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Show I KEEM INTEREST ) I !H CONVENTQH It:? Gatliering of Utah's Commercial 3 !.',. Clubs Promises Results of P?; ' Vast Benefit. lj DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE HAS I jjjj ; ; UNBOUNDED OPPORTUNITIES , Hundreds of Settlers Could Be II ji ' Brought to State by 'Sys-f 'Sys-f 5 'f tematic Campaign. I! ; "Replies from the Commercial clubs of j ' tlio stnlo to Invitations lead mo to bc- (' i lleve the convention of clubs,. February U and 15, will be attended by delegates ' from every club In the stale. Undoubt- i edly it will be an onthuslnslic meeting, ! from the way It has been taken up by f- the various commercial bodies In the state." snld Secretary Culm; Monday. ' We are doing everything possible to increase . the efficiency of the advertising sent out ), concerning the state and every part of the state should be represented In this j' new organization." continued the sccre- 'i A voluntary offer has come to the sec- ' retary of the Commercial club from Man- !, ngcr Chapmnn of the Portland. Ore.. Commercial Huh. In a letter he says it might be n help In organizing a dcvelop-menf dcvelop-menf league for the local club to send a j' representative to Portland to study the . league In operation there. Manager J Chapman of the Portland club offers to I come to Salt Lake and attend the con- ; ventlon. adding his experience Jn effect- ; ing the organization of the league. J. Correspondence Is Increasing every day I.- In the publicity bureau work of the Com- nicrcia club. large part of this corre- ' spondenco Is r.i regard to dry farming. Manv of the letters indicate that this ' spring Is the time selected for a general westward movement among farmers In ' i the middle west and In the Mississippi 4', valley. Many of the letters are urgent in 4 request? tor information concerning the ; : dry farming land of the slute. Not a ,', few ask about Irrigated land and orchard ' V,rfth a State Peve'opmont league work- . , ing consistently and In harmony It Is urged that this gieat mass of correspondence correspon-dence on dry farming can be distributed in i a way to Insure better attention. It Is 1 1 shown that when a strong Inquiry comes , about dry farming that the particular jj Commercial club receiving the letter may H send It to the club in dry farming dls- i trlcts where special attention will he ,f given each inquiry, because that section ' is Interested in dry farming. A plan for ij! keeping In touch with the general result 4 of information sent out will be a part of the equipment- At the same time the V correspondent will be advised that his j inquiry will be handled by the club to t which it was referred. i This plan of advertising will be closely followed for the coming year. It is as- serted by those In charge of the publicity bureau. It Is believed the end of the year will show hundreds of new settlers !' In the state comfortably located on Utah's ij choice farming land. |