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Show i Predicts Record U.S. Crops Bluff Stuff By Laurel Thompson Good work, Miles! hope everyone reads Lets - and - last weeks editorial. Perhaps ESP or smoke signals might help in more communication. kinds of weather Many throughout the week, from good to very bad. Fences are necessary in this open range land, but they surely do make excellent trash and tumbleweed ponders traps. Everyone is thankful to hear that the Gordon Adams family excaped safely from their dangerous adventure on Lake Powell Friday evening. Visitors at Goforths: granddaughter Janet and two small sons , here from Tuesday to Thursday, then going on to Dove Creek to visit Grandmother Randolph. On Friday, The United States will have a record crop production this year. A Utah native, Dr. Quentin West, now with the Federal Economics Research Service, speaking at Utah State University to persons attending this year. His forecasts were for two billion bushels of wheat, six and a half million bushels of corn and about that many soybeans. He said this brings up the big policy question of supplies vs. surpluses. Both deal with the same thing, an abundance of production, but they are looked at entirely differently. At present, he noted, there are practically no carry over supplies of grains in the world. The United States used to have buffer of surplus stocks, but other countries havent carried surpluses. They have de- pended on ours. So the big question he raised was, What kind of reserves shall we have and yet not get back to where we call them surpluses with all the problems that entails? Right now, he said, most concerns are the other way We no buffer or surplus stocks. We are so directly inter-face- d with the world market that we are immediately affected by what happens around the world. niifiitdall OIF Janets sister, Beth Starks, husband Bobby, and two chil- (Contd. from page If we were to have a bad weather year around the world, go out of the ceiling. But if there is good production around the world, we prices would will see a slight decrease in food prices. Traditionally, we in the U.S. have been a very open market country. Our philosophy has been a free market system. But we must recognize that there has got to be a world policy on food preserves. Our monetary situation is a factor. Though the dollar has recently strengthened, other countries are not anxious to acquire and hold dollars as they used to do when it was more sound. They have shifted their interest more to commodities such as gold, boosting it to a world price of $185 an ounce, and other commodities besides the precious metals. For example, they would rather have wheat than currency for holding. This has caused prices to shoot up even when it seems they should be going down. longer have a We expect to see wheat and other prices level off. Many nations can produce grain and are moving into production. We have the capacity to increase production of UTAH, INC. 542 SOUTH 2165 WEST dren, from Naturita. Daughters Dixie Barber and Lonnie Bromley with their families spent the Easter vacation with parents, Lonna and Inez Wilson. They all returned home Sunday afternoon, after a picnic and Easter egg hunt at (West on 5th South Off Redwood Road) SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 521-850- and Utah Telephone Company Corbin 5) their area office in Phoenix, Arizona. Mr. Corbin has been with The Midland Telephone ConCompany, now known as tinental Telephone Company of Utah, for the past 28 years, and has held positions of Vice President and Assistant Gen- eral Manager from 1961 to 1964, Fice President and General Manager from 1964 to 1969, and in 1969 was elected President and General Manager, the position he held until December 31, 1973 when Midland feel confident that other countries will be able to buy what they want. But that still doesn't eliminate the need for establishing a world food preserves policy, Dr. West stated. feed grains by double. I merged. Mr. Corbin also held the office of President of the AsRocky Mountain Telephone 1970-71 term sociation for the and was a member of the Board Corbin is presently serving as a member of the Board of Directors of the First Western National Bank, the Utah Safety Council, Moab Museum and Medicare Advisory Board. Mr. Corbins new assignment with Continental will be Rocky Mountain Area Service Manager and will be responsible for monitoring and directing all phases of Continentals operating property in the Rocky Mountain States. He will still be involved with the operation of Continental Telephone Company of Utah. Mr. Corbin stated The old Midland Telephone will always be a part of me no matter where I am with Continental. 84104 Order New for IH and Balers Sw others We will have only a limited supply, so you should get your name on one now. We do have Cub Cadet Garden Tractors Dry Vans plus young Ervin Tsosie, from have spent their Ganado, school holidays with the grandparents. Activities included a busy work day, short scenic trips, and a picnic above Butler Wash. Mollie Tomasyo, returning from Salt Lake City, joined us for the picnic. Grandson Joe has left a few roadsides the cleaner, gleaning aluminum cans for recycling. Reefers friend Flats Grain Trailers Dumps Low Boys ESS LONG TERM LEASING AVAILABLE See our Stock, Available for Immediate Delivery Service Department Open 16 Hours a Day BOB TALBOT TED BEAKEY V.P. - Gen. Mgr. No TV, due to natural and other causes. We miss the Sales K. VANLEEUEN Service 11- - igUIPMiNTr NORTH OF CORTEZ ON RT. 666 565-955- news and favorite programs, but Radio KUTA helps keep away that isolated feeling. Last Sunday, a Boy Scout group of 34 (including 15 adults) from San Diego, arrived by chartered bus for a float trip down the San Juan River to Mexican Hat. Their trip also included the scenic wonders of the Grand Canyon and Monument Valley. They were based at Pioneer House while in Bluff. A report from Kenny Ross tells of the exciting events of the river trip through the terrific wind storm of Tuesday. In the venturi effect canyon, waves and wind became very strong, causing a decrease in visibility to the danger point. It became advisable to beach the boats and seek such shelter as could be found. Mr. Ross says he has never before seen such a storm. Everyone reported being thrown down by the wind at least once, Mr. Ross himself having been lifted bodily and thrown on the rocks. Luckily, no one was seriously inAll sought shelter jured. rocks until the the among storm lessened. Two boats were so badly damaged that they had to be left at the spot, and a third one received some damage. All continued on to Mexican. Hat in the remaining release turn to page 15-F) ,v v, ,. When You Build, Build-Ithe Comfort of Electric Heat n When you build a new home to be heated the electric way, take these steps toward total comfort. INSULATION. Install the proper amount and proper kind of insulation best suited to your new home and needs. First consult the expert at your Rural Electric. DUCT SYSTEM. Provide for an even distribution of air flow through your entire home. STORM DOORS, WINDOWS & WEATHER STRIPPING. Keep the warm air in and the cold air out. Proper attention here can be a real money saver! SIZE. Your new unit should be large enough to handle the job. But not so large as to waste electricity and your money. Electricity is too important to waste. Contact your Rural Electric system for money saving, electric efficiency hints. The electric way is clean. .sirgpBre Electric Association Cortez, Colo. s Cubs" - JT. i APril Record Juan The Sales - Parts - Service, COMPLETE LINE TIMPTE PRODUCTS Comb Rdige. The Browns, 18 San with rotary mowers on hand now0 2 1974 6 |