Show spotlighting utah antl and prejudice dos does reversed liei cisal vermont lite life the official Q 1 publication of 0 new En glands well known commonwealth and a high class magazine whose pages splash plenty of color carries a mormon article in III its current winter issue written by milton R hunter ph D Illi historian torian church of 0 jesus christ of 0 latter day saints the article presents an introduction written by willsie E brig brisbin secretary of civil and military milt affairs state of 0 vermont occupying ten pages in the center of the book with thirteen a double page picture spread in color of the mormon trek from nauvoo to salt gnit lake city and a I 1 full page picture of belgam young in color the article tells the story ot of the origin and growth of mormonism the great trek across the plains and the building ot of the present intermountain empire A significant point of interest in the Intro ruction Is the proud mention la in large print that a vermonter brigham young stood before the great salt lake and declared to the faithful who had migrated halt half way across the continent this JB Is the place continuing the writer says bays brigham young had taken over the leadership from the hands of another vermonter joseph smith who was waa assassinated such an article published in tho the official magazine of the state of vermont and well read in new england his has inestimable 6 publicity publicity value to utah arid add the intermountain west it Is pointed out by the utah department of publicity who last season met and conferred with a Verin vermont ont state official who camo came to utah to secure cooperation in preparing the story i pennsylvania 31 agazine tells mormon story noting that the new york sun of 61 january carried mention in their travel column to the effect that an erie rall railroad magazine had published an article on utah tho the utah department part ment of publicity wrote the author of the piece hoping to secure i more ore information 6 the author promptly answered he turned out to be the editor and publisher of the ille evening transcript one U a 0 baker of susquehanna xa pa mr baker wrote 11 had no knowledge that new york sun had bad picked up my story on mormons cormons Mor mons sorry have no copies of magazine zine left please write george C baker assistant to the president oi of the erie railroad the I 1 susquehanna Busque hanna section is rich in mormon lore fore the erie railroad crosses the 13 acres of land lana once owned by the prophet joseph smith the new york sun columnist in con condensing bensing mr bakers railroad roa d magazine story says thirteen acres ot of land once owned by the prophet joseph smith and his father in law isaac hale recently were purchased by the mormons cormons irom from george calwell an erie brie railroad car inspector veiled by weeds on the sacred thirteen acres is the collar cellar excavation of the prophets home and an abandoned well near by la Is a house standing on the foundations of the hale home this land was the scene of joseph smiths courtship of emma hale and of the couples elopement to atton afton new york in 1826 after isaac hale had refused his bis parental permission for the marriage three miles north of where prophet smith owned the only land he ever had Is the stone loun foundation lound atlon dation of what was to have been the first mormon temple editor baker has done a neat work in tying in fragments ot of susquehanna Usque hanna county history with the more frequently related history of the prophet and the mormons cormons Mor mons so travelers Trai eleis may know for the benefit of those who make an occasional trip to the coast the zion canyon park cafe and lodge situated near the west entrance to the park Is in operation all winter the lodge has 40 cabins many with baths the meals served are ex cellena and travelers who go to the coast via U S 89 can always be certain of getting accommodations at the park lodge utah nations largest gold producer por alor the tha second time in history y utah has led the nation natios in gold production record tor for 1947 was a total product production loa of 0 ounces which topped all other states last year was the first simein peacetime peace time history that utah led the nation in gold production utah was top producer in 1946 1046 out but that was a war year the nations gold product production iou ln 1947 was ounces 33 per cent above tho the 1946 record and per cent above the 1945 record utah ranked second second in the nation last year in copper production turning out tons insurance magazine roots koots for or utah criss cross currents the official publication of the united benefit lite life insurance company of omaha nebraska with a circulation cu lation of carries an excellent ex cellen t article on utah it is noted by the utah publicity department part ment the story tells the history ot of the transform transforming ind of the utah desert lands into the present intermountain empire and is counted as excellent publicity for the state |