As a compromise for the proposed oil well near the Spiral Jetty, we could have a local artist design an artsy structure around the well and call it a "Getty" (after J.P., the oil magnate and art connoisseur). Trekkers to that remote part of Box Elder County could take in a Jetty and a Getty in the same day-trip.
Dick Willardson
Salt Lake City
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