Show l 1 Spotlighting S pot 1 19 h ting UTAH UTAH- 1 UTAH'S NEWEST EWEST INDUSTRY Utah lead makes the best white lead paint In the world as everyone should know but practically pr no one knows that Utah coal dust makes the best varnish In tho the world A new Industry for Utah the tho production of or resin a a. varnish base from waste coal dust Is now underway at they the th mouth of or Deer Creek In Hunt- Hunt HuntIngton HuntIngton Huntington Ington Canyon within a few miles of Price From this resin a solid Inflammable inflammable mable gum exuded from pine trees var var- varnish varI I fish nish Is refined Coal as any school child knows Is a combustible mineral formed from vegetable matter under great pres pres- sure Some of Utah's billion tons of workable coal was formed from pine trees and Is rich In resin an an amber material easily recognized by coal users A lot of the resin Is separated from the coal at the mine during the tho screening process and the dust bearing resin has long been cast aside as waste In fact Utah miners avoid the resin Impre Impre- Impregnated Impregnated impregnated coals as much as possible because of ot the excess S soot It produces Only this year however was wan a means found round to utilize the tho resin wastes which now f bids fair to become one of or Utah's im important I portent Industries i How V IT lT IS DONE E Developed by Adrian well wellI I known Carbon county chemical engineer tho resin reclaiming process Is Js Inter inter- Interesting I eating esting Mr MI plant can cani i handle handlo 20 tons of resin-bearing resin coal dust I dally daily from which one ton of resin Is IsI I I separated After five years of or experimenting experimenting Mr discovered that I i when the resin bearing coal dust Is dumped Clumped into salt water the resin floats and the coal sinks Skimming off ott the I resin ho extracted an undesirable wax by placing the resin In fresh water the I resin sank and the wax floated RId nid or orthe orI orthe the wax ho he separated the asphalt from I tho the resin by distillation n and at this writing his plant can turn out one ton I dally daily of the tho amber material from which the finest In est varnish can be made The I markets Incidentally are simply begging for foli his product The plant is an inter Inter- interesting Interesting I esting system of tanks pumps stills and laboratory and the process will wm convert thousands of tons of or a waste product into a a. valuable and useful I material promising more industrial ac activity no ac- activity for Utah During the past five I years the he Utah Publicity and Industrial Department has aided and encouraged JUT ter in his work The Depart Depart- Department Department ment sees a a. possibility that the product by-product minus its resin can con be eon con converted n nI I into coal thus utilizing I all nIl of the waste coal FOR rou MOAB lOAn The Moab Chamber of Commerce C could f render a n great service to x 0 the coming tourists by sponsoring the erection of an anI adequate sign at the Arches Arches' nal I Monument road Junction At the present time travelers not on the alert pass tho entrance to the area never knowing I they missed one of the outstanding scenic attractions of or the state I WORD TO TilE THE WISE NISE I I Travelers over Utah high high- highways highways highways ways are already complaining that road signs fall to give the distance from one town to tho other Tourists expecting a town every three miles as In the east experience a a. severe lost feeling when they drive for 10 or 15 miles without seeing a n sign or any indication that it itla itis la is so many miles to such and such a a. town Either the tho cities themselves or organized groups should lose loso no time in I sponsoring the erection of or adequate signs at the entrances of or their towns the tho tourists of the towns town's Importance its attractions its historical background and above all all a n friendly welcome wel me SIGNS S 01 OP TilE THE TIMES All who remember the last la t election and tho Morals and the Mayor inci inci- incident incident dent will be pleased to know that the city of Price has effected a n genuine housecleaning not a whitewashing but buta a a. purging of undesirable places and ele ele- ments In Prices Price's history an Important I epoch will always be noted by a signi significant figure of speech now in use by Price citizens BK and AK be before be- be before before fore Kirkham and after Kirkham SUPER HIGHWAYS FOR FOIL UTAH The Mountain States S tat t a t e s Association promises that the sum of per year during the next three years years' will be bo spent by the government in Utah turning ordinary highways Into trunk lino line super highways Highways 40 40 30 and 91 01 will get the expenditures and I It is hoped that the Improvements will willbe willbe be adequate to accommodate the mil mil- millions millions I lions of tourist automobiles expected I through ough Utah Uta starting next year A I super highway from Provo to Brigham City is 15 the first project scheduled WOULD WOUl OULi SEE UTAH The Washington D. D C. C Navy Yard has asked the Department of Publicity and Industrial Development for pamphlets and tourist information relative to scenic sights The navy yard employees it was said want to know what to see In Utah when they tour the west in the near future This letter Is 15 only a a. sample of or the tho many inquiries received dolly dally by bythe bythe bythe the State Publicity Department SUGGESTION FOR UTAH CITIES An eastern tourist recently left Salt Lase LaJe City for tor California At At t Provo with the memory of or Salt Lakes Lake's cold refresh refresh- refreshing refresh refresh-I refreshing ing drinking fountains in his mind mind mind- tho the weather was hot hot hot-he he drove down the main stem looking for tor a a. handy drinking fountain on the south side of or ortho tho the street sweet He reports he found none and left Provo extremely thirsty and longing for a a. drink of or good cold Utah water It must be remembered that a n bubbling drinking fountain is Js a n curious curious- Ity to eastern touristy tourists and a welcome sight Most of or Utah's bustling cities could benefit benet by offering the tourist a a. drink of ot cold clear cleor mountain water Funny how visitors remember such S 1 things |