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Show SPOTLIGHTING SPOTUGHTING UTAHTen UTAH UTAHTen . Ten million l\hlhon l hlhon \ Dollar PayrollUtah PayrollUtah Payroll PayrollUtah Utah s big worn born estab estabment estabment estabment ment the Clearfield Clearfleld naval sup supply supply supply ply depot has been declared declaredpermanentIts declaredpermanentits declaredpermanent permanent-Its permanent Its - its major job to tohelp tohelp tohelp help supply the Pacific fleet and andwestern andwestern andwestern western shore mstallahonsThe installationsThe installations mstallahons installationsThe The depot s civilian elvll1an employ employment employment employment ment roster is now at 4850 per persons persons persons sons the payroll is in m excess of of$10 of10 $10000000 10000000 $ 000 000 annually In addl addi addltIon addition addition tIon there are 420 navy and ma marine manne rine officers and men statIOned stationedat at the depot A payroll of the thesize thesize : size reported from the depot un unI undoubtedly undoubtedly undoubtedly I doubtedly contributes much to toUtah toUtah toUtahs Utah s present prosperityUtah prosperity prosperityUtah Utah Ups Construction WorkConstruction WorkConstruction Work WorkConstruction Construction employment m in mUtah inUtah inUtah Utah has increased mcreased 57 per cent centsmce centsince centsince smce since the end of the war the theUS theUS theUS US bureau of labor statist statlsh statisti ! . , s sreports sreports sreports reports In mid October Utahconstruction Utahconstruction Utah construction contractors em ployed 8600 workers as compar compared compared compared ed ' ' with 'WIth 'uth uth 5500 at the end of the thewar thewar thewar war in August 1945 These Thesefigures il fi ilgures -figures figures - figures gures however are still below belowconstruction belowconstruction belowconstruction construction emplo employment empboment ment m in inUtah inUtah Utah during durmg 1942 to 1943 when whenmilitary whenmilitary milItary activity was at its peakWould peak peakWould - Would Film Fllm Utah IndiansThe Indians IndiansThe The Disney studios of Holly Hollywood Hollywood Hollywood wood have shown an interestin mterestm mterest interest m in filming fllmmg an educational piC pie piCture pieture picture ture on Utah Indians and Ed EdWm Edwin Edwin Wm win L Verity unit productIon productIonmanager productionmanager productionmanager manager has asked for complete completemformatIon completeinformation completeinformation mformatIon information relative to the In Indlans Indims Indians dlans dims on the Umtah Uintah Ouray res reservatlon reservation reservation ervatlon ervation near Roo Roosevelt Rooevelt evelt A VISit VISitto visitto visitto to the reservation headquarters headquartersat at Fort Duchesne revealed the thefact thefact thefact fact that there are 1500 Indiansin Indiansm Indians m in eastern Utah and that they theyare theyare theyare are of the Ute tribes tnbes They were 'were weremoved 'weremoved ' weremoved moved into mto eastern Utah many manyJears manyjears manyyears Jears ago and today represent representthree representthree representthree three bands The Utes from the theSpanish theSpanish theSpanish Spanish Fork area the Umtahs Uintahs Umtahsfrom Uintahsfrom Umtahsfrom from eastern Utah and the Un Uncompaghres Uncompaghres compaghres from ColoradoThe ColoradoThe Colorado ColoradoThe The two big events of the In Indlan Indian Indian dlan dian year are the Bear dance m in mAprIl inApril mApril AprIl and the Sun dance in m July Julyor Julyor Julyor or August Of these events the theSun theSun theSun Sun dance holds the spotbght spotlight spotbghtfor spotlightfor spotlightfor for it is a religious dance of ofcleansmg ofcleansing ofcleansing cleansmg cleansing wherein wherem dancers go gowithout gowithout without food or water for three threedays threedays days all the while dancing dancmg to tothe tothe the sun to achieve a blessing blessmg of ofimproved ofimproved Improved health Both dances dancescan dancescan dancescan can ! be seen ' by 'by white people but butany butany butany any photographic photographLc activities at atthe atthe atthe the Sun dance are strictly stnctly pro prohibited prohiibited hvbIted hibited It may be however thatthe thatthe the Disney people can overcome overcomethis overcomethis overcomethis this objection obJectlOn by the proper ap approach approach approach proach to the tribal tnbal council An AneducatIonal Aneducational Aneducational educatIonal film , explaining explammg the thehabits thehabits thehabits habits manners and customs of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Ute Indians would certa nly nly'fmd nlyfind nlyfind 'fmd fmd ' find interested mterested audiences wher wherever wherever wherever ever shown and would result resultin In creating creatmg considerable tourISt tourIStmterest touristinterest touristinterest : mterest interest to eastern Utah : |