Show Spotlighting g UTAH Known Kno n Historical Highlights Highlight have hav made doub doub ly Iy conscious of their state states state's scenic cultural and ana historical attractions during Know Your YourI I Utah Week Just concluded Among the many things pointed out by historical enthusiasts is that Utah was discovered just 48 years after Columbus dis dis- discovered covered America America- In 1640 Captain C Garcia Lopez De Cardenas Spanish explorer looked into Utah and was block block- blocked blocked ed in his attempt to enter the area at the south borders by the great chasm of the Colorado River He reported that the land north of the Colorado was noth noth- nothing nothing ing but a desert In July 1776 the same month and the year of the signing of the Declaration of Independence Father Escalante a noted Span Span- Spanish Spanish ish missionary was the second Oi white man to discover the ter territory of Utah Accompanied by Spanish soldiers and Indian guides the party entered Utah east of the present town of Ver nal and then cut southwest across country to Utah Lake Thrilled with the beauties of the valley the Lake and the count ry in general he proclaimed it it t New Spain and hoped to be beable able to colonize the area with Spaniards While the use of rubber boats came Into prominence during the late war their use is not new for years ago John C Fremont and Jim Bridget Bridger Bridger launched a r rubber boat on Great Salt Lake and did considerable exploring When the Pioneers first ar ar- ar arrived rived in Utah territory a thriving ing slave trade in Indian wo wo- women women men and children was being car car- carried ried on by Spanish and cans Following part of Escal Escal- Escalante's Escalante's antes ante's original trail Spanish slave traders entered Utah and stole or purchased from their parents hundreds of ot young In In- In Indian dian children and sold them in Mexico as slaves Chief Walker an intelligent and outstanding Ute Indian leader a converted member of the Church set up business in southern Utah blocking the Spanish Trail and collected toll from the slave traders as they entered and left left with the Indian children tied to I the backs ba ks of mules Needless to mention Brigham Young went to considerable le effort to stamp out the Utah slave slav trading tt New Us Use Ule For Fo W Utah Metals Nt s j Two Utah metals copper metals copper and lead lead have have been success success- successfully successfully fully fused into a new alloy that bids fair revolutionize industrial machinery because this new pro pro- product product duct converted into machine bearings practically never wears wears out Even without lubrication exhaustive tests reveal that the bearings will not burn burn up after hours of no lubrication the self self- oiling oUina qualities furnished by the leading in the alloy is the an an- an answer answer who perfected this new alloy Lee alloy Lee Bowen and Dan DanG G Cunningham the latter a former master mechanic for the theD D R R G 0 Western Railroad vision manufacturing plants all allover allover over the nation changing over overto overto to the new lead copper alloy bearings Hot boxes the dread of railroad trainmen can be en en- en entirely entirely eliminated through the use of the new bearing it is pointed out The new develop develop- development development ment promises wider use of Utah minerals I Utah It Is Hollywoods Hollywood's Backdoor I A survey of motion picture ac ac- ac activity In Utah since 1915 1015 reveals that more than thirty pictures or important parts of pictures have been made in the State ApproxImately Approximately has been spent by Hollywood producers in Utah for the use of extras horses cattle ranches location housing feeding and the trans trans- of those connected with the making of pictures |