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Show pahgres from Colorado. The two big events of the Indian In-dian year are the Bear Dance ill April and the Sun Dance in July or August. Of these events, the Sun Pance holds the spotlight, for it is a religious, dance of cleansing wherein dancers go without food or ,v:i.ter ior three aays, all the while dancing to the sun to achieve a blessing of improved health. Both dances can be seen by White people, but anv photoi'nphic nativities na-tivities at the Sun Dance is strictly prohibited. It may be however, that the Disney people can overcome this objection by the proper approach ap-proach to the Tribal council. An educational film explaining th habits, manners and customs of thi Utah Indians would certainly finQ interested audiences wherever shown and would result in creating considerable tourist interest to eastern Utah. Mrs. C. M. Cochrane brought us in a very wicked looking knife, big, with scabbard, which the Philippines Philip-pines use. Her late husband got it there when in the service. With it a man could be killed easily. It is on display in our case. A person could be beheaded with it, or slic-' slic-' ed down to size. the condition of our roads on a ' comparative basis and plan to dwell considerably on road construction con-struction in my message to the 19- . li icg.slature," he said. ' Disney Would Film Utah Indians The Disney Studios of Hollywood ! have shown an interest in filming ' an educational picture on Utah Indians, In-dians, and Edwin L. Verity, unit production manager has asked the Utah Department of Publicity and Industrial Development for complete com-plete information relative the In- ' dians on the Uintah-Ouray reservation reserva-tion near Roosevelt, Utah. A visit to the Dig reservation headquarters at Fort Duchesne revealed re-vealed the fact that there are 1500 Indians in eastern Utah and that they are of the Ute tribes. They were moved into eastern Utah many years ago and today represent repre-sent three bands: The Utes from the Spanish Fork area, the Uintahs from eastern Utah, and the Uncom- j j Spotlighting ! UTAH Ten Million Dollar Payroll Utah's big war-born establishment, establish-ment, the Clearfield Naval Supply Depot has been declared permanent perman-ent its major job is to help supply sup-ply the Pacific Fleet and western shore installations. The depot's civilian employment roster is now at 4.850 persons; the J payroll is in excess of 10,000,000 an- nually. In addition, there are 420 Navy and Marine officers and men ' stationed at the Depot. A payroll . )f the size reported from the Depot, . undoubtedly contributes much to Utah's present prosperity. Utah Ups Construction Work Construction employment in Utah nas increased 57 per cent since the end of the war, the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report. In mid-October, Utah construction contractors contract-ors employed 8600 workers as compared com-pared with 5500 at the end of the war in August 1945. These figures, however, are still below construction construc-tion employment in Utah during 1942 and 1943, when military activity ac-tivity was at its peak. j Utah Roads Declared Good 1 Utah roads are in better condition condi-tion than 75 per cent of the highways high-ways between Utah and Miami, Florida, declared Governor Herbert B. Maw upon his return from the national Governor's conference at Miami. Governor Maw said he purposely drove to the conference to make a personal survey of the roads outside out-side of Utah. "I am greatly encouraged over |