Show Iron County Planning Board Holds Initial Meeting l The initial me meeting of the Iron County planning board for 1938 was held hold Friday morning January 28 Inthe Inthe In Jn the Extension assembly roan n of the Federal Building Hugh L L. L Adams chairman of the County planning banning Board Doard was in charge of tl U e meet- meet Ing Director William Pet Pct of the State Extension Service Dr O. O J J. J Wheatley Extension Economist Mrs Rena B. B Maycock Assistant Director of Home Economics and Mr chapman of the Department of Agriculture Washington D D. C. C were in hl attendance at the meeting A summary of previous inventories inventory inventor Inventor- ies fes of county resources as complied compiled ed d by the Planning Board was given given en n by Arnold Y Stevens Director Peterson presented briefly the picture picture pic pie ture lure of the States State's agricultural resources resources re re- resources re- re sources and mentioned soma sorna of the problems with which h Utah is fac fac- ed We spend approximately per child in the State of Utah out of tax money for each boy and girl graduated from High School SChOll said Director Peterson This an aunt 1 is in addition to what the parents must spend to give their child a I high school education A large percentage percentage per per- of this high school graduates graduates grad grad- rates are arc of necessity leaving the State of Utah In other words the State is s under the expense of rearIng rearing rear rear- ing and educating our young pea peo pie and when these young men and women attain the age of productivity they spend the best years of o f their lives laves in other states increasing increasing ing th the wealth there and thus Impoverishing impoverishing im Im- Im- Im the state of Utah DIrector Director Director Di DI- rector Peterson made an earnest plea for the people In Iron County County Coun Coun- ty to develop and use their natural resources economically and efficiently efficiently with the thought of providing providIng providing provid provid- ing a place In business industry or agriculture for the young oung people who are coming to the age of or maturity maturity maturity ma ma- so that we can provide a satisfactory opportunity to our own people eople a as well as others and thereby thereby there there- by enrich our State I Director Peterson said we must either admit that we that we have have- reached I Ithe the limit of our expansion In the State of or Utah or we must get busy and demonstrate that there thure are still ample resources in n the State to take care core of our growing la lotion lation The County Planning board will begin actively to accumulate more detailed Information rt regarding the county's resources and their proper grope prop prop- er development and control and add to the valuable data that has already been compiled by this group in the past three years |