Show Spotlighting I i L UTAH 1 UT ON os SELLING JOB Jon JOBIN JonIS JOBIN IN IS WASHINGTON Twelve prominent are in Washington this week on an Important nt selling Job that job that of selling the new Sec See Secretary Secretary of the Interior and the new Commissioner of ot Reclamation the Im- Im Importance importance of or carrying out Utah's water development program In Washington are Ora Oro Bundy president National Re- Re Reclamation Association William R. R Wal- Wal Wallace lace president Utah Water Users User's As Association As- As Association Association Ed H. H Watson State Engineer Roscoe Boden chairman an Central Utah DIals Project Clyde Hess Weber county Com Corn Commissioner Commissioner missioner Selvin Clark Utah county Commissioner John M. M Neff NeU Salt Lake Lako county Engineer Leon ChrIstensen Vernal representative Central Utah Project Lon Len Watson secretary Utah Water Users User's Association T. T W. W Jensen secretary Associated Southern Utah Civic Clubs Senator Mitchell Moab and Attorney General Grover A. A Giles Olles During a a. five-day five meet the delegation will discuss share of or the Colo Cob Colorado Colorado rado River water the Central Utah project and the th following smaller pro pro- projects J ts Gooseberry Sanpete county Joes Valley Emery county Hurricane Wash Wash- Washington ington county Three Creek Beaver county Draw near Vernal near Jensen Hardware at Black Black- Blacksmith Blacksmith smith Fork Cache county Randolph on Bear River in Rich county and Elbow Reservoir in Kane county MORMON l IOS TRAIL HIGHWAY AY PROMISED A safe care automobile highway over the theold theold theold old Mormon Trail from Henefer Hender to the theThis theThis theThis This Is The Place monument at the tho mouth of Emigration canyon can on has been promised by the State Road Commission The highway will follow the original wagon trail trall left by the Mormon Pioneers who first entered Salt Lake valley 99 years ago The construction money will come from the Department of Publicity PubU ty and Industrial Development funds The entire mile 14 stretch of or road will be within a a. state park area and is expected to prove an important tourist lure along with the monument and the acre park at the mouth of or the canyon It is in the center of ot this park on a knoll that the This Is The Place Monument will be erected The park will be bo of or the mountain type and plans call for I the planting of or 1000 trees shrubs and flowers Work on the park has already started UTAH TAX INCOME HIGH A total of or Including special tax collections individual and corpora corpora- corporation corporation corporation tion taxes were received by the State Tax Commission during March the high high- highest est ever received in the history of Utah lift Tho-lift Tho Ing 01 ot gas gas- rationing helped to up the tax receipts and motor vehicle registrations also showed a six per cent Increase over last year TOURISTS ARE TRAVELING Tourists are already on the move mo the U. U S. S National Park Service reports persons visited the Grand Canyon area in March as compared with only the year previous The Grand Can Call Canyon Canyon yon is 15 Just jut over Utah's back fence in Arizona and most of these tourists visit visit- visited visited ed ad Southern Southern- Utah's national parks during March SAUNA SALINA CANYON HIGHWAY Y IMPROVEMENT E URGED In an effort to bring to completion the Salina Canyon Highway the Carbon County Associated Industries and others are taking up the cudgel to win this long sought improvement A private in individual In- In Individual individual has lies promised to aid the pro- pro proJect project with a gift as a nucleus I j for a fund rund to bring the road to com cam Carbon and Beaver Deaver county residents maintain that the SaUna Saluna canyon road is a most Important off cut for all Southeastern Utah that main line Une buses will traverse this section when a suit suit- suitable suitable suitable able highway is completed and that tourists coming and going from rom Califor Califor- California California California nia would prefer to be routed through Carbon county STATEWIDE CLEANUP RUSHED The Tho L. L D. D S. S church beautification committee and the Centennial Com Corn Commissions Commission's missions mission's statewide cleanup organization are in perfect coordination in n their cleanup activities in preparation for tile the 1947 Centennial The Centennial Commissions Commission's representatives representatives representatives arc are laying the groundwork for unified cleanup cooperation in every Utah community and the church has written all stake and ward authorities to cooperate with the commissions commission's activities Salt sait Lake City suddenly enthused with the necessity for cleanup has started a campaign of or her own Tho rho Job of or cleaning up Utah is seen as a a. tremendous one dna ne and if II it results in nothing more than removal of moun moun- mountainous mountainous mountainous piles of manure from corrals near the state highways into the fields where it belongs a a. major battle against ono form of ugliness will be won |