| Show local patriotism and civic pride if my town ta is the best in the county it must be a good place to live K my county Is 1 the best in utah it must be about the best county la in which to maintain my home if I 1 havo decided to maintain my b home ome here I 1 owe it to myself and my ny neighbors to make my home one of which we all may well feel proud if any reader cannot subscribe to the above sentiments we are wasting valuable space so tar far as he Is con corned and he la is also wasting his time in reading this article many a laugh has been created by tho the mors back who rejects all improvements in the home or on the farm with the remark that these things were good enough tor for my father and my grandfather and they ought to be good enough for me and my children utah does ant need the kind of man who takes this stand regarding reg aiding improvements that go to make life easier and more pleasant but utah does need the man ano will say the state of utah was good enough for my father and it Is good enough for me and toy my children there la Is room in the state of utah tor for a million such men and every good citizen that Is added to the population of utah increases the desirability sir ability of utah as a place to live and increases tho the value of every home and every farm already dished in this state there may be room tor tar differences of opinion as to tho extent that competition Is the life of trade in financial and general business circles there Is however no room tor for argument on the question of whether or not competition in the matter of the establishment and improvement of homes la Is the work of such progression surely if the utah as found by the pioneers sixty five years ago was a land of promise at mat time the utah of 1912 Is a land of promise fulfilled tu filled this Is a sentiment that should appeal to the patriotic instinct of every citizen of the elate state of utah and moreover it Is a sentiment that should be spread abroad as tar far as our facilities will permit during the next few years the state of utah will receive a vast amount of publicity through the work of at the utah development league and affiliated organizations especially during im 1915 will opportunities come to let the world know that we have here a state as fair as any in the union and one that Is capable of producing grains fruits and minerals in quantities that will support hundreds of thousands thousand 3 of settlers and homesteaders through the medium of hundreds of thousands of visitors loyal citizens of utah will have ample opportunity to correct false impressions which have been so 0 o widely distributed throughout the united states regarding utah and her citizens utah has its capital city of which all citizens of at the state should bo be proud but of more importance than any one locality Is a tho general prosperity ot at the entire state the spirit of at boosting which has made so many of the elates states of the west and which la Is becoming more noticeable in the state of utah than ever before Is to a spirit that surely should begin at ones own home and from there extend to onos home town to ones homo home county and thus circle the entire statty many of the towns a and nd cities at 0 the north northcut nort hrut nave discovered within the last few years that the ex pen dituro turo of one dollar to five dol lara lars for each inhabitant every year in publicity work Is to a it profitably profitable investment this 19 1 a lesson that utah towns and communities are beginning to learn and althe although agh we may not be prepared to expend a largo large amount of at money for favorable publicity we ca can all expand apud a little careful thought and intelligent personal effort towards disseminating the idea that our home town ton ie Is about the best little spot in the best big state of the thee union talk may be cheap but good work tor for oar our own community Is an iny investment estment which unfailingly brings bic bir returns in self respect and aleo also in dollar dollars and cents |
