Show BOOST FOR THE STATE governor spry hit alio nail square on alio head in the u of his address at alic salt lake commercial club last thursday evening when he said what we need is organizations that mill bring men together regardless of creed and have them boost utah cease this quarreling and make utah whit by fehte it ought to be alic leading state in the union and we believe governor spry is right if the state newspapers were all boosting tor utah and the people were all doing the same thing utah would soon occupy the place among the that her rich and unbounded entitles her to most of the state newspapers arc doing splendid work along this line but there are a few exceptions andl chec exceptions should fall into I 1 line for the good of alie state no good can possibly come of eternally bickering over religious questions but much harm may bo done because people outride the getting hold of these newspapers would naturally suppose that utah was an undesirable state to live in utah is big enough broad enough rich enough and has enough undeveloped resources to make comfortable homes for at least twenty times ita present population in tins state winch nature in a bind mood has happily endowed with everything that man needs to make him cheerful and contented pure mountain air a big percent of possible sunshine pure water absence of destructive winds and soil of wonderful fertility we have all these things and a happy and prosperous people but ve want more people to build up homes and make the desert bloom where it ia not yet touched we want railroads we want good wagon roads we want factories to make finished articles from the raw products wo want rich mineral grounds developed we want capitalists to know that utah 19 alio state in the union in winch they can invest their means we want all these things and we can get all of them but the way to go about it is to all work together the people alie newspapers the commercial clubs and every other organization let them all tell the truth eliat utah is a great state overflowing with riches where a man with brawn and brains mav quickly make a homo for himself and become independent where a man is as free to exercise his oua belief as in any other state in the union alie class of men we desire are workers not shirkers shir kers upright honorable men not drunkards or loaf cra such men will find a airm welcome in any part of our fair state the NEWS acknowledges receipt of a copy of alie preliminary keport of the utah commission 1909 it is an interesting document and show a how numerous are of our state among alio things considered in the report is alio water supply of the state dry farming the range indus alic states minerals and many things in speaking of alie reclamation work that has been done it says in part many of these canals were constructed in the face of great difficulties during alie early history of the state some of them represent untold sacrifices on the part of the farmers of the state tho indomitable pioneer spirit is set manifest even today for instance in tho southern part of the in the rio virgan district the canal has recently been constructed under the cooperative plan by farmers who were practically penniless except as they owned their little homestead over a decade the community gave its whole support to the construction of this canal which is ono of the great wonders of the world it crawls along the mountain side erodes raveca and chasms until it finally reaches the and valley which now by alio magic of irrigation is being converted into a garden of wealth the ciocho record quotes from a letter received by the commercial club of that place from senator W A dark president of the salt lake route 1 I am also going to have estimates made for a temporary restoration to of the line if it be feasible so that we may operate it pending tho construction of the new line that looks good to us for if such a course ia decided upon it strengthens our chances for obtaining the main line through tins county the only objection that can be raised to alio st george route is the length of time it will take to build everything else 13 in its favor grades direct route few curves and bridges very little if any tunneling solid roadbed abao all floods and a settled country to pass that will give it a steady and in creaking cre abing business by restoring the old line for use until the line through dixie iq built will give the salt lake route a better line by long odds than it had before it will be shorter safer and a money maker for its business will rapidly grow until it is enormous the salt lake tribune sa s it was learned that they the salt lake route engineers have found a route with easy grades and probably the shortest distance to avoid the meadow valley wash but that this line would require many tunnels and bridges this refers to the route gone over by alie engineers to the west of this place and assuming eliat the tribune lias good authority for what it bays gives alie st george route alie first place for alie latter route will not require many bridges or tunnel and iq an grade the despret news lias received w ord from its mar avale correspondent that a party of rio grande surveyors are headed toward dixie this party of sune ors is undoubtedly the as wo mentioned in these columns last week and goes to show that something being done in the field by the rio grando people are you a subscriber to alio COUNTY arwa |