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Show Five County Organization Sets Up Committees to Promote Development The new five county organization organi-zation for Southern Utah is mov-lmr mov-lmr forward enthusiastically in four fields of endeavor, In an ef I fort to take the greatest possible advantage of development of the j Iron, Washington, Kane, Garfield i and Beaver counties. Four key phases of the pro- gram to promote the area in com 1 nectlon with expected expansion as the result of the Colorado Riv-cr Riv-cr development program are being be-ing considered. Developments of roads, power, advertising and recreational facilities head the listed activities sponsored by the new organization. Jess Guymon, Parowan, is the chairman of the organization, and Clair Rowley, Parowan, is secretary. The chairman of the boards of county commissioners of the other four counties, comprise com-prise the board of directors. Committees have been named to work on each of the four phases phas-es of promotion mentioned. Roads Committee Named to the general roads committee were representatives of each county commission in charge of roads In their own counties. The group consists of Lyman E. Sevy, Iron County, chairman; H. L. Tolley, Beaver; Arthur Barlocker, Washington; Burton Banks, Kane, and Alton Shakespeare, Garfield. A committee on parks and forest for-est Improvement consists of Rud-ger Rud-ger Atkln, Washington, chairman; chair-man; Warren Bulloch, Iron; Bur-ton Bur-ton Banks, Kane; H. J. Allen, Garfield, and Martell Easton, Beaver. Paul R. Franke, superintendent superin-tendent of Zion National Park Cedar Breaks National Monument, Monu-ment, was named to the committee, commit-tee, i 1 The superintendent of Bryce Canyon and Capitol Reef National Nation-al Monument will also be a (Continued oa Back Page) FIVE COUNTY ORGANIZATION (Continued from Pag On) member of this committee when his appointment is confirmed by the U. S. Park Service. A committee on power, especially espec-ially the disposition of power from the projected Glen Canyon Dam, also was named. It consists of Gordon Clark, Washington, and Wallace Yard-ley, Yard-ley, Beaver, both of whom are now members of the Utah Water and Power Board; Bruce Parker, Garfield County attorney; Warren War-ren Bulloch,, Iron County; Le-Roy Le-Roy H. Cox, St George, attorney, attor-ney, and a representative for Kane County yet to be named by tfie Kane County Commission. Named to the advertising committee com-mittee were representatives of leading newspapers In the five-county five-county area. They are Nora Lyman, Ly-man, Washington County News; Steve Williams. Milford News and Beaver Press; Morgan Rollo, Iron County Record; Robert B. Mitchell, Parowan Times; Errol G. Brown. Kane County Standard, Stand-ard, and Stanley J. Mickulewlcz, Garfield County News., at Pan-guitch. Pan-guitch. One of the most Important undertakings un-dertakings of the group will be to work for an allocation and distribution of power from . the Glen Canyon Dam so that the southern part of the state will have access to a generous supply of cheap power, one of the greatest great-est needs of the area If It Is to grow Industrially. Leaders of the organization recognize the far that failure of Utah to obtain an allocation of power from Hoover Hoo-ver Dam was one of the great ert oversights leaders of the state have ever made. They are determined deter-mined that no such oversight will occur In the present development devel-opment plans. The five counties will benefit but little from water from the Colorado River development program, pro-gram, but the power that should be available to the area will be of tremendous value if the interests in-terests of southern Utah are properly pro-perly protected. Development of roads is also Importance. The access road to the Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado will mean much to the area during the construction per iod and in future developments made possible through the dam facilities. Also of great importance import-ance Is the development of more and better highways leading into the five counties as a means of attracting greater numbers of tourists to the parks and scenic scen-ic attractions of the area. Every-thing Every-thing possible will be done to promote such lghway developments. develop-ments. Improvements in national park and national forest recreational facilities and extensive advertising advertis-ing as a means of attracting more tourists to the area, and holding them for longer periods of time, will also occupy much of the time of the organization toffioer and special committees. |