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Show u tri.r 0:.u Poriali. University nf Utvh Fait LkeCity litr'h Fh112 CM- - SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH VOLUME 17, NUMBER 79 Mountain Fuel Reports 'An Eventful Year' Utah Supreme Court Decision Alimony Judgment Affirmed ONE WHO SEEKS EQUITY MUST DO IT Wife, California resident SALT not officially served. details ' page See ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINIONS (See details page 5) Number of Local Governmental Units Declines NEW YORK There than five years earner. Only the (ACCN) number of municipalities increased in the period, by 468. On a basis, Kentucky headed the 31 states that had more units in 1972 than in 1967, 183; Texas was next highest with 178, followed by Indiana with 123. Most of South Dakota. The statistics, showing that the the three states gains came in Coyote State lost 1,740 governmental added special districts. On a units mostly school districts basis, South 18 where states headed the in Dakota the Foundations 17th appear beof units declined biennial edition of "Facts and government tween 1967 and 1972, notes the Figures on Government Finance. The Foundation points out that in Foundation. Nebraska, which lost 830 units, mostly slashes in school 1972 there were: 5 fewer counties; was second, while 114 fewer townships, 2,622 fewer districts, special districts (sewer, water, fire, Minnesota, with 789 fewer uiits, lost etc. ) and 6,002 fewer school districts, most of those in school districts, too. 1 state-by-sta- te . state-by-sta- LAKE CITY, UTAH - 1972. (The find sent MFS stock if not for the record cold weather last December, which increased soaring to record highs over a period as the value per share customers' demand for natural gas. tripled.) Nonutility operations include oil, Cite Brady Well phosphate and the subsidiary, In summing up the past year, Industries, Inc. chairman of the board M. M. Fid-la- r Crude Oil Up and president B. Z. Kastler said Mountain Fuel Supply sold althe Brady discovery helped make most 1.2 million barrels of crude oil 1972 an eventful year . . . (though) last year, an increase of almost further drilling and testing must 160,000 barrels from the year prebe done before the economic sig- vious. In May of last year MFS nificance of this discovery can be leased its phosphate plant near Soda fully evaluated. Springs, Idaho to a Connecticut Other significant events during company. The lease agreement inthe year included an increase in cludes an option to buy at a price consolidated earnings, the purchase appromimately equal to the pay users require- of new natural gas supplies from out the remaining investment the oil purchasing areas in eastern company has in these properties. ments will depend on how successfully Mountain Fuel wholly-owne- d Utah, the completion of a new fully The companys me. Lntrada automated brick new an industries, subsidiary, operacquires plant by supplies. Division includes Brick Interstate division subthe of Compared with last year, Mountating companys ain Fuel also noted that revenues, sidiary, and an important reorgani- and Wasatch Chemical Division, n Utah companies both zation of management. consolidated earnings and the number of customers were all higher. Earnings increased from $3.16 a with long operating histories, and common share in 1971 to $3.21 last Interstate Land Company, which However the volume of natural gas sales declined very slightly. year the annual report noted, add- manages various real properties in The cover appropriately included ing the increase was achieved pri- Idaho and Utah. a reference to Brady Unit No. 1. marily because of nonutility gains Entrada Industries posted revenwhich were sufficient to offset a ues of $16 million in 1972, some the wildcat well in southwestern $2.4 million higher than in 1971. decline in utitity earnings. Wyoming which discovered apparThe said Supply ent commercially marketable quancompany utility earnings declines would have been greater The company also told share-- , tities of gas and oil in October holders it has about a supply of proven gas reserves and that the energy shortage Is not as acute in the area it serves because of the reserves in the service area and because of the companys own exd ploration program. About of the gas Mountain Fuel sells it has developed. The company last year purchased additional natural gas from El Paso Natural Gas Co., Mesa Pipeline Co., Cascade Natural Gas Corp., Colorado Interstate Gas Co., Unita Pipeline Corp, and from interests in producing fields. Mountain Fuel last year also entry, but it held against them on the merits. The signed two important purchase Wyoming Supreme Court affirmed. agreements, They agreed to purchase gas from Gary Operating Co., Appellants urge here that the provisions entitling only Denver, Colo, and Shell Oil Co., landowners to vote and weighting the vote according to which operate the Bluebell and Alta-mofields of northeastern Utah. acreage violate the Equal Protection Clause. Like the Gary processes natural gas in the California water storage district, the Wyoming waterBluebell field while Shell will process gas from Altamont field. shed district is a governmental unit of special or limited While most categories were up, the company reported that at year's purpose whose activities have a disproportionate effect end the number of common stockon landowners within the district. The districts operholders had declined from 12,834 to ations are conducted through projects and the land is 10,885. The number of shareholders in Mountain Fuel Supply hasl assessed for any benefits received. Id., been steadily declining since the e Such assessments constitute a lien high year of 1966. -- Mountain Fuel Supply Co. continues to have better gas reserves than many other natural gas distributors in the country,, shareholders were informed in the recent annual report. And the company foresees no problems ewith supplying r s and commercial users in the immediate the companys ability to meet industrial 6. were 3,031 fewer government units counties, towns, municipalities, school and special districts in 1972 than in 1967, says Tax Foundation, Inc., andmore than half of die total unit reduction, was evidenced in WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1973 te 12-we- ek En-tra- da well-know- 16-Ye- ar 16-ye- FINAL TAX SALE SALT LAKE COUNTY PROPERTIES SEE REAL ESTATE DESCRIPTIONS AND NOTICES PAGE 5. ar one-thir- SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES i I No. 71-1- 069 Associated Enterprises, Inc., and Johnston Fuel Liners, nt On Appeal from the Supreme Court of Wyoming. Appellants, v. Toltec Watershed Improvement District. March 20. 1973 41-354- .17, Per Curiam. 41-354- In this case we are confronted with an issue similar to the one determined today in Salyer Land Company v. Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District, U. S. . Appellee Toltec Watershed Improvement District was established after referendum held pursuant to Wyomings Watershed Improvement District Act, Wyo. Stat. Ann. to After formation, appellee sought a right of entry onto lands owned by appellant Associated Enterprises, Inc., and leased by Johnston Fuel Liners for the purpose of carrying out studies to determine the feasibility of constructing a dam and reservoir. When Associated resisted, the district sought to enforce its right in state court. Arguing that the statutes authorizing the referendum violated the Equal Clause since under only landowners are entitled to vote and under a watershed improvement district cannot be determined to be administratively practicable and feasible unless a majority of the votes cast, representing a majority of the acreage in the district, favor its creation, appellants maintained 41-35- 4.1 41-354- .26. Pro-ecti- 41-35- on 4.9 41-354- .10, that the district was illegally foimed.' The trial court agreed that had the district been formed in violation of the Equal Protection Clause, appellants would have a good defense under state law to the asserted right of 41-354- .21, all-tim- .22. on the land until paid. Id., We cannot agree with the dissent's intimation that the Wyoming Legislature has in any sense abdicated to a wealthy few the ultimate authority over land management in that State. The statute authorizing the establishment of improvement districts was enacted by a legislature in which all of the State's electors have the unquestioned right to be fairly represented. Under the act, districts may be formed only as subdivisions of soil and water conservation districts. Id., And a precondition to their formation referendum is a determination by a board of supervisors of the affected conservation district, popularly elected by both occupiers and owners of land within the district, that the watershed improvement district is both necessary and administratively practicable. Id., Wyoming Conservation Districts Law, Wyo. Stat. Ann. 34 et 8eq., As in Salyer, supra, we hold that the State could rationally conclude that landowners are primarily burdened and benefited by the establishment and operation of watershed districts and that it may condition the vote accordingly. The judgment appealed from is, therefore, 41-354- .23. 41-35- 4.3. 41-35- 4.7. 11-2- 41-35- 4.8; 11-2- 43. Affirmed. Standards For Hiring Changed New York (UPI) Standards ;for hiring executives are changing faster than people realize, says executive recruiter William Stack. Its even rumored that International Business Machines Corp. recently hired an MBA from Harvard who showed up. for his job interview wearing a blue striped shirt Instead of a white shirt, he said. As an Old Blue from 'Yale, Stack said he appreciates this surge of liberalism at IBM. But be said the relaxation of color Im rrior is altout the only relaxation of standards in executive hir- ed ing. Getting Tougher standards have been get-- , ting tougher in recent years as the uumber of executive openings Stuck wild, and even. :hough the number of openings has increased this year and campus recruiting activity has picked up, he expects standards for prospects to remain high. The raising of standards in executive hiring goes for veterans as well as rookies, he said. There is an increased demand for proven records of performance und maturity of Judgment, he said. Most |