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Show The Word From Boulder H V.TIIHI.LA' GRIFFIN Too many people In Eoulder s ore spenulng too much time these days trying to keep water in their kitchens and bathrooms. Our water pipes were laid by men who were more experienced in handling branding Irons than galvanized pipe. Furthermore, they ere all optimists who did not believe that frost would penetrate the earth as far as it rnniunuentlv. when a win ter like tills comes along, we havr notnlng but trouble. The busiest man In town is Nlel Jeppsen who has a welding machine th"t will thaw out frozen pipes but not keep them thawed. He no sooner geU everyone's xvater systems working thin a cold night occurs and they all . start calling him to come again -and please hurry. When too many of your neighbors are ahead of you or when you decide that the thawing service is beading you toward bankruptcy, you, try other means. Yru may decide to sacrifice the load of pitch-pine you bad saved for your fireplace and use it to build a bouflre to met., the ice ind warm the froz. en ground, Then you atart digging, aoplng that the trench you are making Is somewhere near the pipeline." .Likely you are too far north or too far south. Eventually, If your strength holds out, you find the pipe In good dry earth that no frost has touched for years. So that is the wrong place. You rub your aching back and calculate how many other wrong places you might dig along the length of that pipe line. Frozen water pipes are changing our whole way of life. We no longer use milk cans for the purpose for which they were In. tended. We use them for hauling and carrying water. When two of us meet, we do not exchange the usual greetings. We say, "How's your water?" We talk of nothing except how to determine where the frozen spots may be, bow to keep water running once it Is started and Ingenious ways of using the same water over and over again. Baths are taken only in the short Interval between the thawing of your pipes and the llouder youngsters eijoy coast, log party held last week, next freeze-up. We are all en-vious of those few wbo live near a ditch. If spring does not come pretty eoon we shall all be ready to trade In our modern bathrooms, kitchens, and laundries for a couple of rain barrels and some tin tubs and wash basins, or we may start looking for a nice cave or wickiup with a prlng close by. ' Frank Coleman la aald to have had a bad experience one cold day last week wben bis truck broke down In Long Canyon and he had to walk the ten or twelve miles bark borne, wad. Ing the Icy waters of Deer Creek on- the way. Mr. and Mm. Leland Haws are In Washington, D. C. where Mr. Haws is attending to matters connected with the Qarkane Power Company. While In the East they will attend- k conven. tlon ot Rural Federal Electrification officers. Mr, and Mrs. Max La Brlere raada a business trip to Saline, Pangultch, and Kanab this week. Mr. and Mrs. Lcrln Orlffinof Eacalante were here Thursday In the Interest of tbelr uranium properties. Speaker at 8unday Sacrament meeting were Mr. and Mr. Layton Griffin and Thsran Mitchell of Escalaote. |