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Show SPOTLIGHTING UTAHCentennial UTAH UTAHCentennial Centennial Centenmal of IrrIgatIonMichael IrrigationMichael Irrigation IrrigationMichael Michael W Straus U S re reclamatIOn reclamation reclamation clamatIOn commissioner i 1 n nngton nWash rWash ' Wash ngton D C calls atten attentlOn attention attention tlOn tion to the fact that this year yearIS yearis yeaiis IS the centennial of IrngatIon irrigation IrngatIonSpeakmg irrigationSpeaking irrigationSpeaking Speakmg Speaking before a house sub subcommIttee subcommittee subcommittee commIttee the ' commiss 'CommiSS commisa oner onersaId onersaid oneisaid oneisaidThis saId saIdThJS saidThis This ThJS year is the Centenn al alof alof a : of irrigation as we know it to today today today day It is Just ] ust 100 bears 5 ears smce since smceBrigham sinceBrigham sinceBngham Brigham Young after leadmg leading leadmghIS leadinghis leadinghis hIS caravan across the desert deserttold deserttold told them their ver veri , first task taskin tasiin In the Salt Lake vaUy vaIJy vally of Utah Utahwas Utahwas Utatwas was to plant the r precious seed seedIn seedin seedin In the and arid ground and divert a astream Estream stream of water to JtThe itThe it Jt itThe The Mormon band harvested harvestedtheir harvestedtheir harvestectheir their first crop ate and sur survlved survived survived survivedTheir vlved vived vlvedTheIr vivedTheir Their example was fbllowed Ibllowed fbllowedby Ibllowedby followedby by settlers throughout the vast vastdry vastdry vastdry dry lands of the west until the theturn theturn theturn turn of the century ! when some some$250 some250 $250 250 $ 000 000 has ! been put mto into mtc20 20 000 different d1fferent districts dlStncts Irrl irri Irrlgatmg irrigating irngating gatmg gating m in some fasion faslOn or other otherand otherand and frequently Intermittently intermittentlyand and I inadequately inadequatel3 te 9 500 OOC 000 OO acres of 01 me the th uniieo Umted Unitect . &iaies iaies States t & > tates ana ann anathis annthis anthis I Iacres money this was all done with pnvate private privatemoney privatemoney privatemoneyMore moneyMore \ More 1\Iore 1 Iore \ Movie 1\Iovle 1 Iovle \ Making 1\Iakmg 1 Iakmg for UtahThe Utah UtahThe The filming fIlmmg of at least two twomotIon twomotion twomotion motIon pictures in m Utah Utahs s ra rapidly rapidly pldly pidly faming fammg Monument Valley ValleywIthIn Valleywithin Valleywithin wIthIn the next three months IS ISdependent isdependent isdependent dependent upon the construction constructioc constructionof constructiocof I , of an airport in m that area re reI reports reports reports ports Harry Goulding Gouldmg to oWc offic oWcIals officials officlals I I Ials of the Utah department of ofpublicity ofpublicity ' publicity Goulding whose ac actlv1t1es activities activities tlv1t1es tivities as an Indian trader In InMonument inMonument inMonument Monument Valley VaHey \ ' were I\vere I vere 'were interest mterest interest-j j interestjingly interestingly . - ingly mgly told in the March Mareh 29 Issue Issueof issueof issueof of the Saturday Even ng Post Postsa Postsa Postsa sa s the government has allo allocated allocated allocated cated $20 20 $ 045 toward a Monu Monument Monumerit Monument ment merit Vally airport provldmg providing provldmgthe providingthe providingthe : the state of Utah will fWIll match It ItwIth itwith itwith wIth $12 12 $ 825 At this wntIng writing wntIngGouldmg writingGoulding writingGoulding Gouldmg Goulding is after Joe Bergm Bergin Bergmstate I Istate Istate state commissioner of av ' atIon atIonIn ationin atlonin In an effort to secure the grantGouldmg grantGouldrng grant grantGoulding atIonI I Goulding Gouldmg Gouldrng explained explamed t thatTwentieth 11 Ii a t tTwentIeth tTwentieth TwentIeth Century Fox wants wantsto wantsto wantsto to come into Monument Valley Valleyto to make movies via cargo cargoplanes cargoplanes cargoplanes planes and insist on a safe land landmg landing landing I mg ing field The present landmg landing landmgstr landingstrp landingstrp , str strp p despite shifting shlftmg sand has haspermitted haspermitted haspermitted I permitted 18 plane parties to tovisit tovisit VISit the valley tins thIS spring sprmg To Tomake Tomake I make an ideal field calls for forcovermg forcovering forcovering I covermg covering the sand ' with 'with crushed crushedshale crushedshale shale readily available in the theIVle thevie thevie I IVle ' vie Culinary Culmary nityCulinary nity mty water for motIon motIonpIcture motionpicture motionpicture pIcture companies is now ample amplein amplem m in Monument Moiument Valley After Afterdrlllmg Afterdrilling Afterdrilling drlllmg drilling three wells two over over500 500 feet Gouldmg Goulthng has found foundexcellent foundexcellent foundexcellent excellent water at 143 feet but buthe buthe buthe he will have to pipe it 1t three threemlle"s threemile threemile mlle"s mlles mile " s Prev Prep ' ously he has had to tohaul tohaul tohaul haul water for long dIstancesGouldmg distancesGoulding distances distancesGoulding Goulding Gouldmg sees great mOVIe mOVIemakmg moviemaking moviemaking makmg making possibilities for Monu Monument Monument Monument ment Valley ValIey because of its bnlI brill bnlIIant brilliant brilliant Iant colors spectacular settmg setting settmgmaSSI settingmassi settingmassive maSSI\ maSSI maSSIe \ % e monumental buttes and andNavaJo andNavajo andNavajo NavaJo Ind md ansDIrector ansDirector ans ansDirector Director John Ford of Twen TwentIeth Twentieth Twentieth tIeth Centur Centura ) Fox swears by bylIonume byMonumeit byMonume-it byMonume it l\Ionume- l Ionume Monume-it Monume it lIonumeValle \ - - Valle Valley and a certain certainNavaJo certainNavajo certainNavajo NavaJo medicine medlcme man Regard Regardless Regardless less of what type weather the themotIon themotion themotion motIon picture script calls for forsuch forsuch forsuch such as cloudy doudy clear rain ram dust duststorms duststorms duststorms storms etc Ford contacts Goul ding dmg the day previous and andthe andthe andthe the latter transmits the weather weatherrequest weatherrequest weatherrequest request to the medicine med1cme man manwho manwho manwho who mmediately mmedlately goes to Work WorkAs workAs ! workAs As evidenced b bi those who sawDarlmg sawDarling saw sawDarling Darling Darlmg Clement Clementine me the medl mcdi medlcme mcdicine medicine cme cine man always produced producedFord producedFord producedFord Ford is counting countmg on this fellow fellowwhen fellowwhen fellowwhen when he films his next picturein pIcturem pIcture m in Monument ValleyPlenty Valley ValleyPlenty Plenty of Farm LaborThere LaborThere Labor LaborThere There will wJll ! be no shortage olfarm farm ilabor dabor aabor in Utah th s a season seasonsays seasonsays seasonsays says Morris H Taylor state farm supervIsor supervisorVill I Will % Vill Destroy Flanders Poppy PoppyA I A full scale drive is bemg being bemglaunched beinglaunched beinglaunched launched in m Cache and Box EI El EIder Elder Elder agriI , der counties by the state agn agri agriculture agnculture EII I 'I I agn'I 'Iculture I ' culture department county of offlclals officials officials flclals ficials and private pnvate land owners ownersto ownersto ofI to eradicate 2100 acres of ownersI one of ofUtah ofUtah I I Utah s most nox ous weeds-the weeds the weedstheFlanders weeds - - theFlanders Flanders poppy The attack will willbe ! willbe be staged from land and air ' Fruit rrUit Prices \ May 1\Iay 1 Iay TumbleII TumbleWartime Tumble TumbleWartime II , ' ' 'I I 'IrrUit Wartime Wartune three dollars a case caseberrIes caseberries caseberries 'I I berrIes and three dollars a abushel abushel I bushel apricots apncots and peaches peachesImay peachesmay peachesi \ pastI may soon be a thing of the past pastm pastin I Imay in m Utah Reports coming commg in infrom infrom from throughout the nation m in mdlcate indicate injdicate dicate a bumper crop of fru t Gr Great at quantities of pears ap appIes applea appies pIes plea and melons are dre now on their ontheir way fWay to the U S from Aus Austral1a Australia Australia tral1a tralia Argentina Argentma and Chile ChileIndians ChileIndians ChileIndians Indians LiquorUtahs LiquorUtah Demand Hard liard Liquor Utah s Ouray and Umtah Uintah lndl mdi mdians Indians ! ans with other along tribes are arepet arepet arepet pet . Uonmg t.Ionmg tIonmg tionrng congress for a repeal repealof repealof repealof of an old statutevhlch statute ' \ which \vhlch vhlch makes makesit It a penal offense to sell mtoxi intoxi mtoxieatIng intoxieating intoxieating eatIng liquor to IndIansI IndIansBronze IndiansBronze Indians IndiansBronze Bronze PioneersThe Plaque to Lii LI1 List > > t PIoneers I The state of Utah has gIven gIvenperm givenperm givenperm perm ssion to the Days of 47 47orgamzatJ.on 47organization 47organization orgamzatJ.on orgamzatJon organization displayon . to 1 st and display , on a bronze plaque in the state stait . . ! capital rotunda the names of ofUtah ofUtah oUtah Utah pioneers who , came to the thestate thestate thstate state before Ma May , ' 10 1869 and andwho andwho anwho , who were still living lIvmg May 1 11947i 1947 1947Livestock Livestock to be FeaturedThe FeaturedThe Featured FeaturedThe The Centennial exposItIOn exposItIOnopening expositionopening expositionopening opening at the state fair groundsJune June 2 W'll Wll w ' ' 11 feature a mammothlivestock 11 vestock livestock shOlW show shOlWSpamsh showSpanish showSpanish Spamsh Spanish Fork Forb . Show Opens1he OpensThe Opens OpensThe The 1he Utah State Livestockshow show opening openmg at Spanish Spamsh Forhlor for Sl six ' ! : days beginning begmmng May 12 12wIll 12will 12will wIll award $300 300 $ in .m m jn . cash prizes |