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Show H Spotlighting UTAH I1 -11 Bundy L'rges Centennial Coin Utahs congressional delegation, nt Washington Is asking for the minting ot a silver dollar 1947 centennial coin, the idea of which was presented to them recently by Ora Bundy, chairman of the Utah State department of Publicity Pub-licity and Industrial development. Mr. Bundy indicated that Senttor Abe Murdock and Congressman J. W. Robinson were in hearty accord ac-cord with the movement and have introduced resolutions before congressional con-gressional currency and banking committees calling for the minting mint-ing of the coin. Guest Preparations Underway With the latest national surveys indicating that next year's tourist migration will be westward in a volume never previously experienced exper-ienced and that 87 percent will come by auto, a movement is now underway to make a good impression impres-sion on Utah's 1946 visitors. Working in close harmony with the department of Publicity and Industrial development, the State Agricultural Vocational department under Director Mark Nichols is sponsoring "Community -Improve ment Clubs" in Utah's 275 communities com-munities of a population, from 100 to 800. No traveler who has tour; ed Ohio, Iowa and other eastern states can forget the nicely painted, paint-ed, orderly arranged and well fenced homesteads with trim looking look-ing barnyards and all farm machinery ma-chinery under sheds. In 1946, Utah's communities will either a lare measure any such conditions condi-tions if they exist and it will require re-quire a lot of extra work on the part 0: eveiy citizen in every community to present his area for public inspection next May and sav: "here it is, I'm proud of it!", Serving: Agriculture ' Constantly seeking to render a "better service" to Utah's agricul- ture industry, Agriculture Commis- : sioner Tracy R. Welling an- j nounces the installation of one of : the finest and most up-to-date seed 1 laborataories in the west. Operating Oper-ating to the end that crop im- provement means "use of better I seeds," the continued development I of the agriculture industry is as- ! sured with a resultant increase in crop income. Commissioner Welling calls attention that the new laboratory now stands ready at. .the Capitol to serve agriculture and insure the highest quality of j seed it is possible to produce, free from noxious weeds. As a , result of crop improvement I through the use of better seed, ' production of seed as an Industry Indus-try has been increased some six-million-dollai's in the past ten years. ''We are pleased to report," said Commissioner Welling, "that more and more farmers each year are asking for information on the seed they are planting. The seed laboratory is provided for in the state seed law and functions first as an official testing laboratory for enforcement of state seed regulations. The facilities of the laboratory are also available to any person desiring seed tested on payment of a reasonable fee." - California On Her Toes The California State legislature has authorized the construction of a three million dollar aerial tramway tram-way between China canyon and Long valley, 8,500 feet up to the flank of 10,805-foot Mount Jacinto. It is planned to create a wonderland wonder-land there for tourists, who can go from desert heat to winter snows in a few minutes. They can ski in the morning and swim in the afternoon. Transportation Competition Railroads, bus lines, airlines and steamship companies are going "hog wild" over tourist possibilities possibili-ties next year. The rails are ordering or-dering new club streamliners in bright colors drawn by Diesel power. The trains will have double bedrooms containing individual toilets and showers. Glass penthouse pent-house observation "casino" cars with smorgasbord buffets will accommodate ac-commodate fifty passengers. Bus lines will introduce express liners and compartment supercoaches seating fifty-one persons, and carrying full toilet facilities, also a buffet and lounge. Air conditioning condi-tioning will be general and buses will ride easier and travel faster. make a lasting impression for good, or a distasteful impression of littered lit-tered unkempt famyards, unpaint-ed unpaint-ed houses, barns and fences, unless action is taken at once. Losing no time, the agriculture department's depart-ment's program for community beautification is already underway. under-way. The program calls for the organization of C. I. clubs in every ev-ery community by the Agriculture instructor of the area's high school and the listing of every worth-wliile worth-wliile beautification project. With thf proper enthusiasm aroused, and cooperation secured of those having pride in the appearance of their own communities, everything every-thing should he in "apple pie order" or-der" when the great tourist migration mi-gration starts through Utah next May. RalphJ Parlette once said, "I judge a . community by. four things: the railroad station, which gives evidence of what the railroad rail-road thinks about the community; commun-ity; the postoffice, a criterion of what Uncle Sam thinks of the community, and the homes! the appearance of the homes indicate what the people thinks of themselves." them-selves." Judging Utah's rural communities communi-ties strictly by the appearance of ; the farmstead buildings, fences, machinery, growing crops and quality of livestock, Ralph Par-lette's Par-lette's criterion of necessity in some instances would not be too high. - The story is told of how a former for-mer Utah chief executive who, anxious to make a good imDres- sion for the state, .rushed his party of distinguished eastern guests by bus from Salt Lake City to the southern Utah parks by night rather than have them see the tumble-down barns with machinery and trash littered over acre lots, ancient houses and other unsightly eyesores that would have left a lasting impression for bad on the guests. After two days in the parks, he rushed them back to Salt Lake, again by night in order to preserve the fine impression im-pression made b.y the park visit. The forming of the "community improvement clubs" by the agricul-ture agricul-ture department should correct in |