The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-10-25

Missouri
For ezrtus." sneered the Kanss.
representative
EVrU day far spring water" eos
tinued thu Coloradnan viii Colorado
persistence Ard rad 10 a
thrpuEh a ~znisloup~ patch. Thess
eantSiuupe Tine~ EroW like n streak n
tightening EveytiIne I came tAes
uith q tank full Of"
"B~-r." said the Nissoorian.
High Balls" put IN the Ksnszn.
White Mule" suggested the gentle
man Oklahoma
-N2tsr. one II these vines that
grew close 70 the road would start at
Ter the wagon and by-gosh that vine
gni 80 II would follow me up the road
The darned thing grew 50 fast IL got
me srsr-d and when I'd come through
there Ia whip up and make q run for
i got away ~ right several time.
nui the old vine finally got foxy and
one day she laii for me. Ii zzs early
IN the morning. I was driving along
looking at the scenery when I heard a
rIsiling mise and turning around.
saw the old vine coming after me. /
whipped mp and would have escaped
but Ju-i then cantslnapes began to fy
all around me- ard one knocked me of
the EagOn-7
And you haven't been in since
aid the Nis~ourian.
-pd the wagon ard raralyzed mo
When came 10. that vine had drunk
all the water from the tank. had cho-
ked the horSe IN death and the wagon
must have been entanglrd in twenty
mile- Of eantsloure vines. That shows
the fertility of Colorado s,il after irri-
CATION"
i call it fertility Of imagination az
TT irrigatian. What brand" be-
gan the Kansas man.
IT sounds t q me like a d" butt-
in the Mss-ourian, but ne didn't get
q finish.
That story makes me think of an
experience had with pumpkins hack
al my old home I'm Oklahoma" said
the gentleman from that infant COM
E~nonwealih, a. the crowd started for
immense Transportation building.
This building j. 30 I $50 feet.''
shouted the guide who had been trying
get a word in edgewise for several
and who scented a 1T" The.
exhibit Of iransportation-"
But 1, was not any Use, for the Okla
citizen was riled and picking up
/ piece Of scantiing he continued
"A neighbor of mine had a couple Of
Ieres in pumpkins and n thing or
'ther and once in a while passeI
through the patch to make a short cut
Q town. ! hadn't been out there for
ometime and one evening thought I'D
% and look at the pumpkin. From
ny house they looked like a lot of big
oldel domes Of some fairy city. III,
over into the field with my
undred yard tape line tn measure the
circumference Of a few when | got in
he way OF one of the young growing
and it grabbed me. You NAV
OF believe il, yet that dod-gosied
umpkin vine dragged me three miles
fore could get my knife out TO cu,
"
Just then the Kansan fell of a pile
lumber and a span of mules ran
Meantime the party had reached the
rts and Crafts Village and were in
the Textile shop.
Speaking of watermelons-" be- :
IN the Mlssourian.
Nobody said anything about water
growled the Colorado man
seemed to be sore about some
ing.
was about to remark" persisted
e Missourian that We can't raise
in Missouri because the
ii Is too fertile. Its like this the
mes grow 50 fast that they pull the
rapidly owe the ground and
e heat generated by the friction
uses the water in the melons to turn
steam and a. a result the melons
up. It's too bad for otherwise
~ would be the finest"
As to APPLE began the Kan
n.
Has somebody got a flask" inquir
the Oklahoman." / am feeling a
feeble"
The Missourian had one.
the site OF the great state
llding that New York will erect"
the guide. "Out there are the :
tiers of the beautiful and historic
mpton Roads. Our naval display a,
Exposition will represent s3Oo.OD