The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1910-08-04
The OVERRIDING Of
Iowser II

By EDWIN L. sABIN

Ccopyright, by J. b. Lippincott Coz
This is a true story, because the re
mains Of the hen are still in circu-
alton
When the gols epidemic captured
Wheatley the victims secured the
country far and wide to find grounds
suitable for links Hi Hacocks pas
ture was selected as being the best
site, and negotiations were entered
nto with Mr. Hacock with view to
leasing and eventually purchasing the
and
Iii was wary. For some time he
held OF. He could not understand
why a crowd Of town people wanted to
acquire so much ground "jes to play
shinney on" To the most casual read
er it must be evident that Hi never
had INDUCED in golf
Finally, after he had been talked to
by the mayor, both bankers, and the
school superintendent, and other lead
ing citizens. all 81 fiacs, he consented
and gave the lease desired
Immediately the old pasture became
a famous resort The Wheatley Golf
club, its friends and friends friends,
locked there. Business in the town
Of Wheatley was paralyzed. No one
had any time for business. Out of
this feIvor arose a unique incident
which believe is unprecedented in
the annals Of golf Especially is it
unique because it is true; / can prove
it, In fact, viii prove it at the con
clusion Of this narrative. But now /
viii let Hi take up the thread He
says
Couldn't see as they'd hurt the land |
any, tho they plowed it an cut it
considerable hittin it with their sticks, |
an as they paid my price l rented it I
to EN-. Then they come out mornin' /
noon an night men an women, with I
red shirts an knee pants tucked into
their socks an short dresses, an every
durn one. had about dozen of them
there god sticks My boys an Peters
boys. they made as high as a dollar
day totin sticks for parties playin
an toll en- to 90 ahead, anil hired
hans to DO their chores.
when the players weren't playin
they an their 'caddes. that's
what they call EN-, isn't it?-were
lookin for lost balls The way balls
were lost was a caution-part of the
game reckon dunno who beat
Anyway, these women-you never
could tell where their balls was
goin 10 iand-they'd swat at the-ball
an bgosh, twas as likely to go be
hind EN- as in front Some Of the men.
especially them little dudes with
stuffed calves, was as bad Quite
often the big fellers would knock
ball clean out of sight-that is. out
Of sight Of where anybody was ex
pectin twould light
q begun to think I'd better go over
that pasture with a hoss-rake an gath
sr in few hundred balls jes' for luck ]
when Towser II. come to the front
You must have heard Of Towser II
Pshaw, now, Why, Towser H. was the
settin' hen in the huh coun t
y. Set? She was setter from '
settersville. Named her Towser after
l setter dog we used to own Both {
ietters-but she was the setterest 1
One day we missed old Towser
IN ] says to ma, says 7: Towser's y
l-settin' agin. Johnnyll have to 20 .
'ut in the mornin an hunt her I'D !
So in the mornin Johnny struck ont Q
IN he follered The gully down through L
he pasture. while I SEARCHED tLe horn O
But where do you reckon we found G
'owser? In the dried-up swamp D
gosh a-settin to beat creation with $
goff balls under her Fourteen, BY 4
umi
'Wa-al, old lady l thought, we
ont want on ingy-rubber chickens. So
II ies' relieve You Of these here
ggs- With her a-cluckin an a-sput
erin at me put the balls in my ha =
n started off =
Mex time we found her she was ina &c
1rner under the rail fence, settin' on Of
golf balls. She'd elected EN- il a
ssh an hour, swun. an was pleased fc
a peacock. | begun to see Ia
ruck a real bonanzie dumped this e
scond lot long with the frs. in
ifrel. Ii about hour i1tote=yvss =.
unded up Towser in the swamp a 9 in W
] top of IS balls All day we jes LEI :,
sr have full swing, an at night
nned il I didn't have a barrel plum "a
'aped with gof balls Dunno how
any dozen, but anyway. ioid Towsel
ID done herself proud.