Show Lure for or orA Tourists A plan for or development of a state park along the shores o of Great Salt Lake I as a tourist attraction and recreational area has been presented to Governor I Lee by a group representing state and county agencies Salt Lake and Magna Magna- Garfield Lions Clubs and the Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce A park area about a mile long and half a mile wide vide extending from Black BlackRock BlackRock BlackRock Rock on the west to just beyond the Salt Lake County Boat Harbor on the East is proposed Eventually an elaborate elaborate elaborate orate development involving an investment investment invest invest- ment of some is contemplated but that is a range long-range program Initially a far more modest development is js proposed It is hoped that income I from park concessions would help finance the full development I How elaborate a Great Salt Lake Park should ultimately be constructed depends on p public use and demand But certainly we ought to take some steps to tomake tomake tomake make the lake the tourist attraction it should be Almost every visitor to Utah knows of the lake and is interested in it If attractive park facilities were available there is no doubt that many more of or them would visit the lake lake and and spend a little extra time and money in the process Of course any any- lake development program requires the elimination of all danger of pollution from raw sewage dumped into the lake We Ve cannot offer a lake which is in effect a sewage settling pond as a tourist attraction Utah is by its very geographic location location location loca loca- tion a great tourist travel crossroads But our trouble has been that we are too much just a crossroads and not a stopping stopping stopping stop stop- ping place Any development which helps persuade those who travel across our state to pause for an extra hour or a aday aday aday day or several days is a good Utah investment Tourism is a multimillion-dollar multimillion industry industry industry in in- in America But considering our natural advantages Utah gets gels far too small acut a 1 cut of those tourist dollars today |