Show What's G Going On tt toa I It Is not anticipated that thata a moving e company willbe will willbe willbe be in Moab t this 19 season al although al though it Is possible p that the fall months may ay be selected for a location n here The lack of adequate catering ra facilities at Moab Is the reason for the reluctance re reo re- re luot-ance luot producing companies show how In choosing the local area for locations Cost of bringing In caterers is s said Mid ld to be almost prohibitive III HI HIThe The announcement I 1 last a i a t week that all fissionable mineral min mm eral emle contained in lands covered cov coy ered by oil and emd gas leases had been reserved rasen-ed by the government has hal created great resentment throughout the tho uranium aiea atea It is hard to understand the motive motle for this withdrawal when the government at tho same time I is calling for or an em Increase in In uranium production It I is an nu undisputed undisputed- fact that th t private enterprise represented by bythe bythe bythe the rugged prospector has built the mInIng industry of this country and private Yate industry Industry in the tho nations nation's na no lions tion's needs neds for uranium if the tho bui bureaucrats will just leave leave- Ioa e the tha prospector or alone Stray Thoughts Hot days at al Moab in past p st years ears have meant a shortage of water in the local pipelines Not so any more City officials report that fuat during the past two weeks which witnessed witness ed near record near record temperatures the storage reservoirs remained full proving th tb the value of the waterworks im improvements completed com corn last spring Traffic over highway between Moab and Monticello has been kept at a minimum this summer sum mer by the road construction at Peters Peter's Hill w which wilch has made the highway one to be avoided all season of the project is now Y under way bulIt but bul It is not likely that oil ing ling can be completed until next spring road officials advise After waiting altIng 15 years for this road work southeastern Utah will probably be able to wait walt another six abc hs n Although no official announcement an has been made we learn via the grapevine grape grapevine vine that a new now bridge over the tho Colorado river at Moab is definitely on the federal aid program for the fiscal year that started July 1 I. The bridge I it t Is reported will cost over a million dollars and emd win will take a sizeable part of Utah's Utah federal aid funds for the year Iii Ill The number of visitors In Arches National Monument for forthe forthe the he month of July has broken all ill past records according to superintendent Bates Wilson The rhe previous record month was June Fune of this year when people visited the ithe area The July ruly figure to be announced next week will exceed June by bya byi a i substantial amount The Tho travel javel to Arches so far this year ear has about equalled the total otal for all of 1951 and when the he travel year ends the last of September another time all record ecord will doubtless be rung up ip T II Ii- Ii Heavy rains have visited many parts of Utah the past two weeks but the storm clouds have bypassed by I passed Moab except for a welcome wel wel- I come shower Monday evening eve eve- ning DIng when 18 of an Inch ofrain of ofrain rain was recorded I |