| Show 2DA Utah Highway Patrol The Salt take Tribune Wednesday April 26 1989 Personality Focus Learn Rules Before You Take Vehicle Off Road Water Witcher Says He Never Misses a Well By Darren Tucker Tribune Staff Writer Paul Pilcher holds bojh ends of a forked stick in his hands and slowly walks across his front yard Suddenly the long end of the stick begins to bend down until it finally ends up pointed at the ground "Right here" Mr Pilcher says "This is the north side of the ' - " - - r O f H - ( - ' : Bv Sgt Gary Whitney Utah Highway Patrol Utahns have got themselves 1 ' § ve- hicles crawling over every hilltop Utahns can now get almost anywhere they want via the engine There are so many OHVs that have been created We have motorcycles which includes minibikes trail bikes mobikes and torcycles There are and type 1 (ATV-1- ) type 11 (ATV-- 1 1) vehicles which include everything from tricycles with fat tires to trucks Snowmobiles are also on the list There are so many OHVs in fact that the state has deemed it necessary to regulate them in an effort to assure safety standards and to protect the rights and property of others People who drive OHVs might want to learn about some of the regulations now before the rather unpleasant experience of having it explained to them out in the field by an enforcement officer OHV laws were delivered in two parts In 1971 the Utah Legislature passed the Utah Vehicle Act to protect people property and the environment Then in 1987 a law was passed to protect children Unsupervised children think OHVs are toys so our lawmakers passed a law requiring parents to teach them otherwise To drive an OHV on public lands you must have a valid driver license or an OHV education certificate Children between 8 and 15 years of age can take a course from the Utah Division of Parks and Recreation to get a certificate Children under 18 years of age stream" Mr Pilcher is "witching" for water It's a tradition in his family that goes back to his great grandfather and beyond Mr Pilcher grew up in east Texas where a lot of folks think water is in short supply much like Utah But when the Pilchers live in your neighborhood nothing could be less true Water apparently runs in the Pilcher family Mr Pilcher learned the craft of witching from his father who learned it from his father before him Mr Pilchers father was often called by his neighbors to witch wells — that is he'd go over and use a forked stick to find the best spot to drill "I used to follow my daddy around with my own stick when he was witching" Mr Pilcher remembered "My stick worked just as well as his' In fact when someone would come and need a well witched if my daddy wasn't there I'd just go and do it for internal-combustio- I: f hoo-doo- t Uc -- s - rvii - - — Tribune great-grandf- said there are a lot more of them than people would ever imagine The streams run all the way from Colorado to Utah and on to Nevada and beyond according to Mr Pilcher He said they always run from east to west "Utah is a state great in natural resources and water is one of the greatest" Mr Pilcher explained "But people don't understand that and politicians understand it least of all" That's why water laws prohibiting people from drilling wells too close to each other don't make any sense according to Mr Pilcher He said there's more than enough water to go around Mr Pilcher said the water moving underground sets up a magnetic field He said when you hold the ends of a forked stick in your hands the other end becomes slightly charged Slatt Ptiolo by Al Hortmann ther Armed with a forked green stick the Water witching is a family tradition that started with Paul Pilcher's them" But does witching really work? According to Mr Pilcher it does "In the 50 years I've been witching I've never missed yet" he said "I'd never even try to drill a well without witching first I've seen a man go down 600 feet and never hit anything If you dig without witching you can go all the way to China and never hit nothing" Mr Pilcher said most people are a little skeptical about his skill In fact he said people usually feel it's "just " so much But Mr Pilcher claimed his skill is based on scientific fact and there's no magic or witchcraft involved at all It just takes a little practice "A lot of people come by and laugh at me when I'm out witching so I just hand them the stick and tell them to try it The next time I see them they're going over the hill — witching" he laughed Mr Pilcher said there are streams of water running underground He Texan now witches wells for local citizens a- It's this charge that's attracted to the magnetic field "Not everybody can witch because not everybody has enough electricity in them" Mr Pilcher said "But there's no magic or hokus-poku- s to it at all" Mr Pilcher said any kind of wood will work for witching as long as it's green and strong enough to withstand the pressure He said he's had sticks break in his hands before Mr Pilcher said witching is the way to find the underonly sure-fir- e ground streams but there are other ways to detect them as well He said trees will grow taller over the streams and ants also dig their holes over them "Ants can't survive in the desert without water just like humans So find you a good ant hill and dig to the east or west of it You'll find your water" Mr Pilcher said Mr Pilcher first brought his witching skills to Utah in 1945 after a stint as a Navy pilot in World War II Not long after he came to Utah he offered to help a construction company find water for a new subdivision He found the water and they paid him $50 He's been witching all over the West ever since "I've been all over Utah Arizona and Nevada I've picked up enough money doing it to send my sons on missions" Mr Pilcher said Mr Pilcher doesn't do as much witching now as he used to because it's harder for him to get around But every now and then someone will p notice his sign by the 9000 South on Interstate 15 and give him a call Not much later he'll be out with his forked stick witching up a well for someone off-ram- Teen's Plea Persuades Council to Give Businessman a Break By Katherine Kapos Tribune Staff Writer BOUNTIFUL — A local man will not be allowed to operate video games in his Bountiful business because he knowingly violated the ordinance city's amusement-devic- e city officials say However the City Council was so impressed by a plea from a patron that the owner of the Four E's Dugout will be allowed to reapply for an amusement device license in two months Jim Ethridge applied for a license hoping to begin legal operation of video games pinball machines and pool tables at his baseball card shop at 559 W 2600 South Police officers told the council that during the last year Mr Ethridge operated 13 such devices without a license According to city ordinances businesses must first receive a license before operating amusement devices Businesses that serve minors are allowed only four games to avoid large congregations of teen-ager- s Although Mr Ethridge admits to operating the devices without a license he wants to be in compliance his lawyer said "There have been misunderstandings that we would like to work out" Byron Stubbs told the council When Mr Ethridge first opened his business in 1988 he came to the council asking that it change the ordinance to allow for more than four amusement devices said Assistant City Attorney Russell Mahan The council did not amend the ordinance but told Mr Ethridge if he applied for a license he would be allowed to operate four devices "Mr Ethridge knew about the law because he came here to change it" Mr Mahan told the council Mr Ethridge further violated the law by allowing students in his business during school hours Police Chief Larry Higgins said When Mr Ethridge asked to change the ordinance he told the council the amusement machines Annual Auction would not be turned on during school hours and there would be adult supervision at all times Both statements were found to be untrue when police officers and city officials visited the business recently Chief Higgins said However for Monicia Tingey and s who filled the dozens of the council chambers the amusement devices make Bountiful a better place "The Four E's Dugout is a place s to go where they are for off the street and away from drugs" she told the council "If you take the amusements away what else is there for them? 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