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Show UNITING FOR I H (jREATERiUTAH Development League, Press Association Associa-tion and Native Sons Meet In Earnest, Enthusiastic Conference Planning. Extensive Work.. Salt Lake City, Jan. 23. Utah be' gan to "put her house In order' 'yesterday 'yes-terday that her destiny to bo shall bo hastened In Its lulflllment. From every quarter of tho panhandle' ob-' long that marks tho confines ol the commonwealth there gathered yesterday yester-day at tho Commercial club representatives represen-tatives ol tho brain and tho brawn and tho spirit that Is to undertake this task . It was the long-heralded Joint con; feienco of tho Utnh Development league, tho Utnh Pa ess association nnd the native Sons of Utnli a trinity trin-ity Hint purposes to tnko Into its hands tho dormant clay of Utah anil mold therefrom tho reality of that great dieam of which tho public-spirited men of Utnh have sung nnd toiled toil-ed over slnco tho desert mask was first torn from tho land In the long ago. They gathered to face with practical prac-tical means tho problems that stand In the way of Utnh's development and to set In motion the forces that must solves those problems. Big Representation. Thlrty-ono towns In tho stnt6 were represented at .the conference nnd many of tho delegates traveled hundreds hun-dreds of miles to attend. They were the men that stand for tho spirit of ptogress In their respective communities. commun-ities. In many instances they wore the mayors of thoso towns or the commissioners of tho counties in which tho towns aro located . Enthusiasm ran rampant through tho two mnln sessions of tho conference confer-ence like n living spirit of hopo and Inspiration. Every speaker radiated Jt nnd ono declared that enthusiasm wub tho only lover necessary to lilt tho obstacles from Utah's highway of progres Band turn to practical valuo tho. unbounded potentialities that mnko tho stato ono ol tho rlchoat empires em-pires In all tho world. Theso organizations and their mem. bers Intend to boost Utah as no otli er commonwealth wns ever boosted before, and It their achievements keep pace with their plans and Intentions In-tentions sih outlined yesterday, then the dawn of n glorious tomorrow In which the desert shnll Indeed blossom blos-som nnd tho vnlleys teem with happy prosperous people, lies Just over tho hill. First of all, they mean to convince th. iMinnln nlrnmlv within tho fttllte that this ambition Is possible. Thoy 'mean to ducato tho stato to Its possibilities pos-sibilities and then to rouse tho pub-lie pub-lie to a ceaseless conscious effort to 'attract tho capital nnd the increased population that Is necessary to tho development of tho wasting wealth that lies plied mountain high through-nut through-nut tho stnte. State Wide Influenre. To this end plans were laid for a "Utnh day" to bo set aside some tlmo this spring In which tho wholo stato shnll rlso to a moment of consciousness conscious-ness of Its own greatness and through such consciousness to realize tho necessity ne-cessity of a united effoit towards de-elopment. de-elopment. Tills day Is to bo wiitten Continued oi Page 1. UNITING FOR GREATER UTAH Continued from 1'nge 1. upon tho cnlcndnr In largo letters and 1b to become an annual event. ' All school children nro to. tnkopart In the celebration by holding special exercises In their classes on that day and by sending out letters telling about Utah to tho school children of other Btatcs. Arrangements nro to bo made with the University of Utah whereby frco scholarships nro to be given the boy and girl writing tho best letter on this topic. A staff of 100 speakers from tho larger cities of tho state 1b to be formed and from this will be picked forensic genius to carry tho message of Utah's nwukenlng to every Httlo hamlet and village in her broad areas. Mcro than 150,000 picture pott cards nro to bo given away to tho general public with theArequest that they ho sent to friends outside tho stato. Now folders, now literature and every other known form of printed print-ed advertising is to bo prepared In grcnt quantities to be distributed on tho day both within and without tho stale. |