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Show PRESS CLUB HOLDS SESSION i""""H MANY QUESTIONS CAME UP j AND ABLY DI8CUS3ED "H H Memben Treated with Great Hoipl- lf Ullty and Banqueted by the Cltl- j zem of Provo Prof. Merrill Glvea Strong Talk. - - iH . r - iH The members of the Utah Press As'. JH Hoclatlou convened at the Provo ''1 Commercial club rooms, Mondny, An- H gust 10 jH Mayor liny delivered an address of ;H welcome which was fraught with some jH good practical suggestions to thu lo- H cnl press of the state. He referred to H the influoncu of thu rural papers lu H bucournglug different lines of ngrt- B culture .Professor L. A. Mcrrll ad- H dressed tho association, nnd referred H lu particular to N'cpM lu Junh county. H ' Years ago they wero lu n bad coudl- H ttou financially speaking. An nglta- tH tlon that was started about dry farm- IH ing. In tho Agricultural College ox- jH pertinents woro mndo which proved H beyond .a doubt that thu sage brush H lands of Juab county could bo mado H productive, therefore lands wero re- H claimed which proved to bo conducive H of lunch good to, thu people. Today tho H Bpcakcr said, N'cphi is prosperous, the same can bo sahlv of Cacho county H along the lines of the milk Industry. Referring to Irrigation the speaker jlH Bald Utah Is tho pioneer state,, but ll she Is doing less than other westurn B Btntost Ho solicited tho nld of the flH country press in unltlrj; with the Ag- H rlctiltural college In fostering all kinds of ngilculture Instead of using so 'much ready print. It Is the height of H folly for Utah to Import eggs, poultry, and pork, which cnu be raised in abundance within our own borders. . H Secretary Dlchl gave an interesting H recount of his recent attendance to the meeting of -the riatlonal Press ns- H - srclalloii lu (ho caBt. Somo discussion was indulged la H relative to tho government printing H addresses on envelopes without charge H which practically put local printer -B out of business along this line. A wAI committee was selected to present thlf .H matter to Senator Smoot ns he was lH the chairman of the committee on printing. A commltlco of five was np- IflVJ pointed by tho chair to confer with lil tho Commercial club of'Salt Lako City IflVJ relatlvo to bringing the next meeting IVfll of the National Press association to iflVJ that place. HJH A new set of bylaws and constltu- tlon was adopted for the guidance of 'M the Utah Press association, after H which the meeting adjourned until M Octobor, at which time the association ' fiH will meet In Salt Lake City. The lo- . !H cal press of Provo did everything to !H make tho visit pleasant for the mem- fl bors of the country press. A fine ban- ItVA quct was served at the Hotel Lamar V undor the direction of Manager Mur- liB phy, who understands his business lIH thoroughly. An automobile ride was SH Indulgod in by somo of tho members. 11 The orchards of Utah county were visited, which by thu way nro somu of liH tho flnost In tho west. Provo enn boast j of one orchntd coiitnlnlug lit trees YM producing $1,100 in apples Inst year. Sheriff Judd of Utah county, with 1BJ Hick Brothers of the Provo Post aid- cd In chaperoning tho party around to iM the various places, which mado It in- H tcresting and pleasant for the com- ill puny. Jh Our former townsmen, Ariel Cardoii iH and P. G. Peterson nro now full fled- Ijnfl ged citizens of Provo and' aro both 9 secretaries of mining .companies lu IH thnt immediate locality. Provo Is a Jiff city of great possibilities. Tho Straw- tt berry with other reclamation pro- R Jects will, when comploted, push Pro- el vo to the front. H |