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Show ' I I Volume 49 lOtf Monticello, San Juan County, Utah 8 Pages Americas Newest Capitol Canyonlands County opposes figure use to obtain ARA designation San Juan County Commissioners lodged a Monday READING BROWSE GROWTH on the Hart Draw transect was one of the studies strong protest with the U.S. conducted on the opening day of the deer range study rides Monday. Shown Bureau of Employment Secuthe use of San here taking down figures on one of the many tagged browse plants in the tran- rity concerning labor statistics surplus sect are Forest Ranger Legrand Olson, left, and Fish" and Game Conservation Juahs to obtain an Area. RedevelopOfficer Rodney John. By measuring growth on the plants last fall and again in the ment Agency designation" for spring, officials are able to establish both a growth pattern for the plants arid Grand County. also determine how much deer have actually eaten and whether the area is beifi County Attorney F. Bennlon Redd the commisRecord Photo sioners informed overgrazed by deer. that he had been informed that Grand County was trying to obtain an ARA designation by combining San Juan County, which does have a surplus labor force, with Grand County, which does not have a surplus labor force. San Juan has already been declared an ARA depressed area because of the surplus labor. The commissioners authorized a letter to be written to the Bureau of Employment Security strongly protesting such a procedure which would circumvent the intended purpose of the ARA designation and place areas not really eligible in line for benefits. T&P REPORT Ann Porter and Willie Barton reported to the commission Monday on the Los Angeles travel show and were enthusiastic about the results obtained. San Juan was represented at the show in a cooperative effort with the state and the five counties organization. In a letter from the Navajo Chamber hears PARTICIPANTS IN the first day of deer range surveys Monday are here shown at the fenced exclosure on Hart Point. Such exclosures are divided into two sections, one which excludes all animals and one which permits deer entry but excludes cattle and sheep. By examining sage, grass and browse plants in these exclosures and comparing them with plants outside the areas, researchers are able to determine what animals are responsible for various types of use. Such exclosures are vital in determining a balance between wild and domestic animal use and making recommendations for the annual deer hunt. Record Photo North deer rides end; Buckaroos downed by San Juan start By Norman E. Lnndell BLANDING Two mighty home run blasts to center field by Jack Montella helped the San Juan Broncos defeat Monticell os baseball squad last Friday 10-Montellas first home run came in the second inning with no one on base. The second came in the third inning in Montellas second time at bat. He drove in three runs with this and so accounted for the first four runs batted in. The winning pitcher was Dale Black, who went all the way and limited the Buckaroos to two hits. in south today Deer range survey rides in transect and pellet group the north part of the county counts in the areas surveyed were in the Hart Draw, Shay Mesa, three days of them Cottonwood and Salt Creek Mesa vicinities indicate that the deer use of the area is up slightly from last year but factors other than actual size of the deer herd may be responsible. After all information is correlated, the sponsoring Fish and Game, Forest Service and Bureau of come up Land Management with their recommendations as to setting of the deer seasons and the number of special dropped. Preliminary results of the permits recommended. completed Wednesday evening and the scene shifted today Thursday) to the Blanding Survey rides will continue there today and Friday. TURNOUT LIGHT Only a very few participants, outside the three sponsoring agencies, took part in the north surveys this year. Participation has steadily dropped over the past few years, particularly since camping out and the horseback rides were a. San Juan High speech students A&W rate high in dramatics contest has new owners j ; i i thews received an excellent. By Norman Lundell Calvin Bayles was given a Several BLANDING in Mrs. Nielsons speech superior in legislative forum. school Don Bernhardt earned an exclass at- - San Juan-Hign received ratings in the recent cellent in legislative forum. Peikert received a good in forensics ' and dramatics conlegislative forum. tests, ' received Scbt,t Blickenstaff Sylvia Jo Shumway got a and superior ratings in both ex- good in dramatic reading, temporaneous speaking and- Brenda Brow got an excellent radio. In radio Darrell Mat- in pantomime. stu-deh- ts h Or-ia- Drive-I- n road proposal Gene Blickenstaff, chairman of the San Juan County Planning Commission, met Tuesday with the Monticello Chamber of Commerce to outline a road proposal. Mr. Blickenstaff explained that he had been informed that the Bureau of Land Management had intentions to build a road up South Cottonwood from Dugout Ranch and sugimprovegested that, ment of the North Cottonwood road, off Highway 95 southwest of Blanding, would be a better choice. Use on the South Cottonwood road now is considerable, he said, and the county has already spent some $25,000 in improving it. Conversely, the North Cottonwood road has very little present use and improving the South Cottonwood road would therefore serve more users at the present. Mr. Blickenstaff also pointed out that provisions of the National Park Canyonlands bill provided for a road out the south end of the park and, though it has been said this road would not be built until a need arises, such a road would bypass both Monticello and Blanding. The Cottonwood roads, he said, could be con' nected and, though they would still bypass the two cities, they would be much closer than any road out of the south end of the park. The chamber members took no action but the general op in ion was that the organization should favor no road which would bypass either Monticello or Blanding. CLEAN UP Mrs. Susan Jameson, representing the Monticello Garden Club, spoke briefly to the chamber on the city clean up campaign to be conducted April 24 through May 8 and asked that everyone make concerted effort to beautify and improve the appearance of use-wis- e, in MonThe A&W Drive-I- n ticello has been purchased by Cleal Bradford, Francis Lyman, and Joe Lyman, who also own the Patio Drive-Iin Blanding. The Monticello business was purchased from Mr. and Mrs. Joe Jackson who operated it two years after buying it from the builders, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Black. The Bradford family has purchased a home in Blanding and will move there soon to their property. operate the Patio Drive-In- . n Vern Corporon elected to head Monticello Jaycees Vern Corporon, Monticello, was elected last Thursday evening as the president of the Monticello Jaycee organization for the ensuing year. Other officers elected at the annual meeting were Rod Harris, internal vice president; Niel Bell, external vice president; Glenn Trueblood, state director; Carl Wagner and John Scorup, directors. MEMBERS OF the San Juan High school speech class PRESIDENT SPEAKS participating in the recent dramatics contests were, Clark Puffer, Jaycee state from left, Calvin Bayles, Don Bernhardt, Orion Peikert, president, and John ZimmerScott Blickenstaff, Brenda Brow, Sylvia Jo Shumway, man, president of the Moab Darrell Matthews, and the class instructor Mrs. Niel- Jaycees, were guests at the . son. (Norman Lundell photo Thursday meeting and gave Tribe, the commission was informed that the tribe was "unalterably opposed to issuance of any further beer, wine or liquor dispensers or additional days of sale at any location adjacent to the reservation. ASK JP The Bluff Chamber of Commerce, In a letter to the commission, asked that a Justice of the Peace be installed in Bluff and suggested Burton Pierce as a possible candidate. The chamber also asked for a general purpose meeting with the commissioners to be held in the Bluff school as soon as possible. Jim Black, representing Black Oil Company, asked that the commission consider purchasing lubricants from local firms. Mr. Black compared his firms prices with those presently paid by the county to an outside firm and in all cases his prices were lower. The commission agreed that such items should be purchased locally and authorized a letter instructing road department purchasers to comply with the commissions policy. All-weath- er Thursday, April 22, 1965 Cool Climate Playground Number 13 Warm Welcome Clean up campaign begins here Saturday, April 24 marks the start of the spring clean up and beautification season in Monticello with the period officially extending two weeks through Saturday, May 8. Primary sponsors of the clean up event this year are the members of the Monticello Garden Club but other organizations and the city, as well, will cooperate in the venture. As a necessary first step in determining what should be done, members of the garden club performed a preliminary survey of the various areas in the city, noting what types of cleaning and trash removal were needed. The city was sectioned off, using Main and Center Streets as the dividing lines for the four areas. Following are the types of correction which the Garden Club feels is needed and the number of instances in each of the areas in the city: Correction Needed Section of town and number A survey Monday afternoon would begin operating about in the west half of town re- the middle of next week. He vealed 141 garbage cans which urge homeowners to place all had not been taken in after trash and debris which they the city garbage pickup. Ac- wish removed on their procording to city ordinance, such perty line near the street. He cans must be removed from also urged that everything be y the street in hot burned that was flammable more than four hours after to lighten the load of the colthe garbage has been collect- lectors. Also, Mr. Palmer said, ' ed. only actual debris and trash Garden Club members em- removed for the cleanup would phasize that although it is be collected, indicating that well to beautify the city to the city collectors would not the tourist and visitor, have the time to pick up piles r please it is even more important to of dead 'grass or grass clipfor local citizens who pings. n 3 beautify Vhave to live with the town Citizens are urged to make from day to day. a concerted effort during the CITY COOPERATE next two weeks to see that As an incentive to residents all of their property is devoid the City of Monticello will co- of trash and debris. operate fully with the cam' trash paign, by providing the ' two pickup throughout Week period. It is also planned that the city will have the between property lines and the streets graded so that cleanup and continued maintenance of such areas will be Fifteen Monticello boys and easier. girls last Saturday completed a Administrator Phil course in gun safety and surCity vival sponsored by the San Juan County Sheriffs Jeep Patrol to qualify for big game licenses this fall. Evan Pehrson, patrol commander, and Paul Strong were the instructors for the course and were assisted by Sid Yant, San Juan County Commis- Tom Redd and Dick Auble MOTHER AT 12 is Mrs. Grace Bileen Begay who is sioners again this week em- when they took the youth to that the public is in- the firing range for practical shown with her new daughter at the San Juan hospital. phasized vited to attend a special road exercises Saturday. The baby was delivered by Dr. Jerrold C. Smith. Youth completing the course meeting to be held Monday oat 1 p m. in the San Juan Coun- were Craig Hall, Craig Maugh-aJeff Broderick, Mike Pehrty court house. Baby girl born to 12 year old mother Greg Adams, Purpose of the meeting, at son, Jack Frost, An unusual event occurred The father is 24 years old which representatives of var- Gary Halls, Ted French, MichMonday at the San Juan hos- and is employed at the Du- ious federal and state agencies ael Jaramillo, Vance Randall, will be present, is to correlate Lyon Hazleton, Stanley Purpital when a 12 year old girl laney Mine. This no doubt is the young- and cooperate in road build- cell, Ronnie Young, Elizabeth gave birth to a six pound three est mother ever giving birth ing plans. A similar meeting Hanson and Dorothy Harvey. ounce daughter. Lee Christensens two sons Parents of the child are to a baby in the local hospital was recently held and it was Harold and Grace Bileen Be- and probably one of the young- decided at that time to make also took, and passed, the the meetings a monthly affair. course despite the fact that gay who live near Dove Creek. est in the nation. Inasmuch as San Juan Coun- they will not be old enough, ty covers a vast area, and so even with the test, to hunt many different agencies are this fall. Members of the Jeep Patrol responsible for lands within the county, the sponsors of recently took extensive trainFour buildings, a metal stor- and was used to weigh urani- the meetings hope to foster co- ing to become safety instrucage vault with door and frame, um ore trucks and cargoes. might teach n Further details about the operation and an exchange of tors so that theycourse a platform scale, and which with the result the youth safety other surplus materials at the sale may be obtained from Lu- information more and better roads are required by the Utah Fish Monticello, Utah, processing cius Pitkin, Inc., P.O. Box 1351, that be obtained within the and Game Department before may mill site are being offered for Grand Junction, Colorado. county. underage youth may go afield. public sale by the Grand Junction Office of the Atomic Energy Commission. Bids will be opened at 2 p.m. Mountain right-of-wa- Youlh conpbte safety ccurse STTWc Public invited to road meet n, AEC announces public sale 50-to- Daylight Time, on Friday, May 7, by Lucius Pitkin, Inc., AEC Contractor conducting the sale. Prospective buyers may inspect the surplus property from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on April 27 and April 28 only, when Lloyd J. Thompson, of Lucius Pitkin, Inc., will he at the mill site to show the property. The AEC no longer has a representative at the Monticello mill which was closed several years ago. Telephone Inquiries on other days should be directed to Thompson at the Grand Junction AEC headquarters, telephone 242-862- Extension 385. One of the office buildings is 44 by 63 feet and has a gas furnace. The other buildings are a 16 by 20 foot ehange house; a 20 by 52 foot office building; and an 84 by 50 foot short addresses. machine shop building with a BUSINESS heating unit. The platform On the business agenda the scale has a capacity of 50 tons Jaycees discussed the state convention to be held in Moab on and the state drivers Scenes around town . May Road-E-to be held in Salt Unknown person shooting a Lake on May 1. Local Jaycees were also suc- hole through the office window white cessful In obtaining the Junior at the Record a decided im- HANDWRITING WINNERS were Golf Tournament for the Four paint making recently picked at Monticello Elementary school next to provement in Corners Conference to be held Brads buildingbuilding Shorty for each grade and the winners are here shown holding their prize winning enhere at a date yet to be select- Turner moving out his equip- tries. Selected for their skill were, back row from left, Carroll Ann Goon, sixth Darlene L. grade; Teri Ann Lee, fifth ed. The winning junior golfer ment today grade; and Denise Washburn, sixth grade; front from worried about what Valarie will be eligible to go to Salt a little been second left, Bradford, grade; Laurie Washburn, third grade; Sheila Foy, she had handling fourth Lake City for the state Hamilton also tied in the fourth grade but was not present (Barbara grade out numerous of state cars gofor photo) ; and Catherine Lee, third grade. Record Photo ing through town. 13-1- 6 0 |