The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-02-06
TALK ABOUT THE
FUTURE OF ZION
Sure to Be a City of 10000
Within the Next Five
Years.
PRESS COMMENT ON
SEE AMERICA FIRST
Convention Delegates Declare
That Utah and Zion VIII
Boom as Never Before.

Tho public and private expression OF the
delegates TO tho see America First" confer
oncc In Solt Lake recently was that the capi-
tai OF Utah is certain To be a city of from
l2S 00o 10 lSO0 900 within the next Ave years. and
in ten yoars. 20 900 or more. Most OF these
delegates wero mon who nt tho head OF
Commercial clubs and State Promotion leagues
In tho Eastern and Western Statesmen whose
business 1t is TO build up cities and who neces-
sarily know what 1t takes to attract populn-
tlon. Tholr opinion ought TO be good and un-
aucstlonnby is about the most expert TINT
could possibly be secured. and is worthy OF
greatest consideration.
These men recognize the location OF Salt
Lake CITY as being the most advantageous
or any In tho ntermountain country. and they
eco the absolute necessity of groot CONNER
clal center for this inland empire,
The coming Of railroads into Utah from both
cost and west and possibly from the north.
means that the city by the lake IL TO become
In itself means great Increase In population
for any city 80 favored.
These men nlso see in the phenomenal out
put OF Utah and Nevada mines. with tho great
smclters being built. boost for Salt Lake
that means several thousand population with
In flyo years.
They 500. also the effect OF the great irri-
gntion projects on this Intermountain country.
and tho results Of the Lewis and Clark eIposi-
tlon In Portland,
And equally as important rs any other thing.
they sec in Salt Iako City at present an
awakening 10 the wonderful possibilities that
are within AIMS length and disposition 10
reach out and mako thom cortaIntlcs.
salt Lake city at tho present time has
population Of possibly 5000 To make IL $50.
900 In Ave ycars means that tho population
must be doubled This may seem impossible
In the minds OF Utnhns. but many Of the
smaller cities west Of the Missouri have dou-
blcd their population In five years. Spokane
did this little stunt from 1890 to 1915 and had
a couple OF thousand 10 spare Five years
ago that city numbered only SO. 900 souls. and
today possesses "a, U01
70 mil npsp TIl he n eh VIII
ans growth that may come To salt Lake City.
IL means much Tor the whole State OF Utah
In a general way. but IL may mean much in q
specific way II tho towns Qua in tho State
VIII mnke the most OF their opportunity when
tho lido sets toward Salt Lake City. Logan
that TO mnny OF those who set their faccs
westward. Will be more satisfactory than any
that Salt Lake City has offer
rich and prosperous farming country, solid
and substantial as Is Cncho. and 30 charminGly
beautiful is this valley, Will appeal many
far moro than smoky city.
Tho best educational advantages IN quiot.
moral city with of tho pitfalls that 60
with 100. 900 people. will appeal 10 others in
preference TO tho State capital.
our mining possibilities. proximity to
great canyons. with their scenic wonders and
crystal fountains. viii interest still others
moro than the hum OF industry in big city,
We have many advantageous who knows
III Tho people may come this way and look
toward Logan, but where is the induccncnt TO
mako them take tho trip 70 Logan?
Let 9 devise ways and means 10 get
share OF that which 10 TO come Utah's
way in nvc and ten years and let's do lit
Tie to help greater things come Utah-wurd.-
Logan journal