Show Spotlighting UTAH Colorado River lUver Utah's Greatest Natural Resource I Twenty billion kilowatt hours I of oC electric power are me going to waste annually on the Colorado river system the U. U U.S. S. S Bureau of or Reclamation reports to Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington after an extensive stud study of or the rivers river's resources Two and one-half one million of or land could be irrigated if the Colorado was brought under control the report disclosed r There are approximately miles of or the tho Colorado in Utah The report carrying some pages Is entitled The Col- Col rado River A River A Natural Menace II Become a National Resource Taking a long view of the potentialities potentialities po po- of oC the mighty river the tho Reclamation Bureau visions I the river c channel annel turned into a great stairway of reservoirs extending extending ex ex- I ex-I i tending up stream from Parker dam on the between Arizona Arizona Ar Ar- izona and California and on through Arizona Nevada Utah and into Wyoming and Colorado In most cases each dam would back reservoir water to the toe of the dam next upstream Branches of the stairway would reach up the San Juan Green and Yampa rivers who have any imagination ati n at all should be able to visualize an empire In the southern southern southern south south- ern par part of or this state that will outshine anything ever dreamed of by the founders of or this great Beehive Commonwealth I Celery Total Millions u Celery Celery- cabbage cabbage onions carrots carrots car car- rots and potatoes handled by the i Utah Celery Cooperative association association association assoc assoc- of or American Fork will bring a million dollar return It I has been revealed when officials I tabulated the seasons season's marketing marketing market market- I II I ing total The best of the celer celery I II I marketed under the Mountain Crisp brand is bringing producers producers producers pro pro- I up to per aC acre e Green Grcen IU River r Melons felons Popular More than one one ne million cantaloupe canta- canta louge loupe w with wit i t in h the distinctive Green River valley flavor fIlling filling filling fil fIl- ling 87 refrigerator cars were shipped from Green River this summer Chicago markets took them Developed by the S. S N. N Wilson Vilson family the cantaloupe business in that vicinity is exceeding exceeding exceeding ex ex- all expectations Moab Speaks Up L. L L. L Taylor editor of the Moab Times-Independent Times aptly echoes this writers writer's opinion when in a timely editorial discussing southeastern southeastern southeastern south south- eastern Utah's scenic wonders he asks this question Beautiful But Can You lOu Reach Them 7 Boiled down his e editorial calls attention to the fact that next years year's will travel by automobile Why then he asks do o we ha have hae e unrivaled scenic attractions with almost Impassible roads leading to them 1 Ho He mentions the Arches National Na Na- honal monument an and Monument valley alley as examples The n most significant statement in the entire editorial is the following followIng following fol fol- lowing line Une This is something for hIghway highway highway high hIgh- way officials of Utah to consider consid consid- er in any postwar road toad construction construction construction tion program they may be contemplating contemplating contemplating con con- Ait Artist M Look To Spring Illo Springville famous as an art center will hold the annual annual an an- nual national April Art show inthe Inthe in inthe the spring Many inquiries are being received by the art arl board horn interested artists from ary al sections of the country and lie ey event next spring will do uch to publicize Utah Wants Milford 1 if Spuds Spud Milford spuds some sonic GOO carloads carloads car car- loads are bringing 20 cents per Continued oc on page p page g I Spotlighting Utah Continued from page one sack premium over Idaho russets russets russets rus rus- sets on the tho California markets Harvest operations in Milford are ire on In full tull swing with a 3 payroll payroll pay pay- roll totaling nearly a 3 week with many expert potato pickers averaging 20 20 a da day with four weeks of the harvest left |