Show WW vt Afta A a t f ' 9 ! f A2 Thursday October 31 1974 ®1E QJimca -3nbtpEnbEnt t KNTKHKI) VS SECOND C LASS MATTER i UK POST OFFICE AT MOAB UTAH I :I)KK THE ACT OK MAItCII 3 1897 Second Class Postage Paid at Moab Utah 84532 r Tktaifi Brvnlty'f Cecsaou Grand own Official Cilv and County Newspaper Published Kaoh Thursday at 29 K Center 1 Talor Editor and Publisher How I View the Bottom of the Ballot -- V— preparation guarantees success They do not We did not see a single deer v S”1" gh go-FO- v i mrougn theoakbrushand down through the aspens which grow in small groves down to the bank of the creek and climbed back the way I had come A woman llove very much hunted with me She borrowed a rifle for her first deer hunt She practiced at the range for two months before season opened and ii now an excellent marksman (She is a woman and very much so but "markswoman” or “marksperson” do butchery to the rhythm of language and I will not use either of them) Sje Jogged and ran for fifteen miiiules every day after work for months and her heart is in excellent condition But of We climbed back Our camp was on the far side of the mountain On the rim several of the jeeps Adrien Taylor Assistant to the Publisher were beating the bush in Ernest H Milner Foreman Sports Editor vain A little boy was Brenda Marlar Office Manager birds whose shooting Cindy Wiseman Computer Operator names I do not know Little boys are prone to this sort of thing and itis CoMimity Comment! a difficult thing with which tain sleep that Friday to take issue They beAnd a night?) day without come bored waiting for a deer to be seen And I the deer while their parwas not alone of course ents stand around in small I could count perhaps knots smoking cigarettes thirty or forty other men exchanging on the ridge with guns acceptable lies about things which top often I'm afraid when voters are freed across that morning and once happened or seem to with a multitude of issues on a ballot that don't par- - few there were with buckhave happened and also involve ticularly candidates they either respond in skin to their credit I await the deer If the a negative manner or by skipping counted the Issues entirely three four wheel deer herd continues to This year is no exception drive vehicles out on the dwindle in the manner of There are five major items ridge as well I will come course there are no guar- the last few years these on the bottom of the Utah back to this I hiked into antees that such efficient men and their sons will ballot four which would change Utah's Constitution MIWMM MWVMMWNWMWMSWMM WMMWMMMWMIIWMVWM and one placed there by a Through the Files of referendum of residents of The Times 'Independent the State objecting to an And the Grand: Valley Times action of the Legislature I intend to cast my ballot " on all of the questions of Houston took minal cost Commissioner Mars I am not simply the Great Lakes B A C C C Camp of 30 to vote all of them For what it’aworth " Pope said the beacon light Carbon Corp holdings men was established at had been installed at the here known here's how I view the bottom of the ballot: locally as Monticello The boys new airport and work"The Skakle ranch" The were to be employed in Proposition No 1: This is an item I am very men were currently comdeal totaled around 3300-00- 0 constructing a new buildmuch in favor of It is the result of years of work by a trench to hold ing at Baker ranger stathe Constitutional Revision Commission and would pleting the cable for runway The La Sal Mountain tion reorganize the executive branch of state government lights Club was putting on anoPrincipally it creates the office of Lieutenant Govther Shoot at 60 Years Ago ernor rather than Secretary of State and has him Unscored upon in' four their big Turkeyeast of the range The Moab Light & Pojust run in tandem with the gubernatorial candidate It games and undefeated in cemetery The members wer Company had a force also provides specific duties for him relative to the season the Moab Red of the club were com- of ten men at work on the Devils still freed their assisting an overworked governor with his work load arrangements fur site for its power house Other items are included also and moat merely biggest "must win" game pleting The men were getting out clear up ambiguous clauses in present constitutional of the season when they the two days timber with which to build law I'm going to vote for it were to travel to East 40 Years Ago a dam across Mill creek Carbon The fine new school and Proposition No 2: 1 don't particularly like this a ditch blasting one It would constitutionally allow the state to lend would divert toe The Pathfinders club building which was to be which its credit to private industry We have plenty of was to conduct its annual completed hopefully water from the dam agencies in my opinion both public and private in "treats for toe needy" within toe next 30 days The board of county the money lending business that the State shouldn't met in on Oct 31 from was to be the most mod- commissioners campaign ern structure in the city adjourned session to get involved Recent experiences in the investment 6:00 to 7:30 Memopen pm of state monies both by Utah State University and bers were to call at homes of Moab the bids for toe sale of In connection with toe the the State Land Board have proven that money manin the Walker and Taylor Dewey bridge bonds Armistice day celebra- Two bids had been preagement is not something for amateurs I’ll vote subdivisions of Moab betion to be sponsored by sented but both were reagainst that one tween these hours retoe Legion a jected for the reason that vesting canned food ra- fightAmerican Proposition No 3: This would exempt automocard was to be given they did not meet toe biles from the personal property tax rolls and would fter than candy for Halat the same time All of requirements of toe call place them in a category of uniform statewide taxa- loween contributions the Montana boys on tion This has been a tip v for- bidst On account of y item by Frontier anAirlines "lembers ft6- wai :ln':Europe toe J?1 wf legislators but I don’t like it Itis a further move to nounced that their ' die local CCC camp compeastern money market toe dilute authority of the local Comity' Assessor C S Thomson went to was and local government and move that authority into any would furnish and invery tight which ac- stall at their own ex- Castle valley where he counted for toe difficulty appointed state hands I certainly won’t vote for that pense an purchased about 100 head and delay in the bond one for the Canyonlands air- of cows and calves from matter Proposition No 4: We presently are allowed by port With the new beacon Pace Brothers company The weather report for constitution to create special taxing districts within light instrument flights Mr Thomson was bringthe last week of October Counties for mosquito control cemetery maintenwould be able to come ing the cattle to Moab 1914 indicated that the ance etc This one would expand this authority to within three miles of toe Part of them were to be temperature had ranged allow Counties to form special taxing districts for new airport wintered on his ranch from 35 degrees to 72 and toe remainder in the degrees and all week it many other purposes which could greatly benefit An on the the individual area It's a good idea and should job inspecBig Flat Country had been "partly cloudy" have been done long ago I’ll support this one tion of the Dead Horse State forestry depart- or "cloudy" road project by ments distributed to farThe last item on toe ballot is toe Utah Land Use Point It was said the Act Referendum This one has gotten so much State- - Commissioner liars mers 21969822 tree limes: "Sit at ain table wide publicity that people are probably sick of it by Pope revealed the work seedlings for woodland of 13 persons on Friday to be progressing at a and shelter-be- lt now My position on Land Use Planning has the 13th of the month — planting always been positive I feel that Moab is an attractive comvery rapid rate in 38 states and two ter- Let a black cat cross your ritories during the pre- path — Break a mirror munity because Its city fathers had sense enough 20 Years In toe Ago vious uranium boom to get the town properly early — year The trees Tlie Grand Opening of were fornished for forest And under a ladder zoned Grand County has also been zoned and both luck bad won’t touch units are constantly working to upgrade their zone the Moab Western Super and shelter-be- lt purposes your business if you adplans I don’t believe we are giving up any individual Service was to be held only and were sold at no- - vertise with Trade Ads" property rights with this act and I believe we need with a free priae drawing a state agency to begin a positive stand with rela- following toe all - day tionship to toe federal agencies who landlord so courtesy registration much of our state’s land Despite toe hate mail I Pete Smith of Moab won Dear Sam: tion and free enterprise have received recently for my stand on this issue the prize for tills area’s No angel not even a to use develop and enI’m still going to vote1' and speak for it best trophy -- - a deer head dull witted one would joy these lands and reSo for what it’s worth there’s how I see that boasted a spread of have gone within a mile sources to the benefit of — sjt— 32 inches The kill of of toe area I seem to ALL of our society I guess it’s no secret that I’m a Republican deer have blundered into It rather than to a small following toe storand have supported most GOP candidates over toe never fails that when a irrational band of hikers my period over week-en- d years There have of course been a few excepin a heavy harresulted guy tries to show off he and environmentalists tions like when I supported Cal Hampton for a third vest of buckskin with no brings toe experts down The schoolboy concepts term a few years ago I suppose there will be other fetal on his neck shooting so far rebeing preached by these exceptions over the years in Grand County Checked two dictionar- tiny but powerful minorported But I’ve got to state that I like Jake Garn' Firsties and neither says any- ities lead directly to raMoab got another docly I like his candor He shoots from the hip and about using "fun" bid overconservation In thing sometimes a little wide and I don’t always agree tor as Dr D Lowry as a verb dialectally Hie order to enforce this inwith him But 1 like his openness with his opinions fenith cf Salt Lake City American College Dic- sane policy our heretoMostly however I appreciate toe fret that he Utah had moved to Moab 1950 fore serve and assist toe edition made a campaign trip to Moab only a week before and set up practice in the tionary comes up with "vi Col-lo- q people land managing agelection It’s almost an unwritten law for statewide Brown Building with Dr to make fun joke encies are being transcandidates to hit toe little-bitt- y counties in July E E Hinckley Funned funning" formed into outright enand August and let them fend for themselves on The Standard In what was believed College forcement bureaus with toward election With over 80 per cent of toe state’s 1963 Dictionary to be the gives a vast police powers and eslargest real votfiv power lodged on the Wasatch Front that’s like definition but labels tate lawmaking contransaction ever understandable But Jake came and I for one apit "informal" It says authority in summated the Moab it vote He’s preciated got my further that "fun” may be If the rest cf us allow Valley' financier "Bert used - - sjt- - informally as an ad- our productive responjective: “A fun gatne" sible decent and comIt looks as though I’ve petent cowmen (our true in had it I’ll take my crow experts on available fodeep-frie- d with a green rage on public lands) to This salad and some shoe- be denied the right of parstring spuds ticipation competition Salud y pasetas and free enterprise then we deserve to lose our Virgil Hays rights Dayville Oregon In addition after meet1 flinch when ing wid PS still questioning Jake I hear "fun" used as an Garn on Monday evenTIMES-MNEPENDENT adjective dictionary or ing it is obvious that he no dictionary I think that should be US Senator bubble - headed starlet from Utah He does regave me a Pdvlov reflex cognize our loss of NAME rights to big Government and Dear Sam: would do something about Reference toe letter of it A vote for Jake Garn ADDRESS Ed Abbey The National would be a very definite Forests like other pub- vote for our rights lic lands are the proSincerely STATE ZIP CITY perty of ALL Americans Joe Stocks therefore ALL Americans Chairman Utah Inde— — of Out Grand County Grand County per year have toe right of equal pendent Miners and participation Claim Owners Asso competi Moab Utah Samuel A ?lfcCreek canyon down - :N j w- - long-soug- ht ? big-cit- - v ' P I tMr y j 1 1 : itIH t ' "H-mark- spend more time trading yarns than gathering venison And their sons and mine will have damn few yarns to spin Many of toe men with whom I spoke that day were angry There were once many deer on toe mountain Many deer But they have been sold to toe highest are essentially bureaucracies themselves now bidders for political purposes and for commercial purposes these men say Either eex seasons and long seasons and special hunts If good cars are produced out of all that pa- fine If not to Erwork sell many electoral constituencies thereof If the hunting is Commissions are fond of pointing out that license fees support game management programs but they can also support game mismanagement programs ber of animals my land could support and what number I could harvest every year for sale without harm to my herd’ would be under which Academic circles 'a: The Tragedy of Hie Commons It is a widespread who are responsible for V Keep Abreast of Activities Rapidly Growing Visitor Mecca Subscribe Now to ed the care of the deer work for a government institu- whose or per tion In our society the taps primary secondary industry primary purpose of any is timber most of whi 1 i fol-lowi- The-Fore- LEGISLATIVE SESSION legislative Candidate John M Garr recently net Governor Hampton to discuss of the problems facing legislative district 70some Grand County Emory and East Carbon as a result of rapidly expanding growth in parts of the district Governor Hampton says he “needs men John Garr back in the Legislature to help me raf institute progressive y1! PrepareY®us for the enormous voters in District Inm in the Utah House of Representatives represent your interests and help you meet the overwhelming demands that are made on your area at the present time” being “DlJfin8 Wa service as a legislator he was an effective and hard t? fnH working Representative who was genuinely concerned about Ms tunstitu-- nt needs and uieir desires I urge you 'to vote for John M Garr candidate for the House of Representatives we both need him” vorsro ifAID V’ ng i! st THE STATE DURING THE NEXT 600 i of compromise in this situation however I would like to see something a ong toe lines of the modest proposal: (1) a severe restriction on deer hunting lithe herds are built back to say 1969 levels This might be accomplished by closing the Forest to hunting entirely for this period or by putting deer on a permit draw basis with like 10000 something permits for a three day season for example or some effort in between these extremes Out of Staters ought not to be tanned The hunting is mostly on Federally controlled land and until we solve THAT problem a man who pays federal tax in Georgia has a right to share the hunting in Utah on some ortional ba- Sersis (2) vice ought to allow selected stands of climax forest to be cut down cleared so as to allow for the growth of browse These areas ought not be announced or advertised end It ought not to be possible to drive to theft 3) If roads are to be built into the 'Forest for purposes of mining or such then it ought to be mandatory tot the land be restored to its original condition after toe road is no longer in use It ought not to be possible to drive off the main roads in this very small mountain range and it is not asking too much to require someone who wishes to earn a profit on these lands not to ruin it for those who come behind him 4) If the legitimate revenue requirements of the Department of Fish and Game are not met by the necessarily reduced sale of licenses then raise the fees for all of us ff There is no herd of deer whatever then the sale of licenses will obviously fall far lower than they will in this temporary period 5) A lot of prayer for a succession mUd winters and wet summers Incidentally I searched' the Moab Directory for a Joe Miller telephone Hating There Isn’t one So who is Joe Miller? For tiiat matter there is not a listing for anyone who calls himself "Ed Abbey" I’m not the only writer in Moab without a telephone DISCUSS ISSUES FACING -- 500 re- ’s it non-elect- is sponsible but we are all responsible The people who drive their jeeps where it would be best not to take them believe they are exercising their rights but are Ignorant of the Tragedy of The Commons They mistake liberty for license If you wish to have deer to hunt and elk to hunt why then you must not act in such a way as to destroy your hunting Or someone els-eIf you go up on the mountain with your four wheel drive why not simply stay on the main roads or hike or horseback? Why destroy the habitat which is the major reason for toe decline of Mg game herds in this country? If we do not act voluntarily in recognition of the responsibility that is inseparable from liberty why then there are people about like Ed Abbey who will pressure the police to force responsibility and in toe process leave precious little liberty behind As for what to do for the deer herd ideally I would sell toe National Forests to someone who would manage toe game and timber for a profit This is done in Texas which State has the largest deer herd in toe and in Maine country Letters to the Mitor ' if not blame it on the weather No one is finally responsible because there is no individual responsibility in such things And of course no one individual If I owned a piece of land and raised animals for sale and wished to remain in business year after year and thought perhaps of leaving this business for my children to carry on and did not wish for bankruptcy I would go to great expense to learn what num- phenomenon and applicable to the deer herd and its management Whatever their merits and they are many the men good fine ‘ For example: in it) The primary purpose of the Fish and Game Commission is the perpetuation of the Fish and Game Commission and by extension the satisfaction of the political but not more licenses most especially out of state licenses than do more conservative and more biological approaches And licenses are of course Fish and Game money those conditions my livelihood Of course I would try to earn a profit so as to i be able to continue And to feed my faThis is simply mily common sense But if a dozen men share a piece of land and none of them own the land and if each of them have equal and unlimited access to the land well then it takes only one greedy man or one fool to abuse toe land and ruin toe land for everyone This is known Any perpetuation social good which accrues in the pursuit of its own survival is welcome but (Government secondary Institutions are especially guilty of this but very many large private institutions are similarly affected Tot example auto companies who were once interested in producing fine machinery but who A i By Thomas Brumley By the time I climbed to the rim of the ridge above Pack Creek it was daybreak that black and light time of day most especially so on the opening morning of deer sea non with breakfast half digested and with eyes propped open by the adrenalin push of antlci- A sleepless night ljgtfon i on the moun- slid here all is privately owned (Even Institution bureauersdes fall is now I can hear Ed’s typefirst and foremost its writer spinning) Accept-in- g t - V - v- V V' y - K’i i n s K v 2 T v 4 i ' |