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Show WHOLE STATE WILL BKEMEJT1 OUT, Thursday to Be Devoted (o Boosting' for Advantages and Opportunities. SCHOOLS WILL ASSIST Appropriate Exercises by Pupils; Big Mass Meeting in Tabernacle Here. Final drbils of the arrangements fof h state wide observance of "Utah Dc velopmenl day.'' Thursday . April 35, virtually have, been completed. All in-dieations in-dieations point to one of the most successful suc-cessful ami beneficial celebrations ever planned in the interests of city and state. Tn practically every city, tiown or hamlet of Utah exercises or meetings will be held, at each of which Utah's resources, attractions; advantages and possibilities will be thoroughly pet out. Bj word, through cd rreppondence, in 1 1 1 u i . song and ceremonF, the people of the state and the school children will render praise f" the commonwealth boo OOd Out to the four corners pf the country Bome word, postcard or syrnbol Hint will "boost?' lor T'tab. The day has been set apart by proclamation by Governor William Spry. During the afternoon of April 2.". exercises ex-ercises will lie carried oui in all public schools, ai high schools ami universities. Tbe programmes have been arranged iiv school officials, with the co-operation ut' tin Utah Development league. Spirit in Essays. The best essays on ' What Opportuni fiep i'tah Offers Young People, ' bv tt boy of the highesl grade, and on "What Utah Day Meant Miv by a girl of th highest grade, are to Iv? read at the exercises of ca'h public school. No special prizes have as yet been offered for these. j In the high schools each principal isl to select 'he two best essays on "Why Utah I.- a Good Place to Live," one to be written by a young man and the other by 8 young woman. These essays will be forwarded to Superintendent A 0. Nelson of the state schools, signed with a nom dr plume. The correct name, witli accompanying noin de plume, will bo forwarded to Governor William Spry. committee consisting of represent stives of the state school superintendent superintend-ent B office, the city school superintendent superin-tendent 'e office, the Btate university, the state agricultural college and the Utah Development league will pa?? on the prize essay?. Four prizes, will be offered for high school essays For the voung men the first prize will be choice between a scholarship in the University of T'tah and a scholarship in the Btate Agrieul tural college. The second prize will be the scholarship not. chosen by the first winner. The :nne prizes will be of I'ereiJ to the tWO winning women. Essays Es-says will be limited to 1000 words. Plan Great Mass Meetings. In the evening, throughout the state mass meetings will be held under the auspices of local commercial clubs or Her public or civic organizations, reachors, parents, school children and citizens m general will attend. The i tab Developmeni league will send one special speaker to each of the larger cities or towns, at the expense of the league, although the different COtnmer-j eial dubs are asked to accommodate speakers, especially where they arc Obliged to remain over night. ''What Co-operative Efforts llnvc Accomplished in other Communities'' will probablv be a general theme at all ma-s meet i n a .-. Xearh- -200.000 post cards have bcon cbstnbntsd throughout the state to SCjlOOT Children and will he mailed on Utah Development day. Each card will bear an appropriate illustration and acts, figures or data on the. resource-attractions resource-attractions and advantages of Utah, and win be sent to outside people. Ml eita-ens eita-ens ot the slate on April 25 also are expected to mail out cards Tt is est? -rfoonn,Uat ,h0 Sborhood of 500,000 persons outside of the state l??Ze a rostcard relating to ltab and her resources. Meeting in Tabernacle. Jn 'EPi Sven exercises WiH be led by the Commercial club which has arranged a splendid pro-gramma pro-gramma to be. carried out. at a bie mass meeting that.wiy be held h, thetSe? peie, beginning at 8 o'clock, it is the ntention to make the gathering one of the largest and most cnthusiastie of its kind m the history of the city Details De-tails have been c0mplnted by a special ItSfSSi Wi,ich vesjerdav aiouaSed wn Trenth htiy band from tort Douglas bad been secured for the occasion The mass meeting will be SSKr "" scrvice8 H tbo tabernacle, W. w. Armstrong t-rcKident of the Commercial club wfli preside. I he hrst number will be the -horus 'America'' by the band or gan, choir and audience. Rabbi Charles J. Round will deliver the invention. uoyernor wifliam sr,rv fli .-,.rt ouemng address on tie SSS'tH nTTn l;lh Devolopment'Day?" and v. i be followed by a selection by EMiufphf?i tv,tl' Profoaor J. J. u V :" 1bp "-trail. 'low '':t-JinUr,Do to. Improve Our address on "The tv VS w,th D TJiat" lPhn5;s Son,.. rr;'" flftv eelect-d ml sine- The final address of the evenine will be delivered by Ma vov l harlo T 2 bei Of Bountiful, op the theme, "fies America First 1 The programme irfU conclude wit i the SbUSSi Bai 'and & 0rtSh8ad r' a'"1,rT,X Is Typical Programme. This procrauinie in a way rer.re,eru I what will be done al every other eity or town in the state where public it orcraila, The Phif objeel of the observanee of tbe day i8 to launch a - systematic campaign for educating citizens cit-izens of Utah on the subject of the re .-our es and opportunities' of their home Community rind to imbue them vonng and. Old alike, with a true "boosting spirit, which is conceded to bo of vital vi-tal irujMrtance to tho commercial and1 industrial development of the commonwealth. common-wealth. Although the list of speakers as Signed to deliver addresses m outside I citicR or towns hns not yet been fully completed , the committee in charge ; yesterday announced the following, j Speakers in Other Towns. Murray, W. M. Koylane Of Provo and Heni-v Welsh of Purk Oitr: Briz-hani Briz-hani City, Dr. M. II. Brimhall of Provo JSS PL:vJenson of Bait Lake; Park i v. William K. King of Salt Lake 1 't Nephi. .re-se W. Wheeler of Mat ! rav; Farmington. J. L. Brown of Mur-i rav; Pooelo. IT r. Hiekfl of Provo ! Springvillo g, M Blumford of Murray! Paoo. Dr. a. a. Bird of Murray : Murray, Henry Welsh 0f Park St?-SfLfW St?-SfLfW L Badger of Salt LaJe Ity; R.vertun. Ben L R,ch of Salt I Lake ( ;t- 0dan, Win G. FarreU of Bait Lake ( ity; Provo. J. W. MHenrv ! ot Murray and the Rev. p. a. Siipkinl ol Salt Uke City; Price, Carl P w bsms of Sab Lake Cltj : Richflcld : Qeoree P. Odoll of Salt Lake Citv' ''' ' I. M ffirkbam J? j...,;,:: j orIi .lie, 8. iv. Thorman of Salt Lake |