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Show Saa puut Second MEMBER nun UEtlUl lEKWEt Fc IEflESEIIl!IVlS MR. AND MRS. H. V. ALWARD EDITORS & PUBLISHERS Entered in the Postoffice at Monticello, Utah as Second Class matter. .Published every Thursday at Monticello, Utah SUBSCRIPTION RATES In County Outside County Box 428, Monticello, Utah 84535 Phone 587-22- $4 $5 Mrs. Vera Park Monticello Mrs. Pearl Lewis Monticello H. Blanding Mrs. Helen Redshaw Blanding Outeast Bayles Mrs. Florence Galbraith Bluff Mrs. Sharon Grounds Mrs. Pat Davis his-Ito- Homestake 77 CORRESPONDENTS Mrs. Jo block of state -- controlled land jural Bridges region .. part of in some of Utah's critical deer an area utilized by over 50, 000 head of deer. wintering range areas. ry Auble states: "The past OPPOSITION GROWING Land Board State of the Opposition to the proposed land exchange has come rejin management of its lands Wildlife Utah the from has most assuredly been poor cently in the eyes of sportsmen. Federation and other sportsmen's groups who are worried to 'The board has not had any death over the possibility of money available to improve, reality. best deer state's the of maintain or develop its pro- some The exchange involves approState Iperty and any improvements ranges being managed by ximately 45,500 acres of state It Board appears! Land mUst be made by the leasing lands for approximately 36,000 policies. reason to have worry, party. Even if a lessee makes good acres of public lands in the they Richard Auble, spokesman fori improvements on state land, vicinity of the Natural Bridges I there is no guarantee wildlife the Utah Wildlife Federation, National Monument. I The state now owns scattered aspects would be protected " says: "San Juan County in j southeastern Utah has long been Auble goes on to say: Ismail sections of land in San "Should this exchange be appknown as one of the best mule surrounJuan County which are roved and the State Land deer hunting paradises in the ded by Bureal of Land ManageUnited States. Board obtain control of this ment lands and the above exof think and we "When critical deer winter range, it stop change would create a large the increasing pressures on is anticipated action would be our deer herds and the connecessary to decrease the demands number of deer using this stantly encroaching a deer less range, that mean range. "Also, with this range under question comes to mind. How know we will State Land Board control, many more years the pleasure of a quiet stalk other dangers must be explorfor a trophy buck?" ed, such as sale of this land Southwest of Blanding, Utah, to private individuals and the lies the 'TY" grazing unit. possibilities of establishment J. K. Gustafson, President is composed a controlled paid hunting The 'TY" of I of range Homestake Mining Company, All this is taking place of 900,000 area. approximately announced Friday that the of lands, a public at time when we should be acres, entirely Company has filed a regisI of Bureau the administered by taking steps to increase the tration statement covering an S. U. Land deer herd and to keep pace Management, offering to shareholders of State the and Service Forest numwith the 556, 885 shares of the CompBoard. Land nonand resident of bers offerany's capital stock. The Within the 900, 000 acres of resident hunters going afield ing will be made at the rate are 98 there "TY" the range each year. " of one share for each nine state-ownof sections small At the present time, the reshares outstanding on the are these but widely lands, BLM and Land Board property cord date. The record date and Dark Canyon from scattered appraisal reports are nearly price per share have not yet Grand Gulch. to complete and the decision on been determined. and Board Land State The this land exchange is imminent. 'The proceeds of the offerother agencies have been appThe U. S. Wildlife Federation ing, " President Gustafson said, roached the the with directors toured this area when proposal "will be used for mine develJureau of Land Management the proposal was first made and opment, planned expansion, and the State Land Board trade they opposed this exchange expanded working capital needs) because of the poor land and other corporate purposes. " property to consolidate the block. one solid lands state into management policies of the The offering will be underis this If State Land Board. approved exchange written by a syndicate headed as lands the could state POLICIES IMPORTANT qualify by Dean Witter G Co. , Inc. the necessary base acreage for "It is imperative this public the "TY" operation. land, so important to Utah's deer herd, be kept in control Auble notes 'The problems an agency that has a realisposted by this complex grading of Earl Boone, geologist for and workable multiple use tic operation have slapped sportsGulf Minerals, who has been management policy, and will, men in the face. Lands asked in this land to living and working the area develop time, for by the State Land Boards for the past year or more, its so full it will be potential are classed as Critical Deer of most the value to the majinduchis " received Winter Range. recently the of tion papers to go into the ser- public. ority VITAL DEER AREA the vice. Earl's draft board was "During past few years, recent to studies, According Bureau Land the of back in his home state of Managethe 36,000 acres requested in ment has made monumental Kentucky and although he was the trade comprise an area strides in this direction and engaged in very technical which is vital in determining should retain this important work, it was necessary that he wildlife population in the Nat- honor his call to duty. property under its management. "It is apparent only public opposition can stop this land exchange, so everyone affected by this should voice his concern through letters to his congressmen, " Auble concludes. Fishing G Hunting News supports the position of the Utah Texas Gulf Sulphur Company, $16. 10. This formula is furWildl ife Federation and urges Homestake Mining Co. , and ther influenced by production sportsmen to write the State United States Borax G ChemiLand Board in Salt Lake City costs. When payable, the roycal Corporation announced toand the Bureau of Land Manwill from to 71t range alty an under which 44 of ton $1. day agreement per agement, State Office, P. O. product. Texas Gulf acquired Home- Box Homestake will 11505, in Salt Lake City, Thereafter, as their congressmen. as well based on stake's 40 ownership in Allan receive royalties proa duction under sliding scale Potash Mines near Saskatoon, The Bureau of Land Manrelated to rangproduct prices Canada. Saskatchewan, agement soon will submit its U. S. Borax has a 40 interest ing from zero to $1. 44. appraisal of the exchange and In addition certain payments and Swift Canadian Co. , Ltd. , now's the time for sportsmen are to be made to Homestake a 20 interest in the property. to act. Under the terms of the agreeby U. S. Borax. The mine and the related the Homestake U. S. ments, The San Juan Record! Borax partnership, known as processing facilities were Monticello, Utah Can-A- m Potash Producers, has brought into production in 1968 a and have annual designed Thursday, April 10, 1969 been dissolved, and each owproduction rate of 1,500,000 ner will be responsible for Page Two tons of potash. own its share of marketing the potash. Under the terms of the agreement, Texas Gulf paid Home-sta$6, 000, 000 in cash and ar assumed a $20, 000, 000 loan outstanding at interest through 1986. During the first 10 years, royalties will be paid to Home-staduring any calendar month in which the average realized price of potash is in excess of $17. 80 and the average cumulative price exceeds The following article is re- -I printed from the Fishing G Hunting News and should be of much interest to local people. Utah sportsmen and some ot Utah's top deer herds could be in for a rough time if a proposed land exchange in southern San Juan County becomes a EWSPa Association - Utah's proposed land swap draws attack Montezuma Creek offering (capital stock ever-increasi- ng ed Men need checkups too Why do some astute businessmen watch their health as carestatements? And, fully as they watch their profit-and-lo- ss conversely, why do others, equally astute, remain oblivious to their personal health until confronted with a serious emergency? The American Cancer Society suspects that in the answers to these questions is the solution to the problem of why more men succumbed to cancer last year than women. The ratio was 55 men to 45 women. Many types of cancer, the Society points out, can be cured if detected early and treated promptly. Thus some form of an early warning system should be set up by each individual and such a system exists. It is neither expensive nor bothersome. This warning system isn't complicated, it consists of an annual physical checkup, including tests for cancer. For various reasons, the American male ignores these checkups, while his distaff counterpart often welcomes them. The Cancer Society reports that three times as many women go for checkups as men. Even though the 40 total chalked up by the ladies is hardly cheering news, the 13 minority for the men is shockingly low. Often as a result of the simple physical examination cancer is detected before it has begun to spread, and that is its most curable stage. A Cancer Society survey found one reason advanced by many men for not going for checkups was that they "felt healthy. " A somewhat smaller percentage gave as their excuse that their doctor had not suggested it. Surprisingly, some 10 admitted they had "no concern" about the disease. Regardless of how many men insist they "feel healthy" the fact remains that 25 of the population will be struck by cancer during their lifetime. And, despite recent progress in controlling the disease, some 100,000 died in 1968 who might have been saved by earlier and better treatment. All this points up the timeliness of the Cancer Society's slogan this year - Help yourself with a checkup and others with a check. Inasmuch as President Nixon las given the go ahead to the Agriculture Department's Water shed Projects, Senator Moss has asked Interior Secretary Walter Hickel to take immediate ac-:ito end the freeze which has seen placed on important reclamation projects. The legal issue which held up clearance cf the Small Reclamation Projects is the same which held up ;he Watershed Projects. Nine small projects have been cleared by the Senate and House Interior committees and are ready to be funded, but there are some 50 additional projects awaiting a settlement of the policy dispute, according to on County Water Conservancy District. bill has been introduced in the Senate which would amend the Internal Revenue A Geologist drafted acquires Homestalce's interest TGS Code of 1954 and would provide that a child's insurance benefit received by an individual under the Social Security Act would be disregarded in determining whether the child is a dependent for tax purposes. The bill, introduced by Sen. Moss, results from information received from various widows and widowers who are having difficulty proving they pay more in support of dependent children than the amount of the Sen. Moss. SS benefits they receive for Approval of the Moss proposal those children. hospital and health facility 3(C3C 3fC3(c3(c9)C3fc3fc3f:3c would immediately release construction, remodeling and funds for the Haights Creek related uses. The State of Utah has reSan Juan County has receivIrrigation Company loan appceived a total of $18, 887, (XX) lication request of $718,000. ed a total of $587, 708 in in hospital grants under the include Utah Other funds under this Act, which projects Hill-BurtAct which was the $216,000 Bluff Project ard money was granted in the passed in 1947.' This act prothe $1.1 million Cottonwood 1948, 1958, 1966, 1967 years vides federal funds for use in and 1968. Project, both of the San Juan Watch For ke 20-ye- 5-- 34 on ke OPENING La Sal Junction Lounge Vic Thill & Ken Me I Operators Dougald |
