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Show History Greatest Asset of Utah, Speaker Declares tual Improvement association, and from State Senator Grant Midgley who was one of the Sugar Su-gar House representative.- in the group which waited on the governor gov-ernor two weeks ago and received re-ceived assurance that no move would be made toward selling any of the prison site until after aft-er the legislature meets. New members ,of the chamber introduced Tuesday were J. S. Greensides of the Sugar House Transfer Co., M. H. Merrill, president of the Merrill Appliance Appli-ance Co., and about eight additional addi-tional members of the chamber have been signed up and their applications now await acceptance accept-ance by the board of directors. I "They talk about our scenic attractions and our natural wonders, but statistics prove that our greatest asset for the tourist trade is our unique and dramatic history." This was the J message of John D. Giles executive ex-ecutive secretary of the Pioneer Trails and Landmarks and of the ''This Is the Place" monument monu-ment committee, who 'addressed the membership meeting of the Sugar House Chamber of Commerce Com-merce Tuesday at Weasku Inn. Mr. Giles spoke in connection with the proposed development of the prison site, and mentioned mention-ed particularly the project now underway of completing the sce- nic highway following the old Mormon trail from Hennefer down into East Canyon and .entering .en-tering Salt Lake Valley by way of Emigration. He decl'ared this great state park was already in the course of building, and that the scenic drives of various lengths from Salt Lake would each one bring the tourist and the local sight-seer who is in fact a tourist himself, directly into Sugar House. He also described de-scribed the pioneer monument which is being built for establishment estab-lishment near the mouth of Emigration Em-igration overlooking the valley. This monument, telling the whole story of the founding of the west, (will be world famous; he declared, and will be not only a national but an international attraction. Chamber President Horace A. Sorensen reported on the chamber's cham-ber's activities, and John C. Barnesga ve. jusumn.a'-y of progress pro-gress on the development of the prison site. A petition requesting request-ing that the entire prison area of 160 acres be reserved for public use was signed by virtually the entire membership. This petition peti-tion addressed to Gov. Herbert B. Maw, will be presented by a committee which is to be appointed ap-pointed in compliancs with the governor's request to make a study and recommendations on the entire prison site disposal question. The meeting, one of the best attended in history of the chamber, cham-ber, heard briefly also from George Q- Morris of the general' superintendency of the LDS Mu- |