South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-06-22

OF moist soil.
The Mule ReIps.
AT Oklahoma mule was led. re-
mctanuy mayhap. into Texas. He
was kept in Texas for hours on end
Then he VAS led back into oklahoma.
It was a Ions. hot. foodIess and drink
less waste-that stretch across the
b~ordcr-and even a feeble-minded
mule began 10 take notice OF the
patent fact that food and drink-am-
orosial oats and the nectar that flows
from purling streams-wcre 10 be en-
countcred only IN Oklahoma. Day
after day it was impressed upon the
mules consciousness that Oklahoma
Hcatcssen: that Texas was a place TO
90 away from. 4 week OF this train
ing was all sufficient for any mule.
The Oklahoma TINT furnished what a
mulo yearns for IS the place that n
mule just naturally heads for. Hence:
Wher that particular mule vas
turned loose in Texas. he gravitated.
go 20 speak. 20 an Oklahoma base
with a precipitation and s~ingleness
Of purpose that discouraged all
rcvenuo officers. He could get across
the border so fast that he looked like
a passing thought. The jack rabbits
had TO set out OF that mules way.
Tho fact that be was laden with a
pack Of jugs containing whisky
meant nothing whatever in the young
and ambitious life Of that mule A
revenue omccr may shoot "a hurrying
md purposoful mule. but he can't
very well iudict nor prosecute him.
And so the s~plcndors OF Texas
oascs were transported. mulc-hac.'. IN
10 a parchinG sister state. Lots Of
mules were. In the course Of years.
shot down in tho discharge OF duty
and inclination. But lots n more
lots Of drinking and cooking whiskey
got home
Tho fame OF tho mu'c spread over
tho entire state o. oklahoma and in
honor. no doubt. ~ The heroic quail
tie &C the animal. one of the favoritc
oklahoma tipp,cs g. designated as n
',yhite mule" IL may bc remarked in
RAISING. that % white mule carries
some kick. II IS composed OF alcohol
soda water counters here and there
ana SINGER ale Q. i- eorvcd over the
between NusEo -,o and the western
border To insure p3si'ive and pro-
per .cr,ico one should DC introduced
60 the drug clcrE But that isn't
absolutely essential You go into "a
drug store and lean nonchalantly on
The counter which separates you from
the aproncd dispenser OF drinks.
The white Mule"
!fcllo. Joe. YOU say airily. as
though you bad known him all your
life
Hello. he answers. ever though
DIS uamc ISN'T Joe.
a white mule" you whisper.
smnirsIy.
u YOU look good 90 Joe" ne viii
get out n glass contsininS something
more thar an ounce Of Hmpid liquid.
IIc VIII open "a hottie OF ginger ale.
You wiz pour some Of the ginger ale
into Tho glass containing the colorless
raiI Thea YOU viii 20 Gown TO your
hotel and rob our own trunk
I'm South Dakota there is a slight
variation OF his The nomenclature
is trangly changed AZ Pierre. for
instance. you ask the druggist for n
ck cow. lie knows Under the
South Dakota law Il is permissible 10
buy alcohol for veterinary use" with
ont a prescription even. So any real
or ALLEGED owner Of an auimal may
iush into the drug mans sanctum and
claim that his cow has the "tummy-
ache and get a dose of medicine"
that would stampede "a herd Hence.
the me south Dakota name for the
s.ltcs favorite beverage.
ga sick cow,
QUE k. doctor. the needle
Speaking OF the Dakotas. the North
one Is also constitutionaliy dry Along
The borders. here and there, a little
moisture secps through occasionally
but that doesa't really count Taking
e. by and large. North Dakota is one
az thc criest dry states what is. A
visitor Is often forced 10 accept an
Invitation % a club In Bismarck in
order 10 vet up at all. Trains running
regularly from Minnesota cities brinE
cases Of relief for the elect, but MEM
hers OF the Non-parusan League and
other proIetarians. are sometimes left
aol1less In the face Of threatened bull