Show 1 NEWS BRIEFS I Mr and Mrs Clive Stewart spent several days in Salt Lake City the past week on business Joe Wheeler drove to Springville Spring Spring- ville Monday for a load of building buildIng build build- building ing materials Duck Buck Moore and and Joe Wheeler were business visitors in Grand Junction Tuesday Mr and Mrs Jim Jim Douglass of Monticello visited relatives relative In n Moab Saturday and Sunday Mr and Mrs Lee Stocks and children were down from Kenilworth Kenil- Kenil worth this week for a visit with relatives Mr and Mrs R R. R J J. J Fletcher and Mr Mn and Mrs J. J E. E Berby motored to Grand Junction Monday on a business trip Mr and Mrs Dale M. M spent the week-end week at Fillmore visiting their son Burke Par- Par and family Mr and Mrs W. W C. C Burnett were arrivals in Moab the last of the week from They plan to spend some time at their home in Moab Mrs Stanley Clark and small son returned to their home at Provo after a brief visit with Moab relatives They were ac accompanied accompanied accompanied ac- ac companied by Mrs Clarks Clark's mother moth moth- er Mrs J. J W. W Corbin who is spending a few days at Provo Mr and Mrs Don Taylor left last week for Salt Lake City where they will spend several weeks Mr Taylor underwent an operation at St. St Marks Mark's hospital Saturday and is reported to be doing well C. C J. J Eberle underwent a major major major ma ma- jor operation at St. St Marks Mark's hospital hospital hospital hos hos- pital In Salt Lake City Tuesday and is recovering satisfactorily according to word received by friends Mrs Eberle is with him at Salt Lake City Harry R. R Phillips well driller returned Monday to the Hanksville Hanksville Hanksville Hanks- Hanks ville district after spending a couple of weeks in Moab Mr Phillips recently completed one artesian water well at Hanksville Hanks Hanks- ville and has contracts to drill several more there He has purchased purchased purchased pur pur- chased a modern drilling outfit and plans to engage in water well drilling throughout southeastern southeastern southeastern south south- eastern Utah making his headquarters headquarters headquarters head head- quarters at Moab U. U S. S highways today have a total of registered motor vehicles according to Detroit's Detroit's Detroit's De De- troit's statisticians This Includes passenger cars and trucks The total es establishes establishes establishes es- es a new all time record Of the passenger cars on the road or near 25 per cent are postwar cars built since 1946 In the model year age there ore are more 1941 models registered than any other year followed by 1940 and 1937 models Of the postwar cars there were more 1947 models models models mod mod- els than any other year Vista Dome Ouches Added I Streamlined stainless steel vista-dome vista coaches are being added to the Royal Gorge trains I of the Denver k Rio Grande Grande Grandel Western railroad it was an an j an-j this week The new cO coaches ches which permit per per- mil mit passengers an unobstructed view of the beautiful Royal Gorge route of the Rio Grande seat 39 on the main floor and 24 in the vista-dome vista section I First of the coaches went into service Feb 14 14 and eventually they will replace all the present equipment officials said Vista-dome Vista coaches In addi- addi to vision full-vision Windows boast boastfully Cully fully carpeted floors foam rub rubber ber reclining seats scats and spacious dressing rooms with modern ap appointments appointments ap ap- conveniently recessed directly under the dome Route of th the Royal Gorge trains is from Salt Lake City to I Grand Junction through the Royal Gorge to Pueblo Colorado Colorado Colorado Colo Colo- rado Springs and to Denver I |