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Show 2 7Ac cut fludti Rec&id THE OFFICIAL PAPER OF SAX JUAN o COUNTY, UTAH Published eiery Friday at Entered at the Post Office at second class matter under the March 3, 1879. W. J. Olds, publisher. Monticello, Utah Monticello, Utah, as Act of Congress cf owner, editor and EDITORIALS In Defease of a Stereotype Although traffic safety is still the subject of a lot of editorial comment, more and more columns these days carry this kind of preface: "Now that the vacation season is here, the The SAN JUAN RECORD will have become numbed to the biggest threat in our lives today the announced Communist goal of world domination. Sum- mer air is being crammed again with admonitions to drive carefully The piece then unwinds to the cynical conclusion that warnings to drivers are no longer effective. ("Look at the accident record. Doesnt it prove the ... futility of sloganeering?) Anyone who knows the problems of an editorial writer can appreciate his position. Traffic safety editorials are tough to compose. The subject itself has become an editorial page stereotype. Fresh approaches to the safety problem and fresh prose to describe these approaches are almost equally SATURDAY I SUBURBIA Friday, August WOIILD OUTDOORS "Utah, they give this By KIKE BENNETT, MONTANAS km? well-wor- n able people can read. Of course there is a need for safer streets and highways and cars, and for tighter traffic laws and law enforcement. But the final solution to traffic accidents is up to your readers: the drivers and the The Travelres Insurance Companies pedestrians. Connecticut Hartford, O o o So Eisenhower to visit the U.S. has finally invited Khrushchev Mr. K has been angling for an invite for some time. Eisenhower has wisely declined, until now. We think it is a mistake to dignify the Communists by recognizing them with this invitation. It step in the Russian's "peace" campaign, designed to lull the U.S. into believing is possible. that Apparently we are immune to learning anything from history. For several years we have been on the losing side of the propaganda battle, and frein the battle have been caused by quently flare-up- s is just another in- last year. The report gives data on nectar plants in other states as well. It would be a wonderful thing, if bees could read. o A GAY OLD DOG They were talking about the number of women who seem to find older men attractive. "Why, said one, "my grandfather was a perfect example of that. Women were crazy about him. And, said the second, "How did grandpa feel New Book Abeut The Old Settler By Albert 'ft. Lyman about it, was he crazy about them, too? "Well, not at first, but after a while it went to ! i; his head and he began to cut notches on his cane, one for every conquest. And do you know thats what killed him. x i "How do you mean thats what killed him? "Well, he made the mistake ,of leaning on his cane one day! O o o t f one after another for years. I evolved the idea of a halter. The first one was of elastic webbing with much promise of being a success. It too went into the discard, and was replaced in about a year with something on the same order made of tape. In fifteen years I was so desperate I made one of leather. I han been prejudiced against-leathe- r that was for 4 legged horses and donkeys. Throwing that silly prejudice to the wind, I made a real halter of e leather, a wonderful work of art, a perfect combination of utility and unsightliness. It worked it works still. I put it on just after I turn out the light, for somebody might be looking in the window, and with my mouth safely shut, I revel in the wonderous thing called sleep, which covereth a man all over I have achieved a like a cloak. remarkable invention which, however I shall not undertake to patent at this time. It has- and is paying me for more than my trouble without any royalties on a I ' Cx f , i 1 I MATTER OF DEGREE v v: t homo-equin- The recruits were participatng in their first maneuvers. One group was told to put the local railway station out of commission so it could no longer be used. They were back in an hour, proudly stating, "The railway station can no longer be used." My dear San Juaners: any-bod- - patent. People But, and that is what is impelling me to heval my struggles as an inventer, my problem in the field of invention is more baffling than it was twenty years ago. I would get even more joy from a device to keep it safely closed during the day. When my mouth falls open at night, it distresses nobody but me. When it flys open in the day it may disturb everyt. body within The more I think it over, the more I am provoked to make seme kind of contraption which will, by holding my mouth from flying open, give me somewhat nearly the satisfaction in the day that I have in the night. I am looking for a promising idea. I have thought of leather, and plastic, aluminum and about every other possible substance in this tangible world. Possibly I shall be forced to turn to the intangible world for a supply of stiff resolution, common horse-sensand what is technically known as guts. ear-sho- e, i j i By C. D. Smith FOR AND ABOUT TEENAGERS Who's Xhitken-an- d TAS1S3 Who Has Courage? here Is cisions for ones self where courage comes in. It is human nature to want to to be part of a gang, belong group, or association, whatever it might be called. Yet, neither a teenager nor an adult should be willing to sacrifice his individuality or forget the difference between "right and wrong to continue to belong." It's too high a price to pay. Actually, if the boy writes: A TEENAGE like the crowd I run around 1 with, but sometimes they think up mischievous things to do that could get us into trouble if caught. I hate to be chicken, so I usually go along. If I just watch, am I as guilty as they are when mischief is done? and chicken. Were Guilty not talking about guilt by association or the fact that people usually judge the character of a per truth son by the company he or she keeps. A man who waits in the car while two buddies go in to rob a bank is just as guilty as they if he knew they intended to rob the bank. There is no such thing as going along for the ride. On the question of being chicken think about a moment and If yaa haee a teenage prablcm yaa the realization comes that going want ta diseaaa, ar an obsarvaiian ta along with the crowd is always make, addrees your latter to FOR ABOUT TEENAGERS, NATIONthe easiest thing to do. Standing AND SERVNEWSPAPER AL WEEKLY on ones own feet, making de ICE, FRANKFORT. KY. THE of historic OLID CROW be known, our friends usually respect us more if they see that we have the courage to think and act for ourselves. Refusing to do something that we know is wrong is not a sign of weakness; it is evidence of character. Refusing to go along with the crowd just for the ride is evidence of courage as an individual not as a member of a group or gang. More often than not in this life, it takes more courage to say no than to say nothing. James letter to In- terior Secretary Fred A. Seaton, asked a question that sportsmen over the nation have been wondering about for some time. I unSenator Murray statedderstand that a program, for development o: fish and wildlife resources his been prepared within your department, although it has not been formally presented. My committee (Interior and Insular Affairs) is very interested in this report. Please advise me when v. e can expect it will be presented to Congress. What happened to the widely publicized plan for the Fish and Wildlife Service has been one of those Washington mysteries. Over a year ago, the plan was sent to State game department heads for comment and assembled in final form. Before getting to Congress, it first would have to be cleared by the Interior Department and the Bureau of the Budget. Somewhere along the way it was sidetracked. The value of detailing program needs and objectives to guide Congress in determining what can and should be done to enable an agency to act in the best public interest was shown in the Mission 66 program which the Interior Department outlined for the national parks. The Agriculture Department will probably follow that course for the national forests and advisers are recommending that the Interior Department do the ame for its Bureau of Land Management and Fish and Wildlife Service. Many sportsmen have long believed the Fish and Wild! le Service to be one of the governments most neglected agencies lC-y- I am an inventer. I have been inventing secretly the past twenty d years. I was ashamed to let know about it possibly 1 still be. In my advanced "Ah, did you blow it up? questioned one of the should such official visits. I am becoming surprisingly age training officers. Khrushchev will came, however. When he reoutspoken. Thing's are whpt they "No, sir," said the group leader, pointing to a are, and camouflage is for souls turns to Russia, we predict nothing will be changed, too craven to face the issue. large sack. We simply took all the tickets." with the possible exception that more Americans Twenty years ago I parted with the last of my natural teeth and began to discover how excuruciat-ingl- y false are the teeth 'which By C. D. Smith FOR AND ABOUT TEENAGERS men make. They entailed on me torment and torture beyond everyFun To Be With thing I had imagined. I fought music" and there are "people." with them everyday, but put them For as long as oldtimers can refar away at night so I could have member, too, the stag line at the a little peace. But behold without outnumhas school dance high those plates to give my face bered the dancers on the floor. stamina, it collapsed as soon as I Teenagers go to dances to be with other teenagers. began to doze, and my mouth fell Many boys go through life with Then in just a little while open. I dont the lame explanation as dry as the mouth of an was it dance without stopping to realEgyptian mummy, and I awoke ize that no one ever did who in misery. When I got it soaked up wouldnt give it a try. But any enough to hold together again, I boy with an ounce of coordination was too much disturbed to go soon and a little desire can learn to dance with the aid of a friend, to sleep, and my nights were rob sister, mother, or professional bed of their intended rest. teacher. The lad who tries will It is said that necessity is the find that, like swimming or bimother of invention. Well, necwrites: going to dances for the sake of cycle riding, confidence is 90 per TEENAGE boy essity was on me with great ural. Even though I dont dance, becoming interested in dancing cent of what it takes to make the but rather to become interested grade. Confidence and a little gency; I had to invent some way my parents urge me to go to school dances. They say I need in people. In this society of ours, bit of effort. of making my mouth stay shut at to get out among people.' What we need to know how to meet Our suggestion: learn to dance night, so I could get my needed fun would there be at a dance for people, how to enjoy ourselves and enjoy it. Second choice: go rest. I invented some very strange in the company of others, and to the dances and one who doesnt dance at all? just enjoy being things, perhaps different to any It's a switch," in a manner of how to conduct ourselves in pub- with others your own age. You'll man ever devised before. that speaking, to hear a teenager say lic. The earlier that we learn to discover that your' parents have Some of them were of wood, some his parents wish him to go out." do this, the easier it is to make the right idea after all. of other materials, and with each The usual complaint is that par- our way in the world as we grow If you have a teenage problem yea ents won't let teenagers go to older. one I thought I had solved the want to discos, or an observation to make, address your letter to FOR enough dances, or have dates." problem. False; I had to discard ABOUT TFF.NAGERS, NATIONIn this instance, we would say, At a dance, there are two things AND AL WFKKLY NEWSPAPER SERVthe parents are not advocating other than dancing there is ICE. FRANKFORT, KY.) It's Senator in a - V hard to come by. We suggest, however, that the need to tell drivers to be careful is still here. We believe these words will be effective so long as reason- i 'ii "Colonies of bees in Utah July 1, 1959, were estimated at 54,000, the same as July 1, 1958. Colonies lost during the winter and spring of 1958-195- 9 were estimated at 20 per cent of the number of colonies entering the winter period. Condition of Utah bee colonies on July 1, 1959, was reported at 83 per cent of normal compared to 77 per cent a year ago. Condition of nectar plants was reported at 68 per cent on July 1 compared to 65 per cent O C!Ta y sCOLUn'IT,' Fortunately, we dont have to start from scratcn. You guessed it theres a government bureau to help us our. Latest press release from the "United States Department of Agriculture, Office of Agricultural Statistician, 314 Newhouse Building, Salt Lake Ciry Utah, is the "Honey Report July 1959. o 7, 1959 o O Since Utah is thg "beehive state, it would probably beehoove us (excuse the pun, we couldn't resist) in San Juan County to know more about them. Under the heading of formation: Monticello, Utah JAMES CROW created the first modern bcxifboo 183) Americas preferred bourbon Light Mild 86 Proof KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY 0U) CCW DISTILLERY C0 FRAN KF0 FIT, KY,D!STR.BYNAT1CNALDISI.PR0D,CQ. . Mormon Theology The Philosophical Foundations of Mormon Theology is the title of the latest publication of the University of Utah Press. The monograph is the work of Dr. Sterling M. McMur-riprofessor of philosophy and dean of the College of LetLers and Science at the U. According to the Press, this publication is the first in a series of short monographs by Dean on the subject of the Mormon religion. It sells for ?1.00 a copy. The monograph begins by explaining that the basic philosophy of any group is its set of fundamental concepts about the nature of reality and goes on to explore Mornionisms answers to several philosophical questions concerning 32-pa- n, in reality Two of its sections treat the quantitative and qualitative structure of reality as set forth by T IE FACE ITV Mormonism. Others give Mormon views on whether reality is changing or unchanging, whether anything in the universe is stable, whether such as justice, truth and mercy have reality in hemselves and whether things exist in and of themselves. Dr. McMurrin also shows how these philosophical concepts lead to Mormonisms affirmative estimate of human character and acits attention to complishment, everyday life and its enthusiasm for natural science. ls INEVITABLE AFFAIR By I Orlan Jones 'HERE was nothing personal me from the between Roy Thompson and Miss Decker, the bookkeeper, but she was older than the others and a shade brighter. Thats why he sometimes said things o her that he wouldnt say to anyone else. A little after 9:30, he stopped In front of her desk. This stuff always travels a pretty wavy course, doesnt it? he asked. She was the kind of woman yoq didnt have to explain things to; shed know what he meant. "All the cases Ive ever seen, she agreed. And the system seems the same," Roy continued. "Afternoon appointments first, then late at night rendezvous, fake business trips and so on. Just about, she nodded. Why do people do it? Tm not married. You'll have to answer that yourself. Come on. Miss Decker. Why do they do it? She leaned back in her chair, silent a minute. Trouble at home, I suppose. Some wives get too busy being wives." Turning abruptly back to her work she added, And mothers." Roy returned to his desk slowly. He had been asking for it, and he got it. His wife was too busy being a wife and mother. He thought of the thousand pitched battles they had had when all he wanted was for her to relax, to take more time for herself, and for him. At 2:30 he reached out and picked up hi3 phone with a gesture of impatience. Maybe he needed to be a black sheep for awhile. Helen?" he said Into the phone, and the intimate use of her name rang strangely in his wrong? office. Is anything Ive decided to have my afternoon coffee with you. Meet me at Freds on the highway in 30 minutes. It takes some doing for me to get away," she hesitated. I dont' care what it takes. I want to look at you. Be there," he said, hanging up. Helen was waiting for him. He ordered two coffees and while they waited he stared intently at her. She was beautiful. Roy noticed a new sparkle in her eyes and suspected that his surprise invitation to coffee had put it there. I dont need to tell you about my home-lif- e troubles, he said, except that Ive given up. Were going to have more coffee dates, perhaps a weekend away, sometime. Ill expect you to accept. Youre the boss, she said, taking his hand. Friday afternoon Roy took the plunge. He called Helen and told her he wasnt going home from the office. He wanted her to meet him for dinner and dancing. Once, during an intermission, when she impulsively held his hand against her cheek, he looked at her and wondered how he had let so many years slip by. It was very late when they walked hand in hand to the door. He drew her to him gently and kissed her. When she leaned her head helplessly against his shoulder. Tell me why, she whispered. Its very simple. Ive known for some time that if things didnt get better at home, I was going to have an affair. Roy, she said, a tear running down her cheek, wasnt there some way you could have let me ears. she bubbled, "I never know how bad things were? Roy, I tried, but I didnt knowhow." thought Id see the day you called extra-curricul- ar |