Allen's Alley
These days everything is tipsy-
turvy or helter-skelter.
Contrast this with other days
when time slipped past unhur-
riedly and you awoke in the
morning assured that everything
was in its proper orbit.
Of course, the fact that I was
a kid in the - as they say - good
old days, makes all the difference
in the world.
Now, time is $-rantic, ways are
changing and we adjust to newer
ways. Some people fail to ad-
just and fall by the wayside.
Problems these days seem
enormous and fi;e paths to their
solutions are fraught with pit-
falls. Indeed, some of the ques-
tions loom so laregly upon our
world, there is despair over there
ever being solved. These prob-
lems involve us all, they affect
us all, and no*. all of us can
be satisfied.
Frail men of flesh and blood
must come up with the answers
to these massive questions.
There are grave questions such
as:
When the energy runs out
where do we get
Is it criminal for man to dig
coal out of the ground?
Are we preserving too much
land in a wild condition for the
benefit of only a few people
who will ever see or use it?
Is there such a thing as last-
ing peace for everyone or is it
only a mirage on a dusty des-
eat?
Can man look beyond his nose
and eventually travel among the
stars? Or is he doomed here on
Earth, just another piddling little
colony of bugs waiting to be
squashed underfoot?
O~airdy big questions, aren't
they?
But how about such mundane
questions as making a living,
residing in peace and quiet, and
enjoying a certain well-deserved
and needed serenity?
Equally big questions, aren't
they?
It's all in how you look at mat-
ters. The big questions and the
nagging li*tle problems - all must
be solved and men and women
o differing abilities will solve
them - in one fashion or anoth-
er.
Some of my ttnnato plants have
been nibbled to shreds - indeed,
only the stalk remained. There
were the prints of deer in the
garden and presto - it appeared
logical that deez had eaten my
tomatoes,
This is a grave matter.
My first inclination was to
shrug and ignore it.
My second thought was to sue
the Wyoming Game and Fish
Department for deer damage.
My third thought was - ah, the
hell with it. Bu¢ I'll find the an-
swer one of these days.
After all, I'm frail and I'm
flesh and blood.
Or was that skin and bones?
Except for a late afternoon rain,
the weather cooperated with
warmth aad sunshine ,Saturday
am the Sundanee Commercial
Club staged a successful Crazy
Day promotion. Most business-
men participating reported a suc-
cessfifl promotion.
In the top picture, a customer
over tim wares at tim Jack
amd Jill Shops sidewalk display
t
under the gaze of three amply
padded sales clerks.
The three Crazy Day beauties
are, left to right, Jean Jones, a
stray from tim Model Grocery,
and Emma Lou Barnes and
Grace Nussbaum ~ the Jack
aml Jill Shop.
In the bottom shot, CUStomers
browse through the display on
the sidewalk in from of The
Proposed County
Budgets Studied
A proposed general county bud-
get totaling $479,.567.90 was con-
sidered here June 13 by the
Board d Courrty Commissioners.
The final budget fro" 1975-76 will
be approved next month.
Last yem"s general county bud-
get was $456,351.50, including a
Sso,0oo cash reserve fund.
Items in the proposed general
budget are: commissioners - $14,-
500; treasttrer. $27,848.40~ sher-
iff - $37,993.50; coroner - $880;
district court - $28,250; water
~ssioner - $650; health of-
- $800; courthouse and jail -
$24,800; clerk - $30,200; assessor-
$~,6$5; attorney- $17,600; agri-
catlan-e ~t - $14#00; Jus-
"rice Cou~ - $8,050; election - $7,-
300; misc.e21anetms - $41,641;
and bridge - $148,400; cash
a,e~awe . $50,000.
The proposed budget estimates
cash and revenue at $314,054 leav-
ing $165,513.90 to be raised by
taxes.
Otl~w IrrOl~ed budgets for
various co~aty groups were:
County fair - $18,301; county
hospital - $495,821; library - $32,-
905; recreation board $65,070;
historical society and museum -
$15,550; and weea and pest dist-
rict - $110,210.
Slmdanee Cub Scouts Hold
Smnmer Picnic on Smaday
Six Sundance Cub Scotrts re-
ceived the Arro~ of Light award
Sunday dltd'ng the pack's sum-
men" picr~ at Lake Cook. The
award is the highest ia Cub Scout
can e.am and is ,the restttt Of a
yeaa" of work.
The awards picnic had a "ho-
bo" theme and was under the
3-C's. Fortunately, the film was
not large enough to show the
footwear worn by salosgal Peggy
Jensen. '
Commercial Club vice president
Gtadys Ware, who along with
Mildred Durfee planned the pro.
motien, extenoed the club's
thanks and appreciation to every-
me who helped make the pro-
motiou suecesstul.
di, reclion of Dipper Brunson, loc-
al den leader. Richard Cramer
is Cubmaster while John Mooney
is the Webelos leader.
Receiving the high award were
Larry Jensen, Jimmy Long, Glen
Moeney, Jim Butts, Rodney
Stagemeyer and Kenny Morris.
Assisting with the award presen-
tation were Wally Elwonger,
council representative; and How-
ard Wenberg, Scout executive.
Senior Women's
Golf Meet Set
Casper's. Paradise Valley Golf
Club will be the site of the Wy-
oming Senior Women's Golf As-
sociation tournament July 10-12.
re~gece~stration a n d practice
will be held July 10 with
the qualifying rotmd Friday and
the final 18 holes on July 12. Mrs.
Helen Fair, Casper, the defend-
hag champion, will be back to de-
fend her title. ,
Wyoming women who will be.
50 by Dec. 31, 1975 are eligible to
compete in the tourney provid-
ing ltaey are members of the as-
svciation. Imerested women
golfers can comact Mrs. Vern
Kuisely, Box 660, Dopuglas, Wyo.
D
Driver Badly Injured
As Diesel R,g Crashes
A rash of accidents on county
highways over the weekend kept
State Highway Patrolman Bill
Wright busy as he investigated
four accidents.
Most serious accident occurred
on Wyoming 24, four miles east
of Alad~h Sunday afternoon,
where the driver of a tractor-
trailer rig was seriously injm'ed.
Wright said Roe B. Ring, 47,
Salt Lake City, Utah, was the
driver of a 1973 International
truck tractor, owned by Garrett
Freight Lines. Jim Russell, 50,
also of Salt Lake City, was the
co-driver.
The rig was eastbound when
it went off. the right shoulder
and over a bank with .the truck
and trailer rolling ~ree-fourths
of a turn. Russell was thrown
from the cab and suffered minor
injuries.
However, Ring was trapped in
the cab of the truck. Wright said
the Stmdance-Crook County am-
bulance and a f~re truck also an-
swered the call. The roof of the
truck cab was cut open in order
to ~ree Ring.
Ring rv.ceived a broken arm
and leg, a broken vertebra in his
back and head injuries. Both
men were taken by the ambul-
ance to .the Belle Fourche Hos-
pital and were later transferred
to a Rapid City hospital.
Russell was released after an
overnight stay but Ring remains
hospitalized.
A Moorcroft youth was cited
into court following a Saturday
accident near the west 1-90 in-
terchartge ~t Moorcroft. The 12:-
30 p.m. accident irrvolved cars
driven by Colleem Marl 27, Bil-
lings, Mont., ~ Clinton D.
Reynolds, 17, Moorcroft.
Wright said Reynolds was west-
bound on the old 14-16 highway
and was making a fight ,turn on-
to the 1-90 service road. It was
raining heavily at .the time and
the patrolman said the Reynolds
c_&r slid i~to the other lane of
the service road and struck the
Marr car.
The Malt cm was stopped at
a stop sign waiting to turn onto
the old US 14-J6 highway. There
were no injuries but both ve-
hicles received major damage.
There were three passengers in
the Mart car.
Wright said Reynolds was cited
into Justice Court. for speed too
fast for conditions and for im-
proper driver's license.
Two other accidertts occurred
Monday, both west of Sundance
on 1-90. There were no severe
injuries.
The first accident came at 12:-
05 p.m., 21 miles west of Sun-
dance and involved a 1974 GMC
pickup driven by James Shulze,
16, Newcastle. He was pulling
a trailer owned by Frazier
Amusements, Phoenix, Ariz.
Wright said the eastbound ve-
hicle were off the right shoulder
and rolled ~ a turn into a
drainage ditch. Extensive dmn-
age was caused to the pickup but
the .trailer broke loose and did
not overturn.
Monday's final accidertt came
at 5:55 p.m., 1S miles west of
Sundance. David Clernerrts,
Wall, S. D., was eastbotmd when
his 1971 Plymouth werrt off the
right shoulder and into a drain-
age ditch.
Clements received b r u i s e s
about file head and his car re-
ceived major damage.
BH Round-Up.
Features Evemng
Shows This Year
Breaking long tradition,, the an-
num Black Hills Round-Up this
year will be a two-day celebra"
tion, instead of three, and for
,the first time will feature two
lighted, night-time rodeos.
Wlmt was started in 1918 as a
Red Cross benefit will, in 1975,
include an evening performance
July 3, an a~maoon Fourth of
July performance and a final
evening program the same daY;
All standard RCA.-approvea
events will be run off durin~ the
three-hour shows, including bare-
back and saddle bronc riding,
calf roping, steer wrestling and
Brahma bull riding. Winners watt
draw their prize money from ov-
er $7,500 m purses and addea
entry fees.
Another femure of the event
will be ,the crowning o~the new
Miss Rodeo South Dakota.
The Belle Fourche Cowboy
Band will lead a mile-long West°
ern parade the morning of the
Four~.
