Problems We Must Solve In

By COL. GEORGE W. MIXTER, Vice-President and General Manager

1920
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The Information We Should Have In Order to Carry Out Successfully the Programme Arranged for Our Accomplishment This Year
How many of you realize that the Pierce-Arrow Family is not all here in Buffalo ? In fact, two very important parts of the family are spread all over the United States, and to an extent, over the world. There are about four thousand different stockholders who have, in effect, loaned the Company the money with which to do business. This money provides buildings, machine.ry and tools, and pays for raw materials and wages until such time as the money paid out for material and wages can be returned by the sale of the cars and trucks we manufacture. It is difficult to tell .a11 of the members of the family about the business. You are particularly fortunate in having The Arrow available every month, and it is the policy of the Management. to tell you through The Arrow of :the problems of the business, and plans to meet these problems. The great responsibility of a foreman for the management of his part of the business is seldom fully understood. We all know he must get out the work economically and on time. times we forgot that he not only represents the Company buZ1: resents every man working under him. He must have no loafers or poor workmen ; he must see that a man does a day work, and s does it well; try to fit the right men into the right job for which they are specially suited. The wages the business can afford to pay depend on the efficiency of the whole organization, and every time a foreman permits an incompetent or dissolute man to continue not doing his share, something is being taken from the good men.

There are about seven thousand people at the plant in Buffalo; which means that, including the families, about twenty-five thousand people in this city depend directly on the Pierce-Arrow MOtor Car Company as a source of income. The money received by the Company from day to day comes from the Agents who buy our cars and trucks. We hav e about throughout seventy-five dealers the United States who loperate over one hundred stores for the sale of the product that you men build in the factory. The factory could not continue to run a month without the dealers who are, therefore, a very important part of the big family. The dealers in turn sell our cars and trucks to users, and the dealer gets the money he sends to Buffalo from the money he receives

from the users of our cars and trucks. Unless we build our cars and trucks of the highest quality, and at a low cost, quality considered, we cannot hope to continue to sell and increase our sales to the users. The money which the Company pays out really comes from the people that buy our cars and trucks. The company will pay out this year eight hundred thousand dollars to the stockholders, about seven hundred thousand in taxes, over ten million dollars in wages, and over twenty million dollars for material.

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Evidently the family cannot prosper unless money, men and customers all pull together. It is the job of the Management to take care of all of these interests, see that they do pull together, and that every one gets a square deal.

At the very top of the motor car industry stands the name Your perPIERCE - ARROW.
sonal interests reqmre you t

guard this good name. If a single car or truck leaves this plant that has in it one defective part, it tiii not only cost money to adjust the matter with the customer.

but m ake additional sales to that big job to get the tools ready, and Indecision the Cause custo m er less likely. In other rearrange the shop for this new words, there will be less money of Many Failures 1 work. During this rearrange m ent available for wages. you may find your own work upset. Talk to your fore m an about indecision is the direct cause of Quali,v is the first essential, but your proble m s, always bearing in a large percentage of failures and we must get over the idea that a man must decide for hi m self m ind , the m an worth while is it is necessary to throw away quickly or subordinate his opinion the m an with a s m ile when everymoney to get high quality. Alto others and beco m e eventually thing goes dead wrong, and remost any school-boy can lay out a clinging vine or a ship without m ember that you are all ai m ing at a mess of cylinders, pistons, cams, a rudder. a greater and more prosperous levers, springs, and hang a lot of Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Co mChrist m as tree tri mm ings on it, snappy9 be m anly, square and. Your own personal busiand call it an engine, but it takes panyready to back yourself, even ness interests require that you get Fera great engineer, like David though you may make a wrong gusson, to acco mp lish the last the work out right, and get it out move once in a while. word in results with a si mp on ti m e, and help get the new le, You may fail, not only once, clean, econo m ical design that will work started right. but several ti m es. Every person give service for one hundred thoufails more times than he succeeds, These things we have talked sand miles. but it s the m an that takes these about can best be told to you Any kind of a shop can get out little slaps of Fate with a s m ile through the Arrow. There is ana set of parts for an engine, leave other very great service the Ara few thousandths for fitting, and study and find out how and why row can render, not only the if you have enough experts with he failed that will eventually sue- ; Pierce-Arrow organization, but to a file, so me engines will work, and teed. the whole country, and that is to some won t.W e must build qualYou must prove your own i continually help its readers m ake ity product and get the quality clear to others the principles of rapidly and econo m ically by m ak-Constitution of the United duties through fair -and- unthe ing the parts right. biased consideration of the inter States. The Arrow can tell each ests of your e mp loyer. of you how to help the people One s own work is the only with whom you come in contact standard by which an e mp loyer realize their responsibility as citican gauge, and when the ti me ezns, arouse their self-interest and comes to choose between two men arouse their patriotic loyalty. Each Every m an or woman in the for a pro motion, it is going to be one of you can give to those with Pierce-Arrow organization is rethe efficient and loyal worker who sponsible for his or her particular whom you come in contact a betis chosen. job and it is essential for your ter understanding of so m e of the You can see that you are in individual success that your work reality working for yourself, no efforts of today to overthrow our be well and econo m ically done. m atter who hands you your pay institutions, largely through the W e propose to increase the outShirking will not hurt envelope. radical agitator who is taking adput of the Pierce-Arrow plant so your work nearly as m uchit, as vantage of organized labor to that regardless of how rapidly and will hurt you; and for bore fro m w ithin and force the well co mp leted your gain is economically the work be executed, there will be more thanprinciples of anarchy upon the er than that of your e mp loyer. enough work for everybody, and To decide American people. prosperity through pro motion for It those who are thoroughly co mpe- is only through enlightened evidences __ a strong character of - _ public opinion founded on the tent and render excellent service. Do your part to m ake yourselfwisdo m and good judg have the will with which to decide: m ent of prosperous. such work m en as m ake up The and it takes a strong, healthy;: subtleny! clean m ind in a body of Pierce - Arrow organization, that and power to m ake these. Snap II this evil can be eradicated, and d ecisions. the A m erican Ship of State persynonymous, m itted to sail the seas of industry W e are building more passentoward the harbor of greater prosger cars than we have ever built This is the before. A large nu mber of the perity and success. cars now being worked on in the greatest thought The Arrow can could you or shops have already been sold to carry to its readers. customers. W e must not disapvital question to a m an filledwith WC point the custo m er if want his such thoughts ;r good will and future business. In No, you would welcoAe .with Work and save for peace and other words, we m ust keep up to dynar open ar m s the m an whose reconstruction. B u y Treasury the schedule. m ic brain was filled with thoughts Savings Certificates. Ask any For next fall ship m ent we will of assurance, confidence, certain; . _. ,. . 1 have m any new designs. It is a foreman.

Leadership
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Farewell Instructions Given to Student Officers at Fort Sheridan, by Major C. A. Bach, a Quiet Unassu m ing Officer Acting as an Instructor. It is* the Leadership Ever Recorded Best Co mposition on and as Well Applicable to Officials of Industry as to Military Officials.

confidence, ascendency, moral self-sacrifice, fairpaternalism, ness, initiative, decision, dignity, courage. Let me discuss these with you in detail. Self-confidence results, first, fro m exact knowledge; second, the ability to i mpart that knowledge; and, third, the feeling of superiority over others that naturally follows. All these give the officer poise. To lead, you must know-you may bluff all your men some of the ti me, but you can t do it all the time. Men will not have confidence in an officer unless he knows his business, and he must know it from the ground up.

In a few days the great mass of In a short time each of you men you will. control the lives of a certain men will receive commissions as officers. These commissions You will number of other men. will not make you leaders; they have in your charge loyal but untrained citizens, who look to YOU will merely make you officers. They will place you in a position for instructiqns and guidance. where you can become leaders if Your word will be their law. you possess the proper qualities. Your most casual remark will be But you must make good-not so Your mannerisms remembered. much with the men over you as Your clothing, your will be aped. with the men under you. carriage, your vocabulary, your manner of command will be imiChance to Beco m e Leaders tated. Men must and will follow into When you join your organizabattle officers who are not leaders, tion you will find there a willing but the driving power behind body of men, who ask from you these men is not enthusiasm but nothing more than the qualities discipline. Th ey go with doubt that will co mmand their respect, and trembling and with an awful their loyalty and their obedience. fear tugging at their heartstrings They are perfectly ready and that prompts the unspoken queseager to follow you so long as you tion, What will he do next? * can convince the m that you have Such men obey the letter of these quabties. When the ti me their orders, but no more. Of co m es that they are satisfied you devotion to their commander, of do not possess the m you might as exalted enthusiasm which scorns we ll kiss yourselfgoodby. Your personal risk, of their self-sacriusefuhress in that organization is fice to insure his personal safety, at an and. they know nothing. Their legs carry the m forward because their Leaders and Followers brain and their training tell the From the standpoint of society, they must go. Their spirit does the world may be divided into not go with them. leaders and followers. The pro-

Knowledge Is Power
The officer should know more about paper work than his first sergeant and company clerk put together; he should know more about messing than his mess sergeant; more about diseases of the horse than his troop farrier. He should be at least as good a shot as any man in his company. If the officer does not know, and demonstrates the fact that he does not know, it is entirely human for the soldier to say to himself, To hell with him. He doesn t know as much about this as 1 do, and calmly disregards the instructions received. There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Become so well infor med that men will hunt you up to ask questions; that your m brother officers will say to one another, Ask Smith-he knows.

And not only should each ofGreat results are not achieved fessions have their leaders, the ficer know thoroughly the duties by cold, passive, unresponsive financial world has its leaders. We of his own grade, but he should soldiers. They don t go very far, study those of the two grades have religious leaders, and poliand they stop as soon as they can. tical leaders, and society leaders. next above-him. A twofold benLeadership not only de m ands but attaches to this. He prepares In all this leadership it is difficult, efit receives the willing, unhesitating, if not impossible, to separate from hi m self for duties which may fall unfaltering obedience and loyalty the ele ment of pure leadership to his lot at any ti me during batthat selfish ele ment of personal of other m en; and a devotion that tle: he further gains a broader w ill cause the m , when the ti viewpoint which enables him to me gain or advantage to the individco m es, to follow their uncrowned ual, without which such leadership appreciate the necessity for the iskii to hell and back again if nec- suance of orders and join more inwould lose its value. e8sary. It is in the military service only, telligently in their execution. You will ask yourself: O f where men freely sacrifice their Not only must the officer know, just what, then, does leadership lives for a faith, where men are but he must be able to put what consist? What must 1 do to bewilling to suffer and die for the he knows into gra mm tical, intera What are the atcome a leader? right of the prevention of a great esting, forceful English. He must tributes of leadership, and how wrong, that we can hope to realize learn to stand on his feet and m ! leadership in its most exalted can I cultivate the speak without embarrassment. Leadership is a composite of and distinguished sense. There1 am told that in British trainfore, when I say leadership, I a number of qualities. Among the ing ca mps student officers are remost important 1 would list selfmean MILITARY LEADERSHIP.

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quired to deliver tenm inute talksBE AN EXAMPLE TO YOUR tive, self-reliance and self-respect. on any subject they m ay choose. MEN . An officer can be a power that I refer to the paternalis m That is excellent practice. for good or a power for evil. For m anifests itself in a watchful care to speak clearly, one m ust think t preach to the Don m -that will the co for m fort and welfare of clearly, and clear, logical thinkbe worse than useless. Live the those in your charge. ing expresses itself in definite, poskind of life you would have the m Spirit of Self-sacrifice itive orders. lead, and you will be surprised to see the nu m ber that will i m itate Soldiers are much like children. Value of Self-control you. You m ust see that they have shelWh ile self-confidence is the reA loud- m outhed. profane cap- ter, food and clothing, the best sult of knowing m ore than your tain who is careless of his personal prothat your ut m ost efforts can m en, moral ascendency over the m appearance will have a loud m ore You m ust be far vide. is based upon your belief that you mouthed, profane, dirty co mpany. of solicitous of their co m fort than are the better m an. gain and To Remember what I tell you. Your your own. You m ust see that they m aintain this ascendency you must pany will be the reflection of co m have food to eat before you think have self-control, physical vitality If you have a rotten yourself. of your own; that they have each and endurance and m oral force. m pany, it will be because you co as good a bed as can be provided are a rotten captain. you before you consider where You m ust have yourself so well w ill sleep. You m ust look after Self-sacrifice is essential to leadin hand that, even though in batYou m ust conserve ership. You w ill give, give all the their health. tle you be scared stiff, you will their strength by not de m anding ti me . You w ill give of yourself For if you, by never show fear. needless exertion or useless labor. physically, for the longest hours, so m uch as a hurried m ove m ent the hardest work and the greatest or a tre m bling of the hands, or And by doing all these thiis responsibility is the lot of the capa change of expression, or a hasty you are breathii life into what tain. He is the first m an up in order hastily revoked, indicate would be otherwise a mere mathe m orning and the last m&n in your m ental condition, it will be chine. You are creating a soul in He works while others reflected in your m en in a far at night. the organization that will make sleep. greater degree.

And that is it were one man. In garrison or ca m p, m any Sy m pathy Is Necessary instances will arise to try your te mesprit. You w ill give of yourself m enper and wreck the sweetness of And when your organization If at such ti m estally, in sy m pathy andappreciayour disposition. up has this esprit you will wake tion for the troubles of m en in you fly off the handle, you have so m e m orning and discover that your charge. This one s m other no business to be in charge of the tables have been turned ; that has died, and that one has lost men . For m en in anger say and instead of your constantly looking his do things that they al m ost in- savings in a bank failure. They out for the m , they have, without m ay desire help, but m ore than variably regret afterward. even a hint fro m you, taken up anything else they desire sy mthe task of looking out for you. An officer should never apolopathy. You w ill find that a detail is algixe to his m en; also an officer Don t m ake the m istake of ways there to see that your tent, should never be guilty of an act turning such m en down with theif you have one, is pro mptly pitchfor which his sense of justice tells state m ent that you have troubles ed; that the most and the cleanest of your own, for every ti m e that him he should apologize. bedding is brought to your tent; you do YOU KNOCK A STONE that fro m so m e mysterious source Another ele m ent in gaining mo two eggs have been added to your OUT OF THE FOUNDATIO N ral ascendency lies in the possessupper when no one else has any: OF YOUR HOUSE . sion of enough physical vitality that an extra m an is helping your and endurance to withstand the are,your foundation, Your m en superm en give your horse a hardships to which you and your and your house of leadership will are ; groo m ing that your wishes m en are subjected, and a daunttu m ble about your ears unless it m an is anticipated: that every less spirit that enables you to not rests securely upon the m. And then Johnny on the spot. only accept the m cheerfully but you have arrived. Finally, you will give of your to m ini m ize their m agnitude. own slender financial resources. another ele ment Fairness is M ake light of your troubles, You w ill frequently spend your can w ithout wh ich leadership. belittle your trials and you will own money to conserve the health neither be built up nor m aintainhelp vitally to build up within and well-being of your m en ored. There m ust be first that fairto your organization an esprit whose assist the m when in trouble. Cenness which treats all m en justly. value in ti m e of stress cannot be erally you get your m oney back. do not say alike, foryou cannot I m easured. Very frequently you m ust charge all treat m en alike-that would be assu m ing that all m en are cut Moral force is the third ele mit to profit and loss. ent fro m in gaining m oral ascendency. To When I say that paternalis m is the sa m e piece; that there is no such thing as individualitv exert m oral force you m ust live essential to leadership I use the or a personal equation. clean, you m ust have sufficient ter m in its better sense. I do not brain power to see the right and now refer to that for paterof m (Another Installment of this Article the will to do right. nalis m wh ich robs m en of initiawill aDpear in the April A rrow)

the mass respond to you as though

Constitution of the United States

States would be popularized if . every liberty loving c:itizcn had a more definite knowledge of its provisions and a clearer undcrstanding of how its spirit .nnd letter protects us a;lainst infringement upon life, liberty or property without recourse to due process of law. dbil.ity lo properly interpret it will iti.
We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more establish justice, perfect Union, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this constitution fbr the United States of America. ARTICLE 1. Section I. All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. Section 2. I. The House of Representatives shall be composed of members chosen eveiy second year by the people of the several states, and the electors in each state shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the state Legislature. 2. No person shall be a rcpresentative who shall not have attained to the age of twenty-five years, and been seven years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state in which he shall be chosen. 3. (Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several states which may be included within this Union, according to their respective numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole number of free persons, including those bound to service for a term of years, and excluding Indian: not taxed, three-fifths of all other persons.) The actual enumer- ation shall be made within three years after the first meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent term The Arrow believes that the Comtitzdtion of the United

spire confidence to knock the props from under those who purposely disfort its meaning a,nd assail it. That each and every A,rr,xvite may be familiar with the C onstitution and its eighteen amendments, The Arrow will publish in installments in March and April issues, the complete tert of both, first installment of which follows:
of ten years, in such manner as The they shall by law direct., number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty thousand, but each state shall have at least one Representative; and until such enumeration shall be made, the State of New Hampshire shall be entitled to choose three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode Island Providence Plantaand tions one, Connecticut five, New York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five and Georgia three. 4. When vacancies happen in the Representation from any state, the executive authority thereof shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies. 5. The House of Representatives shall choose their speaker and other officers; and shall have the sole power of impeachment. Section 3. I. (The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each state, chosen by the Legislature thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote.) after 2. Immediately they shall be assembled in consequence of the first election, they shall be divided as equally as may be into three classes. The seats of the Senators of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of the second year, of the second class at the expiration of the fourth year, and of the third class at the expiration of the sixth year, so that one-third may be chosen every second year; and if vacancies happen by resignation, or otherwise, during the recess of the Legislature of any state, the executive thereof may make temporary appointments (until the next

meeting of the Legislature, which shall then fill such vacancies.) 3. N o person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained the age of thirty years, and been nine years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state for which he shall be chosen. 4. The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no vote unless they be equally divided. 5. The Senate shall choose their other officers, and also a president pro tempore. in the absence of the Vice President, or when he shall exercise the office of President of the United States. 6. The Senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachments. When sitting for that purpose. they shall be on oath or a&mation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside; and no person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds of the members present. 7. Judgment in cases of impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit under the United States; but the party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to indictment, trial, judgment and punishment, according to law. Section 4. I. The times, places and manner of holding elections for Senators and Representatives. shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by law make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing senators. 2. The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall be on the first Monday in December, unless they shall by law appoint a different day. Section 5. I. Each House shall be the judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of its own members, and a majority of each shall constitute a quorum to do business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members, in Continued 01) Page 16.

THE ARRO W - -- - -- ---. -Vol. 3 MARCH, 1920

Pubiikd in the interests of the menben d the orwniution THE PIERCE-ARROW MOTOR CAR COMPANY d

No. Y

It is ti me we woke up to the fact that through our neglect, the true blue American professors, teachers and ministers have been underpaid while the propagandists have been well paid for dangling their wares before. the eyes of our youth. Let us pay our educators salaries commensurate with the i mportance of their profession and their welfare ability, then take sufficient interest in the of our country and our homes to see that only such educators are employed as believe firmly in our government, its constitution and its institutions.

GEORGE E. MORGAN, Editor

JOSEPH A. McCUIRE. Am Editor t CHESTER THOMAN. Sporting Editor

1 LACKOFTEACHERS

THE SOVIET RULE Albany, N. Y., Feb. 2.Ctate Comm issioner of I I education Finley calls on every community in this Major Robert Davis, U. S. A., former pastor of state to realize that the minimum salary for teachers the Brick Presbyterian Church of New York City, must be sufficient to meet living conditions. who has been in Russia the greater part of the past A large percentage of teachers, he said, are year, in published articles and letters gives an unleaving the service to enter other professions Kharcolored picture of the Soviet government of The above press dispatch is but one of a great kof, Russia, a city of approximately three quarters number of articles on the subject appearing reof a m illion inhabitants, a city of industry and a cently in the public press as fro m all parts of the city of a size in which a fair test of Soviet princountry and particularly from the eastern states isciples of government could be made. Major Davis sues a great cry for teachers and educators in gensays that industry broke down due to the absence eral but the cry see m s to be of little avail in reof managers who were instantly removed when the lieving the shortage as the profession of education Bolshevists obtained control; men are not allowed offers but little induce ment today to those qualified to raise their hats to wo men; newspapers were supto render valued service and all because of the pressed, hotels were closed to the use of anyone meager compensation offered. but the commissaries (the title given Bolshevist ofAn unappreciative and indifferent people have ficials) and the officers of the Red Ar my. The not yet awakened to their responsibility in the matschool system that had been an admirable one, was ter nor to a realization of the rank injustice it is changed to meet with the requirements of the to ask the brains of our educational system who Soviet principles as such refor m s as the following have spent years in patient study and energetic efwere put into effect: fort to acquire the knowledge necessary to fitness in Private schools abolished, examinations aboltheir profession to accept a pittance for their servished, jurisdiction of faculty over students abolished. ices that will hardly clothe and feed them. the study of grammar abolished as a superfluous The result of that indifference is now reflected in subject, the study of geometry and physics abolthe great shortage of teachers and brings out the ished, Easter and Christmas holidays abolished and news that many professors, teachers and ministers the study of law abolished. Persons having motor have taken positions in industry and as secretaries mLmeras, cars, carriages. Victrolas, typewriters, ca of business service organizations where their servsical instru ments or private libraries were told that ices and ability are appreciated and rewarded by they must file an inventory of such possessions with Hence, it is a certainty. that unless good salaries. the commissary as they were declared to be the equal advantages are offered them in their regular property of the state. profession that they will stay in their new fields rather than return to the service of an unappreciative Another- peculiar order issued was that no perpublic. son might move his effects from one domicile to Th e purveyors of propaganda long ago peranother nor buy at any store or transport material ceived that an excellent plan of selling their goods through the streets without a permit from the comwas through the medium of our educational sysmissary. te m and we have been quite forcibly reminded of Hospitals were told not to treat Brights diseasti the success of their plan by finding on the teaching because it was a sugar disease, nor to treat gout staff of our schools and universities Socialists, Co mbecause only the bourgeoise got it. munists and near Bolsheviks. This, one of Buffalo s fore most patriotic citizens learned to his sorrow the cbmStocks of retail stores were seized without other day when conversing with his daughter who pensation to the owners who were informed ,ihat had just returned from one of the prominent colthey were a parasite class and enemies of the state. leges of the East. He was astonished to find that Results, ambition killed, initiative buried, ,+t she was trying to convert him to parlor Socialism, and suffering reigning supre me. but his is not an exceptional case as there are many _, more good American parents who have had their And such is the jazz-like mess of governGent progeny return to them from schools and colleges that the tourists on the Ark Buford would wi.Gh -us with their craniu m s ja mmed full of isms and fully to have in our declining days and to hand do& to prepared to teach Daddy the new ideas. posterity.

WHEN BUFFALO WAS A VILLAGE

Buflalo Harbor in I825 This picture is interesting for the types of lake craft shown and for the elevation, which the princi-

From the New Canal Memoir ofthat year

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Bulhlo Hhxicd Sociity

pal part of the town appears to have along the harbor. While this drawing may have exaggerated it,

it is certain that there was a marked rise to the natural level of the old Terrace.

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Buffalo Harbor in 1829

From original water color: drawn by George W. Smith

-COU~Y d BUIW Him&al S=kty

This picture is of high value for us Main Street at Exchange, which the evident accuracy with which in 1829 was Crow Street. It became Exchange Street in 1836. the buildings of that time were drawn. The foreground shows On the north-east corner is a

vacant lot, which was Louis Le Couteulx s garden and the substantial house adjoining was the Le Couteulx s residence.

By William F. Bayer, Safety Engineer. - In every human relation we find the expr.ession of self sacrifice. The soldier lays down his life for the safety of his country. The doctor sacrifices himself to save his patient; the fireman to save ,of his the lives and property neighbors. This list could be extended almost indefinitely for when closely analyzed almost every human being earns and maintains his living by practicing safety in some form or other. This being the case it must be evident that the person who spends his time decrying the Safety movement simply exhibits his lack of knowledge of its fundamental principles. ml Now, let us see how the expression of this principle has benPierceefited the employes of Arrow Motor Car Company, by comparing the number and severity of accidents for the four years ending December 3 1, 19 19. We select this period because I, I9 16. it was not until January that the Pierce-Arrow Safety Committee, organized as at present, became an effective workin? organization. Previous to this time several months were spent in preliminary safeguarding of machines and conditions that inves-. tigation proved to have occasioned accidents. A close analysis of the monthly reports from January 1, 1916, to January 1, 1920, will numshow a steadily decreasing Ler of accidents and their causes. mi Covering the period from January I, 1916, to October I, 1919,

we find that the work of the Safety Committee has been so well supported by every department of the factory that while the number of employes had doubled the :,vhole number of accidents occurring were less than the average imfor the smiller number of ployes. This is also true of the I, severity rate. From October I, 1920, we I9 19, to February have steadily improved, January, 1920, showing a 100% gain over all previous figures.

1 Desire of Real 1

is not sincere; safeguarding without education is of the same stripe. Either one without the other will attain but a limited success. Our experience has amply demonstrated that safeguarding first formed the base upon which we could erect our educational work and only in proportion as we demonstrate our sincerity by providing safeguards first, could we secure the co-operation of effective safety committees and the general cooperation of the workers. The employer who said some years ago that all accidents were due to carelessness and that inspection requirements were absurd and oppressive was not entirely wrong. Many inspection requirements were both absurd and oppressive and the reason therefor was the disposition of some employers to regard a safety organization as SO much camouflage to cover up glaring defects in his mechanical equipment. Bi The pendulum at times has swung far in each direction but with a better knowledge of the safety problems, the safety movement of today seems to be headO ed in the right direction. N Safety Engineer worthy of the name today would attempt an educational campaign until he had first corrected the evident physical hazards in sight. It has come to be an accepted fact in accident protection that considerable safeguarding of machines and processes must take place before the active co-operation of the average worker can be obtained. This means real work on the part of the Shfety Committee for not alone must the employee be convinced, but in many instances after starting. a the employer, Safety campaign, forgets all about it until some serious accident takes It is then brought home place. to the employer that Safety only b ecomes efficient where there exists a real desire to help the other fellow and then only when it includes a persistent searchifor the causes of accidents and their removal.

Again we desire to call attention to the fact that the results so far achieved are due to the expression of that desire on the part of all real men to do all they can to prevent injury and suffering of their kind. This we see illustrated every day. &et an accident occur and immediately someone proffers aid, without stopping for particulars. It is this spirit we must make use of before the accident occurs to make Safety First an assured fact for everyone.

How best to arouse this spirit in the plant or city is the problem that confronts us at the start. The two great factors in thesafety movements are education and safeguarding. Education will prevent a greater number of acciwill predents. Safeguarding vent more serious accidents. Education brings the greatest results for the least money, and is therefore favored by the employer. Safeguarding suggests laws, inspections, the big stick and is the favorite and generally the only method used by the state. Education without safeguarding

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dicate that the tuberculous were not average susceptible to the disease. Dr. B. Armstrong found considerable proof of this in his analysis of the first wave of the epidemic in Framingham. In that wave, I6 per cent, of the general population were affected, while only 4 per cent of the tuberculous were attacked. In the group of arrested tuberculosis, only 2 per cent had influenza. In Washington it was found that the disease was much less prevalent among negroes and this may have Use Your Will-Power and Don t Borrow Trouble-- been due to the higher infection fro m tuberculosis a mong negroes. Surveys in Buffalo and Other Cities Indicate that In Framingham, 2.16 per cent. There Are Few After -Effects from Influenza of the entire poulation have tuberculosis, active and arrested, as (By Dr. A. 5. Hubbard ) compared with a rate of 4.85 per cent among the Irish and 0.48 per list of 33,880 is a very s mall Don t worry. cent among the Italians. Dublin s number. This is a good motto to use -. observations in New York State Of the 206 cases of rheumaDon t in combating influenza. show about the same proportions. tis m , 128 persons had recovered borrow trouble and allow the FramingOn the other hand. in and seventy-eight were improving. m ind to become confused over ham during the wave the ltalians Of the twenty-three persons claimconditions that may never happen. had four ti mes as much influenza ing to have disease of the urinary The proper use of your will powas the Irish. Armstrong holds organs due to influenza eighteen er and mental machinery will go that there is considerable ground had recovered and five were ima long way toward overcoming a for the opinion that the repeated proving. Of the forty-six cases of tendency toward this disease. acute respiratory infections occurnervous diseases, thirty indiviDr. F. E. Fronczak and Dr. F. ing during tuberculosis produce a duals had recovered and sixteen C.. Gram had the Buffalo health certain. degree of i mmunity to inwere i mproving. department make a survey to defluenza or to the secondary infectermine the after-effects of the inThe survey indicated that there tions which produce most of the fluenza epidemic of I9 18. They is re markably little after effects symptoms. found that in this city 33,880 fro m influenza, considering the cases of the disease had been reengravity of the constitutional ported; 3,179 persons had died volvment. M any Advan t age and 28,663 reported that they had fully recovered; I.290 could 1 Tube rc u 1l os i s G ood H ea lt h not be located. At the time of Statistics, furnished us by the visit 748 persons the March officials of the ar my examining clai med that they had not fully The report says: One fact is boards, show that a great number recovered from the effects of indefinitely established and that is of men tithin the age for ar my fluenza. that we have nothing to fear from service are physically unfit for Seven hundred and forty-eight tuberculosis as a sequel to influsuch work. is a s mall percentage of 33,880 enza. and the report indicates that the There are many ways to look N a t u ra l and AcquI mm un at this condition, but two that are i red after-effects of influenza are not it y . Were the husky and strong Two months later, considerable. of importance, present themselves more susceptible to pneumonia a second call was made on the The man who does not to me. and influenza during the epidemic 748. At the time of the second take care of hi m self is the biggest than were other members of visit it was found that four had loser, in that he loses unnecessary socie? It certainly bore the died, 501 had fully recovered, ti me and wages because of being heaviest on men and women in 2 I6 reported that they were imsick, and if well enough to work the pri me of life and strength. proving and twenty-seven claimed in a condition below par, he canVigor and right living see med to hope to compete for a better that they were no better. not predispose rather than to protect. A close study developed job with a man who is in first Pregnant women were the worst twenty-eight cases of consumpOur class physical condition. tion. eleven were sufferers, but the predisposition Of these, country cannot do its work and found to be on the list of persons see med to be a product of the compete with the rest of the pregnancy and not of any diseases known to have consumption prior world, if a large percentage of its such as grave vomiting; eclampsia workers cannot, because of infirmto October, 19 18. In only eight and albuminuria incidental to the ities and physical handicaps, do cases did it appear certain that the condition. There were many obthe sum total of the work required disease had developed after the of them. epidemic. Eight cases fro m a servations which seemed to in-

Don t Worry Is Good Motto to Follow in Co mbating Flu

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From Buffalo to Miami, Fla., In a Dual -Valve Pierce -Arrow

Distance of 2075 Miles Is Covered in Nine Days and Twelve Hours, Despite Almost Impassible Condition of Some of the Roads--- No Mechanical Trouble
From Buffalo, N. Y., to Miami, used on the entire run. The Fla., a distance of 2075 miles, by motorists were so far from civilmotor in nine days and twelve ization at one point that a primihours is the feat recently accomtive flatboat, oared by negroes, plished by Messrs. A. A. and F. was pressed into service as a ferry W. Anderson of Minneapolis, acacross a stream in North Carolina. companied by A. G. Seiler, tourHeavy sand roads in this territory ing manager of the American failed to impede progress. Automobile Association. AlThe log of the journey led the though part of the journey was motorists from Buffalo to Albany, made through primeval roads, N. Y., 301 miles, the first day;

LAUGH AND SUCCEED

A laugh is worth a hundred groans in any market, So quoth wise old Ben Franklin. Shakespeare s Caesar said, Let me have men about me that are fat. He knew the advantage of nerve-easing environment. whil,a Laugh once in a good, whole-souled laugh that wakes you up from your eyes clear down to the bottom of y&r Give your sense of hole-proofs. humor a little exercise. Nothing sillier that a silly laugh-and nothing makes company feel better than a real laugh, straight from the heart. A good laugh is like a coupon in a newspaper contest. It doesn t cost anything, and it may get something. The man who laughs in the face of defeat won face defeat often. t The man who succeeds in life is the man who tackles his work with a smile and a spirit of confidence, who refuses to be downhearted. Laughter makes good blood; It stimulates the sense, arouses the perceptions, and opens the agencies. soul to broadening Laughter pays much better than grumbling. It a pleaiure to do business s with the fellow who has a laugh rtady for you. That s why he His laugh is a presucceeds. mium with his goods that brings you back and back again. Laugh and succeed. Cultivate the right kind 6f a laugh, a spontaneous laugh. The wrong kind of laughter is as bad as the groan or the grumble. remember, Where filY Laughter is, Success is, too. The principal difference between repartee and imi>udence is in the persons who serve iti. ment: The use of motor truckd for short haul is necessary to release freight cars for long haul. Railroad cars have frequently been, used in cities to transport goods only a few blocks. In Europe toi day motor trucks are used- in all many places for haulage under forty miles.

When the old met hardly whose condition could have been worse, according to Mr. Seiler, no mechanical trouble was exoerienced exceot a slinht . radiator leak quickly repaired-in Jacksonville. The tour was made in a Dualvalve Six Pierce-Arrow. the model Alihough the being a 38 H.P. eears frecar was new and lower quently were used in negotiating some southern trails, the close record kept o f performance showed a gasoline consumption of close to I2 miles to a gallon. Only eleven quarts of oil were UNCLE SAM ALLY OF MOTOR TRUCK S A situation has developed that makes the United States Covernment virtually the ally of motor trucks. In a recent bulletin the Committee on National Defense which has in hand a great many enterprises growing out of the Gov-

the new in Georgia from Albany to New Brunswick, N. J., 186 miles, the second day; from New Brunswick to Washington, D. C., 2 10 miles, the third day; from Washington to Richmond, Va., 135 miles, the fourth day; from Richmond to Southern Pines, N. C., 240 miles, the fifth day; from Southern Pines to Augusta, Ca., 235 miles, the sixth day; from Augusta to Waycross. Ca.. 305 miles, the seventh day: from Waycross to Vero. Fla., 322 miles, the eighth day: from Vero I41 miles, the to Miami, Fla., ninth day. ernment s war activities points out the great difficulty of dealing with the present shortage of freight cars. It earnestlv appeals to mer. . . chants and manufacturers to replace railroad freight haulage wherever possible with motor truck transportation. Appended is a paragraph from the state-

START YOUR GARDEN EARLY

D o you remember the first hot days last year-how your thoughts ran to berries with the dew on them, to tender young curling greens peas, and crisp, with which to thin your sluggish blood? Better be up and doing then, for these delights of the garden do not spring from the soil overnight as sometimes do the first hot days of returning summer. And if you are going to plant a garden you will want your vegetables stepping right along toward the table as soon as the sunshine and robins begin to hint of Spring. The way to bring it about is to steal a march on Nature in the warmth of your basement or kitchen or in a specially constructed hot bed. With a supply gf seed boxes and flats, or a hot bed and cold frames, it is possible to start planting seeds March I. By April, when it is safe to transplant the young shoots into the open garden, they will be lusty, life-sized vegetables. It takes all the way from 25 to 200 days for seeds to reach maturity, and if you innocently wait until your garden soil is free of frost before planting your seeds, you will have mighty few Spring vegetables. Here is a table of the most popular garden vegetables and the days it takes them to reach maturity:
Beans. dwarf 45. 75 Beans, pale 60.100 Beets . . . . . 60. 80 Brtts. sprouts 65. 90 Cabbage 60.9 0 Carrots 60.9 0 Cauliflower SO- 80 Celery . .125-150 C or .:. . . 60. SO Cucumbers . . 60. 75 Eggplants . . . SO- 7.5 Kohlrabi 60. 80 Lettuce . . . . . 40- 75 Leeks .120-140 Melolls 90.12 0 Onions .120-175 Parsnips .150.175 60. SO Peas Peppers 40. 60 Potatoes 60-1.00 Radishes 25 50 Spinach . . 60. i5 Swiss chard.. SO- 60 Squasher 60.10 0 Tomatoes ._. 40. 60 Turnips . 60. 90

1 n preparation for planting in seed boxes and hot beds the first step is to provide yourself with a supply of good soil. For the starting of seed boxes or flats it should be light and porous, but need not be so rich. On the other hand, for transplanting the seedlings as soon as they are up out of the earth, to other deeper flats, the soil should have good body and be rich enough to keep the little plants on the grow. Mixing sand and cocoanut fiber with a stiff heavy soil will lighten welland loosen it; mixing old rotted manure with it will enrich it. Humus from the family wood pile or from beneath a decaying log in the woods, or leaf mold is also excellent material to have on hand for the flats. Any wooden box may be used as a flat for starting seeds, but the most convenient to handle is so constructed as to be 3-4 inches deep, 12. I4 inches wide and 2024 inches long. In putting bottoms on these flats, leave narrow spaces between the boards or bore several half-inch holea in them so that all surplus water can be quickly drained away. When you are ready to plant your first seeds, on the day before planting, fill the flat or seed boxes about two-thirds full with soil, water it so that it is saturated thoroughly, and then fill almost, but not quite, to the top with a final layer of soil. In this way the moisture will penetrate to the surface without making it muddy and sticky. Be sure the soil is packed in firmly, especially around the edges and in the corners of the box. The next day you plant. Make very shallow furrows about 2 or 3 inches apart and crosswise of the box. A furrow one-fourth inch deep is correct for very fine seed ; one-half to three-fourths inch deep for seeds such as beet

and melon; and one to two inches deep for large seeds such as beans and peas. In these furrows, sow 5-10 seeds to the inch. Cover lightly with the soil, pressing it down firmly but not hard. The seeds are not left to germinate. For germination the chief essential is proper moisture. A sheet of glass covering the flat and tilted up at one edge to admit air will better maintain the surface Occasional moisture. sprinkling is necessary-whenever the surface begins to look powdery. Just as soon as the little seedlings appear, the flats must forthwith be hied into the sunniest window in the house. At this stage an abundance of light is the staff of their existence. Again whenever the surface of the soil begins to look powdery. it is time for more water. If the flat can be set in water, the moisture seeping up through the crevices or holes in the bottom of the box, it is the most satisfactory way of all. Sprinkling the surfaces vit!l a fine spray is next best. When a seedling begins to show its third true leaf, it is old enough to transplant. Certainly the transplanting must be done before the little pIants begin to crowd each other out. If you have more seedlings than you can find room for in transplanting, you can probably sell the surplus to your neighbors, keeping the finest specimens for your own, of course.

How We Bought Our Homes

The Arrow would like to have contributions on this vital subject. There are hundreds of PierceArrow employes who will be able to furnish such worth-while data. If you can supply material for such an article, drop a line to The Arrow, giving your name and department, and a reporter will call on you for a interview. Don hestitate in telling readt ers of me Arrow about the methods you used, and the thrift and patience you practiced in becoming a home owner. Your story may be an inspiration to many others who are planning to buy homes.

Consulting this table, you will know when to start your various seeds indoors or in the hot bed in order to have them on the table at the earliest moment.

Inter - Department League Standing

. .27 Body Assembly. ..... : . Motor .............. 26 ......... 26 4 T ransmission Office ............... 21 4 Service .............. 20 10 Potter& Johnson.. II . . ..I 9 I2 Turret .............. .I8 I7 Paint ................. I3 18 Cam Shaft ........... I2 Valve Lifter .......... 7 23 Inventory ............ 6 24 Treasurers ............ 5 25 Drill ................ 4 26 Grinder ............... I 24 Second Division 3 . Tool Room .......... 27 Cisholt ......... ., .... 23 7 I I Lathe ....... ., ........ 19 Fitting ............... I8 I2 I3 Plant Draft ........... I7 I3 Trimming ............ I7 I4 Wheel .............. .I6 Stock Chasers ......... I5 I5 Constructiofi .......... I3 17 . : I9 Body Mill .I ........ I I I9 Gear .................. I1 Electricians ............ IO 20 Bush ................. 22 ; Parts ................ f

Standing of Sixth Week First Dlvlsion

Lipton Grooms Yacht for America Cup s Races This Summer

interest in the yachting world lnteris centered on the coming national Yacht races for American cup. The races are to be sailed off Sandy Hook in July. The first on July I5 and succeeding races will follow on July 17, 20, 22, 24, or until either yacht has won-three out of five races.

Office Team Trims Motor Bowlers

Mackey Rob High Average
There is keen rivalry between the leaders of the First Division of the Inter-department Bowling l2ih League. On February the the Office and Motor teams staged an interesting match, the Office winning three and losing two. Bert Holmes had the high score for the evening with 233, while Ed. Mackey rolled high average, having 1961/z for four games.

Podgers Rolls Kell

iri the Millwright Department between the bowlers, namely, Homer Podgers and Nelson Kell. They decided that the time was ripe for a match, so they both posted, $5 to make the contest intereating. Th e grand event took place at the Floss Place alleys on Saturday afternoon February 14th. Five games were rolled and when the results were added, Hook Podgers found that he was the loser by 16 pins. The gallery all agreed that the games were some of the best that they had witnessed in a long time.
Great rivalry exists

The New York Yacht Club ac183 196 230 Koschnick 169 cepted Lipton s challenge for a I54 164 197 Harrison 146 race in I9 14. but the war caused I75 Boyle 165 158 146 a postponement. The Royal Ul156 199 222 Mackey 209 ster Club was given assurance at 142 170 I50 Klaiber that time, that the challenge Holmes 233 would be accepted at the secession _--of hostilities. 859 844 837 1024 Sir Thomas Lipton s Shamrock Total-35 64 IV, which is now being fitted at City Island, Brooklyn, will be the I45 211 200 D. Smith 152 challenger and either the Vanity Klein 148 168 148 189 or the Resolute will be the deI43 171 I51 164 Todack fender. Both the American boats 169 146 I95 Schuessler I 6 I will be brought out. and tested in 192 192 194 Schm ck r 194 trial races during May and June. _--The first international yacht 808 845 848 942 185 1 , race was sailed in August, Total-344 3 and was won by the American, and since that time there has been so-was a conversation with an eleven other races, all won by American bay at City Island the American yachts. cllzkSi;Thomaa viewed the ShamLipton made his first attempt . 16. to lift the cup on October Well, my little man, quoth 1899. but the American ship ColSir Thomas, it appears we are umbia was too fast, and defeated going to have quite a nautical his Shamrock 1 by eighteen minscrap next summer.* utes. Pbut Yes, replied the boy; Most of America s victorious Im afraid we will lose this year. yachts were designed by the fam::whi so? ous blind Herreshoff, who went e , you see this will be the over every inch of the boats with thirteenth series for the America s his fingers to assure himself that cup, and if bad luck comes it his plans had been followed acwill have to hit us, because the curately. British have had all the bad luck Quite the most satisfactory inso far. cident of Sir Thomas Lipton s reSo it will, so it will. chuckled cent visit to this country, at least Sir Thomas, who seemed greatly the baronet appeared to regard it impressed with the omen.

Bush Defeats Tool Room-Cazley Stars

The Bushing three-man team defeated the Tool Room in a match game on Kumpfys Alleys. The Bush boys were too fast for the Toolmakers and won by I 58 Five games were rolled. pins. Cazley, Graham and Rusch rolled and Tool Room for the Bush, trust&d their hopes to Martin, Goss &d Beck. Cazley and O Brien recently defeated Nol and Sindle for the two-man championship of the Bushing Department by 26 pins. Gazley and O Brien featured with their consistent bowling, while Nol showed control on splits. making 5-7 split three times, also Sindle making the high score. had an off night, making many splits. O Brien 172 I95 I80 169 159 Cazley 181 189 179 166 17 7 Sindle Nol

All the Stars Are Not Young

Quite a controversy is raging about the age of athletes. They say that youth must be served, which, in a large measure, is true. But there still are the following facts to remember: Mose Strathern, Minnesota s great center of the long ago and an all-western man, was nearly 30 when he was at his best. Old Cy Young pitched for twenty-two years .and was past 2 3 when he broke into the majors.

That made him about 45 when he quit. Walter J. Travis, perhaps the greatest golfer of his time, was way past 30 when he first used a club on the green. AlfWe hate to say how old d redo DeOro is. Pittsburg best amateur s billiardist is a grandfather. Bob Fitzsimmons was no spring chicken when he first landed on balder he these shores, and the got the better he fought. Norman Brookes. the great ~-$~$a~d ztnn,i;,;Fnt=b;ruLt presidential elections.

Ken of The News Looks Them Oua

353 384 359 335 336 Total-l 767

I65 140 I65 178 I65 182 240 180 172 I54 347 380 345 350 319 1 Total-l 74

A Broadminded Minister
At this particular time, when so many clergymen are giving their time and talents to restrictive social reform, so-called, instead of the evangelical prbpaganda, it is refreshing to note an exception-gratifying to find a broadman of the cloth who is minded, and who recognizes the advantage of sound bodily health as an aid to moral character. The Rev. John E. Johnson of Hanover, New Hampshire, has just made a gift to his alma mater, Dartmouth College, of $1000. the same to be applied to encourage boxing. Mr. Johnson is not a newcomer in the vineyard of the Lord, he cannot be critized by the elders as an immature enthusiast. He was graduated from Dartmouth fifty-one years ago and therefore has seen much of the world. He understands the spirit of youth and he believes no doubt in taking your part. He is to be complimented and his congregation, wherever it is, is to be congratulated upon having a shepherd who combines common sense with spirituality.

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Champions Going to Peoria

Best Inter-Department Bowlers to Represent Pierce-Arrow at American Bowling Congress Ed Mackey, Captain
The bowling team that is to _ represent the Pierce-Arrow is practicing diligently for its coming contests in the American Bowling Congress at Peoria on March 16, and 17th. The team is composed of Ed. Mackey, captain: Charles Bickel, Charles Eich, Sr., Fred Fischer, Walter Graham and Ed. SchThese men rate as A-l mocker. in the bowling circles of the city, and they are sure to make their presence felt at Peoria. men. This will be Bickel secs ond trip to Peoria. Charles Eich, Sr., of the Body Department, better known as the Grand Old Man of Bowling, has been rolling for the last 35 years and is good for a good He has also rolled many more. in ten A. B. C. contests and at Chicago a couple of years ago his team took ninth money. Fred Fischer of the Mill Department is also a finished bowler having recently defeated Vara,

Two More Teams Bow to P.A. Champs

Spencer Lens and Lenhardts Are the Victims
Pierce-Arrow Bowling The team have, added two more vietories to their long string of wins. To-date they have not lost a match and they feel confident that Their they will trim all comers. recent matches were: Lenhardt Big Fiie r I79 i48 Ben . . . . . . . . 169 84 Yondt . . . . . . 168 148 I91 191 Reeb . . . . . . . 148 I52 I21 169 Brach . . . . . 138 191 I77 133 Murphy . . . ..I57 I43 131 184 Lenhardt . . . . 780 718 799 825 Total 3 I 23. Pierce-Arrow Schmocker . . 177 I54 169 I52 Fischer . . . . . 167 180 Bickel . . . . ..I84 156 148 Mackey . . . . . 162 I61 I95 Eich, Sr. . . . . I56 I58 199 846 809 876 82 Total 3355. Spencer Lens 145 182 Creyson . . . ...177 Nelson . . . . . . . 149 198 I53 . . . . . . . 166 Kraebel 157 Engel . . . . . . . . 158 203 173 McCo y . . . . . . . 188 231 204 Mane ........ 169 -838 934 881 Total 2646. I81 168 I48 177 150 4

Back Row, Eich, Graham and Bickel; Front Row, Mackey, Fischer and Schmocker. The team will leave Buffalo on March 14th and they will be taken care of in Peoria, by a representative of the Company Servs s The men exice Department. penses are to be paid by popular subscription. Ed. Mackey of the Purchasing Department has bowled for the last eighteen years, and has competed in twelve A. B. C. tournaments, taking his share of the Mackey was captain of money. the Toledo Tom Cats for seven years, and the team was considered one of the best in the country. Charlie Bickel of the Drill Department, a bowler for 23 years has bowled in ten A. B. C. tournaments and has been a member of that have rolled such teams scores as I I32 and I 135 for five one of the best bowlers in the city, for a purse of $200. Fred has rolled in two A. B. C. tournaments and at Buffalo he had an average of I 93 for nine games. Walter Graham, the dark horse, has never rolled in an A. B. C. contest but he is well known on the alleys of the city. He recently broke the record for the high four games in the Man-to Man League, rolling I 80, 256, 2 38, and 223 for a total of 897. Graham is employed in the Bench Department. Ed. Schmocker, the captain of the Motor D.epartment d bowling team,has bowled for i good many years having rolled in two of the A. B. C. events. He finished in the money in the Individuals with a total of 605 for three games, rolling 585 in his other set.

, Pierce-Arrow 8 Schmocker . . ..226 184 18 . . . . . . .I 86 182 Fischer I72 . . . . . . 171 226 156 Graham Mackey . . . . . . . 185 198 209 Eich. Sr. . . . . . .I57 169 Bickel ........ 187 -925 959,; 912 Total 2 796. bowlers of the TeiFg lZ;Eirnent (Camp Dix) challenge any department in the IOplant for a bowling match, man team. Address acceptance t o Fred Behring, of challenge. Testing Department.

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building Monday Is Live ly Day In the at frequent intervals. Co rrespondence Depart m en t lected i n the Administration

More Than. 3000 First Class Letters Handled that Day--Parcel Post M atter, Circulars, Telegra Checks, etc., Also Receive Attention
Monday is an extra busy day in t-the Correspondence Department, which is located on the first floor o f the Administration Building. The mail pack, containing a

m ail m In addition, all outgoing s, is sta mped by members of this depart m ent. This is divided into three packets of m ail, na m ely, The Distributors, depart m ents which handle the Purchase O rder and General. All letters work contained in each letter. and invoices addressed to PierceThe mail is then carried in Arrow Distributors are sent to large red envelopes, each m arked Correspondence Depart the m ent, with the department name and the where they are folded and enclosed in large envelopes addressed to the co mpany for which they are intended. Many of our depart m ents, including the Parts, Sales, Service and Sales Detail, send out circulars, and these also are sent to our 105 distributors.

The Purchase Order packet contains about two hundred envelopes. Letters addressed to these fir m s are also folded, enenclosed, sealed and sta mped. Employes of the Correspondence Department The General packet consists daily average of approxi m atelym e reaches its destination by sa of all other outgoing leters which, 8:30 in the morning. 3000 first class Co mpany- letters, after being sta mped, are tied into 200 personal letters and from 150 All checks which co m e in the bundles to wait for the m ail m an. to 200 pieces of second class, ar- Aail are laid to one side and after Twice a day two e mp loyes of rives at 7 :30 a. m .,I I 8. m . and distribution of the mail is effected, this depart m ent go out to the Re3 p. m . the checks are entered in a remitpair Shipping Depart m ent to sta mp all Parcel Post packages. All inco m ing telegra m s are sent by a pneu m atic chute to the Correspondence Depart m ent, where they are placed in envelopes and distributed to the proper person. II The factory telephone directory is also prepared in this departEmployes of the Correspondence Department ment. Many insured and registered First, the co mpany letters are tance book and then sent to the letters leave here daily. Auditing Depart m ent. sorted fro m the personal m ail. The average inco m ing m ail on The supervision and care of the Wh ile the latter is being sorted the re m aining days of the week in a cabinet, the co mpany mail is Pierce-Arrow branch of the Pubamounts to: Co mpany mail, first lic Library also co opened by means of an electric m es under the class, 800 to 900 letters: personal opener. Each letter is then taken jurisdiction of the Correspondence letters, 150; second class m ail, out of the envblope, unfolded and Depart m ent, of which Miss D. M. It is then forty to fifty pieces. stamped with the date. During the day the m ail is Sm ith is in charge. colread and sorted according to the

United States; if he approves he shall sign it, but if not, he shall return it, with his objections, to that Continued from Page 5. house in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the objecsuch manner, and under such pentions at large on their Journal, and alties as each House may proproceed to reconsider it. If, after vide. such reconsideration. two-thirds of 2. Each House may determine that House shall agree to pass the the rules of its proceedings, punbill, it shall be sent, together with ish its members for disorderly bethe objections, to the other House, havior, and, with the concurrence by which it shall likewise be reof two-thirds, expel a member. considered, and if approved by .* 3. Each House shall keep a two-thirds of that House, it shall Journal of its proceedings. and become a law. But in all such from time to time publish the cases the votes of both Houses same, excepting such parts as may shall be determined by yeas and in their judgment, require secrecy: nays, and the names of the perand the yeas and nays of the memsons voting for and against the bers of either House on any quesbill shall be entered on the Joumtion shall, at the desire of one-fifth al for each House, respectively. If of those present, be entered on any bill shall not be returned by the journal. the President within ten days 4. Neither House, during the shal1 (Sundays excepted) after it session of Congress, shall, without have been presented to him, the the consent of the other, adjourn same shall be a law. in like manfor more than three days, nor to ner as if he had signed it, unless any other place than that in which the Congress by their adjournthe two Houses shall be sitting. ment, prevent its return, in which Section 6 . c&e it shall .not be a law. I. The Senators and Repre3. Every order, resolution or sentatives shall receive a comvote to which the concurrence of pensation for their services, to be the Senate and House of Repreascertained by law, and paid out sentatives may be necessary (exof the treasury of the United cept on a question of adjournStates. They shall in all cases, ment) shall be presented to the except treason, felony and breach President of the United States; of the peace, be privileged from and before the same shall take efarrest during their attendance at fect, shall be approved by him, the session of their respective or being disapproved by, him, houses, and in going to and returnshall be repassed by two-thirds of ing from the same: and for any the Senate and House of Represpeech or debate in either house. sentatives, according to the rules they shall not be questioned in and limitations prescribed in the any other place. case of a bill. 2. No Senator or RepresenSection 8. tative shall. during the time for The Congress shall have power which he was elected, be appointI. To lay and collect taxes, ed to any civil o&e under the auduties, imposts and excises, to pay thority of the United States, which the debts and provide for the comshall have been created, or the mon defense and general welfare emoluments whereof shall have al1 duof the United States; but been increased during such time: ties, imposts and excises shall be and no person holding any office uniform throughout the United under the United States, shall be States. a member of either House during 2. To borrow monev on the his continuance in office. credit of the United States. Section 7. 3. To regulate commerce 1. All bills for raising revwith foreign nations, and among enue shall originate in the House the several states and with the of Representatives; but the SenIndian tribes, ate may propose or concur with 4. To establish a.uniform rule amendments as on other bills. of naturalization and uniform laws 2. Every bill which shall on the subject of bankruptcies have passed, the House of Reprethroughout the United States. sentatives and the Senate, shall, 5. To coin money, regulate before it become a law, be prethe value thereof and of foreign sented to the President of the coin, and fix the standard of

Constitution of the United States

weights and measures. 6. To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States. 7. To establish post offices and post roads. 8. To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries. 9. To constitute tribunals inferior to the supreme court. 10. To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas and offenses against the law of nations. I 1. To declare war. grant letter of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water. 12. To raise and support armies, but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years. 13. To provide and maintain a navy . 14. To make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces. 15. To provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions. 16. To provide for organizing, arming and disciplining the militia, and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the service of the United States, reserving to the States, respectively, the appointment of the officers and the authority of training the militia, according to the discipline prescribed by Congress. 17. To ekercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by Congress. become the seat of the government of the United States, and to exercise like authority over al1 places purchased by the consent StateXn of the Legislature of the which the same -shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, ar;. senals, dock-yards and other needful buildings. 18. To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or oflicer thereof.

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jected ir I 5 ,000 -Parts Hand led i n Repa are returned to the customer. Repair for parts Rece iving Dept . Each Mon edth orders Return are is-m arkRepair and pair and ship direct to the owner. Receipts During Last Septe m ber W ent Considerably O rders to duplicate parts are also Over Average-Parts on Their Arrival Undergo a taken care of. This includes the Careful Inspection and Laboratory Test tilling out of the Parts order sued instructing the m aker to refor our stock. Parts that are re-

blank fro m wh ich the stock reemployees are a hungry lot, judg,A number of unusual experiquisitions are typed and the drawences arise fro m ti m e to ti m eing fro m the two boxes of pretzin ing of the called for parts fro m ent the Repair Receiving Depart m els received in this depart ent stock. They are then delivered For nqt long ago. in Building D first floor. to the Shipping Department. In R-pair Receiving all parts exa mp le, about three years ago, that are to be credited, repaired the e mp loyee, whose duty it was or duplicated are received and to open boxes containing shipdisposed of. m ents fro m our agents, was surWhen parts are received the prised to find a gold watch in the first step is to report their arexcelsior used as a packing for .a rival. This is handled by the truck wor m gear unit.

The Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Company has just co mp leted the installation of perhaps the most effective motor testing apparatus automotive employed by any plant in the country. Added proof of the Pierce-Arrow co mpany s deter m ination constaQtly to enstandard is hance its quality found in the fact that every engine, whether truck or passenger car, produced by the co mpany, is subjected to the rigid test routine m ade possible by i mproved electric dyna mometer apparatus. m up inspectors, who check the The discovery was reported to correspondence that with any the office and the Pierce-Arrow Under the i mproved method of m the shipper Southern agent fro m whom the m ay be in file fro testing an engine passes through of the goods. They then exa mship m ent was received was i mthree stages. It first is driven ine the parts for any defects. If m ediately written and asked to electrically until the moving parts that their decision is Good Inspecenquire of his e mp loyees, are worn in, whereupon the ention, the part goes to stock. If packed the box, which one had gine is run for a nu mber of hours lost a watch. The agent re- otherwise, the part is held up for under its own power at various service inspection. plied that none of his m en had speeds. Throughout this entire acknowledged the m issing ti m e- this point the work is taken period instru m ents reveal accuAt m atter re m ains a by the Parts Office representpiece, so the rately the internal friction of the up mystery to this day. engine, its speed and the horseed by Clifford Lesswing, W illia m The strange feature of the case power developed by it. The enMorgana and Al Sier, who are is that the watch could have gotmb led and the under the supervision of George gine then is disasse ten into the box only in the parts inspected by experts, who Farrell of the Parts Office. roo m . The agent s shipping rebuild it after m aking adjustis held inspection Service ti m epiece was eventually turned ments or corrections. every other day at which Messrs. over to Police Chief Henafelt. In the final stage, the engine is Farrell and Sisaon decide the diaThe owner will probably never be coupled with a dyna mometer in a for position of parts sent in discovered. silent room. At this stage of the credit, less repairs. credit or Figures show that about 15 .. Some are scrap, so test is recorded co mp lete data as m e are sent to 000 parts are handled in the Reto power, gasoline consu mption, the Repair Shop to be put in A- I pair Receiving Depart ment each other vital internal friction and condition for stock. Others, such month . The number of parts refacts. Here, too, the tester adcases, as broken shafts, gears, ceived last Septe mber proved to etc., are sent to the Laboratory justs ignition, carburetion, valve be about 23,000. a&on, etc., so that when the final Parts not for a test of materials. o. k. is given, a perfect engine is Evidently so m eone was under m anufactured here are sent away ready for the chassis. on return orders to be repaired the i mpression that Pierce-Arrow

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Brien 25 ~ Th ree Generations Represented J. H. O Years With P. A. by the Kreuzer s General Fore m an of mb i Plu
John Kreuzer, Sr.,His Two Sons and Grandson of Nickel Plate Department Have Always Received Keen Enjoyment from Their Work at the P.A. Plant
Edward takes a special interest Three generations are represented by John Kreuzer, Sr. his in the Pierce-Arrow Employes two sons and grandson, all of Benevolent Association of which Pol- he has been a trustee for the past whom are employes of the ishing Plate Department. eight years. Mr. Kreuzer, Sr., has been with We didn t buy our home at the company nine years and six months. His son, Edward, has ih , $~h~wasY,i~e~~~a~~ we,had MY been employed here sixteen years wife and I never favored the and the second son, John Junior, plan. We saved installment has been with the Pierce-Arrow

and Steamfitting-Originator of Factory Cigar Stand

Brien, General J ames H. O Foreman of the Plumbing and Steamfitting Departments, recently rounded out a quarter of a century in the e mploy of the company.

James H. O Brien In the old Hanover Street plant his staff consisted of two men. twentyHis present force numbers five. Mr. O Brien has kept pace with the ti mes and has seen great developments in the trade of which he has made a life study. Mr. O Brien was the originator of the cigar stand operated in the base ment of the Administration Building for the benefit of the AMOPierce - Arrow Employes ciation. He opened the stand and with two assistants conducted it successfully for four months. At the end of that ti me his services were required in his own department so he returned to his former position. Before the stand was- opened, Mr. O Brien managed many picnics and dances for the benefit There was a of the Association. lot of work connected with these I had one events, he said. man handle the receipt book and As an another handle the cash. experiment I later suggested to the company that the Cig& Stand It has been a be established. profitable enterprise ever sin& the day it was started. Continued on Page 21.

Reading from left to rrght, John, JY.. Raymond John, Sr. and Edward Kreuzer for fourteen years. Raymond, son of John Kreuzer, Junior, is also employed in the same department. The Kreuzers have always received special enjoyment from their work at the Pierce-Arrow factory. Edward, for example, takes a great interest in disc grinding, at which he has had wide experience. The machine at which he works was installed sixteen years ago and he has been its principal operator during that entire period. Edward came with a smile which he still retains, said John Guelcher General Foreman of the Nickel Plate. I can assure you that they all know their business. They scrap no material and help production. weekly with the intention of getting a home and we bought it five years ago. We still managed tohave enough funds for recreation. We also have been able to keep our five Liberty Bonds. When we first started to save for our home, the job ahead of us looked big, but after we had passed the half-way point, the goal seemed to be in sight and the saving was easier than in the beginning. the months When we rented. see med very short and r&t days came in quick succession. en WN; we avoid all that worry. we make any improvements we get the benefit. We were recently offered $1000.00 more for our home than we paid for it, but we turned down the proposition.

Louis Hilbrecht An Auto Tourist

Motor Test Employe Has Been With Company Since May 10, 1894
Every Sunday, during the good MOweather, Louis Hilbrecht, of tar Test, enjoys outdoor life with his family in the country. Mr. Hilbrecht has been in the employ of the company since May lOth, 1894. I am very thankful to say that I have never been sick in my life, Plenty of fresh he remarked. air and exercise is my recipe. Crating bicycles for the George HilN. Pierce Company was Mr.

three boys and two girls. No members of the family enjoyed Hilthe outing more than the brecht twins, aged one year and a half. The party had a complete camping outfit--cook stove and all other essential paraphernalia. One daughter, Hazel Hilbrecht, is employed in the Blue Print Department. M. Hilbrecht bought his first automobile six years ago and has made many trips to points near or some distance from Buffalo. One of his popular forms of enjoyment is to buy big supplies of fruit, vegetables, etc., in the country and bring them in his auto to his home. In this way he saves considerable money and is assured of fresh stock.

Mr. Stotz became a member of the Pierce - Arrow Employes Benevolent Association, when it was first organized. He has always done his bit in the many successful picnics and other social events held by Pierce-Arrow employes. His principal hobby consists of playing a sociable game of 66 at his home each Saturday evening. This game is my best diversion and has always appealed to me. he said.

Lost Little Time in Thirty Years

Being on the Job a Pleasure of Jacob Stotz, Aluminum Department
Among the young old-timers who have been with the company for a long period is Jacob Stotz, Assistant Foreman of the drills in the Aluminum Department. Mr. Stotz has been in the employ of the company since March, 1890. Mr. Stotz is a good drill man, said William General Rigg8; Foreman of the Aluminum Department. His memory is excellent and when it comes to repair parts for old models he is very well informed. He knows how the work is done and can locate and select the tools necessary to use, having more pep than many a young man. When Mr. Stotz entered the George N. Pierce factory, thirty years ago he did drill and bench work on tricycles and bicycles. He later had charge of the Drill Department in the old shop and for a long time filled a similar position in the Pierce-Arrow fact0l-y. He has been connected with the Aluminum Department for the past four years. little Mr. Stotz has lost very years time during his past thirty I like to be with the company. on the job and feel the best when
1 am very busy, he said.

Jacob Stotz Mr. Stotz is married and has five children. He owns his home at 446 Winsldw Avenue. I joined a savings and loan society and this plan was of great service to me while I was buying my home, said Mr. Stotz. To retain my membership, it was really necessary for me to save so much every week. Sometimes, on account of doctor bills, etc. at home, it required considerable stretching of my finances, but when I once got started, I managed to put away a regular amount each week. At the end of a year I would then draw out enough to make a payment on our home.

Louis Hdbrecht brecht work in 1894. His next s job was assembling wheels manufactured by that concern. He continued in that position for several years, working for the comStree t the Hanover pany in plants and in the Montgomery building. In 1898, he rode Pierce wheels and averaged 100 miles a day for He was a road testsix months. er and continued in that work He was General for two years. Foreman of Motor Test for eleven years.

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Automobile touring is Mr. Hilbrecht hobby. One of his jours neys last summer covered 1380 miles. He visited Elmira, HarrisBaltimore, hrg, Washington, New York, New Philadelphia, Haven, Springfield and Albany and then back to Buffalo. He was accompanied by Mrs. Hilbrecht and their five children,

Mr. Stotz is still a member of a He is savings and loan society. also a regular purchaser of Thrift Stamps at the factory and is a staunch advocate of the Thrift movement launched by the United States Government. Those who are not to be trusted too far had better not be trusted too near.

MISS MARJORIE WARD

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BAND PROGRA

Following programs will be performed in the First Assembly by the Pierce-Arrow Band, under the direction of H. Peck. (Programs subject to slight change.)

Tuesday, March 2nd, 12:00 to 12:25 P. M. March - Maid of the Mist ..........................Lincoln One-Step-Sand Dunes ................... .. ...... Kliclunann Waltz-Naomi .................................. Barry
Selected ....................................... One-Step--Give Me a Smile and Kiss Star Spangled Banner.

..............Jergensen

Miss Marjorie Ward, adjudged the most beautifu1 young lady of Buffalo by a group of artist photographers. Miss Ward is a former employe of the Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Company, having been the Engineering employed in Specification Department and is the daughter of Mr. Harry J. Ward, formerly assistant to Mr. Walter Newaome in the Inspection Department. Mr. Ward was one Pierceof the promoters of the Arrow Band.

March - Old Comrades .........................Laurendeau Waltz - Golden Gate ...........................Briegel Briegel One-Step- Mammy o Mine ..................... . ~;,~n;;o_-My Caiyp Love Zarnecnik - The Vamp . .......................................... .Crooms Star Spangled Banner.

Thursday, March 4th, 12 zOOto 12:25 P. M.

Tuesday, March 9th, 12:00 to 12:25 P. M. March - On the Square .........................Panella Fe--pTJohnny s In To-y ......................................... . Schulz
Again McCabe a - Till We Meet .................. Tobani Intermezzo-Hearts and Flowers Star Spangled Banner.

Party for Miss Eastner

An enjoyable party was recently held at the home of Miss Florence Eastner of the Chassis Repair tool crib. The following Pierce-Arrow girls attended : Miss Rosalind Morelock. Miss Claire HausMorelock, Miss Eleanore beck, Miss Anna Wahl and Miss Miss Sophie Frances Maroze. Cooper of Chassis Repair was absent on account of illness. Miss Eastner is steadily recovering from a recent illness. A luncheon, music, games and a general good time were a feature of the evening programme. s

Expression of Gratitude
Mr. and Mrs. John Kuechler desire to express their sincerest gratitude to their many friends in the Mill Department for their kindness and condolence in their recent hour of bereavement. The Sales School has been moved from the second floor of the Body Department to the third floor of the Administration Build. ing.

Special Jazz Concert. Tuesday, March 23rd, 12 :00 to 12 :25 P. M. Fox Trot-Jazzola .............................Walker ............ Danmack Waltz-1 m Forever Blowing Bubbles ............. HLlm ".no s Illi i Fox Trot-Away Back Home in ........................Briegel One-Step-Wait and See Star Spangled Banner. Thursday, March 25th, 12 :OO to 12 :25 P. M. ............... Lange One-Step- Eyes That Say 1 Love You ......................Sauter Waltz - The Land of Lullaby ...........................Eilenberg March-Bergsaglieri lntermezzo- Way Out Yonder In the Golden West .... Schultz Star Spangled Banner. Tuesday, March 3Oth, 12:00 to 12:25 P. M. March--C eneral Pershing ........................Barry Selection- Mountain Life ..................... Laurendeau ............................Meacham Patrol--American Star Spangled Banner. Harry Etengoff. of the Guide Department, was recently married to Miss Dora Fox of this city. Mr. Etengoff spent thei r and Mrs. honeymoon in Pittsburgh. Their home is at 368 :Madison Street. Wedding bells recently rang for W. J. Sheppard of the Tool Room.

Thursday, March 1 lth, 12 :00 to 12 :25 P. M. March - Washington Post .........................Sousa Toreador- Song from Carmen .................... Tobani Waltz - Beautiful Ohio ..........................Briegel Oriental- Pahjamah ............................Onioas Star Spangled Banner. Tuesday, March l&h, 12:00 to 12:25 P. M. Special Irish Concert. Thursday, March l&h, 12:00 to 12:25 P. M.

Joseph Wolfe of the Filing Department was recently married to Miss Helen Streicher of this city. t their Mr. and Mrs. Wolf& spen honeymoon in Ithaca, N. Y.

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Charley Brooks has left the employ of the Service Department to take the position of Servic e Manager for The American AutoPiercemobile Co. of Milwaukee, agent. Charley man y s Arrow friends at the plant wish him every success in his new undertak+ ing. former Arthur E. Killinger, manager of the Art Department and member of the Editorial Board of the Arrow, has resigned. to, take an executive position with a New York concern. George Ackerman, assistant to Mr. Killinger, has also resigned to accept a New York position. Mr. Derner Grateful Department and family express their deepest appreciation of the splendid floral tribute sent by Pierce-Arrow friends at the death of their daughter.

New Officers of P . Death of Miss A. Benevolent Jane Dynas Miss Jane Dynas o f 1051 Association Niagara Street. formerly a clerk
The following oficers for the ensuing year were elected by the Pierce-Arrow Employes Benevolent Association : President, John C. Jay, Jr.; Vice-president, James H. O Brien; Treasurer, S. 0. Fellows; Secretary, E. D. Morton. Death benefits were paid to relatives of the following deceased employes who were members of the Association : Patrick Corman, $200; Frank Finster, $200; ; Arthur Thomas Reeves, $ I 00 Rohe. $200 ; Joseph Nebelhoer. $200.
in the Process Department, died recently. Funeral services were held at the Church of The Nativ -

ity.

NEW X-RAY

EQUlPMENT
Miss Jane Dynas Miss Dynas made many friends while she was employed at the Pierce-Arrow plant. The Arrow has received the following tribute to her memory: Miss Dynas was singularly unobtrusive; yet she was one of the most popular and well beloved young women in the employ of the Company. Her many friends deeply regret her untimely demise and will ever cherish their memory of her as one of their dearest possessions.

August Derner of the Fitting

A complete and up-to-date XRay equipment and modern operating room, both the gift of Col. Charles Clifton, have been installed in the First Aid Department. Th e equipment will be in operation shortly and will be fully described in the April number of The Arrow.

FOR SALE For sale; by Fred Faber of Moto,r Department, a hand-made vic28.trola, containing more than 000 pieces of wood; took two years to. make it, during leisure time. FOR SALE-White rabbits for Easter. F. E. Vaughan, First Aid Department. R. R. Daun of Main Inspection. Section 6, is the proud father of an 8-pound baby girl. William Sigrist of the First Paint Department passed cigars the other day in honor of the arrival of an 8-pound boy.

James O Brien With Company 25 Years

Corrtinucd from Page 18. Previous to the war, goods from the stand were placed in carts and sold to employees throughout the factory, but this practice was discontinued before the close of the war. ViceMr. O Brien has been President of the Employes Benevolent Association for several He was also one of the years. founders of the Pierce-Arrow Relief Association. He and one of his men represent his department on the Safety Committee. Mr. O Brien home is at 74 s I Ashland Avenue. His son, Harold, employed in the Bushing Department, served in Uncle Sam s France for eighteen army in months.

Art Moeller. foreman of the Mother Seeks Information Routing office, is the proud father Ruth Regarding Son Absence of a 12.pound daughter, s Louise, who arrived on Friday, The Arrow is in receipt of a February 13th. letter from Mrs. M. M. Crose of Karl Polland is the proud fa3 I4 South 14th Street, Baltimore, ther of a baby daughter, Miss Md., asking for information as to Dorothy. Mr. Polland is emthe present address of her son, ployed in the Stock Chasing DeHarry W. Crose, who was empartment. ployed in the Grinder Depart-A fine baby boy, William Norment from October 18, I91 7 , t o man, has arrived at the home of June 21, 1919. A. L. Graham, Foreman of Main If any of our employes have Inspection. of the young man s knowledge whereabouts they will confer a Congratulations are being refavor upon the heartbroken moceived by William Burns of the Aluminum Department on acther who has not heard from her count of the recent arrival of a son in over eighteen months and baby daughter at does not know whether he is livthe Burns home. ing or dead.

THRIFINOTES
Pierce-Arrow autoists, now is the time to overhaul your tires. See John Erith at the Cigar Stand. He will explain a plan by which you can buy Goodrich tires at reduced prices.

SUMMER VACATIONS

Thinking Men Are Spending Their Money Carefully

Which Are You, A Careful Saver or A Reckless Spender? Buy Cautiously and Prepare for a Rainy Day
Next door to our office is a twoI asked the by-four cigar stand. young clerk in charge what priced 1 expectcigar he sold most of. ed him to reply either five cents or ten cents. Fifteen cents, was what he did reply. You sell more fifteen cents cigars than ten cent ones? I queried. Yes, fifteen cents straight are our best seller-better even than two for a quarter. Then he added, Apparently the people nowadays have lots of money, and they surely are willing to spend it. Now, this cigar store has not an Yet most aristocratic location. of the customers pay fifteen cents for each cigar smoked. When you consider that there are only -270,666 persons in America receiving from $5,000 to $10,000 a year income it is startling to reflect that fifteen cent smokes are the favorites. At another store, in a high-priced hotel, the cigar seller told me that business with him had fallen off considerably since prohibition took effect. are washed at home. This led to other talk of prices. He told me that he had always been fussy about his shoes, that he used to pay $ I4 for a certain brand which lasted him two years or more. Recently he went back to get a new pair but was told the price had gone up to $30. He refused to buy. Instead, he examinid every pair of old shoes he possessed. picked out the least dilapidated ones. and sent them to be repaired. He added, 1 won t buy a pair of new shoes for five years, if they keep the price at $30.

Are you looking forward to summer vacations? If so, start a Savings Account now. A dollar or two a week will soon amount to a nice little fund, and will seem like fitiding money when the time comes for your little trip. Some of the boys have already started their fund. See John Erith, at the Cigar Stand. has agreed to The company take the money for Thrift Stamps out of the envelopes of those employees who desire it. Each department was canvassed recently to secure the names of those desiring to buy their Stamps this way. Many decided in favor of this method. The present stations will be continued for those desiring to purchase their stamps as heretofore.

While lunching with the editor of one of our most successful magazines the other day, 1 noticed, and remarked, that he was wearI wanted to ing a soft collar. know why, as he had always worn the fashionable starched variety. I told my wife not long ago. he replied, that I d be blowed if I would pay five cents to have a collar laundered. 1 bought a stock of these soft ones and they

A zone map and instructions in regard to the delivery of wood orders have been posted near the These two incidents are signiCigar Stand. The map shows the ficant. Men-an d women-wh o zones within which wood will be find themselves earning far more delivered. than ever before are spending their money thoughtlessly and recklessly. But thinking men and women are making their purSteady Work Counts chases cautiously. They are savI pity no man because he ing even more rigorously than in has to work. If he is worth the past. They know that they I ennow get only about fifty cents his salt, he will work. vy the man who has a work worth of goods for each dollar worth doing, and does it they spend, whereas each dollar well. There never has been they now save will be able to command nearer a hundred cents devised, and there never will be devised, any law which worth of merchandise by and by. will enable a man to succeed Also, the idea is quite widespread save by the exercise of those in responsible circles that a period qualities which have always of extremely acute depression will been the pre-requisites of overtake this country and every success, the qualities of hard other country sooner or later, as work, of keen intelligence, an aftermath of the $300.000.of unflinching will. 000,000 loss entailed by the war. -Theodore Roosevelt. Which are you, a careful saver or a reckless spender? Remember, not only is a rainy day coming, but in all probability a rainThe size of a dollar cannot be storm of unprecented severity.- compared with the sighs of the Forbes Magazine. dollarless.

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Harry Tremewen, Stockchasing Department, says politics are not bad; it the people in politics. s Ed Rettling says, never judge a woman by the quality of the cigars she buys you. Johnnie Cluntz, Routing Office, says, some folks who think they have voices that only need cultivating have voices which really need harvesting. Frank Holland, Trimming Department, says, sitting in a saloon looking for work has injured the eyesight of many. Larry Corcoran says, fortune may knock at your door, but it .wont waste much time hunting for the keyhole. Fred Henniche, Sand Blast, says, those who try to get something\ for nothing are foolish enough to kick about the quality. Th e prevailmg impression in the Electrical Department is that Clarence Bocbel single handed and alone won the World War. Chaps in the Electrical Department are trying to have Roy Chapman part his name in the middle. Be a self starter. Don of your foreman a crank. make t

harmles Mr. Heintz of the Blue Print Department evidently has arrived at the conclusion that the ladies do not like hirsute appendages on upper lips. He contracted with a barber for the removal of his. Mr. Matthews, the Beau Brummel of the Employment Department, fears that the Pierce-Arrow girls are unacquainted with the fact that this is Leap Year. Not one of them has even hinted that she would like to spend the rest of her life cooking for him. Louis Hunt, foreman of the advises that Guide Department, even though the Kenmore Fire Department did lose his wrench he saved the cellar walls of a home in Kenmore after a hard fight with the flames. Ross Spendelow of Publicity says, lots of men earn their brbad by the sweat of their frau. Pete Newman of the Lathe Department says that the man who is loudest with his Amen does not always drop the largest coin on the plate. Mr. Van Dernhurgh of Bench Department says that the generosity of some men is in direct proportion to the publicity they can receive therefrom. Joe Case of Nickle Plate Inspection Department says that nowadays the price does not tell you whether an article is a luxury or a necessity. Jake Brezen and Fred Ahrens of Schedule Department know how to beat old H. C. L. They attended the food show nearly every night and carried home a raft of samples. Bill Towtie of the Lathe Department is very much elated because the boys of the department Arhave nicknamed him Fatty buckle. Every little movement has a subscription list all its own. and popular An interesting form of solitaire is figuring how rich you be if you stayed sind d gle. . A man seldom leaves his wife as much when he dies as he did when he lived. We knew Safety Enginee r Bayer was an Indian, but it remained for the Buffalo Courier representative to tell the tribe to which Mr. Bayer belongs. Mike Metz says that when a fellow pays a dime a bottle for one-half of one, he has no kick coming. Billy Weiss says the man who tries to reform others is an inspired missionary, but the man who tries to reform him is a hypecritical humbug. Clothes do not make the man, but if pressed properly, suits have made many a lawyer. Tommy Hatt is certainly a second Al Jolson when it comes to singing and cracking jokes. Fred Neuschel of the Lathe Department, has become a landlord. Own your own home, is sweet music to Fred. Bill Miller of the Lathe, expects Bill Towne at his to entertain Crystal Beach cottage this summer. Two Bills hard to beat. Ed Hoban. Experimental Production, is avoiding the H. C. L. by smoking tobacco at 2 I cents a pound.

Bill Bridgeman of the Time Office vigorously denies having taken the lunch of Lewis Newman of the Police Department. Carroll of the Electrical Department must be a -,rima donna. He claims to be but 34 years of age but the records show he was born in 1872.

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