Show COMBINE TO PROMOTE WELFARE OF THE STATE utah press association and utah development league plan exclusive boosting campaign development for many beirs has been left to chance or to the individual lal and to a large extent unaided enterprise of the individual la Is now being forar forwarded ded by a wide organization known as the utah development league although this organ Dation was nas formed less than six months ago the effect of its vork Is already being felt in many commini ties and within three months afeei its constitution and b laws laus wets adopted it la Is probable pio bable that more effective work ork toward inducing settlers sett leis to take advantage of the agricultural tuni ties of 0 the state was as done than had been accomplished through con carted efforts for the last ten heirs the real purposes ot tills this tion a as set forth in the constitution and bylaws bylas adopted february lath are to promote the commercial comme iclal and economic welfare of utah to enczur age the cultivation of the soil the development of its natural resources immigration the investment of capital the location of manufactories manu factories and industries and such other enter as will ill advance the material NN welfare elfare of the state it was as tile the real nation of the tact fact that utah has sonic some acres of land now open for homestead homm tead entry together with nith the fact that the increase in population of this state during the last ton ten years vears was under 34 9 per cent that led to the organization 0 of this league which will continue with a statewide state wide scope tae the work of the commercial club pub bureau which was nas organized in april 1910 the apian plan of operation ot of the utah development league at al though limited by a lack of sufficient clent foods at present Is simply to afford proper moans means for furnishing reliable and accurate information to tive and investors through gli the co operation cooperation of the corn coin mercial organizations in every town and city of utah and at the present time there are about sixty eions affiliated with the league the control of the league is vested nested in a board of fifteen governors and in an executive committee of live mem hers bens of this board and the bylaws of tile the organization provide that a con bention shall be held each year vear with the pro ison vison that the annual convention ahall not be held in any one city or ton in the state oftener than once in ili five years tills this clars ears convention will be held at nepal at a date to be llred later with a view of affording delegates an opportunity to witness dry farming operations under tinder the most favorable conditions the first activity of the utah de league wag aag to provide for tin an exhibit of agricultural and manufacturing re burces at the pa cefic lind and products exposition at los angeles angeleo in 1 march this exhibit was one of the best ever sent out of utah and the investment of on the part of the utah development league in this instance produced dl eat insults in brn gilig settlers sctt sett leis lets to this state that were far beyond the expectations of even tile the most autio ameido from tills thia lind show shonn practically all of the outside adver adler using of utah s resources has been done til lough tho the commercial club publicity bureau of salt lake city which liis lm spent between and luring during the last tn twelve el e months I 1 ho utah litah dei development ment kadile re celes a luge proportion of the benefit of tills this advertising inas much as tile the policy of 0 tile the salt like commercial club organization has been to expend most of its ita funda for the development of the state of itell rutih with tile the asui ass manco ance thit through the of tile the state at large silt like will nill ile be benefited directly the fol following loing eti e tracts acs bioni the re loit of the office work done by the club publicity Ik bureau ureala I 1 and the utah development I 1 cague for march and april 1 1911 will ill be of in terest to all who baie hav e talen tal en part in this mol movement ellent for the of tile the interests of the st tte this re port shows tint thit a total of sac inquiry les have been received for regarding tile the various resources ind and opportunities op portent tier of utah during the two to months month of tilee these inquiries liine hive been for special legain trig ing lands there vere twenty in ili quirles during tile the fame period for business and turing and epen asked about city real estate while the list of rills mis cellan inquiries included agi thee inquiries received lied at I 1 in salt lake were A ere legi elated and each one was mas referred to commercial clubs and individuals fur for their atten uon tion after general and I 1 Itei tei attire atura lad had bien forwarded forn added A summary for march and april shows that the references made to commercial cial clubs numbered refer liefer land companies num ances made mada to bared 2 to cit city v real estate firms ond and to miscellaneous companies and individuals it Is sometimes difficult to deter mine the real va ue tie of these in inquiries inquiry quIrI which are anide by persons persona who aho say bay they me aie interested in utah hut but one of tho the best indications of the value of tills this Is 18 shown shonn by tile the report which alios that dur during I 1 ng tile the two months were received at silt lako replies to pie ious letters tillou gil the follow folio up system which is used by the bureau A total of personal letter were written to inquirers and form letters used in reply to general inquiries A recotr of circulars find and pamphlets distributed during march and april int including luding those thoe enclosed with aith the cor leepon dence show a that a total pieces were distributed in this time an important voik of the utah do league is that of compiling com the of the states and in the flies files at head qu quarters qua itera aiters in ili salt lake there is hiob ably the most extensive assortment of information along these lines that can call be found in utah tile the assi of the individual members of the league in various of the stats state has done nuch toward inci easing ensing the useful ness liess of the org during the liba three months and through the heaitly support of the smaller corn coin mercial clubs of utah the work odthe of the utah dev development elopement elop ment league Is ia becoming more effective each month |