UGUI,, L G S ~ J U U G U I ~ U U expressed the appreciation of t h e veterans for the many courtesies extended to them while visitors In Pensacola.

Col. A. L. Fuller. of the Coast Ar- tillery Guard. U. S. A., told of the important part military life occupied in the building and colonization of Pensacola. He outlined the history of Pensacola, whose government has been changed 17 times, and over which has flown the flags of five na- tions. He told of the accompllsh- ments and duties of the Coast Artii- h r y Guard, using many interesting facts and figures in his address. Junior Lieutenant R. H. Meade, of the Civil Engineers Corps, U. S. N.. spoke of the training given the boys in teaching them to fly the seaplanes, drop torpedoes, etc. He called Pen- gacola the Annapolis of the Air.

Perry Reid, secretary of the Cham- ber of Commerce, also greeted the veterans and told them that his fa-

' ther had had 51 years' service with the Pennsylvania and nine of his brothers had a t one time worked for a railroad. H e welcomed the veter- ans to Pensacola and urged them to return.

E. P. Mann, of Frlsco Lines, attor* ney a t Springfleld, made a splendid address, advising the veterans that It was the only place the organiza- tion had visited where the Army and Navy were called out to greet them! Mr. Mann praised the work of the vast army of railroad employes, prais- ing particularly the women a s home builders.

The bazlqaet was a delightful af- fair and the guests were dismissed a t 10:OO p. m.

They arose May 16 for a day of pleasure of thefr own choosing. Most of them visited the Casino again t o enjoy flshing from the pier. Many of them lounged around the hotel lobby. talking of past and present modes of railroading and still others enjoyed sightseeing trips.

They boarded the strain for the return trip a t 6:00 p. m.. after three inost pleasant days, and t h e group arrived in Memphis t h e following morning, the Springfleld, Kansas City, Ft. Worth, etc., vet- e r a n s going through Springfield on their re- turn trip, and the St. Louis and River division employes leaving on train 808.

L l o y d Worthington, Pullman conductor. great- Iy aided the veterans by making Pullman reserva- tions for them, boarding

A. H . Knelle, of S t . 1.ouis (top l e f t ) , zi~orl the bathirsg beauty conlest f o r rrreiz. Others irr tho Pirlure arc: Ear/ orrd Carl Andersm~, Kansas Ci ty , itilo.; Wur. H e ~ ~ g i s t , Sf. Low is, Mn. (toirtvev of the second prke): Gordorr hrorris. Merrrfihis, T r m . ; 144. C. Crnig, Cape G'irard~a~r;

S. J . Lawlev, S t . 1-orcis, .Iln.

the train a t SpriiigBeld. He was ac- companied hy A s . Worthington. J. K. Oliver, of $Iemphis, Tenn., assisted in making arrangements for meals a t ileinphis, aud J. L. Mc- Cormack, the busiest man a t the re- union, took care of the planning of every detail. W. H. Crow, general agent a t Pensacola, a s well a s Mrs. Crow, were busy for days making ar- rangements in their city for the vet- eran guests, and the success of the trip t o Pensacola was due to the fact that they left no detail out of their plans. Jim Abbott. of the Pensacola Coach Corporation, saw that the vet-

erans had ample transportation to all points. The San Carlos management gave the veterans unusual service and the hotel proved delightful head- quarters for the affalr.

Wherever the veterans may go next year for their reunion, the memory of their two trips to Pensacola will remain with them always, and they are corltinually advertising Pensacola as a perfect resort.

SIDELIGHTS J. Reese, pensioned engineer, of

Memphis. Tenn., was the oldest vet- eran, in point of age, a t the Veter- ans' Reunion. He is 80 years of age, and his service totals 33 years and 9 months. H e thoroughly enjoyed the trip and the visit with his old friends.

That boxing championehip between A. F. Prugger, of Springfield. and W. L. Lane, of EIdorado. Okla., was a real one. Neither man gave a n inch, and the blows were flying thick and fast, and "socks" on the jaw and face could easily be heard. No hard feel- ings, just a friendly little bout, but each man was out to win the prize!

The folks who went for a boat trip got a real thrill. T h e water was rough and the waves sprayed back over the crowd, but nobody was sea- sick. -

If there was anyone who enjoyed cvery event of the reunlon more than Helen Thompson, daughter of W. B. Thon~pson, of Chaffee, Mo., w e have failed to locate them. Despite the Pact that Uiss Thompson must needs use n wheeled chair, s h e went on the boat, attended every banquet, got a tlwlll in sitting on the beach in her hathlng suit, and otherwise enjoyed hprself. She wrote her appreciation of the trip to the editor, upon her return home.

"Wash out 0 1 1 the line"! Mrs. Etta Reynolds got her towel on the lirte first. She resides itt Ft. Scott.

For once-all t h e flsh they could eat! Fish ban- quets, fish lor breakfast -and many of the veter- RIM b rowht home a har- re1 of fish packed in ice. which they had caught from the pier.

Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Crow did not feel that thejr part of the reunion was over until the train had pulled out of the sta- tion on the return trip. They assisted in every way In first making ar- rangements and then see- ink that they were carried out. It wouldn't have been a snccess without them.

Frisco Veterans Reunion, 1934 By R. B. STREETER, Conductor;

Oklahoma City, Okla.

F a r away in Pensacola, where the sweet magnolia grows,

In the land of song and romance, where the Swanee River flows;

Where the white-capped breakers, rolling, beat upon the silver strand,

There we met in our reunion, old time vets of Frisco Land.

Far away, down south in Mxie, where the Frisco meets t h e sea,

With their wives, they came from Texas, Arkansas and Tennessee.

From t h e fertile fields of Kansas. from the hills of "Old Missou".

Mississippi, Alabama, and from Ok- lahoma. too.

For their troubles and their worries, all their cares they left behind.

And again i n joyful greetinga, met the friends of "Auld Lang Syne".

With their hair a little whiter than when they had met before,

Rut their hearts a s young and happy a s they were in days of yore.

Meeting at the Springfield Station, and they were a happy band,

Boarding there the second section of the Frisco "Sunnyland".

Where a special train of coaches with the 1614 stood.

That the Hand Dlvlne mlght guide us, through the treacherous shoals and bars,

Till we join the great reunion out beyond the shining stars.

There are others I would mention, ere I lay my pencil down,

Mr. Morrlll, our old pilot, he of "Safety First" renown.

Then th.e new one. Mr. Forsythe, he will lead us without fear.

It is he who holds the throttle for the vets the coming year.

Another hale old veteran, and I'm sure YOU a11 could tell,

How the meet would be a Hezle, with- but Uncle Charlie Baltzell.

To another one, McCormack, is due unstinted praise

For faithful service to the vets, in many, many ways.

Then Harris, the noise from Rose- dale, with his llttle ten-cent horn.

Awoke the echoes noon and night, and he woke 'em in the morn.

There were one or two things hap- pened, just to mar my joy supreme.

My nose stuck out so far. I got a sun blister on my bean.

Then we're off for Pensacola, tllroW1) ~ u s t one more, a little lady,-should the Ozark hills and wood. have mentioned her before-

Listening to wheels make malic, . Our Magazine's fair editor, I salute Miss Martha Moore. not a jolt o r jar we Peel,

Everything to Frisco standard, dust. She 'light throw this Out the

less ballast and heavy steel. if she don't, i t may he seen

Fifteen-fourteen making sixty, with Smiling at you from the pages of the

no effort o r no fuss, Frisco Magazine.

Wife asked one I couldn't answer. Happy days in Pensacola, where the "Why do some folks ride a bus?'' sunny southern breeze

Let me pause here for a moment. just a moment to acclaim

That to Mr. Kurn we're grateful for the Frisco Special Train.

For ,myself and al! the others, lest he think we have forgot.

Let me write in box car letters. THANKS, Mr. Kurn, and THANKS a LOT.

At Memphis, where we met the bunch from up St. Louis way.

We transferred t o the Pullman train, and were soon in Pullman hay.

And i t certainly was pleasant to pound our ear a11 night.

Whoever planned the trip for us, did the whole thing up just right.

Just before the business meeting. with our heads bowed, one and all,

Brother Heath implored the blessings of Him who marks the sparrow's fall ;

Sang t o us the songs of Dixie. through the tops of tall pine trees.

With the ever pounding biIlows, in eternal, ceaseless moan,

Then we turned our faces northward to the land of Home Sweet Home.

There's a little touch of sadness, 81- ways wells up in the heart.

As we turn our faces homeward, when the time has come to part.

Perhaps, before we meet again, when another year rolls 'round.

Some. of the laid their

EMPLOY1 Frisco empl

and women or entered into a paign this ye: ger travel via . u...G-, blA..,-.A

the St. Louis gateway to the Chi- cago World's Fair.

The veteran employes a t their an- nual reunlon a t Pensacola, Fla.. in May. pledged themselves to eecure a t least one passenger o r more, and in some cases these veteran employes a re getting up parties of from 5 to 10 In their various towns.

Members of the Frisco Employes' Ctubs, especially in Oklahoma, Mis- aourl and Arkansas, a r e arranging definlte programs of solicitation of this business for F r k c o Lines and a n u m b e ~ of the clubs have been vis- ited by Martha Moore, of St. Louis. who took to t h e clubs, pictures of the 1934 Falr and outlined in detail the various features of interest t o be found this year.

I t is to be hoped that the showing of the employes in t h k solicitation program, a s well as those men and women on the retired list, will be a creditable one.

Miss Rose Resnlck, passenger rep- resentative has been devoting her time to the solidtatlon of passengers to the World's Fair from the various organizations in Oklahoma, and has also secured some splendid business for Frisco Lines through the St. Louis gateway to Washington and points east.

Rates on through tares. also all- expense tours may be secured through the d u b president in each city, who will handle all questions with the agent.

Each club president, employe and retired employe is requested to keep an accurate check of all business se- cured, and forward the result of their solicitation efforts to Martha Moore. 835 Frisco Bldg., St. Louis, 510.

!se old timers will have 'O

burdens down. tu PI

for all old veterans, who el ,ered Father Time. + a 6- * 1 1 A c

VISITORS PRAISE FAIR "Don't fail to see the Chicago

With a tear have answ

With a gretrlug LV LUC 1 1 ~ 1 1 1 6 . -11

along t h e Frisco Line, If it should be the will of God, that

we a r e all alive, . Let us meet agaiu in Springfield in

Nineteen Thirty-flve.

World's Fair," is the comment made by patrons of Frisco Lines who have just returned from a v h i t to Chicago.

It is a dreamland come true- gorgeous lights, marvelous settings. new places to explore and new things

see. The Falr, so the recently re- ~rned visitors say, i s such an im- -0vement over t h e Falr of 1933 in rery sense of the word. One is almost speechless with the

. ,~auty of t h e place at night, with i ts brilliant lights turning night Into day. There a re more and better restaur- ants, more places to rest during the long trip over the grounds and many more placefi to visit.

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New 'Lounge Cars Add Beauty -

and Comfort to The Meteor

T HE1 Frisco Meteor, crack train between St. Louis and Oklahoma City, pulled into the St. Louis

Union Station on June 11 with the addition t o its air-cooled equipment of one of the most beautiful, all-steel, air-conditioned lounge cars carried in railway equipment today. The lounge car is in addition to an air-cooled diner and air-cooled chair car, also carried in this train. The car which arrived in St. Louis that morning is named "Tulsa", honoring the City of Tulsa through which i t travels, and in the con~panion train, a second car has been named "Oklahoma City", after the city a t the end of its run. 542 miles from St. Louis.

These two lounge cars, "Tulsa" and "Oklahoma City", represent the latest in the car builder's art. They were constructed in the Frisco's shops at Springfield, Mo., and each detail, from the walnut trim over the windows to the tables, chairs, etc., in the car has been studied and carried out with the greatest care i n color scheme and de- sign.

The cars are all-steel construction, 72 feet in length and 10 feet 3 inches in width. The trucks a r e heavy, six- wheel type, rubber cushioned and fitted with extra length springs to promote ease in riding qualities.

The interior is one large com- partment, divided by small s i d e wing panels or grilles, into three s e c t i o n s o r rooms. Starting a t one end of the car, one passes through a short passageway and enters the card room. Next t 0

the 'card room. and in the center of the car, is the smoking r o o m. A n a l u m i n u m grille a t the end of the smoking room forms a n e n t ~ a n c e into the lounge room. Every effort has been made in the color scheme to d e ~ a r t from the

and to provide an interior pleasing to the eye.

The ceiling, which consists of broad, flat panels, is a cream tan in color. The walls of the card room are a shade of Nile green, as are the walls of the lounge room. The walls of the middle compartment o r smoking room are buff color, which provides a pleasing contrast to the walls of the other compartments. The window drapes in the green rooms a re gold in color with green linings, while the drapes in the buff colored compartment are green in color with gold backing or linings.

Th'e wlndow frames and other wood trimmings a r e of dark walnut. and the metal trimmings a re of silver or satin aluminum finish.

The carpet blends in with the gen- eral color scheme and is of maple leaf pattern, brown and russet in color. It has a sponge rubber pad, which adds a touch of 111xurious com- fort in walking.

All of the furniture in the car was especially designed and built in the Frisco's own shops a t Springfield. The chairs and sofas a re upholstered in various shades of green, rust and bronze. They a re the last word in comfort and do a great deal to pro-. vide the comforts of home to the

"Tulsa" and "Oklahoma City" Completely Built in Frisco's Own Shops

Frisco patrons of the Meteor. The chairs and sofas provide a seating capacity for 40 passengers.

The lighting system includes six large ceiling lights, consisting of pol- ished metal frames, holding trans- lncent glass hemispheres close against the ceiling. The - lights be- tween the seats on the walls a re of the semi-indirect type, mounted be- tween window frames. There a re s i r table lamps and two large floor lamps, in addition to the ones men- tioned above.

Last, but not least, the car is equipped with a n air-conditioning plant that will provide ideal weather conditions to the interior of the car throughout the year. It will cool the air in the summev months. and warm it during the winter months. Proper humidity and temperature will be automatically maintained through all seasons of the year.

The car has been completely insu- lated against heat, cold and noise, and should provide maximum com- fort a t all seasons.

The Frisco Railroad is one of the tew railroads in the country t o p r o v i d e a i r - cooled chair cars. and this lounge, one of the finest operated in any train, as well as t h e air - cooled diner o n t h e Meteor, m a k e s this train the En- e s t into t 11 e Southwest.

The comments made by patrons of Frisco Lines, who ride the new lounge cars, fully repays Frisco of- ficials for t h e effort that was made t o build and place these cars in service. for their appre-

conventional old Tlic above shores the ir~tcrior of the "Tzrlsa", photo tnkeii just bcforc ciation is most style railway car lcnvi~ig St. Lowis on i ts i~titial ruv. sincere.

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What ''Ship and Travel by Rail" Means to My Community

L E T us look back into the past about forty-five years. Monett, known as Plymouth Junction a t

that time, was just a-not even a dot on the map, one would say. To- day BIonett and Forest Park, com- bined, have a total population of about five thousand. Monett is proud of her schools, beautiful park, golf links, residential section and pros- perous business section.

Now the question arises. What has caused Monett to grow and prosper as it has?

The answer is very simple. For the same reason that i t ever came Into being-the railroad.

By the presentation of the follow- ing f a d s I will prove my above state- ment.

Railroads pay big taxes. hIonett receives quite a sum each year from that source. A large part of this goes for the support of the schools. 310- nett is looking ahead. She knows that in a few years the school chil- dren of today will be governing. this land of ours. She realizes that it is a wise thing to educate these future goveruors in the best way that can be secured, so that, when their turn comes, they will be strong and able to handle the sitnation, whamtever it may be a t that time.

Good roads a r e one sign of a pros- perous "up and con~ing" community. A part of this tax money is used for that pnrpose.

Did you ever ston to think how many families in Monett are directly dependeut upon the railroad for their income. and how many are indirectly dependent upon i t ? Monett gets a payroll of about $50.000 each month from the Frisco. Does that mean any- thine to Monett?. Why, if it wasn't for tlie railroad men and their fam- ilies, the merchants would go bank- rupt. The employes depend upou it for their very subsistence. T h e groc- ery stores. dry goods stores. etc.. then look to the employes for their income. Take the railroad out of the picture. and watch Nonett do the "fade away" act.

The busses. without any competi- tion, moulrl then raise their rates as thev pleased. There must be com- petition to keen ni'iceq down.

Shin by rail and aet b i ~ e e r ~ r i c e s for your goods. S h i ~ your stock to larger markets, where prices are higher. Get what you dese'rve. Due to the conveniences and facilities for

handling stock and produce, they get to market in much better condition than if shipped by truck.

Ship perishable fruits and vege- tables by rail if you expect them to get to their destination in good con-

Tlte Frisco Eniploj~cs' Club o f iWorrctt, illo., hns just awnrded o p r i x of $5.00 to Mae Prcvo, 1934 qradttate o f tltc klojtctt High School, dnrrghter o f Glenn Prevo, farnrer, for ha7$1g ~~'v i t t er l tlrr best cssny O I L the srtbject. " l t ' l ~ ~ t 'Ship and Travel by Rail' :llea;ts 1 0 M y Coiri~r~ttiiity". The ror~tcst runs opeti to IIiglr Sclrool strtd- m t s of Barry arid Lntcrcrrce Corrrrt~*, and Jiliss Prrvo's rssny 7uas jrtdgcd tllc best o f (I qrcat rruit~bcr sztbmiffcd. It nPprnrs Oc- low irr its etrtiret~*.

dition. Special refrigemtion cars take care of that for you. They are kept a t an even temperature all the time. There a re stations all along the way where the ice supply can be replenished. Another favorable con- dition is the absence of jolting, snch as occurs when shipping by truck over rough roads.

Travel by rail is much safer than any other means of transportation. All trains are run on schedule. An almost perfect system of signals is being used. There are automatic sig- nal stops if another train is ahead. Busses a re more dangerous because of the traffic they are constantly meeting. Slippery roads and dense fogs a re dangerous, too.

A safety record was set in tlie year 1932 when the railroads carried 469,- 048.529 passengers 16,931,346,109 miles and only one of these passen- gers was killed. The record is due to the constant education of the em- ployes in the principles of safety measures and the introduction of safety devices.

Passenger rates have been reduced as low as possible without causing the railroads a logs.

A free pick-up and delivery serv- ice has been extended by the Frisco from the former limit of 300 miles to a limit of .500 miles. I t has also extended the free time allowance on freight held in its warehouse to four days. These a re two important

B y M'4E PREVO

changes which will bellefit their patrons.

They have modernized equipment. Dining and club cars are air cooled. There a r e special sleeping cars, din- Ing cars, coaches and club cars. All these a re to add to pour comfort and convenience.

Now, I hope that through this ef- fort, small a s it may Seem, that I I have convinced you of the need of the railroad here, and what it means to Monett.

If you a r e a loyal citizen, if you are for higher education, and the up- building of Monett, "Sl~ip and Travel By Rail".

QUICK HANDLING J. H. Doggrell, superintendent of

transportation, reports 59 foreign cars handled a t various stations on Frisco Lines, between the dates of May 5 and June 8, without the pay- ment of any per diem.

Employes a re making every effort to handle these foreign cars prornpt- ly, and the publicity given these cases in the Magazine has created a great deal of interest.

The cars handled without payment of per diem were reported from the following stations: Snxman, Kan,, 1 car; St. Louis, JIo., 12 cars; Okeene, Okla., 3 cars; Hobart. Okla.. 1 car; Okmulgee. Okla., 2 cars; Brooksmith, Tex.. 10 cars; 4da, Oltla., 2 cars; Ste. Genevieve. 310.. 2 cars: Hayti, 'No., 1 car; Mercury. Tex., 14 cars; Dub- lin, Tex., 1 car; Wittenberg, hIo., 1 car; West Tulsa. Okla., 3 cars; Poca- hontas, Ark., 2 cars: Potts Camp. Miss., 1 car, and Antlers, Okla., 4 cars.

Appreciation has been extended to those responsible* for the fine sliow- iug made.

Y. 11. C. A. SECRETARIES MEET

The International Summer Institute. Transportation Department of the Young Men's Christian Association, will be held a t Lake Couchiching, 011t.. July 21-28.

Railroad Y. M. C. A. secretaries from western territory, and many from points alons Frisco Lines plan to at- tend. Wednesday. July 25, is being set aside a s Railroad Executives' Day.

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EMPLOYES HONOR C. A. DAILY

More than three hundred persons, including members of Local No. 2, of the Frisco Association of Metal Craft and Car Department Employes and their families, assembled a t the Pythian Castle Hall, on the evening of May 16, t o pay honor to Charles A. Daily, veteran painter, recently r e - tired upon reaching the age limit.

Mr. Daily, past president of Local No. 2, was retired April 1, having be- come 70 years old on March 10. H e started out a s a painter, served con- sidmable time a s a brakeman, then resumed painting again.

Special guests present included A. C. Reeves, superintendent of the West Shops, supervisors and their families.

The entertainment program, wlilch was announced by Ed. H. DeClew, president of Local No. 2, and followed by refreshments and b dance, consist- ed of the following numbers: Mr. and Mrs. Jesse E. Smith and Mr. Walter Matthis, music; Georgia McMicheal and Joyce Stephenson, ukulele duet; Helen May Hiser and Helen Prugger, violin solos; a one-act comedy by Lynn Gibbs and company; harmonica and guitar m u s k by Kampas Kids. Glenn Robb and Lowell Peters, ICWTO radio artists; Mrs. Esco Byer New- ton's expression puplls; Ted Trapp's quartet, accompanied by Charles Godfrey on the guitar, and the Kline brothers in Hawaiian music. Mr. Daily thanked those who had a r . ranged the delightful program. The dance music was provided by Profes- sor Gibbs and his orchestra.

Arrangements for the affair were made by Wm. J. Scott and A. E. God- frey. entertainment committee.

WORK IN HARMONY A successffil executive once said,

"One of the must valuable things that I ever learned, was to work in harmony with men whose personality and views I d o not like. Too many people carry their private likes and dislikes into the business world".

On many of the old French cathe- drals a visitor will notice all sorts of hideous animals carved in stone. These are always on the exterior OK the buildings. The medlaeral build- ers intended them to represent man's personal dislikes and prejudices, t o be lefl outside If he would worship k d d e In peace.

For the sake of a common cause, a well disciplined man leaves his animositfes outside the office and learns to pull together with men who may have personal vlewe with which he does not agree.

IN APPR

To J. S. McMillan, superintendent, from M. E. Leming, Jr., vice-pr&i- dent. M. E. Leming Lumber Co.:

"1 just wont to taRe thia o p p w tunity t o crpresa n&w appreciation fov the eztrmrdinar$r smvlce that waa rendered by Mr. Moeder and ?lour other representatives here i n Cape Grardeau on a car thnt one of o w very best cu~tonrers was in a hurry for.

"We fixkrlred loading thfd car Mcaday afternoon, and when I t was pulled. some trouble developed In the train line. W e had just finished Ecading the car in time to get it out before your northbound train went through, and Hr. Moeder and another of your em- ployes junrped i n and fixed this Wain line and got ~t out on the train that wa-9 waiting for it. B y doing this, the car wos delivered to our cuatomer In Chtcago at 4:00 a. nr., Wednesday. 4% 16ne what we had prom&sed him. I received a very fnatifyin.rl letter from him, thanking u s for ozcr service, and rue are glad to advise hina that i t would have been fmpoa~iblr except for the splendid cooperatbo?s t h d was ghen h y the Fvinro Rnil- way."

T o J. A. Moran, superintendent, Ft. Scott, Kan., from R. W. Preikachat, of the Midgley & Borrowdale. Co., Chicago, Ill:

"Receatlll. iohib in Fort Bcott. Ap9l 1 8 , I was going from Spriag . field, No., to Komau Gitv, where I was to catch a Sercta Fe trnin at the mme ttiire v o w tvain nwived-n close and nlnwst imponsible connection- one that would save me tj& hours. This leads to rnv point-had it not been for the uaual kindness aad thou.ght o f your corrdwtora, enpecialht the one on nrv trnin, your Mr. P. T. Conley, I would have rnissed ?ny tvnin. It i.? a fine example of what real v&h-oadfng b, and I co~tkd irot help writing you o f what I think of gour conductor, who wade the augge.tiolr to me. and I uppreciate I t verv ~nurh Also your air-cooled diner was n r e d treat. The public should Rrtolr 311o1r nbolct the veal rrerviren ?/on 1tnw.J)

To J. L. McCormaek, superintend- ant, F. L. & D. Claims, Springfield. Mo., from J. S. Cummlns, Southwest- ern Petroleum Compan)~ of Ft. Worth. Texas :

"TJ&i8 letter is beine ddreaaed to y m In your mperviaory oflirial rnpncity nr Swperintelulent o f 8'. I,. I D. Claincx n f the Fri.wo Raflwav. to point out to voa the aplendid .ter.?rir~ nnd co- opemt ion vecen t ly rendered bv your.

A three-hundred-pound man stood gazing IonBingIy at the entlcing dis- Dtar in a haberdasher'# window. A friend stopped to inquire I f he was thinking of buying the marked-down Iavender &ilk shirt.

"Gosh, no," replied the fat man, wistfully. "The only thing that fits me ready-made 1s a handkerchief."

good agent, Mr- IV. 8. Wdght, at Yd- liant Okla.

d e reccntfv had om hand a t th& depot at that &Ant a ah4pment or 0 t h om2 greases, iohkk were refrlsed by the consignee, who claimed some mis- understanding with our salesnucn.

"Mr. Wight, in o oery egklenl tnanner clasistd i n effecting delivsry. and we feel that Jrls efforts 4n our behalf completelp efected a reconcili- ation between shtpper and conaiglaee. This servlce on the part o f your loyal agent, i s deeply apveclnted by our house and tends to place us 4n n more favorable attitude toward routinq a nwre substantial volume o j bu.sii~e.9a over your good whenever the occ&n presents (tself.

" W e will appreciate it. f f you, In behalf of the railwzunj, compmny, d l 1 write Mr. Wight a letter ezpreaercg thanks /ram his mperior offrrer for his loy/al and untiring sem'fce."

To J. A. Moran. superintendent; E. P. Olson, assistant superintendent; C. S. Underwood, DF&PA, and E. N. WdRer, engineer, from Homer T. Harden, recorder, Midian Temple. Wichita, Kan. :

rtThZs Is to expreaa the Oppteclatian of Midiau Temple t o gon, and thro?calr you,. to many otho-s of the Fvi.rco o'r- nantzation who helped to make our Specinl Train to Pittsburg end return rb plenaant aud sa t i s fwtom~ trip.

"The eqsipment furnished waa first-elm8 in every reapect a d pro- vided more thrm ample acconrntoda- tions for all of o w pnrtj j . CnrefuZ and conzplete plan8 had evidentll beea ntu.dr i n advaiwe, so that the entire trip tuna handled in a verv sat48factorv manner.

"We wish thnt we nrlght thank, indivtd~ialhl, m r h o f tke many mem- ber .~ o f the Frisco organization who helped to nmke this a verg enjoyable pilnrimaoe.

"We know. fro*m lonn experie~rca. thnt antlsfnctor?l rea?Llta are not ob- tained without careful planning and eomntete cooperation.

" I t ?ans quite evident to all the ~ ~ v n ~ b e , r nf o w part?) that every- thino poarible was done ox this 0'0- r~~.siolL" -

To J. K. Oliver. D. P. A.. Fr i sm Lines. Memphis, Tenn.. from P. J. Massey. branch manager, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Memphis, Tenn.:

'lMuv I take this opportztnity o f slacercly thnnking vow for the splevt- (lid cooperntiolc rsnd courteous t rm t - ntent accorded our conference grorcp enroute to nnd From K a n s a ~ Cit91, Tuesday and Wedneadav of thin week.

''I can ms-we you that when, n?rd M the occadon again nrises. our orgnnitntion wilt look with plehrarr to 1~avin.v thr opvort?cnil~l of flntron- d-ing the 'Old Reliable Pr lscoJ .~

-4 ramous doctor went to an insane asylum to see a patient, and before leaving trled to telephone to his office. Not getting a s quick service a s he thought h e should, he said to the oper- ator, "I guess you don't know who I am."

''No," replied the operator, "But I know where you are."