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Show Universal Microfilm Corp. Pierpont Ave. 141 PRESS TIME By Georg e Friday, I believe it was, I received a shock when I read in the Salt Lake Tribune that Vernon Black had been indicted by a federal grand Jury on a charge of conspiracy in the unlawful cutting of Christmas Trees. I only became aquain ted with Vernon some two or three years ago and really never suspected him of being a conspirator, but rather a small town policeman who had seen an opportunity to fill a need and had built a business in so doing. Now, ;one thing should be made plain right here and now. This is not an attempt to try Mr. Black by newspaper. He is to have his day in court and I expect that he will be given a fair trial when that day comes what I have to say here is my own findings in the matter and ' my own feelings based on those findings. I have attended several meetings where the price of cedar posts was discussed and always ' it was held that the price of 15c per post was unfair in that other areas could get them from land under BLM control for ' from 5 ' to 10 cents per post, I have also been told by people who live in this area that the price of Christmas Trees as set by both the Forest Service and the BLM was higher than it should be and were making it proffitable to take a chance on being caught rather than buy the necessary permits. You may say that that is neith er here nor there and has no the law . bearing on the case is the law and must apply to all and be enforced. That is true but before a rule becomes a law it should be fair and enforceable. It is hard to have great respect for a law which sets a price of 5c per post on cedar trees in Nevada and 15c for the same post in Beaver County. After reading about the in- . dictment, I visited around with a few of the businessmen around town and others to see if I , could find out just what this and post cutting industry ,fee ;' that Mr. Black has built up means to this city and its econBrad-shaomy. I found that Mr. store Parts at the Auto about sells he $4,000 that says worth of chain saws and parts a year to cutters; I find that" most of the boys and men engaged in the work have four wheel drive trucks which are expensive to own and to maintain and I began to suspect that this is not just a baby sized operation but rather one of considerable importance to this city, I asked Mr. Black what h3 had paid out for trees and posts me $60,000 in the , and he told w muwt Last week Single Copy 10c $3.00 a Year in Beaver County Clean-i- p Other THURSDAY, MARCH BEAVER, UTAH, $4.00 Gampaim $k Rimming last year. When I found the amount of money involved I began to wonder, this is a big business, it is tremendously important to this city, who blew the whistle, who made the complaint, who is being harmed compared with $60,000 in payroll to the young men who must either find work or from here get the heck out? ... I asked around and was told that the statement had been made that the action was started as the result of 'hundreds of letters of complaint'. Now I wish you would think about that for just a mimue or two hundreds of letters of complaint. I've run this newspaper years and for two and one-hahave taken a stand on some fairly warm issues and have asked for letters on those issues to be published. In that two and one-hayears I have received about ten letters of which three were unsigned and therefore not worth the lead in the pencil that wrote them. I won't say that anything is wrong but I do find it hard to understand. I also find it hard to understand how it can ba a crime for a boy to make a dollar by cutting down a cedar tree to make a fence post when that tree is scheduled to be railed and burned. I also find it hard to understand that a concerted effort has been made to 'get Vernon Black' and put him out of business when I find no one who has been hurt by that business and many have been helped I find it hard to undertsand how the federal government can justify spending thousands of anti-- '. : tax dollars on a poverty program and still agen-- . cies of that same federal govern- -' ment do less than their best to cooperate with an program under free enterprise which shows a profit and pays : thousands of dollars in payroll from that profit. If it weren't for the seriousness of the charge and the pos- -. sibillty of the loss of the pay-- : roll created by Mr. Black as well as the harm he and his family will suffer because of this Indictment I'd feel tha't the whole damn thing is too silly for words. As It Is It's kind of tragic and I have the feeling that the welfare state Is taking . lf lf ' - anti-pover- ty , Volume 60 No. Approved Symposium E. Moss, Beaver At Humanities Sen- Dick Smith, son of Mr, and Mrs. C. Victor Smith, represent- h, announced that a vast land and ed Beaver High School at the watershed rehabilitation and Intermountain Junior Science of flood control project for Beaver Humanities Symposium held on and Iron Counties of Utah has -' ""I " been approved by the Bureau of the Budget and sent to Congress for apporval. Overall project cost is $2,556,900. with a direct grant from the Government in the amount of $944,400. Sponsoring agencies which will participate are: Utah Department of Fish and Game, Rocky Ford Irrigation Co., Minersville Reservoir and Irrigation Co., the Town of Minersville, Beaver County Commission and the Twin-Soil Conservation District. The work plan has been approved by the Bureau of Budget and transmitted to the Senate and House Interior and AgriSenator culture Committees. Moss is a member of the Senate Interior Committee. DICK SMITH "Important rehabil i t a t i o n measures needed to reverse land March 11, 12 and 13 at the Unideterioration and to provide betof Utah and Camp Wilter use of already meager water versity liams under the direction of Dr. supplies will be financed by Donald D. Bode, director of ecthis plan," Senator Moss said ology and Epizoology Research, today. of Utah. University He outlined some of the proThe Symposium was spon-osre- d jects included as construction jointly by the U.S. Army of 18,000 feet of main channel Proving Ground and Dugway lined with concrete, in addition of Utah with the University to lining 97,000 feet of lateral Theme "Science as a Probeing canals. A large amount of pipe fession". About 160 students and will be laid in addition to con40 teachers from 74 high schools struction of several structures in Utah, Idaho, Colorado, Wyofor more effective water control. ming and Nevada participated "In addition, the Bureau of in the meet. Land Management and the U.S. meet the During the three-da- y Forest Service will cooperate to students and teachers heard 9 take a number of actions on addresses given at University projects to improve their lands of Utah and Camp Williams and and to put into effect fire control also heard eight students preplans in cooperation with the sent their research papers. They State,'' according to Senator also participated in a discussion - - Moss. with a panel, the "Curbstone The overall flood control Clinic" who answered career measures and land rehabilitation and technical questions. projects included in this The afternoon sessions conprogram will greatly sisted of tours of Industrial Rebenefit farmers ad the comsearch Laboratories and the Unimunities by providinng increasof Utah Research Labora versity ed control over all water in tho tories. The group Diek was with watershed. made a tour of U.S. Steel Corp. at Orem the first afternoon and a tour of Chemical Engineerinng Showboats Are Chemistry and Metallurgy at the University of Utah Research Coming Laboratories the next afternoon? Dick reports that it was very The clowns of comedy basketball are returning to Beaver interesting and worthwhile and he appreciates the opportunity High School. Yes, the Harlem given him. thrillteam that the Showboats, reed the crowd last year are turning again this year to comRESERVE Monday evening, pete against the Beaver County . March 29th for the Beaver 2nd The Showboats ara Ward Drama Festival, led by 'Stretch' Redmond as he EVERYONE IS INVITED performs many zany stunts. Those who saw them last year will also remember 'Suitcase' Relief Society Shepard and his fabulous hook shots from the top of the foul Celebrates Birthday circle, not to mention the comA large crowd of ladies enpetitive spirit of 'Bo' Crain, the performer, from the joyed the 123rd annual birthday party for the founding of University of Utah Redmen. the Relief Society Organization The Beaver have Tuesday afternoon. The three lined up such talented opposiBeaver Wards had joined totion as Billy Garrett, Ivan Row? gether for this joyous affair. The ley, Hayward Marshall, Wayne Stake Presidency were in atGillins, Gordon Baker, Alfred Marshall, Hal Murdock, Noel tendance. The program was conducted Robinson and Ken Yardley. This by Lucille Strong and included group might not excel in greatness but they should provide a song composed by Ireta Baker, some fine quality basketball & "Relief Society Is Calling", sung by the congregation. The invoshowmanship. Remember the day is Friday, cation was given by Hettie HarMarch 26, 1965 at 8:00 p.m. in ris. The Singing Mothers sang, the Beaver High School gym. The tickets will be $1.00 for "Hear The Call" composed by adults, 75c for students and 50c Macel Horton. Remarks were given by Stake for children. President Lucille A. Murdock. Mildred Atkin played a violin Public Immunization solo, "Your Eyes Have Told Me Set For March 25th So," accompanied by Virginia The- public Immunization clinBradshaw. ic sc't for March 19 has been reThe Singin Mothers sang, set for Thursday, March 25th "When Mother Sings"; the Grama-at the Community Center from Tones, Esta, Maurine, Evelyn and Vilda, sang, "It had to be li noon to 2 p.m. Immunization for Small Pox, You" accompanied by Peggy Tetanus, Typhoid and D.P.T. Ruesch; The Kentucky Babes-H- elen will be given. L., Ann, Nancy and Helen C, sang "Who Threw The Over trol and gulley plugs in critical all in Mrs. Murphy's Chowder", areas. accompanied by Shirley Morris. Glenyce Poulson sang "If Structural measures consist of two debris basins, 37,700 feet Christ Came Tomorrow" accomof diversion dikes and channells, panied by Carol Kesler. Ann Marshall gave reading, 118,610 feet of Irrigation canals and canal lining and 800 feet of "Grandmother's Apron '. The Singing Mothers sang, Irrigation pipe line. If the project is approved by "Gift of Love". the Subcommittee it will go beThe benediction wa.--t given by fore the full house Agriculture Naomi Baker. Committee. If approved there it will be The Singing Mothers were disent to the Senate Agriculture rected by Roberta Sicker and Committee. Gaining full approvaccompanied by Peggy Ruesch al it will be sent to the Departfor all of their numbers. ment of Agriculture for Refreshments were cerved. r t Here is what the traveling The first thing I'd like to do this week is to offer my most sincere congratulations to Mrs. Chloe Bishop and all the memcommittee bers of the clean-u- p for their wonderful work in orof the ganizing the kick-of- f clean-u- p campaign last Saturday. Also a word of thanks to all the folks who supplied either equipment or themselves in the effort. The turnout and the job that was accomplished was certainly a fine one and gives an indication of what can be done when people want to work. The work commenced at 8 a.m. with the arrival of the heavy equipment and a group of people who started immediately. The large trees on the north edge of the block were first to feel the power of the tracktors and were soon down and being cut up for burning. At the same time a shed on. the north side of the block was being dismantelled and was soon piled up for burning. Soon the old barn on the west side was another turn on the screws to make all of us into good little boys who ask uncle before we go to the bathroom. I could understand the effort to put an end to the post cutting and Christmas tree business if Vernon were making big money and riding around in a Cadilac with a big black cigar and a chasin with a flock of chicks but no, he has to hold down the cop job to put grub on the tabls and raise and feed his family. Last Saturday I overheard a couple of boys talking about this case and the one boy saidt that he sure hoped things came out all right because he had been putting himself through school on money made cutting on Saturdays and Sundays. I don't know the boy but I'll bet that part of those trees that he has made posts out of and sold to Mr. Black have been taken from BLM land and havent been, paid for but if you will drive over to the Beaver-Iro- n county line on US-9- 1 you can see what I would suppose is at least a thousand acres of such trees that have been railed and pushed up in winrows and will be burned after they dry. In spite of all the volumes of regulations and rules and laws you can write or have passed, I don't believe you can ever make that boy believe he has done wrong in taking a post or two when a governmental agency has hundreds and thousands of them to burn just to get rid of them. To give you an idea of the way this business works, here is what I recently saw: A truck was loaded with 300 posts for which the trucker paid Vernon 45c per tree with a check for $135.00 plus tax. Vernon had paid 40c per tree, or $120 for those tree3. In loading, it was found that there were two bad posts in the lot so he had really paid $120,80 for the load. He paid $6 for help to load the truck so he wound up with $8.20 profit and a check that still had to go through the bank which is always a question. Some Conspiracy! I I public will see as they travel down and added to the flames. By noon three barns had been taken down and were in the fire and work had started on ; removal of the old apple orchard on the east side of the block. All told, three barns. 6 sheds and 4 fences were removed. 62 trees and 100 bushes were also torn out and 25 loads of trash and 43 loads of manure were hauled away. Gordon Baker was block captain on this job and did an ex-- cellent job of planning and coordinating the work. trucks, Heavy equipment tracktors, etc., were supplied by Beaver County, Beaver City, the local unit of the National Guard, the Utah Power and Light Co. the Fire Department, the State north of the Belknap School. road, Barry Hutchings, John Riley, Ronald Bradshaw, Jim Low, Gilbert Gale and John Bradshaw. The organizations their crews. Chain saws for cutting up the trees etc. were supplied by Ned Ruesch, Bob Wright, Paul Anderson, Henry Limb, Carl and Harold Bradshaw. The Legion Auxiliary served punch to 160 people working on the project. Mrs. Dan Joseph was chairman. According to Mrs. Bishop, the plan for this coming Saturday is to return to that block and finish hauling away the remains from the fire etc. They are also lining up their work for the future so that as many places will be cleaned up as possible. n, CITY TO PLACE HOSPITAL QUESTION IN BEFORE PEOPLE BOND ELECTION On Monday night the City Council met with the members of the hospital committee and Mr. Dick Sharp who has been the architect for Service Area No. 1 and Mr. Christensen who represents a bonding firm to discuss ways and means of furthering the plan of obtaining a hospital for this city. The first question that arose was that of the disposition of the assets of Service Area No. 1 which include a site for the hospital and the architectural drawing and plans as well as the $21,000 in money held by that group. No final action can be taken on that matter until Hegal questions are settled. Mr. Sharp then was asked and agreed that he would transfer his plans and etc. from the Service area to the City and was retained by the city to work on the application to have the n commitment to the Service Area transferred to the city. Mr. Christensen then told of several alternate plans which he knew of by which the city could sell hospital bonds if the people approve the issuanca of such bonds and an agreement was reached whereby his firm would purchase the bonds as soon as the election was over if the voters approve the Issue. During the next four weeks every effort will be made to bring all of the information possible concerning the proposed hospital, including the cost of construction as well as the cost of operation and plans of ways to meet those costs before the people of this community so that an Intelligent decision may be made on April 20th, the date of the bond election. Homecoming? On Tuesday, Mr. Hy Lee told the Lions Club that he thought it would be a good idea if we were to try to have a homecoming this year in conjunction with the race meet on the 24th of July week-enMany suggestions were made as to how such a day could be made better and it was finally decided that Mr. Lee thould be made temporary chairman of a committee to try to work out plans for such a day. Anyone who is interested or has a suggestion as to how to make this a success should contact Mr. Lee. He welcomes all the help he can get to make the project a success. d. Hill-Burto- BIRTHDAY CALENDARS Anyone who hasn't b?cn contacted ran have Birthdays listed and order calendars by contacting Bill Low, Oo. B, Low or McKay Farrer, two-coun- All-Star- s. How About A Burton Backs Minersville Project Congressman Burton today appeared before the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation to ask approval for the Minersville Watershed Project. The project Is located In Iron and Beaver Counties. The area to be affected consists of 249 thousand acres. The project itself will consist of land treatment and soil conservation measures such as of hillsides, brush con- - The Weather The following are the official Weather Bureau Report-Ing- s ai compiled by Mr. D. E. Stapley. Date Low Prec. High 19 54 Mar. 10 21 47 Mar. 11 30 40 Mar. 12 .2 41 Mar. 13 28 .10 50 17 Mar. 14 Tr. 19 58 Mar, 15 Tr. 21 57 Mar, 16 U. S. 11 Dick Smith Represents WASHISGTON, D.C. - -- 1965 Project For Beaver And Iron Counties ator Frank Off 18, AU-WA- C All-Sta- rs ty Ju |