Show WHAT'S GOING ON iW td By Sam Taylor I J 1 J We introduce to the readers this week a new feature which we are informed will becoming be becoming coming corning In to us each week from now on The column The Way It Looks to Pete who be found on this page Pete who makes contact with us only by shoving paper under the door at night or by muffled telephone conversations says he is pretty hep on what's happening in the community and he will be able to take time off from his prospecting prospecting pros pros- to jot down the interesting inter esting goings on as he sees secs them each week Pete Is a fearless teller of tales He says he Is going to call caU the shots just as he sees them We feel that even though we might not agree with him some of the time we are obligated to put his writings Into print The threat of having th mysterious U-Ore U curse cast on us might have forced forced forced forc forc- ed our hand At any rate well we'll start him off this week and hope for the best Members of the Moab River RiverBoat float Boat club are really going after their plans for a Marathon race with enthusiasm this year and It looks as if the first running of the event will stir some real interest interest in in- terest among boating enthusiasts around the area The race which will be over 50 miles in length will be open to all aU who wish to enter providing they can dig up five bucks entrance fee It will take place on June 16 The fact that many feel fed the river will be beat beat beat at its highest point on that date may add to the color of the occa occa- sion slon up Pick-up boats are being arranged arranged arranged ar ar- ar- ar ranged for in case anyone finds drifting towards the Grand canyon with a sheared pin and way two-way radio systems will tell officials of the progress of the race throughout its course This is one race we arent aren't go- go lug to miss It looks as If there will be a full slate of entrants from the Moab area alone with Invitations out to boat clubs allover all allover allover over the west Boat club dub president president dent Ken Jen Sloan states he will make the fifty miles mUes in as many minutes and Treasurer Secretary-Treasurer Bob Dob McKee is ready to start counting the money We hope this event comes cornes off in good style II Jl could point the way for a very popular yearly event Watching the passing parade from Irom my office front window leads my thoughts along song absolutely absolutely ely Incoherent lines at times Reflecting Re fleeting on automobiles especially especially tally those bought by groups to become parts of fleets of cars brings out Identifying characterIstics characteristics characteristics character character- of each and we find fird that we can almost always Identify them before they are close enough tc tt read the on 00 their doors Probably the most noticeable are those driven by government agencies Even now that they have broken the unwritten law lawand lawand lawand and bought cars colors other than black they show up plainly Maybe May May- be it is the way they are driven The shiniest fleet cars are taxi cabs The reason for this Is probably probably probably pro pro- I bably that they are mashed In Inand inand inand I and out so many times the paint is always new Blue smoke Issuing Issuing is issuing Is- Is suing from exhaust pipes also identifies the taxi The muddiest cars on 00 the road are those driven by oil well servicing servicing ser serf companies This leads us to wonder why in this tropical country they dont don't drill all their oil wells near a paved road It loop looks like that would be much more convenient and would probably probably probably pro pro- bably meet with the same degree of or success at least In Grand county Many other types of cars can be identified in a hurry There are tourist cars ranchers' ranchers cars police cars Texans' Texans cars and many others all readily Identifiable Identifiable identifiable able by common cornmon characteristics Some are covered with luggage Others have boastful ovals in the rear fear windows There are many ways of classing them If anyone can think of a more ridiculous game to play I would like to hear about it Superintendent Helen M. M Knight remarked this week that this was the first year In her memory when the furnaces were kept burning right up to the closing day of school Similar strange tales are being told all over town after this typical not not typical at all spring season in Moab Usually as Bates Wilson says the weather is so hot in Moab this time of the year that the perspiration runs down your back like sweat Most of us arent aren't complaining however We know that this is too rood good to be true and will all allbe allbe be tt just a memory before long Monticello residents are all hoping for tor a speedy completion of the streets and curbs in their business district after having bottomless bot bot- bottomless mud throughout main street this spring We heard of one man who lost his car while getting a cup of coffee He shouldn't worry though They'll probably find Lind it when the streets dry up |