The San Francisco call., 1909-05-27
IIVTHAT'S this horrible smeIl?"
w roared the irate official to
his secretafv as he glanced

M roared the irate official to
his secretafy as he glanced
at bundle of letters before him.
How dare you put scent on CORE
Z didn't do it. sir. It's from this
letter"
"A letter to me?" exclaimed the offi-
cial aghast. What impudent woman
has been writing to me?"
It's no lady," explained the clerk.
Its a man hunting job
Hunting a Job on scented note
paper? Here, give ME the letter." and
he wrote across it:
"It smells all right. But have not
read it,"
Now" he said, ''be sure to send that
letter back to that fellow. Hunting
job with scented note paper. Did you
ever hear of such nerve?'
Plant" said s. F. Booth, II wish
you to take the visiting freightmen for
jaunt into the country and be sure
and show them Oakland, Berkeley and
Alameda, to let them see what we have
in the way of suburbs
Plant took them down to San Lean
dro and showed them some wonderful
growth In cherry trees. and also big
vine. The more they saw the quieter
they grew.
They were full of amazement and en-
thusiasm. w. j. Robinson of the great
Nebraska corn belt, who is quite an
agriculturist, was the most interested
in the party.
He confessed that he had read with
skepticism accounts of California trees
and flowers, but he was now ready to
believe anything.
For instance said Robinson. I'VE
are the greatest state in the world for
corn. But, gentlemen, we can't beat
that
What are you referring to-" asked
Plant, as he saw no corn.
That over there" replied Robinson.
1--WE have got no corn like that in
Omaha"
Man alive, we can go some in
growth said Plant. But that isn't
corn. That is the Phoenix canariensis,
date PALM
An extension of 900 miles from Tex
arkana. Ark, through Oklahoma to
meet the Kansas City, Mexico and
Orient is contemplated by the Kansas
City Southern. According to report the
Kansas City Southern is to obtain the
Fort Smith and Western. which has
its western terminus at Guthrie, and
make an extension of that line from
Prague, in Lincoln county to Wichita
Falls, Tex, forraing trunk line to
the west and southwest.
Special efforts will be made this year
by the Pennsylvania road to induce
the largest number of the sons of its
$4,000 employees to participate In the
competitive examination to be held in
June for the Frank Thomson scholar
ships. The scholarships provide an in
come of $500 a year for four years
for each of the successful candidates,
enabling them to take full course at
any of the leading colleges of the
country.
The Rock Island will begin con-
struction July of an extension from
Ardmore to Waurika on the main line
of the Rock Island into Texas. The
Rock Island has for some time con-
templated the building OF this line,
thus giving the Ardmore branch of
the Frisco direct communication with
the Rock Islands main line.
Edwin Anderson of the Baltimore and
Ohio has returned from a trip to the
northwest and he says that he has ap-
pointed Charles Der1fnger travelling
freight agent for this territory. vice
D. L. Melville. who has been promoted
to travelling freight and passenger
agent with headquarters at Seattle.
P. ]. Kindelon, chief of the special
agent bureau of the Southern PACING,
will leave for the east in the first week
OF June to attend the annual convention
of the special agents at Peoria kinde-
lon will preside at the convention and
will read a paper on the best way to
protect cars against robbery. 1t is as
serted by special agents that car rob-