Show gov clyde state land board oil gas commission visit area governor george D clyde and members of the state land board and state oil and gas commission visited important lands in the vernal area thursday and friday spoke at the rotary club and were honored at a reception armr at mr andars and mrs C 11 hendersons thursday evening of last week mr henderson enderson II is chairman of the two groups THE VERNAL meeting was the first of a series by the state groups in which they will hold meetings in various I 1 areas of the state to aid them in inspecting the mineral po the state officials inspected exchange lands in dinosaur national monument flaming gorge land withdrawals and visited the phosphate development and other areas leading the tours were state sen D B 11 II chas J neal and anac C V chatterton doard board meetings were held thursday at 0 9 am a m in the county building and I 1 11 I 1 am friday at the monument AMONG OTHER areas vis tied were red wash oil field gilsonite production at don anza oil shale lands at hells hole and a lookout site where the group could see rangely langely oil field mr henderson explained that the state was inspecting lands in the phosphate as ahalt and oil shale areas to determine which would be most oat advantageous for the state to acquire under the pr pro visions of the million acre in in lemnitz land due utah from the federal government the chairman also pointed out ut that an agreement was worked out with the national park service to exchange lands in dinosaur national monument for federal lands outside AGREEMENT also was reached with the national forest and the bureau of land ladd management for an ex change of land involved in flaming gorge dam withdrawal mr henderson enderson II pointed out that only surface land ex changes were made and did not include minerals A section was retained on the green river below the dam on the clearwater side for commercial and recreational development THE STATE visitors ex pressed amazement at the quantities of minerals located in the basin and at the poten bial development through fla ming G gorge orge project at the rotary meeting governor clyde said he would discuss death and taxes because of their universal interest lie ile said he was consider ing the possibility of cree creating a new agency to combat death on the highway and criticized the present cumbersome sometimes unfair processes of law time destroys import ant factors he commented referring to taxes he complained we are now paying through the nose for previous penny pinching administrations ile he said that the state had spent a surplus ol of 12 7 million rather than levy higher taxes the Goer governor nor referred ed to the population sion ilon in utah continued on page 5 N cott i 14 avy J e 1 al 11 at TOP EXECUTIVE governor george D clyde and mrs clyde moot daun huber and dorothy luck at a garden mc option last wk introductions are mad by harmon S at right is mrs francis staff photo Cov ov Ciple continued from page 1 TIE HE POINTED out that all property taxes go to schools and forebay a reduction in the property tax in august lit defend defended cd the state with holding tax saying that more inore taxpayers were picked up ill and brought in 11 11 2 mil lion more per year also albo speaking at the local club was edward W clyde a 0 member of both boards lie fie also cited tile the lengthy process es cs of courts and said that such agencies as the oil and gas commission had been given the authority to investigate to speed up important decisions similar agencies are tile the pub lie service commission and tile the dank bank examiners lie he said OTHER GUESTS at the ro tary club were J newell stephens division manager of utah power fid light co and the new president of american fork rotary club jerry allen alien pan american petroleum salt lake city and L Y secretary manager of at vernal chamber of commerce and dr vernon C young other visiting ro farians were warren L bartholomew of new mexico and ed wreath of missouri about residents from throughout the uintah dasin basin thronged thron ged the grounds of the C it henderson enderson II residence in glines clines to meet governor clyde and members of the visiting boards vocal selections were pro vided aided by dorothy luck and daun fluber by rex hex taylor and a male tet let accordian Accor dlan selections were played by mrs leland car roll among prominent guests wire state supt bupt E allen alien batchan salt lake city ma kenneth aycock of roo roos i evelt and state rep dennie lett of roosevelt VISITING BOARD boand mem mein bars were dr bateman sup erin of public instruct tion and a member of tile the land doard board edward W clyde a member of both groups cecil thomson moab both boards walter G mann brigham city M V hatch panguitch Pan gultch frank allen alien diree diorec tor of the state land board mark crystal and gale prince land examiners cleon flight secretary stere tary of the oil and gas commission and bob Sc schmitt hinitt petroleum engineer for the oil and gas commission |