| Show fr 1 BOOSTING THE C-THE THE HOME ViE CITY i I 4 There are arc various kinds of organ organ- Some Somo are for tor pleasure some for business some Iome for trado trade develop develop- ment Tho Salt SnIt Lake Commercial club till nil three is la an organization in which 1 1 purposes are aro combined The club has i particular object however one ono primary it It to boost Utah in general nn end and Salt Lake In particular Its tel members mem mem- bore bers make It their business to see CO to It that Zion lots Is well advertised that that tho the r It lives up UI to the expectations advertising may create In the th minds of visitors Tho club has half for nearly ne two years been engaged In a I. I campaign n of at ex ex- ex t Club members say sa that as ns the tho future greatness of Salt Lake lies Hes In the tho tributary country countr much of ot the tho work orl of ot tho the club must be done dOM In and for tor the country countr that will eventually e make malee Salt I Lake one ono of at the tho leading cites cit dt- ICH es of or the tho world Within a n radius of miles there la Is a a. fabulously rich section of country country- The Tho resources of this thin section have havo scarcely been scratched much less de de- de Great oreas areas of fertile land mountains of at metal Including gold gol anc and II lie llo In Innocent nt of tho the plow IloW or the prospectors PICK hn these sections are developed eloped men who are ore familiar with their hl hid hidden den treasures say any that Salt Lake Lako wIll wll wIllbo bo be tho the reservoir Into which will flow rivers tl of oC wealth beyond the dr dreams ams of man And In this thia work worl tho the Salt Lake I Com Com- club has ha labored with untiring Interest Special committees committees' havo have beer been organized tho the commercial clubs o of ether towns to have been asked to assist It Sit has been pointed out to nearly nearh ever citizen of an any town In Utah that th the the greater the prosperity of or Salt Lak tho the greater great r the prosperity of the other cities cUles of the state Conferences Conf havo have been held And find th the the various means of oC developing dc tho the states state's almost unlimited resources have been boer discussed ed Tho The result Is that today toda ever every man In Utah Is working for the greater prosperity of oC tho the state Another movement that had Its Inception In Inception Inception In- In In the Commercial club was Vas the home products campaign Members I of cl tho the Commercial club realized that thai tho the present population of ot tho the state was consuming foreign products and also alec realized that the present factories ol ot the tho state could not begin to supply i the home homo demand If It tho the people begani began n I j to realize what It meant to them that i inN nN Ana JIH much mone money as possible be kept In Inthe the state These men saw flaw In their minds mind's eye ee groat factories springing up throughout tho state as soon as ns the I people realized that b by helping the Utah manufacturers they helping themselves So tho the campaign was as launched bunched and recent reports show that In tho the hear bear future futuro the manufacturing Industries Indu of ot Utah will be bo soon doubled Aside 4 from this the tho club has been working for tor greater railroad facilities facilities tic ties In the state It Is the ultimate plan lan lanor of or ortho tho men who aro arc leading the tho Commercial Commercial Com Com- mercial club expansion movement to have ha tho great territory of tho the state of Utah threaded with railroads s eo 60 that every cry homestead will wm bo be within easy reach rench of transportation facilities Railroads to tap tho the mineral wealth railroads to give the thc farmer an outlet for his produce la Is th the motto of t io Salt Lake Lako Commercial club Another phase of development In which t the tho Salt Lake Lako Commercial club c has Interested Itself tB It Is Increasing Increasing- the population A glance glanco at ot tho the map of the United States will tho the casual rea reader er an Idea of ot tho the vast ast amount of territory Included In the boundaries of at Utah The Tho entire of ot Rhode Rhodo Island could easily bo be dropped Into Salt lake lako Yet tho the state stat of Rhode Island has many times tho the population of Utah NewYork NewYork New Now York CIt City with Its ItIS teeming millions could coul be bo dropped Into a corner of the samo same lake Yet In these places men and women starve for lack of food tool At t best many man of or them live IIvo In do filthy con con- seated con tenements tenement looking forward rd toa to toa o a of at poverty and slavery slaVer It is the thc plan of or tho the Commercial club to brIng these theBe people to Utah where they f nay may take up tho the land help In tho the states state's development and eventually o set set- settie tie down to comfort and affluence where hero they and their children can breathe Gods God's pure air To 10 this end literature lias haJ boon boen sent broadcast t throughout the countr country Into or C every hamlet booklets telling of or the tho wonders of ot tho the state of Utah have pone gone And already there has begun bog to trickle Into Utah thin tho first tin tiny stream m of ct a n. flood of or Immigration Many uan settlers set set- settlers tiers have havo talc m up lip homes and aro are al already already al- al ready rendy on a 0 fair way toward pro prosperity Of courso course na os yet ct their thell advent ent Into the vast territory of tho state has been hardly noticed Another thing to which tho the club has turned Its attention Is tho the good roads movement Thanks to the efforts of the tho Salt Lake Commercial club aided by bJ other similar organizations through through- out the state there am am arn now good so roads I where only a f few tew w years ears ago were were trails trail of mud mUll And the movement Is being continued Within a few years tho the tourist will be able to go so h by auto to almost any part of the state and tho the farmer fl will be able to haul his produce with speed to a point where hero It St can con bo be shipped b by rail Representatives ee of the club have hl within the last two years cars traveled over o more moro than miles nines of Utah roads In Inan Inan an nn effort to map map out the needed Im Improvements Improvements Im- Im where the pro and to ascertain needed Improved highways were most School children have hare been beat taken to the tho various factories of ot the state and the value of the various manufacturing ing InK e establishments to them an as future citizens of at tho the state explained The They have havo been taught loyalty to their state and urged to Join In the boosting movement Again 4 tho the members of the Commercial Commercial Commercial Commer Commer- cial club have havo started a n. movement to develop clop civic pride Citizens have been urged to paint up Uti and clean clenn up up and there thoro lies lice been n n. notable not ble Improvement In tho the appearance of tho outlying die dis dl of at the cSt city since the tho Inception of I this movement mo Where there were ragged raged fences and dirty front yards ards before there ar are now neat hed hedges es well well- laid copings and well kept lawns The sanitation committee of the tho club operated co-operated with the board of health with the result that millions of flies files have been killed and there Is a noticeable no no- t I decrease In tho the diseases that I I have havo In the past been trac traced d to the germ carrying propensities of the house I tI fly Utah Is IR no longer a a. good place for tIles flies to light IA I A campaign against smoke was also begun by the club but so far little success has haA been made In eliminating the nuisance However the club members members members mem mem- bers arc are still nt at work and there Is but little doubt that eventually Salt Lake win will be smokeless Last and amI by b no means least the tho Commercial Commercial Commercial Com Com- mercial club has brought three big convention conventions con con- to Salt Lake Men Ien who vho had no Idea of the tho greatness of the city came saw and saw and went away to tell the folks tolk back home of the wonderful city nestling In the hollow hollo of the mountains mountains moun moun- I I I GENERAl view of the City and County building n of Salt Lake which i 3 houses the offices of Salt SnIt Lake city an and Salt SnIt Lake county and the themore themore I more important state stale offices The building ding was completed in lSD in-lSD and andis andis is constructed of native 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