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Show Page Two FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1975 Hydrologic Study Started On Bonneville Salt Flats Surface Mtn. Fuel Supply Lists Consolidated Six Month Earnings Is there a conflicting relationship between mineral develop- ment and surface deterioration Bonneville on the world-famou- s Salt Flats? A two-yecooperative hydro-logi- c study on the Salt Flats by the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Geological Surto vey will begin in mid-197- 5 answer this question. The upcoming project was jointly announced by Paul L. Howard, BLM state director for Utah and Jackson W. Moffitt, USGS area mining supervisor. National resource lands in Tooele County will be involved in the study. These lands are administered by BLM with the federal potash leases supervised by the Conservation Division of the Geological Survey. The project will provide information for better mineral management and resolve possible conflicts between mineral extraction and surface use in the renowned Salt Flats area. Through a cooperative agreement. the two Department of the Interior agencies will share equally the estimated cost of S80.000 for the study. The Water Resources Division of USGS, which has no resources administration responsibilities and is organized solely for research and data collection activities, will design and conduct the study under the direction of Ted Arnow, district chief. Adequate information on the hydrology of the salt flats is presently unavailable and BLM and USGS feel that an study is needed to remedy this situation. An understanding of the hydrology in the area will result in a determination of the areas from which brines are withdrawn and may resolve the controversy between potash recovery and possible surface de ar in-dep- th Weekend Project ... of Consolidated earnings Mountain Fuel Supply Company terioration of the high speed and its subsidiary, Entrada Inrace track. Inc., for the first six Prior to initiation of field dustries, months of 1975 were $9,561,019 work for the complex study, all with $7,377,628 for available published and filed hy- compared same the period in 1974, and for drologic data on the flats will be the 12 months ended June 30, reviewed. Kaiser Aluminum & 1975, were $14,282,950 compared Chemical Corporation, who holds with $11,083,603 for the same Federal mineral (potassium) period ended June 30, 1974, leases in the area, has offered the Company reported Wednesto make available company records pertinent to the hydro-logi- c day. After payment of preferred study. Consultants re- dividends, earnings available to ports, highway department common stock for the first six studies, railroad and telephone months of 1975 were $9,216,219 company data from surveys in or $1.58 per share on 5.839,077 the early 1900s, State and Fedshares outstanding, eral agency reports, and other average or with $7,024,828, known or potential sources of compared on share $1.38 per 5,080,624 current and historical informa- shares for the same outstanding tion will be examined. period in 1974. For the 12 Some of the field work tenta- months ended June 30, 1975, tively planned involves: installa- earnings for common (after paytion of monitoring devices in ment of preferred dividends) freshwater and deep brine ,were $13,585,350. or $2.49 per wells in the Salt Flats to aid in share on 5.456,734 average determining recharge areas; shares outstanding, compared of a network of ob- with $10,370,803, or $2.04 per servation wells to monitor brine-lev- share on 5,080,624 shares outfluctuations in the crystal- standing for the 12 months line salt crust and adjacent areas ended June 30, 1974. where lake-be- d clays form the Mountain Fuel has both utility land surface; construction of and nonutility operations. Earntest wells at selected locations ings of its utility operations in on the salt crust; monitoring the first six months of 1974 brine withdrawals from the were depressed because the cost brine collection ditches north of of the gas the Company purestablishment of a clima-tologi- c chased was increasing more data station on the Flats rapidly than the Company could and an observation site on the accomplish regulatory approval salt crust in Pilot Valley, about to increase its natural gas sales 18 miles northwest of the Bonnerates to recover such increased ville Salt Flats. charges. In 1975, however, inThe Water Resources Division creases in rates have been more will develop recommendations nearly coincident with increases based on results of the two-yein gas purchase costs. be will then results The study. Because of repeal of percentjointly reviewed by BLM and age depletion for Federal inUSGS. They will then develop come tax purposes, the Financial management plans consistent Accounting Standards Board with the long term public in- issued a proposed statement terest and which will benefit which would require, effective mineral and recreation resource June 1, 1975, charges to income uses. for deferred taxes related to differences between book and tax accounting in connection with intangible drilling and development and certain exploratory costs. This will have no effect on the Companys utility i el 1-- ar Easy LowrCost Planter Boxes THE SALT LAKE TIMES Transcontinent Package Delivery Service By United Parcel Begins Transcontinental package delivery service by United Parcel Service is beginning immediately a company spokesman said. We are delighted to be able to provide customers with comground parplete cel service for the first time in history, the company spokesman said. 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Even in the instances where surgery can only partially help the afflicted, the gain still is way beyond the capabilities we used to have. Similarly, the medical ad- ministration of drugs to help ailing patients daily becomes a more exact science. BUT ALL of this still is what doctors call episodic medicine. What they mean is, these are measures the doctor employs after the patient is sick or in serious need of medical attention. What the public may not fully realize is that, concurrent with all this medical progress, headway is being made in the most exciting field of medicine. Preventive medicine is exactly art of ;what it sounds like-t- he illnesses and ailments preventing before they occur, or minimizing their effects. How much better to take positive action to keep healthy than to abuse our natural defenses, get sick, and then call the all-prev- entive ; ; g stu- 25 . 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If one eats properly, and not too much, the health of the individual is greatly enhanced. WE ALL know this. But do we practice it? The point I want to make is that doctors increasingly are teaching their patients this philosophy. And the whole idea of using statistics to show people how they can influence their future health (by doing or not doing this or that) is the crux of preventive medicine. Smoking, obviously, is one practice that some people might well avoid as a preventive step against disease. Fastening your seat belt will reduce your chance of injury in a car accident. Drinking and then driving is a contributing factor in accidents. Sufficient exercise is a healthy idea. PAP SMEARS and breast checks are preventive-medicin- e practices. Moderation in what you eat, rather than being overweight, is the way to go. Such moderation includes both counting your calories and making sure you receive a balance of the nwviwrt nutrients each day. |