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Show Got Together and Boost, It Pays, Says Gcrrit Fort il !j Dairying a Source of Profit. "Dalnlim Is a source of ureal pioMi to the fMriiiern who are endued In II Utah Ih pre-eiiiliwntiv a d ilrylnc n'aie. as the condition art' 14. Mil. The win ters are, as a rule, mild and open, and little shelter Ik necile I for the milch cows. Then, tin), the sii:n beets, which foim a large putt of the rrops of the state. ar made to pay s double profit. They are sold to th mills for good prices and the pulp Is taken back to feed to the cows a il furnlHhes a most nourishing and even . ration. Couple this to alfalfa, and there Is little need for (train feed nt any time of the year. "In diversified farming the men id Utah have grown wealthy, the awi age profit per acre running about limi. And with the thousands of people from the East who will flock to this state when the truth Is told them of Its resources, re-sources, they will grow even more prosperous, because of the Increased ralues. Nowhere In the country are better crops grown, and as the scientific scien-tific methods come more and more Into use, the railroad's resources wilt be taxed even to a greater extent than they now are to handle the crops which must be marketed. "Dut It la In raising frulta that Utah excels. I believe," said Mr. Fort. "A trip through the horticultural regions of the atate will convince the most skeptical. The men who came here years ago knew their land and their knowledge Is seen In the broad expanse ex-panse of acres of apple, peach, pear, plum and nectarine orchards. In recent re-cent years Utah has captured more than $5,000 worth of valuable trophies ' In exhibitions of fruit products and as ' the years pass she will take even more. Protective laws which make j spraying and careful care of trees com- pulaory have been passed and with the Insect pests thus kept under con- 1 trol only the best Trulls are brought 1 to maturity. , "In addition to the tree fruits the I berries also grow to perfection, and the highest market prices sre obtained ob-tained for the fruit. J Co-operation Brings Prosperity. ' "The people of Utah have so long co-operated to secure the best results i for themselves that they know without with-out explanation the great advantages " to be derived from It. ft Is the Inten- Hon of the Union Pacific to tell the J world the real truth about Utah and her resources, and to do this Intelll-gently Intelll-gently we must have the co-operation of the eop!e of the state. We must all 'get together' and talk over the plans li for advising the world, and partlen larly that part of It which lies In Chicago Chi-cago territory, of the wealth that waits c hore for the man who really wants to succeed. The Kaat does not know " that In 1910 Utah raised crops to the following values: Kiiiriir beet crop j- r,,v O l""1! !-ti';i.: J Hurley r;t em '"m m INitntoe 4,i lialry 19rt (1910 nnt rnmplnteij . ll.'t'l'IS "And the total wheat, oafs" corn, barley, rye, potatoes, hay, sugar beets mid alfalfa seed raised was $20 CIS E m. "A little co-oeratlon and these, figures fig-ures cannot help but bring to Utah " Jiousands of Industrious men and somen who will settle the farms and e a new source of pront to every one n the state. We must - t together 'or results." "Now we'll double our proflta," said Utah, when, with the rest, of the world It read the startling news that the Union Pacific railroad company was to spend $75,000,000 in double tracking and Improving Its system from Omaha west to the Pacific coast. And then, "That means we will got more of the right kind of people." was their shout when Oerrlt Fort, passenger traffic manager of the system, announced that the biggest eum ever appropriated appropri-ated for advertising by any concern 11,200,000 was to be apent to tell the world of the advantages of Utah and other parts of Union Pacific territory, as a place to build homes and not only mak t living, but amass a competence. compe-tence. "The land shows held in Chicago by the United States Land & Irrigation Exposition company and the Weatern Ijind Products Exposition held at Omaha opened our ryes to the advantages ad-vantages of telling the good things about Utah." aald Mr. Fort. "More than 287.000 people crowded Into the Coliseums In Chicago and Omaha during the v two 'weeka of the show, to see the dlat.lay of products of the West and South, and the land hunger shown by them did much to convince us that we could not go wrong In spending our Money to bring colonists to hls great West which makes thousands of dollars for It. people. Gather the Best Utah Raised. "When we began our plans for the land shows, we found that In the far Northwest, and la the South and Southwest there was a well developed devel-oped 'community aplrlt' among the people who were planning exhibits, and that they were working hard to gather In the best of everything to take to Chicago and Omaha Then we went out into our own territory and looked things over. The people had heard of the land shows, but they knew their own advantages so well that they believed that every one else In the United States knew them also, and so the 'community spirit' ao far as the exposition was concerned was not shown. "We men of the Union Pacific knew that that wouM r0t ro. We were proud of v Lu :'ti'!i I lolng, and a we made up ui hniiu i.iut the Utah liootb In the Union Pacific display must show the best. As a result our men wnre sent out through the state ud they gathered the best of the fruits, the best of the grains and the , Krassea that the state grew. These i were carefully packed and placed on i board Union Pacific cars and hatiled free of all charge to Chicago and i :)maha, where they were arranged 'o iie best advantage In the Utah booth. I Utah Booth a Winner. j "And that Utah booth was a win- t- ler," declared Mr. Fort enthusiastic- ' lly. "There never was a time from r he moment the doors of the exhibit pened In the morning until tbey limed at night, that the space In front ( f II was not crowded with people. a "The Mg lecture halls of ours 0 ere filled If the doors every time icre was a talk on Utah. It was only u regard for there ordinances that t! ept us from led, 1,7 the people stand p In the halls. !'!" moving pic- h ties aud the stereoptlc-on views of li ie si-eulc wonders of the state and f ie even more wonderful work being tme with dry farming and In the ulldlng of the b'g Irrigation pro- its kept the people breathless. We j, ni trslned lecturers and they told In simple and dire t manner of the rr y nits 10 be obtained on Utah farms il l ranches. r Chicago Furnishes the Colonists. You know," continued Mr. Fort, that Chicago and Chicago territory iiiiIhIi six-tenths of all the people I ho seek new homes In the A'est. ii eminent statistics lell us that, nd so the land show gives us an tin- 1 arnlleled chance 'o display the best J 'e have. ' 'I'tah baa thoutnnds upon thou- S snis of 'cres of the finest land In the ! 'nlteil States today, and with ber r plendld streama, there Is water nough to Irrigate a great part of this ' nd and tur It Into farms worth mil- f Ions of dollars. It takes population B n bring up land alues and with the a ovulation not only come Increased n md values, but greater -:rnps and a a ew prosperity. 'That Is one reason that we ere ' ia..lng this great advertlrlng appro- rlatlon We know that If the money f spent In telling of the latent wealth hat lies waltlnr. .'or the man with a t, ittle money, a lot of energy and de- rrmlnaMon and the splr. to do, that S e will realize our profits In the years r come when he la settled and Is ' hipping Ms crops to market. "Some of the greatest Irrigation rejects of modern ''nm are being ttllt, right here In Utah. The Straw- ti errv valley project, on which the overnment la spending millions of ollars will jiake fertile one of the tc nest fruit growing sections in the orld. Many Tlvate companies are f! elng formed and these sre building b age dams and storage vxervulrs In hlch the flood waters, that hrre.o ft ire have ruahed away ti. wante 4J. m ; elves, will be Impounded and u.j.le J. ) bring Into bearing thousand of rres of what are now waste lands n "In the northern part of Ihe state re also many great areas which are rt ow devoted to stock raUlng. but 1,1 here It hue ber proved that the g amptell system of dry farming may ol e made moat irofitaMe ci |