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Show Paso 2 August 11, 1961 BLANDING OUTLOOK till lit 1 THE BLANDINGITE LTRAN OUTLOOK by of the pleasant memories of ny early childhood was the watermelons we ate. in Bluff. And they were pleasant compens- Published every Friday at Blanding, Utah I Ws Cox PUBLISHER One that followed. for the hardships and toil of the years one of the things When I came to make ny beginning here in 1905, We did some melons. was to raise I wanted by all means to do in the fiels without raise them, and growing here in big patches were even better than the irrigated melons in irrigation, theyknow why they were more sweet and more tender, I don't Bluff, but they were, and we used to have them in abundance. There came a tine when Blanding wps infested with so many ations . Class Postage Paid at Blanding, Utah Second R. ALBERT in - to Introa bill to establish & WASHINGTON, duce Plans park. "The Can-yohla- nds tryihg unscrupulous thieves, that people became discouraged was work of an the No the matter that patoh to raise melons. come who old man' or woiran stiff with rheumatism, these people out like coyotes in the night time, not only took what they area is unrivaled in anywhere, and must limited area of .the speetaoular be preserved," Senatorl Moss said of "We visited parts of it with Inred rock canyon country Southeastern Utah, near Moab, terior Secretary Udall in July have been announced by Senator and it has tremendous tourist Frank E. Moss and Congressmen potential. As a part of Secretary David S. King and M. Blaine Udall 's proposed 'Golden Circle1 eould of parks and monuments, Peterson (All The bill, whloh is now being help attract millions of addtourist dollars to Utah." drafted, would embrace the Area itional Plans for the new park were south and west of Dead Horse in a letter to SecrePoint, and eneompass Upheaval announced was signed by Dome, the Needles, Standing Rooks tary Udall which and the Island of the Sky. Dead the three Democratic members of Horse Point would remain a state the Utah congressional delegat- National in a soenlo beauty Park to the point of toughness, and they lacked much of being what I had been used to looking for and finding in melons. The fact of the matter is, these melons which have to be it shipped hundreds of miles, have to be firm, they have to have That was the intention, and that kind had to be thick rinds. selected. The kind we liked so well with thin covering and tender flesh oould not be shipped with safety. The producing of the better melons here, to be eaten right here, this superior kind of melon, is an opening for a cash industry every summer. To raise them, it might be neoessary to ion. or to have bulldogs to entertain have a guard with a shot-gu- n, "W want to introduce the bill known where they were to be onoe beoame But it night prowlers. now so we will have a basis for had, a trail would be beaten to the gardner' s counter, and buythe three publio hearings, ers would be there as long as a melon was for sale. lay to rest stated, "and also Another avenue too for such a gardn er, he could produce a the rumor that thp park under very delicious syrup out of the melon Juloe by boiling it. I discussion will encompass a miproved that to be the case when I had melons, and it has paid llion acres." ,V. with men who had acres of melons. The three also made it dear Travel Up at Roveaaeep figures for the month of July, released by Chester A. superintendent of Mesa that they favor completion of Verde National Park and Hovgn-we- the National Park Servioe econoTravel Thoj-ei- , - National that there visitors there Verde an at ep Monument, showed mic survey . change said that increase ' of at Mesa Hovenweep had over 255 lest total of 543 persons July. registered last month as comfor the same pared with 431 month last year. A .travel annual The of Southeastern Utah an increase of to the park before any while adjacent Hovenweep action is taken on the Canyon-land- s. little was Thomas was over .4$ increase seven months of 31 shows a the bill. proposed park, whose total acreage will be indefinite until the bill is drafted, would inThe clude the Island of the Sky area south and west of Dead Horse Point down to the Junction of the Green and Colorado Rivers, and Upheaval first will Dome. The Park also embrace the area south and east of the Junction known So l'ar, 2,269 persons have as the Needles, and would Include visited Hovenweep this year as a limited area west of the compared with 1,726 for the same junction known as the Land of period in I960. Rocks. At' Mesa Verde, 'Thomas said Standing there was very little difference Harris last year. Injured visitors enter- Guy Five year old Guy. Harris son ing the park during this July and last year. of Mr. and Mrs. Ashton Harris According to the report, last and a cousin of his, Jed Pease there were 59,903 from year in jn the nuniber of ; July persons as compared with 59,466, a difference .69. Annual of 417 or a minus visits to date total 125,598 while last year during the corresponding seven months the figure was. 123,852, an in- crease of 1746, or wanted to eat, but often split every melon in the patoh, or piled them up and tromped on them. What used to be a part of every garden, became hard to find. When attractive melons began arriving from distant places, I was delimited, and loaded up with them, anticipating a delightI was disappointed; they were not the kind I was in ful tine. The rinds were thick, the flesh was firm the habit of eating. 14$. Salt Lake City were injured In a freak accident Sunday evening when a tractor the boys were playing around started and rolled over the Harris boy's stomach and the hand of the Pfcase Little &iy was admitted boy. to the hospital but was released Wednesday. Castle Beauty Shop Cmecia Permanent includes cut s styling Back-to-Scho- ol REG. CIO and Uns Standing Ad-Sta- Cortez Chamber Job Goes Begging Over rs Unemployment may not be of too a over the big concern to Cortez. All Stars won Blanding All Stars, 5 to 4 , Moab took an early Thursday, 3 to 0 lead which was changed to a tie by Lindsay Jones 'es home run that brought in 3 men. Moab again moved ahead to be tied by Blanding. But a 5th run by the visitors proved to be a permn-e- nt thing and the game ended Moab's at 5 to 4, All Stars will Blanding Moab Moab, again tomorrow at for Starting 9 The SHOWING AT THE SAE3 JUAB? Dave Kimerele, Jolly Bayles, Jack Noonan, Larry Skinner, and Brent Jones. Also seeing action THEATRE were Tony Brown, Jeff Perkins, Bruce Johnson, Lloyd Shumway and Fri-Sat-M- Grant Hurst. 4241 DON'T FOBSBT VE HAVE A COMPLETE STOCK OP PAKOUS BBVELOn PRODUCTS on August 11,12 &14 Warned BIMBO About Firearms Utah chamber of a.m. in Roscoe Heyman, Lindsay. Donald Jones, May, Deeker Noonan Juveniles for manager has gone begging since George Grendbounche announced he was resigning effective August 15. To date no applications have been received and only one person has to inquire bothered about the $40G a month job. Grandbounche has resigned to meet go in the toy manfaoturing Blanding weret job opening commerce offleials estimated that 6,000 approximately who expect to hunt CHARLES HOLM juveniles this fall MARY ANN yet to qualify for a hunting lloense. All Juveniles, have TECHNICOLOR W that they successfully passed the required gun safety training oourse before they may legally purchase a 1961 hunting lloense. ! This gun safety training oourse will be given by the Blending Sportsman's Club and those taking it must be regie- -j tered by August 20th. With the neoessary time needed to co- No Dora Shuimmy,! Palmer, Mr. Thurman Lowery lnmdiately. I hAad the pant ads ShovTues& Red f Thur-Fri-Sat-M- on Aug. 17, the eight hour course fast running out prior to the hunting seasons, the club urges those wanting this training to eontact LaVtll SHIELDS in ages 14, 15, and 16 years, must show & oertifloats in evidence mplete fcr miS. Moab HAHD 18, 19 & 21 INIIAHD JOHN GREESON . 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