Show I Spotlighting t r a. l lII II L. 1 WHAT T HAPPENED AT MITE lUTE HUEth th the The Tho official opening and dedication n of Bridges Hanksville road pro- pro prou project project isolated u r a scenic route Into a a. hitherto Southern Utah area was area was held at Hite September The road pro pro pro- promoted promoted and paid for Cor by the Utah De De- Department Department of Publicity and Industrial Development provides access to mineral deposits new farm Carm lands range lands and a d somo of Utah's little known but but spectacular scenic areas The road pro- pro provides vides a a. loop route through the Wayne Wonderland to the Colorado River ferry toning at Hite and thence to the National Bridges Blanding Monticello Moab the Arches National Monument and back north Moro More than three hundred residents of San Juan Wayne and Garfield counties were in attendance at the program held In the shade of oC fig pomegranate and cottonwood trees on Arthur Chaffins Chaffin's ranch at lute Bite BUILDING ACCESS DS Governor Herbert B. B B Maw in an in inspiring In- In Inspiring inspiring talk before the group said some things relative the Publicity Departments Department's building of access roads roadS into scenic industrial and mineralized regions some of which are given as fol fol- follows fol- fol follows lows I am going to tell you about a no problem pr blem here Even since I can remember remember ber I have heard people talk as they have havo today about the parts of Utah that someday will be visited by tourists who will come from all over the then world The Tho more I go through this state the themore themore more I am convinced of this But what chance has a a. tourist of or getting to see any of it When you come right down to it It so far Car as I am able to see neither the state nor the coun coun- counties counties counties ties nor no the tho cities have ever done any any- anything anything thing up to now to make it possible for tho tourist to see anything that we weI I actually have Instead it has been necessary necessary necessary essary for the state the County and the city governments to put their road building money into highways to get from town to town town not not in opening and developing scenic areas A HOUSE HORSE Toil ron EVERY E TOURIST The Tho only places the tourist can really visit is Js Temple Square in Salt Lake City and Bryce Canyon and Zion Canyon so where else can a tourist go unless he gets on a horse It is true that we have havethe havethe the most wonderful scenery in the en en- entire entire entire tire nation but we have never done anything towards making it possible for tor fora tora a visitor to get In and see it Because of that condition soon after I became Governor I wrote the bill which created the Department of oC Publicity and Indus Indus- Industrial Industrial trial Development In that bill it is pro pro- provided provided vided that one of the responsibilities of that Department was to develop State Parks and loads into those parks and to promote the industrial phase of Utah life When that bill was presented to tho the legislature It was passed with none or few dissenting votes otes Then came the war and the Depart Depart- Department Department Department ment was not able to do much along the lines of its responsibilities until the wars war's end WOULD INFLUENCE LEGISLATURE Now the Department is financed in inthis Inthis inthis this way The money we all aU spend for automobile license plates creates a fund that goes to the State Tax Commission I and after the collection costs are met i l is distributed to the cities and counties for uso use on Class B Band and C roads the remainder which amounts to about 00 goes to the Department of Publicity and Industrial Industria Development I. I When the tho next legislature meets it ItIs Is is going to be faced by an organized effort from different groups opposed to having money spent on access highways Trucking organizations and clubs will willI willbe I be bo organized to convince the legislature I that the tho Publicity Department should j not receive money to build access roads into scenic areas I PROPAGANDA G. MISINFORMING To hear the propaganda on diversion of road funds one becomes misinformed There is no diversion of road funds for any purpose the only so-called so diversion is the use Ue of oC license plate money for forthe forthe forthe the operation of the Publicity Depart Depart- Department Department Department ment which in turn spends it on scenic roads like this right now this li license li- li license license cense plate money is being spent to build a n road over the original Mormon Continued on Page Four 0 1 I j I i Spotlighting Utah Continued from Pare Pace e One Pioneer Trail Into Utah a road that will willbe be part of ot the tho great Centennial tion That Is where the license plato plate money is going that Is the type typo of ot expenditure ex expenditure ex- ex tall Call diversion of ot funds MAY Y NEVER En GET tOADS ROADS TO SCENIC IC ICHES ICHE'S AREAS S The Ibe legislature will be worked on very hard to take the tho money away from the I Publicity Department If I so we will j never get roads Into these Isolated scenic areas Now that Is the situation yet you ou read where some of the organized groups do not want money spent on highways to scenic area It is the pur pur- purpose purpose purpose pose of ot the Publicity Department to see seeto seeto 4 to it that roads are built bunt into our scenic areas in Utah into historical spots s and scenic attractions so that they can can advertise to the world that here Is the 4 finest recreation area are In the nation and invite tourists to 10 come here by automo automo- bile bUc I 14 TOURIST CASH CASU FOR UT U j I Right now tourists will have entered Utah this year But Dut where do they go They Ibey just make a line bee-line coming from the to 10 Salt Lake City and the Temple Square They spend a half hal day there Just long enough to hear the organ and they get into their their- cars and make a line bee-line to California A A Afew few go to Bryce Bryte and Zion Canyons Ono One Iday day is the average length of ot time they spend in Utah never more than two days What would It mean to the people of ot this State if it we wo could keep them one day more The Tho average automobile load Is about three persons They spend on an average of ot 2500 per day per car If It we j had roads through our scenic areas and I provided places where they can go and stay a day they could visit and enjoy tho the wonderful places we have If It we we could get one million automobiles to remain in our State one extra day they would leave with our cities I Where do they spend spent their money It i goes to hotel people the restaurants service stations merchants etc The money is distributed wider and further than most any money that is spent We Wo have havo been working on statistics and In Instead in- in instead stead stend of a million automobiles we should have havo no less than five million if it we get our proper share of ot the traveling public and they should never go In and out without spending an average of or one week In n Utah h I |