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Show v Spotlighting UTAH Award For Noise Abatement Utah people are proud when any institution of the state is recognized recog-nized nationally for worthy effort. The Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce Com-merce again has been awarded first place in the United States for its promotional program during National Noise Abatement week. Thin cnmn awnrrl wn3 crivpn in 1943. Fishers and Hunters, Take Notice! Sportsmen will be glad to hear that the water level of Navajo lake, on the road from Cedar City to Long Valley junction, is to be laised two feet at a cost of $20,-000.00 $20,-000.00 to protect the fish. The low water in winter caused suffocation. suffo-cation. The fish and game commission, com-mission, which is doing the work, announced that the 1945 duck season sea-son will open October 13 and run to the end of the year. The commission com-mission invites all who desire a free copy of the fish and game laws booklet to write for it. Utahn Writes Song Bob Hope's vocalist, Gale Rob-bins, Rob-bins, is singing "Mom Says Not To Worry", a popular song by one of Utah's gifted young women, Alene Dalton. The song was introduced intro-duced by the well-known Utah singers, the King sisters, who, in real life, are the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. W. King Driggs. Looking Into Three States J. Edwin Baird, a church leader and boys' man of Box Elder county, coun-ty, will lead the hike again this year up Willai'd canyon for a . strenuous three-day vacation, beginning be-ginning August 16. The sight from the top of the mountain, nourly 11,000 feet high, is one of the most dramatic in America. On a clear day and without field glasses, the mountain climber can see into Idaho, Wyoming and Nevada. Ne-vada. The bird sanctuary, the fields and orchards of Box Elder county, the city of Ogden and military installations, and the smelters of Bingham lie below. The trip on be made by automobile automo-bile for those who are not equal to the climb and sleeping on the ground. Every man, woman and child in Utah should find time to get to the top of the mountain and look down on that beautiful scene. Ski Areas Superior Roger Langley, president of the National Ski association of America, Ameri-ca, writes to the Publicity and Industrial In-dustrial Development department: "1 fool that you have wonderful opportunities for skiing at Alts and at Snow basin. 1 had the pleasure of visiting Aha in 1939, l'.Ml and 1912. Also, in 1941, I went up to the Snow basin area with Mr. Koziol, the present supervisor super-visor of the Wasatch national forest. I can assure you that I have been greatly impressed with these beautiful skiing areas and I (Continued on last pairs) Spotlighting Utah (Continued rrom page 1 ) feel that they will be very popular areas in the future." Kanab Prospers The econoYnic benefits from the filming of a 20th Century-Fox priduction, "Smoky", in and around Kanab comes to the public welfare department in a letter from its field representative. "Many families fami-lies make enough during the time it takes to film a picture to last the entire year. The movie company com-pany has their own employment office. When additional people are needed it is widely advertised and vacancies soon are filled. The movies are responsible for many tourists fn this county. Although Kanab is not a rich community, as far as taxable property is concerned, con-cerned, it is growing in richness for its moving picture industry and the tourist trade." |