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Show VOLUME NO. 40 NUMBER 32 w, 1 Thursday, September 6, 1956 MONTICELLO, UTAH PKICE 10 CENTS PER COPY $3.00 Year ; i .. stave off gation increased rather than the use. of water. No a complete water disaster the over has gone to the reserMonticello City Council passed spill an emergenhcy restriction Tues- voir for weeks. The storage day morning and prohibited the there is not deemed sufficient use of any city water for pur- to take care of the pressure in poses other than cullinary use-ag- case of a large fire. Councilman Adams and Campbell flow pointed out that everyone In the past few days the from all water sources has drop- would make special efforts to ped rapidly. The zoning of irri stop usage except at me.al times MONTICELLO To e. that some, spill over could be ob- tained in the reserve reservoir. This could serve two purposes. 1. to increase the fire safety factor, and 2. .to have some reserve to let into the mains in case of , made on gaining engineering approval of plans for the starting of construction and arrangements for new water sources for Monticello. an extreme failure of the supply BLANDING; Recognizing the dwindling of .their water source. Mayor Edway Redd stated source, the Blanding authorities Monday night from Salt Lake have passed a zoning restriction that good progress had been on the usage of water for irri gation purposes. The exact extent of the fall off of water source could not he determined hut responsible citizens of Blanding stated that the situation was very serious and warned that citizens of Blanding should hold to a rigid honor system among themselves to prevent a maximum curtailment. CREEK There has been a complete fauilre of the water source here. The mains have run completely dry. Schools and restaurants have been closed. Water for drinking purposes has been supplied by bringing a 1,000 gallon tank to the Court House for the public to draw from. Monday and all Monday night a large group of men from te community laid a new water main down the Dolores to gain new supply. There is a small omergency supnly on ancl DOVE fire ony- - DURANGO Sunday reliable sources stated that in less than three weeks Durangos reserve vould be exausted unless the current rate of consumption vas greatly curtailed. DROUGHT Henry Aldous Congressman Dixon today announced that seven more Utah counties have been declared drought disaster areas by the Department of Agriculture. As such, farmers and stock-me- n there will be eligible to purchase vital feed grains at reduced prices. Latest counties to be added to the growing list, are Beaver, Garfield, Iron, Kane,- Millard, Piute and Sevier. The Congressman will meeting with farmers in - . b-- ACTION - The spirit of the Elk Mountain Roundup in Blanding 1956. PICTURES ON PAGES 4 - 5. several of these counties this coming week to determine their needs' first hand. -- |