Show I Asks State Development Of Antelope Island Sen Wallace F F. Bennett R R- Utah last week In a speech on the floor of orthe the Senate again re repeated repeated re- re his position that Antelope Island should be developed by bythe bythe bythe the state of Utah not by the federal government i iTHE THE SENIOR Senator from 1 Utah also Introduced an amendment amendment amendment amend amend- i ment to which read Any property or interest therein owned by the state of Utah or any political subdivision thereof there there- of may maybe be acqui acquired red only wi with th the consent of the State Legisla Legisla- ture The bill would make Antelope Antelope Antelope An An- I Island a national I ment meat Sen Bennett told his col colleagues colleagues colleagues col- col leagues that the state had signed a purchase lease-purchase agreement for 2000 acres of the island for a total cost of This ac ac- ac I tion has taken place since the bill for federal control of the Island was reported by the In in tenor Committee in April HE ADDED that the Utah I Highway Department already I i had begun construction of a I causeway road from the main I land to the area purchased b bv by the state Y 3 I Sen Bennett reported that for the federal government to develop de develop de de- the recreation area would involve the purchase of the whole island for at least 2 1 million plus the expenditure of nearly 10 million more for all the traditional national monument monument manu ment paraphernalia visitors paraphernalia visitors centers scenic points etc all I at a cost at least ten and per haps 20 times as great as the state expects to spend under its present program I THE I would PARK Service would in fact annul the present con can tract and push the state ote off the I island Sen Bennett said He added The states state's Great Salt Lake Authority and most citizens recognize the of salt water bathing as asi i the chief tourist value But the 1 standard official schedule of qualifications for a national park or monument doesn't even j include this form of entertain t ment J SEN BENNETT as asked ed Ms s colleagues Which feature 11 11 attract the tourists T Tb ath Ing beach what or are to me the c com completely o m p pIe l e t tel e l y uninteresting I ing features of a desert island cattle ranch If you can set u up p the bathing facilities for around as I think you can why spend 20 times as much to develop synthetic points of in interest In terest on the rest of this more less or-less barren desert island island- i The Utahn stated that the state could most appropriately develop devel op and maintain the bathing beach and its services |