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Show FIRE DEPARTMENT NOTES We had another small fire in july. APATHY TIMES - AUGUST 15, 1997 - 3 MORE SILVEY, fromp.2 AS among us. He was known as the original "Indian Creek" Johnson. THE WORLD TURNS September and All Its Splendor You may have noticed the burned area George Washington Johnson was an between the river and the river road near the 15 mile marker. I located a old ex-confederate soldier and formerly from Tennessee, tall, lank, illiterate Full Moon...Mon...Aug 18th white ash, shaped very much like a but had his ideas. "Boys," he said, "I rebelled once and will rebell again I New Moon...Mon...Sept 1st Rises....6:31 am Sets 7:41 pm am with you to a finish.” In the meantime, Governor West Full Moon...Tues...Sept 16th cigarette, at the point of origin so that was the probable cause. Three of our people and two state people showed up at this one, as did a deputy sheriff. Last month, I alerted you to the fact that the terms of two of our three had been busy sending telegrams and writing to Washington telling the facts to our lawmakers there. Many telegrams had been sent also to David commissioners were expiring. We braced ourselves for the onslaught of F. Day, Indian Agent at Ignacio, with applicants and ended up with Jim little success. People there thought Smouse filing for Sam’s position, and this a desert country ingabited by large fifteen minutes before the deadline I cattle owners and cowboys, a few filed for another term. (Write-ins are encouraged) I dont want to wish Paul any bad luck, but if his home doesn’t sell ‘till after the first of the year we will have the first fully elected board since I've been in castle Valley. Don Bowthorpe recently had a high capacity well drilled near Castle Valley Drive. He volunteered to provide an outlet for use in refilling our fire trucks. The water will be available year round and is enough to have a significant effect on our operations. Water trucks we have to keep outside during the winter can now be pressed into service and filled while we are using the water which is kept loaded in our heated garage. This assumes that enough people will show an active interest in the department to get our trucks to a fire. If some of you are concerned for your safety while putting out a fire, I can assure you that because of our inexperience, we will be quite conservative and not endanger anyone. Please believe me when I say that fire behavior is a lot more predictable than some of the human behavior I've observed at our Town meetings. If Thursday nights are a problem anything else in the mid-night sky). it’s steady white daule dominates the southern heavens. The hives cement the prodigal juice of on that date early in the evening. David F. Day and Col. Lawton did not reach Monticello until late at night, having been on the road two days. Their 'buckboard' broke down with them a few miles this side of Cross Canyons and they had to ride on in on the work horses, bareback at that. Mm (after mid—month) will make its best morning appearance of the year 45 minutes before sunrise, very low in the east. Autumnal Equinox occurs at 4:56 pm, MST on Sept. 22nd. The sun will again cross the celestrial equator from the northern to the southern hemisphere. Now the beautiful business of summer is pattemed shawl. the clover And spendthrift gold is boarded in bin and stall. —Jean S. Untermeyer Excerpted from Old Farmers Almanac —Jennifer Redding Col. Lawton, however, was up bright and early the next morning seemingly not much the worse for the experience. He had been the main leader in the capture of old Geronimo, the renegade Apache outlaw of Arizona and, of course, had endured many to our training is a couple of half day sessions each year where we conduct a full bore exercise. It could be fun. —Floyd Stoughton, Fire Chief time to observe the myster—ious planet. Appearing at magni-tude 2.5 (some ten times brighter than Governor West, Col. Tatlock and Lieutenant West arrived at Monticello hardships. He was later promoted to the rank of General in '98 and served in the Philipines and was killed in an engagement with Philipinos in ‘99. Our big 'pow wow' was held at the old log school house and church at 2 pm. Indian couriers had carried the news that Salt Lake Capitans and Washington City Capitans would meet here, and all Indian Chiefs and sub— chiefs as well as a number of the convenient. One thing we should add Planet Watch: Jug'ter stands low in the southeast at nightfall and is out all night long. This is the best oven Earth wraps herself in a bright, leaf- for you for fire training meetings, let starting time to 7 pm to make it more Rises...7:35 pm....Sets..6:49 am mormons and plenty of outlaws. It was not good country and the Utes should have it. Governor West finally wired Day for a metting at some central location for a general conference which was at first refused. Then one of our letters of warning fell into his hands. He at once wired Governor West as Follows: HOLD BACK YOUR LONG HAIRED ARMENIANS UNTILI CAN GET MY SQUAWS AND PAPOSSES OUT OF YOUR GOD FORSAKEN COUNTRY. WILL MEET YOU AT MONTICELLO FEB. 8th. ‘ us know. That night was picked for the convenience of the members from the Academy, but their new people have not chosen to take part in our activities. Also, we have changed our Rises...8:24 pm....Sets..6:51 am longer than usual section will be continued next month.) Next month: “The Big Give-away continued." Much appreciation to the Times-Independent for giving permission to reprint these selections from the History and Settlement of Northern San Juan County. Utah, from the writings of Frank Silvey, an early pioneer in this area [The CV Times is looking for someone who enjoys the history of the area and would like to help get more material for our readers. Sources are younger Indians were represented. available, including oral history projects through Grand County. Please contact us if you might be interested Cattlemen, homesteaders and cowboys in helping, 259-5115 or 259-5542.] were also well represented. Col. Lawton acted as chairman... (This |