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Show Blandin Prick iOc Published in the Interest of Blandingtandf the Surrounding Oil arid Mining Communities VOLUME 1 BLAND IMG, UTAH. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY NO., 7. 27, 1959 Area Leaders STATE AND LOCAL i Expound Their Problems LIGHTING PACT this area had better take notice or risk being in"Towns of of the Glen out cluded OFFICIALS SIGN Canyon the City of Blending State Road the finishing put Monday and the Utah Con-miss- ion to a cooperative agreement the that jrill mean ing Chamber of Commerce Presi- Installation 42 of street lights said ,here dent, Don Smith, Highway 47 within the City Lake recreation picture," Bland- touohes along Monday. This is 10 more units Smith had recently examined limits conGovernment plans for locating than had been previously numerous recreation areas, along sidered and will provide five for each! block between the shore of the yet to be form- lights A A W Cafe in the North part of ed Glen Canyon Lake and had town and the Clarenoe Rogers of 3 noted that all the recreation home in the south part The would be either spots planned speolfies that the Impossible or extremely diffi- agreement State will furoieh $14,500 cult to reach from this area. toward purchase of material "When the dam is completed the The oost and installation resulting 175 mile long lake an enormous tourist attraction but it will mean nothing to our economy unless some of the development is located for use from this side." He said that there are a number of locations along this side of the river that offer superb recreational possibilities and will F,B,I, Special Agent Jones demonstrates finger print lifting to local officers , Excluding the unknown officer hidden behind Mr, Jones are left to right: Ray McAllister , Arthur Deputy Sheriff ; Roy Mikesell and Here Marshalls ; Adair f Night Blanding Chief of Police, and recommended united the towns of this obtaining Government F.B.I. discuss : Evidence, Crine Officers Study Soene Problems, and Agent Jones pointed Enforcement Methods burglary of all this , is the nost The Rirglary out that talking common Juveniles In Blanding yesterday the before engineer Arland The The sub- Esklund will engineering the projeot assist in The new by Montioello was agreement under a similar President a group of Something's meeting was instigated by Cortez Chamber of Commerce as the meetings State Traffio Resident Engineer, acting Kemph, of Commerce men from Cortez, Konticello and Blanding. among if Utah in the Representing agreement were Jim West, Dis-trl- ck and Willard Engineer Chamber ject for study was: Principles the Eastern Utah of testifying in court, frauduPolice Offioers Association net and to study enforeenent and inves- lent oheck investigation, Mr week members of Chamber additional material required, any is to be a city expense fixtures will be steel area toward pole units resembling olosely consider- those installed last year in efforts ation. law enforcement problems, especially v Wednesday and Thursday of Cahoon9 Ray be . Cooking About Gas third in a series of tiiat organization is holding with Chambers neighboring towns; of its be Natural gas for Blanding may in the offing, aooording to traffic Bud Nielson tigation policies This group Jones said.investigation City. Reoordor, that each year bad Wayne Denny, a member of the inoludes looal city officers, 535 Cortez delegation and also a Officials of the Rooky Mountain State Highway Patrolnen, Sheriff cheeks represent aa loss of Gas Company, whleh is US to million dollars member of the Colorado State 'Natural year and and a deputies, gone wardens, on to Forest Servioe and Park Service businessmen Edgar quote FBI Chief, J personnel and employees Hoover as saying, "Only when the Meeting in Moab Wednesday, the work of cheek passing beoomes oup heard Speoial Agent, Ralph CONT'D COL. 1 PAGE 8 Salt Lake City, of the 5 He went commission Highway gas utility establishing tdld the ;now Deve made un- -. ;at have Creek, state had group that his scheduled completion of Colorado State La Highway Junta and said that No. No 10 between Walsenburg. He offioial trips operation here te Blending studying the feasibility of an The Cempany claims to have a reserve within although ' miles of Blanding sufflolent from the te supply the town for 10 years attrac- 10, considerable distance 4 corners would make it Gas from this source, they US 50 to V'i'T'''' of for tourists tive oan be piped to Blanding J leave that highway at La Junta state, with relatively small investment and get on US 160 at Walsenburg and that the product .rJ which will substantially in- jin pipe this field oan be purohasod 'N crease the travel on the latter jfrom a at price substantially below route. east of gas purchased from the He said that Cortez had Paeiflo ' 3 Northwest Pipeline advocated a road down MoElmo Company Creek and aoross the Aneth area oost of the works to Bluff, Mexican Hat and is Installation estimated at $300,000 and as Kayenta long before the oil dissuch would beoome the olty's covery and that it still would biggest taxpayer like to see such a road built Mountain Natural Gas, Rooky ' Joe Norton, Montioello Chamber 1 Colorado oerpera-ti- on Company President, made a strong plea headed Brnest A for renewed efforts to prevent If it moves byte Blanding Porter it will Montioello ask the olosing of the 25 a for year He Uranium. Mill said his franchise City town's economy was almost solely The City Council has instruct"ohvoont ini ed operation ed dependent its recorder to arrange an r V4.' ' orof the his that ' faeility, V' offioial with the meeting ganization had found no sound company to soo what, if anyreasons for the' pending shutthing, is to be demo down other than politics' Ho recommended more He stated that a large amount two towns Charles Searle, are above of the mill payroll was spent In letters to senators and AREA LEADERS, Don and Monticellof and to anyone else Blanding and Cortez and that the COrtesf Joe Norton, who oould shutdown would be a severe setpossibly have any President of Smith, Blanding. Eqoh Commerce. back to the retail stores of the CCMT'D C0L 3 Paca'$ 7-- . A f . 1 . ii , V.. f . v. . 4 s' 'J ' .. s repre-sentatl- vts is his home town Chamber of 1 |