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Show sws jf s vg "r I J Courtesy Zion Studio Hotel El Escalante, Cedar City. ; Bank Building and Business Block at Parowan. " I i jhas revolutionized the community. 3. 835 car loads, of sheep, 150 car loads of cattle, and nearly two and a quarter million pounds of wool and mohair are shipped annually from Cedar City. Its extensive range and cheap forage corps make it a real livestock center. 4. The development of the inexhaustible inex-haustible deposits of iron near it, from which 600,000 tons of 53 ore are shipped annually; its coal, gyp- educational center for the Southern part of the state. 8. The El Escalante hotel with 88 guest rooms, auditorium and commodious commo-dious dining room, and other hotels, bring tourists and conventions. 9. Cedar City has one mile of street paving, many miles of concrete sidewalks, side-walks, a sewerage system, city water and lights, telegraph and telephone connections, etc. 10. Churches and lodge rooms, a Community Life in Iron County Is Wholesome The wholesomness of Iron county's community life, is not the least of its assets. It has no foreign elements; its population is strictly American and you will not find in any of its communities, any "China towns," "niggers' quarters" or other wise. Something of conditions in the respective re-spective communities, is given herewith: here-with: CEDAR CITY Cedar City, the meropolis of South-em South-em Utah, has increased its population from 2,462 in 1920 to 4,000 at present. Perhaps no other town or city in the state has made the vigorous, permanent perm-anent development that Cedar City has made during the last four years. The dreams of its founders are varily coming true; it is destined to become a great industrial and scenic center. The following are a few things that have made, and are making this thrifty community: 1. Its greatest asset is the co-operative spirit of its people; they "go get" the big town things. 2. The coming of the branch line of the Union Pacific railroad in 1923 organizations in the West, as well as federated womens' clubs and other mediums of public benefit. Cedar City's "latch string" is on the outside. We are more than pleased pleas-ed to have had the members of the Utah State Press association with us for your 1927 outing". We hope the treatment you received was such that you will come again. We recognize the untold good of the press and appreciate ap-preciate your visit and the good word you will pass along. GEORGE A. MITCHELL, Secretary, Cedar City Chamber of Commerce PAROWAN CITY Parowan City, the county seat and second largest city in the county, was settled in January, 1851 by Mormon pioneers. It is located on the Zion Park highway at an elevation of six thousand feet; has a population of near two thousand; owns its own water system through . which it receives re-ceives an abundant supply of good water from a mountain spring; its own modern electric light plant from which it sells a large surplus of power after providing for the needs of its own citizens; has probably the best lighted main street of any city its size in the state; concrete sidewalks, a good high school and elementry schools ; public library, theatre and amusement halls, churches, a progressive progres-sive bank, stores, garages, cheese factory, fac-tory, bakery and other business concerns. con-cerns. And with these it has a climate which approaches the ideal; very healthful and without extremes in temperature. Its chief industries are agriculture and livestock, and it is the center of one of the biggest Ram-bouillet Ram-bouillet sheep industries in the world. Since the establishment less than a year ago, of a cheese factory, the dairy industry is rapidly forging ahead in Parowan and the Parowan valley. County Court House and Public Safety Building at Parowan. ft. " I J , I ! ' is ' v The L. D. S. Church at Parowan. sum, and many other minerals make for development and wealth. 5. Its 16,000 acres of improved and 50.D00 acres of brush land, together with its gravity and subterranean irrigation ir-rigation water, make agriculture the really big industry. 6. It is tourist headquarters for one of America's greatest wonderlands. wonder-lands. 7. The branch of the State Agricultural Agri-cultural college makes Cedar City an public library, swimming pool, two modern show nouses, dance halls, pavilions, pa-vilions, rodeo grounds, canyon resorts, etc., supply wholesome recreation. 11. The chamber of commerce has two hundred and twenty-five $10.00 members, eighty of whom serve on committees. It has a membership with the national chamber of commerce com-merce and is closely connected with the Salt Lake City chamber. It has one of the most substantial Rotary 1 Hliftil iHn V i n 1 1 Jl i i imii1 ii Tm IdnlilMltil im liili iili ntd'n 'I. 11 l , j Courtesy K, D. Adams btudio Gypsnm Beds in Cedar Canyon. Largest Known in the Intermountain Vest or Coast States. |