Show i Spotlighting of i tin UTAH Agreement Reached by b Upper Basin States Stales on Colorado River Stream Flow Division The upper Colorado river basin compact commission has reached an 10 agreement on the division of the stream flow among amon the states involved which are Utah Colorado Wyoming New Mexico and part of Arizona Many months of study and many previous meetings were held before beCore the Vernal conference pay paved paved ed the way for the agreement which has just been reached In Iri November 1922 the Upper Basin states entered into an agree agree- agreement agreement agreement ment with the lower basin states in which they agreed to deliver dellver to the lower basin acre feet of water waler annually for use in the lower basin Included in the lower basin states are California Nevada and part of Arizona An agreement a cement was reached which guarantees Mexico acre feet delivered deli at the border When these agreements were made and ratified the way was cleared for the building of Boulder Dam The division as approved cd by the commission must now go before each of the state legislatures for ratification before it becomes final When ratified and approved the he heway way will be opened for full utilization zat lUon on of the headwaters of the Colorado Under the terms tenus of the th compact an estimated acre feet which is the upper basins basin's share will be divided as follows Color Color- Colorado Colorado ado per cent Utah 23 per percent percent percent cent Wyoming 14 per cent New lew Mexico J 1125 per cent and Arizona A. A ona will receive acre feet or ap ap- approximately approximately ap- ap approximately proximately two-thirds two of one per percent cent ent Utah Leads Western States In Coke Output The United States production of coke for lor the year 1947 was tons worth This production was a 26 increase over o the previous year Utah leads the western states with a production production tion of tons Colorado produced tons California C 3 tons and Texas I tons according to figures just re released re- re released leased by the U. U S S. S Bureau of Mines Assessed Valuation of oC Property In Utah Increases The State Tax Tn Commission has just released preliminary figures which show that the assessed tion of property in the state of Utah will reach for 1948 This figure is 1295 per cent higher than the same figure for forthe forthe forthe the year 1947 n Utah Buying Rate nate Population Shown ShO National Id il Just Released In Iii I n an annual survey suney made by Sales Management Magazine and analyzed by the Standard Insurance Insurance ance Company brings out the fol following fol- fol following lowing Jo interesting points about Utah The Buying Income of or the aver aver- average average age Utah family is placed at per family compared with the na na- national national average of o per family The average eraste Utah family spent for retail purchases compared cd ed with the national average a of or 2955 In Salt Lake City the Buying In In- Income Income come was 45 per cent above average Retail sales in Salt Lake City totaled which was per cent of all the retail sales in the State of o Salt Lake City residents spent for food on gen gen- general genera eral era merchandise and at drug dru stores The net cash farm larm income per farm in Utah amounted to which Is also above the national average of or per farm for the th e nation Utah was among the ten states showing the highest population gain sain since 1940 California was first with a gain sain of per cent Oregon was second with per percent percent percent cent Utah's gain was per cent The density of population per square mile in the nation was given gl as persons per square mile Utah has 8 per cents per square mile California Cal ornia 63 Oregon 16 Washington 33 Idaho 6 New NewYork York Massachusetts I Rhode Island Utah Iron Ore Goes to Japan The following Associated Press dispatch from Los Angeles is of particular Interest to The first shipload of the largest iron ore shipment in history will start from Crom here to Japan Wednesday Port Manager E. E J. J Amar an an- announced announced today The entire ship ship- shipment shipment ment which will take several sc months will be far in excess of o tons Amar said The ore is coming by b rail from mines near Lund Utah and is being sent to Japan as part of the MacArthur recovery reco program which calls for supplying the Japanese with raw materials to rebuilt their econ econ- omy This may be the largest shipment to leave San Pedro California but it is a mere drop in the bucket when compared with the tons which left let the Lake Superior region in 1946 for Pittsburgh and other steel centers or when com com- compared compared pared with the tons pro pro- produced produced produced from the southeastern sec sec- section section tion of o the United States the 5 tons from the northeastern United States or the 2764 tons produced here in the west during that year Furthermore in case the fore fore- foregoing foregoing foregoing going might create anxiety among the people of Utah for lor fear that this ore to Japan might shorten the life lile of o our steel industry in Utah we hasten haten to add that theore the theore theore ore being shipped is somewhat higher in phosphorus than that be be- being being being ing used by any of o our local smelters smelters at the present time Presume Presumably Presumably ably it will be processed in Japan so as to recover the phosphorus in ina ina a basic slag This method of o smelting is used where high phosphorus phosphorus ores and a high demand for phosphate for fertilizers combine to make special methods of treat treat- treatment treatment ment economical The United States army in its efforts to aid the recovery of Japan to a point where it can be self self- sustaining at least so far as its food supply is concerned has been endeavoring to facilitate the ship shipment ment of Utah and other western phosphate fertilizers to Japan Pre Presumably Presumably this willingness to accept phosphate high phosphate iron ore from Utah is an attempt to kill two birds with one stone and to pro pro- produce produce duce a slag sla from the iron smelters having high soil conditioner prop prop- Davis county Red Cross board has hasben hasben ben called for Wednesday August Plans will be made for the chapter annual meting which will vill willbe willbe be held in September Activity re rev reports reports ports will be presented Vern B. B B Thorpe Utah field representative will be present to advise board members on budget control I Mrs oel Parrish formerly of Cen Cen- I tenille has resigned resign cd as motor corps chairman for the Davis county chapter ARC after ten years ears service Mrs Parrish drove e her car r many thousand miles dur during I ing lag the past ten years ears and gave ga over hours ours of volunteer service sen ce She assisted assist cd with home service production fund campaigns Jun Jun- Junior Junior Red Cross and publicity It is with th a feeling of regret that the chapter board have released Mrs Parrish who will make her home in California C C. P. P Rockwood chairman of Da Da- Davis Davis vis county chapter has made the following ollo in committee appointments Mrs Irs Ruth Parkin Bountiful motor service ice Mrs Evan Taylor publicity publicity city and Mrs Octavia Burnham vice chairman for the Junior Red Cross committee and Miss Vilate Caldwell nurse recruitment chair chair- man Mrs Irs Burnham will assist Mrs Ray Kirkland Junior Red Cross chairman Mrs Burnham has resigned re re- resigned resigned signed as publicity chairman after two years service in that depart ment meat Forest fire safety posters have been distributed throughout the chapter and posted in business houses louses in the various towns to states Thomas Q Q Williams disaster pre pre- chairman Facts show how that hat only 10 per cent of all forest Co rest and range fires are arc started by lightning But But DO 90 per cent are arc caused by people Most 1 of these men-caused men firse are due to plain carelessness They are arc started by campers hunters fishermen trav trav- travelers travelers elers farmers ranchers loggers loggers- by y men women and children children children-by by average Americans who live in or near forest and areas who work in or near them or who visit them Then since people start the ma ma- majority of them forest fires can be presented But the job is extreme extreme- extremely ly y difficult for these two reasons a The average person considers himself above starting a forest fire Its It's t's ts always the other guy who does docs the damage b Fire tion ion efforts have been effective but ut fires ires occur oc ur so regularly that they hey appear to be The average man feels that there will always be fires regardless of what is s done to prevent them |