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Show THE SAN JUAN RECORD Thursday July 7, 1983 - Page 3 V " X "SXN. ' "' W s, 'KW Utah crop and livestock prices drop in June - received Prices by Utah farmers and ranchers during VA , June were generally lower than in May, according to the Utah Crop and Livestock Reporting Service. Compared with a year ago, barley and hay prices sustained an increase, along with old cows and calves. Other livestock prices were generally lower than $? ,U - ?A " 1" fsAs. ict I last year. Sgsassss?!?? Lambs dropped $10.20 per hundredweight (cwt.) to $47JO at mid-Ju- ne and fell $12.80 per cwt, a from year ago in June, Sleep $2,20 from the May dropped '; a&fes? ." i.ggSagg5g v'i i - r f' um :' t i.- 'xrvvi ,? ' xj - A.Xfcv' VJSfvrt' r Xs v &L .x. . , The ... n. Mfr average to $14.20 per cwt. Wool increased one cent from May to 53 cents per pound. From last month's price of $51, beef cattle fell $2J0percwt 'W , - W. ' 'i'-- 'v s'''-'1- " -' V" s ' V, V''K''- -- .& ' WV sfr- VSJ, & , j A vj ; ? J W.4&V&V Flood damage 54 $L Recapture Wash bridge on the Bluff to Montezuma Creek road frames beautiful scenery typical of San Juan County, Alvin Reiner photo Recapture Wash bridge 25 years in planning by Alvin Reiner Work on the most formidable piece of real estate to be on traversed the Bluff to Montezuma Creek road has been completed with the construction of the Wash. bridge spanning Recapture The most difficult obstacle in constructing the road was obtaining the funds as the process started some 25 years ago. According to an article appearing in the Grand Junction Daily on January 29, 1959, Sentinel Blanding and Monticello groups talked to the governor (George D. Clyde), pointing out that they would lose economic advantages The is allowed. if a hook-u- p southeastern Utah people feared that such a road would allow oil to maintain their companies in southwestern headquarters Colorado. was It suggested that an ulterior motive of the Blanding and Monticello residents was to sure tourists did not make circumvent their towns by taking route a from Colorado to Monument Valley and Arizona rather than go from Cortez to Monticello and then south. In any event, the governor said, any outlet in the future would probably be a north-sou- th road leading into Arizona. The road is now scheduled for completion sometime in August, High iCris" worker gets a ride as boon to boaters girder is lifted into place for the A. Reiner photo Recapture Wash bridge near Montezuma Creek, A water level 60-t- on Trailside Genera! Store New high water levels at Lake Powell have opened up more scenic canyon areas and improved fish spawn and growth, to Dave Johnson, according Del E. Webb Recof president reational Properties, Inc, The high water has actually done us a favor. Guests on our rented houseboats now can explore canyons that were never accessible and fishermen should see fishing improve as shore vegetation is covered and provides new food and cover, said Johnson. based on figures available as of June 10 and that damage estimates are being updated on a weekly basis. The major loss is in roads and culverts. Early reports show $9.57 million in road and culvert damage in the Forests of Utah, Nevada, western Wyoming, and southern Idaho. This figure does not include bridges. Destruction of fish and fish habitat accounts for most of the $3.9 million listed under wildlife losses. Portions of major trout streams have been scoured clean by torrents that carried not only mud and sand but trees and large bo alders, M any streamside trees have been girdled and killed by the battering debris in flood waters. Campgrounds and other recreational facilities have also been An early seriously damaged. estimate of the Region's losses in this category is $2.5 million, Tixier notes that the widespread damage will force a general reduction in National Forest rec- reational opportunities this summer, especialiy in central and northern Utah. In some cases, roads leading to Forest campgrounds and picnic areas simply won't be opened this season. The loss of roads and bridges is also expected to hamper firefighting efforts later this sum- mer. Firefighters who would ordinarily drive on patrols and to actual fires will often be confronted with roads washed out and not yet repaired. There'll be more travel afoot, by horseback, or with planes and helicopters. Treat the family tonight...or any time! DINE OUT! LUNCH 6 2 4$Ba , i cUunfly (Sc w Closed r Sundays -- -- DINNER a.m. to 10 p.m., ELK RIDGE RESTAURANT Ut Blanding, to $40,80, and calves went up $2,60 per cwt. to $65. Barley in Utah maintained the same level as a month earlier at $2.78 per busheL This was $J4 per bushel higher than June last year. Alfalfa increased from $77 per ton last month to $81 per ton in June, and increased $17 per ton since last year in of June, Other hay fell from $63 per ton in May to $62 per ton in June well above the June 1982price of $46. exceeds $22 million in forests Damage due to floods and landslides in National Forests of the kitermountain Region is already estimated at $22,5 million, according to Regional Forester Stan Tixier. He stressed that this figure is only apreliminary tally, BREAKFAST Steers and heifers, at $56J0, were $2.60 per cwt. lower than in May and $3,20 per cwt. lower than last year at this time. Cows rose $J0 per cwt. to $48,90. Some emergency highway funds may be available for road repairs through the Federal Highway Ad- ministration. Five hundred dams onNational Forest lands in the Intermountain Region will also require increased inspection and maintenance, such as spillway clearing, until flood danger is past. Prompt action on a clogged spillway may have saved a breach of Huntington Reservoir dam last week. Water was 18 inches from the top of the dam when workers broke the spillway jam. Four and major many minor -- - landslides are still active, They are expected to present problems through much of the summer. These slides pose threats to city water supplies, summer aid year-rouhomes, recreation areas, and miles of trout streams. nd Trio arrested in marijuana field trio of Salt Lake area residents were arrested Friday, June 17, in a remote area of Glen A National Recreation while cultivating their Area, marijuana fields. National Park Service Rangers arrested Ted Adams, 22, a male juvenile, age 16, and a female juvenile, age 15, after the three were surprised while tending four fields in Ticaboo marijuana Canyon, north of Bullfrog Marina on Lake Powell. Two Park Service Rangers had entered the canyon about 10 a.m. on June 17 on unrelated resource management work when they encountered the Adams party. A brief helicopter search tracked the trio to a nearby cave, where they were apprehended. Canyon 175 green marijuana Over were confiscated, weighing plants 75 pounds according to nearly Park Service Law Enforcement Specialist John Holland, It is expected that the three will be arraigned by Garfield County, Boot fifanaifir.iiflEE) nsi)iasaB3'Qre0 |