Show Jottings Fro r Fro Fro- t II IIa L r a Prodigal s sn sL n Dear Bish I Ise e been trying to find and say something new to you for the past week but It just seems that it cant can't be found when people have so much to read m the papers and magazines that flood the country In the many magazines now published you can find most any any- anything anything I Inow thing your appetite craves from invention tion to love and true confes confessions So as I say I can t find anything new to tell teU you that you do not know about If ou dont don't hear It orally from your friends 3 ou can read it in the press of the country There IS just one thing that IS new to me as I now recall the item I am amnot amnot not trying to infer that you have not already discovered the same thing even out m in your neck of the woods It has been my lot to pass many win win- winters winters m in Utah the Queen of the West but never m in all my life have I known of 01 seen the land of a winter we have just seen so far thIS year Nearly every everyday everyday day has been one of early eally v warmth wIth the grass growing green and the trees already putting forth their buds getting ready for the leaving out time As I now recall about a year ago we had snow two or more feet deep and zero weather most of Feb Feb- February February along in this tIme of year CalI- CalI California forma fornia has nothing to hand Utah this yeas yeal by way of climate Then again agam she is still trembling from fear from day to day that her terra firma may slip a cog or two most any day Not so wIth Utah We live lve in peace and andI I comfort comfortI I am somewhat worried these days about submitting my income tax which I I am told must be in Salt Lake City by byI bythe bythe the day of March The thing that I v worries orries me is getting the dollar to send along when I have not earned one for many months I am told that I can take the impecunious oath but it will cost me that much extra to do it so why worry when the oath will cost as much muchas muchas as the blank I have to send in Just do the thing of least and let it go at that The office holders need the money to live on It If we all take the poor oath what would they do doto to live on So keep and plug on Its It's the only safe road to travel Of course you fellows out in Moab have no worries omes about money It just flows in like a stream and there is naught but joy and happiness for the inGrand of Moab town away out in Grand county were aU all is peace joy and eternal happiness Oh you lucky guys But wIth all our worries all our woes our strife and contention let us take courage and quote a verse from one who tells us what Vie we may expect So bend to your trouble and meet your care For the clouds must break and the sky groW fair Let the rain come down as it must and will But keep on working and hoping still For in spite of the grumblers who stand about Somehow it seems all things work out workout Edgar A Guest It just seems to me that yoU fellows are doing things out home BuildIng a new bIg school house water works sewer sidewalks and a thousand othe other Isaid things It all takes money but as I said it just flows in like a stream to yoU fellows out in Moab I think Id I'd better make tracks and get back where peace and plenty crown the land It just seems to me that you fellows are the most wide awake lot I have read anything about In a long time It J 1 means that you are trying to get us usall usall all back to the old town to settle down downin downin in peace and contentment Well in Biblical days Moab was a good place to togo togo go and it still keeps up with ancient times It seems to me It IS now most modern and more inviting than in the olden times So good bye until you hear from fromme fromme me again agam It may be a long time and until then I wIsh you all good luck With JOY and contentment in abundance abundance dance YOU KNOW ME |