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Show I LOCAL PATRIOTISM I ANDJIVIC PRIDE H What Loyalty to Town, County and H 8tate Meant, and How It De H valopa Communities, f H "I( my town Is the best In the county, It must be a good placo to Bfc. lire." Ftm U my county U tho best In Utah, J It nrast b about tho best county In which to maintain my home." "If I havo decided to maintain my BJ home hero, I owe It to myself and H my neighbors, to mako my home one of which wo alt may well feel proud." If any reader cannot subscribe to the above sentiments, wo are wasting BJ valuable space, so far as he Is con BJ cerned, and he Is also wasting his BJ time In reading this artlclo. Many Bj a laugh has been created by the BJ "moss-hack" who rejects all Improve- ments In tho home or on the farm. with tho remark that "Those things BJ were good enough tor my father and BJ my grandfather, and thoy ought to BJ be good enough for me and my chit- dren." H Utah does not nocd tho kind ot BJ man who takes this stand regarding BJ Improvements, that go to mako life BJ easier arid more pleasant, but Utah BJ does nood tho man wno will say: H "Tho stato of Utah was good enough BJ for my father, and It Is good enough H for mo and my children." Thero Is room In tho stato of Utah BJ for a million such men, and every BJ good cttlzon that is added to tho BJ population of 'Utah Increases tho do-BJ do-BJ slrablllty of Utah as n placo to live, BJ and Increases , tho valuo of cvory BJ homo, and every farm already estab-BJ estab-BJ Ushed In this state. Thero may be room for dlfforonces of opinion as to BJ tho extent that competition Is the H life of trado In financial and general business circles. Thoro is, however, BJ no room for argument on tho quos-BJ quos-BJ tlon ot whether or not competition In H the mattor ot tho establishment and Bj Improvement ot homes Is the work BJ of such progression. BJ Suroly, If tho Utah as fpund by tho pioneers sixty-five yoars ago, was a Bj land of promlso at that time, the Utah ot 1912 Is a land of promise BJ fulfilled. This Is a sentiment that B should appeal to tho patriotic Instinct B of every citizen of tho Btato ot Utnh, B and, moreover, It is a Bentlment that B should be spread abroad as far as our B facilities will permit. B During the next few years, the B stato of Utah will receive a vast amount of publicity through tho work B ot the Utah Development Leaguo and nfttllatod organization. Especially I during 1915 will opportunities como I to let the world know thftt we havo I here a state as fair as any In the I Union, and one that la capable of i."L producing grains, fruits, and mln-?m mln-?m srals In quantities that will support hundreds ot thousands of settlers and homesteaders. Through tho medium ot hundreds of thousands ot visitors, loyal citizens ot Utah will havo ample opportunity to correct false Impressions which havo been so widely distributed throughout tho United States regarding Utah and her citizens. Utah has Its capital ctty, of which all citizens of tho stato should ho proud, but ot more Importance) than any ono locality Is tho general prosperity of tho ontlro state. Tho spirit ot boosting which has made so many of the states ot tho wot, and which is becoming more notlceablo In the stato ot Utah than over before, is a spirit that surely should becln at one's own homo and from thero extend to one's homo town; to one's home county, and thus circle tho entire state. Many of the towns and cltleB ot tho northwest havo discovered with In the last tew ycar3 that tho expenditure ex-penditure of one dollar to Ave dollars dol-lars for each Inhabitant every year In publicity work Is a profitable Investment. In-vestment. This Is a lesson that Utah towns and communities are beginning to learn and, although wo may not be proparcd to expend a largo amount of money for fnvorablo publicity, we can all expend a ltttlo careful thought and Intelligent personal effort towards to-wards dlflsomlnatlng tho Idea that our home town Is nbout tho best llttlo spot In tho best big state of tho Union. "Talk may bo cheap," but good work for our own community Is an Investment which unfailingly brings big returns In self-respoct and also In dollars and cents. |
