| Show s STAhLE By LARRY STAHLE A nearsighted man had been listening to some anglers boasting about the size of their catches As he left them and started to cross a field he spied a scarecrow with arms outspread Stopping before the dummy he exclaimed I q dont don't care what you say I dont don't believe it There never was a fish that long According to a report that I read Monday evening Sanpete County could stand in line Une to gain some fame along with witha a big population explosion If the story was true we will export our surplus around the world in almost every country In the world Before you rush right out and purchase all of the vacant land you can buy to speculate on this growth let me tell you the whole story In Monday nights night's edition of ot The Deseret News was a column written by Harry Jones This feature appears each night in the paper Mr tr Jones who bears a resemblance to ManU Mantl postmaster postmaster post post- postmaster master Kay R. R Peterson was going into great detail on the flu and its various names Mr Jones reports that he visits his family doctor who has told him much about the flu and how they name the various strains that hit the world each year This M. M D D. D who starts his treatment when you visit his office by rubbing your feet told Mr Jones In fun of course that the reason that last years year's epidemic was tabbed as the Hong Kong flu fluor fluor fluor or the Asian flu was because of how the bugs looked when you placed them under the mic mic- The friendly foot rubbing foot rubbing doctor said that when they first looked at the germ last year it was yellow In color and had pig tails taUs so was given the designation designation designation nation as having come from Hong Kong A slightly different bug ap appeared ap- ap under the microscope with much the same features with the only difference being that the slant-eyed slant bug was red In color Instead of yellow So his gang was designated as the Asian flu crew Mr Jones said that his doctor doctor doc doc- tor friend told him that because of the peace negotiations going on in Paris to end the Vietnam conflict the government would prefer that we dont don't tab this years year's epidemic after the people people peo peo- of ot Asia S The physician reported that he had made a visit to his microscope to check out this years year's flu bug and found out that it just didn't resemble last years year's Asian strain at all but had long hair and reminded remind remind- ed him of his shaggy nephew who lived in Sanpete County So they officially tabbed the 1970 outbreak as the Sanpete flu Since reading that bit of medical medical med med- ical information which will astound as astound astound as- as almost all doctors I have been looking around the county for some long-haired long individuals Individuals Individuals duals which might resemble the looks of ot the new germ After all It would be a public service to find the doctors doctor's nephew and print his picture so that everyone everyone everyone every every- one will be aware of what all of the 1970 flu bugs look like when one of them attacks them n After all of my checking I 1 have come to the conclusion that they were either related to the one hippie I saw passing through the area aea on Tuesday or there Is another Sanpete County somewhere else in this country After making several trips to Salt Lake City and one to California Call Cali fornia recently I think that the youth of this area are pretty good about keeping their locks sheared off If the doctor had seen a bug with gray hair orone or orone orone one that was bald we may have had a few more people they might resemble Sanpete does have Its share of retired people living in its communities I know that the whole thing was in fun tun but why do they al always always al- al always ways pick Sanpete as the most forsaken spot on earth and point all of their barbs that way I wouldn't trade this desolate spot for all of ot their mod places Opportunity has to knock but It is enough for temptation temptation temptation tion just to stand outside and whistle I noticed an article in th the e Church Section last Saturday that listed two Sanpete Count County y historical sites have been included In Included in- in eluded on the State Register a of f Historical Sites The first listed was the ManU Mantl i Temple and the second was the former Canute Peterson n home In Ephraim which ha has S recently been restored by Richard RIchard Rich RIch- ard and and Nadine Nibley We In Sanpete County have haw e so many historical landmarks landmark s that we hardly know where to begin when it comes to selecting selecting select ing the outstanding ones But Bu t h i j 1 c L. L l the Division of State History in Salt Lake City which makes the official designations has made an appeal to the residents of this area to submit the names and addresses of other historical cal buildings in the county Their address is East South Temple in Salt Lake City Tight shoes are the greatest greatest great great- greatest est blessing on earth They make you forget all your other troubles Speaking of historic landmarks landmarks landmarks land land- marks I was very much Im Impressed impressed impressed im- im pressed recently at the cleanup cleanup clean clean- cleanup up work that has been done at the old mill In Ephraim It almost looks like another place I dont don't know what plans are in store for the building in the future but I do know that the new owners have spent many hours in both raising the funds to pay off oft the building and go goIng go- go going Ing over possible uses for the historic structure Father of teen-age teen girl answering phone No iNo this Is not sugar-doll sugar this is o. daddy-o. It looks like it wont won't be too hard to make it to the state tournament at B BYU YU this year for the Class A hoop squads of ot the area If you are lucky enough to make It to the round robin In Region Seven four Class ClassA A teams from the Sanpete and Sevier Division will take part partin in the annual round robin All four will enter the state tournament to be held March 14 13 at BYU The hard part for one team will be to snare a berth in inthe inthe inthe the round robin The way that it is set up this year is for tor forthe forthe the first and second place units in the Sanpete Division and the first place team in the Sevier D Division i v Is ion g gain a I n slots inthe In Inthe inthe the round robin The final vacancy va vacancy vacancy va- va cancy will be filled when the third team In the Sanpete Division Division Divi Divi- Division sion challenges the second place team in the Sevier area to see who gains the slot Class A teams in the Sanpete Division are Manti ManU North Sanpete Sanpete Sanpete San San- pete and Juab Gunnison and Wasatch Academy Academy Academy Acad Acad- emy are both registered In the Class B ranks There will bean be bean bean an team eight-team round robin held in this area for the Class B schools with five of these teams gaining state tourney nods This state meet will be held March 7 6 at Cedar City A man was hauled Into court for support non-support of his wife and explained to the judge I was hoping her father would repossess her The reins of t the e Cattle and Wool growers Associations are in the hands of two Manti ManU men for the second time Early in December the Cattle Association selected Ned P P. P Madsen for his second term as president of that group Also getting his second assignment assignment as assignment as- as as head of the Utah was Lee Barton Its It's not often that one area can boast of having the presidents presidents presidents dents of two big state tate organizations organizations organizations In their midst The room was hushed the speaker mute Hed He'd left his speech In his other suit I have been somewhat surprised surprised surprised sur sur- this year over the small amount of interest that has been exhibited in the Sanpete County County County Coun Coun- ty delinquent tax list Each year the list is published publish publish- ed in a different paper in the county but always we have extra extra ex extra ex- ex tra copies So far this year we haven't had one single inquiry about the list wl which ch was published publIshed published pub pub- in the Mt Ml Pleasant Py Py- If you are Interested you had better stop in soon at the Messenger Messenger Mes Mes- or Enterprise office and obtain your copy or they will be thrown away |
