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Show off the Record no one has ability of facts been able to fix responsibility at any time. A couple of TV networks have tried to analyze the sit--a- nd 1974 4, April uation, but you had to hang on every word to even come close to following the explanation, which was largely speculation anyway. There are two ways to react to such messes. You can just give up, and say its hopeless, and allow as how if thats the way it is why should you try to do a good job. Or you can correctly judge Record Juan that if everybody abdicates responsibility for doing a good job, we will sink faster than we are now. In the movie Save the Tone businessman talks iger, to another about doing the right The gist of it is that thing. he tries to explain to his partner that if the small guy, the not - very - big - businessman, sells out his standards, there is no one left, because he is one of the few who are keeping the wheels on the coun- Theres a public service TV occasionwhich suggests we might ally do all better work if we signed commercial on everything we did. A car, for example, might bear an inscription giving the names of the people who assembled And the spot shows a it. guy painting yellow lines down the highway--nic- e and straight--and then placing a sign at the end with his name on it. The idea may sound a little but it would be to see how many interesting would be agreeable to people not only signing their work, but taking full responsibility for how it came out. Its my guess not many people would want anything to do with it, especially the second time. There are many rewards in running your own small business, but getting a phone call on Thursday night telling you how you screwed up is not one of them. It is, however, what you can expect when you put your name on the product, as we do each week. It seems to me that one of the very basic problems we have with bad products and poor services is that its tough far-fetch- San try. think hes right. I STATE DIRECTOR of the Bureau of Land Management, Paul L. Howard, (right) visited Monticello directors first visit District headquarters Wednesday of last week. It was the relatively-ne- w to the District and gave him an opportunity to visit also with Ken Summers, Monticello rancher, (center) who is Chairman of the District Six BLM Advisory Board. Monticello District Manager Frank Shields joined the discussion of Bureau affairs in the area. Its not that the guy in the giant corporation or the bureaucracy is essentially a crook. Its just that hes too far removed from the end result to have much pride of creation. Theres no effective him to sign his work. for way As an experiment, you might look at the next job you do with an eye to signing it. If you dont want to, you can correctly conclude youre part of the problem, not the an- ed, The Snow Surveys Read Below Norm April 1st snow surveys conducted by the Soil Conservation Service showed snow fall to be considerably below average for the Blue Mountains. Snow surveys for the April 1st stream flow forecast were completed March 25 on the LaSal Mountains and March Date swer. MWT -74 -74 Lester Taylor Gets Honor Lester Taylor, Moab, -74 vice-presid- to find out who fouled up. And the bigger the organization you deal with, the tougher that gets. A perfect case in point is the sparring match that goes on between the Congress, the oil companies, and the Federal Energy Office. So far, they have each one blamed each of the others for energy problems supply, costs, avail Snow Course LaSal Mt. Upper LaSal Mt. Lower Buckboard Flat Camp Jackson The soil seems to be absorbing the moisture as the snow melts. There is very little evidence of water running in roads and drainages. long cattleman and second of the Utah Cattlemens Association was chosen as the recipient of the time ent on the Blue Mountains. The rain gauges show a collection of only one inch of moisture on both the Blues and LaSals. As a result, the Blues have dropped from 125 26 Marion Miller and Pat assisted the Soil Conservation service in snow and transportation. Library Gets Extra Books The San Juan Library at Monticello is receiving mail bags of fiction and books through the assistance of Utah Senator Frank E. (Ted) Moss. In a cover letter to librarian Mrs. Maxine Webb, the Senator explained that, alnon-ficti- on though the books are now considered surplus to the needs of the agency for which they were purchased, many are comparatively new and should be valuable to the library. Moss wrote, I am glad to be able to make these books available to assist you in your efforts to provide enjoyable and worthwhile volumes to the people in your area . Distinguished Utah Cattleman award during the 55th annual convention of the association on Friday, December 7th. The award was presented by his son, D. L. Taylor, who gave a history of his fathers activities in the cattle business. The award was witnessed by his immediate family who attended from Moab. i "The San Juan Winner of & Jane Turnbul 4 Newspaper Contest Record Miles 1973-7- Better Awards: (1) T Publishers Entered in the Post Office at Monticello, Utah, as Second Class matter. Published every Thursday at Monticello, Utah. 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