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Show 77?? Vord From Boulder This mornlni; the fence rows ore white with the blossom of tho wild plum, and the air Is filial with their fnigrance. When w breathe that fragianre. we irallzo the essence of Hie springtime F-arly wilier In Houlder mutt have brought the planting Of the "Broncho" plums from Jt?alnte. where the partition fine were hedged with them, rrrliap Ihey thought more f the irult then than of the flow-ci. for red plum pri-t-erves In the days was a staple article of diet -they stored It for-win-ler in five-gallon Jars. In these I time of multitudinous sweet. I and of particular regud for I Mender waUl-llnea, the pieserves I may not be so Important as It I rmi was. but Die tpnfume of I the flowers is Mt 111 an essential I p.m of Boulder and Kscalante I in sprl net line F.aster Sunday. And the an- I rU nt rivalry between Pagan and rvrlriii'ii observance of the day continues. The Sunday School offer1 ii sreclal program dealing with the resurrection r.f Our Savior, while the hills and enn-ons pffer the old lure of resurrected Nature. In HouMe we have evolved a fairly wot' -able compromise. Church service. Including Sunday Scl .l and Sacrament meetluu, Is coil-eluded i.t twelve noon, after which we hurry homo for a uiilrk change Into old clothes. Thfii we pile well-storked baskets of lunch P-asler rags, potato salad, etc.. etc. Into the rar and are off to l!ie hills for i n nfeinoon of celebrating the coming of spring. Thus we per-prtuate a custom that has come to us out of the dim remotene of the prehistoric past. A family dinner honoring CrU Moiuan on his Hgtli birthday wat held at the Moosnian home last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Moos- '-n. pow the obt couple llv-'e 'n lloulder. vere among the earliest reltlers here. In the spring of 1885 he and Warren Garden brought (ho first wagons f'om lie I'wfll.'inte Creek lip tl'i' Home Pencil, thus establish-'rr Hie present route from cnlsnte lo lloulder. The trip crnminrd in eat a week' time. Mr. Moosnian sajs. They i hepped tipt In the slenp sand-rnck for I heir horse' hoof, iis.le ilugwaya around steep hll'sldtH and clearee! rocks and rees across the bench. Mr. and Mrs. Mooaman. known as Cri (.nd Mary, were mauled at Hsralante on Oct. 1, 1 K f 1 2 . They homesteaded a ranch In I'ppcr iHoulder. where they engaged In farming and stock-raising until atmut j 2 ears ago. when t,h"y retiree! lo their "winter" home near the school. They are the parent of 12 children. 9 of whom are living Thee t.re Francea iMr Albert r ieniant of Tenvlale; We lbom, ' Mink Creek. Idaho; LeHoy. of Olrrlevllle- Haivey, of Og-elen; Twila, (Mrs. Arthur Moln elv of Fhralante: and l.orlii Dovp, and Venla Mrs. Max He I't'iilnl eif lloulder. Three of tluir sons. IMdle. Foster, and I'ster. are burie-l In the ceme-triv here. The Moosmans, e'rls nnd Mary, represent the strong-i"t link here between I lie pre-unt and the past. Home for Faster wi re Frank -I'll end Jean Hansen, at present ei'1'pmd In leaching at Hatch. They attended Sunda rervle-e an' were the speakers nl Sacrament meeting. It U always a pleasure to chat with these fine people, on eiciaslons of their too Infrequent vuiU. Lola Haws of lvcalante was a guest ot ItRae King over the weekend. They enjoyed a two-day horseback trip along the Krcalante Hlver. |