Show I Negotiations Ne Underway For Island r By LESLIE W. W KING KINGI I Authorities from Davis CountY County Coun Coun- ty who are primarily y interested I. I in the development of Antelope Island as a state park because It t lies within the I count county are greatly concerned with two recent re recent re- re cent developments in regard to the Island SEN FRANK Moss' Moss bill to tomake tomake tomake make a national monument bf bt Antelope Island has been advanced advanced ad advanced ad- ad by the Senate Interior I Committee with a deletion of the most imp important factor in the bill Dill as far as Davis County is concerned The provision in the M Moss ss ssI 1 I Bill which would permit the state to lease the north end of the Island to create a a. state park was removed from the bill to enhance Its chances of passage in Congress THE SECOND development is the recently begun negotiations between the Great Salt SaIt Lake Authority and Robert Campbell legal representative of the Is Island Island Island Is- Is land Ranching Company State law recreational development of the beach area at the northern tip Up of the Island as long as development development development devel devel- adheres to national park standards and assuming the Great Salt Lake Authority can successfully reach a purchase conclusion with the ranching company AT PRESENT It appears that the and the Island Ranch Ranch- ing Company will sign a lease with an option to buy The exact amount of acreage is presently undetermined but negotiations are in process to decide the price per acre and the amount which may be so somewhere around 2000 acres This is about half the amount which was originally originally discussed If It the beach area of the Island is developed as a state park only the amount that thatis is taken for forthe forthe forthe the state will wUl be deleted from the tax rolls but the operation of privately owned concessions would be taxable THUS MORE ground would not be added to the already overwhelming overwhelming overwhelming over over- whelming percentage of federally federally federally feder feder- ally owned tax-free tax land in Dav Day is County This is already over 70 of the total amount of ground according to County Planning Director Rod Sutton The Island Ranching Company Company Company Com Com- pany pays taxes on the Island of approximately 5 2 1 thousand dollars a year If the Island is set aside as a national monument monument mon ment it immediately becomes federal land and taxes stop As Asa a monument it would be left in its natural state for tourists to drive through Very little if any development of private taxable enterprises would be made GEORGE Buzianis chairman of the Great Salt Lake Authority Authority Author Author- ity says that even If the Island Is developed later as a national monument operations already established on the north end would not be affected If the Moss bill bUl is passed land leased or purchased by the state would remain In the custody custody custody cus cus- tody of the state LEASE WITH AN option to buy is being considered now by bythe the because of the possibility possibility possibility that Congress would not consider the island as a national monument if part were owned by the state The section most likely to be acquired by the state on the lease arrangement includes an inlet with the best beach area on the entire island Buffalo Point with an elevation of on on one end of the beach and Ladyfinger Ladyfinger Ladyfinger Lady- Lady finger with an elevation of on the other The Syracuse road which reaches within 4 1 miles of Ladyfinger Is directly opposite THERE IS 2 1 miles mUes of beach area ranging from one- one fourth to one half mile deep The beach gradually elevates It Itself itsel itself it- it self sel as it recedes from the shore Sand on the beach has caused much speculation due to its un unusual unusual unusual un- un usual characteristics e r 1st i c s when walking through It and because of the al almost most pe perfect roundness of the granules ORDINARY sand is irregular or Jagged in shape Because of the difference there is a theory that the sand could be the re re- re mains or shells of diatom a form of sea life Diatom is known to come in various shapes and one of the them m is round The theory will wUl be open to speculation specula specula- tion possibly until zoologists have had opportunity to examine the sand The area which Is expected to tobe tobe tobe be leased by the state lies within with with- in township range sections sections sections sec sec- 35 36 25 and township range sections 30 and 31 ONE HUNDRED thousand dollars dollars dollars dol dol- dol- dol lars has been set aside by the to complete Syracuse road using land fill till from the island and tailings provided by Copper Four hundred hundred hundred hun hun- dred thousand dollars has been appropriated for purchase or orlease orlease orlease lease of the land and development development development develop develop- ment of recreational facilities When completed thousands of tourists who often go out of their way to view the Great Salt Lake and who have been disappointed disappointed disappointed pointed in the past will be able to enjoy it from the vantage point of Antelope Island IN rn THE LA plans also are other facilities welcomed by tourists Concessions for their convenience are planned and these would provide tax income to Davis County There are plans for tor boating swimming fresh water showers to wash off the salt water horseback riding and camping lk Ik IkS S See So o Picture on Pago Pape 2 THE CHINA PUZZLE Continued from Last Week UNDER THE so-called so Confucian Confucian Con Con- state system m which symbolized symbolized symbolized sym sym- and dominated Chinas China's traditional way of life the political political political po po- authority of the state was was' centralized in the one man at the who ruled top as emperor Confucian doctrine provided an ethical sanction for his exercise ex- ex exercise exercise ex ex- of authority the authority the Mandate Mandate Man Man- date of Heaven The Chinese Emperor was thought of as the Son of Heaven standing between Heaven and the people able to maintain harmony and unity by doing the right things at the right time HOWEVER THE Mandate could be withdrawn if the ruler did not respect Heavens Heaven's wishes the that people be bel content The rise and fall of dynasties in China followed a pattern of 01 type pendulum-type change from unity to disunity and back to unity Decline of ofa a dynasty often orten start with widespread cor corruption corruption corruption and inefficiency in th the palace circles neglect of pub public 11 works or excessive warfare ONCE THE right to rule had been forfeited by one ruler and the country reunified under a strong leader public works would be revived the tax system system tem tern modified and equalized and land redistributed In the uneasy interims bet between wee n dynasties barbarian inv invasions peasant rebellions or insurrections by powerful generals would ensue Although the Mandate of Heaven has often been called the Chinese right of rebellion in practice the dynasties seldom seldom sel sel- dom fell without the blessing of the scholar elites ONCE THE literati decided that a particular dynasty had lost Its moral claim the tone of I public opinion toward the dynasty dynas dynas- ty was set and its downfall appeared appeared ap ap- ap almost inevitable The rulers of traditional China by no means all came out of one mold The galaxy of men who claimed med the Mandate of Heaven includes a wide gamut of leadership A brief sampling of the emperors serves to highlight highlight high high- light s some 0 me of the not notable a b 1 e achievements of the 24 dynasties dynasties dynasties dynas dynas- ties AN AUTHORITARIAN Shih Shah ti Huan-ti who e established s ta she d Chinas China's centralized imperial system under the Chin dynasty BC B.C. and called himself first emperor Under the Chin d dynasty yn a sty sometimes called the worlds world's first t Fascist state Chinas China's Gr Great at Wall was vias built as well as extensive irrigation and other public works A HUMANE commoner Liu Pang who founded Chinas China's part counter-part of the Roman Em Empire pire the Han dynasty a time of great artistic achievement under a long and peaceful rule Because of their pride in this period of Chinese glory the Chinese call themselves the themen themen men of Han A CONTROVERSIAL intellectual intellectual intellectual intel intel- Wang Mang AD A.D. whose interregnum tried to nationalize the land and to ex experiment experiment experiment ex- ex with other socialized schemes A man of action Li Shin-min Shin whose benevolent despot despotism i Ism s m fostered Chinas China's Golden Age Age the high point of her political and cultural dominance over Eastern Asia Tang Tag dynasty AD A.D. A MONGOL Tarter tyrant Kublai Khan created a capital par excellence in Peking He extended the i Imp imperial m p e r I a l I post roads and the Grand Canal to bring rice timber and silk to the new capitol Yuan capitol Yuan dynasty 1279 Two hardworking conscientious Kang Hsi emperor from 1772 1661 and Chien from Lung emperor 1796 1735 and under whose long reigns China attained unprecedented un unprecedented unprecedented un- un power prestige and prosperity OLD CHINA like most traditional traditional traditional societies was a two class system made up of a small elite and the mass of peasants However Chinas China's elite was a unique composite scholar gen try-official try class Its members not only ruled but were also the literati and owned the land Thus no countervailing forces developed developed developed devel devel- to pit the scholars or the landowners against the rulers or the landowners and rulers against the scholars THE ELITE was self and self Although it was true that a peasant could aspire to t take ke civil service examinations in hi order to become a scholar of the gentry were usually the only ones with sufficient time and education even to make the attempt MEMBERS OF THE gentry families not holding top administrative administrative administrative admin admin- positions lived in the walled towns near but buto not o part c of the rural villages of of the peasants es t he e eI I local cal elite eHte who dominated the Ute rural rural areas areas areas' of m most st pr Vi es up to the early c century The role of the gentry fa families families l- l lies in arbitrating local disputes disputes dis dis- supporting schools and Confucian institutions explains in part why the imperial government government government gov gov- superstructure did not need to penetrate into the vil vil- vil lages THE RURAL peasant through his diligence and perseverance made possible the flourishing culture and prosperity enjoyed by Chinas China's elite down through the century Though periodically periodically periodically per per- threatened by floods locusts droughts and other unpredictable unpredictable un un- un predictable acts of f nature he carefully the soil from dawn to dusk year after year century after century When the central government t was corrupt or weak he was a athe at atthe atthe t tr the mercy of local officials o or r bandits Even when the weather was favorable the tax collector r honest and the political system stable and just the peasant was lucky to eke out a living Peasant Peasant Peasant Peas Peas- ant rebellions did occur when conditions became intolerable however OLD CHINAS CHINA'S two major eco economic assets were its massive manpower and intensive agri agri- culture Although China became po politically politically po- po centralized as early as two centuries before Christ i ii It t remained economically decentralized decentralized decentralized except for scale large e public works and collection o othe ol 01 f the land taxes for their support The bureaucracy depended fo for r revenue chiefly upon the agricultural agricultural agricultural agri agri- cultural productivity vity of the peasantry IN CHINAS CHINA'S frag fragmented men te d agrarian economy each farming farmIng farming farm- farm Ing locality was self sufficient with the result that tha t trade and the use of money were slow to develop There was little that was conducive con duci ve e to developing acquisitive tI ve entrepreneurs much less a capitalistic free enterprise free enter p r I s e society |