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Japanese Quail Released . . .
CARSON CITY — Nevada joined
several other states in the simultaneous
release of Japanese (Coturnix) quail.
A cooperative study is planned after
the birds are in the field. Since the
Coturnix is a migratory bird, officials
believe the cooperative study will
greatly facilitate the establishment of
a migration pattern for the birds. —
Nevada State Journal
State Leads in Liquor Use . . .
CARSON CITY—A beverage industry
study reveals that Nevada's
1957 first quarter liquor consumption
of 1.2 gallons per person was greatest
in the nation. California was second
with 0.45 gallons consumed per inhabitant.
California, however, led the
nation in volume of consumption —
5,076,076 gallons in January-February-March,
1957.—Territorial Enterprise
Cave Passageways Surveyed . . .
BAKER — National Park Service
personnel began a survey to plot the
direction and position of the passageways
and caverns of Lehman Caves
National Monument. Purpose of the
project is to determine the possibility
of locating a suitable exit from the
cave. "Such a secondary outlet will
provide for greater convenience to
cave visitors and will increase the ease
with which the ever increasing numbers
of visitors may be guided through the
natural cave," the survey chief said.
NEW MEXICO
Ruling Hits State Control . . .
GALLUP — A district judge has
ruled that a Navajo Indian can not be
prosecuted by the state for a traffic
offense which occurred on a federal
highway running through the reservation.
The Indian, arrested for drunk
driving, argued successfully that the
state has no jurisdiction over traffic
offenses committed by Indians on an
Indian reservation. The highway in
question was U.S. 666 which bisects
the reservation between Gallup and
Farmington. The state indicated that
it will appeal the ruling.—New Mexican
Industry Needs Skilled Indians . . .
LAWRENCE, Kansas—Superintendent
Solon G. Ayers of Haskell Institute
said that the school no longer has
to look for jobs for its Indian gradu-
KENT FROST JEEP TRIPS
Into the Famous Utah Needles Area
Junction of the Green and Colorado rivers;
Indian and Salt creeks; Davis, Lavandtr,
Monument, Red, Dark and White canyons;
Dead Horse and Grand View points; Hovenweep
and Bridges national monuments.
3-day or longer trips for 2-6 person parties
—$25 daily per person. Includes sleeping
bags, transportation, guide service* meals.
Write KENT FROST, Monticello, Utah.
ates. "Our trouble is in rilling the
requests. We have to pick and choose,"
he declared. Last year every one of
the 114 vocational students was hired
by commencement day for an average
$3100 annual wage. Few of the Haskell
graduates return to their reservations
to live, Ayers said.—New Mexican
To Battle Water Problem . . .
ROSWELL—Terming the nation's
water problem as a potential "economic
cancer on the future growth and
prosperity" of the U.S., the non-profit
Southspring Foundation, based on the
historic old Chisum Ranch, recently
was organized to aid in the relief of
the water crisis. The agricultural research
organization hopes to focus the
nation's attention on the problem. —
New Mexican
Mexican Trout Imported . . .
TAOS—New Mexico and California
fisheries men are experimenting with
a batch of Mexican rainbow trout
thought to be able to survive in water
temperatures up to the middle-80 degrees
Fahrenheit. So far the fish have
not produced eggs. The regular strain
of rainbow trout in most waters today
can only stand as much as 53 degrees
Fahrenheit and still produce eggs. The
fish are at the Red River Hatchery at
Taos; the Wildlife Service Hatchery at
Truth or Consequences; and the California
Fish and Game Department
Hatchery at Fillmore.—New Mexican
UTAH
Glen Dam Work Unavailable . . .
KANAB — Reclamation Commissioner
W. A. Dexheimer warned that
employment is not immediately available
at the Glen Canyon damsite and
furthermore none except a few engineering
and heavy construction workers
will be hired for many months to
come. Dexheimer said both Kanab
and Flagstaff now are crowded and
their resources are taxed to handle
existing needs of workers already in
the area. Welfare and law enforcement
problems were reportedly increasing in
Kanab, due mainly to an influx of
transient laborers seeking employment
at the damsite. Sharp increases were
noted in police arrests.
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Glen Canyon City Planned . . .
KANAB — A Tucson firm announced
plans to build a city that
could eventually accommodate 10,000
persons on the Utah side of the Glen
Canyon damsite, but the U. S. Reclamation
Bureau and Glen Canyon
Dam's contractors are going ahead
with plans to build the town of Page,
Arizona. Rincon Builders and Developers,
Inc., said its city, to be
known as Glen Canyon, will be 13
miles northwest of the damsite on the
Utah side of the border. The firm
has purchased 120 acres of land here
and has drilled four wells. Reclamation
Commissioner W. A. Dexheimer
termed the Glen Canyon City plan as
speculative and noted that it would be
18 months to two years before a good
road will be completed from the damsite
north to the Utah line.
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