Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-12-31 | Page 31 | New Era Seen for South Utah

NEW ERA SEEN FOR SOUTH SOOTH UTAH A Associated Civic Clubs Move to Stimulate Industrial Activity SpecIal Special to The ST. ST GEORGE Utah Utah This This end o of looked forward to ton a new era o of development Monday Monda as the result o ot of action taken Saturday and Sunday by the Associated Civic Clubs o of Southern Utah at its monthly conven tion lion here Seeking to stimulate industrial activity actiVity Vity ily In southern Utah the civic group voted to seek revision or a new interpretation interpretation interpretation inter inter- of or R F C regulations to pave the way for federal loans to industrial industria concerns for plant construction Utah's congressional delegation will wil willI b be notified I In this connection the organization pledged cooperation in obtaining an ar R F C loan for the Jumbo Plaster am and 1 Cement company of Sigurd to rebuild its its plant which was destroyed by 1 fire lire Aid was also promised the Piute t I Reservoir Irrigation company in obtaining reduction of ot a debt to the I state t I Seek More lore College Aid p The group voted to request the state stater i r to give gl more financial aid to junior i colleges among which Is the Dixie college situated here S I A plan to route the Pan Alaska American highway through Arizona e and a section of Utah by way of U. U S S. S i Highway 89 and to Twin Falls Boise 1 and Portland was indorsed while the matter of routing the proposed Roosevelt Roose Roose- 1 I velt highway through Utah via Price I Spanish Fork and Delta to Ely Nev I was referred to the road committee of I the organization A Reports were read on plans for processing proc pros o essing Piute county alunite deposits and for far increasing public interest in inthe inthe inthe the Wayne Wonderland Road Progress Told Preston G. G Peterson vice chairman of the state road commission principal pal speaker at the banquet which concluded concluded con con- the meeting said nearly 2 2 of road construction had been completed in Utah in 1934 and another er worth is under way He thanked the civic clubs for lor their cooperation cooperation cooperation co co- co- co I operation in Utah highway develop develop- m ment L Other speakers included State Stale Senator Senator Sena Sena- tor C. C Clarence chairman of the state committee of nine Newell I B B. Cook state fish and game commissioner commissioner commis commis- lioner E. E F Baldwin circulation manager for the Salt Lake Telegram- Telegram j Tribune Frank G. G Martines Marlines of Richfield Richfield Rich Rich- field who was reelected president of the civic clubs group Saturday I