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Show DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE STATE OF UTAH HAS? Utah has enough iron ore in one county to relay every mile of railroad in the United States and rebuild every steel structure in the country. Has over 8000 acres of coking coal to smelt the ore. Has salt enough in one county alone to supply the world for 100 years and then have some left. Has the greatest copper mine and the greatest smelters in the world. Has the largest body of salt water in the world. That in one county alone in Utah there was raised in 1926 fruit enough to have supplied every man, woman and child in the United States with over a pound of fine fruit. That peaches from Utah are shipped to practically every state in the union and to Europe. That six great railroad systems and three electric interurban systems operate op-erate in the state. That the greatest natural bridges so far discovered in the world are in Utah. That Utah has 526,000 tons of un-mined un-mined coal for every person in the state today and that this supply would last the present population over 60,000 years and still have a few tons left. That Utah has black marble enough in one county to build a column 1.7 feet thick from the earth to the moon. Has granite and sandstone enough to rebuild every building in the United States and that it is of the finest quality. qual-ity. Has cement stone enough to build a highway from New York to San Francisco 50 feet wide and a foot deep. Has onyx enough in one county alone to make a counter and shelf for a soda fountain long enough to accommodate accom-modate 950,400,000 people at one time. Has 4,000,000,000 feet of timber waiting wait-ing to be cut, in two counties alone. Has the most famous organ in the United States. A school system that is unsurpassed in the United States. A climate without equal in the world. More varieties of minerals than any other state in the union. That Utah has the fewest poorhouses of any state in the union. That on a single acre of land more than 90 bushels of wheat have been raised in a season. That over 100 bushels of oats have been raised on a single acre in one year? That Utah raises the finest celery in the" world. That Utah's canned peas and tomatoes to-matoes are internationally known because be-cause of their delicious flavor. That Utah has water power enough to generate electricity to operate 10,-000 10,-000 factories and mills, and light every city and town in the state? Has the finest hotel west of Chicago. Chi-cago. Has $35,000,000 invested in the sheep and wool industry, with room for more. Has eighteen big sugar factories. Has over 1,500,000 acres of land under un-der irrigation that yields an average of 29.2 bushels per acre. Has over 1,000,000 more acres that will be under cultivation within the next five years. Has over 5,000,000 acres of dry farm land that awaits the plow. That the average cost of irrigated land, improved, is $100 per acre. That the average cost of dry farm land per acre is less than $10. Has great mountains of silica, untouched, un-touched, for manufacturing of glass and citrified brick. Has more undeveloped resources and better opportunities for the home seeker and Investor than any other state in the union. Utah Payroll Builder. |