The Glasgow courier., 1915-08-13
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Special Correspondent
Fireman Frank Fandrich is laying

Fireman Frank Fandrich is laying
off.
Fireman Rzaack is on 27 and 23 On
the east end.
Carl Onberg is on the east skiddoo
with Engineer C. c. Smith.
Engineer Mike Mcmahon is laying
off as he has a deal on in real estate.
Fireman Gruis returned to work
last week after several months lay
off.
Engineer John Hoffman is on No. 2
and 3 in place Of Engineer Conely,
who is laying off.
/ Engineer Dave Killam is laying off
and is taking his annual trip back to
the farm. Engineer Nelson will look
after Dawes engine while he is away.
Fireman E. F. Merryman has re-
turned from Texas where he says
business is good. He was offered the
General Managership of a road there
but says he couldn't keep away from
the Coulee coal and Montana division
since the arrival Of super heater en-
gines. Being from Texas, you can't
steer him.
Frank Powell has decided that the
"wild and wooly west" is no more and
that the life of a railroader is more
romantic than that of cow puncher
and is now making student trips as
brakeman. We expect to have him
on the list soon kicking over the
schedule and putting in run around
slips in the regular style Of the old
! timers.
| Pinky Summers is back with the
Round House Ramblers again as the
extra board looked like the signers OF
the declaration of independence to
him. Pinky has learned several tricks
from Charlie Chaplin pictures being
able now to bend 2k inch pipe by
slapping it across his wrist, also be-
ing able to stretch pipe without a
pipe stretcher.
The round house team has been re-
organized since the departure of sew
eral of the line up to the east, where
they will appear in vaudeville this
winter and have signed up with the
Braves next year. The Braves need
good bunch right now. Abe Nc
Mahon has signed up with the round
house in the outfeld, and has the re-
putation of being the heaviest hitter
with the sledge in the round house,
fast on his feet (when hiding from
the foreman) and has a good eye.
Eugene Rogers who was out of the
game the first of the season on ac-
count of having to do all the work
since Stats went away is again back
in the game. =.
One night last week after having
put in a good nine hours of honest
toll Brant Rouse, known to all rail-
road men as the Mile Minute Kid,
and having put up all the tools which
he used in building over several en-
gines, decided that a nice cool swim
would be the proper stunt before re-
tiring. With this in view and also
with his eye on the monetary con-
sideration, Brant calls all the night
force together and announced his in
tention of giving them an exhibition
of fancy diving and swimming after
which his helper, C. o. Forbes, would
pass the hat. AS no stream flowed
in or near by the smoke house and
the sump being much too warm for
his comfort he decided to use one
of the pits which he proceeded to fill
with water, all the night force stand
ing around Gaping in wonder. He
then gave good exhibition of fancy
swimming and was very successful,
the whole audience breaking into ap-
rpeciative applause when he demon
strated the Australian crawling
stroke. It being his first appearance
before so large an audience, before
descending into the turbulent and
somewhat grimy water he was taken
with stage fright but the night force
very kindly assisted him in making
the descent after which all went off
swimmingly.