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Show SOUTH UTAH CIVIC CLUB OUTLINE WORK FOR COMING SEASON P. L. Holman, Newly Enrolled Secretary, Issues Report of Enthusiastic Meeting of Organization Or-ganization Held at Price The meeting of the Associated Civic Clubs of Southern Utah, held at Price, Utah, December 5 and 6 was probably the most successful meeting meet-ing yet held by the Civic Clubs. Represented Re-presented at this meeting was the Colorado Chamber of Commerce, Giand Junction Chamber, Provo Chamber of Commerce and the Salt Lake Chamber. Twelve of the Southern South-ern Utah Counties were, represented. Mayor O. F. Hubbell represented Beaver county in the place of Geo. Jefferson, vice president of the association, assoc-iation, who was unable to attend. Following is a report of the meeting meet-ing issued by Dr. P. L. Holman, secretary: sec-retary: "A review was made of our past year's accomplishments. Very much activity had been given to our highway high-way system. Our scenic wonders have been stressed rather extensively. extensive-ly. Considering the fact that cur financial resources have been very limited we have maintained a field secretary during all the summer months. We have also obtained considerable con-siderable advertising for Southern Utah. "Earl C. Anthony, Incorporated, at Los Angeles, kndly furnished a car with a writer and photographer to come into our section and spend a number of weeks. These stories and photographs of our section were released re-leased periodically thisough the entire en-tire Pacific Coast Press. Releases were also made on the same subject over KFI. These same cuts and stories have now been sent East for release ..through . the Eastern SPress Syndicate. The Monitor, the official organ of the Mountain States Bell Telephone Company have also given us two issues. This organ has a distribution dis-tribution of 23,000. The National Geographic Magazine are now contemplating con-templating an issue devoted to Southern Utah. The Wayne Wonderland, Wond-erland, which is second to none in scenery, has been urged as a National Nation-al Park and our prospects for this look good. "Good will relations have been created with our sister states, namely, name-ly, New Mexico, Arizona, Southern California and Colorado. Our future efforts will be to establish a good working relation with these friends. Our February meeting ,it is planned, will be held in the Los Angeles Chamber. Further meetings with Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico will be held. "Vital 'suppoj-t was rendered by our Association in legislative matters mat-ters such as the State School Equalization Equali-zation Bill; the Junior College Bill and Our Secondary Highway Bill. "Further efforts were directed against our Federal Government's action in its attempt to exclude our cattle and sheepmen from use of extensive ex-tensive territory along the Colorado river. It was contemplated that this territory should be placed in a Federal Fed-eral Reserve which would automatically automatic-ally exclude us from grazing purposes. pur-poses. Attempts are now being made to stop outside people from excavating excavat-ing our wonderful relics and removing remov-ing them from' the State. Further plans aBe under way to create a Southern Utah Museum for the pre-servaton pre-servaton of these relics. "It has further been attempted by our Associaton to offer our services to the State and County in matter of unemployment and we were represent repre-sent in the State Conference in this matter. "We also succeeded in an arrangement arrange-ment in California whereby our sheep and cattlemen who were unable un-able to feed their animals were to ship them onto a 36,000 acre ranch in California, permitting the owners of the ranch to sell at a more advantageous advantag-eous date and retain their commission commis-sion at the time of sale. "A survey has been initiated by our Association that will make public a summary of all mineral, scenic, forest, livestock, poultry and agricultural agri-cultural industries, sucfi as they now exist. With also the idea of pointing point-ing out every possibility of development develop-ment in these fields. "Doctor Thomas, of the Colorado Chamber, at Price, drew attention to the fact that California is destined to become a great marketing center for South America, Pacific Islands and the entire Orient. That the natural geography of Calif, is inadequate for even the production of amount and variety of its own basic food and clothing needs. That it is our business busi-ness to profit by this in supplying their demands. He pointed further that our lamb and beef are a much superior " quality to that produced in California. That our lettuce, peaches, peach-es, apples, butter, potatoes, and poultry poul-try are of the most unexcelled type and we shall be obliged to furnish Californa with these items. One individual in-dividual has recently made effort to obtain one thousand acres for . the production of lettuce in Southern Utah. "Doctor Thomas ,in stressing the importance of Colorado's tourist , traffic, admits that this traffic is of more value to Colorado than all its mines. That last year 1,333,000 tourists entered Colorado. That the average stay within the State was 2 9110 weeks with an average expenditure, ex-penditure, of 5115.46. A little thought with a pencil will show you the immense im-mense value of tourist traffic. "Never has rnore enthusiasm been shown in any attempt to build and advertise Southern Utah and it is hoped that our counties will see fit to lend unaminous fcupport to the j efforts of the Civic Clubs. A number i of counties have already declared j their wllingness to render every pos-! pos-! sible aid to this cause. 1 "Thirty three Civic Clubs in I Southern Utjih are represented in j our Association with a total member-j member-j ship of 378. Twelve counties with ( it's 84,000 people are also represent-i represent-i ed in the organization. I "Our only trouble in Southern Utah has been its sparse population; widely scattered and divded by geographic geo-graphic barriers; mingled with a' lit-, lit-, tie provincial selfishness and jealousy. jeal-ousy. We feel that our most import-i import-i ant accomplishment has been to ov-I ov-I ercome all these detriments and to ; supplant them with big wholehearted wholeheart-ed cooperation, boosting and enthusiasm. enthus-iasm. "If this is an accomplished fact, ttvn only the wildest dreams con portray the possibilities of our won- lerful section." |