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Show n 'y. .'r "t nmyuftginiy n ,ynili4l..rl..yii,.il Ilf I)1' i1-- m , r ,, , wf iiUPT iiTHt.imrr--- J . M i ij.ti.1 DESERET 4 -- NOV'S, Bids Candidates Commission Lose Navajo r at By JOE BAUMAN Mrs Barter added today, The smart ones didnt go for that stuff, the way they put it over An educated Indian wouldnt go for that stuff any more than an educated Anglo would Weve been good to them We get along The registration campaign had some bitter battles. At one point the .wo Indian candidates were denied spots on the ballot because of filing Deseret News Staff Writer MONTICELLO, San Juan County "Well, it shows that the Indians didntt go for that stuff, because they didnt vote for their own people in their own precincts, County Clerk Mrs Clytie Barber said today Mrs - Barber, obviously pleased 'with election results that showed two independent Indian candidates were overwhelmed in their try for the County Comnusison, reflected the attitude of many whites in the area Big-ma- r commissioner Dale Republican Holmes, who received 1,575 votes, beating Clyde Thomson (D), 759 votes, and Benme James Yamto, the other Indian, 168 Navajos Roy Afene, Julius Denny study ballot at Oljeto, San Juan County. Election judge is Joan Eskoe. He agreed m November to a compromise allowing the indo pendents to appoint election observers to watch at each The stuff Mrs. Barber said the Navajos didnt go for was a strong Indian voter registration drive that resulted in over 600 new registrations the last few months, mostly about nearly 30 pm had percent 90 voted more than the 1968 turnout in the almost precinct, according to Mrs Joan Eskell, an Episcopal missionary who was serving as election judge Other judges were Sarah Todaecheenie and Gregory Huwever, m September a panel of three U S judges ordered them reinstated because had been they unfairly to the treated, according legal opinion In October Enc Swenson, white attorney for Dinebelina Nahilna Be Agaditahe Inc one (DNA), which means who speaks for the people, requested that federal monitors be provided to insure against election fraud ar two-yea- By 2 irregularities The race for four-yecommissioner was won by Case Broderick (R). with 1,179 votes His Democratic opponent, incumbent Marion Hazleton, gathered 1,155 votes, while the Navajo, Seth T collected only 205 New will - be we names on the ballot have to inform them aJtwut who is running for which office." The election itself proceeded precinct Swenson also alleged that many Navajos were harrassed y red tape and obstructionism when they tried to register peacefully through out San Juan County, according to ail reports. In Oljeto, deep within the Navajo Reservation close to the Arizona border, the voting booth was set up in the white cinderblock Chapter House, a center of tribal government. Julian Denny, an Indian frem Mexican Hat, was voting observer for the independents He said there were no attempts to deny registered Indians the right to vote. The biggest problem is people are confused about how to vote, he said They just cant read the One of bis (the mans finally broth- get registering7 Yes, there has been some E ipifiL ii 3 The office of Atty. Gen. VerRonrey held Tuesday afternoon that State Highway Patrolmen cannot legally exempt nonprofit charitable and from church organizations overand overweight paying size fees for trucks non B regis- tered" No In the same opinion written at the request of State Auditor shot man J Preece, it was held that state and federal government agencies could not be charged these fees which New Israelis - About AVIV (AP) more immigrants than half from the Soviet have arrived in Union Israel this year TEL linn Overweight He says he had trouble for Holiday, both Navajos Asked himself The reason why he how Lie Indian candidates I didn't register is because he would do, Holiday said. dont think the Navajos wiij moved from Arizona to Utah vote They wouldn't let him regisjust for nationality Where their future will be. ter They moved ra about sis thats waht they're locking years ago for Why did they let his wife Mrs Eskell said, "The only register7 difficulty we had was three He doesnt know Indians were disqualified flora One Monticello resident said voting here because they live in Arizona People in this area Tuesday the white lawyers are so used to thinking of helping with the registration themselves as belonging to drive wore "making mounthis chapter, and the chapter tains out of molehills. I think is on both sides of the state the opportunitys been there all along for the Indians to line. vote if they had the interest An Indian, his wife and young daughter arrived at the Chapter House. While his wife was voting, I talked with the man Denny translating. Was there any trouble m m' A"T!? Liable he replied through uigs, Denny Was this trouble because he is a Navajo7 He doesnt know he niiVjim' Wednesday, November 8. 1972 ers had troubles In registering because he had no I D card lie tried to register at Gould Did tn 46.000 amount to taxation Gregory D Farley, assistant attorney general, wrote the opinion He said he had found no taw exempting church or charitable organizations from such a tax. In a related opinion written for Preece by David S Young, chief assistant attorney general, Young held that the Tax Commission may not charge a 25 cent fee for safety inspecx tion stickers affied to of vehicles governmental agencies Dogs Run Too Free SOUTHS. L FIELD Plot Safe After Emergency Landing In County units were jomed in the search by two Army National Guard helicopters which were out on a training exercise businessman, flying his plane from Oklahoma) Salt Lake City, landed tan a dark field in 'Salt LaBCCounty and escaped wttjjojlt mjunes Tuesday night after losing power m both 2C twm-qjjgm- e Tactical Squad Deputy Jerry Townsend said the plane had just rounded the Point of the Mountain northbound and established radio contact with the airport tower when its engines failed engines .Robert Jeter, 45, Shreveport, La.'HmOted his Beechcraft a safe emergency landing about 200 yards west Interstate 15 and Jeter 500 told the deputy he yards knew he couldnt make it to souQTof the Bluffdale turnoff the airport and when he spotfr'nnj 'the freeway a few minted a large open field south of utes after 8pm the prison he decided to land Mqments earlier Jeter had there radioed the Salt Lake Airport The aircraft touched down tonU2 tov zr that his engines m the field, careened across a wtSf&'fbing up and he was frontage road and came to power rest, the planes tail on the 3'hen the plane then disap- roadway peared from the tower radar Deputy Townsend, who spotscreen and radio contact was ted the plane, said the pilot alert was was uninjured and completely losCa county-wid- e broadcast to locate the calm when he arrived at the downed plane scene The plane received only Cdhnty tactical squad units minor damages to props and and Ulah Highway Patrol wingtips, he said of- - By TIM ROSE Deseret News Staff Writer Salt Lake County has a dog problem. In fact, dogs running at large are the biggest single problem Salt Lake County has, according to Animal Control Director Edward E. Rytting. his office Ryttmg said receives 50 to 100 complaints daily about dog bites, loose dogs breJung open garbage, tearing up gardens and barking and reports of dog packs killing sheep, goats ami other livestock ll Spending Tallied Por Campaigns Republican challenger Nicholas L Strike had spent more on his campaign up to the end of last week than had Gov Calvin L Rampton This was shown Tuesday in reports hied with State Auditor Sherman J Preece Strike had received $30,539 in contributions last week for a grand total receipts of He $103,771 spent $30,844 last week for a total of $100,765 $461 last grand total of Rampton received week' a for $115,096. thair.the considerably higher $105,253 he was al- lowed to spend His expenditures last week were $21 973 for a total of $82,695 . contributions of $1,000, or more received last week was $11,478 from Small Business for Effective Govern-m&iL- . for Salt Lake City Strike The Republican State CenCommittee reported tral 134 for receipts last week of $9 a total of $85,679 and expenditures of $2 424 last week for a The total of l only $82 103 2?q report had been received State tronj, the Democratic Central Committee Campaign spending figures filed in Washington through show that both parses had raised almost three' times as much money Second Congressional District campaigns in Utah as for the First District seat In both contests labor ha contributions of $32,504 and spending of $29,294 Rep Sherwho man P Lloyd, showed collections of $71,451 and spending of $31,970 opponent, Rep Lloyds Wayne Owens, listed the largest total of contributions, of and $74,335, spendmg $70 498 Rep McKay received $5,000 from the AFL-CICommittee and on Political Education $4,300 from 12 other labor groups including the United Steelworkers political action fund, Washington, Carpenters International Uiuon, Machinists and Sheet Metal Workers Wolthuis received $2,000 from Howard Hughes, head of Hughes Aircraft Co, and a similar amount from Glendon Johnson, President of American Life Insurance Comparty, and a former aide to Sen Wallace F Bennett, J Willard Marriott of Washington, D C , gave Wolthuis $500 He also received a $1,500 contribution from Roy Lindorf. head of Decision Making InCo Santa Ana formation Calif Rep Lloyd received $2,500 from the Business-IndustrPolitical Action Committee, an arm of the American Associaand tion of ManuiaCturers, $2,000 from the Utah Medical, Political Action Committee y Mining, construction and real estate groups gave Lloyd an additional $2,650 Ow as reported receiving been the largest single source almost all of $12,156 from 14 labor groups of contributions candidates including $3 000 from COPE n o Democratic and Wayne McKav Other large contributions to Gunn Rep the Owens campaign included Owens i $2 000 from Lie One Hundred , Club Salt Lake City and a McKav reported Rep over like amount frm the Utah and spending just of Council for Improvement $28 0JO HiS Republican oppoEducation flowed Wolthuis nent Robert i rais-mg- He estimated there are close 150,000 dogs m the county about one for every family to Many people think animals have a constitutional right to run free The law says any dog not on its owners property should be on a leak:, but the law becomes difficult to enforce," Ryttmg said. Although the dog problem is probably worse in the dpnsely populated, new subdivision areas where new lawns and shrubs are being planted but people seem to feel less need to obey the leash law the problem is general all over the county Rytting said his studies indicate some 300 to 400 sheep are Med in the county every year by dogs running in packs Many of these losses, he said, are blamed on coyotes which are later found feeding ou the carcass You can't regulate dogs You have to regulate people, We have the said Rytting laws on the books Obeying them is the problem Ryttmg said that teasing of dogs and cats is responsible for most of the more than 100 animal bites investigated each month, but that some dogs bite without provocation Little children are often bitten because they grab the He animal's fur or the tail advised dog owners to keep your dog on a leash and away from small children Dont let the dog go to school with your child. the Animal Control Departments yearly budget of Much of $77,000 goes into the mainte- nance of the county animal shelter at 210 W Gregsor. Ave At the shelter are housed as many as 250 dogs and quite a number of cats with some 70 to 80 new animals being brought in daily Most of these are the poor, homeless, mixed-breedugs. They probably cause most of the problems, Rytting said "The sad thing is, rhost are d CONVENIENT CREDIT TERMS' AU. LABOR CARRIES A LIFETIME GUARANTEE destroyed. "Animal life is cheap For many people its cheaper to go out and get another animal than to pay the impound fee of SHOP-AT-HO- ME SERVICE cant come in, jui phone and our representative will call If you $10 Rytting said promiscuous breeding" of dogs and cats lies at the heart of the animal Humane control problem Society studies indicate only one animal out If born today ever finds a good home, he said t WE COVER THE STATES OF CALIFORNIA AND UTAH 679 SCUTE! STATE STHEST SALT LAIiO ITY IH Bill 3X23 II W with a full sample selection. No obligation. CALL TODAY |