Show LEETON again as the yuletide yule tide dra draws vs near we find most every one busy and the xmas spirit in full sewing especially when we awakened friday morning to rind lind a beautiful white blanket covering cover irl g the ground As we think of christmas it takes us back beyond the days of streamlined stream lined trains and automo I 1 biles and the great sky birds that so 0 roaring over our heads back to the days of the old freight frei glit wagons bearing air their precious cargo of christmas toys and goodies of grandma with her task of making so many rag dolls oric nc stuffed toys to be treasured by the youngsters and of mother with her red and radiant face irom so many hours spent over the kitchen stove it is with great interest we listen to the histories told by the pioneers and of their untiring efforts to make a happy christmas for all we wc are sua fortunate enough to have some of the pioneers with us who came to the reservation to turn the sage brush covered flats in to fertile fertile farms although their hair is is streaked with white their step a little slower and their shoulders not so erect these people still do their part and it is with their help and experience that we have all learned to look forward to christmas as the most happy and enjoyable time of the year mr and mrs frank peterson spent sunday visiting at the sam snyder home mrs art allen alien and babe of whiterocks spent saturday visiting relatives and friends here john haslem was among the business visitors in roosevelt last week mr and mrs sam snyder mrs mattie allen alien and miss helen redmond spent thursday afternoon visiting at the home of mr and mrs art allen alien in whiterocks mr air and mrs calvin and family have moved to the peter anderson farm in ballard ward where they expect to make their home jesse birtcher of roosevelt was transacting business here one day last week marion mitchell Ml left for the i mountain wednesday where he i expects to spend a few davs |