Show vernal V evna area lArea economic eco nom le I 1 loom boom seen by v 78 70 junket in C state legislators leolas tn f an economic boom in the vernal area Is not far away due to the wealth of natural resources and current reclamation projects in this locality this was the general opinion here last weekend as utah state legislators toured mineral deposits new buildings and dam developments in in eastern utah about 70 house members with wives and some children arrived in vernal saturday after afternoon noun by bus the buses had been boarded in noose wit velt by mr and mrs G E who acted as tour leader explaining points of interest to the visitors as t the he buses approached vern vernal A flight over flaming gorge danisl damsite te and dutch john vas canceled as the na lional guard plane due to make the trip ohp was grounded due to bad weather instead the solons toured the new visitor center at ain in isaur national monument and the utah state field house of natural ulster stor in vernal and Stel reservoir site co hosts were vernal city vintah uintah county and vernal chamber of commerce the representatives were honored saturday night at an informal dinner at the hotel vernal at which over attended mayor L it miracle greeted guests the guests were introduced by leland D vernal I 1 speakers included sheldon it brewster Drew ster 0 4 salt lake city house speaker airn ernest est dean american rork fork major ity floor lead leader viii and G douglas taylor salt lake city minority floor leader senators Sn Llor arrive AIT 1 sunday morr morning nga ra ran othor nother group from the legislature this time eight senators arrived at the airport in a na lional guard plane Ver nala own state sen 11 it string ham served as tour leader T the h le senators predicted that the completion of flaming gorge dam would put this pr k of the country on the map before tile the day was over the busy senators had flown over flaming gorge and dutch john circled E an I 1 ri park and split mountain over the proposed Stel reservoir and witnessed the huge asphalt mounds near vernal the le Rena natora tors were told about uie lie vast oil oil shale phosphate a and n d other mineral deposits near here they learned also of the vast recreational facial ties ilem to be afforded at the completion of flaming gorge dam the visitor torp were honored at a lunch luncheon eort by the vernal continued on page 8 boom seen continued from page 1 chamber and were presenta presen Ud td with miniature dinosaurs by chamber officials at the fieldhouse they learned mote about the land of 0 the d dann I 1 no saurs the members of the upper house were accompanied by quayle cannon senate secretary prid and jay bingham director ot of utah water and power board the new facilities at split mountain gorge were seen under the direction of jess lombard dinosaur v monument superintendent the senators sold said they were impressed by the wealth of natural resources in the vernal aregi in vernal the senators praised the friendliness of the local people and lauded them tor for their independence arid aind aggressiveness in pushing forward respite the remoteness of the area visiting senators were haven J darlow barlow layton reed heed bullen logan lamar A dastrup sigurd orval haten st george royal T harward loa druce bruce 5 jenkins sail lake T 11 II mcmullin midvale and sen string ham |