Show LOCI LOCAL patriotism abid CIVIC PH ID aliat what loyalty to town county anc state means and how it de communities it if tny town Is the best in the county it must be al a good place tc live if my county is the best best in utah it must be about the best county la in which to maintain my home if I 1 have decided to maintain my home here I 1 owe it to myself and my neighbors to make mahome one of which we all may well feel proud if any reader cannot subscribe to the above sentiments we are wasting valuable space so BO far as lie ho is con coil corned and lie he la is also wasting hi hia timo time in reading this article many antany a laugh has been created by the mossback moss back who rejects all 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 bo be good enouf enough h tor for me and my children utah does docs not need the kind of man ahn who takes calces this stand re regarding garling improvements that go to make efel afe castor and more pleasant but utah does boea need the man no will say the state of utah was good en enough oil for my father and it is good enough for me and my children there is room in the state of utah for a million such men and every good citizen that Is added addad to the population of utah increases the desirability sir ability of utah as a place to live hid and increases the value of every ff home aple and every farm already ils bushed hed in this state there may be room for differences of opinion loh ris as to the extent that competition is the life of trade in financial and general business circles thero is I 1 however no room for argument on the ques I 1 lion jofs whether or not competition in the matter of the establishment and improvement of homes is the work of such progression surely if theU the utah tali as found by the p I tv ap dpn q ann anc a la 1 jk 5 01 t tits utah of 1012 Is 19 a la land nd ole of promise se fulfilled this Is a sentiment that should appeal to tho the patriotic instinct of every citizen of the sato sate of utah and moreover it Is a sentiment that should be spread abroad as far as our facilities will permit during the next few years the state of utah will receive a vast amount of publicity through the work of the utah development league and organizations especially during 1915 will opportunities come 0 t lot let the world know that wo we have here a state as fair as any in the unon and ono one that is capable of producing grains fruits and minerals in quantities that will support bund hundreds reds of thousands of settlers and ar d homesteaders through the medium of hundreds of thousands of visitors acors loyal citizens of utah will have ample opportunity to correct false Impress impressions imis which have been so widey distributed throughout the united states regarding utah and her cit citizens mens utah has its capital city of which all cit citizens liens of the state should 1 e proud but of more importance than any one lec locality allty Is the general prosperity of the entire state th the e spirit of boosting which has made so many of the states of the west and which as becoming more noti noticeable ceable in them the state of utah than ever before is a spirit that surely should be begin in at ones own home and from there extend to ones homo home toyn town to ones home county and thus circle the entire state many in ay iy of the towns and cities 0 the northwest have discovered with within tho the last few years henrs that the expenditure pend iture of one dolar to five dol lars lor for each inhabitant every year in publicity work is a profitable investment this is a lesson that utah towns and communities are beginning to learn and although we may not hot be pro prepared pared to expend a large amount of money tor for favorable publicity we can all expend a little careful thought tind and intelligent personal eff effort oa toi i wards disseminating the idea that our home town is about the besl I 1 little spot in the best big state of the union talk may be cheap pt but good work for our own community is an vestment which unfailingly bring brig jig returns in self respect and i il 11 dollars and cents r |