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Grand county comity fnonds fn nds of L H H"Dude H"Dude HDude 'Dude Dude "Dude : ' " Lar Lan en a native son of ofoab ofI oab will mil be interested mterested in m read readmg readtog readScs mg tog the foUoamg folloltmg following al aitl anti tile Ie le which whichappeared " , whichtppcired hlch hlchqJjJfared qJjJfared appeared in III a recent Issue i ue of the thettah theitah theItah ttah itah Rep bhcan bbcan bbcanKane bhcanKane bhcanKinc Kinc Kane Utah Utahs s mo mo-A mo A moat - t IS silvart s 1.1 11 al 1.1art . \art art tart \ Re Republ Repibl publ bl can co inty mty rnty has a ne c v \ Repub Repubkin RepubIran kin an : cha nnan rman L H Dude Lar LarseD Larten Larsen seD , seDl8S ten , , \l8S l8S was \ as recently appointed appomted tosucceed to tolUCCeed toeiceeed lUCCeed eiceeed D M Tietjen Tteten ) \ vho cho ho re resigned resignedbecause resignedtecause 1gned 1gnedbEcall < bEcall because . e < of the tremendous arrountrI air arrount ount ounto rI o ' extra work worb . ' he 'e e t-as t as ras has - to perform performgrolling performgoring performrowing grolling goring { out of the defense effort effortMr effortlit effortMr Mr lit Tietjen Tietlen wl"o wlo who \ r " 0 is clerk clerh 'lnd lnd and 'lndaudilor andauditor ' indluditor audilor auditor of Kane Kan " count counts ) \ will ill be a acandldatl aaadidatt acandidate aadidatt candldatl ; . to ic is eed hImselfMr himselfMr himself himselfMr Mr Lar.en Laren . . u IS ra . . i 'l l a ' nativa native of Moab Moabthere Moabshare Moabthere there share he \ was as bom born Ji.ly Jily Jt.ly Jtly Jcly . . 13 1907 1907II 1907Hti 1907Hi II ! . Hti * fath-r fath r fath"f fathf father - " w"i wi Wq was ? " m the cattle busl bun busln.oss bunnss busilass n.oss noss nss . and L Hho H \ who \\ho ho \ earlv early In hIS hISMe his11e hislife Me 11e las us was nicknamed Dude giew glew grew I pup 'up up ' up lovethe as a CO\\ CO cowboy COboy \ \ boy and learn d to 10\ 10 10e love lovethe \ e the earlydesire great outdoors It was 1-is 1 is rlS hiss - earlvdesire earl early ) desire to be a cattle man and to togi togive togive gi\ gi gie give \ e his entire time tune to that o a cup cupatlon cupation cupatlon atlon ation Dude tells his o a TI 11 m ' story storyin stoi StOl ; ( in the following languageBut language languageBut But I guess our Great Master Masterh'ld Masterhid Masterhid h'ld hld hid ' other plans because art ca care carenatural cart-natural cart natural re renatural - natural foi for me and during durmg my myschool myschool school divs days d'1 d1 ' . ) s I \ was \ as exen-pt exen pt e1l.errpt e1lerrpt exerpt . - flom from frommany flommany fiommany many subjects subject . that I might a appiyny apply appiy applyny pl ) " ny time to art But I only did It itbecaus Itbecaus becaus I 10\ 10 loved 10ed lased \ ed to paint pamt the thing1 things thingsso thingsso > so .close close dose . to tQ my heart Never think thinkng thinkng thinkn ng ? that some day it v s \ as to be bercme bercme bercme rcme my 11\ 11 livelihood 11ellhood lrtelihood \ ellhood because I Ilov Ilovod Ilov lov lovod d my m mv cattle catUe and horses rorscs rresBut n-cs n cs rres ncsBut - But duung dUllng durning U-e U e tte the - deoression deoresston deOres . lOn d cf rf1933 1933 I ent ant bioke bloke broke In th- th trio th thcattlebj - cattle cattlebJ cattleb cattlebj bJ b mess ine < and tarted life ancv anet ane \ and andsmc andsince andsine- andsine andsineall smc since sinceall . " - all I . ki 1.1 11 e v was to : . i-unt i unt t'lmt tlmt paint - ' and andpun andpun andpun pun h COS cov CO\ CO cm \ s I soon found out thaI thaI tha thaI I ould make mich InLch inrch mor more < > mone money moneywith moneywith ) ' with \ \ ith the brush trush trash thanIt'1 than \ with \\It'1 It'1 It1 \ ' the thelanat thelariat thelanat lanat lariat so I too tool to paint paintl palnt11g palnt11gIn ! rgIn ig rg igIn In 1938 1998 I " , went ent to D C t to topaint topamt < > pamt paint murals for the gO\ gO got gOemment governmentbut \ emment ernment emmentbut ernmentbut but after making tr'e tre tte the ' trip tnp to D DC DC DC C Mr Ro Ho ans assistant su en errs errstonr'ent ernt-nr'ent ernt nr'ent nrent ' t"nr'ent tnrent tonr'ent tonrent " ' - ' ' ' of art and sculpturing sculptunng III in IIIfc infc infc fc med ire rre that \ with Ith the ollgln otigrn ollglnI ollglnallty otigrnahty onginahty allty ahty I had and the \ verges eroes verses I v \ tiote lote loteI iot & I I hould .hould should . get mv my v t , oik Olk otk cOPy\\llghted cOPy llghted copyssirghted cOPyllghtedreploduced copyssirghtedand copyvv \ \ lightedand ' and repioduced reploduced reproduced befo e a the public publicthat publicthat ; that Iould I ' \ would \\ould ould go a longa long \\a a \ was way \ ) beca becaise be caise ca jse as he put it I had aloriginality atoriginality ai al at i ali | originality that thousands thouqands at of ofart atI atart olart art sts st.q stq cts . don t haveDude haveDude have haveDude Dude Larsen ttmefore tholefore thoiefore became becamea I a poet aitist aIttst artist and his h'U hU has ' > painted the thegreat thegreat thegreat great outdoors of southern Utah - I IThe I The subjects of his paintings he hehas hehas hehas has desciibed described desci ibed in fn verse \ erse A typicalverse t typical typicalverse 'Plcal Plcal 'Plcalverse ' verse is the follovmg folloving follovingGathering folio vmg vmgGathenn Gathenng Gathering Gathenn Gathennild ? \\ild ild \ R \ \ lid CattleYou Cattle CattleYou You have read a lot of stonesAbout storiesAbout stories stones storiesAbout About ever everi every kind hllld of sport sportFrom sportFrom sportFrom From hunting lions Infnca in "fricaTo " ' - " Africa -fnca fnca "frica frica AfricaTo fncaTo To the tI-Je tI Je - champ of th the tennis tennh tennhcourt tenniscourt , I tennhI court courtBut courtBut courtBut But there Is one a mloslngAnd missingAnd missing mloslng missingAnd And I am sure it tops them all allIt allIt allIt It is gs . gathering therlllg ' " wild lid cattleFor cattleFor cattle cattleFor For the round up in the fallMuch fallMuch fall fallMuch Much of his philosophy of life lifeis lifeis lif IS gathered from the great out of ofdears ofdcors ofdcors dears dcors The folloIng following follow follo\\ follo \ ins Ing verse g\ g ge gives givesose glve&OTC glveOTC ! \ e & 0'1 01 ose ' e idei Ide'1 Ide1 idea ' . of tie tle t1 e man mans 5 vleat view vle\\ vle \ atlife oflife ol at of olTrill life lifeTrail Trill Tnll Trail of IIe I lifeLens de deLong [ unci Long is tho th trDIlAnd trailAnd trail trDIl trailAnd , Andotee And "tee tee .tee otee " . tr'e tre the ' grade gradeTn gradeTin gradeTn Tn Tin ' sun does broilanl broilant broil broilanJ anJ anl ant there is broilI no shade shadeBut shadeBut shadeBut I But \ where \ here you vou ou ou1l willWith \ will \\1l 1l willWith \ 1lWith ! With all , vour sour our heart heartAnd heartAnd heartAnd And ith nth d termination termmatIon terminationRight termmatIonRight terminationRight Right fiom flam from the start startYou startYou startYou You re bound toIn to winYou \ win \\In In winYou InYou You can not fall fail failNo fallNo fallNo No matter ho v longOr longOr long longOr Or he lrc v steep the trailDude trail trailDude Dude Larsen is a Republican Republicanto to tt-e tt e tte the - coie COle core a stal stalvait valt Amencan American Amencanand Americanand Americanand and a genuine genume courageous do er erI erof erof I of v t \ orthwl orth\\ orth orth1 \ \ 1 lie Ile thmgo thlllgo things |