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Show SALT FLAT NEWS, SEPTEMBER. 1970 its Way The Hard Sell Worms In Text and Photos By Richard Menzies Whatever the state of the Dow Jones Averages this summer, it may be reassuring to know that at least one American commodity is holding its own. And if a proliferation of roadside advertising is an accurate index, the observer can assume it is no small business - - the selling of worms. For where once homemade lemonade stands were the rule, the worm is now king. The alert motorist can hardly drive a mile without passing one or two signs bearing die familiar legend: NITE CRAWLERS. Besides the obvious grief rendered English teachers, the message may, in the mind of a stranger passing through these parts, conjure up a sinister image akin to the midnight skulker or incredible edibles. Nor have local worm venders helped to allay die layman's apprehensions; in the face of rising competition they have invested their merchandise with such unlikely qualities as "frisky," "sexy," "gigantic," even "corn fed." Still a few conservationists cling to the older, correct spelling, NIGHT CRAWLERS, and a few diehards of the very old school cling to the pithy, straightforward WORMS. Whether any one worm differs from another in any but a grammatical sense, we can't telL However, , y .v;': v. n night crawler signs promise to be as various and interesting as their makers' imaginations and materials at hand can make them. , 15J WoFMS I Serve Yourself 1 mm Potosi Ghosted Again Utah's Mormon pioneers, in establishing the first smelter west of the Missouri River, caused Nevada's first ghost town. The first smelter, Settlers discovered an area plentiful. Veof 35 miles southwest Las although crude, west of the gas which was rich in lead, Missouri was constructed at Las Vegas. and Mormon Church PresiThe finished product was dent Brigham Young, realhauled the need for lead in the northeastward by izing Salt Lake Valley, sent miner burro to Salt Lake City, some N.V. Jones to develop the 500 miles across desert and claim. Jones named the new mountains. Burros no longer . mine "Potosi" after the southwestern part of Wisconsin from which he came. Because of a lack of adequate water at the site, ore was hauled by burro and oxen to Las Vegas, where water was useful in the trek were released along the route and remained in great herds in the southern tip of the greatbasin area near the border until the 1920's, when their numbers began dwind- Utah-Neva- da Hew Rest New rest facilities have been completed on a section of Interstate 80 over die Salt Flats about ten miles east of Wen-d- o ver. The futuristic rest areas, first of their kind in Utah, provide a canopy for the visitors' automobiles and allow tourists to view the ramp-typ- e barren area from a view tower. The Utah State Department of Highways, responsible for die new facilities, and the Nevada Highway Department information disrest plays in the areas. Concrete planters for Russian Olive trees serve as an oasis for visitors traveling more than 50 miles across the desolate salt Water for the facility is piped from Wend over. have-place- all-bri- . ck ftk fue ling because of increased use of the area for cattie grazing. Potosi and the town that sprang up nearby nearly became a ghost town in 1857 when Brigham Young called die colonists back to Salt Lake Subscription Order Form No News And We is Good News . . . Intend to Print It! City. Prospectors chiseling the rock found the mine also contained zinc and silver. Zinc was in demand in die east and in 1910 a company built a smelter at Good springs, 10 miles northwest of Las Vegas, and the Potosi again became a major producer. Potosi closed after World War I and opened briefly again in 1925. Unforseen expenditures, however, ate up profits and the mine was ghosted again. Potosi' s last remaining hopes lie in rising world prices for silver. ore-beari- ng Subscriptions $2.00 a year for 12 interesting issues. PLEASE CHECK ONE I LIKE THIS PAPER! ENCLOSED IS MY $2.00. RUSH THE NEXT ISSUE! I LIKE THIS PAPER BUT -- NO THANKS. ARE YOU KIDDING? ' Your Name . Street State City Zip SALT FLAT NEWS P.O. BOX 71 7 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84111 1 1 Sewerage System - Nears Completion P.O. BOX 345 WENDOVER, UTAH 84083 Wend over' s long awaited city sewage disposal system is about seventy-fiv- e per cent completed and work is on schedule. That word comes from Mayor John Susich, who added that contractors feel die installation will be finished near the October 1st target date. Homes and businesses will be hooked into the central system beginning in October. The $220,000 project to Whitaker Bros, and Coleman Construction of Brigham City, was begun , a-bo-ut mid-Jul-y. The FHAand the Federal Water Pollution Control Administration supplemented the $50,000 raised by Wendover for the sewer system. A lagoon for the system has vrr-- j been constructed about three miles southeast of the town. Home delivery Tool |
