Show I 1 Spotlighting 4 I UTAH I IEST tl REACHED m flY II lS ON os COLORADO 10 RIVER I LOW IlI The Tho Upper Colorado River Basin Compact Compact Com Corn pact Commission has reached an agreement agreement agree agree- ment on the division of the stream flow among the states Involved which are Utah Colorado Wyoming New Mexico and part of Arizona Many MallY months of study and many previous meetings were held be before foro the Vernal conference paved the tho way for the agreement which has Just been reached Ix In November 1922 1022 the Upper Basin Basla States entered into an agreement with the lower basin states state in which they agreed greed to deliver to the lower basin acre feet of water ater annually for use in the lower basin Included In the lower ower ba basin ln states are California Nevada Nevida Nev- Nev ida ads and part of Arizona An interns interns- agreement wa wu reached which guarantees Mexico acre feet delivered at the border When these agreements were made and ratified the way was cleared for the building of i Boulder Dam I The division as approved by the Commission Com Corn mission must now go before each of the state tate legislatures for ratification before it t becomes final When ratified and approved approved ap- ap proved roved the tile way will be opened for full utilization of the headwaters of the Colorado Under the terms term of the compact an estimated acre feet which is the he upper basins basin's share will be divided as is follows Colorado per cent Utah Itah 23 per cent Wyoming 14 per cent New Mexico 1125 per cent and Arizona I will receive acre feet or approximately two-thirds two of one per cent UTAH UT LEADS U STATES IN N COKE COIE OUTPUT The United States production of coke colte for tor or the year 1947 was tons worth This production was wasi wasn n a i 26 20 per cent Increase over the previous year ear Utah leads the western states with witha n a production of tons Colorado produced reduced tons California 44 tons and Texas tons according accord accord- tag ing ng to figures just released d by the U U. U S. S Bureau of ot Mines VALUATION OF OP IN N UTAH UJ INCREASE tm The Tho State Tax Commission has just released leased preliminary figures which show that hat the assessed valuation of property In n the state of or Utah will reach for 1948 1048 This figure is 1295 per percent cent ent higher than the same figure for forthe forthe the he year 1947 I UTAH BUYING RATE lUTE POPULATION MANGES SI SHOWN iOWN IN NATIONAL SUIt I SURVEY JUST RELEASED RELEASE In an art annual survey made by Sales Management Magazine Magazino and analyzed by the he Standard Insurance Company brings out ut th the tho following interesting points about bout Utah The Buying Income of the average Utah family is placed at per family compared with the national average of ot per family The average Utah family spent for retail purchases compared with the national average of or 2955 In Salt Lake Lako City the Buying Income was 45 per cent above national average Retail stores in Salt BaIt Lake City totaled which was per percent percent cent ent of all the retail sales In the State of f Utah Salt Lake City residents' residents spent for food on general general genral gen- gen eral ral merchandise and at drug drugstore store stores tores The net cash farm Income per farmIn farm rams ramsin In n Utah amounted to which is 18 also above the national average of per farm for the nation Utah was among the ten states showIng show- show lug Ing ng the highest population gain since 1940 1040 California was first with a gain of or per cent Oregon was second with per cent Utah's gain was per percent cent The density of population per square mile in the nation was given as ya persons per square mile Utah has 8 persons per square mile mUe California California California Califor Califor- nia 63 Oregon 16 Washington 33 Idaho 6 New York Massachusetts Rhode Island I UTAH WON our OUE GOES TO JAPAN N Tho The following Associated Press dispatch dis- dis patch from Los Angeles Is of particular Interest to Utahna The first shipload of the largest iron ore shipment in history will start from here to Japan Wednesday Port Manager E. E J J. J Amar announced today The entire shipment which will take several months will be befar befar befar far in excess of tons Amar mar said The ore Is coming by rail from mines near Lund Utah and is being sent to Japan as part of the MacArthur recovery program which calls for supPlying supplying supplying sup- sup Plying the Japanese with raw materials to rebuild their economy This may be the largest shipment to leave San Pedro California but It is a amere amere amere mere drop In the bucket when compared with the tons which l left ft th the tha Lake Superior region in 1946 1940 for Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pitts Pitts- burgh and other steel centers or when compared with the tons produced produced pro pro- from the southeastern section of the United States the tons from the northeastern United States or even the tons produced here herein in the West during that year Furthermore in case cage the foregoing might create anxiety among the people of or Utah for tor fear that this ore to Japan hight shorten the life of our jur steel In Industry industry industry in- in in Utah we hasten to add that the ore being shipped is somewhat higher high high- er in phosphorus than that being used by any of our local loral smelters at the presen present pre pro sen sent time Presumably It will be processed processed pro pro- ceased In Japan so as to recover the phosphorus in a baslo basic slag This method method me me- thod of smelting is used where high phosphorus ores and a high demand for tor phosphate for fertilizers combine combino to tomake tomake tomake make special methods of treatment economical The United States Army in its efforts to aid the recovery of Japan to a point where it can be sustaining self at least so far as its food supply I is concerned has been en endeavoring to facilitate the shipment of or Utah and other western phosphate fertilizers to Japan Presumably ably this willingness to accept high high- phosphate iron ore from Utah Is la an attempt to kill two birds wit on or stone and to produce a 1 the theiron iron smelters having high solli WT properties |