Show i G GETTING i WITH OURSELVES S 'S wide State wide State Interest in Utah Day Assures Success of Movement That Much to J I f- f Interest In the the- observance of of Utah r D Day y which has been leen proclaimed by G Governor vernor Spry for April 25 is extend extended ex ez- tend tended d to every corner of ot the state if and in n a general way the success of i f the the- the movement movement which with to th the Utah Development League and the ne newspaper paper editors of the state Is tF 1 already assured Many of the important important im im- i of will be bethe bethe f features this day the mailing of post cards and letters let let- rt tern to friends and acquaintances of outside states I Along this line the Commercial i 4 ta f 1 f Club Publicity Bureau of Salt Laker Lake r fi will send out more than post postcards r 1 cards on this day while the commercial commer Af r- r dial cial ial organizations of other towns will probably send Bend out an equal number num num- ber The post card idea while it is isa isa a good one so far as it goes is Intended Intended intended in In- tended merely to supplement the I writing of personal letters to friends and acquaintances in other parts of the United d States calling their attention at at- to the resources and opportunities opportunities opportunities of Utah One of the many advantages of this plan that will be readily noted lies in the fact that the school children of the the state as well as many of their parents and older brothers and sisters will gain for themselves a more intimate knowledge of the state of Utah through the Work that will be necessary nee essary in composing these letters Advertising experts tell ten us that the personal appeal is the strongest method of arousing and holding interest in terest and II tr this be true the friends of Utah have hue in their power the means for counteracting any and all of the unfavorable Impressions ions which have been circulated regarding the Beehive State and its citizens During During During Dur Dur- ing the last six months month there has been a decided change e In the tone of inquiries received from and investors of the East These inquiries generally have less antagonism and less skepticism with more genuine and friendly Interest It I is this attitude which Utah must foster in the campaign for letting citizens of other states know the truth about Utah There are many instances where citizens of Utah have sold their lands at a sacrifice and md removed to distant die dis tant taut points to begin all aU over again the work of establishing a home and J then discovered that the lands they have purchased at higher prices have havey y i been in every way inferior to the f lands which they have sold or have overlooked in the state of Utah near J their former homes In many of these instances where citizens have haTe I been blind to the opportunities near at hand they have gone too far to turn back but it rem remains ins for others to to profit by their mistakes and to act acton acton acton on the theory that Utah is first for and that our own state is not only able to give bigger and surer l re returns urns for or consistent and intelligent effort than any other state of the West but that the opportunities o of Utah are wide enough in their range and diversified in their character to furnish comfortable homes and the necessities and luxuries of modem modern L r life fife to hundreds of thousands of new x citizens i These are some of the ideas which t brought about the movement for the ther r designation of April 25 as Utah Day 4 end 2nd nd which have resulted inthe arrangement arrange arrange arrange- ment went of plans for the observance of w this day which have the official lal apP approval approval ap ap- P pf Qt the governor of Utah and the state superintendent o of public instruction Instruction instruction In in- county superintendents and educators of the state in gen genal at al Suggestive programs for the Ings which will be held in the schools in the afternoon and e mass meetings which will be held in the public halls throughout the state In the evening will appear In our aur n nut next issue I |