Show STAN 5 STAhLE T A h L LE E 1 STU F By LARRY STAHLE STABLE The best way out of ofa a dlf difficulty dull dull- culty is through it 1 During the past few weeks the 1 Ephraim City Council has been making an appeal for dog owners owners owners own own- ers to keep their animals locked up at night The city administrators tors have even enacted an nance to help curb this problem Many dog owners not only i in Ephraim feel that their pe pet is not capable to to killing or hurting hurting hurting hurt hurt- ing sheep turkeys other animals animals animals ani ani- mals or even human beings In hearing reports from m many Ephraim and Manti ManU sheep own owners ers we find that the sheep are are being attacked by dogs and andr often There was an article which appeared ap- ap appeared ap ap- pea red in the Deseret News this thin week which points out how dangerous dangerous dangerous dan dan- dan dan- the canines can be when they are in a pack The article was headed Dog J Pack Kills Two Small Boys I I. I feel that the article should be reprinted to show how the effects of or the dog pack A pack of German Shepherd rd dogs attacked and killed two- two small boys boy Sunday while theirs their father fought futilely to sav saves saver them by hitting the animals wl witha with a rake The attack near a creek be behind behind be- be hind the victims' victims home in nearby Madison Heights included include l tw two J- J neighborhood dogs the boys apparently apparently apparently ap ap- ap- ap had played with b before be before be- be fore The victims were a four end enda and anda a three year old boys The parents parents parents par par- are in the hospital where where- they are being treated for shock The local sheriff where the thet inci incident lent took place said that the the- father told him sobbing that when he reached the snarling pack he beat at atthe the frenzied d ani animals mals with a rake his shoes and andT 4 anything else he could find to to- Continued on page four STAhLE AhLE I Continued from page one turn turn them away from his bloodied bloodied bloodied blood blood- sons SODS Two of the dogs were impounded impound impound- ed by local authorities A third could not be caught and was sh shot t to death Most folks spend money they haven't got on things they f dont don't need to impress p people ople they dont don't like Last st Friday night I received a at t telephone l. l phone call from Mrs MaCoy Dor Dods is Larsen which answered a a. a question which appeared in last w weeks week's eks ek's column In reporting on the 1906 grade graduation group Joseph E. E E. E Olsen of St. St Ge George rg a member member member mem mem- j ber ber of that class told the whereabouts whereabouts whereabouts where where- of several m members of that groin groug In his last paragraph Mr Olsen 01 Ol sen said that May Nielsen had married Ross Anderson and that he believed that Ross h had d died and wondered if ff May was still r living Mrs Mrs' Larsen said th that t both her Uncle Ross and Aunt Aun May were T ri alive although she hadn't seen her Uncle Ross for some time This clears up of f a large number of that class w I have enjoyed delving into their history Hope you have also The size of a man can be measured by the size of the thing which makes him angry Many windows in private homes and business houses in Ephraim are sporting beautifully beautiful- beautiful ly decorated Christmas scenes this year The artist is Devere Wilkerson and he is to be commended com commended corn com mended for his fine talent The Christmas scenes are a joy to behold and add to everyone's I p pleasure in the Christmas sea sea- son Theres There's one thing to be said for children they never pull pullout pullout out pictures of their 1 I I Occasionally we receive letters let Jet tern n from former residents or ori j i persons who spent the flie summer in this area and then head off for Arizona or California for the cold winter whiter months Their letters letters' so often note that the weather in hi their w winter nt r vacationland vacationland vaca vaca- I i is is' nothing short of or ormar marl marvelous marvelous mar mar- what with the sun shining shining shining shin shin- l ing and the birds chirping etc I And we sit up h here re and freeze I to death j This year the tables have haye been I turned around a little bit I We received a Christmas letter let let- letter let let- r t ter er the other day from the Harry Harry Har Har- ry who are presently present present- I ly Iy living in California and they f 1 note that they have had some 1 sample doses of t that at fluffy white t 1 stuff which has been piling up around here the past few days And they report that they and f the people in their trailer court I just love it Winter in hi the form of snow has hit many places this year where the populace are not used to seeing it San Diego for instance instance instance in in- stance has recorded two snow snowstorms snowstorms snowstorms storms already this year I I. I understand understand understand un un- un- un that this is only the second time in modern modem weather history of San Diego that snow has been found there Seattle Washington a city usually usually us us- void of anything but rain recorded two inches this week The snowfall in this area has been very good For the benefit of our summer residents who flock south and west for the winter we should have enough water for you to drink next summer summer sum sume mer when you return If VI we vu do co donot donot conot not you can always spend the summer in Flagstaff Arizona where on Wednesday morning they had a total of 83 inches of snow on the ground I hope it doesn't all aU melt in hi one day next summer My theory behind this whole business is that someone is holding holding hold holde i ing a giant party somewhere in inthe inthe the area drinking that soft l drink rink beverage that cre creates tes a blizzard blizzard bliz zard Tell eU me honestly the saxophonist saxophonist sax sax- said to his his' apartment neighbor does my practicing make you nervous Well it used to when 1 first heard the other tenants complaining complaining com com- about it the neighbor neigh bor replied but now I dont don't care what happens to you A report from Jerry Nelson in Fairview this week notes that the Snow land Ski Area located eight miles east of Fairview in Fairview Canyon will officially open to the public for skiing beginning beginning beginning be be- ginning Saturday Dec and from then on throughout the Christmas holidays and weekends weekends weekends week week- ends through the coming ski sea sea- son Mr Nelson has installed a 1 Mite type J-Bar J cable tow under a special use permit with the Manti-LaSal Manti National For For- est He said that due to the late start this fall in i installing stalling the facilities the shelter and snack-bar snack will not ilot be built builL this season There is a temporary building to be used for emergencies and a telephone has been installed Because of this Mr Nelson recommends that skiers plan to ski either on a morning or afternoon basis The tow will operate from 10 am a.m. to is t 1 p pm p.m. m. m for morning skiers and from 1 pm p.m. to 4 pm p.m. for af ci- ci noon skiers A charge willbe will willbe be mode made m de either time A ten ride ticket will be sold for ana anu will be good at any time the tow is operating will be charged charged charged char char- ged for children under 12 It is p planned to have a qualified qualified quai Wed ski instructor at the a area atea tea t to b teach beginning to int interested in in- t skiers during the Christmas Christmas Christmas Christ Christ- mas holidays Beginning Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues- day Dec 26 and running until Friday Dec two different groups will be instructed each day at 1030 am a.m. and pm p.m. Mr Nelson reports that there was over two feet of fine powder snow at the last report The Utah State Road Dept crews s are working to keep the read open Mrs Marla Maria Haaser of Manti injects a word of caution to La the senior citizens cithens She says that in hi Idaho Falls FalIs Idaho there Isa Isa is isa a law on the books that makes make It Illegal for any person male or female over 88 years of age to ride a motorcycle withIn with with- within in the city limits The first presents given to the Christ Child were two aromatic resins frankincense frankincense frankin frankin- cense and myrrh brought by bythe bythe bythe the Wise Men Have you ever wondered about these two items which were prized as highly as gold Long the before before the birth of Jesus man mall had honored his pagan gods galls wil with the fragrance of ing leg frankincense Myrrh anointed anoint anoint- ed the dead supposedly cured the thc sick and celebrated military victories In reading through a news vs re re- release lease from the National Geographic Geographic I found out the follow following ng interesting facts Ancient Babylonians dedicated dedicate thousands of costly pounds of lIf frankincense to their god B Bel Beler l lerch er erch ch year Persian monart monarchs wore vore myrrh in their crowns Egypt's fabled Queen rubbed the resin on on- her body for fragrance Sculptured incense ships still set sail on the walls of Queen s temple near es An inscription describes describes The loading of the ships very heavily with marvels of the country country country coun coun- try of Punt all goodly fragrant woods of Gods God's Land heaps of resin myrrh-resin with fresh myrrh trees with ebony and pure ivory ivor with green gold of Emu The two resins brought enormous enor enor- to Arabia Countless camel caravans jangled along incense incense in- in cense roads from the Hadra- Hadra regions on on-Arabia's on Arabia's south sout coast to Mediterranean ports The South Arabians jealously guarded the source of their we th with mystery and legend Stores of frankincense and myrrh remained in the thee hands of a privileged privileged few The Greek historian Herodotus wrote The whole of Arabia Arabia Arabia Ara Ara- bia exhales a most delicious fragrance the e trees which bear the frankincense are guarded guard guard- ed by winged serpents small in size and of varied colors whereof where where- of vast numbers hang about every tree Herodotus was right in hi one respect respect respect re re- re- re at least Both frankincense and myrrh come come come- from small trees The aromatic gum exudes from incisions in the bark hardening nar- nar dening when exposed to air Frankincense or dries into semitransparent yellowish yellowish yellowish yel yel- lowish drops myrrh turns into yellow or red-brown red granules The pleasing odor and bitter taste of the two resins may have been the qualities that inspired their use as a cure The Roman naturalist Pliny listed frankincense as an antidote antidote antidote anti anti- dote for hemlock poisoning Contemporary physicians sent medical bills soaring by prescribing prescribing prescribing pres pres- myrrh an expensive wonder drug for everything from ulcers to liver trouble If the tr treatment failed myrrh also was used as an embalm embalm- ment The resin was mixed with oil and spices to prepare bodies for sacred burial According to the New Testament Testament Testa Testa- ment Nicodemus wrapped the martyred Jesus in a mixture of myrrh and aloes John 1939 Thus one of the gifts that had welcomed Christ into the world went with Him Hun to the tomb A farmers farmer's barn bam burned down and the insurance agent explaining the policy that covered covered cov COVe ered the structure told him that the company instead of paying the claim In cash would build another barn just like it I Well said the farmer if that Is the way your company does business you can cancel the insurance on my wife Being in business for yourself yourself your yourself your your- self brings a lot of headaches and a few joys Last Tuesday afternoon one of these jc joys ys came forth When Mrs Richard Nadine Nibley came in the office with her customary Your Heritage I 1 and You column she had a yelI yellow yellow yel yel- low piece of paper on the bottom I of her copy Glancing at it I noticed noticed no no- that it was a letter to the letter which we welcome But Buton Buton Buton on investigation I found that this is one letter to the editor which I should cherish and should not print When I mentioned this to Mrs Nibley she said that they had written it to be published and that I was not to change as much as even one word So here hereit it is LETTER TO THE EDITOR When two people come into a ac c community and make that community community community com com- theirs become identified with its hopes aspirations often often often of of- ten more so than many members of that community unselfishly dedicating their talents and energies energies energies ener ener- gies to its destiny these should be gratefully recognized For this reason at this blessed time of Christmas we wish to acknowledge ge the service of Mr and Mrs Larry Stahle Stable editors of the Ephraim Enterprise and Manti Messenger A A newspaper reflects the stature stature stature sta sta- sta- sta ture of its editors As super superior or publications these papers are recognized by both public and press press and are welcome visitors in hundreds of homes The editors' editors community and humane interests are of wide range All the ev events of our area receive their sincere attention Especially at this time w we are mindful of courtesies to the lyceum lyceum lyceum ly- ly and the newly newly formed ed Sanpete Historical Society and d the willingness to hold up the presses for last minute important import import- ant notices and news stories Often Often Of Of- ten in the rush and roar of publication publication publication pub pub- they have paused to include include in ine clude elude an appeal about lost animals animals animals ani ani- mals or humane education articles articles articles arti arti- cles concerning their welfare Also we are grateful for their personal participation Those connected with the presentation of The Mormon Miracle last summer appreciate their cooperation cooperation cooperation cooper cooper- in every aspect of the production production production pro pro- and for Larrys Larry's personal person person- al appearance in the cast As two of our ver very own and with affection and gratitude we wish Mr and Mrs Stahle a most blessed Christmas Your presence presence presence pres pres- ence among us is a part of our holiday happiness DOROTHY GRAY GRACE JOHNSON RICHARD NIBLEY NADINE NIBLEY NIB NIBLEY EY faras faras far far- faras The dollar doesn't go as as it used to but what it lacks in distance it makes up for in speed |