Show CHALLENGE The Colorado River Basin Consumer of Salt Lake challenged In n meeting today the statements made by D. I Vice-President of Utah Power and Light These misleading statements appeared on March In the Salt Lake Tribune under the Utilities Declare Power Net and in the News under the Seek Right to Colorado Studies made by the Bureau of Reclamation and substantiated by an Independent consulting consisting of one retired executive of the Idaho Power Company and one private consulting completely refute the statements In those two studies influenced former Secretary Fred A. Seaton under the Eisenhower Administration to decide that an all-Federal system should be and to recommend the utility proposal be Upon a review of the Secretary Stewart L. Udall of the Kennedy Administration agreed with this recommendation and affirmed the action taken by The Bureau studies demonstrate clearly Power rates must be Increased 10 per or nearly 3 million per to achieve the same results In project repayment as compared to an all-Federal transmission An Initial of about million In investment by the Bureau of Reclamation would he made by accepting the utilities but over million in subsequent appropriations from the U. S. Treasury would required to pay wheeling fees to the The utility proposal at the G mill rate proposed for an all-Federal system would not pay out either power or Irrigation costs in the same Floyd E. Commissioner of in his report to Secretary of Interior Fred A. the utility proposal is accepted and power sold at the same power rates as under the nil-Federal the project could not meet the payout requirements of the authorizing I. The relative amounts of money to anticipated for Irrigation repayment under a 6 mill rate Is shown In the Bureau report as UNDER UNDER UTILITY SYSTEM PROPOSAL bv the- vear 2015 by the year 2027 4 by tho year 2049 Regarding the tax benefits mentioned by the following is the Detailed studies Indicate that state local taxes If the utility proposals are could not exceed about year in tho five states of New Utah and For the privilege of allowing the utilities to collect this amount from the user would pay approximately for each of The probable maximum of both Federal and local taxes would not exceed per The users would bo required to pay about for In taxes It Is hoped that those interested will investigate the fully documented data set out above and not be swayed by the statements of the private The Colorado River Basin Consumers represents the power agencies In the area who have rights and will purchase all of the hydroelectric power to be generated on the Colorado River Storage v news Items to Uintah Farmers Union Co-op Phone Utah Here's what happens when corn receives the proper amount of plant Yields of grain corn were increased 70 to 80 bushels an income to the farmer boosted up to an Yields of corn grown for silage increased G to 10 tons more per and income to the farmer jumped or more an proper fertilization means higher profits from corn and other For high rates of nitrogen are necessary in the irrigated west if the farmer is to show a profit from his jd For your nitrogen insist on Nitro- gen made by United States AMMONIUM NITRATE j AMMONIUM plus ANHYDROUS nitrogen in the i liquid-gas Nitrogen Fertilizers |