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Show JOHN HELD i HEAR TOP AS ILLUSTRATOR Member of New York Publishing Firm Pays : High Tribute to Ability of Utah - Artist John Held Jr., a Utah boy. la one of the fire Maheat paid and moat prominent Illustrators In the I'nlted States," George Putnam of the O. P. Putnam Publishing company com-pany of New York aald tjdev when he arrived In Salt La Its on his return re-turn trip from Yellow one national park. T "Held la well known In the ptih--rHohmti alrslss e Maw Yccw. Hie J work haa received the highest commendation. com-mendation. I hava known him personally per-sonally for the past five yeara inJ have alwaye enjoyed hie company." Putnam stated. Dteeusalng the trend of honk tuib-llahlngsln tuib-llahlngsln tha country. Mr. Putnam aald that there waa a gradual Increase In-crease In the publication of none fiction. . "Fiction eeemed to Have reached Ita peek In the prewar times." he aald. "Since the war thevv hea been a gradual decrease In tha demand for fiction and. a greiter 'demand for biography and books of htetory.-' Mr. Putnam haa made hla present pres-ent trip Weat to gain materiel for n new hook on the ecenery of the Yellowatone natlonnl park. Accompanying Accom-panying htm la Wallace Smith, noted not-ed Illustrator, who will Illustrate the book for Mr. Putnam. "The book will not ha a tourist guide book. It won't tell how high a geyaor apnr'a or how many miles It la from Yellowstone park to Salt Lake City. I will attempt to put Into U tha aptrlt of the Weat. Aa you probably know. I waa bora ln Oregon and love tha Weat and think I can portray Ita heautlee ao that the people of tha East will secure a presentable picture of Ita beauties" beau-ties" Mr. Put nam la a great booster for the West. Laat year he brought a group of noted authors from the Kaat to aee the country and again thia year made the trip to secure material that will advertise the Weet. He intends to come West again neat year and make the trip to Bryre'o and Clon canyon. Accompanying Ac-companying Mr. Putnam la Mr. Putnam and their two children. |