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Show 07&zSzk$uzk IRecard THE OFFICIAL PAPER OF SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH JAMES P. HEAL - General Manager WALTER V. BEESLEY - Editor Published Every Thursday at Monticello, Utah Entered at the Post Office at Monticello, Utah, as second class matter under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. EDITORIALS whether temporary or permanent, should evince a genuine interest in a public meeting called for Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the San Juan county courthouse by the county recreation board. Residents So lets come out of that deep sleep and look alive, awaken to reality and be visionary enough to plan and go ahead to a future that is ours for the taking. CAUSE AND EFFECT fyCmmntW HUMAN Lets get together! Polio Picture Changes With the introduction of the Salk vaccine the polio picture in this country has undergone a radical change. Since this change has a bearing on the health of your entire family, you ought to know by James W. Douthat It is clear WASHINGTON CARELESSNESS ( that Congressional forces seeking to cut appropriations and to pre- about it. Let's Get Together of Monticello, The problem of obtaining proper recreational facilities for the community will be discussed, with the immediate construction of the Monticello swimming pool receiving primary consideration. little known fact that the county recreation board, legally constituted according to the laws of the state as it must be in order to function, has been laying the groundwork for the swimming pool To the average citizen, such a project has been discussed for some three years but public apathy toward a fund drive bogged down to the extent that the swimming pool was all but forgotten. That is, it was forgotten by nearly everyone but those whose interest in the project was far more It THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1957 THE SAN JUAN RECORD PAGE TWO is a long-awaite- d deep-seate- Negotiations progressed slowly, mainly because of delayed approval of the project by the state board of health. That hurdle now has been cleared, the contract let and preliminary work already has started on the pool. These are the first concrete steps to be taken but considerably much more effort on the part of the citizenry as a whole is necessary before the whole program designed for the benefit of the entire community will begin to take shape. It is a sad commentary on a community with such a potential for growth as Monticello has, that its citizenry sits idly by while a program which could mean so much to it dies on the vine for lack of interest and enthusiasm, not to mention material long-rang- e aid. No one can deny the necessity for a sound recreational setup with varied facilities to accommodate both the young and the old. It is as reasonable to expect of a community that it provide for the activities of its citizens as it is to provide workshops. And it is reasonable to assume that if these activities, or the means to promote them, are lacking, they will be sought elsewhere. extra-curricul- ar Of prime importance to any family planning to move to a new area is the kind and extent of the areas recreational attractions. Children cannot be left entirely to shift for themselves when it comes to making something of their spare time. Adults themselves enjoy relaxation from their daily routine of making a living. The only solution to this highly important problem, then, is development of a recreation program to fit the needs not only of those who reside here at the present time but of those who eventually will arrive to blend themselves into the community life of a Monticello which could, with a little drive, become one of the most prosperous and thriving cities of the state. It was stated only recently by an eastern congressman that with the oil and uranium potential which the Four Corners area possesses, it could eventually make a new state of Utah. But potential has to be developed. That the oil and mineral resources of the area will be developed is certain. Whether Monticello, which is as logical a choice for the capital of the territory as any other community, becomes that capital, is problematical. and ignored if those Certainly it will be who could help make it so assume an attitude of lethargy and let opportunity slip by. To make Monticello more than a mapmakers inkspot is not the concern of an individual, a committee or a club. It must be the concern of everyone to boost, to support, to cooperate and bring Monticello to the status of a city in Utah unequalled, or at least unsurpassed, for opportunities. If Monticello fails in its obvious duty to progress, it will merely join hundreds of other communities throughout the nation whose opportunity to flourish was lost for lack of enthusiasm and enterprise on the part of its citizens. To merely exist in a community which neither attracts nor absorbs new life and industry is to exist for nothing at all. But to be part of a city which can be proud of its accomplishments and justify its existence is something for which we should all strive. A good start in the right and only direction could be made Friday night with an enthusiastic turnout of those who feel they should be an integral part of a city which will, perhaps within the next few years, takes its rightful place as a clean, beautiful, energetic and delightful place in which to live. With completion of the highway south through Monticello a new avenue to prosperity will be opened. Whether that prosperity rubs off on Monticello depends upon the attraction that is here for ir. Heres what has happened in the past few years: Children from five to nine years old used to be one of the largest group of victims. In 1952 cases. they accounted for 24 per cent of all paralytic been have By now most of these school youngsters vaccinated and the proportion of cases among them is declining. In 1956 it dropped to 16 per cent of all cases. Thats the bright side of the polio picture. Of course, with a decline in one age group, New-Fai- d there has been a corresponding rise in percentages among other age groups not yet protected by Salk vaccine. Take youngsters under five years 1952 In instance. for old, they comprised 29 per 1956 the proportion had cases. In cent of paralytic climbed to 39 per cent. Infants one and two years old had the highest percentage of alL Thats why polio authorities like the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis urge that they be first on the pre-scho- vaccination list. The next most vulnerable group in the new polio picture are teenagers and young adults from 15 to 40 years. In 1952 they comprised 33 per cent of paralytic cases. In 1956 the percentage was 34 per cent. Since polio paralysis is especially disastrous to wage earners in a family, they need protection urgently. Think these figures over. If your school-ag- e children have been vaccinated, thats fine. But dont forget the other members under 40 in your family, starting with the baby. Who Should Pay? Throughout the country, efforts are period! cally made to increase the legal load limits of the huge commercial trucks. That happened this year in Texas. It caused the Austin Statesman to point out a highway can that according to authorities, be built for about $40,000 a mile for normal passenger traffic, while the same highway costs around $60,000 a mile for the present load limits; and would cost somewhere around $75,000 a mile to build heavy enough for the proposed increase in the weight limit. A legitimate question for citizens, taxpayers and legislators is: If that sort of highways are to be built, who should pay the added cost: That question gets more potent all the time dollar new federal in the light of the multi-billio- n "... approhighway program, and the priations the states are called upon to provide for both building and maintaining roads. The principle involved is not confined to trucks and highways. Large sums must be spent, in the interest of safety, on improving control of the nation's airways. The expanded control is made necessary, in large part, by the growth of commercial air travel. It is certainly reasonable to say that the airlines should pay their fair share of the bill. This is not a matter of penalizing the truckers ever-increasi- or the airlines or any other enterprise. It is simply a matter of relieving the general taxpayer of some special costs which have been brought about by the transport agencies in question. In the Lighter Vein 1 TEA TIME When Somerset Maughn was escaping with 350 other refugees from the South of France in 40, on board a small coal ship, the vessel was spotted in the Atlantic by an enemy submarine. "It did not attack us, he says. "But as everybody stood on deck expecting the worst, a very English butler approached the woman I was with and said: "Mlady will you have tea now, or wait until the excitement is over. ILL BET HE GOT IT Im writing a telephone directory, may I have your phone number? FIFTY-FIFT- A bride of a few days noticed that her husband was in the dumps. she pleaded, 1 know something "Darling, is bothering you and I want you to tell me what it is. After all, your worries are not' just your worries now theyre our worries. "Well," said the husband, "weve just had a and shes suing us letter from a girl in Chicago for breach of promise. SHE'S GOT A POINT THERE Mike Levine, the dress tycoon, tells of the elderly lady who went to one of those doctors wearing falsies on her feet. He said, "Whats the idea of wearing falsies on your feet? She replied, "At than my age, Id rather be flat-chest- The Old Settler "I REMEMBER 8YTH0U TIMERS ." . . . By Albert R. Lyman any cost the call of love? It is a From A. E. Sapp, Glen Elder, call to the unscrutable susceptiKansas: I wonder how many can bilities of the soul. So we gaze remember the old horsepower at those alluring shapes, content threshing machine that was powto be feeding some deep appetite ered by 12 horses. The crew was of our souls, without bothering to passed. men four or three of Bills authorizing future spendcomposed explain why. and 8 horses. The farmer furprograms amounting to. biling We simply must go there; we lions of dolars also confront Connished four horses. cannot resist the lure. So we step gress for decision, before adjournEach feeder fed 50 bushels then on the gas, looking eagerly from ment. had a rest There were four or five hitchers and two band cutters and every hilltop at the beckoning An early test of strength is exfrom 1 to 7 men on the straw pile. horizon. And behold when we ar- pected on the bill authorizing apI helped thresh in a bam the day rive, the enchantment is there! propriations of $1,500,000,000 over I was 16 years old. I ran that maThe wondrous forms tower in a r period as grants to chine for my father for five Falls, awesome majesty above us. We states for aid in construction of then the steam engine came and I gaze up at their solemn dignity schools. tended separators for years. My My dear San Juaners: of the ages and have a great imCommittee Divided last was in 1920. It was a 36 x 60. surely is considered The House Education and LaIt that pulse to sing or to pray generally But the threshing machine has distance lends enchantment to to say or do something in recog- bor Committee, which reported had its day. Its all combine now. the view, and it is also conceded nition and praise of their majesty. the bill, is divided. There is sharp We contemplate the maze of division in the House, also. From E. E. Meredith, Fairmont, that when you have toiled over the distance to the enchanted time through which they have Foes of an expanding governW. Va.: I remember, but do you: place, the enchantment has some- braved the ravages of storm and ment contend that authorization 'When hard times were not digniwould how disappeared, although it may wind and cold and frost, since of federal fied by the name of depression." seem to be visible in a distance the years when the ocean waves be followed by other programs of When a chain attached to the gate all tending to still remote. This is not so with slowly withdrew from giving the same nature and to a stake some distance away carried a weight in the middle Monument Valley. From our them their shape and lapping increase power of the federal which pulled the gate shut. splendid elevation here at the their walls with a long farewell. government and destroy that of When everyone was quoting Consouth foot of the Blue Mountain, And after the cold caresses of state and local governments. fucius. we look down to the hazy distance briny waves, the hot winds of the Federal aid to depressed areas and are held desert with a little different style also involves a huge, future spenin the south-wesby the positive enchantment of of art began shaping such won- ding program and expansion of those eternal sentinels rising in ders as The Suns Eye and the federal power.. Under this proposal, the federal majesty from the level floor of Winds Ear through which the the spacious valley. breezes still whistle or moan in government would provide in grants and loans to They beckon us to come. Why triumphant exultation of their build factory and community facome? What is the attraction? As achievement. well ask, why do we answer at The gentle zephyrs of spring; cilities to aid in attracting busiPRENTISS, MISS., HEADand the wild fury of winter sing ness and industry to provide jobs. LIGHT: Our forefathers knew Expansion Seen weird songs through the Winds the blessing of planting at seed- FACTS FIGURES Ear, songs which are entrancing, Significantly, some of the strontime, reaping at harvest time though not to be interpreted in gest supporters of this program without government restriction, our conventional terms of under- say it is but a pilot project and the joy of deserved repose and that federal expenditures The whale, though a descendant standing. after hard and satisfying labor. of land animals that were hairy And into the great shaft of light would have to he greatly expanhas a. naked skin which pours from The Suns Eye, ded in the future. They lived by Gods command of and The new foreign aid program six days shalt thou labor, and except for a few scattered hairs a round hole in the sandstone be cut one billion under the, looked only to God and their own on the head. The only trace of hind roof of the may the Navajo big cave, limbs are a few tiny bones hidden maiden drives her little flock of original presidential request beefforts to provide their needs. at the base of its powerful taiL fore final Congressional action is sheep, and looks up adoringly at what she loves, with no concern completed. ST. JOHN, KAN., NEWS: Not More than 2,209 miles of highThe original proposal of $4.4 as to why. And under The Suns manonly is conservation of soil was modified by President speed expressways have been built billion but so is Eye, as if by infinite and kindly Eisenhower to $3.8 billion datory today in the United States since 1951. after a a is cooling of the soil. We have dissipated provided design, burnto the as sweet relief away this priceless heritage to Ermine, prized for centuries as spring Initial action in the Senate cut the point that there isnt enough royal raiment, is actually the win- ing desert all around. $227 million from this figure. But left to permit us the luxury of our ter coat of weasels, which turned Old ocean, as it rushed back the bill faces other tests in Confrom brown in summer to pure and forth with its powerful tides, gress. past wasteful ways. white in snow season, except for eating away its precipitous shores ends of their tails. with seemingly no design, yet set PIMONTANA, WHITEFISH, apart certain areas, large and LOT: Reliable information shows small, around which it reached to this: Uncle Sams biggest source .w lost Being Human join behind them, leaving them of revenue is the individual infirst as islands and then as towcome tax 33 billion dollars a reservations, some of them ering And remember whether year. you walls on every side, up with dizzy or not, we every-daup and down which no animal could climb. We the street citizens pay the big gaze up with wonder from the end of it. (Oh yes we do). Sure sand below at those forbidden the rich are soaked, but there Where never man hath regions simply arent enough of them. trod nor placed his feet, where Rev. R. H. Harper nothing but the weary vulture ENVT DEMO-CRA: CORTLAND, N. Y., rests. A beautiful Siamese cat lay lanDont shoot a government It is a wonderland; a region guidly en a shed roof in the back man until you can see the whites where the enchantment is posi- yard, enjoying the late afternoon of his crop control papers. That tive, even though it cannot be sunlight, when all at once the cat just about sums up the attitude We lose account of roused te instant activity. A little explained. of todays poultry farmers who time as we try to think in terms nondescript bad run across the are running family-sizelayouts. of its unaccountable existence. We yard and disappeared under an Like the embattled farmers of have no urge to hurry away, we azalea bush. The Siamese man1776, they want no part of govwant to linger. We want to view aged to get down quickly from ernment meddling. it as the dawn spreads over it the roof and soon 'two cats shot the azalea bush. Why did LETS 7146 after the solemn night; we want out from little ugly cat rouse the Siamto gaze at the sunset over the the GREENVILLE, S. C., OBSERese to suck fury? VER: It is rather interesting to bewitching horizon. A man in an ancient court held note that John C. Calhoun, the With our thoughts and feelings high honor under the king. But tie great South Carolina statesman, gripped in wonder we come away told his wife that bis honors were has been selected as one of the eager to tell our friends about it, nothing as long as be saw Morde-ca- i five greatest United States Senabut behold we have no adequate sitting in the gate. Why did tors of all time. words. All that we can say, Go Haman feel such resentment and Mr. Calhoun was selected bethere; the enchantment is there. plan to exterminate Mordecai and cause of the valiant fight which The promise which it has radiated all his people? The world has been largely conhe put up in the Senate for the afar, is generously fulfilled. Go rights of the states. The noted expecting to find it, to receive it, cerned by events far the Middle South Carolinian must be conto get its wondrous message in East. Why does one race seem so against some other race? over in his grave your soul as something into bitter does stantly turning one country rouse itsell as he sees the rights of states which you can retreat from a Why when another country gains a thousand trivial worries. being usurped now. place on the sun? five-yea- t, GRASS ROOTS $325,-000,00- OPINION W four-legge- d, jet-blac- k EHH y i A sailor approached a dame and said, "Pardon me, vent undue expansion of the huge federal government must fight daily battles from now until the end of the session. This may be for a period of more than two months. The House has cut deeply in many of the appropriation bills which make up the $71.8 billion budget. But immediately appeals are made to the Senate for restoration. Unnecessary Fight r Deal Similarly, the into legislation seeking groups new proaugurate to such as grants-in-aigrams various for projects states wage an unceasing fight. Congressional economy leaders shows point out that pat history that pressure groups seeking to extract funds from the federal, treasury often have their greatest success in the hectic days which, Conprecede an adjournment of gress. They are hopeful that this year the situation will be reversed that businessmen and taxpayers degenerally will keep up such a this that spirit mand for economy will rule Congress- Reach for Goal The Senate is in. the midst of overtime sessions in an effort to. act upon the big appropriation bills before June 30. Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson, in charting the Senates course, said that it should, act upon one appropriation, bill each day during the latter part of June in order to reach the goal. The House also had major appropriation bills to dispose of. un-It has cut more than $4 billion, der the budget in those already d 3jr it' 0 |