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Show Southern Utah Clubs Unite To Pull for Eastern Tourist Travel Selling Utah scenery, proclaimed the best in any country, to the thousands thous-ands upon thousands of tourists that will be attracted from eastern centers cen-ters to the International Olympic games, the Shriners convention, the International Lions convention, together to-gether with other large gatherings scheduled to be held at Los Angeles and other coast cities during the coming com-ing summer, was an object of an inter-club meeting of Lions held i.i Salina Monday of this week. Nearly : fifty,- ardent boosters from Panguitch, Richfield, Gunnison, Ephraim and Mt. Pleasant were present at the meeting and discussions of means to attract touf ists to Southern Utah was paramount. para-mount. S. M. Jorgensen, president of the Salina Lions c1hq, and who acted as chairman of the meeting, gave an outline of what confronted the club taembers present at the opening of the meeting, and welcomed the visitors. visit-ors. " " j .The west coast cities, Mr. Jorgensen Jorgen-sen stated, are making settings for .i large travel from eastern centers and there is every reason why the Associated' Asso-ciated' Civic clubs of Southern Utah and every citizen south of Salt Lake should get squarely back of the movement move-ment and aid in routing travel, a portion por-tion at least, through .the wonders which Southern Utah holds. Mr. Jorgensen Jor-gensen suggested that an All-Utah spirit prevail in caring for the thous-1 anda of tourists that will pass through ' the state. - Dr. P. L. Holman, former district governor of the Lions clubs of the 28th district, of Mr. Pleasant, was not in accord with Jorgensen's idea, and he openly challenged any goodwill good-will offered by the Salt Lake chamber of commerce. Dr. Holman urged immediate im-mediate action on the part of the clubs of Southern Utah to get route 89 broadly advertised, and to do i everything possible to attract tourist travel to the real scenic wonders of Utah. Salt Lake City, as is well known by everyone living south of the capital, is not and has not been friendly to boosting its own interestslauding inter-estslauding the great Bryce canyon, can-yon, the Mt. Carmel tunnel, Zion National Na-tional park, and the hundreds of other attractions to be found in the southern south-ern part of Utah. Salina canyon, apparently, ap-parently, is one of the main barriers that holds the selfish boosters back from doing1 their loyal duty. Notwithstanding Not-withstanding the fact that no government gov-ernment aid has ever been given to the Salina canyon route, thousands upon thousands pass through the route yearly, and simply for the fact that the road is passable the year round. Dr. Holman pointed out and gave instances where Southern Utah was getting more cooperation from Arizona Ari-zona and Los Angeles highway groups at present than from the sections sec-tions in Utah. Boost 89, advertise 89, and secure such markings that will lead the traveling tourists to worthwhile worth-while attractions found right here in Southern Utah. Dr. Guy Richards, district governor gover-nor of the Lions clubs of Utah and Idaho, who came from his home at American Fork to attend the meeting, was highly enthused oyer the cooperation cooper-ation of the several clubs, and he incidentally in-cidentally gave laudation to the Salina Sal-ina Lions club for the hospitality and for the great interest shown in directing travel through Southern Utah. Starting at Timpanogos cave, Maple canyon in Sanpete county, the attractions in and around Sevier and Sanpete counties, and touring to the beautiful park section in Southern Utah, Dr. Richards proclaimed that no part of Utah can compare with these beauty attractions. Benj. Cameron, Jr., secretary and field survey agent for the Associated Civic Clubs of Southern Utah, informed in-formed the group of club members that traffic to the California Olympic games and other attractions at Los Angeles would exceed that of last year by approximately 5,000 cars, or that a total number of cars from points east of the Rocky Mountains would reach nearly 800,000. A pressing need for getting a share of those tourists along Highway 89 was urged as a means of alleviating the economic situation. Selling Southern South-ern Utah's scenic attractions, he pointed out, would aid materially in bringing this section over the depression depres-sion period. Tourist traffic is the best way to get financial aid to the district adjacent to highway 89 this year, he claimed. The committee named to execute the proposals made at the meeting were Dr. Holman, chairman; Mr. Jorgensen, Jor-gensen, secretary; J. W. Robinson, Marysvale; P. F. Bruhn, Panguitch; M. F. Haycock, Kanab. They were instructed in-structed to investigate immediately the feasibility of erecting signs at advantageous points along adjacent and connecting highways, calling at-ten at-ten to scenic attractions along highway high-way 89. The fifty members at the meeting were tendered a banquet at the Main cafe, and at intervals musical numbers num-bers were given by the Salina Cavaliers, Cav-aliers, and Miss Ceroid Rasmussen gave a violin solo, accompanied by Miss Donna Prows at the piano. The Salina Sun. |