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Show Counfly receives $2J32S for equipment, pfians Cry T3Volume 50 10 Monticello, San Juan County, Utah 84535 Can) onland.s Capitol Americas Playground Cool CUmate Record recordings in Recorders ffffcie - AnoHEner boom coming? A lot of interest has been ihown by county residents, by tourists' Inquiries and in gen-er- ai by Just about everyone in the area concerning the new people In town, the large number of claims being staked and the recent leasing of land. This show of interest prompted The Record to check with the County Recorder concerning the claim recently filed. A lot of very interesting information was discovered. So far in 1967 there have been 7,257 claims filed (up through June 2) in San Juan County alone! In May there were a Mining, Standard Metals Corp- -. total of 1522 claims filed but oration and Champman-Mark- -J in April the total was 1627 ham Mgf. Co. claims filed. San Juan County is not alone Mrs. Arvilla Warren, San in the great activity of claim Juan County Recorder, reported filing. Crand County has had that on May S 303 claims were over 3403 claims filed this filed that day - the biggest day iyear. In Callup, N. M. 6972 j claims have been filed in the yet. In checking the recoids in the Recorder's Office it was last 18 months with companies revealed that many companies j such as Homostake, Ranchers have filed claims in this Exploration Co. , Western etc. Nuclear, county. Among them, to Montrose County, San Miguel name a few, are Vitro Minerals G Chemical Co. , American County and Mesa County, all in Colorado, are all experienMetals Climax Co. , Strategic Minerals Exploration, BCM cing "booms" in the filing of claim and again large companies figure in these filings. Throughout the Western States the year 1966 was a peak year for the filing of claims after the dying out of the uranium boom of the 1950s, and in almost every county with a uranium mining history claim filing has exceeded the total filed last year. The new boom is different in many respects. In the 1950s miners scratched the surface for pay dirt. Today the prospectors are largely big firm and experienced miners who are keeping "mum" on their findings and who have the equipment for deep drilling necessary to hit the deep ore. I j ' ! Kcrr-McC- ee, t Boyle in new office Need a job? Monticello District Office of Bureau of Land Management has issued an invitation to bid for janatorial services for the district office building at 284 South 1st West for the period July 1, 1967 through June 30, 1968. A copy of the invitation giving the requirements may be obtained at the District Office by anyone interested in performing this work. Bids will be opened at the District Office at 2 pm on June 20, 1967. ! EDDIE BOYLE SORTS PAPERS AT HIS DESK AS HE COMPLETES his move to a new office next to Monticello Lumber G Hardware (his landlord). Mr. Boyle hopes all his friends will drop in for an insurance policy at the new location. Record Photo Missile launching recent article appearing in the Mining and Natural Resources Record it was stated that a Guam -- based company, Transpacific Enterprise, is drilling in the Big Indian-- ! Lisbon Valley area of San Juan County. According to the art- kle "Transpac" using Aero-- j magnetic Survey and Cravimet-jri- c Survey, has selected a group of 52 claim in the Eight Mile Rock-HatPoinf area for an extensive drilling program. The president of this corporation is jack Turner, who recently moved to Moab. Mr. Turner is one of the many people who have filed a very large number of claims in San Juan County, as is revealed by the records. Apparently the hot spots in San juan County are Hart Draw, Big Indian Wash and White Canyon, although a lot of activity seems to be going on east of Monticello. Many county residents are staking claims and filing the same in the hope that the next ten years will prove to be as profitable to San Juan County as was the "boom" of a decade ago. In a Hovenweep visitors decrease in May Nat- patio breakfast a a lor the da 's work to follot. Twenty people gathered on the patio in the rear of the l?!l Museum. During the breakfast Mrs. Minnie gase a kkk-o- ll h.e .v 4 LOOKING ADMIRINCLY AT THEIR HANDWORK OF NEWLY planted flower tubs set out In Blanding during their BeautificaMrs. Ada Rigby, Mis. Minnie Johnson, Harold Lyman, Donald Jack, Devon Hurst and Calvin Durfey. tion Project are left to right, Council hires police, hears water report, confers with commissioners while Marshall Earl Pehrson is out of town for ten days. The Council also discussed roads and streets with two San Juan County Commissioners, Marion Hazleton and Calvin Black. Paving will start soon of the Circle Drive. The new garbage truck has arrived in town and is waiting for the time to add on the special features of the previous truck. Carbage collection was moved up a day to make that time this weekend. Council members heard a report by Major Ken Bailey on the cost and fluctuations of the water treatment plant. The city will issue citations to the owners of dogs who are allowed to run loose at night, it was decided. takes Western Mine Supply had its safe stolen last night or early this morning. Apparently, according to Deputy Sheriff Rigby Wright, the thieves ent red the store building by the South entrance, located the safe, attempted to open it, and then took the whole safe out the South door. As we go to press, Deputy Wright and City Marshall Earl Pehrson are investigating. '5 as ! Western Mine safe intendent. A total of 0.96 inch of precipitation was recorded during the month, bringing the yearly total to 1. 70 inches. lohmon, provident of the Blanding C .rtliu-r- , gave a report o! things av complidit-'and thing lo ho Join-- . It tui oli'd to an hi Show on June 0 from 7 to 10 pm. Mr, lela Black, Mrs. 1 a mar Pcr-kl- n, Mrs. Maude Whittier, (and Mrs. loth HiIImiuii were appointed to work on this comm'ttce, which met in the .Blanding 1 ibrari, i It was decided to j'lant in the Memorial Park Ion Wednesday. It was announced that the Memorial bench was delivered to Crand Junction and will be back in time for the frontier Days Celebration at which time the Memorial Park jwill be dedicated by the American Legion on the Carden Club's Invitation. At ten am the work committee began setting up the trash cans and flower containers on Main Street. These were cut from oil drum by Mr. Charlie Sipe, painted by the SJHS students under the direction of Mr. Allred, the Art teacher. They are an orange color s.ith silhouettes of the Canyonlands thereon and with the words "Visit Canyonlands Park". Mr. Donald Jack, Chairman of the Beautification Committee, Mr. Harold Lyman, President of the Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Clvln Durfey, vice chairman of the Chamber, Mr. Efe von Hurst of the Carden Center, Mrs. Minnie Johnson and Mrs. Ada Rigby, president and secretary of the Carden Club, were on hand for the filling of the containers. Two trucks with sand and rich dirt stood by and Mr. and Mrs. Devon Hurst donated six evergreens and the petunias which were planted in the cans. The swinging tops for the cans were furnished by the Chamber of Commerce. There were many people behind the scenes for this job and the people of Blanding are grateful to all those who participated in helping to beautify the city. pet-uini- Thief showed a decrease of 200 persons from May 1966. This is a decrease of 24. 6 percent, but 1967 is still leading 1966 in travel by 14. 2 percent. Wind and dust, which prevailed most of the month, may have accounted for some of the decrease as well as the rough condition of the approach road, according to Meredith M. Cuillet, Super- set tomorrow x Saturday , M.y 27, w as a bu da) for the Blanding Gardner, the Blanding Chamber o' Commerce and the Rlanding Carden Center. At 7:0J am the Gardner The Monticello City Council voted last night to provide extra hours of police protection ional Monument during May iwith four missiles in launching positions (from the left) 'iXfoarlie " "Alpha," "Delta," and "Bravo." V' came to a total according to a report made by Lynn Adam to the County ch Visits to Hovenweep Meek, Minimum price established by the Couixy for the equipment sold came to Sl0,ikX), more than 33- - lest than the June 4 of J?4, 32S, Beautification Committee at wor! i ITHE PERSHING MISSILE SITE SOUTH OF BLANDING is shown' s by San Juan County Warm Welcome tAJafleir Commiioner tins Sale of uu'J road equipment Thursday, June 8.1967 Number 43 8 Pages Newest on Mexican - Tourists flood Park office Bluff water meeting The tourist season is really here. Mrs. Maxine Christensen, Information Receptionist at the National Park Service office in Monticello advised that she had had 258 visitors come into her office for information and directions concerning the attractions in the county and surrounding areas. Most of the questions asked are where should we go? and what should we see ? where are the camping areas? what facilities are available to us? and what is accessible by a The San Juan Water Conservancy District will meet tonight (Thursday) at the Bluff School at 8 pm to discuss the final draft of the loan application with the engineer and the land owners of the Bluff Irrigation Project. jyear and who had visited 12 national parks in the United States. He wrote to ask for a i brochure on the Canyonlands, which was not available when i he was here last year, and j advised that of all his visits to other national parks, the Canyonlands was the most beautiful to him. A look at the registration book in the NPS office indicated that tourists came from Minnesota, California, Virginia Nebraska, Tennessee, Delaware, Washington, Florida, car? Oregon, Ohio, Indiana, Texas In addition to the tourists New York, New Mexico, callers Mrs. Christensen has and from foreign lands received 307 letters of inquiry included one couple which this past week, all of which from have been answered. Some of from France, a tourist and Mr. and Mrs. the letters were from Poland, i Denmark,Balland from The New Richard Brazil, Germany, Japan and Zealand Travel Council. London, England. The one Yes - the tourist season is from London, England, was upon us - and we are glad it from a gentleman who had is here. toured the United States for 12 out of the months last eight I ! road actual tale price. Minimum price had been established by calculation of trade-i- n value of the equipment. The County should be able to operate with les equipment maintenance costs at a result of the tale. The Commissioner! also agreed to review and resubmit the application for the Bluff to Mexican Water Road. The new (separate) application will be submitted under a program in which a five percent contribution toward the total would be made by each of the following: San juan County, the Navajo Tribe, : tlio Utah Indian Affairs Commission, and the Utah State of Highways. Te Department ' The remaining would be contributed by an EDA grant. ; The State Department of Highways has agreed to work ; with the County Commission-- i ers on development of this program. j The above program was dis- covered as a result of Comm-- i issioncr Black's visit in late May with State Highway Department official in Salt Lake City, On the same trip, Mr. Black j discussed new legislation which may make it possible to include National Forest roads and Reservation roads in the B Road System, making possible a better return of vehicle license funds. The Commissioners authorized Calvin Black to sign a contract with the State Welfare Commission with regard to the cooperative road program to be undertaken with the Title V program and the State Indian Affairs Commission. The final contract must be approved by the Attorney General. Commissioner Black was not present at the June 5 meeting because he was attending a meeting of the Road Committee of the State of Utah Association of Counties. He was accompanied by Ceorge Berry and Dave Guymon who were trying out road equipment. Mr. and Mrs. Gene Porter and a number of their tenants appeared before the Commissioners to request early re' pair of the road to Blue Mountain Ranch. Two near accidents, they said, had occurred on the road recently. The Commissioners stated that they would have gravel added to the road soon. Seven families (a total of 35 persons) are now living at the ranch, including the Porters. The Commissioners agreed to join Sevier County in an invitation to an organizational meeting for the Utah Counties affected by the recently organized Four Comers Economic Development Region. Purpose of the organization will be to develop plans at a local, rather than at a state or regional level. 8. Redds, BLM sign plan for flexible range management Ari-jzo- 'XV T ! j SearaGn is The search for Miss San Juan is still on and the committee is anxious for more of our lovely San Juan County girls to enter the contest. It is not necessary for a girl a sponsor - the con- - to have Fly the Flag June A third PERSHING missile is scheduled to be launched Friday afternoon, June 9, from the Army's launch site south of Blanding. Battery A, 2nd. Battalion, 44th Artillery from Ft. Sill, Oklahoma, will launch the missile. Battery Commander is 1st Lt. Robert H. Starr. C Battery of the 44th will sup- port the firing unit. Last Friday, two PERSHINGS were successfully launched to impact on White Sands Missile Range, NewMexico, some 400 miles away. Tomorrow's missile will also be programmed to impact on the range. A total of seven PERSHING I ; missiles are scheduled to be launched from the Blanding site this month. As a safety factor for tomorrow's scheduled launch. Highway 47 between Blanding and Bluff, Highway 262 east of the intersection with High- -j way 47, and the Bluff-Benroad east of Bluff, will be int ch I P ermittently blocked to traffic beginning at approximately 4:00 pm. None of the road blocks will last more than 90 minutes. White Sands Missile Range provides safety and data gathering equipment and personnel for the PERSHING 14 s9iDD odu test is open to all girls who have graduated from high school and who are less than 27 years of age. Several girls have entered the contest but we need more. Who wants to be Miss San Juan? How about a young lady from Bluff, from Mexican Hat or from Montezuma Creek. And hox about some of those lovely Blanding girls throwing their hat in the ring. San Juan County has many lovely young ladies and the contest is shaping up to be a The deadline rousing one. was announced last week as JUNE 9 but the Committee has announced that applications will be accepted up through the receipt of the morning mail on JUNE 12 to allow, hopefully, for candidates from outside Monticello to apply. SO COME ON, you blondes, brunettes, and redheads -enter in the fun and apply for the honor of being Miss San luan of 1967. SHOWN JUST AFTER SIGNING A NEW AGREEMENT FOR A flexible management system of grazing on BLM lands are Robert Anderson, Manager of the BLM Monticello District, and C. Hardy Redd. Site of the signing was Rattlesnake Reseeding part of the land affected by the new agreement which is the first of its kind in Utah. The new management plan specifies the number of animal unit months which can be grazed, but allows the grazing permit holder latitude as to the way in which he uses them. The agreement also specifies the type of records which must be kept by the permittee so that the program can he evaluated by the BLM as the flexible program continues in operation. Mr. Redd was enthusiastic about the new program because it permits a greater participation in management on the part of cattlemen. He agrees with the statement made by a Department of the Interior official who had stated earlier that a much better job could be done in range management "if we can teach the stockmen and let them manage. " Record Photo E. |