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Volume I MARCH, 1920 Number 9

SAFETY WORK

SULPHITE MILL

Out of forty-eight accidents re-ported duringthe last two months,but two were at all serious.

There were six injuries tohands causing infection and in-cidentally loss of time, and ineach case of the six, the man didnot report to First Aid Room fortreatment at the time of the ac-cident.

There were thirteen injuriesdue to handling logs, none ser-ious and all really due to careless-ness.

Cuts from use of sample knivescaused accidents that could havebeen avoided.

Of the two serious cases, oneman was jammed in a car ap-parently by a defect in floor tip-ping his truck and one had hishand badly mutilated on a crosscut saw, this being due entirelyto his not using proper care abouthis work. •

Of all accidents only two couldIjave been avoided by safetywork,t in each instance beingcaused by defects in floors.

Four different men got hurttwice.

Twenty-eight French w e r ehurt, eleven Russians, e i g h t

Americans and one Italian.From the percentages of em-

ployees this indicates that theRussians are perhaps in moredanger of accidents than theother nationalities, but it may bepartially due to the nature oftheir work.

CASCADE MILL

The following is a list of acci-dents at the Cascade Mill duringthe month of January, which maybe classified as follows:Number of accidents without

loss of time . . . 1 1Number of accidents, minor

injuries . . . . 1 4Serious accidents . . . 1Jan. 3. John Parosky, small chip of wood

in right eye.10. Frank Donardo, ashes in right

eye.15. Wm. Barrett, crank of winder

flew off, hurting right wrist.15. Arthur Bourque, in cutting lining

of digester the chisel slipped, hithim on jaw, knocking out twoteeth.

16. Gerald Bessey, cut left thumbwith saw.

17. Leon Skillings, jammed rightthumb.

19. Archie Twitchell, cutting of castiron in right eye.

22. Jos. Baillargeon, fell on stairs,hurt right hand.

24. Samuel Rogers, hit right footwith pick.

27. Eldridge Peabody, hit on chest

by stick.31. Wm. Bouchard, small piece of

steel in right eye.

MINOR INJURIESJan. 1. Geo. Farladeau, piece of steel in

left eye.7. John McKay, jammed between

log and water pipe.8. Geo. Thurston, fell and hurt side.8. Thos. Gagne, Block of wood fell

on right foot.8. Eddie Tash, Strained back in

lifting ladder.16. Omer Paquette, 3 inch plank fell

on right foot.16. John Smith, jammed third finger

left hand.16. Richard Vachon, pipe rust in

right eye.20. Frank Donnelly, stuck a spike in

left thumb.20. Bruno Francisco, piece of steel

in left eye.22. Henry Bourbeau, jammed third

finger right hand.26. F. H. Ball, cut left wrist with axe.27. Joseph Reische, strained side

pulling paper out of hole.31. Harold Eastman, slipped oft

crane, hurt back and right leg.SERIOUS ACCIDENTS

Jan. 2. Peter Fortier, in opening stokersburnt left hand with hot ashes.

1920 VERSIONOld Mother HubbardWent to the cupboardTo get a wee nip—"just a smell,"But when she got thereThe cupboard was bareAnd father was A W O L.

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The Brown BulletinContributions of news items are

requested from every employee. It isnot absolutely necessary that you writean article. If you have any news to offeror an article to suggest, drop a note inthe suggestion boxes placed in thedifferent mills for that purpose.

Vol. I. MARCH. 1920. No. 9

Editorial Staff:Editor-in-Chief ..................... W. E. TaitAssociate EditorsBusiness Manager J. H. Briggs

DAYLIGHT SAVINGA summary of the vote on the

advisability of setting the clockahead an hour next month re-sulted as follows:Upper Plants and Riverside,

Majority for yes 135Sulphite and Chemical Plants,

Majority for yes 249Cascade Mill, majority for no 737

On the face of the returns thisshows a very decided majority asa whole against this movement.

The editors feel that this ismost decidedly due to a mis-understanding of the facts, andwas caused by the matter notbeing properly presented to themen at the Cascade Mill.

The impression was allowed tobe circulated that this change oftime would mean still poorer ser-vice and longer waits betweenthe occasional trips of the trolleyline.

It is easy to see from the manycommunications we receive forpublication that the men havereason to complain of the presentservice, and would naturally notvote for any change that wouldmake conditions worse. As amatter of fact, however, publicsentiment, if nothing else, wouldoblige the railroad managementto plan their schedule to agreewith the change of time. Withthis satisfactorily arranged, we

believe that the Cascade menwould like an extra hour of day-light after their day's work, asmuch as the men in the otherplants, and with proper enlighten-ment would, upon further con-sideration, poll as strong a votefor "yes" as they have for "no."

Dr. Sharpe of the Life Institutehas made us another visit, andmany have had the privilege ofobtaining his advice. A generalcomparison of blood pressureswas a popular subject for somedays.

The good results being obtain-ed from these consultations arevery evident, and it is hoped thateventually the movement may bebroadened in some way, so as totake in everyone who may be de-sirous of keeping themselves ingood health.

It has certainly been an uphillfight lately to keep the plantsrunning, a fight that is in a wayenjoyable. The combination ofstorms and extreme cold havemade us find out what can bedone when it must be done, andhas given us the incentive ofaccomplishing something underextreme difficulties. If every-thing always ran smoothly wewould get fat and lazy. Whenthe warm days of spring come wecan look back at the discomfortsof this last winter, and soon for-getting them, begin to growlbecause it is too hot.

SEND IT INIf you have a bit of news

Send it in.Or a joke that will amuse,

Send it in.A story that is new,An incident that's trueWe want to hear from you,

Send it in.Never mind about your style,If it's only worth the while,

Send it in.—Exchange.

How to Run the Sulphitein the Winter.

If steam is low blame the railroad fornot delivering new boiler material.

When the pond is freezing and the woodwon't slide, get after Raeburn for anotherton of dynamite.

If the log anchor breaks, get anothermade with "Martin" improvements.

If the Barker Plant breaks down getOliver onto high blood pressure so he willexplode a little and then the machinery jsglad to run.

If a motor breaks down start Pennockout trying to convince the Cascade thatthey have one they do not need.

When there is nothing left for Mac-Kinnon to ship pulp in, worry Gilbert.When that don't work call on Maintenancemen to fix up some of Dan's green ex-presses.

If there is a real good "Sulphite Stink"chase Spear and Fagan. Tackle themboth for it is sure to be the otherfellow's fault anyway.

Unload cars for the Cascade then appro-priate the empties.

Persuade Barton that salt cars are allright to ship pulp in even if the men haveto work an extra.

Dig out the B. & M. when necessary,the U. S. is too poor to do it.

Give the Traffic Department some fath-erly advice.

Let the Purchasing Department menknow we are alive and want something.

Finally, whatever else you do, get pro-duction, no matter whether it is possibleor not.

MIND YOUR BUSINESSIt would be so peaceful if everybody

would mind their own business.A man of business is strictly in business;

he understands business; he does businessand is full of business; he does not meddlein other people's business; to worry otherpeople with your business is not business;if you let other people know your businessyou will be out of business; to get intotrouble is the lawyer's business, and to beout of trouble is your business; and somind your business, and business will gofine.

This might be of use to some man.

WORDS OF WISDOMWood, Simms and Daniels believe in

free speech in so far as telling on theother fellow—it is treason when you saysomething about them.

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& CASCADE JUICEi n

LOST—Last summer team and five dogs.Finder will please notify Jack Arsenault,assistant yard master.

Uncle Ed Nowell, the night storekeeper,has returned to duty after an illness offourteen days. Every employee of theCascade mill is glad to see him back.

Harry Aldrich has joined the "EveryNight Club." They say that he is a veryfaithful member, he never misses a meet-ing.

The boys say that the new Cascadelunch room must have made quite a "hit"owing to the fact that one man who ishard to satisfy, spent 25 cents on the open-ing day and was well satisfied.

Some (unreliable) person mentioned inpassing that certain parties were intend-ing fixing up the Cascade park. Exten-sively among the repairs were the ball

field, trotting park, outdoor theatre andthe dance hall with up-to-date lunches andall sorts of things that go to make lifepleasant for all that desire clean entertain-ment and are compelled to stay at home.So kind and thoughtful of our benefactor.(Just a minute, a dream).

They were discussing the Mexican situa-tion.

Well, what I hope," said the recentdoughboy, "is that the next war holds offlong enough so's I can say, 'Fall in! Countoff! Squads right! Forrard Hr-rch! De-tail, halt! Here take 'em, Uncle, theirdaddy's too old to go.' "

What we have seen of the new lunchroom looks very good to us. We wishthem the best of luck. The sign "Pie, tencents a quart" looks good to our eyes.

A member of "Driscoll's Band" had atooth pulled the other day with the re-

sult that all his cussedness was pulled out-with it, or we think so anyway, becausehe lined it for church the next day think-ing he was going to die, and wanted tostand in with St. Peter, so he would nothave to go where all papermakers aresupposed to go. But with the passing offof the effects of ether, he decided that hewould stay and play a while longer inDriscoll's Band instead of going aloft anddoing a punk job of trying to play a harp.

We wonder why it is that when Chas.Fabyan is blowing his "horn" at home, heis always playing some "far away" pieceand when he is in the band hall he alwaysplays "Home Sweet Home."

We think Forrest must have made amistake when he put Ranney Keenandown as a "wall flower" a few month ago.He didn't look like one at the Ladies' LeapYear Dance.

GD B R O W N C O R P O R A T I O N [n]

TEMI-COUATA OPERATIONScarcity of water, very little snow and

constant cold weather have character-ized the winter in this country.

We understand that Jim Cassidy hasgone into the dairy business. From ourexperience we may state that, unless milkmaids are more plentiful and efficient inRivere Trois Pistoles than they are inRivere du Loup, Jim had better start acorrespondence course in the art of milk-ing.

Where was the Bulletin reporter on thedays of the Woods Department Conferencethis year? We expected to see accountsof this event in these columns, and hopedthat some of the pictures snapped wouldbe used as illustrations. There is no doubtthat several of the contestants in the eggboiling contest lost first place throughnervousness in working before the camera.Had they known that none of the pictureswould be shown, they might have sacri-ficed some of the "movie" form to un-graceful speed.

Mr. Dube, of the Traffic Department,

was a recent visitor here. He seems underthe impression that they have cold wintersin Canada.

LA TUQUEMr. Chas. Cash of the office staff had

the misfortune to fall and break a bone inhis wrist about three weeks ago.

Our new stable is now nearing comple-tion, and Jim Monahan says it is going tobe a " dandy." It certainly looks goodfrom the outside.

We regret to report that W. L. Oilman,who, with Mrs. Oilman, accompanied thehockey team on their trip, has been laidup at Sherbrooke for a week and a halfwith an attack of acute bronchitis. Webelieve Mr. Oilman is able to be up now,and expect to see him back shortly.

Mr. E. M. Plummer, of the time office,while going to work one night recently,fell on the railroad track and broke hisankle.

Club Rooms was a brilliant success. Thedancing hall was very artistically decora-ted with flags and "tin hats," and themusic was simply great. There were twokinds of punch, " light" and " dark." Thelight stuff did not last, but those who hadany of it claimed it was considerablywetter than the other. Here's hoping wehave more soldiers' dances.

The Old Soldiers' and Sailors' Danceheld on F ebruary 6th at he St. Andrew's

We understand that the old soldiers andsailors have appointed a committee to or-ganize a club to be known as " The LaTuque Social and Athletic Club," and thattheir idea is to utilize the old St. Andrew's;Club Rooms on three nights a week andSaturday afternoons. This club will opento all the residents of La Tuque and dfs-trict over 17 years of age. This will be amighty good thing for the community, asit has been proven often that when thesoldiers start something they generallyfinish it and finish it right. The commit-tee, as appointed at a meeting of soldiersheld on the llth inst, is as follows:J. K. Nesbitt, Chairman R. FairbairnE. A. White, Sec.-Treas. H. BaileyS. Gillard M. J. DumitJ. Fairbairn J. Garrow

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* S U L P H I T E M I L L G A S *

Have you taken out your second papers?If not, you are not an American citizen.

A lady came to the Time Office a shortwhile ago and said she wanted to see theman who had something to do with theinsurance. " Oh, Briggs," said the time-keeper. " No, I want the little fellow thatwears short pants." After many inquiresit was found she wanted none other thanA. E. Michaud, and the short pants re-ferred to the army make-up he has beenwearing lately.

For the last few weeks the office forcehas been much hampered by the contin-ual absence of different ones, due tosickness.

Moving pictures have become so pop-ular that Mr. Homer Williams has beenappointed Constable to persuade the boysthat we are not running a free show forchildren. It is necessary, but too bad, asthey certainly enjoy them.

John Marvois and crew are very busyinstalling the new pipe systems at theHeine Plant.

Nick's truck broke down at last, and ittook an appropriate time, while the snowwas deep. It is supposed that he couldnot keep it hot enough to hold the wheelson.

Another man badly hurt on the cut-offsaw. An old experienced millwright, nota green man. Saw was perfectly guarded.Only one reason for it; he got careless.Safety committees can't prevent suchaccidents. It is up to the man himself tokeep his mind on what he is doing.

A DREAM OF FROSTI dreamed one night that on a favorite

mountain stream1 cast my flies to many a smashing strike.The spring was in the air, and budding

leaves aglowHalf clothed each bush and slender branch

alike,I went next day along that silent ice bound

stream,And cast my flies where I had seen the

trout leap,Thus I found that the trout lay at the

bottom fast asleep.

Anyone desiring to learn how to use adish pan for a tobboggan apply to HerbSpear. In fact he has one large enoughto hold the whole Curve Room force.(Some force.)

Pop McKinnon hasn't been seen in theCurve room for a week. Why? Theblack bird (you know the bird thatcrows)says he heard Smythie say, " Pop, if youkeep coming up here so often, we'll haveto put you to work."

"A doctor! An ambulance ! A stretch-er ! A nurse! Emergency please!" Sosaid Howard Powers as he burst excited-ly into the Time Office the other day.True as ever to the quick action requiredso often by him, the timekeeper called upthe stable to ask that an ambulance besent down right away. Not being able toobtain it, he next called up Walters', tell-ing him to rush his ambulance over to theSulphite as a man was seriously injured.Next Dr. Marcou was summoned. Thenthe First Aid Room was speedily clearedand the nurse and Billy Innes stood inreadiness to administer all possible aid tothe injured, and a stretcher was rushed tothe log pond. Then to the surprise, if notconsternation of all, in walked the injured(?) man without an apparent scratch, andthe stretcher on his shoulder. Say, Mr.Powers, that tumble into the log pondmust have gone clear to your head, or didyou take something stronger to warm up?There is, however, a commendation dueto those who were "on the job" in caseof emergency because accidents will hap-pen, you know.

They say it takes Billy Innis longer topay off in the Curve Room than in anyother department in the mill. When wesuggested that Eddie Chaloux be madeassistant, those in authority protested.

Did anyone hear Bob Briggs' autocallringing for an hour and a half the othermorning? The reason? Well, you see,a woman and a lawyer were anxious tosee him at the same time. He was ofcourse perfectly willing to see the woman,but the lawyer! ! ! Bob thinks he mightbe able to out-talk a woman but say, didyou ever try to talk to a lawyer alone, notto say anything of trying both at once ?We don't blame you sir, when with handsup you exclaim, " One at a time, please."

Lora—"Smythie, do you believe inProvidence ? "

Smythie—" I don't know, but I havegreat confidence in the divine Powers."

Fred Olson has been on a trip persuad-ing someone to sell some more refrigerat-ing machinery.

Alfred Cadorette, our errand boy andboxer, who weighs one hundred andtwenty-five stripped, used to go up to theCurve Room very often to learn to speakNorwegian, but now he dosen't go upthere. I wonder if Paul Grenier hasshown that he is boss up there. Is thatso Mr. Cadorette ?

The Digester and Acid Departmentshave been consolidated and Mr. Fagan isnow responsible for the operation of both.This will certainly keep him busy enoughto avoid any danger of his finding thedays too long.

Mr. Herbert Spear has been appointedSuperintendent of the Sulphite Depart-ment of the Cascade Mill. While we re-gret his loss in our immediate organiza-tion, he is still one of the family and wefeel rather proud that he has been chosenfor promotion instead of an outsider.

Has cider gone the way of old JohnBarleycorn? At least we haven't heardof any more cider fetes at 917 Main.

Someone asked the other day where thefemales bought their rouge. For adviceon this subject we might recommendElsie Porter. At least she found somethe other day, you know the kind thatdosen't come off, and from the quantityused we should say she bought out thewhole drug store.

Subscriber (who has been connectedwith 20 instead of 120—Albert Theatre)—"Hello, have you any seats in H left?"

Operator, laughingly—"No, Madam,they were all reserved long ago."

Subscriber in surprise—" Who is this,anyway."

Operator—" This is the Sulphite Mill,call 120."

Subscriber (spitefully)—"Well, perhapsyou can tell me then if they were all re«served for the Sulphite."

Operator—" Don't know, refer you toinformation."

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RATS IN THE CURVE ROOMSince the New England Telephone Cab-

inet, which holds the switchboard batter-ies, has been used as a "kitchen cabinet"by the girls who have their lunch at themill, " Rats " has been seen more frequent-ly than ever. "Rats" always did comequite often in the daytime, but at night—Oh! never! To judge from the teethmarks on the outside we'd surely say thatit is not " false impression." Say, Rats,

you must have a great fondness for cheese.Of course when we heard the boss' gentlevoice we said " cheese it." However, wedidn't mern to mislead you in regard tothe cheese in the can in the cabinet. Soplease in the future go easy on the cheese,as it may be " Rough on Rats."

Mr. Whitcher (looking at Mr. Metz'sbandaged face) —"What kind of a fighthave you been in anyway?"

Mr. Metz—" I assure you, sir, I haven't

been in any fight except the Sulphite."

Miss Ryan (to O'Shea, a basket ballplayer)—"Mr. O'Shea, don't you thinkour mountains beautiful?"

Mr. O'Shea—"Oh! I think I like yourfine-dells better."

He—"Cook(e), please."She—" Oh! are you looking for a cook?"He (hastily hanging up)-—"Gee whiz!

another leap-year vamp."

U P P E R P L A N T S N O T E S

CHASMS

PURCHASING DEPARTMENTSomeone in the Purchasing Department

seems to have a hankering for openingpersonal mail, but for gracious sake don "ttell anybody.

Mr. H. A. Bishop and our stenographerhave been seen together lately, at leastonce a day, chewing the rag about lettersover in the corner near the transfer cases.Who knows, maybe they are getting readyto file their intentions.

WANTED: Volunteers to form a search-ing party to locate or discern the where-abouts of our speedy mailman. This braveman left the office a week ago last Mon -day on what was known as a forty-fiveminute trip around the plant, to deliverand collect the morning mail, and as yetnothing has been heard of him. Justthink, he may be forced to sleep duringthe cold nights along the track that leadsfrom the bridge to the Sulphite mill, or upon one of the large oil tanks at the KreamKrisp plant which have such nice slopingroofs. Come and help save this man andlet your name go down in the book ofgood deeds and no rewards.

just finished her 367th table cloth and isstill going. They should have had her inFrance during the war when that greatbattle of the Marne was going on. She isso proficient with the needle that perhapswith a pair of scissors, a library lamp.a catand some thread, she might have beenable to sew up those terrible Huns.

Will some kind hearted man, who maybe in a position to do so, kindly furnishMiss Feindel with a wire cage in which towork, just to see if she can work a weekwithout catching her dress on some deskcorner or index file and tearing it.

"Jack" Hughes, as we go to press, has

Harry Bishop our original follow-upclerk and fisherman was sent to Lewiston,Me., recently to purchase some dynamitefor the Company. On going to the firmof Hall & Knight Co., he attempted to buya couple of tons of said explosive, but thatgood old reliable firm was taking nochances so held the Reverend Bishop aprisoner until they called up the Berlinoffice for identification. On receipt ofidentification they released him, and pack-ing the dynamite for him, sent the littleboy home . . . . Well now, really," Bish," you can't blame Hall & Knight.How did they know you were not the

fellow who broke |out [of the insane asy-lum last week ?j

Some people seem to think that Mr.Hoyle, our Portland office man, is reservedand very quiet around the office . . . .Well, now reader, to be absolutely honest,what would you do in the line of oratoryif ,you had to work eight hours a daybetween a saw mill blower and a TALK-ING machine ?

There seems to be a lot of talk aboutthe Purchasing Dept. lately, especiallysince January 16th. Well, just to relievesomeone's mind, and not to shatter some-one's fond dreams, I wish to say that thekeg which |is near the safe is, and hasbeen for some time, a-b-s-o-l-u-t-e-l-yempty.

When in doubt as to how to play thatpoker hand, ask Mr. Hoyle of the Pur-chasing Department. He knows. Hewrote the rule book.

MAIN OFFICELost, Strayed or Stolen ?

Somewhere between the first and thirdfloor, three keys plainly marked "STOCKROOM" with a piece of iron 12 incheslong attached. Kindly return to WeedsDepartment and receive reward.

Bob Smith:—"Are you in favor of theDaylight Saving Law?"

Office Girls :—"We don't care."Bob:—"That means yes."

After a discussion in the rest room.1st Girl:—"Gee, I wish I had said I was

not in favor of that law."2nd Girl:—"So do I. I didn't think

what I was saying."3rd Girl:—"I've changed my mind too "

etc.By this conversation you can get some

idea of what will happen when the womenvote.

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A 1919 FISH STORY-WITHOUT A WRITE-UP

/To ~S

GROCERY DEPARTMENTOur friend, Frank Oliver, has asked for

n withdrawal card from his former lodge,"The Midnight Crew," to join "The Bene-dicts."

Poor Frank! Although you certainlyhave the best wishes of your formerbrother members, we feel sorry to loseyou.

Do not forget if you should repent atthe eleventh hour, there is one hope leftand that is the midnight train.

The grocery department claims it isimpossible to start a bowling team inthat department, as everyone seems tobe tied up for some reason or other. Onesays he has to take care of "kiddie."One has to practice hockey and also atgetting "black eyes." The last, but notleast, cannot show up. He is not married,but is worse off—he has to be with herevery evening.

Albert Morin, while playing hockey (?)forgot what he was doing, and startedwhat must have been a prize fight fromthe looks of his eye. How was the otherfellow, Albert'

STABLECharlie Quinn dined not wisely but too

well the other evening, and rushed to the'phone and said "Give me Dr. McGee'soffice." "Information" says Central. "No,stomach trouble," says Charlie.

Arthur Simpson of the stable force hasmade a record on skiis. He states that

p) I r

he can fall in more different positionsthan any man in the North Country. Healso has a little trick of sitting down whilegoing over the jump that is bound to takethe attention of all who see him.

RESEARCH DEPARTMENTMessrs. Richter, Vannah and Cave have

been taking a vacation recently—enter-taining the "grippe."

KREAM KRISP DEPT.Harry Flynn of the Recording Guage

Department has been cited for diligentperformance of duty during a gas attackat No. 4 Cell House, and has been recom-mended for a galvanized iron medal witha tin star. The citation speaks of hiswobbly knees, sick stomach and big headwhile the attack was at its highest point.Harry was removed to the base hospitalfor overhauling and after a convalescentperiod of two days returned once more tothe front and reported to Captain Covieofor duty. Harry says it takes more gritthan any fighting marine possesses tostand such an attack on the cell housefront.

Mr. C. H. Goldsmith is a living exampleof endothermic and exothermic reactions.The Saturday afternoon half-holiday im-pressed him as being an excellent oppor-tunity to "See America First." Accord-ingly he went for a sleigh ride up the Glenroad. But alas! The drifts were manyand deep, and the horse, being possessedof a pessimistic nature, soon gave up thestruggle. However, Mr. Goldsmith finallyreached home, not only tired but halffrozen. He states—and here you see thereason for our first assertion—that he"thawed out the same way he froze up!"

There has been a rumor spread thatJoe Lauze is soon to leave us, this absenceto last until the Presidental election. Weunderstand that Joe is planning an extensive lecture tour supporting the Demo-cratic candidate for President.

Mr. F. M. Jones' furnace has not suffici-ent conductivity. We would suggest thatanyone bothered with frozen water pipesthese cold days apply to Mr. Jones for in-formation regarding the latest and mostimproved methods for remedying thedifficulty.

When Ray Smith, our assistant mana-ger, gets talking Metz, and Johi Thoisgets going on Fords it sounds like anauto show demonstration and it surely isvery instructive to listeners. To Ray theMetz is the only car in America, but Johnstrongly supports the little old pail.

Have you seen Thomas Thompson withhis green bottle? One label pictures aSkull and Crossbones, and on the otherare the directions, "Take a full glass be-fore breakfast." Who is the mixer, Tom ?

Write the vision, and make it plain upontablets, that he may run that readeth.—Habakkuk, ii, 2.

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Who says the war hasn't taughtus thrift?

Irving Hannaford of the storeforce had a few spare momentson his hands the other day, so heimmediately set his energy towork on a new rat trap. It wasset in the storeroom of the Gro-cery Dept. for trial. A few mo-ments later someone notifiedHann of a terrible racket in the

on the advantages of his trap, theeasiest way out is to buy one, ashe will keep talking until youlose your hearing. It didn't takehim ten minutes to convince usthat they were not a luxury, buta household necessity, and one ofthe greatest inventions of man-kind. He says if he makes goodin the trap business he will blos-som out next summer with one

room. He rushed down. Oncoming out of the room he metPete and said," The first one, Pete,was that long!"

He is now the sole agent forthe Patent Rat Trap according toHann. They are some traps, allfor the sum of one dollar. Whenhe gets you in a corner and starts

of the most complete lines ofhand painted suspenders and non-slip collar buttons on the market.

He states that anyone whowants to laugh at him has theprivilege, but lots of big businessdeals started in the same wayand gives for example the firm ofSears & Roebuck; he claims that

not one of the fellows (eitherSears or Roe or Buck) had any-thing when they started out butenergy, and the great Van Campstarted out with one bean. Wewould like to see him make goodso here's wishing him l u c k .Please send in your orders.

ENGINEERING DEPARTMENTThe new Riverside mill is fast nearing

completion. The steel is almost completlyin place and the forms for the walls arefinished, together with the tower for dis-tributing concrete.

The survey for the new hydro-electricdevelopment has been made and the con-struction is now under way. When com-pleted, it will consist of a new concretedam opposite Tube mill No. 2, where thegate house will be placed, three thirteen-foot Redwood stave penstocks which willfollow the river bank to the power house,in which there will be three 5000 h. p.,K. V. A. units. The total developmentwill be approximately 15,000 h. p. Thepower house itself will be placed just be-low the Burgess footbridge.

RIVERSIDE MILLThe Wail of the Neglected

Every night at five and every noon,The cutter girls go through this room;Some of them smile and some do not,Some of them think they are a lot.Have we insulted them in any way ?If so, we'll apologize every day.If they would speak to us once in a whileAnd give us at least a friendly smile,Instead of going with their nose to the

skyAs if to say, "speak to me and you will

die."Now girls, as you read this don't feel bad,But accept this apology of a machine

room lad,So wend your way and you will seeWhat nice friends we all can be.

—Spokeshave.

Mike with the Red NecktieThe roses are red,

The violets are blue,Mike Egan got a tie

Of crimson hue.Two and one-half

I paid for mine,But Mike got one

That cost a dime.—Spokeshave.

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Who writes such wonderful letters thatare sometimes found in the Cutter Roomrqlts? Below is reproduced an exactcopy.

Berlin, N. H., Dec. 24, 1919.Dear Miss:—

I lived in a small town where there areonly about twenty-five girls. They arevery scarce and I am very lonesome. Iam eighteen, I can speak French. Iwould like to make the acquaintance ofsome nice girl that would write to me. Iwould exchange photo.

I remain in hope,

The Valentine Day supper at the Girls'Club, ably prepared by the Research mem-bers and appreciated most obviously byeveryone fortunate enough to be present,was followed by an informal theatre partyat the Albert. Light refreshments wereserved.

NEWS OF THE "JOLLIETTES"" Jolliettes " are coming into the lime-

light every day as a result of the discoveryof unusual and heretofore unguessed ac-complishments. The newest exploit ofour justly popular group was the event ofthe evening on the Fourteenth of Feb-ruary, when two of our members, MissRita Fogg and Miss Mary Andersonfavored Main street with an entirely un-rehearsed exhibition of that step, un-familiar perhaps under its new name, the"Jolliette Glide," but well known to allwho have braved our sandless streets thepast month. Opportunity is taken to an-nounce that the unknown heroes who lenttheir support to the last act of the per-formance are eligible for a reward, whichowing to the pressure of events wasomitted at the time. Apply to the Re-search or the Photographic Departments.

ONE ABSENTEE LAWMAKERREFUSES TO ACCEPT PAY

Concord, N. H., Feb. 14—Col. WilliamR. Brown, a mill owner of Berlin, whowas a delegate from that city to the recentConstitutional Convention, but who wasunable to attend its sessions, has returnedto the State Treasurer the salary checkwhich was sent to him. He is the onlyone of the fifty delegates said to havebeen absent from the convention whofailed to cash his salary check.

Boston Sunday Globe.

THE MODERN HIAWATHAHe killed the noble Mudjikovis,Of the skin he made his mittens,Made them with the fur side inside,Made them with the skin side outside,He, to get the warm side inside,Put the inside skin side outside;He, to get the cold side outside,Put the warm side fur side insideThat's why he put the fur side insideWhy he put the skin side outside,Why he turned them inside outside.

Exchange,

PAPERMAKERSFive ways to get more production:1st. Teach your backtender to watch

out for your interest and never mind yourmates.

2nd. Cut the'reel down when changingtours so as to get five minutes from theother fellow.

3rd. Mark the paper on both ends ofthe tour, if the other fellow will stand forit.

4th. If the reel is half up at the timeof changing tours, run it over size andgrab about two-thirds of it. If the otherfellow kicks, simply say you owed us tenminutes.

5th. Watch the production book closelyand if you happen to get a thousandpounds too much, keep mum. If the otherfellow gets too much, call the paper weigh-er's attention to it as he might run shortwhen taking account of stock.

Follow these instructions carefully andif you can't keep ahead on productionyour case is hopeless.

"OLD TIMER."

DISCOVERED ?We read in a recent issue of

the Bulletin of the loss of a cer-tain consignment of thirst relieverfrom a kind friend in Maine, andthere were many self-appointedsleuths to.trail this consignment,not that we think there are anyin the Cascade mill who wouldimbibe, because it really did notmake any great change in ourforces, this national prohibition,but we all have friends, youknow, and for our friends, weever keep a watchful eye. How-ever, it is not our purpose to takeup space for good matter, so toour title; there were a few goodnoses and when a certain second-hand in the Bleachery discovereda barrel of grease (?) liquid thathad the odor of vineyards, the

sleuths immediately smelled thisgrease (?) and to be sure that itwas good, a committee was de-tailed to sample it, not officially,but merely to assure themselvesof the lubricating qualities. Soonafter McKinney of the Beaterroom, when questioned about theAcetic acid on hand, stated thatthere was a barrel in the Beaterroom, in fact a day or so beforehe had seen it, but upon furtherinvestigation the barrel was miss-ing. Instead of being Mr. Carter'sspecial Maine cider, the Beaterroom was furnishing lubricantsfor a number of dry (?) throats,and their stomachs not being ac-customed to it, especially in thesedry times, the inspectors weretaken ill.

WAIL FROM BURGESSAND CASCADE GIRLS

Do you believe in fairies?Who's Fairy God-mother to theBerlin Mills girls? Well, who-ever she may be we wish she'd beours too. You see, we were in-vited up to Berlin Mills the othernight for a business meetiag, andwhen we reached there all tiredout, we were usheredinto thedear-est little green and white roomimaginable. It was a rest roomindeed, with it's "comfy" chairsand its handy library table. Ifwe hadn't believed in fairies be-fore we did then, because weknew that if the Brown Companyhad given the Berlin Mills girlssuch a nice place to rest in, ofcourse they would have given theBurgess and Cascade girls onetoo. Why? Because you knowthey don't believe in having anyenvious or hard feelings betweenthe different mills, and we don'tblame them. We do wish, though,that we did know who that kindfairy God-mother was, and thatshe would please visit us andwave her magic wand and say,"Let there be a wonderful restroom for my other girls."

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SPORTS

On Friday Afternoon, January30th, there arrived in Berlin theLa Tuque Team or "Nibrocs"under the personal direction ofBill Gilman. Those of us localboys who met the men fromCanada were informed that theyhad come down here to show ushow the great Canadian game ofhockey should be played.

Now let us proceed to Satur-day afternoon at the Y. M. C. A.rink. Here we find a large crowdin the grand stand with the bandin one corner. On the ice werethe two opposing teams. The"Nibrocs," with immaculate suits,men eagerly waiting to show theassembled multitude the finepoints of the game. Our ownteam, who by the way, had onlyplayed together once before, werecarefully watching their oppon-ents to see if they could discoverany weak points.

The game started out and aftera little skilful manoevuring, oneof the "Nibrock" shoots a prettygoal. First blood for Canada andBill Gilman is happy. But thissimply arouses our team to betterefforts and soon the score is a tieas a result of a pretty shot by oneof the Berlin forwards. Thusthe first period ended in a tie 1-1.

Both teams came back con-fident of winning in the secondperiod but try as they could the"Nibrocs" could only do half aswell as our team and the resultantscore was 3-2 in favor of Berlin.During this record period somevery pretty hockey was displayedand both teams played a whirl-wind of a game.

As the third period started, the"Nibrocs" were determined to

wipe out the defeat but to noavail for the harder they playedthe better our team held themand during this period some finedefense work was done by bothteams. And so the game ended3-2 in favor of Berlin. Of courseit is hard luck to travel so farand be defeated but such was thecase and Mr. Gilman and teamwill have to acknowledge thatthey ran up against pretty, stiffmaterial. Better luck next time,La Tuque, as you played a finegame but underestimated theBerlin boys.

The Cascade Athletic Association ap-parently is conducted in a systematicmanner and we all find it of much moreconsequence than spasmodic organizing, inthat all of the members are pushers whileour indoor teams although well organizedhad no especial interest except to a few.As an observer I feel free to state that ourHennessey is quite an asset to our organ-ization. He is not only punctual and en-ergetic and good natured, but well versedin most of the current sports. As chair-man of the directors he fills the bill asrepresentative manager. To date all theofficers have shown enthusiasm and eachgave his time freely.

I think the hockey team will speak foritself, although we are handicapped bybeing located so far from the arena. Suchbeing the case we intend to overcome thehandicap and advance beyond all expecta-tions in loyalty to our association. Wewish that every athlete could be presentat all meetings in order that our officersmight know who's who.

"So go ahead Berlin, and get your teamsorganized and pick out the best combina-tion of your players and La Tuque willsend down one of its teams and show youhow the game should be properly played.» » * Even our Ladies Hockey Teammight make it very interesting for youBerlin Hockeyites."

(Extract from a challenge in the BrownBulletin January, 1920.)

Whadda ya mean "send a ladies teamdown to make it interesting?" The teamyou did send down made it pretty interest-ing for us. Yeh! And you showed ushow the game should be played, but weshowed you how to put that old puckthrough the goals just a little better andoftener than you did. Score, Berlin 3,La Tuque 2. Not bad for a bunch of"amatoors." Whadda ya say, Bill, oldtop?

There will soon take place the fifth of aseries of bowling matches between theundoubtable Research Laboratory and theredoubtable Engineering D e p a r t m e n t .There has developed a very keen rivalrybetween these two departments in theline of sport, and the four matches rolledhave resulted in two matches for each de-partment. This fifth one seems to promiseexcitement, and it is only fair to state afew of the regulations which are to beobserved. All dangerous weapons are tobe placed in the custody of "Charlie"MacLean before the match starts. Thefoul line umpire is to have a guarantee ofproper burial and not less than five thou-sand dollars insurance. The pin boyskilled are to be paid for promptly by theguilty party at a rate per capita to be de-cided later. False scoring is to be punish-able by death for the first offence and bydeath with torture for each offence there-after. Persons caught applauding goodplays of the other side are to be tried forgiving aid and comfort to the enemy.Casualties will be posted outside the alleysas they occur. We cannot be responsiblefor onlookers injured. We hope to have alarge attendance. We understand thatthe Research have prepared cigarettessoaked in potassium cyanide to present tothe high string men in the Engineeringline-up. May we not "register our protestagainst this inhuman method of wagingwar?"

The local hockey league of La Tuque,composed of the " Nibroc " and Knightsof Columbus teams is still at a deadlock.Both games played have resulted in scoresof 5-5.

The Laurentide hockey team fromGrand Mere paid La Tuque a visit onJauuary 25th. The result was a very fastand clean game of hockey, which LaTuque won by a score of 4-3.

The Cascade is anticipating organizinga bowling team. They already have onepicked up, but not organized.

Perhaps we can pick up an associationfoot ball team. More of a parlor gamethan Rugby or hockey and besides, somany kickers decided it would be well toform some sort of team that could playwith their feet instead of hands or thehammer.

Mr. W. L. Gilman (alias Sawdust Billy)will not need to worry about getting anorchestra from Montreal as long asMessrs. Gillard, McNaughton and Tellierare available.

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SPORTS-Continued

The " Nibroc" hockey team of La Tuquehas recently returned from a very stren-uous trip south, winning from Portland,4-2; Bates College, 4-0; Sherbrooke, 6-1;losing to Berlin, 3-2. The loss of the Ber-lin game they blame to the warm weather,it only being 25 below.

Some whiskers recently sprouted outunder Tommy Sheridan's nose. Good boy,Tommy, put some hair tonic on 'em.Maybe you will raise an eyebrow in time.

SHIRKING DECISIONS(By Jasper Robertson)

The difference between thepeople who make up their mindspromptly and those who hesitateand postpone, is not so much amatter of ability to decide, as ofa willingness to do it. Manypeople seem to have a singularreluctance to make a decision.They will ask the advice of thosewhose judgment is no more re-liable than their own, and followit, seemingly with the thoughtthat they are escaping responsi-

bility.A boy had been told to meet a

farm wagon on a corner half amile from home, in order to re-ceive some chickens for the Sun-day dinner. The farmer wasdetained and did not come, butthe boy who had been accom-panied by his pet dog, continuedto wait on the corner, till hismother became alarmed at hisnon-appearance, and instituted asearch for him. When his fathercame home that evening andheard the story, he said, "Buthow did you come to do so foolisha thing, my son? You were tomeet Farmer Snow's wagon atone o'clock and common senseshould have told you that afteryou had waited an hour, it wasuseless to wait any longer."

" Well, it wasn't my fault," saidthe boy. " I left it all to Rover.Every time I asked him if weshould stay longer, he waggedhis tail and that meant yes. Ifhe had barked, that would havemeant no."

"Oh," said the father. "Thatalters the case. I was grieved tothink that a son of mine, grownto be as old as you are, shouldnot have better judgment, but Idid not know what do do aboutit. It appears that you did notuse your judgment, but left a dogto decide a question that con-cerned you. In that case, I thinkyou will have to be punished."And so the boy went to bed,several hours before his bedtime,to meditate on the responsibilitywhich intelligence entails.

People who do not like to makedecisions try to persuade them-selves that in following the adviceof another, they have escapedresponsibility. But that is notthe case. The responsibility foracting wisely is a personal oneand it cannot be shifted to an-other's shoulders. You have aright to ask advice, and it is yourbusiness to listen to advice when

it is offered, but when it comesto making up your mind, nobodycan do it for you. Every attemptto substitute something else, inplace of deciding a question inaccordance with your best judg-ment, is a form of shirking forwhich there is no excuse.

THE GRUMBLEKNOTTSThe Grumbleknotts had no fear

of Jack Frost on January 31st.You know what a warm (?) nightit was? Well, we went to campand " you'd be surprised" howwarm it was. And feed, we'llsay there was nothing lacking." One end was alright, was'nt itPudgey?" We experienced greatdifficulty in lighting a lamp whichhad contained gasoline. AskLorry how it's done. Just soyou'll envy us, this is what wehad to eat. Roast chicken withoozing gravy 'n everything, pota-toes, cranberry sauce, pickles,bread and butter, 'n peach short-cake, with heaps of whippedcream, coffee, oranges and bana-nas, and then talk about toastedmarshmallows! Well, we allagree that we had some time,and hope it isn't long before we'll" hit the trail again."

NOTICEOwing to snow and bad con-

dition of the roads, the sleigh rideto have been given by the BrownCompany Get-together club onthe even ing of February 17th, hasbeen postponed indefinitely. Weregret very much the necessityfor the above, and hope to be ableto have same the early part ofMarch.

A day of gladness deep and calm,No touch of care overtake it;

A peaceful fireside gay and warm,As kind as heart can make it.

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NOT LOST BUT ASTRAYA Two or Three Part Story

(By the Author Himself)PART I.

About three o'clock on theeventful afternoon that I shotand landed a bigger damn fooldeer than ever Newt Newkirkdreamed of, I was saunteringdown two-sled road, dragging myrifle behind me hitched to a pieceof hay wire. This was one of mybright ideas to avoid extra ex-ertion and as I had ofted playedreturn-ball as a kid, I had it dopedout that I could snap my guninto position P. D. Q., if necessary.My hound pup, Spike, was run-ning along at my heels and as Iwas hitting the pike at a five-mile gait, to keep Spike's spiritsup, I was singing that old, oldsong, "Till We Meet Again."Even with all this going on, letme assure you that I was out" still hunting." I had been at itall the Fall, so I decided to callall kinds of game chasing "stillhunting," and up to nine o'clockthat night I was still hunting fora place to lay my weary bones.

At a sharp turn in the road Ifloundered onto that bone-headdeer, standing with his tailpointedin my direction and evidently en-joying Spike's yapping and mysong as he didn't seem to thinkeither of us amounted to much inperson. But believe me Willie

Cody had nothing on the way Igot into action. I gave a quicksnap on the hay wire, landed mygun in my hands on the verythird try and soon had five shellsin the magazine. After jackingone into the barrel, I took tenmore steps to an alder that I hadhad my eagle eye on, rested thenostril of my 38-155 in thecrotched part of the same, took afine sight at the critter's tail, shutmy eyes and yanked the triggera couple times. If the Kaiserhad been where that deer was,"believe me" he'd be in Hadesnow instead of being over inAfrica hiding away from usAmericans and Mr. Wilson. That

TfilES MAKINC TEASPOON* OUT Of

first yank wrecked that deer'sfuture career as far as gettingaway was concerned.

He turned a couple hand-springsand made a glorm for the talltimber. I threw a couple moreshots at him as he disappearedin the jungles and made the mudfly around Spike who was abouta hundred feet behind the deer.Before taking chase after thenow wild animals, I very care-fully jacked the two remainingshells out of my gun and laidthem on a stump near by. Youall know a wounded deer alwayseither runs in a circle or thefigure eight. I didn't want totake any chances of losing thosecartridges and the show of land-ing my game after getting theaffair so well started. I tore upa piece of the corduroy in theroad and plunged into the dismalforest, carrying my empty gunin my other hand, so that Iwouldn't have to hunt for it whenI got back from doing the letterO, or figure eight, having madeup my mind to do my best andpass the deer enroute if possible.

(To be continued in next issue)

Who is this hunter?

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THE SULPHUR BUYER touch with the situation than IThe following little sketch, in am-"

two acts, entitled " The SulphurBuyer " is given with apologies toShakespeare, to prove that theH. C. L. has not taken all thecomedy out of life.

Scene—Portland Office.Time -Early in February, 1920.

Act I.Enters: a smooth-shaven and

well set up man with the freeand easy manner of an all-roundgood fellow. He is a man thatmight be taken to be anythingfrom a travelling salesman to oneof the big captains of industry.If you were to meet him in thewoods on a lumbering operation,you would probably take him forthe walking boss, or even theowner of the lumber; at a Presi-dential election, for one of thecandidates, or at a banquet of theBankers' Association he wouldundoubtedly be singled out asone of the leading capitalists ofthe country. At any rate hisgenial and unassuming mannerimmediately marks him as a manof the world. On entering theoffice he walks over to Mr. King'sdesk, and after a few general re-marks about the weather, etc., hesays : " How is the sulphur situa-tion, Mr. King?"

Mr. King (being deeply en-grossed with his morning mail),and having a particular aversionto travelling salesmen, who so in-judiciously invade the sanctuaryof his office at that time of theday, straightens up and leansback in his chair, causes a deepfrown to appear on his brow, atthe same time assuming thatdignified air benefitting onesupposed to be in the market forseveral thousand tons of sulphur^" I don't believe I'm in the mar-ket for any sulphur today, butyou might talk the matter overwith my assistant, Mr. Chase,who is perhaps more closely in

Mr. King then resumes his for-mer posture, and proceeds tooccupy himself with what, froma distance, appears to be aformidable pile of importantcorrespondence and contracts,but which really consists princi-pally of advertisements, pricelists, bargain offers, and othermiscellaneous things of thisnature, that are wished on pur-chasing agents as well as someof the rest of us.

As it seems useless to againinterrupt Mr.King.the gentlemanturns around, and without mak-ing any further comment (audiblecomment) walks out of the office.

Act II.(As the curtain rises on this

act Mr. Chase is seen to turnaround in his chair and addressMr. King).

Mr. Chase: "Say, don't youknow who that gentleman is ? "

Mr. King: " I don't believe Ido, Chase. Who does he repre-sent?"

Mr. Chase: (with an expressionof great astonishment and in-credulity) " Who does he repres-ent? "Why, he represents theSulphite Mill at Berlin. Thatwas Fred Rahmanop! "

Here Mr. King appears to bepainfully distressed; but afterpartially recovering his equilibri-um, he hastily arises from chairand goes in search of Mr.Rahmanop. The curtain is pulleddown as he is seen running downthe passage way calling out "Mr.Rahmanop, Oh, Mr. Rahmanop!"

NOTE -In the dramatization ofthe above incident, the actualfacts of the case have in someinstances been slightly enlargedupon, and otherwise altered so asto get them into proper dramaticform (?) Shakespeare and othergreat dramatists often found thisnecessary.

RESIGNATION OFSULPHITE SUPT.

It has been officially announcedthat the Cascade Mill is to losetheir Sulphite Superintendent,Mr. F. W. Brawn, and everyonewishes him well in his new posi-tion. February 6th this year Mr.Brawn finished forty years of thepaper pulp business, and in thattime has acquired an extensiveknowledge of all departments inthe manufacture of sulphite, andhas been progressive in h i smethods.

Mr. Brawn was the father of theBrown Company's Relief Associ-ation, and he has been alwaysready to demonstrate his willing-ness to secure ideal conditions bypromoting personally, in a greatmany cases, the things desired.The Relief Association merely forthe protection of the mill did notappeal to him, but he wished tobroaden the scope of this insur-ance, to take in all manner ofrecreation, transportation liabili-ties, and in general anything thata high grade accident policymight cover. It is obvious thatthe change he is making is to bean advancement, and we shalllook for reports of equal successin The Frazers Co., Ltd., at Ed-mund ton, N. B.

USE YOUR HEADA Woodpecker pecksOut a great many specks,of SawdustWhen building a Hut;He works like a niggerTo make the hole bigger-He's sore ifHis cutter won't cut.He don't bother with plansOf cheap artisans,But there's one thingCan rightly be said;The whole excavationHas this explanation-He builds itByUsingHisHead.