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Show San fluan Second NATIONAL EDITORIAL c6"5m lJ S3 U: at-lar- J I7 Lr HR. AND MRS. GEORGE K. JONES, Owners and Publisher BOB McCASLIN, NEWS AND SPORTS EDITOR SLL Entered in the Postoffice at Monticello, Utah as Second Class 1879. of March Act 3, nnder the matter, When the regular session of branch. Published every Thursday at Monticello, Utah BUT THAT WAS A PRET$3 a year the Utah Legislature adjourns, SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In San Juan County $4 a year and the captains and the kings TY EXCITING LEGISLATOutside San Juan County That general sesdepart, the State Capitol Build- URE Phone Box 428, Monticello, Utah ing turns back into a pumpkin sion of 1965. It was the legisdiet lature on a high-ca- l again. Like the day after com- which: mencement on th campus of into the Dug its way a college town, from which the ever present andearly burning student body has scatfinance Monticellans arise! Did you know that in the vibrant tered to the four winds, the and passed legislation problem which past eight years you have paid, through your revenues Capitol Building is a haunted raises the average teacner to the City of Monticello for utilities, a total of $148,-00- 0 place, until time has ravelled salary by $450.00 the first to the United States Government in the form of up the vivid memories of ex- year, and $250.00 the second interest? And that your total interest to the govern- citement and action. One day year. The policy of raising the ment will be in excess of $356,000? And that while the clash of strong ideas on the salaries in two steps rather throngs of excited than one step came from the you are thus paying interest and principal on a bond floor andin the hall3 and galler- pencil of Senator Ernest Manissue for utility improvement, other municipalities are citizens ies. The next day, nothing. tes and saved five million federal grants for such improvereceiving outright Not for another two years dollars. The Utah Education ments? will the excitement return. usually the center Thus we see federal justice and again prove the There will be a special ses- Association, of legislative turbulence, hardadage that those who can and will pay the price, bear sion, perhaps in a year, but ly had its name in print the a special session is not a peo- entire session and has already the burden for those who wont. The situation as pertains to the City of Monticello ples legislature. It is merely announced it will be with the brief workshop on subject doves of the new Democratarose back in 1956 when, because of the number of amatter ordered by the Gover- ic administration, a departure government employes in Monticello working for the nor. It is important, but dull. from its position of hawk1 Atomic Energy Commission mill, the AEC asked the At a special session, the of past administrations. city to provide needed water and sewage improve- galleries and halls are empty. Passed a fifteen year ments so that AEC workers might have enough water The few lobbyists who appear program which will and adequate facilities. The city, on Jan. 1, 1957, do so out of simple courtesy bonding acenable the State to went into debt in the amount of $460,000 to build the and the prevailing mood is celerate its building greatly program. sewer treatment plant and improve the electrical and simply to do the job as quick- The present spending rate of water systems in the city. The revenue bonds for the ly as possibleareand get out. The and a half million per not sent to nine for legislators buildings can now improvements were sold to the U.S. Governments special sessions by the people. year Housing and Home Finance Agency with an interest They are brought there by the conceivably be as high as twenty five million dollars. rate of four and Governor. per cent. Passed new income and Since that time in fact only two years later, on Now, after adjournment of tax increases. The corporate Dec. 31, 1959 the AEC closed the Monticello AEC the Legislature, the Governor State property tax levy" of mill. To be sure, the improvements have benefitted becomes an administrator. He slightly more than nine mills the city, but the fact remains that they were put in at builds the new state organiza- may be stabilized or even retion. He listens to the pro- duced, at least for one year. the insistence of the AEC. blems of the members of the At the same time, the educaAs the situation now stands, the city has paid State government family. He tion bills will require Increase $148,000 in interest alone on the revenue bonds, with searches for ways to improve of the local property tax mill only $70,000 paid thus far on the principal amount of efficiency so there will be levy by three mills or more. money. He digs into the $460,000. And when the bonds are finally retired in the Congres1986 the city will have paid a whopping $356,000 IN big problems such as the en- sional districts. The historic INTEREST ALONE! TO THE FEDERAL GOVERN- lightened and proper building districting of four urban counof roads. He gets out into the ties ih one district, and the MENT! state to examine problems and remaining twenty five counPresently the rate of payment is such that out of potentials. He starts planning ties in the other has been the approximate $28,000 paid by the city to HHF each selling trips to expand Utahs changed to give both districts mix. Salt Lake, economy. an urban-rura- l year, $18,000 goes for interest. Now comes the utterly ridiculous part. In 1964, And now, Glen Hatch, the Tooele, Juab, Millard, Beaver, the federal government made much noise over a pro- Governors administrative as- Iron and Washington now his bag of comprise one district, and the gram to provide outright grants in some cases to sistant, picks up and heads for remaining twenty two counties magic potions needy municipalities who desired to improve their words with Commissioners in-- , comprise .the other. systems. utility of legislators. stead Under late urgings by the Monticello happened to be one of those cities with new Legislative Coun- Governor, apparently will reThe an unapproved water supply. Government rules pro- cil begins the work of research apportion the State Legislamulgated by the State Health Department labeled the on the measures for future ture. Come legislators from citys water system as unapproved because the water legislatures. Hatch is a former rural districts who could not was not treated. Then Uncle Sam steps in and says member of the Legislative in good conscience deprive if your water is not approved, you cant have FHA fi- Council and there is apt to their home districts of reprewill be closer liason between the sentation, nevertheless nancing on home building within your city. a safer Executive course as choose and that Council the water work to So Monticello leaders the by liter"1 587-227- 1 We pay, others receive . . . one-quart- er get supply approved, and in so doing, requested some of the grant money which the government has allowed would be forthcoming. But Monticello was one of the unlucky cities and did not get the federal grant approved before the money ran out. So the city had to again go into debt and bond for the new treatment plant. The irony of the matter is that the very same agency which holds the citys $460,000 revenue bond issue, and to which the city is paying $18,000 in interest per year, is the exact same agency that administered the grants for Accelerated Public Works Housing and Home Finance Agency. It would appear, that in all fairness, HHFA would have at least had the sense to protect their previous investment by helping a city that was contributing so much to the federal coffers. APW did spend considerable money in San Juan County. The City of Blanding was able to get a grant for their water treatment plant, and this was certainly justified. Hundreds of thousands of other APW dollars, however, were spent on campground improvements and a section of pavement leading, not to beautiful overlooks which it may some day reach, but covering only part of the distance and leaving many miles of unimproved dirt road yet to be improved. All of the latter projects may be desirable and actually improvements that were needed, but the question arises as to whether they should have been considered higher priority than a culinary water treatment plant. The government made much propaganda at the time to the effect that the money was being used to construct projects that would require local employment and that the tax dollars were going back into the local economy. The true facts of the matter were that only a smattering of local people were actually hired, the contractor was not even from the local area and he set up his headquarters outside San Juan County! The area was still having as many economic pains after the projects as it was before. The community of Monticello has every right to be indignant and angered. It has been duped by an federal government that in the beginning it tried to please and to which it has been paying through the nose ever since. Each and every Monticel-la- n has a stake in the matter since each and every month their light, water and sewer bills reflect added expense that is necessary to pay the government an exorbitant interest rate on revenue bonds. Initiative and the desire to have a better community have been repaid by treatment by the federal government that borders on the ridiculous. A little of that foreign aid going to allies who tell us to go to hell would be a welcome financial relief to Monticello. We dont think anyone would begrudge paying the principal but paying the four and per cent interest i3 like feeding a biting dog. The situation may have progressed to the point that there can be no relief but we believe that a few letters of protest to congressmen would at least make them aware that we dont like to pay, while others receive all the benefits. began one-four- than allowing three Federal judges to perform the legislative task. Also, as Senator Sam Taylor of Moab pointed out, a by the judges would involve the risk of elections, so such legislators as Taylor made a decision to themselves out of a job, rather than place their areas in even greater jeapordy. They decided, with Hamlet to bear those Ills we have, rather than to fly to others that we know not of. Established a little Hoovto explore er Commission ways to improve State services and reduce expense. The Legislative Council did a similar job some years ago. One of the recommendations was to reduce the services of the county home demonstration agents, but once the announcement was made, the idea was blown to bits by those whose appropriations would be reduced. Making the recommendations is one thing. Giving effect to them is quite another. Set up a new Industrial Development Commission with a half million dollar appropriation, and time will tell whether or not this is just another expensive committee and an outlet for the pressures of increased patronage. method for States- - Rights victory than new civil rights legislations. REPUBLICANS COULD HAVE CONTROLLED THE LEGISLATURE, as Representative Frank Nelson of Salt Lake points out, by a switch last November of a mere one hundred eighteen votes for Senate candidates and one hundred thirty seven votes for House candidates. In a Utah, south-centr- Republican could have won the State Senate seat by a switch of forty two votes, and in eastern Utah by a switch of seventy six votes. This would have changed the Senate from fifteen to 12 Democratic to fourteen to thirteen Republican. In the House, a switch of thirty votes in Summit County, eight votes in Emery, fifty five votes in Beaver, ten votes in Duchesne, and thirty votes in one Salt Lake District could have brought a Republican majority of thirty five to thirty four, instead of the actual Democratic majority of thirty nine' to thirty. When the Republicans organize their State party organ-izaito- n in May, therefore, News of the Queen City of The Golden Circle - hasnt rs it with a Classified Sell Ad The San Juan Record Monticello, Utah Thursday, March 11, 1965 Page Two a policy to place more concentration on' the election of State Got into explosive issues Senators and Representatives such as betting, will most certainly be adopted. change in the , state liquor OF HOW REGARDLESS laws, and urban renewal. The urban renewal legislation ONE VIEWS the results of the up a flood of debate on 1965 Utah Legislature, there the rights of private property. should be nothing but respect It crossed party lines in the for the responsible and dedicaHouse and only Bob Bullock ted service of the ninety six of Provo and Lamar Buckner Utah citizens who, at personof Ogden, among Republicans, al sacrifice, gave sixty days were willing to walk into the and nights of service to their storm. All Republican repre- State. sentatives of Salt Lake, where Their compensation of five the effects would have been hundred dollars per year Is more immediately shown, unit- merely a nominal recognition. ed in opposition against the Their real compensation has Senate Bill, although Brent to come from within their own Scott and Lorin Pace support- realization that in their day, ed amendments. The opposi- they were involved completely tion Itself took considerable in something of fundamental courage in view of the fact value not only to themselves, that both Salt Lake City daily their children and their State, the Salt Lake but to the entire democratic newspapers, Chamber of Commerce and society. even Pro-Utafavored the So life moves on. Only yeslegislation. Lon Hopkin, Marl terday Disposed, one way or the Gibson, Orval Hafen. In the other, of hundreds of other poetry of Robert Frost: measures of vital importance You linger your little hour to Utahns. and are gone. And still the woods sweep IN THE FIELD OF CIVIL leafingly on. Not even missing the coral-roo- t RIGHTS, the only significant flower legislation which appeared to You took as a trophy of the have a chance, with one week still remaining, was that which hour. provided for elimination of On one of his recent trips in public acdiscrimination comodations, such as restau- on a railroad, the sales manrants and motels. However, ager of a large company encivil rights supporters were in- tered the diner for breakfast. clined to discount this action When the waiter came to take because it had the practical his order, the executive said: affect of keeping out Federal Id like to try that six dolenforcement under the new lar breakfast my men report Federal civil rights legislation, on their expense account and placing enforcement in when-eve- r they ride this local hands. It was more a train. pari-mutu- STOOL 11 WHEN YOU BUY A SERVING CART Enamel finish. 24 stool, Serving cart 29!2 high; l6l2" x 23!2" top and 2 shelves; 3 casters. Colors. 4-P- gone to its price! C. yl CS t yr CHROME FRAMES! STAINLESS STEEL HOSTESS SET fMNI lattfMtlHUl 32-P- Silw WHEN YOU BUY A STAINLESS STEEL SERVICE FOR 8 B9a Gravy ladle, pastry server, serving fork and pierced vegetable server. 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