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Show UT. STATE PRESS ASSH. 467 EAST THIRD' SO jTH SALT .LAKE UT. cm, G-il- ll Sami dJonaim ecoimommy dh meirallll dlecllnmie The latest report on the economy in San Juan County shows that jobs continued to decline overall during the first quarter of 1981. Gross taxable roles for the last reported period, the fourth quarter in 1980, were up substantially, from the year before. Have you realized ever stood on a high how low you really The mining sector generated the most jobs with a 7 percent increase, followed by government jobs with a 3.9 increase. Contract construction was down 7 percent. Only 2 new dwelling building permits were issued in San Juan from January through March, 1981. Building construction in dollars was off 53.7 percent from 1979. hill or even the top of a mountain and Photo and caption by Alvin Reiner were? However, several projects promise a brighter future for construction. The HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER FOR SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH Volf 64'- - No. 19 20 cents ing will be 11 miles south of Blanding and six miles of the Cowboy Field. north-northw- Le and Patrick od Petroleum will drill No. 128 Canyon Unit four miles southwest of the Squaw Canyon Field 19 miles; southeast of Blanding. Tterra Petroleum has staked two of the new wildcats one on North Squaw Point near Monument one seven miles Canyon and southwest of Blanding and 11 miles r northwest of the Cowboy Clair-Westwo- , Field ' where production is from Is may formation. Both wells are projected to the 6,000 foot depth. Nine miles south of Blanding, Raymond T. Duncan will drill in the Chimney Rock formation. General American Oil of Texas has staked a well they will identify as No. 120 White Mesa. Drill- - Wilson and Davis Company have staked a well on Lime Ridge to test at 3,000 feet andSamedanOil will drill on the Bluff Bench to the 6,750-fo- ot level. Davis will also test Desert Creek in Papoose Canyon in the Squaw Field just west of the state line. William Whitley ,out of Denver field will drill in the Turner-Blu- ff to test Navajo at 5,600 feet and Texaco plans three wildcat tests in the Aneth field. All three will Utah-Colora- do UNDC Adult Education The Utah Navajo Development Councils Adult Education pro- grams will undergo some basic , changes during, the summer but the opportunity for Navajo adults to finish high school will still be Due to some budget available. cuts UNDC will consolidate its programs with the San Juan School District. est -- Shumway Collection on exhibit One of the largest interpre- ted Anasazi pottery collections in the Southwest will go on display June 6 at Edge of the Cedars State Historical Monument, Blanding. A ribbon cutting ceremony is scheduled for 2 p.m, Saturday to officially open the Shumway Collection. This exhibition of prehistoric pottery represents 700 years of Anasazi ceramic production. The collection contains examples of pottery made and used north of the San Juan River dating from Basketmaker IQ through Pueblo IQ, a period dating 600 - 1300 A.D. The artifacts in this exhibit, collected by members of a Blanding family, were acquired by the Utah Navajo Development Council and are on loan to Edge of the Cedars. Edge of the Cedars State Historical Monument, administered by the Utah Division of Parks and Recreation, is open Seven (jays a week from 8 a.m.to7p.m. Water Con- servancy District contractor for archaeological excavation program which will clear the way for Recapture Dam and highway alignment project, estimated at about $14 million. Current plans call for an August or September construction start. June 4, 1981 test Desert Creek at the 5000 plus level. Completions in the past two weeks include a well on Boulder Petroleum InKnoll, formation reports the well as a fshut in gas well witi;aio gauged Colorado Energetifcs pumped 32 barrels of oil and 16,000 cubic feet of gas per day at their site near west McCracken point, of Recapture Wash. Texaco Inc. pumped 46 barrels of oil and 20,000 cubic feet of gas level per day from the 4,781-fo- ot of their well situated in the Aneth field, Wesgra Corporation pumped four barrels of oil per day from ot the level of a well drilled on the Navajo Reservation west of Comb Ridge, ' 13-40s- D-2- 14 14-40s- 251-fo- San Juan School District plans a June or July bid opening for the new Monument Valley High School with teacher housing to be about $8 million, supplied by the federal government. 16-34s- to undergo changes Jim Benally, UNDCs education director, noted that all Adult Learning Centers will be closed this month except the one at Mexican Hat where no high school is nearby. Adult Education will be conducted instead at Whitehorse High in Montezuma Creek and San Juan High in Blanding. Adult Education has been a dif- - Juan the Eleven new wildcat oil wells i San Juan Eleven new wildcat oil well locations, with a twelfth just across the Colorado state line, and four completed wells have been reported in San Juan County in the ' , ' past two weeks San ; the recent legislature included money to construct a youth . de- and protective service center in Blanding to cost about ; v $425,000. First Western Bank has received permission from the of Currency to Comptroller establish a branch bank in Blanding and construction should begin in June. tention . ; ; The outlook for mining is not so bright. During February, March and April the price of uranium yellow cake was $25 per pound. This depressed price of uranium is having an adverse effect on trucking and drilling companies as well as mining and milling. Gross taxable sales for San Juan County increased 13.1 percent during the last three months of 1980 as compared with the same period during 1979. Total receipts were over 1.1 million dollars. For Blanding there was a 28.4 increase, with a total of 405 thousand dollars. Monticello was also up by 39.7 percent with a total of 414 thousand dollars. However, all other San Juan areas were down by 18.6 percent. Tourist room sales for the fourth quarter of 1980 were down by 9.6 percent. Constrictor challenges credibility An accident occurring at Fourth West and Center in Blanding on resulted in extensive damage to a pickup belonging to Elton Jones. Investigation by Officer Mark Ewart disclosed that the offending vehicle was taken without permission and two about males, age 14, had left the scene on foot. A search was initiated and conducted by all Blanding police department officers without apprehension of the two boys. May 23 A ficult assignment on the Navajo Reservation. Students must travel long distances to the learning centers and there are no daycare centers to provide child care for mothers who wish to finish their schooling. To accommodate a variety of situations the learning centers have been open eight hours a day with people coming when they can, with staff tutoring and teaching on an irregular basis. Jean LaSarre, a Vista volunteer from Illinois, has worked with the program throughout the past year. With the help of Mark Maryboy, UNDC dropout counselor, persons are contacted in their homes and encouraged to take of the learning centers. Vista volunteers, who have been an excellent resource to UNDC, will no longer be available with Federal changes being made. UNDC hopes to continue to offer this valuable service through a combination of San Juan School District staff and their own facil- The capital funding approved by report of a stolen motor- cycle the next morning was linked to the two boys and their names were consequently entered on the National Crime Information Cen- ter computer. The boys were arrested in Page, Arizona, a few days later and Blanding Police Chief Bevan Wright picked them up at the detention center in Flagstaff. Chief Wright interviewed the boys and learned something that prompted an emergency phone call to Sergeant Austin. There was a boa constrictor in the car at the time of the accident. It was still among the missing. 6-f- oot George Jones, who assisted Of- ficer Ewart in searching the car, says he wont help him again until the snake is found. Richard Farabee, to whose impound yard the car was removed, seems reluctant to go out in the yard since finding out about the extra passenger. The boys have been returned and are being held in juvenile detention. au-vant- age ities. (Please turn to Page 14) Stacked neatly awaiting installation, white plastic sewer pipe dots the Monticello. (See story page 17.) K. landscape in Barry photo |