Show 1 i i By LARRY STAHLE Husband My dear the seeds you ordered wont won't flower flower flower flow flow- er until the second summer Wife Oh that's quite all right I ordered them from last years year's catalogue Since last weeks week's paper came out containing a tidbit In this column about Sanpete County and the fact that our weather Is different from most other parts of the state I have received numerous comments Kenny Tuttle local Fish and Game conservation off officer leer said that he had gone for a short safari Into the west mountains on Sunday March 1 and It was like spring there The following Tuesday he again ventured Into that area only to be greeted by snow between a foot to 14 inches deep Mrs Rulon E Elda Ida of Ephraim stated at the NorthWard North NorthWard NorthWard Ward dinner in Manti ManU Friday night that she has been crusading crusading crusading ing for the past few years In an attempt to air our different weather here She noted that there were several weather stations stations stations sta sta- in the county and this alone would give accurate read read- ings Manti ManU City Councilman Frank came into the office and noted that he was not only talking talking talking talk talk- ing about the weather but was going to do something about it t tto to see that others are told about what goes on here He told me the story of how he commented recently to Larry Payne son-in-law son of Mr and Mrs Lloyd B Johnson Johnson of Manti ManU that our unusual weather in the valley was never gi given ven tion Mr Payne a resident of Salt Lake City was in Mayfield for the wedding reception for fora a son of Mr and Mrs Johnson What prompted the discussion was a huge black cloud on the horizon which was accompanied by lightning and thunder This was In January Larry told Frank that he knew Mark Eubank weather prognosticator prognosticator on Channel 9 personally personally personally person person- ally and would report the fact that Sanpete was not being recognized recognized rec rec- to Mr Eubank Several days later Frank received a call from Mr Eubank asking W him m to serve as the Sanpete reporter for Channel 9 So Frank ordered afew items Hems which are necessary for this work and is setting about to organize organize or or- or- or his weather station He emphasized that he was not in any way interfering with or trying to replace the existing weather stations in the county He is carrying on this work asmore as asmore asmore more of a hobby and service to the television station If Jf anything unusual happens now Frank can relay the information In Information Information in- in formation via a collect call to Mr Eubank who will use it on his Ws weather program I q thought of a fine ine idea today dear I promised a thousand dollars to a man 1 if he would relieve me of all my worries But where will you get the thousand to give him That will be his first worry In less than a month from now April 1 a large corps of federal employees will hit town There Instructions are areto areto areto to seek you out no matter where you are hiding and record your vital statistics This group of individuals who will for this one day be as diligent as the Post Office in a A A STAhLE seeing that there Job is done will be armed with pencil and paper to count the noses presently residing In Sanpete County as the official census count is taken This week the Census Bureau sent me a population chart of the state of ot Utah going back to 1850 showing each county and its growth In scanning the sheet I noted that Sanpete was the tenth largest largest largest larg larg- est county in the state back in 1960 We were edged out by Salt Lake County Box Elder Cache Carbon Davis Tooele Uintah Utah and Weber Coun Coun- ties Ues When you flash back to the 1850 census Sanpete showed residents as compared to In Salt Lake County 2026 in Utah County 1186 in Weber 1134 in Davis in Iron and In Tooele By the time that the 1860 census rolled roIled around Sanpete had grown to residents as compared to in Salt Lake County A number of other counties are shown in the 1860 report The total population of the state had risen from in 1850 to in 1860 Sanpete's population was listed listed list list- ed at 11 in 1880 This was larger than the 1960 figure of It was In the year 1880 that a portion of oC Sanpete was taken along with parts from Sevier and Wasatch Counties to form Emery County By the year 1890 Sanpete had grown to residents When 1900 arrived there were residents occupying the valley Subsequent census reports listed listed listed list list- ed the following for Sanpete 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 and 1960 Some of the 1960 figures for forthe forthe forthe the counties surrounding Sanpete Sanpete Sanpete San San- pete showed for Cor Beaver for Carbon for Emery for Juab for Millard 1436 for Plute for Sevier and 1728 for Wayne County It will be interesting to see how the figures for 1970 compare compare com com- compare pare with the estimates that have been made Sonny Daddy do you re remember remember remember re- re member where it was that you first met momma Daddy Yes son I recall that It was at a party where there were 13 at the table After five weeks of protecting my little pinky with witha a metal cover he is being liberated this week After spending the past five weeks being as useful as a left left- handed wrench monkey-wrench It is anew a anew new experience trying to move a little finger which has spent so much time in a slightly bent stance T kno kI rl n n u nJ out of joint five Thursdays ago while playing basketball with my myson myson son and a whole army of scouts At least the ball baIl that hit me felt like Ilke it had been hurled by an army If there is one lesson that I have learned from the whole ex experience experience experience ex- ex It Is to stop playing with competitors that are way out of your league Next year I plan to borrow B ill McFarlane's set of brass knuckles and join a chess league I am still not sure that they wont won't be way ahead of oC me Homework Is a thing that kids dont don't have any of when Its It's time for their favorite TV program and have heaps of oC when its it's time to go gotobed to bed During the next week you are going to wonder 1 If there Is anything anything anything any any- thing else going on In this world besides basketball The will start their quest toward the state Class A basketball title on Wednesday night against Moab This tourney tourney tourney tour tour- ney runs four days use Because the Manti ManU High team plays Its first game at 9 pm p.m. Wednesday night the paper willbe willbe will willbe be printed before beCore the results are known My suggestion if U you want to know the score isto Isto is isto to Jump in the family buggy and attend the contest If you go be sure that you are bedecked out In your red outfit to show your loyalty to the The Snow College Badgers will head for Kansas the end of me the we weeK ex to taKe part in the National Junior College basketball basket basket- ball championships Currently the Snow campus Is s a beehive of activity as students attempt to raise funds to help defray expenses of the team at the national meet On Thursday night of this week the Utah State University complete with John Ericksen son of oC Mr and Mrs McLoyd Ericksen of Ephraim and son-in-law son of Mr and Mrs Ben Kjar of Manti Mantl will take on Santa Clara University at Se Seattle Se- Se attle This action will be carried carried car car- carried ried on television So get out your red white blue and gold clothes and support support support sup sup- port the local Gagers in their attempts to bring home the bacon on their respective basketball tournaments London has Its palace guards but the United States has Its spectacles too At the White House you can see the colorful changing of the pick pick- ets It took us until Monday night of this week to make it All last week we got the same story about the thing that was taking place at Snow College This story was like music to our ears The thing that we are talking talkIng talkIng talk- talk Ing about Is s this years year's Snow musical Hello College Dolly The repeated oft-repeated story was that each performance was sold out After the show I felt that our persistence had well been re re- re warded My only regret was that It t wasn't being repeated again because I could have gone again and again Susan Ericksen did an outstanding outstanding outstanding out out- standing job In her lead role I even heard a comment that one Manti MahU man had seen this musical musical musical musi musi- cal on Broadway with a famous actress taking the role of Dolly His comment was that Susan had done as good a Job 1 if not dM s better than the professionals Other comments ranged from the fact that the show could be put on or the Broadway stage right now and no apologies would be needed One visiting educator from the University of Utah said that it t was better than anything he had seen at the ru e eWe We want to add our personal congratulations to Miss Ericksen Ericksen Ericksen Erick Erick- sen and to the entire cast of thespians musicians and technicians technicians technicians tech tech- who made the production production production tion such a success A special congratulations is in order to Joe Crane and Richard Richard Richard Rich Rich- ard Haslam for their work to obtain the rights to the play playas as aswell aswell well as their work with scenery and acting They are going to have a hard time topping this production in future years The girl on the bus was reading about birth and death statistics She turned to the theman theman theman man beside her and said Do you know that every time utne I breathe someone dies Very Interesting the theman theman theman man replied have you tried |