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Show The Word From Boulder IIV NKTIIHLLA GRIFFIN Today I've been slipping and eliding my way home from. Salt I,ake. Happy to arrive safely al Gunnison,'! am hoping that the' road for the rest or the way will ' be loss Icy, though I also hope that our country shared In the storm that gave so much mols. ure to the northern part ol the state. 1 was able to attend the first session of the Cattle and Horse-grow rs contention. Since not many others from this district msied to be present, I thought ' perhaps some readers might be Interested In my notes on Ihe meeting. Please understand that I may have been too much Interested In trying to see Just who ot my friends and acquaintances were there to hear accurately all that was said. I merely report a few thlhgs that I thought I hyrd: Wells Robins, retit.ng president or the association, recom-mended that funds collected by the government for tariff on Imported beef be used to buy up surplus beef, particularly of the less expensive Uids, for use by the armed forces, the schools, etc. This woud make permanent the action that was taken this year and last. "Mr Dobbins, commended ,tlij -tate Wildlife organization for',t -"their-increased, harvest of',fle' tjeer vtov, and be urgid that'?R whenever the 'number of cattle on the range Is reduced for the 'sake ot range protection, the number of deer also be cut pro- portlonately. He also recom-minded a two-mill tax levy for rodent control. He quoted from a study which showed that fixe female rabbits and their natural offsprings of oue season will consume as much forage as one cow and her calf. Radford Hall of Denver, executive secretary of the American National Cattlemen's Association, told us that three and three-fourths million pounds more beef had been consumed In 1953 and 1954 than In any two previous years. He urged continuation of the beef promotion campaign. lie .also pointed out advantage that have followed the policy ot refusing government price. , controls such as freedom from'liuje surplus piles and from hamper Jng regulation. 1 Cus P. Hackman xf llie Salt Lake Cjiirober" of . Comnierce voiced a; .sentiment ttat I hop he. really1 meant. .Ilall,hliJ . theCauvberl- reajlz.l'ng.1- '-that whatever would' benefit; any f part "of the state would ' also help Salt Lake, was ready to support any project that would be of . benefit' tj. anf, section of UtaliwV fiope "ihtT applies to 'east-west, highways that may cross central and southern Utah. In company with pomm(ilon-cr Clarence Fo'y and Representative Parley Ipson, I was privileged to meet with Mr. Smith of the Federal Ilfgliway Commission and' Air. Olsen and' Mr. Anderson of the, Forest Service Office at Ogden. I also talked with Mr. Carllsson, newly appointed oead of the State Road Commission. These officials expressed Interest In and concern for our highway needs In this county, specifically the Dryce-Escalante road which we hope to see completed and extended to Torrey. Doth ML Anderson and Mr. Carllsson promised to come to Boulder this spring to help look out a route for the pio- posed road around the Iloulder mountain.. After attending a range advisory board meeting at Kanab on Friday, .Clyde K'ug, .accompanied by Ireue, rent to Salt Lake for Friday evening and Saturday's sessions of the Cattle and Horsegrowers conven tion. Clyde represents Garfield county on the association's board pf directors, Irene Is an officer In the Cowbells' organization. 1 - Tfio Ormond store In Iloulder has chanced hands. Hereafter customers'!. will find Mrs. Neta I'oulsfn Insteadfof Mjs. Itiby' Ormond n charge,' Friends of JUrJand Mrs. Don- ' ahoo have been welcoming them backft'o Iloulder After a win-ter spent n?ur Moab, Mr. pon-ahoo; Is here to begin drilling operstloos for another uranium corapaiiy. ' Mr and Mrs. Max LA. Drier accompanied rp to BaltLake, Max 'sang two songs at Friday afternoon's mr uing of the cat tTemen. jlljnjoyed a !toJbrlf Tlll n Saturday wUh.gmy). slsUr . at olrSnd! jF W "? - ' |
