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Show Forecaster Parks Chief Predicts Tourist Traffic Climb Utah's National Recreation Areas Are Expected to Lure Total of 320,000 Sightseers Twenty thousand more tourist will visit Utah'i national parks this year than In 1938, Paul R. Franke, new superintendent of the parks, predicted Tuesday at a meeting of the Rotary club. '.'PV.. h The growing fame of th park and th Improvement the government govern-ment ha mad In them will draw th 30.000 visitors la excess of the 300.000 who visited th parLs but year, Mr. Frank forecast. He aaid that 1330.000 waa expended expend-ed In l3t In Improvements la the parks, and predicter further appropriation ap-propriation by congress. "It is estimated that the tourists tour-ists each average two and one-half one-half day In the park last year, spending a total of 33.730.000 in th state, so we must understand the economic value ef th park to Utah," Mr. Franke pointed out. To the Rotary members, who had just finished their luncheon at th Hotel Utah, Mr. Franke compared Utah' park to a well-rounded well-rounded and satisfying meal "Zioa national park is th meat of th scenic dinner. Bryce canyon can-yon l usually regarded a th solid part ef the meal, and Cedar Break furnishes the dessert." Praises Cave Mr. Franke, who came here from Mesa Vtrde national park in Colorado Colo-rado to succeed P. P. Patrow as superintendent, also hsd warm praise for Wayne Wonderlands and Timpanogo cava. J. H. Hale, vice president and president-elect ef the club, presided. pre-sided. , PAUL S. FRANKE Good news far business aaea |