Show I The Moab Story by ELLIS FOOTE city recorder Another clerk name of Foster Dulles doing some kind of ot government gov emment flunkey job for tor the PresIdent President Pres Pres- res ident back In Washington Invented Invent ed the term agonizing reappraisal al Since the discovery of ot uranium In n the Land of ot Moab in the year zero of the era of Charlie Steen been more agonizing reappraisals reappraisals re reo appraisals around Moab In any anyone anyone anyone one month than tOOn Mr Dulles' Dulles dog has fleas If Mr Dulles working at a government flunkey job can afford a dog that has fleas Right now its it's still anyone's guess About the future I mean Which way and how far Quo What's ahead A man for whose judgement the writer has tremendous res respect since hes he's on the city council says aYs weve we've had it Were We're on the way down At least its it's leveled off he says Another man also whose position on the city council Impresses the writer with Immense Im mense menne respect for tor his critical In Insight insight in in- sight acuity and wisdom says Hell you aint seen nothing yet Take your Choice Ill I'll bet on both of them Ill I'll also bet that Moab the Moab-the the community that Is Including In In In- eluding the city government has government has got to scratch some to keep up with the fleas the stinger being that if we dont don't start making the dog a whole lot more live tive no self-respecting self flea is goIng go Ing to jump In any direction but away from him We have all meaning all meaning every gone gone doggone one of us got us-got got some tall tal scratching to do Such as to provide provide pro pro- vide and Insure two things 1 More services 2 Less costs The City government certainly has got to recognize that problem And do something about it Lt Cut down on its outlandish prices for water and sewer connections for example Eliminate the grab wherever It rears its head now that hat the crisis is past and the City is s assured of survival Put more moreon on the line at less cost to the pub pub- tic ic Not only the city Joe Doaks Who owns a motel runs a store builds house sells real estate operates a fleet of trucks practices practices practices tices a profession and works for fora a living he also has the same problem To show more for less ess To trade faster To venture more willingly To recognize the world of the future To take full advantage ad advantage vantage of the potential thus converting It Into reality Take Moab t for r example Never NeverIn Nevern In n the history of priceless scenic settings for tor jewel cities has Jw Others said What In the much been wasted waited on so little for tor so long lam Take Moab's Moab municipal water situation Youre You're welcome to It Everybody else takes It They lavish It upon weeds and cockle cockle- burrs from one end of ot the valley where there used to be peach Cach orchards orchards to to the other where other where the guys putting in a subdivision but still holding tight to his irrigation ir Jr- Ir- Ir rights And in the end the Colorado river gets it Down the drain Take the last pair of ot shoes you bought at a local store what's left of ot thorn them Judging by what you had to pay for tor them the uppers are still worth 10 Take the civic and commercial clubs Talk talk talk Last time the writer attended a service club meeting mooting here In Moab somebody announced It was rumored that thata a uranium company was pulling out and moving to another town This threw the whole club Into utter consternation Hands shook and coffee was spilled In cascades upon the floor Some pulled their But nut ButIn Butin world are things coming caning tot In the end the they got hold a-hold of ot themselves wiped the coffee up and all went home |