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Show Spotlighting UTAH KOWELLS SEES GREATER TOURIST BUSINESS Rulon S. Howells, Commissioner, State Department of Publicity and Industrial Development, has turned turn-ed from the National Association of Travel officials convention at Chicago, in which the State of Utah has membership. Representatives from practically every state publicity publi-city department in the United States were, present, along with national travel, vacation, and automobile association as-sociation authorities, rail, bus line and publishing officials. "Catering to the tourist is one of the fastest growing bsulnesses in America," Mr. Howells said upon his return, "and next season we will experience a continued growth of the tourist business In Utah which subsequently will Increase prosperity prosper-ity In this area." While at the convention, many publishers requested more and more publicity department photos and factual Information concerning U-tah U-tah and her scenic attractions, Mr. Howells pointed out. ESCALANTE DESERT BLOOMS On the map, that vast area west of Cedar City, is indicated as the Escalante Desert. Until a few years ago, it was Just a sage brush covered cov-ered sheep range. Today, however, the desert is being reclaimed and is producing some of the finest alfalfa al-falfa and potatoes found In Utah. Small and large farm operators are making the Escalante area pay dividends. The largest operated In the region is the Weyl-Zuckerman company. They have reclaimed 2,000 acres which are now under cultivation culti-vation five miles north of Enterprise Enter-prise and 35 miles west of Cedar City. At this writing, the- last of some 800 acres of potatoes are being harvested har-vested and stored in huge cellars. The average yield of potatoes was 175, one hundred pound sacks to the acre. The Russets produced by this concern brought $4.25 a hundred hun-dred on the Los Angeles market. The White Rose potatoes now winding up the harvest are washed, sorted, and stored as certified seed. They are worth $3.50 per hundred. The large potatoes are sorted out and sold as "bakers" (baking potatoes) and will soon grace restaurant tables tab-les in the big west coast cities. Irrigation water comes from 95 feet below the surface and is raised by electrical pumps set in 12 inch pipes. There is evidently plenty of underground water under this desert des-ert area, but the present worry is lack of electrical power. Operators complain that lack of electrical power pow-er is holding back the agricultural expansion of the region. The Wyel-Zuckerman company has thirteen big wells; they employ em-ploy 40 people the year around; they harvested 1500 tons of alfalfa this year and are clearing 1800 acres of sage brush land which will go Into production next season. Many of the small operators in the region are from Los Angeles and most of the cars in the area bear California license plates. The area is an easy day's drive from the big coast city, ANOTHER GENEVA SATELITE SEEN Preliminary Investigation! are now underway by Herbert O- Hays, Col. umbta, Ohio, and chief engineer for the Armstrong Furnace company, relative the possible establishment of a $2,000,000 furnace manufacturing manufactur-ing plant near the Geneva Steel plant. The principal raw materials required by his company are steel and cast iron. He has already conferred con-ferred with Geneva Steel officials. |