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Show be established in a five-year program pro-gram at perhaps ten state highway high-way entrances, and it is planned this season to establish port ot ' entry information offices at first Kanab, second at Wendover and ; third at Vernal. The establishment of state paries and ports of entry build ings will be bv far the greatest i steo Utah has ever taken toward 'selling Utah to the tourist. It ; will also be the greatest step yet taken toward bringing into the 'state the type of tourist income Utah with its host of scenic attractions at-tractions Is justifiably entitled to. ; cowboy wages, the hiring of movie props such as wagons, horses, steers, ranches, and the feeding and housing of their location lo-cation crews; that the major industry in-dustry of Wayne county right now us getting out timber and sawing it into mine props far use in the Carbon county mines; that the area in and around Mid- j way and Hebcr City should be drawn to the attention of motion picture location managers; that , those who remember the little town of Grafton in Washington , county on the east fork of the Virgin river wouldn't know the place now that a motion picture company has lifted its face and made it into a real wild western town for use in the picture "Ramrod" "Ram-rod" now being filmed in Zion canyon; that state park number : two has been selected, dedicated dedicat-ed in appropriate ceremonies and si t aside at Kanab, the first state park is at Fillmore; that eating meals while traveling about Utah j is not a delightful nor plea- ant experience, because many eating houses in Utah communities operate op-erate by this slogan: "we thank j thee Oh God for a profit". Kun- ning their business on the theory that to give iust as little food as possible for as high a price as the traffic will bear, a host of Utah eating houses figure that the type of prosperity they are I enjoying now will never end The food is poorly prepared ami poorly served under an attitude of "take it or go hungry" Competition Com-petition and a lot of it will do much to place Utah eating houses hous-es back to a point where the traveler can get around the state without suffering too greatly from indigestion and a weakened weaken-ed pocketbook Recreation For Utah Pooplo The state of Utah is replete with recreation areas which lack only modern improvements, Bitch as camp grounds with clean drinking water, toilet facilities, places for children to play and retreat's where families may spend a week-end in complete rest and relaxation. The state of New York, yean ago, realizing that the establishment establish-ment of state parks with the conveniences mentioned above would prove a valuable asset, now enjoy seventy-eight state parks which they list as their greatest asset, and New York tops all other states m tin- nation in tourist income. Taking note. Utah has inaugurated a similar plan of state parks, the first of which has been designated at Kanab. Utah realizes that there must be places of recreation ac- ' cessible for the masses of its ! people. While it is true that Utah i "as many national parks, some I reached only by long driving, : communities need places within easy driving distance; places reached within a lew minutes ; where one can enjoy ideal recreation recrea-tion areas; places that folks can point to with pride for the enjoyment en-joyment of visitors and tourists , The importance of the creation of such local recreation areas in ; various parts of a state in the i form of state parks are recognized recogniz-ed in the fact that at the present time, a bill is pending before Congress providing federal aid to states planning for the establishment estab-lishment of state park systems. Utah's state park plans cover a long range program, and this year, following the example set this month at Kanab, state park., will be designated east of Salt Lake City at the "This Is The Place Monument", at Vernal and at Wendover. In addition, ports of entry working hand in hand with the state park system will Spotlighting UTAH County Information Available Information on every county in the state, such as its industries, indus-tries, resources, activities, and economic advantages has been gathered by the State Department Depart-ment of Publicity and Industrial Development during the past few weeks. Every county was visited including the county seats and the information gathered will be available to all who seek or can use such information The first demand for this material ma-terial has been made by the County Officer magazine, a national na-tional publication which goes into in-to every court house in the nation, na-tion, and which treats the state of Utah in its July issue. The 1 publication will devote two pag-' es to each county in the state, along with two pictures, all ot i the material of which will be pre-! pre-! pared and furnished by the department de-partment of publicity and indus-I indus-I (rial development' A number of interesting observations obser-vations were made by the de- I partment while making a visit i and study of Utah counties, some of which are as follows: That al-j al-j most every community in the cntne state of Utah is suffering j with a housing shortage; that war prosperity seems to have given gi-ven every community in the state an economic boost, the favorable financial uplift of which will be felt for many years to come; that the raising of dry farm pinto beans in San Juan county appears ap-pears to be the beginning af a major industry; that the oil boom in Utah county has doubled the population of Vernal; that Rich-tield'S Rich-tield'S tourist camps are full by three o'clock every afternoon; that Cedar City's five year boom shows no signs of slowing up, for the area s future never looked I brighter; that Washington coun- I ty s turkey industry will soon be the number one money maker of that region; that the movies spend as much as $700,000.01) in Kane county in one year for i i |
