Show at a E Spotlighting g UTAH I UTAH GAINS IN COAL CUIL Utah Is a very Important state In the production of coal and ancl in coal reserves already located and surveyed In Utah d during u r I n g the year of 1947 1847 tons tone of coal were mined This mount amount w was s tons more than was mined during 1946 and far ahe ahead of the 1920 average which amounted amount amount- ed to tons In spite of the fact that there are extensive deposits of bituminous coal In n the west the fact still remains that 93 of ot the production takes place east of the Mississippi river Naturally the production takes place where the population atlon lation and industry is located During the he put poet recent years there has haa been beeri a shIft in population to the west and this is III S indicated in the recent Increased pro pr production of coal Utah ranks ranka fourth in the nation Inthe in the he original coal reserves of bituminous coal As of January 1 I 1948 of Utah's reserve is still Intact which would IndIcate very little of our coal tIes les have as yet been touched Utah's I total reserves of easily mined coal amount to tons I UTAH LOW IN CONSUMPTION Utah ranked third from the bottom in per capita consumption of The per capita consumption of In Utah averaged 1340 The two states that ranked lower than Utah were Oklahoma 1336 and Arkansas with 1070 per capita These two states have a high rate of tax per package five and six alX cents respectively which causes many of their consumers to order by mail mall from firms firma in states that are tax free Per capita consumption in other western western western west west- ern states levying taxes on was Montana 2960 2980 New Mexico 2060 2000 Arizona Arizona Ari Ari- zona 2570 Washington 2060 and Nevada Nevada Nevada Nev Nev- ada highest in the nation According to the survey Utah's per pack tax rate wall wad not excessive compared com com- compared pared with the other states One state has a Ic lc rate eleven have one has 2 jc 2 c seventeen have five have three have So and one Be per pack GREATEST ATTRACTIONS ATTRACTIONS' IN NATIONAL PARKS RIS LOCATED IN IS THE WEST VEST The two greatest public recreational attractions in the National Parks supervision supervIsIon supervision super super- vision are to man made lakes lakes Lake Lake Mead Mend in Nevada and Arizona and Lake Texoma In Texas and Oklahoma Lake Texoma drew visitors and Lake Mead Yellowstone National Park went over the million mark with 1 All Utah Parks and Monuments showed showed show show- show show- ed increased visitors as follows 1947 1048 1948 ZIon National Park Bryce National Park Arches National Monument Monument Monument ment Cedar Breaks Monument Dinosaur National Monument Monument Monument Mon Mon- N National a t I on a 1 Monument Natural Bridges Monument Monument Monument ment 1387 Cave |