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Show JoitingS Jottings Iotting & _ F Frpm From Froma Froma rpm - rpmII -II II 1/ 1 / 1a I ' a Prodigal SonDear Son SonDear Dear Bish Blsh Blshv BlshvIt's ' It's Its ' three " weeks "eehs eehs since smce I have taken takentime takentime time t to { ) drop you a . line Une . I have ha\e ha e base \ tried triedto triedto to make myself myseIf believe bel1eve that you havebeen have ha\e ha e havebeen \ been real glad to have a rest at various variousintervals variousintervals variousintervals intervals from perusing the dry anduninteresting and anduninteresting . uninteresting goings on of the Prodi Proch Prodi- Prodigal Prodigal . - gal and you have had a Jovous jOjOUS joyous vaca vaca- vacation vacation vacation - tion in m not having havmg to 1 < > edit the stuff stuffthat stuffthat stuffthat that goes to you at various intervals intervalsBe intervalsBe intervalsBe Be the that tbPJ ; . as it may I sit me down to 1 < > say that saythat I am still sUll in the land of the liv- liv living liv hv living . - ing That may not be beery \ery ery 'ery fiery \ ' Interesting interestingto Interestingt t to { ) you ) ou as a busy editor of the best hometown home hometo hometown to\\ to ton town ' \ n paper In Utah I pick up a lot lotof lotof lotof of country papers in my rambles up upand upand upand and do down " n the state , , but believe beUeve it or ornot ornot ornot not , I never find one that quite matchesthe matches matchesthe matchesthe the paner paoer parer that comes from the little littletown littletown littletown town of Moab No wonder I long andI and andI andI I pine for the handclasp of ofsome o some of ofthe ofthe ofthe the good peoole peoDle peonle of Moab 'horn horn wiom " ' whom I now nownever nownever nownever never see ; even if I do they must musCnot musCnotknO musF'notknow musFnotknow ' not notknow knO\ knO know knOme \ " me , . because becauce : no one says , , "Hello Hello "Hellothere Hellothere " , , there , , you old Moabite " So I have ha\e ha e hae \ % about given up ever try try- . - trying ing thosehom to make myself known to those thosewhom thosewhom \\hom hom whom ' \ T " ( knea knew kne\\ kne \ a few vears years ago and Gnd gave them gavethem the glad hand day after day as asI'd asI'd asI'd asId I'd Id ' ' meet them on the highways h1gh"ays h1ghays " and by- by by'as bywas by-wavs by wavs - was , " 'a\s 'a a s ' \ of life fife . . . You know Bish Dish we can't cant can'tall can'tall can'tall cantall ' ' all livp Uvp live in m the came vame old townill town ' - ill 111 -ill the thedajs thedays theda\s theda s dajs days \ of our life Ufe Some of us must musthustle musthustle musthustle hustle around elsewhere elsev.here elsevhere . to find a job joband joband joband and that ii Ie i5 ; not always al\\a.s ala.s al a.s as ' \ . at hand for the theramblers theramblers theramblers ramblers in towns v . where here one does own owna owna owna a farm , , a herd- herd herdof - of sheep or a lot of ofcattle ofcattle ofcattle ofcattleBut cattlerut cattle But rut ut , . in the springtime sprmgtime of or youth , oh Dh , theplans theplans the theplans plans that " we "e e make makeThrough makeThrough makeThroueh Through the hours that are measured measuredin in song songAnd , And pathsthat * ' "indin indin " windine winding and far are the paths that we take take.For takeFor . , For life is 15 so long , so longIn long longIn In the autumn of age how we anxious anxIous- - ly anxiously hasteOur hasteOur haste hasteOur Our tasks without rest or rellef relief reliefAnd , And never a ajnoment moment then daree dare we \\e e \ to wasieFor aste , For life ie is l ; " so spjiriet brief-so brief so - so briefW briefw brlef brief I -W W - , Hurt . intrud.1ing Intruding During the time bme I r have been Intrud intrud- intrud.1 intrud1 . - ing on onour \our our jour your \ patience and good will willthinking 111 111thinking thinking willthinking haveto that the news ne"s nes " I mfght might have 111I to tell ten you would Vtould pass muster tor for a few fewothers fewothers fewothers I others to read as you have seen fit toput to toput put occasionally it in print prmt , , I have ha\e ha e hate \ wondered oc- oc - oc occasionally toI . I casionally if l ! some- some someday - - day I might drop 13 a I line aline to all the smaller smaner foll folks s , , as well as asYounger asyounger as-younger as younger -Younger Younger - - ones in ' point 'POint of years , andgive and andghe andgive ghe give them a 1 ' few I1n llne line . , of poetry and and.song andsong andsong .song song . that might interest them for justonce just justonce justonce once in their thefr busy young youn ? lives You Youknow You.know Youknow know . ow the children like to read your yourpaper yourpaper paper yourpaper , even as WPII wpll well as the grown ups .so so . upsso ups.so do not be he surprised if , in th the near future nearfuture who1 whoJ whoI I drop a few lines to those who whoI I J I . now me not . , . as do some of the oldl older olderones oldlones oldciones ( , ones ' \ who ho chance to read my jottings jottingsto oldlI I to you Tills ThIs Is just to give gl\e gl e \ JOu you ou warn- warn - jng ing wam-jng wam jng warnjng warning as to what I Ive ve ye been thinking , , not domg doing notdoing notdomg as yetVoice yet yetVoice yetI I Voice ( over the telephone ) ' "Are Are "Areyou "Are3ou Are3ou " I you ou the game v.arden varden warden . warden"Game wardenGame ? " Game Warden "Yes Yes " , 'so so , ' ma'am maam ma'am"Voice maamVoice ' " I VOlce Voice ' 'Well Well ' Well I r am so thankful I Ihave have the right person at last lastl ! Wouldyou Would Wouldyou Wouldyou you mind ; suggesting cuggesUng some games suit suit- suitable suitable suitable - able for a children's childrens ' party ? " , . Bo Boy ' : "Say Say " dad , what does it meanthen mean meanvhen "hen hen mean"hen " ( vhen then the paper says some man went to"a toa to wentto wentto"a " ' "a a 'a " com cony convention en ention lion as delegatc-at-large delegatc at large delegate-at-Iarge delegate Iarge delegate-at-large - - - ? " o . Dad ; : "It It " means mean ' ) that his wife didn't didnt didn'to didn'tgo didntgo ' ' o with him , , son . " Customer today"Butcher todayButcher : "How How " is the meat today ? " ' Butcher : ' 'The The * ' The steak is a as ' ) tender as aswoman's . 'a a asa woman's womans ' heart heart"Customer heartCustomer . " 0.31'a Customer s'iusageLocomotive : "Give Give " me some s\usagf.tI susagf.tI s usagf.tI usagftI susagf.tI.n sausage s'iusage siusage ' \ ' ' 0.31 031 ; . " .n n ? . .nLocomotive Locomotive -Locomotive - Engineer Journal JournalI I just received the last week's weeks weel's weels . ' ' copyI copy I I | of the Times Tlmes Independent Thanks ThanksMr , Mr Taylor , , for your comment of ot lik l1k- l1k lik- l1kh1g liking liking - ing h1g to read "Jottings Jottings " " from You KnowMe Know KnowMe KnowMe Me I I'm Im ' m glad I have ha\e ha e hate \ fwo Iwo readers whoenjoy who whoenjoy whoenjoy enjoy reading it 1t It really reany makes a afenow afellow afellow fenow fellow feel good goodSon I Son : . : . "Dad Dad " , , what is 1S meant by the theboard theboard theboard board of education ? " Dad Dad- Dad"Well ' - "Well Well "Wen Wen " , . in m my time , son , it was wasa ' \ wasa as asa a heavy shingle shmgle " You Know Me , . I |