Show UTAH HAUP THE STATE OF opportunities TURES by james II 11 moore utah has an approximate area of 5 square miles and a population tien of people there is an aver ae age of five people to every square mile it is interesting to compare utah in this respect with other states fur ther east missouri has an area of square miles baban a population pa aaion of people or an average of 53 people K eople to the square mile new york has 11 an area of square mile a population of or an aver age of people to the square mile and rhode island the smallest state in the union has an area of 1250 square miles a population of people or an average of people to every square mile these comparisons are interesting when we e consider the almost unlimited resources of the square miles of territory called utah one can more fully appreciate what utah can produce by visiting the exhibit on the first floor of the state capitol it is 13 said that the people of utah produce for use at home and abroad between fifty and seventy five separate and distinct products samples of about thirty seven of these are exhibited at the capitol entering from the east ones attention is first attracted by the th beautiful transparencies or colored co ord pictures on glass glass of scenes in the national forests of utah these scenes erl ea 0 or r so arranged and lighted th that at they arc re shown up to a very good d ad advantage van standing before them men it is easier to visualize the vast timber and grazing resources of the state from here on to the west end of the room one winds in and out among cases in which exhibits of utah products are beautifully arranged it I 1 it not possible here to describe them all some of them however are especially Ilecia ally lly interesting on the north wall near the west end of the room there is an exhibit of sheaf and thrashed grain on a back ground of dark green are arranged eight wheel wheels of sheaf grain each wheel has sixteen sheaf spokes with the head heads pointing outward the hub of each wheel is a transparency of some beauty spot in utah each picture is encased in a frame of red top grass the scenes in the eight pictures are the ne patriarchs zion 7 ion national park view from north rim grand Grands canyon national parit park cedar break breaks great white throne n a zion national park the cathedral bryce canyon castle peak peik and angels landing zion nation or pak park I 1 bright angel point G grand ria canyon nyon national park and temple of osiris abo r the whirls a atal loped bir br der desien ix is out with thi jul aid of af outi 1 and red top grass o 0 and slid below on ill a low stand are bottle bottles of various pifei i and happ fillds with th rahel grain rain and bcd sped and ar armanid artisti arti iti telly tally the exhibit is i landed with the following inscription 4 the sheaf finine in thi this booth ansi onkit tt mostly of I 1 lurkey lied 1 wheat hanner banner oata blue 1 bailey heat and rel red top grass glon in utah and the th thrashed grain and necil seed in these bottle ant ties in the th different purl parts of the state of utah the riter of this article was looking at the exhibit iut described d a gentleman fent leman touched his ls arm and AA raid said with a smile it is all right for you ou to opy the titles of the pictures tut but don ion t carry that away in your pocket he ile pointed to a mam moth tump mp of 0 coal shih stand stands on a wooden base in the center of the floor this piece of coal is ten feet long five feet wide and five feet high atit weight is i pounds it wa wat mined it at the black hawk mine in n carbon county and was presented to the state by the united states fuel company in 1922 there are few people who have not heard of dixie there may be some however who do not know that washington county produces walnut al nuts il almonds monds and peanuts in Oom commercial mercial quantities i one whole case is devoted to these three products of southern utah and then there are the samples of the different kinds of metal oree ores gold told silver copper lead iron aluminum and magnesium cement from devils slide plaster from nepal salt walt from salt lake gilsonite gih onite and oil hale from eastern utah alunite from Marys dle and granite and marble from salt lake and utah coun ties bes are also exhibited in a number of show cases are shown preserved specimens of utah grown corn celery cucumbers cantaloupes beans peas tomatoes apples peaches strawberries ras beaves cherries chemes grapes gra s pears sugar beets potatoes alfalfa a MI alla and many oher vegetables and fruits there is in hung above the honey ex 1 hibit a diploma which indicates that utah received a gold medal for her honey and beeswax at the st louis exposition in 1904 it was somewhat disappointing to note that some of the leading products of the state are not represented in the exhibit at all the poultry industry indu atry is nol not represent ted there is no dairying exhibit and the great live stock industry is not displayed in any way there should at least be an eahl exhibit bite of utah wool utah is unexcelled in its number and variety of resources |