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Show Spotlighting UTAH Highlight In Utah History The tenth dny or Miy is a reminder re-minder tlmt 77 yeiirs lino the lirst truueoiUineulal railroad line was brought to coinplelion al l'ronioa-tory l'ronioa-tory station, Utah n point some 40 miles directly west of lSiiJmm City, ana" not at Promontory point, as many historians mistakenly declare. de-clare. Praelleally all Utnlms are fami liar with the story of the great celebration at Promontory, how whistles were blown, bells rung and cannon salutes fired In such Cities as New York and Sun l-'run-Cisco. Very little however Is recorded of the bitter dlsapolntment of Hrig-ham Hrig-ham Youn over the fact that despite de-spite the twenty years promotion he had given toward bringing a rail lino westwurd, that the binld-ia binld-ia s.iould ignore his pleas and by-mss by-mss Salt l.uko City by running tne i;ie down Weber Cnnyon and then .round the north end of Ureal Salt hake, leaving Salt Lake "high and Iry" as he called the situation. The story of how Brigham Young recruited a large number of Mormon Mor-mon workers, of his building a branch line from Ogden to Salt hake, of his securing rolling slock from the Union Pacific Railroad In lieu of money owed the Mormons by that corporation, of his completing complet-ing the line Into Salt Lake City, February 10, 1890, of his driving of his own speciully engraved spike mado from Utah Iron at a statewide state-wide celebration In Salt Lake City, Is an Interesting bit of Utah history. his-tory. Also vital la the fact that soon the line Into Salt Lake City was extended to growing cities and mining districts of south Utah. lOventually, many years later, the line even reached Los Angeles. Thus, Brigham Young's eagerness to get a rail line into Salt Lake brought Utah and Los Angeles rail connections to Salt Lake many years earlier than otherwise might, have been accomplished. Saturday Evening Post Features San Juan Monument Valley, the San Juan River, Mexican Hat, and the Norman Nor-man Nevills river trip will be featured feat-ured in color in the May lKlh issue of the Saturday Kvening Post. The story is done by the Post's feature writer, Neil M. Clark and will do much to direct the tourist interest 'to iioutneastern Utah. Plenty of Power Available Those Utnhns who live In Isolated Isolat-ed communit t ies. on farms or ranches ran-ches where electricnl power Is not available, might be interested in knowing that at the Ogden Service Ser-vice Forces Depot, the War Assets Corporation has dozens and dozens of trailer-mounted motor-generator sets for sale at a fraction of the original manufacturing cost. The only catch is that the buyer must take along a huge trailer mounted searchlight as part of the bargain. Some of the sets are new 'ind sell for $1,000.00 the used "oninment sells for $500.00 The units generate about 16 kilowatts of direct current and have 85 h. p. six cylinder motors. The units are ready to operate complete with switchboards. By adding storage battery capacity, these units might do very well for small communities vlieie the call for electrical power is not too great. Arizona Stealing Utah Thunder The Utah r)en"-''ie-' r-r n.-'-ity and Industrial Development hai received an attracuve louiit er from Richnrd F. Harding, a Salt Lake real esate man, on business in Arizona. The folder is interesting because it immediately gives a tourist the impression that the Rainbow Bridge National Monument is located in Arizona along with Navajo Mountain Moun-tain and other attractions, all of which are found in Utah, not Arizona. Ari-zona. Utah is unfortunate not having hav-ing improved roads into this vicinity vic-inity from the Utah side. The roads to Bluff are safe enough, but from Bluff to Mexican Hat, the Cottonwood Cotton-wood Wash always carries somewhat some-what of a threat to motorists. The improvement of this situation, however, has been promised by the I State Road Commission. |