Show since we must prepare copy for foi each weekly issue somewhat in adv vance of publication we naturally mention things of the as we write and at this particular moment of time we are witness to one of the worst storms ever experienced during our three years of living on this desert we have seen many evidences of the fury of the wind and we have enjoyed many snow storms and been thru many experiences of travel during the winter months which brought realization of what the elements can do when they are stirred up but each time the storm period was of short duration and within a day or so the sun would shine and all evi bonce of such storm would vanish now we are arc conar anted with such an extended period of storm of such intensity that it seems as if we may mav not dip dig ourselves out within a week that is Y up at this end of our camp and we are told that in each section there it ia the same condition in spots warre chime the snow has piled up and tride mode the file bradway impassable or where it has centered itself in some loleet d pot as around this our ilace 0 abode it has stormed almost continuously since christmas day and imagine our surprise to be stormbound storm bound since that too is a new experience for us our men anken folk however brave the weather ond end our work is going forward at the record office as well although the travel is slow even on the highway and within this three mile area it is necessary to literally shovel a path ahead of any car that attempts to gain the highway so do we give you a picture of this location in the midst of a prolonged period of storm one that is beautiful ful to watch front from indoors b rit ba A not so pleasant to be out in while the wind blows and the snow either drifts from where it has fallen during previous days or a new pile is being sent from the heavens during the final days of the old year we have tried to make reply to many personal notes which called for similar form of correspondence although 1 there a are re still some to whom we would like to write if the days contained more hours than they do Ns As it is we are working from long before daylight until dark since our work also includes much writing of another form and the preparation of the next supplement which is now ready for the press As we have mentioned before that it will be issued on the third thursday of each month and will take new form in some respects altho we shall continue the form of nies message sage we have sent over a period of man many Y months to eive our readers a general idea of our progress in a material tense dense of speaking as well as in regard to our spiritual development we remind you that a request for this new form of supplement will be appreciate dand while there is no e extra X cost to you for each monthly issue we are grateful to our friends who send occasional or love offerings to cover the cost of and mailing and when they ask for additional dit ional copies as so often happens we are more than ever convinced fifthe of ahe need to be giving thought to the mysteries of life especially when so much of of adverse nature is in pro firss now and which will continue to gain in force and with rith w greater speed as we advance in the coming year I 1 Is it not also something to think about when fine and noble characters like many who have passed out of life during the past beare ARE taken so suddenly from our midst and is it not something to consider that there are so many promises made anade by our government to bring relief to those who are without adv mt cleans ans of support but which requires so EO much red tapo tape to execute and that in the meanwhile the suffering increases and the very ones who are in need and may be worthy of help are often the very ones who are overlooked we know whereof we speak since over a period of some seven years we have been witness to the growing perplexities of life and the u unfair division of the so called cd good things of life whereby those who live purely material lives seem to prosper and those who are arc struggling to understand why they are downtrodden down trodden suffer because they may be unable to compete with the materialistic problems of today or because they may be among those who are follow j ing some ionic form of spiritual teach ing which requires of them to sac i in every conceivable way in order to promote the work they are engaged in doing I 1 these are arc thoughts to ponder on as wo we move forward in this new year and nd because we do understand the reasons thereof we are striving to help those who may not understand such is the purpose for which we live and while it may entail Ise cuir ing sacrifice for another short period of time we know that we are happier by far than those who live only y in a material way and who seem to be giving no thought to the future lin a spiritual sense of reckoning |