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Show SERVICE THE t WATCHWORD I WITHUTILIT? Utah Power and Ligrg Company has Many A complishments to Cred for year 1934. de eci The Utah Power and Light cord pany is completing in 1934 a yemd of outstanding public and sodi service, one of the chief beneficia.j, ies of which is the bountiful Cact&S valley. As in past years, the a tivity of the organization and 1 personnel has been actuated by realization that community bulk Ing and territorial welfare ai equally as important as a f unf 1 tion of a utility as giving adequaV-electric adequaV-electric service. t Among the accomplishments C" the company during the yea many of which are common knowj , edge to Cache county folk, are: 1. Alleviation of disastrous drout ravages in its territory which sa ed many agriculturists from ron plete ruin. !';;. 2. Cooperation with the loca state and federal governments i relieving unemployment in tr state. 3. Stimulation of sound recoi ery through the Impelling force private initiative and the impetiv of private enterprise. 4. Advancement of the nation! program for Home Modernizations in an effort to improve the stanc4C ard cf living and bring greaU comfort and happiness to I he n ral and city home. 5. Acquaintance of the people t the territory with the results t research in the field of better lighl ing for the safeguarding and cob servation of eyesight. 6. Participation In the campaia j for traffic safety by winning na tional recognition for safe drit ing by its employes and operatic! s:: cf its equipment. . " j 7. Development of the great use of electricity in industry an . ! especially in the rural .areas in tt j interest of relieving back-break in ! drudgery. x j Of major interest to Cache Vu ! ley was the company's participa jtion in saving more than $3,00),0' 7 I in crop values in the valley by r leasing Bear Lake water in! Bear River through dredging cpas ations at Lifton. In a report t . Governor ; Henry, H. Blood tt I Bear river water committee es j mated that in Utah 88,224 acn of land received water and yieldc $3,149,811 additional crops ov( ; what would have been produced j In expressing the sentiment iasl j the" committee for the company action, Frederick P. Champ, i Logan, referred specifically to "tl constructive and helpful attivue of the Utah Power and LigJ Company the cooperation of whic has mada possible delivery of large portion of the water di; tributed under this emergency prJ gram." "The entire Bear river systej of the company," he said, "hisses been conscientiously d e v o t e?f throughout the season from tr pumps at Bear lake to the da at Cutler, to irrigation purpoa in preference to power developmen ! (Continued on Page Five) 15 pany won first honors in the National Na-tional safe driving contest. The entire program of 1934 emphasizes em-phasizes the value to the electrical users of a large interconnected system, especially in the inter-mountain inter-mountain area, only 3 per cent oi which is under cultivation. Not orJy is constant and adequate service ser-vice provided in emergencies inch as the disastrous drouth but the extent of the system makes it possible to provide benefits unobtainable un-obtainable through small independent inde-pendent units. (service, the WATCH- I WORn UITn rniiTv (Continued from Page One) and its personnel has been continuously con-tinuously at the command of this committee in carrying out the de-i de-i tails of this program in conformity with the action taken by the water users themselves." The company, also in conformance conform-ance with its pledge to the last legislature, has made substantial contributions to the unemployment relief. More than 300 employes above normal payroll requirements have been provided with work over long periods and substantial amounts spent for purchases in the territory which the company serves. serv-es. Through intensive sales effort it has created markets and stimulated stim-ulated the return of men to their former occupations. One of the outstanding achievements achieve-ments has been in modernization. In Salt Lake City a Modernization Moderniza-tion Exposition attracted 121,0000 persons end in the rural areas the Home Electric to date has been attended by about 15,000 persons. The traveling show appeared in practically all towns in Cache ' valley and southeastern Idaho serving a worthy purpose in acquainting ac-quainting the public with the new-developments new-developments in electrical science. The Preston division of the com- |