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THE FRISCO EMPLOYES' MAGAZINE 827 FRISCO BUILDING . . . . ST. LOUIS

WM. L. HUCCINS. Jr.. Editor M A R T H A C. M O O R E Aasoclab Edllor W M . M c M l L L A N . Adoerflslng Managar

VOL. IV OCTOBER. 1926 No. 1

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

Contents of This Issue PAGES

Frontispiece-"Days We Can't Forget" ....... . ........................... . . . .......................................... 4 -4 Tour Abroad With T\vo Frisco Girls ................... .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7

By Misses Agiirs K i v g oltd A~rrra IL'illiy<z~~, f'crrt f The Work of A n Unseen Hand ............................ ........ ............................................................ 8-9 Strawberries Build $50,000 Church in Ozark, Missouri ........................................................ 10-1 1

By d,i. I.. IIoglc~ir "Sucker-Sour" .................................................................................................................................. 12-13

B y San!tirl Allerrdrr, Chief Spccial Agent Four Important Changes In Operating Departn~cnt Announced Scptcmber 1 .................... 14 How to Maintain One Hundrcd Pcr Cent Eflicicncy on the Division ........ .. ........ ., . . . . 15

l ' y J . L. Harz:ry. Mnstcr ,I.Icchnnic Ladies' Smoking Compartment in New I.ounge Cars ..... . ............ ..,.. .... .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Frisco Passengcr Trains 95.1 Per Ccnt On Time During :\ugust ..................................... 17 Miss Norrna Smallwood of Tulsa-on-thc-Frisco, Is "MISS Amcrica" ...... .................... 18 Tank Trucklnan Jones Reads Safcty Posters and Saves a Life ....................................... . 21 Joseph Hilton Appointed Industrial Commissioner Scpteml)cr 1 ........................................ 22 In Memory of Frank Farris ................. . ............ ....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

By 6. T. Miller Frisco Booth a Featrlre at St. Lortis Exposition .......... .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..................... 25 New One Hundrcd Foot Ti~rntable Con~pletcd at Ft. Scott, ICansas ................................ 26 Monett Yards Section Gangs Claim \Vorld's Record for A-o Accidents ........ .. ........... 27 Frisco En~ployes Decrease Amount of Equipment Da~nagc 10.48 Per Cent .................... 28 Twelve Hundrcd Attcnd r\ccidcnt Prevention llceting at Clinton, No., Scpt. 19 ........ 30 , . I he Pension Roll .................................. .- .......................................................................................... 34-35 Hornemakcrs' Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..................................... 36 A Pagc of Sport Clothes .......................................................................................................... 37 Flashes of h4erriment ........ .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Editorials ............................................................................................................... 39 The Twilight Hour ........................... ................................................................................... 40 Frisco Babies ................... ....... 11 Frisco Mechanic ..................................................................................................................... 4 43

I THE FRISCO EMPLOYES' MAGAZINE I T h e Fr i sco Employes' Magazine i s a month ly publicat ion devoted pr imar i ly to t h e in te res t s of the

more t h a n 30,000 act ive a n d ret ired eml7loyes of t h e Fr iaco Lineb. I t contains stories, itemx of cur ren t news, 1)ersonal notes a b o u t employes and the i r families, a r t i c les dehtling \vith various phases o f rai lroad work, poems, car toons a n d notices r e g a r d i n g t h e service. Good c lear p h o t o g r a l ~ h s su i tab le f o r repro- duction a r e especially desired, a n d will be re turned only when recluested. All ca r toons a n d d r a w i n g s m u s t be in black I n d i a d r a w i n g Ink.

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Dis t r ibu ted f r e e a m o n g Fr i sco em1)loyes. To others. price 15 cen ts a col>y; subscril>t.ion r a t e $1.50 a pear. Adver t i s ing r a t e s will be m a d e known upon application.

A Tour Abroad With Two Frisco Girls

Misses Anna Willigan and Agnes King Tell of American Birthday Tour Across the Sea

By MISSES KING AND WlLLlCAN

W 1?111' I)ack, folks! Arrived in St . I,oi~is, SLIII- day, September I!), a f t e r one of the nwst u~ontlerful vacation trips two 1:risco girls ever

had. Oh, we're glad to get back-glad to get home, I l ~ t we wouldn't take $.i0,000 for our glosiow exl~cri- ences.

\Ye I.rno\v you have waited patiently for our story - \vontlered where our "diary" had gone. aftcr we proni- isetl you faithfully that we would kecp a daily account of every happening and send it to you. \Ye hat1 it, a11 r e d v to send in time for tlie ~ c p t w ~ b e r /:risco ~ ~ q n z i , , c , ~ ~ i c no:es wcre foltled neatly in a little I)lacl; ioltler which rcsem- I)led a purse, antl on the boat, someone "relieved us" of it, antl a f t c r they op-net1 it and fountl it containcd just a diary, \vc guess they \\-ere to ashamed to give it I):!ck. So that's \vhy \re disappointed you.

Eves since our return, antl all tl~rring the trip, our thoughts would go back often to the 30,COO l~r isco employes who 111atle this trip possible for us, and our hearts are filled with gratitude. 'J'hc nlcniories of our journey to tlie old world will be lasting-and we will recall e s - pcricnces wit11 n great deal of densure in w a r s to come.

\vc later fountl out ) . 17verybotly was agreeable- that is, nmst everyl)otly, so we fountl deck chairs ant1 waited. '1'0 make the story short, we sat there mt i l 2 3 0 a. m. and never did see "Miss Liberly" and her heacon light. Kext morning \IT found we were on tlie wrong side o i the boat, antl at 2:30 a. m., \vc were ~iiilcs out to sca.

Xobotly was very seasick going over-and our lirsi (lays on the !)oat \ver-c spent in looking it over-in- vcstignting cvcry ~iooli runt1 cranny, even the engine

rooni, which the Captain kindly

Cut to start at the very 1)egin- , \ ning. \\'e left St. Louis at 9:00 a. In.. I hursday, July 22, on t l ~ e Big Four, in a private I'ullman. \'cry little 1i;~ppened on 011s trip to S c w York. \\.e plajwl I)ritlgc xlmost constantlv to \vliile awav the time. antl when

l l~ / rc i i ,b/is$c.~ d,lgire.s /<iiq oird / f i i ira l-lVilli.qarr w e r e clrctctl delegates of tho I:risro 1,irrrs oil / k c t w o ~ ~ o r ~ t l r s ' A~rroicarr / l ~ r t l i d ( ~ y I ' o i ~ v of /irlrupc, in coil~rectioir i-*i,lt the Tlro~rrt~s Jef fcrsor~ dlerrroriczl Corr- tcst, tlrry pru~rrisctl to rrfinjr tIic thor~snrrds of l;i.:st.o ciiip1oj~c.r ~ 1 1 0 p ~ ~ i d tltrir dirirrs for E.O/C.F. 6 s ar i t i t l y a cfaj'-6jr-day tiiarg of /lie trip for prrh/iratio~r irr tlrc 1:risro .I~lcryc~~irrr.

7 ' 1 1 ~ diary rr!trs wvitlcri, Oiit tr pilferiir,q tcirrisl. :illto.w idrrriilj' i s 1101 ~ I I O W I I . I~elprd /iirrrsc!f or IrcvsrIj to tllr pocltril~oak coir- to;r~irry tlrc prrriort.~ s l v r i s , ai f i f t/rr diuvy i-;as lost.

It as ~ i o t r l i~/ i l tlic tz,lo 1;viscu girls vr111riwd oir .S~~ptrr~~Ocr 19 t l r ~ t t l ~ ~ ~ y a ~ c r c ub!c to zorite out their arcourrt of t lw in- spirirlg trip. fWc cwr prrscrrtiiry I'art 1 of t i c I t i i s 2110rc idill f o / l ~ ? d . T I I P pub/icutio,r tlrrte of the October i .~ssc .WUS fio~tporrcd I W U d:ry.s irr u r d ~ r that this first iil.rt~~lllllcllt illi{/Ilt uppcar,

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\\.c arrived Friday ~~rorn ing , we were mct at the train by rcl)resentativcs of the Jefferson Memorial Pounda- tion \vho took us to the Iioosevelt Hotel where we had lunch with t l ~ e ofticers of the IToundation-then for a drive over the city and dinner at the I1itz-Carlton. J~iimediately after tlinnes we drove to the pier antl boarded the Caronia. \Ye lcft the pier for France a t 12 :30 a. m.

Our excitement ran high ! 'l'liis trip w e h ~ d ~)lannetl for so many weeks was actually about to h.~ppcn. \j'e were starting on our o x a n voyage !

\\'e tnust tell this jolie on ourselves : \vc s~~ggestetl to the party. consisting of twenty-five, that we slay on deck until we had pnssetl the Statue of Librrt!. (given to A~nericn I)! t l ~ e school children of France,

iirst class, of course, antl-oh, the food on that boat ! I t sccmetl like we ate all thy- breakfast first, then ahout 11 :00 a , m. we were served bouillon and craclw-s ; every afternoon a t 4:00 we had tea and cakes, not to mention a good lunch and a huge dinner in tlie evening.

(Agnes gained about twel\.e ~)ounds , nntl Anna gained sonle, I)nt lost niost of it again, due to a severe casc of seasicl\-ness OII

th: return voyage.) O u r clays on tlie boat wcre

niost all alil<e-breaklast, t1ie11 to the gymnasium for a swim o r otlies exercise, tlecli tennis, i f we liked, antl then \ve strolletl around tlie boat, played 1)ritlge and tlancctl. You s l i o ~ ~ l d have

seen w m e o f the people on lmd. 'l'liey walked constantly, at a mile-:I-minute clip-trying to kcep (!own wl~at they had eaten. 7'Iiey \vol~ltl ma le the complctc circle of tlie boat antl we got so tickled, until several of our party i m m l out what it \ \as like-then it wasn't so funny !

July 25, being Sunday, we attended religioris services and later a ml~sical.

J d y 27 we were entertained with a tlinner antl dance given l)y the "Hoover" boys, a11 from IInglantl, returning from a convention in America of tlie Hoover Vacuum Cleaner Company. They gave us a lovely party.

I I l hen there was a Snort5 'l'ournanient. in \vliicli events we all tool< 1131-t. \\ie id50 l1:1d a big masqucratle I d 1 \vhich \\as quite a success. 1:orget now what we worc. - - .. , , 1 he trip over lasted seven (lays, but coming bacli the ship on which we returned, the Ryndam, ran into a

3dissc.c Kiir.7 nnd IVilligcr~r oj iciatet l at urarry historj~-rrrcrl;itrg ccrc~rroirics drtriirg t h r i ~ . two riiolr~lrs' toit;, of Lr!rope. Iis the aDo.m pirtirrr tlrcy arc in tlre .r/rorrp wlriclr plnced ti Iiirgr wreath nf f l o e ~ r r s olr tllc sttrtitc of Jontc of A r c , i r ~ fi.or~l of tlrc Catllcdrtrl of K l t r i ~ ~ u , trt l\'llcirrrs, 1:lrrrlcr. Tlre f o r r ~ r t s C'atlrrdrul is 1toe.2 beirrg ~.cptrircd trrld the sctrffoldirq rriay be srrri. just back o f the statue.

storm and we were eleven tlays on the water. 1;very- I>otly was i l l in the party (except Agnes. Anna ran a temperature antl was sent to the hospital. For eight tlays she didn't even have a drop of water.)

Our trip over was most pleasant and we landed at Havre, l:rance, early Sunday morning, August 1, where we were met by a Mr. Dagnell, \vho was a ~wofessional guide and had charge o f our party. Every detail of our trip hatl Leen arranged through Cook & Son nnrl the tour \Ire were on, was Imown as 'I'our 110. 9. Mr. Dagnell was a graduate of ( Is ford , and was an Englishman of the highcst typc. H e spoke seven different languages fluently, saw to our every need, and we saw the tllost interesting wonders of the ol(l world. H e was ;I marvelous historian and we gained a liberal education through our association with him.

After landing. we went through the Customs. then on the boat train at 8:m o'clock lor Paris, arriving there a t 12 :30 Sunday afternoon. W e were taken to the Commodore Hotel antl after luncheon, we drove to the tonih of Lafayette. where special ceremonies were held antl a wreath placed on the t o n h The Amcrican Consul was present. also Marquis Del Ihmpierrc , a descendent of 1,afayettc. Sunclay evening we went to the Follies Bergere.

I t might be interesting to pause just here a t d tell you about a near-riot we hatl with a girl usher. She showed 11s to our box, antl one of our party handed her a tip, for nre Imew she expected it. antl imnmli- ately thereafter she let forth a vollcy of words, all in French, which was totally lost on our party. \\'c tlitln't know what the trouhle was, so one of the girls srlg-

gestctl we go in antl sit clown and let her rave, as .she tvas attracting the attention of everylmcly around in that vicinity. Pretty soon, after many futile at- tempts to make us understand, she went to the back of the house ant1 came back with the following note written in English on a piece of paper:

"Only one of your girls have tipped me. I t is not enough. I want a same tip from everyow. That is what is expected."

\\That ditl we d o ? Dig in o u r purses ant1 give her the till-the same tip from everybody. I f we hadn't, we wouldn't have Ixen able to have enjoyed the show.

On August 2, on a Monday morning we were loaded in a sight-seeing bus for a whole day's trip over the 1mtMieltl.s-thro~~gh the sections of the Belleall Woods and Chateau Thierry. \\'c were very (leeply i~npressed with the rows antl rows of white crosses in the Ameri- can cemetery, which was the tnost 1)e;tutiful cemetery we hatl ever seen. I t is taken care of by Americans, and this talk in the papers of the French insuiting the graves of our boys, is. we think, more or less lwopag;~n(ln IVith American caretakers, this could nc~t 11e posi1)le.

? , 1 here has been a great deal in the American papers about the abuse heaped on American tourists by the T:rench during the paht i r w months. \Ve don't be- licvc it. There was a little dissension in some quar- ters \\:lien American tourists would throw francs around like they were \vorthless, hut our party was never molested, never insr~ltetl, antl we were treated quite politely by everyone.

Tn n brief tli;iry we cannot exl)resy our feelings as ( L Y o ~ ~ t w ~ z f a P o p 28, plensc)

The Work of An Unseen Hand

Frisco Dispatchers i n Seclusion of T r a i n Sheets, Telephone and Key , W r i t e Destinies of T r a i n s on Frisco Lines

1 5 happened to everyone. I"' - Your berth on the q)eeclin,o train is comfortable and cool. but for sonw reason, sleep won't come.

You cast ahout for a reason. Perhaps it was that excellent fish in the (liner n few hours before. I t was gootl-perhaps too good, and you ate heartily. That business deal you are traveling to a distant city to close might cause the wnkefulness. Ko use to \vorry about it. You count sheep j~mlping over a fence antl find yo11 can count on indefinitely. Somehow, your mind won't clo~td with that blessed tlruwsiness which precedes lung and tireatiiless sleep.

As you roll over for the 'steenth time and pound your pillow savagely in vexation? the train slows per- ceptibly. You feel it veer easily to the right, proceed slowly for several rods and stop. For sonic minutes all is quiet.

Then in the distance you hear a faint rumbling-a series of dim hlasts on a locomotive whistle The rumble increases. You can hear the staccato pant of the straining steel giant and the peculiar screaming of the steel rails on the main line which your train has just quitted. Suddenly the roar aniounts to alnlost deafening proportions-the flash of an open fire door pierces the night a t your window pane and in a second the night flyer is past. You hear its rumble fade in the distance arid your train heads out of the passing track and proceeds on its \Yay.

. i s you recline again, you are eased sonlehow. You feel that sleep is near. -1nd as you drowse into un- consciousness yo11 meditate upon the wonder of rail- roatling-this profession that transports humans and bcasts, freight antl express and mail with swiftness, accuracy atltl safety.

Hut do you go further? 110 you s i f t clown through the maze of operating

offices until you offer a thanks just I~efore your eyes close in sleep. to the man \vho arranged that meeting of the two night flying trains? Do you vis~~alize in your niind's eye the dispatcher who sits at a desk with a green-shaded light above him, and follows his system of double checking trains, his transmittal of signals to operators a t stations above and below his uwn, who provides the engineer of your train and the train that just passed with the instructiuns necessary to provide for your safety and theirs?

Of course not-and yet there is a throbbing, vital story in the lives of these dispatchers, these men of the "Unseen Hands" who work in seclusion and of whoni the outside world knows little and trusts much.

This story was hard to get. Dispatchers are not talkative. They have too much on their minds, what with solving intense and technical operating problems in the space of two seconds, handling an entlre division with the lives of hundreds of passengers and thousands of dollars worth of freight, and holtling the

tlestinies of a great movement of traffic in the click o i their telegraph key.

Cut here it is! W e invite you to follow us as we pry loose as hcst we can the secret of this "Unscen JHancl", in whosc charge we place ourselves whenever the porter c l o ~ s the vestil~ule door.

'l'here are 54 regular dispatchers on the Frisco Lines and sis extra men, all of them ~vorthy of an interview o i this nature. But they are to be represented in this tale of one phasc of the romance of sailroading by 13. T. ATorqan, thistl trick tlispatcher a t Sc\\.- burg, 110.

"13arry" Xorgan is undoubt- edly one o i the best known dispatchers on the Frisco Lincs. For eighteen years hc has fillecl one position and another in the operating field, antl every eastern divislon trainman knows him.

Morgan has every require- inent that goes to malie up those uf a fir\t-class train dispatcher. A brief sltetch of his career is indicative of that fact. H e was born on October 13, 1854, a t Columbia, Illinois, and entered the service of the M. & 0. Fhi l - way in October, 1582, as an operator. Railroad work appealed to him. H e was a born railroader and his qualifications were soon recognized, for he was promoted to the position of a dispatcher in 1886, only two years later. H e worked for a number of eastern and western lines and came to the Frisco in April, 1906, as a dispatcher at Newburg.

In 1909 he left the Frisco, btit returned again in 191 1, and worked as d i s ~ a t c l ~ e r a t ~ h a f f e e

:1 ~rczlrspaprr reporter, cnllozrsrd crea- trlrc thrrt he is, lcarirs etrrly irr hrs i~r(1- frssrnir tlrcil tire wtw who lrolds rip h r ~ l i a ~ d s irr lroiror ortd says: " N o . 012 lily rro- jorr crrir't part ~rrg rmurc in the paper," is zrstrally the chop z~lro'll bug tlre clgars r r r (I ~ i t rve O/ q ~ i t ~ r o s i t ~ ~ aird ZJCII-brrirg tzftrl- lrrr irtrrirc appcnrs iir tlrr public pl-irrts. It .\rrrils to br ltrrrr~nrr r1(1111re for l i~ost fieoplr to crone the idolation of the 11106, yet at- trtrrpt to concral that cravijlg by n Irvir~il- ity tlrrit uray bc ge~rrriire but is I I I O Y C of ten ]lllJl~.

. Y o i ~ nirri tlrrir n trmir is sii~crre irc keep- rug orrt of the liirreligkt, thouglz Iris deeds z~~nrraitt t ~ i t l c ,ublicity. Tlzc grratest foot- hall playrr~ nre rrrgngrd ;it rurririirg iirtrr- fi~reircc and ttrkirrg orrt the opposiirg tnclz- lo-s. z~llrrlc the L'rnrrgrs airtl :\'rver.s of the garire are rltnrtirrg colur~rrrs of print awd taking z,loirdrrf~/ pictures. I t i s also true i:t the ~ t ~ o r l d of dra~rra. Tlrc playwriglrt frntir z,*hnsr braiir the book co~ires is rirairy tiufes lost in the Dlncc of glory tlznt drscerrrls O I L

tlrr star z,-lro pnrrots Ifis phrasirrgs. T o sorrrc "iirtc~ffcrr~rcr rctrlrrrrs" of the

brrsirrcss world this state of affnirs is snt- rs.factoi*y. They are coirtci~t to do thr. work nnd let arrother chop take the glory. Thrse coirsecrntcd individztals nre nirrorrg our wids f irr the rnilroad world, too.

Aird tlris s t o q is about oirr of tlrciir-n railroad trairr dispntcher-n rimit who lridrs a z ~ n y nrilid the seclusion of trnirt slteets, telepl~oire nrrd t r l~graph key, arid qrtietly arrd cflicicrrtly fakes cfrnrge of our lives z,elrile nlr are p o u n d i q tlte steel frail.

His picture nppenrs at the head of this article. -W. L. H., Jr.

and Sapulpa. ' In 1914 he took a position with the i\,Iissouri Pacific, but returned again to the Frisco and Xewburg in 1915, where he has remained since.

"Harry" Morgan was interviewed as he sat before his intricate train sheet which strongly resembles a Chinese puzzle to the uninitiated. I t was a liberal education to sit by his side as he studied the approach and departure of trains from the various stations on his district, from St. Louis to Newburg and the Salem branch, which includes a branch run of some forty miles.

Train dispatching is perhaps one of the least under- stood of all railroad classifications. You cannot pick up a book of rules on railroad operation and find the duties of a train dispatcher defined. His job is to run the trains safely and on schedule time over his par- ticular division.

But in order to do this he must first be thoroughly familiar with every bit of track, every curve, every siding; he must know which stations are open all night

"According to my code, the greatest of the requirements which I have enumerated, is confidence," he said. "If there is a trying moment in the time a dispatcher is on duty which requires a quick and accurate de- cision on a vital matter, there is no one to ask advice of. The

antl which are closcd; must know the size of the power that runs on each train; uhere the engines changc; the grades, the water and coal stations, and nunierous other details. ( I t would indeed be disas- trous i f he headcd in a sist)r-car train on a siding which only had a fifty-car capacity.) In addition to h a ~ i n g a coniplete knowledge of the above information, hc niust hc very familiar with all rules pertaining to train movement; he must be familiar with schedules

responsibility of eliminating difficulties remains solely with the dispatcher. H e must think quick and it is that confidence in himself, and that feeling of being sure that he will do the right thing, that is the "nlissing" requirement in most operators, which keeps them from making dispatchers."

The office in which the dispatcher works is a small enclosure, away from noise and confusion. H e works alone, only admitting the trainmaster to his sanctum, for in seconds he must be able to solve operating problems and the decisions must be correct. H e cannot foresee difficulties which might arise in three seconds' time, yet he must be able to cope efficiently with them in less time than it has taken them to obstruct the othenvise perfectly running schedule.

The long train sheet, which is ever before the dispatcher is the daily diary of a large railroad. Every minute he is on duty he deals with life and death, and under his control lies the safety of hundreds of lives and millions of dollars worth of property. O n the

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- issuetl to the train and engine- men; he must know the signals, cl:~ssifications of trains. tonnage, spectl, care of livestock, perish- al~les, comfort of passengers and a thousand other things.

Dispatchers are made from operators. There is only one way to tell whether an opcrator will make a dispatcher, and that is to put him in the harness for a year as the dispatcher's record- ing operator. If he can obey orders; i f he has the utmost confidence in himself; i f he can remain cool in times of distress; i f he can make quick and correct decisions and if he possesses es- traordinary ability, he has a chance of becoming a dispatcher.

"Harry" Morgan says in the last eleven years there has not been an operator promoted to the position of dispatcher at Newbusg.

October; 1926

Strawberries Build a $50,000 Church in Ozark, Missouri, on Frisco Lines

Church Owned Strawberry Patch- The Idea of Rev. J . J . Parten-Another Feat of the Ozark Country

By IM. L. HOGAN

A \VAY clown yonder in the hill country, to he Prcwcher Rdr t t~s Story specific, in the 07a1-1,s of hlissouri, that are 'yo quote Re\,. Parten, who is kepi I,usy tllesc (lay\ reputed by scientisls to have been the first dry anbwering letters from people anxiom to learn ahout

land millions aticl millions o f years ago to emerge the Ozarks ancl h o ~ they might undertake similar iron1 the briny deep any~vlicre upon the westcrn hemi- work in divers of the states to rehabilitate their re- spherc. an unusual a~r icul tura l transition is t:iking spective churches, "After I had preached to empty - place that revolves somewhat around, o r a t least took its in- ception from, the idea of a small town preacher.

The preacher is Rev. J. J. Parten, pastor of the Baptist Church at Ozark, Mo., on the Chadwiclc Branch of Frisco Lines south of Springfield. whose personal appearance and retiring mien would seem indicative of anything save fame. but Fame is Famc and fame is his. T h e people of the hills would have it so and it is so. Their preacher, the parson of the hills, may nevcr have seen or preached from the giltled pulpits of the cities, hut to his people, Parson Parten is all a preacher could be, and more.

Histories are replete with wonderful and timely inventions that were mothered by necessity. and after long consultations with Rev. Parteu, one would naturally come to the conclusion that adversity, in this instance, drove his church board to do the thinq that has since made his church and himself famous. The Par- son of the I-Iills is fair. ant1 he does not infer that hc should be credited with even a share of the glory that is his.

Not unlike thousands of other

Siirce flie Frisco Magacim has a circir- lntiorr whiclt renchrs ivto every statr ill the Union but thrre, it is rynsoiioble to trssrrirre thul sorrrr persoil ~ i i l l na i l the ncconrpairyiiig story 7 4 0 has licnrd of tlrr Ozark corcritry, 6ltt rs trot acqrcniiltcd wit11 it.

T o that pcrsoit this stoiy of arr 0mr l : preai-her 7vitlr a11 idea that brrildcd a $50,000 chirrclr for his flock will seem inr- probable, P U ~ I I inythical. But w e wish to re-assrrrr hiirr. I t did Rappen at Ozark, Mo. Rrvereiid Parteit i s the father of the 11ro7~11eizt that resrrlted ;it a ch~crclr- ovllrrti strcizcbcrry patch. T h e church is a rrnlity ns thc accompairyiitg photograplr shows. Arid strrrilar "womiers" are bcing pcrforiiwd in the Ozark regioit every dny, rvrry zuerk aird cuery ycur.

For drcadcr this branti/rrl axd p~.odtsc- live coirrrtry lro66lrd aloi:q i~irder the efforts o f - i t s peoples to grow straight farm crops. T h e povertv o f those who d7wellrrl 7d l i i n the ~rrorrirtaiir slopcs of tlir Ozarks nrrd PVCIL n l o ~ y i t s foothills occnsioiwd fun- wing storirs of word nrrd montli, coiwd the plrrnsr "Ilill-Billj," aird "Razor-Back."

Today tlre best gropes, apples, strawberries, ~irelons nrrti otlwr fruits a i d vcg- etnblrs iii lhc rrntrot! nrcJ ( I ~ O T J I I iit tlrc Ocarlz territory. A ~ i d tlre .Frisco railroad takes a pnrdoira6lc pritic 112 the Ozarh br-oflress.

As Rrvrrctiti Partcir pio11cercd his clirrrch-ozuired s t r a ~ ~ h r r ~ batch, so did Frisco Lii~cs bio~rrer tlrc ' 'A'ET~' Era" o f thr

institutions in America, the deacons of the 0&ic C111irch awoke eventually to the realization that most of their young people, and not a few of the older generation, were slipping away from them to join other boclics, if not, as in the majority of cascs, to be lost completely to religious contact.

I t was their endeavor to thwart this tenclcncy that brought then1 to devising ways and means of over- coming the dilemma of empty pews and empty alms basins.

pews for several years with - an ever increasing evidence from month to month of irritableness on the pnrt of my young people, I im1)ortuned our church hoard to do sometl~ing out of the ortli- nary that we might enlist the moral support of our people.

"The erection of a large church builcling, that might at once become the social as well a s the religious life of our com- munity, struck us as a proper thing to d o ; and so, after some tlelil)eratioii, but without any itlea as to where the finances would come from, we broke ground ancl started construction on our present building.

"Bcfore we had gone half way with our b d d i n g program, we were financially I~anltrupt and in had repute with many of our members. to say nothing of the outsiders, since they felt that we had undertaken something we coriltl never finish. In order to carry on with our plans, we had to employ every strategy. Throuqh the personal financial aid and ingenuity of ollr board,we were cnabled to borrow over $30,000. with which we finished the edifice ancl equipped it for reliqious purposes.

"All of the hopes we had chkris'hetl allout the new 5tructure were well founded. Upon its completion, ours was a regenerated church and we brought back into the fold great numbers of youny pcople who enjoyed the mid-week social functions our spacious base- mcnt and othcr rooms affortletl. Our program in that respect was a success. W e were equipped with a $50.000 building in a small town which, naturally, at- tracted most churchgoers to us, but our large debt, contracted for on a stringent basis, made life most miserable for the board and myself.

. I i m w is lhr $50,0110 rhtr/ rlr I h l s/rcr~~Dcrr.ii~.s Dttiltird clt Ozark. J lo . 111srrt: l<(w. J . J . , f ' , ~ r t ~ ~ ~ .

tliscusml and pontlered over the obligation so much that it became a regular I,ugal)oo a t each niceting.

"One night, nrhen \vc ncre at the point of distrac- tion in our dilemma over the financial status o f the church. one of the board members remarked that hc would turn over a cleared patch of stony ground on his farm, if we would all agree to plant the tract to strawberries and apply the proceeds to refund- ing the debt. ICnowing that it would be futile to attempt raising the funds through sulxcription, we took him up antl formed one of those peculiar elee~nosynary bodies antl called it thc 'Church Strawberry Crrowers' Association' with myself as manager.

"In due course, we procured the thousands of necessary plants, and by the dozens and scores our people turned out and plantecl them among the stones on tlie hillsitle of a i w y clleap farm. I t did seem ritliculous in the extreme to put berry plants on land that was so thicltly covered with stones a s to seem macadamized, yet we went ahead. None of us had much faith in the venture antl it was generally agreed that the less we said about our rrndertaking, the better we might eventually find our reputations. During tlie summer. such we& as showed up were pulled and we kept the tract fairly clean.

" S e s t spring the season turned out delightful and our plants l~lossonled full and we were the most sur- psised people in the Ozarks. Our field 1)ecanie the talk (of the whole country side, which also helped the church in several ways. The stones in our tract, iusteatl of being a liability, turned out a great asset. .They formed a mulch that retained moisture wonderfully

and they kept the rains from spiashing dirt over fruit. "Our berries were sold all over the country at a

high price, and after the final reckoning, we found we had made a net profit per acre of about $310, which not only helped greatly to refund the debt but gave us a financial standing that has since made our ol~ligation less boresome."

Revcrentl Parten, when lie isn't busy writing and answering questions, directs the activities of both his church and the strawberry association. Their crop this year came much later than usual and their net rcturn was not quite u p to nomal, yet very success- f111 in every way.

'l'hc pars011 of the hills feels that the greatest bless- ing of all received from their agricultural venture is the regenerated spirit of the people of Ozark and Christian County, who are following suit by planting thousands of acres to strawberries and other small fruits.

His church today is the civic, social and rcligious center of a large territory and he feels that other preaclicrs could accomplish the same result in their respective bailiwicks, however remote from the big citics and otherwise handicapped. The Ozark church is right now considering the building of a demonstra- tiun poultry farm on the stony hillside of some ridge, si~lce Rev. Parten feels that poultry can be raised cheaper in the Ozarks dian anywhere else on earth.

'l'liey I~elieve in the parson of the hills, and no doubt, hc will be given the opportunity to prove his latest contention.

" S U C K E R S O U R " By SAMUEL ALLENDER

(Rcad at Annual Conjcrcnce, Protcctioe Scction American Railway Association)

, , 1 ori~~inatetl in the circus world, this term "suckcr- I sour?" In the apt and picturesque parlance of the circus folk, a sucker is any person not connected with thc show, hence a prospective or potential patron. Ih l ly aware of the necessity of catering to the out- landers, the canny circus manager is always on the alert to discover any employee who by his worcls or actions proclainls that he has Iwcome soured on tlie suckers, o r "sucker-sour." Be the soured one premier equiestrienne o r the 'lowest canvasman, there is a common fate-separation from the show's payroll.

But "sucker-sour" does not confine itself to the realm of tanbark, canvas, and that stutlietl glamour which is tlie circus. I t is found everywhere. Or - ganized industry groans under the sting of i t ; human understanding and achievement continually are being put to the torture by i t ; our very right to happiness suf- fers daily under the lash of it. Generally it is the secret of the politician's defeat, or of the failurc of any enterprise dependent for success upon the good will and confitlence O F the people.

Sz~cker-Soz~r Special Agents

S o in the multitudinous activities of the railroads, which are a t once great entertainers antl great Imsi- ness enterprises, we behold this unlovely monster, "sucker-sour," arrogantly wallo~ving about, its niiss- hapen, ungainly form ever an inlpediment to expccli- tious conduct of the affairs of organizations cletli- cated to public service.

Not so long ago we hatl a complaint that one of our special officers had been discourteous to a patron. Investigation revealed that the patron, learning that our man was a railroad employe, had inquired of him the time of arrival of a certain train. O u r man had told him to ask the stationiuastcr.

Now the words, "Ask the stationmaster," may he uttered in a huntlretl ways. T'hey may I>e smiled. grunted, snarled, o r hellowed. Everything depends upon the manner of utterance.

O u r man hatl rasped out the sentence, making a n insult of each word. The patron's complaint was justi- fied. This was a case of "sucker-sour."

Another time, a traffic manager for a large nier- chantlizing estal~lishrnent called on me in a high cludgeon. H e had Ixen crossecl by an officer we had sent to arrange for witnesses for a criminal trial. Upon inquiry I learned that the traffic manager hat1 ample cause for indignation, for our man hatl sutl- tlenly succumbed to "sucker-sour" antl hat1 told the traffic manager that snch witnesses as might be needeti woultl have to attend court, regardless of the wishes or convenience of their employers.

Now, our man was speaking the truth as all of you know. But there are as many manners of speali- ing the truth as of saying, "Ask the stationmaster."

Spurning Lay Assistance

of the oldest of the active employes of our railroad, mentioned to me one (lay, when I was riding with him that he had a month previous given one of our special agents a bit of proniising inforniation ahout a rol)l)ery case. The conductor's manner indicated to me that there was more to the incident, and upon questioning him I found that he felt hurt and somewhat indignant hecause of the treatment our man had accorded him. H e related that our man had assumed :un air of mystery and superiority, had acknowledged the conductor's pro~nising story with a grunt be- grudgingly given and two weeks later when my friend the conductor had aslietl my man if anything had developed he got a curt response to the effect that he should Ile ahout his business.

Here we h a ~ e "sucker-sour" in one of its most aggravating manifestations-cl~urlisl~ contempt of other employes who have a conlmentlable interest in the welfare of the railroad.

The chief special agent of one of our Eastern roads was telling me some months ago of a complaint hc hat1 received. 4 patron of his line had suffered the n~isfortune of having his wallet stolen I y pickpockets. A railroad police officer who was on the train heard of the theft antl hunted up tlie victim. Mhen the officer hatl learned the particulars, he launched into :L dissertation on tlie folly of carrying one's wallet in the hip pocket (where the vjctini's I d been) pointing out with unconcealed tlistlain that the breast pocket of one's coat was the only proper place to carry a wallet. "He seemed more concerned about properiy lecturing me than in catching the thief :und recovering niy property," the victim complained.

"Suc1;er-sour"; comment unnecessary. A patron of our road whose baggage hatl been pil-

ferret1 and who had filed a claim, complained of the discourtesy of the investigating officer who hatl called to inspect the trunk. Inquiry revealed that the claim- ant hat1 asked the officer :il)out the practice of the railroad in settling claims antl that the officer had gruffly replied that settling claims wasn't his job- and let it go a t that.

I-lere we have it again-"sucker-sour." Before we attempt to correct a condition, an in-

quiry into its nature ant1 cause is advisal~le. I am convinced that this attitude designated as

"sucker-sour" is simply a nlanifestation of absence of sympathy. W e use "syn~pathy" in its literal sense, which is "fello\\r-feeling." Sympathy, while primarily a n individual condition, a matler of temperament, is a state which nlay he heightened or lo~veretl-the result is not always the same-through constant cuntact with humanity.

W e are not dealing here with the hopelessly mor- bid cases, but with those employes who have allowed themselves to get out of touch wit11 humanity and as a result have 1)ecome liabilities to their departments. A passenger conductor, who happened to he one

l'herefore we shall attempt to classify a fc\\i factors contributint. to this condition.

One of the great d;ungers, especially with young officers, is that tendency to attach too great importance to one's authority-to take oneself too seriously. S o w , policing is a serious lmsiness, likewise an honorable and an exacting one. But the calling is subject to abuses the same as others are, antl when an officer becomes engrossed in displaying and p a r a d i n ~ his authority as such, he is missing the real significance of police authority : his mental edge has I)econie tlullecl. and he bids fair to I~econle obnoxious to the wrong element.

'I'lic 1)olice idea is an outgrowth of the efforts oi an estal,lishetl society to protect itself from the aggression of forces which it tleemetl inimical to its existence. Police power is peculiarly an agency of pro- tection. Agrgression is alien to its true function. There is danger ahead for the officer who disregartls this f~untla~~iental prin- ciple of his job.

I t is interestinc to get from scveral police officers opinions concerninq the nature and tle- niands of their vocation. 'l'hat no two of them will h a w exactly the same conception of police work is to be expected ; but too frequently we discover the o f - ficer who has not taxed himself with thinking ahout his joh, who never has attempted to arrive at any decisiori regarding the significance of his work and its relation to those about him.

Then, too, there is that particularly distressing type of oi- ficer who, lahoring untler the tlc- lusion that he is therebv attain-

oi law school: while the experienced handler of fire- arms accidentally shoots himwli. You argue that these are exceptions. 'I'hey are-and costly ones ; and they illustrate our contention that experience may act as a sedative to the discriminatory sense, rendering the individual carelchs or even conceitetl, and result to his hurt or ruin. l<sperience shoi~ltl supplement soimtl reasoning, INI! never shoultl supplant it.

\\:e must frown tlown this at t i t ide of self-suffic- iency. l~veryl)otl\- likes to play detective, and the formation of divers opinions concerning some crime is to I)e expected. I never have Imo\vn of a detective to solve a case hy refusing to listen to the opinions o i others; but I lino\v of n n n y cases that have 1)een solved t l~rough thol~ghtful attention to tlie suggestions of nersons outside of r)olice circles. Mind vou. I am

Whcrt J l r . So~rr~ic l Allerzdrr- ru.u.s cltrrf of detrct ic~rs for tltc City of S t . Louis, JIo., ortr of the rrotoriorrs crirrrirrnls 0)' the tirrtrs soid of h im:

"Watch out for Snrrr Allerrder. 1 1 ~ ' ~ Irkr crrr cr~cgcr. H c yors strcrigkt to thc p o i . N r ccvlrlddt I -ecnqr~ix n rotrrzd- c,Dorrt :c'(IJ! if hr snrt~ o~lc."

Irr t h c u c c o i r r r r y i r ~ cwticlc J l r . I l l c ~ r d o , rto:b cliicf spclcirnl ngcrlt of F r i ~ r o I-irrrs, Dc~rcs straight to t/rc point wit11 Itis C Y L ' L ~

of cor~rtesy orrd syrirpnth~. IIc docs irot irtis~nzntc third cirgrcr wrctlfods to prodlrcr an ottitrrdc o f politcrrrss oil tlrc pirrt o f I'risro pcoplc. but itc rrquests srrch nrt nt- t i t vdr . 111 his opirriorr n "Sucker-Sour' rtrrployr is o linbility nrrd hc urgcs n syr~tpnllrrtic trr~drrstnrrding to correct this ocid cortciitiori. Jr td he givcs good ndn.icr Z I I :

"Arrd thcrr. thcrc is thc ~rrorrotorry, tlrc da\~-i~r-doy-orrt rrgularitv of a job thnt p 7 1 1 ~ O J I C ' S arrrbitiorr ntld dcctdrr~s itlitin- tr71r. Thrrc is dn t~gcr of stngr~ntiotr-that coirditiorr prczrliarly cotrducivc to slirrry grozA~t/rs. Fi,q/rt rrterrtol stngttntiot~ tr~rd you ~ilill De fightiirg 'suckcr-sour' ".

I:'vc.ry errt~loye oil this rnilrond zL.ill bc n i r t t c r w o r k r r for his sorrrpnny a;rd hirrr- srlf a f t r r rrtrdirr.q J l r . Allrndrr's articlr.

-W. I-. H., Jr .

ing the ultiniate of perfection antl usefulness, throws about himself a well-lligh ini- pcnetrahle cloak of mystery. holds I~imself darkly aloof and pursues the tenor of his way as one apart from the usages of society. This heyets a sourly- introspective state of mind awl the victim scan comes to be regarded as a grouch, as a full-fledged victim of "sucker-sour."

O r perhaps the officer is one of lonq experience. If he is, unconsciously or other\visc he classifies men. motives, and manifestations. Let him be\vare lest he permit his classifications-hor11 of experience thouqii they may be-to induce fallacious prevaluations, or the formation o f prenlaturc opinions which may render him hlind to facts or intolerant of the theories of others, be they colleagues, or perwnb outside of his department.

Experience alone is a dece i t f~~ l mistress. 'l'he experienced banker is bilked by the confitlence man ; the experienced aviator crashes in his r~lanc ; the experienced lawyer finds himself bested by a stripling out

not urginc the ~ ~ o l i c e officcr to relv o n others for his opinions, noi am I counseling 1;im t o scrap his own ideas in tlefer- e w e to the ideas of others unless there be a logical reason for tloi~lg so. But I a m condemning as foolish ant1 short-sighted this te~itlency to turn a (leaf ear to the itlens of others. Any idca rq)resents a measure of thinking, antl we human creatures who h(11tl our position in the j)hysical world by the sheer iorcc of thought can ill afford to ignore the fruits of the exercise of that force, regardless of the state of the physical in- strument in which the force operated.

Mcchnnical Police Work You may find in tracing a

case of "suclm--sour" to its source that the officer failed lo rcalize that the loss of freight or Imgrga~e or other goods is a t l i hnc t antl often harrassing in- convenience to someone. Per- haps it never occurred to your

investigator that the \.ictim of pickpockets is entitled to sympathy: that the man whose suitcase has heen stolen has Ixen wronqctl. "Surlier-sour" results when the ofyicer ignores the human side of his jol), which is the most exacting sitle, an(l rests content with the pcriormance of thc purely mechanical functions. A ninety-eight-cent alarm clock may run for years antl do a right cret1ital)le jol) of ,c-rtting its owner ~ t p ~norninys; Ixit i f we are to I)elieve the cartoonists. generally it is tlie lirst choice as a missile to hurl a t an offending nocturnal tomcat.

.And then, there is the monotony, the tlay-in-tlay- out regularity of a iol) that palls one's ainl)ition antl deadens initiative. 'I'here is tl:~nger of stagnation- that condition peculiarly conducive to slimy growtlis. Pight mental stagnation ant1 you I I)e fighting "sucker-sour."

Our medical frientls group tIiu-al)eu~ic methods into tu.0 chief divisions ; radical treatnwnts, or treatments

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Four Important Changes in Operating Department Personnel Announced September First

S. T . Cantrell Returns to Central Division Superintendency; E. E. McGuire Transfirred to Memphis and S. R. Kennedy toTulsa

- J . J . O'Neill Resigns

OLIC important changes in the odicial personnel of the operating tlepartment o f Frisco Lines were nnnouncetl Scptcniher first hj- Mr. 31. M.

Sisson, assistant general nianagcr. XIr. S. 'l'. Cantl-ell. \vho has servctl a s assistant to

the c-)p-ating \:ice-presiclent since January 1, 1926, returnecl to h i s oltl division, thc central, as super- intentlent. 1' h e position as assis- t:unt to the vice- president, held l)y 1,l r. Cnntrcll \vas al~olished.

MI- . I:. I< . m - Guire, who lias been s~~per in tendent of terminals at 'I.'ulsn, Okln., since Pebr~lary 1 , 1024, was trans- ferret1 to JIeln- i s 'I'cnn., as terminal supcrin- tcntlcnt. I-Ic re- liewtl Mr. J . J . 0' Keill, \vho rcsignetl.

S. I:. I<cnnetly. a c t i n g superin- tentlent of t h e centml t l i v i s i o n. w a s transferred 1,:. 1,;. AIC(;[.II:I,:

to 'l'111sa as supcr- intcntlent of terniinnlh ill place of Superintcnticnt Arc( h i r e .

Si~l)(:rintentlent Cantreii is returning to an olcl post in again ass~uning the direction of the central division. Tlc first 1)ecatne head of the division in July, 1923. follo~ving a career in l.'rixo scrvicc since 1895 \ \ 4 ~ 1 i he I q a n with this raill-oxl a s n t a t i o n helper at Sar- cosic, 110. 1)rtring the \\-orltl \\'ar Mr. Cantrell saw two years and ~ ~ L I I - 1non~1is of sc~-\-ice in the enginccbr- ing corps as captain. major antl finally lieutenant- colonel, :unl rretrn-net1 to the United States and Prisco Lines early in 1920.

1:. I<. l l c ( h i r c ~ ~ne\\:ly-:~l)l)oi~ite(l su1)erinte11dent of the Menlphis 'I'crminals, is anothcr vctcran of thc Frisco, antl has had an eclually noted career. 1 l e b c g a ~ ~

with this railroad on January 13, 1001, as n freight I)ralmnan I~etween 1Ivnnplii~ and 'I'hayer on the old i i . C. I:. S . & 11. road, later purchased by the prisco. 11 c( ;rlirc ran between ;\[emphis antl 'Sliayer as lwtke- man antl Iatcr conductor until January I , 1010.

.\t that time he was honored bv election as general . . . . . . . . . \. . - - . - - -

I:rotherllootl o f I a Train- men antl moved to the 12rothcrhood's office at Spring- ficltl. I t is a sin-

his sagacity antl 1)usincss ah i 1 i t v that a l t h o i ~ ~ h the

hc was recciviny $400 a month \\.hen lie rcsignetl three ycars later. ITis salnr!. was twice \wluntarily raisetl $100 a 111011th I t In e ~ncnll)ers of thc 12rotherhood. Hi s thirtl tcrm \\.it11 the 1;. of I<. 7'.

S. T. C.iSTl?l~:T.T. \\.as his last, I)ut liis t.lection was

I)! ncclaniation and there was not a dissenting vote. O n April 1 , 1920, 11r. 1lcCuire Iclt tlie ISrotherhootl

t:) accel)t thc 1)osition of superintcndent of terminals at I , I I-je held jurisdiction also over thc Sl)ringlic*ltl sub-division. On 1:ebruary 1, 1924, he \\.as transferrc~tl to 'I'ulsa as superintcndent of terminals, x 1)osition lic lieltl until his transicr to ;\Icmphis on Scptcm1)cr 1.

'I'lw 1:risco worlicrs o f the 'l'ulsa terminals paid unusuai tril)ute to klr. ;\;lc(;~~ire when nmvs of liis transfer \ w s announced. A n impromptu meeting in liis h o ~ ~ o r \\r:~s lielcl in a coach in the yards, and cm- ~)loycs overflowccl into the vcstihules antl even on the ground I)esitle the car. as their superintendent

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October., 1926

How to Maintain One Hundred Per Cent Efficiency On the Division

An Efficient Harmonious Personnel Is Highlq Essential, Master Mechanic Says - Importance of Economy in Fuel Stressed

F EPiV people not engaged in the industry of railroading can realize the constant attention to detail

which is necessary to keep a division of the structure operating a t top speed and full efficiency.

Indeed, so highly specialized has the railroad industry become that it is almost impossible for employes of one department to have more than a general knowledge of what constitutes the job of the employe in the other department.

In developing this article on "How to Maintain 100 Per Cent Efficiency on the Division," let me say in the beginning that two essentials of that process a re "Co-operation" and "Co- ordination." With these two to guide and control the division's efforts, a great improvement can be made.

In the first place an efficient organization is highly necessary, both among employes in division shops and on the road, and the general foreman and his various supervisors should be efficient, alert, diplomatic and ap- proachable. If the supervisors let the shop men know that they expect and require a reasonable out-put in the days' work and that the repairs to equipment must be completed in a workmanlike manner, I believe they will find a readiness on the part of employes to respond. Inferior work should not and cannot be tolerated if the division is to keep its standard to the forefront.

Supervisors should further, obtain line-ups from the trainmasters on the expected arrival of inbound trains a s well a s the dispatch of the outbound ones, in order to arrange for proper movement over the cinder pits, on both inbound and outbound engines.

Locomotives should never be fired up in advance of their call, except where it is absolutely necessary to make room in the roundhouse, and in that event lighter power should be fired and the fires properly banked. In other words, "put the engine to sleep" on some track where movement wilI not be necessary until the engine is needed for service. In such cases the stacks should he covered in order to obtain a further saving in fuel.

The question of mileage in locomotives is a moot one, of course. In order to obtain more mileage it is desirable to run them through terminals without knocking the fire, and the cleaning of fires can be eliminated to a great extent if the firemen will keep the fires properly shaken down.

By J. L. HARVEY

In some cases, too, engines a re turned back out of the terminals within a few hours' time and a saving can be affected by banking the fire on arriv-

J . L. Harvey, master ~rreclratsic o f the eastern divisiolr, has had fzuefity- five years' service w i t h the Frisco L i w s . From the a~eal th of his experience hc tells i t ~ this article, sowe of the ways to nraintain 100 per cent cfficietrcy oir a divisiorr. It is bitcr- rstirrg to rrote that zuhile M r . Harvey strrsses ~rrechart icnl caref rtlness, rconoitry in fuel atrd efficieirt supervision, he particularly advocates Irnr- i~roiriorrs associatiors be twer~t sirper- visors arrd mea.

"Disseitsion artd lack of harrnotry bctweetr ~rreir or bctwcnr rireir arrd supervisors, zuill aleways reflecl on the division in some w a y or other," Ire writes. "The . z u e l l - k ~ ~ o w ~ 'persorr- a1 rqimtiod is at its bcst o r worst ilr this respect."

Thrrr is a large-sized morsel of food for thought in his rritrarlzs. Large orgariizations labor zrttdrr the hmrdicap that depart~rrcitts lrrust sac- rifice atr irtterchange o f persoiralilics to rxpedirrtcy nnd ef f ic imcy . One ca~rrsot kirose' orre's rreighbor ncross !he w a y . But hartirony aurotrg ~rrrrrr- hers of one rrlrit cars surely be accow- plishrd. Atrd iz advocntirrg congcni- ality, friendliiwss and whole-hearted co-operation anroirg frrerr its the err- girce cab, supervisors arrd others on tlrr divisiorr, Mr . Ifarvcy has sourid- ed a rrotc that zvrll ~irnlte for be!ter nrnr, bettor work arrd a Octter railroad.

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a1 and holding the cleaning process until just prior to departure.

The force of engine handlers can save fuel, too, if they will avoid sup- plying green coal to fire boxes of engines moving over the cinder pits. Inexperienced engine watchmen will slug a fire box, oftentimes, while the engine i s waiting to be moved over the cinder pit, and this is surely a waste of fuel.

Fire builders should know the number of scoops required to bed down the various classes of fire boxes, and the usual number of scoops required to raise the steam pressure to 100 pounds. In this connection, covering the grates with paper before bedding down is a good procedure.

A few other "savers" from a fuel standpoint are: keep fire box clean

from leaks; keep superheater units absolutely tight; valves must be square; valve rings and cylinder packing should be free from blows; boiler should be blown out frequently on line, in order to obtain the greatest efficiency from lubrication; stoker equipment should be checked a t lay-over terminals and all defects corrected, maintaining the distributors to the proper adjustment; grates and rigging require close attention and grates should be renewed where fingers a re burned or broken; slack between engine and tank should be maintained properly, for if too much motion is lost, considerable coal will work forward in the tank and lose a t the gang-way; power reverse creeping is a detriment -to fuel saving and requires strict attention; tanks should not be overloaded so that coal will roll off the top; and injectors should not lose water, since this also affects fuel.

Another important item is the sand pipes. They deserve more attention than some railroad folks think. Traps, unions and so forth should be coated with Lucas cement and the pipes properly clamped and in line with the rail so the sand will throw a t the point of contact, that is, the tire with the rail. Sand box lids should fit securely, to keep out the rain, since water clogs the sand and affects its flow.

The washing of boilers is also important and their washing should oc:- cur a t the stipulated time and be thorough in nature. With our water treatment there is no excuse for the barrels to become clogged with sedi- ment, providing the washout is properly done.

All operating men realize the value of good engine inspectors, and supervisors should spend quite a bit of time educating them to locate and report all defects. An oversight on the part of an engine inspector often results in an engine failure. Furthermore, the cleanliness of engines is an important feature in that a clean engine better shows its flaws, if there are any, and in addition gives the engine crew a feeling of pride. Any Person ~ h o has seen the interest with which passengers waiting for a train watch an engine pulling in, will realize how a good impression is made or lost by the very appearance of that engine.

I am a strong believer in encourag- ing engine men to discuss with the

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Poyr 7 5 F~?&W & ~ P L O @ S * ~ Z I N E Oc tob~r , 1926

T RE laying of new, 100-pound rail authorized for Frisco Lines is going forward with rapidity a t

the present time.

Ladies' Smoking Compartment in New Lounge Cars

Splendid records in rail laying were made on both the southern and northern divisions during August, and the rail-laying gangs a re bidding for furthel: records in September and Oc- tober.

In a ten-hour working day on Au- gust 9, on the southern division, a rail laying gang of seventy-one men under Foremen J. D. Epster and Lee Smothers, laid 7,683 lineal feet of the new, 100-pound rail. The work was carried on under difficult traffic conditions and during the period the track was closed up for eight passenger and six freight trains, none of which were delayed. The entire length was on curved track and the mile and a half of track consisted of 197 lengths of rail of 39 feet each, or a total of 108 lineal feet to each man in the rail laying gang.

NEW RAIL LAYING RECORDS

S o u t h e r n and N o r t h e r n Divisions C a r r y i n g Honors in R a i l

A little later on in the month a n ex- t ra gang on the Kansas Citv sub-

W o r k

division-made another record-which will stand for some time among rail laying activities.

The record was made on August 25 by extra gang number 48, and was reported to Superintendent IV. R. Bevans by J. A. Reed, division engl- neer. The gang laid a total of 244, thirty-nine foot rails and one 37 foot rail in a ten hour day, for a n average per man of 113.73 feet. In laying the rail a total of 5,880 tie plates, 968 bolts, 11,760 spikes, 11,760 tie plugs and 980 anti-creepers were used. The work also involved removing the lighter weight rail, adzing the ties, placing tie plates, gauging and spik- ing.

and lounge car equipment now running on western roads. The compart-

, ment is separated from the balance "of the car bv curtains.

A t top, a v iew of the $hly nppoiitted Ladies' Surolziirg Rooln in the rtEIi1

lowilgc cnrs for tire "dleteor. A t bottom, a v icw of the body of the car.

A N INNOVATION in the service added to the famous Frisco train, provided by western railroads "The Meteor," running between St. -xi11 be inaugurated by the Louis, Mo., and Oklahoma City, Okla.

Frisco Lines on October 1.5, when new This is the flrst time that women lounge cars, containing a richly ap- smokers have been provided with a pointed ladies' smoking room will be compartment of their own in the club

The new club cars a re al l steel and were constructed in the west coach shops a t Springfield, 310.. under the supervision of J. T. Fite, general car foreman.

The color scheme of the lounge compartment is of toupe, with figured toupe rugs and gray-green interior.

Accommodations for twenty people a re provided in the lounge compartment proper, and chairs for six ladies, with writing table and magazine racks a re included in the appoint- ments for the ladies' smoking room.

The car will operate just ahead of the diner, and the flrst car will leave on Train No. 9 from St. Louis, the night of October 15 a t 6:50 o'clock.

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Three Views of Equipment at Springfield Car Shops

W ITH the West Shop and the portable air brake test carts. There machine is used for bending pipe for Reclamation Plant in Spring- a re five of these carts a t the north freight and passenger cars, and was field, and the Yale, Tennessee, Car shop which were built to comply built a t the north shops in 1914 and

car yards represellted in the Magas with the A. R. A. recommended prac- has been in continuous service since. zinc, Ray H. Cowden, reporter at the tice for single car testing on rip and Photograph No. 3 depicts a pneu-

north car shops Springfield submitted shop tracks. They a re equipped with matic air power pipe vice, which was tool boxes, and the bed is used for installed in 1915 and has been in serv-

three interesting pictures machines carrying material. All necessary ice continually since that date. Only a t that shop, for publication in the hose is attached to the cart. slight repairs have been made, con- magazine. Photograph No. 2 shows a n air sisting of the application of two

The first photograph is of three power pipe bending machine. This packing leathers.

Fioe Thousand Frisco Passenger Trains Operated at 95.1 Per Cent on Time During August

P ASSENGER trains on Frisco age for the same month last year, but The Eastern and Southern a re one Lines made another good record the River stepped up from 97.1 per point apart for the cellar positions. for the month of August when cent in August. 1925. The Southern kept 775 trains a t 90.7

they were operated a t 95 .1 per cent on time. A total of 5,415 passenger trains traveled the line during August. The on-time percentage for the month is 0.8 per cent less than the record for July.

The Western division continues to head the percentage columns by keening its 217 trains 98.6 ner cent

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The Central division bettered i ts percentage over last year by 0.9 per cent when it operated 620 t ra ins 98.2 per cent on time, and the Southwest- ern slipped a little by keeping i ts 86s trains only 96.7 on time. In 1925, August, the Southwestern's trains were 97.2 per cent on time.

per cent on tilde and the Eastern kept 682 trains a t 89.7 per cent on time.

The Texas Lines moved up from 74.2 per cent on time last month to 92.0 per cent on time for August, although the August percentage this year is two per cent under their record for the same month in 1925.

on t i m e during the month -and the The Northern beat its own record The statement showing division River takes second place with 672 of last year by maintaining 1,333 passenger train performance for Au- trains 98.5 Der cent on time. The trains 96.5 per cent on time. a s com- gust, 1926, compared with the same Western is siightly below its percent. pared with 95.9 last August. period in 1925 and 1924 follows:

STATEMENT SIlOWING DIVISION PASSENGER TRAIN PERFORMANCE AUGUST, 1926- COMPARED WITH SAME PERIOD 1925 AND 1924

i I ..... Per Cent Operated 95.3 / 95.4 / 96.8 1 T e x a s L i n e s ................... 1 7 5 1 1x4 92.0 1 94.0 1 98.9 I I

I Total Svatpm I I 95.1 I 95.3 I 96.R I . . -. - - - - - - ., - - - - -- .... I - ,, -

..................... Operated I 5 4 1 5 1 5868 1 5434 1 5 1 5 3 1 5694 \ 5263 I I

DIVISION

Western .......................... River ...............................

............................ Central Southwestern ................ Northern ........................ Southern ......................... Eastern ....................... Total Frisco

Proper Operated .....

I Per Cent O ~ e r a t e d .... 1 I I

I I I I I I i I i i

STANDING OF DIVISIONS

Aug. l Aug. I Aug. 1926 1 1925 1 1924

1 1 ; 2 3 1 4 4 1 3 5 1 5 6 1 6 7 1 7

PER CENT TRAINS MAINTAINED SCHEDULE

OR MADE U P T IME A u g . I Aug. 1926 1 1925 1 ?iFi

98.6 1 9 9 . 1 99.2 98.5 i 98.1 1 97.1 98.2 1 9 7 . 1 98.8 96.7 97.2 98.0 96.5 95.9 1 97.2

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1 5 2 3 4 2 6

TOTAL TRAINS MAIN- TAINED SCHEDULE OR

MADE U P TIME A u g . 1 A u g . I Aug. 1926 1 1!)46 I 1!l24

214 21.5 246 662 1 629 I 5 ? 1 601) 1 783 808 819 842 1 850

1286 1 1487 1 1265 703 1 769 1 796 612 I 694 I 513

I I 4925 j 5419 1 5079

TOTAL TRAINS OPERATED

Aug. 1 A u g . I Aug. 1926 1 1'115 1 1924

I 1 I I

217 1 217 672 1 6 4 1 620 1 806 868 1 866

1333 1 1550 775 1 806

248 547 868 868

1 3 0 1 806

682 I 796 I 610

I 1 5167 1 5682 ] 5248

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"MISS TULSA" IS

Title of "Miss America on Tulsa, Olila., C

4 N dainty little Smallwood, then W" alighted a t the s t

CHOSEN A "Hostler Record" for Monett, Missouri ! I" C o n f e r r e d By MARGUERITE FROSSARD

:andidate

Miss Norma "Miss Tulsa", . Louis Union

station on the morning of September 6 from the Frisco BIeteor, greeting a battery of news cameras, there was in her mind a brave wish that she might be the lucky one chosen as "Miss America" a t the Atlantic City Beauty Contest.

She is to return soon, her wish ful- f filled, for this pretty, vivacious Tulsa girl was cliosen "Miss America" for 1926.

This wearer of the regal robes of beauty for 1926 is a true western girl,

'AT deal is heard about fuel performance, passenger train A""" performance, tonnage train per-

for~nance and various other kinds of performances, but Monett, Xissouri. claims the pioneer record in "hostler" perforniance.

On August 2.5, Charles Horner, hostler a t Alonett roundhouse handled thirty engines between the hours of S:OO a. m. and 12 noon, comprising the following: nine engines placed on cinder pit; twelve engines handled from house and given water, sand, etc., preparatory to departure; nine engines coaled and put in house off of cinder pit. He also spotted cinder cars arid an engine on which valve

most beautiful girl in evening gown and received a $1,000 diamond watch, a silver loving cup and a $5,000 golden mermaid.

HOW TO MAINTAIN 100 PER CEBT EFFICIENCY

(Coirfi~srtrd from Page 15) supervisors any defects in their lo- conlotives. A supervisor can be of much greater value to his company if he is on good terms with the men and they will come to him with their

XORAIA S A ~ A L L W O O D complaints and sugnestions. And for

having been born fifteen miles from Tulsa, only eighteen years ago. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. AI. A. Smallwood and is a sophomore in the Oltlahoma College for Women. Her father is in the oil business.

She is a long-haired, blue-eyed beauty, whose chestnut hair are slightly darker than that of the "BIiss America" of 1925. She is five feet four inches high, and weighs 115 pounds. Her features a re Grecian in the clean-cut evenness set off by the almost severe coiffure of her straight hair, worn in long braids and wrapl~ed over each ear.

Long-haired girls, this year, were chosen in preference to bob-haired ones, and the flapper, boyish types were practically eliminated from the list of eligibles.

"BIiss Tulsa" was acclaimed the

the s a m e reason it is highly important that a n engineer and fireman have a harn~onious relationship. Many a poor run and a poor fuel record has been caused by friction between these two persons, and good runs are made every day by friendly men working side by side in the cab. The well-known "personal equation" is a t i ts best or worst in this respect.

If we could become more and more proficient in making our relations harmonious, our division would click on its way merrily and efficiently. Dis- sension and lack of harmony between men or between men and supervisors will always reflect on the division in some way or other. I am glad to see that, on this division, all departments are working smoothly and harmoni- ously-and that is the best and only way.

work was to be tlone. In addition to this, Horner made a trip to the station to get train 704's engine and re- tnrn it to the house, which required about thirty minutes' time.

Mr. Horner is shown in the picture in the cab of engine 1047. He is always on the job, but on this par- ticular moruing, everything seemed to be running i11 a n unusually smooth way which permitted rapid movement and no delay. G. H. Garrison, general foreman is seen standing beside the engine. Mr. Garrison was following the work closely, which of course helped greatly toward the satisfactory disposition of the engines with a minimum of time and energy.

FOUR IMPORTANT CHANGES IN OPERATING DEPT.

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"Sam" Kennedy, who takes charge of the Tulsa terminals, has had a wide experience in railroading.

He began his railroad career as station helper with the L. & N. Railroad and advaiiced through the positions of agent-operator, dispatcher, chief dispatcher and trainmaster, before he Ieft the L. & K. to go with the Santa Fe. He served that railroad for ten years a s dispatcher, trainmaster, conductor and yardmaster, and was with the 3Iexican Kational Railways for a short time as trainmaster. For three years following his Mesican esperi- ence he mas trainmaster with the El Paso & Southwestern, and then three years superintendent ol the St. Louis division of the Southern Railway. He canle to the Frisco in 1911, working on several divisions as dispatcher, chief dispatcher and assistant superintendent. I t was a t this time that he worked a t Sapulpa for a short while. He was made acting superintendent of the ceiitral division February 1, 1926, and held that position a t the time of his transfer to Tulsa.

Octobcr, 1926

HARRISON WILL HONORED

F r i s c o Passenger Agent E l e c t e d

P r e s i d e n t of C. P. A. Assn.

The Results of a Kansas "Dust Explosion"

H ARRISON WILL, city passenger agent a t St. Louis for Frisco Lines was elected president of

the City Passenger Agents' Associa- tion of St. Louis, Mo., a t a dinner and monthly meeting of that association a t the Mayfair Hotel, October 7, 1926.

HAERISOX \VILL

Nr. Will. and m7hit B. Owen, of the Santa ' r e , the retiring president were the organizers of this association. The city passenger agents are not included in the traveling pas. senger agents' association, and Mr. Will, together witin Mr. Owen planned to organize the city men. They ac- cordingly made a trip to Kansas City in 1921 and interested representatives of the different roads in that city. The organization was formed a t the Statler I-Iotel, St. Louis, the same year.

Mr. Will was born in St. LOUIS, Mo., in October, 158s. His first railroad work was a s 0. S. & D. clerk for the Cotton Belt in the freight claim department, this city. His nest service was with the Wabash in the accounting denartment and then with the Missouri Pacific in the capacity of clerk, revising freight rates. He was employed a s an accountant a t the Clover Leaf-Katy joint local freight office in St. Louis when he accepted service with the Frisco, which mas in 1913.

His first Frisco position was that of agents-accounts clerk. Later he was transferred to the position of interline accounts and revising of

T HE Frisco Magazine for Septem- ber contfiinec! a brief scory concerning the cvllapse of a, huge

elevator a t Lyons, Kansas, recently. in which 110,000 bushels of wheat owned by the Central Kansas Milling Company, were dumped on the ground. The Frisco came to the rescue with switch engine, cars, burlap and grain doors and rounded up several tar- paulins and covered the wheat to protect it in case of rain while it was being loaded.

Some idea of the size of the elevator and the severity of the explosion may he gained from the accompany- ing pictures. The picture of the liuge mound of wheat shows men a t work with shovels loading the valuable grain into a truck nearby. Parts of the wreckage may be seen on top of the huge wheat pile. The lower picture shows the remains of the fine elevator following the dust explosion. The entire structure later collapsed. E. E. Carter, assistant superintendent of the Northern Division received a great deal of praise from the milling company officials for his prompt and efficient disposition of the wheat into cars.

freight rates clerk. In 1918 he entered the navy, but upon his return from the World War, resumed his former duties. His next promot.ion mas to that of train auditor. which position he held until June. 1921, when he was appointed city passenger agent.

H e has been acting in that capacity since, and his genial personality and courteous attention has won for him a host of friends in and out of railroad circles.

E. W. Betts of the Illinois Central was elected vice-president; Edw. L. Vierling, of the Great Northern, treasurer, and L. B. Holland of the Northern Pacific, secretary. Whit B. Owen of the Santa F e was the retiring president.

A M i n u t e I have only just a minute, Only sixty seconds in it;

Forced upon me Can't refuse it, Didn't seek it, Didn't choose it.

I must suffer if I lose it, Give account if I abuse it. Just a tiny little minuw, But Eternity is in it. -Anon.

E x t r e m e l y Diff icul t "Isn't it hard to keep a budget

straight?" wailed Mrs. Tornpkins. "RIy dear, it's terrible," conflded

Mrs. Smithkins. "This month I had to put in four mistakes to make mine balance."

HE PRAISES CAMPAIGN

Wm. Lewis, Loca l C h a i r m a n of B. of R. T., Urges Springfield

E m p l o y e s O n w a r d

ILLIAM LEWIS, local chairman of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen a t Springfield, Mo..

is taking a decided interest in the campaign now under way on Frisco Lines to reduce the amount of freight loss and damage claims. Then, too. Mr. Lewis is a dyed-in-the-wool Frisco booster.

When he read the September Frisco Magosine and noticed the splendid record Springfield Terminals made for July in the rough handling campaign, Chairman Lewis wrote a letter to engine foremen, switchmen, engineers and flremen in the Spring- field Terminal, endorsing their record and urging them to further efforts in behalf of the campaign.

"Your achievement during the month of July is one over which you should feel justly proud," Lewis wrote. "There were no cars damaged and no employes injured in yard service in this terminal during this month. This is a splendid performance. This terminal has the honor of having the least number of cars damaged and lowest cost of damage of any terminal on the entire system.

"I have authentic information of one of our sister terminals making a n organized effort to wrest this honor from us. That it is an honor is proven by a larger terminal putting forth strong efforts to reduce their number of cars damaged below the number damaged in Springfield Terminals.

"The continuation of your July performance will make this impossible. In eliminating accidents, we greatly reduce the hazards of our occupation and increase the prosperity of the company which furnishes food,, raiment and shelter for our families and ourselves. It also lessens the danger of disci- pline which must follow a n accident.

"There a r e very few accidents on a railroad but which could be avoided if each man in every department performed his work correctly.

"Yours for safety and efficiency. (sgd.) W31. LEWIS."

FRISCO WINS AT FT. WORTH The Frisco Red Sox baseball team

of Ft. Worth, Texas, composed of Frisco employes only, won the pennant of the Shirt Sleeve League for the ball season just ending.

They lost only four games out of the thirty-six played. The team was managed by H. A. Granger, claim clerk of that station.

October, 1926

Messrs. Kratky and Ball Promoted

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CHESTER C. KRATKY ALFRED &I. BALL

WO of the most popular young men in the Frisco organization, Chester C. Kratky and Alfred I .

Ball, moved another step up the ladder on September first.

Kratky, who has been secretary t o President Kurn since March 15, 1921, was appointed chief clerk to the President's office, succeeding Joseph Hilton who became industrial commissioner. "Chet" entered the service of the Frisco Lines March 16, 1914, a s office boy in the law department. One year and six months later he became file clerk in the development department and shortly after was transferred to the general manager's

office a s stenographer. In 1917 he returned to the development department a s assistant to the chief clerk.

Alfred M. Ball, who succeeded Krat- ky a s secretary to President Kurn. entered Frisco employ January 1. 1920, a s a stenographer in the office of the superintendent of motive power a t Springfield. In September of the same year he became secretary to J. H. Doggrell, superintendent of transportation, and on May 1, 1925, he was made secretary to Mr. J. E. Hutchi- son, vice-president in charge of operation.

Both Kratky and Ball a re widely known on Frisco Lines.

An Excellent Shipping Record Every day people who ship freight Liverpool, England, moving via New

and commodities over the Frisco Orleans. This train left Blytheville Lines, become firm believers that the on Thursday afternoon, August 12 and Frisco Service is best. arrived in New Orleans a t 7 o'clock

Two train loads of cotton were han- Saturday morning, steamer carrying dled from Blytheville, Arkansas, Au- same left port that afternoon. gust 14, for export through the port The movement of both these trains of New Orleans. The first train con- was arranged for through R. E. Buch- sisted of forty-two cars containing anan, executive general agent, a t 2,804 bales of the staple, and in thirty- Memphis, Tenn. They were routed two hours after the train started mov- r i a New Albany, Gulf. Mobile & ing, it arrived in New Orleans. This Northern. care N. 0. & N. E. a t cotton was shipped by Wm. Simpson Laurel. Cotton Company of Memphis, and F. Everybody was on the job to make L. Ingram, traffic manager, was this handling a perfect one, and much highly pleased with the service. credit is due to the co-operation of

The second train consisted of those in charge of the Blytheville eighteen cars, which contained 1,250 Compress, and to the efficient work bales, shipped by C. W. Butler & of E. F. Blomeyer, agent, and H. V. Company, of Memphis, destined to Cook, traveling freight agent.

October, 1926 7z/T@~~ , @ Y o ~ s ' / ~ ~ ~ ~ w z ~ N E

Tank Truckman Jones Reads Safety Posters and Saues a Life

Ccorge Will iams (at l e f t ) , oivcs his l i fc to A{. L. Ryan (center), aird R. E'. Joncs (right) . Wlietr he w a s nearly clectrocutcd at thc W e s t Shops rcccntly, tlrrse two wwn resuscitated hinz.

HEN George Williams returned to his job in the West Shops of the Frisco Lines a t Springfield.

Mo., the other day, he immediately sought out R. F. Jones, tank truckman, and M. L. Ryan, safety inspector, and shook their hands heartily and solemnly.

Williams had good reason to be grateful. Had i t not been for the presence of mind of his friends Jones and Ryan, his immortal soul would have long since winged on its way, and his wife and three children mould have been without father and pro- vider.

At nine o'clock in the morning of August 10, Williams was about his work as boiler tank shop foreman, as per usual. There was a whistle on his lips and joy in his heart as he performed his duties, and disaster was a s fa r from George Williams' mind a s France is from a cash debt settlement with "Uncle Shylock."

As the clock struck nine in the Springfield church steeples, Williams had occasion to climb into the interior of a n engine tender to see about some work. H e wrapped h i s good right hand flrmly around a handle on the tender, and with his left hand he grabbed the steel rung of a ladder to begin the upyard ascent.

Then things hapened to Williams. A frayed electric light wire had

made contact with the inside of the

tank, where a boilermaker was a t work, and when Williams grabbed the tender and the steel ladder rung. he completed the circuit, although the wooden blocks upon which the tender rested had insulated the boilermaker on the inside of the' tank from the shock.

The full 110 volts passed through Williams' body. H e could not cry out and he could not let go of his hold on the ladder and tender.

Tank Truckman Jones was working nearby and looked up to see Williams writhing in his efforts to jerk loose from the high voltage. With a leap. Jones was a t his side, grabbed him by the seat of his dungarees and jerked him to the floor.

Williams collapsed. His fellow workers thought he was gone. They sent out runners for Safety Inspec- tor Ryan.

But meanwhile Jones and three or four "buddies" who had paid some attention to the posters in the shops announcing the "Prone Resuscitation" method of respiration, went to work on the unconscious Williams.

When Ryan arrived Williams was beginning to respond to the treatment. Ryan completed the job and rushed Williams to the hospital. The next day Williams wasn't a t work, but he returned to the job a t 3 o'clock the second afternoon, none the worse for wear, beside a slightly burned

INSURANCE PROVES WORTH

Widow and Children of R. H. Dickson Receive Prompt

Payment

"T H E value to widows and de- 1 endent children of group insurance available to officers

and employes of this company, flrst offered by President Kurn to the mechanical department employes, effective June 1, 1923, has in the period of more than three years, demon- strated itself in unmistakable terms," remarked G. L. Ball, superintendent of the insurance department recently.

"The most striking case, and perhaps the most pathetic one just came to my attention."

The case to which he refers was that of Robert H. Dickson. employed a s third class machinist, Enid, Okla- homa, reported by Mr. J. Foley, master mechanic a s beinq absent from duty on July 21. 1926, due to typhoid fever.

Mr. Dickson was brought to the hospital a t St. Louis. His condition became alarming and his wife, two girls, ( the eldest under five years of age and the second child, a baby in arms) came to the bedside of the sick husband and father, arriving in St. Louis the morning of September 10. Mr. Dickson passed away a t 12:30 a. m., September 13, and the widow and two small children were in St. Louis without funds for immediate needs to arrange for the care of her husband's remains and their return home to Enid.

"Mr. Dickson carried insurance in the shop group, and the insurance department in St. Louis was appealed to for aid," Mr. Ball continued. "A telegram was sent to the New Pork office of the Metropolitan Insurance Company, requesting authority to advance in cash on this death claim, $300.00, stating to the Insurance Com- ]]any the circumstances. The insurance company sent a return wire, authorizing payment in full of the claim, ($1,000.00) which was delivered to Mrs. Dickson in the shape of a check from the treasurer of the Frisco Lines for $650.00 and the balance, $350.00 in cash with which amount she was able to pay for services of a n undertaker here in St. Louis. and the expenses for herself and children returning on her sad journey. St. Louis to Enid."

hand, but resolved to forevermore pay attention to "Accident Prevention."

"I was a goner if it hadn't been lor Ryan and Jones," Williams said.

"He was a goner if Jones hadn't jerked him off that ladder," Ryan said.

"I simply paid attention to the safety posters and learned that resuscitation method," Jones sa:d.

But Williams is back a t work. His wife and children a re safe. And the other employes of the west shops are learning about Safety First, Accident Prevention and the Resuscitation ZIethods.

October, 1926

INSURANCE COST REDUCED

R e d u c t i o n of Thir ty-seven Cents a

M o n t h for S h o p Craf t s

A n n o u n c e d

I N a letter dated August 23, Presi- dent Kurn announced to the members of the shop crafts a reduction

in the monthly cost of their group insurance, due to a return of dividends on these policies by The Metro- politan Life Insurance Company. The future cost of the entire plan to the insured employes will be $1.50 a month a s against $1.87 during the past three years, a reduction of thirty-seven cents a month.

This reduction constitutes a new plan for distributing the dividends a s contrasted with last year and the year previous, when the proportionate share of siinilar returns was sent to the employes in form of approximately six thousand individual checks. In 1924, $3.00, or twenty-five cents per month for each month the policy had been carried was returned to each insured member, and in 1925. $4.20, or thirty-five cents for each month. On this year's dividend return, the employe's share was $4.44 or thirty- seven cents per month. Instead of calling upon the interested department to make out the six thousand individual checks, it was decided to reduce the cost of the insurance from $1.87 per month, and President Kurn states that this basis will continue until further notice, on the belief that the annual dividend will make it possible for such a substantial reduction to be continued in force.

"In other words," President Kurn stated in his letter, "an insured employe 'eceives his dividend currently each inoiith, whereas the Railway Company simply retains the dividend paid each year by the Insurance Com- pany, applying same to increase in cost of insurance to the Railway Com- pany resulting from this voluntary reduction in rate to the employe."

The shop crafts insurance plan now provides a life policy of $1,000 payable in event of death from any cause and with a provision for total and permanent disability before age 60; also a n additional $1,000 in case death occurs by accident: $1 000 or $500 in case of accidental dismemberment; $10 per week in case of sickness or accident of any kind. these benefits beginning on the eighth day of disability and payable for thirteen consecu- tive weeks. The insurance is accepted by the company without a medical ex- amination and regardless of the age or physical condition of the employe.

The shop crafts group plan was the first of its kind adopted on the Frisco Railroad, and has covered approximately six thousand employes over the three year period. Since then group insurance has been extended to the supervisory and clerks' group.

In Memory of Frank Farris By E. T. MILLER

General Solicitor. Frisco Lines

T HE death of Frank H. Farris, assistant district attorney of Frisco Lines, a t his home in

Rolla, Missouri, on September 1, 1926, closed a career unique in the annals of legislation, politics and statemanship in i\Iissouri. Columns have been printed in the public press chronologizing his achievements in those avenues of activity. From early manhood until the date of his death he was a striking figure in the legislative halls of this State, in his party's conventions and in i ts councils.

But it is not the man a s a legis- lator, a politician or a statesman with which this sketch is concerned. His achievements along those lines have been fully elabo- rated elsewhere. The Frisco family, in the death of Senator Farris,

sented was surpassed by none; whose untiring energy and perse- verance in representing his company's interests a re worthy of emulation; whose intimate knowledge of the law and his ability in its application earned for him the admiration of the courts before which he practiced; whose accurate knowledge of men enabled him to obtain many verdicts from juries where others would fail; whose fairness in the trial of a case won for him the respect of t h e court, the jury and opposing counsel.

In his relations with his co- workers he was ever considerate of their opinions, to which he gave most respectful consideration, and as graciously yielded his position if convinced he was wrong, a s he tenaciously supported his views when he knew them to be correct.

Frank Farr is loved humanity. In the practice of his profession his ability enabled him to command substantial fees, but his open gen-

F R A N K H. FARRIS

erosity, which was ever ready to respond to the call of those in need, left him wealthy only in the possession of the love and gratitude of those he befriended.

Senator Farris enjoyed action. There was not a lazy bone in his body. H e was a fearless fighter in behalf of the objects of his friendship and loyalty. During the latter months of his life his bodily suffering was extreme, yet his courageous nature enqbled him to sustain it with the salve fortitude that made him the type of man he was. The sense of his own physical pain was often overshadowed by his consciousness of the mental anguish of his family and friends because of his suffering.

His body lies in the shadow of the Ozark hills he loved so well. His memory has an abiding rest- ing place in the hearts of his friends.

MONETT MAKES RECORD VETS' AUXILIARY MEETS M. I<. Pace, general yardmaster, RIo-

nett, Mo., comes forth with some first-hand statistics that during the month of August, Monett, Mo., handled 70.012 cars.

"This is the largest number of cars ever handled through the Monett terminal," Mr. Pace said.

Included in this total were 308 cars which were carded for light weighing, while 219 of them were re-weighed and re-stenciled.

The forces a t Monett have been do- ing a mighty fine job of handling a t that point. More power to them, and the ~ l f ~ r ~ a ~ i ~ r e columns a re open to printing records of this sort from other points.

Mrs. Robert Whelan, president of the Auxiliary to the Frisco System Veteran Employes' Association, called a meeting of that body a t Springfield, Mo., August 30.

Many matters of importance were brought up and discussed, one of them being a plan to hold a meeting of this organization on each division of the railroad. The first meeting was called a t Sapulpa, Okla., on October 7. Invitations are now being issued to the wives of the veterans of this association, who will be advised more in detail through a personal letter.

Every eligible member of this association is urged to attend this meeting.

October, 1926

[These Springfield Employes Keep the Power Ahead of the Pounds

The boys hz the above Springfield, Mo. The faces o is by B. F. Edii~otldson. of Spr

picture "kccp the power alread o f tlie poarnds" as enzployes o f tlze North Rourrdlrouse at f t~10st o f these stalwart workers will be familiar to many Frisco people. The plaoiograph hg f i e ld , 1140.

THE WORK OF AN UNSEEN HAND

(Contiitued from Page 9 ) train sheet is a space provided for notations on progress of east and west bound trains, separated by a list of stations with the distance between each, set conveniently nearby. In another space is written the numbers of the trains, whether passenger, freight or local, and when the train has passed a station, the dispatcher receives a call from the operator. By the use of the telephone, which has displaced the old Morse code system, he follows the trains each second of the time and arranges through the operators, a meeting point. Besides the train sheet the dispatcher has an order book in which he copies the orders and instructions which he transmits, so in case of any irregu- larity it will be his evidence of having ' delivered the order correctly. These books a re important to verify any questions which might arise.

"You say there is a good chance for a mistake to be made in the voice -a syllable misunderstood over the telephone? Let me tell you how it is practically impossible for a mistake to be made," he said. "Every word of any importance is repeated and spelled out, such a s engine numbers, meeting points and time. The operator a t the other end of the line re- peats the order and also spells out the important words, letters and figures a s he copies it."

The little station of Nevvburg, where many of the eastern division passenger engines a r e turned, is 119 miles from St. Louis and 119 miles from Springfield. It is located in the valley between several large hills. Due to the length of the trains over this stretch of road, there a re on a n

average of nine hill engines used every twenty-four hours, helping every train of ten or more cars going east out of Newburg.

"Newburg is the point where the freight and passenger engineers change crews," he remarked. "The large engines on Nos. 7 and 9 go through from St. Louis to Oklahoma City. Due to the hills around New- burg, 700 class engines pull 1,000 tons east, and 650 tons west. The 1 to 60 class engines pull 2,900 tons east, 2,000 west. Train No. 10 is one of our longest passenger trains going through Newburg and often there a re thirteen and fourteen cars. On July 4, 192.5, train No. 12 went into Union Station, St. Louis, with 23 cars, but, of course, that was a rather unusual occurrence."

The third trick which Mr. Morgau works is from 4:00 in the afternoon until midnight. The other two trick men a re G . El. Crorner, who works from 8:00 in the morning until 4:00 in the afternoon, and D. R. Miller, who works from 12:OO midnight until 8:00 in the morning. J. H. Davis and F. H. Donaldson are the two chief trainmasters a t this point. The trick men a re relieved one day a week by a n extra man, F. A. Smith.

Mr. Morgan has lived in Newburg for the many years he has been with the Frisco a t that point. His friends a r e numerous. Two single daughters live with him and Mrs. Morgan in Newburg. He also has two married daughters and one married son.

"What do you do with yourself in your spare moments," he was asked.

"I don't know why I should like speed in my off moments," the dispatcher smiled, "hut I do. Guess I don't see enough of i t during the trick. But be that a s it may, my hobby is horse racing. I haven't

missed a Kentucky Derby for five years, and I don't want to miss one for the next twenty."

And the reporter left, wondering which this remarkable man could do best without-the tearing speed of the steel locomotive, or the, supple swiftness of the thoroughbreds.

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CO-OPERATE A little more kindness, a little more

thought, A little more pull-together helps a

lot, A little more help to your fellow-man, Is a darn good point in prosperity's

plan.

A lot less kicking, men better behave, A little less wasting-means a lot

saved. A little more caution and watch your

step. A lot less talking and a little more

pep.

A little more ethics in all we do, A little more vision will bring us

through. It's a long pull together that wins

the day, Co-operate-to prevent accidents

every day. -Anon.

Enforced Penance A colored parson, calling upon one

of his flock, found the object of his visit out in the back yarrl working among his hen coops. H e noticed with surprise that there were no chickens.

"Why, Brudder Brown," he asked, "whah'r all yo' chickens?"

"Huh! " grunted Brother Brown without looking up, "some fool nig- gah lef' de do' open an' dey all went home."

October. i926 FFQW ,@MPLO~%S'/A~~ZINE Pnge 25

WINS D A N C I N G PRIZE Miss G r a c c W e b b e r of Fr i sco Lines Frisco Booth a Feature a t

W i n s "Finale HOP" cup St. Louis Exposition ISS GRACE WEBBER, of tllc abstracting department, Frisco Lines. St. Louis. is the proud

owner of a loving cup which she Samphs of Many Industries on Lines Shown During wouldn't take "all the world for." September 4-19

CR'ICE IVEBBER

The cup was won by Miss Webber and her partner, Raymond Naeder. in a contest a t the Forest Park High- lands on the night of September 3, and was presented to the couple by Col. Ben Brinkman, owner of the park.

The dance which won the contest was the new "Finale Hop" and Miss Webber and her partner were contest- ing with thirteen other couple.

"We both like to dance, and we often go to the Highlands. As to winning this lovely cup, neither one of us even suspected that we would win it. There were so many other couples after it too, and when we found they had selected u s a s the lucky couple. Raymond and I both were so tickled we couldn't talk," she continued.

Miss Webber, who is a charming blond, termed it a "thrill" to be acclaimed the winner of such a prize, hut a series of thrills followed, when the couple appeared on the bill a t the Grand Central Theatre, St. Louis. the week of September 18, where they interpreted for St. Louis audiences, the intricate steps of the "Finale Hop" which promises to replace the Charles- ton in popularity.

"Was I excited," she said, as her eyes danzcd. "I should say I was and I don't know how I ever got over that first night, but now that it's all past, I'm sti11 happy over it and I shall treasure my loving cup always. It will always recall many happy hours to me."

T HE industries on Frisco Lines were well represented in the clis- play in the Frisco Lines booth

a t the Greater St. Louis Exposition, held in Forest Park, "Exposition City", St. Louis, No., September 4 to 19.

The booth was one of the most ela- borately decorated of any, and, due to the great diversity of the crops and commodities, grown and manufac- tured on Frisco Lines, the display was given over to a sample from a s many of them a s could be secured and displayed.

There were samples of oil from the Tulsa fields; grapes from the Ar- kansas vineyards, apples, peaches and watermelons from various points on Frisco Lines. One of the largest melons ever on display in St. Louis, occupied a position of prominence in the exhibit, with a placard nearby which informed the stream of people passing hourly, that it weighed 104 pounds and was grown near Hope, Arkansas. Some of the many items on display from plants and industries

The Way It Sounded Slender Youiig i\Ian-May I have

this dance, Madam? Plump Young Lady-So, thanli you;

I am too danced out! Slender Young Man (a trifle deaf)

-Oh, not a t all, Madam. \%%y, you're just plcasingly plump.

were: bottled goods, including, vine- gar, coca cola, grape juice; glassware, shoes, lard, salt, coal, flour, grains of all kinds, brooms, mattress goods, marble slabs, tobacco and jellies.

The exposition was fostered by the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce and the City of St. Louis, and presented industrial, commercial, artistic and scientific progress of seventy-five years. The exposition covered forty- five acres of towering pylons and exhibit pavilions, brilliantly lighted.

One interesting feature of the ar- chitecture of Exposition City was the "Court of Presidents", in which large modeled busts of the Presidents of the United States were displayed.

The amusements included everything from "elephants to grand opera". A thrilling militaly review, employing 10,000 men, was presented twice daily in co-operation with the War Department.

J. N. Cornatzar of Frisco Lines was chairman of the transportation committee and J. B. Hilton, industrial commissioner, had charge of the booth.

I t Won't Work Rover-They are talking of reviv-

ing the old-fashioned whiskers. Grover-Thc women won't stand

for that. Rover-Why not? Grover-It would make the male sex

too distinctive!

New 100-foot Turntable Completed at Fort Scott, Kansas By LEO D. CHUMLEA

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For t S c o f t v ~ ~ e c h a ~ i i c a l d~par lnren t err~ployes w c r e celebro;l~rg the c o v z ~ l ~ l i o n o f their ~ L ~ Z W 100 foo t turn table when this picftrre zoas talwir. T h e turn !able w a s co~rrplefcd Azrgzrst 23, at (2 cost of $42,000.

F ORT SCOTT mechanical depart- charge of Fred Ketchum, steel fore- The center foundation rests on solid lnent employes are jubilant these man, erected and placed the girder. shale rock and approximately 1,000 ,jays over their new 100 foot The table is known a s the through yards of the shale rock were exca-

turntable which was installed and girder type, is operated with an elec- vated in connection with placing the

placed in operation August 23. tric tractor attached to one end of foundation. The new turntable replaced one the table, and is of sufficient capacity The work of construction pre-

to handle any class of engine now on sented a complicated problem in op- which had been in service at Frisco Lines, including the Mallets. eration. I t mas necessary to keep the

for years, and as the The estimated cost of the table corn- old turntable in operation until the picture it is plete is approximately $42,000 and the last two weeks of the work, and

the latest in cost of the girder alone was approxi- traffic in and out of the roundhouse Actual work on the new structure lnately $10,500. was carried on over 33 tracks by

began on June 3 in charge of B. H. he total weight of the table com- means of temporary supports. All of Crosland, assistant engineer of the plete is 100 tons. The circle wall the solid rock encountered in the Northern division. Mike Abbiatti, and foundation for the center con- circle wall foundation was blasted bridge and building foreman, worked tain 503 cubic yards of concrete corn- and it is a credit to the men and fore- a gang of twenty-five men on the posed of 576 sacks of cement, 13 cars men in charge that there was no ac- foundation work and a steel gang in of gravel and seven cars of sand, cidents necessitating time off.

BI-SECTIONAL His foreman had a funeral- The trains keep safe on Section Four Then Barney bossed the gang. We're off of Section Two!"

B y Berrzard Finn, Edi lor , T h e Sarcoxie ( M o . ) Record His wife, more fervent than before, Cheerful Prospect

A section man was Barney Gray; For favors prayed anew: His vices they were few; send the train ill safety George-Did you sound the family

He put in every working day This section, Number Two! " about our marriage'? On Section Number Two. Georgette-Yes, and Dad sounded

The years rolled by as years will do, the worst. --

He had a wife of pious mind The seasons came and went And brownish colored hair; On Barney's section, Number Two, Easi ly D o n e

To virtue she was much inclined; Without much accident. Wife (tearfu1iy)-You've broken the She bad great faith in prayer. promise you made me.

Transferred was Foreman Barney ~ ~ ~ ~ , ~ ~ d - x ~ ~ , ~ ~ mind, my dear, So evsry night when chores were done, Gray 1'11 make yon another.

The Throne of Grace she'd moo: Two sections up the line; - "Lord, send the train in safety on That night his wife knelt down to

O'er Section Number Two!" pray Being Careful Unto the Power Divine: Hopper--Do you e l er use 1Gckum's

Gray worked away with spade and Bay Rum? maul "Dear Lord, attention I implore, Popper-Not since the doctor told

While comrades bantered slang; While I petition you- me I had a weak heart!

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October, 1926

"SUCKER-SOUR" (Conlittucd front Page 13)

striking a t the very root of a disorder; and symptomatic treatments, which relieve the patient of thc pain or distress caused by the symptoms of the disorder.

Must Use Symptomatic Method The circus manager may prefer

outright disinissal of his offending employes; for his show works only a part of the year and his people a re more or less transient. But the railroad official cannot resort to point- blank disn~issals in all cases. For i11 addition to the fact that he must carry on all the year, a constant changing of personnel may engender a s tate of instability. Also it constitutes an economic loss. The head of the railroad police departmen: must in many cases resort to a symg- tomatic rather than to a radical method of treatment.

My first suggestion is that you be sure your employe understands what is e x p ~ c t e d of him. Do you, a s the head of your department, practice and disseminate the gospel of courtesy? Have you talked with your assistants, both individually and collectively about this all-essential business of making and maintaining friendships? Do your lieutenants understand that you are going to insist upon their sub- ordinate being courteous and tactful?

Appeal to the offending employe's loyalty. Show him that discourtesy is disloyalty, because it works against the best interest of the department, hence of the railroad.

Give your men a s much variety in the form of changed assignments as conditions will permit. Keeping one man on the same job, inonth in and inonth out is bad for the inan and bad for the job. When a man has been on a job so long as to be able to "do it with his eyes shut"-he generally goes to sleep.

Tone down the tendency toward the mysterious; otherwise your officer will be unapproachable. Every successful thief-taking detective knows that the first rule of his job is that he shall not act or dress like a detective-or after the manner of the popular conception of a detective. What was one of the most dependable laugh-producers the melodrama auth- ors possessed'? Why, the village con- stable playing detective. How did he act? Xeed we sap that he acted mys- teriously? H e did it clumsi1~-, no doubt, but the sable mantle of mystery with which he garbed himself was the mirth-provoking element. We are not advocating that our officer be loqua- cious or garrulous. He can be close- mouthed about his busiuess and yet be an agreeable person. The fact that he is a police officer need not deter him from friendly comment on the s tate of the weather. He wishes to avoid being conspicuous; the best way to accomplish that is to talk and act like a normal, everyday kind of person.

Stress the importance of friendliness. Why is the confidence inan

They A re Directors r of the Texas Lines

C. B. Dorchester was elected a director of the St. Louis-San Francisco & Texas Railway over twenty-live years ago, when the road was built into Sherman, Texas. He was one of the committee to secure the terminals, depot grounds and right-of-way through the city, and also materially aided in securing the right-of-way to the South Grapson county line, for the extension to Ft. Worth.

Mr. Dorchester was borii in Os- ceola, Nissouri, November 2, 1S56, and has been associated with the Merchants & Planters National Bank of Sherman a little over fifty years. He is now its president.

He is interested in any movement which might bring glory to the Frisco.

R. .\. CHAPXIAN, Jr.

successful? Because he makes himself agreeable to his victim. The most important part of the confidence game is the approach, for that is the foundation for all that follows.

Humanity is constantly, eagerly, hungrily seeking the elusive thing we call sympathy - friendliness. That xome take advautage of this deep- seated hunger and thereby deceive and defraud does not alter the psycho- logical fact oue whit. The craving for sympathy persists in spite of co- lossal abuses.

The man who is so deeply engrossed in his affairs that he has not time to be human canuot get results in police work; for a s long as one must deal with humankind he cannot afford to

Sherman, Texas, is also the home of another director of the St. Louis-San Francisco & Texas Lines-R. A. Chap- man, Jr.

Mr. Chapman has been a director for a number of pears. His knowledge of railroad work comes through experience dating back to the first train which arrived in Sherman over the H. & T. C. Railroad. "A boy friend and I rode the train ten miles to Denison. The train did not return, but we did-on foot."

He has contracted grade work with teams, laid ties and rail, cut timber, hauled railroad bridge timbers, loaded and unloaded cars and, so he says, has had some office experience.

I-Ie is now vice-president of the Chapman Milling Company.

get out of touch with humanity. Human nature is our field. Crim-

inal psychology is but psychology applied to criminals. Psychology mere- ly treats of humail behavior, and human behavior, be it perverse or otherwise, is peculiarly subject to understanding by one who can sympathize, one who has by studied effort estab- lished innumerable points of contact with the human stream.

No Limit Baster-Mussolini, they say, has

been under a doctor's care for years. Thaxter-Gosh! Just think what.

that guy might do, were he a healthy man!

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RECORD MEET AT CLINTON Two Views of Southern Diuision Track Work Twelve H u n d r e d A t t e n d Acc iden t - -

Prevent ion Session, Sunday, S e p t e m b e r 19. -

H E largest accident prevention meeting of the month mas held T a t Clinton, Mo., on Sunday,

September 19, when 1,200 of the town- folk and Frisco employes gathered in the Clinton Opera House to view the accident prevention picture, shown there under the auspices of the accident prevention department a t St. Louis. The picture was titled "Gam- bling With Death".

C. C. Mills and J. W. JIorrill had been in and around Clinton since Sep- tember 15, visiting the schools and a s a result, the audience which met a t 2:30 p. m., a t the Clinton Opera House, included some 300 or 400 school children, to whom the picture was a great lesson in safety.

E. L. Magers, superintendent, of Springfield, Mo., acted a s chairman of the meeting. He called upon A. W. Van Derford, president of the Clin- ton Chamber of Commerce, who made the address of welcome, offering the full and complete co-operation of the people of Clinton in a safety drive.

C. C. Mills, accident prevention agent, made the response, followed by Chas. Boye, 31-K-T agent a t Clinton, who emphasized the importance of safety in the operation of trains.

Arthur Lee, superintendent of Clin- ton schools mace a short address in which he advised that the schools of that city were co-operating in every way with the Frisco in the interest of safety. I t was through his efforts that so many of the children were in attendance a t the afternoon meeting, where they received a vivid picture of the toll which carelessness exacts.

Miss Martha Moore, of the Frisco iWngnziitr, made a short talk and entertained the audience for several minutes with a n impersonation.

Z. B. Claypool, assistant director of accident prevention, St. Louis, Mo., directed his remarks to the children, telling them what "Old Man Habit" would do for them if they were careless.

Tom Laney, conductor for the Frisco, also made an address, after which the picture was thrown on the screen.

At 4:00 p. in. a business meeting of the shop forces and Frisco en~ployes of Clinton was called in the Elks' Club. E. L. Magers presided a t the meeting and gave a concise report of the hazards reported in and around Clinton, and steps were taken to COP rect same.

Mr. Mills, in addition to supervis- ing the programs a t the two meetings, made an address a t the 31ethodist Episcopal Church in the morning and a t the Christian Church in the evening.

Two of the officials of the Spring- field offices were present: T. B. Cop- page, superintendent; J. 31. Sills, divi-

t

Abovr and at right are two views of ~.rce11~'11/ ,

track O I L the so~rtltcru divisiopr. The editor wel- : , , . . :"j+>-.i , - .. ., :;y--.-. ;:: : . ; .' ' - - > . -. comes stcch pict~tres for publication.

I . H. BROOKING, divisioii engineer .w -. .

of the southern division, swung his I ~ . ~ ~ ? ~ ? Y ~ G ~ L , _ _- , J trusty camera into play la te in the month of August and secured the above splendid views of new ballast- ing on his division. The picture a t the right is of ballast deck bridge 385.9, just south of Tupelo, Miss. The bridge was recently completed a t the cost of $68,000, and is 1,760 feet long. It crosses both Mud and Town Creek drainage canals and was built by W. A. Chastain, pile driver foreman; and E. P. Marthalor, bridge foreman. A total of 768 sticks of piling, equaling 24,000 feet, and 363,000 board measure feet of treated timber went into the bridge. More than sixty cars of

sion engineer. W. L. Heath, general service agent, was also in attendance.

On September 9, 0. L. Young, superintendent of terminals, acted as chairman of a n accident prevention meeting a t Birmingham, Ala. The meeting was called a t 1:30 p. m., with twenty-five employes present. J. P. Resspess, inspector, bureau of ex- plosives, Washington, D. C., addressed the men, pointing out the hazards of handling this commodity, and safety rules to follow. C. C. Mills and J. W. AIorrill, accident prevention agents from St. Louis, attended.

On September 15, J. W. Surles, master mechanic a t Sherman. Texas, called a meeting a t that point, when thirty answered the roll call. Eight new items were brought up which had been investigated and on which Mr. Surles gave a report. Harry Harri- son, accident prevention agent from the St. Louis office attended.

Other accident prevention meetings held during the month were as follows: Springfield, AIo., west shop, September 2; Springfield, Mo., west freight shop, September 2; office, superintendent of terminals, St. Louis, September 2; master mechanic's office, Springfield, Mo., September 7;

material were used. The right-hand view is of a stretch of track built to "southern division standard." The picture was taken a t mile post 598, south of City Point, Miss. The bal- lasting was dons with Birmingham slag and twelve miles of track were completed. >I. 0. Tucker, extra gang foreman, did the job under the supervision of Roadmaster J. A. smith. The work on the twelve miles required 35,000 cubic yards of No. 3 screened Birmingham slag and the estimated cost of the entire job has been placed a t $99,365.00.

general foreman, car department, west Spriugfield. hlo., September 8 ; general foreman car department, north Springfield, Mo., September 8; southwestern division September 1 4 ; reclamation plant, south Springfield. Mo., September 7.

About 215 employes attended the meetings listed ahove.

R E M A R K A B L E RAIL LAYING J. H. Reed, northern division en-

gineer, a t Port Scott, Kans., claims a n exceptional record in laying rail during the month of August for the Kansas City Sub.

On August 25. extra gang No. 48, on that subdivision, laid a total of 244, thirty-nine foot rails, and 1 thirty-seven foot rail (all 100 pound) in a ten hour day.

This meant a total of 245 rails or 113.73 feet per man. In laying the rail, this gang used a total of 5,880 tie plates, 968 bolts, 11,760 spikes, 11,760 tie plugs and 980 anti-creepers. The work also included the removing of lighter weight rail, adzing of ties, placing tie plates, gauging and spik- ing.

This is a remarkable record and W. H. Bevans, superintendent is ex- tremely proud of it.

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A RIVER DIVISION RECORD - RIoran's Men Apply 68,000 Cross

T i e s D u r i n g July -

T HE river division claims a record breaking performance in the matter of applying tie renewals.

In the month of July 68,160 cross ties were applied. This record not only is the best one made on this division, but excels that made on any division on the Frisco Lines, for a thirty-day period.

A new system of accounting for cross tie renewals was made, effective on July 1, 1926, whereby the number of ties that could be used was not limited by the amount of the usual monthly maintenance allowance. The only limit was the number that could be applied by the regular maintenance of way forces along with their other work.

The river division foremen plan- ued for this record-breaking perforniance, by advising all gangs to cle- vote a s much time a s possible to tie reuewals, without neglecting other work on the sections. Rigid instructions were issued also, that a finished job must he done in all cases, a x ? that under no condilion should Lies be put in without being fully spiked, properly tamped, and the old Lies dis- posed of.

Of the 68,160 ties applied, '7,436 were gut in by extra gangs, leaving 60,724 ties put iu by the 120 seclion gangs on the division, which amounted to 506 ties per gang. The average number of ties applied per mile of track was 72, which was 9 ties more llian applied by the next nearest division, and 27 ties more than the average for the system for the i l ~ o n t l ~ of July.

The greatest number of ties put in on any one section mas on section 113, Lake City, &4rk., by R. F. Kan- dol's gaug, where a n even 1,000 ties were placed. Three of the roadmaster's districts on the river division ~ n t in a greater number of ties and a greater number per mile, than any other roadmaster's district on the system.

Some of the points making exceptional records, follow : John Holli- man, foreman Blytheville, Arkansas, 952 ties applied; W. Davis, foreman AIanila, Ark., 942 ties applied; A. An- derson, Pocahontas, Arlt., 910 ties ap- pIied; E. E. Highfill, Biggers, JIo., 893 ties applied; S. Hudgens, Monette, Ark., 890 ties applied. Section gangs a t Commerce, Mo., Keiser. Ark., Cha- onia, Mo., Naylor, 310.. Gibson, Mo., and Elsinore, Mo., deserve honorable? mention, a s their record ran between 400 and 900.

These records cover branch line sections with natural earth or cinder ballast. During the fore part of the month the ground was quite dry, and ballast had to be picked in the majority of cases, in getting ready for the ties.

In most cases the gangs consisted of only the foreman and two men,

I AGENCY C H A N G E S FOR SEPTEMBER I

The following is the record of chauges in station agents for the month of September:

J . S. Campbell installed permanent agent, Pit, Mo., September 1.

T. A. Wyche installed permanent agent, Williford, Ark., September 2.

li. A. Alaffett installed temporary agent, South Greenfield, Mo., e l lect~ve September 2. E. &I. Estus installed permanent

agent, Hiverton, Kans., September 3. Effective September 3, f r e ~ g h t

agency, Meramec Highlands, 310.. closed and ticket only agency es- tabmlied, Mrs. Della Snyder remain- lng a s ticket agent. 5V. V, AIcAdams installed temporary

agent, AIonette, A~lt . , September 4. Elfect~ve Septe~uber 4, Platter, Ok-

la., opened a s a treight and ticket agency, J. R. Clark installed as agent.

L. E, Mobley ~ n s ~ a l l e d as pelmanent agent, Netherlands, No., September 7.

J. L. Greenup mstalled as perma- i ~ e n t agent, scammon, Kans., Septem. ber 8.

J. H. Robson installed temporary Licket agent, Holdenv~lle, Okla., Sep- tember 9.

P. Leavett installed permanent agent, Springfield. JIo., store house, September 4.

Spauld~ng, Okla., agency closed September 13.

John H. Hannegan installed permanent agent, Hopeton, Okla., Septem- ber 14.

B. 31. Richardson installed permanent agent, K~ngston, Oltla., Septem- ber 10.

Aubrey Burns~de installed permanent agent Eddy, Oklahoma, Seyteni- ber 13.

F. AI. Means installed temporary agent, Xorwooit, Wo., September 15.

F. E. D e b e ~ r y mstalled tempcrary agent, Narston, Mo., September 17.

Victoria, Mississippi, closed a s a freight agency, J. M. McKinley installed ticket agent, September 17.

D. L. Williamson installed temporary agent, Olden, Mo., September 18.

31. Owens, installed permanent agent, Bassett, Arkansas, September 20.

C. W. Horton installed agent, Net- tleton, Mississippi, September 20.

and in some cases the foreman and four men.

The best record for ties inserted in ballasted track in chat ballast was made by section 11, St. hlarys, Mo., H. E. Cissell, foreman, and the best record in slag ballast was made by section 8, Brickeys, Mo., Chas. Liken, foreman.

"We a r e mighty proud of our men on the river division," superintendent Moran said. "We want to thank them through the columns of our Magazine, and assure each and every man who worked to make this splendid record, that the roadmasters and division engineer and myself appreciate thc excellent work which was done."

LARGE INSURANCE PAYMENTS

A total of $27,480.15 was paid during August by the AIetropolitan Life Insurance Company, holders of group insurance policies on Frisco Lines, to officers and employes insured in the company, and to their beneficiaries, G. L. Ball, superintendent of insurance, announced.

This sum is divided a s follows: supervisory group insurance contract paid to insured and their beneficiaries, $18,860.40; shop group paid $6,463.71; clerk's group, $2,156.04. The odd cents items a r e produced by reason of the fact that the above figures include payments to insured under provision of t o t d and permanent disability which a r e figured differently, ranging from 851.04 a month up to $162.00. The shop group health and accident contract pays $10.00 per week, but often only part of a week is paid, a s for instance twenty-three days' loss of time due to accident or health would pay $3233.

HE'LL REMEMBER THE FRlSCO

While A. P. Olinger, of LaFontaine, Kansas, was riding a Prisco train, en route to New Mexico, on August 9, he took off his vest and hung it in the smolting car after boarding the train a t Fredonia, Kansas. Eighty-five miles further he missed the vest.

He wrote his troubles to E. E. Car- ter, assistant superintendent, of Neo- desha, and Mr. Carter immediately wired all concerned to be on the look- out for the vest.

Engineer G. E. AIartin, residing in Wichita, was going west on the local on the same day, and having the information of the lost vest, noticed it lying in the grass alongside the right- of-way. It had evidently been thrown out, but the reason cannot be ac- counted for, for when Nr. Martin picked it up, he found it contained a valuable Howard watch, an expensive chain and charm, a fountain pen, a comb and a notebook. Everything that was in the vest originally, was found intact.

The vest was expressed to Mr. Olin- ger's address a t LaFontaine, Kans.

And then came Mr. Olinger's letter of appreciation, addressed to Mr. Carter, which reads, in part:

"-I had very little hope of ever recovering the vest a s I realized if i t fell into some hands, i t would be a temptation to keep it, a s there would be no way I could ever know of it.

"I want you to know I appreci- a t e this more than I can tell, and i t shows the Frfsco has officers and employes that a re on the job all the time; a re honest and trying a t all times to please and further the interest of its passengers.

"It is needless for me to say that when the opportunity arises I will not forget the Frisco and its 'boys.' "

1 MORE FUEL RECORDS I

F T E c o FMPLO~~S'~NE

A Letter on Fuel From an Engineer EASTERN DlVlSlON

W. A. Crawford, supervisor of fuel economy, reports the following for the eastern division:

Engineer Snyder, Fireman L. 0. Mack, on train first 36, Springfield to Newburg, August 1. Engine 9; 73 cars in train, 2,943 tons, used 16 tons of coal, average of 91 pounds per 1,000 gross ton miles.

Engineer Blackledge, Fireman Fred \Vatson on train 36, Springfield to Newburg, August 9. Engine 60, 62 cars in train, 3,007 tons, used 16 tons of coal, average of 89 pounds per 1.000 gross ton miles.

Engineer Dooley, Fireman Clary on train 32, Springfield to Newburg, Au- gust 1. Engine 35, with 62 cars in train, 3,025 tons, used 17 tons of coal, average of 94 pounds per 1,000 gross ton miles.

SOUTHWESTERN DlVlSlON Geo. L. Schneider, supervisor of fuel

economy, reports the following for the southwestern division:

On August 5, Engineer Reno, Fire- man Littlefield, in charge of engine 4159, made a remarkable run, both for coal and water, between Nonett and Sapulpa, 157 miles.

This crew was called for advance 35's connection out of Monett a t 5:30 p, m., departing on the call with 32 loads, 37 empties, 2,123 tons; arriving a t Sapulpa a t 12:05 a. 111. with 30 minutes' delay on road, actual running time 6 hours. 5 minutes.

The first stop after leaving Peirce City was a t Vinita, a run of 73 miles for water, going from Vinita to West Tulsa, G G miles, before again taking water.

To expedite the movemeilt of this important train, Engineer Reno and his f i r ~ m a n decided they could run the coal chute a t Afton, which avoided being delayed about 40 minutes a t that point for No. 10. No coal was taken on line of road, the 157 mile run beixg made, arriving a t Sapulpa with about two tons coal left on tank.

The fuel performance was a s follows: 3:3:>.:311 gross ton miles, burned 16 tons of coal, or 96.3 pounds per 1.000 gross ton miles, which is about 40 pounds less than the average west- bound performance.

Engineer A. Wortman, Fireman H. Music, on train second 435, Afton to Sapulpa, August 12. Engine 4161. with 40 cars in the train, 2.155 to 2.466 tons handled, used 9 tons of coal, average of 90 pounds per 1,000 gross ton miles.

CENTRAL DlVlSlON F. Reed, road foreman, furnishes

performances of Engineers Hogan. Taylor and Davis on central division:

September 5, train 734, engine 714, Engineer Hogan. Fireman Stlimp, Hu- go to Fort Smith, 144 miles, handled 168,000 gross tons, consumed 16,000 pounds of coal or 94 pounds per 1,000 gross ton miles.

August 10, train 703, engine 1407, Engineer Taylor, Fireman Burris, Ft. Smith to Paris, 169 miles, 10 cars in

T HE following letter from Engi- ueer D. H. Badgley, of the Bir- mingham subdivision, addressed

to Mr. D. B. Reed, fuel inspector, a t Birmingham, Ala., shows the interest being displayed in fuel economy by our en~ployees:

"Referring to your request of a short time ago in regard to writing up something along the line of FUEL ECONOAIY, I scarcely know where to begin. There are so many ways to save fuel: stationary plants, coal chutes, even to the stations along the line of road, that just a few shovels of coal saved each day would malce several tons, a s i t only takes an average of 130 shovels of coal to make one ton. So we can see that if every man who handled coal on the Frisco would only save a shovel full each day, what a n enormous amount it would malce, a s there are several thousand men handling coal daily.

"If every engineer and fireman would save one shovelful each mile for one year, they would save thousands of dollars and one could not see over the pile of coal if i t were piled up along the track. Being a n engineer, I, of course, notice the saving most on engines. Some engine crews

t?ain Ft. Smith to Hugo; 6 cars in train Hugo to Paris; total of 1,590 passenger car miles, consumed 7 tons of coal or 8.5 pounds per passenger car mile.

August 11, train 703, engine 1401. Engineer Davis, Fireman Thomason, Ft. Smith to Paris, 169 miles, 10 cars in train Ft. Smith to Hugo, 6 cars in train Hugo to Paris, total 1,590 passenger car miles, consur_rred G tons of coal or 7.5 pounds per passenger car mile.

WESTERN DlVlSlON Extra 1616 east, July 25, Conductor

Jones, Engineer Benecke. Called Enid for 12:lO p. m., departed a t 12:40 p. m, with 3,105 tons, which tonnage was handled to Pawnee, a t which point they reduced to 1,856 tons aad handled this tonnage to U'est Tulsa. They consumed on the trip 1,647 gallons of oil, handled 306,403 gross ton miles. or an average of 5.38 gallons per 1,000 gross ton miles. Total time on duty 7 hours 30 minutes, delayed a t Enid 30 minutes, Pawnee 1 hour, West Tulsa 20 minutes.

NORTHERN DlVlSlON On Septeruher 8. Engineer Conrad,

Fireman Harry Beal. Conductor Wil- liam Taylor, Head Bralceman Ben Phillips, Rear Brakeman Harry Wa- ters, train No. l3S, engine 4032.

Road Foreman T. B. Holland =as on this train and reports they were handling 71 cars of oil, 3,484 tons. Had a bad storm. rained all the may, however, the rail was not bad.

Called a t Afton for 7:00 p. m., arrived Ft. Scott 12:10 a. m., total de- lays on road 1 hour 50 minutes. Used 9 tons of coal, made 306,592 gross ton miles, or a performance of .59 pounds per 1.000 gross ton miles.

burn more coal than others, and there is a reason for it. Some crews a re careless about their work and some engines are not in the best condition. caused by valves out, valve rings and cylinder packing blowing, front ends getting air, not enough ash pan draft and no brick arch in fire box, and some not superheated, air leaks in train line and around the different couplings in and around the cab, although they are small ones. Alto- gether they make large ones and keep the pump running faster than necessary. Leaks in the steam heat line use an excessive amount of steam as well a s obstructing the view of train crews and passengers. Not giv- ing engines enough oil, especially valve oil, works upon the coal a s much. a s any other one cause, because i t retards the power of the engine even so far a s to cause the engine to stall on a hard pulL when almost over the hill, causing a double which can scarcely be made with less than an addition1 ton of coal. A bad working stoker wastes coal.. There is one simple thing which I have noticed lately that causes waste of steam, which, of course, means coal, and that is birds' nests in tank spouts. This litter gets into the tank when taking water, causing injectors to work badly and while trying to get them to work safety valves raise and waste steam, and coal, of course, so we a re now flushing the tank spouts before turning the water into t h e tender, thereby saving coal. Of late we have been getting some coal a t the Carbon Hill chute with x-ery large lumps in it, some will hardly go through the opening a t the bottom of the coal gate and the fireinan has to beat and hammer it to get it broken up, causing same to go back in steam. If this coal was crushed a t the mines when loaded it would save coal.

"I am unable to use technical terms and figures as some men do, but if what I have mentioned is carefully checked over and corrected, I am sure that a much better showing can be made on the southern division in the future than was made in the past, and what we all desire to do is the best we can a t all times and thereby help to better the service on the Frisco Railroad and its fuel performance.

F-uel consumption is too high; R-nn it down a s much a s possible. I-t can be done.

S-ave a shovel of coal each mile. C-all attention of saving coal to all

employes. 0-verloading cars and tenders

causes waste.

S-ave coal and oil. Y-ou can do ,it. S-ure we can, if we try. T-oday, tonlorrow and E-very day, saving coal M-eans money saved and that

means better conditions on the FRISCO SYSTEM."

October, 1926

L I A S CROWE, engineer, eastern division, was retired from

T H O ' active service on Juiy 29, 1926,

a t the age of 60 years, due to total disability. H e was born a t Kolla,

No., February 9, r- 1866, but received his education in the schools o f Dixon, 1\10. H i s fa ther w a s a ronndhouse foreman. At the age of thirteen, AIr. Crowc went to work in a dry zoods s tore a t Dixon. but not findiiig the work to hi8 liking, took

TII0M.W C R O W E a position a s en- ginc wiper with

the Frisco a t Newbiirg, Aio., May, 1884. In April, 1887, he was promoted to the position of fireman and on December 24, 1890, made his first tr ip a s a freight engineer. H e w a s placed in passenger service in 1903. On August 20, 1900, h e married Della 3Ieyers of St. Louis and to them was born one son, hIorrill Martin Crowe on August 17, 1901. The family reside a t 4665 Dclmar Avenue, St. Louis. Continuous seivlce of forty-two years and three mouths entitles h im to a pension allowance of $73.75 a month, effective with August 1, 1926.

FRANK HENRY HARRISOX, agenc- operator, I<oshkonong, hIo., age 52 years. w a s retired on March 10, 1926,

due to total disability. H e mas horn a t Eas t St . Louis, Ill., J an - uary 12, 1574. H i s ta ther was a farmer and ne '1 worke l 011 the farm and attend-

I / ed the schools near Licking and Cabool, AIo., during his e a r 1 y years. A1 the agc of 26 yea i s h e ac-

F. H A R R I S O S cented a position as- clerk l o r the

Frisco a t Thayer. 110. H e worked in this capacity a t Thayer and Grandin in i\Iissouri aiicl a t Portia, Al'li. F rom 1900 to 1903 he was agent and opera tor a t Kardc l l , Ark. I11 1904 he was stationed a t Clarkton, Ark.; from 1904 to 1911 he w a s stationed a t Hunter , 1\10., and from 1911 to 1926 a t Koshkonong, 310.. ac t ing in the capacity of agent-operator a t all the above named points. On Scytember

Six vetcrmrs, z d l z a t o l d of 151 w a r s aird three ~rlo~tths' service, w e r e i )cixioi~cd nt thc rrtecting of tire Board of Pcrtsiorrs, held A i f g i ~ ~ t 24, 1926, ill the ofliccs nt S t . I.ortis, M o .

10, 1902 h e married Mabel Dee a t Cabool, 1\10. Mr. and BIru. Harrison have no children of their own, but have two adopted boys. Thc family resides in Koshkonong, 1\10. Coulin- uous service of twenty-iivc years and one inonth entit les him to a pension allowance of $27.25 per inonth, effective duly 1, 1926.

-- GEORGE ROSBACI-I, engineer, cen-

t ra l division, age 60 years, w a s retired from active service on March 5, 1926, due to physical disability. Air. Iios- bach was born in Tornoto, Canada, October 21, 1866. H i s fa lher was a butcher, and the son w a s erlucaletl i n the schools of Toronto. A t the age of 34 years h e began his railroad service on the old Arkansas & Chock- taw, running from Hugo to AIadiil, Oklahoma, in the capacity of engineer. H e r an on this run in through freight service, local freight service and passenger service until AIarch, 1926. In 1892 he married Biinnie E. Draper of Chicago, Ill., and to them was born a son, Charles E. Rosbach. Mrs. Rosbach died on hlarch 21, 1926, t he son resides in Chicago and Mr. l losbach lives in the Hartwell Apart- ments, Hugo, Okla. Continuous service of twenty-three yea r s and s ix months entit les him to a pensiou al- iowance of $46.10 per month, cgective May 1, 1926.

COSltAD GERS'I'LE, sectioii forcnian of Terlton, Olcla., was retired 0 x 1 June 30, 1920, due to havinz re i~ched

the age limit. EIe was born a t Al- berswiller, Rhine PfaIz, Gelmany, D e c e n l b e r 25, lSS5. H i s fa ther was a farnler and he attciided the schools near his home. At, rlie age of fifteen years h e began fa]-ming. His first work in America was a s a butcher in Red- ding. Pa., Octo- b e r 1 Then

h e worked in this capaciij; in Cin- cinnati in 1876 and came lo St. Louis in 1881. In April, 1882, lie was assigned to work on the Arkansas division of the Fr isco a l Avoea, and in J u n e 13, 1887, entered the t rack

depar tment a s section laborer a t Garfield, Arkansas. I11 November. 1890, he was promoted lo the position of section foreman a t Thomp- son, Ark. H e re tnrned to Garfield on March 1, 1892, and on A u g u s ~ 5, 1300, was transferred to Okmulgee, Olila., in the same capacity. On Xovember 5 , 1903, he was transferred lo Terl- ton, Olcla., where h e remaincd until his retirement. On October IS, 1583, he married Mary R. Willianls and t o then1 was born one son, .John A. Gerstle now living a t Tulsa, Olcla. Mr. and Xrs . Gerstle residc in Terl- ton. Okla. Continuous service of twenty-two years entitle2 him to a ensi ion allowance of $22.56 a month, effective from July 1, 1926.

HENRY SAUL FELDOTT, conductor, eas tern division, age 65 years, was retired from active

1-1. S. FELDOTT

se i r i ce on J u n e 5, 1926, due to per- inanent disability. Mr. FeIclolt w a s born a t Naper- ville, Ill., April 12, 1861. His father w a s a fa rmer and h c received his education in the schools near Wateiloo, Iowa. At the age of sevenleen h e began his railroad c a r e e r a s a switchman with the I l l i no~s Cen-

tral Railroad. H e also woiked in lhe capacities of yardmaster alld conductor fo r the AIissouri and the Chicago & Alton, and on April I , 1906, came to lhe Frisco a s a conductor out ot Clinton, 310. H e also r an bctmeen Springfield and Kansas City 111 1909 a s a passenger conductor aiid as a freight and passenger conduc~cr from 1914 to June 6, 1926. On Octobor, 1884, h e married Caddie Fitscheii of Seclalia, 1\10., and to them were born two girls, both deceased. Mrs. Fel- dott died on X a y 27, 1313. 111 Sep- tember, 1922, he married Auna Marie S ta rk of Clinton, Mo. Air. and Mrs. Feldott reside a t 605 South 211d St., Clinton, 310. Continuous sei vice of twenty years entitled him to a pension allowance of $33.60 a month, effective from July 1, 1926.

JOHN GRIFFETH DICKE11SON, operator, Springfield, Mo., was retired from active service on July 12, 1926. due to having reached the age limit. H e was born on July 12, 1856, a t Fay- etteville, Ark., and received his education in the schools of t ha t city and a t the University of Arkansas. His

October, 1926

father was a farmer and raised blooded stock. At the age of 25 h e accepted work a t Logan, Mo., a s agent-operator. He also worked a t Seneca, Mo., in the same capacity and as clerk to agent a t Ft . Smilh, Ark.; operator a t Oswego, Kansas and agent-operator a t Pacific, 310. His first work with the Frisco was in 1877 a s freight helper a t North Springfield, 310. He also served in the car department a t North Sgring- field and also a s locoinolire fireman out of Springfield and Peirce City. Mr. Dickerson has never married and a t the present time r e s ~ d e s a t 715 South Dollison Avenue, Spriugfielcl, No. Continuous service of cighteen years, five n~onths entitles h ~ m lo a pension allowance of $23.20 a month, effective August 1, 1926.

NATHAN POTTS, section foreman, Olathe, Kansas, age sixty-five years, was retired from active service on May 18, 192G, due to permanent disability. He was born December 29, 1860, a t Woodsfield, Ohio, and edu- cated in the schools near his home. His father was a farmer and his flrst work was assisting him on the farm. H e entered railroad work on the M- K-T a t Clinton, Mo.. where he worked a s mail and baggage man for eleven years, On July 25, 1909, he entered Frisco service a s a section foreman a t Olathe, Kansas. His entire sewice has been a t this point. On March 6, 1890, he was married to Lucy Potts, and to them were born two children. Mr. and Mrs. Potts reside a t 902 E)ast Park, Olathe, Kansas. Continuous service of sixteen years and nine months entitles him to a pension allowance of $20.00 a month, effective from June 1. 1926.

JAMES STEEL CAAIPBELL, conductor, southwestern division, age sixty-nine years, was retired from active service on April 17, 1926, due to permanent disability. He was born July 5, 1857, a t Sinithville, Ark., where he received his education. His father was a farmer. At the age of twenty-one he began his service a s a brakeman on May 15, 1878. H e was promoted to the position of freight conductor then passenger conductor, and served on the northern and southwestern divisions. His service was broken between June 6, 1901, and Oc- tober 15, 1906, after which time he began service on the southmesterii division a s freight conductor where he remained until his retirement. He was married to Nettie Peek of Neo- sho, Mo., on September 15, 1581, and three children were born to them. One son, Fred Campbell, is a t this time a freight conductor for the Frisco. The wife and one daughter reside with Mr. Campbell a t 306-7 Missouri Avenue, Monett, Mo. Con- tinuous service of nineteen years. four months, entitles him to a pension allowance of $32.85 a month, effective from July 1, 1926.

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GEORGE N A T H A N SAMUELS George Nathan Samucls, pen-

sioned agent, died a t his home in Spring Hill, Kansas, August 22, 1926. He was born June 22, 18G3, at Spring- field, Mass., and entered the service of the Frisco a t Parsons, Kansas, in November, 1884. He served uutil the time of his retirement, January 3, 1926. a s clerk, operator and agent a t various points. His retirement was due to permanent disability. His pension allowance was $44.91) a month and he was paid, up to the time of his death a total of $179.130.

JAMES NEWCOMB James Newcomb, pensioned section

foreman died a t his home a t Clinton, ;\lo., August 19. He wab born near Bois d'Arc August 18, 1851, and entered the service of the Frisco Rail- road as a section laborer a t Osceola, Mo., in June, 1900. He servcd a s sec tion laborer and foreman until the time of his retirement which was due to his having reached the age limit on August 31. 1921. His pension allowance was $20.00 a 111o11th and up to the time of his death, he had been paid a total of $1,200.00.

SlLAS TAYLOR MINOR Silas Taylor hIinor, one of the

Frisco's oldest pensioners died a t Wichita, Kansas, on September 10, 192G. Mr. i\Iill01' was born a t Mit- chellsburg, Kentucky, May 23, 1861, and first started his railroad career a s a fireman on the old Cincinnati Southern a t Somerset, Ky., in July, 1884, where he worked about four months. H e also worked about three months for the Santa Fe in the same capacity out of Arkansas City, Kan- sas, in 1888. He entered Frisco serr- ice as a locomotive fireman a t Neode- sha in July, 1892, and his service thereafter was continuous up until the time of his retirement, November 18, 1914, which was caused by physical disability. His pension allowance was $20.00 a month and during the time he was on the pension roll, h e received a total of $2,840.00.

GEORGE H E N R Y MOORE George Henry Moore, former travel-

ing accountant, died a t a hospital in Sarasota, Florida, on September 15, from the effects of a paralytic stroke received August 25 while on a visit to his son and daughter near St. Petersburg, Florida. Mr. Moore was born a t Brooklyn, N. Y., October 17, 1853, and entered the service of the Frisco as a clerk in the accounting department, St. Louis, Mo., in Octo- ber, 1904. H e served in various cleri- cal capacities, a s chief clerk and later a s traveling accountant in St. Louis until the time of his retirement which was due to having reached the age limit on October 31, 1923. Mr. Moore was a widower and is survived by his

W. A. NETTLETON DIES

F o r m e r S u p e r i n t e n d e n t of Mot ive P o w e r f o r Fr i sco S u c c u m b s

in L o n d o n

W ILLIARI A. NETTLETON, pioneer railroad executive and Frisco superintendent, died on

August 30 in London, England, while on a vacation. He was 62 years of age.

Mr. Nettleton was the son of the late George H. Nettleton, who built the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Mem- phis Railroad, now a part of the Frisco, and was an outstanding figure in railroad affairs of the early western days.

H e was born a t Hannibal, No., October, 1563, and received his education a t Phillips Andover Academy and was a graduate of Yale Univer- sity in the class of '85. In that same year Jlr. Nettleton entered railroad service a s a rodman of a surveying gang employed by the Fort Scott line, later holding the position of inspector and consulting engineer for several eastern lines. In 1892 he became superintendent of terminals for the Kansas City & Memphis Railway and Bridge Company, of Memphis, Tenn. Three years later he was named assistant superintendent of motive power for the Fort Scott line and in the same year was made superintendent of that department of Kansas City. He also served as assistant superintendent of that branch for the Santa Fe, and was consulting engineer for the road several years. His next service was a s superintendent of motive power for the St. Louis-San Fran- cisco and the Chicago & Easlern Illi- nois Railroads and in 1908 he took that position with the Rock Island, which h e held until his retirement.

His father died in 1896, and in 1919 311.. Nettleton's wife, Annie U. Nettle- ton, died a t their summer home a t Ballstone Lake.

Besides his son, George H. Nettle- ton, of Ballston Lake, N. Y., no close relatives survive.

His home was a t the Bellerive Ho- tel in Kansas City.

CARD O F 'THANKS We wish to thank our many

Frisco friends and neighbors for their assistance, kind words of consolation and the beautiful flowers, received by us during the death of our dear father and husband.

MRS. GEORGE HARRIS, SIR. and MRS. CARL HARRIS, JIR. and MRS. T. VAUGHN.

son, George E. Moore and daughter, Mrs. Alice $1. McGrew, both of whom reside in Florida. Mr. Moore received -a pension allowance of $33.15 per month and up to the time of his death had received a total of $1.127.10.

7z fT@w ~ P L O ~ S ' & ? W Z ~ N E October, 1926

homemaker^ Page -

MISS LORETTO A. CONNOR, Editor

A Brief Discourse on "Gossip"

I T is a recognized fact tiiat from time immemorial men and women have derived pleasure and satis-

faction from airing and a n a l y x i ~ ~ g the shortcomings of 'the opposite sex. Apropos of this, recall how prone men are to credit wonlen with an insatiable appetite for gossip and to berate them for this so-called weak- ness.

However, it is not our purpose to cavil and for good reason forsooth- the first and foremost being that in- sofar a s our observation goes, i t is a tendency in which the men keep pace. The best gossips in history, past and present, have ever been men.

Furthermore, in its derivation, the word gossip is an honest Saxon one of worthy meaningdGod and sibb, i.e., kindred under God-and an analy- sis of its essentials will show the cus- tom a s respectable a s the origin of the word.

The roots of gossip lie deep in human interest and nothing is more natural than a normal inlerest in other people. Without the personal interest in the affairs of others which makes gossip possible, there would be no real fellowship or warmth in life. Only a misanthrope would assert that she has no interest in her fellow beings.

But one can interest herself in the vividVand dramatic incidents in the lives of her acquaintances without ventilating or villifying t1:eir char- acters. Gossip should have a more genial purpose than to trdduce people. It is the ugly spirit and crude- ness which turns gossip into slander agailist which decent people revolt. Scandal is not gossip and scandal comes only from people incapable oC anything better in mind or conver- sation.

Gossip must be good-naturcd aud may be commendatory. Scandal is uever either and in our heart of hearts all of us despise the woman who spends her time defaming others or who makes a practice of hand- ing on a considerably colored version of all the vitrolic talk she hears.

MINERAL ELEMENTS IN FOOD Without mineral elements in food.

life would cease to exist. Some of the mineral elements enter into the building of tissues; they make breath- ing and digestion possible; they help to determine steadiness of nerve; they keep the blood in good condi-

tion; they enable the food to be burned to yield energy and they a re responsible for the contraction and relaxation of the muscles.

Frequently where people a re un- mindful of the planning of the diet so a s to ohtain these elemelits in sufficient amounts, they hecome con- scious of serious results after it is too late to remedy them. Scientific study of the food in 100 families where there had been no training in food values, showed a deficiency of one or more of the important mineral elements in about half the instances. This meant that these people were not as well nourished a s they should have been. It is a significant Pact that the number of underweight children in the schools compares very closely with these figures.

In general, vegetables, fruits and milk a re the chief sources of mineral elements. But there a r e other foods, especially valuable for some one par- ticular element. Milk is the only food that supplies calcium in large enough quantities to insure an ade- quate supply to the body. Eggs a re valuable for iron and phosphorus.

TOMATOES HAVE A GREAT FOOD VALUE

A few generations ago tomatoes were grown for exhibition purposes only. Love apples were good to look at, but ea t them-horrors, no!

Science has shown, however, that tomatoes are not only wholesome but full of refreshing nlineral salts and contain all three important vitamines. They contain twice as much iron and three times as nlucll lime as milk. Modern doctors prescribe fresh toma- to juice for babies just a s freely a s orange juice.

Tomatoes have unlimited uses in salads, hut in addition, despite their wateriness, they can be transformed iuto many a substantial dish; for instance, they may be stuffed with crumbs, boiled rice or macaroni and balred whole; they may be filled will1 finely minced left-overs of chicken, ham, fish or combined with eggs. olives, cheese and green peppers. For any of these dishes, slice off the stem and remove the pulp gently. Season the shell with salt and pepper before it is stuffed. Finely minced ham, or chopped bacon, or a grating of cheese is the ideal topping for stuffed to-

One of the most appetizing toma- to dishes we have ever tasted was made from the following recipe:

TONATO CHEESE GRILL Eight slices white bread; S thick

rings ripe tomato; 8 medium slices sharp cheese; 8 thin half-strips bacon; mustard; salad dressing. Toast one side of the bread a light brown; then reverse the pieces on a baking-platter and spread the un- toasted side with the salad dressing: arrange next a clieese slice, then a tomato ring. Top the whole with a bacon strip. Place the entire platter o r each piece segar- ately under the grill or broiler. Cook under low flame until all a r e tender and browned.

FROZEN DAINTIES Electric refrigerators are the in-

spiration for many a froze11 dainty. At present ice-box cakes are the reign- ing favorites.

If yon are tempted to try one of these popular concoctions. line the bottom and sides of a melon mould, spring form or cake pan with ladyfingers, separated mith the rounded side toward the pan, or else use thin slices of sponge cake. Prepare a filling-lemon, mocha, chocolate or nut. Spread a layer of the filling over the ladyfingers, add another layer of ladyfingers. Repeat until the ingredients a re used up. Place the cake in the refrigerator for twenty-four hours; the filling will soak into the ladyfingers and all will solidify.

The top of the cake may be cor- ered with whipped cream and decorated with chopped nuts and candied fruit. CHOCOIATE ICE-BOX CAKE, No. 1 30 Ladyfingers :! Tablespoonfuls lh Pound Sweet Powdered

Chocolate Sugar 3 Tablespoonfuls 4 Eggs

waler 1h Pint Whipping Cream

Line the form mith ladyfingers or sponge-cake. Melt the choco late in the double boiler, adding the water, sugar, and the beaten yolks of four eggs. Cook slowly until thick and smooth, stirring constantly. When cool, fold into the stiffly beaten egg whites. Place filling in the cake-form am1 proceed a s outlined. Cover wilh the whipped cream an hour or so before serving. This will serve twelve

matoes. persons.

Octobo., 1926 ~ F Q C O ~ M P L O ~ ~ S ' ~ W Z / N E Page 37

dlargnrct Loftrts, courpto- lircter operator nt Sevcirtlr Strcel Statioir, S t . Lorti.,, tirodcls this last word r ; ~ 11

sport coirt for tlrc corrrrirq w r i t e r TIrc coat is o j Jzrngle Green, triirrwrcd wit11 .Scn Dog f w . Teao r~ezr, itrirovatioirs arc shozuri; t l y Sen Dog Ycs t , zuliiclt rs secri as lhe coat parts at /he ireck, and the rwew fur tri*rrnred s l ~ c v e . Tlrc hat is o f velour irr /zoo torres o j grcrir, Jrr~rgle nrtd Nilc.

- Seoenth Street I Station Girls . i ST. LOUIS, MO.

A;$ excccdiirgly Bop"- lar style for early fnll in n two-piece frock. ~j Jirirgle Green. Tlrr Dlottse is of clreclzcti zclvetii~e, arrd /he skirt, wi th frortl kick- pleats, is o f jersrg. Hnt, pursr n!rd sl2oe.s rorrespor~rl 212 C O [ ~ J ~ '

7uith the o f t i re outfit. Florer2cc Tzrhro, o f tire n2achi;rc brtreazr, Cc7~11tIr .Ctrret Sta- tiorr, S t . Lortis, is tlrr t lrnrrrii~zg r rod el.

Tlrr l o t c ~ t irr ritfirrg Ircrbits, as ~ i ~ o d r l r d by Agnrs Lar- ::iir, sccrrtory to H. C-'. Sny - der, ngcrrt. .Ccr.rrrtlr Strret Stntioir, .j t. Loztis. TIrr c-ont is thc ~ r c w slrc~dc of Rcddislt Rrowil. 7 ' 1 1 ~ tvorrs- ers b r o u r airci *zolritc chcckcd flnrrrrcl. A lair felt Ira(, wi th Rcddish Bvo7crrr baud, vestrr of inrpovtcd Iirrerr, riding crop nnti davk brozurr boots co~ i rp l c !~ !he outfit.

Automobllo courtesy Hudson-Prampton Notor Co., St. 1.ouis Appi~rel courtesy Stir , Bacr C Fullcr D. G . Co., St. Louis

October, 1926 ~ F @ w ~ M P L O @ S ' ~ W Z / N E Page 39

The FRISCO EMPLOYES' MAGAZINE Published on the First of Each Month

3). t h e

St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co. Edited by WM. I.. HUGGINS, Jr.

827 Frisco Building St. Louis, hlissollri This magaz ine i s publ ished in t h e i n t e r e s t s of :lnd f o r

f r e e clistribution a m o n g the 30,000 employes of t h e St . Lou is -San F r a n c i s c o R:t i lwas. -411 n r t i c lcs and o o m ~ n u n i - c a t i n n s ~ ' c la t lve to ed i to r ia l m a t t e r s shou ld be nddresscd to the cditor.

Single copies, 15 cents each Outside circulation, $1.50 per year

Vol. 4 OCTOBER, 1926 No. 1

That W o r d Service PRINGIKG from comparative obscurity s not so many pears ago, one word in the Eng-

lish languagc has talien more punishment in the last decade than TVilliain I-Ia~rison Dcnlp- sey took frorn Chmnpion Gene Tnnney a t Phil- aclclphia the night of September 23.

That word i s "Service." I t has been set upon by mawkish 01-ganizers,

shouted from the housc-tops by "business- missionaries," bcllowccl by misguided vision- aries, and generally defiled until i ts repetition by spurious uscrs falls on deafened ears and borccl imaginations.

P e t the word is clcczr ancl pure-its meaning fraught with sincerity. ,4nd i ts application to the 30,000 employes of Frisco Liilcs i s genuine and worthy.

That philosophical soutllern gcntlernan, Mr. J. N. Cornatzar, passenger traffic manager, recently cldincd " Service " in terms nnmistak- able.

" S c r v i ~ e , ' ~ lie said, "must not be lin~itccl l o the narrow coniincs of comfortable cquiplncnt and well-arranged train schedules. Service, rather, is the attitude of the employe-bocly of Frisco Lines toward the patrons of our road. It is not enough for the employe to be courteous, to be technically correct, and to comply with the rules. The employe can do all of thcsc things and still bc a consistent busincss- killer. The employe must be really intercstcd in the welfare of the patron and manifest such interest in his treatment of the patron. If 11c feels such interest he will show i t ; if he s h o ~ s it he will he applying one of the most potcnt

principles of solicitatioll-making the patron glad he went the FRISCO WAY."

One of the most courtcous men \vc'havc ever known imparted a chill to our heart. His "Good Morning," accompanied though i t was by a courteous inclination of the head and a courteons smile, was nevertheless a cool and haughty rebuke.

No, i t is not enough to be courteous. Correct information to a questioner i s in-

valuable. Yet a Frisco employe may reply to ;L question from a patron with "Yes, sir, the train is on time," and fill that patron's heart with rancor.

I t is not enough to be correct. To the station agent, the trainman, the so-

licitor, and all others who in the course of their Frisco service come in contact with the traveling public, lct this fact stand out: A hearty human treatment of patrons will win more friends to you and yonr company than any other agency of service.

And that, again, is t h ~ trne Frisco spirit of Service.

The "High-Ball" , I ctcor was speeding through Oklahoma TH" on ' i ts way to Oklahoma City. Attached

to the rcar of the train Gcncrnl hlanagcr Shnf- fer's car rodc easily along the rails. In thc scat of honor "Frccl" himself presided and on the table in front of him was piled the work on which he centered his attention. Crisp sc~itences of instruction came from his lips and were transmitted to paper through the flying pencil wielded by Secretary Paul Noffett.

The gcncral manager scemed to have one eye on the track, the othcr on his work. Oc- casionally his a rm would wave the " high-ball " to a section gang, or to the rear brakeman on t~ train in siding for the fast-flying No. 9.

Always that arm n-oulcl give its hear@ wave and always the track workers returned it as they went again to their work.

"It 's a tradition of railroad operating departments the nation over," Shaffer said later, ' ' that the 'high-ball1 be givcn and returned. There is a world of meaning in it that perhaps escapes most people. Those nlen along the {rack ~ v a n t me to know tlicy hope iny ride is a pleasant one ovcr the track they are maintaining. And I want thcm to know as I wave them a greeting, that I 'm for everyone of them. They are the salt of this railroad, and if they didn't give me that wave I 'd feel mighty bad

about it."

Pngc 42 'p/7R&~~ FMPLOI%S',~@WZ/NE October, 1926

HAS RUN 1,880,000 MILES

"Jim" Mulha l l , V e t e r a n E n g i n e e r H a s High R e g a r d for t h e

Fr i sco Lines

6 4 I M " WULHALL, veteran engi- J neer, came with the Frisco railroad iu 1901, and during his

twenty-five years service, estimates that he has run an engine 1,880,000 miles, and has covered over 500,000

miles on the passenger run which he now has, Xos. 111 and 112, between Kansas City and Olclahoma City.

Mr. Mulhall is one of those kindly fellows one meets now and then during a lifetime. His face is mellowed with soft lines, and his whole-hearted smile advances a welcome to those with whom he comes in contact.

He was born a t Hodgenville, Ken- tutky, in 1SF3, and attended school and college a t Jessemenia, lientucky. H e began his railroad service on the Xew Yorlr Central in 1872. Some eight months later he wen1 with the L. & N. Railroad, then with the M. I<. & T., the Kansas City Southern and the C. R. I. & P.

"After my service with thc C. R. I. & P. I decided my 'boomer' days were over," he said, "and I came with the Frisco in 1901. That move was the

The Death of W . S. Blennerhassett

T HOUSANDS of employes on Frisco Lines were grieved to learn of the death a t Spring-

field, 310.. August 22, of \Ir. S. Blen- nerhassett, of Monett, No., widely- known general chairman of the R i s c o Brotherhoocl of Locomotive Firemen and Eng-inemen. Mr. Blennerhassett died from the results of an accidental gunshot wound which he received while hunting near Springfield on Au- gust 3. Tt was necessary to remove several shot from the groin on August 10, and complication? set in, following the operation, which caused his death a t 4:50 p. m.. Sunday, August 22.

The late general c l ~ a i r n ~ a n was born a t Washburn, Barry County, Mo., Way 25. 1S68, and christened William Sarsfield. He died a t the age of 5S years.

He began railroading on the Frisco a t a n carly aFe, and in 1S97, while a Frisco fireman. he was elected to the position he held a t the time of his death. His first term a s general chairman was from 1897 to 1901, and in the latter year he resigned to take a n engineer's run on the then new division a t Chaffee and Cape Girar- tleau. The last engine JIr. Blen- nerhassett operated was No. 522 on the sontl~western division in 1904. In December. 1907, Blenne-- hassett was again called to the general chairmanship of the B. of 1,. F. & E., and a t each subsequent election from then until his death, he was unanimously re-elected to head his organization.

Mr. Blennerhassett was known a s a "four square" man, fair in his dealings with his men ancl his com-

pany. As a Frisco fileman, fuel inspector and later road foreman of engincs, he was lilted and re- spected by employes and employers alike.

The funeral was held a t the First Christian Church of JIonett, Wednesday afternoon, August 25. Acting pallbearers, lifelong friends of the deceased, were: L. S. Thompson, T. W. IIorey, John Bowler, all of Springfield; F. L. Higgins, of Nonett; E. T. White of St. Louis; and Otis Embry, of Sherman, Texas.

Mr. Blennerhassett is survived by his widow, a sister, Mrs. Ben Shelly, ancl a half-sister, 111's. Fan- nie Shelly, of Rogers, Ark.; and a niece, Mrs. T. J. Rose, of JIonett.

best olle I ever made, and my best service has been with tho Frisco- I have my many friends here--and I lore every inch of Frisco track and every engine on the system."

Mr. Mulhall's first service was out of Monett on the Southwestern Di- vision in freight service. He made hIonett his home for sixteen pears. At the end of this time, he tool; a passenger run out of Ft. Scolt, Kan- sas, known a s a blanket run over the r~orthern and southwestern divisions, between F t . Scott and Sapulpa, Olda.

This run is known a s 111 and 112, or "The Meteor," one of the Prisco's fastest trains between Kansas City and Oklahoma City. He has had this

run for nine years, making his home in Ft. Scott, Kansas.

S. G. Manlove, road foreman of equipment, says that Mr. i\Iulhall has a reputation of always bringing his train into the terminal on time, if i t is within his power. and that he has had very few engine failures.

"Everybody knows Jim Mulhall for his kind words and acts," Mr. Man love remarked. "He has no children of his own, but he has been a reaI 'father' to several nephews and he Ioves children. I have seen him train many new firemen, and taltc all the patience in the world with them. His years of experience have made him a fine teacher."

SOME ENGINES (Sz~Driiiitcd Dy CV. D. Scott of P o ~ t

CVortlr. Tc.ras, nrrd clipped front the Locoirrotiue Joitri~al of Englmrd, datcd W a y , 1926.)

There a re different opinions of the running of engines,

Some true and-well-some otherwise;

All opinions don't tally, or seem, somehow, pally,

And that's where the funny part lies.

Some say they are good 'uns, and others, well, dud 'uns.

The opinions of some we must guess.

I-Iere's a tale told today, in a humor- ous way,

Of the steeds of the L. M. & S.

Sighing and crying, o'er the roads you go flying,

Oft you feel yon a re up in the air ; Winding and binding, your tender

spots finding, Foi'. somehow, those engines don't

care.

Whcexy and breezy, ill winter timc freezy,

111 sumnlrr nigh rws ted alive; You're fretting and sweating, then

getting a wetting, Till you wonder however you thrive.

Slow starting, then darting, with plates almost parting,

From the dome to the parts under- neath;

Bumpy aud thumpy, the driver gets crumpy,

Whilst the fireman nigh swa:lows his teeth.

Groaning and moaning, in daylight or gloaming,

You ca11't get away from the din; The rattle cause cattle to gaze, then

skidaddle- S o W O I I ~ C ~ folk shout "Salmon-

tin!"

Winter and summer alike to the hum- mer,

They will run till they come to a stop;

In all kinds of weather the parts hold together,

But the Lord only knows when they'll drop!

Rolling, then strolling, the roads making holes in,

Like a ship on rough sea-how the) dip;

From the motion a notion you feel of the ocean,

And you get mal-de-mer every trip.

Dirty, oil squirty, when the wife sees your shirty

She nags you, and truly she iaight; Till, for recreation, you change your

The Locomotioe Throttle Valoe By F. G. LISTER

Pngc 43 1 THROTTLE V A W E

B b C X M E A D OF BOILER

T HE purpose of the locomolive throttle v a l ~ e is to deliver steam to the dry pipe and thence to the

cylinders for the operation of the locomotive. I t is usually locaced in the steam dome of the boiler in order lo obtain dry steam. The throttle lever for operating the valve is located on the baclc head of the boiler conven- ient for the engineer.

Its operation is througn levers of the f r s t and second class. The valve most commonly used is known as the balanced throttle valve and consists of a cast iron spool having two con- ical seats (one upper and oue lower). These fit into two circular openings in the upper part of the throttle pipe. The upper valve is slighrly larger in diameter than the lower, and In consequence the uubalanced steam pressure tends to keep the valves closed.

An example from practice will show the operation of the valve aud the force required by the engineer to Open it. The accompanyiug diagram will illustrate the throttle rigging under consideration, the boiler pressure being 200 pounds per square inch.

The steam enters the throttle l)il)e a t A and B and flows down to the dry pipe. In the valve iliuslrated, the upper vxlve is 9% inchts in diameter and the lower valve 9 inches. It is, therefore, only necessary to balance the difference between the areas of the two. By squaring 9 % inches and multiplying by .78S4 we obtain 70.58 square inches for the area of the upper valve. By lhe samc ~nelhod we obtain 63.62 square inches Tor the area of the lower valve. As

vocn tion, And scrub whiist she loolcs on in

fright.

She will sit there and grumble, and somehow don't tumble

(Her intellect not being large), Till you make her blood boil, when

you tell her the oil,

'LL

the valve spool is hollow. havmg a n inside diameter of 6 inchcs. we should deduct its net area Crom the top and bottom areas but a s it wonld be the same deductiou from both, it is not necessary. The difference between the areas 70.88 inches and 63.62 inches is therefore, 7.26 square inches. This multiplied by 200 pounds will give 1,452 pounds pressure holding the throttle valve closed. A lever- age must, therefore, be prov~ded that will overcome this pressure so that a man can open it.

The bell crank lever "C" has a short arm 3 inches and a long arm 1 0 inches with the fulcrum a t "D". This is a lever of the first class, and the fulcrum lies between the power on one end and the weight on the other just the same a s if the iever were straight. The throttle lever "E" is of the second class. In a lever of the second class, the weight lies between the power on one end and the fulcrum on the other. 11s ~veight arm is G inches and its power arm is 54 inches. Figuring, a s before we have 3 x 1,452 which, divided by 10, gi1.e~ 435.6 pounds a s the power which must be delivered a t "P." This is, therefore, the pull on the lhrottle rod, transferred to the throttle lever a t "X", 6 inches from the fulcrum "F". We then have G x 435.6 divided by Fj4 inchcs (length of power a rm) which equals 48.4 pounds, the pull an engiueer must make on the throttle to

i open it against 200 pounds of steam. Changing lengths of levers will, of course, give a different puli on the throttle, depending on the pull desired.

Dirt, and grease are all hers, free of charge!

Oscillating, pulsating, one's heart pal- pitating,

The toughest has got to confess They who work them are pucky, and

dreadfully mucky, For, 'struth, they're a h-1 of a mess.

October, 1926

TEXAS LINES BEN B. LEWIS

Division Editor

STORES DEPARTMENT SHERMAN, TEXAS

1 V . l SK\\rELL, Keporter

Xr. a n d Mrs. H o u e r t G l a ~ c o c k a r e t h e ~ l r o u d p a r e n t s o f ;I ten a n d one- q u a r t e r pound son, which a r r lved Yep- tember 5. Hober t i s a l l smiles now.

L. C. Fuller , genera l foreman, a n d daughter , Miss Louise, h a v e re turned f rom Chicago, Illinois. While t h e r e Nr. Pul lc r a t tended the g c n t r a l forc- men's conventioli.

At 1xesr:nt Clyde Ford , genera l foreman's clerk, is spendilrg a Lew d a y s in K a n s a s City. 310.. a n d A l e m ~ ~ h l s . - . Tenn.

J o h n BIcKinstry made h is Grst t r i p on t h e supply c a r s t h i s month. Don' t Itnow just w h a t h e t h i n k s of t h e cac tus yet.

C. IT. Xontgomery a n d fami ly made a visi t to I<auffmun, Tcsas , t h e l a t t e r p a r t of i \ ~ l c . ~ l s t .

T . - - - - - - - .

J . Thurs ton , car foreman, h a s re- tu rned from h is vacation.

Mrs. \V. .\. Morgan, Mrs. J immie H o n a k e r a n d Nrs . .Bill O'Connell suent Septcmbcr 1 in Dallas, Tcxas, Y ~ I O I I - ping.

Iva Scwell h a s re turned to w o r k nf- t c r being ;r\r7;ry on her vacation, ir p a r t of which tinlc she spent in Chic- Itaslia. Olt lal~omn, visit in^ relatives.

C. E . \\'riglit, t rave l ing s torekeeper , s p e n t a f e w days in Sllermall irnd IPL. IVorth t h e l a t t e r y a l t of . \ u ~ u u t .

T h e ball season is over now. The p layers wound up thc season by titk- i n g a double hvadcr from the m t t y shop team of Jknison . Texas.

STORES AND MECHANICAL DEPT. FT. WORTH, TEXAS

H. R. CLASCOCK, Repor te r

T h c new shed over tile s t o r a g e p la t - form a t t h e sturcrooni h a s l ~ e e n finished, a n d pa i r~ tcd so a s to m a k c a very ~ ~ l e a . - i n g itppearance.

(:. \V. Burrel l , s tock clerk, h a s returned f rom a. tour ot' tiic western s tn tps - . . . . . .

C. E. IVright , t rave l ing ~ t o r ' e k c e p c r , w a s h ~ r c 011 a n inspection trill. The ordcrly s t a t e of materirtl is the pride o f the s tock c le rks licre, a n d we hope to m a k c it pl(?asing impression to him.

E. F. Tuck lias pul,chused a new home in T. C. I:. Rctwvcn golf and muwlns. tlie l awn, hi8 t ime secms to be well talcell up.

R. A. Rennett , locomotive f ireman, re - centl? resigned to a c c e ~ t a position in South Americu.

G. 0. Gorman spcnt liis vacation rc- modeling h is liomc, a n d prepar inp f o r a r a i n y clay.

R. W. EiIcwer. boiler forcnian is tvill- i n g to g ivc instruct ions in thc g r e e n a n d red traff ic s i g n : ~ I ~ , a s he holds a receivted diploma from (lie judge.

Chr i s Welircs h a s re turned f rom a t r i p to t h e w e s t for t h e benefit of h i s wife's heal th.

C. A. H a r p e r , ca rmnn, h a s re turned f r o m a t r ip to thc Rio Grande Valley.

F t . Wor th proniiscs m a n y baby pic- t u r e ~ for t h e magaz inc soon. a s t h e lxlst month h a s been a banner one.

Mr. a n d Mrs. H. R. Glascuclc a n - nounce the a r r i v a l of a tcn and one- cluarter l ~ o u n d son. Septcmbc: 5 . H e Iiilrc bccn named, Hober t , J r .

Mr. and Mrs. Phil l ip Joyce announce the a r r i v a l of a seven a n d one-half pound daughter , Augus t 28.

N r . a n d Mrs. J a c k Devaney a n - nouncc the a r r iva l of a ten-pvund son A u s u s t 3. H e h a s been named Thomas 1Cdward.

N r , and Mrs. C. 1". McDonald ail- liounce the a r r iva l of a n ~ n e - p o u n d d a u ~ h t e r A u ~ u s t 23 .

bIr. :tnd hIrs. F. A. Odell announce t h r a r r i v a l of a seven and three-quar - t e r pound son A u g u s t 24. H e h a s been named J a m e s Edwin.

Rill Dcnman, bo i le rmaker 1iell)er is on tlic s ick list.

R. Ii. Stokes. inspector. is a w a v on h is vacation t o h i s old home in K e n - ?ll,-L-V - - - - - .

C. I?. Rlentl inger. c a r foreman, i8 offering some k ind of a r e w a r d f o r t h e r e t u r n of h i s IarlAer. E. F. Tuck seems to be m i g h t y anxious to e a r n it.

CLAIM DEPARTMENT FT. WORTH, TEX.

H. A. GII.\SGl~:R. Repor te r -- Xgcnt G. E. Lit t lefair is on h i s va-

cat ion to liis old homc in New York State. and General Cleric 3label Dozier is in the Rio Grande valley visiting.

The doves have taken to 11arts un- known sincc o u r chicf clrrl<, cashicr and collector have s ta r ted the h u n t - in- season.

\\re have a new addit ion to o u r F r i s - co family, hliss Helmcan1p, w h o went to w o r k on thc s t r n o job. Hope tlint this ,qnts in i,n t ime f o r the next issue of thc M a g a z ~ n e .

I WESTERN DIVISION I TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT

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T h r "hory" man has bcen p ick ing on the wcs te rn division and we a r e no t exactly elated over it. A. T,. Kinkade. s t ,cretnrjz to the supr r in tendcnt , h a s vast his l o t w i t h t h e eas te rn division, and we wish to in form them t h a t i t Is ce r ta in ly the i r ga in . "Kin" has bc<:n on t h e wes tc rn division for a b o u t S I X y e a r s and lias won f o r himself the high esteem of 3 1 1 who came to k n o w him. I t would bc hard to find a more con- scientious or 1oy:ll membc!r of tlie "1~'nmily". \\'c wish you a l l s o r t s of ~ o o d luck. "ICin", a n d hopn you have t h c hcst o f success.

J u s t a t ip to the oas tc rn division: "Kin" i s qu i te a reporter , a n d hope vou will have h im on t h e job s o we'll G a r f r o m h im once in awhile. H i s place on t h e wes te rn division, a s reporter , i s being filled b y H. G. Campbell, rond- mas te r ' s clerk, a n d Cecil Jones, Crom

S~)rinafield. will I)? thcx s r r r r t a l y now W e hope h e l ikes u s a s well a s lie did Springfield.

\Ire have a n o t h e r sad s t o r y t o tell. a n d for fear you would be too sad to read t h e res t of t h e news, w e didn' t I I L I ~ i t first. E l m a MTilliams. t ra inmas- ter's clerk, decided s h e would g ive t h e southwes te rn division a chance; and has gone over to w o r k in t h e ass l s - t a n t supeintendent 's office. She, too. h a s been on the wes te rn division for a long time, a n d in losing her . we lose one of the most competent a s well a s one of the jolliest c le rks t h a t ever graced the payroll. Good luclc, E lma.

Alice Dlcks, genera l clerk, has just re turned from a lonx vacation spent in the West . She must liave had a most cnjoyahle time, and we a r e al l hear - i n g about thc wonders of the Coast s ta tes .

H. V. Kengle. genera l foreman, 13. k B.. a n d hlrs. Kengle, expect to sl)end the i r vacation in I ~ o s .\ngeles. Hopr t o liave a n account of the i r t r ip for t h e Magazine n e s t month.

Ted S turman. ex-call boy a n d swi tchman, h a s acccpted a position in h i s father-in-law's s t o r c a t Xannford . Oklahoma. W h e n h e w r i t e s h i s me- moi rs as a successful business m a n he'll probably remember he received his s t a r t w i t h t h e Frisco.

W e a r c glad to s a y t h a t Mrs. Smith. r a t e clerk, is improving. a n d we hope to see her back on t h e job before long.

H e a r d in t h e accountant 's orrice: J a c k : "Dave, w h o inventcd the slow

motion ~ ~ i c t u r e s ? " Dave: "I dunno." J a c k : "Two Scotchrncn rclaching f o r

the w:ritci,'s cheek." J u s t rcceived word tllat .T. \\'. H a r -

vey, dispntclirr, is m a k i n s a rapid ye- covcry in tlie St. T.ouis hosl>ital. H c hopcbs to bc back a t w o ~ ~ l c in n f e w we('lts.

I SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION I MECHANICAL DEPT. NEWS

H.\ZEI. JIOIZFORn a n d L. .\. >TACK Repor te rs

C. 0. Duckworth. fireman, spcnt a l0n.g vacation in California \\'ashin?- ton a n d Oregon. a n d h a s r r t u r n e d to work. H e repor t s a good t r ip and :I wondrr fu l vacation.

C. ColSan a n d F . R. Hall . Sapulpa firrmer?. a r e both off .duty a t this timo. while R. P. Rus lcosk~ will hr a w a y f o r

f e w dnys acrount of ;tn r y e injury. F r e d Cox, fircmnn, h a s been called

bncli to the c x t r a board. 1':. Dridwell and 1,. .\. P13uitt, enxi-

ncers, ni,e both tnh inq two niontlis' vacations: I. C. of E'rnncis, and R. D. Al rsandcr , of Snpulpa, a r e both talcin? thirt?r-ila?r vacations, while Geo. Tolhert , fireman. is f o r t u n a t e enough to yc t s ix ty dnys.

.\ number of shopmen on the southwestern divisioll a r e also a w a y on leaves of absenre a t th i s tlmr!:

Jnson Fields, car carpenter , Wes t Tulsa, vacation.

Wm. P'. Gardner. carpenter , Sapulpa, off account of illness.

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October, 1926

MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT FT. SMITH, ARK. '

IRENE WORSTMAN. Repor te r

Membcrs of the Frisco Association of Metal C r a f t s a n d Car Depar tment E m - ployes a n d thc i r famil ies enjoyed a n old-fashioned, al l-day picnic a t t h e Lewis Tilles Pnrlc in celebrntion of L a - bor Day. An invitat ion w a s extended to local officials a n d offlce employes. who w e r e a l so in a t tendance a n d enjoyed the day. Usual picnic spor t s , such a s sack raccs, foo t raccs, three- legged races a n d t u g s oC w a r fur - nished en te r ta inment for t h c ~>icniclc- ers. 4 t a s t y b a s k e t d inner w a s scrved. which, of course, w a s one of the real pleasures of the day , wi th such chicken sandwiches a s were servpd be- s ides a l l thc o ther sandwiches, salads, picicles, cold drinks, ice c ream a n d every th ing t h a t goes to m a k e a rcal ~)icnic. G a t h e r i n r s of th i s s o r t not 6nlv promote ROO> fellowshil) between the' employes, bu t between the oflicers and employes.

MI,. and XIrs. J. R. Whi te havc had a s the i r z u c s t their son, J a m e s Hough- ton \Vhite of S a n Diego, Calif. Mr. J a m e s W h i t c is a very talcnted musi- cian and is m a k i n g a remarkable record :IS d r u m ins t ruc tor a t thc S a n Diego S a v a l T r a i n i n g Stat ion.

W e wish to ex tend o u r hear t fe l t s y m p a t h y to t h e fami ly of D. 1.'. Cliam- beriain in the recent dca th of the i r father . Mr. C h ~ m b e l ' l a i n w a s a n en- ginc,er on t h e 4. & A. subdivision o u t of Hope, Ark . H e had been a fa i th fu l crnploye of the comllany f o r m a n y years, and his loss a s a n e m l ~ l o y e and fr iend is Iceenly fc l t by a l l those Lhat k n e w him.

J u n i o r I Ieyburn is a g a i n in St. Jo- s c p h ' s hospital in K a n s a s City. where he is under thc c a m of a bone spz- ciai is t who is t rea t ing i( fractured hip bone receivcd in a n automobile acci- d e n t l as t May. \Vhile h e h a s been un- d e r the c a r e of this doctor f o r some Lime, he has bcen ab le to remain a t home: however. recentlv i t w a s nec- essar). fo r him. to makk a n o t h e r t r ip there a n d w e sincerely hope he will soon bc ablc to r c t u r n home ful ly re- coverrd.

Eugcnc 11111, sun of ruad foreman a n d Xrs. J. 1.'. Hill , h a s gone to F a y - et tcvil le , 41'11., where he wilt e n t e r tnc Uuiversity of Arlcansas a s a f rcshman.

Cool d a y s mean t h a t vacation t ime is coming to a close a n d those w h o have been ta l i inc in thc s i a h t s of t h e coun- t r v UP returninlr one-bv one. Mr. a n d h1i.s. .L D. ~ a r c b w a n d son have re - turned from a t r ip th rough southern Missouri a n d nor thwes t Arkansas , a n d repor t one of t h e m o s t interest int . l ~ l a c e s t h e y v ~ s i t c d w a s Diamond Cavc, jus t o u t of Jasper , Arkansas .

Miss Bcatr ice L i m b e r g enjoyed a mcck's vacation t o u r i n a t h r o u a h t h c soulhcrn Dart of t h c s ta te . -

While some of us enjoy s igh t - scc- ing, o t h e r s prefer a good rcst . Such wirs t h e case wi th Nr . Heyburn , who s p e n t h i s vacation a t H o t Springs. Na- tional Parl i , Arkansas , w h e r c he bene- fited by a good boiling out. X r s . Hey- burn also went to H o t Spr ings f o r a few d a y s visit.

T h e a n n u a l homecoming of E. H. Cars tenscn mas cclebrated on Augus t 17, when lic visi ted wi th his paren ts in Helcna, hIontana.

Miss K a t h r y n e Ncl\lahon of the s l o r e department is en joying a vacation. t h e flrst week of which in be inz spcnt w i t h h e r s i s t c r in Yazoo C i t v Jliss., a n d f r o m tlicre nhc is go ing t o Wisconsin, where s h e will visi t in t h a t s ta te .

Announcement is made of t h e m a r - riacre of Miss E u l a h hIae E v a n s of

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EVERY PURPOSE Em ~ n ' d l i e t t . Arkansas , to J. hIarion Smar t o f F o r t Smith. W e ex tend to them o u r bcs t \vishes for a l o n ~ and l1annY marr ied life. Mr. S m a r t i s employed in thc roundhouse a t F o r t Smith.

Jamcs H. Dyer, nssistont foreman, is

October, 1926

dr iv ing a new Chrysler tour ing c a r and s t a t e s the speedometer will reg- i s te r jus t as f a s t a s h e cares to go. We t rus t t h a t he wil l keep h is e y r on the speedometer in order t h a t he will no t be d o n a t i n g to t h e c i ty funds.

As Mr. Heyburn i s o n e of the vice- presidents of the Trave l ing Engineers ' Association, he, Mrs. H e y b u r n a n d their d a u g h t e r Gray,ce a t tended t h e Trave l ing Engineers C o n v e n t ~ o n in Chicago, September 1 4 . Mrs. N. L. Crawford, wi fe of genera l foreman a t F o r t Smith, a t tended t h e convention w i t h them. Road foreman and Nrs . J. F. Hil l a n d d a u g h t e r Narie, also a t tended t h i s convention.

remembrance. t h e s t o r e depar tment presen.ted him w i t h a lovely lea ther r rave lmg bag.

clerk. W e wish you success. Clyde. Oscar Cook. counterman a n d Tom

O'Kelley, chief clerlc to divlsion s torekeeper, have been having qui te a t ime wi th the i r t ee th lately. Oscar had seven teeth ex t rac ted a few days a g o a n d hasn' t been ab le to e a t a n y t h i n g b u t soup.

R u t h Uselton, Mabel Burg , P e a r l Fa in . ~ t e n ~ g r a p h e r s in genera l s to re - keeper 's office a n d B e r t h a Reed, s tenographer in division storekeeper 's o f - fice s p e n t Labor D a y in C a ~ r o . 111. They w e n t by t h e way of Sikesron, No., t a k i n g a tax i f rom Silceston to 6ird 's I'oint, 310.. and then eliioyed :: s teamboat t r ip on the Ohio River to Cnfro

Several of t h e Fr i sco cmployes will r e g r e t to learn t h a t C. J. Renuhaw, a g e n t for severa l y e a r s a t the s t o r c room, resigned h is ~ o s i t l o n Sentember 1, t o accept posi t ion a s s e c r e t a ? ~ wi tn tile ci ty fire department. P o r t e r Leavi t t acceptcd position a s agent .

J a m e s W. O'Brien who h a s been price c le rk in general ' storelceener's of- . . fice for seveFal years, resiened- liis oositloli September 1. H o m e r Webel. ;rcceptcd ~ ~ o s i t i o n made vacant by 311.. I ) ' R I . I P ~ - - - - - -. .

Minnie H u l b u r t Van Maanen re-

I EASTERN DIVISION 1 s igned h e r position -as pEGmb-t6meier opera tor in genera l s to rekeeper ' s o f - fice XVednesday. September 16.

- - - -- . - - . H e n r i e t t a T r u m a n , s tenographer

~ e n e r a l storelteener's office. visited i ~ i SPRINGFIELD GEN. STORE ROOM

BERTHA V. R E E D , Repor te r

T h e m a r r i a g e of Eeulah Shepherd, d a u g h t e r of Mrs. R. H. Shepherd of Jienton nvenue, to W e l t e r O'Bryant of Joplin. took nlace a t 1 o'clock 1Vedne.q-

Account of being v e r y busv las t month did no t t a k e t ime to w r i t e a n y items, n o t t h i n k i n g much about miss-

day, September 1, a t the home of the bride's s i s te r , Mrs. C. E. Grundbur;;, o n South Kimbrough Avenue. (The

Mr. a n d JIrs. P a u l Gaylor announce t h e b i r th of a son a t B u r g e Hospital , Sunday, Augus t 29. Mrs. G a r l o r before her m a r r i a g e w a s JI lss I r m a Fa i rman. . 311.. Gaylor is price clerlc in genera l

ing t h e September publication, b u t have had reaues t s both f a r :xnd n e a r

hervice w a s read by Rev. E. C . Sechler. uas tor o f Cent ra l Christ ian ('hurrh. . . . - - - - . . - - . - .- .

to know w h y w e did no t f u r n i s h a few items, so a m m a k i n g a special effort a t this t ime to w r i t e t h e i t ems of in te res t t h a t h a n ~ e n e d n t t h e oen-

. .~ - - --. h l y relat ives a n d i ~ f e w close fr iends were in a t tendance . I . and Mrs. <) 'Bryant motored to Joplin w h e w they will m a k e the i r home.

Pear l F a i n acceoted nosition le f t va- storelteener's office.

era1 store. W e na iura l lv cniov- r&- Mr. slid Mrs. Lawrence E. BIutz a n - noun,ce the b i r th of a son Rober t TVaI- k t - , J u l y 15. Mrs. Mutz w a s former lv Miss May Pa tes , a n d w a s employed a s s tenographer in genera l storelteeper's office.

ing i t ems f r o m o ther p6ints;-i;ut-;id not s t o p to consider t h a t t h e i tems f rom t h e genera l s to re were of much

cant by Henr ie t th ~ r h m a n a n d Xola Rook way ass igned ~ ~ o s l t i o n lef t va- c a n t b y P e a r l

W e welconie Elizab(tth Gibson to the consequence, b u t a m g lad to know t h a t they a r e read w i t h in te res t , es - ~ e c i a l l v bv o t h e r forces.

s t o r e room. She w a s assigned position a s s tenog-rapher in genera l s to re - keeper's office, s a m c be ing left vacant b y Nola Rook.

Belton Hembree, truclcer. who h a s been in t h e Fr i sco hospital a t St. Louis for t h e Dast two weeks. is Eel-

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J. J. Corum, former ly a g c n t a t t h e s tore room, now located a s a g e n t a t Olustee. Oltla.. visi ted a t t h e s tore room the morning of September 17.

J e s s Cri t tenden, colored porter , w a s in t h e office a t noon hour recently and a f t e r s u p ~ l r i n a the office -cooler

- Ralph c o o k oP t h e s t a t i o n e r y depar tment resigned his position to a t - tend D r u r y College. J. H. Er ickson of t h e s tore depar tment took his r~lace.

Wal lace EiaEs. t rucker. resirrned his position SeptGmber 11 in' ord& to Lt- tend Washington Universi ty, St. Louis. X l i n s n ~ ~ t - i .

t i n g a l o n g nicely. -

F r e d Scharpf. fo rmer ly messenger in flle room, h a s been ass igned the position of file clerk.

H e n r y 3Iellon h a s been emr~loved in

wi th ice, sta-rtea To leave. a n d Imp- ~)c~:erl to notice a toy sni lce !n one of t h e open desk drawers , not s ton- ~ i n g to th ink b u t w h a t t h e s n a k e w:w real , depar ted in g r e a t has te , h a t i n

. - . .. - - - - . . F. W. Pomeroy, s tock man, g e n -

e ra l s tore. l e f t t h e service of t h e company the evening of A u g u s t 11, account having reached t h e a g e limit. W e sure ly regre t ted to lose Mr. Pomeroy a r he had been in the eniplor of t h e company since October 18. 1005. As a

the s t o k denar tmenl a s flle room m e s - senger. w e ' welcome you. 111,. 3Iellon.

Clyde Ful le r ton former lv ut i l i ty c le rk in genera l storekee~x??~ office,

one hand a n d w a v i n g t h e other , tne s a m e a s to sav. "Good-bve. I a m gone from herc." J e s s d i d n ' t ' s top for a n y - t h i n g a n d t h e las t w e s a w of him he was going a round t h e corner of t h e machine shop, h a t dini,inc dust , s ix ty

has been promoted to position a s priccx

FORT SCOTT ADVERTISERS W e w r r e somewhat disani>ointed a t our genrsral yardmas te r . W. P. GUS- tin, a s he took o u r order& for f resh fish, account of ~ p e n d l n g h i s vacation on some of t h e f i s h l n ~ . r ssor t s in o u r nor thwes te rn s ta tcs . bu t unfor tuna te ly Mr. Gustin w a s rained o u t 2nd only niadr one smal l sh ipment of fi-h, t h a t of course. c o l n c to h i s fami lv and

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Ger t rude Crowc, of t h e s o u t h store. advised t h a t she s p e n t a v e r y pleas- a n t d a v in Oklahoma Ci t r . Sentember 6 , Ger t rudc wns frlrmerlv ernnloved a t t h e rrcncral s t o r e nnd W P a r e a l w a y s

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Visit With CLOTHING AND SHOES / G. R. HUGHES YOU. charge A c c o u n t 12 South Main G r e a t l y A p p r e c i a t e d 4 good disposition.

October, 1926

Miss Hali ie Welch, chief of the tyy- ilig bureau had a p leasan t d a y in K a n s a s Ci ty recently, while Miss D o r a Gado SDent t h e Labor D a y week-end therc a n d s a y s she had a good t ime in sp i te of t h e rain.

Mr. a n d Mrs. E l b e r t H u n t h a d a p leasan t vacation in Daytona, F la . , a n d th ink t h c service on the "Frisco Sunny- land" even b e t t e r t h a n advert ised.

Miss Angeline Danzero made a h u r - r ied t r ip to St. Louis las t Sunday a n d c a m e back h a ~ ~ i e r t h a n before-we wonder whv. i i r i ~ e l i n e ? ~ - , -

1'ow fas t can Catherine Toon change a , t i r e ? F o r information a s k Cath- erlne, a s s h e broke a l l records l a s t month when s h e drove to hIonett.

W e have i u s t heard t h a t Mr. a n d Mrs. E l b e r t -Reames of Gainesville. Fla. , a r e the prourl paren ts of a son, E lber t , J r . Nrs . Rearnes w a s f o r m - e r l y Miss Maude Bearde.

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F. L. & D. CLAIM DEPARTMENT SPRINGFIELD, MO.

CHARLESE WILLARD, Repor te r

I t h a s been definitelv announced t h a t I\'. 4 . Criyps w i l i accompany Major .\. Hoople on a t r ip to Phi la - delphia, September 23, to wi tness t h e Dempsey-Tunney bout.

Miss XIavmc Hindman, chief file clcrk, h a s - r e t u r n e d f r o m a vacation in K a n s x s City a n d Various Oklahoma points of interest .

Miss Ger t rude F r y e r is now m a k i n g h e r l a s t spec tacu la r t r i p o n t h e Ameri- can Continent . She is spending her vacation v iewing the, old . stampin' g r o u n d s of t h e Q u a k e r s a n d P u r i t a n s a n d from the m a n y beautiful postal c a d s s e n t home, s h o w i n g scenes in Maine, Vermont, New Hampshi rc a n d Xassachuse t t s , me belleve s h e will pronounce t h i s tril), a m o n g t h e W h i t c Nountaina, as t h e most beautiful and i n t e r e s t i n g one of all. X i s s F r y e r h a s had approximate ly fourteen years service w i t h t h e company a n d d u r i n g t h a t t ime h a s m a d e a n n u a l vacation t r ips to every i n t e r e s t i n e place ill the IJnited S ta tes a n d she now s a y s t h a t ill1 h e r pennies will be hoarded for t h a t much-tnllred-of t r in to t h e old count rv in 1927 .

~ r n r i c i s . . ~ j c ~ i c r , tlla newest a n d y o u n p ' s t 0 . S. & D. invest igator , w a s ten1por ; l r i l~ laid off on September 1. but w a s a b l e t o bump back on his old job a t the Springfield f re igh t house.

3Iiss Carrie Livinzston. file clerlc. a u d . mother. a r e Vacatiouing in St . LOUIS, Mo.. a n d New Orleans. La.

Miss K a t h r y n Risser of the 0. S. & D. Dept.. h a s re turned from a \.isit wi th Nrs. Wm. D r a g o of Bi rmingham, Ala. Nrx. D r a g o w a s former ly Miss Annabel \\ratters, supervisor of the fil- i n g a n d t y p i n g depar tment .

R. H. Llurnie, ass i s tan t superintend- e n t F. Id. & D. claims, spent his vacation a t T h r e e Lakes , Wis., as a mem- b e r of a f ishing p a r t y from St. Louis.

Cleo Pierce, who h a s bee11 a b s c n t f r o m t h e offwe since Sentember 1. account of s ickness i s n o w enjoying -a l i t t le t r ip to ~ e b r x i a , w l ~ e r e she is visi t ing fr iends a n d relatives.

Miss K a t h r y n H u r t , dictaphone op- ccator , 113s g lowinz r r l ~ o r t n to m a k e of h e r t r ip to New Orleans, La., San Antonio a n d Corpus Christi, Texas.

Mrs. Charley Frizzell, Cormerly Edi th Weddell of this office h a s moved to k a n s a a City account bf her husband b r i n s t ransfer red from t h c Springfield nor th shops to t h a t city.

Mrs. E l la Chamberlain. fo rmer ly of t h e tyy>inz depar tment , and now re- s ~ d i n g in St. Louis, made us a vidit on September 6.

On Septcmber 3, .Junior Cripps, a g e scvcn, so11 of w. A. C r i p ~ s of th i s office, nar rowly escaped losing his eye- s ~ ~ l i t when h e a n d h i s buddy. Will iam Snydcr, were curiously e s a m i n i n g a gas mete1' wi th t h e aid of a l ighted match. T h e escaped fumes of the gas m r t c r esplodcd, t h e flames burs t U D and swept the faces of t h e two chll- rlren w h o w e r e in a leaning-over pos- ture. L l t t l r J u n i o r w a s burned badly ahout t h c forehead, eyes a n d chin,

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w hilc his p laymate suffered s l igh t burns. Eowever , both a r e lmprovlug a n d t h e doctor h a s pronounced then1 o u t of danger.

Miss B e t t y Adams, of tho f i l i n ~ de- r n r t m e n t . is confined to h e r home a s t h e resu l t of a n operat ion, b u t w e a r e piad to s a y t h a t she is g e t t i n g a l o n g nicely a n d will be a t work before m a n y days.

Miss Thida McCroy, dictaphone op- e m t o r , l e f t on October 1 for a t r ip to t h e Grand Canyon of Arizona. Los Angeles Calif. a n d Casper Wyo.

R a y d o d g e df t h e 0. S. d D. depar t - ment, gives t h e fol lowing vivid a c - count of a w a t e r y fishing p a r t y s t a g e d on Labor Dav: "Rain. a n d lo t s of it. did no t s t o p Ave e a g e r would-be a n g - lh rs of t h e claim depar tment f r o m golng fishing. P a r t y consisted of P o p Eursley, Tom Quinn. J a m e s E a r l Head. L. (1. Cox a n d R a v Lodae. T h e v itch- ed their t en t o n - t h e b-ank of o l d Big E c a v e r a t t h e Pa t te rson Hole a b o u t 7:30 11. m.. Sa turday . September 4. Af- t e r supper, P o p Purs ley , who is pas t m a s t e r In t h e a r t of woodcraft , tie- clared h e w a s go ing to prepare to g e t a l l sot for t h e night . H e proceeded to g a t h e r a lot of ~ ~ e n n y r o y a l , a n a ro- m a t i c h e r b supposed to bc v e r y effec- t ive in shooing a w a y 'skeeters.' A b ig fire w a s ordered buil t in order to Iteel, away, wolves, pan thers a n d o t h e r man- ea t in animals, fo r you see t h e p a r t y was no t on a n o u t i n c a t Doling P a r k or G r a n t Beach a t S ~ r i n P A e l d . Thev

a n d since th i s t ime J i m h a s been z o i n r nrounrl t h r office v i t h a stiff ~ . - neck: ~ ~ \ < e v e r : P O ~ Purs lcy ~ l e n t th rough a l l the csc i tcment a n d de- luge. On a r r i v a l of day l igh t he came out o f h i s abode looking a s fresh a s n rlaisv a n d r ~ m a r l c e d t h a t he had had R ~ o o d nirht .8 res t h u t clecl?rina tha: i t looked l ike i t might have spr i~ l l t l ed d u r i n g t h e n igh t . Some of t h e bunch did n o t Icst t h c r a i n s top them but a o t o u t a n d c a u g h t some rea l big fish.

cure's comfor t s - s u r r o u n d i n g B i g Beaver. H e sa id 'Had a g r e a t t ime let's g o a g a i n a s I th lnk this i s somk country. Am much impressed w i t h t h e Licenery and city of Chadwick., ,, but don't th ink much of Taneyville.

WEST SHOPS--FAMILY NEWS

S-LYDEAN G. BLAICELP, Repor te r

Fa l l ! P l a y Ball! World Series! Saq who, of t h e sobers o r s tems, can den$ t h a t fa l l vlz. October b r i n g s morc thri l ls t h z h summer , wiAter a n d spr ing combined. W h a t in a l l t h e o ther three seasons c a n p u t 'en1 on t h e i r ~ ~ t o e s - l I i e the shout of-Play Ball! Office boy. c le rk a n d superv isor have one common in te res t nowadays a n d a t t h a t i t isn't so common-the score can't come in cluiclc enough-seems a n awful long t ime since t h e l a s t return-what's the m a t t e r wi th the opera tor ! Lloyd L a n ~ b , chief clerlc, Ed. G r u n b u r g nla- t e r ia l supervisor, Russel l Todd. 'office boy a n d hundreds of o t h e r s a t t h e wcst shop ac tua l ly ge t hi lar ious on noth ing but w a t e r a n d the re turns . W h a t wlll the i r ac t ions be w h e n t h e world series a r e being played!

P. V. Hampton , s torekeeper, motored to K a n s a s Clty a n d of a l l t h e year rvc expect hlr. Hampton couldn't have picked a worse t ime a s f a r a s road condit ions were concerned. \Ve under- s t a n d t h e old Chevrolet took them there and t h e y a r e s a f e back aga in .

Woulcl s u g g e s t a Fr i sco Eml)loyes' Magazine h e published cnch week in order to keen up to da te in regard t o thc b ig c i t y t r ips made bv Miss Jessie Rohards. s tenographer td P. V. FIampton.

I t u t h Elam, s tenoqrapher to id. A. Herzop, l e t t h e office in for a sur - ],rise recentlv when she told Mr. M. .A. Hcrzog, chief chcmist, t h a t she hild hecn marr ied since thc f irs t n a r t of J u n r . hliss Elam's position w a s ahol- isheii account of reduction in force. effective Serlt. 1, a n d u p to this d a t c shc wns st i l l X l i ~ s E l a m and n o t Mrs. Harmon I , Murnhv. Mr. 3lurnhv is emnlrved a t t h c wes t shons a s tank ~. tru'clLmAn. - . - ~ l , c y w e r e msrrie-d &t >\urora, ?vlirtsouri. J u n e 1 2 . ;Vr, and J r s . Xlurnhv have o u r c o n ~ r a t u l n t i n n s and w i s h e s ~ f o r a happy marr ied life.

Poge 52 October, 1926

W. Weltman. former n a a i a t l n t Floyd E. Ramsey, machinist , h a s all e igh t a n d one-half pound boy, H a r - old Seniamin .

"The sundial 's methods su i t me fine, I t only marlcs tllc hours t h a t shine. \Vhat a delicious t h i n g 'twould be To have a sundia l memory!"

chemist, h a s m'oved to -~ontiz"yii i i i ' : nois, where he will t a k e u p hid resi- dcnce until such t ime sts he is Derma- Geo. f iwyer, clerlc to genera l fore -

man, w a s a b s e n t n few days a c c o u ~ ~ t ~ l l n r s s , h u t George is back a n d ab le to

nently located in his new work. \Ve regre t to see Mr. \ITeltman lenve tllc west shops a n d hope sometime in the future to see him re-lacatod at Sgring- field.

A G E N T ' S OFFICE, MONETT, MO. be in the locomotive d e ~ a r t l n e n t wltll his s u n n y Ir ish smile.

Bir l Beard, machinist , is t a k i n g a leave of absence account of ill heal th.

PlC.\I?L E. LEIVIS, Reportel

Car1 W. Archdale y h o w a s c;tlled L O Cillc~;;u accoullr xal,lous illness of his bro tlldr C:larence, I I ~ wtul-ned a n d re - sumcd work un LLIC ~ ~ . a n s t e r deslc. Clarence is employed by t h e Kai iways Ice Comlmny a n d fcl l f r o m a 1)ratiorm a b o u t t w e n t y feet high, while repair- i n s a n incline chain. H e h a s s u f i i c ~ c n r - ly recovered to be ab le to leavc t h e hospital. H e w a s employed bj: t h e s a m e company at 3 lone t t before ueing t ransfer red to Chicano a n d 1s well-

A. L. Frankl in , who w a s recent i r t ransferred ro F r a n c i s a # s torekeeper , is back a t t h e wes t s to re a g a i n ac-

Air. Beard h a s o u r symlmthy. E u g e n e Allen, mnchinist apprentice,

w a s called to h i s home account se r i - ous i l lness of h i s mother.

W e sympath ize w i t h D. W. Hotkiss In t h c recent d e a t h of h i s nephew.

Carrol l Anderson. clerk, r e s i r n e d to go in t h e grocerv business wi th h i s :,,-other. W e j u s i hope so much t h a t Carrol l m a k e s a b i g success In 111s under tak ing .

Ceril Case is now t a k i n g t h e nlacc n f Mr. Andel-son.

Contractors Who Are at Work on Frisco's $250,000

Depot at Springfield I ASBESTOLITH

count of the F r a n c i s fitore being abolished. H e re turned to h i s old position a s chief c le rk to P. V. Harnpton. We a r e glad to haye Mr. F r a n k l i n a t t h e west s h o ~ s again.

John S. Abbott, fo rmer special a]>- prentict?, now in c h a r g e of t h e a i r loom. Lindenwood shops. w a s a t t h e west shops t h e l a t t e r p a r t of t h e month. W e were a l l g lad to h e a r of the ~ o s i t i o n held b v 311.. Abbott a n d

- known a m o n n t h e "railroad bovs."

Oliver ~ulyclc, ex t1 . i~- ileric, ;vorlted t w o wcelcs a t f re igh t ofl'ice in absence of Carl W. Archdale.

Miss Helen Hnynem, d a u g h t e r of warehouse clerk. W. G. Havncs. who

B ish- him f u t u r e success. Pierce I$:aton a n d Hayden Campbell,

applentice boys who worked in the office, fo r a s h o r t time, under shol, d ra f t sman Rauch were t ransfer red to Enid, Oklahoma, a s p a r t of their t ra in- inc..

spent t h e sulnmkr in J fone i t has returned to Green River, Wyo., mhefe she is employed a s a n ins t ruc tor In ...-.

C. E. Grundburg , matcr ia l supervisor, together wi th Nrs . Grundburg and her mother, motored to Joplin to visit the new bride, formerly Miss Beulah Shep- herd of t h e s tores delmrtment, now Nrs . O'Bryant.

J o e Paisley, c le rk to Mr. Darden, is oft a g a i n account of illness. J o e re- tu rned to work , b u t jus t couldn' t s t a y . Joe has o u r sympathy.

Labor Day brought f o r t h t h e r e g u l a r number of fishing trips, one of which couldn't be delayed account of t h e usual L a b o r D a v ~ O W ~ D O U ~ w a s t h e

high school. A. H. P r a t t , s towman, has re turned

from \Vhite Decr. Texas. where he Xew Frlsco Passenger Stntlon, Rprln~fleld, Jllssouri, to have ASBESTOLITH

Floors, Uase and Wainscot Standard Composlllon Floors for JIore

than Twenty-flw Pears

visited his brotlier D o h l d , who is employed with t h e S a n t a F c rai lroad.

Tom McJlillen, n igh t forcman of coaches h a s re turned to work a f t e r a vacation of two weeks. Mr. 3IcMillen

T H E S A N I T A R Y FLOORING CO. Clark Avo. at 13th St.. ST. LOUIS. MO.

h a s a l w a y s talcen a d v a n t a g e of h i s va- cat ion b y see ing "America First" b u t th i s y c a r he enjoyed t h e sccnery a round home, "in the land of a million smiles." J. H. Shocklev. t icket clerk. a n d I Ford Brass Company ( one consist ing i n part ; of L. B.

"Speedy" Reed, s h o p accountan t , V. K. Kndeeott a n d Wilson >fills, shol) checkers. T h r o u g h a l l the ra in they

physical cu l ture expert , is looking hapDy a g y n for he is now enjoying his t h r r c sciuaro meals" a day slnce the r e t u r n of his wi fe a n d family who CHANDELIERS

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drove to Osceola a n d fished in the s p e n t the i r vacntion a t Ozark, No.

Lonnie P r a t t s p e n t several days in St. q p u i s th i s y,onth t a k i n g t rea tment f o r h a y fevbr.

Ell is Sunneley a n d wife spent the i r Labor Day vacation in St. Louis.

Osnge. Results-no report . F r e d E. \Vornmack, blacksmith, is

the proud paren t of a daughter , born September 16 .

A. H. Bishop, machinist , a lso h a s a new daughter , Norma Jeane.

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SPRINGFIELD, MO.

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effort to reach that ideal.

Springfield Gas and Electric Company

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Operating in Miarsouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texaa

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Landers Building SPRINGFIELD, MO.

We hardly know o u r platform fore- mail these days-he is spor t ing a brand new pair of trousers-understand "Charley Chaplin" made him a favorable olter on the former ones a n d he accepted.

Hugh Huffmaster , painter , c a r de- parLment, and hIiss Jewel Eden were nlarrled a t Purdy. Alissouri, Augus t 18. They a r e a t home a t 913 S lx th street . B e s t wishes a r e extended by all.

SIGNAL D E P A R T M E N T SPRINGFIELD, MO.

:il~'l ' lLL)A C. HOb'b',\lAN, RcporLer

Cecil J o n e s employed a s c le rk in th i s depar tment h a s accepted position a s secreLary l o superintendent S. J. Yra- zier tit Enid, Okla. , l lbert SivewrighL of the te legraph depar tment has suc- cecdcd 51r. Jones:,

L. E. Owen, ottice engineer w i t h L. L. Owen, s i g n a l main ta iner a n d wife of Vinita, Okla., a r e v i s i t ing their ntother a n d a t t e n d i n g a fami ly re - u n i o ~ ~ a t thc i r old home, P o r t Clinton. I #hi ).

I.'. V. Hutchison, chief d r a f t s m a n a n d wife 8perlt the i r vacation v is i t ing t h e ~ r parcnLs a t Jluslcogee, Okla., and P a r - sons, Kans.

H a r r y S a r r o n , s i g n a l inspector alld wi fe have re turned f r o m a s h o r t v i s l ~ wi th 411s. Bnrron's paren ts a t J a s w r . .\la.

Inspectors B ; t ~ o n a n d Garlon ac- conlpanied by office engineer Owen havc made final inspectloll of Lhe au tomat ic t ra in control i n s t a l l a t i o ~ ~ be- lween hIonett a n d Afton a n d repor t every th ing in first c lass condition.

R. E. Trout , fo rmer ly s igna l engi - neer for the Fr i sco now vice-gresi- dent a n d genera l safesmanagel ' of t h e P r i m a r y B a t t e r y Depar tment , Thomas h Edison, Inc., accompanied by Mrs. ~ i o u t a n d d a u g h t e r Almedir, a r e visi t - i n g Xr. U h r a n d family.

D A. Ball and f a m ~ l y have re turned f r o A a visi t in Chicago and Daven- port, Iowa. -

M O N E T T Y A R b M O N E T T , MO. --- F R A N K L. KYLER, Reportel '

H a r r y Loyd, swi tchman is in the hospital in St. Louis. ~ 6 r d received t h a t he is do ing nicely a t th l s wr i t ing .

P. S. p i i t m a n second t r ick teleg- rapher, is exhib;ting a two foot Leal1 t h a t J o h n S towe raised. Not of t h e jumping bean var ie ty w e judge.

J C. \\'illiams arid J a c k Shlpley, s m i k h m e n , have been a c t i n g a s ass i s t - a n t yardmas te rs lately.

H a r r y ~ a r v e ~ ' o f t h e c a r depar tment h a s a fine family of a i reda le pups un- d c r his care. T h e y have not been named a s yet due t o t h e Inability of H a r v e y to g e t in touch wi th Mike Flaheri ty.

C . \?. Horine, swi tchman, is rebuild- in^ h ~ s residence t h a t w a s damaged by fire recently.

Linzy Loyd, swi tchman, is l ay ing off sick.

F. L. Kyler , swi tchman, h a s moved to Pierce City.

The C a ~ ~ d i n a l s had be t te r g r t busy. huilding e x t r a s t a n d s a t Sportsman's P a r k . If they cop the National L e a r u e rag. Monett will b e on h a n d witl; t h e bel ls on, to watch the Horns- by aggrega t ion fight f o r the world's championship.

F U E L DEPARTMENT-ST. LOUIS

LOUISE S. GIBSON, Repor te r

T h c m a n y Fr i sco fr iends of Mr. a n d Mrs. R o b e r t Collet t will be del iahted to rerorlvr the news of t h e a r r i v i l of

i i G ~ i l t c r ; ~ ~ % i i s i J I ~ I . ~ ~ o a n co l le t t , on September 13th, a n d the members of t h e fue l d e ~ a r t m e n t t a k e th i s oppor tun i ty to congra tu la te o u r "boss" a n d h i s wife and wish them much han- i ine i ; w i t f i - t h r 6 , n& daughter .

Several of o u r superv isors a t tended the T r a v e l i n g Engineers ' Convention. held in ~ h i c i g o . Sentember 11 l o 17. 3Iessi's. J. E. Whalen, J. H. Curry, Gco. I,. Schneider, W. A. Crawford,

Geo. T. Allison a n d Mr. a n d Mrs. C. J. Beshears.

\Vlsh to announce t h a t Geo. T. Al- lison h a s been appointed superv isor of fue l economy o n t h e eas te rn division vice M. H. Rodwig , assigned to othe: duties. Rodwig made himself v e r y 11opula1. while on the fuel supervisor 's s t a f f a n d we rec'ret t h a t h e is no longer w o r k i n g k i t h us, howevel-, w e wish to welcome Mr.,, Allison and expect to m a k e him a bona fide" member of the fuel d e ~ a r t m e l l t .

Miss Ann Rodman of t h e fue l a c - count inn division snent t h e L a b o r Dav holiday-in T u l s a a h d t o u r i n g t h e sur'- rounding country. I t w a s Ann's first t r ip on t h e Fr i sco a n d she th inks the service between here a n d T u l s a is al l t h a t is claimed for it.

H. E , Mar t in o u r chief clerk, re- cen t ly a c c o m p a ~ i e d F. S. Nachtmann, min ing engineer, on a t r ip to the Ok- lahoma coal field.

Albert Lutz. fuel clerk, h a s been e s - h ib i t ing some p ic tures t a k e n whlle he w a s on his vacatlon in the Colorado mountains. A1 looks wonder fu l in his Alpine togs.

M O N E T T LOCOMOTIVE DEPT. MONETT, MO.

W e have received t w o of the 4,000 class cngines a t JIonett , for service on the f a s t f re igh t run8 between 310- n e t t a n d \Vichiln. Everyone on t h e division is predict ing a line performance f o r these engines.

Business is sure ly execut ing somp flying leaps around these par t s . H a d to i n a u g u r a t e a bum" swi tch englne t o handle t h e excess work , b r o u g h t a b o u t main ly h t h e heavy g r a p e movement. ( ~ h r c h DromDts u s to a s k . H a v e you ever sampied a ; ~ y of the delicious Ozark variet ies of th i s luscious frtrit?) - - .. . - . ,

F i r e m a n E l m e r Bal lay a n d wife. and mother, Mrs. Vincent Ballay, depar ted severa l clays a g o for a few weeks ' vn- cat ion in the Land of Promise-E'!ori- da.

Our m o s t s incere a n d heartfelt sympath ies a r e extended to engineer C. A. C a r r in the dea th of h i s wi fe , which occurred o n Augus t I S . Mr. a n d Mrs. C a r r w e r e spending the i r vacation a t E u r e k a Springs. Arkansas ,

SPRINGFIELD 1 1

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Phone 543 Woodrue Bldg. Springfield, Mo.

October, 1926

when Mrs. C a r r fell f rom a high bluff s u s t a i n i n g injuries which resulted id h e r death.

Mr. a n d Nrs. W. G. H a l l spent t h e week of September 1 4 in Chicago. w h e r e Mr. H a l l a t tended t h e Trave l ing Engineers ' Convention. T. P. Holland, road foreman, a n d son Rober t who is a machinist appren t ice in ou; shops, also a t tended t h e convention.

I f ever you a r e inclined to doubt t h e intr insic wor th and value of your roundhouse clerk,, ]us! t r y c u t t i n g him off; Immediately ~t wll l be borne uyon you in a thousand different ways, t h e invaluable a n d compre l~ens ive service he performed. \Velre speaking from experience a t AIonett. T h e day roundhouse clerlc's joh w a s abolished on September 11, a n d s ince t h a t t ime everybody h a s been going a t a "hop. sk ip a n d jump" pace. P a u l Holland. who formerly took care of the w o r k s on the day shif t , being the senior man. w a s en t i t l ed to t a k e t h e n i g h t job. a n d Carrol l Donlavy, the e rs twhi le n igh t clerk, w a s c o m ~ w l l e d to pull up s t a k e s a n d leave the roundhouse vi- cini ty a l toge ther . However, he didn't have t o g o fa r , as h e h a s se t t l ed in the c a r depar tment officc, a s 31. C. B. c1e1.k. . . ..

Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Hall , 311.. a n d Airs. C. H. Garrison, and MI', and Mrs. R. G. K a u f m a n v e r y charmingly en- te r ta ined a hos t of the i r fr iends a t a n informal dance given a t t h e beauLifr11 P a r k Casino, on . \uzust ST). The re- ception rooms were tasteful ly adorned w i t h a profusion of scasonal s a r d e n flowers in r iotous colors. which preati:. enhanccd the loveliness of the in- ter ior decorat ions a n d a r t i s t i c furn ish- lngs. D e i i r l ~ t f u l music w a s furnished by a n Orthophonic Victrola, a l t e r n a t - i n g w i t h t h e niano. Our local mechanical officers a n d thc i r wives h a v e heen unanimously voted 100 per cent excellent in the a r t o f en te r ta in ing .

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Although Miss Will igan 1s now in t h e U. S. A., she h a s not yet reached the office w i t h h e r impressions of Europe. I lowevcr, s h e cspresscd a welcome box of candy f rom Xew York City. I t is surprisin:: how m a n y of u s found busincss a round t h a t box, bu t none more t h a n I.

I a l w a y s supposed no one ever pe- rused my stuff except t h e proofreader, but my l a s t wr i te -up brought me a nice boucluet--California flowers-from Don Fellows of t h e account ing depar t - ment.

Miss Jess ie T u l k re turned f rom Cal- i fo rn ia th i s morning. \Vhile on a h u n t in t h e mounta ins s h e succeeded in depopnlnting t h a t s t a t e of five deer a n d one r i ~ t t l e s n a k e . Teas ing ra t t l e r s . s h e says, is g r e a t s l ~ o r t .

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g a r e n t s in Newburg, recently. Chief d i sna tcher Donaldson and wife

visited in Snrinrrfield recentlv. AIisses ~ o ' r t e n G e a n d Aimeda Wat t s ,

d a u g h t e r s of ass i s tan t super in tendent \Vatts, Newburg, have re turned home f r o m a visi t in Chaffce, 310.

Very s o r r y to h e a r of t h e illness of a c e n t Clark, Uld Orchard. Hope h e will bc ab le t o r e t u r n to work soon.

X. A. Kinney, first t r i ck opera tor - t icket ci~shiei- Rolla, is on h i s vacation a n d will spend p a r t of i t o u t o n the r iver , f l sh~ng. W e wish him t h e best of luck and anxiously a \ ru i t ing h i s r e t u r n to h e a r a l l a b o u t w h a t t h e fish told him.

Conductor Laughl in on No. 3 h a s re - tu rned f rom a Dieasant vacation s n e n t in Colorado.

The s tork l e f t some valuable g i f t s in t h e fol lowing Xewburg homes re - cently, Rusvell Po t te r , a fine boy.

Slierers, nicc b ig gir l and a t t h e Threfa l l s , a bouncing boy. Congra tu- lat ions a r e es tcndcd to t h e h a p p y Par- pnt-7

T h e w r i t e r received t h e o ther d a y w h a t might be a l ikeness of the new arrival . Paul E. Paulsell. Jr . Now P a t th ink vou have missed vour ca l l ing ~-.~- . - -

f o r you ~ n i g h t b e a g r e a t car toonis t some d4:, b u t do send us a p ic ture of t h ~ real boy" f o r t h e magazine. S o w t h a t we have scveral new a r - r iva l s we would be c l a d to have them - f o r t h e baby page.

Lco Roach seems to l ike the e x t r a board.

Quite a number of officials a t tended t h e funera l of Sena tor F r a n k H. Var- rls. Rolla, o n Scptelnbcr 6, held in Pal'lrer Hal l 21. S. Mines. Sena tor F.lrris wlll be grea t ly missed by one a n d al l , rspecial lv t h e Frisco family. \Vr extend o u r sincerest s y m ~ a t l l y to t h e bereaved family.

O F F I C E O F G E N E R A L YARDMASTER MONETT, MO.

H K L E N NORTHERS, Repor te r

sf. K. .Pace. genera l yardmas te r . SIonet:, is t a k i n g h i s a n n u a l t w o weelts vaca t ion : one of which will be s p c n t in h i s b ~ ~ h o o d ~ h a u n t s n e a r Xew- burg , *Mo., fishing In t h e Gascotlade Rivcr.

Several changes h a v e been made i n t h e yard office a t J lonett . Richard Mills, chief vard clerk, h a s been put in c h a r g e of bo th e a s t a n d w e s t offices. Joe Arcnd, bumping N a c k Cot- ham Hrst t r i ck ice inspector, who in turn ' bumpecl E a r l Douglass, workinl : the second trick. Mr. Lewis Mar i tan being t h e successful appl ican t for position a s e x t r a clerk, p u t on dur - ing the g r a p e a n d apple season.

This season's g r a p e movement th rough Nonet t , reached t h e appros i - mate figures of 1,100 cars. I t is a n t i - cipated t h a t t h e Fr i sco will move 300 more c a r s of g r a p e s th i s season. Much credit i s due t h e te rmina l forces a t Mouett fo r t h e sp1,endid handl ing given t h e g r a p e s a t t h l s point.

F i f t y nine young people f rom hIo- n e t t have enrolled in var ious col- legcs a n d uiiiversities f o r t h c coming veal-. Pract ical ly a l l of them have $one a n d t h e r e s t will leave d u r i n g this week. One-half of these s tudents bclong to the Fr i sco family a t 310- net t . a fact , of which w e w e very proud.

P. F. Pi t tman, opera tor "XO" office, boas t s of a n eight-pound boy. born Augus t 7. Of course h e w a s named for h i s aaB, Samuel Collins P i t tman, b u t wil l a n s w e r to t h e name of Sammy."

T h e school for locomotive firemen i s b e i n c reorganized a t t h e Rai l road Y. 31. C. A,, under t h e supervision of F r a n k Ellis. I n addit ion to th i s a n e w education club: to t a k e UD the s t u d y of "Train Handling.'' a subject in which a l l road men a r e interested. will be added to t h e schedule of t h e Railroad Y. M. C. A. th i s fal l .

E a r l Doualas. ice clerk. a n d Miss 3Inrie l<ing'.of ' h t . Vernon. 3l,0., were tluiclly ~ n a r r i c d a t t h c ?Jr.lhodist 1);rrs- onage. In J l t . Vernon, \\'etlnesday. Sep-

tember 1. Mr. a n d JIrs. Douglas have the congratulat ions of t h e N o n e t t Frisco family and siucere bes t wishes for R long and happy journey on t h e sea of matrimony.

R a y Porter , opera tor "XY" office i s t ak ing a shor t vacation. JIr . Wallace, of Springfield is filling his Vacancy.

FREIGHT ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT-ST. LOUIS, MO.

BESSIE G. M.IARAII\I)UICE, R e p o r t e r -

We a r e a l l Very pleased to have E. K. 0. Alueller, a s s i s t a n t auuitor. of f re igh t accounts a g a l n w i t h u s a f t e r a n absence of sAveral months on spa- cial ass ignment a t Seventh s t r e e t s t a - tion. JVe. hope t h a t t h i s t ime h e will remain wltll u s inderinitelv.

Miss Agnes ~ in . - - i s -a ia r&t l in ~ i t h us, lookina very fit a f t e r her s o j o u r ~ ~ abroad. J l i s s K i n g h a s ga lned some weight which 1s very becomiurr and seems jus t as pleas& to be l&k a s we nre to ha.ve her.

Several y e a r s a g o , - i t occurred to one of o u r br igh t y o u n g c le rks t h a t t h e r r weren' t enough good lawvers In this .-~. big ci ty s o he g o t down t d brass t a c k s and studied a n d on September 1 W. A. Dorsey df o u r recheck depar tGent , went into business f o r himself. W e a r e rill wish ing him Lhe best of lueli. Anyone having a n y trqpble a t home be t te r "Let Bill do 11. A hiindsolne brief case w a s given Mr. Dorsey a s a test imonial f rom his former associates.

Miss Blanche F r a n k l i n of t h e claim department, lost h e r f a t h e r o n Sep- tember 11. She has our s incere s v m - pa thy in h e r sad b e r e a v e h i n t ; -

F r e d Rohl f ing bf t h e interl ine de- p a r t m e n t i s t h e proud f a t h e r of a l i t - t le boy "Roland Allen" who w a s hnrn - - ---. on Augus t 27. Congra tu la t ions!

T h e s t o r k also visiicd t h e home of Richard Goodman, a newcomer 1x1 t h e interl ine depar tment , l eav ing a I ~ t t l e . . . - I grrl.

R. J. Bacon a n d wife re turned f r o m a p leasant t r i p east , a n d in j)assina th rough Canada he w a s well contenteci, th ree guesses why!

Niss Alice Bohn. wavbil l filer. re- s igned on September 15,-and wai-'miiG- ried on September 20. The g i r l s w i t h whom she worked gave her a s e t of s i x s i lver s a l t s a n d peppers. Con- gra tu la t ions a n d best wishes f rom all. a r e cxtended to this l ikable young eir l . -

Miss Grace weber waybll l Aler h a s J)rOudlV displaved a t ' t h e o f ~ t c c her' lov- in^ tip won 'in Analc hop contes t a t "The Highlands." She resigned Sep- tember 17 a s s h e w a s offered a n en- g a g e m e n t a t t h e Grand Cent ra l I'hea- t r e d u r i n g t h e week September 1 8 to 25 a n d wi thout doubt th i s t h e a t r e will be well patronized by Fr i sco 1 2 a n d 1 3 floor employes th i s weal;. T h e bes t wlshes of al l accompanv M i ~ s Weber in h e r new field of endeavor.

Louis Mauthe. revising department. h a s a l w a y s maintalned h is place, es- 1)ecially when dea l ing wi th Seventh S t ree t a n d a g e n t a t Per ryvi l le Junc- tion. Mo. ( H e never swears ) .

Cecil Zvorak h a s j u s t acquired a s t r o n g r i g h t d u e to uis w o r k or. t h e Seveuth S t ree t desk dtamy.

"Ed" JIead insists when s e t t l i r ~ g e la ims " tha t sauce f o r t h e goose i s sauce for t h e g a n d e ~ . " Honest! C. Gierer has j u s t s tepped into the

t races a n d will endeavor to 1-111 J. J. Kelly's place. Le t ' s h o l ~ e in work only.

>I. N. Lall inger, groughead, is a g a i n L I I ) to h i s old tricks. l~eriodical ly going to t h e "dogs" (Nadisonj .

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LlLLY KULAGE. Repor te r

.Uilto~l H i t e m a d e u s a l l g reen wlLi1 envy recently when he won a considerable monetary p r u e for subnll t- t ing a su i tab le name for a sub-divisiolr in Collinsville. 111. "Golden Acres." I L is rumored he derived the name f rom tllc color of h i s h a i r and condition of h i s feet .

Charl ie E g l i had to cancel a l l h i s o l ~ c r a t i c engagements when he had his tonsils removed t h e o ther week. H e strid i t wasn ' t half bad, except h e couldn' t t a l k enough to tel l t h e doctor w h a t h e t h o u g h t of 11in1.

Loyola McLaughlin w a s rejoicing t h a t he could no t sins while s h e could no t hear . as s h e had no less t h a n terl abcesses in her ears , bu t is now g e t - t ing a l o n g fine, bu t the w o r s t of h e r ;rCTliction w a s t h a t s h e could n o t h e a r "that cer ta in party" over t h e phone.

Girls, th i s is sad b u t t ruc , o u r only eligible t rave l ing a u d i t o r hiis "gone :rnd took unto himself a wife." Yes sir. Clyde Welch of Joplin. 310.. w a s marr ied on September 3. \Ve al l w i s l ~ t h e newlyweds much hapglness.

Clem H o r n is wish ing Lhere were more hours In t h e d a y since he h a s t h a t n e w wr is t w a t c h to a d n r ~ r e .

A1 Gerdel a n d the boys in his de- p a r t m e n t a r e s p e n d i n c s o much L i m ~ a t t h e oflice these n igh ts , r u m o r s h a v e reached u s t h a t the i r chi ldren don't know them anymore .

Mr. A s h w o r t h "our boss" h a s re - tu rned f r o m a Leek ' s vacation chock ful l of pep. H e s p e n t about half his t ime a t S ~ o r t m a n ' s P a r k a,kd is a n x - iously looking forward to i a k i n ~ t h e res t of h i s vaca t ion when w e have the world's series here. An1 a t ' r u ~ d he will have plenty of company.

Mr. Griffith is back on t h e job again. a f t e r a n ex t remely r o v a h r ide Qn Lake Huron. H e h a s r e s o ~ v e d t o st ick to the ra i l roads on f u t u r t t raveis .

Miss O'Reilly is now 011 h e r vacation v i s i t ing f r iends in Anthohy, K a n .

Roland Diehl is now o u r office boy. Mr. Pipes. o u r chief clerk. had t h e

warm s v m ~ ~ a t h v of evervbodv in t h e dep:wtmenf rekentLy whi le .he w a s d r a s g l n g a round wi th malar ia and chills. but i t faIlcd to w a r m .lim UP.

Mar ie K l e v e r is so~ourn insz i ~ r t h e ~- ~~ - - - - - ~ -.. ---. eaut -on h e r vacatior.. visit in^ Phi l - adelphia, xew York. Boston a i ~ d Can- ada. Hope fihe doesn' t g e t k l d n a ~ p e d s o f a r a w a y f rom Ilon~e, a l l s lons.

October, 1926

H a r r y Landze t t le could n o t have been much prouder 14 h e had won t h a t loving cup himself f o r Anale hopping

Otto Mueller has le f t us. b a r a n d b a g g a g e to t a k e u p h is ~ ' o l d ~ n e w ' ' a u a r t e r s on t h e t w e l f t h floor. ' P a u l S t rauss , be t te r - l ino \ \ .n a s "the f a t h e r of the F o u r H o r ~ e m e u ' i s t h e proud daddy of a n o t h e r h t t l a son. Con- gra tu la t ions to bo th J I r . a n d Urs .

W e were s o r r y to receive the resig- nat ion of J u l i a Hyncs recently. Jliris Hynes w e n t to California on a leave of absence account ili heal th.

W e recently receivcd t h e I'oliowln& g r a t i f y i n g let ter f rom J. J. Cumminb. agent . Bi rmingham, Ma.. whlch w a s very much appreciated, a n d tire rtsulL of plenty hard work :

"I a m very g l a d to annou..ct: t h a i t h e Bi rmingham Bel t is ab le LO s i t uu a n d t a k e a l i t t l e nour i shmezi . I t is g a i n i n g s t r e n g t h every d a y a n d w i t ~ r no bad luck a n d some good nursirrg i t should be ab le to be o u t nud moving a round wi th in t h e next t w o n e e k s . 1 vxpect to be ah le to issue swi tch .order reques t on Augus t business w ~ t h l r thr, n e s t two o r th ree days. P l a n s a r e a l l s e t to issue swi tch order r e q d e s ~ cur - r e ~ t l y on the September busi~ress.

The poor t h i n g h a s h a d a r a t h e r h a r d s iege of it. I t w a s b r o d r h t i n l o th i s office on a s t r e t c h e r on 3farch 9, fr iendless and homeless. w i t h al l th; diseases. aches a n d pains k n o w n to man. a n d w a s placed alongside of a number of o ther cripples. By carefu l nurs ing we have becii ab le to keep I L alive, b u t there were t imes \ then l i l a seemed a lmos t extinct . 1 k n o w you will a l l rejolcr in greet in^ i t in thc furl vigor of i t s n~anhood."

OFFICE OF CAR ACCOUNTANT- SPRINGFIELD, MO.

3 l h R l E ARNOLD, Repor te r

Vacation tas tes seem to differ a bi t , B u t the mounta ins t h i s year m a d e t h e

grea tes t hit. When Amv Cumminas a n d Nora Red- -

f e a r n Found the next vacation would be

the i r tu rn , \Vith Billie Alderfer planned f o r the

hills And g o t a n a m a z i n g lot of thrills. B u t -account a wash-out o r someth ing

11k8, At t h e foot of t h a t wonderful peak

called Pike" They had t o be conten t to stand- Lacked t ime to join the ascendinp band. Anna Mason's plctures would s a y T h a t s h e s p e n t her t ime in Bob's

coupe In Denver's mountains, by s t r e a m s

f a s t a n d slow, T h r o u a h s u m m e r hea t a n d win te r

snow. Nellie Clifton a n d XIildred Prophet Took a l l t h e mountain tr ips, even the

SIoRat. A t midnight t h e y drove t h e sleep from

the i r eyes And rode u p t h e peak to see the s u n

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Thought anyth ing s h o r t of the coast a *in -..-.

They spent one day a t the Canyon Grand

And the res t of the i r time in the poppy !and.

Anna H e l b ~ g also w e n t o u t t h a t far- There wasn' t a t h i n g h e r t r i p to m a r Except h igh w a t e r on some of t h e

t rack T h a t made h e r a lmos t w a n t to t u r n

back. Two of t h e office requested a leave. They real ly need it, w e believe. Theda P y l a n d w a s f i r s t to go, \Ve hope h e r recoverv won't be slow. ICelle?. G r a y n e s t took the t r a i n H e r he,alth in t h e fa r , f a r wes t to re-

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Zella Shawley a n d N a r g u e r i t e Lulai- JVllen asked a b o u t the i r t r ip would

sigh. They wanted to g o t o Syracuse B u t thought they never would g e t the

"a,"= ..u .. - T h a t they could g o a t t h e t ime they'd

nlanned. ( ~ h 6 i r service r i g h t s no t ime could

demand.) E l izabe th Owen w e n t t o h e r slster. T is needless to s a y t h a t t h e office

missed her. Xrs. L a u b a n d h e r son w i t h t w o w e e k s

to kill . - . - - - - Spent the i r vacation in Fayettevil le . hlabel H u n t , o u r smal les t steno. On a las t ing leave of absence did go- The kind t h a t before s o u leave you

r ~ s i r r n . . -. -. . To t a k e up w o r k of a n o t h e r line. We hope t h a t she l ikes K C and h e r

work. We know t h a t her du t ies shc'll never

sh i rk . . -~ . - --. At l a s t to my o w n vacatlon I Come And when I begin you'll wish I were

dumb. You'd b e t t e r be g l a d t h a t here I lack

SDRCI? And 'there's no chance of meet ing m e

face to face, F o r w h e n I a e t s t a r t e d I'm not like - -~ - ~~- ~~. . --..-

a ton- I never -run down nor k n o w when to

stop. M y s i s te r a n d I rode eas te rn t r a i n s And wi th wondrous s i a h t s w e filled

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o u r brains. Of course in New York we stopped

for awhi le And on i t s s t rce t s t ramped m a n y a

mile. We ntopped a t the "Sesky" too' on o u r

way- And s a w most al l i t s s i g h t s in one

rlnv. A t o-<q-~apitol City-Washington, Along wit! o t h e r s t h e s i g h t s w e r e

"done. 'Tis every patriot 's d r e a m come t r u e Those old historical spots to v i e w - T o w a l k upon each famed old streLt T o mos t of u s i s a wonder fu l t reat . And n o w vaca t ion d a y s a r e done. We've spent o u r money a n d h a d o u r

f i ~ n We'&kdy the winter 's work to begin W i t h added pep and v igor a n d vim.

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suits , wi th caps to match , pmct lca l - ly new, for sale. Anyone interested wi l l k ind ly g e t in touch w i t h J. K. Gibson. 300 Fr i sco Building, Spring- field, Missouri.

MECHANICAL DEPT. NEWS SPRINGFIELD, MO.

ALTA NORTHCUTT, Repor te r

One of o u r ve te ran s tenographers , Bernice Alcorn, i s the th i rd vict im i n th i s depar tment to succumb to Dan Cupid's u n e r r i n g grim wi th in t h e pas t f e w weeks. J. n. Gilliam. rreneral foreman of t h e c a r depar tmeht gt~1<&: sas City i s t h e lucky Romeo, a n d h e i s to be congra tu la ted ; f o r h e cer- t a in ly c o t a jewel. On Thursday . Sen- tember-16, a t h igh noon, Dr. ~ & G i s 31. Hale. nas tor of t h e F i r s t Bant i s t C ~ U < C I ~ ' a t spri~<gfiZid, t i e z - - t h e k G i which united this hir l~py couple in the holy bonds of matrimony. On t h e eve of the i r weddina t h e mechanical de- p ~ r t m e n t employis presented t h e bride to be w i t h ;r beautiful flfty-viecc si lver set-anniversary design. Miss i l lcorn served h e r apprenticcahip in th i s de- p a r t m e n t a n d found the mechanical Lerms so fasc ina t ing t h a t s h e continued puzzling over them unti l s h e became q u i t e a n a r t i s t in h e r line of work. Xr. Gill iam i s well k n o w n over t h e e n t i r e system, having been in t h e se rv- ice of t h e Fr i sco a t different points in numerous capacit ies f o r severa l years. Immedia te ly a f t e r t h e cere- mony Mr. a n d Mrs. Gilliam deparled f o r Det ro i t where tile? c s p e c t to pur - chase a new H u p m o b ~ l c and t h r y in- tend to motor back to. Kansns City. the i r f u t u r e home.

We welcome to o u r r a n k s lnlogene Barlow, who ha8 acce11Led a sLeno- graphic position in this officc. Miss Bar low w a s former ly a n employe o f Llie Fr i sco a t Jlarnphis.

T h e lure of t h e ltrlies h a s cal led R. F . P e t e r s to \\'isconxin. Accomimnied b y Xrs . Pe te rs , he is spending h is v a - cat ion in t h e north. Angl ing will be h i s principal pnst imc whi le t h e r e a n d h e will, no doubt , tel l u s a fish s t o r y t h a t will be a mastcrpicce w h e n h e returns. W e hopc Mr. P e t e r s suc- w e d s in h i s effort to d r o w n Iris a n - nual a t l a c k of h a y fever while in \Iris- consin.

Our s y m p a t h y is extended to J. X. Gibson and family in the reccnt loss of his mothcr.

Even c lgars a n d candy may serve a s news hcarers-and whirt more p l c a s i n ~ : w a y could be devised to announce the a r r iva l of a brand new son. LeRoy D v s a r t is tho h;ri)nv f a t h r r .

Not to be bcu ' td o u r engineer of tests. J. L. Ryan , displayed a western unlon ; ~ n n o u n c i n g t h e b i r th of a l i t t l e d a u g h t e r in St. Paul , Minnesota.

Eunice N o r r o w h a s re turned f rom a n extcnded t o u r of t h c west. ~ f t L = v iewing t h e s i g h t s of P o r t l a n d a n d Seatt le , s h e boarded t h e Southern P a - cific f o r Los Anrcles. w h e r e s h e merit severa l d a v s w i t h relat ives who seem to have impressed u p o n h e r mind t h e f a c t t h a t Cal i forn ia w a s t h e or ig ina l Rarden of Eden.

A recent welcome visi tor to this o f - fice w a s L. C . Hensel , Mr. Hensel was emplosed b y t h e F r i ~ c o f o r a number of s e a r s a s clectrical engineer. H e is now located in Chicago a s ass i s tan t snlcs m a n a g c r for the Edison B a t t c r y Company.

Messrs. W. J. Crnig and Eujiene ;\Ioore, accompanied by the i r w ~ v e s . ;ire in Chicago a t t e n d i n g a convcntion of t h e chief in te rchnnxe c a r insnector's ?nd c a r for-rmen's assooiat ion of Amer- ica. I t is an t ic ipa ted t h a t t h e association will have t h e b igges t a n d bes t convention t h i s year t h c y have ever had.

R u f u s Clark is back a t h i s desk aga ln , a f t e r h a v i n q s p e n t a t w o weeks ' vacation v is i t ing relat ivcs in Kentucky . Ind iana a n d Illinois. H e repor t s a v e r y nice a n d res t fu l vacation.

Headed f o r nowhere in l ~ a r t i c u l a r . Jno . C. Con!ey, leisurely drives his new blue-black Peerloss" about t h e s t r e e t s of Springfield wi th a self-satisfied a i r . I t is a good looking car , and we a r e g lad J o h n gives u s a n oppor tun i ty to look it over occasionally.

Coral Ooley is pending her vacation in the sunny southland. Af te r a h u r - ried esp lora t ion of the m y s t r r i o u s h u t ever fasc ina t ing ci ty of New Orleans. where people a p p e a r to live a lmos t

snr ren t i t ious lv in their coffin-like -. - - - - ~ ~

houses, ~ o r a - i will visi t Galveston's famous beach. She will r e t u r n to Springfield v ia Dallas.

- I t w a s w i t h regre t t h a t we said "good-bye" to o u r genial wheel-record clerk. T. .I. Honkinson. who recently di-i&ed f i r n ~ i g m i , ~ l o r i d a .

Those delicious A r k a n s a s apples a r e s o t e m p t i n g t h a t w e were n o t sur - prised when F l o Blevans chose to nnenrl h e r vacation o n h e r a r a n d f a t h - er's f ru i t - f a r m n e a r ~ o g e r s , - A r k a n s a s . W e each expected a b i g apple when F l o re turned but ins tead s h e t rea ted u s to a sumptuous cocoanut cake. So n o w w e a l l a a r e e t h a t F l o can opcra te a cook-stove most a s well a s she does a t yprwr i te r .

E d w i n J a v Orr , who has acted in thc capacity of'office boy s o eff iciently f o r t h e pas t several m o n t h s h a s resijinefl to e n t e r collcae. H e is' succecded to this position by Wesley Shane.

LINDENWOOD MECHANlCAL DEPARTMENT

CELESTINE DKVEREUS, Repor te r

Quot ing S h a k e Spoke: "As S h a k e Spoke did n o t g e t to t h e

Fr i sco picnic, he evidently missed a t rea t bu t f r o m w h a t is heard, i t would be sAfe to bet t h a t he does no t miss the n e s t one. The n ight g a n g enjoyed the i r f e w hours a t t h e picnic, a n d were loath to come to work a t night . B Y midnight , the soda w a t e r a n d ice c ream made the boys feel blue, u n t i l , some one came wi th t h e lef t overs, t w o gallons of c ream a n d a la rge w a t e r melon. Oh boy! T w o of the niai l t g a n g said they could e a t ice c r e a m b e t t e r t h a n do w o r k a n d w e belleve them. 31uch credit i s due to t h e en te r - t a in ing committee f o r p u t t i n g Over such a good plcnic a n d w e hope these will be a n n u a l affairs. ( W e hope Cov did t h e Charleston dance a s h e sajd pe intended to show t h e d a y gulps h l s s tapre:)

\ve congra tu la te B u r e t t e Yount on being pronloted to second class machinist." This m u s t have mven him ~ ~~

:ourage a s B u r e t t e i s now 6nc of t h e marr ied men".

"Nathaniel P. Duffv has forsaken t h e n igh t g a n g , h a v i n a secured a day job. This will give him more t ime to play ball wi th his son."

"Durina a l l this hot wea ther , the' n igh t g a h g 'in block' h a s been prac- t icing swimming. W e do not w a n t t o t r y t o swim t h e Engl i sh channel , but we s u r e would l ike t o p lay w i t h t h e mermaids a t Miami t h a t Mr. J a m e s h a s told u s about."

T h e picnic given b y members Of Local No. 5 w a s a s igna l social success. Those of u s w h o w e r e unable t o a t t e n d fel t t h e disannointment a l l t h e more keenly a f t e r hav ing heard t h e non-exaggerated reports . Foreman Gibbons exhibited h i s ski l l a t one- s tepping and foreman Norminaton thri l led a n audience wi th his in te rpre- tat ion of the "Merry Widow" waltz. B a s k e t lunches, pink lemonade, w a t e r melon, r tc . sat isf ied hardy appeti tes . Nuch crpdii is due C. S. T u r n e r of the en te r ta inment committee.

Claude Neeley has re turned to w o r k a f t e r a n absence of some seven days. Claude had h is tonsi ls removed, therefore, it behooves Mr. Gorman t o under - g o s imi la r operat lon to avoid t h e possibi l i ty of discord in the i r vocal duets.

MEN1 HERE'S BUTTONS THAT SNAP ON No sewing necessary. Piloher's "Detachable" Bachelor But- tons At any garment. Don't bother to sew or worry about buttons. If dealer can't sul~nly, send 25c for full us- sortment of 3 sizes, 3 colors.

PILCHER MANUFACTURING CO., Inc. Dept. 401 Louisville. Ky.

October, 1926

C. Will iam Ownby has been t r a n s - fe r red f rom the locomotive to t h e cdr clcyarunent as c a r cwrlc, effective Sep- tember 2. \Vc cungra tu la te h im on h i s u s y g n m e n t .

Pile a r lves of the supervision a n d s h o l ~ m e n enjoyed a n excursion ou the S t e a m e r J. S.. -august 17.

Vacationists: General foreman. W. J. b'iclie, a n d wi te recently relurlicd Lro111 a t w o weeks ' t r ip in the west a u d south. H e took in Colorado S p i i ~ i g . ~ . Canadian, Texas, a n d K a n s a s City. T h e R o c k v F o r d melons a n d mounta in t r o u t chr ia in ly agreed with him.

Cencral c a r foreman \V. J. Giilcxpic a n d wife toured the west-seemingly a g r e a t favor i te wi th mechanical delxirt- ment emnloves. Colorado Snrinrrs. b e n - ver , st& 'park a n d sal t ' ~ t G e City cntercd la rgc ly in t h e tour.

3l iss P e a r l As l~ lock of thn c a r de- p a r l m e n t showed h e r appreciat ion o i Amcrlca 's n a t u r a l wonders a n d we discover she , too, visited t h e west .

N ~ s s Crlentc O'Neil of the wtorc depar tn len t w a s contcn t t o , remain in AIissouri, a n d s p e n t a n enjoytrhlc s t a r in Castlewood.

J o h n H. Sdndcrs a n d familv visited in Xashvillc. Tennessen.

%."rank L R u r t a n d fami ly visited in Villa Ridge, Missouri.

K c l ~ a i r trzrclc foreman Jar, F o r s t n e r a n d fami ly recently re turned f rom the Grea t . Lakcs. J lr . F o r s t n r r claims a ga in of ten pounds. Wonder w h a t "brxnd" tonlc he h a s hren tak inc .

Engincer A. H. Knelle re turned f r o m a month 's Vacntion. H e spent most of his t ime in Sa l t L a k e City a n d T,os Xngeles.

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~ c u , vislted this dek)artnlent first of the m o n ~ h . J L ~ . i\latlles 1s 011 a s i x wecks ' leave of absence a n d is allendlug m o u ~ uf h l s t ime visi l i t la relatives In tkrkan- hils. h e 1s belIlg rellcved , b y llrlenlul B. W. El l io t t f r o m P l ~ a r r ~ s gang .

h e s s r s . Brcrlnarl a n d \ V i l l ~ a m s o ~ ~ s p c n t a few d a y s Lhe h r s t of the m o n t l ~ A s h ~ n g n e a r Hahatonlca. I ' requent rallls a n d high w a t e r in fe r fe r red wi th their usual luck, however, they reported some nice catches.

George I?. Linster , ass t s tan t superiu- tenaenL telegraph, a n d wife, a r e spend- ~ n g i~ shor t v a c a L i o ~ ~ wlttl relat ives ln J lon tana .

S. 8. J lusgrave . genera l forern;ti~ e n t c r ~ a i n r d h i s b ro ther Brucc JIus- c r a v e a n d wifc several dxvs t h ; ~ nlonth. hlr. Jlu:sgrave-is at;-;iiRil'i.eF f o r the P c n ~ ~ s y l v a n i a rai lroad a n d his home i s in Sunbury, Pa.

Aliss Alice Larlcin, chief telenhonc opcra tor is s p e n d i u i h e r v a c a t ~ b n in getyoit . Niss E t h e l Hil l is a e t i ~ ~ g chief" d u r i n g Miss L a r k ~ n ' s abse~ice . H. Z. Woodall, forcman, is on vaca-

tion, be in^ relieved by Koss Hancier , So1)tember 17.

Hay T. Sol>er, personal record c le rk , s p e n t a few d a y s in Louisville. Icy.. l a s t month. v i s i t ing a t t h e home of his parents .

This depar tment has jus t recently in- s tal led new J lorkrum-Kle insc l~midt t e l c g r a l ~ h typewriters in t h e re lay of- ficcs a t St. Louis .and Springfield.

Foreman Phar r l s ' r a n g h a s moved into thc i r new passenger car outfit a n d the boys a l l seem well pleased. These c a r s a r e madr-over nassenr.e6, c a r s which were re t i red from revenue service. They a r c a k o n i i r f u i i l n : provement over the old f re igh t c a r s former ly used. W e hope to have them for a l l of o u r g a n g s -soon.

At t h e first piercing shr iek , P a a n d J I a Hul t sch thought they were l is ten- i n g to w a n d opera a s t h e famous so- prano w a s do ing her bit but as the sc ream turned in to a ldw croonina moan the i r curiosi ty w a s a t high- rtst ehb unti l they finally discovered t h a t o u r own Lil l ian HultsCh-not Gish-had s tumbled a g a i n s t a c h a i r in t h e darkened reccsses of h e r bou- d o i r a n d a s a result sus ta ined a broken toe. She has been limnins:' about f o r the pas t th ree weeks wi th her toe in splints. However. a t the presen t time, s h e is much improved a n d we hope she will soon be ahle to join the r a n k s of our o ther Charleston dodfiing stenos.

OLIVER'S GANG H O L L Y SPRIKGS, MISS. --

1.1. J.. BRAY, Repor te r

This g a n g has invaded the south. W c a r c on a n es t imate f rom Holly Spr ings to the Alabama s t a t e line.

\$'c had qui te a move down here, I c a v i n ~ S p r i n ~ f i e l d Augus t 3 1 , : ~ n d a r - r iv ing here Scptemhcr 2 , in t ime to work a couple of hours.

r ~ i n f m a n S. 31. W o r t h y w a s s l igh t lv injured Augus t 28, a t Chadwick while c r a n k i n g thc motor ear .

The only bad fea turc we find ahout th i s es t imntc is black diamond poles. Th(:,v a r c somewhat hcavier t h a n the w l i ~ t r cedar 1 6 foot polcs we havn hecn handl ina f o r tlic pas t few months.

Mr. a n d Mrs. A. Hull. cooks, dr- r;erve much credit fo r thc i r p r k d u r - I n p o u r move clown here, h a v ~ n r served uverv mc:nl d u r i n g a 350-mile move.

Qeorfic R n t v snvs he fccls much more enlightened since spending :I day in T-Tarvarrl (Ark . )

John Adkinson h a s re turned to the .qnng a f t e r a th l r tv !lay varntlon.

Ren l'icrre is t : ik~nc . a two W c c k ~ ' .--(:ation. He is dun hack Scptembrr 15.

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\Vr a r e v e r y s o r r v to repor t 3 1 ; ~ ~ - t i n XTcGr~ire's n r r i r lmt . H e is now in tho hospital suffcrinp wi th n sprained

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knee. W e hope t h a t he will soon be ab le to r e t u r n to the gang.

Lineman a n d Mrs. A'. H. Harb ison a r e t h e proud paren ts of a five a n d one-half pound boy. L i t t l e J a c k is do- ing nicely.

Lineman Thos. Wilson a n d wife have jus t re turned f r o m a vacation syen , with his p a r e n t s in Tennessee.

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on t h e prize f ight a n d t h e world H e be ina t h e oldest bidder on t h i s DO- -

series. F o r e m a n W. F. Donahue is s p o r t i n g

a new S t a r coupe.

sition. Chief L i t t l e l e f t on h i s vacation a n d - ~ ~ - -~ - ~-

will visi t in -Chicago a n d o t h e r eas t - e r n cities. H e wil l be relieved by n ight chief F r e e m a n dispatcher Smith wi l l rel ieve Mr. F r e e m a n while opera tor "sp~v OFFICE-SPRINGFIELD, MO. Bill ChristoDher of >Iarionville will rel ieve Mr. 'Smith.

G. C. VERXILLIOS. Repor te r

Opera tor Lemons, first trick. sou th- e r n junction, bid in second tr ick t h e w , T h i s vacancv m a d e b v Mr. Dickerson

o p e r a t o r Wal lace a n d wife a r e t h e proud paren ts of a s ix a n d one-half p_ound d a u g h t e r Norma J e a n born Ju ly z 1.

Onerator P a t Paulsel l a n d wife a r e r e t i r i n g a f t e r reachink t h e a g e limit.

Operator Sheppard f rom "S" office w a s t h e oldest bidder o n t h e first t r i ck Southern Junction.

O ~ e r a t o r Hull. first t r i ck "SP" of-

the nroud n a r e n t s of a son. P a t Jr.. horn ' J u l y i9. ong gratulation< folks!

.\gent Ted Purse l l of Galloway h a s left fo r points unltnown, t a k i n g a b o u t a ten-dav vacation. Ooerator E. T r o t -

f ice-has re turned f rom h i s vacation a n d t e r relieGed Ted. Operator 3IcNutt th i rd trick. South-

e r n Junction, h a s gone to the hills to ea t f r ied chicken a n d g e t a l i t t l e rest.

repor t s a wonderful time. Operator C. E. Roderick assigned to

third t r ick te legrapher Aurora Tower.

Nral Lawson , section foreman and his gang at Collins, Mo. , partsed long crlor~gh in their 7uorfi to pose for the occonlpanying PIzotograpli.

News and Views of the Superaisors

Lineman J. >I. Saxton is now on a \ V X B. S K I X S E R , Repor ie l

J a m e s T. Walsh, huller foreman a1 the wes t shop, Sgringflcld, s ~ e n r t h first fifteen days of Srpternbcr on h ~ s vacation v is i t ing Memuhis a u d ,$the[ southern points. Glad to h a w J immie" w i t h u s again.

Fol lowing a p p o i i ~ L t n c ~ ~ t s in the s u p - ervision have been made:

F r a n k L. Brown, assisrar.t ca r foreman a t Nonet t , in nlace of John E .

S. C. Wilson, ass i s tan t boiler fore- m a n a t Spr ing wes t shop resigned September 1. Mr. Wilson h a s in te r - e s t s in min ing operat ions a t Eminence. Missouri, which require much of h i s time. Sincerelv hope t h a t Salem s t r i k e s "pay dir't" a n d will remember his m a n v fr iends a t the w e s t shon.

vacation. Mrs. E . C. H o l t had the mis for tune

of losing her uncle. She IS now vlsi t- ing in Paris , Texas.

E t h r e n Coates, l ineman, spent a few d a y s visi t ing his paren ts in Mountain Grove, 3x0.. recently.

~ a m e s ' H. Osborne has been - appointed to position of boiler g a n g foreman a t S~rin!3ield w e s t shop. DONOHUE'S GANG

HARDY, ARK. A I ~ supirviGion a t Wes t Springfield shop a r e a l l fo r the Sa in t Louis Cardi- na l s winning the pennant in the S r r - t ional League. The major i ty of them

Graham who w a s transferrec? i o shop inspector a t Sapuipa.

Char les A. Phillips. boiler foreman a t Lindenwood. in olace of J o h n M .

J. E. A'USSBAUX Repor te r

This g a n g unloaded poles f rom H a r d y to Jonesboro, Augus t 18 a n d 19.

P ~ r r v Clalhoiln is a nroud Dana. I t

a r e making. plans to g o to- St. Louis to see one of t h e Sunday games.

R. E. Elick, tool room foreman a t Sgringfleld wes t shop a t tended the a n - nual convention of the American Rai i -

F i t sgera ld , who w a s t r a c s f s r r e n tc boiler foreman a t Kewleshc~.

Byron B. Bri t tel i , roundt~o~*! ie foreman. Willow Snrinzs. in nlace of S.

- -..a ~- - -~ . . is a . twelve-pound girl:

F o r e m a n Mi. F. Donahue resumed charge of the g a n g September 1. a f t e r snendina his s ix tv days vacation in

Tool F o r e m e n held in Chicago, a t the Hotel Sherman, September 1. 2 and 3. Mr. Elick repor t s m a n y in te res t -

E. niccoy, who w a s - t k u s f t r r o d ;.s a s - s i s t a n t roundhouse foreman a t Amory.

. . H-ot ~ p t 3 n a s Ark.

S t r a w BOA F. K. w o r t h y spent twc, w e e k s w i t h home fo lk in JIisslssippr.

Geo. Trask , g roundman, took a week off to see the s i g h t s of t h e St. Louis Exposition t h e first of t h e month.

T h i s g a n g celebrated L a b o r D a y a t the i r respective homes a n d re turned t o w o r k in good spirits.

Groundman E d B a r t l e t t w a s t rans- fe r red f rom Woodall 's g a n g to t h i s g a n a the first week In September.

Thls g a n g is s t i l l w o r k i n g in t h e rocks a n d a l l t h e men a r e e n d u r i n z the ho t w e a t h e r nicely.

JAneman F r a n k Schill finished h is radio s e t which i s a five-tube neut ro- dyne a n d is g e t t i n g ready to t u n e in

Mississippi. A\. I<. W a t e r s , a i r b rake f o r e n ~ a n a t

K a n s a s City, in place of Ray PLschai who resigned.

John W. Fi t sgera ld , boil6r t o h m a n in place of J a m e s P. S a w s ~ r , de-

ing lectures on ra i lway tools a n d all- pliances a n d a n exceptional number of wonderful exhibits. esoeciallv a rol ler f b ; ~ ~ ~ i G l i i i - g -&iit i ide i o a b r a s k e v which made the bore of brasses the s a m e xx cold roiled brass leav ing a hard finish.

ceased. S. E. McCoy, a s s i s t a n t roundhouse

foreman in place of Alber t R. Pe te rson resigned.

E m i l L a n g e boiler foreman, in place of 0. W. ~ r i c G s o n , w h o le f t t h e service.

C. P. H a r n e s t annointcd n i g h t round-

J. B. Gilliam, genera l foreman a t K a n s a s City, a n d Miss Bernice Alcorn. ~ t e n o g r a p h e r in the office of super intendent of motive power were marr ied on SeDtember 16. W i t h one accord a l l ~ u ~ e r G i s o r s ~ i ~ h them m a n y years of happiness.

W e r e g r e t to announce t h e dea th of E r n e s t Stuclti, f a t h e r of Will iam E. Stucki , e rec t ing g a n g foreman a t Springfield w e s t shop. F u n e r a l se rv- ices were held on Sa turday . Septem- ber 18. a t t h e St. John's Evangelical church. I n t e r m e n t w a s made in J Iap le P a r k Cemetery. Mr. Stuclti w a s a man well l iked b y h i s wide number of acqua in tances a n d his p a s s i n a much regret ted. The deceased is survived by the widow, th ree daughters , Mrs. C l a r a Robertson, San Angelo. Texas ; Nrs . F. B. Craven Orlando, Fia.: a n d Mrs. J o e H c K e n n a ' S p r ~ n g f i e l d : and three sons. k. E. ~ L c k i . Springfield: F r e d Ober- heck, Springfield, a n d Charles S tucki Orlando. F l a .

house foreman a t -Lawton. - - ~ - - - - - ~~

George 31. Jessee, appointed asxist- a n t foreman a t W e s t Tulsa.

4. Schafnit t , appointed a s s i s t a n t c a r

SAPULPA, OKLAHOMA f o r e n ~ a n a t Enid. in lace of D. W. . -

~ i l l e p w h o resigned. he' fo l lowing posi t ions abolished:

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~ i l l i a m S. H a r r i s piecework checker a t Memphis. h a s iieen t ransfer red to Yale, Tennessee.

L. E. Reddick, boiler g a n g foreman a t Snrlnafield w e s t shop, h a s been a p -

NORTHERN DIVISION I a s s i s t a n t boiler foreman.

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in s t i l l w e a r i n g h is s t r a w h a t a n d Alpaca sui t . Someth lng m u s t be done! We have pleaded, imTIl0red a n d threa tened but a l l in vain. T h e fif- t een th of September s imply doesn't mean a t h l n g to him-apparently h e will only listen to "What t h e cold

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October, 1926

to da te we have received no card from llinl. Will give you a report of his win later.

There is nothinr of snerial interest. - - - - .~ .-- . .-~ ... .-. to repor t - re la t ive to the tribe in our office, who a re "wearing the greens." Can it be possible tha t the St. Louis Pennant race is of more i m ~ o r t a n c e a t the present movement than gol f?

Things a r e not always what they seem and those, who thought they de- tected an aroma of "Four Roses" float- ing up from our basement were cer- tainly disappointed to find tha t i t was only a new varnish tha t Bruce was t ry ing out on his radio case.

OFFICE DIVISION ENGINEER F O R T SCOTT, KANS.

C. B. CATCHWG. Reporter

Everybody is too busy to have much news this month. The 1927 budget has kept al l the men on the go.

B. H. Crosland, former draftsman. has been transferred to the Kansas City Terminal a s roadmaster. W e a r e all pleased to see Bennie ge t the pro- motion, but ha te to lose hlm out of tlle office. The verv best wishes of tllt! bovs rro with him. - - - * - - . . ..- ..-- ~ - .

G. L. Remmers has been promoted to Mr. Crosland's former position which of course has created an onen-' i na all down the line.

~~~ - - - ---. H. W. Smith is no& looking a f t e r

the Kansas City roundhouse improve- ments. This improvement is quite expensive so is t a k i n r auite a lot of - . -- . .- time UD there.

The - re laying of the Kansas City sub-division with new 100-pound rail is progressing. Patterson ~ n d his gang a r e st i l l s taying out in the woods." they a r e nt Olathe now, and a re making good progress with the re-running of curves and tangents preparatory to the re-laying of the new rail.

Chairman J. R. Kuhn resigned the first of September to return to school.

Ivan Cassil of Mountain Grove Mo. has been added to the force a s c'hainl man. H e is another one of the boys from tha t section of the country.

Our stenographer Niss Richardson, will leave in a s h o ~ + while for a brief vacation.

Ea r l Shumaker, former maintenance clerk, is working in the superintendent's office a s 6 9 1 clerk.

Reed Dar l ing is working a portion of his time a s maintenance clerk in the engineer's office and part in ' t he su~e r in t enden t ' s office.

Robert N. Nash chainman, spent Labor Day with i i s relatives in St. Louis.

This section of the country, tha t is in this vicinity, has been hit by hard rains, but tlle company did not suffer any wash-outs. The Santa Fe, Mis- souri Pacific and Rock Island had quite a lot of track under water.

The northern division has been r . a k i n g good progress with the rail- laying.

MECHANICAL D E P A R T M E N T F O R T SCOTT, KANS.

WALLER R. HECK, Reporter

D. J. Spencer, pusher engineer and wife. a r e among several from Ft. Scott who a r e p lannina on seeing the world series games. Mr. Spencer has transportation to St. Louis Philadelphia and New Pork and i n t G d s to see a l l of the Kames if possible.

C. J. Ball engineer has bumped Robt. ; \ lc~o&el l on t i e Afton local. Engineer Ball's run was pulled off recently. Robt. hIcDowell has bumped engineer Oughton on the Baxter Sr~r ings switcher.

John J. Kelly, sheet metal worker has just returned from a ten-day vacation t r ip to Nebraska and T o ~ e l t a Kansas. He attended the State F a i r a i Lincoln. Nebr., and also a t Topeka.

Roy Whi te and Benny Stoner have also returned from a fifteen-day tril, to Omaha. Nebraska and South Da- kota.

Tom Holland, road foreman of

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rnan~agement takes no chances with water I I I troubles. IIII l ii Dearborn service is t rue economy.

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equipment is a t tending a fuel convention in Chicago a t the present time. J u s t received a card from Tom and he s ta ted tha t the weather was l ike everything else in Chicago-very "wet."

W: L. Fowler and bride have just returned from a trip through the east.

Sam Bowman, pensioned engincer was a visitor a t the roundhouse the other day looking over the recent im- provements. Although Mr. Bowman is not actively employed he keeps in touch with the Frisco, and watches it progress.

Erl BIarner and Ward Goodrich. nen- s i o x a e i i g i n e e r s were-visi tors a t - the "Accident Prevention Meeting" held by Mr. Bevans in F t . Scott this, month.

Decker "Bob" Watson and "Bill" were in Fo r t Scott assistinrr in the overhauling of our Brown Hoist. I t is being glven a general overhauling and will bc out of service about three weelis.

Geo. P. Johnson is drlving a new car. George s ta tes this is his Arnt ca r and on his first drive into the country he had the misfortune to rnn into a slipnery place in the road and got the back wheels In a ditch. He was as- sisted by other motorists and got out without much trouble and proceeded on without any fur ther mishaps. Nrs. Johnson says she is aolng to s t ay a t home unti l Georze gets a l i t t le more .. - esnerience.

Hugh Whi te is back a t F t . Scott a s flrst class machinist. He was transferred from BIemphis, where he went af ter completing hls a~prent iceshi r ) a t the west shop.

Robt. Bradley, machinist, is taklng a 60-day leave on account of ill health.

MASTER MECHANIC'S OFFICE KANSAS CITY, MO.

H. F. SHIVERS, Reporter

3Iisses Eleanor Forster, Dorothy

Johnson and Agnes Lynch spent Labor Day in Xemphis.

L. J. Leigh is th inking of going into the automobile business now since he has acquired so much experience in overhauling his Oakland six.

H. L. Johnson has got him another Ford that has three speeds: s tar t . shudder and fall apart .

Roundhouse clerk Lewnllen has renewed his lease on life since his wife came back from Hugo.

J. B. Gilliam, general foreman car department, traded his Tfrillys-Knight for a Hupmobile and while on his vacation the la t te r par t of September went to Detroit and drove his new ca r back and incidentally brought back with him. the new Mrs. Gilliam. Thanks fo r the cigars and candy. JIay all your days be crowded full of happiness and prosperity.

L. J. Leigh, assistant general foreman ca r department, is working from early till late these days endeavorins to complete his new domicile he is e rec t ina in the Rosedale section.

The Business and Professional Wom- en's Club of Kansas City is in foy a very busy season this wmter judg~nrr from the amount of mail being received by BIiss Eleanor Forster.

R. E. Willer has been busv lalelv dusting off his radio preparatory to the opening of the radio season.

The condition of Chester Gandy car oiler a t Rosedale, who has been 'confined to the hospital for sometime, continues to show improvement and from all indications he will be up and around before very long.

Neil S. Hendricks who has been employed a s car clerk a t Rosedale for sometime, has left our service to enter P ra t t University a t Brooklyn, N. Y., to take up the study of chemical engineering. Fred T. Williams succeeds Hendricks a s clerk a t Rose- dale.

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COMMERCIAL OFFICE CHATTER KANSAS C I T Y

IRENE 3IORRISON. Repor te r

Some people a r c born with black eyes while o t h e r s acqui re them. How- ever, when SWye w a s asked "hon. come," sa id Ilc woke up wi th it." Be- licve i t o r not!

Geo. S t o r y a n d Bill DeVeney a g a i n proved themselves cliaml)eens in the Sa turday a f te rnoon golf g a m e w i t h Joe Wi l t sh i re a n d J o h n Sachen. This we cannot s a v v y unless i t be t h a t J o c and John have not yet reached the r lpe old a g e s o essential In the a r t of playing golf. However, we a r e a n s i - ously looking f o r w a r d to t h e b i g aarnc. between W. L. CoIeman a n d o u r fr iend George L i g h t whefl the best real golf ~ > l ; ~ s e i - of t h e Fi-lsco wlll be de te r -

All t h e o t h e r s have to buy new ones. Steve broke t h e record th i s year

coming down to the office only four t imcs d u r i n g h is whole vacation. W e intended to presen t him w i t h a bou- uue t of golden rod uDon h is re turn . bu t evidently sonleone else bea t us to it -- --.

Whcn Bill's g a r a g e is flnished he will be in the m a r k e t f o r a good car . He h a s had several offers f r o m var i - o u s f r iends b u t s a y s t h e c a r hc buvs m u s t come equipped wi th a n engine. Anybody help him o u t ?

MECHANICAL D E P A R T M E N T KANSAS CITY, MO.

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Mrs. Alike Murphy recently paid a mined. visi t to h e r son XIikc, Jr., a t P i t t s - W. L. Coleman a n d P e t e Rose a r e burg , Kansas .

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h r . a n u alrs . Gail Rccse and family. sllerlt a f e w d a y s In K a n s a s Clty visi t - lng Jlr. Hease's fa ther . a n d mother.

Clarence E h n i h a s beell o n t h e s ick list ..--.

E d w a r d H u n t e r a n d fami ly have l e f t f o r a f if teen-day vacation.

I.'ranlt Junlcins, cllvision cha i rman shol) c r a f t s assoc la t io r~s , spent a few d a y s in the hosyital on account of a n a t t a c k of acu te indigestion.

Tliomas Redmond second c lass boil- c r m a k e r has le f t flor the e a s t where he eX1)ects to visi t Buffalo. N&V York City, Montreal, Canada, Chicago a n d hasnvi l le , Tenn.

\Villlam Ma11se11 underwent a n operat ion f o r t h e removal of his ton- s i l s recently.

W a l t e r Shultert is s t a y i n a in Wichi- tn, Kansas , where he is undergoing t r e a t m e n t s f o r s tomach trouble.

Augus t XIoline who w a s em]>loyed a t K a n s a s City shol)s has been ret ired f rom service account rcaching the a g e l imit , a n d w a s presented wi th a beau- t i ful watch given by t h e boys. a s a token of remembrance. We a l l wish him hea l th ?nd h a p ~ ~ i n e s s on his well ea rned vacation.

John S t c i ~ n o l l e Baldy Jackson a n d Clnrk a r c h n p l , ~ hnd prosperous a s the g r a p e seasou is over.

Col fas Hoopes spent the l a s t week of September do ing jury duty.

Mr. and Mrs. John Grueninger. shee t meta l w o r k e r foreman, l e f t fo r t h e wes t w h e r e t h e y ~ 1 1 1 spend a vacation.

Mar t in Whelan spcnt a n eleven-da\ vacation r e s t i n g a t home.

The main subject talked of in t h e p.lacksmith shop is how to g e t the mos t julre o u t of grapes.

Haro ld Simmons. nephew to Georae ICclwnrds, hack shop mechanic is pay- ing him a visi t In K a n s a s City. Mr

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lalcing his vacation. Mac hns becn s t u d y i n g h is book of "etiquette." now f o r somc time, b rush ing up on S e w Yorlc ethics.

Mr. a n d Mrs. Pos t of the passenger a e p a r t ~ n e n t a r e now in Cali tornia, where thcy joined r e p r e s e n t a t ~ v e s of 111s T r a v e h n g P a s s e n g e r Association from th is sect ion to Los Angeles, a h e r e t h e a n n u a l meet w a s held.

JIr . nnd Mrs. Morrow, genera l a g e n t 1)assengcr depar tment a n d f rau , a r e iiow r e t u r n i n g f rom San Antonio, Texas, where they w e n t to a t t e n d wed- d i n g of the i r only son. They r c g a r d t l ~ i s event second only to the defeat of ">la" F e r g u s o n for governor.

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repiesented by C. IV. Skates, T. R. Gibson. K. G. Lallgston a n d R. P. F e r - Kuson. G. \\'. Gt 'wne is t h e construc- rlon accounlan t who h a s charge of the A. & B. account ing on t h e rehabil i ta- t ~ o n work. The engineering depar t - lnclit consists of R. B. Ncliee, division engineer arid the fol lowing field men: 1'. P.. Copp. W. A. Naylor, G . >I. Smith. L. k'. Trost , IV. B. Machin, 31. O. An- dersoli a n d W. T. l'erltins, G. L. Oliver hcads t h e traff ic delmrtment with G. 1.'. Iblanning a s chief clerk. I n the sul>el.intendent's office there a r e How- a r d Huniphreya, superintendcnt . I . 0 . Uuimby and J. E. Bryant . AI. G. Brown I S Lhc niastcr mechanic and the dis- ga tchers a r e W. H. Stiles, R. J. Killi- nore wid J. H. Perk ins . C. H. J a c k - son is the roadma3tet ' a u d .I. A. Jones, forn~el ' ly of Sprin@ield, is in c h a r g e of the bridge a n d bullding department.

C. E. Blair- of t h e auditor's office, sl)c!lit several days in l 'cnsacola re - cently.

C. K. Zempel, of the account ing oflice rcsigned recently in order to launch himself in t h e bakery business in Chicago.

Assistant super in tendent Gabriel of the southern division, was a n uuex- pccled bu t welcome visi tor to Pcnaa- cola a fcw days ago. Mr., Gi~br ie l did not t a r r v verv 1onr;- RS hrs inteutionv nlc.re to' go on to S e w Orleans ~ n d points in X e b r a s k : ~ whilc on his vacation. \ye hope t h a t he look back to the ni,aln linc n favorable impresuion.

Louw I l e d d i n ~ . of 1\Iemphis, who w a s actinC 13. & H, foremitn, h a s re turned to t h c main line.

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Verv s o r r v to learn of George Gib- .con's .death 'a t Memphis. N R ~ we extend o u r br la ted condolencrn th rough the columns of thi. nwgazine? ...

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FREDONIA, KANS.

Byrnes Belting Co. MANUFACTURERS

Oak Tanned Leather Belting Hose Packing

JOHN LUCAS AND COMPANY

Duner Car Closets Enameled Iron Wet or Dry Cloretr

DUNER CO. 101 S. Clinton St . CHICAGO For detailed description see Car Builders

Cyclopedia 1922 Edition

1362 West 37th Street I CHICAGO - - ILLINOIS

B A R N S D A L L Be Square Petroleum Products

Modern Refineries BARNSDALL, OKLAHOMA

WICHITA, KANSAS OKMULGEE. OKLAHOMA 3

OUR OWN CRUDE OUR OWN REFINERIES OUR OWN PIPE LINES OUR OWN TANK CARS

DEPENDABLE SOURCE OF SUPPLY

BARNSDALL REFINERIES, Inc. Subsidiary Barnsdall Corporation

Executive Offices General Sales OfRces Petroleum Building, Tulsa, Okla. 624 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill.

CROWE COAL COMPANY Ceneral Office, Dwight Building K A N S A S C I T Y , M I S S O U R I

M I N E R S A N D S H I P P E R S

Mines Located a t Mulberry a n d Scammon, Kansas a n d Henryetta, Oklahoma, on t h e l ine of the St . Louis-San Francisco Ry. Co.

1 Smokeless Fuel Company

HUNTINGTON, ARK.

M I N E R S A N D S H I P P E R S O F

Semi-Anthracite C o a l

LIST CONSTRUCTION CO. RaiIroad Contractors

415 Rai lway Exchange Bu i ld ing

KANSAS C I T Y , MO.

HENRY A D A M S O N COAL & MINING CO.

MINERS and SHIPPERS OF COAL

Mines Located Four and One-Half Miles East of the City of Tulsa

WHEN I N T H E MARKET FOR COAL Call Phone Cedar 5588 or Osage 9810-F21

OR \YltITlq: 1.S

TULSA, OKLA. R. R. 1, Box 145

We Want Your Business

Brookside-Pratt Mining Co. Supreme Mining Company

I N C O R P O R A T E D

A. R. Long. President Albert Allison, Secretary-Treasurer

PRODUCERS OF

Steam and Domestic Coal

Brown-Marx B u i l d i n g

B I R M I N G H A M , ALA.

DEVOY & KUHN COAL & COKE CO.

Suite 1225

Central National Bank Bldg.

SEVENTH AND OLIVE STS.

ST. LOUIS, MO.

CONTINENTAL TURPENTINE & ROSIN CORPORATION

LAUREL, MISS.

Steam Distilled Wood Turpentine. Steam Distilled Pine Oil,

F Grade Wood Rosin I OXY-ACETY LENE

WELDING & CUTTING EQUIPMENT

MODERN ENGINEERING CO. 3411 Pine Blvd. St. Louls I

WOLF RIVER SAND CO. WASHED and SCREENED

SAND and GRAVEL Office: 622 Falls Building

MEMPHIS, TENN. CAR LOAD SHIPMENTS A SPECIALTY

C. W. BOOTH & CO.

Railway Supplies Railway Exchange Building

CHICAGO. ILL.

Oxweld Railroad Service Company REPRESENTING:

L l N D E AIR PRODUCTS CO. T H E PREST-0-LITE CO., INC. (Linde Oxygen) (Prest-o-Lite Acetylene)

OXWELD ACETYLENE CO. UNION CARBIDE SALES CO. (Oxweld Apparatus) (Union Carbide)

Carbide & Carbon Building Railway Exchange Building

NEW YORK CITY CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

W. 0. SCHOCK CO. I I FUEL OIL I

LIBERTY CENTRAL TRUST BUILDING SAINT LOUIS I

Tri-State Culvert Mfg. Co. I Manufacturers of

"Toncan Better Iron Culverts" 514 Randolph Bldg. Memphis, Tenn.

I Wm. Robertson & Co. I Robertson Cinder Conveyor for

Railway Cinder Pits Great Northern Building

20 W. JACKSON BLVD. CHICAGO

Vulcan Rivet Corporation BIRMINGHAM. ALA.

RIVETS - TRACK SPIKES Works and Office: Dolcito Junction, Ala.

BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA

FOR EVERY PURPOSE

CAPACITY OF MINES AND OVENS 2v2 MILLION TONS ANNUALLY

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The Only Efficient Locomotive Cleaner c+a

Other Works HILLBURN. N.Y. CHICACO. I L L NUCARAfNLS.N.Y SUPERIOR.WIS

NIAGARA FALLS, CAWADA

RAILWAY TRACK MATERIAL Switch Stands. Switches. Frogs. Crossings. Guard Ralls. Clamps. &forStcam. Electr~c. Mine and

industrial Railway Tracks MANGANESE TRACK WORK A SPECULTY

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Brake Equipment & Supply Co.

The D. & M. Cleaning Process Railway Exchange CHICAGO, ILL.

SALES O T l l C L S AT A L L SPVZN WORKS

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2324 S. CANAL STREET

CHICAGO MANUFACTURERS OF AIRBRAKE PARTS REPAIRS TO AIRBRAKE EQUIPMENTS

WASTE PAPER Straight or Mixed Carload Buyers

General Paper Stock Company 1100 N. SEVENTH ST. ST. LOUIS. MO.

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Manassa Timber Company PILING

OAK-CYPRESS-PINE I Arcade Bldg. St. Louis, &lo.

I GALLOWAY COAL COMPANY I EXCLUSIVE MINERS OF

ELK R I V E R A N D GALLOWAY COAL

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SEALS and STENCILS - I =

- - - - - - = - = Trade Checks. Pads. Ink. Etc. = - Fac-Simile Autoaraoh Stamos E

MILAR, CLINCH & COMPANY E . c l u s i v e A,,, ,T CAR CEMENT

CONTINENTAL WORKS CO. S t e e l T h e n . S t e e l T i r e d FVheela. S t e e l M A N U F A C T U R E R S CHICAGO

A x l e s . S t e e l S p r i n g a . R a l l e d S t e e l

General Officer

MEMPHI S, TENNESSEE

MINES AT

GALLOWAY, CARBON HILL and HOLLY GROVE, ALABAMA

... " e m * U".... ...""rnU. 0 .n . I W h e e l a , S t e e l Worfcingm, S t e e l C r a s h - R o l l s a n d ShelM. 1 . I

I R o l l e d S t e e l G e a r R l a n k r , S t e e l a n d I r o n M a l l e a b l e

C a n t l n g h S t e e l P i p e I I W L. B R U B A K E R & B R O S . C O . F l a n g e n

50 CHURCH ST. NEW YORK, N. Y. Factory: MILLERSBURG, PA. I

I I ( and High Speed Mud Ring Reamers. 1

Standard Steel Works Co. Main Office: Philadelphia, Pa.

Works: Burnharn, Pa.

c l Painting CO. 1 St. Louis Forgings CO.

Manufacturers of the SPECIAL-TEMPERED RELIEVED STAYBOLT TAPS usad by the laadlng Railroads and Boilermakars of the Unltsd States. Our Staybolt Taps wi l l tap 20% more holes. Wri te for descriptive matter of our New Oeslun SPIRAL FLUTED STAYBOLT TAPS. We also manufacture HIGH SPEED BOILER REAMERS, adapted especially for Boiler and Car Work. Other tools we make are a l l kinds of Taps. Reamers. Dles. End Mills. Counterbores

CONTRACTORS FOR PAINTING I I AXLES, LOCOMOTIVE FORGINGS I I R. R. & Bridge Contractors IN ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY

Main Office: 5078 Easton Avenue 51 1 Railway Exchange Bldg.

ST. LOUIS. MO. East St. Louis Illinois KANSAS CITY, MO.

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CENTRAL BOARDING & SUPPLY COMPANY C O M M I S S A R Y C O N T R A C T O R S

F. J ESGLESIiLy. President .\I. S. I~:SGLESI.\S, Vice-President General Office ST. 1.OUIS. JIO. Branch Off ices

G . I. FITZGERALD. Vice-Pres. m d Sec'y E:. B. SHAItKEY. Jlnna~ger, F t . \Yorth, Tex. ,258 ~~~~d of ~~~d~ ~ l d ~ . SPRIS(;FIEJ,D, ~ 1 0 . CH.\S. GRAY, Jl,ln6izcr, Snrit&leld, 310. SE.\l, IL\SlES, J lano~er , Dallas. T e ~ a s KANSAS CITY, MO. FT. WORTH. TES. G1.Y KRESS, Supt., Sprinh$kld, 310. G . R. I'IERCE. S u ~ t . , St. Louis, JIo. DALLAS, TEXAS

R"(IUEM MONTGOMERY, ORE ALA. T h e South's Largest Producers o f

S a n d and Gravel F I R S T N A T I O N A L B A N K BLDG.

A l l Phones 4928

Mills: Dothan, Ala.-Prmoott. Ark.

Thomas E. Powe Lumber to. HARDWOOD LUMBER

ASH MAHOGANY POPLAR OAK GUM CYPRESS

2 t o 24 Branch St., ST. LOUIS, MO.

Edward Hely Stone CO. Crushed Stone

CAPE CIRARDEAU, MO.

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