Show S WHAT'S GO GOING NG ON to td i td los 1 By Sam Taylor Columnist Bob Taylor no kin who after scanning hundreds of oj front pages from all over the nation na tion sends us a a weekly letter lettel from Washington D. D C. C reports report this week on an almost unheard unheard- of situation In North Carolina which we think Is worth passing along to the readers His Ills letter I follows Dear Editor An eight eight column streamer I above the banner of 01 the Mount Holly NC News New for July reads Shop In Mount Holly You Will Not Get Parking Tick TIck- ets And a front page story explaIns explains explains ex ex- ex- ex plains that for a day 00 ay trial period at least a cop will patrol patrol pa pa- the streets with a bag of 01 nickels Inserting coins for the benefit of owners car-owners who have stayed over the time limit The officer will also leave an envelope on the windshield Within will be polite note headed Thank You Come Again and reading Your parking meter time tune has expired but the local Merchants Merchants Mer Mer- chants Association In cooperation cooperation cooper cooper- atlon with the Town of 01 Mount Holly has taken the liberty of putting a nickel in the meter meter me me- ter for youIt you If It you appreciate this courtesy cour cow tesy please put a nickel In Inthis Inthis this envelope and drop It In Inthe Inthe inthe the nearest O Meter O Meter box or bring it to the City Hall lIall We are happy to have you with us and hope you will come again soon soon In all probability no other merchants' merchants organization police department or city administration tion has ever before laid Itself out to an extent to be nice to the Customer And we sincerely hope that the recipients of these courtesies will not only restore 1 the publicly expended nickels nickel promptly but will also appreciate date clate their spectacular good for for- tune Further for the sake of 01 the enterprising members of the Merchants Merchant Association who have gone all out to make Mount Holly the parking paradIse paradise para para- dise of America we hope that I the cars that line the str streets ts tsI I are those of SHOPPERS In some towns we know of Main street Is lined with parked cars of the store storekeepers the lawyers Insurance agents etc and their help before the Customers Customers Customers Cus Cus- have a n chance But Mount Holly no doubt solved this problem before coming up with this very latest Innovation In progressive merchandising mutual aid and civic harmony Sincerely Bob Dob Taylor As far as were we're concerned the situation in Mount Holly Is much different than It would be ou out here In the first place Mount Moun Holly Is undoubtedly a suburban area competing with a city for forthe forthe forthe the shopping public However the test points to a growing opinion on the part of or many that parking meters do not pay for In cash what they create in headaches and bad feelings Certainly one of the big items to consider when talking about abou controlled parking is that o of blocked spaces due to heavy use by those who find their employment employ ment on Main street We see thaas that tha as being the really worthwhile aspect of parking meters and i If that that problem problem could be licked some other way then why meters Oh well North Carolina is still 2000 miles away Reader J. J C. C Crawford who has been in and around Moab for forthe forthe forthe the past two years writes this week that he Is getting a little disgusted wih some who mIght venture to say there arent aren't any minerals In this area He claims to have bismuth lead sulphur antimony copper uranium potash pot ash and sliver silver properties himself We strongly side with Mr Crawford Craw I ford in his defense of the mineral mIneraI potentialities of the Moab area I Certainly no area of the world work has such a varied aray of almost every mineral mIneraI under the sun many of which have definitely I proved to be commercial The entire history of Moab has dealt with minerals exploration exploration atlon and production the greatest great est growth ever experienced was wa s I I h I ett The rhe following poem written by Mrs Berdene Winbourn of Moab stands as a n salute to the theold theold theold old Cottonwood trees which have played such a prominent part in the history of Utah and of Moab BY DY MRS BERDENE WINBOURN The earth did not give of her Sweet breast to me I drank from Seeps of alkali I 1 am but Cotton Cotton- wood Decades I 1 stood wearing Springs Spring's emerald Of tiny pieces waiting for frosts Gold fire to carpet the ground my sustenance An Indian lythe and unafraid A pioneer some cows a deer Small muddy toes of half grown Boys Doys long black braids and Pretty bows 1 I roofed the cowboys s from the sun Anchored their cayuse when days Work done they wanted my shadow Ladies Ladles closed up their bright Parasols lovers held hands leaned On my trunk sunk In youths youth's dreaming I am just lust a forgotten tree No one wrote an ode to me Held up my limbs for nests of Birds thrilled to their singing Tried to stop wind from plunging Their babies bables down to the ground my sustenance Accepted erosion weakening my Foundations felt all the grub erub Worms eating and eating Cutting my lifeline Dying and humbled before the theMore theMore More beautiful things God made Im I'm thankful I gave them the Spread of my shade They were my sustenance due to the uranium potentials here i re and from fron all indications for or a good part the future of the area arM will hinge on the develop develop- development went ment of the vast vaK resources resource in io hire heN W We are sure We that very f jaw IW w who actually kaow kw the would agree with any Ka that UK ue teal 1 aria area Alas has baa AO no 0 mineral potential 1 |