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Show Ji I ... ' blues; what happened to quality conirol? BDU Ricos Service Station and the Hatch Ranch negotiated with Dugway Proving Ground to get electricity from a 44,000 volt line that ran through Terra. The cost for this line was $19,000. The Los Ricos , line. On July 11, 1960, the Utah "It started as an idea, later, conit emerged as lunch-tim- e versation in. many Dugway laboratories and phop breaks. Then the pioneering spirit rose like ignited gasoline, and a committee of twelve men met with the Land Management Bureau in Salt Lake . Power and Light Company gave each Terra resident $1.00 for their $19,000 investment and took over the electric lines as their standard equipment, and now furnish the electrical needs of the Terra. . community., Water proved to be very expensive, costing from$1,900 to $3,000 to drill and equip a well with a pump. ' The .water was not under' pressure and had to be lifted all' the way. The deepest well .Was 405 feet deep. According to Terra residents (at the time of this writing) the water is more tasty than Dugways and was sparkling clear. Dugways religious and school facilities are used by Terras residents. The major-- : ity of the early houses were prefabs moved from other -- , - City. The Southeast Quarter of Section 3, Township: 6S, Range 7W was changed from the 1954 Homestead Filing to a Small Claim Filing. A small . ... , and Hatch Ranch paid one third each. The balance was divided among the eight other residents of Terra plus one' who had to build his own eared aged files when I came across this bit of information. The name of the author has long been lost, so I cannot verify the authenticity, of the information, but it is interesting. It was entitled simply,' by SFC Phil Hale Here I sit in my ragbag, pardon me, my battle dress uniform having just shelled out another $38 to replace old marvel of this modem technology. Up until' last 'spring, I had a. closet full of serviceable fatigues of two different Well, I was wrong, and evidently judging by the letters column in the Army Times I was not alone. Imagine my glee when I got that first set home when I found two buttons missing the holes were there, but no buttons . . . that was the pants! The shirt had more rappelling ropes (untrimmed generations. threads) than a ranger battaYes, being a devout pack-ra- t, lion, and every seam had either been sewn over by I even had some with an inch, or doubled, triple, PV2 stripes of gold on their arms. Every one of those or quadrupled stitched. could have had new rank put After two and on them and would have washings, thiswearings, massive glob passed the most rigid of fading color revealed even more surprises . . . irrepar: inspection. With great delight ' able separating seams. from starched cot-to- n I wish I had saved the "into the durable press; spected by no. whatever again with no major hassle,., tags that seem to be in every and they are still in the clopocket of everything. set; with all buttons, and By this time it was reseams intact. quired that we have two Procrastination being ansets, so I went to the PX and other of my hobbies, I put purchased another set, again off buying the Battle Dress wrongly assuming that all Uniform (BDU) until it was was well. Would you (who havent required, figuring I would get a uniform that had the had this happen to you) believe that many of the same bugs worn out of it by then. . There are all sorts of old pictures and old stories all over our office. There are in ' just about all Public Affairs Offices, it seems to be a trait of Public Affairs people, to be part pack rat. Recently I was scrounging through some of the old dog- SuZ " - ' - problems were repeated in that set too! Well, that was six months ago, and now Im embarrassed to wear either set so I just forked over my 4 pay raise and bought another set this time, I checked very . . . dating that writing, and would also be interested in finding out if any of the ori- -' v community located at the northwest edge of the Onagui Mountains at the bottom of Johnson Pass was about to be born. In January, 1956, a family took up a claim, in this undeveloped juniper and sage, .. . . V ' . - -- five-acr- by Gail McHardy The mouse first appeared as we were watching TV one evening, poking his head thru a small hole in the arm of the cover on the couch. The cats had been watching the couch all evening, so I shouldnt have been at all surprised. The mouse took a look around, Tigger stood up on his hindlegs to take a sniff, and the mouse retreated to the mouse tunnels behind the cushions, with the cat sniffing and following as he went. Now, I am not the worlds fussiest housekeeper, but mice in my couch, really! I pulled the cover off, removed the cushions, and there sat little Mr. Beady Eyes himself, shocked into immobility. I ran to the cupboard, grabbed a fruit jar and lid, and came back to the couch, and caught the little fellow. Little Mr. Beady Eyes stayed in the fruit jar, while I decided what to do with him. I placed him on the table, and when my teenagers came home late, they thought I had put a treat there for them. Imagine their, surpirise to find ginal homesteaders still live there. If you know, give me a call at the PAO Shoppe, 2116. The comments I made in' the column in the last edition ' of the Sampler have resulted1 in many comments from; readers. The most important is the Home Computer Fair that will be staged at the vicinities. brush coveted area. They had V. During the fall of 1960, to haul their own water. . , Terra fell into the nations news Spotlight when Dugway Kerosene was used to light residents staged a fight to be the house. As the community a to it had have increased, given the right to vote in the new Tooele County voting name. A meeting was held in 1956. The name of Terra was district. When the Supreme Court issued an order permitchosen. The name means "earth and was suggested by ting the Dugway civilian emthe residents. Terra consists ployees living on post, the of 160 acres divided into 32 right to participate in the e The election, Terra became explots. requirements for small claim filing tremely important in the outcome of the Tooele County consists of showing improvements of a house with modern elections. The first election facilities, a septic tank and following the court edict, 428 of the 458 registered actually water. These requirements were subject to change atany went to the polls.? time. That is the end of this brief Five claim holders, the Los history of Terra. : Community Club on the 16th of this month from 7 to 10 p.m. If!you have any idea of buying a home computer, or up- dated that old clunker you now. own, I would heartily suggest you take a look.. I understand that a lot of the manufacturers of home computers will be displaying their latest wares, including the new Apple McIntosh. The new. IBM with .the., remote, keyboard may also be there. Several Dugway residents are also planning to display their set-u- p. ( Come in Several modifications to v the Battle Dress Uniform 2bi were recently announed and . carefully. Thankfully all the buttons were on this set, the holes hadnt been trimmed proper- test versions are in the 3 field. I hope our folks at Natick Labs in Massachusetts ly, and the seams look like checked out the samples, fnH recommend that prior to though they wont fall apart; hour to an it will take about off. trim the threads My argument is not with the folks at the PX who even took the time to help me check the seams, they also are on our side on the issue of pressing the uniforms . . . Feb. 1 they started a special sale at ail their cleaning outlets and cleaning and pressing a set will only cost $1.75 between then and April 1. In an exasperated attempt to prevent this from happening to other troops, I called the Army Fraud and Abuse Hotline. I was told courteously that this was already under investigation by Life is like a game would be interested in up- ridiculous. . ... . 1 the DA Inspector General. One cannot expect to get Gucci at the lowest bid, but 4 uniforms that fall apart on c who the body of someone all day is sits behind a desk and production acceptance, reof the during production control vised models, quality is a major point. While were at it, why not test some fabrics to see if there is a combination that combines some semblance of pressability with the ; The troops deserve the best, and this issue is an embarrassment to the soldier, DARCOM and the Army as a whole. Its embarrassing to all of us to hear civilians chide "Thats the way the of cat and mouse two bright eyes peering out at them. The next morning, as the jar sat on my desk, he managed to nibble his way thru the plastic wrap lid on the jar, and sat on top of the desk, playing hide and seek with the pencil holder, telephone and assorted items that seem to find a home on desk tops. Later in the morning, I found he had disappeared, but the cats soon let me know where he was hiding. There was a bit of broken plaster near the front door came over to Tigger, and ambled back to the niche. This happened a couple of times, and then Beady seemed to tire of tiie game and walked, not ran, but walked across the hall floor, into the dining area, and across the desk. Then his tour of the house led hiip to the kitchen, where . ... he took a rest under the dish- washer, with Tigger keeping where he sat, not really safe, but seeming to dare the cats to come for him. Now, these cats are not the worlds greatest mousers, but I often find the gift of a dead mouse in the kitchen on chilly fall mornings. They seem to prefer a mousefree household also, and unwelcome invaders are promptly dispatched to a better world. But these two felines sat in the, tiny front hallway, just watching Mr. Beady Eyes. As I observed them, the mouse came out of his niche in the wall, walked around Stubby, . watch. Stubby had gotten bored with the proceedings, and I ran out of time to keep a close watch on things. But later, in the day, the tour of the house completed by Beady included the study, where I saw him wander . . . , FROM AN IN SEASON INVENTORY : Sacano-OG- f WE NEED SPACE AND MUST LIQUIDATE INVENTORY TO MAKE ROOM FOR NEW SPRING STYLES . (SamCsE ' H First Security Bank of Utah, N.A. a First Security State Bank . 'i I 33 North Main - Tooele r Members FDIC . i V , V ' ' - I f- f m f uw around while I was typing a letter. Tigger was still a faithful attendant. I never saw Beady again, or any part of him that would indicate his demise. But it was a graphic illustration to. me of a point I had learned from biology: That the world of nature is not necessarily one of continual fear of being killed. The hunter and the prey both enjoy the game. The killing of a deer by wolves, of a rabbit by a coyote, or of a mouse by an owl is not cruel or probably even very painful. Certainly it is not as cruel as death by starvation, or by trapping, or by poison. Hunter and prey Play a game which is very similar to the one played by gamblers. The prey may know he will eventually as may a gambler, but inlose, the meantime, it is fun to tempt fate, and perhaps win for a while. The harvesting of deer in the fall by a shot, which brings quick death, is certainly more "humane than starving being hit by cars while trying to find feed in areas inhabited by humans, or being harassed by evil minded people while trying to feed at feeding stations. Let us remember as we observe and live in. our world, that animals were placed on artfr to serve mankind, as food, beats of burden, com-- , p anions, cleaning teams, in-s- ef . FOa-sO- BDU crumbles! SHARE IN SAVINGS In the majority of cases, we can give you the prompt answer you need from the information you provide. Dont be timid. 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