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Show The Word From Boulder HY NETHKMiA GRIFFIN Probably some people who cone to my bouse wonder why I do not cut down the stlnk-wieds In the parking area so that the cultivated flowers In. tide the fence can be seen to better advantage. If anyono asks mo I shall say that 1 do not have time, which In gospel truth, but there is a still deeper reason. The fact s that I llko stlnkweods, I am glad they rill the lane and also the hill-side above my house. A man told me once that I must get rid f them or they would spread all over the ranch. That was a long time ago, and I still find no such agresslvenesa on the part of my humble favorites. The simply coer dry Mpots of earth that would lie I naked wJthout them. Just now they are not much to look at, but In another month and on through tha fall they will be a waving mass of purple and gold richer than a kind's royai I robe. A lady from New Mexico came In one autrnin day to compliment me on my .excellent arrangement of the flowers, the purplolavenders and the yellow gold so effectively combined. I explained that the -t-Istry was all naturoV own. She congratulated me anyway on my good fortune In living so near them I agreed with lier. I wish though that these lovely plants were not called stink weeds. Only If you brush them harshly or bruise them, do th- emit their protective odor If you walk through them gently you will smell only the dainty sweet perfume that they reserve for friends. Shakepear'a Julie gays: 'What'- In n name That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as fcweet,'" However, J believe that the stlnkweed would smell sweeter to most people If it were called wild heliotrope, which It greatly resembles. 4 There are other examples of Hiajly unfortunate misnaming, One of our most magnificent fcorges, rich In bright hue and weird fhapes Is Inanely called Calf Creek, Another Imposing canyon, even more Hpectacular In the height of its walls, the delicacy of the greenery that fringes Its ledges and the sparkle of its winding stream is known as Harris Wash. Wash Indeed! A dry hollow between fand banks. If the name Harris must cling to It, let'a call It Cunyon, not Wash, A letter from Kennlt May. nard came yesWrday, supplementing one hla wife Ede wrote some time ago. Doth say how very much they enjoyed their stay here, The Maynards and all the othTJ on location with them here are fine people. We are sorry that so far they hate not been able to return to finish their picture making. One thought though Hermit ex. prewed common among city dwellers envy of our quiet, peaceful existence out here in the country. Perhaps It they should follow us through some of our aeventeen-hour-Iong days of wrestling with drouth, sick animals, break-downs In machinery, weeds and Insect pests, they would modify their opinions. Still, though, perhaps It Is best not to disillusion them. And It could be that they are right In thinking of us as the lucky ones. Mr and Mrs Jets Rockefellow made a quick trip to their home in Las Vegas and back this week, glad to return to the cool, neas of their mountain retreat, Mr and Mrs Nell Jeppsen returned Saturday from a busl. ness trip to Salt iJike. Mrs Seta Poulsen and daughter ')her. ry Lee went to Pangultch Saturday for medical attention. Mr and Mrs Clyde King at. tended the horse races In Pan gultch on Trlday and Saturday, Clyde was so much interested that he started hay baling at 4 A.M. so as to get off to the races in tha afternoon. Miss Marine Dehunln re. celred the Silver Gleaner award from MIA president Idona Haws at Sacrament meeting last Sunday, |