Show r v 1 w Spotlighting UTAH j I BORN nonN DRAGERTON TO BE DE- DEI BECOME I COME IE UTAH'S NEWEST CITY Dragerton southeastern Utah's war- war warn warf I born f town n bUlU built bulit In m 1942 by bv the Defense I Plant Corporation is filing articles of j Incorporation and and asking to become a a. arilL rilL city A F group Up Of ot over 10 Dragerton I residents have havo met and am nominated can can- canI for various offices required by I law The community Is anxious to gain I the tho status statu of ot a 0 city before the start of ot the next census In view of the fact that I the federal census Is often used as a a. measuring stick when money Is returned from higher government such as the j I county state or federal I. I Dragerton becoming a city will be Carbon Cabon county's financial loss for i Dragerton will become eligible for her I share of B 8 If and 0 O class road money now i going to Carbon county j It Is estimated that Dragerton now has i between five and six thousand people the n majorIty ot of whIch l are connected With the coal mining Industry The town I was purchased by the U U. s 's S. S Steel Corporation In 1947 which In turn sold j I tho property to John W. W Galbreath real- real realI I tor Galbreath has been selling the pro pro- porty perty to the residents The town has a a. I hospital church school and homes which aro are now all privately owned ex ex- ex except 50 which are rented Other rent rent- rentals als ala Include a remodeled boarding house which house s a 45 families The school building was sold to the school district for tor one dollar donar and has as the largest num num- number ber of ot square feet floor loor space on one floor of any similar school In Utah The town has one of ot the best modern water mt ration and sewage disposal dI plants In the state Dragerton bids fair tair to become one of ot the large communities In Utah for the town Is supported by the coal In In- In Industry now paying Utah miners the highest average hourly earnings In the i state I UTAH MARKS lI HIGHWAY SIX I In compliance wit ha hn recently passed Utah statute the transcontinental U. U S. S Highway 6 6 which crosses Utah from east to west has haa been marked with white shields carrying the Grand Army of the Republic Memorial High HIgh- Highway HIghway Highway way These highway markers now ex extend ex- ex extend tend from the Atlantic to the Pacific on U. U S. S 6 FILLMORE SHOULD TELL TOURISTS ABOUT STATE n. n e l TO I 1 the th from re recent t t travelers b ls through I Utah Indicate that none have seen or even heard about the Old State House at Fillmore All Allot of which proves pro it Is up to local communities to Inform the pass pass- passing passIng ing lug tourist that they have a a. museum or orsome orsome orsome some other local attraction worth seeing Adequate road signs at both ap approaches ap- ap approaches approaches to Fillmore would do much to bring the tourist to the Old State StateHouse StateHouse StateHouse House 1 Such signs should tell teli the traveler that FIllmore is approximately approximately approximately tho geographic center of ot the theold theold theold old territory of ot Utah and that the two- two story red sandstone original state house which once nce housed the territorial legis legis- legislature laturo lature during 56 1855 is preserved as a museum at FUlmore Fillmore The Tho Old State House Museum at Fill- Fill Fillmore FIllmore Fillmore more holds plenty of Interest for all travelers if 11 ony Fillmore would do some some- something something thing thIns to tell the traveler about It PREDICT BIG nIG THINGS T INGS FOR FOIl UTAH Steel will wUl make Utah the Pennsyl Pennsylvania PennsylvanIa vania vanla of ot the west declared Joseph Jensen chairman of ot the board of directors directors tors tars of ot the Los Angeles Metropolitan Wa Wa- Water Water ter District during a recent visit to Utah In addition he predicted that Utah will become the second largest state in the west eventually claiming a a. larger population than either Washing WashIng- Washington ton or or- Oregon SIMPLOT STARTS I FERTILIZER PRODUCTION Fifty tons of ot ammonium sulphate fertilizer daily dally Is now being turned out by the Simplot Fertilizer Company C at Salt Lake City The Simplot plant pre pre- previously prevIously previously was known as the plant where war-time war experiments In Ini i aluminum extraction and and processing were conducted IMPROVEMENTS SLATED FOR TOR MIRROR LAKE ROAD The road to Mirror lake 90 9 miles east of Salt Lake City and highly popular with summer recreation seekers and fishermen is slated for Improvement by bythe bYthe bythe the federal bureau of o public roads the forest service and the states of Utah and Wyoming It is i planned to rebuild 11 it miles this tiis t summer converting the old I road Into a a. two-lane two highway which will I wm eventually be Improved to Evan Evan- Evanston ston stan Wyoming I UT lIS UTAH'S FIRST IRON IRO FOUNDRY DRY TO BE DE PRESERVED I Tho The Cedar City chapter Sons of ot Utah Pioneers is fencing and restoring the historical place in Iron county where here Utah's first iron was manufactured from 1863 until 1873 The Tho area Is called old Iron Iron ToRn Ton and Is Is' Is located between bet n Pages Page's ranch and the mines at Iron mountain west of ot Cedar City QUESTIONNAIRE REVEALS OBSERVATIONS SEIl O Questionnaires Qu now being received by bythe bythe bythe the Utah Department of o Publicity from tourists who recently traveled through Utah reveal Interesting Int observations Mr J. J C. C OConnor O'Connor of ot Norwalk Conn points out from his experience that road signs are no guarantee of ot good places to eat cat Apparently this traveler suffered con con- considerable consIderable considerable disappointment in using road signs to determine where to get a a. good meal In Utah This traveler also pointed out that mine mino and smelting plants in Utah should have a sign on the highway saying Vis Visitors VisItors VisItors Welcome Welcome- They would have liked to visited such places but felt they would not be welcome He lie commented favorably on the fact that the Utah Field House of Natural History at Ver Ver- Vernal Vernal nal was open to visitors early Sunday morning Because of ot the hours main maIn- maintained maIntained tamed by most museums In other states they had to be bypassed by the tour tour- tourist 1st Mr OConnor O'Connor pointed out UTAH POWER AND LIGHT NETTED THREE MILLION DOLLARS IN 1918 Tho The Utah Power and Light com corn company's company's pany's annual report reveals that the company netted three million dollars Continued ContIn on Page Four |