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Show UTAH ATTRACTS URGE OUWDS TDSEE HHt LMHHE Big Land Show at Omaha Results In Excursion to See Lands of This State In the Spring. Salt LakQ City, Feb. 3. That tho t'tah exhibit at the Westorn' Lands Products oxposltlon nt Omaha promises prom-ises greater roturns than any other exhibition in which tho stato has shared, was tho declaration of J. Edward Ed-ward Taylor, stato horticultural In-iieotor, In-iieotor, who has been In chargo of ilio Utah display ,on his return from Omaha yesterday. "Tho Omnhn show," ho says, "was the most profltablo becauso wo reached reach-ed that class of pooplo who aro Interested Inter-ested nnd know tho values of lands. The advantages nnd opportunities to be hud In this lino In Utah woro brought beforo 100,000 peoplo belonging to that class. Vlowlng tho exhibit alone converted con-verted many who havo signified tholr Intention of coming to Utnh to en-gago en-gago In farming and fruit raising, while arrangements nro now well under un-der wny for tho running of a western excursion to Utah, bringing at least 100 landscekers to tho state boforo tho end of tho month, "Private Interests, " he said! "Who remained In Omaha after tho show closed, aro now working out the do-tails do-tails of tho excursion. Tho exact date of tho trip has not been decided, but It Will leavo Omaha with 100 homo-seekors homo-seekors nboard beforo March 1. Before Be-fore tho last day of tho show, tho greater part of "this number had ex-pressed ex-pressed tholr Intention of accompanying accompany-ing the Utnh train. "Tho fact that of tho 100,000 peoplo who visited tho show botween tho opening op-ening date, January 18, and tho closing, clos-ing, Jnnunry 28, tho majority wbro-ex. porlenced farmers, shows to what ox-tent ox-tent tho state has been ndvcrtlsod. With other shows, tho samo number of people havo been renched, but with but fow exceptions they wcro not tho peoplo to dovelop tho agricultural lands of tho state, for tho greatest good, becauso thoy wero not experienced experi-enced fnrmors. State Welt Represented. "At tho Omaha show tho sovoral Utah communities wcro equally shown, tho exhibit being supplied by tho Commercial club of Salt Lako, Ogden, Provo and Murray, with tho result that ho advantages of sovoral part of tho stato wcro well represented. represent-ed. Tho outlro show was a success. With all but ono of the western states represented, everything was arranged arrang-ed for tho boneflt of tho oxhlbltors, with llttlo or no friction displayed by tho management. Tho nttendanco could not hn) been bettor, us tho largo building was packed to capacity practically all the tlmo tho exhibition exhibi-tion was open.. "Every ono connected with tho Utnh exhibit seemed anxious to get tho greatest posslblo benefits out of tho show, and from tho opening to tho closing dny eight persons woro constantly con-stantly busy distributing lltcrnturo dealing with tho opportunities offered by tho state. Not content with the distribution dis-tribution of tho lltoraturc, tho Utah boosters wont ono degroo furthor ahd spent much of tholr tlmo explaining tho details of tho exhibit and tolling of added opportunities to be had In Utnh." |