Show t I S St St. avs By Jack Wallis s The weather seems to dominate the subject of conversation among most people and sometimes it gets somewhat boring to hear comments about it over and over but we cant can't help but comment comment com corn ment on the unusually warm spring-like spring February we are arc having this year We wonder how long our early spring will last It is sure nice to enjoy but we need some more moisture things are getting very dry It has been nearly two months since any moisture has fallen Patrol Our Utah Highway Patrol o officers are baffled with what to do to reduce the on head-on accidents in the old twist area west of town This part of U. U S S. S 40 has been responsible for 11 fatalities in two years This area seems to be a adeath adeath adeath death trap for irresponsible wrong side of the road drivers which involve innocent innocent innocent in in- oncoming vehicles It is terrible to think of someone coming towards you on the wrong side of the highway going 70 mph I guess what we need is a divided divided divided divid divid- ed highway through this mile 12 section of road already If you haven't already gotten your vehicle license decals for 1972 be prepared prepared pre pre- pared to wait walt out in a long line This year it seems everyone is waiting until the last week to pay property taxes and fees on highway vehicles Only four more days remain to purchase your 1972 decal decal de- de cal before February 29 midnight dead dead- line s Speaking of vehicle registration all off-highway off recreation vehicles must alSO also al al- so be registered and inspected before they can be legally used on public lands The Utah Division of Parks and Recreation Recreation Recreation tion is handling the recreation vehicle registration by mail mall By Dy the time you get your boat snowmobile motorbike trail machine and camper properly registered registered re reo re- re you will be so tired of lines filling out forms or so flat broke you will not be able to enjoy those days on tho the mountain or on the lake Then there is the thought of going through the same old ld row rig all over again next year people Starting April r 1 all Il people coming into Uintah County to stay overnight or less than 30 days will have a HI per cent transient room tax added to their hotel motel camper space or trailer parking charge bill This money collected by bythe bythe bythe the State Tax Ta Commission will ill be used for tourist promotion within the county This is another way to get even with all those fortunate people who can afford to take a vacation r It is is' is amazing to learn of all aU the new oil service companies that have moved into the area during the last six 51 months It was reported at the Chamber Economic mic Forecasting For e cas tin g Confere Confer Confer- Can fer e n c e that over 20 new oil service had moved here and more are arc coming It was also reported fe re ported at the conference that oil com cam panics are aie second to the federal govern govern- pent ment in size of payroll in the Vernal area |