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Show Jurisdiction court, new draft Legislature Despite attempts . to have aa which covered his desk. agreement on Indian jurisdiction and Accounts of the meeting are varied, water rights approved by the State but a definite hearing was set Legislature, now in session, a federal for. March .80, to formulate the issues judge has set a definite date to be considered in the trial and set a on the court ease H Hwj with ' trial date. jurisdiction. Boyden had moved for a continuance New UJS. District 'Judge Bruce until after the Legislature adjourned, Jenkins, who replaced Willis Ritter, to give the parties an opportunity to held a status hearing on the case of try to settle the issues through an the Ute Indian Tribe versus the State agreement. of Utah last Friday. The case seeks Judge Jenkins is reported to have affirmation of the tribe's claim to commented that when there are controversial jurisdiction over the area within the issues, such as .this original, exterior boundaries of the pending in court, Legislatures somereservation. times are not anxious to consider the matters. Attending the hearing were Richard He wu reported to have said tfxe Dewsnup of the State Attorney General's office, Roosevelt city attorparties should plan to have the issue ney Lynn Mitton, Duchesne County right back in my lap. attorney Dennis Draney, Tom Tobin of Meanwhile, Boydens office is workSouth Dakota, who has been retained ing on a new draft of the proposed by the county to represent them in the jurisdiction agreement, which is scheduled for public presentation at a case, and Steve Boyden and Mark Anderson representing the Ute Tribe. Salt Lake City press conference The judge reviewed the case's Friday. three-yea- r After a review of the proposals and history and noted the stacks of file folders containing a the work of the Governor's task farces "large part of the ease materials on .the Indian issues by the Joint pre-tri- pre-tri- ' v f, ; vt Legislative Council Boyden said the new draft is trying to accomodate the various interests in this thing. Hie most recent changes, he said, deal with the water iuue partly on the provisions dealing with municipal al - al and industrial water uuge. I think we're very, very close, he told the STANDARD Tuesday. At the preu conference Friday, the Ute Tribid Busin eu Committee is scheduled to present the new draft a compact which they would be willing to give to their people, said Boyden. It is to be presented directly to the Legislature for consideration. In the Uintah Basin, officials continue to hotly oppose the suggested agreement In their meeting last week the Duchesne County Commissioners instructed Draney to draft a letter to Governor Scott Matheson requesting that Kenneth Mitchell of Duchesne be replaced ss task force chairman as he is not presenting the views of the county nor u - non-India- n Continued on page 3 VOLUME 67 NUMBER 11, 1979 UINTAHlBASIN SERVING ALL OF Wmi DUCHESNE COUNTY, PLUS WEST UINTAH COUNTY While the icy weather seems to get everybody else's goat, David Gibney's animal appears not the least WHAT? 1 Ballard mayor elected to State school board ..... Karl Shialer, Ballard, wu elected to the Utah State Board of Education and Utah State Board for Vocational Education in a meeting held at the College of Eastern Utah Friday, Jan. 5. Shialer will represent District 6, From The NT Here's a way to yourself Into writing a Isog letter: Stamp too enput-ovelope. Then yen havo a 15 cent investment to pretest!' ff . sounded good the other when I heard that Lorin day Allred had come to the Duchesne city council Unannounced, he came to the City Council meeting to ask the council for their views and suggestions pertaining to some decision making that had to be done. Also, be was invited to the Vocational Center by Marlin Johnson just to talk and to discuss the status and future of the school and he showed up there with a very willing attitude. Also, last week Kay Trowbridge called my wife and me and quisled us on our feelings on the whereabouts of the new proposed elementary school in Roosevelt. It was exciting to be a part of the decision making' process of the county government, and to let my wishes be known. I hope this is a resolution that all the new and incumbent elected officials have -to involve the public - poll them and collect the ideas and sugges- tions from us, the public, before important decisions concerning our cities, neighborhoods and families, are made. ' . Automation Is toe technslo gfeal process tkat performs all the work while wo jest stt I there. When auay of ns ' It sure were yonnger tUa process ..was called Method 1978 was a big year for wildlife according to the National Wildlife Federation. It wu tho year in which a tiny fish, the snail darter, stopped construction of a $120 million dam in Tennessee and a diamond-bac- k rattlesnake, concealed in a mailbox as a murder weapon, bit and nearly killed a Los Angeles attorney. them made the news A tickers by getting kidnapped- -a Galapagos turtle named Little Rock that wu whisked from a Brooklyn motel room; a large octopus that wu eventually few of 75-pou- ... of the new the State Board of Education representing District 6, which includes the three Uintah Basin counties. Karl Shisier member - is abandoned on the floor of a San Francisco ladies' room; a batch of snakes valued at $5,000 abducted from a Glen Burnie, Md., reptile house; and nine pigs. Well it wu originally one pig,, stolen from a farm in Wuhington County, Mo but by the time she readied St Louis she had produced eight piglets. There were also a lot of animals who were harshly reminded that it's a mu's world: Willie the Whale, who strayed into the port at Cherbourg; France, and paraliz-e- d harbor traffic for five days before dying of starvation; thousands of fish who were poisoned in Dijon, France, when a disgruntled employee poured $600,000 worth of hid boms fine burgundy into village sewers; a deer who crashed through a Belts ville, MdH woman's bathroom window and landed in1 her bathtub; and a colony of eager beavers who were trapped and relocated when their dams flooded pastures, fields and gardens which includes Carbon, Daggett, Duchesne, Nebo, Emery, Grand, North Summit, Park City, San Juan, South Summit, Uintah, and Wasatch school districts. He fills the vacancy mi the Board created by the resignation of Sheldon S. Allred, Price. The meeting wu chaired by John Millies m, Uintah County. A motion wu made and carried that voting be carried out only by members in attendance. Nominees for the post were Bob Fellmeth, San Juan; Karl Shisier, Uintah; Deo Dennison, Carbon; and Harvey Pace, North Summit Each nominee addressed thou in attendance at the meeting: Only one vote wu necessary, with Nebo school district voting with Daggett Uintah and Duchesne districts to give Shisier a clear majority. Shisier attributed his victory to excellent cooperation among the three Basin counties, whose common interest in continued representation of the Basin area on the State Board resulted in the joint effort to place Shisier in the position. Shisier also said that a gnat deal of credit for the win should go to Fred Tew, Duchesne County school board member from Altamont, whose early efforts to compile a list of potential candidates, to contact the various board members to determine their feelings in the matter, and to generally get the ball rolling," resulted in a succeuful effort relatively short notice. Shisier, 53, brings u mi impressive AAE, COLD? A recent study conducted by the Indian Rights Association of Philadelphia revealed that the Ute Indian Tribe makes a significant contributa-tio-n to the Uintah Basin economy. According to the study, the Ute Tribe contributed $12 million to the Uintah Basin economy during fiscal year 1978 through various channels, ineluding spending by the Ute consumers, the Ute tribal organization itself, and the U.S. Government which spends money in the Basin on behalf of the Ute Tribe in the operation of the Uintah and Ouray Agency of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and in grants to tribal programs. The purpose of the study wu to find out how much impact the Ute Tribe hu on the basin economy. The impact of spending on the Wasatch Front wu also covered in the study. The study states, A portion of every dollar spent in the region by the Ute Tribe, by its members or by the government on behalf of the Tribe is New chamber officers at the recent meeting of the Board of Directors. Fred Brown, station manager of KNEU radio, wu named vice president. Jay Beard, production foreman for Shell Oil Co., is the new treasurer and Gene Goodrich, manager of the Roosevelt branch of Deseret Federal Savings and Loan, is secretary. Paula Bell wu retained executive Governor to speak at yearly meet The Roosevelt Area Chamber of Commerces new officers will be sworn in next Thursday, Jan. 18, at the annual meeting where Gov. Scott Matheson will be guest speaker. Roosevelt attorney George Mangan wu elected president of the Chamber around Moscow, Idaho. In an attempt to keep coyotes from preying on ranchers' sheep, biologists in Western Canada reported that they are trying to convince coyotes that sheep just don't taste good. Theyre injecting dud sheep with lithium chloride and then leaving them for the wild animals. The lithium chloride doesn't kill the coyotes, just gives them upset stomach. u D.C., govern- ment scientists unouneed that theyre trying a different tactie. Theyre attempting to train a shaggy-haire- d Hungarian dog; the Komondor, to protect sheep from coyotes. In preliminary tests, they watchsaid, the hulking 120-ldogs - which can cost up to $500 -intimidated caged coyotes simply by walking past them. If the tests succeed, the use of Komondors may turn out to be the 'shaggy dog story of 1979. b. George Mangan . . . president of Roosevelt Area Chamber of Commerce. irate SBPJW tribe. The sources of income for the Ute Tribe were also identified. A common misconception is that the Ute Tribe depends entirely on the U.S. Government for its funds. The tribe, however,' generates income through the development of natural and human resources. For fiscal year 1978 almost half --42.3 percen- t- of the tribal income was derived from leases. Government grants accounted for 29.8 percent while the enterprises contributed 13.1 percent Interest from commercial treasury inventments, bank accounts and individual Indian monies accounts accounted for 11.7 percent Dividends on Ute Distribution Corporation stock accumulated to 8.1 percent of the total income. The sources of Ute Indian personal caah income for the year were identified as follows: Tribal payroll u president Mangan and Brown, along with Mrs. Bell will attend the State Chamber of Commerce meeting Friday in Salt Lake City for instructions for new officers. Mrs. Bell, president of the State Chamber, will conduct the ceremonies at the evening banquet, where the winner of the state Total Citizen Award will be announced. Mrs. Ellen Rawlings of Roosevelt is the local candidate for the award. Next Thursday, the governor is scheduled to meet with local government officials prior to the evening meeting and banquet at Bottle Hollow. He will be honored at a reception at 6:30 p.m. and the annual meeting opens at 7:30. Besides the governors the banquet newly-electe- respent in the Basin. Businesses employ workers, use services and buy some goods supplied by the Basin economy. So the original contributtion to the Uintah Basin economy from Ute spending is multiplied. The total impact on the local economy is greater than the actual amounts spent by the vice keynote speech, the new officers will be sworn in, outgoing president David Bailey will report on the past years activities, Mrs. Bell will give the business report, and there will be a musical program. Reservations are required to attend dog-lik- e In Washington, -- Study shows Ute Tribe contributed $12 million to Basin economy in 78 Continued on page 3 . discomforted by the 28 degree environ- ment in his domain. In fact, he looks quite content. January 2 January 8 January 4 January 5 January 6 January 7 January 8 High 0 5 10 11 25 20 6 Low Pree. 28 -- 19 10 10 10 - 5 16 -- -- -- .10 T Continued on page 3 ' Pair returning to face local murder charge Prosecution of two men for the 1976 murder of a Neola woman may be on its way, as one of the defendants has waived extradition from Wyoming to free the local charges. Brent Nisonger signed a waiver of Duchextradition in esne County Sheriff George Marett stated last week. A representative of the sheriffs office was scheduled to go to Wyoming this week to bring Nisonger back to face charges of first degree murder, robbery and kidnapping. Nisonger and John Scott Beverleigh were charged Sept 25 with the 1976 murder of Othea Wamsley following a robbery at Swains store in Neola, where Mrs. Wamsley was employed. Marett said he had received word that Beverleigh, who is incarcerated in a federal prison in Colorado, had also waived extradition but he had not received the documents on that . |