Show the key hole by the desert rat the old town has been deserted since the hunting season opened LA a good many are returning with their fresh meat for some time to come which is bad on the butcher he has the advantage the greater of the year besides a change of diet is good for a fellow especially i if I 1 it is a nice broiled venison steak so don t feel sorry for the butcher so far there has not been any fatal hunting accidents in this area that is the way it should be which makes a fellow think maybe hunters are getting better educated in safety rules there was a lot of accidents that were not fatal and nothing hurt including the deer well maybe some of the hunters feelings were a little hurt because the deer didn dian t get in front of the gun they will have a chance to improve their marksman ship in a few days by going to the turkey shoot get a turkey I 1 and maybe win a new shot gun 7 9 it looks and feels like old man winter inter A is closing in on us old pros and we will have to get do wn out of the hills and look for or a place to hole p for the win amter er it is during the winter months w while e sitting by the fire you fill up your old pipe and sit and think of all the places you did not get to go the past summer and wonder if the pot of gold is over in the other canyon or on the other side of the hill and wh en spring comes and the snow melts you will hit the trail again looking for the fortune that you did not find last year so it is year after year and in time you turn into an old desert rat and will roam the hills and desert looking for the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow you never find it but you will find other things far richer than gold you will find peace and contentment in the solitude of the desert and hills you will find something new and in terest foresting mg every day you will live close to nature and learn to study and enjoy all the wonderful things of beauty that god has created wh ich so few have a chance chante to see and enjoy such as the strange and wierd formations of the rocks deep canyon with the many colored walls wild flowers cool mountain streams gol den sunrises and sunsets and many other things yes when the snow melts in the spring that gleam will win come into your eyes and you will nt hit the trail again for you too have become acome a desert rat I 1 heard the other day some fell ow was going to build a laundry here in green river I 1 hope its a f fact act I 1 have been having trouble with my coxs water is a scarce item on the desert and a fellow cant carry much on a mule so I 1 have ruined several pair of good socks this sum mer by stepping on them and break ing the foot off I 1 saw some awful looking faces in town monday night haven t been able to figure oj ot just why so many prospectors came to town on that night guess those terrible looking creatures have not b been een in for sev eral months and the cold weather run them in sure awful what pros pecking for uranium does to a fellow riding sure foot into town this ki nd of weather is about like riding in amos and andy s fresh air taxi cab so I 1 am going to have to do something about it I 1 have several plans but will wait until next week to let you know how I 1 solved the pro blem so until then adios P S I 1 saw that tom cat stalking around the news office the other night so hope tiny don t go out look ing for cheese |