The Winslow mail., 1925-12-25
Toots From The
Round House
By Charles Erickson

1 Dy lCS AAlIhSVA
Well folks as this bit of circle
house news is written, the calendar
reads Wednesday, but the Hon.
/ Charles p Mason, esq, well-known
editor of Mail, requested that my
"Toots copy" be ION the hook" one
day previous in order to stamp
twenty-four hour earlier "30' on
this weeks edition This COM
prises my alibi for lack Of gossip
material.
Douglas Wade, accompanied by
Carl Matthias, Harry Westerson and
Charles Zahnley, went hunting a
few days ago and brought back
three fine ducks, one of which
weighed twelve pounds. Matthias
also got two and the other boys
got back" Young Wade it is un-
derstood before coming to the U.
S. and Arizona was hunter of
repute, while unengaged by the
famous Hudson Bay company in
Canada.
Machinist U. Kitaoka "stubbed
his toe" on the way home the 9th
er night and am sorry to say he
is compelled to enlist the aid Of
crutches. Hope he will soon be o.
K. for work again.
Santa CLAUS dispatched Mr.. Stork
with gift for Mr.. and Mrs. Leo
Sedillo, which was delivered lit
tie early, and not being marked
'do not open until Christmas" they
found it to be a sweet baby girl.
Leo passed the cigars before
Christmas too, so everything is
fine
Having completed a six months
machinistic term in the local round
house, apprentice H. w. Nett left
on train No Z last Monday for
San Bernardino, where he will fin
ish his time in the back shops.
Finally back on the job. Howard
Sakiestewa, who has been unable
to work for the past quarter of a
year, reported to P. P. Boyer last
Monday, to resume work in the air
gang. Glad to disclose the news
that Howard's is the last case of
the trachoma epidemic which thriv-
ed among our Indian employees last
summer.
Many thanks. A real good
move" was made last week when
F. V. Curry was instructed to cut
door within a door" at the west
side of the roundhouse. Now the
boiler board may be copied with
cut the poor overworked shop
timekeepers freezing.
Freight gang foreman Kan
(King) Nomoto drove to Gallup
over last weekend to visit his old
friend George Kimura, who was un-
til recently a machinist in the Gal
lup shops. George now is the pro-
prietor of a new grocery store in
that city and King undoubtedly ar
ranged for future supplies. We
Americans do not seem to be the
only ones who exercise faith in
this, united we stand" saying.
With pleasure 1 announce that
Jose Lorenzo is again in good
health and back on the "busy end
of a scoop shovel as power plant
fireman.
Herman Castiano, Frank AnalIa
and Juan Lorenzo were among the
Indian boys who went home to La
guna for the holidays.
Because Of T. Ramirez on the
sick list for several days last week
it was necessary to change Jose
Ruiz to the night shift to coal-up
the heating stoves so the night
gangs wouldn't have to work so
hard to keep warm.
Our demure rosy checked lassie
in the M M. office, Miss Smiles"
Suggs. left the Meteor City last
Monday evening to spend Christ
mas with her mother in San Ber-
nardino.
Gilberto Villarino having secured
a fifteen day leave of absence for
a vacation to be spent in Phoenix,
Supplymen Dan Trujjllo and Wes-
ley Hayes are now assigned to
dozen hour" shifts.
Charlie Pine and NJ Caramel,
firebuilder, also 'got in" several
hours of overtime last week on
account of Geo Barstow being i'll
four days.
Our general foreman Jolly jim"
Kiely, as usual will spend Christ
mas with his family in Clovis, New
Mexico. He boarded an eastbound
train Wednesday evening.
Holy Gee. She's a repeater! Re-
member last summer folks, you
read of the record breaking done
by Buel Canady's thorough bred
airdale dog, Rovila Queen, when
she became the proud mother Of
fifteen pups? Well that same dog
gone dog caused tho weinie mar
ket to drop again by doing the
same thing last Sunday. Like the
first litter, Politician, also a fine
registered airdaIe, is the father
Rovila Queen raised thirteen last
summer, which were all registered
and sent to different parts of the