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Show Botes!', faighligbfe temty itelstoD . ; ' - i .v. . If 5- L 1 y- l 1 f ' - f . i if- ' , 4 v ; I . i 1 4 J Governor Scott Matheson and Mrs. Matheson spent Friday and Saturday in Beaver Bea-ver County last week and after deplaning at the Milford Airport, were whisked off to visit city hall after a short tour of the community, com-munity, to hear problems of the city, while Mrs. Matheson visited the elementary ele-mentary school and Milford Valley Memorial Hospital. Dr. Symond directed their attention to the needless deaths along U-21, because cattle are not fenced off the1 highway. He said we spend thousands for prevention of disease and illness, and allow lives to be lost through accidents caused by careless roaming cattle, besides the needless waste of livestock and property damage. Councilman Pettey asked the Governor to look into a more equitable way of distribution dis-tribution of state and federal funds. Cities and counties who have been frugal, worked within their budget, receive less favorable treatment when applying for federal or state administered funds, than similar cities, which have bonded, or spent them -selves into bankruptcy. The system of evaluation gives the irresponsible an advantage ad-vantage in receiving grants and federal loans and gives cities like Milford a slap on the back, and good luck, fending for yourself. That's fine, Petty said, but how does Milford com -pete for services and funds with communities that have not been so frugal. The Governor agreed, and instructed his staff to look into a more equitable solution. Next, the Governor and his wife were hosted at the Senior Sen-ior Citizens Center, with coffee, cookies, snacks and CHAMPION RANGE, BULL: Governor and Mrs. Mathe- ' son pose with the Grand Champion Range Bull, owned by Fay and Jeff (pictured) Marshall, of Minersville. The stock show boasted nineteen top range bulls, making the judging most difficult. The show originally was started as a means of upgrading the range bulls in Beaver County. This huge animal will attest to the success of the show, which has grown each year, and was this year moved into the new facilities at the stock grounds. punch, in an informal gathering, gather-ing, where citizens could speak to him on a one-to-one basis. After a quick tour of the Union Pacific Depot, which is rumored to have a very short life span once new clubhouse facilities are built, he was taken on a tour of the South Milford farming community, where he was met by a group of farmers and ranchers who voiced their concerns about the availability of gas and dle-sel dle-sel to run their farming operations. Matheson explained ex-plained that agriculture had a first priority, and that the state set aside plan was working most satisfactorily. He said a three percent set aside was presently in effect, ef-fect, but that he hoped to increase that to five percent. Pumping costs were also discussed. Several facts and figures were bandied about. Gale Van Tassell said his pumping costs in 1973 were $7,800., while today they are $35,000. Nick leko said he'd turn over his farm to UP&L, if they could operate it for a year at present pumping costs and show a profit. THe concenses was that UP&L had courted the farmer far-mer when they had surpluses sur-pluses of power in summer, but now didn't want them. Recent rate increases were discussed, and the proposed 90 percent increase for pum -ping, which for the moment, has been dropped. They told of testifying before PSC and thousands of dollars spent for attorneys. They were encouraged that the Utah State Farm Bureau had finally joined the fight. Several have converted to diesel, but feel it is self-defeating, self-defeating, insofar as the en ergy crisis, because diesel makes the country more dependent de-pendent on foreign Imports, while electricity can utilize the abundant Utah coal. They showed a vital concern for the future, and Matheson said, so far Utah shortages were isolated, and while he hated the 55 mph speed limit, it was saving gas and diesel. Several specific problems were raised, and he instructed instruc-ted his staff to look into those matters. He assured the group of about 30 that he would do everything pos- here's more about GOVERNOR sible to keep the farmer operating during this energy crisis. The tour moved on through South Milford, the Miners -ville fields, and to Beaver, where he met with local citizens in the courthouse, discussing much the same concerns, gas, diesel, and the effects on farming and tourism. City and County officials attended a no host dinner at the Ponderosa later that evening eve-ning with the Governor. On Saturday, Governor and Mrs. Matheson thoroughly enjoyed their visit at the Beaver County Livestock Show, looking over the fine Beaver County animals, passing pas-sing out trophies and ribbons, and trying to guess the weight of the range bulls. After a lovely dinner of roast beef, served by the Minersville Legion Auxiliary, Aux-iliary, they toured the impoundment im-poundment on the Beaver River, and the wier which provides water to the Minersville Mi-nersville pipeline, and received re-ceived tokens of Beaver County in the form of bolo ties and pendants made from alfalfa hay cubes, before -leaving to catch their plane : back to Salt Lake. ' |