Show n Spotlighting Utah U. U P. P To Operate Utah Parks Announcement was made this week cek that the National Park Puk ServIce ice fee and the Union Pacific Rail Rail- Railroad Railroad Railroad road Company have reached agree agree- agreement agreement ment on a new year twenty con con- contract contract tract covering the concessions con j in Zion National Park Bryce Canyon National Park and North Rim of o Grand Canyon National Park A supplementary agreement with the forest service provides pro for the operations of o the concessions at Cedar Breaks national monument monument- The railroads railroad's Utah Parks Company will ill operate lodge lodges es cabins restaurants stores and anda a a bus transportation system in the parks Salt Lake sources sour familiar with the operation 1 said that the in in- investment Investment vestment estment by the railroad in the parks amounted to about plus pIta millions spent on pro pro- promotional promotional motional advertising during the Railroad officials pas past few years ears have ha indicated that a large scale renovation and expansion program will be undertaken at al once Utah Rated First in Smart Smut People Utah has hu been beep rated first in the states of o the Union in producing the most smart people per one million population by Professor ProCessor Edward Ed rd L. L Thorndike Columbia university psychologist Massachusetts seUs got the nod as the second greatest pro ducer of o men mn and women of o great ability The Thorndike ratings were based on listings in in three publications Who's Who in America Lead Leaders ers ors in n Education and American Men of o Science New Enterprise for Cor Emery Co Utah has many people who make a hobby of finding cutting polishing ind nd mounting of semi semi- semiprecious semiprecious semiprecious precious stones Two Castle Dale men who have been exploring the adjacent Utah deserts for Cor quartz geodes fossils and gizzard stones as a hobby are arc turning their hob hob- hobby hobby hobby by into a commercial venture Finger rings brooches pendants car ear rings table and md desk orna orna- ornaments ornaments ments will be produced in for sale Utah Films Shown Sho at atTrue Travel True 1 Convention Since the encouragement and promotion of tourist travel is one oneo of o the most important objectives es of o the Department of or Publicity and Industrial Development and since the department has mem mem- membership membership membership in one of o the largest travel cl promotion organizations in the United States the National Asso Asso- Association elation dation of o Travel officials Com Com- Commissioner Commissioner missioner Rulon nulon S S. Howells rep rep- represented represented resented Utah at the annual N. N A. A T T. 0 convention con at Miami Beach Deach I recently In attendance at the convention con were representatives of nearly every ery state publicity department in the Union along with th travel edi edl editors editors tors tOrl from the nations nation's loading leading newspapers and magazines In the opinion of o the Utah rep rep- representative representative the highlight of or the convention was the showing of two t. Utah films prepared and re re- released released leased by b the department The vo t Utah films shown were Land und of the Crimson Cliffs CUffs and Valley of o Triumph the latter a new film just being ing released Tile THe films depict Utah's scenic attractions in color and narration The film trun- trun cd ed the eyes cyas of o the entire group on Utah and what Utah has to offer the tourist Western members of o the NATO arc are hoping to bring next years year's convention west to either cither Denver Demer Salt Sail Lake City or the West Coast Oil on via 11 Pipeline In Salt Lake City During the Ole past put few days daS oil from Rangley field arrived arri in Salt Lake Take via 13 the new pipeline after completing its ten day journey One hundred and two eighty miles mUes of or pipe were laid between an and Salt Lake uke at an approximate cost of o The pipeline will deliver d oil oU to the new Stand Standard ard and Oil OU Company's Company refinery at North Salt S t Lake where bar bar- barrels barrels a 3 day for or the present will willbe willbe 11 be processed The plant has a a ca ca- ca parity of barrels a day The pipeline will employ around 45 Utah men and the plant will hire a few less than a hundred men |