Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-11-11
THE COMMERCIAL CLUB.

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Nature has been more tl.an good
to Utah. a lavish hand has sprinkl"d
the state with treasure. gilacd the hills
IN beautiful rich color painted her val
loys In numerous hues from the vcrdart
green to tie orange and scarlet. Ncary
every day In the year 1t tints sunset
in galaxy of splendor. That same
hand has caused the greatest natural
bridges in the world TO be reared here.
The greatest inland sea in the world
lends grandeur to the country. Hardy
cereals grow in the north ana figs IN
the south. Utah is land that could
exist byitself so rich is It In resources.
1t has iron. coal. copper and oil, 1t
has n wider variety of minerals than
any state IN the Union. 1t IS the only
state possessing hydro carbons, 1t can
grow cotton and has its own sugar and
gait.
Yet, with all this progress is slow.
Utah needs but little and would
yield much We need but WELD the
hammer. use the drill and riches flow.
"a little water hero and there would al
most make n jungle. a factory here
and there would build many n fortune.
Z A Kind word occasionally would make
this state pinnacle 20 shine among lts
sisters.
Gigantic riches that are lavishly
spread out on every hand are only hnlf
appreciated. We will venture that not
ono in hundred Of our citizens would
know gilscliite from clatcritc and much
less knew what it is used for. Yet the
government has figured utah's wealth
A in this alone at s7.1oOooo,0oo, an cnor
nous sum
With allthis tits pity that more in
terest Is not taken in this state by it,
own citizens; that we allow other
other states to select the very choicest
things before DIR capital takes hnnd.
We cannot have the roses without tho
thorns We have made mistakes by
being too quick, we have done the
same by being too slow.
A most commcndable plan has been
started along this line by the CONNER
cial club OF Salt Lake. It not only In
tends 10 educate the citiznni up to
what Utah really is, but also let the
outside world know.
Recently it was decided that an en-
ginccr be employed To examine into the
oil fields of the state. Although the
club Itself had no funds for this pur-
pose President johnson promised that
,hcy would be raised OF the condition
that the ner. interested in the I'll fields
pay half the expenses. This the oil mon
have cheerfully agreed TO do. This is
but tile forcrunner Of other things the
4 commercial body intends to do.
It was explained TO thu club that 81
oil rigs nre now III operation In the
state AMI ten more have already left
tile railroad and are being hauled to the
oil fields. Numerous oil locations have
been made: more than Il dozen wells are
OF commercial value. Thousands arc
II being spent this year in this industry
alone, although little is heard OF it.
q Whether II will become one OF the
great Institutions Of the state Is a aues-
ton. To decide this it has been
thought hest 10 get an engineer of ma
tional repute and abide by ills judg-
ment
Utah has the greatest copper inino Il.
{ the world, 1t WAS many years before
the state realized IT, Local capital din
not think so, Outside capital thinks
well Of the oil fields as GO companies
out OF the Il organized to operate IN
tile san Juan district are backed by
z California people. Only one Utah COM
pnny!s now in that field and That Is the
one controlled BY Col. A, G. Ellis OF
! Salt Lake, the pioneer of the district.
We hope that utnh does get oil AMI
in great quantities, but - 1t Is worth
looking Into. it is worth while for Utah
Ito do 80. Other industries in the state
have been SLOW In coming TO the front,
but something to help Utah IL some.
thing to bep every body under this
great blue dome in the mountains.