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Show Soma Pacts About Utah' ! By the way, did you know that Utah has iron ore enough in one county to relay every mile of-railroad j in the United States and rebuild every steel structure in the country? -"Has over 8000 acres of coking coal to smelt the ore? H is salt enough in one county alone lo su' ply the world for 100 years and then nave some left? Has the greatest copper mines and the gr atest smelters in the world? Has the largest body of salt water in the worlj? That in one county alone in Utah J ihere was raised in 1912 fruit enough to I have supplied every man woman and child in the United States with over a quarter of a pound of tine fruit? I That peaches from Utah are shipped ; to every slate in the union anU to i Europe? Tnut six great railroad system? and three electric inLerurbaii systems operate oper-ate in the state and more are beiiit; 'built? That the greatest natural bridges so far discovpred in the worl I are in Utah? That Utah has 52d,0J0 tons of u 1-mined 1-mined coal for every person in the state today and that this supply would last the present population for over 60,000 years and still have a few tons left? j That Utah has black marble enough ! in one county to build a column 1.7 feet ! thick :rom the earth to the moon? I Has granite and sandstone enough to j rebuild every building in the United , States and that it is of the finest qual-lity? qual-lity? - Has cement stone enough to build a : highway from New York to San Fr.oi-j Fr.oi-j Cisco fifty feet wide and a foot deep? j Has onyx enough in one county aio.i..-; aio.i..-; to make a counter and shelf for a soJa fountain h-iy enough to accommodate 950,400,010 J- ople .... ., e Li n. ? Has4,000,oU vl;'o l et of timuer waiting wait-ing to be cut in Umj counties alone? Has the most famous organ in the United States? ; A climate without equal in the world? j A school system that is unsurpassed in the United States? I The largest known gilsonite deposit . in the world? i More varieties of minerals than any other state in the union? : That Utah has the fewest ponrhousesi , than any other state in the uniod? j j That on one acre of land over 900 , bushels of potatoes have been raised in a season? j That on a single acre more than 90 ; bushels of wheat has been raised in a : season? ! That over 100 bushels of oats has been j raised on a single acre Ln one year? j That Utah raised the finest celery in ! the world? That Utah has water power enough to generate electricity to operate 10,000 ' fac'ories and mills and light every .pity i t.nd toivn in the state? j Has the finest hotel west of Chicago? Has $15,000,000 invested in the sheep and wool industry with room for more? Has five big sugar factoiies and room for more? Has over 1,000,000 acres of land under irrigation that j ield an average of 2J.2 bushels wheat an acre? Has over 1,000,000 more ncres that will be under cultivation wi.hin the next five year?? Has ui der cultivation over 240,000 acres of dry farm land th.it yields an average of 17. 5 bushels wheat an acre? Has over 5,000,000 acres of dry far.n land that awaits the plow? That the average cost of dry farm and per acre is less than $8? Has 731 factories with room for twice that many j Has great mountains of silica, untouched, un-touched, for manufacturing of glnss and vitrified brick? Has more undeveloped resources ard etter opportunities for homeseeke; s ! and investors than any other state m ! j the union? The Arrowhead. j |