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Show - uv WANT UTAH 10 EXHIBIIIN I. Y. SALT LAKE CITY, April 11. That Utah should not lose a golden opportunity oppor-tunity to malto a display In New York on the occasion of tho American Land and Irrlcation exposition to he held in November, is the theme of a letter received today from Gilbert McClurg, mannger of the exposition. In his loiter, loi-ter, Mr McClurg,aays- "I note that you wire me the newspapers news-papers have started boosting similar advice has come to me from Mr. Pierce. In my telegram to you you will note that I said that here Is Utah's chance to picture her fertile valleys. I have hoped that that expression, If published publish-ed In j-our local papers, may suggest to the leaders of jiublic spirited movements move-ments that now Utah has her first opportunity to show her land products to advantage in this center of men and money. There are 300.000 farmers farm-ers annually coming into this port of New York among tho million immigrants immi-grants arriving every year There are 7,000,000 within half an hour's ride of Madison Square Garden, and one-half Uio nation's population is within a day's ride of New York city. Is It not strange amazing therefore that tho "West has never made a demonstration demonstra-tion in New York, on the Atlantic seaboard, sea-board, of the products of the soil0 It would bo a serious mistake, now that your choir will so well advertise Utah In New York at this exposition, if ULih does not bring here a material showing show-ing of the fertility of her valleys there should be a showing of her material mate-rial resources In conjunction with your demonstration of her artistic progress," prog-ress," Mr. McClurg -is enthusiastic in his forecast of the triumph the choir, he to confidently expects, will achievo in New York and expresses the view that tho laurols to be won in New York will eclipse anything the choir has ever done in the past He concludes his letter with the statement that "Utah uover u-rain, perhaps, may havo so fine an opportunity oppor-tunity to advertise hor soil and her progress |