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Show About Utah . . . There are 2,000 miles of mountain moun-tain fishing streams in Utah in which 15,000,000 game fish are planted annually. The estimated population of Utah for 19 IS is 675,000. The Geneva Steel Plant is considered the most modern ; steel plant in the world. There aiv 6"2 million tons of isalt in the waters of Great Salt 'Lake. There are 15.00 fishing lakes In the Uintah Primitive area in jthe Uintah Mountains of Utah. Brigham Yoving. the great tleader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Dav Saints, had 19 wives and 56 children. A total of 101,009 persons witnessed the Utah Centennial pageant. "Promised Valley" during thv summer of 1917. The total population of Dag-igett Dag-igett County, Utah, is 5fI (19-10 ! census). I There are 75 million barrels of recoverable oil In the mountains Kings Peak, the highest mountain moun-tain in Utah, Is 13.-J9S feet above sea level. There ane 4 Mormon Temples In Utah, located at St. George, Logan. Manti and Salt Lake I City. I More than S5.000 families oe-'upy oe-'upy their own homes in Utah. Utah is the home of the Na- tional WoolgrovA ers Association. The topography and climate of Utah are ideal for a thriving cheep and wool industry. Utah has two of the largest stockyards in the country one at Ogden and one at North Salt l.ako. Thirteen thousand of Utah's t.990 squarv- miles contain coal deposits. Then.' are eighty-four commercial com-mercial coal mines In operation in Utah. Carbon and Emery are the principal coal producing counties coun-ties in Utah. Utah produces more than $10-000,000 $10-000,000 worth of sugar annuallv. It is not uncommon for Utah sugar beet farms to yield 20 to1 J5 tons of beets per acre. The growing of sugar beet seed Is an important industry in Washincton County. Utah. Celery has been grown in Utah since 1?TS. : Utah supports more than 40 flour miils. Principal dry farminc areas in Utah are Cache. Ko E'rfer. Salt Lake. Juab. San Juan. S.m-peto. S.m-peto. Sevier and Tooele counties. Principal fruit producirs: areas in Utah are Cacb- Rox Elder. El-der. Weber. Davis. Salt Lake. Utah and Washington counties. Utah maintains twer.ty-three clvvse factories, five dried n'.i "k plants and three conder.sed nv.lk plants. Utah's poultry industry is the poultry hub of the Interrr-.oun-tain West. Utah has C'.OOO.CW acres of graring lands under the administration adminis-tration of the U. S. Graring Service. |