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Show SYMBOLS MIRROR UTAH'S GREAT HISTORY (One of series of Utah Tourist mansion called I Right! The Beeand Publicity Council "See Utah'' hive House. iMost stales have an official articles). Maw much do you really song and Utah is no exception. know about Utahf What does the After the noted Utah composer word Utah mean? And how about Evan Stephens penned words and Uv official State tree, song, music for "Utah, We Love Thee" flower and birdf What prompted (or "Land of the Mountains their selections? High," as it is aomatimes called), The storjes behind tfhe selec- the song was officially adopted tions of all of these Utalh symbols as the state's awn. Xovide a short course in Utah's The song describes the wonunique history. ders and beauty of the state, (And this week the Utah Tour- among which are an impressive ist tod Publicity Council, as part and beautiful variety of trees and of its "See Utah" porrootion de- flowers. afened to better Acquaint Utahns As for the tree, Blue Spruce with their home state, provides was selected as the state tree in you that course in Utah's his- 1933. The coloring of the Blue tory. Spruce reflects the sunshine as First, a few facts: the capitol, no other similar tree does. Blue of course, is Salt Lake City; the Spruce found around Cedar City area of Utah is 44,9116 square are thought to be the darkest mUes which make it 11th in size; blue, and most symmetrical in ttw population is 890,027 (I960 the state. The tree is most commonly census) which ranks Utah 38th in tiie courrtry; the state was ad- found near mountain streams and mitted to the union on January Wakes alt altitudes of around 4, 1896; the tugtest . point is 8,000 feet. Jits wood is brittle and King's Peak, 13,496 feet; the splinters too easily to make de greater part of the state is a pla- siratole timber, but is popular as an ornamental tree- teau, 9,000 feet altitude. In .the early beginnings the Utah's official state flower Mormon pioneers who settled the played an important role in the area called Utah were in favor early days of (the settlement of of , calling it Deseret, Deseret Is the territory. During periods of a Book of Mormon term for the food shortage, the bulb of the Sego Lily was an important item honeybee. VS. Congressmen of food. Friendly Indians ex However, could not find the word in the plained thalt sego roots were good dictionary and decided .to name to eat, and Ithereaiffter entire the territory after the Ute In- families busied themselves dig dians. The Spaniards had called ging on the hillsides for a win the region "Yuita' and the trap-pe- ter's supply of the flower. called the "Land of the Known also as Spanish Marl Ultes'', so Congress changed it posa (butterfly), the sego lily from the Territory of Deseret to is a west American bulbous herb grayish-gree- n, Territory of Utah, and later, the wiltlh State of Utah. grassllke foliage. It booms in Perhaps the mosit comlmon of all 'May and June, has a flower consymbols in Utah is the beehive. sisting of three dainty white It ean .be found on the state seal, 'petals, delicately tinted with along with an eagle, the Amer- yellow, brawn and punple around ican flag and the state . motto the golden nectar glands. "Industry". The beehive is symPerhaps the most famous of all bolic of the industrious bee Utah symbols is the Seagull, the Iways on he go .always work state bird which held a special Ifce hard and constructively. spot in the hearts of the early The beehive is also found on pioneers. To review the well the seal of the stalte university. know tale: in the spring of 1845 Aiarge neon light berhive tops more than 5,000 acres of fresh Salt Lake City's Hotel Utah, end ly planted crops were threaten what is Brigham Young's old ed with total destruction when rs ' long-leav- ed , i jOCl. -- " "TT t Comment 111 itmi f ky H. JACK MIDOLETC Purina Cat Cart CtnUr A Place in Industry Cats may not appear on the rolls of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, but they play a big role in American industry. Imagine any sort of food ware house without a cat to hold down the rodent population. Or a ship without a cat! Practically every butcher shop and grocery store keeps one or two around and even the U. S. Government makes annual appropriations for the maintenance of cats in the Post Office, printing and engraving and other Departments. Canneries, distilleries, food processing and other plants, constantly fighting rodent infesta-- " tion, are more than willing to maintain cats on their payrolls. One large company recently granted its cats public recognition for "satisfactory services," and importers and shipping lines employ caretakers to feed and care for their feline employees. A healthy cat is capable of destroying as many as 13 rodents in a single night, thus saving industry millions of dollars a year in extermination costs. "White collar" cats are finding jobs in other areas as well. Important roles in the movies, on stage, radio and television! One out of five cartoonists depicts a cat in his comic strip and newspaper and magazine advertisements abound with furry kittens selling soap, perfume and silky fabrics. Some trained cat models earn $50 an hour posing for photographers. Expt'rienoid returning members predict that many major issues will be settled In the next Congress ondy after the voters "back home" forcefully express their views at the time of considera- "The hardest way to learn to drive a car is by accident" A new bill for regimentation tion. and subsidization of agriculture. These issues involve measures A less sweeping bill passed by to pave the way for business ex- only four votes last summer. A bill providing medical benepansion, bills (to plunge the nation ifurther into debt, to cen- fits by raising the Social Security tax. Tabled by four tralize controls in Washington pay-ro- ll and to cuito monopoly power of votes in the Senate. ' labor. Enlarging House Rules Com-mitt- ea to assure Nw Frontier The last Congress either approved or killed bills flailing in control. Carried in the House by these categories by margins of five votes. Issue certain to arise two to 10 votes. And veteran again. members say it is impossible to Federal aid to education. Varsay just how much the 88th Con- ious proposals amount to billions of Federal expenditures. A major gress may differ from the 87th. bill in this category failed by one for the Kennedy vote in the Rules Committee. Spokesmen Administration express satisfacCreation of a Department of tion, but not jubilation, with the Uifcan Affairs. Rejected by the election results. Senate. Some officials do not The reversal of the usual trend want to revive the issue. of the minority party winning A bill to increase the public many additional seats in an debt passed the (House by only election admittedly is a re- 19 votes. With hoge deficits in markable achievement. But the the issoe will arise again. prospect attitude of the voters in various A House amendment authorizStates seemed so much at cross ing $750 million for standby pubpurposes that analysts are still lic works iwas adopted by one !he election vote. debating what means. With the new House standing Arnion? the issues which are ex- - at 259 to 176 a slight pickup for jpected to be thrust before Con the Republicans, rival political gress again ere: leaders debate the question of relative strength. There will be two fewer votes in the House, which was tem porarily increased because of the addition of Alaska end Hawaii. Barring changes in the official count, .the Democratic majority is cut from 263 to 2SO, while the Republicans gain two. Democratic leaders think they have increased the New Frontier margin .by five (to 110 votes. But Republican Leader' Charles Halleck says "I cant see that the election did anything for social-iae- d mrediicine or other New & Frontier proposals." Democrats raised their majority in the Senate by four votes, the exact gain also depending on official counts. The Senate, which had lb: en classed as liberal grows more so. But a political Labor newspaper in Washington sizing up the election from its viewpoint says that the new Congress lineup will be similar to the old a line-u- p which did not satisfy the paper. Unquestionably the big battleground between radical or ultra-liber- al forces on the one hand, "' ad and conservative end forces on the other, House. State Flower is the Sego Lily. The will be in the A (feature of the election which flower played important role in the early may have a sobering effect on of the settlement. Congress is the close margin by days which victors triumphed in many states. millions of crickets blackened the pioneers, seagull 9 hundreds, and The veteran Sen. Lister Hill landscape, dtevourring all veg- perhaps thousands of them of Alabama, chairman ' of the etation. swooped down and devoured the Senate (Labor Committee, emergThe pioneers fought them but crickets, saving a portion of the ed winner by a few thousand to no avail. When their physical crops. Today, the seagull is so votes. Former Secretary of Health, efforts failed them, they turned revered, that injuring or killing .Education and Welfare Abe RiH to prayer. The event which fol- one results in a fine for thecoff was elected Senator from lowed has become legend. As if offender. A permanent monu- - Connecticut, stressing (medicare, in immediate response to the ment to the bird has been erected j but he fell far behind the sue-o- n Salt Lake's Temple Square. Icessful Democratic candidate for 4ipplicationa of the" discouraged i n ,i Utah's off-ye- HELPER The THURSDAY, NOV. 22, JOURNA (Utah) 1962 PAGE SKVMM r bv JAMES W. DOUTHAT s k The Utah Seal displays the Beehive, Am erican flag, Utah's motto Industry" and an eagle. 1896 is the year Utah became a state. b PL ifa ,''Ql OkL Governor. Washington observers say that the election plainly carries forward the narrow division of sentiment shown in the 1960 presidential election. Thus, they agree there is no mandate for the Kennedy New Frontier. Nor is there a clear mandate for repudiation. Admittedly both the Kennedy Administration and the Republicans in Congress are united on one object increasing business and thus increasing employment. This thought, together with the financial situation of the Treasury, the drain on gold and the international tensions, could produce a surprisingly sober attitude in (tfhe new Congress. "Well, what do I like?" ' 1 on Llj Height ' 1 J' V ar Kit 1 ! Pl Vy ".' .'" Y? 'Uriviti 'T;; hu I I" V? v li o middle-of-the-ro- o fix! an area's 1 Km H your boolnoso ao yoor tolopbono pHcs) tMortcof slat, mmmm er awiy mm of asMnrfitg tlevicsM fhat esM wti ymr bvsliMM an wiu Your Hometown Newspaper Issue by issue, your local newspaper unfolds the history of your community in stories describing important or interesting events as they happen to your friends, family, and other members of your community. A source your of interest and pride when they appear in the news, these stories bring personal accomplishments and events to the attention of the entire community. Saved in family scrapbooks, become they treasured possessions to enjoy through the As time years. goes on. we gain more and more pleasure in reading the news of the families of our community as events take their place in the history of our town. cam IEFER JOURNAL OFHCE SUPFLY YOOt lOCAa 1 The famed Seagull Monument in Temple Square in Salt Lake City symbolizes the saving of the Pioneers' crops in 1948.. 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