Show Spotlighting UTAH TAH Idaho Wants Want Stale Publicity Department White While the Utah State Legis Legis- Legislature lature is pondering the fate of the Utah Department of Pub Pub- Publicity hefty and Industrial Develop Develop- Development ment the Idaho State Editor ial Association has made a re re- recommendation commendation to the Idaho Leg Leg- Legislature Legislature that they appropriate for setting up a pub pub- publicity publicity department to publicize the state and encourage tourist trade In these modern times hard hard- hardly ly Iy any state in the Union is without its publicity department whose main objective is to at at- attract attract tract tourists With the national tourist expenditure this season expected to climb to more than 10 billion dollars every state in inthe inthe the union is bidding for a share from this pot of gold guid New York State today leads all states in tourist income with California a close second Utah with more unique scenic attractions than either New York or California is down the list Salt SaU Lake Hotel Again Jammed Sorry but we haven't a thing vacant is again the familiar re re- re rejoinder rejoinder joinder to requests for hotel rooms looms in Salt Lake City During December the pressure was off but things are different now and its it's the consensus of hotel man man- managers agers that things are pretty apt to remain this way all aU through the centennial year Rumor has hasit hasit it that the hotels in Salt Lake already have every room reserved ed for the week of July 24 Any Any- Anyway Anyway way those coming to the Cap Cap- CapItol Capitol itol City had better make reser reser- reservations days in advance Forest Foreit Draws Visitors Visitor Recreational use of the Fishlake Fish Fish- Fishlake lake National Forest area which serves Sanpete Millard Piute Wayne and Beaver counties has doubled since 1945 it is reported report report- reported ed from Richfield In 1948 1946 visitors totaling spent an average of 23 days in the forest for recreational pur pur- purposes pur- pur purposes poses In the autumn deer hunters were successful In getting their buck and 85 elk hunters made a kill Sawmills took out board feet of lumber last year and the forest supports head of sheep head of deer head of cattle and elk In addition water from this forest area is used in the counties mentioned above for domestic irrigation power and Industrial Utah Publicised In Texas The Daily Times Herald of Dallas has just published a half hall hallI page article on Utah's ski areas I the second in a series of articles on Utah The Pacific Coast Re Re- Review Review view magazine published in San Francisco has just request request- requested ed the Department of Publicity to send them an article on Utah and her industries for their 1947 annual The Publicity Depart ment furnished them with a Utah story for their 1946 1940 annual |