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Show newspaper and radio advertising campaign urging Utahns to vote "yes" for the amendment. In the meantime, 150,000 circulars are being distributed in northern north-ern Utah urging support for amendment 8. Smith Talks on Parks Charles J. Smith, superintendent superintend-ent of Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks will discuss the Spotlighting I UTAH I Box Elder Rooling for Xo. 8 Box Elderites want Utahns to vote "yes" on amendment 8 a law permitting the state to purchase pur-chase Bushnell General hospital for one dollar and centralize at the big multi-million-dollar installation, in-stallation, the state mental hospital, hos-pital, the reform school and other state institutions. Forty-five hundred dollars have been raised by the city, the county, the chamber of commerce com-merce and the merchants of Box Elder to sponsor a state-wide problem of "catering to the vacationist" va-cationist" at the Utah Motor Court association's first annual convention to be held at Salt Lake, Nov. 2. Motor court owners own-ers from all sections of the state will be in attendance to discuss "taking care of Centennial visitors." visit-ors." Youthful Farmers Honored James H. Day, Draper; Lews H. Gardner, Richfield; and Theo McKean, Birdseye all future farmers of America, will be honored hon-ored for their accomplishments at the annual meeting of the National Association of Future Farmers to be held in Kansas City, Oct. 20. Utah is proud of these young men, and the prominent parti the Utah future farmers of America Ameri-ca are playing in the agricultural agricul-tural development of Utah, Jobs Await Utah Stenos The government needs typists and stenographers in Utah, and examinations will be held at a number of points in the state to fill positions with starting salaries sal-aries at S1954 a year. U. S. post offices have full information on these examinations, and applications applica-tions must be on file at Denver not later than Oct. 31. Comments on Utah A New York Sun representative, representa-tive, H. Burt McElfresh in Utah this week declared that Utah has tremendous tourist possibilities, possi-bilities, but lacks transportation and lodging facilities. Davis County Numbers Streets All streets in Davis county which cross highway U. S. 91 will be named and numbered according ac-cording to the Lyman system, county commissioners report. I The expense of S693 will be met by the state and county. Utah Farms Too Small Prof. L. R. Humpherys( head of agriculture education, Utah State Agricultural college, has declared that Utah farms are too small as economical units to compete withe large-scale production. pro-duction. "Many Utah farmers are sub-sistance sub-sistance farmers, while others are part-time farmers," he saj's. Twin remedies were suggested: increase scope of farming by increased in-creased irrigation or increase the efficiency of farming. Professor Htimpherys warned: "A change in Utah farming is necessary if Utah is to compete com-pete effectively with other states." Explaining further, he said, "lands must be leveled, ditches relocated, crop rotation adopted and fertilizers used to build up the soiL" Utah Juvenile Court Washington state has decided decid-ed that Utah's juvenile court is one of the best in the nation, and as a result, they will adopt the Utah system. The announcement announce-ment was made at the annual Western Probation and Parole Officers association convention held at Seattle. USS Utah Plaque. The USS Utah was destroyed by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor along with 58 officers and men. The ship's memory lives on at the Utah State capitol where Capt. J. M. Steele, Denver, commander com-mander of the vessel at the time of the attack, has placed a memorial me-morial plaque, commemorating the heoric deeds of the ship's personnel. |
