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Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1926-08-15 | Page 17 | Says Utah Has Great Future

Type issue
Date 1926-08-15
Paper Ogden Standard-Examiner
Language eng
City Ogden
County Weber
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Article Title Says Utah Has Great Future
Type article
Date 1926-08-15
Paper Ogden Standard-Examiner
Language eng
City Ogden
County Weber
Page 17
OCR Text SAYS UTAH HAS GREAT CREAT FUTURE Magazine byJ Has Article by br J S Knox Business Lecturer Writing In the th Golden fiji nul n lo Magazine of new pSYChology James Janie ta Samuel Knox flOX A A M U 1 L P lJ I oE oC o the tho Knox School et and Effi Eft unIversity dOlley Efficiency describes Utah Utah's state lute unI- unI uni university extension service In glow glow- Ins glow ng terms MT Mr Mr Knox nox conducted ar an exten exten- exten- exten extension lIon don course In salesmanship In Salt Lake conducted ake last winter and end also conduct conduct- conducted ed a similar course courso In Ogden Ogden- He calls Utah A state hat finds It pays ys to take her school to her people MINERAL TJ ER Summing S up Ills his o ob In the state the writer said Bald While the population ot Utah Is Ic small Email Its mineral r resources are arc fletIa firstin enormous In 1 5 Uta was vas first flet in Ia the production of silver eUver second ill q lead third third- in in copper and sixth In gold Bold leading all western states tn In the value vallie of ot mineral al products whIch amounted to snort more more than Utah Is I the steel of ot tho the west It Is sen erIng Ing the Pacific coast with pig Iron made macle from ores mined in Utah The he coal resources ot of Utah lire are sufficient to supply the entire United States for tor or year years Ol Olas lIas as recently been discovered be besides be- be besides besides sides the shalo shale which Is et un untouched touched that It la Ii estimated will produce 40 billion barrel barrels of oil This will be ba a tremendous when the tho present oil wells are ex austed The hydro electric reo re- re resources sources are estimated at power oreo Insuring ampre and cheap power to Ind Industries LARGE L HARVESTS ESIS In 1625 1925 Utah led the Hie country lit In the production of ot alfalfa seed producing 46 16 per cent o ot of all nil that produced by y the entire country In yield per acre acre Utah ranks first tint In sugar beets alfalfa seed feed and spring wheat No o discussion of Utah II Is quite complete without some Information tion In regard to the Mormon church hurch While In Salt Lake I 7 did not have bave time to study Mormon theology In the abstract but I had ha 1 plenty lenty of ot opportunity to study It Itin it in the concrete as exemplified ii h lithe the tho lives live ot of many Mormon people The rho Mormons are a a ve very tine peo pie peo-pie riO They are hard working thrifty h honest law abiding and aDd fearing God fearing The Mormon lormon 1 church Is opposed to both liquor yf 1 and tobacco and nd does docs not heel het bed r r tate to say so While In Utah I Idid Idid did not see a drunken man and an saw less leas tobacco used upon U tUe e streets of Salt Sat Lake and Ogden I than on the streets Of o any other similar sized sIred city In the he United States IN lIL I I Utah has II 0 a great future Its It il agricultural resources are only I partially developed They depend I I largely upon Irrigation although the rainfall Is 10 lQ or 12 13 Inches a aI I I year and the snowfall In the winter win tel ter time about 60 50 Inches Utah Is I Itel already famous tor for Its ts canned goods particularly peas and tOma- tOma tOmatoes tomatoeS tomatoes toes It has built p II great creat reputation reputation tation for tor celery The state hal baa j minerals many of ot which are ar only partially developed Utah Is 1 also a great groat cattle and sheep rais rats raising raising ing lag country and always will be be- be because because beI cause of ot Its mountain ranges Salt Lake Lako In a few tew years will be looked i upon as u the Pittsburg- Pittsburg of the west west It H will wilt manufacture an a enormous amount of steel products tor for the t tb 1 whole west coast Beside Besides It will wll be a great creat bread basket for tor the th thy j y great and growing crowing region of p- p Southern California that ill i'll i l I soon need to Import outside foodstuffs PREDICTS MILLION Today Utah has ha a population of at In a very few year ear there will be a people there Its It educational foundation Is unusually Ul good It Its future pos poe are arc possibly greater gr at r per Fer capita than any other state In Iii the tho Union lipton There no doubt will wilt b be bemore l more development In the next te year In tn that state than there has been In 11 the past twenty Keep Keel your eye on Utah
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