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' 4 I 3 ... .. , i. -: 1 k a ' Y , , " 47 and businessmen, largely ignored in the United States, has begun waving an environmental wand in Japan. The wand consists of chemicals added to plastics that make them break down when discarded in the environment. As in the United States, the Japan countryside is being flooded with discarded trash of plastic cups, bottles, food trays, lilt, and bags. Normally, plastics will break down under the elements, but not as Plc ne thrice. trP,ItPli With ), ; ,. , ,. :: ::: '..::... ,':4:.-'- '" ' ..... .. .,., - .,.i,.., , , - , c)b .. "02.' , 1 i .. ,:,:, :',:,,....;: .; '' i... ,,.:,,::::: - ::,:: '.', , .',,,.,,,;:i, .' " - '''. ::.::::. 4 t:t : ': 1 i ':. .....,,, 4: ''' ',.. ,,,, ,:. 1 '', '4 " " ,4 i: ;. , .. Tips for short trips ', ,,,L.:,,... '. ,,".;;;?''':.; .. ,,,g.r.,- 4 ....,r-- ..:,, At : .;:' : ''' , .. .: :::: :1:::4,?.42'...o.ii. ''' ;',!.' :- , i':::.,:;,;; ....:1 '. 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'.'''. : Here are some tips for traveling in the Mountain West offered by the Utah Department of Development Services: No city or town will be totally without gasoline though you may have to "shop at more than one cation in a given town. 77:. 5z;.,::.,:,-::: 4 :,::.::: :.:',' : ' ,:,,;,.,:, ::.e:,::::: ::::::: 7 ' ':: :::' ::. :. t :, 0 .., :' , '' . ;:::: . , routes, too. ' and th.....,.......-.77-- .. 1; t, vi ::; 1::::'...:11.--.;',.:-- Flower arrangements, art prints made, sold by The Naturalist. For increased automobile dependability and fuel economy, tune the car before you start the Mountain West trip. are . Ken Garff sates , .,,,.,... - .,;........,..--.:-.;,q, ' ., ........... .,0 .. ,,.. ..........:?.!:.::.:.'..5.1'.:::::..14.'i!i;A.I...777.:.:7;.!.........);. .::, 1:'.,........:.t.s..i....;.:-..:;:.;:..:..........5V:::f..:!:.- ............... ... .. ... :..:...;::n.:',:::::;:','4 ... :4 ......:1 ?..::::':..?;. '41 For their sales records in the past year, Joseph W. McGinnis, Lynn Neuenschwander, Charles Gray and Jerry Hansen were awarded watches. Photos by Dave Conley Deseret News staff photographer C.J. Bretz, Denver awards. , ,., '..,..!4'',.:.::::.4,:.,.:(f.;,1;.111.:::, -- ..........,... ,'!..'',',:'i,, 1.:.::.;j:;;;;.:::::: - :::.,,, i'''' ',..:7;...:4;1,:,,";.;...t.';''' , :. r.:" 4 '''..' ....., - ... , - ' '.....';'''''....:":':-...''''' :' .:1 ,..- ....... ..A............ili....... 'API..,,,.....u....,,,,001,611.1.110aidy 6 To meet pressures of the Japanese government environtwo mentalists, Japanese firms recently siged agreeto ments with purchase the chemical additives. Corp. of Tokyo agreed June 8 to purchase up to 100,M pounds a month et additives from the firm. MarithPri nrodores more than 15 million plastic yogurt bottles per day in Japan and an equvalent number outside the country. Many end up as litter. Hitachi Chemical, part of the same firm that produces stereophonic equipment, agreed to import the chemical to mix with molded plastics used to package its products. "With these two Japanese licenses and one in the U.S., we're just getting mit of the start-uphase now," says p Tom R. Brown, marketing manager for parent firm. American Western Jon G. Clark looks over collection of butterflies used in business. (.:.1 '". 01Comm1 father, Janet Clark was able to help her children learn to identify wild flowers and other plants as well as rocks on family outings in the fields and mountains. She began pressing some of the items collected and mounting and framing them. The framed flower arrangements were so attractive, Clark found a ready demand fol them in the gift shop of Clark's store in Provo He was a partner with two of his brothers in the store. The demand for the flower items became too much for Jon and Janet to handle on a sideline basis. He sold his interest in Clark's and devoted full time to the manufacture of Naturalist items. The retail 'side of the business began with the opening of the shop in Provo as an outlet for factory seconds. Later, a shop was opened in Salt Lake City. Now, the firm has three outlets on the West Coast plus stores in Dallas, Denver, Atlanta and Columbia, Md. Another store will open this year in Philadelphia, and future locations will be Glendale, Calif., and Springfield, Mo. new shops are being located in shopping cen- ters. Clark is the major stockholder in the closely held corporation. The firm employs 150 people not counting the many who collect flora and fauna. The factory payroll last year amounted to over $150,000 not counting the cost of the woodwork and framing shop which operates as a subsidiary. Plans are ready for construction of a 15,000 addition to the Provo plant. Work square-foo- t is expected to start next month and to be completed by the first of next year. Clark is a native of Oakley, Idaho, where his father operated a general store. Jon journeyed to Provo, in 1952, to enroll at BYU. Ile began working part time for his two older brothers who hpd started a men's clothing store in downtown Provo. Th3 enterprise developed into a specialty department store with Jon as a partner in charge of the gift shop and women's wear. The new stores are set up as limited partnerships with outside investors furnishing the financing. "We as general partners, hire the man gers, handle the books and attend to the other ousiness matters," Clarkexplained The Clarks and their children still do a lot of nature hiking and traveling together but now it's more than just fun. They're constantly looking for new items for the The Naturalist. "The thing that makes it enjoyable is that we can do it together. The project has brought us closer together as a family," Clark said. The investment in a retail shop tuns between $35,000 to $45,000, he said. All of the censciousness of nature's beauty," added Mrs. Clark. this plastic's gone marked by Biochemicals Degradable Plastics, Inc., officials of the company say. Plastics treated with additives developed by the firm months, disintegrate in cleim its officials. '.::::4 ;1::;::. ...... .,::;:::.:4: c :'':...r...a:.:',':::...:.::';:t?'::':.:'.1.;;::::....'''.::::,'': Corp., Phoenix, Ariz., also uses the additive in the manu facture of plastic cup lids for Red Steer driveins, a chain of restuarants in several western states. One other U.S. manufacture, Alta Industries, Peco Riviera, Calif., makes a loos plastic fill used in packaging and adds the chemical to its products. About 100 other U.S. firms have investigated Bio- Degradable's additive, but it is the Japanese contracts that will help turn the firm into a venture, said profit-makin- g Brown. Zone manager, I presented the Stock of the Week ...... ::. ::: .....;;:.,.....i in i the Denver Zone. 4L , - Reed Peterson, new car sales manager, was awarded a trip to Bermuda, after the agency was named top dealer in ki ... ......... awards Four Ken Guff Co. salesmen and a company executive have won special awards from Oldsmobile for outstanding sales efforts. ';5:::0L - ... Best time to fill up is between the hours of 10 a.m. p.m. Plan a gas stop for lunch. Take shorter trips. Stay longer in a given spot and see more. .,,..r.,7,7,.7.7:,777.7?,17:77,:r..:-.77.:;::.'2,.41;,,,,,:,:-- .,::::: ,,ii,;,,,..e, 3 .. ::::::::::g,:.):::::s:i::,.. N i,nigcloutdFendrdetdaeilselderms.aps, , , , :::,,...,,..,,., a 64 In the booklet covering travel adventures in Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada and Montana, are listed such points of interest as the Craters of the Moon and Minneton- ka Caves in Idaho; Yellowstone Park in Wyoming: Virginia City, Mont.; Newspaper Rock State Historical Monument, Natural Bridge National Monument and Dinosaur National Monument in Utah, and Lehman Caves in Nevada. i , ' ' , '::,::-- 1 , ,, . ' .::,, : L ... ,,:,,,.,,,,,,,,'":.!:72.77.7,:.l'',:f.,,:::,:-!';':5ts.:':.:!:?:,:::-':- ',,:;;!,:::.::k: Tchoembopleotkeletti:t inwgestheinrnts , 3 I '''' :,::::1 , ; A !'',,;'''''',;'. ., ' ....n,..,,IJ ,::: ' f :'''''''''' "; , ., .......... ( ' :,,:,,,,,- 4-, .' ' , ,,: , .. :,!:7!:,: '''.h.'s,;.'-','1',:':$:- ; , .' ' - - - I .4.A.;:it;:4;:r...'",,,,:;:n:,.- .,....:,?..',- :, ..,(1,..v.:::;:.,,....... ;.;!lii;!fi.,!' ! '''4 1 , '.''. : ' '.',,, ., .:,Fif.:';' ,, .......,,, V...........:::::::..1 world ., ' .' :;!;';:1;i:::::iir.),F:::::':i , ''.'. - wolimtdialtiroaL..,44'- lilk ..... ,:, ,,,:;,,: .. :'.. Auto A x, .,,,41,;;tte , '..'.',';' ,, - .. L Maurubeni , .....i,:,..i,...,,1 .t.:',.::;:' 3 A BOISE, IDAHO (Al') small group of Boise chemists , s .:'':!".'''"''''''..::::::i'''''::., to involve a lot of local ,...11......,..m glk 0 young people, wivei :: people in the operation It,...i:,o,... of students and Brigham Young oUniversity ,4,:.,;.:,, faculZy members. Most of the flower arrange:r---ments are thine by about 25 women who work om...----''N"g"added. he in their homes," Snail shells used in the plant arrangements "One of the biggest items this year is the are collected by youngsters who bring them in old tire swing," Clark said. by the hundreds. The going rate is a penny a shell. Dried bees are bought from beekeepers Maybe you had one when you were a !youngster or you may even have one hanging who bring in the accumulations of dead bees in the back yard now. You cut about of an from the hives. , outworn auto from beads. The tire the from in Butterflies are shipped butterfly "farms" in South America and the Orient. A remaining tire forms the seat of the swing. man in St. George collects various items Tie ropes to the beads and suspend the tire from a tree limb or crossbar. It makes a including live ants for the ant farms that are dandy swing. marketed by The Naturalist. The Naturalist puts a washable cushion in Clark's uncle in Canada makes frames from old barn wood that are used for some of the swing and retails the outfit for $25. While Clark was talking about the swings, the flower arrangements. Most of the other frames used are made in the The Naturalist he took a phone call, made a note and hung up. "That was an order from Nieman Marcus for factory in Provo. 100 swings," he remarked. "Some people raise plants and flowers for another roses and "The most important person in the whole us and we buy such items as acacia from commercial florists. We are also raising company is my wife." Clark said. "Shes realsome of our own plants," Clark explained. ly the naturalist. She designs the new products and the shops." The company used to pay collectors for Mrs. Clark is a daughter of the late Eldon bird nests but now fabricates its own. "Birds Beck who was chairman of the department of never use the same nests for two seasons but at Brigham Young University for Zoology this. understand didn't of They a lot people didn't like us to use real bird's nests," said many years. "He instilled in me an appreciation of beauMrs. Clark. tiful things," Mrs. Clark said. Also marketed by the firm are mounted Gary Collins now is a member of the cornprints by Utah artists, "Honest Tin" contain-- I ers, honey, beef jerky, herb teas, back packs, pany staff and works with Mrs. Clark in the bird calls, bird feeders, Plain Pine toys, rag designing. "It all started as a family hobby," Clark rugs, Indian. handicraft items and various other articles that appeal either to the love of explained. nature or to nostalgip. Having acquired a love of nature from her Lokken . .: ' by Clark's wife Janet and Mary Collins, is included in the kit or may be purchased separately. The company markets its products through retailers in the U.S. and other countries including some prestigious names in merchandising and through its own chain of nine Naturalist stores scattered from coast to coast. gem -.- - , .... .: :.. rr.,,.:;"::, process retains the natu;ral color and shape of the flower or plant so that the arrangements look like fresh nosegays but they will last indefinitely. Clark jokingly "guarantees" that Naturalist bridal bouquets "will outlast the marriage.", The drying process is no secret. In fact, The Naturalist assembles and sells flower drying kits complete with a bag of silica gel, the material in which the fresh plants are imbedded while they dry; a flower drying a glass or plexiglass container for displaying the completed arrangement and even a dried butterfly or lady bug to add interest to the bouquet. A booklet on flower drying and nature lore, By , ,.,,,; , '.N, 1 1 ' ... 14 1 , - ..s ---,-;;; '. These arrangements, framed or mounted in various sizes and shapes of glass containers, are highly prized decorator items. 6 months 4 py ' M,t, ,: i44,1! f,, .- Take your vacation trip this year in your own "back yard," Mountain West Ford deate-- s are saying. They're talking figuratively, of course. Because Of the fuel shortage, they are suggest- ing that Mountain West res- idents plan short trips with. in their own or nearby states. This is what the travel departments of Utah. Idaho and Wyoming also are promoting. To help vacationers plan their trips in their own areas, Ford dealers are olTering a travel package containing six booklets outlining 42 travel adventuves throughout the 14 driv- states. t. - :,t '''..1 k.f.,: - k.' , h. 4 .... 1 ',, ,,,,. ,,r ty1;1..,,,. ,...,,,,,...,...Isi,......" 1 ,;.,i,4,:,:,,:,',Fsi::,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.-.,,:,-......y-,,,- ....... We ye been able 4 ,4 , 2.,. ,,::::': .,. ; '', t, ' ..,,;:-.,- ..............: ."We sell tens of thousands of bunches of weeds in herbarium collections," Clark said. Such commonplace flora as rice grass which grows :abundantly On Utah's desert :lands; white top, bane of the farmers; burdock and , miscellaneous grasses are among The Natu ralist's stock in trade. Much of this type of item is gathered, dried and brought in by persons who are paid by the number of bunches they supply. "Several families do this type of collecting. One mother and her three sons collect weeds and grasses for us all summer,", Clark said. : ,::"''"' . mitten 1 , ?,'b,k,:.ii f. r, ) ., ti! 1,..,, ',':1;,,,i, p r:,.,',z., .i1.,..1.,....,!:k 1 ,:',0:',.;.,,',4 r:S1'..,)417 .,' :4 ...!:::::::;::::::,:::. , ' -- .., ,,,......f. ..t.t;'''...:4: I, A special drying t I I:: -- i :'; ,..1- , - v ",.,..;.'V '4.! '' :, '''',',o ',.,',,:::' ,:,&, , ''..,,,.,,;A p5 - ,, orokil. .,,,,- - t,1,, ,,,,',;' 4;ri '.. , Beauty? Bugs? Needless to say, The Naturalist does something with lowly, commonplace and often mahgned things that makes them not only acceptable but desirable to discriminating ;,' 1:''' a ztfre.!,: ,',:,,4f.::..'ii of people Z13 , tis,,k14iNd.,,,f, e4 ,e,,,,,,,-.,:- ;k, ,,,,3,:,...,.:,.... .1. .. ,,,, ,,,r7':'''.., t.,.: ., -- .. ,, -- .:: I ;::,,, - ,A f;;;tql,:, i I :,,), .4 cL:4, 1 I! , .0.- ,:,,:,,74::,.;!,,;' 1 ,,:, ' ,, '," - ,, ,:..,, i ''' i , Who buys this kind of stuff? - 47 0 What's more, Jon G. Clark, president of The Naturalist, is predicting sales will be three times that amount this year. A 4 :4,'...7.-'- '. PROVO Weeds, old automobile tires. snail shells. wild flowers, bugs The Natural. ist, a Prove-basecompany, sold a million dollars worth last year, believe it or not. , .,.,.,,.-- etflotemnimmmffmmomr . Take short trips, or (its counsel Good quarter noted by fabric retailer Five new stores were opened by Fashion Fabrics, Inc., in the quarter ended April 30, according to John W. Boud, president. This brought the total to 124. The new units are located in Denver, Colo.: Orem, Utah County; Bellevue, Wash.; Edina, Minn.; and Rapid City, S.D. Boud said the Rapid City store is the first of a new department store-typ- e operation with separate departments for sewing machines, arts and crafts, domestics, yarn and drapery-upholster- He reported increased sales and earnings during the d fabrics retail chain. Sales quarter for the Salt were $8.3 million this year compared with 6.5 million in Lake-base- the same quarter last year. Earnings in the quarter ended April 30, were .$398,803 or 20 cents a share compared with $281,329 or 17 cents a share in the same period last year. Demand of products enhances Anaconda Anaconda Co., the world's largest producer .of copper, is selected stock of the week by the Securities and Commodities Corp. Other stocks are listed that may be of interest for their capital gains potential. Prices at the close of Friday's trading are shown. ANACONDA COMPANY (18) A is the world's largest producer of copper. It is engaged in the manufacture of uranium, zinc and primary aluminum. Escalation and demand for the company's products leads to an attractive long term outlook. For the 12 months ending March, 1973, earnings were $2.19 per share compared with a $.02 deficit per share for the preceding 12 months. Cash dividends are paid at an indicated annual rate of $.50 per common share. CAPITAL GAINS GENERAL TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY (183) GY is a major producer of tires and various related products. Opof eration and ownership Aerojet-GenerCorp., a leading producer of rocket propulsion systems and RICO General, a radio and television broadcaster, plus substantial and successful diversification aid the long-terprospects. Fo, the 12 months ending Feb- ruary, 1973, earnings were $3.47 per share compared with $2.55 per share for the preceding 12 months. Cash dividends are paid at an indicated al rate of MOO per share. annu- LTD. (19) MSE is the largest producer of tractors and harvest. ers in the world, and is a leading manufacturer of farm equipment. Further diversification into snowmobiles, engines and industrial and construction equipment enhance the total outlook. For the 12 tnonths ending April, 1973, the earnings were $2.61 per share comped ith 1.90 per share fot the preceding 12 months. Cash dividends are paid at an indicated annual rate of $.15 per common share. ALCAN ALUMINUM LIMITED (29) AL is a world-wid- e aluminum producer with interests in all phases of the industry. Primary and fabricated aluminum products are the most important marketing products. Research and expansion of fabricating outlets are becoming increasingly important earningwise. For the 12 months ending March, 1973, earnings were $136 per share compared with $1.75 per share for the preceding 12 months. STANDARD OIL OF CALIFORNIA (74) SD is a totally integrated company and one of the largest in production and marketing. Continued growth in the United States and further activity in the foreign market are favorable earnings factors. For the 12 months ending March, 1973, earnings were PA per share compared with $5.01 per share for the preceding 12 months. Your broker will be able to furnish additional information about these companies. MASSEY-FERGUSO- FUTURE'S FEATURE" WAREHOUSE FOR LEASE: 10.000 SO. 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