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Show W HERTS THEY LIKE TRAMPS. New Orleans Times-Democrat. "Speaking of tramps, I know of one place in the United States where this interesting and erratic member of society so-ciety is looked upon as a luxury." said a visitor at one of the hotels, and instead in-stead of meeting with kicks and cuffs, and being hustled around by the police, he is always welcomed. The place I have in mind is out in the extreme northwestern part of Arkansas, in the Ozark mountains. Few tramps ever get into that region of the world. Tou see there is but one railroad running through that part of the country. Tramps, as you no doubt know, follow the railroads. But the Frisco system which runs through the sections of the Ozarks I have in mind does not stop regularly at the various points along the route, and besides the small com-I com-I mercial centers are some distance apart. This Is one reason for the scarcity scar-city of tramps out there. "The extreme cold is another reason. If a tramp should happen to be thrown off in the mountains between stations he would likely freeze, and starve before be-fore he could get within hollowing distance dis-tance of a human being. Conditions of this sort have tended to keep the migrating mi-grating element of the country's population popula-tion out of the Ozarks, and hence out there the tramp is looked upon as a sort of luxury. The few tramps who are bold enough to venture into that section strike a perfect paradise for the winter if they happen to land in one of the centers cen-ters of population. By doing some of the lighter work around the house he will be fed like a prince for several months, and will wind up with a suit of clothes, and if he succeeds in winning the good will of the family he is with he will be cordially invited to return the next winter. There are no negroes out there. Servants are very scarce. In the summer servants are not needed. But when the mountains are wrapped in snow and Ice the families begin to look around forielp, for some person to. split kindUng and bring In wood, and do other little things of the kind." |