Show L 1 Fine Fine Utah Roads and Theatres Surprising oj 4 j The progressiveness of Utah peo- peo people people peo people Is surprising surprising- writes Philip Rand of the Rex theatre Salmon I Idaho aho In an article In The Exhibitors Exhibitors Exhibitors tors Herald Herad a trade magazine en- en entitled entitled en entitled titled The The brcak journey brenk-journey break jottings ot of the tho poet laureate to What the Picture Did to Me en on route to Los fAI I- I cles Angeles roll wood sand and points paints neat est Mr Rand writes California or mostly bust bust bust Now Utah boasts of as onder wonder wonder-tul ful paved roads as ns any state In the Union Speeding there therefore there there- fore tore got Into our blood and forel for el eighty eight miles out ot of the City we ws ducks before a storm and the speedometer speedometer ter Just lust registered sixty miles even when bang bang We shattered a bearing and our young speed dream m nas 03 over Its It's hard to be philosophic but bu thus this down break pave gave us an opportunity opportunity opportunity to study the genus Mormon In his hs native lair At No hl In the heart of ot Utah we made some start start- startling startling ling discoveries We had long sus- sus sus that the Mormons must be progressive cusse cusses to have such wonderful roads but we never dreamed of ot seeing In a B little tn- tn interior In Interior town of people a tine fine hotel a seat KOO-seat theatre theotre and the finest high school building that we have ever seen costing one hundred and seventy five thousand dollars The theatre called the Venice Is Isa isa laa a good two-story two structure ot of press press- pressed pressed pressed ed brick with stores stored on each Ide of the tha foot eighteen lobby This theatre block cost only the rent of ot the stores and second story offices pay for tor taxes and theatre overhead the owner of the theatre I Mr Foote also owns the tha block I blockI The principal thing of ot Interest to me about o out this theatre Is s its ventilating system A creek of nure mountain water flows direct direct- lv Iv under the theat 3 h A Soroco blower was Installed by the tha American Ameri Ameri- American American can Radiator com company pan and when cold air Is needed the blo blower bloer er sucks up fresh cold air oft off this under under- underground underground ground round stream and throws It Into the theatre through four screen cages I six sit feet high stationed in to the four corners of ot the auditorium and Instantly lowers lower the en temperature esen e to the point of chilling Mr roots roote runs only six alt days as asI asis I is the tho practice of ot the Mormon the the- theatre the theatre atre atro owners Ha lie charges ten and fifteen cents and ten and twenty five twenty twenty- five cents for specials ru runs ns two vo serials and a comedy on and a society picture on Saturday Is rather unusual He stated that Tom Mix In Three Jumps had last week broke his house record I We e saw Soul of the Beast Met Met-I Met Met- Metro Met Metro ro at Salt Lake Lale which was good but tilt a knockout and ond also SIW Worry Vorn Llo Lloyds Lloyd's ds d's Why WhY which was a corker I Here in Nephi the tha pavement ends and what this Arro Arrowhead head trail null III look like as we get down don do n Into the theland theland land of ot the cactus is a matter or of pure speculation At the plesent pi rate rato of progress we wa may eat our Christmas pudding in Los Angeles after fter all n |