| Show I L- L I s Spotlighting r h ung I I UTAH II I II II I I TE ST. STATUS TOLD I Tho Utah State Fair will be held beld this ot of the season providing the officers InternatIonal AssociatIon or of Fairs and Expositions succeed In persuading the ot of defense transportation to re- re yoke a 0 June I 1 1945 ban on the holding of state and regional fairs It is ex- ex explained explained by Sheldon R It Brewster secre- secre tary Failing the voidIng ot of the tho theban ban and In view of the fact that there is no ban on strictly local expositions the fair like Uke the play will go on but butas butas as a local exposition and publicized strictly as a Salt Lake City affair Plan Plan- Planning Planning ning in this directIon Is noW under under- I way IU CONTROLS ROADS The amount o of mIles the state may have in its ita interregional highway system is strictly controlled by the necessity Y for certain high standard construction designs and the funds allocated for this purpose it Is explained by Row W. W commission chief engineer Too many miles mUes on the interregional system would force he state to use a disproportionate disproportionate share o of revenue on these roads roads The present designatIon of Inter Inter- InterI Interregional regional highways is based largely on necessity and includes high high- highways I ways U. U S. S 91 U. U S. S 30 S and U. U S. S 40 50 TELLING TilE RUSSIANS So the Russians may know the truth about the great state of Utah the Department of Publicity and Industrial I Development Is sending Elmer Davis OffiCe ot of War Information head at Washington D. D C. C Utah literature set set- setting setting ting forth in detail Utah's attractions and opportunities It seems that Mr DavIs has bas found It necessary to I revise the booklet AmerIca cd which his bis office is distrIbutIng in Russia and which described several I western states including Utah as a bleak and barren area with practically no Industries and which depends al- al almost most entirely upon farmIng for its sub sub- HUNT n. CIS MAW When Governor Lester C. C Hunt ot of I Wyoming disclosed In Chicago that the Governors Governor's Conference was backing Gov- Gov Governor Governor Maw for appointment to the position tion or of secretary or of the Interior Gay Gov- Governor Maw said I have havo heard that some of the gov- gov governors suggested me for the interior department however I still have a big Job to do In Utah and I 1 really b have v not given the cabinet possibility a lot lotof lotof of thought It 12 a ni nice e compliment though COLL COLLECTS CIS CI'S 19 19 Nineteen million dollars approximate approximate- approximately ly one half the total true revenue o of the Utah state government t h has been I I collected as of the fiscal year ending June 30 1945 accordIng to figures or of A. A A A. the tax commIssion cashier casbier The amount is exactly and Is a decrease ot of one per cent I over the prevIous fiscal years year's Compared with the 1941 fIscal year collections the 1945 collectIons are I per cent ent greater 1941 was con con- considered a normal year ear DurIng the past I I live lve years revenue from income tax I I receipts beer taxes and oleomargarine taxes have doubled and sales tax rev rev- revenue revenue I I Jumped 60 per cent Revenues from i the gas tax dropped 11 per cent over the Jive Uve year period The cigarette tax I dropped 14 per cent last year below the peak year while the motor I vehIcle registratIon fee revenue Increased 16 per cent 41 11 1945 over 1941 due to the I higher fee received from the licensing of larger trucks I RESOURCES SPOTLIGHTED metallic greatest resources are and non metallic minerals Dr A. A Ray I native Utahn and now executive dir direCtor tor of at the Ohio State University announced during a Utah vIsit He I warned that western industry must develop Improved research facilities 1 if it Itis Is to expand or hold Its s own against larger concerns which have bave their eyes on the rIch natural resources ot of this region I see no reason why your raw materIals should be shipped away brIng brIng- brIngIng bringing Ing a cheap price and when processed be shipped back at a considerably higher price he said I 44 t t tIt IIII I I 1 1 1 1 I I 1 1 I I I |
