Show spotlighting utah bear lake nearly full i first tame in 24 yea years rs i the waters of bear lake northern 1 blue jewel and one of the most important storage reser doirs in the state today are 1914 1 f feet acet higher than in 1935 the dry I 1 1 est year on record in northern utah the lake waters are nearly two feet higher this year than last Ho however vever the lake is still two and one third feet under full capacity 1 full capacity is determined 1 when the lake waters rise ito to an elevation of feet above evel at which point they flow into bear river by gravity bear river is the lakes natural outlet present records reveal that only in 1916 17 21 22 23 did the waters rise to full capacity of the lake utah license plates will carry new motto grant A brown chairman of the state tax commission has accepted the suggestion of rulon S howells state stat e commissioner of publicity that next years automobile license plates carry the motto the friendly state the choosing of the motto followed a plea of mr air brown to the public through the press that individuals and agencies send in opinions on the matter approximately plates will be issued in 1948 3 utah gets big bi convention approximately delegates to the american association of state highway officials will convene in in salt lake city sept 2024 20 24 1948 it is announced by ray 11 leavitt chairman utah state road commission northern utah precipitation reaches record mark rainfall measured at salt lake city from october 1946 to october 1947 a period termed by weather experts as the weather year totaled 2109 inches inches above the normal precipitation of 1613 inches it was back in 1922 23 when northern utah received a wetting continued on page four spotlighting utah continued from page one one am ni parable paralle to this year in 1875 w p ho however vever the north end of the tate received 2460 inches of rain work rk continues on this the place monument final installation of gra granite eriches in the area of the this athe 1 he place monument will be by november 1 and ronie bronze plaques explaining the monument will be installed at a later date bids for laying of red tile brick sidewalks will he be accepted soon permanent floodlights flood lights arc awaiting installation r acquisition by the state penda of I 1 lari overlooking the monument on te the east will build pioneer memorial building bids will be advertised soon for the construction of the new pioneer memorial building sponsored by the daughters of the utah pioneers and the state of utah the DUP D U P have contributed toward the cost of the building to be located on a site across the street west from the state capitol the D U P have a lease on this property for 99 years the site however belongs to the state would process wool in west I 1 A plan is now being studied by I 1 utah and wyoming wool growers state officials and others to process c wool in the west instead of shipping it to boston it is poi point ante out that under t the he present bostoc cus custod to of shipping raw wool to boston wool growers pay freight charges on 60 pounds of dirt in every pounds of fleece A full investigation has proven that wool can be processed in the west as well as in the east and with a huge advantage to wool growers million spent on utah roads utah has brought to recent completion over worth of road construction it is announced by layton maxfield axfield Al of the state road commission of the four projects completed the largest is a four lane lanc highway of concrete and bituminous reaching 53 miles from willard to brigham the cost was |