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Show 2 The Helper Journal Wednesday, July nicrii 9," 1975 Editorial i.t r- In wj,"fci ill j : mi irnii Jl in i ' mi I i V-n- v ita. if Oil companies' Fire safety emblems offered at City Hall wholesale gasoline price was justified. One owner said he thought the large oil companies were controlling the world, with the little guy hardly given a chance. He's right. The major oil companies' profits over the past year of shortage have been absolutely ungodly, and their huge contributions, legl and illegal, to political ofcampaigns support the accusation that under ficials are being paid off (sometimes the protection of the law) to protect big oil interests. Perhaps the biggest offender is President Ford, who, under the guise of attempting to insure fuel conservation, has increased the import tax on oil, thus raising the price of gas. The effect of that move has been interesting: consumption of gasoline has not gone down, and the "little guys," the small station owners and moderate and lower income consumers, have been hit hard in the pocketbook. The fairness of this plan escapes us entirely. What should be done, then? Raising taxes for the oil companies only forces prices higher, so that's out. Congress must enact a profit celing for the oil companies. This way, price increases would only help the oil companies if they themselves had experienced increased costs. The oil people invariably go insane when they hear this suggestion. With profits limited, they say, there will be no incentive to seek out new sources of fTssil fuel. True. But this lack of incentive could be a blessing in disquise. Oil is a limited resource: before too many years are gone, so will be the ct m Museum presentation Helper Mining Museum Curator Fred Voll, left, receives state landmark plaques of the Pleasant Valley Coal Company Store from Mayor Charles Ghirardelli, center and Braztah Cor Emko Construction Inc. plans to complete a $250,000 coal loading facility for the Valley Camp of Utah mine between Scofield and Clear Creek towns during the first week in October. Work began in May on the facility which will include conveyors, crushers,' a "little" tipple and three silos for coal storage, said Valley Camp of Utah fI f . Orthodox Church. He married Stella Logiakis on April 23, 1942 in Price. Surviving Klapakis are his wife; daughters, Mrs. Mike (Stacy) Himonas, and Chrisie Helper, one Klapakis, Price; grandchild, and a sister, Mrs. Bombas, Mary Greece. Prayer services were Wednesday, July 2, at the Funeral Chapel, Price. Burial was Price City' Cemetery. The family suggests contributions to the Hellenic Orthodox Church. 1 . i Born March 14, 1900 in Stiilos, Crete, Greece, to George and Chrisoula Klapakis. Klapakis was a retired coal miner and Helper woman om Helper Journal luued 5 182 tvry Wrtrmday A Inc. Publltlwn by South Main Street Helper, Utah scholarship Helper 5 Miss Rolando, a junior this fall, is a member of Alpha Lamba Delta, a high and the Publlthtr Dan Stockburger Buaineu Manager Walter Borla Shelly Bibcock Staff Writer per year In Carbon & Emery Countlea M per year In Utah S7 per year Out of State MEMBER yHE JeI$pALper Association Founded is first society, vice-preside- Student miners also must attend a four day orientation session, lf Boar-dinghou- se p of the changed, spokesman said, because the loan guarantee plan couldn't have been completed by the contract's July 21 deadline. McCulloch will receive $30 million for the coal property over the next five years plus 26 cents a ton for the coal produced over the next 62 estimated the years, time needed to get the mine into full production. If output estimates are correct, McCulloch another $6.8 receive million through would 1981. Tonnage payments after will be on a sliding 1981 the American Electric spokesman said, with payments based on average daily productivity. Payments could range from 11 cents to 36 cents a ton depending on productivity, he said. scale, g When the plant now planned for the mine is complete, coal shipped to I&M by rail will contain 0.45 per cent coal-cleanin- sulphur, the spokesman said. utility Getting involved pays off. Nurses 1B85 85 percent of the world's energy resources are in either coal or uranium. The United States has sufficient resources of both, Only eight percent of the world's energy resources are in oil and natural gas. However, 75 percent of all energy used in the U.S. comes from petroleum or natural gas. as administration personnel and safety engineers. Details of the planned $37,500 remodeling project for the Helper Mining Museum were released last week by city officials, with a new addition to the museum topping the list at a cost of $10,000. Included in the addition will be new chairs and drapes and the refurbishing of walls with acoustic tile and cork board. One wall of the museum is to be knocked out to make room for additional display cases and bulletin boards. Museum Curator Fred Voll said additional wall sPace would facilitate Listings wanted. Free notary service, Stan urn 300, 732p for Sale THIRTY INCH gas range, eye level oven, excellent condition, $75, or best offer. Phone 732p UTAH STATE DIVISION SMALL SPINET piano in Price area. Also organ with automatic bass and over Take rhythm. monthly payments. For 22 Miscellaneous For Sale Utah Division of Wildlife Resources The Wildlife Board has proposed a September 1 through 30 mourning dove and band-taile- d pigeon hunt this year as recommended by Division of Wildlife Resources biologists. A bag and possession of 10 and 20 will be asked for doves, while it will be 5 and 10 for pigeons. The proposal will be made to the Fish and Wildlife Service as both birds are migratory and, therefore, fall under federal regulations. pigeons may be hunted only in southern Utah counties. The Board worked on details of the reciprocal agreement with Wyoming on fishing regarding Flaming Gorge. Wyoming asked that all persons under 14 be allowed to fish free, that a weight limit be implemented, that the stamp fee be hiked from $2 to $3, and that the two mackinaw only limit be abolished. Members decided to suggest to Wyoming that the eight-fislimit regardless of weight be retained. Also, since Utah law requires persons age 12 and older to have alicense, they turned down the proposal on free fishing for ages 12 and Band-taile- d h 13. They were favorable toward hiking the stamp fee two and lifting the mackinaw limit on the Gorge. Their decisions will be forwarded to the Wyoming Commission. The Board told the Division to proceed with negotiations for a 3,000 acre foot conservation pool in Long Park Reservoir in Daggett County. Cost for the pool is estimated at $210,000. another conservation pool in Oak Park Reservoir in Uintah The County. Division was offered 400 to 500 acre feet of water in that reservoir, but the Board the determined that Division should offer to purchase 1,000 acre feet. Action was delayed on a request by water users to allow public access to Little Creek Reservoir in Rich County until further information is obtained. The Board postponed action on a proposed nonreturnable fee of $1 for applications on drawing i & Motors for Sals" and For I960 SKYLINER boat trailer. 80 HP motor. more information Call after 5. 637-30- 2C 7-- FOURTEEN FOOT Star-cra- 637-294- mining. The museum project was made possible, in part, by 34 Mobile Homes For Sale '70 ARTCRAFT 12 x 64, two bedrooms, partly fur- an $11,596 grant from the Bicentennial Commission. The remaining $25,904 will be supplied by Helper City. nished. Phone 637-448- 6. 6124c Rental 35 Mobile Homes, trailer home '74 ACADEMY for rent or sale, two bedrooms, 12 x 50. Phone 732c 637-443- 7. Card of Thanks farts automotive Sercl & tires, roll bar and air conditioner to fit after Bronco. Call TWO this opportunity to thank our many friends and sent who relatives beautiful floral offerings and assisted with kindly acts at the time of the death of our beloved father and Ruben brother Vasquez. The Vasquez Families. 7101p 472-395- 0 7101c 5. j 3 Personals GRANT FAUSETT MICHAEL BLACKBURN Morticians HI neighbor! Tried Blue Lustre for cleaning car- Fausett Mortuary pets? It's super. Rent Price electric shampooer $1. 7101c Mutual Furniture. Castle Dale I "Service to all Faiths" BRUT I Soap - On - A - Rope 00 However, due to opposition voiced by the Utah Wildlife Federation, the decision on the fee was delayed for at least one year. The Board approved purchase of critical deer winter range at two sites. The largest, 1,069 acres, is near Indianola in Utah County and will cost $132 per acre. The second, 79.5 acres, adjoins Division property near Mayfield in Sanpete County. Jts cost is $100 per acre. Both would be purchased through federal aid funds. The Board revoked license buying privileges of four Utahns found guilty of big game hunting violations. Division Director John E. Phelps was joined by the Board in acknowledging just retired Salt Lake Tribune Outdoor Editor Don Brooks for his service in reporting fish and wildlife news over the past 40 years. Phelps noted that Mr. Brooks "was always writer. Letters on any subject may be delivered to the Journal office at 182 S. Main or mailed to P O Box 120, Helper., 81326. ft boat, 30 horse power motor, excellent condition. Phone 732p projector, screen and tape recorder, for preparation of a pictorial history of coal type hunts to cover the processing costs. The Board was told it now costs approximately 63 cents to process each application. The Helper Journal welcomes letters to the editor. Letters for publication should be typed or legibly handwritten and must be signed by the i 31 Boats 4Q Conservation Officer 1 734c WE WOULD like to take Letters welcome The Army Reserve. It pays to go to meetings. 637-340- of photographs. A portion of the museum will also be carpeted. Also to be added to the museum will be a number of of audiovisual pieces equipment, including a slide I Lyn Briggs, ?: TRAILER FRAME and three axles, size 10 x 55. Phone after 5 p.m. extensive collection Credit Manager, Box 6179 Sugar House Station, Salt Lake 7103c City, Utah 84106. displaying of the museum's write: details OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES The Division was also instructed to negotiate for We're committed to an active role in making your community a better place to live in We'll pay you to help us. better """ 21 Furniture for Sale WILDLIFE REPORT con- sisting of three classroom sessions at CEU and one day in the mine before starting work. No inexperienced miners must operate or maintain any mining equipment for 90 days after they begin work. is The mine classified as a trainee "in order to permit him to gain Association of Utah. She attended Notre Dame de Lourdes School in Price until the high school closed in 1970 and graduated from Carbon High School in 1973. Hank Itkln Editor 15 one-ha- were woman has been awarded one of Merit four Scholarships from the University of Utah College of Nursing. JoAnn Rolando, daugher of Mr. and Mrs. Joe the earned Rolando, for high scholarship scholastic achievement in the college during the 1974-7school year. The scholarship pays Miss Rolando's tuition for scholastic-hono- r ffobart Finney Inexperienced Braztah 1975-7- SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT HELPER, UTAH of Eastern Utah (CEU). "It (the course) gives them a general idea of what's going on in the mine," he said. College Tallerico. Last week, Tallerico told about' future mining expansion in the Clear Creek area. Valley Camp will open the O'Connor mine, about maximum experience," mile northwest of according to the National Bituminous Coal Wage Clear Creek in Canyon and the (Agreement of 1974. mine at the top of Eccles Valley Camp of Utah 'employs 59 members of the Canyon. work United Mine Workers of Prepatory clean-uat the O'Connor mine will at the mine between Scofield and Clear Creek is begin this month. about 9 feet high. this also Valley Camp month will open a third Valley Camp of Utah section in its mine between produces about 1,200 tons of Scofield and Clear Creek. coal each day Tallerico said the total amount of coal Coal from Valley Camp's mined from the O'Connor property comes from the seam by 1978 should reach O'Conner seam, which ex- four and six millon tons. tends from Scofield to the "We have Tallerico south end of Clear Creek, more minerssaid, now than we Tallerico said. need, but we've got to keep He said he prefers ahead. seam of consists an The to miners who have hire upper and lower level. In the five week completed Boardinghouse Canyon three feet of rock separates mining course at the two 23 foot seams. The seam America and 18 others, such wins U of U A $ John superintendent Mitchell ! poration assistant project engineer Chuck Buchanan. The Castle Gate store was demolished last week, with the plaques and a number of stones, background, delivered to the museum. Completion of Valley Camp tipple expected in October Funeral services were tavern owner and was a Thursday at 2 p.m. at the member of the Hellenic I' I I financing assistance. Museum remodeling plans revealed Steve Klapakis "vlife service, brokerage doors and windows of children's rooms "so (fire fighters) don't leave somebody in there sleeping, or something dumb like that." The children's stickers bear the letter "C", with "I" stickers for invalids also available. The Helper Fire Department received "a load" of the patches over a month ago from an insurance company, Pugliese said, adding that the department has not, as yet, had occasion to benefit from heir use. The stickers, originally requested by a Helper resident, are "quite a thing to have," Pugliese said, "and they cost nothing." Obituary 1 Estate REAL FULL 637-294- 3. essentially unlimited sources of power: solar and geothermal. Research in both areas is promising, and economically, solar power is looking more and more feasible. It would be nice if, 25 or 50 years from now, we or our children could flick on our clean "solar neat and flick off our problems with domestic and foreign oil cartels. It4 "" 16 Real Estate For Sale 20 Appliances The federal government and private enterprise must now put some real financial and cerebral muscle behind researching two ' 618fc 472-342- oil.' Y 637-198- 0. Will sell on terms. Julian Realty, Box . Helper, so-call- Hellenic Orthodox Church in Price for Steve George Klapakis, who died last Monday at a Price hospital following a lengthy illness. air conditioned. Call fiRE RESCUE the in SALE, commercial with newly building decorated upstairs living quarters. Four bedrooms, two baths, on Main Street in Wellington. Building is to the possibility of a sleeping child in a burning home, are now available free at Helper City Hall, according to FireChief Jim Pugliese. Pugilese said the brilliant orange and black outside of patches shouTd be placed on the Helper service station owners used some pretty strong language last week when asked ;i FOR Fire safety stickers, designed to alert firemen profits 'ungodly' If they thought the recent increase Business Opportunities & Brut soap-on-a-rop- is man e tailored for the shower set. BRUT Jr. LorioN M00-size I'lr l ii 5r mj rrun ii i 111J 1.5 oz. size scaled to fit into a drawer, locker "glove compartment, or to tuck in a bag. 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