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Show I Lions Los install Ostall OstallNew insta I ! New instaarly Officers OfficersEarly OfficersEarly Early : arly in i lisly July JulyI JWy1 lislyOutdool JWy1Outdooi I - I Outdool Outdooi Pal Pait Pai4 t , ) Planned ; Re- Re Report Re Report - ReIport Re-I Re I port Received Recelve Receive ' on Logan LoganCon LoganConention LoganComcntion Con Conention , ention , ' Wheie Whete 'hel hel ' e Moab MoabI MoabV MoabWon I , % V % TOn on Highest Award A\\ard A ard Anard \ . I The newly newh newl elected electedifficeis , /ifficeis ifficeis pfflcels / officets of thelIoab theMoab the \ Moab l\Ioab l Ioab Lions Liens Licns club will be installed msta11ed at atan atan atan an outdool outdooi meeting to be held Mon- Mon MondW Mondi3 Mon-diy Mon diy - - dW di3 ' , . July 13 Itas it ii \ ' was \\as as 'aas aas \ decided at a . ameeting ameeting meetmg meeting of the club held at theUtah theUtah the Utah Cite C1.fe C1fe C'ife Cife . ' Monday evening evenmg Fmal Final FmaldecIsion Finaldecision decision on the place foi fOl fea the meet meet- meetmg meeting meeting - : ing mg and the matter \nangements nangements ofnangements iriangements of ' \ inangementswere iriangements'acre nangementsI nangements"ere "ere ere 'acre acre " ' left to the entertamment entertainment entertainmentcommittee entertainmentcommittee I . , commIttee to be \ worked \ ork.ed orked . outPiesident out Piesident Plesldcnt D E Baldwin Bald\\1n Bald 1n \ \ Di J Ji JW JW i W Williams J P F Finish P'lIIISh PlIIISh Puimsh ' and andMitchell andMitchcll MJtchcll Mitchell Melich Mehch Melmoh , the delegates to tothe ; the district distnct convention at Logan Loganlast Loganlast Loganlast last veek v eek . submitted a leport 1eport ieport on theconvention the theconventIOn theconvention theI I conventIOn conventIOnhele \ wheie \\hele hele \ Moab.on Moab \ ' won \.on .on 'aon aon . filst fist filstprizea fistprizea flistprize prize-a prize a - - a bea beautiful utIful sIh sml silvci el ci lovmg loving lovmgCUpfOl lovingcupfoi lovingcup CUp-fOl CUp fOl cup-foi foi - - foi completing completmg the most mcst actI- actI actIVltles activities acti activities - vities Vltles of any club in 111 distuct dlstllct dmstimct 23 28 in- in including ineluding in including - cluding eluding Utah and Idaho They 1 me- me meported le-ported le ported e- e eported - - ported that Moab received much muchfavoi muchfavoiable . favolable favoi able publicity pubhcity and commentOcntmnuecl comment commentContinued Continued oontll1ued Ocntmnuecl < ( on last page ) Lions Ions Will i Install JnsiaH InstallContinued InstallContinued ( Continued from first page ) ; at the Logan meeting for tor its splen splen- splendId splendid splendid - - did record since its organization organizationse organizationseven organizationseven se\ se seen seven \ en years ageC agcC age agc ageC C L Long was received as a new newmember newmember newmember member of the clubThe clubThe club clubThe The proposed " withdrawal "Ithdrawnl Ithdrawnl of ofEscalante ofEscalante ofEscalante Escalante National Nahonnl monument was wasdiscussed wasdiscussed wasdiscussed discussed and it was the unanimcus unanimous unanimcusopinion unanimousopinion unanimousopinion opinion of the club that grazingshould graz grazing grazingshould ng ngshould should not be interfeied interCeled interfered . with v.Ith vIth in the thecreatlcn thecreation thecreation creatlcn creation of monuments n this di- di dis- dis ditrict district dis district ' ) - trict While the club is heartily heartny in inavor inifavor favor < ( avor of nationil nation'll nationll national ' park development developmentit , it itas was \\as as \ \ felt that our present prescnt c'ICistmg cICistmg existing c'ICistmgindustnes existingindustries existingindustries ' industnes industries should sl uld not be sacrificedThe sacrificed sacrificedThe sacrificedThe The toHo\ toHo following toHoing \ ' . ing resolutions were wereadopted \ ' . wereadopted ere ereadopted adopted by the club in relation lc tc . tcthe tcthe the monument matterWhereas matterWhereas matter matterWhereas Whereas the Moab Lions Club of ofMoab ofMoab ofMoab Moab Utah . , is a civic organization organizationwhose organizationwhose organizationwhose ofI whose membership represents all of ofthe ofthe I the business , professional , llves livestockand livestock cJ . and interets of Grand county- county countyand county - and a portion of San Juan Juancounty Juancounty Juancounty county , Utah ; andWhereas and andWheieis Wheieis Whele"lS WhelelS Whereas " the Moab Lions Club is.keenly iskeenly Is Iskeenly iskeenly . keenly intersted in iti bringing bnnging to the theattention theattention i attention of the outside cutslde world the theunique theunique ' umque unique scenic scemc atractlons atractfons atractions and arch arch- archaeological archaeological - archIaeologIcal arch-I arch I aeological wonders of Southeastern SoutheasternUtah SoutheasternUtah SoutheasternUtah Utah and is 15 anxious to coo cooperate rate in inany inany inany any reasonable program that w1l1 will w1l1lead willlead willlead lead to the development of such suchfeatures suchfeatures suchfeatures features , andW andWdiereas and andWhereas W Whereas Wdiereas erens , the Moab Lions Club is isalso isalso isalso also vitally vltaHJ . ' interested mterested in m the finan finan- financml finan- finan financial financial - - cmlellbeing cial cml \ well-being well being \\ell-being ell Hell-being Hell \ - of the residents of ofSoutheastern ofSoutheastern ofSoutheastern Southeastern Utah the majority of ofthem ofthem ofthem them at aie are e engaged in the raising of ofhvestccl oflivestock oflivestock hvestccl livestock . and other agncultulal agricultutal agncultulalpursUlts agricultutalpursuits agncultuialpursuits pursUlts pursuits , andWhereas andWhereas and Whereas it has been brought to tothe tothe tothe the attention of the Moab LionsClub LIOns LIOnsClub LionsClub Club that tl.nt tlnt . the National Park Ser- Ser Service Service Ser Service - - vice of the Department of the In- In Intenor Interior In-tenor In tenor - tenor terior has expressed a desire to tocreate tocreate tocreate create a national natlcnal monument mommlent with with- within within within - in the confines of Southeastern SoutheasternUta SoutheasternUtair SoutheasternUtan Uta Utair 11 to be known knon kno\\ kno \ n as Escalante EscalanteNational EscalanteNational National Monument which mcnuu- mcnuu menuu- menuu - ment anent we understand , will embrace embraceseveral embraceseveril se\ se seer'tl several \ er'tl ertl ' million acies aCles acres upon embraceII which whichin whichm II m in excess e'ICcess eICcess ' of 150 15000 00 sheep and 15 15000cattle 000 000cattle 000cattle cattle are now giazcd glazed grazed ; ; that theltvest.ock thelivestock the livestock ltvest.ock ltvestock . so grazed furnish furmsh at least leasthalf I half of the tax ta'C taC ' revenues re\enues re enues \ of SanJuau SanJuan San Juan Juau- Juau Juaucounty * - county ' ' ind 1nd 'and and a large portion rortlCn rortion cfthe cfthe cf the tax tah re\ re ref revenues reenucs \ enucs enues of Grand county , that such proposed monumentwould monument \ would \ ould actually embrace close toonehalf toonehalf to one-half one half - of the area of Giand Gland Grand andS'll1 andpan and : Sin S'll1 Sll1 pan ' Juan counties and a large pro- pro - tion protion of Emery , ' Wayne 'Vayne Vayne Garfield andKane andKane and Kane counties , andWhereas and md mdWhereas andI I Whereas the said counties of SanJuan SanJuan San Juan and Gland Grand Gl and and no doubt the t.he t.heothel theother . othel other counties mentioned , hive h'1ve h1ve ' ISsued issued is- is issued - sued bonds foi fOl for the building buildmg of ofschool ofschool school houses loads toads roads , county court- court courthouses courthouses - houses and ether imprcvements improvements improvementsand imprcvementsand and the payment of such bonds isdependent isdependent is dependent upcr UrCl " the collection cf of the thetah thetax tax tah rc\ rc revenues rcenues \ enues on livestock l1vestock grazedW1thm grazedwithin grazed within W1thm the area proposed to be aithrn \ with- with aith- aith within Ith- Ith IthIn - in rn the aiea alea atea piopcsed plopesed proposed to be withdrawn \ with- with withdrawn th- th thdrawn - drawn and if the monument shouldbe shouldbe should be created on the mammoth scalethat scalethat scale that is pioposed ploposed proposed such countiesvwuld counties I \ would vwuld \ ould be ' . unable .mable mable anable to mpet mf'et mfet meet ' then ob- ob obI obhgatlOlls obligations ob obligations - - I ligations hgatlOlls in 111 1n fact could net meet meetthe I Ithe I Ithe 1 the ordm ordiniry ordul'uy orduluy ' iry expenses e'ICpenses eICpenses ' of county countygovernment ' go\emment go emment government \ andWhel andWhereas and county'I 'I I I Igoemment Wheieas Whereas Whel eas a verv v \ erv large portion of ofthe ofthe [ po-I po I poII poIposed the tenifcaiv terutl territory : ) covered co\ered co ered \ by the poposed po- po poposed - - posed Escalante National NatIcnal Monu-I Monu I Monument Monu- Monu Monument - - MonuIment I ment does not can cantain cantarn tam scenic scemc feaI features fea- fea features - - , I tures of any particular niei ment mellt it , andwe and I terIntOlY \ we e can see no reason whv why "h h " } this tIus ter-I ter I territory ter- ter terntoiy - ntoiy ntOlY ritory should be beIthdran withdrawn \\Ithdra\\n Ithdra n nithdrawn \ \ \ for na- na natlonal naI nattonal national - - I tlonal ttonal tional park pm puiposes purposes poses poseshen \ when \\hen hen alien such I IuthdIaal Iwithdrawal \ vvithdiavval \uthdIa\\al uthdIa al withdrawal \ \ would e exterminate termmate an ImdustlJ , i mdustiv mdustlJ industry mdustlJluch . \ which \luch luch , now supports suppolts the I ImhalJltants Iinhabitants inhabitants mhalJltants of such temtory telntory territory and andII andmaintains andmaintains II maintains mamtams the county and towngoernments towngovernments town governments go\ernments go ernments \ embiaced emblaced embraced , within uthm the I ! Iarea aiea alea area and I IWheleas IWhereas Wheieas Wheleas Whereas all of the note\\orth note orth noteworthy \ \ i " ' scenic scemc fcatuies fcatmes features of SoutheasternUtah SoutheasternUtah Southeastern Utah can " well "ell ell be developed andpIctected andprotected and piatected pIctected protected by the creation of one 01 or 01mOl ormore moie more mOl e national monuments winchI winchwould \ which winch 11lch 11lchv I v . would ould embrace onlv onlJ only . such scemcfeatures scenicfeatures scenic scemc features and the tcnitorv terutorv territor Immediately immediately im- im immediately - - mediately adjicent adj\cent adj cent adjacent ' \ , andWheIeas and ; Wheieas Whereas , . theie thele there already e exist lst 111Southe1.stern inSoutheastern in 111 Southeistern Southe1.stern Southe1stern Southeastern . Utah two t\\O t O \ national nahonal nahonalmonuments nationalmonuments monuments Arches Nitional N'ltlOnal NltlOnal National ' 1Ionument Monument \ Mon- Mon 1\Ion- 1 Ion Monument - - ument and Natuial NatUlal Natural Budges Nation NatIon- NatIonal NationI National - I al Monument M'Onument ' both of which winch havebeen havebeen have beenuthdran been \ withdrawn \uthdra\\n uthdra n \ \ for many yeads , I Ithat that notwithstanding notwIthstandmg these monuments monuments monu- monu - ments contain contam great naturalon natural nondens \ won- won \\on- on non wondeis ondel - del deis dens s 'a a ' \ well \ ell \ worthy \ orthy of e'CpIOlt1.honI exploititionI e'CpIOlt1.honand exploititionand exploitition e'CpIOlt1.hon eCpIOlt1.hon eCpIOlt1hon ' . I I e'CpIOlt1.honI and development develcpment still the NatIonalI NationalPark National Paik Patk Park Service to date has h3s e\pcndcd e pcndcd upended epcndcdpractIcally upendedpractically ' \ I practically nothing nothmg to make themI themaccessIble themaccessible them I accessible publ1cth'lt publicthat to the traveling tra\elmg tra elmg \ public publ1c thit th'lt thlt that ' the Moab Lions Club feels that thatthe thatthe the 'llre1.d llre1.d llre1d ' ilreidy already . exising e\ls111g e ls111g eusrng ' \ monumentsshould monumentsshould monuments should be developed de\eloped de eloped \ befoic befOle before vast addItional additional ad- ad additional - ditional ateas aleas areas "IreIthdrawn " ire "Ire are , withdrawn \Ithdrawn Ithdrawn \ for lecleatlcnal iecreaticnal le- le ie- ie lecicaticnal - cicaticnal cleatlcnal creaticnal purposes purloses ) at the expen expenseof expense e eof of mdustlJhlch a ' ' bread and butter ' mdustlJ industry industrywhich . \ which \\hlch hlch \ supports se\ se seera several \ era I countleSand countiesand counties countleS and maintains mamtams many communItIesTherefore communitiesTherefore communities Therefore be it resolved that the theMoab theMoab Moab Lions Club go on recoid recold record as asOppCSl11g asopposing opposing OppCSl11g the cication clcatlon creation of the prc- prc pro- pro proposed proposed prcposed - posed Escalante National NatlOnal Monu- Monu Monument Monument - ment on anj any anv such huge scale asha ashas as bythe ha has been suggested and mapped by tho the National Park Service . , , that thatthe thatthe the creation of additional monuments monuments monu- monu monuments - - ments be net not consummated consununated untIl untIlthe untilthe the citizens immediately llnmedlatelj aflected affected be beconsulted beconsulted consulted and their thclr wishes deter- deter determined determined - deterI mined , that any monuments t that thatmay hat hatmay I may be set aside in Souheastein Souheastel11 . Utah Utnh be limited llm1tcd to thp the th territory territorycontalnlng territorycontaining territorycontaining contalnlng containing the outsandmg outsandrng scenic scenicfeatures scenicfeatures scenicfeatures features only , to the end that the thegrazing thegrazing thegrazing grazing of ot livestock , . which is thechief the thechle thechief chle chief ! industry of or this section , be benet benet benet net ruined ; : andI andBe and I ' Be it further resolved , that acopy a I Iccpy | ccpy copy of these resolutions , signed by byI bythe bythe I ' the president and secretary of the theMoab theMoab theMoab Moab Lions Uons Club . , be sent to theNational the theNational theNational National Park Service and to the theDIVlSlon theDivision theDivision DIVlSlon Division of Grazing of ot the Depart Depart- Department Department Department - I I ment of ot the Interior [ |