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that the wheels could turn, : uring the First World War, ; mn black walnut was very valuable and men came athrough the Ozarks buying #every good walnut tree they ‘Seoul find, the boys in Howell ‘a County, Missouri, conceived a A great idea. ‘s All they had to do, according 4to these enthusiasts, was to 4 capture a couple of hoop snakes sand train them to bite walnut 3 logs. Thus, a small sapling : gcould be turned Into a great $ Slog fivé or six feet in diameter,

yy » i 8 IT IS commonly believed, In ‘athe Ozarks, that snakes like 3 k and will milk a cow to get 4 haw Mpown. ‘sober, serithey have actually seen big s milking cows in

+4 farmer near Lamar, Mo., » Péported that he heard a great “gproar in his barnyard at high noon, and rushed out to find +® giant grasshopper strangling ‘his Shanghal rooster. s The hopper was killed with a % choppin’-axe, but the rooster a Was so shaken that he was tnever much good after that. » The poor creature hid under s& corncrib most of the time, s neglecting his social duties ; altogether, and came out for + food only at dusk, : Years ago the newspaper «carried the story of a man in snorthwest Arkansas who was sawakened by two mosquitoes « beside his bed. They were about 1the size of ostriches, he sald, « but much more muscular. « “Let's take this feller out in ythe woods an’ eat him,” said » One mosquito.

here. If we drag him out in the woods the big mosquitoes might take him away from us,” "= =»

YARNS about very large are not uncommon in the Ozarks. A fisherman, according to one tale, found a very large nest of turtle eggs. He hatched them under hens and when the turtles were yearlings he started to drive the herd overland to the Little Rock market,

The animals traveled on the rocky roads until the all got sore feet and were forced to rest for days at 4 time Finally the driver had every turtle shod with iron by a crossroads blacksmith. Everything was fine now, but when the turtles came to White River and missell the ford they all drowned, hecause the shoes were so heavy they couldn't swim a stroke. Nothing daunted, the turtleherder bought thousands of tin. cans from a nearby tomato can-

wnery. Thén he heated some big -hyotks- AB thiew ‘sm Anio the

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¥ After the water had simmered for a while, he filled all the cans and sold 'em to the big hotels in Hot Springs, They nevér had tasted a better turtle soup, and the supply lasted for years. * ~ ~ ANOTHER turtle story began when a cowpuncher from Oklahoma, visiting an Arkansas hillman, was shown some very large potatoes. “Purty good,” he said, “but nothin’ like what we raise in Oklahomy.” The hillbilly obtained some large yellow squashes and tied them to the branches of a pear tree in the back yard. The cowpuncher stared at them with bulging eyes. “‘Them’s mighty big pears,” he admitted, “but I've saw bigger in Oklahomy.”

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BARNYARD -BATTLE—At Lamar, Mo., a grasshopper almost strangled a Shanghai rooster.

down to the creek and caught an enormous snapping turtle, nearly three feet long. He put it in the Oklahoman’s bed. The cowpoke saw the turtle when he pulled down the blankets, and called his host. from the other end of the cabin, “For God's sake,” he cried, “what's this in my bed?” The hillman glgnced at the bid RA RTT

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. reptile, and replied that it was an Arkansas bedbug. The cowpoke looked a bit pale, but he stuck to his guns “Cute little feller, ain’t he?” quavered the man from Oklahoma.

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and the dessert was something called bombe praline sur socle, which turned out to ice cream with sugar coated nuts. The champagne was swell, too. On hand was Secretary of State Dean Acheson, who's been getting quite a play from Democrat politicos lately — which might be A hint Harry's refused to fire him and the party has decided to make the best of it. Anyway, he was the life of the party, tossing off choice quips and downing his share of the food and drink ‘like a real sport. Then there were Maj. - Gen. Harry H. Vaughan, the President's much decorated military aide, Attorney General J. Howard McGrath, who looks more like a

ANY REPORTER in Washington eould have predicted what the doctor told Assistant Secretary of State Ed Miller—to take a good, long rest. Ed's special job is handling Latin-American affairs, including going to most embassy parties and the Latinos are the busiest bunch of entertainers in town. State Department should have two guys in Ed’s job just to tend to the parties. . » ®

HARRY TRUMAN'S aides are not always putting their feet in

say I knew your name. I said I remember you.”

SOUTH CAROLINA'S Reps. Joseph R. Bryson and L. Mendell Rivers are sharing housekeeping tasks while their families are away. Rep. Rivers does the cooking and Rep. Bryson does the dishes. One Sunday recently they both went to Rep. Bryson's Baptist Church, although Rep. Rivers is an Episcopalian. As the two took their seats, Mr. Rivers looked around,’ then whispered: “Where are the prayer books?” “Prayer books!” scoffed Mr. Bryson, “Baptists don’t need em.”

their mouths. Take Charlie Murphy, one of the President's special assistants. At a party the other day he ran into a woman who said with one of those syrupy smiles: “You don’t remember me, do you?” Charlie grinned, “Oh, yes, I do,”

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