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Show LOCAL PATRIOTISM AND CIVIC PR! What Loyalty to Town, County and State Means, and How It Develops De-velops Communities. "If my town is the bent In the county, It must be a good placo to live." "If my county Is the best In Utah, It must bo about the bent county la which to maintain my home." "If I have decided to maintain my home here, I owe it to myself and my neighbors, to make my home one of whbh we all may well feel proud." If any reader cannot subscribe to the above sentiments, we arts wasting valuable space, so far as he Is con cerned, and he is also wasting bin time in reading this article. Many a laugh has been created by the "moss-bark" who rejects all Improvements Improve-ments In the home or on the farm, with the remark that "These things were good enough for my father and my grandfather, and they ought to be good enough for me and my children." chil-dren." I'tah does not need the kind of man who takes this stand regarding improvements, that go to make life easier and more pleasant, but Utah j does need the man wno will say: j "The state of Utah was good enough for my father, and It Is good enough fur me and my children.' There is room In the state of Utah for a million such men, and every good citizen that Is added to the population of Utah increases the desirability de-sirability of Utah as a place to live, and increases the value of every home, and every farm already established estab-lished In this state. There may be room fur differences of opinion as to the extent that competition Is the life of trade In financial and general business circles. There Is, however, no room for argument on the question ques-tion of whether or not cometHlon In the matter of the establishment and improvement of homes Is the work of such progression. Surely, If the Utah as found by the pioneers sixty-five years ago, wan a land of promise at that time, the Utah of 1912 Is a land of promise fulfilled. This is a sentiment that should appeal to the patriotic Instinct of every citizen of the state of Utah, and, moreover, it Is a sentiment that should be spread abroad as fur as our facilities will permit. During tho next few years, the atate of Utah will receive a vast amount of publicity through the work of the Utah Development League and 'Affiliated organizations. Especially during 1913 will opportunities come to let tho world know that we have here a stute as fair as any in the Union, and one that Is capable of producing grains, fruits, and minerals min-erals in quantities that will support hundreds of thousands of settlers and homesteaders. Through the medium of hundreds of thousands of visitors, loyal citizens of Utah will have ample opportunity to correct false impressions which have been so widely distributed throughout the United States regarding; Utah and her citizens. Utah has lis capital city, of which all citizens of the state should bo proud, but of more Importance than any one locality Is the general prosperity of the entire state. The spirit of boosting which has made so many of tho states of the went, and which Is becoming more noticeable In the state uf Utah than ever before, Is a spirit that surely should begin at one's own home and from there extend to one's home town; to one's home county, and thus circle the entire stat. Many of the towns and cities of the northwest have discovered within with-in the last few years that tho e-penditure e-penditure of one dollar to five dollars dol-lars for each inhabitant every year In publicity work Is a profitable Investment. In-vestment. This Is a lesson that I'tah towns and communities are beginning to learn and, although we may not be prepared to expend a large amount of money for favorable publicity, we can all expend a little careful thought and Intelligent personal effort towards to-wards disseminating the idea that our borne town Is about tho bet little spot in the best big stale of the I Union. "Talk may be cheap." but j good work for our own community is an Investment which unfailingly , brings big return In self respect and also In dollars and cents. |