| Show e. e V r t j I Five Corners Corners' Hears Loud Talk Of Becoming State in Union The manner In which a Ie le fire can cover distance e or ora ora ora a snowball rolling downhill can enlarge otters offers little to match the growing cry from the Five Corners area for tor statehood all allUs Its Us own Support was wired to Editor Dick Cunningham of the Durango Durango Dur ango Colo News Harold News last week over the name of Mayor J J. J W W. of Moab The wire read Success to your campaign for Comers Corners secession of the five uve area comprising New Mexico Il Arizona Utah and the State tAt of nf Neglect 0 The telegram of the Moab mayor Te reflected the feeling ex ex- t pressed messed earlier In the week by T. T Be In a letter to the Durango paper urging separate statehood for the San Juan Ba sin which he charged has been neglected by the capitals of the four our states stares because of Its lack of voting strength Bayfield Colo put In a bid for or the honors of being the capitol capi tol ol of the proposed state staten In n a telegram sent to Gov Edwin Ed win C. C Johnson of Colorado by Merle James chamber of com comp merce secretary The same day the Denver Post Pos carried the story across the top of page one with a banner headline head head- line Ine of the opposition of the Colorado governor to the planA plan A telegram dispatched to Governor Gov J. J Bracken Lee in SalL Salt Sal Lake ake L City but Lee was out of o ohe the he state and no action has been taken on the matter by Utah officials The Rhe Durango Chamber o of Commerce has sought to 10 calist the backing of the llaU nations nation's ns n's chambers of commerce m rn the venture for the new state The boundary of the new ne newstate newstate state has been causing some debate and concern amon among amon its backers One proposed map t would leave out Moab but there has las been strong opposition to this his from of the venture Venture venure ven ven- ture ure who feel tee I the worlds world's uranIum uran lum Ium um capitol should be In the new state Gov v. v John SImms of New Mex ice co has forwarded forwarded- an Ion tion for the area to become a apart apart apart part of the land of enchantment enchantment enchant ment meat and promised his sup port ort before the New Mexico leg slature upon receipt of the petitions pe signed by toy the governors at of f the other three states stales e ed And so the around tank talk around ml i am around she goes where It will wll end nobody knows But It is at least getting well aired over the colorful southwest |
