Show spotlighting UTAH UTA H idaho wants state publicity Pub licit department dobai while the utah suto state legislature lg Is pondering tile hie fate af 0 the utah department of Pub publicity liel and industrial Develop development men t the idaho state association has made a tion to the idaho legislature that they appropriate tor for setting up a publicity de pait ment to publicize the state and encourage tourist trade in ili these modern times hardly baldly any state in the union Is without its publicity department whose main objective is to attract tourists with the national tourist expenditure this season expected to climb to more than ten billion dollars dol lais every state la in the union Is bidding for a share shaie from this pot of gold new york state today leada all states in tourist income with california a close second utah with more unique scenic attractions atti actions than either new york or california is town tile the list salt sale lake hotels agalia jammed sorry sony but we a thing vacant is again the familar rejoiner to requests for hotel rooms in salt lake city during december the pressure was oft off but things are aie different now and its the consensus of hotel managers that things are pretty apt to remain this way ay all through the centennial year rumor has it that the hotels in salt lake already have every room reserved for foi the he week of july anyway those coming to the capitol city had better make reservations days in advance FIsli lake forest foiest lias draws visitors recreational use of the fish lake national forest area which serves senes sanpete San pete millard plute pinte wayne W ayne and beaver counties bounties has doubled since 1945 it Is reported from richfield in 1946 visitors totaling spent an average of 23 days in the forest toi for recreational purposes in the autumn deer P hunters were successful in get ting their buck and 85 elk hunters made a kill sawmills took out board feet of lumber last year and the forest supports oits head of sheep head ot of deer head of cattle and elk in addition water from this forest area is used in the counties mentioned above tor for domestic irrigation power and industrial durpos purposes es utah publicized in texas the dally daily times herald or oc dilas dallas has just published a half page article on ski areas tile the second in a series of articles on utah the material was furnished by the utah department of publicity and industrial development the pacific coast review magazine published in san francisco has just requested the department of publicity to 6 send them an article on utah and her industries tor for their 1947 annual the publicity department furnished them with a utah story for their 1946 annual |