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Show V 2 DESERET NEWS, Friday, B t V ' , ' ' v . tf LOGAN Generally, it is better to sell water that is no longer used for irrigation to a' public owned utility or conservancy district than to attempt to go into the water business. This was the opinion expressed by Edward W. Clyde, Salt Lose attorney, Thrursday water users at a three-daworkship at Utah State University. water to other uses when the land is taken out of agricultural production. If irrigation companies, which are nonprofit mutual companies, attempt to sell water as a public utility, they immediately face payment of income tax. t, y He explained legal aspects involved and problems associated with converting irrigation Owens Jabs At Spending Rep. Wayne Owens, criticized President Nixons spending priorities in a speech Thursday to the Farmers Union in Salt Lake o City. They also become subject to regulation from the Public Sendee Commission and the Public Health Service, Clyde-said-. The low-inco- Owens said there are two basic points at issue, the question of which branch of government should have the prLmary responsibility for setting spending priorities, and the question of what those priorities should be. and requirements demands for treatment, service and consistent supply usually make it impractical for a small irriga- tion company to go into the business of supplying municipal water. In fact, he said, there is. much to be gained in water efficiency and consistency of supplies by a number of water year-roun- d suppliers merging their supplies into a conservancy district that is large enough to provide storage and distribution of the water. Water Commission Report Criticized - WASHINGTON Frank E. Moss, Sen. blast- ed the National Water Commissions controversial report in a Senate speech Thursday. The preliminary draft report was released late in 1972 after a $5 million study by a seven-ma1,100-pag- There is something drastically wrong with our priorities as a nation when we spend a half million dollars to buLld a temporary wooden seat for the Lnauguratiqn ceremony and at the same time impound funds appropriated by Congress for Rural Development and freeze subsLdies for he housing, said. e five-yea- r, n commission. It dowplaved the impoitance of regional water development. Moss said the reoprt has a major flaw in the phil. osophy which runs through the entire study and which gives me grave concern?" It is apparentl he said, that the commission believes the primary criteria of worth of a federal water resource project should be its monetary contribution to the net econmic activity at the national level. He said he did not agree with his thinking. Reelected to head the Utah; Water Users Association for 1973 were Robert B. Hilbert,. Salt Lake City, president; D. Earl Hams , Layton, first vice president; Devon Hurst, Blanding, second vice, presi- dent; and Mrs. Bruce Anderson, Logan, secretary-treasure- r. Richard E. Griffin, Utah, State University Extension water resource specialist, was named advisor, and Edwin (Ed) Southwick, Ogden, manager of Pineview Water System, was namd director for the National Watr Resources Association. IN $17,507 FOR S.L. The 1972 decoy campaign against prostitution by the Salt Lake City Police Department has netted the city $17,507 in 10 months, Chief J. Earl Jones said today. The money represents fines or forfeits of 127 men who were arrested after soliciting sex acts for hire from decoys hired by the police department to walk the street on Second South between Fourth and Fifth West. A total of 179 were arrested. Of these, 117 of them pleaded guilty and paid a $150 fine. Ten forfeited the same amount and three cases were dismissed. This represents a 73 percent conviction record. Twelve of the 179 arrested pleaded innocent and posted $150 bail but did not appear for trial. Eight pleaded not guilty; 16 cases were dismissed and four stricken. The four dollars per hour wages of the decoys cost the department $1,292. The commissions exhaustive recitation of e faults it finds with existing water programs is a manifestation of the generally negative tone of the report, he said. afraid that Continued from Page I try does not add to pollution and meets other problems transit. I was not in favor of the constitutional amendment when it passed some years criteria, The governor has proposed an Industrial Mortgage Agency which would make credit UgU, B-- available to companies who wish to locate in Utah. The governors suggestion is patterned after a plan successfully innovated by Rhode Island and since adopted by a number of states. Both Pugh and Howe favor the proposal. Pugh believes the; Legislature must support mass transit in the Wasatch Front area. Mass transit is almost like sewer and water, and needs he said. He public support, noted that downtotvn businesses are vitally Concerned with the preservation of a good bus system. Howe said he is not enthusi-- : a legislative astic about to favor it. But Howe said he would support a diversion of tax monies some gasoline from highways, where they are presently committed by to mass the Constitution, arrn U Vw 1JV rnaollnrl ICVUUVUi Howe believes the governor does not go far enough in support for a unified court system. He argued that a judicial council is needed and all of the courts should be unified into one system. This would expedite the work of the judiciary, Howe said. In response to a question phoned m from the audience, Howe conceded that the Utah Court system is currently in good condition. But as the population of the state grows and the judicial load increases, more efficient management will be needed if courts are to continue to serve the state's needs, he said. A law which would restore capital punishment m Utah drew' approval of both senators. Miss Forsgren noted that to meet the conditions which has Court the Supreme implied would be necessary to impose the penalty, a law might have to make the death penalty mandatory for certain enmes, with injustice result- - sible. The center estimates a center reduction of approximately 125 civilians and 59 military emcommander, announced Thursand the relocation that ployes by the time the headday moved to are consolidation of the headquar- quarters ters with the facilities at Dug-wa- y Dugw-ay- . Col. Cotton-servatio- Moss said sound expansion of the West must be founded on effective deve of natural resources above alll land and water. In anticipation of this reduc-majtion, the center has main-in- g tamed a very selective hiring position to prevent as many involuntary reductions as pos- - Proving Ground, concluded The workshop Thursday. The election was For Park held at the annual meeting of WASHINGTON Salt Lake chase of 42 acres of land neat the water usprs association in County today received $217,000 15th East and 7500 South for conjunction with the from the land and water con- - .an addition to Little n fund for the pur- - wood Park. Robert A. Shade, will .contribute to reducShade pointed out that sevtions in operating costs and eral factors will affect the the facilitation of internal co- final number of civilian emordination within the test ployes involuntarily released. center. These factors include the nor-A manpower survey of the mal attrition of personnel, the center was conducted by the number of retirements prior to Joint Chiefs of Staff in April the move, and the number of and May 1972 and approved in personnel who decline transfer to Dugway. late December. JAKIIUIAKY CLEARANCE for most am Decreasing funds and a effort to reduce operat- costs are the reasons given for the Deseret Testr Center Headquarters move from Ft. Douglas to Dugway Grant The commission has minimized the role of water projects in regional economic development, and has further suggested that there should be no federal interest lr regional development except where it will promote net additional growth, lie said. I Economy Move For Test Center DECOY USE BRINGS Our annual inventory has now been completed. We've found some extra merchandise that needs to be sold. Come in now and take advantage of these great values! the impression that it will leave with the uninitiated readers is that there is little or no justification for a continuing federal presence in water resource SUPER SCREEN management, 25" Dialogue Panelists Agree Rights Issue Controversial appropriation for a transit system, largely because his Murray constituents do not seem . I January 1 2, 1 973 Selling Water Topic At USU Utah-Idah- v 4 1 Most legislators favor some sort of equalization policy for Utah schools, Pugh and Howe Said. Recent court decisions seem to require expenditures per pupil be about equal in all school districts m a state. The governor has proposed a budget which would push Utah towards this goal. Pugh and Miss Forsgren discussed the issue of the funding formula for schools. Presently, state funds are disbursed on the basis of the number of students actually in class. This formula works to the disadvantage of schools m poor areas because poor pupils have a high absentee rate with their schools getting less money per student enrolled. The governor has proposed taking enrollment as well as attendance into account for fund allocations. Civic Dialogue, which appears on KUED Channel 7 Thursdays at 7 p.m. and is cosponsored by the Division of Continuing Education at the U. of U., will present seven more programs concerning the Legislature. 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