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Show ! UilVTRSAL lucaoFiunua coup 141 PIEHPONT 'Y IT L'XE CITY 1 7 Max King wins Canyonlands Highway insignia contest Volume 46 Monticello, San Juan County, Utah 8 Pages lOtf per copy Tourist information Farmers say grasshoppers reaching plague proportion WINNING ENTRY submitted in- the Canyonlands Highway emblem contest was this drawing by Sheriff Max King. The emblem was selected to mark the highway and for use in advertising purposes at a meeting of the Canyonlands Highway Assn, directors Fri day evening. San Juan County Sheriff Max King was announced the winner of the Canyonlands Highway emblem contest at a meeting of the board of directors of the Canyonlands Highway Association here Friday night. Sheriff Kings drawing was selected as the winner by the directors from the three entries received in the contest and will be used on promotional advertising and as a marker along the Canyonlands Highway route. Featuring a circle incorthe porating Angel Arch, drawing was picked for depicting most clearly the purpose of the association in making known the accessibility of National Parks via the InHighway. Canyonlands scribed around the Angel Arch within the circle is Highway-Par- k Canyonlands Route of the Golden Circle. Use of Angel Arch was con- - Man suffers face injuries in Blue Mountain crash Gene Schafer, Monticello, received severe facial injuries in a one-ca- r crash about 2 miles west of Monticello on the North Creek road up Blue Mountain Tuesday evening. Schafer was treated at San Juan County Hospital and then was taken to the veterans hospital in Salt Lake City. His condition was described as not serious although there wer;e several broken facial bones. DETAILS VAGUE' . ' Law enforcement officers were not informed of the accident until the vehicle had been removed from the; scene and details of the incident were somewhat vague. Deputy-SherifRigby Wright, in attempting to reconstruct the details, said Schafer and Bill Williams were in a custom roadster Schafer had recently built but Williams was in Cortez and Wright was unable to ascertain who was driving the vehicle. Deputy Wright said the vehicle was coming down Blue Mountain and skid marks showed that It careened 110 yards out of control before It apparently flipped and landed on the wheels. Damage to the vehfcle was slight sidered quite appropriate by the judges since nearly every-o-n readily recognizes this beautiful San Juan County landmark due to considerable national publicity on the proposed Canyonlands National Park. At present the Canyonlands Highway Association is atthe tempting to establish route from Crescent Junction to Kayenta, Ariz. but future plans are being formulated to extend the route all the way to Yellowstone Park on the north to Grand Canyon on the south. Due to the absence of Gaylord Stavely, association presi dent, another meeting of the Canyonlands Highway group will not be held until late in July. Budget okayed Approval of a $1 678,651 school budget was made at a special meeting and public hearing held by the San Juan County Board of Education Wednesday night. Final approval of the budget came after the board heard of mining and oil companies and taxpayers present at the public hearing. Oil and mining representatives included Hurschel present Davis, Superior Oil; Pat McMahon, Phillips Petroleum and Phillip Lindstronv Hecla Mining 'Co. Others appearing at the meeting were A. ,J. Redd, Taxpayers Association representative and Dr. and Mrs. Joe Hamilton and Phil Acton. . Oil company and mining representatives urged that the district not construct any more buildings for the next .few years and j suggested that a bond issue should be used for any such major construction instead of the plan presently adhered to by the district. A valuation decrease of some $14 million was predicted which would drop the assessed valuation to $110 million. School officials point out that if such a drop does occur the new budget will still mean a cut in the mill levy of approximately 2 mills. 'Miss San Juan' contest set for June 27 at local school The public Is Invited to attend the choosing of Miss next Wednesday San Juan night at 8 p.m. at the Monticello Elementary school. Contestants will appear In bathing suits and formal dress during the contest. A choice of dress or costume will be allowed each contestant for her talent routine. Each girl will be asked one question on current events. Judging will be by the point system and the decision of the three Judges Jill be flnaU . x- If five or more girls enter the contest, two attendants will be chosen, otherwise there will be no attendants. The San Juan County Fair board will award the winner of the contest $25 and the two attendants $10 each. An additional $100 will be awarded to Miss San Juan if she participates in the "Miss Utah State Fair competition in September of this year. At the present time five girls have entered the competition. , F'eelings ran the gamut from deep concern to near panic at a grasshopper meeting held Wednesday night in the court house with farmers present reporting that the infestation of the pests is reaching critical proportions . Cloyd Johnson, chairman of the group, voiced concern that the individual spraying attempted for the past few weeks was simply not getting the job done. Hoppers are moving up on the wheat, he said, and will soon take the head and thus destroy the crop. Possibility of county help was suggested and Commissioners Marion Hazleton and Ray Redd stated that there was no basis in law for forming any pest district or any such solution which would allow the county to forcibly tax those persons who refused to spray for hoppers. County Attorney Bennion Redd said he had checked the laws and could find absolutely no basis for county intervention in the sioners in Juab and other counties to determine what basis for or if in fact such programs had been carried out. In talking with the other county officials it was found that the counties involved did not and could not force any farmers to take control measures nor could they legally participate in any such programs according to state statutes. In counties where infestations are especially heavy an effort is being made to get participation from the State Agriculture Department. COST After considerable discus Thursday, June 21, 1962 class here Friday A class designed to inform local businessmen and employes of ways and means of sion it was found that at least 300,000 acres of land are involved in the infestation and. since one firm has indicated that it would spray anything over 50,000 acres for a charge of 70 cents an acre and guarantee a complete kill, the overall cost would be in the neighborhood of $210,000. It was apparent that such a figure would be prohibitive to either county or fargier budgets and commis-sioper- s and County Attorney Re-Jwere to contact state department of agriculture officials and the governor this (Continued to Page 8) d explaining to tourists the scenic possibilities in the area Is scheduled to le held Friday night at 8 p. m. at the court house. Sponsored by the Monticello Chamber of Commerce, the class is designed to local businessmen who come into contact with the tourist with proer procedures in guiding the tourist and also in proper public relations. Speakers at the meeting will he Kent Frost, Eddie Iiojle and George Jones. Each businessman and employe in Monticello is urged to attend the meeting as the tourist season has already commenced and the chamber pointii out that the time for action is now. , , Bessie R. Bailey files candidacy Mrs. Bessie R. Bailey this week added to the number of filings for San Juan County political offices by filing her candidacy for the office of county recorder on the Republican ticket. Mrs. Bailey is a resident of San Juan County, from coming to Monticello Bluff and Blanding when she was a small child. Her father, the late Lemuel Hardison Redd, Jr., and her mother, Lovina Mickelson Redd, were early residents of Bluff. Mrs. Bailey attended Monticello Elementary and Monticello High schools and Brigham- Young University. She has worked as a salesclerk in stores for a good many years and is presently employed at Monticello Merc. She has also done general office work and bookkeeping. Active in LDS Church work, Mrs. Bailey served two years as secretary of the PTA. Mrs. Baileys husband, Max, is a local farmer and stock-maand the couple have four children. life-lon- g n Housing shortage forseen with influx of ripeline crew A housing shortage in Monticello, not yet critical, was forseen this week with the influx of R. H. Fulton & Co. pipeline workers from Lubbock, Texas, to lay the pipeline from Northwest Lisbon to the An-etField. Workers have already begun to arrive and those without mobile homes have found difficulty in securing residences for their expected three-montstay in the area. Some 100 workers and families are predicted to arrive when work begins In earnest and possibly another 100 em- h h h Two students receive awards ployees will be secured locally.' The pipeline, being built for Pure Oil Co , will transfer Lisbon crude to Aneth station, and officials are shooting for a September completion date for the pipe. Estimated to cost in the million dollar plus bracket, the pipe will be another step forward for southeastern Utah and San Juan County and will provide local oil on markets on the west coast and along the gulf. Fulton bulldozers began work Monday in clearing the y 70 mile and qctual pipelaying will begin shortly. Ute Pipeline Co., a right-of-wa- w holly-owne- Pure d Oil Co. subsidiary, has maintained an office in Monticello for some time which has handled rights-of-waand engineering problems relative to the actual operation. Cooperation of local residents is asked in securing housing for the pipe company employees and anyone having or knowing of any houses or apartments is asked to contact either The Record or the Two students from Monticello have received awards for outstanding achievement at a special awards assembly at Stevens Henager College in Salt Lake City. They are, Helen Pehrson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Evan Pehrson who received City Offices. awards in secretarial procedures, shorthand, and transcription; and Kathy Schrafel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. De vere Halls, who received an award in typing. The announcement was made this week by I. W. Stevens, president of Stevens Henager. Students achieving outstanding performance in a particular subject are presented with a special awards certificate in recognition of their Weather through the courtachievements. esy of Virgil Eastin. pipe-layin- situation. Commissioner Hazleton indicated that the county might possibly help to some extent by holding a public hearing in order to increase the weed and rodent control budget the present since budget would not and could not cover than projects anything other budgeted for last year. Since three weeks notice are required for such a hearing it was feafed that the damage would already be done. SPREAD WIDE Farmers from the Dove Creek area present said the infestation was hot .localized in San Juan County and that the jumping, eating pest had been found all the way to San Miguel County, Colorado. They related that a man from the federal government had checked their situation in Colorado and reported to the state government last night that the situation was serious. Should the state government find that this was an emergency situation, the farmers were confident that outside " help 'could be obtained. CALLS MADE , ' Some of the 35 plus farmers present at Wednesday's meeting indicated that . they , had heard that iother counties in Utah had County-wid-e spraying programs and phone calls were then made to commis- - Number 21 City budget approved; plans for diamond BLANDING FRONTIER DAYS ROYALTY visited the Blanding Chamber of Commerce meeting recently and presented Mayor Riley Hurst with an invitatLeft to right ion to the Frontier Days celebration which will be held July are Indian princesses, Annie Marie Ketchum and Barbara Morris, queen Janet Sipe, Mayor Hurst, and attendants, Sharon Shumway and Jennie Palmer. ' Photo by Bruce Hurst. is July 10 Filing deadline for candidates who aspire to political offices within the county and state governments is July 10. All persons who wish to run for any of the offices must file their candidacy and pay the filing fee to the county clerk by that date. County conventions for the purpose of reducing the number of candidates for office will be held at some date in August The Democratic and Republican conventions will act in only those cases where there are more than two persons of any party filing for the same office. September 11 is the primary election date where the number of candidates will be further reduced to one for each office trom any party. General election date this year is November 6. program planned to improve Utah Highway 47 y 0. Scenes around town New pictures painted by June Bailey hanging in Out West Cafe warm weather warming the bones first day of summer today proud fisherman with some nice fish good rooting section at ball kids busy pullgames ing weeds gardens looking good. discussed Final approval of the 1963 geted expenditures of $119,600. fiscal year budget and discus- DIAMOND JUBILEE sion of plans for celebration of Council members continued the citys 75th anniversary discussion of plans for celewere the chief items of bus- bration of the citys diamond iness at a Monticello City anniversary on July 24. FestivCouncil meeting Wednesday ities in the making include an evening. early morning program, parBUDGET ade and other entertainment. Final approval was given to The LDS Church mutual will w no the fiscal year budget hen Three-ye- ar one appeared at the budget have booths and' concessions at the recreation grounds and a hearing. The new budget calW ball game possibly a golf tournan for. expenditure of $57,275 ament were discussed. Council from the general fund with ah members voted to spend $75 anticipated revenue of $58,400. Estimated revenue in the util- for advertising and prizes for construction A three-yea- r Jet. of U95 and U261 to ity fund is $119,500 with bud the event. program to begin in fiscal Natural Bridges, 10 miles, year1. 1963 for the improve- $500,000. ment of Utah Highway 47 Moab Airport towards Kane in San Juan County was out- Springs, 5 miles, estimated lined in a letter read to the cost $320,000. Moncounty commissioners Adair indicated Engineer day by Commissioner Hyrum that the project north of MexiBlack. Commissioner Black can Hat and from the juncrelated that he had received tions of U261 and U95 south the letter from State High- were scheduled for construcway Department District En- tion in fiscal year 1963 which gineer J. Q. Adair in response (Continued to Page 8) to numerous queries from the commissioner and various civic organizations throughout the county concerning Postal convention the departments plans for to be in Blanding upgrading U47. Listed as projects approved Utah postmasters meeting by the highway commission in Ogden last weekend esfor the next three years were tablished Blanding as the site the following improvements; for the 1963 conFour miles north of Mexi- vention. This postmasters three-dayears can Hat towards Bluff, esti- convention ended Saturday In mated cost $250,000. Ogden with election of ofComb Wash to Butler Wash, ficers for the coming year 5 miles, estimated cost $350,-00and selection of the 1963 convention site. Cow Canyon to Bluff, east D. Lorenzo Hawkins, Blandof Butler Wash, 7 miles, esti- ing postmaster, will host the LITTLE STINKERS, five of them to be exact (count mated cost $380,000. postmasters next year at their the tails) literally skunked The Record photographer Recapture Wash north of Blanding meeting. on his way to do a little fishing on Blue Mountain SunBlanding, 6 miles, estimated Officials at the convention After keeping the mamma phew at a cost $360,000. reported that the attendance day evening. distance the little striped kitties were Monticello to Devils Can- was greater at this years respectable yon, 10 miles, estimated cost meeting than at but offered little chance for a good look any time in quite friendly $600,000. Too at faces. their young to carry loaded guns, the Jet. of U261 & U95 south. the history of the Utah Chapfailed little skunks to make any odorous impression. 9 miles, estimated cost $325- - ter, National Association of " 1 'V OOOA Record Photo 4 v . . 4-- 7. Filing deadline celebration |