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Show I MAHONEY URGES STATE-FEDERAL AID FOR ROADS OPENING BEAVER CANYON RECREATION AREA TO MORE TOURISTS Jack Mahoney, Representative in the State Legislature from Beaver County, asked for "all the help the State and Federal Fed-eral Government can give to improve the highways into the Beaver Mountains" when he presented a three-minute discourse dis-course this week on the House floor extolling the virtues, and potential assets, of Beaver County. Mr. Mahoney said: "Beaver County, the hub of scenic Southern Utah and Nevada, was settled by trusted supporters of the greatest pioneer of the 19th century Brigham Young. They not only began development develop-ment of the rich agricultural assets of the county tout discovered minerals min-erals in the mountains. These mineral min-eral strikes attracted investors and miners from all over the world to come to Beaver County and explore ex-plore and develop its rich mineral deposits. The mineral discoveries hastened has-tened the construction of the railway rail-way between Los Angeles and Salt Lake City, now owned by the Union Pacific Railway. For a number of years Milford was the southern terminus. The new mining min-ing camps which sprung up during the last half of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century cen-tury increased the population and brought about boom times in the county. Everyone benefited. Most of the former mining camps have now become ghost j towns where the gayety and laughter of the past lingers only in the memories of the few remaining re-maining old-timers. The effects of the mining depression de-pression have greatly reduced the economy of Beaver County. The population has followed the downward down-ward trend which has effected most counties in Southern Utah. It is a trend which must be stopped. Unless it is stopped promptly, the gradual depletion of the county's greatest asset its educated young people will in time ruin the county and effect the state. No state is stronger than its weakest county. Agriculture alone is not sufficient suffi-cient to transfuse the weakened state of affairs. With all of the new developments only a limited percentage of the county's population popu-lation can be supported by agriculture. agri-culture. We who are working on ways and means of improving the economy econ-omy of Beaver County have divided divid-ed the task into two parts a short range and a long range program. The short range program consists con-sists of expanding existing industries: indus-tries: farming, dairying, cattle, sheep and poultry raising and the production of strategic metals. We are also planning to reap greatei benefits from the tourist dollar. The long range program consists con-sists of promoting the location of new industries in Beaver County. The following inducements are found there: Numerous excellent building sites, adequate water, available manpower, a new set ot zoning regulations, nearby recreational recrea-tional areas. With the development work in progress at Glen Canyon and the Four Corners it will not be long before there will be an adequate supply of natural gas and electric power. These assets coupled with the interstate and state highways which traverse Beaver County make it an ideal place for new. industry in-dustry to locate. The racial, religious, re-ligious, and traffic problems which constantly harass other parts of the United States are not found in Southern Utah. In conclusion I would like to repeat: No state is stronger than its weakest county. We must all cooperate to develop all of the assets in all of the counties. Beaver County can use all of the aid the state and federal government gov-ernment can give to improve the highways into the Beaver Mountains. Moun-tains. This will make it possible to attract a greater number of tourists to stop in Beaver County. The more tourists who stop in Beaver County the greater the op-portuniyt op-portuniyt to advertise other interesting inter-esting parts of Utah. Let us all work together to build a stronger Utah. |