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Show 73rd Year Wednesday, November 19, No. 47 1988 20 Pages Roosevelt, Utah SO Cents and Tribe agree on fence BLM The much mHgnil and disputed fence which separatee the Ute Reservation from Bureau of Land Management (BLM) administered land ia being repaired. In an agreement signed in August of this year, the BLM . agreed to repair and maintain the most difficult 6.0 miles of the fence and the Tribe would be responsible for the remaining 11.6 mil The BLM section is almost completed , with only one very difficult part of approximately remaining to be repaired. According to Paul An-- , draws, area manager, "The last segment of repair on BLMs portion of the fence should be completed by the end of the 2nd week in November. We under--i stand the Tribe is making similar progress on their segment. With the signing of the agreement in August, there should no longer be any dispute about fence responsibility, which was a sore point of contention during the court hearing after BLM's wild horse roundup. ' The fence wss originially.be-- , lieved to have been constructed over 30 years ago, but neither BLM nor the Tribe could produce documented evidence of. fence ownership at responsibility, The BLM had contended that the was built at Tribal in. fence sistence and, that BLM had furnished a significant amount of the construction materials and that the tribe had primary maintenance responsibility. "Whatever the facts were, said a BLM spokesman, The bet now is that the Tribe has responsibility for one segment of the fence and we have the other. I'm sun we are both relieved to have worked out an agreement and BLM is committed to keeping our end of the bargain. . 30-yar- ; Holly Fair time is coming, Dec. 5 and 6 Holly Fair time is craning closer. December 5 and 6 is the time and the place is downtown Roosevelt this year, at the Academy Mall. Booth space is limited and the number of booths an likely to be limited to only 50 or 60 this year, according to Lions Club President Bruce Weatherston. Coordinating the booths this year is Tom Nordstrom. He said there an still a very few booths available at the cost of $26 but they an restricting them to homemade craft items and not commercial or large booths. Even more limited will be the food booths, as most of those spots an already taken. The Holly Fair is an annual event that has captured the hearts of residents. Not only is then offerings of food and crafts . -- but then is also the entertainment once more this year. With the limited space the enter- ' tainment is also being limited to only 20 minute segments twice an hour. This is the continuation of an annual celebration of the Christmas Season, sponsored by the Roosevelt Lions Club. It began at the UBAVC under their sponsorship and grew to the point they asked the Lions to take it over.. It has since become too big of a' liability problem for the UBAVC to handle and the Lions were able to find the Academy Mall to house the event this year. Everyone is urged to put December 6 and 6 on the calendar as the Holly Fair weekend, and plan to attend it Yellow Front opened its doors yesterday Yellow Front Store opened the doors of their new Roosevelt, store to customers November 18. The store ia located at the corner of Lagoon Street and 2nd East in the building formerly occupied by Stewarts Thriftway. D.G. Cunningham, president of Yellow Front Stores, announced that the Grand Opening of the store is scheduled for December 3. The new Yellow Front store will feature family clothing, shoes, domestics, housewares, camping and fishing items, sporting goods, tools, hardware, and greeting cards, as well as an expanded automotive department that includes acceesori ies, rebuilt starters batter.d alter- nators, and clutch, brake, and internal engine parts. Over 6,000 different automotive items will be stocked at the Roosevelt store. The store manager is Mike Jarvis, who most recently was manager of a Yellow Front store in the Denver area. Mike, a graduate of the University of Southern Colorado, has 20 years experience in retailing. Yellow Front operates 111 stores in eight western states. The Rooeevelt store will be Yellow Fronts fifth store in Utah. to open on or about Nov. 24 Bull Ring Many people are depressed about the Basin economy but Carole Gardner, owner of the Bull which is opening in Ring Roosevelt -- , said she wasnt in the going to participate depression. She said she had seen a sign that said "We hear there is a massive depression on the way but we refuse .to participate. That sums up her feelings and ia only one reason she haa decided to open a new Bull Ring in Roosevelt The opening is planned for November 24 for the Western and casual wear store. Eldon and Carole Gardner have been in the retail trade since they opened their first store in Windslow, Arizona, in 1974. They have had stores in Price and Vernal but now want to make their Roosevelt store something they can on to their children. pass ' Eldon has kind of retired from the retail end of the operation, he is spending his time on the ranch now. Cards is keeping her hand in the business. Both are local people, Eldon was born in Hayden and raised in Neola, while Carole has lived in - WILD HORSES These were some of the wild horses BLM crews released last week as part of the settlement of the wild horse controversy with the Ute Tribe. This the Basin since she was three and is a' Kelsey with kin in the Roosevelt area. She has always wanted a store in Roosevelt and now has her opportunity. As to why they are opening a store hi this depressed economy she said she wanted to keep in the business, build it to something for the children and stOl able to be does to home. They had looked at the possibility of opening stores in St. George, Salt Lake City and even Bullhead, Arizona. "But the economy is bad all over, she said, so why not stay home and make the economy better right here. The store will be a new-olBull Ring. Carole will keep the familiar aspects of the Bull Ring reputation going and the new part will be her son Lances help. They still plan to have the store 75 percent Western wear and 25 percent casual wear with the main line of the store being the boots. They- will, if the application is approved, also be adding the Pendleton line. The Bun Ring specializes in individual service and sizes. Continued on page 3 background, in hopes they would stick around. But, they were last seen heading west. The horses came from Pyramid Lake area in Nevada, now they will call the Uintah Basin home. herd was released near ; the water hole, see the SECOND IN A SERIES Fire fighting experience the key for Duchesne unit by Tom Brennan or Duchesne City Fire Chief Roger Marett is hoping with the experience the department haa obtained, insurance premiums will start to decrease to area residents and merchants. Because of understanding the problems with fire fighting and the appropriate way of extinguishing the fire, Marett said, Duchesne fire fighters will poss-bil-y have a chance to lower insurance premiums. In a five mile radius, Duchesne haa a rating of 6, which ia baaed on a 1 to 10 rate, whereby 10 being the worse. Marett is hoping their rating will drop to 6 before too long. But experience has not only paid off with possible ratings being decreased, but it has unit brought the closer to their objective: appropriately fighting fires. "The experience helps us by getting to the fire and knowing what we have to do, Marett er said. "It helps that you know what ia going on so you dont wind up huring someone. The experience haa not come easy. The 18 firemen have had to take personal time to accomplish the different fire fighting classes along with keeping abreast of fire fighting methods. LaNora War-bassistant chief, along with Cnuck Wilcken have spent countless hours improving their skills so they can teach the rest of the department. We spend four to five hours y, per month in training and have two fire fighting meetings a month, Marett said. "We have a pretty good attendance with 10 or 12 men showing up. We really emphasize training the chief said. meetings here, "Fire fighting is like any other job. If you dont know what you are doing, then you have to practice at it. And even though the fire "Its hard to get people interested in being a fire fighter and attending meetings after meetings and have very little fins to respond too, Marett said, but when that time comes, you still Continued on page 3 Royalty Owners set for another year The Utah Royalty Owners Association has selected the officers for 1987. President is Roselee Jessen, Vice President Leah Haslem, and Secretary Sandra Sather. Jessen said the recent Utex bankruptcy has helpled bring members into the organization : because of the increased awareof the need to be organized. At the annual meeting they planned to begin work with the oil and gas commission in getting reaction to the failure to sign division orders, they offered suggested owner leases and have started an educational move for ness royalty owners fin1 the next round of leasing. With the only leases in the Basin being fin the Green River and Wasatch formations, Jessen is expecting a new round of leasing to begin fin the deeper formations in the future. With these types of issues ahead of the organization they expect it to become stronger and spread into the Wasatch Front and Southern Utah areas. They plan on holding meetings in those areas in the coming year to further represent those areas and provide members a change to gather there. Jessen said the association is befog alert during the transition of Utex and Coastal at the Altamont Gas Plant. She doesnt expect any trouble but said "we will be ready for it and will be willing to enter into litigation, if it ia found necessary. She did say Utex haa been top notch in working with the association through all of the bankruptcy. They have been good operators, die said, "keeping many of the marginal wells going. But on the other side of the d - fighters may not douse a fire in three or four months, when the time does arrive, they must be prepared. issue, Jessen said the Royalty Owners have wanted an audit of the Utex books. She said most driven by Arthur Anderson, of Roosevelt, accidentally met the Camera driven by Troy Harmston, also of Roosevelt, In downtown Roosevelt last Friday about 4:30 p.m. Investigating officer John Gardner, of the Roosevelt Police Department estimated damage at $3,000 for the Camera and about $120 for the pickup. Possible citations are still pending, as of press time. ACCIDENTAL MEETING-- A truck Utah firms are not experienced in auditing gas and oil books and so the firm is looking outside the state of Utah for a qualified expert to do this. The Royalty Owners tion has grown about 200 members since September's annual meeting and they are awaiting the appointment of the Continued on page 3 |