Show got get together r atia and boost 0 it pays says gerrit fort now well double our ts said utah when with the res rest t of the world it read the startling news that kho iho union pacific railroad company wua to spend in double tracking and improving its system from west to efio ho pacific fic roast const anti and then that mentis means wo we will get more inore or of the ilio right hind of people ana wa their shout when gerrit fort passenger traffic manager of the system announced that the biggest sum over ever ap anted for advertising by any concern was to bo be spent to toll tell the world borla of the advantages of utah and other parts parta of union pacific territory ne as A place pince to build homes and not only make c E living but amass a competence ln the land shows held in chicago by the tha united states land irrigation exposition company and the We western land products exposition hold held at omaha opened our eyes to the advantages of tolling telling the good things about utah said mr fort more mole than people crowded into the coliseums Coli in chicago and omaha during tho the two weeks of the show to see the ho dl play of n of the west and south and the land hunger shown by thein did much to convince ui lit that we could not go wrong in spending our ioney to bring colonists to this great west which walies thousands of dollars for it people gather the best beat utah raised when we began our plans tor for the tha land shows we found that in the tha far northwest and in the south and ino ene latent wealth that lies or the man with a little money P lot of energy and la do termination mid and the spir tu do that we will realize our iri in ahn hn years to corne come wl I ho he Is settled and Is shipping his drops to ir arket some of tho the greatest irrigation projects of modern mw tire are abeln built right hero here in utah the straw berry valley project on nn which the government Is a spending hellions Hel lions ot or dollars will make fert fertile ileone one of tho the finest fruit growing sections in the iho world man riv iio comp enles aro are being formed und and theao lire are building huge dania dams and storage a it in which the flood waters I 1 hat hereto fore havo have rushed ciway to waste thecil selves will be Impo impounded anti and enado to bring into hearing bearing thousands or of acres of what are arc now waste lai lands its in tho northern part of tho iho hatate aro are also many great areas which are now doroted to ral calsing sing but where it ahra beer proved that hat the ca ml system of g may be made most profitable Dair dairying yino a source ot of tir brill tit dallying Dalr ying la Is a source of great profit to the farmers farmerr who are engaged in it utah lah la Is preeminently pre eminently it dalr dallying dUryl ying ng state as tho conditions are ideal tho the winters acra nio an a rule mili mild and open and id little shelter Is needed for the cows too tao the sugar beets which form ft a large part of tho iho crops of the state are made to pay a double profit thoy they are sold bold to the mills for good prices and tho the pulp pull la Is taken back to food feed to jihn V q aws as it 1 4 fr V K A is t L LAND EXHIBIT southwest there wax was a well veil devel 1 aped community spirit among this tb people who were planning exhibits am and that they were working hard to father in the best of ev everything to take to chicago and omaha then we went out into our own terr territory atory and looked things over the people pad iad heard of the land shows but t they ey knew their own advantages so well that hat they pell believed eved that every one else in the united states knew them also ind nd so BO the community spirit so BO far as the exposition was concerned was not shown we men of the union pacific knew that at that would rot do we were proud of what utah Is doing and ave aae made up our minds that the utah booth in the union pacific display must show the best As a result t our tr nn n wre wire sent out through the state and they gatha eil ed the best of the tha 1 fruits the he best of the g grains kalns and the grasses that the arate sr ite grew these adre we re carefully packed and placed on board union pacific cars and hauled tree free of all charge to chicago and 0 omaha maha where they were arranged 0 o the best advantage in the utah booth utah booth a winner and thu that t utah booth was a winner ne declared declare tah mr fort enthusiastically there never e v er was a time from the he moment the h e doors of the exhibit in the morning until the they elo sed at night that the space in front of it was not crowded with people the big lecture balls or of ours were filled tr it the doors every time ther ewas a talk on utah it was war only a regard for the he flie file ordinances that kept us from letten the lie people stand mand up di in the halls the rhe moving pictures and the stereopticon views or of thi the scenic wonders wonder s of the state ani and lie le oen even more wonderful work being done wi with th dry farming and in the building h of the ag yg ig irrigation pro broj pets kait the people breathless we had trained mined lecturers and they told in a klimple and nd tire dire t manner ot of the results to he be obtained on utah farms and ranches chicado furnishes the colonists you know continued mr fort that chicago and chicago territory wralph six i tenths of all the people who seek new homes in the west government statistics bell ua tia that and so the land show gives i us I 1 s an unparalleled chance to display the best beet we have utah has thousands thou Finds rands upon thou sand ot of cres of the finest land in the united states today and with her splendid qt streams reams there la Is water enough to irrigate a great part of land and tury tun it into farms worth mil lions of dollars it takes population i to bring up land values and with the population not omy come increased i land values but bu greater sad and a new prosperity that Is one reason that we are neng this grat adver advertising tiring ampro ori driadon adon we know kno whit that it the ginnow buirt anai couple this to alfalfa and there in ie little need for grain brain feed rt at any time of oe the ahe year in diversified farming the men of utah have grown wealthy the average profit per acre running about and with the thousands of people from the east bast who wll aji flock to this state when the truth la Is told them of its resources they will grow even more prosperous because of the increased radues nowhere in the country are better beter crops grown and as the be title methods coma mare more and more into use the railroads resources resource swIll will be taxed even to a greater extent then than the n they now are to handle the crops which must be marketed but it is IB in raising fruits that utah excels I 1 believe said mr fort A trip through gli the horticultural regions of the state will convince the most skeptical the men who came her hare years ago knew their land and their knowledge Is seen in the broad expanse of acres acrea of apple peach pear plum and nectarine orchards in recent years utah has captured more than worth of valuable trophies in exhibitions of fruit products anil and IB as the years pass she will take edeli more protective laws which spraying and careful care of trees coin have been passed and with the insect pests arsts thus kept under control only th best fruits are brought to maturity in addition to the tree fruits the berries also grow to perfection and the highest market prices are ob talked for the fruit operation cooperation co brings prosperity the people of utah have so long cooperated to secure the best results for themselves that they know without explanation the great advantages to be derived from it it Is the intention of the union pacific to tell the world the real truth about utah and her resources anil and to do this intelli gently we must have the cooperation of the people of the state we N t alu must t allgee all get together and talk over the plans for advising the world and vart bartlett lett barly that part of it which UPS lies in clil cago territory of the that waits here for the man who really wants wanta to succeed the last east does docs not know that in 1910 utah raised crops to be ron following owing values boet beet crop atti S 1 77 ah ansu 5 0 oats barley C corn rn potatoes 1 1431 4 3 1 1 q i I 1 dairy 1909 1910 not lot completed 2113 1 2 ll 11 and the total wheat oats earn corn barley rye potatoes hay bay sugar beets and alfalfa seed raised was 1 A little operation cooperation co and these fig ures urea cannot help but bring to utah thousands of industrious men aid w women omen who bo will settle the farms and be a new source of prom to every ever ono in the state we must t together for results resul tw |