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Show PAGE !HE TWO tcSaHuoK IRee&ut PAPER OP COUNTY, UTAH THE OFFICIAL JUAN SAN March 3, 1879. In San but somehow he managed even through snowplows could not get through. We have two small children and it really meant a lot to receive our milk as we had none at all- We also know of a house, two miles away or more, with four small children, that he walked to with eight quarts of milk so they could have enough to last out the storm. This customer was writing, she said, "to tell you he certainly deserves a medal. We hope that, in a month or two, when the weather is nice and delivering seems like the simplest job in the world, the same people who are so grateful now will remember the snowdrifts and the icy gales and still be able to see the man who puts their safety and comfort ahead of his own, something of the stature he assumes in emergencies- We hope they will still think he "deserves a medal, even when he leaves two quarts of milk instead of a quart of milk sand a pint of cream, or a pint of milk instead of two quarts of cream or cottage cheese instead of a dozen eggsJust because hes a hero doesnt mean hes a expert, too. FRIDAY,' APRIL 4, 1958 JUAN ilECORD SHIHIIiG THROUGH THE GLOOM - Published Every Thursday at Monticello, Utah Entered at the Post Office at Monticello, Utah, as second class matter under the Act of Congress of RATES SUBSCRIPTION SAN Juan County; One Year $3.00 Six Months 5 Three Months In the State of Utah outside San Juan County: One Year $3-5- 0 2.00 Six Months Three Months 5 flo Comment hand-writin- (D-Ark- make twice weekly at all residences- pick-up- s - The with company was to make separate agreements .some commercial business firms requiring special service- On the citys part, it was to furnish Estes with a dumping ground at a $1.00 per year lease and collect from each householder $1.50 per received from the commerical subscribers goes directly to the Estes Company. Observation and experience for the past year proves the Estes company has not lived up to the terms of the contract; nor have the residents of the city received full value from a service for which they are forced to subscribe- This fact should in no way be considered to be a reflection on local - month-Mone- - personnel now operating the collection system, or those who have been employed in the pastIt is simply a case where the contracting company will not provide adequate equipment to get the job done in spite of protest after protest from city officials- The antiquated and dilapidated truck now in use is continually broken down and should have long ago been left at the dump with the rest of the city garbage. Every effort to keep the jaloppy limping along has proved futile with the end result residents no longer know if, when and how often the refuse will be collected. More often than not, after residents faithfully lug out the cans on the appointed day, they sit for days and in some instances more than a week, only to be scattered by dogs, wind and other forces. Besides the health menace created which will become more severe with the advent of warm weather, it is unsightly and the city is con- - stantly in a disgraceful appearanceCity officials by this time be tired of the complaints that keep coming in from those who foot the bill- The excuse "the truck broke down. although true, will no longer satisfy. In spite of protests and apeals, the Estes company will not produce-Thei- r contract should be voided and either given .o firm or the city should operate the reliable a itselfSurely, if an outside firm can profit facility from the operation, the city can run it on a breakeven basis. In this way they wrould be directly responsible so those from whom they accept fees - "Even ordinary medicines, such as aspirin and laxative , which are harmless when taken as directed, may become lethal potions for small children, he pointed out- "All medicines not just out of reach of children at all times. If possible, those that carry the poison label should be kept they should preferably be kept under lock and key. The doctor said that common cosmetics found in the bathroom are poisonous when imbibed by children- - Among these are depilatories, nail polish remover, permanent wave solution and perfumes-A- t this time of year many medicine cabinets are loaded with leftover cold remedies from the past winter. It is wiser to dispose of these than keep - them around for another season- - "Prescriptions, especially, should not be kept on hand for prolonged periods after a patient has recovered. Some of these deteriorate and may become decvidedly detrimental rather than beneficial. Spring house cleaning time is an especially advantageous time to inventory the bathroom to remove all hazards to child safety- To help householders in making such inventories, most local health departments carry supplies of home safety check lists- - a service not rendered- - Thought for June The hero of the recurring blizzards that plagued the northeastern sector of the nation when it was expecting the crocus instead is the milkman, he worked around the clock to get the milk delivered where even the postman gave up- He battled drifts and gales on foot, resorted to sleds where he could find them, to helicopters, and in one case to a National Guard Sherman Tank when his truck was - sub-zer- o hopelessly stalled. communities in the In many storm-isolate- d West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York the milkman was the only contact with the outer world until the snowplows got through- Where milk plants were knocked out by. power failure, the nearest competitor took over the pasteurizing and bottling tasks. In many areas, to make the milkmans job still more difficult, he had to work out his own plan of rationing. Because so many farmers were unable to get their milk to the daries or collecting stations, many milk plants had half the normal supply- In these cases, the milkman worked things out for himself on the basis of who had children and how many, and who was sick. But he was not unsung. Thousands of letters of gratitude and praise have poured into the dairies ot the storm-sweregion- One housewife, who wasnt sure of the milkmans name described him as a and said: "We didnt get the " "big, nice Another (who mail but by golly we did get milk - - - red-head- didnt know the milkmans name, either) reported: "No one else could travel on the roads to work, Return to Sanity Act years ago the became effective, legalizing the sale of beer and ale after thirteen years of unpopular drought. Hence the observance this year of the Silver Anniversary of Cullen-Harriso- Twenty-fiv- e n . . . By Albert R. Lyman r r S 15 7s- t ir k - - for The Old Settler - "Nearly every mother knows she should not leave an infant in a bathtub even for a minute to answer a telephone or doorbell- - Yet in almost any newspaper you can read about fatal results when a mother found the urgency of the bell more compelling than the safety of her child Dr- - Domm said recent surveys show that one-thir- d of all deaths from home poisoning to children under five years of age result from drugs within easy reach in the bathroom medicine chest. .) - "Your bathroom cabinet may hold a prescription for death- This warning was voiced by Dr. Albert medical director in the w'estern home office of the Prudential Insurance Co., emphaizing that accident statistics indicate the bathroom as one of the omst dangerous rooms for children in the modern home. Bathroom hazards, he said, including drugs and toxic cosmetics, sharp instruments and the bathtub where unattended children frenquently scald or drown themselves even in just a few inches of water- ! r IVO My dear San Juaners: "All the worlds a stage, all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, and some men in their lives play many parts. It has taken less than sixty years on an average for men to cross the stage in San Juan- The same for women, though they require more time than men need to reach the exit. Twenty years ago I compiled a list of every man and boy, old and young who lived in Bluff between 1800 and 1900, 110 of them- Later I a record of all the women and girls, 118 in number- Of the Bluff men still living at the time, only fifteen were as old or older than I. At the present there are but four- Nearly seventy per cent of the male dwellers in Bluff in those years, are dead, and over eighty per cent of those who are gone were younger at the time of their death than I am now. Of the women and girls, more than fifty per cent still survive. As I recall to the vivid screen of my recollection the different individuals of that vanishing multitude, I discern that each one has made his or her contribution "in these massive walls of time, some noble deeds and great, some with ornaments of rhyme I have no appetite to appraise by contrast the worth of what each one has given, I think only of how long I have been here and how little I have done to make San Juan a better place than I found it to be. Of the people living in the old log fort when, after learning to walk, I toddled forth into that quadrangle of log houses, they are now very few and far between-Mos- t of the "the names I used to hear have been carved for - - nie - our modern brewing industry. Americas brewers, says Edward V- - Lahey, president of the United States Brewers Foundation, saw in this legislation the reflection of public de- many a year on the tomb- Moremand that the nation return to the path of law- over, many of those markers have and have accord- been brushed away or dissolved by fulness, stability and moderation for the ravages of time, and their restingly during the past quarter century pressed ing place can be determined strict observance of the law through a comprehensive That company who camped for sale and distri- weeks on the bald, chilly hills at in the of program on the Colorado bution of their productsof 1879-80- , in river the winter acAmerican Mr. Lahey feels that: "Through all but have disappeared from the of moderation, ceptance of beer as the beverage visible stage. There is not one of brewers have" helped foster the trend toward moder- them living now in San Juan. ation in the work and play- He adds: "In their Their log houses have disappeared observance of this anniversary, the brewing indus- from the sandbar on the river, of citizen- leaving less trace of their having try is rededicated to the high standards lived there than the ship and product quality evidenced in the past left eight hundred years ago. The actors whom I knew so quarter century of is operationwell on that Bluff stage in the last ten years of the century, have disappeared one by one into the Opinion shadowey wings on the side till WALDEN, N- Y., CITIZEN: "Many early most of them are gone, and other advocates of the St. Lawrence Seaway are now actors have taken their place Yet working toward fixing ridiculously low tolls or in Bluff today, there is not one of that company remaining- They eliminating them all together. This would turn the carried on to the place of their Seaway into a taxpayer liability with all of us forced exit and we saw them no more-Olto foot the bill not only for its construction but for brother Allan and all his its operation as wellwould do it . Before it, children are gone. William Adams they be a good idea to remind our Congressmen of their and his stalwart sons, old Bishop his original intention and demand they prevent the Sea- Nielson and all but two of and most of Decker James family, from way becoming an oellhntrstmoiTioatuofain5TT his big family, Samuel Wood, way becoming another millstone around the neck of Hyrum Perkins, Kumen Jones and the luckless taxpayer- of the members others with - of their household are of the past. ( Aunt May Jones was burned to death; "Aunt Mary died of a as did "Aunt cancer, lingering Hanner Hammond Lucy Redd; dropped dead from some internal convulsion, and later her sister Amelia gave her life for her child. Joe Nielson and L H. Redd were whisked off quite suddenly by the "flu, and Hanse Bayles lingered but a few days after an operation-JohM. Wood, our school-bo- y associate in the was but fourteen years old when he stubbed his toe as he ran and bumped his knee on the stone marking the base- - It seemed such a trivial cause for his exit, but in a few days he looked smilingly back at us from the wings, and was ever-friend- ly ball-game- gone- s, - Of those w'ho have gone, I have traced each one to the time and occasion of his vanishing from sight, and I have considered carefully the part he took and the contributions he made. Of those remaining myself along writh them, I think with Lord Tennyson, "I cannot follow I walk in haste, I know that somewhere in the waste, the shadow sits and waits for me. And of them I think it matters little that they dwelt in log huts and battled the capricious old San Juan; it is the contribution that each one made in his individual way to the big cause for which we were all fighting. "This out of all will remain, they have lived and have tossed; so much of the game will be gain though the gold of the dice may be lost. GEMS - l - - - - - - need -- GIVE ITS ME, O LORD rings that ONE ot the onspirituals the theme that its me, O lord, standing in the need of prayer. There Is homely philosophy and much ol sound Gospel In the confession. It is true that the fervent and effectual prayer of the righteous man availeth much, as the Scriptures. tell us. And here is great Lightweight braces for polio victims are now made from titanium, only half as heavy as steel, but just as strong. 5f Intercessory THE FAMILY -- DISHES A TREAT SERVED JUST THE WAY YOU LIKE THEM MEXICAN DISHES SIZZLING TACOS STEAKS ENCHILLADES TAMALES ROAST BEEF cliff-dwelle- rs TRY THE DELICIOUS SOUTHERN ROAST FRIED CHICKEN PORK PREPARED ESPECIALLY FOR YOU, BAKED Grassroots - BY CHEF PERIDES - most r So, its hard to prayaright. An old minister, who was besought by an aged mother to pray for her and her family in some distress, promised to do so and went away, searching his own heart and asking himself if he was worthy to pray for others. Let the man who prays begin with the realization and confession that he is standing in the need of prayer. And out of his humility he will better become the servant of his fellows in prayer and in deeds. DROP IN AT CHRIS' ROUNDUP FOR A VARIETY OF SPECIAL - - priyST"-fo- other persons and tor changed conditions. But often a change for the better should begin in the life of the man who prays. KEY. ROBERT H. HARPER re-ce- e nt OF THOUGHT In large cities about 55 percent of the family clothing dollar is spent for the women and girls, while men and boys account for a little over 40 per cent and infants use most of the rest, notes a study. dl labor-managee- nt Hole-in-the-Ro- - - 3- - - Prescription for Death Two and one-hal- f years ago the City of Moncontract with J. W. ticello entered into a five-yea- r , for the collection and Colo-Colorado Estes, Springs, disposal of garbage and refuse within the city limits. Terms of this agreement call for the Estes firm to supply a modern, sanitation truck for collection, furnish an employee to do the work, and s - g Garbage Grief Grows lead-der- ry - - EDITORIALS Insure union democracy- The hop that the McCellan rackets committee said that legislation investigating committee will broad- should be directed, though not en its legislative recommendations limited, to three principal ends: in the future in an effort to pro- The periodic election of officer, tect the nation against the basic the use of secret ballots in union elections and other vital union evils of union momopolyThere was encouragement in the union decisions, and a limitation announcement by Chairman Mc- on the right of internationals to that the com- place local unions in trusteeship Cellan mittee would continue its inves- or supervisoryship. Would Tnd Eitls tigation and would have more recommendations laterIndustry feels that real union It was recognized that the re- democracy would end the evils of ports to the Senate this week were compulsory unionism, under which only tenative and incomplete- In an employee is required to join and general, the legislative recommen- pay money to a union in order to dations up to a certain point work. This is permitted by the Act and by all but 18 of were regarded as desirable. But the general feeling in Washington the states- Employees must be given was that they barely scratched the the right to decide for themselves surface of what is despertetly need- whether or not to join a union. ed. Regulation of the political Here is the situation, as seen by of the political activiin relations industrial ties of unions would be required experts the with to under real union democracy- Why Washington, respect committees proposals for legisla- should union dues paid by a memtion: ber o fone political party be used Fund toward the election to public office L, Regulate 1. Regulate and control pensions, of a memeber of another political health and welfare funds- The com- party? WTiy should unions be permittee mistakenly says that there mitted to make political contrib-tion- s is "almost complete unanimity in when corporations are barred labor and management circles that by law from doing so? 4- Curb activities of middlemen union and management pension, health and welfare funds should in dispmutes. of be subjected to some federal reguythere is some activity lations and control. this kind, but it is so small and As a mater of fact, industry trival in comparsion with other vigorously opposes federal regu- union evils that it would seem lations of such funds, on the gruond the committee could use its time that additional growth of the fed- with greater profit in investigating eral bureaucracy for this purpose more imporant things. is unnecessary- It feels that any Not Enough 5. Clarify the "no mans land regulation necessary should be at relations-Therthe state level- Besides, there has in of oevidence n been is widespread feeling that produced evils in administration of company the emomittees recommendation funds and hence no legislation does not go to the heart of the applicable to company funds is problem. It merely proposes that a needed. state be authorized to assert juris2. Regulate and control union diction over alabor dispute if the funds. Since the brief hearing dis National Labor Relations Board closed that "some $10 million in declines jurisdictionunion funds have been either stolThe basic problem is the of states rights b ythe en, embezzled or misused, it is obvious that some action is desir- Federal Government as the result able to protect the finances of of Supreme Court decisions- It is union members- Filing of accurate felt that power to handle their own ffinancial statements b yunions is problems must be vested in the recommendde by the committee states and must not be denied "wholesale to prevent misappropri- them except by act of Congress in ation and misuse of union funds. specific instances. WASHINGTON-Indust- CHRIS7 ROUNDUP FORMERLY NICKS SNACK BAR BLANDING, UTAH HAM |