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Show Box kjoj-- 5 LO MM Preliminary hearing for Sandra Davis, 26, of Helper, charged with criminal 'or constituting manslaughter in connection with the July 11 shooting death of her estranged husband Robert Merrell Davis, 33, has been set for August 20 at 10 a .m. at Price off-roa- after a public meeting tonight at 8 p.m. at the of Bureau Land Management Office in before Judge A. John Ruggeri, who set the date July 18 during continued arraignment. Mrs. was Davis represented at the continued arraignment by court appointed counsel Charles Taylor of Castle Price. BLM district manager Glenn W. Freeman said the purpose of the meeting is to Carbon County Attorney present at the July 18 arraignment, one week to settle the matter. The suspect held in Carbon County Jail after the shooting, was released on $1,000 bond at arraignment proceedings later July 11. Court approves Castle Gate Special Administrators of properties, affairs and and governmental functions of proprietory Castle Gate at a hearing 15 in Seventh District Court. The men were also appointed to handle the affairs for the "winding down and termination of the business and affairs" of the town and to prosecute and defend all claims. Judge Edward Sheya of July Seventh Judicial Court signed Disinof judgement corporate of Castle Gate town June 25. the District Panel approves pump purchase Helper City Council at its meeting July 11 authorized Councilman of parks Ernest Gardner to purchase a reconditioned pump for the city park for approximately $950. The panel decided to purchase a new pump because the present unit will repairs require amounting to about $900. DISCUSSING proper way to use fire fighting equipment are Price district BLM employes from the North Carbon area (left to right) Edward Garavaglia of Helper; Jerry Cripps of Spring Glen and Ronnie Jewkes of Kenil worth. H-- J Photo Area men protect BLM land from fire Three North Carbon area men are among 12 employed by the Price district of the Bureau of Land to protect area Management government land from fire. Holding the summer jobs are range technician of fire control Edward Garavaglia of Helper and range aids Ronnie Jewkes of Kenilworth and Jerry Cripps of Spring Glen. The area men have participated in fighting 17 fires so far this summer which destroyed approximately 248 acres. The last fire, in the Sheep Creek area July 16, was the most difficult to fight, said Gary Hanson, crew boss of five men. The steep terrain prevented normal fire fighting methods. Retardants were used to combat the blaze, Mr. Hanson added. Among the areas fires have started this year are Coal Creek, Hiawatha, Range Creek and Monticello, Mr. Hanson said. When the BLM receives a fire call, crews are sent to the area to "size up the fire by determining the number of men and the amount of equipment needed, depending on the terrain.". The number of fires on land administered by the Price BLM district has exceeded the number in 1973, the crew boss said. In 1972, however, the number of fires was near the 1974 mark, he added. The worst part of fighting fires, the Helper men seem to think is, "mopping up." It's also difficult to contain the blaze, they added. The BLM utilized two methods of containing a fire. The men either cut off the fire line with trenches or back fire, by setting fire to burn back towards the center of trie blaze. Mr. Garavaglia, a graduate of Carbon High School and College of Eastern Utah in Price, will attend the DeVry Electronic Institute this fall. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Vince Garavaglia of Helper. Mr. Jewkes, a Carbon High graduate, has attended the University of Utah. He plans to attend CEU this fall. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Jewkes of Kenilworth. Mr. Cripps, also a Carbon High graduate, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cripps of Spring Glen. Workmen had finished moving the homes this four foundations and poured month. The number of footers for eight more last homes to be moved to the Thursday at the Castle Gate subdivision has decreased addition in west Helper, from 61 to 60. One family announced Dan Braaten, recently decided to move surveyor party chief for elsewhere. Mr. Braaten said he Trico of Utah. expects work on all the Mr. Braaten said contractor H.E. Lowdermilk foundations to be completed has been completing one sometime in September. Approximately 13 emfoundation each day. ployes have been working Basically, three different on the foundations. Utah sizes of foundations, to Power and Light employes support the older type have installed aphomes of Castle Gate 13 new elecproximately residents, will be built at the trical poles as of last new site, he added. Thursday. The installation of sewer No priority for the order of the construction of the lines has been completed. foundations has been Contractor Peterson and .fstablished. However, most Beckstead also has nearly likely, foundations for the finished the installation of Willow Creek area homes, cullinary water lines. which will be moved into the It takes about a gallon of new site last, will be constructed last, Mr. Braaten petroleum products to produce the food energy a said. man uses in walking 178 Although no definite date miles, according to the has been set, McCulloch is American of Society still planning to start Mechanical Engineers. World wide investors eye forest land on Helper's doorstep People from all over the world are purchasing acres of forest land in Helper's back yard. Indian Canyon Estates, located in the Aventiquien and Argyll areas of Duchesne and Carbon County, is offered by Basic American Corporation, a Salt Lake land firm with holdings totalling 50,000 acres in Utah. The firm acquired 14,000 acres of the land about three years ago from an Ogden man whose last name is Lowe, said sales administrator Vera Wright during an interview in the trailer land sales office parked north of the Aventiquien turnoff. "It's steep, but it's beautiful retreat property," Mr. Wright said. He felt most people buy the land to assure them a place where no one can evict them for camping and hunting. Only 10 acre lots, regulated by Duchesne County, are sold, Mr. Wright said. "We actually give a water right with this property. We purchased enough water with the land to take care of 5,000 head of cattle and 50 head of horses." The sales administrator said the intention of the firm is not to develop any water. "We are just making it so they can get a drink of water when they go down Most people bring water tanks with them in their trailers or build a cabin and install storage tanks. A 400 gallon tank serves as a sufficient cullinary container which can be buried in the ground where it stays fresh, "just like a spring," Mr. Wright said. "You can install another tank to catch the rain water, and gutter the eves of the cabin. Each time you five go to the area, you take 10 gallons of water-tw- o gallon cans for cullinary and drinking purposes-t- o replenish the supply you used," Mr. Wright said. Basic American has sold approximately 200 lots at Indian Canyon to people from as far away as Japan, Hawaii and the Marshall Islands. The sales administrator said. "This is a great thing for people, and it's a shame that some of the people, down here (Carbon and Emery County) aren't taking advantage of it." The land costs between $250 and $590 an acre depending on its location. "We're running out in Argylle Canyon. I've counted, and I think we have only 20 lots left," the sales administrator said. A number of celebrities have purchased land at Indian Canyon Estates including Wes Bowen, a Salt Lake television personality. "They like privacy, and they like it here because they can slip down to the Green River easily and experience a completely different type of climate and terrain," said Mr. Wright. Basic American could have made "millions of dollars" by dividing the land into quarter acre lots, but their aim is to preserve the forest area, Mr. Wright emphasized. As an example of their concern for the environment, Basic American is promoting a butane fire toilet to eliminate contamination of the springs at Indian Canyon Estates. g The toilet, a combustable, unit, vents through a chimney protecting the quality of the environment, Mr. Wright said. (continued on Page 2) Township 13 South, Range East, located on state land administered by the 10 vehicle d BLM, to use, he added. off-roa- one Approximately quarter of a mile of private land lies between the designated area and Helper city limits, said Ed E.J. Matson Helper man retires from D&RG rt, district BLM recreation planner. Gaining access to the state property through the private land will be the biggest problem facing the project, Mr. McTaggart said. The recreation planner Eliel J. Matson of Helper said a Carbon County has retired July 1 as carman grazing rights on the land. and helper after 39 years of But no serious objections service on the Denver and are anticipated to designate Rio Grande Western the area for off road use at Railroad. tonight's meeting. Mr. Matson started with The area was designated D&RGW in Helper in the as open for public use at a Framework Plan meeting 1935. He also worked in in 1972, Mr. McTaggart Carbon County mines for nine years before joining said. At a public meeting in the railroad. At he started February of 1973 the land was identified as an area for in the mines working at off road vehicle use, he Standard, Rains, Mutual, added. Spring Canyon, Wattis, The first to request the Kenilworth and Clear land be set aside for Creek. y use was the Born May 30, 1910 in Clear Motorcycle Club. In addition to the public Creek, Mr. Matson moved to Helper in 1936. He is meeting, oral and written comments will be received married to the former Ellen at the BLM office until Hemming, whose father Bill was an engineer on the August 9. D&RGW for years. Panel authorizes The couple have two daughters Becky . -- off-roa- d Carbon-Emer- purchase of of L6s Vegas, New flood insurance Mexico; Chubbuck and Salt of Bilene Lake. They also have four grandchildren. Now that he is retired, Mr. Matson said he plans to work in his yard at 309 E Street and fish and travel. Helper City Council at its meeting July 11 authorized city Counsel S.V. Litizzette to prepare the papers necessary to obtain flood insurance. Timber Canyon Fate leads area men to mishap site twist of fate led three fishermen and a partner from Salt Lake to the scene of a truck rollover in which two young Sandy girls were killed in the desolate Timber Canyon area approximately 25 miles northeast of the White River turnoff Sunday about A Helper 2:45 p.m. Pete Bottino, Albert Breznick and his son of Helper and Mr. Bottino's Stan Payne of Salt Lake had taken the Timber Canyon road back to Helper after a one day fishing trip at Strawberry River when Kent O. Curtis of Sandy flagged them to report the mishap. The fishermen said they decided to take the remote son-in-la- w there." The proposal would officially designate portions of Sections 17 and 18, Contractor finishes a foundation a day Dan Keller, who was also were appointed obtain public comment on the proposed area located east of the Mountain View Cemetery on the north side of the abandoned Kenilworth Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad branch. Castle Gate addition Dale. Mr. Taylor filed a motion for bill of particulars and requested its execution. The Judge gave Mr. Taylor and ISA area off-roa- d A parcel of land northeast of Helper may be the site of d an vehicle area City Court. The hearing will b held Pete CASTLE GATE Tabone and Dixon Bailey " THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1974 HELPER, UTAtI-472-5- 671 VOLUME 68 Number 27 B LM sets meeting suspect, 26 men's petition 84101 Site near Helper Hearing set for shooting homicide tflcrofllr; j ". of the road, instead prefered route, to see the scenery. "He (Mr. Curtis) said one of his girls was pinned under the truck and the other girl was seriously injured, said Mr. Bottino at the scene. The fishermen found the mother Gloria and the girl LuAnn, 4, who was seriously injured, outside the overturned vehicle which had rolled over an embankment. Mr. Bottino and Mr. Breznick and his son transported Mr. and Mrs. son Curtis, their Larry, who was also injured, and LuAnn back to Soldier Summit for help. Mr. Payne stayed at the Mtfc wsfay Curtis was driving towards scene of the mishap with the dead girl, Lisa, 2. Along the way they met a Forest Service ranger J.C. Humphreys who radioed for an ambulance and a Utah Highway Patrol Trooper. the Strawberry River area when he hit some ruts on the road overturning his late 1960 model pickup truck which rolled down an embankment. Passengers in the cab of the vehicle were his wife Gloria, their son Larry and their two daughters, Later, the Helper men also brought the body of the second girl to the White River turnoff where Utah At Soldier Summit, an ambulance met the party, picked up the Curtis's for transportation to Carbon Hospital where LuAnn was pronounced dead on arrival, Mr. Bottino and Mr. Breznick returned to the scene, accompanied by Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Eugene Robb, who assisted a Duchesne County deputy sheriff with the investigation. A tow truck was also summoned to the scene. Patrolman Highway Darrell Robertson tran- sported the victim to Carbon Hospital., Assisting Trooper Robb in the investigation Service , , A t and - k v , employes Duchesne County Sheriff's' Department officers. According to police, Mr. &s:m&m?& were Trooper Robertson, Forest t j m i- -t' eft , PREPARING to connect tow cable to wrecked pickup truck in which two young girls were killed at Timber Canyon are (left to right) J.C. Humphreys of the Forest lM ' . ; !V Service, Marvin Richardson, Albert Breznick of Helper H-- J and a Duchesne County Deputy Sheriff. Photo |