Show Cabin Community Offers Quick Rest Even the people in the small towns are doing it heading for the hills to escape the tensions and the frustrations of modern life LIKE THEIR THEm urban counterparts counterparts counter counter- parts they are finding beside a lake or among a grove of aspens or pines a brief remedy remedy remedy reme reme- dy for the aches and pains of daily dally living Maybe their retreat is a camper parked along a stream maybe its it's a tent pitched under undera a Douglas fir maybe Its It's only a poncho spread over a couple of sleeping bags MORE AND more its it's that symbol of an af affluent society the second home For the lucky the second home may be a a cabin simple or elaborate tucked away on a apiece apiece apiece piece of private land FOR MOST its it's likely to be bea a summer home on a national forest site Therell There'll be neighbors neighbors neighbors neigh neigh- bors near but the thi air will be clear the silence deep and the trees a primeval Therell There'll be some squirrels in the trees a stream whispering whisper whisper- ing close by some deer now and then in a meadow a mile half away THAT'S THE kind of living that's developing more and more in the land where towns townsand townsand townsand and cities clUes nestle at the mouths of canyons that lead Into the mountains That's the way it is at Manti Theres There's the canyon road reaching reach reaching reach reach- ing up and away and after six miles or so theres there's a sign that says Summer Bummer home site and then theres there's a side road more trail than road that curves and crawls and climbs for an another ther few moments UNDER SOME pines is a home small and neat and new of a color that blends with the greens of vegetation further theres there's another house half finished finished finished fin fin- an A frame Here and there are others scattered through the area some as old as 30 years others still ing 10 In all One is owned by a salesman one by a Brigham Young University pro professor fessor three by livestock men one by a construction worker another a kind o oJ of Manti ManU condominium con COD by four brothers And so it goes ALL HAVE a common purpose purpose purpose pur pur- pose they're seeking something something something some some- thing on a mountain mountainside side something something some some- thing between earth and sky Take Jim Thornton for in in- in stance Jim Is a high school coach and teacher He began to lay the foundation three summers summers sum sum- mers ago Now the walls are up and the roof is Is on Next summer he expects to move in HE AND AiD Helen are building building building build build- ing it for themselves and their four children and their relatives relatives relatives rela rela- tives and their friends They're putting into it their spare time and their spare cash brick by brick and board by board Or take Kendall Kendall Kendall Ken Ken- dall Keller Hes He's built his square foot A frame himself between hay crops and water turns The Kellers are living in it now although there're still sUll a few things to do The he next thing is to plant some grass says Kendall Are you going to have a garden Are you kidding I dont don't come up here to hoe hoa potatoes THEN THERE are the Rus- Rus sells They operate a motel and restaurant Its It's an hour 18 day a-day affair with little time off for good behavior When there is a little time oft off Austin Austin Aus Aus- tin Russell takes a couple of boys with him and puts In a afew afew afew few more hours on the A frame that looks toward a great mountain mountain mountain moun moun- tain across the canyon In some ways mountain home dwelling resembles life in log cabin days But there are differences differences differences dif dif- and the women see seeto seeto seeto to that a k e 1 t I III t 1 t I t e s Mr and Mrs Jim Thornton and family are among ten families busily engaged in con- con FOR INSTANCE there are gas stoves and refrigerators There is running water out of two gallon cisterns There are bathrooms and carpeting There is also an elk whistling whistling whistling whis- whis whis whis- In the distance There are trout in the North Fork There is the whisper of aspens There are pine cones in shaded places and bluebells in season There is a lazy feeling In the air as asIf asif asif If time has no place to go and has decided to linger linzer for fora a while IN BUILDING our mountain mountainhome mountainhome mountainhome home explains Austin Russell we ewe feel leel were we're establishing a special kind of savings account and that from this account well we'll always be able to draw something far more Important th than n money m T their mountain home The new community community community com com- is located in Manti Mantl Canyon |