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Show BBBBBJ ' H UTAH A3 SHE IS. H i Those wero pert nnd Intensely In- BBJ , toresllng points elaborated by l'r."f. BBJ howls A. Merrill at tho Agricultural BBJ i college on "Utah Day." In fact, they BBJ nro so stimulating to a mnn wlion BBJ blood warms with enthusiasm when- BBJ ever the rare bcuutles of our natlvo BBJ state aro elucidated, and they fall so BBJ j pleasantly upon the car thnt we re- BBJ count hero a brief synopsis of his BBJ statements: BBJ j "Tlicro Is enough mntcrlal In Utah BBJ ' basin to build a forty-foot wldo as- BBJ pbalt road around tho world." Again, BBJ , V'Utah can supply from flvo to soven BBJ times as many Inhnbltnnts as sho now BBJ I possesses," and, "she has now avail- BBJ " ' nblo 1C9.000.000 tons of coal." BBJ ', JIo nlso declared that her soil Is BBJ among tho most fertile In tho world, B nnd. that reclamation projects to bo JH completed within a year or eighteen BBJ months will throw under cultivation BBJ j noarly 100,000 acres of land. BBJ "She will ultimately become one oi BBJ ' tho' greatest smelter centers of tho BBJ world and she raises twenty-three BBJ bushels of wheat per acre, while tho BBJ average yield of tho United States Is BBJ only thirteen," said Professor Merrill. HJB "Sho raises forty bushels of oats per BBJ ' i acre against thirty-one, which Is tho BBJ I United States average. In potntoe:i BBJ flic outranks Coloradq by twenty eight HJB l"ish(ln per acre, Utah producing BBB j eighty-four and Colorado fifty-sir. BBB j "Sho raises 14.5 tons sugar beets BBB per aero, tho avcrngo United Stntes BBB ' I yield being only 9.7 tons. Yet In tho BBB J face of all UiIb marvelous natural mln- i" cral and agricultural wealth, sho Increased In-creased only 35- per cent In popula- I tlon In ten years, whllo Idaho In- creased 101 per cent, Nevada, 99; HH) Wyoming, 66; Arizona, 65, and Col- BBB . , orndo, 62." BBB Quito stimulating llttlo summnry BBBJ is it not 7 And coming from a man BBB who Is nut In tho habit of exuggerat- BBB ' Ing bis statements, but whoso sclcn- BBBj tlflc training Inclines him to under- BBBJ I state rather than overstate what ho BJBJI is presenting. BJBJI Professor Merrill is iu touch with BJBJI the state. Ho understands and nppre- BJBV elates Its possibilities. His duties In BJBJI , tho extension service take him Into BJB tho remote corners nnd Isolated bcc- Hj tlons of Utah. It Is his particular BJBJI ' work to keep acquainted with tho truo BBBjj , , conditions iiB they exist hero In Utah. BBVj j I Hence when ho speaks It Is as one BBBjj i having authority. Ho Is nn optimist, BBBjj I yes, but nn optimist of an exceedingly BJBJ practical turn of mind. Ho bases his BJBJI j j deductions an facts, on conditions thnt BBS' really obtain, henco his words nro en- BBBj' titled to respoct. BBB; Utah Is Indeed n great state. A fit- BBBJi turo resplendent of glory and great- BBBJ. ness Is before her. All thnt remains BBBJ Is for her people, her sons and daugh- BBH ters, to awaken from their slumbors, BBB ' to shako off tho shackles of doubt BBBJ ' and unbelief and to stand erect In BBB God's glorious sunshine. Tho time Is BBBJ rlpo for each man nnd woman to BBBJ thrust In their sickles and reap. BBBJ Preach Utah; preach unity; preach BBBJ united uplift and wo shnll ahortly BBB chango tho census reports so that HJH Utah will stand where sho rightly be- BBBJ i longs, foremost In tho column of HJHj lntermountnln states. |
