Show I Spotlighting UTAH Utah Scores l Again lain ain as a group are the nations nation's most scholarly people people- their ration of oC school attendance surpasses all other states Utah ranks first In the number of persons per population at attending attending at- at tending educational Institutions The above facts have been re revealed revealed re- re In a survey of national education needs b by Dr C. C E. E school of ot education Rutgers Rutgers Rut nut gers University New Brunswick New Jersey Dr declares also that the number of persons of secondary secondary secondary sec sec- school per population population population tion in Utah attending school is the national average Is only The national average of students students students stu stu- dents attending higher educational educational educational institutions during the prewar years of 40 1939 per population was students students students stu stu- dents Utah's average on the same basis in the same school year was men and 86 women women women wo wo- wo- wo men a total of more than twice the national average Money ono Promise Central Utah Vall Valley C Project Following a series of conferences conferences conferences confer confer- in Washington Ora Bundy chairman of Utah State Depart- Depart went of Publicity and Industrial Development has assurance assurance assurance assur assur- ance that sufficient funds willbe willbe will willbe be available this year to expedite expedite dite investigation work on the Central Utah Valley Project which has as its purpose trans- trans mountain diversion of water from the tho Green river and other Colorado river tributaries into central Utah for irrigation s Assurances were also given that Utah which has never re received received re- re re-I re any of the waters of the Colorado river to which it Is entitled will receive her portion provided pro under the Colorado river compact Mr Bundy was Informed by Washington officials that flood control work on the Jordan river riv riv- er er Mill creek and Great Salt lake are still under consideration tion by army engineers Congressman J. J Will Robinson promised Mr 11 Bundy Dundy that representatives representatives of the Department of Roads of the Public Works Yorks administration administration ad atI- ministration will make necessary necessary sary say investigations and surveys relative to the part the govern- govern went will play in the construction construction construction tion of the road over the old pioneer trail from Henefer through Emigration can canyon on to the site of the This Timis Is the Place monument Utah's Ol Oldest est Wagon agon Road Roa The oldest wagon road In Utah is in Box Elder county Over O it passed the first recorded train of emigrants headed for California and known as the John BIdwell party They brought the first wheeled vehicles into Utah six years ears ahead of or the Mormon Pi PI- In fact BrIgham Youngs Young's original party had no difficulty in following the wagon wheel trails left b by the BIdwell party who with another group of adventurers adventurers adventurers ad ad- led by Father DeSmet left Sapling Grove Missouri Inthe Inthe in inthe the spring of 1811 1311 for California Near Soda Springs Idaho the Bidwell party of oC 34 persons traveling traveling traveling trav trav- eling In covered wagons left DeSmet and followed the Bear River south They crossed the thelow thelow thelow low hills near Collinston Utah where Jim Bridger first viewed the sparkling waters of Great Grea Salt lake in 1824 1324 Near where Corinne now stands the party turned west and crossed Promontory Promontory Promontory Prom Prom- mountain over the exact spot where years later In 1869 the Union Pacific and Central Centra Pacific rails met mot From Promontory Promontory Promontory Prom Prom- westward their wagon trail can still sUll be traced as 1 It wended Its way to whore where Kelton now stands and thence onward to o Owl Springs Box Elder count county county coun coun- t ty where two wagons were abandoned None of these wagons wagons wagons wag wag- ons of the 1841 trek reached their destination and after suffering suffering suf suf- fering foring terrible hardships the party larty finally reached California without loss of life Box Dox Elder county would do dowell dowell dowell well to mark this trail the trail the oldest oldest oldest old old- est wagon road In the state Tourist Break Seen for Southeastern Ut Utah h Strongly supporting the designation designation designation des des- ignation of southeastern Utah's highway U. U S. S 1 ICO GO as part of the Alaska to south gouth America highway system a large delegation delegation delegation tion of leading citizens from Carbon county will join with delegations from Green River Moab l and Monticello to attend a road meeting at Gallup New Mexico March 16 The tourist possibilities of this highway are highly import import- and and its designation as a major route from Alaska to South America would throw Into prominence all of or southeastern Utah's major scenic attractions such as the Book Cliffs the SIlent Si Silent Silent SI- SI lent city Geysers of Green River Riv Riv- er the Skyline drive the Arches National monument the Bridges National monument National monument and antI Monument Monument ment valle valley Utah War al Memorial 1 Planned A person capacity similar to NewYork's Now New Yorks York's Madison Square Garden containing a convention hall sports arena and rooms for veterans veteran's veterans veteran's veterans veteran's vet vet- erans eran's organization offices Is being being being be be- ing planned at Salt Lake City asa as asa asa a Utah War Var Memorial Tentative plans call for an expenditure of and the most favored site for Cor tho time memorial Is the area occupied b by the Utah State prison pris pris- on at South and East Veteran groups have havo expressed themselves as favoring a living memorial from Crom which the public pub lie lic could be benefit Continued on last page u Spotlighting Utah Continued from Crom page 1 HI Work Ol to Start The Utah State Road commIssion commission commis commIs- sion slon has approved Uta-h's Uta first postwar road budget calling for forthe forthe forthe the expenditure of exclusive of federal matching funds Spring maintenance e of Utah's highway system Is starting start start- I ing lug Immediately Parks Southern U Utah ah National parks will put out the welcome mat June Juno 1st follow following ng the expenditure expenditure expendi expendi- ture titre of or a half million dollars for improvements Prewar five five- day lay tours through Zion and Bryce all at Cedar Cit City will be he resumed |