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Show 4 r ; Monticello, San Juan County, Utah, Friday, March 14, 1958 8 PAGES LIONS SAY "THANK Hospital Hearing I. E." : ' universe 141 K'x corP Number 7 I0c PER COPY FOR MANY WHO WILL BENEFIT Monticello Gets ,000 More Set Tuesday Theres sobethig id the air ad all that white stuff is dot sprig. That darned correspondent from Mexican Hat is just rubbing it in I guess. With two and three-foo- t snow drifts visible through our window ,we read the notes from Glenna Steven describing the second snow cover of the year at the Hat, and even that disappeared in a hurry so the boys could get back to baseball. Any body for hot lebodade? With all the talk about slowing down traffic there is just one sure way a snow storm like the one this week. Wheels may spin at 40 miles per hour but the darn ed car just cant get more than 5 frontwards that is. Credit the children with this gruesome idea "Have you ever imagined sliding down a razor blade? Uncomfortable thought. There is nothing quite so frus trating as plumbing troubles. A pipe that made puddles necessi call to Bob tated a hurry-uthe other day. The next Strong stop was to dig a sewer line. Not bad if there is sunshine but in a blizzard with a foot of snow al ready on the ground it must have been something akin to crossing the Antarctic Ice Cap. Still dont know where the sympathy belongs r with though, with the stopped up plumbing, or Bob. p In With hearing on the contestd hospital bond election set for Tuesday, March 18, District Judge F. W. Keller has withdrawn from the hearing inasmuch as he is a former San Juan resident. Fourth District Judge Maurice Harding of Provo, will replace Judge Keller. Mayor William R. Hurst of Blanding filed the affidavit of contest protesting the election. His charges were, that absentee ballots were not available for the period of time as required by law, prior to the election; that the poll of registered voters were denied the right to vote in said election; and that many voters that were registered were not registered in the voting precincts where they resided, so that many legal voters were denied the right to vote in such election. The law requires that such a hearing must be held not less than ten nor more than 30 days after filing the affidavit. The bond issue election held Jan. 17 was for the purpose of authorizing bonds in the amount of $300,000 for building a hospital in San Juan county. Federal funds would provide 45 of the cost of building the facility. The bond election was passed by a vote of 60S in favor of the bonds and 345 against. home-owne- Why in the name of all that is safe and sane, do otherwise intelligent parents tie a to the back of the family car sled and risk the lives and limbs of the most precious things they possess? Not only is it against the law in most areas but obviously an unthinking asinine way to provide a thrill to a child that would have twice as much fun on a designated coasting lane. Sleds do not have brakes to function with those of the car nor does an approaching car expect a trailer of switching sleds piled high with children to follow a car across an intersection. Putting the other foot in the shoe, why do kids throw snowballs at automobile windshields? Blanding Chamber law-abidin- Postpones Tour, Banquet - Storm conditions and inability of state officials to be in attendance, forced postponement of the scenic tour of the San Juan area aud banquet scheduled by the Blanding Chamber of Commerce for Wednesday. However, Chamber officials say they are going ahead with plans for the event at a future date to be announced. Injury in Crash two-ca- half-wa- y home-mad- sticky-fingere- d ii H V Hggj . at if & a . N i Sf Monticello was notified Monday by the Utah Water Pollution Control Board that it will be the recipient of a $70,000 federal grant to help build sewage treatment A I' - i F i v t V x ' tat ; facilities. This money is strictly a grant from the government w ith no obligations to the city for repayment. It further augments the funds alieady available and secured by the city for extension and improvement of water, sewer and electrical utilities. The city last year at a special election voted in favor of the issuance of general obligation bonds and a $460,000 government bonding program. In addition the State Road Commission recently made a grant to the city of $20,000 for construction of a white way. The $70,000 grant announced Monday brings the total amount to be expended by the city on its utility program to $600,000. Monticello was one of 69 cities in Utah eligible to receive these latest federal funds for which there was available in the state of Utah $591,175. . The money made available in Utah by the federal government is administered and allocated by the Utah Water Pollution Control Board; to whom applications for participation had to be sent. Monticello made application prior to the Feb. $50,-00- 0 i 'W I f i - r , Howard Rogers, right, Monticello Lions Club accepts $187 check from Lou Ruckman, local PIE branch mana- Vice-Preside- $187 PIE i I j Lt -- W- . w w. i I , 1- I C3- - J .1 ger, as other club members gather around. The money, raised through a project, will be used for the blind. company-employe- e Check Boosts Lions Fund for Blind program. The award was presented to Mr. Carroll on behalf of the Utah Parks Council, of which San Juan district is a part It is the first Scouters key to be presented in (continued on page eight) Monticellos Lions Club fund for conservation of sight and aid for the blind received a check for $187 from Pacific Intermountain Express Co. Monday night at their regular meeting. The money was raised through voluntary donations of PIE employees, whose donations were matched by the company. Throughout the 49 terminals of PIE this company-employproject has become a policy. In other areas the donation is planned for the United Fund but as there is no such organization active in Monticello, company officials felt the Lions Club program for the blind a worthy project. Presenting the check to the Lions Club was Lou Ruckman, local PIE branch manager. In the absence of Lions President Ben Askew, who was ill, Howard Rogers, accepted the money for the club. In recent months examinations and glasses have been furnished for two children and one adult through the Lions program. Dr. B. A. Broughton provided the examinations and glasses at cost for the project. e 1, 1958 deadline. This money was sanctioned by Act of the 84th Congress, which appropriated $50 million for the new construction grants program during the current fiscal year. This act limited individual grants to $250 thousand or 30 percent of the estimated cost of the project, whichever is less. A citys project to qualify, had to be part of a comprehensive water pollution control program developed cooperatively by the Public Health Service, other Federal agencies, State and interstate agencies, municipalities and industries. Also the projject must have been certified by the State water pollution control agency as entiled to priority over the other eligible projects on the basis of financial as well as water pollution control needs. vice-preside- nt Local Driver Escapes Besides the honors accorded San Juans Francis Nielson, Spinning down the highway out honors, as listed by the ColeDeseret News, also went to Mon- of control for 230 feet, John Monticello, man, fortunately esticello Highs Phil Himmelberger. r from a without injury caped Congratulations, Phil. accident Wednesday at the to- top of Peters Hill, north of Montribe called the Chief Big on highway 1G0. gether. A serious problem had ticello to investigating of-- , of According member each asked arisen. He the tribe who had pushed the out- ficers Bob Low and Fent Hughes house over the cliff. There was of the state highway patrol, Mr. no answer, so the chief related Coleman came out of South Canto his people the story of the yon onto the highway and into path of a car driven by Ergreat white Father, George Wash- the C. win Hayes, Wyoming. The Coleington and the cherry tree. After car was hit broadside, turnman the story was finished he again and spun down the around ed a questioned his people. Finally between a pa- icy highway. Time of the accident vo4ce was set at 1:45 p.m. Estimated poose and a brave spoke up. I cannot tell a lie, either, Chief, I damage to both vehicles was $700. Mr. Coleman was cited by ofdid it. whereupon the cheif seized the culprit thrashing him soundly. ficers for failure to stop at stop before entering highway Why did you punish me? sign brakes. defective and a George Washington didnt get the spanking, the boy questioned chief tearfully. Schedules George Washingtons father Rebus Rota not in cherry tree when George Bake Sale Saturday used axe! Rebus Rota Club will hold a Crime Doesnt Pay Dpt: One of bake sale at the City Merc in thb men at the Record picked up Monticello this Saturday morning one of those tiny paper cups of with cakes, pies and to restaurant a local from honey cookies offered for sale. Proceeds take home to his two year old slipping it into his pocket. It will help build a scholarship fund wasnt until later he discovered for a Monticello high school gradhe had uate. The presenting of the scholjust how becoAe. arship fund is an annual service by the Rebus Rota Club. Nasty People All-Regi- For Utility Program District Court e Landscape Meetings Slated in County A. E. Smith and Paul Christensen from the Extension Service, Utah State University, will be in San Juan county next week to conduct public meetings. Topics for discussion, according to Doris Adams, local home demonstration agent, will be Landscaping and Preparing the Seed Bed. On Monday and Tuesday, March 17, 18, they wrill be in Blanding at the elementary school. The public meeting Monday will begin at 7:30 p.m. and Tuesday has been set aside to provide individual help, if requested. Wdnesday, March 19, they will come to Monticello and conduct a meeting at 2 pm. in the courthouse; to be followed by individual help, if requested. Thursday. March 20 they will be at the Eastland LDS church at 10 a.m. Interested persons are urged to contact the Extension Service Office in Monticello in order to obtain individual help ,for the dates listed. Monticello Council Okeys Beer License for Tavern AV 4 . ' It t 4 IV i A retail beer license was granted William J. Estes, Monticello, in a special meeting of the city commissioners held Friday March 7, in the city offices. In another action the council decided to contact additional automobile dealers for bids on a police car for the city of Monticello, the same letter to go to all auto agencies in the area, Ford, Plymouth and Chevrolet, asking r for bids on a standard automatic with trjansmission, heater, oil filter, electric windshield wipers, and engine, small. The city attorney was authorized to proceed in getting easements for the water distribution system of Monticello. These easements will allow the city to cross privately owned lands with pipe lines and to maintain such necessary lines. They also provide protection for the land owner and guarantee payment of damages to crops, fences or timber on the land crossed by the pipelines. Present at the special meeting were Mayor Morris Nelson, A. J. Redd, Karl R. Lyman and Alfred Frost and City Manager Byron Oberg. four-doo- V-- 8 Coun-cilme- n Leland Carroll, scoutmaster of Monticello Troop 313 is proud to receive Scoutmaster Key Award. are Alvin Gaudio, left, scout executive and Bishop K S, Summers. Makng presentation |