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Show The Word From Boulder BV NKTHELLA GIUWI.V Spring, lovely Spring has been called some hard, names. recent, ly by an editorial" writer in the Salt Lake Tribune. "Slave driver" end "booby-trap" are two of the terms he uses to characterize the season when, he ay. , "men forget the flabblneia from months of sedentary living" and plunge Into reckless activity that they will regret. Though It sounds like downright blasphemy to me to von-deran good physical labor at any time of year, particularly In the s ring with so many jobs waiting to be done, still it set me thinking. What ifNo, It couldn't be! Was I perchance booby-trap ped Into ordering more baby chicks to raise this yeart And more flower and vegetable seeds to plaotT Wish I hadn't read that darn thing, Out after all, wham life for If It Isn't to "plant ai.d water and hoo and mow" and so pro. duce abundance of good meats, fruits, vegetables, and flowers ' food for body and soult Maybe we country people manage to avoid most of the Habbluess due to sedentary living. That's probably the difference between us and the people the editor wii thinking ot. Throughout the winter we get considerable outdoor exercise, what with keeping livestock fed and cared for, keeping farmhouse water systems and heating equipment working, shovel-Ing snow, not just in front of the house' but to various out buildings about the farmyardi more In bad weather than In good. 8uh Jobs may seem unpleasant at tlntes, but at lest they keep us In condition for spring work. We don't havj to worry about the consequt&ces of a little exertion connected with planting a garden, An article on a different sub ject In that same Issue of the Tribune shows, ' howeVer, that city people' are to have at least one advantage. As of last Thursday midnight, no more "Junk" mall, addressed to "local patron" or "householder" will be delivered In cities. It will, though, still, clutter rural mall boxes. Rural people pro. bably just have not protested as loudly as city renldens, partlcut larly the carriers. A I thluit I. mentioned once before, every post-office should be provided with a large waste basket. Speaking of city vs. country, wouldn't It be great if most of the rain and snow that falls uselessly In city streets could be shifted out to farm lands and ranges where It would do some good, and the wind shifted to well, maybe Hades. For their annual conference, teachers and students of the Primary Association, under the direction of President Golda Haves, presented a fine pro-groan on Sunday (afternoon. Th'e theme, ,"Wist" thee not "that .1 must be about My Father's .business?" was excellently portrayed. jVeda Behunln, sang the theme song. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Poulsen of "Richfield are vlsltou at the home of their son Heber Poulsen. Heber Is recovering from a minor injury he received last week while working with oil drillers near Escalante. Mr. end Mrs. Eugene Griffin left yesterday for Salt Lake where they will make their home for the near future. Mr. and Mrs. Truman Lyman and family will visit Mr. Lyman's mother In St. George during the sebool holidays this week. Mrs. Annie C. HaLsen Is home again after spending the winter at the homes of some of her sons and daughters, mainly In Cedar City and Provo. Mrs, Hansen Is still In rather poor health, |