Show Spotlighting UTAH Jut July Fifth Legal Holiday Saturday July fifth firth has been declared a legal state holiday by Governor Herbert B B. B Maw in view of the extensive schedule of Centennial activities planned for that month City count county state offices banks and liquor stores will be bo closed Retail establishments and restaurants are expected to observe routine schedules HoUtIn Holiday On Monday It has been proposed by a well-known well travel expert that congress enact a law provIding that all national holidays be observed on Monday of the week in which they occur no matter on what day of the week they actual actually j come some Tourists Demand Better Meals Adventures in good eating while traveling about Utah are arc extremely limited says a gentleman gentleman gentle gentle- man who recently toured highways highways highways high high- ways U. U S. S 91 and 89 I can count the number of cafes between Kanab and Logan that offer adventures ad in good eating on less fingers than I have on two hands said the time traveler He complained that run-of- run the mill restaurants In Utah serve sene meals on the old war-time war theory that all nIl customers are suckers and will accept anything placed before them Ills His major complaint was that almost invariably vegetables are overcooked and watery meats are poorly cooked mashed potatoes po are always lumpy lump p the portions stingy French fries are HI invariably limp and soggy Ices Icet tea Is served with a stingy thin slice of lemon only cut for looks Continued on last page I Spotlighting Utah Continued from page 1 useless for flavoring Soups made of catsup and broth are arc unappetizing and tasteless Salads Salads Sal Sal- ads are wilted and butter servIngs servings servings ings small In view of the fact that the State Department t of Publicity and Industrial Development Is constantly being called upon by tourists and travelers to answer the tIle following question Please tell us where In Utah we can find an eating experIence worth remembering the Department would be glad to have on hand a alist alist alist list of or eating houses throughout Utah whose food methods of serving services and specialties are above the average and worth worthy of recommendation Utah's Sugar Production Utah ranks seventh In the production of sugar beets in the U. U S. S and In 47 1946 produced I I tons of beets Call 1 California Cali Cali- i fornia the fornia-the the number orio on producer er raised er-raised raised tons 1 of I sugar beets In 1946 Seventeen Seventeen Seventeen Seven Seven- teen states in the U. U S S. S raise sugar beets Redskins Go Modern Modem ModernA ModemA A large number of In fans are arenow arenow arenow now busily busHy employed as beet thinners In the sugar beet fields at Richfield Many a morning the local people are arc astonished when the Redskins hire the local taxi service to haul them to the fields at the edge of town town after after all you can only start on the beets after you get to them them them- regardless of the transportation I means y Fruits Fruit's On Early JEarly apples peaches apricots apricots apricots apri apri- cots and figs are now being harvested in Utah's Dixie Utah's Craters Interesting Sight Ten miles west of or Fillmore can be found several interesting extinct volcano craters which rise several sc hundred feet Ceet above the level of the valley floor Visitors who scramble to the top lof of the largest crater through a a. carpet of volcanic ashes or cinders cinders cin cin- ders find themselves looking in in- in to a foot deep hole out ot or 1 which once flowed molten lava The interesting thing however is the fact that today industry has utilized has utilized the ashes surrounding surround surround- ing the crater and they are beIng being being be be- ing shipped to Salt Lake City where the they are made into cin ein the the familiar buildIng building building build build- ing block made of crushed cinders cin cin- cinders ders and cement The cinder cinder- block manufacturing industry is growing rapidly in Utah and the blocks are finding ready acceptance acceptance acceptance accept- accept ance ance In all types of construction work National Par Parks s to ho he Crowded Word comes from Crom Washington that a tidal wave of visitors are expected soon at all National Parks including Bryce Bryco and Zion and that lodge and cabin accommodations accommodations accommodations should bo ho reserved Ina in a advance ance six Forty Governors Comin Coming to Utah With only two exceptions Governors of every state In the Union including territories ot of the United States will gather In Salt La Lake Ice City at a Governors Governor's conference July 13 The high state stale dignitaries will be accompanied accompanied accompanied by their wives and families families fam fam- and while hero will be entertained entertained entertained en en- at great length by the tho state and church officials Arabia l Gets Utah Steel One hundred thousand tons of oC Utah steel is scheduled to go to Arabia where it will be used Inthe in inthe inthe the construction of oC an oil lino line from the Persian Gulf The tons is only the Initial shipment shipment shipment ship ship- ment of a million tons of or steel scheduled to cross the waters to Saudi Arabia and other foreign ports The steel will be shipped from Long Beach California via boat and it will require three years to complete the shipments ship ship- ments This is only a start says E. E C. C Austin purchasing and traffic traffic traffic fic manager of the Arabian Arabian- American Oil Co Farmers to Convene ene in Utah The largest and most important import Import- ant Farm larm Bureau Regional Conference Conference Conference Con Con- ference ever held in ih in the west is scheduled for Salt Sait Lako Lake Cit City July 7 with headquarters at the Newhouse Hotel This is the first regional conference held in five years Agriculture leaders from 11 western states will be bein bein in attendance Richfield For Naval Observatory The Richfield Chamber of Commerce is preparing a a. brief containing full Information to present to the U. U S S. S navy de department department de I in an effort to bring the U. U S. S naval observatory to the SevIer- SevIer Wayne Sevier-Wayne area The TIle famous fam- fam ous DUS observatory is now located i at Washington D. D C. C but metropolitan metropolitan metro metro- politan Interference Is forcing the navy to lo move this huge Installation Int in installation In- In t further Inland and away from the tho big cities If Utah is fortunate enough to secure secure- the naval observatory it would require the construction of 55 buildings at a cost of ten million dollars Fortunately the navy department requires a location lo- lo l lo location cation on the same latitude as the tho present site and the Sevier- Sevier Wayne area fills the tho bill In this respect including other ments such as climate and alti alti- tude Life To Do 0 Utah Stor Story Life Magazine is sending one I of Its crack photographers to southeastern Utah to make the Initial trip on the Campbell Motor Tours expected to be started this month fr from m Salt Lake City The regularly scheduled scheduled sched sched- tour will go from Salt Lake FLake to Richfield thence through tho the Wayne Wonderland across the Colorado River niver past the Natural Bridges National Monument and through Carbon Count County Tourists who vho make this trip will ride In a passenger 9 limousine The loop trip Is one thousand miles The story Life Magazine will do is titled Life Helps Inaugurate Inaugurate Inaugurate In In- A Scenic Tour Through Americas America's Last Unexplored Wilderness Wil Wil- I |