Show vr V utah r w day dav I 1 IL properly T irly kiele celebrated I 1 6 ra e d in in P price rice grownups grown ups and school ca children ildren talk and sing si ng stated state s praises aises utah day was fittingly celebrated in price last thursday night especially be far as tho the school children were concerned the celebration was hold at city hall and const consisted sted of an appropriate program of song and oratorical eulogies to the greatness of tho the state and its I 1 the meeting was opened by super c in andorson anderson of the public schools who as chairman stated tha the reason for tho the meeting and went briefly into the history of the day A chorus of school children under the direction of musical director wayno wayne johnson sang utah wo we love thee and a revised version of i dixie in a very verv creditable und ia en thusia stio manner the singers were liberally applauded for their efforts state senator G A iverson spoke on the purpose of utah day and stated that boiled down to a few words it was to put into practice the thought 1 I 1 am for utah ho ile predicted that a general observance of the day in the proper spirit would make for a better citizenship utah be he eaid iras on the tho eve of a great de and it behooved its citizens not to bo be behind in tho the work worle that was to make the state take ita it proper place among the states of tho tile nation many people from other states PO so fully appreciated tho the opportunities port unities offered by utah that they were corning coming in droves drover and in his opinion it was the duty of every citizen of utah including the boys and girls to get their feet on a piece of idle land ana hold it against the day when it would become valuable this question of being for utah was not one of classes or creeds and tho the man or woman who attempted to inject religious political oc or any other prejudices into the question was an enemy to this great state he ile welcomed outsiders siders who would assist in this work of up building but believed the people of utah shirld bestir themselves and help themselves selves s master glen harmon came next with a prize essay a paper that won the cash prize offered by the price commercial club on the subject what opportunities utah offers to young people tho the paper was a strong boost for utah and was well read by its young author who made a strong argument for his native state mentioning in detail a num her ber of her most important industries carl williams of salt lake repe benting the utah development league told of the good work the league is doing to attract attention and bring immigrants to the state although organized but one year ago there are now fifty commercial clubs affiliated with the league including the price club the league ho he said acted as a clearing house for migrants giving information concerning the kind of land they might be continued on page threet three tah day v AV properly Fro perly celebrated in price i uribe rown ups and school talk and A er children ce sing state 1 s praises we I 1 ail continued from page one act p mar king the league had assisted rs k my UY people in finding the kind of id d they sought during the past bowd ir r the league has answered ling tk asking various questions I 1 use j ost jut the state at first many these letters wanted to at cwb I 1 low ow about the peculiarities of tho the desm ople of ut utah th but now most of the ane lest ions askild are about land the arapp nd d prices price and adaptability for artlin uses in addition to the answered something like lo 10 1000 inquiries had been referred i various cominer commercial cial clubs include f the price organization for re ies A quarter of a million pieces literature advertising the state id d been sent out of the state by ie e league all this required money id d as the leagues only source of come was the dues received from ie e Comme commercial revil clubs the parent or ionization iniza niza tion was at times handicapped car earning ring e on its work he stated wever that the price club always id d done its share in financing the ague had bad done better in fact ian some of the larger clubs he lie ao bu cautioned the people against af al wing prejudices religious or other ise tse to piment pi event them working for se ie e good of the state there are ily two classes in this state the eaker said the live ones and the 0 lad ad ones delma fouts read an essay that ID id d been selected by a committee om a number prepared by school a and nd while it was brief it was i the point and very well read r subject was what utah day leans eans to me ue mayor olsons Olson 3 subject was what e can do to improve our own wn own and he started off by saying hat at to his mind price was the only own WD that needed his attention he ile what was being done to im prove ove the city gave the coming fourth ath of july celebration a good boost st deplored the fact that there berea ire a few dilapidated fences and ites about the city and implored people opie whose property was in that condition to get bu ay iy and remedy the evil so that when visitors came to price they would be favorably im essed pressed with its appearance he ked kd the boas a sand and girls to talk to J their air patents about these things and then en assist in making price a spick 0 n aspan an city ho ile wanted to bo be abend among the price booi boasters boosters bo the mayors remarks were received avith h applause the program was brought to a close ose by the singing of america the e children leading and the audience joining ning in the chorus bliss adda alcox pre presided elded at the piano during the ie singing the exercises were well attended every ery geat 1 in the hall ball being occupied ith quite a number of persons persons st ending |