Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-09-29
I LITTLE JAMES

| Concerning the Proposed Official In
vestigatLon OF the Mississippi River)
My Paw SEE ne seen a man what
! jist got back rum Saint Louie an he
SEE they has been a Crate Change IN
tn Missippy Rivir in tn last few
Days. 1t looks Shrunk up a good Deal
more'n il ust to.
/ Seq he: When that Nobel Sreem
was first Discovered by tn Injuns they
WAS so Sprized at when they got SOS
at they could Speek. they seq it's tn
Fother of Waters. All tn other
Rivirs is mere Infance but this here
Missippy is something like a Rivir ort
to be- Then tn Whitemen came along
an when tn Injuns told 'em at tn
Missippy was tn Fother or VOTERS.
they seq Good Shot; that's a TJegler
What is it, An they Keep on Calm
IL that. TIL Potes Rote about IL an
SEE its tn 'Lordly Missippy' till tn
Rivir got all Swelled Up at times at
they wasn't no Twin anywheres Closte
| To it. When tn Foxes d git too Fer
milyer with it tn Missippy it'd say to
itself Now jist watch me make 'em
Hunt tn High Places an them at
Rll .hONt OHlo ell
enuff got Swollered up in its Remorse-
lous Ma
This Teller which jist came back
frim Saint Louie he SEE at Tn SPIRIT
of tn Missippy is all Broke up an at
it aint Rampagious an Domneerin'
like it ust to be. You don't heer 1t
Roarin' along like il did when it was
all Pulled up with Pride an Praze, but
goes by with a low an sorrowfle
Nurmer. Instid OF beein Rampant its
Sinks down Toards tn Gulf like a
Quarry Slave. Scurged TO his Dunjun
whatever that meens.
My Paw he asst tn Saint Louie fell
Ter what was wrong with tn Mjssippy
an he Replize at it Reelizes at its
Daze of Misrool is most numbered an
its about to be Subjecked to Controle
an has got to Run accordin' to orders
frim Headquarters.
SEE he: They amt agoin' to be no
more Skilarkin around outside TIL
Banks like they was in tn Ole Daze
when everything was aloud to run it
self in this country. Times has chang
ed now sence things has got to be
Regulated accordin' to some Kind of
a Systum. On October tn First tn
Subjoogashun of tn Missipy is agotn'
to begin in a place called Keekuk in
Ioway. President Roosevelt Accomp-
MED by a Commishun is goin' TO make
Offishle Tower OF tn kIvir an they
is goin' to put Hi Voter Marks along
tn bank, an leeve orders at they amt
to git Submerged none. In Sum places
where TIL Currents of tn Rivir is too
Swift they is goin' to put UP notices
Restrainin' EN- to proper Speed an
where they is slow an Sluggish they'll
be a Representatif OF tn Government
left TO keep 'em movin' under a Penn
Lefty.
TIL Currants which twists acrost
fun w-un side to tn other maxim
Navigashun Dangerous an Uncertain Is
to be all straitened out SOS at tn
Steembotes won't haf to go to tn
Expense of havin' Pilates. They's also
a goin' to change tn name FUN TIL
Fother OF VOTERS to TIN Child OF tn
Government.
My Paw he seq I'm afeared at they
aint agoin' TO be able TO do all that.
That makes me think about tn story
OF Ole King Canoot what got SOS at
when he Bossed everything on tn land
he had his Thrown Sot up by tn See
an when tn Tied begun TO Role in he
SEE SEE he: HI There, Stop where
You're att But tn Tied Keep a comm
an washed Canoot up on tn Beech"
The Saint Louie Teller he SEE
You're story amt Apropow atall Ole
King Canoot wasn't President Roosey-
felt"
LITTLE JAMES.