Show 5 & m Della Utah S15 00 in county S18 00 out of months $8 00 and $9 00 (In Advance) USPS Copy 25c Stone Age Indian finds excit archeologist Weber State may pursue excavations in Millard County Significant Stone Age Indian finds along the DC power line between IPP and Milford have Weber State College archeologists pondering the possibility of setting up a Millard County field school next summer to further vestigate sites The IPP powerline corridor to California was inspected for potential archeological sites as required b law Under archeological contract University of Utah professor Steve Sims walked the line and found no less than a hundred archeological sites BL M officials latter deemed nine of those sites as worthy of excavation Mr Sims said preliminary excavation of those nine sites resulted in imfinds A site portant southwest of Delta and several near Milford have revealed new information about a relatively unknown period when Stone Age Indians roamed the Great Basin in pursuit of big game herds One site provided a radiocarbon date of around 6000 years before the pre sent and could be one of the first dates in the “good” eastern Great Basin the professor said If further evidence can be gathered the 6000 old site will show that strictly hunter cultures were active much later than previously thought The Stone Age of North American Indians is thought to have occurred between 12000 to 8000 years before present “We have known of sites in Millard County but they have always been poorly dated” Sims said Archeologists are trying to determine if the clutures of the Great Basin are associated with the hunters of the North American Plains who pursued animals now tinct in the Americas such as camel bison mammoth and the They were people of the Stone Age but their tools wre not primitive Thousands of years before the bow' and arrow appeared in the Americas they fashioned grooved spear points and which could genious plunge a shaft deep into a mammoth’s BrushWellman cited for advances A new beryllium copper alloy made by BrushWellman has made a hit with scientists and technicians around the world who are hailing it as one of the most significant technical advances of the year The alloy allows for denser packagminiaturization and higher ing temperatures required in to- day’s electrical and electronic applicasuch as computers cars tions relays sensors appliance keyboards controls and many other things and Research Development Magazine has cited the company as a winner of its IR 100 award for the alloy which is an “improved substitute for phosphor bronzes and other copper base specialty alloys Brush Alloy 174 offers a high yield strength improved electrical and mal conductivity superior resistance to stress relaxation at elevated and better formability temperatures than the competive alloys 17) body So far artifacts tied to the Plains hunter cultures have been found in Utah but no sites with good dates have been tied to those artifacts Sims thinks that the Professor Millard County dated site will show were not only active that in this area buy at a much later date Based on than previously thought other finds he thinks those people would have pursued Desert Bighorn a species common in the area up until 000 years ago “A site near Milford that could be associated with revealed numerous Bighorn Sheep bones during this most recent archeological excavation done on the power corridor” For reasons that are still unclear the herds of North America dwindled rapidly after the rise of the cultures Trom a strictly evolved a hunter culture culture of which there are many Utah archeological sites 1 hat lead to the agricultural development cultures characterized by the many Fre mont villages found in Utah Prolessor Sims who is now with Weber State College said he is enthusiastic about the Millard County finds because there is still so little known about the cultures ot the Great Basin He said that with more excavation of sites in Millard ( ounty the connection between the hunting tradition and Great Basin might well be made He thinks the chances so significant that he is scutching for funds which would allow him to conduct a Weber State held school somewhere on the Sevier River diainage next summer “I have been in love with the Sevier ever since started to investigate it in 1978" Prolessor Sims said “The Pulcolndian sites are giving us new on the culture of the ancients and the environment they lived in think a held school here would be a great wav to teach geology and archeology at the same time" r7 V Vol 76 No Oct 14 10 1985 Millard County to vote on life of CUP Millard Counts residents will om voters in eleven other I tali coniines in deciding whether to continue to support the giant Central Utah Protect The proposition is to increase the million debt on the project from SI to $335 million plus 10 percent more if needed Approval ol the increased debt would not increase the amount taxpayers repay each year but would hack extend the time period in paying The average homeowner is now puv ing $18 per year toward the repavmem of the CUP according to the entral District Utah Water Conservancv (CUWCD) The CUP debt obligation will conhe whether 40 tinue for about years Bonneville Unit of UP is completed or not In 1965 voters in the C'UWDC approved a contract to repay $130 million to the Federal Government for the construction ot the Bonneville Unit of the Construction Central Utah Project delays and inflation have caused the to increase cost of the project significantly over the intervening car s a supplemental Therefore repay has been ol $1 ment contract IK negotiated between the Board and the I S Bureau ot Reclamation which is building the proicd The lower Seviei River xvstem which supplies water to West Millaid County would theoreticullv be impiov I mt is Imisli Bonneville ed alter the ed Where the Bonneville I ml is designed to bring more water to the Wasatch root the ower Sevier would be improved to bring more water to central and west lab mamlv In ake enlarging Yuba he Bonneville I mt ol the Cl P is expected to cost a total ol about SI 8 billion Ot tins electric power revenues from power generation which is pan of the project and the edeial Government will pay more than ”1) percent The people ol I tali will pav less than 2 30 percent ot the protect costs at percent inter ost Opponents ol relniaiicing the Bonneville Unit argue that development ol Bear River water and giound water is a better alternatives Proponents ol the new CUP contract say that Utah will eventually need those water resources in addition to I P Senior housing loan signed semot housing protect slated foi Plans are moving forward for the construction in Delta across from the Wv Millard Care Center Officials met this week to sign a $1 mill on loan from the Farm Home Administration which will allow for the housing to be built The apartment complex will be open to those who can take care of themselves physically but are otherwise financially strapped The loan was secured under the auspices of a county Housing Authority just recently approved by the county commission The authority however in no way makes the county liable for the loan said Dell Ashby coordinator lor the project and sponsore Interniountum Health Gate “The loan will be repaved with rents collected on the apaitments over a period at one percent interest” he said The Housing Authority is being chaued by Gloria Walker with Rov as secretary Other board members are Quinn Shepard Ned Chureh and Roy Olpin A ground breaking for the construction protect is to be scheduled soon Hunters know your ducks Conservation effort designed to bolster bird numbers Stiff restrictions on the number of female ducks that can be shot will force Utah hunters this year to learn how to identify species in the field The waterfowl hunter’s daily bag limit will be five ducks as in recent years but no more than one may be a hen mallard and nor more than one may be a hen pintail The restrictions are being enforced to confront a record low population ol the ducks on the North American continent In 1985 record low populations ol mallards and pintails were counted during the spring breeding xurverys conducted in Candad and the United States Mallard populations are down 35 percent from their average and pintail are down 50 percent All other populations of commonly hunted ducks are also declining The reason for these declines is Since 1980 the major duck habitat producing areas in Canada and the US have experienced extended periods of drought Associated with dry conditions is destruction of nesting cover Lven development by agricultural when water has returned to some areas the lack of cover has prevented sucIt will porbably take cessful nesting several good wter years before we can expect a recovery in habitat and an crease in duck populations Division of Wildlife officials said the new regulations mean it is more important than ever for hunters to know their targets Larly studies of the role of hunting on waterfowl populations found that harvest had little impact on the number of ducks from year to year These studies however were conducted when duck number wer high and harvest represented a small percentage ol the Today populations are at population record lows yet harvest has remained high There are also recent accounts of unoccupied breeding areas which sug gests that populations aie below habitat carrying capacities Hunters can help in the effort to conserve the harvest and protect hens by learning duck identification and comply with bag limitations To assist hunters in this cllort the Division of Wildlife has included detailed drawings of the birds as part of this year’s proclamation and is advising waterfowl hunters of the the rule “By holding up hunters have more time to watch the birds and identify species and sex And by choosing their shots carefully they’ll be doing their part to avoid an overharvest of critical target species and also the chance of a citation from a Wildlife Resources conservation officer” said I d Corma Division of Wildhfe Resources Hunter Education Coordinator How do vou know when that big drake mallard is in safe shooting range1 Of course you need to know how far out 35 yards really is Corma said the best way is to walk off 35 yards (about 35 average paces) and then set up your decoys accordingly “That way vou can judge when the birds arc within range of the average shotgun If you’re not using decoys or you’re not ucing decovs or you’re jump shooting a river it’s a good idea to pace off 35 yards before you start hunting each time to icfrexh your memory” he said 3 ou should be able to see the ducks eves clearly at 35 yards "3 ou’ll also be able to sopt the bird’s speculum leet tailleathers and other leatures to determine species and sex” he added Corma claims the yard rule will kills or also result in more clean misses which will in lurn reduce the toll of lost and wasted game And he savs there’s another plus “Hunters won’t be spoiling things by taking long uncertain shots before the birds can come within range of other hunters " before burglars made off with it and about $1000 Friday morning No suspects have been arrested in cash last Safe heist suprises Delta grocery store ton sale mm Thieves stole a Delta's IGA Qualitv Maiket eailv n dav morning making oil with about $T(XX1 m cash Delta Police t hiet Roger 3 oung 'aid he sale also held another $2000 m the hurglai' checks pparentlv entered the back ot the store in the ear morning horns Then using one ot dollies removthe store’s own ed the sate Nothing else in the stoic “Iliev seem to have was touched known exadlv what they warned" hief 3 oung said "We are prettv suie it was someone tamiliar with the siore and its procedures" he added sate sat in The conspuulouslv behind and underneath a s’o'e counter ami was used to hold What to look for Different es in sic shape plumage patterns and colors wing heat help to distinquish one flocking behavior voice and habitat-a- ll species from another Above and pictured in desc teal ending order are a pintail mallard wigeon adi and cl ecks taken m during the said manager siou’s evening hours he siore had no alaim lk n Co eg svscin second time m the past hi' is eai ' tir lie sun e has been hit bv sates as king ihieve' according to )cha male burglar was ediicht on polue he root ot the siore m rhe spring ot 9x2 hough lie was caught before he got into the store he was convicted on chiiees here and then was burglar etiarged with sale stacking crimes m Thai same both I tab and t olorado Iclon was sentenced to the I tali Shoe Prison but later escaped a work release and has not ot Match I9'4 progidin in been apprehended Oklahoma catfish in DMAD and Gunnison Bend til1 vianis ha line o kc d in 'i ' a Mm os' Nli ca' shuoi i er coo’esv ot the li'hommeo edeial Halilietv in Oklahoma tumnison Bend DM I) Redmond and Gutih'ck reservoirs cadi received ish he Bear Riv ( u' ter Marsh above tusker the 'luce ot to in two quo'as and several small farm ponds m vrebc and Dans coun’ies were also slocked The channel cats should read' citdiahli Me in about two vears |