Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 140, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 June 1911 — QUALIFIED TO HAVE BERTH [ARTICLE]

QUALIFIED TO HAVE BERTH

Oklahoma Rancher Convinces Ticket •Agent That He Is Not a Hobo When Seeking Ticket. ■ i Kansas City, Mo—There Is little that escapes the cheerful clerks in the Pullman ticket office In the "Union depot Cheerfulness makes for sympathetic observation, and even in the rush of the early evening, when tickets for all the night trains are being sold, they catch the drift of events and record it with a smile. Here is their latest: ' A wide hatted gentleman of towering stature doubles himself down to look through the ticket window and states his needs: “I want a berth to Bliss, Okla." "Got a reservation f asks the clerk. “Reservation?" asks he of the hat, doubling up a little more so as to look his interrogator straight in the eye. “No, but I’ve got 160 acres just next the 101 ranch.”