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Show .' . '.-V .... :'''. ' '."'4 " '. ?.:..:("'. " . : v . i ' - I J. ; Spotlighting I UTAH I Know Your Utah Week A "Know Your Utah Week" sponsored by the Sons of Utah Pioneers is scheduled for Jan. 4 to 10. The week will be given official recognition in Utah by Governor Herbert B. Maw who will issue a proclamation on the event. The specific aim of the week Is to acquaint Utahns with pertinent per-tinent facts and information which they in turn can relay to the hundreds of thousands of "visitors expected to come to Utah during 1947, the Centennial Centen-nial year. Rates Declared U'nfair Walter Mathesius, Geneva Steel Plant head, points out that LISTEN, MY CHILDREN! Pretty Alice Faye charms the children with a combination bedtime story and lullaby on NBC's new "Bandwagon Show," in which she co-stars with her husband, Phil Harris. The Harrises' two blonde daughters are portrayed on the air by Jeanine Roos (center) and Anne Whitfield (right). during the fiscal year of 1945. Utah and New York State tied for second place in the production produc-tion of creel-size trout during the same period. Figures indicate indi-cate that Utah planted, 14,500 fry and 2,000,000 creel-size fish in 1945-46. freight rate adjustments must be made to enable the huge Geneva Steel Plant to serve the Pacific coast area on a competitive Dasis and permit the Utah steel industry to contribute its full potential to balancing the econ-f econ-f 'omy of Utah and the Inter- mountain area. Fishing Was Good Whether Utahns think so or not, fishing must have been good in Utah during the season which recently closed, it is revealed by reports of fish planted by the state's fish hatcheries for restocking re-stocking purposes. Utah ranked fifth in the nation in the production of fry-size fish Farmers Plan Frisco Trip Utah Farm Bureau members planning to attend the American Farm Bureau convention in San Francisco, Dec. 8 to 12, are urged to make reservations at the Fielding hotel. Only once in twelve years is the convention held in the west, it is pointed out, and Utahns are urged to attend. at-tend. High Sugar Beet Price A guaranteed sugar beet price for 1947 of $14.50 per ton has been announced. This is an increase in-crease of $1.00 over 1946 prices. Growers will get the increase provided their processors enter into contracts with the government. govern-ment. Should the price ceiling on sugar be removed, it is pointed out, the price on beets may even go higher, in which case, the price of $14.50 would become a floor price. True Or False. Bernard DeVeto, famous essayist es-sayist and historian recently motored through the west; his findings are somewhat on the unhappy side. Primarily he encountered a "managerial contempt for the customer, the to-hell-with-you attitude at-titude that has resulted from the war boom and conditions following. fol-lowing. The tourist he says, will find a lot of it next summer, especially es-pecially in restaurants. There are no longer patrons, clients or customers. "There are only suckers." Of prices, he declared they were extortionate, meals were bad everywhere and service universally! uni-versally! hostile. Woes of 1947 Traveler According to eastern travel experts, ex-perts, the American next season will still face crowded accommodations accommo-dations and high prices. Domestic Domes-tic travelers are still harassed in many sections to find hotel rooms as businessmen and pleasure seekers replace the man in uniform uni-form as the patron. Speedier trains on transcontinental transcon-tinental runs are now being scheduled, now air transportation transpor-tation links are opening and more aircraft are needed. Costs are generally still on the upswing up-swing with rises seen in hotel and tourist court Iroom rates throughout the country. Costs of traveling in Europe are high and the hotel room and board daily rate averages are as follows: Western Europe, $9; Russia, $12; Egypt, $9; India, $8; South America, $7; and Washington, Wash-ington, D. C. $6. |
