Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-07-29
Wet Seasons on and Okla
homans Are so Sleepy,
Too, on Border.
PLENTY TO EAT THERE
Wives of Many of the Of
flcers of State Troops
Join Hubbies.
by COL PEN G. WHITEHEAD,
oStaff Correspondent

S ARMY HEADQUARTERS G
., san benito, Texas, July 28.-When ;
y - months drouth has been brok
r en- down here the clouds soon, - ..,,,
: q clutch and day after day tho down.
Z pour comes. The very day thai IN,
LOUISIANA and Oklahoma rroons cam,
e u" Town IL fdlned. And il has rainef
, nc" uines every day since Did
Vu e,ei sIt IN lodge and howl with
: JOY WhlIe some pilgrim amonv .bo
candidates walked with L.,rs g.,
lnIoush Il long pathway lf sticky M
P"PeT winch rolled up and Around L,y
icet untl they looked like hi haIis
oI Sucklness? That is the way tho
Ihud acts here. There is mud cvol.v-
"HtIe' Dut when we get 1t on oIr
nianAets we lie down and seen in
atiuu - JUST as cheertully as We used to
'.NIlpeI IN elderdown in Ale{;tpdri,
or Enid. For II is all a m,tin, nt 't
hdDlt anyway The main trouble
WIN TINS gentle climate is thar if,
time NP All 'Ne
II TINS atmosphere could be trans
IeTIed TO oklahoma or to Lou.s,,n,
T' 70 the Dakotas there would be no
.VuicIs Ielt IN the hotel chalts while
.he patrons stand up through long
hours. Those loafers would no ae,o1t'
AT nome. one simply wants 10 sleep
an me tlme, and four soldiers who
went out to call upon four of mo
city talrest daughters he"e wero an
IN camp at half past .. They snnpIy
.YuluH stay any longer, and yet in
thelr own home towns they had
i"nhed as the real devils who STAYED
until it vas time to start The ',ras
Tor breakfast.
just Wee Nap.
me afternoon nap was discovered
. am TINS town, but that doesn't suffice.
This Is town of carly Retirement
The other night a bunch of ofCiccrs
Wlth one hair-trigger orderly decided
To mold little onion banquet in the
rear of press headquarters.
Ihere was very little broken glass
ware, but the officers coulln't stnv
EVERY one of them was in camD NJ q |
o CLOCK. Just Imagine, if you can. a |
gathering OF the sturdy sons of Mars |
at an onion banquet back home where
everything proceeds nicely anl there |
Is unanimous movement towarl tent
and cot by 10 O'Clock This li;,le
paTdulSe Just lulls a man to sleep The
lemon blossoms are doing business all
| he time, but the orange blossoms
nave closed up shop. They are last |
seasons watermelons" just now. They
began their work in April and they
stayed late, but the first Of July |,
were Just a sweet mem
Dry The MeXicans bring us musk
melons each morning, but we have
green beans, green peas, head lettuce.
asparagus and okra just about all the
year around. There is no week in the
year when the people here cannot
lave green vegetables on their tables
Ihere are orange, lemon and grape
Ef a |
Sated tract and thousands Of cars OF
ruit have been shipped out of here
o give luxury to the Jealous north r
'rner who gets up or goes to bed at ,
ialf past in the morning. II may c
% that men cease working, except +
1eXicans, down here and Nature does | !
t all. !
Plenty Of Game. 8
There is more game here than in !
ny other section of the country. A
5-year-old boy killed two deer I
'hrlstnas. There are more deer I'm l.
his section than in any other por- n
ion Of North America. In the sum-
ler season poaching hunters cail
hem mountain goats" Every hun.
ar gets his limit. There are quail 81
verywhere, and plenty of chacaIac. "
variety Of pheasant. White winged k
igeons, fat and tender. abound, and ir
"
I'm or Mexican Wild hog makes a fine ca
ght. mountain lion near here was W
llled the other day and was ~ feet y(
ON tip to tip. There are plenty or be
obcats and leopard cats Thc wild dc
irkeys are scarce and there are no al
rairle chickens. Ducks ard geese in
re Ike the leaves Of the forest in M
mbefs and there is no spot in the III
orld which gives 50 much t. the or
sherman They have oysters here is
le year around. They are smaller tn
ian the bluepoint oyster, but have ar
wonderful flavor liN
Residents say that when the rain no
ases the gulf breezcs work. but mat re
the damp days of the rainy season be
g atmosphere is too thick to cut I'M
tn . mere lake breeze hi
Ono Dcsrrtcr Hero. sia n@
t has been discovered that one Lou wa
ana soldier is a recent desertcr from we
q" brtish army. He agreed with a a
ehd IN Rev lok TO a company
uadian officer from New York TO
litalo and Toronto an1 from There
mt TO Quebec and thence 10 Lon lis
n. lie was III the British t,enChes &c
France. he saws, and was injured no
bursting shell. Ho was sent to sn,
London hospital and there found a
Y to get back to America on an
'ilNAu bodl' rue lS making 4 good
ord and has already been made a
'poral in his rompany because Of
experience and his zeal He does
expect to return TO England. Saws !
doesn't like that climate any more s
inks that Mexico would he 4 great c
Il cooler He has talked ovei, his ,sc,
e with his lieutenan. and news Y
Der man and says that all he 9shs tioy
This one chance to maze good. NO
he Louisiana troops have been do
lot of landscape gardening on
pose. Before many If the officers A
is here are pretty plants, but the wer
cited eye can look over the long ledg
: Of ornamental tents and ;udge MAJ
ckly which are occupied by ache had
and which by m5rried man. For ID
married man has IoaS carried his ma,
yer garden In his wifes name y
IS has been trimmed, cactus cut with
r and the brush removed Every u
( rabbit has left town since the Lwat.
isanans came. Rut there is TO p,
tier spot than the lawn in front sorr
he row of officers' tents of the ID,
t Louisiana. pC
atrols have guarded the line be Com
IN San Benito proper so very
'er, in fact, and Mex,luito. and
nan in uniform is permitted to get q,
into the Mexic n, section of this conn