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Show GIVING OUR WORLD THE 'nee 0 Over By Dick Morrison The Long Trek We have made our trip, and reached home again, and we are glad it's over, or at least that's what we .say. Of all the many places that v.e saw, in six thousand thous-and miles by train and bus and car, the most welcome, when we reached it. was the little house in Delta. Any thought of starting start-ing out pml doing it all over again was a,::ilit.f.i. We were (oo tired. Travel teaches many " but the be.,t lesson may well be that t hive's no place like home. Vet, thinkin.7 Imel;, were we real ly more happy to ;et home than ,ve were o;i start in;; out? We had spent months in preparation and happy anticipation. We had kept open lists of things that must not be forgotten, so that nothing would ;o wrong io spoil the trip. Ever since before Christmas, all that was necessary to cheer up the whole family, when things went wrong, was to start a discussion of what we were going to do when we got to New York, or Washing-Ion, Washing-Ion, or Detroit, or Fort Riley, Kan. G'.ven Carroll told us the trains were be'ii;: booked up way in ad vance, so we bought the tickets a month ahead. They said that since six of us were going as far as Chicago, thy would arrange to have train .No. 104, the City of Los Aniffrie.i. rMe a non-scheduled stop here at Delta to pick us up. And it wouldn't be a bit accurate to say that we were any happier on arriving back home than we had been that morning in May at six A.M. watching the Union Pacific's Pac-ific's sleek streamliner, than which here u no finer train anywhere, jull in aid slop at the Delta station sta-tion jut long enough for us to clamber aboard and be off for Chicago and points east; points that we had never seen before, points full of things of romantic and historic interest for us. Nor would it be quite accurate to held i hat w? were any happier on reaching home than we had been on any of a number of other iccasions along the way. In a ierse, the trip v. v s a long panorama pan-orama of eenes we had always hoped to see. It was quite a thrill to pull into Chicago, on the elevated ele-vated tracks, slowly, carefully, as the heavy train crept into the Union St at 'on. I .at r. it was quite a thrili to leave Chicago on a Greyhound Seenicruiser bus, from that remarkable multi-million dollar dol-lar terminal that brings the buses " right into the heart of the city, three stories under ground. It was quite a thrill to arrive at the assembly plant, thirty miles west of Detroit, where the new car was waiting for us. Here, again a non-scheduled s'op. this time of a Greyhound bus, save 1 us no end of unnecessary fuss and bother, and enabled us to make a connection con-nection n c liivenient r.s that with the train at Delta. In stopping at that address of 37523 Michigan Avenu", the bus driver enabled us to gcL ( r (n- day earlier than (1 her ,i t' v.-ouM ha e been possible poss-ible Although v.e n ight have toured rhe plant th.! assembled our car, hp felt that touring one auto wiiint would be enough. So, in eider to S( e the biggest and most famous auto plant on earth we drove over to Dearborn and made the tour of the Ford Rouge Plant. And even thnugh the general run of visitors are able to see only r smrJi ; '.r' of U, the tour of the Rouge pHnt is a fascinating thing' 1'vi n those people who, like La-Vonne, La-Vonne, n ay be more interested in ireneology than mechanics, find the 'inal H. se'iibly lino interesting beyond be-yond wor-'is, as a new car is driven nt under i's own power at internes inter-nes of less than a minute. To us, )'. was novel 13 spend i ight outsit? the U.S., in a pleas-,i: pleas-,i: motel in a little town named .st. Thomas, Ontario; and it was thrilling to watch the tumbling torrent tor-rent of water of the rapids and fui'j of Niagara - an unbelievable volume of water, as of one ocean spilling into another. Again, it was delightful to turn off the New York State Thru-way, Thru-way, which is one of the world's finest toll highways, and drive a few miles north along country r,ads to Palmyra, a pleasant little ;". scene of numerous places and .vents sacred in the lore of the Mormon church. It was restful to frpend a r.i rt in the guest rooms of the Maiiin Harris house the house that once was mortgaged We didn't miss seeing the Liberty Lib-erty Bell and Independence Hall in Philadelphia; nor fail to go to Atlantic City, nor see the chief historic his-toric shrines in Washington, D. C. Washington, Arlington, and Mt. Vernon hold the settings of any number of shrines sacred in Amer-"on Amer-"on history, and important to all of us, more, in ray opinion, for the ideal of human freedom which 'hey symbolize than for themselves alone; yet they are all beautiful to see. We st ayed at each place as long as we wanted to. Then we moved on. We didn't intend to study them. 'To have done so would have ta ken months. The fact is, we had already studied them, in the course of our daily lives, our reading, and our schooling. What we were doing was visiting these places of interestseeing in-terestseeing these many things we already knew about, topping off our education pertaining to them, as it were by actually seeing see-ing them. Mt. Vernon was the last of the sacred spots on our list, and we drove to it, and were thrilled by .h? beaut v of it, and of its natural setting high on the green hills above the Potomac River. It Was, in fact, the most beautiful of the several homes of Presidents we saw on the trip. Washington was an aristocrat, and his estate shows it. It is much more imposing than the relatively modest home of Truman, in Independene, Mo., or the even more modest Eisenhower home in Abilene, Kan. After seeing see-ing Mt. Vernon, we started home It was at that moment that realization real-ization of what we had done hit us all at once. It was on an afternoon. after-noon. We had just finished seeing about everything we had journeyed across the continent to see; done just about everything we had wanted to do. And there we were Now it was all over. It was all over but making the long trek home. We didn't go back to Washington Washing-ton after leaving Mt. Vernon. Instead, In-stead, we took a short-cut road which joined highway 50 at Fairfax, Fair-fax, Va.. and we followed U. S. 50 pretty much all the way home from there. What a long road lay ahead of hs- True, there still were a few places of interest we in tended to see, and did see, on the long trek home, but mostly it was a matter, from then on, of driving on and on, mile after mile, hour after hour, day after day, until finally we reached home tired and only too happy at having come back to the one snot on earth where we could really rest, and do as we pleased, and catch up the loose threads of our d, -r.lv affairs af-fairs once more. Any thought of starting out all over again was j appalling, as was stated at the j outset. I Just the same, we wouldn't take; a lot for the trip. We are, truly, j a bit sad that it is now behind j instead of ahead of us in the j course of our lives. We feel that ' for us, the family group of six, it was no ordinary trip, but a one-1 in-a-lifetime event. The children, ! now at ages from ten to seven-1 teen, are all old enough to ap- preciate what they did ann saw, a few years earlier would have been too soon; a few years later, too late. Never again, we sense, will the whole family go so far on such a journey together. Some may go much farther but not with all of the others. So, even though we don't feel, now, as if we'd care to start it 11 over again tomorrow, we each feel. I think, a touch of sadness at such times as we wake up early in the morning and hear the whistle of No. 104 as it approaches Delta, and the roar of its engines and wheels as it thunders through 'own, and we think back to that May morning when we went dow n to the station ,too eaily loo eager and waited for it to come in; and to the fun a little later, of enjoy-1 ing our first breakfast in the dome-diner dome-diner as it sped swiftly between Salt Lake and Ogden: and the sense of adventure we felt as it snaked its way up through the fine scenery of Weber Canyon, up high toward Wyoming; and then rolled on and on to Chicago. Friends In The Music Hall In reporting a trip to Los Angeles, An-geles, last March, I remarked that I hoped before the year was out to see Times Square, and added that if I didn't run into somebody I knew there, I would be surprised as well as disappointed. Now. having completed the years' for to raise funds for the travels, which have tanen me irum (.r.7'-r.n rr n'ng of the Book of border to horder, and from coast then to visit the farm to coast, I am nappny ar,ie iu report that it never fails. here-ever here-ever you go. you are likely to find somebody from Delta. For our last night in New York the family decided to go and see a show at the Radio City Music Hall. This was rartly to see the show. world famous troupe of dancing girls, the Rockettes, tumbling acts, a ballet, and glee-club, as well as intermission music on the Music Hall Grand Organ itself a rare treat to hear. The movie we saw was the Swan, starring Grace Kelly Kel-ly -a story about a girl whose mother wanted her to marry a prince, only the girl in the story didn't want to, which shows that fiction is stranger than truth. Any number of magazine articles have been printed about the Music Hall, so nearly everyone knows about it. It is the largest indoor tjieatre on earth, seatine 6.200 persons. It is, of course, richlv beautiful, with its gold-color arched arch-ed ceiling and immense stage wh'eh, if not made of gold color velvet, appears to be so; although lighting effects turned it to bright green during a part of the show. The ultra-modern facilities for achieving quick-change stage effects ef-fects with revolving stages, and the orchestra stand which is raised rais-ed and lowered hydraulically as required, have been pretty well publicized. It is all wonderful to see. It was when we were leaving the show that we ran smack into some friends from Delta. They had attended the same performance. They were Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Sig-gard Sig-gard and two of their sons, Der-ral Der-ral and Joe. A third son, Keith, was serving an LDS mission in New England, and they were planning on traveling on from New York to see him. Their home now, when in Utah, is in Brigham City. Mrs. Siggard is the former El len Stephenson, daughter of Anthony An-thony Stephenson, sister of Ruth Bishop. Their trave's had taken them east via Virginia and Washington, Wash-ington, D. C. They expected to return re-turn to Utah after reaching New England. So, the old rule held good, and even though the meeting did not occur right at Times Square, Radio City is not so far uptown from it but what it was just as good. -Early Cutting of Alfalfa Host The quality of alfalfa hay or silage depends to a large extent on when it is cut. Hay should be cut in the late bud or early bloom stage. When alfalfa is old it gets stemy and "just isn't as valuable as hay when cut early." Tests have shown that the way stock eats hay is greatly influenced by the stags of growth during which the hay is cut. During the pre-bloom stage the protein is highest and the hay most palatable. "It will pay to cut alfalfa early, usually before the bloom or when it is just beginning to go into the bloom stage." Another advantage of early cut ting of alfalfa is that it gives better control of weeds. Many fields are full of weeds and early cutting prevents them from going to seed. This is especially important with noxious weeds like white top. Marven J. Ogden Ass't. County Agent Farmers File Fur Gas Ilef uml Utehns Afield, Although we did not meet them, we crossed paths with some other people from nearby. The first was Hal Killpack, whom we called by phone from our hotel in Chicago. A number of Utah people visit Palmyra, N.Y., where the Mormon Church orginated, so it was not surprising to find familiar names on the registers. At the Martin Harris house, as well as at the Joseph Smith home, we noticed the names of Blain C. and Norma H. Jones, of Delta ,-who had registered about ten days "before we did. Again, at the Joseph Smith home, we noticed the names of Mrs. Luella A. Dalton and Harley Warren War-ren Dalton, of Parowan, who had registered May 11; and registered May 15, only four days ahead of us, were Mr. and Mrs. DeLoyal W. Bills, of Provo, a name which will be remembered by a good many Delta people and friends of the Bills family here. We didn't look further back on the registers, but were interested to see these names on them. No doubt a more complete check, to earlier dates would have revealed a lot of others. Farmers are now able to claim a 2c per gallon refund on gasoline used on their farms for farming purposes. The first claims to be filed will be for the period of January 1st to June 30th, 1956. These claims may be filed anytime after July 1, 1956, and must be sent to the Bureau of Internal Revenue, on or before September 30th, 1956, in order to qualify for payment, which will be made directly to the farmer. Claim blanks will be sent to farmers of Millard County by the county agent within the next week. A small supply will also be on hand at the office should you fail to receive one. Farmers may be called upon to explain or justify the figures used in filling out the claim blanks. Be sure to keep good records on pur chases and how you use your gas oline. Research points out that farmers in general use their tractors on an iverage, a certain number of hours for each crop. Such Information may be of help to you In getting your figures of how you used it Alfalfa 6.6 hours per acre, per year1 1.13 hrs. per" acre until harvest. Winter Wheat- 2.2 hrs. per acre Der year 1.7 hrs. per acre until harvest time. Spring Wheat 5.9 .hrs. per acre ner year 4.4 hrs. per acre until harvest time. Barley 6.8 hrs. per acre per year i 46 hrs until harvest time. Oats 6.9 hrs. per acre per year-4.6 year-4.6 hrs per acre until harvest time. Corn Silage 11.5 hrs. per acre per year 8.7 hrs. per acre until harvest time. Big Companies figure to 1 evaporation per month, in gas oline stored in bulk tanks, either under ground, or in overhead stor age tanks. Farmers are entitled to the same consideration. For more details read instruc tions on back of claim blanks carefully. Rod Rickerfbach County Agent Mrs. Mollie Jacobs, who has been in Torrance, Cal., with her children, David Jacobs, Mrs. Marjorie Mor- rell and Mrs. Armaline Lee, retur ned to Delta last week for a stay of several weeks with Mrs. Frances Mitchell. MILLARD COUNTY CHRONICLE Delta, Utah. Thurs. June 21, 1956 Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Smith and family, from Phoenix, Ariz., are again in their home in Delta for the summer, and will 'be here until un-til school opens in Phoenix in the fall. YEAR -RQtfflD PBWII JQ SAKiY AT SPECIAL SUMMER MR PRICES! n ,, J 4 f A- s , KELLY JTIflE: 67 Yf' r i SURER-FIJI ,rom i &U$S$ mrrm j C65 $1 745 Uim ; ($;(Kj BO' 4.70-1 5 i 7.10-15 I ? 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You'll like what you sec... and you'll like our courteous, friendly way of doing business! 1240 I p. mnj 1'tO Ih.-Jt. frqur ill Super M mnj Vir-f.VAi tmirt. Siaiuiurd m Srrixt Nimty-hifhl; oplioao ml ir ml m mil W wia. ."lOrriien: of J:is?-.h Smith, and his old home, Tiere oarh of our children was err -.It ted to play a bit on the hU'o-ic fid fj-jare piano; to spend a s-rene ho lr in the Sacred Grove, and to .;: ! to the top of the Hill Cu-.iorah. It was an event in the life of; anj partly to see the Music Hall. ?a h of us to climb the top of the ; which itself is a world-famous Statue of I.iii-riy; tour the United i place to see. If it lacks some of Vat ionj bu'l llns: see a show in ; tf-ie hallowed background oi p. aces the Radio Cry Music Hall; go to'ie Bayreuth and the Met. it ho!ds the top of the Empire State build- equal distinction f its own size, ing ;take the subway to Coney beauty and equipment. 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