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Show UTAH UTAll PARKS ARESOURCE ARE ARESOURCE ! SOURCE OF REVEr REVEMIE REVEMTE REVEMIEP REVEMTEP . UE P P Patraw superintendent supermtendent of ofthe ofthe ofthe the ! > southern Outhern Utah national n\honal n honal nitional ' \ parks parksand parksand parksand and monuments recently presented presentedsome presentedsome presentedsome some very Interesting figures to tothe tothe tothe the members of the Associated AssociatedCIvic AssociatedCivic AssociatedCivic CIvic Clubs to sho'lthe show sho'l\ sho'l shol ' \ the produCIDt producmni producingvalue , , salue \ alue of the land included mcluded in the theparks theparks theparks parks and monumentsUsmg monumentsUsing monuments monumentsUsing Using Usmg the extremely e'Ctremely eCtremely ' conservative conservativeestimate conservativeestimate conservativeestimate estimate that 100 100000 000 d ferent different differentpeople differentpeople ferentpeople people visit Zion Bryce Brce Brlce ) or Cedar Cedarreaks CedarSreaks reab.s reabs reaks . each season and stay t\\O t O two tOdays twodays twodays \ days spending spendmg appro appro\lmately appro lmately appro'dmnatell approdmnatell ' \ matel3 five fivedollars fivedollars fivedollars dollars p r diy d\y d y thy " \ cch ech e2ch ? the travel travelbrmgs travelbrine travelbruises brmgs brine ; into the territory terrJtory $1 1 $ 000000 000000ThP 000 000The 000 000The The ThP area of the three parks is ap appro approxm'ately approxurately pro proxm'ately proxmately lIrately ' 135 135000 000 acreslruch acres \lruch lruch which lruchmeans whichmeans \ whichmeans means that the area produces producesroughly producesroughly producesroughly roughly $7 7 $750 750 $ 50 per acre This Tlus is JS con consJderably consmderably considerably sJderably smderably more than the adjacent adjacentland adjacentland adjacentland land ISI is \I I \ worth orth moot mot mo t of it Jt beIng beIngrange beingrange beingrange range land and nearly ne'lrly nelrly neirly ' as good as asthe asthe asthe the agricultural land of the stateMr stateMr state stateMr Mr Patraw Patra\v Patra v \ said that the nation national national national al park service and the operating operatingcomany operatingcompany operatingcompany comany company ] : has an ins investment 111\estment 111 estment \ eatment of be behi beti between hi ti een eight and nine million nulhon nimllion dollars |