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Show 2/ie 2 ie / Ufr.Aox UfrAox 2ieTTE1OX TTE1OX TTE1OXTunesIndependent . Tunes-Independent Tunes Independent - TunesIndependentYou You know Moab came caUle carne Very fiery near nearhaving nearhaving nearhaving having a little excitment Friday Fridaymorning Fridaymorning Fridaymorning , morning , July 3rd The fire whIstle whIstleblew whistleblew whistleblew blew a tnfle tnfie trifle before 8 o 0 clock , of ofcourse ofcourse ofcourse course the town people and espec espec- especIally espec- espec especially especially - - ially the tov town . n Board dldn drdn didnt t paymuch paymuch pay paymuch much attention to it lt but a few of ofus ofus ofus us country folks , that seldom everhear ever everhear everhear hear the \ whistle thistle l1st1e l1st1eondered , \ wondered \\ondered ondered \ what It Itv itLas itwas v . Las as all about , so v t . we e rushed out to tosee tosee tosee see what was going gomg on And b by l the theLay theway Lay \ \ ay there \ was \ as a pile of rubbISh rubbIShburning rubbishburning rubbishburning burning DrugStore ' behind 'behmd behmd the Moib Motb Mo b Drug Store And as some of j y sou ou notice noticethe noticethe noticethe the " ' weather 'eather eather Leather in Moab . was v.as vas a little littlev.arm littlewarm littlewarm v.arm varm warm . at that time and bet\\een bet een between beteenthe betweenthe betweenthe \ \ the two tv.o tvo . fires Itas it was \\as as ttas \ \ scorching scorchmg the thehIgh thehigh thehigh hIgh board fence just back of the thestore thestore thestore store just that if snr " " f01- f01 - - I low would have- have havefanned have - fanned it with his hishat hishat hishat hat theie thele there might have ha\e ha e hale \ been a fireIt fire fireIt fireIt It V.3Sonderful . was V.3S V3S \ wonderful \\onderful onderful \ to see the Moab Moabfire Moabfire Moabfire fire department depaliment in action actlcn acticn The TheMoab TheMoab TheMoab Moab Baker v . was as the main man manholdmg manholding manholding holdmg holding the half inch mch fire hose ho < ; e , and andI I forget who \ was as using usmg an a\ a aA ax atry \ try- try try - in ing trying tryin to get through the fence to the thefire thefire thefire fire And the writer standmg standing standmgaround standingaround standingaround around as usu usuil usual l telling the rest restwhat restwhat restwhat helptake helptae what to do I bebe belie believe , ' e I did help ta\e ta e take \ a knot out of the hose as the thev.ater theLater thewater v.ater vater Later . pressure . was v.as vas so great that lt it ltwas itwas itwas was about to bust 'bust ' And then the thefire thefire thefire fire wayNow w . would v.ould vould ould have ha\e ha e ha \ ' a been on its way Now the writer wnter don dont t like hke to get getpersonal getpersonal getpersonal personal o 01 oj . , cause any hard feelings feelingswIth feelingswith feelingswith wIth anybody But I ha have hate , e been beenscorched beenscorched beenscorched scorched sc ses several , eral times tunes since smce I ha\ ha hat hac habeen havebeen \ c e ebeen been in Moab just about like the thednlg thedrug thedrug dnlg drug store's stores ' board fence Several Severalyears Severalyears Severalyears years ago Ias I \ was \\as as \ put in m manager of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Moab Pipe Line Co At that thattune thattune thattune tune it v . was as an old Vo wooden ooden line leak leak- leakmg leaking leaking - ing mg from one end to the other otherhich otherwhich otherwhich \\hich hich which \ \ . was v.as vas very unsatisfactory I Iwas Iwas Iwas was ' very 'cry cry tery much in fa favor \ or of building buildinga a new line And I never nevcr gave up upuntIl upuntil upuntil untIl I got the rest of the board to tosee tosee tosee see my way . But all during my mymanagement mymanagement mymanagement management the town board never let neverlet up , they said that they v w . weregoing ere eregoing eregoing going to see that something v . was wasdone wasdone as asdone done They said snid v . what hat if IS v . we ce e should have shouldhave a fire , this town would burn burnup burnup burnup up I always alv . ays will WIU remember one fourth onefourth of or July Moab . was v.ns vns having haung hating a acelebration acelebration acelebration celebration and of course the old oldv.ooden oldwooden oldwooden v.ooden vooden wooden . line got clogged with Wlth moss mossand mossand mossand and shut ' off 'Off all aU the water v.ater vater cater . . . The TheMoab TheMoab TheMoab Moab busyat Drug manager v . was as very busy hefound at his soda fountain but when he heI found that there was no . water v.ater vater Later he hegot hegot hogot I thephone got thirsty and called . me on the thephone thephone phone and asked if 1 ! he could have havea a thetime dnnk drink of water . Accldcntly Accidently , by the time he g'o go ' got ' thirsty I had the1 the \1 1 a \ ; waterm ater aterm aterin daywhich m in the line lime and it stayed all aU day which was unusual Now , on top of ofaU ofall ofall piecein piecem aU all this the Town Board put ut a piece goingto m in the paper that they v . were ere going to buy a ) large arge hand pump and put putit It in the Moab Irrigation inigation ditch so they sothey could ha\ ha have hae hate \ e that fire fie ' protec protec- - - tion they theywere -were were - talking about . I Ireally Ireally Ireally . really did think . that t.h.at th.at was rubbing rubbingit rubbingJt Jt it in a little but I have changed changedmy changedmy . my mind . . What has become of all this allthis talk . Some of the town board has boardhas been in and out several times during timesduring the last Ia.st Iast . twelve or fifteenyears fifteen fifteenjears fifteensears jears years And we v.e ve , . now have two tab water waterSstems watersasterns watersystems S\stems S stems sasterns \ and no fire departmentDALE departmentDALE department departmentDALE DALE M , . PARRIOTT . , I |