Show 14 Year Old Boy Strangled To Death With Rope A crazy knot in a rope which was tightened on his neck took the life Thursday noon of last week of DeLin Lee 13 son of Mr and Mrs Afton Lee of Hurricane THE ACCIDENT happened in an old pickup camper formerly formerly form form- erly a chicken coop made into a club house loca located ted in the rear of a trailer home belonging belonging belong belong- ing to Dennis Allen on about North and East The Lees are temporarily living ina in ina a II trailer house next to the Al Al- lens Mr Lee works for Strat Strat- ton Brothers Construction Company from Hurricane on the Maeser Lapoint-Maeser highway construction project Uintah County Sheriff Norman Norman Nor Nor- man R R. R Fletcher reported young Lee and a cousin Brent Hughes 8 e from Mesquite Nev visiting with his family the Lees for a day on their vacation to Yellowstone had returned home from a fishing trip about noon THE HUGHES boy went into the house to get a drink then went on to the old camp camp- playhouse er-playhouse to Join his cousin to play He lie found DeLin sitting on ona a bunk slumped unconscious with a three foot white w cotton cot ton rope around his neck The rope had been picked up InCont in Cont Continued on oil pare pajo Ii 5 Sawmills Continued from page 1 high lumber prices occurring in the first quarter of the year which since have sed Dimension lumber prices of in February are now 67 Sawmills can not possibly pay 40 stumpage with production production tion cost of oC 65 nearly equal to selling prices OPERATORS urgently need timber at stumpage prices prices ces they can realistically pay to enable them to continue ue op op- The Regional Foresters Forester's of flee fice at Ogden has arbitrarily refused to correct acknowledged ged errors in Forest Service appraisal data contributing to the unrealistically high stumpage stumpage stump stump- age prices Timber operators have failed repeatedly to gain justified appraisal cost allowances allowances allow allow- ances from Crom difficult sale sae conditions conditions con con- of small size timber ground etc The result again is Inflated stumpage prices IN THESE difficult times when operators are striving to keep their mills operating the Forest Service has turned a deaf ear to the small sawmill plea for equity and reason Forest Service indifference to our has made it a necessity to seek your help A meeting with you at your convenience Is requested IN ANSWER to the local plea Secretary Hardin after aCter meeting with timber ber industry representatives representatives represent represent- stated It is our plan to let the advertisements run We have a task force studying appraisal appraisal ap ap- alternatives for use after July 1 Sales being offered offered of of- now which are not sold will be reappraised and in July at quickly as Itis it itis itis is for us to do so The decision of tle the task force will determine the future of over jobs in Uintah County according to local tim timber timber timber tim tim- ber operators These jobs could be increased to over if enough timber were made available at a reasonable price stated a representative of a local mill t THE VERNAL Area Chamber Chamber Cham Cham- ber of Commerce Industrial Development Committee is meeting Monday at noon at atthe atthe atthe the Hotel Vernal Coffee Shop to discuss the timber operators operators operators oper oper- plight to determine what can be done on on a local l level to help the situation |