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Show T ' Events of the Queen City of the Golden Grclc In the Service Jean Anderson brought her mother, Mrs. Trina Williams, from Bluff to the San Juan County hospital Thursday where she is being treated Mrs., - for an indefinite period. Mr. and Mrs. Donald (Chap) Blake spent Saturday in Moab shopping. Visitors from Bluff on Monday in Monticello were Mrs. Jean Anderson and two sons, Mike and Alan. Mr. and Mrs. Jerold Palmer spent from Thursday to Tues day in Salt Lake City where Jerry underwent a number of medical tests. He also spent two days in the hospital. Their two small children spent the time while their parents were away with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Ward Palmer. Mr. and Mrs. Vern Corporan travelled to Price Saturday where they attended the Forest Service Christmas party. The LeGrand Olsens also were In attendance. Robert E. Anderson and Marvin Jenson spent last week in Salt Lake City on BLM business. They arrived home Saturday evening in time to attend the BLM festivities. Mrs. Betty McDonald and daughter, Laurie, traveled to Salt Lake City Thursday for eye examinations and shopping. They visited with Mr. and Mrs. Ronald McDonald and family and Mr. and Mrs. Scott McDonald. Saturday evening the family went as a group to the movie, Mary Poppins. County Hopping in . A2c Steven Houston, son of Mr. and Mrs. Prince Houston, Nov. 30, 1964 George E. Jones, Publisher San Juan Record Monticello, Utah Boxcars on Inter RE: state 111964 Editorial reprint from Industrial News Review Dear Mr. Jones: Over the years we have purposely practically elminiated sending editorial meterial to is now on a temporary tour of duty in Thailand and ' Viet Nam. He left Barksdale, La. Dec. 4 and stopped one day in Las Vegas to visit his father on his way to Travis Air Force Base in San Francisco. From there he went by jet, with a stopover in Anchorage, Alaska, to his new assignment our national organization (AT-A-) to follow the same proceSteven has been in the Air dure in Utah. Too often such Force since February, 1962. material has the ring of special Interest. Occasionally we get copies of material involving our industry (similar to the Industrial News Review which you with a request reprinted) from the publisher for the facts on the other side of the ... IRON & WASHINGTON COUNTIES coin. These two southwest counties offer delightful contrasts in topography and climate, from g Dixie to a deep-snod summer in playground at 10,000 feet near Cedar Breaks . . . from the Great Basin valleys to the matchless gorges of Zion . . . from d deserts. And contrast in time from ghost towns datd highlands to cities to of from 1860s the bustling today. ing Usually our propaganda has been either convincing or so confusing that very, very rarely has either side of the controversy between trucks and railroads been printed in the Utah press. A few years ago (1950) the Readers Digest titled an article The Rape of Our Roads condensed from the Buffalo Evening News. It said . . . Overloaded trucks are breaking up our highways faster than we can find money to replace them. . . . The Pennsylvania Turkpike is to disintebeginning grate . . . I wrote the Governor of Pennsylvania to determine the facts. His reply is attached. Professor John S. Worley of the University of Michigan answered the Readers Digest with an article entitled The Rape of the Truth, (attached) Last week in Cheyenne, Wyoming Senator Collier of California told a group of leg! slators attending a meeting of the Council of State GovernWesments that twenty-twtern Senators had signed a joint letter asking the Department of Commerce to establish axle and tendem restrictions 0 of not less than 20,000 and pounds. e The report from the Department of Commerce contains recommendations . . .would resome of which present actual retrogression. . . The Senator acknowledged the capabilities of western highway state engineers in evaluating capacities of highway pavement in their respective states. The highway departments of the eleven Western states voted unanimously for 20,000 and 36,000 pound limits. A change in the AAS-HPolicy requires two-thirof the votes. The 36,000 tandem failed by two votes (32 34 were needed). yes . . Senator Collier continued, w low-lyin- year-roun- red-san- green-carpete- WASHINGTON COUNTY IRON COUNTY 3,300 square mile POPULATION 1960 10,795 MAIN CITIES AND TOWNS (1960 populations) Cedar City 7,543 Parowan 1,486 2,425 square miles POPULATION 1960 10,271 MAIN CITIES AND TOWNS (1960 populating St George 5,130 Hurricane 1,251 859 Enterprise Washington 445 365 LaVerkia ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES Government tourism, livestock, trade, poultry, farming AREA AREA 300 Paragonah Kanarraville 236 Iron mining, government, trade, livestock, fanning ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES o ' Mostly mountainous and high plains with valleys and deep canyons of Virgin River system. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Created 1852 Named for George Washington, first president Harmony settled 1852, TOPOGRAPHY St George 36,-00- 170-pag- 1861. POINTS OF INTEREST AND ACTIVITIES Zion Notional Park -- great canyons and cliffs, colored rock formations Snow Canyon (Dixie State Park) sandstone gorge, lava flows SI. Ooorgo and its Mormon Temple, Brigham Young Home State Park, Dixie College Pino Valley Mountains camping, hunting Silver Roof ghost town pioneer mining town Santa Clara (Jacob Hamblin Home State Park) Volcanic cones, lava flows, sand dunes, mesas, miles of high cliffs , Dixie Reclamation Projoct new dams on Virgin, Santa Clara rivers (to be constructed beginning in 65) SOURCES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION -- Chamber of Commerce, St. George Zion National Park, Springdale Dixie National Forest, Cedar City oooooooooo County Hopping series published through the cooperation of the Utah State Press Association and this newspaper. Materials furnished by the Utah Tourist and Publicity Council, Council Hall, State Capitol, S.L.C. P IL'R, GAS H I L New Glass Today, Tomorrow wherever you live, work or play let us supply your LP Gas needs. The G clean, dependable, economical, safe fuel. A S The E. Gordon Adams, Owner Blandlng 678-271- 8 Monticello - 587-244- 2 Complete Gas Service BUREAU Installed In BROKEN WINDOW, Wood & Aluminum Windows SMASHED FRONT? Whatever the problem with the exterior of your car, well repair It for less, in less time. and Doors Palmer's Ford Sales N. Highway 47 - Blandlng LUMBER & HDWE. Phone 678-298- 1 587-242- 4 OOOOOOOOOO economic factors. The Federal report points out that pavement designed for 18,000 and 32,000 pound limits h would require only inch additional thickness to carry the higher 20,000 and 36--, 00 pound limits recommended by 32 states and 16 Western Senators and because each state constructs its highway the nearest inch 7 8 9 it is uncer10, etc. tain whether there would be any significant, even any actual, additionaT cost. (The construction cost on the small Increment of 14 in. of thickness is $4,662.00 per mile). The News Review reference that most of that money (to build the Interstate Highway System) comes out of the pockets of motorists and taxpayers generally . . gives an impression that taxpayers generally help pay for the highways certainly highway users are taxpayers generally. The facts were plainly stated by President Johnson on Utah 0124624 cation for the issuance of a T. 35 S., R. 25 E. Secs. 2, 32, 36. for the T. 36 S R. 15 E. Secs. 16, confirmatory patent following-describelands 32, 36. varState to the under Sec. 2, SV. granted ious acts of Congress for the T. 36 S., R. 16 E. Secs. 32, 36 common of schools: Sec. 2, SV. support Utah 030009 T. 36 S., R. 17 E. Sec. 2, SV4 T. 39 S., R. 23 E. Sec. 32. Secs. 16, 32. Utah 037451 T. 36 S R. 21 E. Sec. 2, S T. 26 S., R. 20 E. Sec. 36, 32, EV, SVfcSWVi d one-fourt- . NEV4SEV4. T. 26 S., R. 21 E. Sec. 32. T. 27 S., R. 20 E. Sec. 2. Utah 0101192 T. 31 S., R. 13 E. Secs. 2, 32. Sec. 16, EV4NEV4. NEV4NWV4, WV4NWV4. SV6. T. 32 S., R. 13 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32. T. 33 S., R. 13 E. Secs. 16, 32. T. 31 S., R. 14 E. Secs. 2, 36. T. 31 S., R. 15 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. Utah 0105440 T. 30V6 S., R. 19 E. Sec. 36, SVSV6. Lots T. 30V6 S., R. 20 E. Sec. 32, SV6SV4 Sec. 36, Lots Lots "... 1-- 1-- SViSVfs. T. 31 S., R. 19 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. T. 31 S., R. 20 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. Utah 0105441 T. 31 S., R. 21 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. T. 31 S., R. 22 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. T. 31 S., R. 23 E. Sec. 2, Lots SWNWW, SWV4NEV4, August 13, 1964 when he signed the new highway appropriations bill Eight years ago we set out on a program to catch up with ourselves through the Interstate and Defense Highway System. In every respect it has met with our hopes. It has put more than a million Amercians to work; it is saving dollars; and the program is not costof ing the general fund the U.S. Treasury a sin- WV&SEV4 sLyndon gle cent. S. Johnson The money comes from the Highway Trust Fund through special taxes against highway users, each paying the taxes determined by Congress to represent his share. (See attached release from the Department of Commerce. The Utah Motor Transport Association has adopted this policy. e Our highways are the of our general economy. In the public interest there is a point where construction costs and optimum use are acceptable. This point should be determined by unbiased engineering facts, then should be religiously observed by all life-lim- users. One final reference to the second paragraph of the ediSo what? ? We all torial know telephone lines wear out; so do water systems and telehighways. One as much phone call may do damage to a line as 1,440 . calls; ;one 18,000-lbmuch as cause axle may single 2,000-lb- . damage as five thousand are that facts The axles. neither may be damagingwear yet both are destined to out the facility. Attached is a list of the states which have single and tandem axle weight limits0 greater than the 18,000 and pounds which are presently a part of the AASHO Association of State Highway Officials) recommendations. These limits have been AASHO Policy since 1946. by federal They were frozenunless a state law as of 7156 had more liberal weight limits states prior to that date. The listed had greater limits on you see, many 7156 and, aslimits than the had greater 20,000 and 34,000 pounds now recommended by the Depart-en- t of Commerce, It seems logical to contendto that a highway constructed the same Federal standards ten-seco- carrying 22,340 and 40,680 pounds in Georgia ought not to be limited to 18,000 and 0 pounds in Wyoming and Idaho or 18,000 and 33,000 pounds in Utah. It has been wisely said, Be careful of half truths unless you are sure which half you get. Yours very truly, Utah Motor Transport Association sL. D. Welling, Managing Director (Ed Note. We thank Mr. Welling for his comments on oar editorial reprint from the Industrial News Review. We fully realize the importance of Since I tasted give Bourbon? Jim Beam THE WORLDS FINEST BOURBON SINCE 1795 Custom in embossed ed Crested-Fo- il ij'g SS If the tracking industry, especially in this part of the country but we still do not feel they should have preferential treat' ment over the other highway users. It may be true that the phone call does as much damage as the 1,440 calls bnt at the same time the call guy that makes the is going to have a bill that ten-secon-d would certainly exceed one of those jobs. The question is "How much more do the 5,000 family autos pay for their share of the road destruction as compared to the share paid by the one 18,000 pound axle? We fully agree with Mr. Welling that there is a interest point where public construcshould dictate when tion costs and use are acceptable hut from the looks of the limits Imposed in various states there is little agreement on this at the present. The San Juan Record Monticello, Utah Thursday, December 17, 1964 Page Twelve PROOF KENTUCKY STRAI6HT pOURBON WHISKEY DISTILLED AND BOTTLED BY THE JAMES B. BEAM DISTILLING CO, CLERMONT, BEAM, KENTUCKY.. Sec. 36. MAN- 43 U.S.C. 871a) has filed appli- LDW:tr Sincevhen do you LAND W-tSE- 32,-00- MONTICELLO OF Either the federal restrictions AGEMENT, Land Office, Salt T. 35 S.f R. 22 E. Sec. 32 in this field should be repeal- Lake, City, Utah. Notice is Sec. 36, SWV4NEV4, WV4, ed altogether, or such stan- hereby given that the State of SEV4SEV4. dards should be increased to Utah, under the provisions of T. 35 S., R. 23 E. Secs. 2, 32, 36. fair and realistic levels which the Act of Congress approved T. 35 S., R. 24 E. Sec. 32. reflect both engineering and June 21, 1934 (48 Stat. 1185; T. 35 S., R. 24 E. Secs. 2, 16, 36. . 32,-00- Window Glass BROKEN? a Canyon Lands Propane Service Door and NOTICE LEGAL Letter To The Editor - Secs. 16, 32, 36. T. 31 S., R. 24 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. Utah 0105443 T. 32 S R. 21 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32. T. 32 S R. 22 E. Secs. 2, 16. T. 32 S., R. 23 E. Secs. 2, 16, 36. T. 32 S., R. 24 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. T. 32 S., R. 25 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. Utah 0105444 T. 33 S., R. 24 E. Secs. 16, 32, 36, 2. T. 33 S., R. 25 E. Secs. 16, 32, 36, 2. Utah 0105445 T. 29 S., R. 22 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. T. 29 S., R. 23 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. T. 29 S., R. 24 E. Secs. 2, Lots 1, 4, SWV4NWV4, SEV4NEV4 NV4 Sec. 16, Lots Secs. 32, 36. T. 29 S., R. 25 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. Utah 0105446 T. 29V S., R. 20 E. Secs. 32, 36. T. 29V S., R. 22 E. Secs. 32, 36. T. 29V S., R. ?3 E. Secs. 32, 36. T. 29V S., R. 24 E. Secs. 32 Sec. 36, NV4NEV4, WV4, Secs. 16, 36. T. 36 S., R. 22 E. Sec. 2, SWV4 Sec. 16, SV4NEV4, W Vt, SEV4. Sec. 32. T. 36 S., R. 23 E. Sec. 2, SV4 Secs. 16, 32, 36. T. 36 S R. 24 E. Sec. 2, SV4 Secs. 16, 32, 36. Utah 0124625 T. 36 S., R. 25 E. Sec. 2, SVi Secs. 16, 32, 36. T. 37 S., R. 17 E. Secs. 16, 32, 36. T. 37 S., R. 13 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. T. 37 S., R. 14 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. T. 37 S., R. 15 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. T. 37 S., R. 16 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. Utah 0124626 T. 37 S., R. 21 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. T. 37 S., R. 22 E. Secs. 16, 32. T. 37 S., R. 23 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. T. 37 S., R. 24 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. T. 37 S., R. 25 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. Utah 0124627 T. 38 S., R. 13 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. T. 38 S., R. 14 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. T. 38 S., R. 15 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. T. 38 S., R. 16 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. T. 38 S., R. 17 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. Utah 0124628 T. 38 S., R. 21 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. T. 38 S., R. 22 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. T. 38 S., R. 23 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. T. 38, S., R. 24 E. Secs. 2, 16, 36. T. 38 S., R. 25 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. T. 39 S., R. 12 E. Secs. 2, 32, 36. T. 39 S., R. 13 E. Secs. 2, 26, 32 Sec. 36, Utah 0124629 T. 39 S., R. 14 E. Sec. 2, 4, SEV4NEV4, SWV4, 4. T. 30 S., R. 19 E. Secs. 32, 36 Utah 0105447 T. 30 S., R. 20 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. T. 30 S., R. 21 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. T. 30 S., R. 22 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. T. 30 S., R. 23 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. Utah 0105448 T. 30 S., R. 24 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. T. 30 S., R. 25 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. Utah 0105454 T. 37 S., R. 26 E. Secs. 16, 32. T. 38 S., R. 26 E. Secs. 16, 32. T. 39 S., R. 26 E. Secs. 16, 32, Utah 0105455 T. 33 S., R. 18 E. Sec. 36, NV, NViSs. Utah 0120707 T. 35 S., R. 18 E. Sec. 32, NV6, NEV4-SEVNV6SWV4, SWV4SWV4, T. 36 S., R. 18 E. Secs. 16, 32. T. 36 S., R. 20 S. Sec. 36. T. 37 S., R. 18 E. Secs. 16, 32, 36. T. 37 S., R. 19 E. Secs. 16, 32, 36. T. 37 S., R. 20 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. Utah 0120708 T. 38 S., R. 18 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. T. 38 S., R. 19 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. T. 38 S., R. 20 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. Utah 0120709 T. 39 S., R. 18 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. T. 39 S., R. 19 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. T. 39 S., R. 20 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, Sec. 36, NEV4NEV4, WV4WV. Utah 0120710 T. 40 S., R. 18 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. T. 40 S., R. 19 E. Sec. 2, Lots SWV4NEV4, SVfiNWV4, S WV4, SV4SEV4, NWV4SEV4, Sec. 16, E Vz, NV6NWV4, SEV4 NWV4, SVSSWV4, NEV4SWV4 Secs. 32, 36. T. 40 S., R. 20 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. Utah 0120711 T. 41 S., R. 18 E. Sec. 2, Sec. 36, EV6, SEVaSWU. T. 41 S., R. 20 E. Sec. 2 Sec. 16, NVfc, NV5SWV4, SW' V4SWV4. Utah 0124620 T. 30 S., R. 12 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. T. 30 S., R. 13 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. Utah 0124622 T. 34 S., R. 16 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. T. 34 S., R. 17 E. Secs. 2, 32 Sec. 36, Lots 2,3, 5,8, 9, WV4WV6, EVfcSWVi. T. 34 S., R. 23 E. Sec. 2, NWV4NEV4, W Vi, SEV4. Utah 0124623 T. 34 S., R. 24 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. T. 34 S., R. 25 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. T. 35 S., R. 14 E. Secs. 2, 36. T. 35 S., R. 15 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 38. T. 35 S., R. 16 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. T. 35 S., R. 17 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32. T. 35 S., R. 21 E. Sec. 32, SEV4NEV4. 2-- SEV4-NEV- WV4-NEV- 4, N, SE. N-N- E, WMs-SEV- SEV4SEVL Secs. 16, 32, 36. T. 39 S., R. 15 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. T. 39 S., R. 16 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. T. 39 S., R. 17 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32 36. T. 39 S., R. 21 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, Sec. 36, SE)4. Utah 0124630 T. 39 S R. 22 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32. T. 39 S., R. 24 E. Sec. 36. T. 39 S., R. 25 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. T. 40 S., R. 11 E. Sec. 2. T. 40 S., R. 12 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32. T. 36 S. R. 14 E., Secs. 2,32,36. Utah 0124631 T. 40 S., R. 14 E. Secs. 2, 16. T. 40 S., R. 15 E. Secs. 2, 16. T. 40 S., R. 16 E. Sec. 2. T. 40 S., R. 17 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. T. 40 S., R. 21 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32 Sec. 36, Lot 1. T. 40 S R. 22 E. Sec. 16. T. 40 S., R. 24 E. Sec. 2, SEVi Sec. 32, SWNW)4, NV4SEV4, SWV4SEV4. T. 40 S R. 25 E. Sec. 2. T. 41 S., R. 11 E. Sec. 16. T. 41 S., R. 12 E. Sec. 2 Sec. 16, Ntt, Utah 0124632 T. 41 S., R. 13 E. Sec. 2, S Secs. 16, 32, 36. T. 41 S R. 14 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. T. 41 S., R. 15 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. T. 41 S., R. 16 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. T. 42 S., R. 11 E. Sec. 32. T. 42 S., R. 12 E. Secs. 16, 32, 36. T. 42 S., R. 13 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. T. 42 S R. 14 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32. T. 42 S., R. 16 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. Utah 0124633 T. 43 S., R. 11 E. Sec. 32. T. 43 S., R. 12 E. Sec. 2, SWV4SEVL Sec. 16, Sec. 32, NV4 Sec. 36, NV6. T. 43 S., R. 13 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32. T. 43 S., R. 14 E. Sec. 36, NE-V- i, ENWVi, SWV4NWV4 N, N, NS: SW, NS. Lots T. 43 S., R. 15 E. Sec. 2. T. 43 S., R. 16 E. Secs. 2, 16, 32, 36. T. 43 S., R. 17 E. Secs. 16, W--, ENE)4 Sec. 32. Salt Lake Meridian, Utah Persons asserting a claim to d any of the land other than through the State, or having a bonafide objection to the proposed issuance of patent, are required to file protests or notice of their claims with the Land Office Manager, P. O. Box 11505, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111. Any claims or objections must be filed, with evidence that a copy thereof has been served on the Utah State Land Board, within 30 days from date of last publication Indicated below. Where the State of Utah may have alto ready transferred the lands Isprivate ownership, the afsuance of a patent will not above-describe- fect the present owners title to the lands. J. E. Keogh Manager First publication Dec. 3, 1964 Last publication Dec. 31, 1964 t f fj |