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Show Blandin Outlook Published in the .Interest of Blanding(andJ the Surrounding Oil and Mining Communities VOLUME 1 State BLANDING, Highway Chief Inspects El Monday ths Utah State ission, Elmo H. the MARCH Dlreetor of Highway Comm- Morgan, FRIDAY, CONSTRUCTION BIDS TO. BE OPENED Paso-Bland- ing Area Last SCHOOL UTAH. visited The San met 30 Juan County School Board Monday and discussed many problems confronting the education system of the area Blanding and surrounding areas A delegation from the Blanding Of particular interest to resiChamber of Commerce aoeompanled dents of Blanding, is the news Mr Morgan into the El Paso area that the bid for the construo-tio- n .of the new elementally to aid him to look over that imside of town portant part of the oounty The schoolbe on theonnorth March 30th, or at let local men were told by Morgan will that they should start active the very' latest on April 6th work with the Navajo officials President Kenneth Summers voiced to get them to begin work on the the hope that the new facilities access road from El Paso to the would be available for use in He went on to say September of this year 1 Navajo Jack Sheridan, representing that Utah would do the EngineerNava-.Jthe Blanding Chamber of Coomeroe ing of the projeot if the a report to the board eon- -. made will finance it The Navajos have already) set corning the conditions in the Mr Sherup their budget through June of high school building al idan told the board of a visit 1960, but it is hoped by the group that they can be he had paid to the high school orowded os lo-o- enoouraged to make some arrange- that morning and of the conditions he had witnessed He ments to start the aeoess road This road would make a more reminded them that while our school building was built direot route from Blanding to high accommodate a maximum of 220 Arizona and New Mexico and would to be a touristio boon for the area students, the present enrollment is 310 This fall the number south James Foster, will Jump to 359 and in the fall Jack Sheridan, ' exoeed Don Smith, Riley Hurst, George of 1960 the total will Mr Sheridan and his coHurst and Dr Norwood Porter 400 were informed that as mmittee comprised the Blanding group soon as the business pertaining Mr Morgan was accompanied by PAGE BACK CONTINUED COL. 1, his wife and some friends MARCH , NO. 20, 1959 10 City Council Hears Natural Gas Proposal; Eighty Cent Gas Offered The Rooky Mountain Natural Gas Company, a publlo utility operator which is now Installing a FIRE DESTROYS HURST SAWMILL at Dove Creek, ColoYesterday morning the Blanding rado, met this week with the volunteer fire department an- Blanding City Counoil and set swered a call to the George Hurst out the terms and conditions gas system it would be willing sawmill about three miles north under whloh of town on the Park road The to become engaged as a natural building and equipment were a gas utility here The Counoll total loss, aoeording to Les made no decision on the matter . Graves, fire chief) but the fast but set action of .the fire crew saved the logs and lumber lying by Although .the total near- amount of Hurst the loss suffered has not yet been tabulated. Chief Graves said that there was $12,000 worth of equipment in by Mr the building which was a total as a date for further consideration In the meantime, according to Dud Nielson at the City Office, the town has turned the matter to its attorney who will make a meticulous study of the entire proposal Including the proposed franchise discussions During earlier next Monday had said origin of the fire company representatives come would from for has not been determined as yet gas Blanding but Chief Ray Cahoon and Sheriff wells within 7 miles of town; further study has shown that Chauncy Black are investigating Chief Graves reports that the there might not be sufficient new fire engine worked perfectly gas available at these proposed but that there was of course not wells so the plan presented Monsufficient water available at day provided that the gas supply the soene of the fire Troy come from the Aneth Field Pollard of Pollard Construction Representing the utility were Company reoelved the Fraise of Ernest C Porter, its president the fire orew as he qulokly and from Denver and W. L DuBois who unselfishly brought his equip- is in charge of the Dove Creek loss The into aotion and furnished installation ment 3,500 the gallons of water crew. more fire These men said to that under their proposal the to the of gas average oost consumers would be Blanding 80 cents thousand about per oubic feet CITY UPS LICENSE DOG FEES; ENACTS PERMANENT LEASH LAWS The cost of maintaining a dog has become a bit dearer as of The City, at its meeting now week set its new licensing rate at almost double the rate it collected last year This year lloenses for male and this female dogs has been $500, tags for unspayed spayed at set fe- -. This males will oost $1000 of rates $200 and compares with $500 for the two varieties last year. it Dogs caught same meeting again at the Counoil ordered a permanent leash law requiring that all dogs be on leash between- rise minute at 150 pounds sundown and sun- automatic during the current quarantine period when all dogs are to be kept on leash at all When times the quarantine ends May 1, the new law period provides that dogs may run loose only during the daytime and then only if properly lioensed The approaohing season, citlr.en3 that dogs reports by s pressure Its this the leash law will be Fire Volunteer Above Co American-LaFran- ce Fire Chief Les Graves, have oleaned out irtment has been sporting a ped by the left and Assistant Chief Don rabbit hutohes and most modern firefight$18,000 fire wagon since the with the made Funp Smith give the photographer a killed lambs, and ival of this beauty the 14th ing equipment 750 gallons per wave from the new vehlole is rated at month Landing s with Compliance permanent The 1959 Ford Truok was equip- - The COMT'D COL. .1 their entire in some cases the everyday BACK PAGE |
