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Show "KNOVf UTAH" IS TELLINGSLOGAN STATE'S GREAT MINERAL AND OTHER ATTRACTIONS SHOULD CATCH TOURISTS. With an Ideal Clinvate and Unlimited Opportunities for the Investor, Utahns Should Start a Know-Utah Know-Utah Campaign. "Know Utah" is the slogan which should be instilled or hammered into every Utahn, resulting as it will In the flocking here of tens of thousands of mine operators, homestead seekers, business seekers and health seekers, according to William H. Child, a leading lead-ing broker of Salt Lake City, who has just returned from two weeks spent among the natural home boomers of southern California and San Francisco. "And it is simply by their united and superb methods of boosting for their home state that they are making thousands thou-sands of people believe that the Golden Gate state Is the only place on earth worth while to live in, and in which to Invest," said Mr. Child. "Yet right here in Utah we have more resources to the square acre, and a better all-year-around climate and greater potential poten-tial possibilities than California will ever have in spite of Its splendid attractions. at-tractions. "The only difference is that there every man, wo.Tan and child seems to know his state. He has all the attractions at-tractions and natural resources right at his finger tips and dishes them out to the stranger In a most alluring form. Here in Utah we have too many knockers. In California they have killed off or frightened away with their wonderful optiiuistim all such critters. crit-ters. "I think what we need here In Utah is to start a Know-Utah campaign. 1 found nothing more in California to attract at-tract the traveling public than we have right here. This is a truly wonderful won-derful state. It has mountains, canyons can-yons and lakes to interest the pleasure-seeker. There are wonderful mines and great smelters. We have a variety of manufactures. We have farms, grazing lands and an abundance abund-ance of water for all purposes. Wo have the most wonderful salt sea in the world, with ba'hin? unequaled. "How many of us know about the extensive phosphate deposits up iu the northeastern corner of the state, from which large shipments are being made to southern California to keep up the fertility of the soil of their great orange and lemon plantations; that in southern Utah we have untouched lrot. beds that may supply the world for 100 years, which the opening of the Panama canal will begin calling upon; that Utah's vast coal deposits are just s'arting to supply portions of California; Cali-fornia; that in Uintah basin the government gov-ernment reports declare that one un touched bed contains l.SOO.000,000 tons of coal; that the new Moffat road will tap this and open up theio the largest agricultural district in the state; that the mines of Utah In 1912 du $50,000,-000 $50,000,-000 of actual wealth out of the ground and distributed among their stockholders stockhold-ers the immense sum of $10,000,000; that the state's mining industry has a direct monlhly pay roll of $1,500,000; that we have the greatest copper nfjne in tho world; that Utah in 1912 produced pro-duced 155.000,000 pounds of copper; that Utah stands third among the states In the production of silver, fourth in copper, sixth iu gold and near tho top in lead. Then there are our great sheep and ca' tie industries and agriculture. For fruit and poultry poul-try Utah is unsurpassed. "There was $:!0,000,000 made in Utah in 1912; money made right nere at home, much of which has been taken to southern California for investment. Yet we have as good, if not better, opportunities here. But we need a good Know-Utah home campaign mora than anything. "Some declare that we cannot compare com-pare wilh California iu climate; that It Is too cold here. Yet our euows and our frosts are anions our greatest blessings. The snow supplies our everlasting mountain streams holding hold-ing as they do power and water im valuable while the frosts help to fertilize fer-tilize and ncriate the soils, extending the day when they will require the expensive fertilizers which California soils are even now calling for loudly. I saw an orange grower distributing $:i00 worth of probably Utah phosphates phos-phates over his little orchard of a dozen acres. "Utah has nioro natural resources and as many attractions for tourists or investor as nuy other state. All we need Is to know Utah and to catch and hold the tourists by the simple force of our knowledge of our wonderful home state." |