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Show L VOLUME NO. 33 THURSDAY. OCT. MONTICELLO. UTAH 14. 195 Monticello Youth Victim Of Recent Walter K. Granger To Visit Area During Weekend Merle Cummings, 14 year old, was killed by lightning Saturday afternoon in Montezuma can yon, about 14 miles south of Montieello. Earlier in the day, he in company with- Yancy Dalton, and Yancys father. Max, left the Dalton ranch to round up cattle and drive them on the mesa. About 230 p.m. a thundershower arose. Mr. Dal Ion advised the boys to return to the car. Yancy had been riding a horse with a saddle and Merle rode bareback When the thunder and light jung increased they ex changed horses and started back. Yancy was the first to reach Mr. Dalton. When Merle lulled to come in, they retraced their steps and found him still in the saddle lying on the ground With his horse. It appeared that the lightning had entered the boys his right ear and passed through lext leg a little below the crotch killing both he and the horse instantly. Mr. Dalton reached the hospital in Monticello about 7:30 p.m. in hopes the boy could be revived. accidental Merle escaped death at the age of two when his mother, Madge Black mings lost her lue inofan accident several miles west Blanding, ' Merle was born in Compton, Camornia, May 15, 1940. Heo moved with is parents to six years ago. He was a tresiiman in high school and loved sports and outdoor life especially horseback riding. Those surviving him beside his parents and two sisters, Merl ene and Alene, and a brother Guy Allen paternal - grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Bick and a maternal grandmother, Mrs. Myrtle Christensen. Funeral services will be held at the LDS chapel Thursday at Z pun. The body will be brought iiom tne Moab mortuary to the laniny home Thursday morning, xriends may call from 11 a.m. - - Mon-ticeli- to 2 p.m. Burial will be in the Blanding cemetery Savings Bond Sales Increase In County - ounty, liis received information .oni the U. S. Treasury that the ..a..onai sale of senes E and H mon-m- s aavnigs bonds for the nine 3.69 ox this year has totaled billion dollars. This shows an inover 1953 for the crease of 12 same period. Added to this gain is the fact that sales over tor this nine month aunost $315 million. were pexiau for the three i ms county show's $770. in year quavers of Septmonth For the ics. ember sales were $600. The people of our area according to the chairman, have been doing a good job. But we should realize that with nine months of the year gone we must increase the tempo of sales to reach our county quota of $14, 000. Also at this time of year, we would like to remind our people that savings bonds make the year end bonus gifts from employers to their employees. And for the Christmas gift that always Tits matchesweanything suggest and is sure to please, for safe shopping early enoughbonds to savings dependable our says us make quota, help the chairman. . j j j 5 j SHOOT SLATED The Monticello Sportsmens Club will sponsor a shooting match on Sunday, Oct 17 at 1 p.m. The match will take place at the ski run south of town. The shoot is for 22 rifles and $ ammuntion will the club Prizes o be o Coleman lantern, a u.chet and knife set red hats, aters, and cartridges to fit a large bore rifle of the winner's I .s and X. rushed by - I I only. choice. Monticello Designation Would Make Towns Eligible for Federal Assistance On Housing, Streets, Sewage Facilities Girls Visit State Fair 4-- H Youlh Problem Discussed At Monticello Meet Walter K. Granger, seeking election to the U. S. Congress, will be in Monticello this weekend, at which time he will make a public appearance. Mr. Granger Ins long been active in public affairs. He has been speaker of Utah House of that Mr. Granger is well Ed-wa- qual- ified for the office having aided in bringing to Utah the Scofield Recreation Project, Newton Project, Geneva Steel, Utah General Depot, Ogden Arsenal, Hill Field Naval Supply Depot, fun Juan and Sevier River flood control projects, numerous airports, and the reseeding of hundreds of acres of public lands. He is also author of the Utah Revenue Bond Act, known as the Granger Act, enabling municipalities to fmance needed improvements The exact time of his arrival and piice of his appearance are unknown at present, but will be announced as soon as possible on his arrival. Brokerage Firm Opens Branch Office in Moab ed Navajo Trails Meet Attended By Officials The Navajo Trails The seven girls, shown above, returned home from the State Fair in Salt Lake City September 19th. after participating in tha various contests held. Left to right, front row kneeling, Nadine Nielson, Monticello; Maureen Thompson, Monticello; Jerry Ann Adams, Monticello. Black row standing. Joyce Lyman, Monticello; Cleen Gage, Monticello; Arlene Markosek, Monti-celland Ann Wilson, Monticello. Record Photo. 4-- Recently the L. A. Huey Co. investment bankers of Denver, Colo, opened a branch office in the Arches Building in Moab. According to Mr. Huey, the company will accept new offerings of any qualified company considered to have merit. A quotation board has been installed and market prices will be reported daily coming in by telegitaph, and orders to buy or sell a stock cf any listed uranium company will be handled on a commision basis. In charge of the Moab branch is Frank Foloso, a graduate of Harvard University and a native of White River Jet., Vermont Mr. Foloso is an ex serviceirvn having served with the 7th Division in Korea. The L. A Huey company is a nationally known firm with representatives in Nebraska, South Dakota, Colorado and Utah. Recently the firm moved its headquarters from Nebraska to Denver. Principals of the firm bjive ben engaged in investment bank business since the 1930s. Mr. Huey added, We hope to bring sound investment banking principles to the newest industry in. America, an industry we believe offers promise of growth to size and importance of the major industries of the country. We hope to aid in the financing of and promising uranium companies and to offer the investor an opportunity to in vest in the stocks of companies where good, sound management is provided. well-manag- cess. ' Associa- tion met in Cortez October 9 and 10, to promote a shorter route west from Cortez. Two possible routes are under consideration. One proposed route would connect with an Indian Service road across the San Juan River at the four comers area, while the other proposed route is to connect with Kayenta and Came- -' ron, Ariz., by coming west into Bluff, Utah. Ed way Redd, mayor of o, and Leon Adams and J. W. Crowley, county commissioners, represented Monticello and San Juan county, Utah. Colorado and New Mexico were also well represented by officials. The association will have its next meeting in May, at Mesa Verde. At that time a tour is planned to go through northeastern Arizona and southeastern Utah, including Monticello and Eluding. Mon-ticel- H o; One Inch Rainfall Senator Bennett Visits Area On Tour Of State Covers Blanding In Twenty Minutes The storm that hit Blanding about 8 oclock Friday night brought down one inch of rainfall in about twenty minutes. Rain and hail pelted down covering the ground with leaves from the trees and shrub, and making lace work and ribbons of those remaining. Vivid color- ful lightening accompanied the storm, said by many to be the worst electrical display they had ever witnessed in this vicinity. The power was disrupted for about an hour. The storm seems to have been quite general. The farmers report that all ponds are full so that drinking water for stock is no longer a problem. However, the miners did not fare quite so well. Flash floods washed out roads, making them rough and in some places impassable. The country west of Blanding seems to have been hit hardest. In the Cottonwood and Spring Creek districts, equipment and personal belongings were washed down stream. One trailer house was carried away. The home of John Bill (Indian) had the earth caved from beneath it until it projected perilously out over the bank. Water ran into the mines to a depth of three and four feet. The submerged bridge where Cottonwood empties into the San Juan Was washed out Water ran high, eight to nine feet deep in some places. Tracks, cars and jeeps were all helpless in crossing streams and the state road crew had to go to the rescue of many drivers to assist them in getting the vehicles from the mud and water. In town, work on the sewer was greatly hampered. Mud and water washed into the trenches until it will require much labor clear them. The storm, with the .22 of an inch that fell the evening previous, brought the rainfall for the two day period to 1.22 to inches. NEW GRANDPARENTS Mr. tnnd Mrs. Ignacio Gonzales of Dolores Colo, became the parents of a boy bora on Sept 29 at Memorial hospital in Cortez. was named Michael Dean and weighed eight pounds and eight ounces. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Gonzales of Monticello are his .graadperent3. He Monticello Slates Deer Hunters Ball On October 20th Plans and arrangements for the Deer Hunters Ball, sponsored by the American Legion Post No. 26, have been completed. The ball is to be held on the evening of October 20 in the Monticello School Elementary Auditorium. Prizes to be given away at the ball are valued at over one hundred dollars. They include a 0 rifle, knife and hachet set, Coleman lantern, shells, shirts gloves, etc. One does not have to be present in order to win a prize. The drawing will take place at 11:00 p. m. The famous Burdick Family of Hollywood, will provide the music. Dancing is scheduled to start at 9:00 p. m. The proceeds of the ball are swimto go to the proposed ming pool in Monticello. Tickets may be obtained from all members of Post No. 26. Price is $1.00 per ticket. 30-3- Mining Engineer To Evaluate Uranium Property The Re Monticello, Oct. 11 publican administrations will ingness to come to grips witl the nations highway problen will have a marked saving ii lives, property and equipmenl This was the theme of speed given here Monday by Sen. Wal ace F. Bennett (R. Utah), cur rently on a two week swmj through Utah for the Republicai Senate campaign committee. With the nations highwa; death toll reaching about 40,00' persons annually, Pres. Eisen hower wisely decided it wa time to improve the lagging higl Bennett said way program," As much as 50 of the fund supposed to go into the Demo crat highway program wtas spen instead in beaucratic function. The lawmaker said that th $1,932,000,000 allocated for th highways by the Eisenhower ad ministration also specified mor responsibility for state, countj and local governments, pn im portant part of the GOP de centralization theories. Under the primary road pro gram, Utah received $3,621,00 instead of the previous $2,830,79 for secondary roads Utah gc $2,396,000 instead of $1,872,69: and under the urban roads pre gram we received $731,000 ir stead of $571,559, Sen. Bennel said. He said that motorists woul get value received for their ta money in the form of new an for bot improved highways peace and wartime use. Admittedly, this is not th final ariswer to our highwa problem, Sen. Bennett conch ded, but if the Republicans ca keep control of congress durin the next two years, we can cor tinue to reduce death and occi dent tolls, we can promote com mercial and industrial develop ment in many out of the wa; areas and can do our best to in sure adequate military and de fense highways in case of enem Richard H. Benish, an able mining engineer and uranium geologist, of Denver, Colorado, has been employed by the SurInc., plus Uranium Company, and Wright, Clark & Senkell, to evaluate their mining properties in Utah and Colorado. Mr. Fred Lightenhold, mining engineer, and Mr. Tisdale, geologist of the Cities Service Oil Company are in Monticello, Utah looking over the uranium properties of Wright, Clark & Senkel, Inc., in Utah and Colorado to evaluate them as well attack. as the properties that they are trading for in both states con- TRAVEL HIGHWAY sisting of approximately 14,009 The DeMar Perkins far acres. took a weekend trip over Million Dollar highway going RETURNS TO CITY way of Grand Junction and Mrs. Frank Redd, who has turning by wfcy of Durango. been visting with her mother in Read lha tdvertiseinenis U y California is now home again. I , Congressman Douglas' Stringfellow, R- - Utah, announced this week that the entire Southeastern Utah area where uranium exploration is going on, may be declared a critical defense area. This designation would make the Moab, Monticello, Green river and Blanding areas eligible for federal assistance to provide housing, streets, sewage and other community facilities. Rep.' Stringfellow said. Rep. Stringfellow said surveys have already been completed of the areas centering on Moab and Monticello and discussions have been opened with the Atomic Energy commission regarding possible housing assistance in the entire uranium producing areas of the state. At the same time, Rep. String fellow reported tltii he has requested the Atomic Energy commission either to postpone or move to a remote area outside the United States a new series of atomic explosions scheduled at the Nevada Proving grounds next spring. In a letter to AEC chairman Lewis Strauss, Rep. Stringfellow said many of his constituent voters in Southern Utah are alarmed at the prospect of further' utomic blasts in nearby. Nevada, fearing for the safety of their livestock. A large number of cheep and also some cattle on Utah ranges died shortly after the bomb tests m the spring of 1952, Rep. Stringfellow wrote. In spite of repeated assurances from your office, many citizens in the south extremities of this state are still convinced that their livestock succumbed as a result of adverse effects of the blasts. Rep. Stringfellow tasked that further atomic tests be- postponed until adequate assurance can be given that "further life' health and property will not be As an alternative!' endangered. to delaying the tests, he suggested that consideration be given to conducting these tests at area outside the continental United States. Congressman Stringfellow also announced that six Utah counties have been recommended as' drouth disaster areas. The six are Box Elder, Emery, Juab, Mil lard, Rich and Tooele counties. If the President accepts the recommendation that these counties be declared disaster fcreas, they will be eligible for government assistance in the way of cheap feed from government surplusses, shipping aid, and in some cases, loans until livestock can be marketed. Other areas being considered for possible federal assistance at a Later dute are Duchesne, Uintah, Garfield and Kane counties. R. The public meeting on youth delinquency which was sponsored by the Rebus Rota Literary Club Thursday resulted in some definite action being taken by the group last Thursday evening. A committee heyded by Sheriff Seth Wright and Mayor y Redd was appointed to confer with the school board and request that the schools take advantage of the offer of car dealers to furnish an automobile for student driving instruction. The guest speaker was Trooper Lisle Hyatt and Joe Holman, sheriff of Carbon county. Trooper Hyatt said that most juvenile delinquency came thru riding in, or with the assistance of an automobile. Boys and girls feel a security in a car they do not have when walking and they fail to realize that in one moment, ta car can become a seething monster of twisted steel wrecking human life in the pro- Public ComRepresentatives, missioner, and Congressman, as well as missionary, Bishop for nine years, and President of Cedar City C of C. He is a veteran of World War I and a charter member of American Legion and Post Commander. Reid Wilson, chairman of the county Democratic party, said -- Mrs. Anne Cornelius, savings uoiios cnairman for San Juan PRICE 10 CENTS PER COPY Monticello, Blanding May Be Declared Critical Defense Area Congressman States Electrical Storm Lightening Strikes Boy While Herding Cattle In Montezuma DEVOTED TO THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF SAN JUAN COUNTY He stated that 38,500 people were slaughtered on the high-- . T last , year and a million mens were injured for life. In his opinion society is doing very little about it and we need dynamic action if we are to survive on the road. There is one child killed every ten minutes on the U. S. Highways. To combat this evil education should begin in the home. Parent should take time to teach their children, tell them what is wrong and teach them how to drive. If the parent is not competent for the job, he should see that someone else does it for him. Sheriff Carbon discussed the youth delinquency problem with special emphasis on the duties of parents in teaching their children. He mentioned several things that had been effective in dealing with delinquents in Carbon county, such as Junior Sheriff Organisations, Teen ege programs, a step to rid the newsstand of the Horror Books and the Big Brother Movement. New Uniform Ogden- - some-remot- Bus, Air Travel Now Arranged In One Transaction Continental Trailways Bus Sy- stem travelers using combined bus and air transportation now can arrange for purchase of thru tickets in a single transaction under an agreement signed by Continental Trailways find United Air Lines. The pact, first of its kind negotiated by United and a bus company, prevdes for the sale of exchange orders over the others lines plus acceptance of each others refund drafts. The two transportation systems have connecting service in 15 major cities throughout the U. S. The sales agreement will be effective over the foreign operations of United in the Pacific as well as their domestic t Art Adair,- - new City Marshal of Monticello, was recently issued uniform and equipment by the City Council in an effort to modernize the local law enforcement Tentative department. plans- are to create a department adequate fer any future development Record Fheia - LIONS BANQUET The Monticello Lions Club will have a jcint meeting with the Moab Lions Club on Monday-nigh- t at 8 p.m The Monticello Community Church is the meeting place. Helmer Johnson, president-" of the Monticello Lions club urges all members to be present w;th their wives, as it is the annual Ladies Night banquet - There's news too. la the aivtrttee-mer.t- s, e |