Show hman it has haa como come to my attention that the ilia luke short story rom ram rod which originally appeared in aerial peri at form in tho the saturday katurd ay evening post issues of 0 at march arch 27 1 through may 8 1913 1943 an and d who was la ia to er pu published aln n book form by macmillan and company I 1 has AS been made into a picture by fin ter prise productions production 8 and aad stolen from theS tho tito of 0 colorado by the state of utah billed an aa tile tho I 1 official picture ot tho cen cell anial celebration ll 11 As AB many OK of you gentlemen know tho the story of 0 ramrod namrod was waa I 1 laid in ill the ahe toft 0 fasi 9 halo Color colorado adot for tho the officials ot of Hilier prise studio the producer and director of ramrod 0 mr harry sher man and mr antlee 1 do teth aa and most tho 0 0 the state this fin frontier aler history oc at colorado iram tram th tho Q citizens of 0 hla 0 st state a to andere and pre micro the allm DI m in utah la Is not hot I 1 in with tho the of the west ramrod namrod la Is as much W a part af the state of colorado colora do he the city of denver pikes speak beautiful valleys and ribera and other i natural and mati man made attractions that have made our state the most beautiful in the west now I 1 fully realize that governor maw and other officials official ot oi the state of utah might bo be justifiably hesitant in n comparing tho the glories ot colorado with their own arid desolate state BU but tor for them to usurp the motion picture version of at ramrod acaling as it does bocsi with our colorado sett settlers lets their problems their struggles is a blight lon on tho the heretofore hore commendable record I 1 of the people of 0 I 1 utah too mr MF sherman the producer at 0 ramrod tor for ua enterprise studio a i gentleman who has held hed the rollison rolna on over pictures accurately cura tely dealing with the should ro realize alize that by Pei permitting hla file mst red to be filched from the people of colorado and u used searf in rf tie the promotion of the utah centennial celebration lie he insults the people of dt colorado the thea tre apers of 0 our state who have until now been ardent pd and nth tul ul fans of df mr Sheri Shor mans nans nimi film the chicanery that has bag been perpetrated against the people ot the state ot of colorado by the state of utah and enterprise studio Is definitely foreign to the long fine record ot of cooperation and ho hon continued on pago page tour four ERIS P X continued from page 1 esty esly that thal has been an outstanding feature in tho the history of R tile the american west V PLEASE ill 1 I 11 tills this In morning orning senator whitaker takor A in speaking before the senate of the state of colorado discussed the matter of the state 0 of utah I 1 A 1 1 stealing from from tile the state of colorado for or the utah centennial eel eb ration the enterprise film vor ier ion elon of the luke short n novel 40 ramrod many of 0 you gentlemen Bent lomen realize that this story alory had as its back 1 ground the mythical town it ot or signal colorado senator whitaker pointed out that denver long neglected by hollywood studios as the locate for picture Prom lores should have boon beon worded accorded the world premiere or of ramrod 11 inasmuch as aa tho the story dealo with the struggles tho the hardships and tile tho glories ot of early colorado settlers sett lore I 1 Alfo thoroughly roughly agree with sona bonn tor Wb Who takor otaker not only would such buch an arrangement ran gement gemont have theatre owners own erB restaurant and hotel owners othor other businesses and tn in dust of the state of colorado it would have provided i through brough large denver attendance an early and groat great financial return to un en dudlo ny BY doyl ofis moana tho the officials of tho the state or utah obtained tor for their centennial colo bration tho the world premiere of 0 i ramrod christening the picture tho the of flekal film ot of the utah centennial conton nial colo obviously our neighbors in U tali fall to realize that had mr luko short the author of ramrod seen been nt fit to create a utah background tor for ills his story lie ho would have lone done it but ho he for the very good reason that there ther 0 aro are tow areas with sufficient color in tho the state of utah to addi add eyou even the smallest bl bit of interest to any ally authora author Is writings benco ho he chose colorado all tho the tricks and all the do de vices used by officials of tho the state of utah in grabbing tho the enter prise production of ramrod rod or premiere prom loro showing nt at tho the I 1 utah mall centennial exposition are arc all right with mo me nut but I 1 do seriously object to studios having filmed ramrod in utah amidst a background of typically drib drab uninteresting d 0 fj 0 r t while throughout the original or screen story the reader or tho the member of tho the aud audience lekie Is g lead to bellevo believe that the picture was mado made at I 1 a po colorado lorado location enterprise studio and tho the state of 0 aro are guilty of 0 gross in leading the public to bellove believe that tho the back grounds in tile the flim dim aro are typical colorado scenes tho the background Is a typical utah background and tile the state of 0 utah la is welcome to it but colorado should not bo be mado made to buffor at lack of scenic grandeur gran dour DAN FROST ADIR tEsS A few days ago senator ed bd ward whitaker and state kopro cepro senta tentative tive clem crowley of the colorado house made statements before the colorado state state legislature derogatory to ali the good name of the state or 0 utah entirely without basis these gentlemen claimed that utah had stolen etolo from colorado the world premiere of 0 the enterprise motion picture ure ramrod the film filin that we have been pleased to name the Off official lelal motion ale turo lure of tile tha utah CoA centennial tennial celebration eb ration senator whitaker and cepro representative senta tive tivo crowley also claimed I 1 that tile tho background appearing in tho the studio him film background a that were mado made while the ramrod troupe was on location at zion national park are supposed to represent a typical colorado scene not quite correct co true the story of ramrod Is supposed to havo have taken place in tile tho hypothetical town of sic big nali lial colorado however it took mr sherman ah onnan producer of ram ham rod only a couple of days daya scout ing around for location sites bites in colorado to convince him that nowhere in our neighboring state could areas bo be found that would eve oven approximate the glorious natural background provided by our OWn Zion national park area another mattor that both senator whitaker and representative Rep crowley apparently know 1400 about Is that mr harry sherman who has bas produced more than pictures dealing with pe the west liming filming different pictures in every western state claimed that nowhere in the west did lie ho receive liner finer more inore heartfelt cooperation from private citizens or state officials than he did in the state of utah for the ten weeks that the It ramrod amrod players and crew were on location in the drafton and kanab areas mr sherman stated that at no time werft the citizens or officials of biall anything but ably cooperative and filled with the typically warm sincere brand of utah friendship dut but getting back to senator whitakers statement that the utah limed filmed backgrounds used in ramrod are not to bo be found in any area in tio lorado and there fore they evill give strangers the wrong impression of tile the state well I 1 A ajan afraid that I 1 must agree colorado never was as aa beau ticul as aa depre represented 1 e 1 anted in tile the utah photographed enterprise production of ramrod senator whitaker youre going to have a tough time convincing visitors to colorado that you have natural scenery comparable to that of utah to answer your bh argea that thai the state oeetah tole stole trie world ot of OR ramrod amrod from the state of colorado I 1 can only answer that you must remember wo we permitted part of 0 the beautiful utah macenery to be photographed and represented as part ot of colorado and nobody in the state ot of even though of mak ing a fuss fusa over it in utah senator whitaker wo wb are always happy to lend a helping hand to a neighbor in need |