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Show Progress Report CAoss Wants On New Museum Gulch Funds FT TV V By Janet Wilcox A M. .:. .&.i,yfihUL . .', )-5- ' l ' r,- '. , .- ' -. V;;:V--,'v ; ' - f. , . ... - T't- ''; ..)' v ... - ' - - ' vF'v - '. 'dj - v- , - - 1 - - ' , "; EK VF Tlu,r' i;'., ."VU" '' TV, i V , m. -- 4' yV P-FW- i, ' 'y k - . ,, ...A .$' m ' , -- . t ' . V ' - 1". - 1 r '' , . ;- . !" ,' i 3r i ; v ? i; ' AtTnl- - . - & . 4k v , S , ' 9 s " "3 " "'il , .U' " ::jK - ail.. v r"- - ; f , - vfi --CV ' L y ' s .' ' Vv' x - ',. '. " FV " .' feelings in the Valley of in the wonders of San Juan Th HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER FOR SAN JUAN COUNTY. UTAH Vol . 57, No. 13 instrumental in getting the seum bill passed) was muex- plained by Mr. Bradford. The Utah Navajo Development Council is not a state agency, nor a county one, nor a tribal agency, but a business enterprize organized 5 12 years ago to use the resources that we hav e wisely, rather than letting them be destroyed or wasted", Mr. Bradford said. Some of these Navajo resources include oil royalty money from the Utah portion of the reservation. The main purpose of the council is to use the money to create employment opportunities, as well as make services available to the Navajo people. (Please turn to page 13 -- F) non-pro- fit . Space without time is one of many the Gods, a place especially rich , ' m y' ; to the State Parks system", and said that it could serve as a real catalyst for tourist visitation in the area. He stated that the $450,000 in allocated state funds are not available until fiscal year 75 which begins July 1st, but that they are hoping to advertise for bids in July, nevertheless. Hopefully, actual construction on the museum will begin this fall and it will be completed in time to be used as the focal point of the celebration in this area. In connection with the 1976 celebration, Cleal Bradford, who gave the main address to the group, indicated that the legislature has appropriated $1.5 million to be distributed among 28 counties in Utah on a population basis. $91,000 has been set area aside for the of Carbon, Emery, Grand, and San Juan. Marion Hazelton is the local representative and ideas on use of the funds should be presented to him. The organization and payroll of the UNDC (which was nial - ' the-Edg- of the Cedars Museum to be built by the State Parks on the outskirts of Blanding was given by Harold Tippetts, Director of the Utah Division of Parks and Recreation, to the Blanding Chamber of Commerce April 4. Mr. Tippetts stated that he was delighted with the addition of Edge of the Cedars ' : progress report on April 18, 1974 $83,000 Share 1975. Moss told the subcommittee: "As the stunning red-roregions of southeastern Utah have been opened up through road construction and the establishment of Canyonlands National Park, and more and more people have visited the area each year, there is growing destruction and desecration of unprotected aboriginal Indian sites. The sites and pictographs in Canyon-lanNational Park are under supervision and protection, but there are many other abock ds riginal sites scattered out across the vast areas surrounding the National Park, and adjacent to the roads which have been built, which are suffering from uncontrolled pot hunting, grave robbing, and pictograph desecration. One particularly fine concentration of archeological ruins, including kivas with roofs and many artifacts, which has recently become accessible to the general public and which is rapidly being destroyed, is the Grand Gulch area of San Juan County. If more protection is not provided within the next few months for Grand Gulch, there will be little left to protect. The Bureau of Land Management was able to reallocate in fis$126,000 at mid-yecal 1974 to provide for three temporary positions at Grand Gulch, but the project is funded in fiscal 1975 for only $45,000, one whch will provide permanent and three temporary positions. To meet minimum requirements for fiscal 1975, the Bureau needs an additional $250,000. The funds would be used to prevent vandalism by field surveillance, by the wide use of rangers , by a system of ar und visitor registration and by aerial surveillance. There would also be some protection against natural destruction by means of structure stabiliza(Please turn to page To County 13 -- F) County Shows Ecomonic Plus Federal revenue sharing checks totaling $9, 210, 7 86 have been mailed to local units of government in Utah for the 'third quarter of the current fiscal year, Sen. Wallace F. said. Bennett, The total for all local governments in San Juan County Non-agricult- employ- ural ment in San Juan County went up 5.4 percent in 1973 over 1972, very nearly the same as the 5.6 percent gain shown by the state. employment is regarded by the Bureau of Economic and Business Research at the University of Utah as the single most important indicator in their series of economic R-Ut- ah, Non-agricul-tu- is $83,331. The final payment for fiscal 1974 will be made sometime in July. The latest revenue 695. ' W hearings on the Presidents proposed budget for fiscal tion. Money Comes sharing payments bring Utahs total to over $27 million for the fiscal year which began July 1. The Utah state government will receive over $3 million of the total revenue sharing payments being distributed this week. Salt Lake County government will get the second largest check, for $1, 773,019. Salt Lake Citys share of the state total is $1,041, e Additional federal funding for protection of the Grand Gulch area was sought Wednesday by Utah Senator Frank E. (Ted) Moss. . The Senator testified before the Senate Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies and devoted part of his time to an appeal for protection of the valuable Indian ruins. The subcommittee is holding ral yardsticks. The Bureau estimates the annual payroll in the county went up over 15 percent 1973 over 1972, and came to something over non-agricult- REPRESENTATIVE WAYNE OWENS listens to a discussion of problems in San Juan in Blanding on Tuesday. Rep. Owens luncheon at a the Elk Restaurant Ridge County during assembled that the countrys spending priorities are way out of whack", that drastic told those changes are needed in welfare and housing programs, that he is working to eliminate much of the paper work required of small businesses, and that he favors public financing of elections. The Congressman who is a candidate for the U.S. Senate in the November election, spoke to students at San Juan High School during his visit to Blanding, and traveled on to Mexican Hat for afternoon sessions. Shown with Rep. Owens are MacArthur Norton (left), and Nancy and Cleal Bradford. Photo by Jane Turnbull (D-Ut- ah) ural $15,400,000. Car and truck sales were another in the 1972, 100 area of major gain figures versus 1973 up 27.2 units. and almost |