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I UTAH I i TOURISTS AND A D HOUSING G Utah Is Is' not getting Its Just share of ot tourist t money although 1946 will pos- pos go on record as the tho greatest of or tourist years Thousands of or cars are racing through Utah to other tourist destinations while we hope that some other year will provide a miracle What wo desperately need Is augmented In- In Income income come for 1946 1046 From Prom somewhere has come tho the idea that Utah cannot cash in on the profitable tourist tou 1st trade because of or orI ofa a a. lack of ot housing accommodations and facilities Such an idea is a good excuse for tor doing nothing but It is a philosophy that does docs not hold up under scrutiny In the place very few tourists even I inquire about accommodations before they leave l ave home so are willing to take a chance Incidentally this writer in S traveling up and down the state has I only failed once to get desirable sleeping I accommodations In the second place most other western areas that are at at- attractive attractive at- at attractive to the tourist are in worse con con- condition condition condition I than Utah The fact will always hold true that any area will get along all right If 1 it spends as much time In seeking ways to surmount a difficulty as it does in sitting back with a Com tom Complacent Complacent feeling that nothing can be done COMPENSATING TJ S. G VALUES VALVES V VIf If It accommodations are aro difficult the challenge exists to offer other types of ot service that will make the traveler for for- forget forget I or- or get inconveniences He can still sUlI be mado made to feel that Utah Is essentially a hos boa hospitable hospitable place where human beings are interested In his welfare He and his friends will then return again and again when conditions may be more ous There Thero is simply no substitute for attractive ungrudging service No reason exists why every effort should not bo be made to show the traveler that Utah people are Me Interested in his welfare Yet the fact remains that in traveling around the state one meets with little but apathy The one right spot it should bo be added Is found with the filling sta sta- sta- sta Here one finds mainly returned veterans who are anxious to get a good start in Civilian life and who have learn learn- learned ed the hard way how to get on with people Yet even they do not offer In Information In- In Information Information formation that is ts of ot vital Importance to the iho tourist ACCURATE TE INFORMATION L VITAL VITALIn In the field of ot giving accurate infer infer- information mation matlon Utah people could render a a. really great service with but little effort This covers two fields 1 The ability to answer questions and give under under- understandable understandable understandable directions 2 The ability and willingness to make constructive It is regrettable that tour tour- tourists tourIsts tourists after traveling hundreds of ot miles Continued on Page Four V Spotlighting Utah 1 Continued continue from Pace One the greatest wonders forced to miss are Impresses because no one ono of ot nature Just Importance of or a side lido tho the them with undying to gain way That Is one missed by Breaks is Cedar gratitude of persons every year tens of or thousands one shows Interest no just because sell the Idea and give proper to enough Kanab Dunes near Tho The Band Sand directions lons In America are seldom something unique to any traveler I mentioned National Monument Monument Monument Dinosaur J I Cave Cavo and tho the millions of ot dollars ment would bo be worth If It they were In In business of ot extra tourist California INFORMATION L BUREAUS IL AX tN ANSWER AX SWEtt SWEttI problem of or letting One Ono answer to this and doin do doIn to see sec I traveler know what the the tho state by be supplied gupP in Utah will of or Information i development Iti I in its of or entry It Itis Is all ports bureaus at sold that Utah can be I I absurd to think must cities outward It i ibe from Its large of or entry and I the ports be sold from Such a a. series every highway dozen city and i Inexpensive town bu bU- bureaus bUreaus bu- bu bureaus series of ot a half dozen can well mean tents tens of ot Information of or dollars of or new business t of millions at a time when the state particularly Income will be extremely such additional Intelligently sold Utah must be welcome a If It It is to become the state within tourist destination destination Such bureaus great for- for of or Information will be a long step ward but the final answer will rest with t every person who meets the public J NOW OW IT CAN BE nE TOLD I Tho The secret Is out the out the major part Utah played in the atom bomb drama After months of ot strict military secrecy the story of what happened In Utah dur dur- during durIng during ing the fall of ot 1944 and spring of or 1945 relative tho preparation for the atom bombing of ot Japan Is Ig now told by Colonel Paul W W. Tibbetts Jr I Colonel Tibbetts pioneered the tech tech- technique technique technique of ot dropping the atom bomb bomb and and according to tho the Colonel dropping atom bombs Is highly technical stuff stutt Colonel Tibbetts organized and secretly trained the Composite Group super Group super flight experts the experts the only unit In the U. U S S. air I forces with atomic The pay payoff payoff off oft Is Js this this the the group was trained In fn Utah Utah over over the Wendover salt flats and Colonel Colonel Tibbetts was told that what wo we learn In Utah may end the war Dropping atom bombs Is precision I stuff and for months B flying out I of ot human eye range over the tho Utah salt I I flats practiced simulated bomb runs and making a fast torn lurn t rn of or degrees Even I I the pilots of ot these planes didn't know I they were practicing to escape the shock I waves of or an atomic bomb explosion They just followed Instructions The size the shape and the weight of or ortho I. I tho the atom bomb was worked out at the Wendover Army Air Base by Colonel I Tibbetts and his associates under the i utmost secrecy To camouflage the top- top I secret a buzz bomb testing unit was set setup setup up at Wendover to occupy oc py the attention of ot tho the curious An atom bomb the cost costor of or which might exceed cannot I be dropped carelessly for a lot of ot reasons they must be dropped with point pIn accuracy and Utah's vast waste spaces In Tooele county proved Just the place for training the crews who flattened Japans Japan's Hiroshima In a Evening Post Pest story cf ot June Colonel Tibbetts tells how his men often orten drove into Salt Lake City for recreation and where F F. B B. I. I and secret service men In disguise often at attempted at- at attempted attempted I tempted to see If It the men were talka talka- talkative talkative talkative tive relative military affairs all proved strictly faithful to their trusts i UTAH II GETS PUBLICITY lU Norman of or Mexican Hat San SanJuan SanI SanJuan I Juan County Utah Is declared by Nell Neil M M. Clark Saturday Evening Post writer I In the May issue to be the worlds No 1 That's man saying sating f a alot alot alot lot In behalf of or this Utah boatman whose shooting rapid-shooting record 1 I cannot be equalled i As every boy In Utah knows or should know Norman spends his sum sum- summers summers summers mers taking tourists down the San Juan never from Mexican Hat Utah to Lees Lee's Ferry Arizona a San Juan Colorado River trip of some miles mUes And so popular are proving the trips that re reservations re- re must be be made in advance Those Thoro who have made the voyage declare It to be a highlight of ot a lifetime Anyway Normans Norman's river expeditions are arc proving a huge success and he Is putting I San Juan county on the map The Saturday Evening E Posts article I on Norman certainly put San Juan in inthe In inthe the public eye for the article is accompanied accompanied I by seven photos in natural color of Utah's little known southeastern attractions lT DRAGONS IN DE DEMAND L ND L According to the latest late t information received from the Smithsonian Institute they would like a couple of ot fossilized I year old Utah Dragons They I Inre are aro sending Dr c C. L L. Gazin paleontologist gist to search out the confines of ot Dra Dragon Dragon Dragon gon Canyon In Emery county where Just before the war mfr fossilized bones of the tho queer creatures which sported long claws were found The Thc bones were vere in such excellent condition It was said that the Institution hopes Dr Gazin will wm be able to find a couple of or ancient lizards so well preserved that they could bo be removed to the eastern museum en- en tact The prehistoric dragons were chums of ot the last of ot the dinosaurs and were horrible looking fellows In appearance To scientists they th y are known as poly pol Dragon canyon where Dr Dr Gazin will make His JUs search Is located at the bottom of ot Joes Joe's Valley or the south I branch of Straight Canyon y 4 I |