European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 28, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Frisco Jack Sopko says Hoobing reached its during depression when thousands Rode the hoboes done in by i cads Hoobing was doomed by fast moving diesels replacing steam by Robert United press International Ai with All the empires in King filers is done in by Gordon Bud Filer of Zzz King of the has seen his constituency shrink from tens of thousands to hundreds As the railroads in America went out of business and the fast moving diesels replaced the steam the 69yearold emperor of the knights of the air and seven seas figures one of the easiest ways for a Roan to get he mses killed these Days is to try to grab a free ride on a diesel powered the great Days of Hoobing went out with steam explained Filer at the annual Hobo convention in in those Days it look the Hogger Engineer so to get up and you could station yourself outside the the train and swing aboard without a today those diesels Are doing so Miles an hour before there on to the High Iron f main and As for Riding the blinds i behind the ende Roto forget there Arent any nor is there any Way of hoisting yourself Filer bristled when asked if there was any difference Between a Hobo and a tramp youre dam right there he a Bobo is a wanderer in search of ramp ii a wanderer attempting to escape the knights hip which they and other wanderers have joined in the past 70 was started by the late Jeff Davis in the knights claim they got Royal recognition when the British Parlia ment allegedly proclaimed Davis an emperor and King of the Filer became emperor after Davis Filer said Only eight hoboes attended the first Conven Tion at Miami during the Winter of but there were a Hundred the next year and several Hundred each year 31 Hoobing reached its Peak during the depression said Jota Frisco Jack of Trafford when there were hundreds of thousands out of work and thou like the masons and knights of he they try to help each twas pretty much a share and share alike Fra there was always a Mulligan Stew simmering in every Jungle rendezvous spot outside a town and every wandered in would toss what he had into the pot carried something to eat along and although ingredients would pass any sanitary inspection Sims were tasty and Tate who darted his Hoobing in 1925 and then Ridel by would were t hut hoboes s 01 August w78 their Way to avoid life was Tough enough in those the Jungle outside Chicago was sort of the change trains Here place As Chicago always bragged that All the railroads came into Coffee was the mainstay of and the brewing was done very you just took off one of your put the Coffee in the sock and swished the sock around in the boiling water until you got the strength you said John Babiak of although Jeff Davis was acknowledged As King of the the legendary Knight of the Road was Leon Ray Livingston who left his Mark on hundreds at water signal Lowers and freight houses All Over who died 40 years claimed he hopped his first freight train when he was 11 years old and spent More than 30 years wandering around the country during the last years of his he was a loudly applauded speaker at Church and civic groups where he lectured teenagers on the evils of running away from All this years conventioneers gave up Hoobing Long ago and came to Alaska by ail have even but All Are proud of their Hoobing but roofing is said Filer now if youre broke you go on you dont have to grab a freight and most on to somewhere else where there might be work and it you do have the who would want to travel in a Boxcar when he can hitch a ride on the High and travel in an  the stars Ano stripes Poge 13