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CITES CITY'S FUTURE NEEDSLand Board Denies Request at GraceIdahoJournalNEWS OF EASTERN IDAHO AND THE STATEWEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1972Seclion B * Page 1BOISE (AP) - The Idaho Land Board Tuesday denied an application of Morrill D. ani Shirley Hubbard of Grace to purchase 5G1 acres of state-owned land 3V2 miles southeast of Grace,City of Grace is interested in leasing the area for development of a recreational complex. The area is 'adjacent to a Boy Scout camp,affold Fatarnmon resident died here Tues-c3lng on a construction project, a repairman for Farmers Grain ell about 20 feet when a Ijoard was working on a seed plant at •8.j Memorial Hospital in Soda two hours after the 8 a.m. mis-The board also rejecter! an application of W. R. Anderson, Pocatello, to buy approximately 117 acres along the reservoir to be created by Teton Dam in Fremont County. The land is appraised at 5175 an acre,M A blind man can see that this land will be .worth moreed that the land be reappraised.The board also turned down a request of Gayle Doan Hunt, Salt Lake City, for purchase of 298 acres In Caribou County on grounds It would isolate another tract of state-owned land, and deprive it ofayear-aroundwater source.The board directed an appraisal be made on 640 acres of state-owned land at the BogusBasin Ski Resort near Boise without considering any existing leases on the property.Bogus Basin Recreational As social ion and Bops BasinManagement, inc., have applied to purchase the property, contending it would Improve their operations if they owned, rather than leased, the land.The companies have a lease which runs through 1981.Governor Andrus said he was in sympathy with any program to retain the ski development in the area 16 mi Lbs north of Boise, but questioned legality of making any contingencies on state sale of the property which would assure that the present Bogus Basin Ski Resort operators would be virtually I tie only bidders /or the property.Land Commissioner Gordon Trombley said complicating the application Is lhe fact that the ski runs and ski lifts also cross oilier state and federal lands.A round of lawsuits between the state and Boise and Ada County ir.ay come to an end if a proposal by State Parks Board Director Steven 1.V, Rly Is accepted,Bly proposed Id Ihe land Board a compromise land exchange between the state and the two local governments in’ the Curtis Road Extension Project through Veterans Memorial Park,The west side of the park, formerly known as the Old Soldiers Home, was given the Parks Board by the legislature for park purposes.State officials have favoredthat side of the park for the road project, while local officials favored the west side.Bty’s proposal calls for declaring park board land on die west side as surplus and offering it as an exchange for the,, east side land, * ''7=in other matters Tuesday, the Land Board approved lease of 674 acres of state land near the Cascade Reservoir in Valley County for recreation purposes.The land, between the reservoir and Idaho 55, will be teased to MountainAire Recreation, Inc., for §50 a year for two years and 5200 yearly after that.Snow machine trails and a ski area would be developed on the land.The land is appraised at S-19 an acre.The board rejected the application on grounds that the tlian ^is, Governor Cecil D.Andrus said. The board direct*
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Idaho State Journal
Pocatello, Idaho, US
Wed, Jul 26, 1972
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