Show Job Picture Improving Says Manager August employment is est est- estimated estimated at about jobs in inthe inthe the three county area a 9 percent drop from last Aug- Aug August August or about jobs The job decline has occurred primarily primarily marily in Daggett County and andis andis is a result of the Flaming Gorge Dam completion This decline has had an affect on most segments of the local economy An economic picture of the area was reported Monday by Barclay Gardner manager of Vernal Employment office THE GREATEST employ employ- Continued on page 8 Job Picture Continued from page 1 ment drop has occurred in hE inthe hEthe the construction industry with declines in Government Service Transportation and Trade Mining is doing as aswell aswell well as last year and manu manu- manufacturing is up slightly Three county employment is 13 isas as follows Agriculture 2250 Mining 1270 Government 1240 Trade 1030 1000 Em Self Construction Service Manufacturing ing Transportation and Utilities and Finance Insurance and Real Estate 90 Unemployment seems to have reached the seasonal low for the year and is beg beg- beginning inning to rise slowly The present level of unemployment ment at about is up con from last summers record low Skill shortages exist however in the service industry Business as reported by a selected group oP of firms for second quarter 1963 shows an percent decline from second quarter 1962 This de- de decline decline cline was general throughout all reporting areas arcas although there were some reports of sales increases Postal re re- re receipts cei ts were up from second quarter 1962 by 75 percent but this increase seems to have been influenced more by the first of year the year postal rate increase than increased mailings The outlook through the remainder of the summer and fall is for some increase in employment opportunities A number of late starting con con- construction construction projects should pro pro- provide provide vide a welcome economic stimulus |