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Show Universal Microfilming Box 2608 Salt lake, Ut. 84101 WKDNKSDAY, JULY 9, IIKLPKR. UTAII-472-5- 671 VOLUME 69 NUMBER i 1975 28 10c MJiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiii!!iiiiiiiiiii!iiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiniiiuMuiiiiimiiiiiii!iiniiiiiiii ir 1174 i X, m lr I i i i i i 1 I ' - t ' I - ' ri :-' ains option n nearby coal reserves 0 i Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) has obtained an option for the purchase of some 7,600 acres of coal reserves in Carbon County, according to PG&E Vice President John A. Sproul. The coal reserve, located U; 7 1 M i i Hr::'p,; 1 miles due approximately east of Helper, is estimated at 150 million tons', according to PG&E, and will be purchased from th 13 !l Island Creek Coal Company Kentucky if at of Lexington, I I 7vL f S s I - y il ' if ; jr " t i " n t " . . The body of 70 - year J. A i "7?r , J,2Z,.,i? JtJ t H Vim " lyw " ".4 1 ; , - " im.' - . ij J j ' - i I J I pioneer days; middle, left to right, metal sculptures "Busted Cinch" and of "The Hunter," wooden eagle mosaic; at left, "music box" with gold leaf ill ,u( jf raised characters. Sculptor Fred Voll outdoes himself with pioneer carving hand-carve- d bas-reli- ef "on-off- 50-ye- aoiiimnHiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiM This, of course, is not to mention his veritable museum of a home. "You ought to charge 50 cents admission to this place," Voll says friends have advised him. And they're probably right. Impossible to miss is the carved wood mosaic eagle on the front door. Unlike the bird found on the United States seal, Voll explained, this creature is ready to fight, with the arrows in his right talon and the branch in his left. The variation was just the result of an oversight, Voll said. Np symbolic meaning intended. e ceramic lamp bases decorate the home, as do a carved wood clock, several paintings and a set of metal sculptures, including a dinosaur with a spine made of a railroad speedometer cable. e Then there's the 'music box' a stereo console covered with gold leaf designs of ancient Egypt, an idea Voll said he got from a Life magazine spread on the moving of stone carvings to make way for the Aswan Dam. Voll's first carving was created in the kitchen, to the chagrin of Gladys, who, he said, "just about had a fit. But it didn't do any good." Now, he works in the basement with, in the case of his last project, a full mock-up- . "I won't make another," he claims, calling his carving "too much work." But there is some doubt about whether Fred Voll's career as a sculptor is really over when you consider his remarks about how nice it would be if Helper had its own Bicentennial insignia. Give him a day or two to recover. Hand-mad- hand-mad- recently-complete- d Unjustified, owners say Almon sam- ples. Drilling for the samples to highest grades available. Sproul said the coal would scheduled was begin this week. The coal to be purchased has a sulphur content of 0.5 percent by weight and can be used directly for generation of electricity or g converted to a synthetic natural cleaner-burnin- underground require mining, which would avoid stripping of caprock and surface vegetation. The "extensive" sampling studies this summer, he said. utility plans and drilling The shipping point for coal mined at the site would be Wellington, Heiner said, but he indicated it was likely that the rail lines would be extended from Wellington or Sunnyside to a point nearer the coal land should the drilling prove successful. The site can be reached by taking County Road 53 north from Wellington. I&M coal purchase set at 140 million tons American Electric Power, whose subsidiary, Indiana and Michigan Electric Co. (I&M), has Williams of whose boat on Scofield capsized Braztah CorReservoir June 23, floated purchased coal reserves poration's to the surface Sunday near Helper and Castle and was morning has estimated the Gate, discovered by a fisherman, reserves to total 140 million according to the Carbon County Sheriff's Department. Deputy Joe Ori said Paul Mancina of Price was The demolition of the fishing on the lake when he discovered the bloated remaining buildings at Castle Gate was completed body. Mancina then notified park ranger Craig Funk, late last week, according to who along with State Fish a spokesman for Braztah Game and officials, Corporation, the McCulloch Oil Co. subsidiary in charge retrieved the body. Williams was found about of the mining operation there. 15 feet from the point of Braztah officials are now Little Joe Cove, almost down in negotiations bogged and search where exactly and rescue teams had spent over the the a week seeking nearly Granger, gas. Claude Heiner, who sold the reserves to Island Creek in 1965, said the coal was "soft coking" or "semi-coking- " coal, one of the tons, according to a company spokesman. A report in the Wall Street Journal said I&M expects to receive 600,000 tons of coal this year, with output to rise to 6.5 million tons per year by 1982. In a more detailed ex of the new agreement, an American Electric Power spokesman said the original terms called for I&M to guarantee loans Braztah planned to planation make to finance mine development. The terms (See BRAZTAH, page 2) "They really raked the bottom of that thing," said Deputy Ori, but the body appeared free of marks from grappling hooks, and Ori said extremely muddy waters hampered divers' efforts to locate the victim. Rescue workers began dragging the reservoir in search of the body Tuesday, June 24, but suspended the search almost immediately when choppy waters capsized one of their boats, dumping two searchers into the cold water. Thursday, June 26, the Utah Highway Patrol reported that one of the divers, Lonnie Mayhew, 22, of Salt Lake City, was injured when a grappling hook caught his left arm. Mayhew was treated at Carbon Hospital and released. The search continued unsuccessfully through the following weekend, but was halted Monday, June 30, with officials stating that within several weeks the body would probably float to the surface. Williams' wife, Viola, first notified authorities on the afternoon of the outing when Williams failed to return from trolling on the lake. Later in the day, Williams' capsized boat, his hat and a life preserver were found on the lake. The aborted search was lead by the Carbon County Sheriff's Department, with the Carbon Jeep Patrol, East Carbon City Search and Rescue, Emery County Sheriff's Department and the Emery County Jeep Patrol assisting. maintenance of several city and private water lines through the Castle Gate area. the mine site, but council members and City Attorney Stanley Litizzette spurned Braztah Director of Engineering and Con- maintenance pact saying it was drawn too much in the company's favor. Revised versions of the relocation and maintenance agreements are expected to be presented to the council in the near future. struction Lou Roth told the Helper City Council at its last meeting June 26 that relocation of the line" was essential for the firm's proposed construction at Braztah's proposed 17 it- W .1 A 4 I i Gas price increase hits Helper Helper service station Carlson of the Helper owners have passed along Service Center. He said the increase was "absolutely to the consumer the 1.4 to but gasoline price increase not" justified, oil that the the bemoaned fact them by given companies last week, but people seem to "just let it not without some angry go, let it go, let it go." words for the suppliers. Carlson said his profit "I don't know if it's margin was 10 cents per justified," said Paul Cook, gallon when gas was going owner of the for 29.9, and now, with gas instation, "but the oil com- at 54.9 (after a crease from Phillips 06), he panies seem to be controlling the world. The little only makes 7 cents a gallon. guys don't have a chance." "It's a disgrace," he said, Cook said he received a blame on increase from the putting theofficials government taking refinery, causing his price s from oil comto go from 51.9 to 54.9 cents panies. per gallon of regular. Carlson also noted that class people "Working are going to have to decide when the price of foreign oil to fight it," said One goes up, even dealers in the Gas-O-Ra- nt pay-off- old body. Spry and smiling, at 78 Fred Voll of Helper began creating paintings and other art works some 68 year ago, but now, even he admits he's outdone himself. His latest project is a depicting Utah pioneer days, which took eight " work to complete. The months of "driftwood" antiqued work, carved out of white pine covers a good portion of the Volls' living room wall and there it will apparently stay. The carving was originally intended to be sold or given away, Voll said, but as the days of work accumulated and the piece began to take shape, his wife, Gladys, said, "That's it. You're not giving it away," he related. Among the scenes depicted are the westward journey, the completion of the trans - continental telegraph line, the Pony Express and the driving of the golden spike at Promontory Point, com' " pleting the east - west railroad link. Voll's retirement from the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad approximately 10 years ago, after a stint, marked a new beginning for his art career, temporarily suspended during his time with the D&RG. Now a spry and smiling 78, Voll is going at it full bore and has an impressive list of creations. His works now rest in Veltri's Pharmacy; in the offices of Dr. J. Eldon Dorman, Dr. Dorr Hanson, Dr. C.S. Larsen and an Ogden dentist; at the Deseret Bookstore in Salt Lake City and the BYU Bookstore in Provo; at the home of a professor at the University of New Mexico; at Dan's Pharmacy in Price; at the Helper Mining Museum (of which he is c'uartor) and the Price museum; at Helper City Hall; at the Veterans' center in Provo, and elsewhere. - established by core of is Demolition project complete Lis Top, Voll displays his relief carving i Drowning victim located least that amount coal recoverable west, where no foreign oil is delivered, must absorb the increase. Prices have been raised too many times, owner Ross Gigliotti of the Texaco station in Martin, said. His 62.5 cent price was also due to rise soon. on the Elaborating frequency of the increases was Vic Rudman of Vic's Texaco, who said that in the eight months he's been at the station, there have been at least three increases. "It's just an opinion," he said, "but I think it's a bunch of horse shit." With the Texaco increase, liia pile n.oyc;! from 60.4 to 61.8. 1.4-ce- nt "It doesn't make sense," Bob Olsen of Bob's Texaco said, after raising his prices 4 cents per gallon in the past three months. "I can't for the life of me figure it out," he said, referring to the company's stated need for the extra money. He said that from his station alone, a per gallon increase would net Texaco $300 a month in additional revenue. Amid all the complaining voices, Cook's was the only s one with even a solution. Consumers are "being milked," he semi-seriou- said, and we "can't do anything about it, unless people get a horse." Price man hurt in Scofield hit-and-r- un A Price man was injured in an apparent Tom Adamson, 23, of Price was in fair condition at Carbon Monday morning. The highway patrol said the report of the accident was received at 12:40 a.m. and that the identity of the driver of the car was Saturday. The contest will conclude Big John Bargain Days which begin Merchants offer Big John bargains Sale begins Thursday hit-and-r- incident at the Columbine Mine near Scofield early Monday morning, the Utah Highway Patrol reported. unknown. Debbie Dimick of HelDer and Big John, the coal miner, the statue mascot of Heiner. show the four $50 bills which ttlelper retail merchants will give away Hundreds of bargains and an four to win $50 bills await opportunity shoppers during Big John Bargain Days in Helper Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The bills, which 21 Helper retail merchants have donated, will be given away Saturday at 6 p.m. in the middle of the pedestrian lane at the intersection of South Main and Depot streets. Mayor Chuck Ghirardelli will pull out the names of the winners. Anyone may register for the $50 bills in any of the following businesses: Point After, Central ComMutual Furniture mission, Ces's Drive-in, Hardware Co.. l a Sallp PlnK ft, lnn Woody's Jewelry Inc. Barbara Fashion Boutique, Veltri's Rexal Drug' Grant's Distributing Co., Vogue, Helper State Bank, Jack's Radio & Television CenService, Food ter, Garavaglia Insurance Agcy., Ilillcrest Hotel. Bejo Club, Workmen's Market, Chuck's Prescription Pharmacy, R&A Market and Nolan's AG Food Store. Advertisements of specials appear in the second section of this paper. Only one $50 bill may be won by each registrant. & Gas-O-Ram- a, |
