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Show Sales Expert Predicts Unusual Bright Future Industrially For Utah J Writing in Hit; ''Golden Kule Magazine" nf now psychology. James Samuel Kirns, A. M LI. D.. president of the Knox School (if Salesmanship and Business Efficiency, Effic-iency, describes Utah's stute university uni-versity extension service in glowing terms. Summing up his observations while in the state the writer said: "While the imputation of Utah is small, its mineral resources are enormous. In 11125, Utah was first In the production of silver, second in lead! ; third in copper and sixth in gold, leading all western states in the value of mineral products, which amounted to more than $120.-000,000. $120.-000,000. Utah is the steel state of the west. It is serving the' Pacific coast with pig iron made from ores mined in Utah., The coal resources of Utah are sufficient to supply the entire United States for 250 years. Oil has recently been discovered, besides the shale which is yet untouched, un-touched, that it is estimated will produce 40 billion barrels of oil This will be a tremendous business when the present oil wells are exhausted. ex-hausted. Tbe hydro-electric resources resourc-es are estimated at 1,472,230 horsepower, horse-power, insuring ample and chear power to industries. Large Harvests In 1925, Utah led the country in the production of alfalfa seed, producing pro-ducing 4 per cent of all that produced pro-duced by the entire country. In yield per acre. Utah ranks first in sugar beets, alfalfa seed, and spring wheat. "No discussion of Utah is quite complete without some information in regard to the Mormon church , While in Salt Lake I did not havr time to study Mormon theology in the abstract, but I had plenty oi opportunity to study it in the live of ,many Mormon people. The Mor uions. are a very fine people. They are hard working, thrifty, honest, law-abiding and Cod-fearing people The Mormon chmvh is opposed to both liquor and tobacco and does not hesitate to say so. While in Utah I did not see a drunken man and saw less tobacco used uion the streets of Salt Lake and Ogden Chan on the streets of any other similar sized city tin the United States. In Maim fact tiring "Utah has a great future. Its agricultural resources are only partially par-tially developed. They depend largely large-ly upon irrigation, although the rainfall is 10 or 12 inches a year (and the snowfall in the winter time 1 about 50 inches. Utah is already famous for its canned goods, pnr-; pnr-; licularly peas and tomatoes. It has built a great reputation for celery. The state has 200 minerals, many of which are only partially developed. Utah is also a great cattle and sheep raising country and always will be because of its mountain ; ranges. Trovo in a few yeors will be looked upon as the Pittsburgh of the west. It will manufacture an enormous amount of steel pro-i pro-i ducts for the whole west const. Besides Be-sides it will he a great bread basket for the great and growing region i of Southern California that will soon need to import outside food- stuffs. i Predicts Million i "Today Utnh. has a population of ; 400,000. In a very few years there will be a million people there. Its ' educational foundation is unusually i good. Its future possibilities are . possibly greater per capita than any other state in the Union. There no i doubt will be more development in : the next ten years in that state i than there has been In the past twenty. Keep your eye on Utah." |