Show S1 STAhLE By LARRY STAHLE The young man was new In Inthe Inthe inthe the store business Have you youn an do n account here sir he asked No iNo the customer re replied replied re- re plied piled but Id I'd like to see the manager The clerk led him Into the managers manager's office and announced announced ced A no-account no fellow to see you sir After last weekend I c can as an asa suggest a new project for th the e funds gathered from the salof sale sal e of the golden eagle cards The funds derived from th the e sale of the golden eagles ar arall are e all put right back Into tion Last Thursday night we headed headed head head- ed for Capitol Reef National Nation al Monument for a few short hours hour s of relaxation We had to leave MantI Mantl at 7 pm p.m. Thursday an and d our agenda called for tor our re return return return re- re turn home Friday at 3 pm p.m. But we didn't make It Joyces Joyce's sister and her famIly family family fam fam- ily were also camped at Capitol Capitol Capitol Capi Capi- tol Reef It was their aim to accompany us on a short hike That Is where we met our Waterloo In scanning the maps we found that an Ideal hike would be to Cassady Arch which the map stated was only 19 miles mUes Anyway Anyway Anyway Any Any- way It was early morning and we had plenty of time before w our 1 pm p.m. departure time So we set off oU up the steep trails toward the arch We huffed huff ed and puffed all the way up to the arch which was well worth the trip After taking a short glimpse of the arch we started back to the junction point which was 5 of a mite mile away When we reached this point It H t was suggested that we we take the trail toward the campground Instead of retracing our steps down the hill We still had plen plenty ty of U time me and the map said that it was only three thre miles mUes and we we apparently wouldn't have to do much climbing only along level ground We started the jaunt First we went a ways downhill and then a long ways ways' uphill When we reached the top we went down a little and then up a gigantic amount This was re repeated repeated repeated re- re several times each time the landscape still stUl looked ver very y foreign not a bit like Uke the campground When we finally came out Into a clearing high above the campground we were all dog- dog tired Our watches read nearl nearly y 4 pm p.m. the hour that we were supposed to be back In ManU Mantl The trip was so strenuous that everyone except me had hada a good set of blisters bUsters on their feet I made up for that by getting the worst sunburn of the lot One of the crew year five-year- old Shawn Sturgeon summed up everyone's feelings as he crawled crawled craw craw- led on all four much like a dying man In the desert as he reached a water hole My main point on the golden eagle funds would be to buy a new measuring gauge for the boys who measure out the length of the trails The hike overall was listed at five miles I am going to apply for my mile 10 merit badge badger I There are three kinds of boys the intelligent the handsome and the majority Anyone that thinks that the drug problem hasn't County as yet should call Sheriff Sheriff Sherl Sher Sher- l iff Grant K Larsen and have havea a talk Earlier this week I received a tip that the sheriff had arrested ar arrested ar ar- rested some more people on drug charges so I gave him a call When I posed the question to Grant his answer was Which one did I want to know about It seems that Grant has had hada a full house down at the county jail jaU of late many of them booked booked book book- ed on drug charges In fact he noted that there are warrants out for a few more who have as yet escaped a stint In the local jail jaU I am afraid that if this keeps up Grant will have more drugs on hand than Elliott's Elliotts Pharmacy and Anderson Drug Dancing Is the art of getting getting getting get get- ting your feet out of the way faster than your partner can step on them Clarence Hall HaU has found him himself self sel a new friend even If 11 the friend doesn't know It Last Saturday night while Clarence was handling the duties du duties duties du- du ties of night watchman he no noticed noticed no- no an unusual character heading up Main Street and gave pursuit Armed with a flashlight Mr Hall Hail studied the culprit and found out that he was closing In on a large beaver the first he has ever encountered In his years as reserve night watch watch- man Clarence said the visitor headed straight up Main Street until he reached the area of Dons Don's Barber Shop where he decided to change his course Mr Hall kept studying the animal animal animal ani ani- mal all the way up the street About the time the beaver decIded de decided de- de to leave the confines of the pavement and head for the back alleys he also came to the conclusion that he had had enough of Clarence and his glaring flashlight and he gave a mighty swat with his powerful tail taU Clarence did a little tightrope tight tightrope tightrope rope act to stay out of the way Clarence said that the last time he saw the animal It was headed along the creek Clarence concluded that deer skunks etc are common but Saturday marked the first time for a beaver Peace A pause between wars for enemy tion |