After dashing around in some small town to find a place to live, we may end up with two shabbily furnished rooms, or in rare cases a nice private home which happens to be for rent. First there, first served is the policy which equalizes living conditions for everyone at some time or other, especially in these Oklahoma boom-times. If you end up living in a place where you share the bath with three other families, maybe the next time you ll hit the jackpot and get an attractive home. One soon becomes philosophical. The business is so new that small towns haven t adjusted to oil people and regard them with suspicion and concern.
Vegetables are scarce other than turnips and mustard greens, with a few other specialties thrown in.
Fresh killed yearling beef is sometimes good and then again tough. Chicken for Sunday dinner is found by going down to the local feed store on Saturday. Sacks of Purina Chow and other feeds fill the place, but out back is a pen or yard filled with fast-stepping chickens. That accomplished, I return home, proceed to remove the feathers, and then do some major surgery. Come Sunday, golden brown fried chicken with cream gravy graces the festive board.