Show THE TRANSMISSISSIPPI EXPO TIOST This year Utah holds a semicenten nial celebration in honor of the settlement set-tlement of the state This celebration should be in every way worthy of Utah and her people but the fact that we are to have such a celebration should not cause the very important fact to be forgotten that there is to be a great sMississippi and International In-ternational exposition held in Omaha from June to November 1S9S At this exposition Utah should be worthily represented if the money for that purpose pur-pose is forthcoming For this purpose it will be necessary for the legislature to make an appropriation what amount will be adequate to give the tate such representation is a matter for the legislature in its wisdom to determine This exposition should and will if properly encouraged Invite the attention atten-tion of the whole country to the possibilities pos-sibilities of the great transMissouri west and when they are fully recognized recog-nized it cannot but result in a great growth for the west Growth growth in population and in capital is what we want in the new state of Utah In natural resources of all kinds this state is the peer of any in the Union But they must be made known and where is a better place or a more opportune op-portune time to make them known than at this TransMississippi exposition exposi-tion Whenever the resources of a state are exhibited within that state or in close proximity to it interest in the state is much greater than when they are are exhibited far away from it The very fact that this Omaha exposition ex-position is to be held west of the Missouri Mis-souri river makes it unique and gives it an added interest It will afford a I grand opportunity to makeknown the resources of the state an opportunity I that should be improved It should be remembered that Omaha was once the gateway to Utah and the people of the state have always cherished a kind memory of Omaha and her people peo-ple dating back to the time when many of them started from there in the 40s Let Utah do what she can to make its exposition a success and the greater its success the greater the benefits that will inure from it to this state It is a matter demanding the attention of the legislature |