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Show I COMMUNITY MB BERN AT BANQUET :' Governor Urges Development !e ! Here of Winter Resort as f ;: id in Keeping Utah : Money Within the State SI. George should capitalize on 5( winter climate to the end 3t people of the northern part i the state would be anxious to nend their vacations here instead 3 going to California as they do row, said Governor George H. peri, guest of honor at a banket ban-ket 'given by the chamber of : commerce at the Arrowhead hotel Wednesday night. By this he ex-' ex-' o'jined that he meant the city iuld be beautified, a golf course aid out and other amusements furnished that would hold the va- canonist here for several days or neks. I Dixie has an unsurpassed win-S win-S ter climate end good roads lead 1 I here from all directions, and 8 through but little effort a winter I resort could be developed that a raid be an attraction for people I from the colder country to the j north, he said. I The governor expressed pleas-I pleas-I nre to be in St. George and said 9 he appreciated the reception given j for himself and family. He said I he here for a short rest and I to regain his health. Accompan- ied by his wife and daughter, he I came here Tuesday evening, and I expects to remain until the last I of the week before returning to I Salt Lake. I By the development of a win- ter resort here, he continued, the I whole state would be benefitted, I as it would mean the keeping of g Utah money within the state, I which should be the object of a every Utah resident.. He said St. I George presented a very attractive 1 appearance, although he criticized the topping of trees. In his talk I , he touched briefly on the road i situation and the tax question, g ! The banquet was attended by g approximately one hundred mem-I mem-I bers of the chamber of com-S com-S merce and citizens of the town. I Jos. S. Snow welcomed the gath-3 gath-3 ering and eulogized the governor J enumerating many benefits accru-- accru-- ing to Dixie through the governor's w efforts, principally along the line of good roads and his fight for tax revision. Mr. Snow then introduced in-troduced Judge D. H. Morris as the tcastmester, who said the honored ' guest was not only the governor of Utah, but a friend of southern south-ern Utah, and went on to prove the statement by citing the change in road conditions in this sec- Ition since the governor took office of-fice and the benefits from, those J changes. Judge Morris called on Mayor H. T. Atkin, iC. W. Love, president of the Rotary club, and President W. 0. Bentley, and each spoke briefly. Music wias furnished by Earl Bleak's orchestra, the ladies' quartet quar-tet of the Dixie college and a solo was given by Mrs. Viola Hny-cock. |