Show spotlighting UTAH I 1 I 1 ton ten million do dollar alar payroll payi oll big war born establishment the clearfield naval supply depot has been declared perm permanent allent its major job Is to help supply the pacific fleet and western shore installations the depots civilian roster is now at persons the payroll Is in excess of annually in addition there are navy and marine officers officer sand and men man stationed at the depot A payroll ol of the size reported from the depot contributes much to present prosperity disney would film utah indians the disney studios of hollywood have shown an interest in filming an educational picture on utah indians and edwin L verity unit production manager has asked the utah department of publicity and industrial development for complete information relative to the indians on the uintah ouray reservation near roosevelt utah A visit to the big reservation headquarters at fort duchesne revealed th e fact tact that there are continued on last pa pace so spotlighting utah continued from page 1 1500 indians in eastern cistern utah and that they are ot of the ute tribes they wore ware moved into eastern utah many years ago and today represent three ban bands as tho the utes from the jhc spanish fork area ther from eastern utah and tile the from colorado the two big events eyerts of 0 the indian year are the bear danco dance in april and the sun dance in july or august of these events tho the sun still dance holds tile the spotlight tor for it Is a religious danco dance ot of cleansing wherein dancers go without food or water tor for three days all the while dancing to the sun to achieve a blessing of improved health both dances can be seen by white people but any photographic activities at tile the sun still dance Is strictly prohibited hibi ted it may ie be however that the disney people can call overcome this objection by the proper approach to the tribal council an educational film explaining the habits manners and customs of the utah indians indiana would certainly find interested audiences where ever shown and would result in creating considerable tourist interest to eastern castera utah butali imondi declared good utah roads are arc in better condition than 76 75 per cent of the highways between utah and miami florida Fl oilda declared governor herbert B maw upon his return fi aiom oni the national governors conference at miami governor maw said lie he pur drove to the conference to isike a personal survey of the roi ro ds da outside of utah I 1 am greatly encouraged over thi th co CG of oe our roads on a a comparative basis and plan to advell dv ell on road con sti in my message to the lie he said utah cupi upi work construction employment in ut li las has increased 67 per cent since tho ond end ol of the war the U S bure j of labor statistics re pot poa po t in bild october utah con sti acetic i contractors contract ois employed 86 0 volkers kicki kers as compared with at the llie end of the war la in au aau alt 11 45 these figures how mr evir are still below construction knipl ament in utah during 1942 an 1043 1943 when military activity was vaa at its peak wants moio 0 ro i nui jos padro padre liebler of bluff utah better known as father lieb ler among the cavajos navajos Naia Nava jos is anxious to extend the borders of the navajo indian reservation feel king out arizona authorities he was told that public opinion was against extending the rese reservation ti lines any further into arizona territory so BO lie he came to salt lake city to feel out public opinion relative to the matter in utah father liebler presented hla his arguments in ia behalf ot of expanding the navajo indian reservation before the publicity and industrial du development commission lie he pointed out that the navajo indian nation Is the only indian group now on the increase and that they need more room pointing to a map of southeastern utah and to that part of the navajo reservation in utah some miles long and 30 miles wide lie he projected the possibility of extending the reservation er borders northward up into the waste lands of kane garfield and san juan counties father liebler Is an episcopalian minister who has a parsonage at bluff and his work Is s entirely with the navajo andl indians ans ile he is attempting to teach the youngsters the rudiments of reading and writing and to interest them in silver gillit illg utah aided hy by heavy precipitation heavy fall rains in various sections of utah has greatly improved stock ranges many of which have been in poor condition since 1043 livestock Is most parts of utah are reported to be in good condition frona from our farm and grasslands alone man made erosion Is moving over three billion tons of soil every year down into our rivers and reservoirs and out to sea this Is the rich topsoil that contains in minerals and humus the great reserves ot of plantford plant tood food standing between man and famine ward shepard in food or famine |