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Show . Utah October 10, 1957 INDEPENDENT Page U , Sugar House, mighty Teevcc. And where did they congre-j-1 gate? Smack in the middle of the' international highway, of course, jits smooth pavement was so rest- - ful to the feet after a day of j clambering over stones or clods. And when the cowboy spurred his (horse in among the people there jwas such a satisfying clackey-t- y (clack as the animal's hooves struck the hard roadbed. The people shouted and waved to us as we slowly inched our way through their midst. "Darn!" David muttered be- -, tween his teeth. "Don't they know this is a highway?" "Relax, boy. Relax and enjoy it," I advised. "This is Mexico!" Mr. and Mrs. George W. Kit-chen gave a wedding breakfast! for their son, Richard Earl Kit-- ! chen and his bride, who was the former Patricia May Nebeker. The couple was united Wednesday morning at the Salt Lake Temple. Twenty-thre- e members of the par-ity were able to attend the break-Ifas- t. I TRAVELING I THROUGH ffifflCO With this issue of our paper, x we begin publication of the weekly! column, "Exploring Mexico," which is written by the well-- j known Utah "author, Joseph H.j : Weston. Address all communications to Joseph H. Weston, 170 "A" St., Salt Lake City, Utah. By Joseph II. Weston "Watch out! Those steers will, crash you!" My son, David, was driving the( family car on his first trip into Mexico and was preparing at 60 miles an hour to whiz past a group of white-face- d cattle that was half on, half off, the high-way. "Aw, they won't get in my way," he said, with the wisdom of an boy. Having toured these Sonora highways for several years, Ij knew better, and it occurred to me that I had only to wait a few more miles for enough tragic evi-dence to support the need for ex-treme caution. "Only taller and straighter,") put in the practical Steve. "They'd make good lumber." As a matter of fact, these oak trees of Sonora make good char-coal, too, and there's plenty of labor to cut them and to tend the kilns. A North American named Farnsworth, who makes his head-quarters at the De Anza Hotel in Hermosillo, makes a business of buying this good oak charcoal to ship to the United States, where it supplies the fuel for many a California - style backyard bar-becue pit. "What's that pile of stones?" excitedly asked my wife, Lou Jean, as she punched me between my shoulder blades. (She was rid-ing in the back seat surrounded by her three daughters.) We stopped for a closer look. There, on a dangerous curve of the road, just to one side of the pavement, was a pile of stones three feet high and five or six feet across, surmounted by a woo-den cross on which was an inscrip-tion in Spanish. "What's it say, Pop?" asked seven-year-ol- d Nancy. Being the old professor of the family, I kept my mouth shut while Ann, proud of the diligent study' she had given to the subject of Spanish for the previous year, eagerly translated for the others. "In memory of Jose and Lidia de Leon, who died on this spot in jan auto crash on 28 June, 1949 at the age of 31 and 36 years." j "Brrrr," said Martha, aged nine. "Let's get out of here!" After that, ihowever, it was Martha who first called our attention to each of the many roadside shrines we passed, j These shrines, some of which jare beautiful miniature gems of j architecture, or of sculpture, do Jnot always, like the first rude j cairn of stones we saw, comme-jiriorat- e an accident or death. 'Some are erected in fulfillment of a vow, or in thankfulness for some great favor done by the Vir-gin Mary, or one of the Saints recognized by the Roman Catho-lic Church, to which more than 90 per cent of the people of Mexico belong. I Although such places of outdoor Sure enough, within 15 minutes; we saw the still warm carcase of a cow lying on the highway shoulder at the end of a trail of blood, scorched tire marks and shattered headlamp glass. Sweat popped out on David's brow. After that, he kept a re-spectful distance from groups of horses, wild donkeys or cattle that wandered across the right of way. Most of Mexico, and this is es-pecially true of all its northern states, is one vast open range. In many respects, both in regard to occupations and to social and ec-onomic status, much of rural Mex-ico is almost identical to our own western states immediately after the Civil War. Their appetites whetted by tales T hari hrniiht hark from all of worship are common to most of the older Catholic countries, in none of these have I ever seen such a profusion of them as exists in Mexico, where almost every pro-minent feature of the landscape seems to be capped by a cross, or a cairn, or a "santo," even if it's only a rudely carved figure of the worshipper's patron. We found that the highway, wisely, avoided most towns by skirting around their edges. As we approached each of these, the road signs read "Cuidado con ," which freely translated means, "Be careful with the peo-ple." "Oh, NO!" exclaimed Ann, in mock - dramatic dismay. "Don't tell me people also wander onto my many trips into Mexico, my family, at least my wife and five ; of our nine children, were headed; v for the city of Hermosillo, capital ? of the Mexican state of Sonora, : to spend their vacation. We traveled the new internat-ional highway, a fine strip of j pavement that threads southward from Nogales, Arizona, along the! west coast of Mexico. Passing successively through the states of Sonora, Sinaloa and Nyarit, this! road, which had been open only a few years, beckons the North American tourist to such beauti-ful cities as modern Hermosillo, ancient Alamos, fantastic, Holly-wood - like Ciudad Obregon, and the exotic seaports and recreation centers of Guaymas, Mazatlan, San Bias and Acapulco. One branch of the road, turning inland, carries a continuous line of pavement to the beautiful uni-versity city of Guadalajara, and on to Mexico City itself, the very hub of the republic. Accustomed to the deserts of Arizona, my family was surpris-ed to see forests of giant oak trees " not far south of Nogales. Between these trees were great stretches of grassland, just beginning to turn green from effects of the first heavy deluge of the rainy season, which comes here in sum-mertime. "Why, these trees are almost like the oaks along the California coast above Los Angeles!" Ann exclaimed. the highway the way cattle do!" Dusk was dropping over the landscape as we neared the next town. It was the warm, vibrant dusk of a Mexican summer even-ing. Time for socializing in the rural community. The girls and women who had abandoned their kitchens and laundry boards and men and boys, in from their la-bors in the field or on the range, jsought the company of each oth-!e- r, and of all the others. It was a jgregarious, happy lot of humanity jwho found in their crowding to-gether the age-ol- d stimulation that we northers began to deny our-selves when we turned our backs upon each other, first in favor of the radio, and later for the al- - if l com-- Yl'.-i- ' v Ij) "-- aSW Of Beauty Is Only Skin Deep FASHIONS An integral part of Milady's costume her hat, should not be overlooked at this time of year, for she is never completely smart-ly dressed for street wear without one. At Keith O'Brien's and J.C. Penney's in .Sugar House, you may select just the hat to complete your new fall outfit. .Hat styles this fall are not changed much from last, and I promise you will be hard put to resist the creations shown in the rnillinery departments of these stores. Luscious fur felts in beau-tiful jewel tones with jewel or feather accents are beguilin. Par-ticularly good now, too, are the winter whites, and especially those little white fur models. The classic beret type is so good this year, and it has been given that new '57 fall look! Smart pill boxes and brimmed Fedoras and Bretons are waiting for your choice. Do see these now. When you try on your hat, don't make a final selection from a sit-ting down position. Do stand and see the effect of it with your height and proportions. Many a woman has wondered what was wrong about her hat after she got it home, if she only sat down while she tried it on. Remember to consider the same rules for your hat to your face and figure, as you do for your dress to your figure. jfllw Intermountain tt If 'nnr Electrical Association DRYER-A-DA- Y CONTEST OFFICIAL ENTRY BLANK Describe in 25 words or less: Why I want to own a new electric clothes dryer. TO BE FILLED IN BY DEALER My Firm , Street City : f-ft-y Signature - Brand .. Sand to Dryer Contest No entries received after Oct. 28, The Intermountain Electrical 1957 WILL BE CONSIDERED Association UP Annex Bldq. Salt Late CHv EACH ENTRY MUST BE SIGNED BY AN APPLIANCE DEALER CONTEST RULES Thirteen dryers will be awarded, one each week day be-ginning October 16th -- and ending November 1st. There will be a contest for each dryer and only these entries received at contest headquarters by midnight of the deadline date will be considered in that day's contest. A family may enter as many of the thirteen contests as they wish, but is limited to one entry for each day's con-- i test. Each entry must be made on an official entry blank either clipped from the newspaper or obtained from parti-cipating dealers, and validated. Entries may be validated at any of the stores carrying any of the dryers listed below. A family may win only one dryer. In case a dryer is purchased during the course of the contest, and prior tp . the announcement of their winning, a family will receive a $500 U.S. Savings Bond instead of the dryer. Entries will be judged by the Intermountain Electrical Association and decision of judges is final. In case of tie, duplicate prizes will be awarded. Dryers will be delivered but installation is not included. Mail entries to INTER-MOUNTAIN ELECTRICAL ASSOCIATION, 455 Union Pacific Annex Bldg., Salt Lake City 1, Utah. 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