"Well, I used to smoke in them days, and I used a bottle cap for on the bowl of the pipe. And I took an awl and punched a few small holes in it. That was for fire prevention to keep the sparks from [jumping out and setting his pasture on fire]. Oh, yeah, we had a, had a drought out there…
"Well, I been chewing tobacco all my life. And I think it preserves the teeth. I never use a toothbrush. And I got all of my teeth. I could still crack English walnuts with them, but my kids told me not to."
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William Huravitch spent his adult life farming outside of Williston, North Dakota, where, he says, "We just had a plain living." But, he says even though no one had money during the Depression, they still had fun. "The people would get together and they'd have parties, and that didn't cost like it does nowdays." Later, he moved into Williston where he lived in a small house close to his children.
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