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Show etc., and prohibits restaurant I employees from using tobacco I in any form in the kitchen, or ! where food is prepared. Prison Guards Alert Appanntly everything is under un-der control at the Utah State prison, for Edward Hall, 45, a prison convict who "jumped jail" June 13, is back behind the bars and arrived just in time to hear that alert guards had shot down a ladder three other convicts con-victs were placing in an attempted attemp-ted escape. Hall had been caught by Wyoming officers and faces one to twenty years in jail. with outdoor plumbing and smelly bed clothes. A tip to the wise should be sufficient. The coming guests have money, mon-ey, they will demand the best I in accommodations. They are highly impressionable. To anyone any-one interested in the immediate immedi-ate and future welfare of Utah, a visit to St. George is recom mended as a tonic. Gunther Sees Inside Utah John Gunther, nationally i known author and commentator and now doing his latest book, "Inside America" visited Utah this month for material Piloted by the Department of Publicity and Industrial Development, Mr I Gunther when he saw "Geneva" said, "you can thank Hitler for bringing the steel industry to ' Utah". At Bingham Canyon, gaz-; gaz-; ing into the great "copper pit" he said, "it's Beyond anything I ever imagined". Will Issue Utah Stamp Senator Abe Murdock and Congressman J. Will Robinson have assured the Utah Centennial Centen-nial Commission thai a United Stales postage stamp in corn i mernoratioh of Utah's 100th birthday will be issued probably prob-ably in January of 1947. The art work on the stamp will be done by a Uiahn, and the Covered Cov-ered Wagon Days Inc., is offering of-fering $100.00 in war bonds for the best design. Utah Draws Explorers Fifty student explorers under I the tutorship of Ansel F. Hall, well known explorer and former i national parks director and his I staff are doing extensive explor- ing in southern Utah. The parly is now camped at Mancos, Colo. State Revises Tour Book The state publicity department has just completed a revision of the Utah chapter in the National! Automobile association tour book- The request for a revision ; was made to the department by j the A. A. A. who stated they were doing the book over in anticipation anticipa-tion of the great tourist migra-' tion expected to start at the end I of the war. The revised chapter i on Utah will give the tourist a j more comprehensive idea of what to see in Utah and how to see it. The publicity department has also been called upon to provide information to a large New York publishing concern who is starting a series of booklets book-lets to be distributed in Europe and which will treat the political j and economic conditions in the U. S., and in which Utah's agri-! culture, mining, trade and indus- trial activities will be fully told, j i Spotlighting I I UTAH I Bundy Seeks Law Change "A revision of the present reclamation re-clamation law as it relates to aiie.ige limitations, is huped for in the near future," declared Ora Bundy, State Publicity and In dust rial Development commission commis-sion chairman upon his return from a convention of reclame tion heads held in Denver Mr. Bundy, director and pre sident of the National Reclama tion association, conferred with representative! of nine western irrigated states and as a result, resolutions will probably be prepared pre-pared by the association to present pre-sent to congress asking for a change at an early date "Any revision of the present law" said Mr. Bundy, "must be made on a economic basis for under the reclamation act, a man is limited to a 160-acre farm. While it was the original intention of the law to provide family-size farming units because be-cause of changing economic conditions, con-ditions, the act is no longer applicable ap-plicable to present farming practices. prac-tices. To limit a Utah farmer to 100 acres, actually limits his economic progress and the same applies to the rice growers of Texas and the fruit growers of California who farm reclamation acreage." Other acute problems vital to western irrigationists were dis-1 cussed at the meet, Mr Bundy stated. I Utahns to Benefit Utah producers of canned peas, tomatoes, string beans, honey and other products can enjoy a tremendous market on the west coast now and after the war asserts as-serts Frank B. Koller, formerly of Salt Lake City and now a grocery products agent of San Francisco. On the Horizon With an eve to the potentialities potentiali-ties of Utah's postwar future, which by the way is "just a-round a-round the corner ' a tour of highways 89 and 91 by state publicity men revealed that certain cities and towns are doing a fine preliminary job of preparing to meet the great tourist caravan soon to appear on the horizon, to either spend a few profitable days in Utah or to rush through the state enroute to other places where their patronage will be more appreciated. Several worthy examples were cited, among them being be-ing St. George. This city's newly painted store fronts, curb and gutter installations, nicely oainted houses, green lawns, clean cafes and good service; modern auto motels, fine museum and above all, a "hustle and bustle" spirit that means "life and progress" marked St. George as a place ready for the nation's greatest era the after-war period just ahead. Acting the part of postwar tourists, the publicity men quickly discovered the things that nauseate and disgust the after-war visitor: stinking rest rooms, cafes swarming with houseflys, lazy indifferent waitresses in filthy uniforms; early edition tourist camps Tells Polio Symptoms Utah parents arc advised by Dr. William McKay, state health commissioner not to get panicky over the present spurt in polio cases in the state. Children should be watched for symptoms, which start with fever, accompanied by regular influenza nains and aches. A doctor should be called if the fever persists- Utahns Get Fire Warning "Watch the Sparks" is the warning issued by forest offic ials regarding Utah's timber-lands timber-lands Of the 108 fires in Utah in 1944, 66 were caused by human hu-man carelessness. Sheepmen Promised Subsidy James A. Hooper, secretary Utah Wool Growers, advises that a bill to give a $2.00 subsidy to producers of lambs has been passed by both houses and is a-waiting a-waiting presidential approval. This means $40,000,000 to the sheep raisers and will put more lamb on the meat counters, it was said. O. W. I. Corresponds A letter has been received by the State Department of Publicity from Mr. Elmer Davis, Da-vis, O.W.I, chief, thanking the department for sending detailed detail-ed information for the preparing prepar-ing of a corrected article in the forthcoming issue of the Russian magazine, "America Illustrated." Would Aid Piules A movement is under way at Cedar City to do something for the little band of Piutes remaining remain-ing in the area. Championed by William R. Palmer, director of the Utah historical society, efforts ef-forts are being made to present the problem to Utah's congressional congres-sional delegation in hopes that something might be done to alleviate al-leviate the red men's condition. State Liquor Income Off The annual profit and loss statement of the State Liquor Utah's total liquor sales during the past 12 months to be $10,-862,678.58 $10,-862,678.58 with net earnings, ! (sales less costs) to be $2,371,-1 423.41. The net earnings are short of the previous year's record, ! but is attributed to strict en-1 forcement, and a shortage of I liquor. An increase in net earn- 1 ings is expected for the future because of the more plentiful -supply of straight bourbons and i blended whiskies. To Map Canyon By Air For the first time in history, the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, Colo-rado, including the Moab, Utah, area will be mapped from the j air. Grand county is preparing I an airport and a new air field j at Moab will be used as a base Eddie Drapela, Colorado flyer j will take the pictures from a six-I six-I passenger airliner Food Rules Revised A revision by the State board of health of the Sanitarv code: promises better health for Utahns. ! Announced by Dr. Howard M. I I Hurst, the new regulations a-; a-; mong other things demands ca- fes sell only "grade A" pasteur-i2ed pasteur-i2ed milk in original containers. The code covers lunch stands, taverns, school lunches, hospitals, , |