Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1908-01-17

you | saw a couple of tents down ,
towards the river, so down goes
as they looked like Americans to
the back bone. that is what the
tick had left of them. Of course
they could rot cuss in Mexican,
but they could use the American
language in the most forceful way
you ever saw. and soon found
out they had good enough cause to
emphasize the English language.
So | walked sbout-6fty yards
farther to the river bank and
down at the water edge | saw a
white man. sure for he was as
naked rs new born babe. except
a coat of ticks and tick bites. He
looked up and asked me if | had
| just got in and | told him yes. So
he said. Just come down here. |
want to show you something.
Ticks! | never saw the like or
ever believed it possible, but what
see and felt | cannot help but
believe You could not put your
finger OF that man without putting
it on a tick bite. and he said,
For Gods sake. mister lee me
out of here as soon as possible. L !
have two children at home and if |
God lets me live to get out of
here the ticks will never have the
satisfaction of biting my child.
rem" | said, Amen brother" /
and meant it too. 1t seemed that
what few white people were there
we're trying to get away aud as
fast as they came they we're in a
hurry to get away for fear of
something would get them, felt
that way myself.iT Why. ticks. |
fleas, lice, 1t beat all. -"
Mr., Crow went with me the
next morning tC show me the fine
farm land and corn fields. | saw
corn from two feet high, green, up
to fifteen feet high but it all look.
ed sick. The best | ever saw
would not make over 20 bushels
per acre | have a sample Of corn
and. the soil The corn has to be
broke down below the ear so the
ear will hang down to keep the
parrots from 5shucking the corn
and eating it, and they have run
ways throuhg the fields for the
natives to run through to scare
the parrots away from the corn
while the ear is maturing. The
black rich soil they tell about is
abou near like rubber as anything
you can imagine. | can show you.
| think the reason they use the
wooden pillow is that it will scour
better than an American steel
pillow, as saw a man trying to
plow with good steel pillow. but
it was impossible to get it to
scour. He said it would not scour
when it was wet, nor when it was
dry and that be had failed too
find the time when it would scour,
only on paper. | saw some rib
a
bon cane growing on the river
bank on the Landon & Warner
land. also saw some scrub
bananas across the river along the
bank. and | think that isabout the
only place they will grow | s aw
the bee house and honey. The
oees are plenty but the honey is a
dirty black looking stuff, not fit
to eat. | saw an alligator in the
river and the river is the only re-
deeming feature in the whole CON-
bination 1t certainly is the most
beautiful river I ever saw. The
water is a beautiful blue. clear ,
and sparkling and cool. with most
~ rock bottom. Well, about noon /,
here came. Jas. Slim, Geo.
Schridde. and his sister. and three !,
or four others. They got off their !
ponies and looked around about ,,
thirty minutes and they had
enough and evidently was afraid /
they would get more than they
wanted. More ticks, lice, and |
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