Show STAhLE LARRY A S A A UI t LARRY By 1 DY Wife I dreamed last night that you were the most generous generous generous gen gen- erous man In the world and had given me a bill bUI to buy some new dresses Surely you jou wouldn't do anything to alter that opinion Husband Certainly not just to show you Im I'm as generous generous generous gen gen- erous as you dreamed I am you can keep that hundred Last weekend we decided to steal away from work for an hour and steam up into the mountains We chose Twelve- Twelve Mile Canyon with PInchot Flat as our destination During the few moments that we had allowed ourselves on the July holiday we ate our first picnic lunch of the summer in the mountains Then we made madea a small fire in the grill area and roasted a few lows After Atter we had been there about a half hour a Forest Service truck drove up and out hopp h n Ranger Allred and his sidn- sidn 1 A- A kick Evan Lowry The next few moments I had hada a good chat with Mr Allred about the shape which the ManU Mantl Canyon road has been in this summer This was one of ot my topics last week in this column After discussing the matter for a few moments I suddenly realized that they felt that I IWas Iwas Iwas was blaming local Forest Service Service ice personnel for the condition of the road This was not my intention at all I hope that you understand that the meager amount of funds allocated to the Manti ManU Ranger District Is so meager that if you jOU were to put the whole sum sumin sumin sumin in the bank the interest would not hardly even buy a loaf loa of bread To complicate matters part of the revenue has to be used on erosion control sign maintenance maintenance maintenance main main- construction of new roads etc so by the time Ume you get to the grading part the meager rations have become very slender L La u. u The i J. ne citizens are also alSO aiso partly to blame for the condition of the canyon roads In Sanpete County I have heard several people openly brag that they were in one of the canyons in one of their wheel four drive rigs when the surface was wet They tell how they took the time to grind all four wheels deep into the earth to get moving moving moving ing In a hurry Their tracks then serve as excellent canals during the next storm getting a bit deeper each time Ume the water washes through them Ranger Allred told of a man who Just the day after the road was graded was caught ina in ina ina a situation where the roads were a bit wet and did his part to undo the grading work If we are really serious about upgrading our canyon roads whether they be in Ephraim ManU Manta or Gunnison we must appeal to the people who hold the purse strings We had all better sit down and wr write e the regional office of the Forest Service or our congressional delegation in Washington askIng asking asking ask ask- ing that funds be made available available available avail avail- able to keep the roads in the proper condition year old I aint never gonna get married year Seven-year-old Why year old Ive already al already already al- al ready lived too long with married people Quite often orten we receive no notification notification no- no that people who once lived In Sanpete have achieved fame through some endeavor Two such people b have be ve e been cited In the past few weeks for doing something many of ofus ofus ofus us would not do Way back in June Seth Madsen Madsen Madsen Mad- Mad sen son of Mr and Mrs Spencer Spencer Spencer Spen Spen- J. J Madsen of Manti ManU stopped on the highway near Little Rock Arkansas to help some people who were having car trouble The family that Seth helped were quick to send a letter to Seth's parents telling them how they felt feIt about their son and what he had done for them The letter read as follows HI Mr Madsen This Is the first time in my 50 years of living that I have written a letter of this nature Yes I was honored to meet your son Seth on the highway L on H P o u. u between Little i Rock nocK Ark ArK ana and Memphis Tenn My car had broken down and with me were my wife and five lve children age 11 through 3 years We were on our way to visit my sister in St. St Louis Mo Yes this was Sunday June 7 He picked me up drove me to a town about 25 miles away waited 25 minutes until I got a fuel pump for my car drove me back to my car and helped me put the pump on my ray car then followed me until I got well wellon on my way Mr Spencer all I can say is that you and your wife surely have given this country a fine tine fineman fineman man and I Just had to drop you a line Une to let you know that I am telling all my friends about your son and you too And believe me I am mentionIng mentioning mentioning mention mention- ing your name and Manti Mantl Utah What I am trying to say is that I wish the newspapers and TV stations would tell this coun coun- try about boys like Seth Instead in instead instead In- In stead of our sorry minority of hippies I am not too good with words on paper but God bless you both and I only hope that my five measure half halt way up to Seth Oray Gray G. G Rodrigue Port Arthur Texas Johnson returned to his na native native native na- na tive town after some years abroad Has he changed much asked one who had not yet seen him No but he thinks he has In what way He lIe persists in talking about what a fool he used to tobe be be I guess It about time to give another overdue long-overdue pat on the back I only wish I knew who to award the plaudits Way back on July the festivities in Manti ManU were more than keeping most of the citizenry of ManU Mantl Ephraim and Sterling busy A short time Ume before the fireworks fireworks fire lre- works display was to get underway underway underway under under- way you could see small faint fires appearing on the hillside to the east of Manti ManU As the night grew darker the small fires grew brighter It seems as though some IndIvidual in individual individual In- In who I dont don't know took the time Ume out of his busy schedule schedule schedule sched sched- ule to go up to the area where the M Is located on the east mountains arrange and light fires on the M. M Everyone seemed to be very impressed by this gesture Al Although Although Although Al- Al though I cant can't call this person by name I want to extend my personal thanks for a Job well done and hope that though i. i ie may wish to re remain main anonymous he ascends the hill ne next t July and lights the M. M |