to Annual Encamp- ments Large

Soldiers from Missouri and Arkansas Requlre Special TralnkAugust Also a- Big Month -wFUEAVY troop movemente have been handled by the Frisco in PI ' moving the Missouri National Guards and Arkansas Na- tional Guards Irom home sta- tlons to their summer encampments. On August 1, 375 men and twenty- nlne officers of the Missourl National, Guards were handled from home stations to Camp Clark. Nevada, Mo., by special train. This movement covered; FRISCO STATION AT SIKESTON the territory around Senath, Kennett, Hayti, Caruthersville, Steele, Westr --HE Frisco's new $30,000 sta- and know you are proud or it. We Platna and Mountain Grove. Approxi- tion at Sikeston, Missouri. need. In common with all rallroads, mately 125 men and eight officers was presented to the city a more unified and better understand- were handled from the territory oC with fitting ceremonies at a ing sf our problem8 Irom the farmers Sikeston, Chaffee and Cape Girardeau city-wide meeting held July 2, on our lines, to the end that we can to this camp, moving special from which was attended by approximately give you better service and please Cape Girardeau. 400 Sikestonlans. All passenger trains you even inore thoroughly than we Two special trains of Missouri Na arriving and departing after 12 are at the present time." tfonal Guards, one consisting of 338 o'clock noon on that day used the ;\I. E. Montgomery, attorney at officers and men from the Springfield new station instead of the old one Sikeston, accepted the new station District and a second, consisting of some 300 feet north. for the city with an appropriate talk, 317 men and oflicers, moved speclal, At the presentation exercises, held and paId a splendid tribute to Agent on July 16 to Ft. Sill. in the freight office, the following Malone. On the same day, the Arkansas Na., Frisco officials apoke: J. N. Cornatzar, "Sikeston accepts this splendid new tional Guards, from the Jonesboro passenger trafflc manager; S. S. But- station with three loud cheers for the District, were handled special, Con-, ler, freight traffic manager; J. W. Mor- Frisco," Mr. Montgomery said. "We sisting of sixteen officers and 337 rill, superintendent of safety; J. A. are greatly pleased to have it, flrst men; also a second movement from Moran, division ~uperintendent and because it fills a great need here, and the Nashville District of nineteen of- Tom Malone, local agent at Sikeston. secondly because it gives Agent Tom ficers and 376 men, for delivery t~ In his address Mr. Cornatzar Malone, one of the most painstaking Ft. Sill. stressed the great possibilities of and best agents on the Frisco, a splen- On July 13, the Harrison. Ark., Unit, Southeast Yfamurl and urged the did place in which to house his genial National Guards constituting three of- residents of that section to blnd self and his corps oP workers." flcers and fifty-three men, was moved themselves together for a more uni- Other Frisco officiels who attended from that point to Ft. Sill, Okla., on fled action. the opening were: R E. Buchanan. "We are advertising this section executive general agent at Memphis; delivery to the Frisco at Seligman. ex- This unit was handled from Monett tensively," Mr. Cornatzar said, "and A. P. Matthews, division passenger to Ft. Sill on train nine. Special rep- we want you to help us in that proj- agent, Memphis; R. C. Stephens, ar- ect. Our railroad has been one of the chitect; D. E. Gilwix, engineer, St. resentatives rode each of the trains. outstanding factors in 'making' South- Louis; J. A. Moran, division superin- On July 1, the 203rd Coast Artillery, east Missouri and me are proud of it. tendent. (Missouri National Guards) moved to Ft. Sill, wlth approximately 264 men and officers from the territory of Sar- Thirty Thousand Attend Railway of the leading railroad bands of the coxie. Carthage, Lamar, Webb City Picnic at City, country. Other shop bands aIso fur- and Joplin; a total of 309 men and Kansas Mo. nished music for the dances and con- officers from Springfield, Monett, certs. Pierce City. Neosho and Anderson; eight Roads Join in Annual Meet of and Battery "B", consisting of forty- Allied Railroad Employes' Assn. Carrigan Brothers Spent 182 five men and officers moving from Years With Frisco Oklahoma City to Ft. 5111. The second annual picnic of the Al- Each man was allowed 150 pounds lied Railroad Employes' Association (Continued from Page 9.) baggage. while military impediments, was held at Kansas City. Mo., Fair- It is indeed a remarkable history other than baggage were handled in rnnmrt Dat.lr Co+nrrlnv TmIv 1Q Thr. nf tho nnn f0m:lv nrhnen mnmhnrn UVU.IL 1 -.n, L_IaLU.Ua,) UIL., l". V' C"U "UU 'Y ..LA., .. YV"G -rju.vu.u baggage service. Flat cars were fur- crowd numbered 30,000 people. have all been connected in some way nished for the loading of number with the Frisco, and record, which a This association consists of the a of 75 M. it1. guns, truck mounts. search Frisco. Santa Fe, Rock Island, Mis- in itself shows the loyal and satisfac- souri Pacific, Katy, Kansas City tory service which each has given to lights, and other military equipment. Southern, Wabash and Kansas City the service. Dating back to civil war Reports show that during the entire Terminal. times, when the grandfather and fath- month of August, the Frisco will han- A number of the officials of the dif- er were exempt from war due to their dle continued heavy troop movements ferent roads attended, as well as of- en~ploymenton the railroad, it leads to camps. ficials of the different ahop employes' up to today, when we find these The Frisco was highly compliment- organisations. brothere, each serving wlth the same ed for the efficient and quick handling The Frisco band, in uniform attend- loyalty as their father and grand- given these troop trains, by officers ed and was much In evidence as one father did, years ago. in charge. August, 1925

STILL GOING STRONG Members East Saint Louis Junior C. of C. to Tulsa via Frisco CHESTER SAYS Bill Kennedy, of Enid, Smiles at Frlendshlp Is found where Mod- Friends from Wheel Chair Speclal Pullman Conveyed the Boy esty Is-where there is an inter- Members to National Meeting, change of things fair and honeet. June 23-28 Retired- .. - - Enaincar.-. . -...--., Whn--..- nrnv~-.--" -..-...-Fnnina God has &en yon a will of your 35 Years$ Leave8 Soon in Auto- Mr. F. P. Farrell, commercial agent Own; therefore, do not blame Him mobile for Vacation for the Frisco, with offices in East St, or And fault with His administra- Louis. Ill., performed an admirable tion. piece of work in securing the move- - --0 THE man who has spent ment of the &st St. Louis Junior years in the cab of a rail- Chamber of Cc )mmerce, enroute to The wise man deals wlth hie road locomotive, there are Tulsa for theiIr national meeting own mind. PY-noh., few obstacles that cannot be June 23-28. surmounted with determina- The Junior C1 iamber of Commerce Be on your guard. You ar-e an tion. That is the training that comes . . . . consists of boys oeLween tne ages or Iexamoln to-_ someone. Make your- from driving the great iron monsters. eighteen and thirty-five. Seventeen self the best lesson possible to from the East St. Louis Chapter at- others. tended the meeting where seven hun- - dred boys from all over the United It is not so much what you earn States met and discussed their fu- that counts, as that which you save ture programs and their work of the out of what you earn. past year. A special Pullman car was provided - Feet treading on rim rose -~ath~ - and the following extract from a Let- grow more weary i the end. ter written Mr. Farrell by Mr. 5. C. -n Schmulbach, chairman of the "On to - Tulsa Committee" highly compliments The heof least resistance Isn't Frisco service: always the safest. "I wish to thank you on behalf of the Junior Chamber of Commerce for "Make hay while me sun snlnes the fine service rendered by youraelf doesn't mean that we should re- and your St. Louis representative in main idle on cloudy days. arrangtng our trip to Tulsa to attend - the annual convention of the United Take as much interest in the exe- States Junior Chamber of Commerce. cution of the plan you were so en- There were seventeen members of thusiastic about, and the result will the organization who occupied Pull- amaze you. man car X-100 and each one of them enjoyed the trip very much due to Your name is your greatest asset the fact that all the space in this car -keep it clear of all bad marks. was for this particular group."

BILL KENNEDY William Kennedy, retired engineer Switch Engine No. 4 and Her Crew of Enid, Oklahoma, is no exception to that definition. After serving the Ftisco as an engineer from 1585 te 1920, thirty-five years. Kennedy was retired and pensioned on February 1. 1921. Shortly afterward his physical condition be- ----. L .=-. =- ,- ..~~--.> - came sucn rmac ne IS cununea to.- a wheel chair during his waking hours. Yet that makes no difference in his genial cheerfulness and good-fellow. ship. His friends say "Bill" Kennedy is the most enjoyable man in Enid to call upon. A few weeks ago "B111" botlght a new Iluick sedan, and In a few d~ys he Ieaves for Iowa in the new car, with his family, for a summer vacation. Here. again, is the Frisco spirit typified.

A Secret Sin The maid had been using surrepti- tiously the bath tub of her employer, an elderly bishop. He was a bachelor, very fastidious about his toilet, and Here are a short half dozen, hard-working railroaders, around and on their desired the exclusive use of his tub. old favorite switch engine No. 4, operating on the Birangham Belt. No. 4 is He reprimanded the maid with much small and the only one of its kind on the system, but according to John L. God- indignation: sey, reporter-cartoonist at Birmingham, this engine does one of the Iargest jobs "What distresses me most, Mary, is on the "Belt". that you have done this behind my From left to right: Frank Powell, engineer; R. L. McCain, fireman: W. W. back." Lane, foreman; and J. GUes, helper. Who knows the brother on the right? August, 1925

Four members of the Frisco family, Johnson at Thayer, Mo., June 10, 1896, uous service with the fiisco for with a combined service of one hun- and they have had no children. His thirty-three years and one month, and dred and twenty-five years, were represent address is 1620 Thirteenth his pension allowance is $32.26 a tired from service and placed on the Avenue, Bi'mingham, Ala. Mr. Shirk pension list a a meeting of the board served the Frisco for 33 years and month. of penslonn., hme 19. four months and was retired with a Burnell Harvey Rodgers, a crossing pension allowance of $94.15 per month. watchman at New Albany, Mississippi, was retired upon attaining the age of William Thomas Harlan, age 63, a 70 years on May locomotive engineer on the Central 9, 1925. Rodgers division, waa retired through perma- -- was born in Sher- n e n t disability. man,Pontotoc C. W. AVERY C o u n t y, Missis- Charlea Wood Avery. ~endoned sippi, May 9, 1855, in June of 1862. conductor, died at his home In mid, the son of a Mis- and received his Okla.. June 23. sissippi farmer. education in In- He was born on He was educated diana's schools. July 19, 1859, at i n the public He went to work Covingtoa, K y., schools at Sher- on his father's and entered the man for a few Kansas farm service of this years, but went when he was 19 company as a ,to work on the years old, and re- brakeman on the ceived his early Western dlvision engine experience in November, old. He farmed in the vicinity of W. T. HARLAN on a threshing 1903. He served Sherman until he entered the employ machine eneine as brakeman and of the old K. C. 31. & B. on July 10, in the Kansas wheat fields. ~e-en- conductor up to 1886, on a Sherman construction gang. tered the service of the Frisco as an the time of his He was promoted to section foreman engine wiper in 1883 at Pierce City. pension, w h i c h at Blue Springs, Mississippi, in June, Mo., and shortly afterward was pro- C. W. AVERY was given hlm in 1889, to extra gang foreman in April, moted to fireman. He made his 5rst December, 1923, because of his 1905, and to section foreman at Blue trip as an engineer on October 1, 1887. da- Springs, Mississippi, in November, He married Miss Lillian Morgan on fective hearing. Mr. Avery's pension 1907. He served as crossing watch- July 12, 1893, in Paris, Texas, and allowance was $36.50 per month and man at New Albany from October, they have the following children: he had received $657.00 at the time 1916. until his retirement. He was Roger. Vera, Bedford, Dorotha and of his demise. married to Miss Callie Morris, Lillian. Mr. Harlan resides at 105 November 10, 1880, at Sherman, Mis- West street, Fort Smith, Arkansas, P. sissippi, and has three sons, Ben, Tom and served the Frisco forty-two and F. MALONE and Hugh. All three sons are in the one-half years. His pension allow- Frank Patrick Malone, pensioned service of this railroad, Ben with the ance was placed at $90.25 per month. car inspector, died at his home in B. & B. department Tom and Hugh Blackwell. Oklahoma June 25. Mr, in the transportation department. Mr. John Calloway, section foreman at Rodgers resides at Sherman, Miss. Malone was retired on May 1, 1914, Miller, Mo.. was retired, at the age having reached the age of 70 years. He was retired with 16 years and 11 of sixty-one years, through permanent months' continuous service and his disability. He was He was born in Ennis, Clare County, pension is $20.00 a month. -, born on a Tennes- Ireland, April 12, 1844. After moving I see farm. October to this country as a boy, he began Benner Samuel Sbirk, assistant 23, 1863, and went work on the Atlantic & Paciflc rail- superintendent of the southern divi- I to work with the road at Dixon hill in 1868, with a sion, was retired through permanent Frlsco on Sep- tember 15, 1889, construction gang as carpenter. He disability at the age of 53 years. He went to the shops at SpringBeld as was born at. Potters Mills, Pennsyl- as a section la- vania, January 16, 1872, and attended borer at Sparta, a car carpenter in the early months of the country schools. He went to Mo. He worked 1873 and left the service of his own work on his father's farm when he as section fore- accord in 1876 to enter the grocery man in the towns was nine years old, driving team. business at Joplin. He returned to and later workea for a livery man at of Chadwick, Mo., Seymour, Missouri. He came with the Catoosa, Okla., the Frisco in 1882 as a car inspector F'risco November 8, 1887, at West Marionvllle, Mo., and served successively as car car- Plains, Missouri, as a warehouseman, and Miller, Mo. penter and car foreman for 31 years He married Miss and filled, successively, the positions and eight months, until his retire of night baggageman at Hoxie, Ark.; Nannie Simmer- night yard clerk at Thayer, Mo.; night man, April 17. ment. He leaves a widow and one baggageman at Springfield, Mo.; JOHN CALI 1892, at Sparta, daughter. Since his retirement in freight brakeman and conductor on Mo., and two children, Roscoe and 1914, at a pension of $20.00 per month, the Arkansan and Ozark divisions; Eunice were born to the union. Roscoe Mr. Malone received $2,660.00 in pen- passenger conductor and assistant is now a section foreman with this superintendent. He married Misa Bess railroad. Mr. Calloway saw contin- sion from th'e company. June Fuel Performance Was Best in History of Frisco, Recent Report Shows

Entire First Six Months This Year Far Better Than Same Period in 1924 -Robert Collett Says

SPLENDID record in fuel con- Division comes next, having made the ation of trains (and that is about servation for the Brst slx standard four times out of air in everybody on the railroad) is helping nonths of 1925 as compared freight service, four In passenger and In a good cause, kt is a pleasure to o the same period of 1924. six times (or every month) in switch report not only the figures and facts vas made by the loyal work- service. The River Division boys but the names of some or the en- le Frisco, according to Rob made thelr standard five times in gineers and firemen. We hope thab .t, fuel agent, in a statement freight service, three in passenger and through our ceoperative effort every- the Magazine shortly before three in swltch, and had also the dis- one working together for better fuel, press. tinction of getting to first place in better engines, less delays, more and 'une report shows the best freight service on a unit consump- more banner runs, we can do even ?r made in fuel consnmptfon." tion basis compared with a11 other di- much better in the last half of 1925 tt said enthusiastically, "and visions for five out of the six months' than we have in the first six months." lowered by five pounds per period. Southern made the etandard The following are trips on whlch 61v3s ton mlIes the best record four times in freight, four times in good fuel performances were made: previously made, which was in August, passenger. Central Division beat the June 26th, Engine 42, train extra 1924. standard each month in switch serv- Springfleld to Monett, Engineer "The record shows that for the six ice and also held first place in this Thompson, Fireman Mathias. Handled months' period ending June 30th. 1925. service ln unit consumption each of 68 loads, 7 empties, 2,649 tons. Gross compared with the. same six months' the six months. ton miles. 116.558: burned 6 ,tons of period in 1924, the pounds of coal and "The splendid record and saving c&l. Fuel per~orkance,102 lbs. per gallons of fuel oil consumed per one made last year was most gratifying to 1,000 G. T. M. thousand gross ton miles decreased all concerned, but better things by June 27th, Engine 47, Train 35, 11 per cent," Mr. Collett continued. far are being accomplished in 1925. Springfleld to Monett, Engineer Mil- "The gross ton miles per train The records of individual trips shown ler, Fireman Morrow. Handled 79 mile, or average tons per train, In- in the Magazine this month are but a loads, 10 empties, 2.754 tons. Gross creasing 8.9 per cent. In passenger few samples of good fuel performances ton miles. 121.176: burned 6 tons of service, the unit consumption similar- that are being made every day. To coal. Fuel perfoknance, 99 pounds include them all would be to include per 1,000 G. T. M. ly reduced to 10% per cent, with an June 27th. Engine 4021, Train 534, increase in passenger cars per train the names of every engineer and every fireman on the railroad. Francie to ~apulpa,Engineer Sawyer. of only 2.7 per cent. This was a Rrernan Boland. Handled 203,108 mighty good showing in both classes "We are getting our fuel perlorm- gross ton miles with 11 tons of coal. of service. In switch service, we made ance to where we do not have to take Pounds per 1,000 G. T, M., 108. about 3 per cent reduction per switch off our hats to the best of them. It locomotive mile, but somewhat bet- June 15th. Engine 1298. Train 1SB. a is true the character of our railroad, Amory to Memphis, Engineer Starks. ter showing per car handled. which requires that our greatest vol- Fireman Turner. Handled 220,468 "For the system, in freight service, ume of business moves over our gross ton miles, burned 7 tons of coal. we beat the standard each of the six heaviest grade lines, makes our fuel Fuel performance, 63 pounds per 1,000 months, excepting May, and in that consumption per 1.000 gross ton G. T. M. month missed it by only 1 pound per miles higher than many other roads June 17th. Engine 1311, Traln 2nd 1,000 gross ton miles. In passenger having a more level route, and hence 164, Ft. Scott to Kansas City, Engineer service, we lowered the standard a greater average train load-that is, Carl Anderson, Fireman Geo. Kell. ' every month but June, lacking then more tons per train and more passen- But we are judged Handled 273,636 gross ton miles; only one-half of 1 pound per passenger cars per train. burned 80 lbs. of coal per 1,000 G. T. ger car mile. In switch service, we in comparison by our DerCentage of improvement over our own previous M. On duty 7 hours. lacked a little each month, ranging July llth, Engine 36, Train 32, En- from 1 pound in February, to 7 performance, and in that, which is the proper basls, we stand well at gineer BucBert, Fireman Wallace, pounds pet switch locomotive mile in Newburg to St. Louis. Handled 44 June, of making the standard in any the top among all of the railroads in the Unfted States, loads, 19 empties, 285,890 G. T. M. month. Time on read, 5 hours, 25 minutes. "Everyone of our officers appre- I "It wH1 be to our everlasting credit Fuel performance, 126 lbs. per 1.000 if for the remaining six months, we ciates the splendid showing that Is G. T. M. can beat the standard in every class being made and so express themselves July 12th. Engine 26, Train 36, Jh- of service but the mark is set pretty to the boys on the firing line in their gineer Thiel, Fireman McRoberts, high for us and it is going to take every day contact. Newburg to St. Louis. Handled 67 the united efforts of everyone on the "In addltion to the engineers and loads, 1 empty, 303,000 G, T. M. on 17 railroad. firemen, credit must be given ta the tons of coal. Time on road, 5 hours. " 'Batting averages' are as follows: conductors, trafnmen, train dfspatch- he1 performance, 112 Ibs. per 1,000 The Eastern and Northern Divisions era, yard men, the men who prepare G. T. M. tied for the best showing-each divi- the engines for service at the termi- June 23rd. ~dgine1615, Train 634, sion making its standard each of the nals, the girls and boys who keep the Engineer Keiller, Fireman Brammer. sir months in freight Bervlce, flve records right, the fuel lnspeetors who Handled 1,986 tons, Enld to West times in passenger service, but not try to see that we have good fuel, the Tulsa. used 1.450 gallons of oil or 6 quIte making it in any month in lads who call the crews-everyone gallons per 1.000 G. T. M. switch service. The Southwestern who has anything to do with the oper- (Now tttrn to Page 31, please.) August, 1925

economy Interest and Co-operation Is Greatest Aid degree. ' and the11 co-uya~a~luu uuialuau through attendance at the fuel meet- in Fuel Saving ings, by personal talks, and through the efforts of the Assistant Ruperin- Joint E$orts of Coal Chute Men, Roundhouse Force, Engine- tendent, or whoever is their immediate officer in charge. men and Others Necessary- J. E. Whalen Says There are any number of trainmen, By J. E. WHALEN,General Fuel Supervisor yardmasters and switchmen on the Frisco railroad who are among our --HD effort8 that are being put Roundhouse Force, Too greatest co-operators and savers of forth by the management of We next come in contact with the fuel and they have contributed a world ?rZthe Friaeo Rallroad to save mundhouse force, more especially the of good suggestions in our fuel-saving Lu+!fuel are intended to reach cinder-pit men, boiler washers, grate campaign. employes in every branch of men, tront-end men, flue borers, fire Trainmasters or chief cTIspatcbers and the service and those of ns who are builders and engine watchmen. We train dispatchers are interested and co- devoting the greater part of our time should visit with these men often, operating in fuel economy. However, in to this work must necessarily come always find time to listen to their the daily work of chiet dispatchers and in contact with men In every branch ideas, and go a little further-telling dlspatchers their reports are an educa- of the service and particularly in the them of happenings out on the line. If tion in the economical railroad opera- Operating Department. First, we they have done a good job, tell them tion and In fuel saving in particular. must interest them, after which we so. If there was any change to the But conditions sometimes arise where try to obtain their co-operation. locomotive made by them, report the they make moves which to thelr best In fuel economy. interest and co- result. They like to hear about it and juagment at the time is the thing to operation begin with the purchase and are aIways particularly interested in do, and usually turning out all right. preparation of the fuel. Purchases are talking with men who ride or operate Other times they are not so good and made from responsible coal operators, the engines. This will obtain their cause train and engine men to com- who are not only able to furnish 8 co-operation, which is also vitally es- plain and think that that department proper grade of fuel, but are sincerely sential to a good fuel performance. is not interested or co-operative. interested in keeping the quality up to Enginemen Burn 85 Per Cent Staff Meetings Help a proper standard. Next come the enginemen, who han- Btaff meetings held by the division Interest and co-operation in baving dle and burn 85 per cent of all of the superintendent with the chief dis- good fuel must then begin wlth the fuel used on railroads. On the Fdsco patcher and his staff and the fuel meet- preparation of the fuel, and this can we use annually about two million ings also present an opportunity of re- best be obtained by meeting at the tons per year, therefore the engine- viewing the train sheets and talking mines the men who are producing the men themselves use approxlmately over conditions which would tend to coal, explaining to them what good 1,700,000 tons. Engineers and flremen obtain interest and assure co-operation coal means to the successful operation are therefore responsive to sugges- and which Is at the same time an of a locomotive, how the impurities tions and instructions of the rlght sort, education to the trainmen, enginemen clinker a fire, "rawhide" the train and but as a rule they want to know that and others. engioemen, delaying the trains, dis- the man wbo is instructing or advising To have complete Interest and co- commoding the public generally, even- them is experienced in their line of operation In he1 saving on the part of tually leading up to the discontinuance work. IC you meet them either on or all employes concerned requires, Of of coal from that mine or district and off the road and they have had a hard course, that all of the executive and interruption of working time for the trip, it requires diplomacy to call their operative officers shall feel and mani- miners in that mine or district. Get- attention to some apparent neglect or fest an interest in the subject and fn ting on the ground and handling in shortcoming on their part and apply the work of the men on the firing line, the manner above related with the corrective advice. The mere fact that and that they discuss it with these men actually producing the coal is they realize you have noticed their op- men whenever suitable opportunity of- always agreeable and interesting to eration or any certain condition is suf- fers. It may only be a word of in- responsible coal operators, meets with ficient for them to want to explain. quiry or of praise, but we are all alike their approval and secures their hearty Usually this presents the opportunity -we like to know what the boss thinks co-operation. for you to interest them and thereby of our efforts and to have the benefit Frequent Inspections, Too obtain their co-operation. Once ob- of the advice and good counsel of our The next move in securi~gco-opera- tained, it should not be lost, for as officers. tion is by frequent inspections at the time goes on there will be many op- In conclusion, we should bear in coaling plants of the coal and the coal- portunities to compliment enginemen mind that all men's ideas differ, each ing plant itself, in showing a real in- on their work, sympathize with and one having his own particular view- terest in the work of the employes assist them in their troubles, which .point, each entitled to consideration. who handle the fuel at the coaling will mean personal contact and mutual but if we meet each other wlth a stations, and by having conditions of co-operation. Enginemen are very re- smile, show the proper spirit iB giving cars or coaling stations corrected that sponsive to any suggestion that im- as well as receiving we will obtain our cause fuel to be spilled and wasted. proves the locomotive and lightens reward in compound interest and sin- By letting these men know that you their labor. It is simply a case, as cere co-operation. are interested in them and their work, above stated, of wanting to be shown you will have their full co-operation and being convinced that the person both in handling fuel and in the care malcing the suggestion linows what he Unappreciation of the plant. The majority of these is talking about. "But John, dear, before we were "men are old, experienced employes, Trainmen Are lntereeted married you told me that you were have handled thousands of tons of coal Train and yard men are always will- worth fifty dollars a week." annually, and, it alert at their fobs. ing to become interested in any new "I am, but toe boss only gives me as the majority of them are, they are movement that will improve the rail- twenty." very falr and impartlal critlcs of the road. In fuel economy we have, per- fuel quality and of conditions. haps, not always taken the same in- Do not overlook the coal chute men. terest in informing this group of em- Ask Dadl He Knows . They are a big help in fuel economy ployes in fuel ecowmy matters, and in "'I)oee the baby take after his and in controlling the cost of handling interesting them, that we have taken father, Mrs. Jones?" fuel, which costs the Frisco Railroad in the englnemeu, not realizing that "Yes, indeed. We tmk hi%,bottle annually from two hundred fifty to although they do not directly handle away from him, and the darling tried three hundred thousand dollars. the fuel, they indirectly influence to creep down the cellar steps." Page 30 August, 1925

Ga., in appreciation of Frisco service. and is presented by their superintendent, W. E. McAllister: I Commendations From Here and There I "On behalf of each and every member of the "Soldiers' Home on Frisco Seroice Party" who attended the Dallas. Texas, reunion, please permit me to express thanks for the kindness of your company through yourself in -MR. J. J. SCULL, president of The Frisco satisfactorily handled the furnishing us with transportation for that oortlon of the way covered the Scull, Swain & Wallace strawberry crop out of Monett, and by your fines. Company, hardware dealers every employe has been on the alert Every individual member of the ,,, of Sherman, Texas, took the to aid in every way possible the quick party enjoyed the trip to the fullest time to drop our agent at movement of this commodity. and we will always remember wlth gratitude that you helped to a great Sherman. the followina letter: Mr. E. A. O'Dwver. secretarv and extent to make it possible." want to compliment you on "we manager of the Monett Fruit ~r6wers' Mr. Bela Barnes of the Barnes the service we are now getting on Association, says : N. shipments out of St. Louis over the "The Frisco has given us abso- Knitting Company of Cedartown, Ga.. Frisco. is another appreciative patron of Mr. Today we received a shipment lutely 100 per cent service. There from Shapleigh Hardware Company has been no delay-no friction. W. E. Post, traveling passenger agent When we asked for -cars they were of AtIanta, Ga., and this 1s what he of St. Louis, delivered to you on given us immediately. the thirteenth of Nay, and just Everv emolove of the Frisco at says of his service and that of the three days later was In our stock. ~onett-hasaided in every way pos- Frisco: This is service that we do not re- sible to expedite the handling of the "Again 1 wish to thank you for call having ever had, even in the berries and to the Frisco railroad your trouble in coming up to see good old davs 'before the war.' we ofler our sincere appreciation me and for securing Pullman reser- - This kind- of servlce brings St. vations and sending them to me Louis mighty close to us." and thanks." The Bentonville Community Club, here. I reallze, of course, that this Whether you want to route a trunk is a part of your business, still that over the Frisco Lines, or yourself, you through their secretary. Rank P. Har- does not keep me from appreciating will be given courteous treatment and ris, has taken the trouble to write Mr. your courtesy and efforts to secure prompt service. Below we quote A. P. Matthews, division passenger for me just what I wanted." from Mr. W. G. Leftwich, of the Wil- agent at Memphis, with a copy to the Mr. Brooks Stanage, assistant liam R. Compton Company of Mem- publicity department, of sewice ren- freight traffic manager, recently re phis : dered them. ceived the following letter from a "As a representative body of one friend of his, who enthusiastically "I recently had occasion to make 'unlt' of the Frlscde Chatk tsrrl- a trip from Aberdeen to Cblcago, tory this club wants to express its recommends\ our METEOR from St. using pour lines to Birmingham and Louis to Oklahoma City. the Illinois Central, up. a~~reciatlonto vour oflice and to I made the request of the Dassen- the Frisco adyeitising department This man, who lives in Chicago, for the ad, 76 Degrees in the travels extensively throughout the ger agent at Aberdeen, Miss.. Miss Ozarks", appearing some days ago Pauline Schatx. for the reservations. in the Commercial Appeal, and no United States, and, therefore, his sin- She very courteously and kindly cere a~~reciationof Fcrisco service is handled them In every detail to our doubt in other papers. Not only do complete satisfaction. It is Certaln- we want to express to you and other highly- Galued : Astor Hotel. ly a pleasure to do business with heads of departments and your pub- New ITork City. an organlzation of this type and one liclty department our appreciation "That Frisco 'Cannon Ball' or whicK gives the servlce your or- of this ad, but also of any others 'METEOR' beats the 'Century' all to ganization gives. you may have carried or expect to pieces for speed, comfort, scenery. I am writhe this just as a means carry, advertising the Ozark region. meals, price, service and from We would apyreciate a supply of every other angle. Got here this of appreciation to -your road and the booklet Vacations in the morning, did everything I came to to your representative at Aberdeen Ozarks' for distribution from our do, leave for Philadelphia tomorrow for this service." club headquarters, information bu- morning, back here tomorrow p. m., During the recent strawberry sea- reau and rest rooms." and then home from here Friday son, when Monett was the center of On June 18, the Bessemer Gas En- and get there Saturday a. m." the marketing season, the cars of ber- gine Company shipped from Grove Every-day patrons of the Frisco are ries were iced and moved with such City. Penna.. car R. I. 262127, con- coming to know that the very word speed that they reached their desti- signed to their branch warehouse at FRISCO means SERVICE in all forms. nations in perfect condition. Berries Tulsa, Okla., routed via the Frisco A recent pleasant trip on Frisco from Monett were shipped to some Prom St. Louis. Lines was enjoyed in spite of high thirty-eight states and Canada, and it On June 23 this car was in Tulsa- temperature, by T. J. Corwin, presi- is readily understood that prompt the fifth day after leaving Pennsyl- dent of the Illinois Pacific Glass Co., handling was necessary in order for vania. of San Francisco, Calif. Mr. Corwin, the berries to arrive in A-1 condition. The traffic manager of that com- writing to J. E. Payne, of the passen- From Sioux City, Iowa, comes the pany writes Mr. S. S. Butler, our ger department, said: following letter from the firm of Head- freight traffic manager in glowing "You will perhaps recall that on ington & Hedenbergh, produce deal- praise of l?risco service. June 10, I requested you to obtain ers : Here is an excerpt from his. letter of a section reservation for me from "Enclosed flnd check, brokerage St. Louis to Tulsa, Tulsa to Dallas. 18047. June 29: and from Dallas to Los Angeles. At car strawbcrries, No. which "I wish to congratulate you on each point. I secured them by mere- arrived here yesterday. Will say the splendid servlce accorded this ly giving my name, and it is with this was one of the flnest cars of car, and which we are receiving great pleasure that I acknowledge strawberries we have ever received. from your line. Two or three years your courtesy and thank you. I It will help to stimulate business in ago, from ten days to two weeks was unfamiliar with your lines and the berry line." would have been required for this your assistance made traveling a Special train movements over the movement, which, in this case, is pleasure even in the hlgh temper- Frisco seldom fail to bring forth a made more of an achievement by ature." letter.- . -. of- - verv favorable comment. the fact that no s~ecialhandling or E. G. Baker submits the following H~~~ is one from st. signed attention was requested for this car. and the movement indicates a from W. F. Weiherman: by Col. Hansendebe, Woman,s Relief real desire on the part of the em- I wish to compliment you and Corps No. Nineteen, and Sallie Man- ployes of your line to give real the other ofllcers upon the splendid way in which you handled our 400 ion. ~atrioticinstructor. which is self- service. and a splendid spirit of dele~atesand guests on tne special ex&natory: co-operation, without which this movement would be impossible. train to the Waither League Con- "The members of Col. Hansendebe Service of this kind needs no solici- vention at Gape Girardeau May 22- Woman's Relief Corps, No. Nineteen, 24. Your equipment was excellent who rods on the G. A. R. special tation. IT SELLS ITSELF." and the fine spirit of co-operation train number two to Joplin and re- A party from the Concederate Sol- that your employes gave us made a turn, all want t.o send many thanks diers' Home of Georgia, handled via lasting im~resslonupon our travel- to the train crew for the courtesy the Frisco to attend the reunion at - ers. I hope that we shall at some shown us while on the train. We near future time again have the all felt at home and very sorry the Dallas, Texas, writes Mr. W. E. Post, pleasure of making use of your trip was at an end." traveling passenger agent of Atlanta,. - services. r'he FRISCO EMPLOYES' MAGAZINE It is no longer compelling that a department Published on the Fifteenth of Each Month store should carry a stock several hundred BY the thousands of dollars in excess of immediate St. Louis-San Francisco Railway needs. It can get more stock quickly and cer-

EA;,OA hn WM T UTT~.CTNC Tr tainly through dependable service. Mo., a leading department store said that due to the improved services only, he carried an I£ one million dollars less in 1923 t the same time doing consider- iiness. The saving in interest iillion dollars of reduced inven- sufficient to pay his freight bill gear. :tu'rer, too, is benefited in that he ;ser stock of raw materials, and xomptly and when he needs it. dependent upon transportation ost any other business man, can e, estimates of market needs and mtity of his output with intelli- ) market demands, thus saving and unnecessary cost of pro- uinulating an unneeded surplus. efit is even more far-flung than

3er in Montana has declared he ikage alone, through expedited r a head on lambs, and the sheep lo are said to have saved a mil- ring the past year. of the cotton grower, the cattle t grower, the steel mills. Is, affecting as they do, every rm of industry, have made an- &k for themselves-a mark that uld realize and remember.

teady Improvement far the railways of America are more safe. By the constant at- ~ment,the earnest search for new rolling devices, and continual at- Iucatio~iin safety matters, thc cut down the accident ratio re- 1900-04 one passenger was killed 000,000 carried, and in the same years later, the proportion had ? in 5,000,000. The toll of today wrecks, derailments and collis- wtde crossings. There can the ver aid.

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TIte Bathing girl on frort! cover of tkzs .Ilagaziile is a well-krloem St. Louis arfist's I corcceptiorfi of the conr-posite bearrties of the three Bathirrg girls' pictures on this page. The artist r.rclainled in ad~rrirntior~zuhe~s we p~e- serttcd hi?n with these photographs atzd told hi~rr. to make n con~posite "Frisco Balltij~g Rcattly" for our front cover. The g Jliss Helerr moo re (upper right), dliss J7elrtcs (certtev), of the office of stiperiri! of car repair bills, Springfield; and Miss Cordas (rcpper left), of the super- intettdeit t of motive power office. We invite yoti to give three cheers for three Frisco Bathing Beauties. Page 3.5 ;eauties When Compared With Frisco's Own?

A trio of glorified Beauties wlio are $rotroutmd by Floreizs Zieg- fcld as the most perfect bathing girls in tire WO?'~!. The arc from left to right-L~NA ~SQUEITE, BERYL HALLEYattd DOROT H Y KNAPP. Photo by White Studio, N. Y.

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A~ARTI-1'1 MASONirb the Strldent l'rincc crt JOI.SON'S THEATRE. I'lroto by Alfred Chrrrey Jolrrrsto~l, MARJORIEMAE MARTYN. A glorified Beauty iiz the new Zieg- GOSXOVA fcld "Follies" of UJAC is pro~roz~medby F1orcir.z 1925 at tire N~I Zieyfcld as orre of the Four Am~terdam T h e- most Perfect BntAirtg Beauties atre. Photo by De in the world. Miss Gosnovn is it4irjian Strrdios. a dancer. in Mr. Zicgfcld's pro- ductio~of Louis the 14th--at the ~ie~flld.Plrato by Cosrrto- politart Theatre Studio, N. Y.

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Miss i74argaret CVeinrr, of the office of car accountant, Spritrgfield, Mo., attractively dress- rd in a collegiate sport outfit of white flatmel skirt with velvet jadbet. Wi!lr this suit is worn a Iztrt of whitr silk. zuitlz brinr of black velvrt.

A pair of black patent leatlrer shoes, trim rncd with sund colnred leather, and stitchittg. modeled by Miss Ertrik Fisk Pennington, of thr car nccountatrt's officr, Springfirld. &lo.

For traveling, Miss Strlla Mentte, of thp szbperitltetdent of telegraph depnrlment, finds this little hat of bengaline with black brim atld brown trimmed with applique flowers, most nttroctive. The ornnnzent in front is of bright I red. Ili Pictures by courtesy of the Heer Stores Company - -. . of SprlngReld, Mo. August, 1925 THE IRVINCTON

This house is of English type. The built-in gara g e is v e r y unobtrusively placed and can be heat ed from the house. The front is particularly a t t ractive with its grouped windows and interesting en trance framed in smooth finish Portland Ce- ment stucco quoins. The living room is lighted with several casement windows. Flanking t h e fine fireplace are large Openings, o n e with double dobra kead- ing to a porch, the other arched, form- ing the entrance to the dining room. PEACOCK .St FRANK,Architects, Milwaukee, Wis. The kitchen is well arranged. The busy housewife will ap- and the bathroom, all with amplo ly colored concrete tile or Cement as- preciate the convenient features af- closets, are well armhged. bestos shingle roof, this house is at- forded by the easy access to the kitch- tractive in appearance, fire-safe and en. Its location enables her to have a When built with concrete block practically free from upkeep. Besides clear view through to the front door walls, upon which an exterior cover- it is warm In winter and cool in .while she is doing her work. The ing of Portland,.Cement stucco baa summer. three bedrooms on the second floor been applied, and with an appropriate-

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An illustrated booklet called "Your Home", containing pictures of more than a dozen houses in different sections of the country may be obtained free of charge by writing the editor. In it also is much other informatien of interest and value to anyone planning to build a house. I'll Bite Not DEAF, But DEAF! Might Try a Mirror! They were sitting in the barracks, Two elderly men, both extremely In the Tennessee hills a man and swapping yarns. deaf, met on a country road. Dave his wife were sitting outside their "Ever hear this one?" asked one of had a fishing pole in his wagon. When rope home when B funeral procession the group. "A dog was tied to a he saw his friend Jim, he stopped the passed. The man was comfortab!e fourteen feet long. Twenty feet away horse. "Goin' fishin'?" ehouted Jim. in a chair that was tilted back toward was a .fat, juicy bone. How did the "No." Dave replied, "I'm goin' the street his feet on the sill d an dog get to the bone?" flshin'." open window. "Oh, that's old stuff," answered one "Oh," said Jim. "I thought maybe "1 think that's the funeral of 01' of the Marines. "You want some bird you was goin' fishinn."--country den- to say, '1 give up,' and then you'll man Williams," remarked his wife. tleman. "Reckon it's the biggest seen in these say. 'that's what the other dog did'." parts for awhile, ain't it Bud?" "No, you're wrong, for the dog got -But Just Wait1 "I reckon it its," Bud replied, "I the bone." "I hate to punish you, my boy, but sure would like to see it. What a "Well, how dld he get It?" I only do it because I love you," said pity I ain't facin' that way!" "Why, the other end of the rope the father. wasn't tied!"-leatherneck. "I only wish I were big enough to - return your love." said his son. Her Maiden Name! A Foreign Language A little colored girl who had learned Sweet Young Thing: "An' has ums to read had this conversafion with ickle woogleurns a kiss for his sweet her mother: lovums?" "Mother, was your name Pullman Bachelor Passenger: "Curse these before you were married?" derned foreigners."-Passing Show. "No, dear, why do you ask?" "Well, I just wondered. I see that name on most of our towels." TWO-A. M.! Wifey: "Didn't I hear the clock Evolution! strike two as you came in last night?" "Mother", asked the young daugh- "Hubby (who thinks quick): "You ter, "am I descended from a monkey?" did, my dear. It started to strike "I don't know," replied mother, "I eleven and I stopped it so it wouldn't didn't know your father's people very awaken you." well."-U. P. Magazine.

Experience, the Teacher A Change1 First Brakeman: "I see a Georgia "Now, tell me about it-why did you judge has ruled that a man has a steal that purse?" right to spank his wife." "Your Honor, I won't deceive you. Second Ditto: "Well, a man also has I was ill and thought the change might a right to try to bounce an express do me good." train off the track, and I believe I'd rather try that first."-Mutual Maga- zine. Choicest Locations A Crossword Puzzle "How on earth did Rubinsky make "What's a ten-letter word meaning Maybe l all that money so quickly?" a hold-up?" Matty: "I wonder if Professor Kid- "Why, he established branches of "I'll bite. What is it?" der meant anything by it." his junk shop close to all the impor- "Suspenders ! " Chatty: "By what?" tant grade crossings of the country" Matty: "He advertised a lecture on 'Fools' and when I bought a ticket Religious Handicap The Last Smoke it was marked, 'Admit one1." Teacher: "Now, Robert, what is a "I'd like to be cremated, but I'm niche in a church?" sure my wife wouldn't like it." All Peaches! ! Robert: "Why, it's just the same "my so?" Grocer: "This is the best brand as an itch anywhere else only you "She's always complaining about of peaches on the market-your hus- can't scratch it as well."-Boston my leaving my ashes around.'.' band will like them." Transcript. Wife: "The peaches my husband likes are not in cans." It's All in How You Express Itl "Should evening dresses ever be Grocer: "What are they in?" Bob was sitting on the sofa with his worn to bridge parties?" Wife: "Bathing suits!" friend Dot. On her knee was her "No; in playing cards it is only nec- little niece. The door of the next essary to show your hand!" This from Harry Hudgen: room was wide open and the family "My idea of a tremendously damn as usual were there, listening. This fool is a chap who is afraid to light is what they heard: Rbflectiod third on a match, or walk under a "Kiss me, too, Aunt Dot." She: "Is $his, the Arst time that ladder, but thinks it's great sport to "Certainly, dear, but don't say. too: you have ever kissed'a girl?" race the Kansas City-Florida Special!" say twice; too is not good grammar. He: "Gosh! Am I that crude?" Pngr 40 7/HE/c@~ ,@Mo~%~&~~%z/NE August, 192.5

Grown-Ups A Page THETWILIGHT HOUR JU.~F~~ I Be Quiet Children Dear Twilllght Lady: 7RISCO KIDDIE:S WIN PRIZES I thought I would entcr your contest. I am a little glrl eight years Breclrenridge, Okla., whose daddy is old. I have hazel blue eyes and a; section foreman. curly hair. Daddy carried me to the barber shop and had them all Carl wrote the Twilight Lady like cut OK. I am having a grand (lme this: during my vacatlon. I am golng to Dear Twlllght Lady: a grand revival now and believe me I am a little boy nine years old we sure are having lots of souls and In fifth grade at echool. I saved. I am maklng a trip the last have a brother seven and we walk of August. I am going to Kentucky mile and a halt to school. I have to see my little cousin. I know we a sweet baby brother eight months are going to have a grand time. I old. We had a nlce vacation. We am livlng at Townley. Ah.; my went to a btg lake the Fourth of daddy is section foreman. I don't Julv. There were lots of boys in have any picture of myself, so I sw~mmlng. I haven't learned to wlll go, swim yet, but I llke to play In thc Carmon Posey. water. We have nlce blg shade trees and The Twillght Lady just knows giant strlps to swing on. that you'll have a lovely time, Car- We had buffalo barbecue and ice mon, while your visiting your lit- cream for dinner. My daddy is a Frisco sectlon fore- tle cousin and while you're having man Rnd has been R scctlon fore- such a "grand" time; won't you write man for ten years. her another letter? See if you can't Am sendlng you mine and broth- send her a picture, too. er's ~lcture. Will send baby brother's ia~er. Little Gwendolyn Lobdell of Sher- Best wishes to Frlsco. klddies. man, Texas, sent me a lovely little From a Itlddy. picture with the letter which I am HELEN AND BOBBY McSWEENEY Carl Stewart. letting you read below, and the Twi- Dear Frisco Kiddies: light Lady was just delighted to re- My goodness! The Twilight Lady ceive it. certainly did get heaps of letters from Dear Twlllgkt Lady: I am rrolnrr to tell sou what I did -her children-with pictures and stories on my ;acacion. I \Gent to Kansaa .of vacation trips. City, Mo., to see my aunt and uncle. It was just a terrible job to pick We went to the narks and rode the dippers and the 6erry-go-round, and out the one that wae the best, and the the tumble bug. 'Twilight Lady began to wish she had And I also went down the sllde. a whole barrel of gloves and bats and One house we went Into was a bathing suits because each letter was house called the fun house. I laughed so much I thonght I would worth a prize. surely die, It is full of mirrors. And the pictures! I'm ao glad to One mlrror ~111make you look llke know what so many of my children sou were as blg as a glant. an- look like. I love every one of you. other will make you look real Cat. I surely did have a good time. But, of course, I just had to pick Mv daddv works at the Frlsco .out two lovely little letters and I am Shofis. EV&J tlme he get8 a ~risco going to print them for you just as Magazine I look for the Twillght they came to me. Lady page and read It. My daddy's name is Roy W. Lobdell. My name The flrst little winner is Helen Jo Is Gwendolyn Lobdell. I have a McSweeney, of 1923 N. Broadway, brother and slster. My brother has 'Springfield, Mo., and the accompany- red hnir. The boys call hlm "Red". I am ten years old. My birthday iing picture is of Helen 30 and the lit- 1s in Februarv. On the Twiliaht tle brother she speaks of in her letter. Page it aaid io mend your plc~

The Boys and Girls of Frisco Special Agents I.---Charles nnd Daman, age 2 and 0 yeam respectlrel~;aons of J. 8. Johnson. Hart1 310. Tallest boy is Ilttle neighbor. 2.-Slarm- , ret, ege 7 yeara; Lottle, age 1 years; Sld, age 15 months, chlldren of Sld Cow.m, :pedal agent. Blrmlnghsm, Ala. 3.-Mary Jane, age 2 2ears; Norman Dowlns, 11.. age 6 months ; children of N. D. Duley, sergeant speclal oflice?, Yemph~s. 4.-Ruth and diehard, ngs 5 years; lwln chlldren of R. 8. Stepdire, speclul ngenl. Chaflw, Mo, 5.-Arch, Jr., ape 15 montha; son of A. C. Rowley, speclal I offlcer, Monett, 310. 6.-George Dee, age 2 gears; son of T. P. Plumlee, speclal offleer. Monett, 310. ?.-Paul and Bllly, age 5 and ' I 7 yeara respectively: chlldren of Speelal Agent T. 31. Scolt, Cape Olrardeau. Mo. Little glrl Is a nelghhr. I).-Wlllard E. Brooks, Jr.. age 4% years; son of W. E. Brooks, chlef clerk. 9.-Cary L., Jr., age 5 pears; Marle, age 2 yeara; children of C. L. Tldwell, spe- ] clal ofTlcer, Memphls. 10.-Xorton, Wommack, age 3 years; son of R. S. Wommrek. Sprlnfleld. >lo. Il.4eneva, am I0 years and hfarjorle, age 7 years: daughters of J. E. Duran, speclal agent. Pt. Worth. Texas. I2.4orble. age 2% sears: son of R. E. TN~u, speclal agent, Sprlngfleld. 310. 13.-huls Wlllard, age 4% monthy; son of C. W. Walker, speclal agent, R. Smllh, Ark. 14.4arles A.. nge 7 sears; Florence A., age 11 years: Allce J.. age 3 years; Irene 31.. age 9 rears: Jess J.. age 5 pears; children or Henry Hop- , Klns, speclnl ofllcer, Kansas Clty, 310. 13.-Betty Ann Slmmerman. age 1 Year; daughter of Speclal ORicer Simmerman. Sapulpa, Okla. I! Page 42 August, 1925

WICHITA TEAM WINS decided to assess each member an in- Bowling Season Launched At itiation fee of $5.00, this to cover the June 28 Meeting in St. Louis purchasing of the necessary lumber Administers Two Defeats to and wire for the backstop and for League Leading Court Plan for Complete Fall Schedule- labor expended by outside forces in E. J. Jochum Elected President House Nine removing sod from the plot chosen - for the courts. The Prisco Railway Bowling League Manager lmmele and His Teammates At this meeting, the following of- held its Arst meeting for the coming Hope for Pennant in Utility flcers were elected: W. C. Henke, season on June 28, 1925. Twilight League president; Dawes Williams, secretary One of the most important matters and treasurer; R. C. Giedke and Hap discussed was the election of officers. ---HE Frisco baseball team at old Hopkins, construction committee. and the following will hold office dur- Wichita Kansas, is showing The total membership at this time ing the coming season: E. J. Jochum, ' ' late wason form in admilis. is nineteen. The following constitute president; 0. B. Duffy, vice-president, 2-d tering defeats in the Utility the charter members, who are initially and F. W. Rose was again elected Twilight League of that city. responsible for the formation of the secretary and treasurer. The evening games of the league at- Frisco Employes' Tennis Club of The Frisco will have elght teams tract a good crowd to the local park, Chaffee, Mo.: W. C. Henke, Irene Rig- this year and they expect to have a and the Frisco colors have been car- don, Anna Guethle, Macie Powers, much better season than the one just ried victoriously high on several oc- Dawes Williams, Anna Golden, Mary ended. The work of selecting alleys, casions. Dailey, R. C. Giesike, Earl Fatchett, and arranging a schedule has already The Court House Nine. k~owleading William Condray, F. L. DeGtoat, R. G. been undertaken, and will be com- the league, was defeated for the first Langston, Beatrice Spaulding, T. J. pleted within a ~horttime. time this season by the Frisco squad. Sweeney, Ila Cook, W. R. McD~~lough, was Until the defeat by Frisco, the Court Leota Friend, Catherine Welch and A great deal of interest shown House had won twelve straight Harold Hopkins. in the match games of the past sea- games. A second defeat was given son, and the Frisco teams made a them by the Friscoans a few evenings splendid showing. later. and the Court House came back Springfield White Sox Played the following week by defeating the Winning Ball This Month Frisco nine. DO YOU REALIZE- The season opened inauspiciously, Defeats Meted Out to Monett Tlgers I ( according to Manager Edward J. Im- Twice and North Shops-All ------mele, rate clerk at the freight office, Games Close That trouble comes seldom to those due to a lack of proficient players. As - with plenty of work to do? interest increased, the squad picked G+3*-FTER an indifferent start of That the English language is called up speed, and to date the regular line- 2 2 the season, the Frisco White "the mother tongue" because father up presents as good baseball talent A Sox of Springfield are ateadily never had a chance to use it? as there is in the City of Wichita, in- L_Ain their stride, and hare won That still, we have yet to honor cluding: Parks, sf; Holwagner, 2b; several victories from excel- the husband who helped with the Newfelts, 3b; Duryee, If; Immele, cf; lent opponents, according to a dis- dishes and was shot by his wife? Chester, lb; Butler, ss; Van Fossan, p; patch from J. R. Hoover, manager. Wilson, c. That it Is easy to accept another The Clover Town Team met defeat man's opinion when you are about to "We're putting our chests out, beat their hands on June 28 at Doling lieve me," Manager Xmmele wrote. ask him for a favor? Park by a score of 5 to 4. That it is really a hard life? Men "We whipped those Court House per- On July 4 and 5, the Sox met the formers 4 to 1 in one game, and 6 to 5 Monett Tigers at Doling Park, and will not be nice to you if yon are not in another. And that championship clefeated them in both games, the first good looking and women will not be pennant for the Utility League is go- by a score of 6 to 5, and the second nice to you if you are? ing to hang up in the J?risco offices 5 to 0. On July 9, an intra-Friaco That it is easy for nations to be if we can keep up our present lick." game was played with the team from friends, but the hard part is to get the north shops at White City Park. the people to like one another? and the umpire was forced to call the That a smile is your best reference Tennis Club at Chaffee, Mo., contest in the seventh inning because and introduction? Formed and Courts Completed of darkness. A good-sized crowd of That the ordinary tax payer isn't fans witnessed the game, which was hardboiled? He is merely soaked. Nineteen Members Aided In Construc- closely played. Pitcher Rowden, of That paying cash for what one tion and Financing of Club the Sox, allowed only 21 players to wants ia a good way to break the and Grounds face him in the seven innings, and his habit of wanting 80 much? - support was admirable, not an error That the slight cold In the head is The long talked of Tennis Club at being recorded in the score book. a bad cold for the fellow who has it? Chaffee, is a reality. However, to W. The Sox and the North Shops team That you will And it always pays C. Henke, shop accountant, goes the meet again July 29. to work and smile overtime? credit for the.initia1 formation of the That being an easy mark saves a plans. An Example lot of wear and tear on the disposi- In May of this year, petitions were Mrs. Biggs: "Let's go to California tion? circulated to determine the number of in our fliwer." That any girl is happy if she has so interested parties, and the result was Mr. Biggs: "It's too far." many frocks she can't decide which so satisfactory that a meeting was Mrs. Biggs: "Why so? These one to wear? called in the office of Assistant Su- peaches came all the way from Cali- That the closer a man is the more perintendent Kennedy, where it was fornia in a tin can." distant his friends are? - August, 1925

WORK THIS ONE An Indian's greeting to a white Facial Stucco and FIa! man. Cause Trouble in A man's name. McC Consumed. Family Every particle. (Continued fro,rn Page Track in bad condition. Speaking of things or people When she shows up again, (slang). Is clean and she really does To clothe. ter, so I gathers up the bund Father. "Wait a minute, dear," says me. Rough ground (abbr.). "Please write Madame a chec The yellow or gold color repre- eight fifty." Right then and tl sented on an escutcheon. lost my good humor and procee A car when re-railed. froth at the mouth. A force or natural power sup posed to produce mesmerism. "What! eight fifty for just a bay of the week (abbr.). cut and a batch of concrete sm Railroad (abbr.). over your food chute!" I bellowl A negative. mad as a wet hen. That is Iabbr.). "Yes. dear." she replies, and A stimulant. An ore. thing about her tone of voice to Just out of the factory-just further argument would be disas.~~~~, Well, this is about the last cross- made. so I writes the check and we departs word puzzle to be printed in the Egg shaped. toward the hack to go home and Aght Magazine. They are fast becoming To point out. It out. Juat as we turns the corner passe'. The public found that after Retreat. to start, a report Ilke a rock quarry all it really increased the vocabulary, blast told me a shoe had blew out and and Instead of fun it was hard work! VERTICAL SO. it is about as rare NOW to see Muck-stlck. I proceeds to put a longshoreman In somebody working one out as it USED Opposite to day. second class as to profanity. The rub- to be to find someone who WASN'T Not outside. ber surgeon over at the Elite Tire worklng one out! What a man must have to be a Shop diagnosed the case as fatal, so But, this puzzle comes from k N. good trackman. I has to part with fourteen more Nelson, foreman of section ten at Im- Shlllin~(abbr.). plums for a new casing and then we mermere, Texas. This puzzle is a An age. started home on high. test for any railroad man, and after An adjective. All the way out to the house, silence it has been worked out, it will ex- Direction track goes wheu being was golden save for the rattle of varf- plain a few of the mysteries of the surfaced. ous parts of Rebecca as she rolls track department to those who aren't To rule. along and when we gets home I put in it. A graduate. the hack in the stall in no peaceable This passing of the crossword pnz. What a trackman does when an- frame of mind and goes into the zle craze is sadly lamented by the other flies a spike. house to have the battle that 1 knew Editor! Because it's up to him to find American Medical Association was corning. The Missus didn't say the next latest gasp! Such a life! (abbr.). anything for awhile, which means she A grown-up. Is only getting ready to shower down HORIZONTAL The cause of sun-kinks in track. on me right in a little spell. All of a Track laborer (slang). An opening. sudden she busted loose, the eye Take up slack. Condition of ties when removed water telling me at the same time just A portable machine for ralslng from track. what she thinks of my kind of man- great weights. A peculiar derailment. hood and then it is up to me to stop A male. To go away. the tearful shower and make peace. A snare. Reproved. After about an hour she agreed to In place. An impersonal pronoun. let up and say I wasn't so bad, so I Trackman's word to stop to get Contents of box car. goes out in the yard to barber the new hold when lining track. A prefix. lawn. Pretty soon the phone rlnga and it was the caller as usual. I was called for a passenger special, west, Solution for Last Month's Puzzle and because it was class A service, I didn't try to lay off, but put on the Signals and packed the keister. No matter how hard-shelled I might have been previous to this, all the anger fled like a vagrant mouae when I sets down to the feed the wife had fixed up. There ain't a question about it, that girl knows her *"doodgies" when it comes to fixing up the grub, so I tens her how good she can cook, which seems to patch up all the difficulty. However, I rehins from say. ing what an expensive cook she is, for various reasons, and went down to the smoke house to swell the pay check and get even with this French-Irish girl called Epidermis. I'll say this for that Sbeba, her name flts because she specializes beautifully at skinning loose the last plum from the bank account. Oh. well, come easy, go easy. *Doodgles : Meaning marbles. Pnge 44 August, 1925

Frisco Employesy Hospital Association Splendid Suggestion in Better Service Contest wins Prize Recelpta and Dlsbnrse~~nentsafter March 31. 19%. through June SO. 1OZG for Cement, Okla.. Agent

Balance brought forward from March 31, 1925...... $ 12.877.42 (Continued from Page 21.) their work cheerfully and by keeping RECEIPTS: ready at all times to hvor the public. From assessments on members...... $56,582.77 " Interest on dally balances In bank ...... 56.22 will help to make pleased Frisco pa- interest on securities in treasury ...... 2,185.00 trons. When ticket clerks and bag* donation by st. I*-9. F. RY. co ...... 125.00 gagemen show travelers courteous at- sundry account8 collectible...... 1.466.37 proceeds sale U. S. A. 3% Treasury Ctfs. of Indebt., tention, are cheerful and accommo- Serles TD-1925. due Dec. 15. 1925: dating, and the trainmen do likewise, April 16, 1925-$20.000 at par ...... $20,000.00 June 9, 1925-$10.000 at 99 31/32 ...... 9,996.88 they are making pleased kisco pa- June 29. 1925-910.000 at oar...... 10.000.00 trons. When these people think of accrued interest at'3%on above to dates of sale...... 132.63 40,129.51 travel, they will think of 'Frisco'. And that means more passengers and more proceeds U. S. A. 445% Treasury Notes, earnings. Serles C-1925, due Juno 15, 1925, sold June 6, 1925...... $20,000.00 The warehousemen and helpera, by accrued interest. Dec 15. 1924, to June 6, 1825...... 427.75 20,427.75 120,972.62 the careful handling of. freight are making pleased patrons. Seotionmen. $133,850.04 shopmen, carmen, trainmen, EVERY- DISBURSENENTS: ONE, has hls part to play and a payrolls ...... $26,643.33 chance to make another Frisco patron. professional, ordlnary and emergency services...... 9.102.92 If each employe would do that, think labor, material and supplies...... 7,033.14 of the number of Frisco boosters it provlsions ...... 4,760.31 drugs 4,705.08 would make. Ilght, water. ice, gas, fuel and telephones...... 1,605.51 all other expenses...... 655.86 "With each one thinkfng of some $5,000. face amount, Southern Paciflc Co. apecial service he can offer, and with Equipt. Trust S's, (mature May 1, 1929). each one pulling toward the goal of purchased June 6, 1925, at 101.7746, (4.50% basis) ...... $ 5,088.73 a bigger, better railroad. with each and accrued lnterest, May lrt to 'June one carving 'Better Service' on his 6,1925 ...... 24.31 5,113.04 particular link, OUR railroad will Boar '' $6,000, face amount, Southern Ry. Co. higher and each employe will be glad Equlpt. Trust 6'8, (mature March 1, to think he has done his part. TEEAT 1927). purchased June 6, 1925, at 101.1636. (4.30% basis) ...... $ 5,058.18 is my thought about It. mat Is and accrued Interest. March 1st to June yours?" 6,1925 ...... 65.98 5,124.16 Honorable Mention to Seven " $6.000. face amount, Baltimore & Ohio R. R. Co. Equipt. Trust 6% purchased June .- The judges awarded honorable men- 6. 1925: tion to E. R. Ruse, palntcr. Fort $2,000, (mature Dec. I, 1929), at 101.8106, (466 % basis) ...... $ 2,036.21 Smith, Ark.; Frank Rigg, engineer, $2,000. (mature Ieb. 1, 1929), at 101.5015, 226 West Chestnut Street, Enid, Okla- (4,5595 basls) ...... 2.030.03 homa; L. E. Rice, conductor, Cape $1,000. (mature AUK. I. 19291, at 101.6881, ; (4.55% basis) ...... 1.016.88 Girardeao, Yo. John A. Aldredge. accrued Interest, at 5%. on above to clerk to the division freight and pas- date of purchase...... 53.47 5,136.59 senger ageH, Dallas, Texas; W. K. James, telegraph operator, Rogers- -- " $6,000, face amount, Clnclnnati. New Or- leans & Texas Paclflc Ry. Equipment rille, Mo.; J. A. Whitten, chief clerk Trust 5's. purchased June 6. 1925: to the superintendent of terminals, \< (mature Aprll 1. 1928), at 100.7855, Birmingham, Ala.; and J. A. Sander- r. --..basis) ...... $ 2,015.71 son, operator, Cedar Gap. Mr. San- $3.000, I... Xre April 1, 1929), at 101.0395 (4.10% basis) ...... 3,031.19 derson was winner in July, but sent accrued Interest, at 5%. on above, to in further recommendations stating date of purchase ...... 46.14 5,092.04 that he was interested, but did not wish to compete for the August but- $16,000 face amount, New York Central inks 4%% J3qulpt Trust Notes. (ma- ton. ture May 16, 1930). purchased June 9, The August contest is Iaunched up 1925 at 99.5618, (4.60% basis) ...... $ xnd'accrued interest. May 15th to June on publication of this magazine. If you can get new business, or if your head is full of ideas on improvement " $10,000. face urnbunt, St. L.-S. F. Ry. Co. of service, or any one of the many Equlpt. Trust 6% Gold Notes, (mature Jan. 16. 1935). purchased June 29. 1925, ramifications of these two general at 106.7433 (5.10% basls) $10,674.83 terms, send your suggestions to Mr. and accrued interest. Jan. 15th to June H. F. Sanborn, assistant to the traffle 29, 1925 273.33 10,947.66 vice-president, Frisco Bullding, St. " $2~.000.face amount, Chesapeake & Ohio Rq. Louis. Mo., before August 15. Co. Equlpt. Trust 6% Notes, Series "V' (mature July 1. 1928). purchased ~prii 16. 1925, at 101.778. (4.40% basis) ...... St0.955.60 and accrued Interest, Jan, let to Aprll Sounded Familiar! 16, -1925 ...... -.- . 291.67 20,847.27 C117.163.09 Mrs. Duncan-The doctor said that Balance, June 30, 1925. P. M.. at First I needed a little change. National Hank. St. LOUIS,Mo ...... Duncan (absentmindedly) -W e 1 1, help yourself, my dear. You know (Contiitrted oil ne+t page.) the pockets I keep it in! August, 1925

(Contimted from Puge 44.) THE ASSOCIATION OWNS: ar Value I HE ADVOCATES SAFETY 1 30,000.00 Little injuries that seem insignifi- cant at the time, often grow into 10,000.00 dangerous ailments, in the experience 5,000.00 of E. L. Hill, assistant superintendent of the southwestern division, who left 15,000.00 the Frisca Hospital at Sherman. Tex., recently. Hill wants to pass on to 5,000.00 readers of the Magazine the necessity 15,000.00 of immediate attention to injuries, and cites his own case to prove his claim. 5,000.00 He wae assisting in the re-railing of 10,000.00 Number 8 after a derailment near Bristow. Okla., May 24. While work. 2,000.00 ing, he was struck on the right leg 20.000.00 by a rail, but thought little of the incident. A few days later his limb 20,000.00 began to pain hiin, and exanrination 7,500.00 revealed a progressed case of infec- tion due to the blow. For a time the 1,000.00 doctors feared amputation of the in- 2,000.00 jured member would be necessary, but Hi11 recovered and is again at his 4,000.00 work. "First aid treatment consisting 7,000.00 of a god soaking of that wound with iodine, would have saved me a lot 10,000.00 of suffering," Hill says. He pratsed the members of the hospital staff at 3,000.00 Sherman, as "eflicient and kindly". 5,000.00 1,000.00 of our subject, and the special agent wlll be greatly aiding the police when 4,000.00 he fa able to furnish facts concerning the operations of receivers of stolen 4,000.00 goods. 6,000.00 Questionable Characters: Railroad . yards are fre~uentIylocated in dis- 2,000.00 tricts where to observe the crimlnal 2,000.00 element, one has merely to look around. If the special agent's terri- 10,000.00 tory is so sltuated, he should tax him- 10,000.00 self with observing police characters. and questionable persons in general. 10,000.00 Quite frequently he will be able to fur- 35,000.00 nish the police department with acts concerning the movements of some 15,000.00 person wanted by the police for lnves- tlgation or otherwise. If he can do 12,750.00 so he is aiding the police, hence co- 4.250.00 operating. $292,500.00 In making reports to the police, ver- tt. Louls, Missourl. July 3, 1925. F. H. HAMILTON, bal or otherwise, the special agent Treasurer. .&oufd keep in mind the definition of Information as set forth In a foregoing paragraph, namely, that it be Co-Operation With Police Officers At such places, railroads generally timely. that it be specific. Thfs Bug- (Cantinucd from Page 16.) have a larger number of epecial of- gests the absolute necessity of the a ear was entered in a certain part of ficers, hence are in better position to special agent seeing to it that what- town at about a certain time, can go closely observe all circumstances sur- ever he gives the police 19 either ab- into detail with respect to the manner rounding box car Dr freight platform solutely accurate, or if not known to of operation. It is a recognized sci- larcenies, or other law violations af- be accurate, he must See to it that entific tact that each human being fecting the property of railroads. the police have such understanding performs certain acts In a certain Fences: P o 1i c e departments In at the time they receive it. manner, or as the result or a certain larger cities always endeavor to keep Make Reports Promptly sequence of thought peculiar to, or up wlth the activlttes of fences. Ee- Another point we wish to stress 1s influenced by the nature or the individ- cause of the nature of his work, the the sheer importance of making all ual. That is the basis of the modus special agent must also be on the alert reports to the police ~rom~tl~. operandi system. The system fs work- for receivers of stolen goods. Some- promptness should be the watchword ing successCully In a great many po- times the circumstances favor the spe- of every pollce department, be it rail- lice departments. That being the case, cial agent learning more about this road or otherwise. it seems to me that it should be adopt- class of criminals than the police. He On our railroad, some time ago, a ed wherever practicable by Special many make a study of the situation Freight Claim Prevention and Better Service departments. and thereby spend more time investi- Service Committee was organized for The foregoing more particularly ap- gating alleged fences than the police purposes set forth in its name. It plies to the larger cities, where many department is able to give that one adopted the slogan: "hIt Now!" I railroads enter, where one gang of phase of the police business. Reliable wish that every police officer in th'fs thieves may visit one railroad yard information concerning fences is most country would make that slogan his. one night, another the next, and so on. certainly information within the scope Page 46 August, 1925

MAGAZINE WITHIN The interest of the F. A. of M. C. & C. D. MAGAZINE Irisco Mechanic

VOLUME I AUGUST, 1925 No. 11

The FRISCO MECHANIC - Published and Edited aa a Department of the Are You Carrying a Cargo Frirco Employes' Magazine Full WM. L. HUOCINS, Jr...... Editor of Dead Weight ? MARTHA C. MOORE.... Assistant Edltor - Amrodntc Editom By W. M. UNDERWOOD. GeneralI Secretary F. A. M. C. and C. D. E. WM. UNDERWOOD ...... Chalrman 1 HOWARD PICKENS...... Secretary 1 The Edltor wlll be glad to receive interesting contributions at all tlmee. ---HERE are many things in this or the move commoaitles wm wrec~ life which we want, but there your train. MR. A. A. GRAHAM DIES is one ultimate goal to which Be Loyal and Ambitlous we are a11 &riving, and that On the other hand, loyalty, co- Master goal is success in our chosen Widely Known Mechanic work. I wish I were capable of giv- operation, honesty, industry, good fel- of Texas Lines Succumbs ing you some thought which might be lowship, ambition, grit and persistence July 13 a help to you on yobr way up the are loads on which the brakes always hill; for the road to success is always, work properly-release when movlng Many Friends on Frisco Mourn Pass- no matter where we start, an up-grade up grade, but will set automatically ing of Famous Employe-Wlth pull. When we start to climb a hill, when your train starte down grade. Frisco Slnce 1907 literally speaking, we discard all eu- If your train is carrying full loads of cessive dead weight and carry only these commodities-it will never --LL FRISCO employes were leave the track and a head-on colli- saddened by the news of the what is necessary to maintain us or help us on our journey. sion will not stop its progress any death of their much loved longer than it takes to clear the main and respected friend, Mr. A. This is an age of keen competition line. A. Graham, master mechanic In every field of endeavor we may en- The wonderful progress which our of the Texas Lines, who passed away ter. This means that personal ef- railroad is making today is undoubted- on July 13. 1925, at his home in Sher- fleiency counts far more than ever be- ly due to a very large extent, to man, Texas. fore. Personal efficiency Is acquired personal, individual efficiency. We by rlgidly examining your personal certainly find this quality developed qualities, discarding those which are in a superlative degree in our presi- a dead weight and developing those dent. J. M. Kurn, and hls staff of per- which wlll keep the fire burning un- sonally efficient assistants. Do you der the boiler, while you are making know the story of Mr. Kurn's auccess? the grade. Comparatively short, when considered How many of you have the couraRe in years, but exceptionally long when Eo submit to a rigid and impartial self- we consider his journey of accom- plishment. He started his career examination? To look your faults when he was thirteen years of age as squarely in the face, realize how much a messenger boy for the Western dead weight you are carrying, com- Unlon at $5.08 a month. By develop- pare your load of faults with your live ing his ambition and personal ef- fuel, and the capacity of your cylin- flciency, he climbed to the position ders, and decide for yourself what of presfdent of the most progressive speed you are going to make up the rallroad In the country, all within the grade? space of a few years. I am convlnced that there are none Do you suppose Mr. Kurn could of us but that can spend some time have made this grade if he had been and thought, very profitably, in study- carrying any dead cargo? Da you ing the qualities and the faults which think he could have accomplished this make up the character of the average success If he had been disloyal to the man, the successful one and the fail- companies he has worked for? Do ure. Assuming that every one of you you think he could have reached this want to arrive at the station of Suc- success if he had been dishonest, in- cess (and I don't believe that there is temperate or inaubordinate? Don't a Frisco man on our railroad who is you know that he has used lots of am- not headed that way) did you ever bition for fuel on this run, plenty of A. A. GRAHAM stop to consider, honestly and fairly, good fellowship for lubrication, and just how much dead weight you are that his safety appliances of loyalty, Although Mr. Graham had been in carrying In a cargo of disloyalty, dis- honesty, industry and temperance ill health for some time, and his re- honesty. insubordination, indolence. were always properly applied? covery doubtful. the announcement of agitation, intemperance, discourtesy Every one of these advantages are his death came as a shock to all. or indifference? You know without ours for the taking. Begin today to Mr. Graham was born on July 67, my telling you that on any of these cast off your cargo of dead weight. 1874, at Denisbn, Ohio. The family loads, the brakes are always set when Why pull the hill in second if you moved to Iowa and at the age of six- you are going up htll. The only time. can make it in high? teen, he entered the service of the the brakes will release on them is Remember that the battle is yours, Santa Fe, on October 17, 1890. as ma- when you start down the grade. It is and your own efforts will decide your (Now tun! to Pnge 48, plense.) an assured fact that a full load of any success. August, 1925 ]Z,G@SCOFMPLWS*#~I~NE Page 47

FRISCO MECHANIC ( Class in Car Work at Sapulpa I FAMILY NRVS J I I ' "HOOTS FROM SPRINGFIELD NIGHT OWLS" SOUTH SIDE ROUNDHOUSE

7 EMERY HAGUEWQOD,- Reporter Fred Bullington has been OR several I nlyhts lately. doing some riultlns 11r says. but we think he is just breaking

the ~icnlcat Pittsburrr. Thev re~orta ~laude.White has been taking a va- 1 cation--- - and vlsitinE- at Kansas City... Sedalia and Slater. Lewis Woods took care of the pipe fitting while Claude Whlte was gone. Lewis says the best part of the night work is the bunch he geta to work with. (Apologies to the day boys.) George Schahuber and wife are visiting their parents In Detrolt, Mlch. L'verett Loear'a wlfe has been vlslt- tng for some time In Cedar County. Everett Iaycd oft a few days and jolned her In the winduD. During the absence of Everett, Xeal Garner took care of the alr work. Tommy Elklna has returned from The accompanying photograph shows a class in car work, Sapulpa, Okla., Loveland, Colo., where he has been for a month on account of the serious ill- Apprentice School, under the direction of J. W. Baker, car foreman, shown at ness of his brother. his desk. John Amos is moving his family to Practically all the apprentice schools have disbanded for the summer Gpringfleld and will from now on be a months, to take up their work again in the fall. full fledged Springfleldian. a "Uncle Charley" Spencer. who haa The past year has seen great improvement in this work. The manage been sick for some time, has recovered ment is offering every aid possible to these classes and the apprentices are sufficiently to resume hls work, but giving up their evenings of recreation that they might train themselves for has transferred to day work in the reclamation plant. promotion. John Haynes Is our new nl~htwatch- The lollowinp are the name8 and occupation of the men in the picture: man, taking the place of "Uncle Back Row, reading from left lo right-Tem Orrell. car inspector; H. P. Norton, car In~~dcCot: Charlev". Frank Carrutherr, supplyman: Andy Hickman. mill man helper; Wm. Dostet, mill man: C. 0. ~dhnTVhlte, not belnfi content wlth Holly, Instructor vocational training at Sapulpa merely a new house, ham purchased a Sttond Row from back, reading from left to right-M. C. Murry, car lncpwtor; Henry 8om- brand new Stridebaker spectal six. merfrucht. air brake man: W. A. Neal. 1st class Gar carpenter: Carl WhHe. ru~plyman:John W. We are glad to say that Clarence Dyer. triple rack man. Reeve's wife is recoverlng from a re- Thlrd Row from back, lett to right-C. Friar, oiler: John White, pahler: L. M. Brim, ear cent serious Illness. Inspector: W. S. Smith. car Inspector. At Side in front-Mr. Underwood, chairman F. A. M. C. & C. D. E. Friseb SylteM. At Desk-J. W. Baker. TELEGRAPH GANG ROCKY, OKLA. Telegraph Gang at Arcadia, Kansas - B. R DAVIDSON, Reporter

Hello ~anns! Iiow does this warm weather agree wlth you? We spent a glorious Fourth oL July at Cnrdell. Okla. Had bln fireworks n'eversthine. ~heiehe been a change in straw bosses here lately. From appearances. it looks as tholirrh thev are had to keep here. Our oFcI straw Boss Robert Burt Jones has gone to the fioatlng Kana and Thos. E. Flovd, an old-timer.

the roadster.

E Jean Holt. one of our best Hnemen.

now. re is a happier, huskier-looking telegraph gang on the Frisco Lines M. Blondle Coleman has taken up gang Iarm Hle now after being here wlth us at Arcadia, Kansas. the Magazine Department would like to a year. picture. Foreman J. F. Pharris lined up his gang one day recently E. Wllson Is back an the job after his pictare taken expressly for the Magagine. spendinn a brlef vacation with home 1 seated on the motor ear are. left to rinht: Foreman Pharria: W. M. Hastinps. folks, and I,;CL Wilson Is spendlng a ,eman: E. C. Daily, motor car driver: Howard Worthy. A. 1. Maberry, Clyde Miller. vacatson at home. Ian, Sam Prater. S M. Worthy. Clarence Wuellner. 8. W. Elliott. Mawin Prous. Hope some of the other gangs get In Baueh. Standing. left te right: Jack Stockton. Charles Spratley. Ed Gilmore. Roll* on the ground floor and start writing. th Rhinchart. Standinp at extrema rhht la J. W. Buchert. Frisco agent at Arcadia. See you next month In the magazine! Mr. A. A. Graham Dies The Question Box (Contiwed from Page 46.) ~onductedby A. H. OELKERS chinist apprentice, at Topeka, Kans. I After he completed his apprenticeship, he held the position or machinist fore- (Pertaining to Boiler Work.) and free from corrosion and that all man at that plnt and later round- Q. How is scale formed? of the braces are taut. house foreman, with headquarters at A. It is formed by the depositing Q. How are the tubes of a locomo- Argentine, Kans., which position he tive boiler to be inspected? gave up November 26, 1905, to take of the solid matter that is held in service with the El Paso & South- solution in the water that is used to A. As the tubes are in a nest and feed the boiler. very close together in the interior of western, at El Paso, Texas. Q. What are the principal substan- the boiler, the usual inspection of the Here he remainer until May 15.1907, ces that enter into the formation of tubes conslsts in examining them at serving as roundhouse foreman and scale in a boiler? the firebox and smokebox ends to see general foreman. A. The sulphate and carbonate of that they are tight and that the bead- In July. 1907, he came to the Frlsco lime. These are the principal, but lug is in good condition. at Fort Worth. as general foreman, there are many others, such ae mag- Q. Is it possible to inspect the and 6n January 13, 1912, he was made nesia, iron and clay. or other matters tubes in the interior of the boiler? master mechanic and held this place that are held in suspension as well A. No, the only way is to cut out continuously until his death. as in solution. the tubes and remove from the boiler. As a mark of respect to the uni. Q. What other precautions are to Q. Is it ever done, and if so, when? versally beloved Mr. Graham, a ape- be taken in the inspection of the In- A. Yes, the Federal inspectlon law cial train from Fort Worth to Sherman terior of the bolIer? requires that it shall be done once was ordered by 0. H. McCarty, vice- A. It Is provided that the sheets every three years at least. president and general superintendent of the firebox shall be examined for Q. Is it ever done oftener than of the Texas Llnes, to aflord an oppor- overheating and that a11 of the braces this? tunity to Mr. Graham's many friends and stays shall be examined to see A. Yes. The law merely puts a south of Sherman to attend the that they are in perfect condition and llmit that shall not be exceeded, but funeral. that all of the pins by which they are the time interval for the removal of The shop was Mr. Graham's pride. connected and attached to the metal tubes is a purely local one and varies He lived with it, and its success is of the shell or the firebox are in place with different railroads. due in largest measure to his devoted and unflagging interest. Mr. Graham is survived by h!s wife and one son, Edwin, of Sherman, Tex. HOW to Lay OffShoes and Wedges He was a member of Travis Street Methodist Church, Sherman, Texas. a member of Golden Rule h&e No. go. A. F. & A M., Topeka, Iians., of Worth Cornmandery NO. 19, K. T. of ~ortworth, a Scottish Rite Mason and a Shriner, member of Mosiah Temple, Fort Worth. Today his employe friends are carrying with aching hearts, a SOrrow which, when its poignancy shall be allayed by the kindly lapse of time, will soften Into a grateful. loving, never-fading memory OP Albert A. Graham.

TELEGRAPH GANG ARCADIA, KANS.

B. nr. ELLIOTT, Reporter

Chan. Spratlev is taking s nlxtY-day vacation. OK c'ourse, he had to wake us all up when he asked Casey tor a pass tn a whisper. Roya, be prepared, for he wlli have some blp: fish stories to tell when he comes back. Clarence Wuellner says the weather is ideal for painting barns. so he is spendlng thirty days palnting a barn In the accornpadying drawing of the short method, "0" marks the center on his farm near Monett, Mo. of cylinder saddle between frame. Howard Worthy spent the Fourth ol "A" and "Aw tram marks same distance on both frames from "0. Julv with his parents at Nettleton, Mi

Hurt WIII trolt. We hope to get a wrlte-up from in Crook. COlo.. and Mlss - - - . - .. .. . Nimmo on his return. vlstt her brother In Los Angeles, Callf. I EASTERN DIVISION I Mr. Walton, also of the store depart- Earthquakes hold no terrors for ment, has returned to work after sev- Ruby Korthcutt, who Is back from.- - Pnli-- - .- eral weeks' Illness and advises that he iornla after a leave of absence cover- has lost Hfteen pounds. For further ing a perlod of four or five weeks. At WEST SHOPS--SPRINGFIELD particulars on reducing, send a self- the tlme old mother earth commenced - addressed envelope to Mr. Walton. to caper about, down In Santa Barbara F. A. Hoffelt, erectlng gang foreman. Ruby was tucked Rafely away in he; SMALL, BORER, BLAKELY. Reporterr Is at Philadelphia, Baldwin Locomo- little bed. somewhere in Los Angeles, - tive Plant, inspectlng some of the new but at any rate, she relates some in- I?. A. Berer springs this one: equlpment for the Frlsco. terestlng Incidents of chandeliers "Why don't farmers sleep lala In the Fount Burris, foreman west coach shaklng, dlshes being knocked OK from morning?" shop, died at hia home July 2, after a thelr respective shelves and window "Because the flies won't let them*' brlef illness. Mrs. Burris has our sym- panes rattling and other nice thlngs. On returninu from his vacatlon, nnthv--...". so cheerful to hear! However. all of whlch was spent at a large dub house John Ekberg, inspector, has return- this was over-shadowed hv the klnnll- at Crocker, Mo., on the Gasconade, he ed from Jonesboro. Blythevllle and hospitality estended to RUG$- has far more to aay of the "flles rhan other' polnts in Arkansas. where he many friends, among them beinu- .--Marv of the "fish" that was caught. Mr. has been lnspectlng some of the Jones- Engle, formerly ol this office anh Beyer reports a good time, though hot horo. Lake City and Eastern locomo- Grace Hasklns. Springfield readers --fine food, but says that frled chicken, tlves. will be Interested In knowlng that fish, vegetables of all klnds can't make H. A. Ilerzog, chemlst, Is In PhlIa- Miss Hasklns, formerly of Sprlngfleld. the ole famlly bath tub look any less del~hiain connection wlth some of the some six or seven years ago, is now n lnvlting on arriving home. new Frlsco equlpment being recelved successful motion picture producer in F. k Bond, accountant. is not of thls from the Baldwin Locomotive Works. Hollywood. Miss Haskins has demon- department, but we are positive that strated beyond a doubt what pep and the rest of hls many frlends wlll be F. L. & D. CLAIM DEPARTMENT ambitfon will do for a person She glad to know that Mr. Bond has hin Is now writing a book. has nrhncd "1Ife work" planned u:mn behg pen- SPRINGFIELD, MO. several pictur& and inc'identa1iy'~i~ sioned by the Frisco. Mr. Bond, we ceirlng handsome roynltles OK from understand, will devote bls entlre time CHARLENIC WILLARD, Reporter two Ronm that she composed. Ruby helping humanlty-I. e., he wlll sssisi was entertalned In Miss Haskins' pret- all travellng men to their rlghL Lrains On July 15, o.ur former co-worker. ty little bungalow, up In the mountalns --east and south are easlly confused. Gus Bringleson, now traveling freight met her interesting friends, enjoyed a. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Sidney R. agent out of 0. M. Conley's olllce at dinner dance on a real yacht, witnessed IClingensmlth, twins on June 16, and Pittsburgh. Pa.. paid us an all day vlslt an exciting polo game and was a guest 18. In a "dream of a home" built in the on June a son was ushered Into the and it was just like old times again qualnt old-world Belgian style of ar- home of Roy H. Thomas. Both mothers to shake hands wlth Gus and hear that chltecture wlth a marvelous reception and babies are doing fine. familiar Swedish Pa". room whose walls were made of Jas- Charles Jalrett, apprentice, son of R. D. Gllbert and Iamllv are now George Jalrett, pipefltter foreman, died living In their pretty new home on per! And now. Ruby says: "To have suddenly Sundav night, July 12. Charles Beach Street. to come back to thls." polntinfi to the had many frlends among the shop- L F. Sewell and wife have returned old and battered typewrlter. whirling men. His father has our entire sym- from an extended trip through the dlctaphone, farled green carpet. and pathy, as well as hls mother. west, havlng attended the Shrine con- asbestos-covered steam pipes. Geo. Freeman. blacksmith. has ad- vention in Los Anpeles and vi~lted The employes of this department will Vked us of th~sad news of the loan of other coast citles. Mr. Seweil came hold thelr annual picnic the last of the his mother. Mrs. Freeman warr a well- back bubbllng over with news, He month. either at Phelps' Grove or known pioneer of Greene County. We saw Mary Picklord plant a young cy- Doling Park. cstend to Mr. Freeman, our sympathy. press tree on the slte where the famous Mr. Chas. B. Stowe and Margaret Sld Grauman, owner of the mapnlficent CAR ACCOUNTANT'S OFFICE Havs were married Saturday. June 20. Egyptlan Theatre, expects to erect an- SPRINGFIELD, MO. We wish them lots of luck. Mr. Stowe other theatre; saw the beautiful million is employed in the blacksmith shop. dollar motion picture electrical paradz - Frank Crooks underwent an oper- and pageant and the full dress Shrine MARY HOWELL. Reporter ation June 21. MI-. Crookn has im- parnde, mhlch preceded it at the coll- - proved and Is spending hls vacation in seum and later wltnessed Hollywood's Helen Rellin, of the per diem depart- the east. entertalnment in the huge bowl or ment, is Spending her vacatlon In Bir- Georm Dunlap, distribution clerk, bld ampltheatre. which was preceded by a mlngham with her slster. In another positfon at Birmingham and parade of thoosands of red-lexzed no- Mabel Stivers nnd Pearl Grace cele- Fred Billasch was awarded Dunlap's bles, elght bands. rcores of fllm celeb- brated the Fourth in the grand old place. We are all glad to ree Rillasch rities and several real camels. fashioned way. Neither were able to back In the accounting department. The Misses Mayme, Hattie an# Vln- come back to work untll the 9th. F. A. Beyer, superlntrndent. went to nle Hlndman, on their vacatlon, mbtor- Myrtle Mlller spent her vacation In Sherman, Texaa, to attend the funeral ed to Vinita, Okla., and Iiansaa City, Cleveland. Reported nice cool weather of Master Mechanlc A. A. Graham, who Mo., and report havlng a wonderful and an especially good tlme. died after several months' Illness. time, despite the extremely warm Rubena MflcMlllan Is spendlng her N. TV. fihackelford. schedule super- weather. vacation out in Kansas. Hope she visor, is showing some of hls Kansas L. C. Cox. chlef clalm clerk, and fam- comes back wlth her baggage thls City friend? the renl beauty of Whlte ily, are vacatlonlng In Detroit. Upon tlme, and not lose It as she did the River. Swan Creek la the main point questlonlng Mr. Cox aa to his Itinerary last tlme she drove across country. of interest, we believe. and if he expected to vlslt Nlagara Bess Huff la on leave of absence on Ed. Foster, dfrector of the Frisco Falls on thls trip, he replled rather in- account of serious Illness of her hand, took his boys to Kansas Cltv differently, with rr far-off and wlstful mother. Julv I?. Julv 18, at Kansas Clty ~a1;- gaze: "Oh! I don't know. I might go Mlldred Truman startled us terrlbly mont Park, the shop crafts of all the to Montreal." Montreal certainly holds last week. We saw her crying and ronda in Kansas City had a joint pic- some klnd of "endearing charms" for heard: "Oh, I just can't stand it." nlc. Some of the roads brought thelr the boys from the states. Just ask Thinklng perhagu she had recelved a bands, however, the famous Frisca band George Reed about thls, for he is mak- message that some bt her folks were was scheduled to lead the program. ing a bee-llne to Canada on his vaca- seriously 111. we hastened to offer our Such roads as the Union Paclfic, Santa tion, with but a few stop-over sympathy and found out she had only Fe. Mlsnouri Paclflc and Rock Island prlvlleges In the good old United "bobbed" her halr. attended, so you see the Frisco would States. The rnarrlage of Agnes Leach to he justly proud that our hand headed The Misses Cleo Plerce and Kathryn Neal Ham. of Montsomery, Ala., was the entire DroEram. Hurt, of the typlng bureau, left the solemnized at St. John's Episcopal Alfred ~imgo,of the store depart- night of July I# for a trlp throu~hthe Church at 2:30 o'ctock. June 30. the mnnt $= spending his vacation in De- west. Mlss Plerce wlll vlslt frlends Reverend WillIan1 H. Talmage readlng Page 50 FF&coFMPLO~S'&~~~E Awgnst, 192.5 SPRINGFIELD ADVERTISER- E.)aUf&d 1866 Incorpaold 191 Paxson Undertaking Co. I Prescott Laundry Co (Incorp0rat.a) THE SOFT WATER PLANT I Funeral Directors SAFETY FIRST TELEPHONE 2559 I 335-37-39 East Commercial St. end Embalmers Ambulance Scrofcc Dag and Nit& . SPRINGFIELD - - - MISSOURI Ma MODEL 410-412 South Ave. Sprlngfield. FOR LIGHT BREAD Frlsco Patronage Appraclated I PHeNES 3630 and 4588 A LBA TROSS HAMMOND BROS. JNO. M. OLSER FOR BISCUITS AND PASTRY Ice & Cold Storage Co. GENERAL CONTRACTOR Eastern Junction. Frlsce Railway BOX 326 8. S. STATION MEYER MILLING CO. WHOLESALE ONLY-CAR LOADS SPRINGFIELD - MISSOUR SPRINGFIELD. MO. SPRINGFIELD, - - MO. 1 I SPRINGFIELD Office Phone 150 Re.. Phon. 2415J See First TRACTION CO. 1 STANDARD PLUMBING CO. 1 Steam and Hot Water Heating SPRINGFIELD J. J. LAWLER, Proprietor for Economical GAS & ELECTRIC CO. 311 McDanicl St. SPRINGFIELD, MO. Transportation A. E. REYNOLDS Colonial Hotel VlcaProaideat and General Manaser Springfield, Mo. 1 Standard Motor Co. SPRINGFIELD, MO. THE LARGEST AND BEST 468 St. Louis Street Seroice Our Motto I Sprlngfield, Missouri "RAPID FIRE" I SERVICE COURTESY RELIABILITY WARM AIR HEATING SYSTEMS FRANZ ALLEBACH Reynolds Manufacturing Co. PHOTOGRAPHER Rent a Car, Drive It Yourself Bonded Bangage Carriers SPRINGFIELD, MO. I PHONE 5000 214 South Jefferson I Wann Air Heating Suppllea SPRINGFIELD. MISSOURI Gray iron and Semi-Stael Castingr I I SPRINGFIELD - MISSOURI HOBART-LEE TIE COMPANY Railroad Ties and Timber ROBT. E. LEE, President BERT S. LEE, Vice-Pres. and Treas. LESLIE LEE, Assistant to President A. C. DAILY, Secretary Operating in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas WE HAVE SUPPLIED THE FRISCO CONTINUOUSLY FOR OVER 40 YEARS Landers Building SPRINGFIELD, MOO Frank B. Smith Laundry Co. - FAMILY WET WASH,,. Page 51

the service. The couple were attended Ice wfthln the next Law days to go In TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT by Margaret Wlener and Marion W. tralnlng In Ft Scott Kaos ar a nurse. Watkins, of Miami, Okla Mrs. Willlam Cuma Mslton is 41th us'.again after SPRINGFIELD. MO. H. Talmage played Lohengrin's wed- an unfortunate illness. She accldently - ding march as the bridal party en- took a dose of iodine, xnlstaking it for 0. L. OUSLEY, Reporter. tered the church and Mendelssohn's another medicine but all's well that wedding muslc for the recessional. ends well, and wkre glad to have her The damage caused by the ice storm During-the servlce, she softly played, back again. Iast December, has finally been repair- "I Love You Truly". The brlde was Catherine Lyons just can't please ed. Over one hundred men have been gowned In tan crepe romaine and wore everyone. She has just reduced to the employed continuously on thls work. a tan hat trimmid with cream gar- weight she desired and now the nelgh- whlch waa com~leted Julv 1. Three denias and carried a colonial bride's bors and her friends are wanting her temporarygangi were released, while bouquet of fewer-few an'd rosebuds. to drink milk because she Is so thin. three regular gangs were transferred Miss Wtener's gown was of orchid Such is life! to recon~tructionjobs on various divi- georgette with hat to match and she sions. carrled a small colonial bouquet of OFFICE, SUPT. TRANSPORTATION Telephone equipment Is now belng In- rosebuds and sweet peas. After the SPRINGFIELD, MO. stalled In offices between St. Louls ceremony, the bridal party was enter- and Chaffee on the new copper dis- tained at the home of Margaret Wiener. patching circuit The work Is In Mr. and Mrs. Ham left for a short A. T. SILVER, Reporter charge of Telephone Engineer C. H. wedding trip and after August 1 wlll - Williamson, assisted by J. R. Moore, be at home in Kansas City. Girls from this office spent Monday J. R. McCoy and R. C. Yancey. Mr. Lindquist has become known as evening. June 15, at the pumping eta- W. C. Roaers. with Mrs. Roaera. Is "shlek" in thls oflice. He appeared tlon. Misses Hlndman, Lnker and spending his vacatlon (and moiieyj a1 one morning recently ail dressed up In Mrs. Platte took the bunch out in Atlantic City and other eastern polnta. new trousers such as the shieks of their cars. Big picnic dinner was en- Selma Hoffman was recently called the town wear, I. e., Hght griy and joyed immensely by all. Was told to to Bellevllle. Ill., to attend the funeral resembllng twin skirts. ask Pauline Greismer and Florence of her uncle. Fred L Grossman, who Nora Redfearn is our new red ball Bowen how spring water felt on their died there July 4. clerk. We are glad to have her back tootsies. E'rorn reports, the soda pop Miss M. B. Deming spent a few days In here and we believe she Ilkes the and plckles did not agree with Florence the first of the month visiting at the work flne. ICline. Pauline Greismer performed home of her sister. Mrs. F. C. Beegle. Luna Wilder is now seen riding some very unusual acrobatic stunts on in Kansas City. around in a new Buick roadster. She return trip while the car was in motion. L Rena Webb. formerly chlef tele- has promised to take each one of us A. T. Silver. C. W. Gardner and fanr- phone operator at Mem~his,resigned riding, but you know. Luna, three's a Ilies, spent part of their vacation on her posi'tlon to accept other employ- crowd. White River, bathing and flshing. No ment. Theds Pytand has just returned from flsh only what they bought. No flsh Helen Flnley and Frances Coffman, a vacatien trin through Yellowstone story, either-wonder why? of thls oRlce, spent the 4th and 6th or Park anif ~olo

OAK LAWN INN Walnut Grove Lodge WOODLOCK'S Modern 11-room house. wlth a11 conrenlences.--~..-. Large shady lawn md bnnla court. Meramea on Gasconade Rlver, 135 mlles from St. LouIa, Modern furnace heated Hotel open ~fl Sprlngs nearby lor good flshlna and bathing. rla Prisco R. R. and Stnte Hlghwny No. 14. gear. Also eablns and cotlages, wlth deep- Llttle Bourbeuse Rlrer 1 mlle dlstank. When you thlnk of spendlng )'our vacation. Ing porches. Excellent food-plenty of It. Excellent Food. Will meet Buests at trah come to Walnut Grove Lodge. A place you Good flshlng. swimming, horse-back rldlng, wlthout charge. will feel at home. Enjoy good eats, good flshlng hlklng, tennls, dancing, hay-rldes. Rates: $2.50 per dny; $15.00 per week. and plenty oP recreation. Rates: S2.50 ner day. S15.00 oat wrsk For further lnformatlon, wrlte Address: WOODLOCK'S.CRAWFORD GO., W. A. UNDERWOOD DAVISVILLE, MISSOURI Mra. W. F. Cooper, St. James, Mo. Dixon, Mo.

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------"Bank with Security" BANK NATIONAL BANK The Peoples Bank EXTRA INTEREST OF COMMERCE of Springfield, Missouri (3% PLUS EXTRA %/4%) CAPITAL, $50,000.00 SURPLUS, $15,500.00 EXTRA HOURS We Appreciate (9 TO 5 EVERY DAY) Sapulpa, Okla. Your Business EXTRA SAFE FRISCO DEPOSITARY' (INVESTIGATE) We Appreciate Your Checking OUR MOTTO EIGHTH STREET Account COURTESY, FAIRNESS Between Olive and Locust Streets 4% Paid on Savings Account. AND EFFICIENCY ST. LOUIS, MD. I

I When You Thlnk of Banks, I I A Comnlete Bankina- Service I Think of Flrst National Flrst Featuring Commercial. Savinns, Investment We sollcit your business. ORering you all and Trust Departments. Establish your the servlce consistent wlth good, careful First National Bank Oklahoma City connection here. banklng. OF CAPE CIRARDEAU American National Bank OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA The Citizens Bank I Where the Frisco Banks I 1 RESOURCES MORE THAN E21.WO.00 I I 1 JEROME O'HARA, Presldetit ED. I. \VILLIMIS. Vice-President TOM WATKINS, Crshler I FIRST NATIONAL BANK 4%and Safety I E. J. ADAMS, Aaslslanl Cashler I CHAFFEE. MO. Member Fedud Reserve System I T. N. WATKINS. Asslatant Cashler

Eatablhhed 1872 I 220 E. ~ornrnei~cra~st. I The Merchants and Planters National Bank a,,d suvlus n,mo,O,,,,,,, SPRINGFIELD, MO. I SHERMAN, TEXAS Will Appreciate Your Account I I Page 53 succeeded In keeptng thelr marrlage a secret until Mrs. Murray announced It ae her reason for resigning her posltlon. They wlll make thelr home In, Springfield. SPRINGFIELD RELAY OFFICE Operator F. C. Schmidt spent the Fourth at Billings, hls boyhood home, and clalms to have enjoyed the fried chlcken, Ice cream and fireworks as much thls year as he dld when he was a bov. ~pkratorAI Davls left ~uly3 for h~s cabin on Whlte Rlver, near Branson, for a month's vacation. Reports have reached us that he is doing a lot or long dlstance swimming: with a view of getting In shape to tackle the English Channel next summer. Operator E. R. Haymes, from Monett, Is rellevlng Davls. Chlef Messenger Prank Peyen knows what it means to be sun-burned. He recently spent about seven hoursswlmI ming at Dollng ParR, and then about We invite you to use "Mercantile Service." It the same number of days in the hos- Dltal. was created for the betterment of your financial Operator Mr. J. Sayers and wlfe are condition. spending a vacatlon In Denver. Traffic Chlef Barry has returned from a three weeks' vacatlon, spent with hls parents in Indiana. Me~~engerGlen W. Harkins spent several days the first of thls month In President Oklahoma Clty. Mercantile Trust Company Operator Barney Lutes vacationed n St. Louis week at Battle Creek. MicR., recently, Operator E. R. Shepherd knows where the higgest flsh stories originate. He has just returned from a week's stay near Crocker. marklng: "I'll glve you a dollar 1C you Clyde Fullerton. Clerk In gencral Manager Sherwood reports that dur- call ever look over there and catch storekeeper's offlce has returned from Ing Mnv and June of this vear hls of- that girl wh~nshe Isn't flxlng her hair white Rlver, wheie he spent a few flce handled more busin& than any or her face, or "I'd be good looking. days. Clyde reported a Ane tlme. previous sixty day perlod in the his- too, If I spent that much tlme on my H. H. O'h'eal, trucker, has returned tory of the Springfield relay offlce. face." from Arkansas, where he spent the Operator D. A. Flaherty Is back on Fourth of July. the job again after vtsitlng In Pre- GENERAL STORE ROOM Bertha V. Reed, stenographer. diri- donia and lnspectlng his 011 property SPRINGFIELD slon storekeeper's office, made a hur- In Oklahoma. ried trip to Cairo, I11 to spend the - Fourth of July with i;er slster. Mrs. BERTHA V. REED, Reporter Louls J. Wettman. OFFICE OF GENERAL MANAGER Ora Rttterick, counterman, spent The SPRINGFIELD, MO. Hooray. for our hero! Qeorgs Woad, Fourth of July at Kenoma, Mo. He clerk on Involce desk In general store- was accompanled home by his wlfe keeper's offlce, spent hls vacatlon at and daughter, Shirley, who had been ORVILLE COBLE, Reporter Fort 5111, Okla., where he attended the visltlng. In Kenoma for the past month. - annual summer encampment of the J. G. Akrldy, platform foreman, has Weather hot. worR olentlCul. would Mlssourl Natlonal Guards. C+f;~ge, be- the tltle of grandpa" now. He re- aptly summerlze conditions in the gen- ing a prlvate of Battery , 203rd ceived word July 14 from hls son, eral manager's offlce during July. A Coast Artillery (AA), whlle there rcs- Orln, who resides at Cincinnatl. Ohto, few of the more fortunate are away cued a young lady from drownlhg In that he Is the DrOUd father of an eirht- on vacations and the rest of us are thr lake in Medlcine Park, near Law- pound son. born July 10. "doubling". (I don't care-I had my ton. Okla. The young lady had gone Chas. (Butch) Gustln, requlsltlon vacation last month.) down twlce before George reached her. clerk. In general storekeeuer's oKice Jessie Tulk Is spending the month In however. It only took a few mlnutea for ha~penedto an accident recently when the Canadian west and Ann McClernon Geerge to swlm with the young lady to hc dlved lnto Sac River, hlt hla Rend wlll leave for the Rockies hefore thin the shore. Flrst ald was Riven the on a rock, whlch resulted in two big Is ~rlnted. girl and she soon was ready to joln 1;er saahea on hls forehead. For three or hiiss Willlsan. after some jugglh~g friends. At the tlme the young tady Four days Butch didn't look natural or dates wlth Wllllams, left for the became atrangled, Private Woods wa.s acccunt of hls face being so badly swol- Pacific coast Julv thlrd. Mlsn Anna's on top of the 22-foot dlvhg board at len. but we are glad he Ts getting along signature on a pass has enabled so the lake, whlle Lleutenant James, Ser- so nlcely and able to be back at hls many of us to take a vacation trip that gesnt Plckett and other members of desk. me hope she has a good tlme. the local battery were on the bluff E:. A. Thomas, stock clerk, is abscnt George Lodge has houxht a home on overtooklng the- lake. watchlng tho Ir~mwork account of alckness, We State Street-wlth n Ford thrown In. swimmers. The local boys saw the wish for "Tom" a speedy recovery. Now. George will go flshlng unless he yol;ng lady struggling in the water Mnrv Murnhsr, of the statlonerv de- r~ndertakesto be his own plumber and and hearlns her companion call for ~artmknt,re'ported a wonderful eflp to pnlnter. help. George immediately leaped from Konsas Clty. MO., July 4. J A. Rutchison Is bark on the job the dlving board to the rescue. E. TV. Yates and small son BIIW, went havlnq been In the hospital at SprZng- Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Walker an- for a drive a few nlghts ago and Rudy flclrl nurslng an Injured foot. nounce the blrth of a daughter, Betty drove by his mother's home for a short Mrs. Clvde Gllmore, of Iletrolt, for- June. July 3. Mr. Walker Is a clerk visl: and parked the cur on the side merly Idla Rowten, of this oblce. Is fn general storekeeper's office. street and Bllly said: "Daddy, you'd rl~itingIn Springfield this month. . Rowena Lewls, comptometer oper- belter move that wreck out of tho The horse shoe games stlll contlnna ator, Is back wlth us again after belng road. somethina wlll run over It." to attract thelr' devotees before and absent several weeks account of the we understand S. H. Gaston, general after work hours. So far the only one illness of her mother. Mrs. Lewls Is foreman at storeroom, found a stray of our force to joln the ranks is Har- very much Improved, of whlch we nre poodle dog recently and had It deliver- ley Adkins. ail glad. ed to his home on Lily Avenue for 111s Pete Powell Is stEll jorrrneylnp up to Understand Johnny Fisk, of the Eta- small son, Junlor. The employes learn- St. Lonis two or three days each weclr tlonery department, had a very pleased of Sam'e good luck and teased n~nz under a special anslgnment. He wouIfl ant tlme at the picnlc dven by the so much about it that when he wtnt have us belleve St. Louts Is as dry us Reps Dry Goods Company. What wan home the next afternoon. he put the tho "New Wardrobe". the attractton, Johnny? dog In the car, drove lnto the country The Editor forblds our trylng tn F. W. Dyer, stock clerk, was called and left the dog. Sam said he dldn't write funny stuff, and I am glad for to Kansas City. Ma.. July 8, account want that old dog around hls house T can't do It-lntentlonally. Oh, I can death of hls nephew. Sympathy of anyway. mlsn~ell.but that never was amuslns tho store department 1s extended ta Irma Wddard, ~Omptometer oper- to nye. Mr. Dyer and hls relatives. ator In general storekeeper's offlce, is Wedo wlsh vlsltors to the file room Glenn V. Stone, chief clerk to divi- ill at her home 1927 Prospect Avenue. would dlscontlnue looking. over into sion storekeeper, spent the Fourth of We hope Irma mill be able to return the refrlgeratlon department and ro- July mlth relatives at Eureka, Kans. t:, her desk in a few days. Pogr 54 August, 1925

DIVISION ACCOUNTANT'S OFFICE a short tlme Ego. Reported a fine the. SPRINGFIELD, MO. Lcerman Ousley is taking a vacation and Eugene Weullner is laylng off. LOUIS ADVERTISERS I - Leo Jones has purchased a bull pup H. H. McGARVEY, Reporter and named it muggi gins". AGENTS' ACCOUNTS DEPT. MARYLAND HOTEL Another one of these birds that is ST. LOUIS, MO. Next lo Frisco Buildln) trying to get away from cigarettes is - ST. LOUIS. MO. John Stauffer of Mr. Sill's office. John LILLY KULAGE, Reporter POPULAR PRICE EUROPE- EOTBL was seen the other day wlth a cigar- Absolutely Flreprd Marie Kleyer is "back home and nab*: $1.50 and Up Per Oy ette holder stuck In hls mouth which broke". hTo wonder, she never stopped would measure about twenty-six Jnches Electric Fan (Free) in Every Room golng for two weeka. She vlslted Bos- EATS :-Unexcelled CAFETERIA and from tip to tip. There was about two ton, Washington, Albany. Detroit and inches of cigarette stickins in the end Chicago. We hellev~Marfe is the girl COFFEE SHOP Service of the holder. who put the word rave" In traveler. Harry Marsh, OK the eastern divislon Edna Dolen dld not go so Iar from engineers force qult the Frlsco the home, hut she never craved excitement nrst of July ah accepted a posit!on at that. She spent her vacation at SMEE & HENDERSON with the Missouri State Hlghway Dc- Steelville. &lo. partment. Harry was assigned to A. P. >auirain, was appointed gen- CICAR CO. work near Willow Springs. Mo.. and if eral traveling auditor, effective July he puts out the work on the highwavs 1. with headquarters, same old spot, PRISCO BUILDING that he dld for the Frisco, we'll ha;-e floor thirteen. Frisco Bullding, St. some good roads In that part of tho Louis. We congratulate you. Mr. Sau- We Carry Your Favorite Smoke stnte.~-~- - grain. and wish you success. Another rnember of the eastern dl- Bill Fisher Is certalnlg golng in for Parcel Port Paid Anywhere vislon force has left us. Tlm Murray comfort these days. Rolled socks (I who has been assistant blll and vouch! saw them). comes to work wlthout a ez clerk here the past seventeen coat, besides rtding 8 brand new Chevy months, has been assigned to posltlon car. What will he do next? 1 If We Want Good Candy I as voucher examlner in the auditor's And Al Gerdel-vou should see his odlcc. Tim came here from the general new sult: It's a light checked wlth a office and with experience in both the llttle touch of red, watch for him some division offlce and the audltlng offlce. day. it ought to be easy saillng for hlm on But the best of all Is about our sheik, hlo new job. It ie the general beilef Herbert Wlngerter. Ir you see some- Y lrs~n's around this OKlce that If a few moro body speeding around St. Louls in a men from the general offlces .cou:~l yellow and black racer model, with 910-912 OLIVE come out on a dlvlslon and flnd out most any good-looklng young lady be- how the work originates account~r~q~ide him, that's Herbert. He says it on this rallroad would be 'easler. Tlnl picks up" flne. made many Mends here during his Loretta Butler spent her vacation at I BOMONT 414 BOMONT 415 1 stay and It 1s understood that he leaves the Finnev Avenue address. She sewed a few broken hearts In Sprlngfleld. We so much dn her trosseau that she came are expecting a few concerns to go back wlth a sore finger. Becht Laundry Co. bmke by Tim leaving, among them the Beulah Bulaer and her mother are Electric Theatre and Gabriel's Cafe. maklng a tdp through Yellowstone We Specialize in Most people enjoy a north breeze In Park-- --. Family Laundry the summer, but not the eastern dI- They rap these are "dog days", and vision offlce forces as northern breezes Merlin Riferl certalnly knows it. He 3301-1 1 Bell Ave., St. Louis. Mo. hlttlng these folk: comes directly nvcr Is very much Interested In raking col- tho roundhouse. Tt Is estlmated that lies. Anyone wanting any dog lnfor- two and three-quarter tons of slack mation. see Merlin. coat and soot was deposited In the en- ~ewaIs scarce thls month, so just to gineer and accounting offlces during fill uv space, might say that I nm the last cool (9) north breeze. spendlng my vacation at Wesco, Mo. Watch me put on welght! TELEGRAPH GANG SEVENTH STREET STATION REPUBLIC, MO. ST, LOUIS Thle will be some news from H. AGNES M. LARKIN. Reporter SradIey's gang! Work Is progressing nicely under the supervision of Mr. Out Chiel Clerk E. W. Mliler. has Bnrdley. Our asslstant foreman. Roy gone and done It-gone In for pasture LEADERS IN THE Scnrlcck Is vlslting hls father and son pool. Took a vacation day and caddle in Glenwood Mo and away to Forest Park llnks where MIDDLE WEST Mr. ~gger;has' gone an the phantom he said he had a delightful day (at $01) at St. Louls. the 19th hole?). Sarazen and Held POR- Our frlend "Mugglns" has bought a need not be worried as his flrst score new Ford. was 147. and to think of It he plckeci Buck Thomas and Ben Wadklns ,are the flrst day they started to charge, on a city job at Samson, at thls wrltlng. Julv 15. They don't owe hbm anv rc- "Last In transit-one collle dog. fur& however, as It was necessaiy to Birder please report to Edwln Brown close the llnks the next day to be manl- FURNITURE arid receive reward." cured and broken sticks aathered UP. Wm. Blackman vislled Jrmea Tear Yet he insists he Is going back for more. Goldberg was right! CARPETS RUGS Rosalia O'Toole, slster of the famous Wllllam of Gratiot fame, is now employed at Seventh Street as a colnp- Your tometer o~erator. Welcome to our DRAPERIES Break midst. Cardlng Clerk Joe Francis is dolog a cackling good business on his pou!- Debt Chains try farm at Bouneau Farms. near the LINOLEUMS Bluffs and in all seriousness, it IooRx Money loaned at legal rate like the Prisco Is going to get some new buslness. repayable in easy installments. F. A. Miller. cashier, spent several days at Miller's Switch, Mo., renewing some of his boyhood acquaintances. CITIZENS LOAN & SAVINGS CO. M. Ferguson spent the Fourth of S. E. Cor. 7th and Pine St.. July at Lllbourn. Mo. Something mys- terious here. Scouts are now on the ST. LOUIS trail for dope. George Dowling now wears his Sun- ROY F. BRITTON, Pres. dav suit every day. JOHS C. TOBIN. E. E. SIWGLETON. kohn J. Daly, chlef claim clerk and SAINT LOUIS V.-Pres. & Counsel Secy. & Treas. wife, have returned from a two weeks' H. C. GARNEAU, I33BT. F. BRITTOX, vacation spent in the east visitlng Vlee-President Coniytroller Cleveland. New York Citv. BuRalo. Bos- August, 3925

Cardtng ClerR Theo. Rlppllnger However, there Is a rnarrfage proa- department celebrated the grand and "alias Shlek of Grand Avenue". la aport: Pect. mebbee. Celestine Deveraux glorious Fourth. Commercial Agent ing a new Dodge sedan. Says he has to spent her vacatlon In Memphis. Same Imboden attended the big barbecue keep the doors locked to omlt the ole attraction there. It Is Bald Ctles- given by the Royal Peed & Mllling flappers. tine wlll marry the attraction. Seri- Company to their customers and We feel assured that the many ous enough. frlends. He declares he had the best friends of John Splelman, meratlc Peggy O'Nelll la down lo Klmms- time d all. Soliciting Freight Agent tenor, matlnee Idol, etc., will be pleas- wlrk. Mo., taklng care of the chickens, Dunkln &nd wife had a fishing party ed to hear of hls havlnp taken a proml- cow- and plgs. Honest to goodness at Moon Lake-fished faithfully all day nent part in the operetta, recently farmer. you know. and caught three. Chief Clerk Cum- given In the "Llttle Theatre" In the "Cullud Boy" to Mr. Gorman: "ise mings claims to have enjoyed his pipe Artists' Guild, by the Algernon Tubb wnnts a pass fo' my wife and four on the front porch. Fortunately it Muslcal Soclety. Mr. Splelman's ren- children. Fust comes Lizabeth, shc'a was a day that could be spent In the dltlon of , "I Am Only a Rose from an 9: then Mary, she's 7; and Henry, he's open. Rate Clerk Cook was not "rafe Old Bouquet", was heart rendlng: 6: and Norman, he's 3. Then Ise wants and sane". but bought a Ford and had women crled, gIrls falnted, men and one fo' my slster, she's 18." a grand tlme ridin'. HIS assistant. boys sobbed, there was not a dry eye Mr. Gorman: "You mean, you want Patten, played tennls, mornlng, noon In the Dacked house! The amlause a private car!" and night. bflss Lula Manley. stenog- was deafening and lasted for filiy-flve rapher to the chlef clerk, left for mlnutea At the concluslon of the per- Houston, Texas. for her vacation, and formance, it was necessary to call thd SOUTHERN DIVISION we have cards from her saying she is pollce reserves, they having difficulty I I enjoying her trip very much. The In formlng a lane for Splelman to en- wrlter had two wonderful days with able hlm to reach his "car". It Is rc- DIVISION ACCOUNTANT'S OFFICE Mr. and Mrs. Dick Ray and party. on ported that Mr. Splelman ha8 been of- the St. Francls river (near Oak Donlc fered a place In the chorus of "Earl MEMPHIS, TENN. on our railroad), where they have n Carrol's Vanltles". but has decllned It. place they call "The Camp", which If ;,o quote Mr. Splelman's exact wordsi RALPH D. WILLIAMS. Reporter it belonged to me would be my sum- For sufflclent reasons." What are hla mer home. It was cool enough for reasons? Glrl? Posltion? Ducates? Ahem-er-arah! To the many who blankets. Fishlng was good and the vainly Bearched the July number of Ray's leave nothing undone to make PURCHASING DEPARTMENT our Magazine from cover to cover with- You have a good time. You couldn't 8T. LOUIS, MO. out finding mentlon of the division ac- keep from being happy. countants' office. Southern Diulslon. Executive General Agent Buchanan - the writer wishes to explain that ha had the misfortune of havlng all hls IR. B. YcBRIDE. Reporter was away on a vacation and conse- golf "togs" stolen from his car s few - quently very busy. Detalls sunnort- days ago. No clews. We don't know L L Whlte, wlfe and two daughters ing this information can be found in whether he is golng to quit playlng spent the Fourth of July at GranJ. the July number, page 69, column 3, golf or not. Hnven. Mlch., and from all reports. paragraph 5. I trust that this wlll not must have had a wonderful tlme. occur again. (The incident covered by M. E. Hlckey, our flle clerk, waa the artlcle of above reference.) BIRMINGHAM GENERAL OFFICE nrst one in thls department to take Messrs. E. R. Belt and G. E. Klrk- advantage of vacation. Martin says man spent several days on the South- LAUNA Y. CHEW, Re~orter the whole trlp was a huge succcs?r, ern Divislon last month. Whlle here, even the trlp to Wlndsor. Canada. \Vs Ir. Kirkman, Mr. A. H. Barafian and The vlslt OK our officials last week are all wondering why the trlp wzd Mr. S. W. Booth played several exhlbi- has created much Interest In thls dis- made to Windsor. Our flrst Kuess will tlon games on the local tennis courts. trict and we feel sure wlth the success bc that he was looking for "foam". Limited space will not permit report- of the proposed new warehouse facll- MI..and Mrs. J, D. Nettleship have ing details of the results. ities. the Frlsco Lines will increase returned thls week from Macklnas Mr. Otis E. Harnan of the englneer- thcir earnlngs and service one hundred Is!and, Mlch., where they spent thalr ing department entertalned a large per cent. vacatlon. Mr. Nettleshlp says they en- party of friends at the drug store In .Anyone who llkes Iresh. home-grown joyed the trip and that Macklnac Is hard the Rozelle neighborhood on the nlght peaches would do well to call on Doc- to equal for a summer resort. of July 17. All report a fine tlme. tors Woodson and Wilder early each Atthur Beck and famlly spent their Messrs. C. E. Blalr and H. 5. Cole- morning. The peaches whlch Dr. vacatlon thla year vislting frlends and man were recent visitors In this offlce. Woodson brings down each day are relatives at Mount Ayr, Iowa. Beck delicious, but have been unable to fig- says It rurely Is hard luck to start John F. Leahy has been very busy ure out whether It Is the peaches worklng agaln thls hot weather. the past two weeks. His mother and which cause so many vislts to the Doc- Mr;ry Graddy has accepted the posi- friends. Mlss Cllsta Deveraux of St. tor's offlce, or the two attractlve assis- tlon of stenographer in the voucher Louis have been vislting here. Now tants. denartment. Everyone wlshes her the everyone can understand John'a seem- Our chlef, Balfour Thompson, hae best of luck wlth her new posltlon. ing IndlKerence to the fair sex. been enjoying the balmy breezes OK the S Lorlmer and family have Just rc- "And she raised here jeweled hand!" Gulf Coast at Moblle while on hls turued from a motor trlp through the This phrase can be applled to Mfsa vacatlon. Let Balfour tell you about east. They visited Buffalo, N. Y., N1- Ruth Creese, stenographer to the chief the flsh. agnm Falls, and made several other clerk of the superintendent. Of course. YOUMemphis flappers better look out stops at different polnts of Lntercst. as a reporter. the writer secured all --Jimmy Gardiner, the oftlce boy Is Lorimer has recently purchased a new the detah, but was requested to wlth- coming over one week-end very soon. Hudson coach and declded thls was n hold same untll the next Issue. The Understand the passenger depart- gocd way to try out the motor ald fact that Ruth came out wlth a beauti- ment has been so buy selling tickets speen of the new car. ful diamond will be news enough for they have had no time for frivolous l?. W. Gatrert, chlef clerk, has take3 -snme - - - - - . affalrs. part of hls vacatlon and there Is no M. R. Wllllama is spending hls va- We are anxiously waltlng lor the doubt that he wlll soon be ready for cation in the Rockles. As the mercur7 next Outlng of the Boosters' Club. the balance If thls hot weather con- in the odlce thermometer has been very tlnues. intimate wlth the 100 degree mark the past few weeks. Maurice created quite MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT a stir when he floated a loan for a BIRMINGHAM, ALA. ST. LOUIS MECHANICAL DEPT. sweater. C. R. Bratton has a story whlch des- R. E. BREEDLOVE. Reporter w ,,-.-SE WHUTTE, Reporter cribes thls climate very well. He was - in Texas two or three years ago work- Aa little a8 we all may seem In the sou WOln'l be able to call thls a re- ing a physical check of A. and B. work eyes of some, East Thomas forces have port-hart Ily. Tau see, when the tem- on a piece of track. It was about three mlssed Chief Clerk Whitten, who, I perature cllmbs around 110 degrees. o'clock In the aftetnoon when he no- understand. la taking hls vacation In alwl it wa s actually 118 degrees In the ticed a greyhound chasing a jack-rab- Florida. Whlt, we are all set for that sun at Cht,uteau Avenue. you don't llve, bit. It was so hot that they were both story about the size of the one that got YOU mere1y exlst. That Is why I haven't walkintr. If YOU could have seen Mr. away. nruch to Ireport thls tlme. ratt ton mopping his brow the day he Bill Clerk J. G. Hughes spent July told this, you would believe it, just as 4 and 5 In Chattanooga. the writer did. FREIGHT TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT MEMPHIS, TENN. I JOHN J. COLLINS 1 K-ATE MASSIE. Reporter Miss Gene Wingo, secretary to the :REE Samples-Send Name :Zdao."i! executive general agenl, has returned rlaoca. J. E Bum. emmed UOIs hdf boor. from her vacatlon visit at her home. Haskell, Texas. Think everybody connected with thls Page 56 .August, 1925

Haven't heard "Boss' aorner say. be able lo Eet hlrn to honor us wllh L J. Mantoux la .pending hla vaca- but think he has fallen for Ben Shlrk's thla sald story. along wlth a picture uf tion In Texas, Mrs. Mantoux and son (pensioned assistant superintendent) Mr. Charley and hls engine. Lopez will return to Birmingham with storlcs of govd flshlna in Florida-as Our new labor distributor, Miss Es- him about the flrst of August. I notice that far-away Look in his eyes telle Burns, seems to like her new Miss Ethel Copeland is vacatioulng In at times. place and from all indications 1s liked Washlhgton D. C. Know she wlll have Roundhouse Foreman Huckins, hav- by all around the shop, as we have had an exciting time to report when she ing been transferred to Amory, our lo- several inquiries from the "Single returns. cal official family has a new member, Blcsseds", but I don't talk. Miss Mablc Gentry, sister of Dis- Mr. Hardy Stevens. While we like Editor's Note:-After we received patcher Gentry. who has just recovered Hardy alright, we had nothing against the above family news, we also re- from an operation. is now ill wlth Huck. ceived a speclal delivety from Mr. scarlet fever. We all hope she will Miss Etta May Paul, tlmekeeper. WBB Breedlove, reading: have a speedy recovery. called home the flrst part of July ac- "Since mailing you my farnlly news, We have several changes to report: count of illness of her parents. We hope I have been highly favored by The 8. W. Erwin was appvinted assistant that her absence will not be long, and Goddess of Happiness' and am the superintendent, vice B. 9. Shirk, re- that her parents are improving. proud father of a very pretty, elght- tired. C. H. Goldsmith was appolnted Miss Mae Dudley, labor distributor, pound baby girl, who was born on trainmaster and R. T. Hynson was ap- succeeding Miss Paul (temporarily) as July 13th." pointed nlght trainmaster. Tlmekeeper, now realizes that all that Congratulations and best wishes R. T. Hynson is going to Seattle on glittcrs is not gold. from everybody. a Knights Templar convention, and, by Mr. Arthur Schafnitt departed on his the way, if anyone knows of a good vacation, July 15. Arthur hasn't sald TRAINMASTER'S OFFICE private secretary, think Mr. Hynson where he is going. but I bet he Is MIS- could use one to take care of his so- sour1 bound. BIRMINGHAM, ALA. cial correspondence. The writer has been dickering with VIOLET GOLDSMITH. Reporter Wo have had several changes in Engineer Charley Barnard for a big. the freight house; Burt E. Dlckerson, tlme story of his servlce wlth the Anyone who enjoyed Elrmingham's assigned as assistant cashier; Charley Frisco. Mr. Barnard has had 37 years radlo concert Wednesday evening, Vaughn. assigned as assistant night of continuous service with the Frisco July 15, heard one of our Frisco ar- clerk; Charles L. McDaniels, assigned as engineer and since his englne. "Xlas tists, Henry Hargrove at the piano, ac- to the report desk. Ed. J. Sullivan, as- 1084" whici pulls trains 103, 104, 105. companying his seven-piece orchestra. signed to collector's desk. Glenn Back- and 106, has returned from an Over- Mrs. C. H. Goldsmith spent a week schies has come to the frelght house hauling in the Memphis shop, we might 111 Kentucky. vlslting relatives. from the East Thomas yards. Now. I am going to leave Blrming- ham for a few weeks, myself-going to motor to Camp Walton, Florida. Will For better Concrete, Culverts and Bridges, thlnk of all of you while I am enjoying - the good gulf breezes. and -ENSLSY-I'ALA crrr STORES DEPARTMENT /R. R. Ballast BAS1E SLAG MEMPHIS, TENN. CRUSHED Zb SCDXXNED h Birmingham Slag Co. I WARREN PUCKETT. Reporter Miss Mindio Rhodes, who has been a comptometer operator In the stores department for the past two years resigned on July 3 to make a trip to Coral Gables. Fla. Mlss Helen Griffin has accepted the posltion which was previously fllled by Mlss Rhodes as comptometer operator for the stores department. We are mighty glad to have Miss Griffin wlth us and, of BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA course, we hate to sec Niss Rhodes leave us. Hyman Kappell, "sheik DL the 8t0res department", who is stockman clerk. soent his vacation. whlch consisted of sbmethins like ten days, on the coast at Tybee Island, Ga. Hyman reports that he had a most enjoyable tlme at the beach and advises all that are In- terested in spending their vacatlons FOR EVERY PURPOSE on the coast to give Tybee a try-out CAPACITY OF MINES AND OVENS 2v2 MILLION TONS ANNUALLY Grider Coal Sales Agency STEAM & DOMESTIC COAL G. 8. McCORMACK. CARR McCORMACK, Vice-President 2,000,000 TONS ANNUALLY Chairman of the Board ALBERT P. BUSH, Vice-president Birmingham, Alabama J. A. SHOOK. Secretary - - Alabama By-Products Corporation KILBY FROG & COAL TAR, SULPHATE OF AMMONIA, BENZOL FOUNDRY, FURNACE, WATER GAS AND DOMESTIC COKE SWITCH CO. STEAM, BUNKER, DOMESTIC AND SMITHING COAL

GENERAL OFFICES: AMERICAN TRUST BUILDING RAILROAD CROSSINGS Birmingham, Alabama FROGS AND SWITCHES MANGANESE TRACK WORK RIDOUT'S F"H"o%%?L MAIN s AMBULANCE SERVICE 2117 Fifth Avenue NIGHT AND DAY BIRMINGHAM - - ALABAMA Augztsf, 1925 Page 57

and see just what they have to offer. ant vacatlon, which he took the first arguing that two can lire am Cheaply He states that there were plenty of of July, building fences, etc. as one, already. good-looking glrls there, but seems We have had a few changes in the Here's one from the Curtls Aero- to think that the Memphls girls are office recently. Oliver Farris is now plane Co., stating that the Frisco is hard to beat. accountant clerk, taking the positlon the only railroad makln~aeroplane - Mr. G. E. Weatbrook, who has been left vacant by K. R. Miller. J. B. time and still uslng railroad equip- storekeeper for sometlme at Neodesha. Wright took Oliver's job as abstract ment. We will try to explaln this to Kansas. on the Northern Division., has-- - clerk. Wm. Curtis Wright. who was you. On July 6. at 8 p. m.. a change been app~intedstorekee~erat ~i&ing- veri-check clerk, is now record clerk. was made In the K. C. Terminal, so ham, Alabama. on the Southern Divi- takihp Everett Hanover's place, who is that all outbound buslness is handled sion. The appointment became effec- now locatlon sheet clerk in the yard in the Rosedale yards and inbound in tive July 11. Mr. E. E. Hobson re- office. Sam J. Allen. from Amory,. . is the Kansas City yards. This makes signed as storekeeper at Birmingham. now veri-check clerk; it much batter. because the Inbound Mr. Westbrook, no doubt, will be Leon Rohrbough and famfly have re- and outbound business ia handled in missed from the Neodesha Ball Club turned from a vislt with relatives In separate yards. whlle in the past both on which he was right fielder and won Oklahoma City, Shawnee, and -4rdmore. yards handled both classes of busi- fame playing thls position. Oklahoma. ness. We are endeavoring to deliver Miss Thelma Drashman has accepted Mildred Estes waa so dad to ret all oil within flve hours after arrlval the position of stenographer-compion1- back from her vacation that she re- and thls is belng done with very few eter operator in the mechanlcal de'part- turned one day ahead of tlme, but thls exceptions. ment, which place was vacated by the doesn't mean she didn't have a good Here we have one from Mr. N. M. recent marrlage of Irene Snyder to tlme visiting her sister. who lives In Gamble, hewly appointed roadmaster. Jim Williams, &I. C. B, accountant. Birmingham. He says to tell ail of his friends that George (Tiny) Morris, chief clerk, Jno. A. Ladd and wlfe have returned they can reach him at Kansas City. spent a few days in Fort Smith, Ark., from his old home, Cedar Rapids, Dayton, Tenn.. now on deck, asklng and Springfield, Mo., recently. George Iowa, where he spent a very enjoyable us how We stand on the evolution states that he had a most enjoyable vacatlon, going by way of Chicaao. question. Opinion Is divided, but all trip back to the ole home town, after C. T. Johnson fecenily visited fela- agree that they can handle themselves shaklng hands with a lot of the ole Lives at Water Valley, Miss. as well as a monkey. This goes es- boys. pecially for J. W. Ryan and H. J. John Sprohs, clerk from the West- Hoke, because there never was a mori- ern Divls~onsupply cars, is now trav- key that could beat them coming down eling with Hart Howell, who is in NORTHERN DIVLSION a tree. Charge of the supply cars on the I Southern Division. We are always AGENT'S OFFICE-MONETT, MO. glad to see new faces come to our di- DIVISION PASSENGER OFFICE vision and hate to see old ones go. KANSAS CITY. MO. PEARL E. LEWIS. Reporter JVe hope that he will enjoy maltlng his monthly visits to Memghis, as well EDITH WALTERS. Reporter A very interesting romance which as the old boys. C. H. Woodall, who had its beginning in the office of our formerly was wlth the supply cars on We have been enjoylng perfect July general yardmaster. culminated Sun- this division, is now counter clerk at wealher here in Kansas City and we day evening July, 5, when Mlss Jessie the General Store. Springfield. Come are now speculating as to whether F. Hall became the bride of Joseph R. back to see us, "Woody", when in this August will run true to form. It has Short, the ceremony being performed section. been so long slnce we have enjoyed by Rev. H. B. Foster in hls study at n real good breeze that we would prob- the AIethodist Eplsco~al church, the LOCAL FREIGHT OFFICE ably run to a storm cellar, if we saw impressive ring ceremony being used. MEMPHISi TENN. ;L leaf stir. Hiss Hall has been in the employ of Mr. Xewman spent the Fourth of the Frlsco at Monett as stenographer July In Jopl~nglay~ng golf and broke for the past six years al~dalso held VIKGISIA GRIFFIN, Reporter his best record by twelve. We can't the distinction of belng reporter for tell you what the score was, but nev- our Magazine. Ylss Faye Barbee, atenographer, erthetess we are betting on him. Mr. Short is now cashier at Lebanon spent several days recently wlth her If any of you have been puzzled by slnce his transfer from Monett a few mother and father at Thayer. She is the queer noises and shouts comlng months ago. The happy couple are the daushter of George Barbee, freight from our office, I wish to take this now at home In Lebanon. conductor, running between Thayer and time to explain to you that it is Geo. While this was a "Short" courtahlp. Hnrvard. Light talking to Tulsa over the long we heartlly 30111 in wishing them a Everett Hanover has returned from distance. long and happy life together. hls vacatlon which he spent in Chhago, The next tlme you meet Mr. Werner. Miss Lena Bell, bill clerk. has been driving through with hls parents. He ask him about the nlce old gentleman granted a slxty-day leave of absence reoorts no bad luck coina or comina. who works nlghts In the city tlcket and Is In St. Louis as the guest of her such as blow-outs OF pu>ctures, -and office. mother. wonderful roads. Melford never ceases to marvel at R. G. Kaurman, general car foreman, We all hated to see K. R. Miller leave some of the questions he 1s called on holds the record for having the most the Frisco, but of course, are glad that to answer by the inqulrlng public. energetic car cleaner on the divislon. he has secured a better ~ositionwith The other day a gentleman called up It is reported one of his men was as- the Newburger Cotton Cd. of "Boots" Is spending his vacatlon an regarding Dur through Florida servlce signed the duty Icing a "diner" a Court Square and Russwood Park. as and wanted to know If we stopped at few nights ago and he wanted every- he can only get it a day at one time. Jacksonville long enough for him to thing to be kept in "good order" so he B. C. Johnson is all smiles over that take a bath! Iced everything In sight, including the eight-pound boy, George Wilson John- coffee urn. TRANSPORTATIQN DEPARTMENT Here is a new fish story. A Frisco son, who arrived at his house on July shelk took his lady friend out fishing 3. Bennle, remember, another picture KANSAS CITY, MO. the other day to show her the art of for the Magazine. angling, but he had the usual Asher- Mrs. Clara Speer, stenographer, and HOWARD 5. HOKE, Reporter man's luck and said someone had evi- daughter. Florence, visited her sister dently been feeding the flsh, for his can in Clarksdale, Miss., whlle on her va- Hear Yea! Hear Yer! You are now of Rsh worms didn't seem to tempt cation. listening to station K. C. 31. 0. broad- them, but to be real gallant he wouldn't Sorry that Fred E. Doblng Is sick blasting. Stand by a few seconds take the girl home without havlng her and unable to work. whlle I-locate a few wires wo teceived enjoy a fish lunch. so he bought a 10- \V. F. Corkery reports a very pleas- in the last few days. cent can of sardines. Hello. what's this? One from the Wilson Gates, train checker, is en. superintendent's office. You will have joying a thlrty-day lcave from his du- to overlook the age as It must have ties at the east yard office and is vis- been misplaced. It 1s sad news, but Lting relatives in Detroit. Mtch.. and nevertheless true. H. C. Barnett. the other points of interest In the East. chief clerk, has taken unto himself Fish storics are a littla passe at A new automatic and self-regulat- a wife. Thls fair lady was Mlss Camp- present-"frog storles" seem to be bell from the mechanical department. ing device has been invented by Nay their future be a happy one. more popular. The residents of the John A. Stransky, 3032 Main St., Well, will wonders never cease? Pukwana, So. Dakota, with which Here we have one from little Cupid, automobiles have made from 35 to looking for Roy Maring so he can 57 miles on a gallon of gasol~ne. send one of his love darts into hls heart. Not necessary. Cupid, the last I Metropolitan Cafe I It removes ca rbon and ?educes spark plug one you shot dld not mlss as you .! trouble and 07 verheating. It can be installed sunoosed. Why do I think so? Well. Meal Tickets at I by anyone in five minutes. Mr. Stransky no-man that das not been shot wltli one will walk through a ~Ubllc ark Special Rates wants distriblutors and is willing to send a wearing white trousers wlth his arms sample at hisi own risk. Write him today! around TWO girls ln daylight. It 6 North Main Cage Girardeau, Ma. - won't be long, now, Cupid, as he is August, 1925 east part Of town have been complain- from "High Pockets" Christensen of John Sachen: "Of course, a gold ing about their rest being dlsturbed the Rosedale yard offlce. He tell# us medal nnd being 'champeen' bowler of on account of a pecullar nolse some- that If there is any klnd of a bug In Kansas City. Kansas, does cause the what like the "bellowing of a cow". this world that is not represented there feminine hearts to flutter. but really. A few determined to flnd out just he would llke to know It. He says that you know, peyonality Is the irre- what it was, so they took their flash- he won't tell us of the mosauitoes. be- sistlble maanet. lights and proceeded to penetrate the cause they carried his pencii away be- Joe Wiltshire: "I have no medal and darkness. The nolse' proved to be fore he could write it down. I'm no 'champeen'. but I sure am larger than the cause, for all they A llttle advice from our chief caIler, Braceful e'en though I'm lean, for as found was a drove of "bull frogs" that Axel (Sllm) Engberg. He advises. a dancer I'm a gllding dream." had escaped from one of our yard "When you go flshing, keep your eyes Pat Morrison: "If you want to clerks who had them corralled In a on the cork". This statement was know anythlng about bridge, consult tub on his back porch. caused by an experience he had on me-not Hoyle.': Miss Marguerlte Frossard, stenop- hls last Bshing trip. It seems that Lee Warner: Know anythlng about rapher in the mechanlcal department, Mr. Engberg and Nr. "Bob" Breese a car? You tell 'em! I've driven a Is enjoying a vacation in Colorado. were enjoying a day's flshing at one car for umpteen yeara and nobody Mr. R. T. Burris, conductor on the of the lakes near ansas City. Mr. can tell me a thing about 'em; and as Northern Divlsion, accompanied by his Engberg was atand& In a boat, fight- for knowing what a real car looks family, attended the Shriners' conven- ing flies and mosquitoes and watching like, just pipe mine over." tion in Los Angeles, Calif. They re- a lifeless cork float leisurely In the Me1 Anderson: "Now, the last time port a very delightful trip and are water. Here fate ruined the day. For, I went flshing, bla, bla. bla, bla--" very enthuslastic over the beauties of out of the unknown came a number of Elmo Ste~hens: "After many yeara the "Sun-Kist" State. young mermaids and plunged into the of hard stuhy and practice, I hav; ac- Miss Helen Nothern was the euc- lake at the other side. Cork forgot- quired many talents, but born within cessful applicant for the position of ten, pulse became irregular. victlm me was a talent that would not be suo- stenographer in the office of M. K. gone into s trance. A second later pressed: therefore, today I am U~I- Pace, general yardmaster, which was he was coming from the bottom of eaualled In my knowledge and love recently made vacant by the marrlage the lake. No, he was not wet, but of art." of Mlss Jessie Hall. when he got out on the bank part of (With apslogles to the office stafl.) As per usual, Jack Burch sends his the lake went with hlm. He says from regular wire. This one from Denver. now on when he goes fishing he will Colo., on his way back from California. wear smoked rlasses. 1 TEXAS LINES I The only reason, he claims, that he did Here's one jist ofC the pan. It Is not enter the movies was the directors. from Hermansville. Mich., asking if BEN B. LEWIS, Division Editor Who have we here? No one but C, Pard Clerk N. J. (Fifteen Cents) Fra- J. D. Killourrh. arent at Stenhen- W. Fink, revising clerk at the Nine- cul arrived home from his vacatlon ville, contributes h rousing and patrl- teenth Street yard office. Wants us 0. K. Yes, he dld and also brought otic invitation to the Frisco veterans to broadcast that he will not be re- with him a number of weird tales. to have their next reunion In Texas. sponslble for the welfare Of the par- He says he and his party were escorted He says in part: ties he catches mussing up the yard from a picnic grounds by a "bull". Why "Every man, woman and ehlld on oflice by strewinn waste on the floor. not tell the truth and ray it was an this elobe could come to Texas and Never mind. 1~lac;we'll get you a new officer of the law. nfr. Fracul says each >auld have a town lot or two. broom If that one wears out. he would not have taken a vacation Texas is so large, the great Frisco One from Wllliam Walsh of the Nlne- If his eyes had not been bothering System found it necessary to puncture Peenth Street yard olrice. All It Bays hlm. It seems that there were small, our northern border in four places be- Is "Hello". Why not send a real wire, dark objects appearing in his vision. fore they flnally gained entrance. The Bill, it won't cost you anythlng. waves of Lake Michigan are nearer Here we are. Didn't cxpect to hear KANSAS CITY COMMERCFAL our northern border than are the bil- OFFICE CHATTER Iowa of the Mexlcan Gulf. "Come to Texas and we wlll take GEORGE KLEINHOFFER. Reporter you to Menard and San Angela and Some ego we NEVER hear: show you the two largest wool markets Corner Pharmacy Bill DeVeney: "I may not be the in the world, and a sheep ranch larger "The Buay Corner" than the State of Rhode Island; to most wonderful fellow in the world, Jacksonvllle and show you the largest H. E. CARTER. Proprlrtor but belleve me, I have the most won- local tomato market In the world; to derful baby in the world, and folks Junction, near Menard, and show you Prescriptions Our Specialty do say he takes after his father." the largest local pecan market In the George Story: "Why go to others world: to Uvalde, the largest local Phone 43 YONETT. YO. seeking information when I am an honey market In the world; to Cuero, I authority on anything?" the largest local turkey market in the world:-to Laredo. where more than two thousand, flve hundred carloads of onions were shipped last season. Booster for Monett, Her Industrlss and tho "We will take you to see the largest Ozark Playgrounds I Monett Drug Co. ( sawmi11 in the world, the largest cotton gin in the world, the largest cot- Dally, $5.00 per Year by Carriet; $1.00 per ton compregs In the worid, the tallest I PAUL RUSSELL, Proprlotor I smokestack In the world, the only helium gas produclng plant In the D SODAS BOOKS 1 world, the largest cotton exportlng port In the world, and we wlll take you to see the Rio Grande, the only river In the world that is dry on one side and wet on the other!" YOU CAN clothe the entire family The following "poem" was found with Guaranteed Merchandise among a stack of expense bllls, written LESS In pencil (Instead of the cuetomary FOR at typewriter), which had been prepared by W. N. Wallace, 69 years old, second MIUSAP BROTHERS trick operator at Stephenvllle. Texas: And We Really Approcia11 Ybur 'fdr My ribbon stays not on the props. But upward plays, and outward MONETT, MO. drops. These pesky mills llke yours and mine. STANDARD for 30 YEARS to make Pro-bills are not so fine. MoNETT, Mo- Please ask the Captaln to tinker I La Fredrick Cigars Wfth ~he~;ibbenon my L. C. Smlth. Old "Dad" Barnct mrs:. *Wver' time I rldea me n traln, derned el I don't ~ltplum homcsIek, leseln thTrplttoons Guaranteed or Money Refunded hna got RRISCO pnlnted onto 'em!" SILLS SOLD IN ALL DRUG AND SHOE STORES FORT WORTH LOCAL FREIGHT FOOT AGENTS WANTED OFFICE For Any information Write H- A. GRANGER, Reporter POWDER E. M. PRICE & CO. - Monett, Mo. Mlsa Ruby Long, stenographer In the general agent's office, has returned Page 59 from Colorado and reports a fine va- Our department was honored with a ago went to Sanltorlum, Texas. for his cation. riding horseback and climbing visit from a former employe. Mrs. True health Is now located at Kerrvllle. mountains. W. Adams of Eonhani. Texas. and Mr. &een visited us for a few mln- H. A. Granger and famlly have just daughter, Sarah Frances. and. son, utes, and we were delighted to see him returned from a vacation spent in St. Billy. rMrs. Adams wlll be remem- looking so well, and to know that he Louis, Memphls and New Orleans. bered as Mlss Ethel Davls. Sarah is fast on the road to recovery. Our rate clerk. R. F. Cooke. spent Frances and Billy made a hit wlth the J. P. LyIes, fuel clerk, spent several a two-day vacatlon here in the city and entire bunch. days with his parents near Clsco, from all reports spent the time in At the present writing we are very Texas. Th\s is the first time in seven riding the trolley. How about that. much bereaved in the loss of a frlend, vears that Mr. Lyles has been to his Cnnke9 Mr. -4. A, Graham, master mechanic, bld home. and he reports having had Check Clerk N. L. Law advises that who passed away July 13. We extend a wonderful time. he is golng to spend his vacation try- our heartfelt sympathy to the family. Ivan Stephenson. assistant bill and ing: out his rod and reel in South voucher clerk, 1s back from a very Texas-If he can get there in his new WEST YARD OFFICE-FT. WORTH pleasant trip to Houston. Joe Tomlin- tin Henry. Mlss Long says you can't son. mlscellaneous clerk, reports a always rely on some "Henrys". 0. L. ROBINSON, Reporter good time spent in Galveston. Kay- As vacatlon tlme Is in order, we mond Dupree, file clerk, took a few have noticed our warehouse foreman, Our interchanae clerk. A. A. Lauter- days off and Just rested in our own A. S. Lehew, studying various time fair elty. W. B. Slmpson, rate clerk, tables and mans. but we don't thlnk bach, has just Feturned from El PRSO, Texas, which 1s just across the river and wife.- . svent- the Fourth In Wichlta he will get a;ly further away th~n from that better-than-three-per-cent Falls. Ellis County. City ol Juatex. Dld he bring anything Wm. R. Edwards has purchased a lot We are anxlous to know why Mlss back with him. Oh, yes, I'll say he near Lake Worth, so he and other Blabel Dozler is so interested in real did. as he and Mlss Mvrtle S. Cole of members of his family are busy getting estate adu-a cute bungalow, I guess. Con- it in condition for a real summer camp. These bungalow searches cause some El . Paso were married there. bosses to have Lo search for another gratulations. Lauter. Switchman E. C. Pond Is snenclinz DIVISION FREIGHT - PASSENGER good stenographer. But It Is the good his vacation at the home of his inother: things that are hard to keel!, Isn't it in-law in Stephenvllle. Bnltchmen al- AQENT-DALLAS, TEX. Mnh~l? wavs have fluecr Ideas. We are undeclded as tn where Dan XELL RICHARDSOS, Reporter and Bell will spend thelr vacatlon- bonductor'~.9. stone says he has a 60-day leave Or absence, a goOd Ford. Belt belng the office dog. plenty of AsllIng tackle, frylng pans The Frlrco has enjoyed IL nlCe bhsl- and hay wrre. He also states that ness on tomatoes, having secured 235 STORES DEPARTMENT he would like Lo see America first. but cars from the Jacksonville district. The SHERMAN, TEXAS thls time he is ROlnR to Arkansas. drouth had some eKect and no doubt Yard Clerk C. A. (Shorty) Reams has shortened the crop. The peach and IVA SEWELL, Reporter just returned from a vacation and watermelon movement Is now on and fishlng trip to South Texas. I had we hope to secure approximately 150 The reporter' nailed up a contribu- hopes of reporting some real Texas cars of ueaches and 100 cars of water- tlon box for artlcles of interest for the fishing, but after further discunsion melons. Magaaine nnd received a hearty re- with Mr. Shorty as to size and Quan- C. H. Houston, traveling freight sponse in that she received a battered tity of the fish he caught, I wouldn't agent, Frlsco Lines. Dallas, is in Yt. n~ckel.R French dime and a button. say positively that he even got a bite. Pleasant and Athens thls week look- Vacations belng in order. Jlmmie Ho- 1n.c over the peach and watermelon naltcr was the Rrst in this office to FT. WORTH ACCOUNTING DEPT. situation. indulge. He spent the majority of his R. L. Truitt, one of those Ft. Worth tlme at home helping with the sum- LOIS M. SHEPPARD, Reporter baseball fans. was in our omice today mer house cleaning (?). (on business), but we think he Is L. >fcMlllan and wife spent July We've had the nicest uwlmmlng kinder nervous, as we believe the cnta Fourth visiting relatives and fricnds class-the nicest people In It-and the are on their war to the bone yard. In Sapulpa and Tulsa. Oklahoma. beat instructors one can And any- Dick Horn. the messenger bdy, where, all from the Frisco ofllcen. snent his vacation seeing the slghts in L. L. Burton. &I. of M7. timekeeper. South Texas and New Mexico. is soon golng to swim to the center On July 1. the rallway clerks of of the pool. He fights hard, and in Sherman held a dance at the Blnkley coming right along. Hotel. Music mas furnished by Charlea Ben Moraan Is the chamnlon be~ln- Potts' orchestra. All report a wonder- ner, not oGg In swlmming.'but diving ful tlme. also. The first time Ben dived, just as J. Honaker and famlly were members he got to the end of the board and Don't Speed nf a parts that motored to Sulphur. was ready to dive, he evidently tried Oklahoma, recently and camped for to change his mind, for the position UNLESS several days. We have heard qulte n he waa in when he hlt the water was bit about Sulphur, especlally the swim- a scream. They say the next time mlng pools. was good also, but that was Dne I mtssed. Ivan Stephenson ha& to be rescued. Kept trylng ta get him to swim ncross Nichols Transfer & Storage to. the pool and finally, falnt hearted, he DISTRIBUTORS OF CAR LOADS consented. Just about half way across he grew weaker and weaker. THE OLDEST AND MOST and .Toe White had to drag him out RELIABLE) Nothing serious. He knew all the tlme he would be brought out. North Boulder and Frlsoo Right-ot-Way Percy Davis Is another one wha is Phone 2-1117 4 2-1118 TULSA. OKLA. learnlng fast. To float along wlth face under water, Percy can go further than anyone In the class. Katle Johnson, belng only nre-feet- two. and weighlng barely 96 pounds. is about the bravest little miss we Oklahoma have around. Her mother belng away on a vacation, Miss Katie was forced Co. to spend part of her evenings alone. Steel Castings until her nleces came over to spend MAKERS OF the nlght. On one particulat evening she and the dog were all alone. About Emergency requires s p e e d- ten o'clock the dog began to bark. cans Railroad, Oil Field and began to roll, and to a girl id a big then your car and riders should house a11 by herself there seemed to Commercial Castings in be a terrible commotlon in the back be protected with our Safety yard. Katie, sensing burglars. got excited, turned out the llghts and Device for Motor Cars. OKLAHOMA eased oat onto the back gorch and flred her 32! The dog never made Writs for Circular ELECTRIC STEEL another sound, but the next morning it was discovered that the "burglar" Wallis Mtcormlck CQ. had been the poor, little, innocent pup, Safety Device Tulm, Okla, Box 668 playing with several tin cans for his 1721 Railway Exehmgc Bldg. St. Louis, Ma. own amusement. Wm. G. Skeen, who several months L Mr.Crownrlch, telegmoh operator, on June 1, all of which tends to make storelreeper, vlce J. N. Walker, trans- In on leave of sbsence because of ill competition "more keener". ferred to Enid. Chlel Clerk L B. Coch- health, G. N, Weise, of the Fort Worth And the "Keener she is, the better ran has been appointed wtorekeeper at office. Is filllng the vacancy tempo- we likes her!" Neodesha, ICans., and W. F. Griggs was raril y. given Mr. Cochran's tormer positlon nt The Chlcamo. Rock Island and Gulf, Fort Smith. eflectlve June 30, discontinued uslng I SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION I The shop cralts at Fort Smlth had the Santa Fe terminal In Dallas, and what might be termed a Dutch lunch joined the Cotton Belt. together with ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT on the evenlng of July 16. What we the Fort Worth and Denver City. the SAPULPA, OKLA. hear. It certainly must have been a latter entering the "City of the Hourv - swell affalr and enjoyed by all prcs- E-I. P. FOWLER, Reporter ent. The lunch consisted of ham, brick cheese and wiener wurst sandwlches. FORMERLY FRISCO MAN R. E. Plplrln has fallen in lfno and salads, keg of Iludweiser arrd lemonade. It 'is one of The number In attendance was about purchased a Ford c,?upe. sixty lrom the master mechanic on FRANK W. DAVIS those second-hand Lizzles", but runs down. These gatherings promote good I mtghty fine-down hill. L B. Reed and Fred Morgan contlnue fellowship not only among the em- I LIFE, ACCIDENT I to take thelr week-end fishlng trips. plosres themselves, but brtween the em- ( The Travelers Insurance Co. I Thelr favorite pools are located near ployes and oifirers of the company. Wyandotle and Vinita, Okla. 6 E. Wall St. FT. SCOTT L. D. Gnyder is back wlth us amln, OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT having been appointed completion re- FT. SMITH, ARK. -I port clPrlt. Dosothea Speights, formerly al the PATLINE SMREICER. Reporter accounting department, but lately of the superintendent's otfice, has taken a leave of absence and Is vlsltlng In Dal- Oklahoma Cltv must Rave hldden las nnd Houston, Texas. eharms, as Henr;. Stiermalt goea there Erwin Reimer spent .July Fourth entirely too often just to see the clty. with home folks In St. Mule. He says Flora Bollinger motored to Tulsa, thr old town looks good as usual Muskogee nnd Sapulpa the Fourth. Mrs. E',.W. Bartz, comptomcter oper- Juanita Lewis, former comptometer ntor, nnd Geraldine (Jel-ry) Welch, our operator In divislon accountant's oiflce efflcient atcnographer, have been tak- pald us B irisit. We are always glad ing swlmming lessons this summer. to see old friends. Eye witnesses to their efforts claim Tim Krone was recently added La our they are adept pupIls and winter grac. force. ttre In the bath tub will make them Mr. and Mra. Walter Smlth spent the finished swimmers for next year. Fourth wlth Mrs. Smith's parents, in Teaarkana. Mrs. S. T. Cantrell and dau~hteraleIt I CENTRAL DIVISION I this week for a vlsit In New Yorlt City. E. E. Carlock spent the week-end In MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT St. Louis, and while there attended a Washington-St. J.ouia ball game. G. L. Presson. Portnerlv rcllel dls- IRENE WOESTMAN, Reporter patcher, was recently pro"moted to car service agent at Sapulpa. Okla. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Heyburn announce Very sorry to learn of the death of the marrlnge of thelr cla!~gliter, Fran- J. W. Williams, bridge foreman, nnd ces Ann, to Roht. T3ulllngto11, of Fort want to extend to Ills family our sgm- Smith. The wedding was very quietlv pnthy. Here Is Real Pro- solemnlned on June 22. due to recent Harry Booth says: "When a n~ah hereavementa and eickness in the fam- marries, he loses his A. I?. E. (authorltv ilies of Mr. Eullington and his bride. for expenditure) and when he starts tection For Your Both voung people are verv popular an argument wlth 111s wife, he slgns and have a host of friends 'who wish his G-50 (completion report). Records them happiness. Folks our way nrc certalnly enJoying OF vacatlons thls year. Road Foreman FT. SM lTH ADVERTISER! ThIa Allsteel Safe offers max- J. F. Hill and famlly lucked themselves [mum protection to the most in their new Studebaker and drove to Florida and report as havin~a very FT, SMITH ICE AND vital thing in your business- enjoyable trip. your records. General Foreman M. L. Crawforfl and COLD STORAGE CO. family are spending mont al thelr Ira- COLD STORAGE FOR ALL PERISHABLE It bears the Class A label of the ration In Arkansas City, ICans. Mr. MERCHANDISE Crawford claims he needs a good rest, Storage Capacity, 125 Can Underwritem' Laboratories, the hence going to the farm. Dally lee Making Capacity, 125 Ton$ Car Foreman W.Mr. CIRYP~OIand highest possible award for 6re fnmily took a motor trlp tlirough the FORT SMITH - ARKANSAS safety. Boston mountalns and made such goorl reports about the fine fish around War Insurance cannot protect your Eagle that Car Foreman Harcrow is now malting the same trip. PALACE DRUG STORE records-a GF Allsted Safe af- Road Foreman Frank Reed and ram- 603 Garrison Ave. Ft. Smith, Ark. fords assured protectlon at a ily are visiting in St. Louis, Memphis. Llttle Rork and Hot Springs. Thev We Fill the Prescrlptlons for the cost solow as to be out of all certainly must mant a "bolling out" Hospital Department going to Hot Springs. proportion to the risk. See A very beautiful iveddlng was sol- Will Be Glad to Supply All Tour these safes now or eend for book- emnized nn July 2. when Eula Doloren Drug Store Wants . .'...... -*...... Rranson became the bride of Richard Rerall and Whitmnn Agents let --sareguaroing vital Kecoras T. Durrett, of Hopklnsville. Ky. After of Business." the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Durrett left for a wedalng trip to San Antonlo, Galveston and other southern points EUPER SAND COMPANY beEore golng to Houston to reside. Miss Rranson was formerly employed as file FORT SMITH - ARKANSAS clerk and stenographer in this office and their manv friends extend Aeartv AND rongratulntloni and wlsh them much ARKANSM SAND The ~ompleteLine of Office Equipment happiness. GRAVEL COMPANY There have been several changes made In the local store department. S. VAN BURDN - ARKANSAS The General Fireproofing Gardner accepting.'. the position of Company YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO HARVESON & COLE Magnolia at Fifth Avenue I FUNERAL DIRECTORS SORT WORTH, TEXAS I August, 192.5

dlstrlbutor and this work le belng Timekeeper R. C. Giesike and ~rs. handled by Harry Mlller. Giesike are spending- 8 two weeks' Paca- WESTERN DIVISION 1 Dave Thornton, of the accounting de- tion camping on the Meramec in the TRANSPORTATlON DEPARTMENT partment, purchased a beautiful new vicinftg of Sullivan, Bob expectst0 home in Enid, thereby giving silent con- catch a whale whlle he is gone. Expect WESTERN DIVISION, ENID sent that It isapretty goodplace to live he wlll tell us a "whale" of a stow, Our Slognn-Boorrt or Blow in after all, however, he was so excited too. - about it that the following conversa- Dispatcher Rammage Is away on his A. L. KINKADF: and ELMA m71LLIAMS tion took place the first day he tool< vacation. V. E. Hopkins Is relieving Reporters possession. hlm, and Operator Maddox is relieving - %Irs. Thornton (from front part- or "Hopp" at the operators' table. Effective July 3, Superintendent Bev- house): "Dave, will you please bring Chaff~ebuslness section suffered n. ans granted sixty day leave of absence me the fly swatter?" big loss by flre on afternoon of July nnd R. B. Butler, assistant superintend- Dave: "Certalnly, mv dear." and very ent on the eastern divlsion, appointed courteously brought 'her s nlCe cool acting superintendent of the western drink of Icc water. diviuion. Mr. and Mrs. Bevans will The reportorial staff Is worklng spend their vacntion In California and short handed this month due to tha we hope they return with news of a fact our star reporter. Elma, has gone vacation well spent. We extend n on her vacation, which will be spent hearty welconle to Mr. Butler and wlsll In Washington, D. C.. Portland, Me.. him the greatest success Dns~ible in and other eastern polnts, but we 6urely his new neld of labor. will have something to tell you next Jack Sickels returned from a trip to month about the trip. During Elma's California; as usual, he LR now (C boost- absence. Grace has kindly consentefl er Tor the westcrn representatlve Of the to help us out and sure makes a dandy only existing "Garden of Eden" how- helper. ever, he did admit the Frlsco looked A. J. Dlck. gen~ralclerk, reporta slow good to hlm when he got back on the progress in the healing of her shoulder job. which she had the misfortune to hteak W. 0. Peyton, assistant cashler at some weeks ago, however, she Is on the r the Enld frelght house, was the 6°C- job eight hours zt day, and with charnc- 1% c~ssful npplicant for the tenworary terlstic grit pegs away at the old type- chief clerk's posltion at BlackwelI dur- wrlter in spite of the shoulder. infi the absence of Wm. N. Hunnlrutt. We'll say husiness Is good On th-: who is at the present time In the Wayu western! Arkansas City station alone Hospital at Rochester. last month forwarded 867 cars Of 011. Shades of Chicafio and all towns whlrh wlll help to pay tile salary of a Tlthin sixty n~iles of her hordere. nuinber of the h'ircd hclp on the Frisco. -Where the Wild Bill" Pratt and t m'. Marvin, Ada Dlllon, chief clerk's stenograph- both valued lnombers of the engineer- rr, reports she is feellna much better Ing department, journeyed oouthmard and hopes to he able to return to work Trained Man Wins vla motor car one day recently, the about Se~telnber1. -411 will be glad latter member or the party beinr Cram to see her back, cou7d hardly uet along Whether YOU are in the engineering, the above mentioned city, Along about indefinltely wlthout Ada. operating, maintenance or clerical de- 11:OO a, m., Assistant Divlslon Enfiincer Boys seem to he the ntder of thr partments, Your advancement will depend Rond recelred the followlnfi wire: day and with the advent or a-$on iu largely on the thoroughness of your train- "Rear axle motor car broke. lost pocket the famllles or E'IGycl Wrlght and Vic- ing. And \~hethcryou are going to be a book, watch and money, what shal1 I tor J>illon, the Friaco can rest easy so trained or not-whether you are go- do? LWX" Personally think Marvin far as two of their moat important job3 Or 1s enxlously waitlng for September I, are concerned, (eel sure they will 13~ to advance stand largely when he will return to hls co1leg.c- filling executive positions ere lonq. a matter ?Jml to 'lccide. studlee and Incidentally to civlllzntion. Floyd had no trouble in selecting the If you really wont a better job and are "TVild Bill" oroves too much for a ch~1t nnme of Paul Lewis, hut Vlc is 8tlll milling to devote a little of your spare unless he was accuston~ed to rldin?: open for suggestions as to a sultablr time to getting ready, the ,nterMional burking motor cars, etc. name. Due to the heavy buslnesa on the What, wlth Elma enjoylng a trlp ttr CorrespondencrSchoO'r can help you. More western. It has been necessary to add Maine and various ather points of in- than two hundrccl and fifty or the rall- several additional positions. arnonfi terest In the northwest lnclud~ngCan- road system8 of the Unlted States and them. one dispatcher at Enid. which ada (???). Vesta takin'~In New York Canada have Indorsed the I. C. S. method position is being occupied by H. J. City. Buffalo and Detroit, accompnnled of Instruction and recommended It to Taylor, extra dispatcher on the north- by Iln. Blanche seelng the mountains their employees. ern division; another is that of car of Colorado, and the beauties of Yellow- stone National Park in August, the rest You're ambttlous. You want to get of the famlly haven't decided whethcr ahead. Then don't turn thls pnse until to plunge Into the pool of sclC plty or you have clipped the coupon, marked the assume a superior air and be above line of work you want to follow a~ld i Real Estate and Indurance such things as a cool vacation In the malted it to tho I.C.S. for IUII particulars. Security Savlngr Bank Buildinm midst of Oklahoma's rising temperature. ------TUR out nr~c----~- HOMES sold on payments llke rent Largest RENTAL list In cltf INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOLS We sollclt your INSURANC9 I RIVER DIVISION I BOX 8823-8 SCRANTON. PA. CHAFFEE, MISSOURI ExpIsln wilhout obllmtlng me how 1 can cuallfy for the TRAINMASTER'S--~-- OFFICE - -~ oosiuod. or In the sua~eet.aefdre whkh I mark X. LOCOaOTITB BIOIXEBP GENERAL OFFICE BUILDING Locomollre Fireman Tnvelinp Enplneer CHAFFEE, MO. Tr~vellnpFireman Alr Brske Inspcaot FIED ADS I MACIE POWERS, Reporter Air Brake Reodrmmr Kovnd klouse~ore&n - I'rmlnmrn snd Carmer sing undet thls head- D. E. Gelrvix, dlvision engineer, is Kmllwsy Conductor :ed for at the rate of an-5p on his vacation, parts unknown. MGCIIbhICIL L.tOLSPCI , wlth a mlnlmum of Mrchanlcd 1Jrmltarn.n He is a true railroader, for he did not Machlnc Shop Pracllco nust accompany co~y. lezve a trail behind. Toolrnskcr E If J. W. MorrilI makes another trip RaUcr Makw or Dub- FOR FRXE SAM- over rlver division during July, would Gae Enpine Openting tdlson "Better-Made" CIVIL ENGINEER Manufacturer direct advise hlm to discard his llttle black Bnrrerlat mdIIm~~loe capital or experience cap and secure a sombrero to svolcl R. K. Constructing excessive sun burn andl fever blisters. Brldge Endnecr earn $100 weekly and ARCHITECT 'J FACTORIES, 505 Prospects for early melon crop on Aroblho1nr.l Dmf- -Tork. ----. this divlsion at thls tlme seem to be k&ka.'BIU~ mot. ~ood. Expecting to handle 1,460 cars Contractor andBullder I Health Resort on the of watermelons which should make Strueturml Enplnoer Fine flshing, hunting. Concrete Dulldar everyone happy. Shipplng 25 cars can- CHEMIST completely furnlshed. taloupes from Holcomb, Mo., at present. :dmund Steckel. Rlch- Bill Condry, dispatchers' stenograph- IName er. Is spendlng his vacation In the hos- Present . Employed pital. Esther Rigdon Is working the 0ceup.Llon BY 'CH INSPECTORS Old typewriter for hlm while he Is Ptrret R R. Watch Inspector, pone. Ray Fatchett 691 clerk, and hla fam- state cad. ily, spent vacation In Hot Springs. Said Cnr IN JlWELRY CO. he Is ready for another year's work Employees of this road will receive 8. Birmlngham, Ala. now. a Special Ci8count Pagc 62 August, 1923

Railroad Men 17. About ten buildin~e on Yoakunl directly ever the center and thls wlll Ave.. west of Second Street, were com- enable everyone to work wlth better pletely destroyed. Many comments lighting facilities than formerly. Pos- Read This- were made on the herolc work done sibly this feature will tend to reduce by the Frisco Shop employes In flghting some of the complaints of eye trouble the fire, whlch would have no doubt that are usually made where-the Ilght- done a great deal more damage had ing arrangement Is bad. it not been for their, good work. Em~loyesin the general oRlce bullJ- Mrs. Dean Underwood and son have ing subscribed an amount large enough returned from visit to r.elatlves at to enable them tb present to Mr. and Sparta, Ill. Dean Is awfully glad to Mrs. Paul Krueger, a seventy-sevcn stop petting those "lonesome husband" ~iece.flftv vear communltv vlate silver breakfasts. iervlce, bird of paradise paitern, as a One item brother reporter Langstou gift In honor of their recent wedding. Called to report-he has had a strlp of rubber grafted on his neck as he MECHdXICAL DEPARTMENT has gone to spend his vacation 'in New Joe Baronowsky, mechanical timc- York. keever. has reported back on the joh Yardmaster W. H. Wllllams owns the after havln~spent an enjoyable vacu- origlnal seven-league boots-he steps tion In and around Evansville. Ind. a "yard" at a tlme. Geo. F. McKenna, chief clerk to mns- Harold Hopklns caller wants to ter mechanic. 1s now on hls vacation. know what makes'all Ihe'ant hills in Believe that '~eorgeis spending most the tennis grounds. of his tlme near Sprlngfleld. Who placed an order wlth Operator W. B. McGauah.- chlef car clerk. Spnlding for two Rat cars tor loading leaves Saturday, duly 18, for a two bulk feathers nt Blggers. Ark.? weeks' vacatlon, to be spent in Buflalo. *Mrs. J. L Mumma. wlfe of train- N. Y. There must be some attraction master, has returned from .Topiin. Mo.. at this locatlon other thnn the falls where she was called account illness as three dlKerent ones of the mechani- of her father. cal department have chosen this par- The many frlends of Mr. and Mrs. tlcular part of the United States for Ray Seitz are glad to see them home their vacatlon. Looks as if they mfgh~ again, and Seitz Is Improving rapidlv. give some of the rest of Us a tip so W. H. Pryor, water servlce foreman that we could benefit also. has been spending the past two week; You have read Mr. Smith's joy riding- on a motor car. letter. W. H. Brooke, general foreman B&B. SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION spent a day or two in bed recently. If you are not satisfied Cause-corn and beans cooked to- JENNIE F. AITCHISON, Reporter with your present line of gether. Unbeatable conibtnation. "Johnny" Meldroth was seen last work and the money you Sunday morning getting off at Tower There 1s an epldemic 01 Vacation-it are making, and would Glove wlth a coop of chickens. Expert is on the Southwestern Divlslon. Every- make a change if the he enjoyed a big feed that day, but do body is consulting the offlcial guide, right opportunity offered- not know where he got the chickens. and following Horace Greeley's advice. Someone has termed the new office as Callfornla seems 'Lo be the most or if vou would like to for superintendent's force. the "Woods popular cure. keep ohin your present occupation but Pasture". We are wondering If the Ella Thrasher leaves for Calif~tnla add to your present income, here is the gllrls are the mild Rowers. the Arst of August, whlle Mrs. Smith opportunity-the self-same opportunity has just returned. She is relating thrilling experiences of her vlslts to that enabled Mr. Smith to get his OFFICE; DIVISION ACCOUNTANT Alturas, where she attended a round- resuIts. CHAFFEE, MO. up, also rode one of the bronchos with- We make a line of men's tailored-to-order clothes out falling off. San Franclsco. Los which wa sell to the consumer for the one low - Angeles, Catalina Islands. San Diego. price of $31.50. These clothes are .Union Fade. R. Q. LAXGSTON, Reporter the Grand Canyon in Arizona, and, of They are in every respect equal m quallty to .- course, Hollywood. the clothes generally sold for FS0.a) or more. Dorothy Spelghts writes from Dal- \Ye aeli tiwoe clothes only through special sales Supgose everyone notlced that tt,r las, then will go to Houston, after representatives. We pay these liberal com- magazine was somewhat larger In size whlch she will while away the balance missionr and cash bonuses. So that men who thlr laat month thnn formerly. Am surf. of her vacation on the sands at Gal- really work and ~ducecan enjoy it~con~eswith that the whole Frlsco lamfly applauded veston. us that many a usmess man would envy. the Increase In size and It Is hopctl Miss JueClce has been assigned to the that the editor will see to It that it position of statlstlcian In the general In his letter above, Mr. Smith stater that ht wII1 continue to grow In nroportion to office. 691a are her soecialty. doubled his Income even ihough he wan without the expansion of the Frlsco Llnes. (You Irma Brown has returned to Sapulpa selling experience at tht start and could work bet!-Ed.) after s~endingflve years on the Red only part time because of por health. We say M. W. Abernathy, division account- River. to you, that no matter who you are, ypu can do ant, eastern division spent a short as well as Mr. Smith--or e\.en better ~f you are Although Dorls Ogg's work pertains time in Chafke, durin'g the latter part to the M. & Mr. mstly. #he Is a strong in position to give your full time and effort to OK June. Mr. Abernathy seemed to he our propositiofl. advocate of co-operatlon between the enjoying a well-earned vacatlon. He transportation and mechanical depart- Experience isn't necessary. As Mr. Smith tells reported everything in fine shape or1 ment Wonder why? you, he had none when he started. And yet, he the eastern (llvlsion and especially DisDatcher Q. N. Hathaway, second was successlul from the very start, a8 most of Sprlngfleld. News of thls sort Is a!- Crick dispatcher on the Cherokee Sub. our men are. wevs Interesting to the few who onre clalmed S~rinafieldas their nome and has just returned from an overland trip The same outfit we gave to Mr. Smith we're we still say that it Is the best town of 30 days, vislttng relatives in Ca- re pared to give to you. and the lame training on the system. toosa, Claremore and polnts in Iowa. and co-operation that made it possible +or him He reports a splendld trlp with the ex- to Ket his results. And if you work earnestly. B. D. Harsha spent Monday, .Tune 27. ception of two flats on the trip and a In Springfleld. attending meeting in IT. flat pocketbook on hls return. His steadily, and conscientiously. ou will succeed L Worman's office. not merely in earning a fine Tncome from the Rolls Royce met every emergency. He very start, but what is even more important, U'. C. Henke and T. J. Eweeney, ac- paid a small fine a day or two before you will build up a permanent business that companied hy two young ladies of starting for speedln~. He says he was will grow bigger and better and more profitable Chaffee, motored to Poplar Bluff t.~ practicing up. with each passing year. spend the Fourth of July. They com- Mr. W. T. Gordon. regutar Arst trlck mented very favorably upon the bath- dispatcher on the Creek and Sherman If ou are lodting for rn opponunity such as trig facilities in the viclnlty of tlir Subs, leaves with hls family ror a rail we here describe, and if you are the type of man Bluff. It seems as If Black Rlver con- trip through the East. He wlll attend we want, let us hear from you. Sign and mail tains Rome natural bathlng beaches. the coupon, or better still write us a letter and the Train Dlspalchers' Convention at tell us ahout yoursell. In reply, wc will give J. C. Kerr, travelln~ storekeeoer. Chicago, then will visit Niagara Falls. you the full facts about 11s and our proposition. srmnt a few moments In the omire-re- Rochester. New York City. returning Addreal Dept. 774. ccntly. whllc In ('haflee look in^ after over the Allegheny Mountalns down store department matters. throurh "Ole Vir~innv"and home via The entlre ofl'lce force was given 11 Slick -and ~elley;ille.- GOODWEAR Chicago, Inc. thrill the other day when who should G. L. Presson, who has been doing walk in but Trarellng Storekeeper dispatching on the Central Divislon at West Adams Street at Peoria, Chicago Fitzgerald. It has been some tirole Ft. Smith and Hugo, took up the du- since Mr. Bltagerald has beem In Char- ties of car servlce agent at Sapulpa Please tend me the full acts concerning yhr fee and we all missed him. In the flrst of the month, relieving proposition without obligatum to me. (774) A great hnprovement is being made E. E. Harlow who bumped In as dls- In the wiring of the consolldated of- ~atcher on the thlrd trlck on the flce. Each desk Is to recelve a drop Name ...... , ......

Address ...... 8...... Vulcan Rivet Corporation BIRMINGHAM. ALA. , Dearborn scientific service - in Water Treatment has been RIVETS - TRACK SPIKES developed and perfected over Works and Osee: Dolcito Junction, Ah. a long period of years. Our new book, "A House of Chemical Engineers", shows our facilities for this work. I ALLHANDS & DAVIS Sent gladly on request. RAILROAD CONTRACTORS I A House of Chemical Engineers at Your Service I 619-20 Frisco Bldg. - Joplin, Mo. I Dearborn Chemical Company ( JOPLIN CRUSHED FLINT CO. ( 310 South Mlchlgan Avenue FRISCO BUILDING, ST. LOUIS PRODUCERS OF C. S. Murray, Manager MINE RUN AND SCREENED CHATS CHICAGO ROLLED FLINT SAND CRUSHED ROCK 1 717 FRISCO BLDG. JOPLIN, MO. I

Mills: Dothan, Ala.-Prescott, Ark. AN Sizes of Washed Thomas E. POW^ Lumber CO and Screened SAND and GRAVEL HARDWOOD LUMBER PLANTS : PACIFIC, MO. and MOSELLE, MO. : FRISCO R. R.

GUM CYPRESS 4th Louis. 2 to 24 Branch St., ST. LOUIS, 310. 314 N. Street St. Mo.

DU PONT SIMPLEX TYPE "B" STOKER STANDARD STOKER CO., Lnc. GALLOWAY COAL COMPANY 350 Madison Ave. New York, N. Y. McCormlek ~lbChicago, Ill. EXCLUSIVE MINERS OF DuPont Bldg., Vfiimington, DeI. Foundries and Works. Erie, Pennsylvania ELK RIVER AND GALLOWAY COAL

I INSTANT SERVICE PHONE 6-0154 ( Genera1 Office, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE MINES AT GALLOWAY, CARBON HILL AND I Bluff City Delivery Co. HOLLY GROVE, ALABAMA Ice and Coal (Mines Located on Frisco Railroad) General Office, 651 Beale Avenue I MEMPHIS, TENN. I

LAFAYETTE 0545 R. L. Bartholomew Robert M. Lucas Co. GENERAL CREATORS and MAKERS of RAILROAD CONTRACTOR LUCAS CEMENT

"Through all changes West Thirty-First Street, 867 Roland St. Memphis, T~M. some things endure" 1955 Chicago Page 64

C. W. BOOTH & CO. Tri-State Culvert Mfg.- Co. 1 William H. Reaves MANUFACTURERS OF I Railway Supplies THE P. & M. COMPANY Railway Exchange Building "Toncan Better Iron Culverls" CHICAGO. ILL. 514 Randolph Building MEMPHIS. TENN. 1169 Arcade Bldg. St. Louis, Mo. -

I Manassa Timber Company ) FrsCHERwm AN^ -CEMENT CO. - Hyman Michaels Co. PILING St. Louis, Mo. OAK--CYPRESS--PINE Building Materials IRON AND STEEL SCRAP Arcade Building St. Louis, Mo. I I MEMPHIS - TENNESSEE I NEW AND RELAYING RAIL

Telephones: Mall 172-Centml 1304 =- MISSOURI LAMP & ME. 0. Duner Car Closets 1 if= .\lanuracturcrs or Barnard Stamp Co. I Enameled Iron Wet or Dry Closeb =zz ==zz RUBBER STAMPS, LAMPS. LANTERNS = =z- and CHEMICAL FIRE EXTINGUISHER8 DUNER CO. = SEALS STENCILS 1 =- Trade Checks, Pads. Ink. Etc. Brass and Metal Splnning and Bra88 101 S. Clinton St. CHICAGO =.= Fac-Simile Autograph Stampa Specialties of All Kinds - For detailed description ~csCar Builder. Olive St. Louis, Mo. 114-118 Elm St. ST. LOUIS, MO. Cyclopadia 1922 Edition 310 St. ~IIIWIIIIA[RIIIIIIIIII~I~II~IIIIIIIIIIIIIII~IWW~~]~M

LARGEST INDEPENDENT DEALERS Reliance Curtomers always IN THE WORLO get what they want, when they I Byrnes Belting Co. & want 1t. Write or Phone UI. Mmnufacturera ROBT. S. LEETE COMPANY "The Faateat Crolstn &n&raa!ng Orprmlsatlon in the dddle ~ui." Oak Tanned Leather Belting, TYPEWRITER RIBBONS I CARBON PAPERS Reliance Engraving Co. Hose Packing HIGH-GRADE BOND PAPERS I Engramre Art izt I Electrotypers I SAINT LOUIS 1 1 205 W. Monroe St. CHICAGO 701-703 Lucrs Ave. St. Louis. Mo.

MACHINISTS' TOOLS AND Owens Paper Box Co. SUPPLIES CUTTING & THREADING TO.OL8 413-415 N. First SPARTAN HACK SAWS H. & C. FILES NYE PIPE TOOLS SAINT LOUIS I? o r Signal WRENCHES RAILROAD SUPPLIESi ETC. Wiring,

E. HeSachleben & Co. MANUFSCTURERS Service 1517 Olive St. OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI PLAIN AND FANCY BOXES

TIGER BRAND "HERCULES" PURE- - Red-Strand - Brookside-Pratt Mining Co. WIRE ROPE LINSEED OIL Made Only By "MADE IN THE WEST" Supreme Mining Company Leschen & Roue Co. INCORPORATED I. Sons & Mill. mt FREWNIA A. R. Long, Pres. Albert Allison, See.-Treas. KANSAS and PRODUCERS OF ST. LOUIS MISSOURI Founded In 1890 Steam and Domestic Coal Ofie* Brown-Marx Building nc Fredonia Linseed Oil Works to. FREWNIA, KANSAS BIRMINGHAM, ALA. FRISCO ties, timbers and piling have their life greatly prolonged by preservative treatment at the SPRINGFIELD, MO., and HUGO, OKLA., PLANTS of the AMERICAN CREOSOTING COMPANY INCORPORATED

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

Daily Capacity, 20,000 Tons Located on the Big Four and C. & E. .I. Railroads

THE OHIO INJECTOR COMPANY 1437 Monadnock Block CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Manufacturers of OHIO LIFTING INJECTORS CHICAGO NON-LIFTING I N J E C T 0 R S CHICAGO AUTOMATIC FLANGE OILERS, CHICAGO . LUBRICATORS, OHIO LOW WATER ALARMS, CHICAGO AUTOMATIC DRIFTING VALVES, LOCOMOTIVE BOILER ATTACHMENTS, OHIO CAB SQUIRTS August, 1925

SEMMELMEYER Southern I BELTING COMPANY Wheel Coo( MANUFACTURERS OF MANUFACTURERS OF CHILLED IRON PURE OAK CAR WHEELS TANNED PLANTS: ST. LOUIS BIRMINGHAM. ALA. LEATHER PRIME'S PLUGS ATLANTA, GA. SAVANNAH. GA. PORTSMOUTH. VA. PITTSBURGH. PA. ROCHESTER. N. Y. SAYRE, PA. BELTING CLEVELAND. OHIO

pp ------"AMERICAN " Blackman-Hill-McKee Elliot Fq~SwitchM SELF-OILING STEEL TRUCKS Machinery Co. Other- .. . - . Works. - ... For Service, Economy and HILLBURN. N.Y. CHICACO. ILL NUCAMFNLEMY SLJPERIORWIS Durabllity 1513 North Broadway NIACARA fA1lS. CANADA StrPnpeSt, Llghtmt and Easlest-Runnlnfl RAILWAY TRACK MATERIAL Truck8 to Operate Switch Stands. Switches. Frog* ST. LOUIS Crossings Guard Rails.Clamps TWO. POW md SIX-wheel Rucka for Hand &brStea;n Electrlc Mine and rnd Railer Serrlce, for WnrehouseB, Rail- lndustrid ~ailw* Tracks road helght Platforms. Docks and all MANGANESE~CK WORKA mmn kinds of lndustrles Machinery and CATALOGUE SENT UPON REQUEST Manufactured Exclusively by Machine Shop 5ALIS OFFICES AT ALL SEVEN WORXS Supplies ST. LOUIS TRUCK & MFG. CO. ST. LOUIS. U. S. A.

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

St. Louis Frog & St. Louis Surfacer Chas. R. Long, Jr. Switch Co. and Paint Co. Company Arlington Ave. & Termlnal Belt Ry. LOUISVILLE ST. LOUIS, MO. CHICAGO

Railroad Paints, Vdha All Kinds of Railway and I ST. LOUIS, MO. Enamels Induetrial Paints '-,K@CO FMMOI%$~~/NE- Page

Houston, Tex. Shreveport. La. BIND YOUR RECORDS Rogers. Ark. l nto Permanent Books Hussey - Hobbs e Tie Company Adopted by general and local offices of every large Frisco Protects railroadintheunitedstates. and Switch Its Emplo;yees Frisco is careful a1 lout the wiping rags that It pnte in mployes. BINDING MACHINES Lumber, Pole; the hands of its e n... 11 No chance can be ta ken with .-...... allhwinu -.-...-minnr -..aora Ache8 to PERMANENT BINDERS become infected. LOOSE LEAF DEVICES FOR That's the reason Frisco uses KLEEN KWALITY ALL PURPOSES K LOTH 9, only. These '#WE HELP MAKE wipers are not only clean, THE FRISCO SAFE" but their specla1 treatment makes them as sanitary as hospital gauzeand they are - lintless as well. General Offices AARON FERER & SONS 1967-1969 Railway Exchange Bldg. St. Louie Nine Branches New vork St. Louls Athens ST. LOUIS, MO. KLEEN KWALITY KLOTHS Ckv4tand Chicamo

- -- UNITED STATES OANADA The Name "Continental " yle- National bn your pollcy means Qumranteed Protectton for pourself and famlly Equipment when accldent or lllness stops your pay. The latebt pollcles provlde In- come for llie for total, dlsablllty, Premlums payable In cash or yeadlights and steam through your paymaster-as you dealre. turbo-generators Train lighting system Mntrualtg Mowptrny Train control turbo- (The Rallroad Man's Company) generators H. 6. B. ALEXANDER. Prwldent Yard floodlights Mfitraga Electrical Appliances for Penwal Offlm: Chlcapo. U. L A. Locomotive electric Railroads Canadlan Haad Offloa Torrota fittings CLASSIFICATION LAMPS AIL TODAY MARKER GAUGE LAMPS Conrtnenra~oaaualw oompany. The PYLE-NATIONAL SAFETY PORTABLE HAND 9 10 Mlchloan Avenue, Chlcapo. Ill. LAMPS COMPANY ELECTRIC HAND LANTERNS I I am employed by the FRISCO SYSTEM -.- Dlvlalon 1334-1358 North Kostner Avenue PLUG AND RECEPTACLE I Please send ma Informallon In regard tn Chicago, Ill., U. S. A. ' HEADLIGHT SWIl your health and accldent pollclea such as TERMINAL BOXES are carrled by hundreds of my fellow employes In the Unlted States and Camda. My a~eIs ...... OLIVER ELECTR hly oceupallon B MFG. COMPI NAME -...... ADDRESS ...... -...... 4221 Forest Park Blvd. Manning, Maxwell MAXWELL & Moore, Inc. MANUFACTURERS AND DISTR~BUTOR~OF [if@\ Asbcrof t Gauges Putnam Machine Tools I TRADEMARK 1 Consolidated Safety Valves Hancoc k Inspirators and Valves Shaw Cranes BRANCH OFFICES Mill Supplies (, Birmingham Cleveland San Pranollaa Hayden & Derby Injectors Boston Detmlt ~eattle I' !C - Buffalo Philadelohla St. Leulr !nd Street, New York, N. Y. Chicago Pittsburgh

' I. M. S. PAINE, Sccrctary-Treasurer [nus Company' INCORPORATED - - ings and Bronze Engine Castings

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SUBSIDIARY CITIES SERVICE COMPANY Petroleum Products Sales Ofices : TU LSA, OKLA. EMPIRE Rdndu: Also Operating OKMULGEE. OKLA. FiiNCA CITY. OKLA. CUSHING. OKLA. PRODUCERS REFININGCO. OKLAHOMA CITY. OKLA. GAINESVILLE. TEXAS

BALDWIN LOCOMOTIVES FOR LONG AND CONTINUOUS SERVICE EPORTS which have come to us unsolicited show that locarno- R tives built by these Works twenty, thirty and even forty years ago, are still in active service. When you order a Baldwin- whether it be a small contractor's locomotive, or a powerful main line engine-you may be sure of securing long and satisfactory service. THE BALDWIN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS Wherever Seconds Count There You'll Find Hamiltons on Duty

RAIN dispatching'is a serious business. Lit- Terally, every fraction of time is taken into account in arranging and carrying out intricate schedules. That is why train dispatchers work with their accurate timepieces before them, jotting down every train movement with the maximum of precision. Dispatchers W. 0. Litten, of Rock Island, Illinois, and B. J. Donahue, of Des Moines, Iowa, time their trains with Hamiltons. Dispatcher Litten has used his Hamilton since 1899-three years before he became a train dispatcher for the Rock Island Lines. Dispatcher Donahue has carried his Hamilton since 1902 and has been a dispatcher for the Rock Island eleven years. It is significant that wherever accurate time is needed -in engine cab, coach, or at the dispatcher's desk- there you'll find Hainilton to be the favorite watch. And this is because railroad men have tried and proved the Hamilton in actual service. It has stood the test and proved to be the most dependably accurate watch in general railroad use. A ~skyour jeweler to show you the new Hamilton 9c)z railroad moctcl. his watch, with its rugged, dust-proof case of filled gold, is built to render dependable, accurate timc servicc. It combines the famous Hamilton qqz ~novemcntwith a case specially designed for it. When you select a Hamilton 992 as your watch you at once insure yourself time satisfaction and economical time service.

Send for. ct copy of orw new Humilron the book. We are glad to send a cop2 to my rurlvoad mu~zasking for. it.

HAMILTON WATCH COMPANY "On the Litzcoln Highway" LANCASTER, PENNA., U. S. A. samilton " The Railroad Timekeeper of America" pqdli-W ; .$! !ys/..- \ DAILY THROUGH SLEEPING CARS 8 *. .? FROM THE SOUTHEAST TO COLORADO 4z ,.# ON THE