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Show "Covered Car" Is Startling Sight Next July, motorists using Highway High-way U. S. 30 will be startled to see seventy-two prairie schooners gliding swiftly along the highway somewhere between Nauvoo, Illinois, Illin-ois, and Salt Lake City. While these covered wagons are actually seventy-two automobiles over which are mounted wagon bows covered with canvas to which are attached life-sized plywood oxen, the likerfess to the genuine prairie schooners of one hundred years ago is so amazing that eyes of folks along the old Mormon Trail will open in wonderment when the procession goes by. The caravan, by the way, is that of the Sons of Utah Pioneers on their Centennial Centen-nial Trek from Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake City. Already the Nauvoo Chamber -of Commerce has organized a welcoming wel-coming committee for the Utahns when they assemble there July 14. On the way back to Utah, camp-fire camp-fire programs will be held each night along the trail. The last program pro-gram will be held at Fort Bridger, Wyoming, where 10,000 people will gather to hear an address by Centennial Cen-tennial Commission Chairman, David Da-vid O. McKay. Utah Gains Wide Publicity Fresh from the presses, the April Ap-ril issue of the "County Officer Magazine" a publication with national nat-ional distribution, features Utah on the front and back covers as well as the inside. ' Promoted by the Utah Department of Publicity and Industrial Development, the Utah material in the magazine features the scenic attractions of the State. The front cover carries a two-color picture of ' the "This Is the Place" monument and the back cover is a unique work of art protraying Utah as the "Hub of Scenic America." Am-erica." This magazine is distributed distrib-uted to county employees in every court house inthe United States. Utah Pictures in Demand The photographic division of the Utah Department of Publicity and Industrial Development is being continually pressed to meet demands de-mands for photos portraying Utah's scenic attractions. From the Editor of the house organ of the Caterpiller Tractor Company of San Leandro, California, comes the request for a picture story of Utah's vacation spots for their June issue. From the Consolidated Book Publishers of Chicago, comes a request re-quest for photos of Utah apricot trees in full bloom. From the Continental Oil Company Com-pany comes notice that they are going to revamp their famous Touraide Maps, and would Utah's Publicity Department please send full and complete information relative rel-ative to scenic attractions, industry, indus-try, history, and cultural achievements. achieve-ments. They also requested at least 100 eight by ten inch photographs illustrating the informational material. mat-erial. ' |