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Show IMPORTANT MEETING OF COMMERCIAL-BOOSTERS Will Recognize Utah Day. Many New Members Added, and New Directors Elected. Paving Committee Busy. Specific Instructions Given on Ballard-Logan Cut-Off. Ringing Addresses by President of Murray Club And Mayor of Bountiful. From .many points ol view tho jncotlng of tho. Commercial Boosters club held Wednesday March 20th was one ot tho best meetings tho club has over hold. It being an annual most-lng most-lng tho house was well filled. A communication rrom tho Utah Development League giving a suggestive sug-gestive program to bo carried out on what Is known ns "Utah Day" on April 25th, was read. It was decided tnat tho Club carry out the sugestlvo program on tho evening of Utah Day. Tbo program Is as .follows: 1 "Purposes of Utah Day" by Mayor or President of Club. 2,-'What can we Do to Improve our own Town?" to bo asslgno.1 locally. lo-cally. 5 "What. Co-operative. Efforts havo Accomplished In Other Communities" to le assigned locally. 4 "Yhy Utah Should Rank Flrat Among-Western States" to bo assigned assign-ed locally. 5 VWhat tho Utah' "'Development League la doing for Utah" to bo at signed to a representative from tho H league. B , 6 Closing Song "America." Tho Membership Cnmmltteo report-IK report-IK ed tho following applicants for mem-1 mem-1 bershlp: Alex Smith, P. M. Nlelsou, P Geo. Flsler, Wm. Bowen, Josoiih : Dahle, Guy C. Gtlbort, S. B. Mlttou, '' Ray Walters, L. M. Squires, Isaac If Smith, Wesley E. Smith, W. R. Dorr, Hj Q. N. Weston. R. A. Lewis, E. C. van E2 Orden, L. C. McAllster, Eric Ryborg. H Lyman R. Martlncau, Dr. P. It. Mer- rill, P. M. Maughan and W. A. Curl. Tho committee was complimented on ' Its good work. I Tho following nominees were elect- H cd as directors to servo on tbo Board for tho period of five years: C. M. I Chrlstonsen, J. II. Wilson, Olof Nel- I son, J. A. Hendrlckson, and W. W. I McLaughlin. I Mr. Olof Nelson, chairman of tbo H street paving committee, stated that within the next week the committee H would mako a canvass of the pro- posed paving district and present a petition to tho city commissioners H asking- them to advertise the propos-H propos-H ed district for paving. H President Hatch urged upon the H railroad committee the necessity of H immediate action on tho matter of I right ot way. Tho railroad company H Is now watting on us and unless the right ot way Is procured the route H from Cacbo Junction to Alexander on j the main lino may bo changed. It Is Important that tho matter be looked H upon seriously as it may effect us H very materially. I Mr. McHonry, President of tho H Murray Commercial Club and Mr. Ma- bey, mayor ot Bountiful, wore present I in tho Interests of the Utah Develop-I Develop-I ment League. Tho gentlemen mado I somo very enthusiastic talks explain-I explain-I lng tho purposes of tho League and the necessity ot the people all work-I work-I lng togothor In the Interest ot Utah. Mr. Maboy said in part: "In tho first placo, like Mr. McIIcn- ry, I wish to congratulate you on the llvo boosting club you have in your H city. Wo havo read a great deal ot Hj it and seen a great deal of its good H works down near Salt Lako and in i3L o'hor parts of the state. Wo feol Jm tnat we nro monB our brethren ind M whllo thoro Is a timidity when wo Hj havo to got up and face people, at H the same time, wo feel easier knowing Hj that wo aro among our own kith and ffi kin. We aro glad to be here and par j tako of your good llvo spirit. We H know you nro alive; the best com- ffl mentary ot your work as a commer- H clal club stnnds in your own meeting IX hero tonight by hearing the reports ot W your various committees, and seeing H that each one of your committee is K alivo. Now, Mr, ' Melleury and 1 K came hero tonight In the' Interests qt H the Utah Development. iLcagu, jnot A In any senso to toll you anything AVJL new, but to tell you the things that HHfcEy , you already do know and to call your attention to thorn. In that very excellent ex-cellent book ot Charles ' Rich's, the "Cloister and tho Hearth," tho book takes up with a sceno between ono ot tho leaders ot tho wall towns and tho prico supposed to bo owning that wall town, during the mlddlo ages. Thcro wero sallies to and no, and thoro wero fights and finally a truce was declared. Tho leaders had revolted against tho Injustice of thcli over-Lord, claiming to represent tho people, and tho Lord asked this question, ques-tion, "why do you rovolt?" Tho leader lead-er was a stutterer, nnd could not explain ex-plain himself very well. 1 would not Uko to attempt to take oft his expression, expres-sion, but tho reply was ' ''too much taxes." Now.that has been the troub-16 troub-16 with Utah with "respect to' ndvur' Using during the last thirty or forty 3 ears, too much 'advertising and advertising ad-vertising ot the wrong kind. In that rcspoct wo aro like Hell. Hell has been advertised' possibly 'as much as any other place 'from time Immortal, but It has not received the right kind ot advertising. Utah has received tho wrong kind ot advertising. We take note ot the fact In this way, In iho small, consus returns that como to. us each succeeding decade. Wp havo wondojed why Utah has not grown, and Utah has not grown simply because be-cause of1 tho tact thJ.wo' have not been united hero in Utah? The. stream ot emigration coming from the oast-ward oast-ward towards tho west, and that stream has always como in that direction, di-rection, has split upon the ricks of civil, religious, and political discord, and has gono two ways, to, tho south-westward south-westward and to tho northwestward, and as a consequence Utah has' bjid a much smaller influx, of population, comparatively speaking. Idaho, Oregon, Ore-gon, California, Washington, , and oth er states and somo' ot which wore settled after Utah' was settled havo grown much more rapidly than has our own State. Now, the purposes ot the Utah Development League is to bring together these various sections of our commonwealth. Wo have" pul led separately long enough', n6w "wo shc-uld begin to pull together. It Is all right to have a live, organlxation .in Logan, a live organization' In Salt Lake, a live organization In Provo. (Conttnued on "ago 8) ' o I r j IMPORTANT MEETING OF I COMMERCIAL BOOSTERS I ' . I? i . r ' I Continued from pngo ono) H ' l and in Osden and In othor tpwBB ot H tv' 'f i" tho tilnto, but .In order to mako, Utah H jfi ; ' -what Blio ought to bo, to mako hor H '" ' fiifluonco felt, wo must Rot,, tpfeother H i . in on organization Unit will work: ;cr H ; . 41io whole Sinte and not fpr any duo ''': cctJn In particular." That Is lh Bl' . ; t jiurroso or the Utah Uovoloppcnt H Wt i JcaKwa Wo want to have yoi ono H ' I Willi im, lccnuBo you have bcun with H , , ' tin' ivnd Wo npprcclato your work, Wo H E liaro" iauuo to bo proud of our Batu. H .',- j ( I Vhcro Is no reason why any man I Jfr r ' should hang his head In nhamo In H ; ncntlonliiB tho naino' of UUih. yo H JE " S 3iavo n wonderful Stato; wo bavo H B -wonderful resources; and a boun-H boun-H , I ' ! couii,-HcaVcn has poured Into tho lap 1 r or our fair commonwealth luxuries M , 5nd"Jrca8in-es that wero not, dreamt H ' of by tho children of ycstorday.Tbrco H . ' Imnllrcd and Blxty billions ot tons ot ' I coal mill hydrocarbon In Utah. Just r tjtopflo think what that means. Wo M Jinvu Bait enough to plcklo tho wholu M i unlvurea Thero Is coppor mining M -district within u stono's throw ot Suit M I 'jtako'Clty whora machinery mado by M i Jium.-in hands aro lovolllng down tho M I nnountaln sldo, and thoy aro produces produc-es :(ng wnlth, which llko n rhythmic fl , i istrcaiii flowB Into tho coffors ot our M iralr aUito. Llko tho Iron beds ot m 'iron country thcro Is enough Iron H ' ithcro to Inst tho wholo world ono M I l hundred years. So, nlso throughout M l 4 our cntjro stato, thcro nro wonderful H resources, and It remains for jou and H ', lor mo to sco tbnt thoso treasuies nro H i .developed, and mado something of, no 1 ' ithat thoy will como Into utio. Wo iboast ot our wealth; wo boast of tho .-wonderful possibilities of tho stato, bm i tut that la nothing to our credit. That H twcolth was there hundreds and thou- H cands of yenra beforo wo over camo H bcro.( They wero thero botoro Adam H ' ' dwult upon tho earth; thcro was tbp . H wcalUi nnd In an undeveloped statu, M us It Is today; nnd It remains ror B ou nnd for mo to develop, that weal- H I ) th, nnd to work It so the world will H J Oiiiow what that wealth mcaiiB. Now, H I Uici-o Is n tendency on tho part ot H our people, especially on tho part ot H stato of Utah. Thoy lmvo gone to H Jdaho, to Oregon, Colorado, to Ail- H ona. to Nmmh, and to California nnd H to other surrounding Blates. Much H ot tho licit blood of Utah hnn diuap- H - i-mrcil nnd It has gone Into thn H Ixmus nnd brawn or the states wuiuii H j nurtound us. Our slogan should Pu' H to kaop tho young man at homo to H ' irako him dnvclop Utah and mako H tier tako her placo side by sldo with B . th'o best states In the Union. Hut ot' H coui'bc, It Is natural for us to want H to K3t on tho outside. You know tUut H tlio ship which tho othor fellow trnv H els in Ih nlways tho bettor ship than H I -the ono wo travel In, or tho buggy H ' .that tho ether man has is a bottoi H ! lmggy than the ono wu lmvo. So w H always look out Into tho distnuco and H - try to look into tho boyond to find H -jicmethluK. Uint wo lmvo." |