The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1911-02-16
FORMER OAKES
CITIZENS MEET
Chas. H. Bell Entertained at
Seattle, Washington, by
]. L. Chamberlin
Thinks Seattle Is Not on the
Level - Wants Cleats
Put on Sidewalk
Seattle, WASH, Jan. %, IL.
Alex. R. Wright,
Oakes, N. Oak.


Alex. R. Wright,
Oakes, N. Oak.
My Dear SIR
In perusing the last issue of the
Times to reach me notice that my
fat friend, Charles Horatio Bell, late
of Cakes, later of Wallace, Idaho, but
never late to any live proceedings, has
been writing small piece for the
paper" and l am pleased to thus learn
that all is well with Charley.
very much enjoyed a brief visit
from the big fellow some weeks ago.
He blew in from Spokane unannounced,
and I was so pleased to see the old
moose that.I declared holiday and laid
off to pilot him around to see the work
ings of a real live town. made it a
special order of business to walk him
up and down all the steep streets-just
to hear him wheeze and puff was
amply rewarded. The only way Char
ley could make some of the streets was
to tack, and he claimed he put new
pair of hose supporters out of business
trying to use them as hold-bacxs in 60
ing down grade. This was Charley's
first visit to Seattle and he expressed
to me his confidential opinion of town
where the streets are SO steep that
they have to have cleats in the side
walks. Said he didn't believe the
town was SnAhe level. After drilling
him around until he was about found
cred we wound up at the Y. NJ. c. A.
cafe where 1--WE regaied with copious
,draughts of {uttermilk, talked over the
.deviltry Of our kid days in Oakes-and
lied to each other as to how we were
progressing in This year Of the Lord,
one-nine-elevAn. 'ii Hi 3:
The following day. accoaapanied by
couple Of our local, cspitahsta, Char
ley went eeaatss tet ,eza,aias
n coaisproperty he had on the string.
On thereturn' trip two days later bis
party arrived 1t some little section
house settlement too late to catch the
train, 80: Charley Immediately hustled
around and negotiated with a.couple OF
Greek section hands and chartered q
hand car'to land them at some junction
where they could board the limited for
Seattle.
Charley said his Special was soon
under way and clipping along at a
speed that showed those two Greeks
were Of the strong in the back and
weak in the head" variety when all OF
q sudden E Pluribus Peruna!-the ca,
Jumped the track, the handle on the
Soff side caught Charley amidships abaft
the port side and materially assisted
him in making q. hurried, if not grace
full, high-dive over forty-foot en-
bankment. have his word for it that
he lit mighty hard-but being SO well
upholstered he suffered no fractures,
was only bruised and battered. There
was no sense in lying there and dying
so far from home, SO the big fellow
: crawled up to the track and sat on the
edge of q wide tie, nursed his bruises
and talked about God and those two
Greeks and the hand car:
He finally got his also crippled friends
loaded on the car and the cortege
proceeded at half mast under low
speed to- the junction n-and, on in to
Seattle.
After seeing his comrades" safely
ensccnced'in the hospital the old .'bot-
tie SCARED" veteran limped around to
the Hotel News Office! looking and
feeling like the last half hour Of mis-.