Show r L l I 1 I Why Thy Utah Is a Good Place to Come To i From the Viewpoint of Opportunity ty I i I 1 r B Arthur L. L Thomas By Postmaster and Former Gov Governor I It mn may be truthfully said of ot Utah Tho The Land of ot Opportunity In the re remote remote ro- ro mote ages aes of a a. far tar distant past when there was a universal churning of or tho the earths earth's crust eVer every form and kind of ot mineral wealth and structural material I was deposited in her mountains and valleys alles Rich a n as Utah letah is In her coal lead copper iron zinc silver r and her gold she Is especially rich in the great greal abundance of her structural materials These of er e every color arc are to be he found foun in er e every portion of or the state from the granites the coarse coar c and und fine grained sandstones to the crystalline and fo foS fo'S tl marbles Within 1 thin the vision of oC tho the citizens of Salt Lake Is a mountain of white while gran Ilan ite itc which rears Its lofty head bead nearly two miles above the Salt Lake valJe valley The lodge is noarl nearly miles wide and from this mountain has hul rolled granite boulders enough to bull build cities of ot the size sizo of Now York Close Closer in aro are arc equally vast formations of ot su superior su- su brown and nd red san sandstones In Beaver count county la It a a. mountain of ot sulphur 98 per cent pure The rhe wagon can be oe driven to the mountain and tho the sulphur shoveled Into It like sand from froma a s side do hill In the waters of ot the tho Great Oreal Salt lake la Is in solution salt enough to pay the national debt deLt and all over ovel the tho state are aro mountains of ot rock salt from which blocks blocks' of or clear salt can be bo blast blasted d Rico like stone stono from a quarry In Uintah count county veins of asphalt tho the purest known excelling excelling- In quantity ant and quality the product of ot the famous Pitch lake Jale- of ot Trinidad cross the countr country like Uko great rivers and the deposits go so to the depths where it is believed are aro the great re reservoirs of ot oil from from which tho they have e exuded II Gypsum lime and deposits of ot superior quality and In every ery form torm aro are to be bo found in every even count county of ot the state Iron ore deposits are aro common In iii n Iron c county is a deposit t of magnetic mag hematite iron ore of ot superior quality This deposit spreads o er the tho surface of or the earth like Uke a n n great blanket When the iron ore oro deposits of or Pennsylvania Michigan Alabama and other states will bo be exhausted an and the limit of ot time has been fixed at sixty years the tho valleys val val- 1 leys B of Utah will be darkened b by the smoke of ot great iron manufacturing es es- es The Tho extent and value of the coal deposits of ot Utah will probably never no be known They reach from Wyoming Wyo Wyo- ming to Arizona So vast are arc tho they that the geologist is Js lost in it the magnitude of oC the problem when whon he seeks socks to estimate estimate estimate esti esti- mate how man many were the countless ages age of f luxuriant vegetation necessary to form torm them Veins are deposited In tho the mountains one o abo the other like Uke brick upon brick and nd some Bom are no so thick that three locomotives with their trains can enter them one above the o other The soil Boil of ot Utah Is rich and productive tive Not hot ot an any in In tho the west more so I Long ago her fertile vall valleys s 's attracted the thc settlor Today under friendly national national na na- legislation vast areas of oC arable land lon long sL supposed to be usable only onh for tor grazing grazing and and Utah is a a. grea great t graz braz- ing Ingo country for tor sheep and cattle cattle are are being reclaimed find and cultivated and tho the I work of ot reclaiming these long outcast lands has only onh Just commenced Every I kind of or farm garden and orchard r product product prod prod- I lel can h bo he grown upon thorn thom from the winter wheat on the northern plateaus to tho the semitropical fruits of ot Dixie The Tho fame famo of oC Utah's apples peaches grapes strawberries potatoes ceJer celery I and antl wheat is spread far tar and wl wide e. e In her climate Utah has been blessed beyond man many of ot her ulster sister states The rhe temperature from Crom the snow covered plains of the north to the sunny valleys s 's soC of oC the tiro south is of eVer every degree deg At an any time timo of ot the year in winter or in summer you you can roll 1011 In the thc snow now or melt under tho sun and all this thiR glory of climate is only equaled b bv by the tho glory lory of or the magnificent mag scenery of the mountains mountains' and the valleys Utah In n climate resources and people has treas treas- lure ure uro enough to 61 dignity wealth a. a r power prestige e and glory to an empire I conclude Utah is the lie Lan Land of ot Op Op- I I I LOSSES of or tenants tenant n n. n n d d not mean moan losses of rent remt incomes incomes incomes-if Ir If the re recourse recourse re- re course to the classified advertising ad columns Is prompt For FOI the bettor tenant tenant ten ten- ant is waiting for Cor the tho worth gating nd all to appear Let Republican n want ails als bo ho the means of e yOU vou tenants that a are aro re desirable sl t a l X I I I 7 Salt Lake City Is justly prou proud of ot its Ita manufacturing establishments as well she sho should bo 00 for tor she has hns in her t somo some of tho the largest t manufacturing plants in the west Among the fire industrial Indus indus- In uG- uG trial enterprises that have ha given hen Salt Lake Luke n a name as a manufacturing center center cen cen- ter Is tho the Utah 1 Fire lre Cla Clay company compan This ribs company Is not only the largest in n Salt Lake but hut It is one ono of ot the largest orest in the tho western states Some idea o of the size and importance o of ot this Industry may be bo gained from the fact that it Is ss capitalized at over n a halt half million dol dol- lars lars This represents one of the tho largest incorporated businesses in the lire state o of Utah in the manufacturing line The Tho Utah Fire Clay company compan are I manufacturers of all fire tire cla clay products product i including crucibles fire brick face faco brick pipe flue rlue lining fireproof part partitions Ions lons drain tile conduits flower pots etc otc The office and plant lant are arc lo located lo- lo cate at 1098 S S. First West Vest street which section Is s made mado a veritable hive hh i of ot Industry b by the large largo operations of this company Near the th close o of or November No 1910 the Utah Fire Clay company compan opened It its branch plant In Murray Utah the fire addition bomb boIng bo- bo Ing mb made there to accommodate the tho growing grooving demands on the company compan for its product products Tho The Salt Lake plant has a n. capacity of OOOO brick daily an and an the tho company has hns Its Us on pay roll loll ov over jr r men in all nil At the head of or this thia large e enterprise is Lawrence Greene Greeno president ent of tho the company compan an and maunder manager of ot tho the business The Tho Thoice vice ice president Is lir N. W. W Y Hc Rood fled d tho the treasurer L. L S S. Hills HUh and the secretary T. T R. R These comprise the directors with th the following D. D I C. C Jackling L L. L. L Nunn George GeQrge Romney A. A D. D Smith and Waldemar Wal- Wal Waldemar demar emar Van Zan Cott Cotto The executive con com Is composed of the Greene Nunn and Tackling The compan company com com- pan pany has been doing IHl business for seven years and during that time it has supplied supplied sup sup- plied most of oC the brick and fire Cire clay materials used In the construction construction tion of Salt Lake public buildings business busi busl- ness houses hOUles anI and resl residences Two men are kept kopl mi on the road rond in Utah Idaho and Wyoming han handling the thc outside business of the firm The fact that ten fht miners smelters and a assayers use UHe the crucibles of or this firm Ms its proof oot of oC the tho quality o of Its workmanship In feet fact the pro products of the Utah Fire Clay company com com- pany papy are handled all ov over r the world The plant here covers ten tell acres This Thin Industry is tR s Indeed one that line has helped to make Salt Lake tho the great elt city it J is |