Show WHAT'S GOING ON aa aaBy By Oy Sam Taylor Cortez Chamber of at Commerce officials met In Grand Junction this week and discussed with the Uie Grand Junction Club 20 the problem pro blem of a suitable route Into the Four Tour Corners oil all region of San SanJuan SanJuan SanJuan Juan county Chief gripe of the officials seemed to be the condition con of the portion of U. U S. S Highway High way ICO between Cortez and end the Utah state line The Grand Junction Junction Junc Junc- tion lion club promised aid In any anyway anyway anyway way possible In getting the repair repair re reo pair job moved to the fore on the agenda We agree with the Cortez people roads In this area of the United States have been put Into very bad shape by bythe bythe the Increased traffic of large trucks hauling uranium ores and oil It Is for that reason mason that they should be given special attention when It comes to repair and con can These two products so vital to the well-being well of the nation should have just a little priority when it comes to Improved improved im Im- Im proved roads We dont don't think however that Colorado has been as fortunate as has Utah In Improvements Improvements improvements Im Im- im- im In roads in the last few years but then a lot Is still to be desired by both states Only one more week of loud blasts from our politically In In In- dined What a relief It will be when once again the air clears and we can breathe again without with with- out fear of being smothered by campaign literature Utah's politics seems to get a little littlemore littlemore more mure confusing as it goes on When we read some of the things that the various politicians clans arc throwing around it makes us wonder how people can be serious when they say sayto sayto sayto to take our politics seriously Well this years year's deer season has come to a close dose after a hectic hectic hectic hec hec- tic three weeks The Grand and San Juan area got away this season with a perfect record as asfar asfar asfar far as serious mishaps and hunting hunting hunt hunt- ing deaths was concerned however however how how- ever wild deer hunting stories have been much In evidence during during during dur dur- ing the past several days We have ave heard of all kinds of happenings hap hap- of interest some we listened listened list list- ened to with awe and others we took with the proverbial grain of sodium chloride All in all though hough it seems that it was e- e successful year for the sportsmen sportsmen sports sports- men both local and otherwise who reported good takes of buckskin buck skin even if not quite as high as last year There were no serious fires no shootings no one lost at least not for over one day and very few auto accidents as asa asa asa a result of the hunt Could be that the fact that Columbus day fell the day before the opening of th the tha season might have had something to do with the acci acci- free dent season as it was reported report report- ed that some hunters had trouble trouble trouble trou trou- ble completing their camping trip supply lists as some of the business business business busi busi- ness houses were closed on Columbus Columbus Columbus Col Col- umbus day Not wanting to turn this column Into a poets poet's corner except except except ex ex- ex- ex for a few lines Unes from our roving reporter in Poverty Flat Fiat each week we continue to get poems some works of art In Inthe inthe I Ithe the mall mail each week Some of them as a trusted colleague would say are arc worthy of publication pub pub- but others not too flattering bemoan situations we dont don't truthfully think exist A polite way of saying we choose to Ignore some Some Interesting facts are brought out however and one of the most Interesting is that some of the promising young Brownings are very ery bashful especially when nhen It comes to the thelast thelast thelast last line where the authors author's name ordinarily appears Not that we are against writings If they are good but we are very curious as liS to who the bright young stars in the heavens are This situation may gray drive us to retaining handwriting handwriting hand hand- writing experts and typewriter Identifiers to satisfy our quest for the truth What started as a small project project pro pro- on the part of a few public public- minded individuals is getting i L ibe ibe be a very worthwhile lion around town That Is th new River Rescue squad be bein In ormed In Moab for rescue ar work along the Col Colado Colado ado river Each year we ha haI I certain number of call cal for this type of wor nd until this time we have hf hr o a call upon the Grand earn am of divers diver's a group that overworked In this pa if Jf the country Under the gut gu nee nce of Don Lennox who ha hl one diving work both In th thavy thavy thavy avy and commercially in Calif mia the Moab group is gettin- gettin Working hand In hanith hun han ith the local fire nd d having been granted the u u f Charlie Steens Steen's swimming par po pa it r practice purposes the bo boo could auld work into a real wort title group before too much Ion r. r When the group is develop tto a workable said Friday the team w wI we we e I available for all types of r ovary overy work requiring ong ani the river this including s sage sage s- s age work to a certain extent I POETRY RY Writing poems poem U Is 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