The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-11-22
Paul
Bunyan
Origin of the Or.
His Nelc York Trip.
Race Win Ostriches.
IChdmDion Pickles.

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Editor The Star--f believe you
viii find, az you continue the com
pila,ion u stories about Paul hun-
yan and his Big Riue OK. sha, the
history Is as varied a. IL Is quaint
and entertaining There are many
conflicting versions OF the de1nSs
of Paul and his Biue OK. but ths
conflict Is merely the cause OF
friendly argument and does not DC
tract from the interest la our own
Northwest folklore
I. too. have tried 20 trace the
history OF Paul Buuyan. The foi-
icwsng is submitted as possibly IN
sereatlng, but not as absolutely Au'
thentics
FORTY ACRES COULDN'T
FEED THE BIG BLUE on
The origin of the Blue on has
not been definitely traced. When
h. was first mentioned he was
owu~d by a man named Robert
Kearnn. on The Flowery Banks
Of Bay Shiiore.- Reagan had only
20 acres under cultivation This
vas insufficient TO supply fodder
sor the OF and Reagan was obliged
20 sell him
During the -wirter after the f1u
Of the short eats he was sold 20
paul Bunyan. whose flaming am
bltion was urging him on to deeds
of fame. Somewhere. either In the
r6sd country or on this aide, fAul
also came into possession OF a Little
Bue OK. Wnh these two animals
of prccixicus strength. ne sat cnt
% make his fortune
rnui first asfrzessd attention
apparently In his operations IN the
Michigan woods and surrounding
>erion. Other chroniclsrE are tell
hg you the detail OF these ex-
terfences.
BILE OXEN CREATE
EXCITEMENT IN NEW YORK
Following his adventures there
he sought other fields TO conquer
ana went TO New York. Ills two
Blue Oxen naturally created a sen.
sation in the metropolis and each
day as he led them out onto the
streets for exercise crowds Of curl.
aus spectators marched In process
non after the oxen. The thronEs
became 50 great that a special de-
tail OF police was sent along to
preserve order and prevent acci
dent
The city folk enjoyed watching
the two oxen eat and drink The
Bsx Blue OK drank IS tanks OF
water a day and the TAitle Blue OK
drank seven. Pal had 20 buy up
a whole feed stoje to provision them
during his one week In New York
The Little Blue OK. being smaller.
naturally Is not mentioned as often
as the famous big one. but he did
his snare Gf tNuNt6 HHH thF W. Va
them were 30 tall that II took two
men standing on ladders TO yoke
them.
paul could have made big money
IN New York IL he had charged ad.
mission 70 see this oxen, but IL was
not his nature 10 do such thing.
He was noted for his kind heart.
That was one reason why everybody
slked him. A vaudeville manager
saw the financial possibilities of the
oxen and offered Paul $4,000 a week
70 take them on tour. Paul laughed
sat him and pointed out the fact that
no stage in the world was strong
enough TO hold the two oxen.
OSTRICH RACE,
NEW YORK TO SEATTLE
Near the end Of Paurs waek in
New York he found a man with a
proposition more TO his liking. This
man had a pair Of fast running.
enormous sized ostriches. which he
claimed could beat any animal in the
world in a race He offered TO bet
paul 500. 900 his birds" could win
IN a marathon against the blue oxen
from New York TO Seattle. Paul
xr<,rnptIy accepted the wager and the