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Show -;- i:zst 3322 cor?. 3rd SOUTH SALT LAKE Cm, CAST UTAH sms Emery County (, ( sfM ' ty HEART OF CASTLE COUNTRY LEADER Volume 77 Thursday, January Number 2 8, 1976 Huntington council takes office Elected proposed water treatment roads in town. The guard commanded by plant. He said he would like unit, to see it large enough to Russell Larsen of Castle accomodate Huntington and Dale is in need of training North water activities. Emery Since the city streets are systems. He also stressed the need of street lighting being torn up for inand starting curb and gutter stallation of sewer and water lines, the town is districts. The city council favored eligible for help from the National Guard offer to Department of Housing and furnish men and equipment Urban Development under to haul gravel on the the Community DevelopBlock southside park and to crown ments Grants Huntington councilmen Jethro Majors, Grant Wilson and Gale Chapman were sworn into office Monday by City Recorder Barbra Jones. Majors was appointed to head the water department upon the resignation of Ted McCandless, 18 months ago. While the councilman agreed to share all facets of city government, their specific assignments are as follows: Jethro Majors, water and sewer; Gale Chapman, water and sewer; Grant Wilson, roads, cemetery and parks; Vem Leamaster, L. to R. Gale Chapman, Jethro Majors and Grant Wilson take oath of office as councilmen of Huntington City. Councilmen throughout county slate oath rites men voted to The represent residents in city council seats will take office this month. Although most will be sworn into office in the regular meeting of the city council, some were in at special sworn Monday night, as meetings it is customary for officials to take office the first Monday in January. office Taking jobs. Riedell George, Max Ralphs and Clifford Snow are Ferron Citys new councilmen. Snow is filling his first elective term of office. He served on the council a few months in an appointive position that became available when Ferron became a second class city. Ferron will also have a new mayor. Clyde Conover was appointed Mayor in November, when former in Orangeville will be Tom Humphrey, Ken Stilson and Richard Stilson. Castle Dale councilmen will be Dickson mayor D.J. Larsen anHuntington, Don Jorgensen nounced his resignation and and Berdell Lake. Although plans to move out of the it is a second term for Don state. Monday evening Emery Jorgensen, Huntington and Lake will be new to their officials were sworn into Rancher tells council: public measurements are normal for January 1 reports Reese Jewkes of the Soil Co- Pine Ridge. Averages vary from 71 percent of normal at the Stuart ranger station to 31 percent of normal at Dills camp. Jewkes points out that last years measurements were also below average on Snow much below nservation Service. Measurements vary from no snow at the Orange Olsen station to 20 inches at Red Grazing fee increases announced by govt WASHINGTON . be increased from $1.11 to $1.60 per AUM. An AUM is The Interior and Agriculture the equivalent of the grazing of a mature cow, five sheep, or one horse for one month. In 1969, the two Departments began a program of annual raises to maintain Departments Wednesday announced scheduled increases in 1976 fees charged for grazing livestock on public lands administered of by Interiors Bureau Land Management and Agricultures Forest Ser- because requested relocation of the lagoon alter the Lawrence site had longer lines and other incidentals raised the transmission A.J. Lott City Council Monday. A.J. Lott said the water from Rilda and Little Bear Canyon will be polluted with coal water in a couple of years. In Tie Fork Canyon the spring water ;s free from coal and v, ill always be pure. Ive found ashes and blue slate there but no coal. There is a lot of good water in Tie Fork Canyon. I know where the great fault lies at of Trail the bottom Canyon. Ive suggested the city file for water from Tie Fork. Ive prospected for coal in thousands of he admonished. places, Mr. Lott was told Tie Canyon water has been filed on by the Huntington Cleveland -- Irrigation company and that city engineers surmised Tie Fork was too fair above Little Bear Springs to be economically diverted into the water system. A water treatment plant taking water from the Creek would produce a pure, softer water he was told. Whereupon the elderly gentleman, noted the diminishing supply of creek water because of mining operations. The McHadden and Mud second Springs has run ft. of water since 1890 and now they run enough for one com furrow. Both these springs have gone under and are being pumped out at Mohrland, Loft explained. In his concern over the water situation and recent series of line breaks, Mr. Lott wrote a letter to Governor Rampton. He told the governor how he had boiled a sample of Huntington water for half an hour and obtained an slur. Kindly replaying, the governor said the slur was probably calcium carbonate of hard water deposit and that he had forwarded Lotts letter to Daniel F. Lawrence, of Water Resources, who has been working closely with Mayor Director Swinburne and the citys consulting engineer for the past six months. A diminishing source of wafer supply is of great between comparability vice. The fee on public lands administered by the BLM will be increased from the grazing fees for private lands and those for public cost. lands. The objective is to office. Brent Bunderson and The matter is being gradually increase fees to Beal will be LeGrand taking referred to city attorney ; present $1 to $1.51 fair market value by 1980. per trustee posts on the town Stan Litizzette for ad- animal unit month Prior to the start of the (AUM). board. visement. The average fee for grazing program, grazing fees were Only in Elmo, are both To date the city has not cattle on the National 33 cents for lands managed for trustees returning received word ofUP&fc in the six western by BLM and an average of another term of office. participation in the water Forest will 56 cents for Forest Service Galan Atwood and Dennis system funding. The city Forest Service regions managed lands. The 1975 Mortensen are filling a new wishes to sell water to the fees were held at 1974 levels term in the same old job?. power company in exin recognition of difficult New trustees, Jerry W. change for the half mmion , economic factors and Hanson and Rex Minchey dollar support, promised, conditions drought facing will take offices on but the power company The Southeastern Utah the western livestock inCleveland town board. other Health District will be says attorney Monday evening arrangements have been holding its first im- dustry. About 25,000 operators swearing in ceremonies made and that spring water munization clinic of 1976 on now hold permits for started a second term of is not as good as creek 13 at Emery High grazing an estimated 9 January office for Jethro Majors, water for power production School. This clinic is for all million head of cattle and Huntington city coun- purposes. 3 months to 6 years sheep for a total of about 19 children for cilman, and new terms The time limit for funding who are not adequately million animal unit months Gale Chapman and Grant has been extended two immunized against on lands administered by Wilson on the town council. weeks from the original measles, rubella, polio, the two agencies. The Dec. 27 deadline. the dephtheria, specify pertussis permits Governor Rampton has and location, duration and cough) (whooping exhibited great concern for tetanus. number of ivestock for the dilemna of Huntington. The Public Health Office each permit holder. In In the event that the power urges all parents to make a Utah, approximately 2,000 company cannot par- New Years resolution to operators in 1974 grazed ticipate, he has indicated protect their children from 132,000 cattle and horses greater support from the these terrible childhood and 477,000 sheep and goats state, probably through the diseases by bringing them on State Water Resources to this clinic. The clinic will national resource lands, Board. run from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. for nearly two million concern to the Huntington Gale Chapman and there is no charge. AUMS. Council. Water in the the size of the mountains follows natural questioned fractures or flows along the top of the strata but when the mountain is tunneled the natural flow of the water is FERRON More destruction would cause on tled. The school district has altered and the water exits misfortune has hit con- the project. The schools will insurance on the project. into the mir.e where it may struction crews at the San be needed this fall. School board members become a problem. Rafael Junior High building The school was hit by will meet in their regular Once water goes through site. Last weekend strong vandals in December when meeting Monday, Jan. 12 a mine it is deemed impure winds blew down two free a front-enloader was and will discuss building by the Environmental standing walls on the upper rammed through the wall. progress then. It is hoped Protection Agency and its level of the building. Jensen said financial school building projects will use prohibited even for According to architect responsibility for the be completed in time for irrigation. Randy Green the walls had school to begin this fall. was still not set The city attorney had also just been finished, the damage informed the council that crews were going home and & Sanpete has designed on the the walls were not braced. natural drainage out of However Green estimated A meeting of the Carbon that reconstruction of the Huntington Canyon. for the future will be the missed would Huntington masonry only delay Emery Fish & Game discussed and the personnel boat in several ways on the the project by about a week. Association will be held in of the Department of water situation noted Randy Jensen, Emery Room 7, upstairs, in the Wildlife Resources will be Mayor Swinburne. How to County School District Price City Hall Thursday in attendance to answer any get on board and keep Clerk said the greatest January 8, 1976. Officers, questions the sportsmen traveling upstream is the concern to the district at members and directors are may have. 1976 challenge. present was the delay the urged to attend. A project . M InimillliZtltioil 1953-197- 4; 1961-197- 72-7- 6; 6. Jan. 1, but it turned out to be a very good water year. So the Jan. 1 measurements are not too good an in- dicator of what the water supply will be. Listed below are this years measurements, last years measurement and the average for this time of year. The Creek Muddy the drainage showed following amounts: Blacks fork had 16 inches of snow with 3.6 inches of water. This is 38 percent of normal. Last year there was 18 inches of snow and 3.8 inches of water. The long time average is 9.5 inches of water. Dills camp has 12 inches of snow with 2.8 inches of water. This 31 percent of normal. This compares with 3.4 inches of water last year, and an average of 9.0 inches. On Cottonwood creek, Lower Joes Valley had no snow. Upper Joes Valley has 13 inches of snowlmd 2.5 inches of water. This is 44 percent of normal. Last year there was 3.6 inches of water. Normal is 5.7 inches. Red pine ridge has 20 inches of snow and 4.8 inches of water, for 44 percent of normal. Last year there was 6.3 inches of water. Normal is 10.0 inches. Ferron Creek has 15 inches of snow and 2.8 inches of water at Wrigley creek. This is 39 percent of normal. Last year there was 3.9 inches of water compared with an average of 7.1 inches. Rush pond has 15 inches of snow 2.9 inches of water, for 34 percent o normal. Last year there was 5.4 inches of water, while normal is 8.6 inches. Buck Flat has 17 inches of snow and 3.6 inches of water for 35 percent of normal. This compares with 5.9 inches of water last year, and an average of 10.4 inches. Stuart ranger station on Huntington creek had the best showing, with 12 inches of snow and 2.2 inches of - water - for 71 percent of normal. Average for Jan. 1 is 3.1 inches. Wxxxx,x,xxxxx-Xxx:xvx:xx::xxx,xxx:xxv:::v:i'',tt,,,tttt'w- clinic scheduled Coal mining may endanger Huntingtons water supply By Elizabeth Hanson Coal mining threatens contamination of Huntington water supply unless water is drawn from a source away from coal deposits an 89 year old former rancher, and told Huntington Before council meeting began, time out was taken to honor Nettie Rowley, recorder from Lucile K. Grange, secretary Myron Grange, councilman and Ted Nielson who has served intermittently twenty years on the city council, the last period from 1972-7The women were given silver trays and the men personalized desk sets. Snow measure below normal property, fire department and roads; Kendall Mortensen, cemetery, park and public property. Mayor Robert Swinburne read a letter from the Federal Sewage Works Grant announcing an increased grant from $427,500.00 to $965,025.00. The difference is $537,525.00 with the city expected to shoulder 25 percent of the increase to the amount of $136 thousand dollars. The city cannot obligate itself for that much more agreed the council. The increased grant was to be abandoned, Program. A pre application for $320,000 to surface major streets in town has been filed by Templeton, Linke and Assoc, engineers for the city water system. The second hearing is Wednesday Jan. 21 at 6:30 p.m. at the city hall. The hiring of Roland Collard as city deputy for a salary of $732.00 a month plus use of car and gas was approved. 1$ Emery County 8:3 1 i1 m Senior Citizens Mini-bu- s Thursday, Jan. 8 will run to Price each Thursday. Rook games and quilting at the Senior Citizens Center, Castle Dale, 2 p.m. Anyone wishing transportation call the center. ECHS wrestling at Emery gym, 7 p.m. Emery vs. Delta. Ferron City meeting, Ferron City Hall, 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 9 Senior Citizens Dinner, beef stew, carrots, potatoes, tossed salad, hot rolls, butter, honey and tapioca pudding. Sunday, Jan. 11 Emery County Gun Club BLM-administer- trapshoot, a.m. Ferron. Monday, Jan. 12 Emery County School Board meeting, 5 p.m. District Office, Hun- tington. Immunization Clinic at Tuesday, Jan. 13 Emery County High 24 p.m. Wind wrecks new schools walls 15 Blood pressure clinic, Senior Citizens Center, Castle Dale. 2 Anyone who needs transportation call and the mini-bu- s will provide rides. Thursday, January 2 p.m. 748-242- d Fish 11 Game meeting set -- Private business venture garbage collection begins County-wid- e After months of wadding e through seeking local government funding and support, Jim Owens, Ferron has begun countywide garbage service is a private venture. Owens picked up his red-tap- garbage truck the past weekend and began his first day of garbage collection in Huntington Monday. Owens is collecting garbage from residents who have applied for the service for a fee of $3 per month. Although he has a fran chise to operate in Emery, Ferron, Orangeville, Elmo and Cleveland, the cities will not be collecting for the service. This will be done by Owens as part of the service. The garbage collection is not mandatory, but the cities have endorsed the venture, because it will eliminate the need to upgrade government garbage dump sites to meet Utah State Health regulations, and eventually city dumps Huntington, could be closed. Owens will maintain a sanitary landfill site east of Castle Dale. Originally the county had planned to help finance costs at the landfill site, but were unable to go through with the plans. Legally the county could not use county revenue to help finance a private business. Owens indicated that he is still taking applications for the garbage service. Those residents who wish to have garbage collected sould put cans out to the cuio on collection day and Owens will collect the garbage and make arrangements with the residents for future collection. Although Owens said he still must contact many residents and businesses he has concerning pick-uestablished a schedule for p, collection. Garbage Collection Huntington Monday Orangeville Tuesday Ferron & Emery Friday Jim Owens, Ferron, shows off new garbage truck. began garbage collection Monday. He |