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Show Energy Area Once Was Domain of Roving Utes IGNACIO, Colo. Almost all the In the future will share in the atomic wealth. Energy Area of the Colorado Pla- Plateaus Meanwhile, each of the reservatteau once belonged to the Ute Indians a nomadic tribe of many ions has considerable oil and gas bands who claimed the Colorado land some under lease, some alRockies and foothills as their heri- ready producing. tage from the Great Spirit, and who held them for centuries against Fees Recorders' all invaders. Up how many Utes there were in Year in the days before the white man came is uncertain never more PANGUITCH, Utah During the than 10,000 it would seem, and twelve months of 1953 the total more probably only about half that income from all recording fees in number. the Garfield county recorders ofThere still are Utes on the Colo- fice was but $3,000, according to rado Plateau, not so many as there Mildred Devel, the recorder. Then once were, but nearly 3,000 still, the uranium boom hit the district, divided now into three tribes. Their and things started happening. domain has dwindled in the last In 1954 the office of the recorder hundred years to a tiny fraction collected fees totaling $31,436.40 of its former size, but their three the amount in history. reservations still encompass more What highest is more, comments Recorder than a million acres of land, much Devel, 1955 is expected to bring of which contributes to the Pla- even Just $23,436 more business. teaus energy production. As yet no uranium deposits have been found on Ute land, but none of the reservations has been prospected to any great degree. A number of urnanium companies and private individuals have asked permission to explore the properties, however, and it would seem very probable that the Utes y A CROUP OF WORKERS taking part In "Operation Democracy, a project in which residents of Delta and Nucla went out on the 25 Mesa road, between the two communities to make improvements. Object of the move was to emphasize the need for an road from Delta to the uranium country of Montrose countys west end. The Delta and Nucla Chambers of Commerce are pressing for state highway designation for the road. one-da- A Spokane stock exchange member came up with a story that we like to hear. It seems one of our armed forces members from the east stationed in the area invested $277.50 in a miscellaneous group of penny uranium stocks last February. For part of his holdings, he received a check for $3,100. er 329 Businesses In Navajo County, Ariz. HOLBROOK, Ariz. The annual Dun and Bradstreet report issued by the Los Angeles office of the business rating firm for Navajo county, shows a total of 329 businesses reported, excluding barber and beauty shops, real estate and tock brokers. The reported figure ia the highest in history. During 1955, it is estimated by (he financial reporting firm there will be some 8.000 changes throughout the state of Arizona resulting from adding the names of new businesses and deleting the names of those who have discontinued or combined businesses. In addition, changes will occur in awnership of established businesses, in trade names and credit ratings. Barren Canons of Utah Once Fertile Farm Lands WHITE CANON, Utah olate, waterless, barren country, a challenge to any man daring to enter to explore its Energy potentialities, was once a fertile area where Moki Indians farmed to feed their families. Until about 1100 A.D., according to recorded history, the White Canon country was populated by several tribes of Moki Indians. There was water then, but a severe drouth and an invasion by hostile Indians drove the peaceful Mokis to other fields and the land was left to bake in the hot Utah sun. Since that day it has provided but little toward the subsistence OIL COMPANY COMPANY PREFERENCE COMMON FOR SPECULATIVE FUNDS TREVOR CURRIE SECURITIES 435 U. Si National Bank Bldg., KE Colorado Denver rain squalls, its parched earth produces nothing except weeds peculiar to the area. But there is one mineral contained in this barren earth that man seeks and sometimes finds. Uranium. Many have tried to find it and some of them have been successful. Others have failed and have left the district, unable to withstand the rigors of competing with a Nature that forbids even a drop of water to a thirsting prospector. Since the . search for uranium was started there have been established about twelve producing mines in the White Canon and nearby Red Canon area. The little town of White Canon, Utah, lies at the mouth of the long canon at the Colorado River. It is a thriving community of about 120 residents who are earning their living through uranium mining and related businesses. An ore buying station was established last October by the AEC, operated by American Smelting and Refining Co., to handle ores produced in the district. Away from the river back in the canon country man must be constantly alert if he is to survive because there he can raise crops only under the most adverse conditions, he can obtain water only by digging the deepest of wells. At White Canon it is different. Rich silt has been deposited there for centuries by the mighty Colorado River, providing fertile soil for farm crops; thus many families residing here raise much of their own food. Water is still somewhat of a problem. 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