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Show ,LI0 URGES CDDSTIi.G FOR I STATE Actire Effort to Place ; Utah to Front Adv-ocated by Engineers Speaker Transformation of every resident of thla etste from a passive into an active booster, armed with correct information as to ths Industrial and scenic resources of the state and participating financially in tha development de-velopment ef these resources, was advocated by Paul I Newmeyer today to-day In an address at tha All Engineers' Engi-neers' luncheon in the chamber of commerce. Mr. Newmeyer expounded expound-ed the theory that Utahna generally fall to boost their state because the resources here are so numerous and of such magnitude aa to be almost ' unbellevsble. On the other hand, he said. California baa only its climate to talk about and the residents resi-dents of that state ara therefore not required to take mora than a few hoars to master the art of boost -. In . Taking his statistics from tha rtirrent press, tha speaker Imptesi en his audience with the remark sue possibilities of this state. He nttd the publicity expressed opinions opin-ions oC various men of local prominence prom-inence who alter visiting various sections of tha world returned here convinced that Utah offers greater opportunities and has tha moat wonderful won-derful future of any similar area. He remarked that local people were still Investing In German marks, when they should be putting their money to work developing thla section and be pointed to Leadvllle, Colo, where he said buslnsss men bed svndlcsted to reopen the mines ef that section to Insure prosperity for ths community. The majority of the people of this state, ha said, were In a frame of mind which rejected re-jected the golden opportunities at their door and hs feared that some of them might not awaken to these until more discerning outsiders had taken the heavy profits. His addreea was well received and the. engineers present Indlcsted that :hey endorsed his proposal to areata a booet spirit there. |