Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-23
Commercial Bodies Of Utah Anx-
jous 10 Join a New Develop
n1ent Organization.
TO FOSTER IMMIGRATION MI
lis Ain, Will be to Exploit all Naf'lial
Resources and Advantages 'Iliat
Would Attract Settlers.

The word "booster' Is likely soon 70
become an obsolete term In the i'te-
srature Of exploiting Utah's good name ll
and Utah's resources, and in It's ste'lo
the word developer will probably
come into use.
The Salt Lake Commercial clup. aliN'--
Gus to form a league of clubs whose
fields are in the common purposes Oh
exploiting Utah's advantages, has now
replies enough from clubs wishing to
join the movement, to insure it's sue
cess.
The name of the new league is to
be the Utah Development League, ana
a call for q convention to form It may
be expected TO issue from the Com
inercial club board of governors, at any
Z time
Chicagos Association OF Commerce
whose representative. Mr.. Manss, re-
Gently did such effective work in piac-
ing the advantages Of Chicago as q
wool center before the National Wool
& Growers committee, is such an organ
lization, embracing in its membership
all clubs and leagues of the city. 1t
has no central building. but gives
weekly Fellowship lunches, and SEMI
annual banquets, to which come men
representing the entire territory in
which Chicago business qualifications
run.
Dozens of letters have been received
at the Commercial club headquarters
commencing the plan, and none oppos-
ing it, in response to inquiries sent out
by Fisher Harris.
The Pennington Commercial cluh.
through Henry III. Blood, it's secretary,
"a "A, .,t,tt
ion that a development league would
be a splendid organization and would
be glad to cooperate in Il movement
having such an end in view.
From Karl Hopkins. secretary of the
{Lehi club, comes this: Il am heartily
I'm favor OF the organization Of IL Utah
commercial league. l consider 1T u
step in the right direction, and you
may depend upon it that Lehi is with
you in such a praiseworthy move.
Weber's opinion expressed by Ira
Reynolds, is: THE idea seems to me
"a good one. and | believe much good
will come from such an organization
From Mt Pleasant. NJ. r. Anderson
writes: I'VE are in for anything that
will boost Utah.
j. L. Perkes, secretary of the Real
Estate association of Salt Lake, goes
into the matter at length, narrating the
S-kBCiiSIIGSH III SltSUltT WHICH
cessfully operating such an organiza-
ton, and through 1t has increased the
influx of strangers into Oregon 10 per
cent within the past few years. He Is
urgent in demanding that the league
be given chance at once, and that
state pride be awakened until it Will
be permanently successful
Spanish Fork, through X. d. .rhurber,
regrets that the Commercial club Of
that town has slept. and declares its
intention to awake at once and get
into line with the movement.
j Fl. HOrnung of Mantt thinks the
movement the best he has hard of and
pledges the Commercial club of that
town to work for its success.
j. Watt Stoors OF American Fork de-
clares empahtically that the American
Fork club thinks 1t i'the proper thing"
and deserving Of every practical en-
couragenent
Il am in favor of this line of
work" is the way Secy. B. n. G..
stott of the Tintic club puts it. That
club. he says, is ready and anxious to
join.
The Provo clubs opinion is that
the movement will make someone
sit up and take notice"
More letters are expected within the
next few days and when the whole
field has been canvassed steps will
be taken to set the new body on Its
feet as central developing body. uni
fying all the work of the smaller or
CARNATIONS and conflicting with none
of them