Show WHAT'S WUA rs GOING ON ONBy ttO nau t By Sam Taylor By a touch of the President Presidents hand last Monday work was wu begun begun begun be be- gun on the long awaited Iong Glen canyon canyon can yon and Flaming Gorge dams the thi start of the Upper Colorado river rive development program which wit will do more when completed for th the Utah Arizona Colorado and Wyoming Wy Wy- oming than any other thing The Thi projects will mean that the upper basin ln states will be In a position to utilize the water developed hen here for the benefit of ot those people living here Thousands of acre acres of productive nonproductive land will eventually eventually eventually even even- be Irrigated by water from froit the storage reservoirs and th thi the power that is ts generated at the dams Jams will be a strong Inducement for fot Industries who might consider establishing developments In this thi part of the West The fight to bring dams to th the the Upper Colorado and Green rivers has tas been a long and bitter one The plan to build a dam at Echo park on the Green river was war downed by those who stated that thai the he dams worth would not equa equal that hat of a portion of Dinosaur national na jonal monument which would woul i ilave have lave been Inundated by the waters wa ers stored there However th the the Flaming Gorge site was picked aan as asan a an alternate and the beginning of ol work on not only It it but also Glen canyon heralds a great milestone in n industrial and economic development development devel in the Intermountain area I IThe The Colorado river system for fbi years rears life-blood life of the Southern California area and not utilized to o any great extent by the upper basin states has long posed itself as a serious point of argument be be- tween the western states However However However How How- ever with vast amounts of development development devel devel- work the upper basin stales have not been in a position to o prove prove that they could put the water to as good or better use than han California When one visits Hoover dam and sees the value of the structure in terms of water power ower and recreational facilities it t is almost beyond imagination to realize what could be done don with the he area if a series of dams were built milt along the entire course of the river iver river and Its tributaries We have been indeed fortunate fortunate for for- so 10 far this year in n havIng having hav hav- ing big no serious accidents or death deaths during the annual first part of the deer season We would like to think that people are becoming more careful of firearms and more mindful of conditions encountered while hunting From the looks of new new faces faces on on top of red shirts during durIng during dur dur- ing the past few weeks there are Just as many hunters hunters' this ye year r as there have been In past seasons and the sounds of gunfire gunfire gunfire gun gun- fire on on the La sirs Sal last Saturday Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- day and Sunday would surely Indicate that there were plenty Maybe were we're Just lust getting luck luck- ier The following piece of writing was submitted this week by Thurman Thurman Thur- Thur man Long who is adjutant of the loab Moab chapter of the DA DAV V. V The poem oem seems quite appropriate at athis this this his season of the year POLITICS If If I am elected elected elected- Once nce again we hear them shout I I I shall help the poor and needy And Ill I'll turn things inside out out Their heir good right arms are now in shape To ro b fling the campaign mud While over the air the radios blare Youve You've been listening to Senator The ITIe air is 15 fl filled lcd with epithets As politics holds its sway My My opponents opponent's a thief and a blackguard He was born and reared that way they Politics h Politics they they are the spice of life But ut sometime Id I'd like to hear bear Of Dr f a politician who kept his promises promises pro pro- After fter the campaign year Thurman Long At this our poet from Poverty Flat Fiat remains silent this week |