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Show Page Twelve - The Springville Herald - July 20, 1978 Ilikin' with Mike Philippines explored July is nice, when it cbmes one month a year! But when July weather! stretches out to six or 'eight months, it gets old 'fast. That's why, when traveling in the tropics, I ilook for as many highland ior mountainous areas as I ;can. And that's why I had a special interest in the mountain area of northern nor-thern Luzon Island in the Philippines. While in Manila I got as. much information and maps as possible from the' National Tourist Office and Geologic Survey. Then the four hour bus ride to Boguio, the Philippines summer capital. ' From Boguio I rode the daily bus to the heart of this mountain region, called the Kabayan Valley. My first objective was to climb one or more of the highest peaks in the region, namely Mt. Pulog, at 2930 meters. These mountains are neither high' nor rugged, but do, offer interesting insights into human culture and ecological zones in the tropics. 1 After leaving a sack of unneeded clothes and assorted equipment at a small road side store, I headed up the trail towards Mt. Pulog. At first the trail winds its' way along a stream, then through a series or rice and vegetables paddies.) It was harvest time and1 many women were out cutting rice by hand, with: others irrigating or' picking tomatos. 1 Next, the trail zig zagged up a pine covered ridge. On all big trees, I observed plastic bags' attached below ax made,' slashes. I figured there must be a small, but!, thriving pine gum in- ' dustry in the area. i In late p.m. I made1 camp at a former lumber! mill site, which had been, converted to a farm plot,; inwhich sweet potatoes,' the primary diet for these! highland people, were' growing. Next morning,' in the rain, I walked passed the small village1 of Ambukot and through the moss forest, which begins at about 2400 and extends up to 2700 meters.! The last part of the trail is1 in open alpine grassland., In good weather, which was not the case for me, this area would offer some fine views for, photography. With the highest peak! out from under my feet, ij turned my attention to the second reason for coming to Kabayan Valley-thei mummy caves. ! Kabayan Valley is inhabited by the Ibaloy Tribe, which came to this one single valley, about 2000 years ago from somewhere in the Indonesian In-donesian Archipeligo. They have different facial features than other Filipinos thicker eyebrows and facial hair. They're burdened with having to shave, whereas most other Filipino men; have no beards.. ' Besides ..different, physical features they have a different, language, diet and especially, different burial customs (at least prior to the Spanish Era). Throughout the valley are located dozens of caves, i both natural and man-made, man-made, which contain wooden coffins, inside of which are well preserved,1 mummies (about fouri centuries ago the Spanish or Christians introduced new burial customs, so all these mummies are rather old). In the Kabayan municipal hall, have beeni placed several of these mummies and wooden coffins both of whichj are well preserved. Of the five mummies encased! behind glass, two showed. distinct marking orj tatoos. Some coffins are elaborately carved into the shape of boats I others are merely hollowed out logs. Within the boundaries of Kabayan village, I visited a cave and found over 200 skulls and thousands of bones, along with remains of dozens of coffins. Five kilometers away I observed a house sized boulder with several "man-made caves", with 4 . openings five meters from ground level JThese holes still contained, coffins and mummies and 1 are for the most part, unmolested. Other caves in the area were not so lucky! i The visit to Kabayan: was the highlight to my Philippines trip despite, the fact a typhoon lcept: me in my tent for the last! two days.' As I timed it, there was 50 hours of ' almost continuous' rainfall! Phone rates lower Most basic residential and business telephone rates are being reduced as a result of Public Service Commission authorization (June 29) of Mountain Bell's rate re- distribution proposal. The PSC order follows a public hearing earlier this month in which Mountain Bell presented testimony ' on the value of service and the need for rate re-' structuring. The new! rates are effective August 1. 1 According to Mountain Bell, the latest Commission Com-mission order revises rates based on the PSC authorization of an $11.09 million increase in July and September, 1977. At that time rates were applied to basic exchange . service and Company: officials explain the new rates are made possible by increasing costs on some specialized business services, such as Key and Private Branch Ex-' change (PBX), to more fully reflect the cost of providing these services. The revised rate structure includes an "Extended Area Service" (EAS) 'increment. Residence and business customers will be charged 25-cents for each additional exchange or zone beyond the local toll-free toll-free exchange or zone. Mountain Bell's Utah Rate and Tariff Super-1 visor Bruce R. Knight,' explains that this non-optional non-optional charge is being introduced because of the cost associated with "flat rate calling' over a wide geographical area. Even with the increment, Company officials point out that private residence and business rates will be lower in most cases. According to the Telphone Company, the cost of pri va te residential phone service in Springville is being reduced from $7.99 to $6.94. The individual business line rate in Springville is reduced from $20.65 to $16.95. Those customers with "Companion Line" service will not see much change in their basic business line charges. The PSC authorization includes a companion line charge which applies to each individual line service where telephone numbers are arranged so if one number is busy, the central office equipment will automatically select an idle number to complete com-plete the call. The Commission also ordered another hearing to be held on October 2 to consider Mountain Bell's measured service proposal. Under this proposal, customers would have the alternative alter-native of obtaining service ser-vice at a low entry level rate, with additional calling charges based on actual telephone usage. The PSC order on rate re-distribution does not authorize any additional revenue increase for Mountain Bell. Hilda Case Hilda Hodgkinson Case, 70, of 647W.400S.,Provo, died Wednesday, July 12, 1978 at her home in Provo following a long illness. She was born Dec. 13, 1907 in Vernal, a daughter of Lewis Martin and Mary Armina Haws Hodgkinson. She married Garrett Case in Vernal on June 1, 1931. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Manti LDS Temple. Mrs. Case attended BYU and taught elementary school in Jensen, Utah County, until the time of her, marriage. She lived in Jensen-Vernal Jensen-Vernal Area for about seven years, then moved to California where she lived for about six years. She then moved to Nevada where she lived until 1946 at which time the family moved back to Vernal where they lived until about three years ago when they moved to Provo. Mrs. Case was always active in the LDS Church. She served in various positions in the Primary, Relief Society and Sunday bcnool, working as president of both the Primary and Relief Society. She had a great love for music and taught piano lessons for some 30 years, teaching more than 50 students per week. Survivors include her husband of Provo, four sons and one daughter, Garrett Eugene Case, Rexburg, Ida.; Dwayne H. Case and Gerald H Case, both of Orem; Mrs. David (Carol) Thompson, Cincinnati, Ohio; Lewis Albert Case, Ogden; 24 grandchildren; five brothers and four sisters, Lowell Hodkinson, Henderson, Nev.; Ralph Hodgkinson and Mrs. Wilma Kendall, both of Vernal; Reed Hodgkinson, Ogden; Mrs Mary Balch, North Highlands, Calif.; Melvin Hodgkinson, Salt Lake City; Grand Hodgkinson and Mrs. Rayola An derson, Murray, and Mrs Fred (Doris) Strong, Springville. The United Way of Utah County only solicits contributions at places of employment. They conduct no door to door campaign. ' The United Way suggests that people only give to agencies after they've carefully reviewed its program. Cancer Society collects $26,000 Hundreds of volunteers in Utah County collected nearly $26,000 in the recent Cancer Society Crusade, exceeding the goal by nearly $3,000 according to chairman Susan Frame of Orem. "Two. cities in the county are not quite finished with their campaigns," Mrs. Frame said, "and we anticipate another $1,000 will be donated to the education! and fund-raising Crusade." A total of $25,779.55 has already been accounted for in the countywide campaign, exceeding the goal of $24,000. The United Way also contributes con-tributes $12,000 to the fund for a total of about $40,000 for the year. The Crusade campaign is audited by Arthur Andersen An-dersen and Company of Salt Lake City. Utah County's two largest cities Provo and Orem led the Crusade by contributing $7,556.52 and $6,715.87, respectively. Citizens of American Fork contributed con-tributed $2,759.90, followed by Spanish Fork with $2,043.04, Pleasant Grove with $1,804.09, Payson jyi ftjJUJM .99, Lehi with $1,495.83, Springville with $1,126.36, and Santaquin with $572.95. Mrs. Frame pointed out that almost all of the $40,000 donated to the Crusade will remain in Utah County for services and research. "We appreciate the efforts of the volunteers and the donors who want to see cancer conquered in our lifetime," Mrs. , Frame concluded. The United Way suggests that contributors not give to agencies that send free merchandise in the mail. DUFFERIN Twice as fast as Aspirin 165 TABS Mm J t m GAS? HEARTBURN DI-GEL ANTACID REGULAR AND LEMON-ORANGE 12 OZ. LIQUID OR 100 TABLETS REG. $1.98 mw m SQUIBB U-100 The Easy Insulin NPH & LENTE Regular REG. $3.71 11 MB 58-lis? LISTERMINT MOUTHWASH & GARGLE For clean breath and daily oral care. A fresh mint taste. 18 OZ. S,ZE REG. 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