Show 1618 SE S.E. Harold Street Portland 2 Oregon August 14 1960 Samuel J. J Taylor Manager The Times-Independent Times Moab Utah Dear Samuel Truthfully Truthfully I finish finish fin ish reading The Times dent from dent from cover to cover 3 I get homesick Really its it's amazing how howland a aland land such as yours will have an effect on a former lover of ol Moab Perhaps Sam it could be the charming weather or possibly the enchantment of ol the Wingate sandstone that thai abounds throughout the Plateau Then too as the saying goes Once you have partaken of Moab's Moab's Mo Mo- abs ab's spring youre you're bound to return or remain- remain homesick I In Tn any event th the above quo quo- should be a plug for tor your enterprising Chamber of Commerce Com Com- Commerce merce in Moab Now that seem seem- i 1 In n g Ely I y everything I is 1 s happening hap ap pening down In The Land Lan Landof d dof of Moab It appears as though many of the proposals discus alons clans and Ideas that your father and I used to talk about are coming to life Ufe Such as the development de de- of the Dead Horse Horae Point tourist area the expansion expansion sion Ilon of the Arches National Monument Monument paving the dusty road for tor one thing Bates would agree but always came up with the fact the Treasury had no chips blue for tor construction Then last but not in the least Dish Bash and aM I discussed many times the possibility of ot establishing a de dei travel tourist travel system on the Green and Colorado rivers The latter Jatter has been In my mr mind for many years as a real w worth rth- rth while natural tourist attraction tion An attraction un be unbeatable un beata ta ble ble anywhere I Bates Wilson j Im I'm sure will more than agree with me on this score Perhaps Perhaps- we should form a corporation and get Into the tourist business in a big way Fair enough Otherwise now that Grand County has exploded Into National National Na Position Position fourth fourth place And whereas according to Mi MU column Milling Around Ar Chuck Cunningham is havin trouble with his skunks skunk chewin up his golf It greens greens it all adds up Moab is Becoming Nationally Known Te Tell 11 Chuck to trap his skunks de de- ionize em and ship them to the tourist for pets wise Business-wise I expect to be beIn beIn beIn In Moab in about ten days Cordially yours STRAWBERRY STRA V ERRY C C. F F. F Reichard Law Offices of LANDSDEN LANSDEN Cairo Illinois Aug 13 1960 Weekly Newspaper Moab Utah Gentlemen There was a drowning in n the Colorado River north of ot your town last Jast Saturday and I wasat was wasat wasat at the scene for over two hours ours thereafter I believe the victim i was Patty Beck Heck age about 13 years I 1 would like to know when and where the body was recovered eret erect ered from the river Enclosed Is the sum of 23 25 cents for tor sending me a copy of ot any paper telling of the drown drowning ing or official On this sad occasion It was astonishing to note how ow much help came to the scene and what varieties of equipment could be rounded up for the search earch T Thanking for tor for tor or any tion I am Very truly yours l DAVID A vm V. V LANSDEN i |