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Show MoabToBeHost To Civic Groups This Weok-Knd . Moa-b,' the gateway to the scenic wonderland of southeastern Utah, bids a hearty welcome to the members mem-bers of the Associated. Civic Clubs of Southern Utah who will hold their April meeting ait the Grand county seat. The Moab Lions club is making elaborate preparations for entertaining the visitors, and Moab's proverbial hospitality will be very much in evidence. Plans, as jlentativeiiy outlined, call for a general meeting of the association at 2:30 p.m. on April 23. This meeting will Ibe held in Grand county's beautiful new court house, which was completed less than a year ago alt a cost of $65,-000. $65,-000. - This building, which embodies embod-ies the latest trends in architecture, architec-ture, is said ito be the mosit mo-dernly mo-dernly equipped in the state. At 8 p.m. a banquet will be helu in the spacious gymnasium of the new Moab liiigh schiotol building, completed two years ago at a cost of ,$140,000. Preparations are toeing toe-ing made to serve 150 at the banquet ban-quet tables. Following the dinner, a dance will be given at the G. C. ballroom. In addition .to the directors ot i the Associated iCivic -Clubs, the meeting will be attended by delegations dele-gations from the Chamber of Commerce Com-merce of Grand Junction, Colorado, Colora-do, and the Montelores Chamber of Commerce of southwestern Colorado. It is hoped that Gover- j nor Henry H. Blood, the members of the Utah state road commis-j sion, and several officials of the national parks service will be in attendance. One of the important matters' expected to be taken up at the i meeting will be to solicit the con-' tinued cooperation of western Col- j orado in routing tourist traffic in-1 to Utah. Both Grand Junction and Montelores chambers of commerce have in the past extended hearty (Continued on last page) n Moab ToBe Host (Continued from first page) cooperation to Utah, and the Grano Junction organization particularly has been engaged actively in advertising ad-vertising the scenic attractions ot southeastern Utah. It is hopea that at the Moab meeting the efforts ef-forts jof the Colorado chambers can be coordinated with the work of the Associated Civics Clubs, to the mutual benefit of both states. On Sunday morning the Moab Lions will conduct the visitors on a tour to nearby scenic attractions. attrac-tions. It is planned to serve lunch at one o'clock in Arches national monument, after which the gathering gather-ing will disperse. The Lions are especially hopeful that all visitors arrange ito make the Sunday morning trip. A great gain in tourist traffic through southeastern Utah was recorded re-corded in 1937, and :the prospects for continued growth in 1938 are exceptionally bright. Gradually as a result of modfem highway construction and publicity work the little known scenic wonders of the southeastern corner of Utah are becoming known throughout the country. Without question, the next decade will bring this region to Hhe fore as one of the most popular pop-ular tourist playgrounds of the west. Moab, located on highway 160 (formerly 450), is the gateway to a vertia'ble mystery land ,that con-; tains scenic features not 'to be 1 found anywhere else on the globe The city of Moab, situated at 'the only crossing of the Colorado river , between Grand Junction, Colorado and Lee's Ferry bridge, is rapidly developing into a tourist city, ann the need of a larger and modern hotel to accommodate the many visitors is becoming increasingly apparent each day. A hotel company com-pany is being promoted and it is probable that within another year a hotel adequate to 'the needs of 1 the city will Ibe erected. |