Show civics clubs meet held at fillmore saturday the monthly meeting of the associated socia ted civic clubs of southern utah was held last saturday in the dining room of the stevens hotel in fillmore A meeting of the directors was held at 11 a m at which time the usual business matters were taken up it was decided to hold the may meeting of the direct ors on may 23 at the clu club b offices in in ephraim and the june meeting of the association will be held in garfield county on june 20 the afternoon session got under way at p m with J W humphrey presiding and with george L hobson president of the utah state farm bureau and also in charge of noxious weed control in the state as the first speaker he spoke in favor of a good strong organization e t dypry they need it he said nt not only for their protection as a group of workers but for the advantages it offers its members in purchasing the things needed az as well as providing a better system of marketing their produce gaul aul P ashworth of the utah power and light co discussed Tac factors tors influencing the location of industries according to mr ashworth the cost of power in utah is is substantially less than the average cost of power for those areas w where here the large manufacturing plants are located he pointed out that many industries move to other locations for various reasons the attitude of local people to industries available supply of labor and material taxes and many other factors are taken into consideration in selecting locations for manufacturing plants he also said raw politicians and business snipers are con driving briness away lee hansee chairman of the road committee reported that aside from defense roads and access roads it was practically impossible to get anything done anywhere else no matter how urgent the need and this condition will continue it is expected for the duration james M sargent 0 athe educational committee reported that the closing of the recreational projects in southern utah counties had worked a hardship on the coun ties affected by that action plans are under way to investigate further the report that such schools are being discontinued only in the southern counties graham C shaw of Green river chairman of the industry power and employment committee reported that to date no funds have been provided for the development of or even for the investigation of the grand county magnesium henry jones reported that additional buffalo are being brought into east desert country this week in liberating the animals A year ago brought into emory county the males become separated from the females and their whereabouts are now unknown there has been only one new calf reported so far from last years importation of these an animals emals war time will be found a serious dis disadvantage advant age to both aoth fishermen and hunters unless the he state fish and game comma commissioner changes the churs by spec ial al proclamation to the hours as established under the old time schedule A G mckenzie representing the utah mine operators said he ques tinned the statement you often hear that shortage of power is re responsible in industrial du f tor or the absence of plants in utah that it is easier to ship copper bars to the sections where there is the greatest demand for it and there have it made up than it is into the finished product to ship the manufactured articles mr mckenzie stated that utah in 1941 produced 27 per cent of the copper 15 per cent of the lead and 5 per cent of the zinc produced in the united states that the intermountain states furn furnish ish 85 per cent cent of the 53 per of the copper cent of the zinc lead and 36 per produced in the united states |