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Show SOUTH UTAHNS WANT MORE ELECTRICAL POWER Iron and Washington County citizens are calling a special meeting to work out a- means of solving the electrical power shortage in those areas. The group has already discussed the possibility of promoting he installation in-stallation of a large steam operated oper-ated electric plant using local coal as fuel. The group takes the stand that neither the cities nor the industries in-dustries . of Washington and Iron Counties can develop further unless additional sources sourc-es of electrical power can be provided- It was pointed out that an approximate loss of $300,000 was suffered last season by agriculturists agri-culturists of the region because of insufficient electrical power to pump water for irrigated areas in the Escalante desert, Cedar Valley and Parowan Valley. |