Show i bad s r I DO 00 aD 00 I IDon I II Don F Johnson Moab man who ison IS ISon on the staff of a large mining corn com comI company pany at Casapalca Peru South Amer- Amer America I ica writes interestingly to The Tunes Tunes- Independent of condItions m in that Latin LatinI I republic The are e excerpts a letter receIved from Mr John John- Johnson JOhnson son yesterday JOhn I The The past ear I have found the I paper very interesting and from the ther r activIties as reported m it one away from there would assume that you all allI I ha e managed to keep ahead of the I depression and that there has been many Improvements started and andI some finished all of WhICh no doubt I have hate helped the community in an anI economIC way ay for the present and I theIr social and CIVIC alue I am sure wIll be proven In time I Of especial interest to me was the History of Moab which you published during the year if it IS e ever r put In InI book form I would be In the market I for a volume or two I was sorry to note that the Prodigal Son had dis- dis discontinued continued his Jottings I found them InI entertaining and of considerable interest In- In I terest and one of the fIrst things forme for forme I me to read upon receIving the paper Since the peaceful settlement of the trouble between Peru and Colum- Colum Columbia Columbia bia the economIc and political conditions condi- condi conditions m in this country have improved but with the Improved condItions there are more strikes and labor uprisings nevertheless the present government appears to be strong enough to handle the situation With the increase m in the price of slIver silver thIS corporation has renewed operations at thIS place WhICh happens to be one of the larg- larg largest largest est producers of silver m in South America I was very glad to be trans trans- transferred transferred back here as it IS one of the best camps the corporatIon maintains and IS at a much lower altitude 13 feet After an enjoyable vacation at home my family arrived here in due time I flew by plane to a small port this side of the Canal Zone where I Imet Imet met theIr boat which happened to be bea bea a freIghter making all the west coast ports we were the only passengers consequently life aboard was free and easy and without trimmings whIch was as all to my fancy and we had a very pleasant two t down the coast and I saw many things of particular interest in- in interest terest to me A C Jorgensen and sons Boyd and andI I Glen spent a couple of days hunting I near the Warner ranger station Boyd was successful m in getting hIS buck Ralph J Miller C E Bailey and George White returned Wednesday from Castleton a deer hunting trip to the Castle Castle- ton district Mr Miller and Mr Bailey each brought back a buck It has been rumored that Tom Mix local paInter and decorator was plan plan- planning ning to leave Moab There is no truth to this report as Mr Mix intends to remain in III Moab Indefinitely Those wishing hiS servIces should leave word either at the Moab Garage or the Moab op Co-op It |