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Show Spotlighting UTAH DELTA "GI" WRITES Addressed to "spotlighting Utah" in care of the Utah state department depart-ment of publicity, Gerald Curtis, rtivlM 2c stationed at Jacksonville Florida, and whose home in in Delta, writes: "As a Serviceman and Utahn who expects to derive my livelihood from Utah, I am naturally na-turally interested in your articles "Spotlighting Utah" which are distributed dis-tributed throughout the state. This is a very great service and at this time, I wish to express my appreciation ap-preciation for the column and your efforts to make the state a better place in which to live. "I believe you would welcome any suggestion to help put Utah on the map and attract tourist dollars. I am an avid sportsman and read almost every publication on the subject. Now, if the sportsmen sports-men of Utah would spend a little time along with the sportsmen from other states, and brag about "The big one they got at Fish lake or that "225-pound deer they got at Cedar," and tell it to the fishing fish-ing and hunting magazine editors along with pictures, they could i help Utah a great deal. The magazines maga-zines are simply begging for such Mcles. I've seen articles from c'Vr states but very few from L r .t. We have just as many big doA and elk as other states, but unless we tell the world about them, sportsmen from other states will not include Utah in their vacation va-cation plans. "One of the biggest thrills I've experienced while in the navy was a story told me by a marine private pri-vate from New York, who mentioned men-tioned that he would like to move to Utah. He said he liked the friendly manner of the people. He said he was riding a bus from Los Angeles to Salt Lake. Coming into Provo, the bus stopped a few minutes min-utes and a farmer opened the door and shoved in a bushel brsk-et brsk-et of peaches down through the isle. When the Marine offered to pay, the farmer, greatly astonished astonish-ed said: 'Why you are in Utah, and you folks are our guests. We couldn't accept a dime from you. These are the compliments of the people of Provo,' and with that, he left the greatly astonished passengers. pass-engers. Needless to say this act made a favorable impression on the Marine as well as the entire |