The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1922-07-06
BACK ON THE JOB ONCE MORE
Citizens Present US Bouquet of Vege-
tables ON our Return
lBy the Senior Editorl

|. (By the senior E0ttOr)
Well, we are back at our desk again
after an absence Of eight weeks, five
OF which were spent in the Lincoln
hospital at Aberdeen. This may or
may not be Of interest, but you know
other "great" writer's have published
articles about their experiences be-
fore after submitting to the sur
geon's knife and we see no reason
why we should not torture our help
less readers with an account of what
has happened to US since we pounded
out the last local item on our type
writer. Irwin 8. Cobb, you remember,
used up three or four pages in the
Saturday Evening Post Advertise
ment) telling about how they dug
into his internal recesses to find out
what had gummed up the works, 30
you won't mind If we spill a little ink
on our own hook. ="
One does not realize what a won
derful asset robust health is, until two
or three Of his cylinders begin to miss.
Once he finds out that his carburetor
is plugged up he makes up his mind
that walking around to save funeral
expenses is one of the greatest of
outdoor sports. It may be all right
to be personal friend Of the under
taker, but it is different matter
when he begins to appraise you pro-
fessionally.
Several weeks ago we began to turn
yellow. At first this may not seem
inappropriate when you take into con-
sideration that we have often been
accused Of conducting yellow news
paper, but it ceased to be funny when
we faced the necessity Of a physical
overhauling under the auspices of a
surgeon.
After being X-rayed to a fare-you-
well, thumped and pummeled around,
having our heart listened to and our
blood tested, we were ready for al
most anything, and almost anything
was Forthcoming. Much to our plea
sure and the confusion Of our enemies
we managed to scrape through by the
! skin Of our teeth and just now we
are almost as mean as ever, which
proves that the old form is coming
back.
"Peg" Liddell and Helen Jacobs
served notice on US that they intended
to take in our funeral, but as far as
we are personally concerned it is
just as we'll that the girls had to
postpone this little celebration, al
+! though we realize it is bitter disap-
pointment to them. It is impossible
to please everybody, in fact the older
we get the more we begin to believe
that it is impossible to please any,
body, although we intend to try a
little harder to accomplish this SEEM
ing impossibility hereafter.
(! Last week we wrote the boys and
/, told them we had bad news for them
we were improving and hoped to
be home in day or so. In order
that our Homecoming might lack
nothing essential, Byron Gibbs rob-
bed two or three local gardens and
marched in close formation to the
depot Friday afternoon, almost hidden
+! by huge bouquet of vegetables,
which he presented to US on our ar
! rival in token of the lack Of esteem
, in which we are held.
The worst feature about our recov-
cry will be the fact that winning an
argument with us in regard to the
tine any event eve- took Eiace will be
impossible, because we will date
everything from the day Of our oper-
atioa and prove beyond peradventure
that you are wrong.
In spite of the inconvenience incl
dent to lying helpless in a hospital,
being sick has its rewards. While
we,were in Aberdeen the dresser was
always: loaded with fresh flowers, sent
by local. lodges: and individuals, ac-
companied by letters expressing the