Show moab scene ever mountains same it li Is even hard to get a hotel room in n moab for or an overnight over night tay stay things are that bad there are tast just two many people in moab for the e accommodations available V visitors find it is difficult to find a motel compartment a hotel room or even a hospital bed it if they are ill the atomic born boom took care of that there are signs in hotels hotel advising no sleeping in this lobby overnight the moab scene is a constantly changing one ono what today Is I 1 a mall novelty store may tomorrow be the offices of a geologist and engineer trailer courts replace p lace backyard back yard gardens overnight i parks have sprung up all over ever town in efforts of townspeople ta tn make living room for the hundreds of people moving in the older residents had bad to make room tor for new people in the community and they did reaping a handsome p profit crofit from space rentals old time residents of moab have a little trouble trying to live by the new now standards established by merchants and banks to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the confusion to further thi th ir own personal gains for example a woman who had lived in moab for many years went to a bank to cash a check made out to her husband signing lul it 1 w with ith her name and her own beneath e ath she was told hat that we cant do that anymore it matter that the woman had been doing it for several years the teller bail bad been told to comply with the new regulations the bank refused to honor the check and the woman went to a store to get it cashed once quiet streets are now busy thoroughfares as concrete con creta trucks dash about delivering mud to the many construction jobs in progress there are painters carpenters bricklayers and others in the building trades hustling bustling to and from work or from job to job as work progresses just walking through moab stores and along its streets Is an education in itself for seldom does one see such ruch a heterogeneous crowd the big city seems to have come to the small town and the co mingling 0 of peoples has worked out very well there are men in expensively tailored suit suits walking with miners in hard hats and dusty overalls career girls in trim suits and hufh high heels walk along with housewives housew ves and girls in denim jeans jean and low heel loafers there is no class distinction in moab so 20 far as can be observed these are the people who live in 10 th the e log cabins with sod roofs the trailer houses the tent tents on the edge of town or perhaps in the latest modern and modeane homes they are the people who are complaining pla ining about telephone service prices at the grocery store rents they th ae must mus t pay things in general and 1 I about th the e hustle bustle and bustle that has transformed moab from the little cow town of a few short years ago into the biggest little city in eastern utah these are the people of moab he the engineer and geologist geol olt us usually u I 1 ly bareheaded and wearing sports shirts unbuttoned jackets regard less of weather denim trousers and engineer boots cowboys with faded denim outfits that nt tit fit into the movie version of westerners waitresses with their usual white uniforms and boys and girls with as many variations 0 of f clothing as their parents and then there arc are the touristy tourists with their cameras snapping pictures at every turn soon becoming shutter h happy py because of all this un unexpected expect 7 picture material although everyone right now I 1 is unhappy with telephone service midland telephone co is engaged in an expansion program that includes a new and larger dial system and several more toll lines to provo utah instead of to grand rand junction the moab dial equipment now in operation w will I 1 I 1 I 1 go to dove creek colo installation will require several months of tedious expensive work until it Is finished the griping will continue but there is nothing that can be done about it |