Show I Spotlighting j 41 UTAH UTA J-I J I Uses Ut Await Awalt Court Decision If the Ute Indians Indian win a suit sult now pending before the U S SI Supreme Court in n Washington the money recovered will wUl be dis dis- dis distributed between the White WhiteRiver WhiteRiver River and the Uncompahgre Utes in eastern Utah and the southern Utes in Colorado Many years ago the first first men men- mentioned mentioned tribes were moved from Colorado into Utah The legis legis- legislation legislation lation involved concerns the sale by the government in 1880 Of acres of disputed In In- In Indian dian lands in the State of Colo Colo- ColO- ColO ColOrado rado redo The Indians charge c h a r g e through their attorney Ernest Wilkinson that no accounting was ever made to the Utes by bythe the government for the land sold The Utes are suing to re re- re recover re- re recover cover the price of the lahd with interest from the time of the sale The disputed lands are in inthe inthe the vicinity of the Rangely Co Colo- Colo Colorado Colorado rado Oil Fields If the Indians win the suit the amount of money mon involved may run run into high h high finance finance Smith Brothers Brother In Utah I Of O 0 the hundreds of letters re re- re received re- re received by the Utah Department I of Publicity and Industrial Ind De De- Development Development from all sections of I the United States asking for in in- in information information formation on Utah one of the latest proved the most interest interest- interesting ing Written from Atlanta Geor Geor- Geor Georgia gia the letter says Gentlemen please please send me information I about industry agriculture and minerals in your state Also fib about the Smith Brothers and the S Sea a Gulls GulL Undoubtedly the reference to the Smith Brothers meant Joseph and Hyrum Smith famous Mormon leaders of early days and not the well known man man- manufacturers Europe Bid Bids For ForU ForU U S Tourist Traffic European nations are now bid bid- bidding 0 ding for a share of the expected U S national tourist expendi expendi- expenditure ture of 10 billion dollars that will be spent by an estimated 50 million American the coming season While Utah's tourist business will not suffer from European competition this year it must be remembered that as time passes Europe's bid for the American tourist business now business now ethe the fastest growing industry in inthe inthe the nation will nation will become strong strong- stronger J er and stronger Even now 12 major steam steam- steamship ship lines are either starting trips to Europe or scheduled to start this spring These lines operate 21 big ships and could move passengers in one trip to Europe If they all left at once In addition about trans trans- nights flights operate on an average per month out of La Guardia Field in New York for Europe Their carrying capacity is around passengers The flights will be stepped up by 1 I summer I Congress Congre To Study Utah Projects A report of the potential pro pro- of the Colorado River ba- ba bain ba G sin in has been prepared by the Bureau of Reclamation in Salt SaltI I Lake City primarily to acquaint the U S Congress with the over over- overall all plan for utilization of the river for tor irrigation electrical power and other uses The report emphasizes the ur ur- ur urgency gency of harnessing the rivers river's wealth some miles of which is in Utah I Tomorrow the t h e Colorado Oliver diver iver will be utilized to the very drop the t e report declared Its water will convert thou thou- thousands sands of additional acres of sage sage- sagebrush sagebrush brush desert to flourishing farms and beautiful homes for tor ser ser- I vice men industrial indUS at workers and farmers who seek to t build permanently in thew Will Attempt Unusual U ual Experiment One of the most mos fascinating river r trips in the wor world ld U Is from Hite Kite in i Garfield COlln iown the Colorado to Lees Ferry Ari An zona zone a distance of miles Some of the finest and little known scenery in the State Stat i is fa located on this river and the tri is not dangerous Now comes c mes Harry H Aleson well known explorer and river 1 man who is well acquainted with I the Colorado and says that th t this t grit Lt spring he be will attempt at tempt to to soil sail il up the river against the the curie cur cUt cUt- rent rent from Lee Lees Ferry 1 t to lute 4 a feat e r that tha loop looks i Impossible and nevet before proposed Meson Aleson claims that the trip la is isa a natural that powerful pow wis winds ds travel up the river gorge strong enough to to move a light sail boat up stream Should the breeze bree e occasional occasional- i occasionally ly I fall fait Ill Ill do like any sailor would wait dO do wait for for a favorable ra le wind he said Tn of this theory the ri Ale Ale- Aleson MM son Q pointed out outi that Lewis and lU I Clark sailed up tap p the In Missouri in 1804 in canoes and dugouts fitted with sails saUs |