Show Spotlighting UTAH UTAH PARKS PAlms READIED Southern Utah National Parks Park will put out the welcome mat ma June 1st following the expendi expendi- expenditure expenditure ture ure of a n half million dollars for fo improvements Prewar five five day day al all aU expense tours through Zion an and Bryce all nU originating at Cedar Ceda City will wili be bo resumed NAMED NAl COMMISSIONER COl and University of Utah professor has been named to succeed the late Joseph J. J Cannon as ns commis lommis commissioner stoner in the state department of o publicity and industrial develop meat ment Mr 11 Crawfords Crawford's past experience experienc as liS teacher of geology and miner miner- mineralogy mineralogy alog at the Brigham Young Youn uni ant university univ v and University of Wyom Wyoming ing tag his experience as raw materials ma ma- materials materials engineer for the tho Gene Steel plant his ills work oik with the Utah En En- Engineering Engineering gingering Experimental station and the U S Bureau of Mines in it inore ore orl dressing research problems well fits him for or the important work ork of research specialist with the department SAFETY SAFI TY DRIVE MAY 1 In conformity with a n nation nationwide wide nide traffic safety check program L L. C. C Crowther Salt Lake chief of police has been named chair chair- chairman chairman chairman man of the drive in Utah The wide nation drive will wilt dove dovetail tall tail with the state inspection cam eam campaign campaign and will stress safety checks on lights windshield wipers brak brakes es Cs tires and horn hont Officers will be named soon in various parts of the state to con con- conduct conduct conduct duct the drive VETERANS GET PREFERENCE War veterans will be given prof preference preference over veterans non when seeking permanent civil service posts in Utah it is announced by Clark N. N Stol of the Civil service Ex service men will have ha five to ten points preference in all ex ex- examinations examinations in competing for jobs held open for them during the war years yet et temporary filled fined by incumbents Mr pointed out Disabled veterans will still have a higher preference it was explained Applications for civil service positions at Clearfield which pay from 83 cents to per hour should be made direct to the la la- labor labor la- la labor bor board Naval Supply Depot Clearfield Utah A acre 1500 ranch is being purchased pur purchased chased by b Woodruff stake Rich county and md will wilt be operated as part of the L D S church welfare program The program is on Bear River niver twenty miles below Ran nan Randolph Randolph dolph Utah Normal the ranch will produce tons of hay and pasture head of cattle The price being paid is is' is between and The ranch has an ade ade- quate water supply RUN OFF SEEN SEENI FOR I OR UTAH LAKE Evidences that Utah's climate may again be entering Into the wet cycle is indicated by the fact that Utah lakes lake's water level is the tho highest for March in 22 years The last time tImo the lake water reached what is called compromiso iso ise level was in 1923 ise Be level means the point at which the time lake spills over David I. I Gard Card Cardner Gardner Gardner ner Utah Lake and Jordan River niver commissioner says the lake may not reach compromise before May 1st at which time the irrigation canals start stort drawing water from the lake For Fol this reason he does not expect difficulties on the Jor Jor- Jordan dan dnn river this spring Last year the highest level readied reached by the lake luke was 23 feet below com compromise compromise promise and that was on June 13 Back Dack in pioneer days before Irrigation was in full effect Utah h lake full to the banks had plen plen- ty of 01 game fish Lake trout weigh weigh- weighing wei weighing h. h ing 25 pounds were often caught Later irrigation and a dry cycle reduced tie the lake to nearly a n mud pond and most of the fish were lost Today the tho lake is revived and alive fishing will be excellent this spring and a promise of abundant dant clant irrigation water should please the farmers |