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Show ROLLO-glyphics - - June through November. Six out of ten accidents occurred oc-curred during daylight hours. Operators of the two-wheeled cycles were at fault 7 out of 10 acidents. With those facts in mind. Remember that if you own a cycle be conoious of your responsibilities re-sponsibilities as a driver. And while we're on the subject sub-ject of vehicles the Insurance Information Institute reports that every mile you drive in a standard size 1972 model car will cost you 14 percent more than a mile cost you in 1970. For a typical car buyer of a 1972 standard size car that will be driven for ten years (by two or three owners) and for the 100,000 miles, the cost (at today's prices) will be 13.6 cents per mile. In 1970 the cost per mile for the same car was computed at 11.9 cents per mile, an increase per mile of 1.7 cents for 1972 over 1970. Would you b( impressed if I told you taut the Russians had drilled more than 4,000 wolls for livestock water, built some 3,000 tanks and troughs, installed moie than 50,000,000 feet of fencing, laid nearly 3,000,000 feet of pipline to carry car-ry stock water to dry areas, built some 7,700 ponds, developed devel-oped nearly 3,500 springs, controlled con-trolled bush invasion on almost al-most 7,000,000 acres, reseeded more than 750,000 acres and installed modern grading systems sys-tems on more than 2 and & million acres. Well Daniel G. Freed, President Presi-dent of the Utah Cattlmen's Association points out that chis is an impressive record for Russians, Chinese or anyone any-one else. i "It happens, however, to be the record chalked-up by con-s con-s e r vation-minded stockmen right here in Utah," he stated. lie made the statement at the Utah Cattlemen's monthly directors meeting as a.. result it periodic attacks by "uninformed "unin-formed individuals" who accuse ac-cuse stockmen in general of abusing Utah's , natural resources. re-sources. The Association president went on to cite specific conservation con-servation .cases in summarizing summariz-ing his report. But the figures are impressive, impres-sive, you'll have to admit. Maybe you've noticed. I certainly have, how citizens of this great land are taking to motorcycles. The Utah Safety Council points out that the move is by the thousands and they stipulate that it is not all for thrills, but for alot of practical practi-cal reasons, to get to the office, of-fice, supermarket or campus. The motorcycle industry estimates' es-timates' that sales of motorized motoriz-ed cycles, scooters, and bikes will reach close to two million mil-lion a year by 1975 and that currently some three and one half million Americans are varooming around on two wheelers. Utah Safety Council says that the trend began in 1960 with the introduction of lightweight cycles from Japan. It seems now that motorcycles motor-cycles are here to stay. The council also reveals some other interesting facts relative to motorcycling fatalities fatal-ities reported by 42 states: The age of victims ranged from 9 to 79, with 35 percent in the under 16 bracket. Seven out of 10 accidents in the under 16 age group occurred oc-curred in rural areas. The principal accident type was collision of the two wheeler with a car. Four out of five accidents occurred during the six-month |