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Show Associated Clubs Discuss Industries For Southern Utah Governor Herbert B. Maw was commended on his recent successful success-ful trip to Washington and on his activities and Interest in trying to obtain national defense industries for the state of Utah by the members mem-bers of the Associated Civic Clubs of Southern Utah at their regular monthly meeting held in St. George Saturday. It was also decided to name a committee to meet with Governor Maw and work In accordance accor-dance with his suggestion on obtaining ob-taining a pig iron plant for southern south-ern Utah, the committee to be named this week by President Henry H. Jones of Helper. Other important projects which were discussed at the meeting included in-cluded the Hurricane irrigation project, which proposes a dam across the Virgin river near Virgin city to impound waters for irrigating irrigat-ing the area near Hurricane; and the proposal made by Frank G. Martlnes of Richfield that an effort be made to have army flying cadet schools established in the Milford valley or other places in the southern south-ern part of the state where adequate landing fields are available or can be built. Discussion on the pig iron plant, which it has been proposed to establish near Mt. Pleasant, brought out the fact that the Iron ore to be processed is located in Bull valley, val-ley, which is located northwest of St. George, about 16 miles off the main line of the Pacific railroad. It was pointed out by Mr. Wads-worth Wads-worth that the Bull valley ore Is considered to be of a quality equal to any in the world. The Bull valley area also contains large quantities of gold, silver, lead and other metals, he said. In connection with the Hurricane irrigation project, it was reported that State Engineer T. H. Hum-pherys Hum-pherys was very much in favor ! early action on the project. The agricultural committee of the associated as-sociated clubs was Instructed to work with a special committee of Washington county people and the state water storage commission to further Immediate action. Speakers on the project included Mr. Wads-worth, Wads-worth, William E. Woodbury and State Senator Claude HlrschL In making his proposal concerning concern-ing the establishment of flying cadet schools in southern Utah, Mr. Mar-tines Mar-tines mentioned the government's plan to train 100,000 pilots each year and the fact that most of southern Utah supplies year around flying conditions. The meeting of the organization was held in St. George under the sponsorship of the St. George Chamber Cham-ber of Commerce, with Lawrence Wadsworth, president, in charge of arrangements. A meeting of the directors of the clubs was held at 10 a. m. In the L. D. S. Seminary building. Vice president J. W. Humphrey ot Ephraim conducted the afternoon session. Following the business session, ses-sion, the day's program concluded with a banquet in the Arrowhead hotel. Present at the session were A. O. Mackenzie, executive secretary of the Utah chapter, American Mining congress, and representing the Salt Lake chamber of commerce; W. D. Hammond, chairman of the state road commission, and J. E. Bergen, director of the state aeronautics commission, all of whom spoke briefly. |