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Show Gigantic Success Of U.B.I.C. Shocks Even Most Optimistic Wallace F. Bennett Added As Special Speaker; Crowd Of 1,500 Watch Final Night Talent Show That this year's revived Uintah Uin-tah Basin Industrial Convention was as great or even greater than the original U.B.I.C. celebration cele-bration of 1923 was the general concensus of opinion Saturday morning in Roosevelt. Two long-time residents of Roosevelt said that, from both a qualitative and quantatative point of view, this year's U.B. I.C. did justice to the original celebration. Mayor Homer P. Edwards said he was thrilled at the success suc-cess of this year's U.B.I.C. "But perhaps what I was most impressed im-pressed by," he said, "was the enthusiasm shown by the crowds. At the departmental round-table discussions I attended, attend-ed, local citizens did not hesitate hesi-tate to ask questions any time they were in doubt about any particular point. Also, when one program was over, the people left for the discussion they were next most interested in." J. V. McLea said that, as he remembered, "This year's-U.B. I.C. was as large or perhaps larger than the first convention." conven-tion." 1 i 1 The U.B.I.C. was climaxed Friday night by a local talent show, at which 1200 to 1500 people were in attendance. At the dance following the show, four head of prize livestock were given away. Norman Angus, An-gus, Route 1, Roosevelt, received receiv-ed the prize registered Holstein heifer from the Brigham Young university herd; H. L. Allred,-Roosevelt, Allred,-Roosevelt, won the registered Hereford heifer; Howard Andrews, An-drews, Roosevelt, the pure:bred Hampshire ewe; and Wayne Smithson, Neola, the Duroc-Jersey gilt. Huge crowds attended the U.B.I.C. both days. Thursday morning Heber J. Bennion, Jr., secretary of state, and Louis L. Madsen, president, Utah State Agricultural college, spoke to a capacity audience. Large crowds were characteristic of most programs Thursday afternoon after-noon and evening, but attendance attend-ance shrunk somewhat Friday morning. However, it picked up again Friday afternoon and remained re-mained at a high peak throughout through-out the rest of the celebration. Two other major speakers followed fol-lowed Mr. Bennion and Dr. Madsen Arthur Gaeth, manager man-ager of insurance and organization organiza-tion for the Utah National Farmers Union,- who spoke Thursday afternoon, and Wallace Wal-lace F. Bennett, Republican candidate can-didate for the-U. S. Senate seat now held by Senator Elbert D. Thomas, who talked Friday morning. Speaking on the subject, "This Changing World," Mr. Gaeth warned that other war outbreaks similar to that in Korea Ko-rea are liable to happen at any time. It is not enough for the United Unit-ed States to send men to bolster other nations,, he said. Uncle Sam must also fortify people throughout the world with American ideals and principals. i i i Mr. Bennett predicted that 'if the "heavy hand of government paternalism" can be warded off. there is a bright future for the the Uintah Basin. But government paternalism, he said, threatens to reduce the people of Utah to the status of reservation Indians. He pictured "the reservation Indian, often a sorry remnant of a once-proud race," as "an example of what ternalism can do. "Completely at the mercy of the Great White Fathers favor, the red man has been protected and neglected into a major social so-cial and economic problem, due largely through no fault of his own." Mr. Bennett pictured the growth of Utah and the Uintah Basin within the next 50 years. He said that, for the farmers, the fear of inadequate water should be removed, with resulting result-ing more and better crops and livestock. The only danger to a bright future is the possibility possibil-ity of government operation of agriculture through a "great central organization." Business must continue to develop, he continued, along the old line of humble people living liv-ing on less than they earned and plowing as much profit as possible back into the business. Mr. Bennett warned that unless un-less agriculture and business are allowed to make their own future, fu-ture, there will be no future. He inquired whether the American Amer-ican government 50 years from now will be a "government where responsibility rests with the people, or whether the government gov-ernment will have complete control con-trol and final power of decision." deci-sion." . . i 1 1 The departmental discussion sessions were well attended both days. On reclamation, George D. Clyde, regional engineer en-gineer of the United States Soil Conservation service of the 11 Western states, discussed the better use of water already available; W. R. Wallace, president, presi-dent, Utah Water Users Association As-sociation and Utah Water and Power Board, chose the subject, sub-ject, "40 Years of Water Planning Plan-ning in Utah;" B. H. Stringham, chairman, Colorado River Development De-velopment committee, spoke on immediate water problems; and Parley R. Neeley, area engineer engi-neer of the Central Utah project, discussed the project from a technical point of view. Four agricultural discussion sessions were held Thursday afternoon, af-ternoon, and were followed on Friday by one big demonstration demonstra-tion session. Thursday, in a discussion dis-cussion of livestock diseases, Dr. P. V. Christofferson, head of the branch veterinary laboratory, labor-atory, Provo, gave pointers on the cpntrol of common diseases, such as mastitus, liver fluke, etc., and recommendations as to the most effective new drugs. George Henderson, livestock specialist, U. S. A. C, discussed beef cattle improvement, including includ-ing breeding problems and feeding feed-ing and management; Lyman Rich, dairy specialist, U.S.A.C., dealt primarily with artificial breeding in dairy cattle;, .-.and Glenn Baird, agronomist," U.S. A.C., stressed crop production, pasture improvement, and alfalfa alfal-fa seed production. 1 1 i One big demonstration session ses-sion was held Friday afternoon, at which time Mr. Henderson and Mr. Rich conducted a demonstration dem-onstration and discussion on Ltcf ad diiiry cuUle. Tlie ioiiu-er ioiiu-er discussed beef improvement from the standpoint of animal breeding, using a steer belong- . ing to Eldon Winterton and a bull belonging to Van Winter-ton Winter-ton as illustrations of the value of fine breeding. Mr. Rich discussed dairy zat-tle zat-tle improvement, also from the breeding standpoint. For illustrative illus-trative purposes he used two Holsteins from the Regional Welfare farm, and two Jerseys belonging to Paul Foote, Roosevelt. |