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Show Editorials SALT FLAT NEWS, DECEMBER, 1972 3 HIT THE BUG WHERE HE LIVES A problem defined is still a problem, contrary to a popular opinion. This art of definition has a strange way of all deluding the definer into a American accolade, the likes of which almost put Thomas Dewey into the white house. There is little comparison between the Great Salt Lake and Tom Dewey, though both are household words, the latter probably having earned more points in the cocktail circuit. But when it comes to discussing the Great Salt Lake, the reference is associated with a vast briney bathtub somewhere near Salt Lake City, where long skirts and good old days still abound. A visit to the inland sea impresses the tourists even more than cocktails at Shapiros. With rolled-u- p pants and knobby knees, the tourist has met his nemesis, buzzing greetings from the great state of Utah. Back down come the cuffs and back into the car, as the tourist literally itches to get away from it all. Obviously, the brine fly has been around a lot longer than the tourists; however, when it comes to enhancing the state's economy, the brine fly must be assigned a lower priority. One buzz or two. that is the Question, and a Dossible clue as to the best approach to relieving discomfort to tourists and other soakers of the feet. In our opinion, one Kin no Tn fvmtml fho hrino flv'o aa-- Ufa ie r nnnfwil fly. In this case, it takes two to buzz, tourists notwith- standing. . Letter from the editor : i IN QUEST OF A LEGEND In a recent installment of A few small problems still attend the publication of Wendover's Picture Paper, the Salt Flat News. After no small search, we finally found a competent bureau chief to live and work full time in Wendover, with the idea that an reporter could better understand Wendover and its citizens. But our man has been in Wendover now for four months, and not a single issue of the Salt Flat News has rolled off the press. The Wendover reader may ask whether there is any connection. We hope not. We are certain that our reporter is doing his job, regardless of lax supervision on our part, and that he does understand Wendover and its citizens better than we who stay here in Salt Lake City can. Rather, we have been having difficulties in organizing our sales department. The finance inflows of a good advertising man or agency would do wonders for the regularity of the Salt Flat News' appearance on the newstands. The will to solve this problem is there. Whatever creative talents we have been able to attract to this publication remain. Our man in Wendover would probably live there even if another Salt Flat News never came out. So once again we ask Wendover to be patient. You will see more of us. on-the-sp- ot mm THE SALT FLAT NEWS is published twelve times a year by the Salt Flats Publishing Corporation, a Utah Corporation. President RICHARD NAHUM GOLDBERGER Editor RICHARD MENZIES '''General Manager JESS GREEN Wendover Bureau Chief ARTHUR KENNETH DONOGHUE Advertising Director RICHARD N. GOLDBERGER - - - - P.O. BOX 11717 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84111 ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF THE Superman comics, mild-manner- ed reporter Clark Kent was dispatched to the Salt Flats to dig up a feature story for his editor. "A little comic relief from our usual stuff," suggested the man- aging editor of WGBS-T- Me- V, tropolis. The relief from the usual stuff in this case came with the discovery of a salty old timer called "Old Jim," longtime desert rat who didn't cotton to city slickers, least of all a dude in red, white, and blue underwear and cape. Well, as life sometimes seems to mirror art, it wasn't long afterward that word of a real "Old Jim" reached the ears of the Salt Flat News. James P. Harrison, better known as "Old Jim" to his few neighbors at Fish Springs, Utah, has for the past fifty years made a living trapping muskrats at the country's most remote wildlife refuge. How Mr. Harrison came to be resident trapper at a wildlife refuge is in itself a point of interest; it seems Old Jim moved in before the U.S. government and claims certain a priori hunting rights. Harrison made news last winter when he discovered a rare seabird, a Kitti-wakdead and hundreds of miles from its usual habitat. A subsequent investigation by the News into the real, if somewhat shadowy figure of James Harrison has turned up conflicting reports. "Cozy" Castagno, of the Silver Sage Cafe at Vernon admits she hasn't seen the fur mus-clebou- Eighty-one-year-ol- d. trapper for years, while rangers at Fish Springs speculate he is off on a few weeks' sabbatical, probably at a Baker, Nevada bar. On the other hand, Floyd Nippers, sole inhabitant of Simpson Springs, reports that Old Jim died at least five years ago. An inspection of Old Jim's dugout cabin at Fish Springs lends some credence to the Nippers theory, yet a National Geographic expedition a few months ago found him at home and in good spirits. A recent bout with pnemonia and a hospital regimen of daily ' baths is said to have left Harrison despondent. This, coupled with a in the musk-ra- t market, may account for the trapper's prolonged absence from his home of half a century. A reporter from the News has twice driven the hundred and twenty gravelled miles between Vernon and Fish Springs in near-collap- se search of the elusive Harrison and is not likely to repeat the ordeal again under the quixotic circumstances. But anyone having information regarding the fate of the last of the old time fur trappers is encouraged to contact the Salt Flat News. It's a story we'd like to cover. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Gentlemen: Your newspaper is fascinating. It always amazes me to see how you consistantly find the intrinsic fascination in "ordinary" things. I know of no other publication of this sort. Keep it coming, don't let it die. Lucas is great too the big nut. Very sincerely, RaquelHafen . The World's Best Kept Secret e, . The Reno Fun Package $78.50 Entire Package includes Round Trip Airfare (Salt Lake to Reno) Transportation to and from airport in Reno 3 days and 2 nights at Top Quality Reno Hotel & Casino Gambling Package includes all kinds of goodies . I 322-1-745 Wigs and Hairpieces for Men and Women FOR SALE ANTIQUE WINDOWS .72 EAST 2nd SOUTH SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84111 John M. Nuslein phone 355-989- 7 iii.itiiii.j. Advance Reservation required Call Immediately 484-407- 3 |
