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Show Seen and Heard 'Round the Town By EDGAR Hazel, Dick and I were recently treated to a. trip through the Washington Fields under the guidance of George and Maude Seegmiller. This proved to be one of the most interesting occassions which we three have had in a long time. George took us over his farm and showed us the various vari-ous crops that he has planted, his pasture land of 100 acres which he is reclaiming and the fine herd of stock that he is feeding. feed-ing. George is one of our most ' progressive farmers and is showing show-ing what can be done in the Washington Fields. . . One of the things that I liked about George was the fact that he always told the good points of the work that his neighbors were doing and when he offered a criticism, he included himself. . . During our trip, we stopped to talk with one of the Japanese farmers and whether one likes the American Japanese or not, one has to admit that they know their farming. This Japanese declared de-clared that with the proper rotation rota-tion and cultivation, the Washington Washing-ton Fields would support two to three times as many people as it now supports. He had some fine ideas on production of crops and ways and means of marketing the crops after they were produced. This would seem to be one of the ways that we could help to give our returning servicemen employment employ-ment and help more of our people in Washington county. . . As part of our tour of the fields, we visited the farm and home of Commissioner and Mrs. Evan Woodbury. To those farmers who own land in the fields, but live in St. George, I would recommend that you and your families visit this home and learn just what can be done to make living on a farm just as desirable in every way as that of living in town. The Woodburys certainly are to be congratulate?! on their beautiful beauti-ful home. It is a picture-book home and is the envy of everyone who visits it. . . Oh yes, on the way to the fields George i stopped off at Joseph Atkin's cor-rale cor-rale and showed us the stock that Joe has recently purchased. Joe has three animals that are the envy of every horse lover in this section. As the boys explained it to me, these are thorobred quarter horses. Joe has bought them to breed and use as cattle and roping rop-ing saddle horses. Even to as inexperienced an eye as mine, they looked like the real McCoy.' This N That The banks and post offices of Washington county are to be congratulated con-gratulated on the fine way they have stepped in and handled the bond sales. While one might say that this is just part of the work that might be expected of the post offices, it is certainly beyond be-yond the regular call of duty for the banks and has represented a lot of extra work for them. . . Also all of those who gave their time to make the canvass of the homes of the community throughout through-out the county. . . The Lions club is to be congratulated on their sending of over 500 letters to the boys in the service. Rocky Mountain Service, Inc. likewise did this. There may have been others who have made a special effort. I know that several of the Wards sent greetings and messages mes-sages to all of the boys from their Wards. . . I offer my apologies apolo-gies to the many people who have given us information for stories which we have been unable to find space for. Each week we are up against this problem and it is sometimes very hard to choose which shall be published and which left out. , Sometimes one story gets the break over another because it "fits the space" anoth- er because it was in early and is in type. . . We wish we could publish them all, but with limitations limit-ations on newsprint and shortage of manpower, it can't be done. . Adding to the information on "horses," I am told that Dick and Ez have recently purchased a fine thorobred stallion colt of which they are mighty proud. This general improvement of stock throughout the whole district dis-trict is a mighty fine thing and one that will bring fine results down through the years. Every year Christmas slips up on me a little faster than the preceding pre-ceding year. I remember as a child how we looked forward to it for weeks and it just seemed like it never would arrive. Now days rush at me so fast I am not even half prepared when it is here. Guess I am growing old. . . Oh yes, Captain Calvert Andrus, that situation you wrote me about has been taken care of. . . . Albert Miller informs me that I was misinformed in regard to the ownership of the Sugar Loaf. "He says that he looked up the record and that it still belongs to the City. I hadn't checked on the statement because be-cause I felt my source of information infor-mation was correct. I am glad to be able to report that the Sugar Loaf is on property owned by the City. |