Show f t I Catch the Progress Spirit LET the grouches ridicule civic all they please but the fact remains that life is happier and prosperity greater in a city ity where vh re the citizenship and the leaders are ide awake to their community's advantages When the knocker and skeptic dominate the he public attitude there can be little hope for progress ss But when the citizens are keenly alive aliveto to 10 their city's accomplishments of of the past and its promises of the future when future when every everyman everyman everyman man man woman and child is p proud oud of his home City and pulling wholeheartedly for its progress ress then ress then civic wonders can be worked new factories will vill be obtained and a greater hap liap happiness happiness settle upon the homes It takes vision to enable cities and states to Jo take full advantage of tHeir p potentialities Outsiders often offer the criticism about Salt Lake and Utah people that they are entirely too content with things as they are are are- and indeed we do have infinite reasons for enjoying ing to live here here but but these outsiders declare declare de de- de- de clare dare that that- we are not alert enough to the vast possibilities for the future We Ve ought to io have haie a spirit aflame for exploiting pur our natural resources resources resources' by seeking new industries our ur agricultural products by cultivating wider markets and our dur unsurpassed scenic attractions by appealing to increasing ever-increasing thousands of tourists Actually few states in the Union have the undeveloped potentialities possessed by Utah To help renew the vision and faith of Utah people in our civic and nd statehood destinies destinies des des- finies The Telegram today offers its annual review The pages are chock full of accounts accounts accounts ac ac- ac- ac counts of 1928 accomplishments in industry busin business ss education civic life etc but throughout the special sections there runs Tuns the keynote of promise for greater achieve achieve- IDent in inthe future It would be an fi iL tion to every citizen to read some of the stirring hope articles published in the review The New Year ought to mean a greater of the spirit of progress that thatis is in the Utah air Bright prospects loom up for Salt Lake City Get in step with the march toward a greater city and state Put your influence per cent back of every movement to advance the general welfare With an awakened public spirit great strides are inevitable |