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Show Fruita Wants To Grow, Too Sorry! FRUITA. Colo. Located In the erf the rich irrigated lower Colorado river valley, and on the main line of the Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad and highways 6 and 50, Fruita has a population now of 1,800. To meet immediate needs city fathers are seeking ways of creating sufficient to interest among contractors bring about construction of at least fifty more homes to accommodate families desiring to live here. beFruita is exactly half-wa- y tween Denver and Salt Lake City. Each of the cities are 285 miles from Fruita which is just eleven miles from Grand Junction on principal transcontinental highways U. S. 6 and 50. Transcontinental air service is at Grand Junction also, about 15 minutes drive from Fruita. Potentially "Fruita will grow as fast as construction can be comaccordpleted on new dwellings, ing to Mrs. Ruby Luton, secretary and manager of the Fruita Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber is actively seeking methods of bringing industry to the community, and the city offers free building sites to prospective factories and manufacturing plants. "So far as our immediate goals are concerned, explains Mrs. Luton, who is operator of the local Gamble Store, "we want to become the bedroom of people working in Grand Junction, and so we are trying to interest construction companies in building at least 50 homes in the $10,000 to $15,000 range. If We can bring a major industry to Fruita, we must make housing available for the additional workers brought here, too. The Chamber of Commerce is quite active in planning for these facilities and I am positive the projects will become reality in the future. The Best On the inside of the back page f the color section errors appear in the advertisement of the Minerals Engineering Co., and the Junction Bit and Tool Co. that Here not curetted prior to printing. The name of the Junction Bit and Tool Co., is erroneously listed as the Grand Junction Bit and Tool Co. In addition, the heading of the Model 111B scintillator, only recently placed in stock by Minerals Engineering Co., should appear at top of the section concerning the item. Publishers of the Energy heart Edition are sorry that these rors occurred. Commercial Phofos . . . To sell your product To publicize your firm To show your equipment THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR FINE PHOTOGRAPHS . SO CONSULT THE FINEST PHOTOGRAPHERS er- .. PERRY Yumping Yiminy! THATS A LOT OF BULL, anyway you look at him! This Brahma bull is about six feet high at the shoulder hump and weighs about 1.800 pounds, and is the possession of Roy Boyce, cattle breeder 1V6 miles west of Fruita on Highway 6 & 50. Boyce has been experimenting for the past four years with cross breeding the Brahma with other breeds of cattle, and now has decided to rear what he calls Brangus cross between Brahma and Angus. Boyce says the Brangus will be more profitable to raise and hardier than other crosses. This Brahma is Colorado bred, having been reared on the Milholland Ranch near Molina. Chamber Study Readied For Industrialist Use Grand Junction Colorado RYALL EliGIfiEERKIG COMPANY CIVIL AND Chambers Lure PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ENGINEERS New Industries For the assistance of industries which may wish to locate in the Grand Junction area, the Chamber To District of Commerce has prepared a deWINSLOW, Ariz. Seeking to entailed study to assist outside mannew industry into setting up tice ufacturers in making up their shop in northern Arizona, the Holminds. brook and Winslow Chambers of Secretary Don Dugan has compiled 26 typewritten pages plus Commerce are actively advertising an eight page supplement, and it the largest labor pool on the Colois available at the chamber of- rado Plateau. fices for study. Over 10,000 Indian men, from 16 to 60, are available for vation employment, according to results of a recent survey. V Prospective assembly plant builders are being told how the Navajo 340 Denver Club Building Indian way of life develops a high degree of manual and finger dexDenver, Colorado CHerry terity, two highly desired attributes for fine precision work. For years the Indians have proven they learn quickly and are hard workers, but Grand Junction their strong natural instinct to reTelephone 3920 main near the reservation has prevented many from seeking higher URANIUM and OIL standards of living elsewhere. This homing tendency would serve to prevent turnover troubles HOWARD CHAMLEE, President experienced in other regions, the Chambers of Commerce point out. Counting the available women workers, the total available labor force is estimated at 14,000 year around and 16,000 during summer months. Phone 568 636 Grand Ave. Steamboat Springs boasts the highest ski jump in the United and Howelson Hill States claims the longest chairlift for 9,000 winter sports enthusiasts feet long. Aerial Surveys and Topographic Mapping Geodetic Control Surveys Controlled Regional Base Maps Ownership and Lease Maps Well Logs General Land Office Plats Hugh E. Blevins Charles H. Arnold BElmont 9625 West Colfax Avenue Denver 15, Colorado Crescent Uranium Mines, Inc. DISTRIBUTOR OF LIFE-TIM- Minerals Buildings MIZPAH BATTERIES E SPARK PLUGS BRONZE FILTERS and TOUCH-OMATI- POWER BRAKES K & 17 DISTRIBUTING CO. 2112 N. 1st 3369-- Grand Junction Colorado URANIUM & OIL CORP. Suite 414 Denham Bldg., 635 18th Street Denver, Colorado AComa Producers and Developers J. R. Holcomb President Harold H. Williams Secretary-Treasur- er BOLIVAR URANIUM CORPORATION T. Peter Ansberry Board Chairman J. W. Carruth CONTINENTAL URANIUM, INC. ft This major organization in the fields of uranium exploration and production is interested in quiring claims and producing properties. President Exploring and Developing over 10,000 acres Listed on the American Stock Exchange. all over New Mexico. Albuquerque, N. M.s 4125 Mesa Verde Washington, D. C.: 1324 Wyatt Building Reid Offices: Executive Offices: Continental Uranium Building Grand Junction, Colorado 4401 West North Avenue Chicago 33, Illinois ac- |
