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Show THE SAX JUAX RECORD ni n, Thursday, June 21, 1956, Page 2 of coarse, mean continued heavy pressure for increased federal spending. Even though the administration is now achieving a balanced budget, and has many creditable fiscal endeavors to its credit. Congress is greatly increasing the cost of government. This is true not only of defense activities but also of the various regulatory agencies which unnecessarily in- (!ltfrSah'3uanprorfi THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH Published Every Thursday at Monticello, Utah Entered at the Post Office at Monticello, Utah, as second class matter under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879 terfere with business operation. The effect of this trend is to postpone the chances of real tax which wrould not onreduction ly aid individual taxpayers but which would stimulate corporate expansion and provide necessary equity capital. If Congress, in cooperation with the administration, had made cuts in the budget which conservative legislators say could easily have been done, there would have been ample surplus to make tax reduction possible. and It is clear that business all believers in our contitutional exsystem of government-mus- t ert pressure at all times for economy in government, equitable tax reduction, and transfer of as many federal functions as possible to state and local agencies. NATIONAL SSI EDITORIAk K-5A"-SN kramYra-ir- Larry M. Roe, Editor-Publishe- i 11 a r Of .... .... Betty L. Roe, Business Manager 7 Cornelia Perkins, Society Editor . Mechanical Department Alex Hopkins Dale Hopkins Bad Bargain TVff SS0CUT10H Monticello 2 Monticello Monticello 27K2 111-11- 2 111-11- Monticello 111 . Monticello 111 112 11 . To say that international trade is a good thing and that the world needs more of it is to say what almost everybody believes. Trade can do much to iron out misunderstandings between the free nations and to advance the standards of living of peoples. Going beyond such truisms, however, there are other important considerations. One is that trade, to be advantageous to us, should be stimulated with nations which are our friends and share in some measure our street bashopes and purposes. Another is that it shoufd be on a two-wa- y is, with the nations involved giving as well as taking. This is not always the case today-- as Communist Poland demonstrates. Poland has long exported large quantities of canned por- k- principally ham-- to this country. Now we are inporting more and more of these products. In the first quarter of this year, imports from Poland totaled 7,729,000 pounds-a- n increase of over 40 percent over the same period in 1955. In the last month of the quarter, March, the increase was By Albert 86 per cent. San Juaners: dear My counWe also import canned pork products from I understand that San Juan two-wa- y the countries But Holand. these prin- County has another town, at least such as recognize tries, it has another with ciple and buy considerable quantities of American agricultural goods, a store, a school community and a post office. minute but Poland them. Jivestock-derive- d imports products among I assume from what I hear that name is Fry, if not, it should its of those products. quantities be. cold-wa- r They are inf a enemy So, when we import from Poland, we are providing what used to be in little Products much-wanteare own and our dollars getting with known as Frys return. Thats a really bad bargain. Cove, now, Frys Canyon. This Beware the Blackjack The Old Settler d starts in my mind a string of Getting Government Out of Business recollections dating back to April 1891. Some good news which hasnt received as much notice as it deserves is coming out of Washington. EisenJoseph Terrell of the Wall Street Journal reports: A major yanking Uncle hower Administration move toward free enterprise Sams long hand out of competition with private business is gathering ranging new momentum. Various government business operations have been sold to prifrom a steel foundry to housing developments vate enterprise. Of greater moment, the chance seem to be improved for law changes which will eliminate certain obstacles to the drive. A recent Budget Bureau survey shows how deeply government has no means gone into business. To quote Mr. Terrell again: "Although by the survey found Uncle Sam has his finger in almost 20 thousand commercial or industrial activities with total assets of nearly $11.9 billion. He also says: "The military men, deeper into business activities than their civilian colleagues, are apparently leading the way in getting out of them. In all, the Defense Department has reviewed alinstallations for possible discard. most 2,000 business-typ- e The benefits that result from getting government out of business are many. For one thing, sale of the properties could bring huge sums to the Treasury, to be used for debt reduction or tax reduction. For another, when these businesses go into Private hands, they become taxpayMost important by far in the instead of subsidized ers takes a time step in this direction, the free every government long run, itself rests, is enterprise system, upon which representative government vitalized. and strengthened tax-eater- s. Voices From The Grass Roofs Voices from the grass roots are listened to with respect and interest in Congress. During the first three months of this year, The American Press y newsreports, editorials and articles from 69 weekly and papers were quoted in the Congressional Record. Papers from 28 states were thus represented. The quotations covered a great gamut of topics and problems racial integration, the future of solar energy, flood control, the farm situation, government spending, foreign Policy', and so on. The men and w'omen of Congress want to know what local People and the country Paper tells them. are thinking semi-weekl- At that time fathers family was coming up White Canyon in two covered wagons, and I was driving four or five head of loose horses, among them a brown yearling mare with a strain of Morgan blood in her veins. As we bumped slowly along the rough and crooked road, an old man came riding up from behind. He carried a big heavy sixshooter on his hip, and a ponderous old gun under the fender of his saddle. He had long gray whiskers stained and matted with tobacco juice and he was about the most dirty and the most ragged man I ever saw. The sorrel pony that he rode was and he had no pack nor other animal. Instead of his riding on by as I expected, he dallied along with me looking longingly at the loose horses till we stopped for dinner. He was all taken up with the little brown mare, which we called Seenie. He measured her with his ha'nds from the root of her ears to the root of her tail, from her withers to her fetlocks, from every part of her body to every other part, looked her over in ecstasy, and declared she was perfect He wanted her. He wanted her very much, but all that he seemed to have in the world was right there with him, and my wanted none of it. Later he came to us in Bluff, riding that same pony,.and wanted to make some kind of dicker for that Seenie mare. Again he went away sorrowful, for my father also wanted to have the mare. When she was two or three years old, we took her in the Elk Mountain and got her located near Peavine Spring to stay there while we made a round-uof steers. When we came for her, she was gone. We hunted the country carefully, and came to camp discouraged. As we sat around our fire in the early evening, out from the quakingasp grove on the hillside, as unanounced, and as seemingly devoid of purpose as a coyote appeared old Charle on his sorrel horse. He was very friendly and sociable, and stayed with us till after supper, of which he ate heartily, while he condemned liars and thieves in profane and unmerciful terms. His grimy hands and face, and his grease and clothes were ouite nauseating to me, hut I thought as I listened, At least he hip-sh- fa-t- . . . R. Lyman had possibly died at some place where he had laid down at night like a coyote to sleep, or that one of his bronchos had left him crippled and helpless among the rocks. In the fall of 1896, my father and I being on the mountain with a little time to spare, decided, just to satisfy our curiosity, to makd a trip to Frys Cove and see what we could find. We found Seenie; she was with a wild band at which we looked through our field glasses. With my fathers unusual skill in such cases, we captured h,er with little trouble, and also a big unbranded colt which followed her. Old Fry had fired our plain brand which was on her thigh, and smeared his own big brand on her shoulder. I was astonished; it beat anything I had ever heard of. Now if the people in the new town of Fry will keep their eyes open, they may find the dry bones of their wonderful namesake somewhere there among the rocks, and possibly the vestiges of his old boots, and his heavy artillery. PUBLIC VS. PRIVATE ENOn this issue there TERPRISE have been three rather significant votes. issue between On a clear-cu- t public vs. private development and distribution of power from the Senate the Niagara River voted 48 to 39 for public power. Eight Republicans joined 40 Democrats to make the majority with 33 Reand 6 Democrats voted against. publicans On a vote for public or private ownership of the Washington The Sen(D. C.) transit system ate voted 41 to 31 for public ownership and operation; this time 14 Republicans joined 27 Democrats in favor of a publicly-ownetransit system. less less dramatic A third clear-cu- t tet, came in the House on the issue of government competition with private business. The House divided in favor of 222 to 156. With the latter administrate policy clearly de158 fined. Republicans were to give joined by 64 Democrats the Defense Department greater latitude in getting out of activwith private ities competitive business. d REGULATION OF BUSINESS Several tests have come on the question of federal regulation of and Conbusiness activities naturof the approval gressional al gas bill has tended to obscure an otherwise discouraging record of business defeats. bill The passed the House by voice vote without dissent even from conservative members of the House Judiciary Committee. And 218 members of the House signed a anti-merg- petition to remove from the Judiciary Committee a bill which many believe will destroy the good faith defense in Robinson-Patmaprice discrimination casn ot Jfo Cvwnunt W by James W. Douthat WASHINGTON Friends of the private enterprise system are disturbed by some trends in the present Congress. First of all, the movement launched by President Eisenhower to reupon his Inauguration turn many respnosibilities and duties to the states, local governments and private citizens has been reversed. r In fact the pressure from blocs in Congress, from groups back home and from forces is for many a greater federal assumption of auties and reponsibilities. This, New-Fai- record with Redd Ranches for many years and he has worked for his faithfulness. The county weed control committee are glad to have him on by Harold D. Morris the job and request that all conWeve harped a lot on the con- cerned him their fullest will trol of noxious weeds in Sn Juan cooperation. give County lately. This pest has really been a problem and its been difficult to see where any real progress was being made. Right though. lOIL FIELD Id like to inject a note of optimism and I have seen the proof that will convince any pe-- s s i m i s t, who will take time to go for a ride along the coun-- l ty roads, that morning glory and russian knap- weed can be controlled. Last summer I went with Mr Fermin R. Lopez, County Weed Supervisor, on a tour of the county roads to look over the noxious weed situation along the highways and on other county property and found what looked to me like an impossible problem. It seemed that our weeds were thriving on spray material. Im not given ordinarily to passing out bouquets but when some one does a good job on such an important public service as weed control I think it deserves mention. Mr. Lopez did make some real progress on weed con trol last year. A survey this spring shows that on all the areas he treated last summer, along the roadways East and North of Monkill was ef ticello, that an 80 fected. That, in my humble opinion, is a good job. It isnt complete by any means and the more resistant weeds are those that are still standing. The remaining 20 may not give up so easily and too, there are a lot of patches that havent been treated adequately. Mr. Lopez is on the job again this year on both noxious weeds on county property and prarie dogs on private and. public lands. Those dogs are getting more scarce each year due to his efforts. The zuni prarie dog which we have in our county is harder to control than his cousin, the white tailed dog, that they have in the area on the other side of the Colorado River. It takes experience and know how to get the zuni. Hes wary of different baits at different times, and sometimes shows up again after youve preached his funeral. When you see Mr. Lopez on your farm after prarie dogs or along the highways spraying weeds youd never guess from his agility that he has been for 75 years. He has a fine increased fedstate authority eral . spending public ownerunship vs. private enterprise ion power vs. union responsibility, etc. A shift of relatively could greatly affect few votes the outlook for business in the next two years. es. On the bare issue of authorizing use of businessmen as W. 0. C.s in government service, approval carried in the Senate by vote of 46 to 45. And last month, the House approved a bill requiring businessmen who agree to serve in case of future emergency to file complete fin- Knews now, The Carter Oil Company Denver, Colorado Summary of Drilling Wells Week Ending Utah: Whiterocks WC No. 2: NE SW Whiterocks unit NE, No. 2: Total depth 6640. Waiting on partner approval to abandon. Aneth WC: C SW SW, Govt. - Arrowhead No. 1: Water well drilling at 350. ery hard limestone. Seth Wright and Raymond McAlister plan to attend a convention of peace officers in Cedar City Friday and Saturday. The program includes panel discussions and lectures by Federal Bureau of Investigation They plan to leave Monticello Thursday and will be accompanied by Mrs. Wright and Mrs. McAlister. The Sheriffs office was investigating theft of a car belonging to a Cortez, Colorado man which was abandoned near the intersection of the Horsehead road, and highway. 160 last week. It had been borrowed by Junior Turman of Cortez, who told the own- er he wanted to drive it to Blanding to look for work. He did not return the car to the owner and has not been heard from since. The battery and generator were stolen from the abandoned auto. The regular meeting of the San Juan County Board of Commissioners took up matters of tax equalization. It heard complaints of taxpayers who felt their taxes were too high or that some mistake had been made in assessments, etc. The board approved purchase of a new car for the county sheriff. Delivery of the new Chevrolet should be made in five or six weeks. settlement was An made Monday between the Uranium Research and Development Corporation and Willie D. Matters before the district court on laws and motions day, Tuesday, June 19, extended into Wednesday. BLUE MOUNTAIN CONCRETE SAND DEPENDABLE SERVICE ROBERT TURNER ancial reports even though they mav never be called to serve. The fact often overlooked is that Congress is quite closely divided on basic issue: federal vs. PHONE 2237 BLANDING Located Across The Street From The Blanding self-intere- NOW HAVE A VERIFAX COPIER REPRODUCED AT A NOMINAL is honest. COST VHILE YOU WAIT DOVE CREEK STATE BANK MEMBER F.D.I.C. DOVE CREEK COLORADO After supper when he had vanished back among the aspens, mv father turned to me and asked, Son, do you know what that means? When I shook my head, he continued. That means that he has stolen our Seenie mare. In spite of my faith in my father, I couldnt believe it. hut as months passed, we heard that the old man was tending a band of horses in White Canvon, at what had come to be known as Frvs Cove. Later on we heard that his horses were running wild there that he had disappeared, that he DEEP-CU- COLD WAVE Reg MOW .... HairCut . $12 . $7 . $1.50 TRIPLE TRACTION SAW TOOTH RIB EDGES ! blood-staine- FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE DOCUMENTS SPECIAL "STOP ACTION T FLEXIBLE STOP NOTCHES CROSS-CUT- DeLuxe Super-Cushio- ns fcy(aDni)EA02 Only Goodyear has Nylon for extra strength, better blowout and puncture protection, better performance, longer mileage. Only Goodyear has this three-wasafety-actio- n tread design that gives you more than 8,000 gripping edges for swifter, safer stops, plus extra protection against dangerous skids. Triple-Temper- Greta Long of Blanding wishes to extend a cor- dial invitation to all her old friends and customers. 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