The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-09

BAYS ENTIRE WEST HAS
CALL OVER THE EAST
Visits Livestock Show, but Sees
Nothing Better Than
Utah Has.

More thoroughly convinced than ever
4 OF the increasing favor In which Utah
Is held in the east and south, Gov Will
liam Spry returned to Salt Lake City.
|Thursday. after being away Twelve days,
4 In which time he attended the conference
OF governors in Frankfort. Ky. and the
National Livestock show in Chicago.
i. Al the Commercial club Thursday night
Governor Spry said.
"While ] enjoyed every minute Of my
trip, i am mighty glad TO get home.
for little while and hear this state
spoken so well OF. 1t makes me want to
hurry right back and stay here, and re-
joice that this is my home.
Not only are the great possibilities OF
Utah being heralded in the south and
east now. but the entire west has the
call. il secms, and II makes one feel
.if only little part. of the life OF this
great section OF the country.
IA occasionally, one is told that the west
4 Is ovSrboosied in the east Well. one
sees no indication of that now. The peo-
pie of the east. from what the visiting
governors said. have got down TO brass
backs, as IL were. In finding out about
This state. and today they are beginning
slbilitiss and advantages offered out here.
Meeting With Favor.
81 was particularly interested and
plcased with the way the matter of con :
servation was handled. Don't you know.
there IS not that an,agonism between the
governors Of the various states of the
east, south and west ON this question
that there is said to be. From the sev :
|craI able addresses made on this subject
al the convention. learned that the
methods of conservation as advanced by
the governors OF the west are meeting
with favor by governors OF other states.
There seems 10 ne n great leaning toward
harmony in all matters and toward moro
. t..1 a 81 n moi nnn GsEI
OF the country but the entire United
States The conservation question was
zone into so thoroughly and was SO ably
handled by ill the speakers. especially
Gov Edwin L. Norris of Montana and
Gov John T. Shafroth or Colorado. that
IL did not think II necessary or in place
for the governor of Utah 10 say anything
fur her on the subject.
'No, the question Of uniform marriage
and divorce laws. which is causing more
|pr less interest at The present, WAS not
fouched .ipon. | guess IL was generally
thought that the governors would take up
This question at the Meeting. but II was
. given no attention i'm the conference.
"The convention was highly interesting
throughout and WAS ri great benefit 10 all
The governors in attendance. | am sure
''rhc new capitol in Frankfort is beau
|fiful. w" have all heard about alleged
graft in connection with It's erection, but
after visiting Kentucky ! am sure that
st was constructed ON the square and
That he people of the state got dollar
for dollar ont Of the money expended in
| the Building. About SlGn. 900 more Will be
spent or the structure before il is com
pIeted Our convention was held in the
ncw capitol.
Attends Live Stock Show.
"Whilc | was way also attended the
National Livestock show i'm Chicago
1cro ! had the pleasure of seeing some
.pf he finest stock | ever saw. | did not
Sec ann cattle or horses too good for Us
Ito raise I'm Utah, however. and | saw
|soIne animals that cannot touch some oi
|the prize winners that We have right al
|thc barns Of our Agricultural college al
ILogen. We have some OF tho greatest
Inares In the world ri the school OF aGri-
Iture. and in Chicago, ! learned. certain
Ihorse men were a bit miffed that We go1
Ifhosc mares: they wanted the animals
Ikepl in tho east. they said. After visit.
ling the livestock show I feel that Ctaf
Imust give still greater attention 10 this
Iindustry, Some day this state oush
Ito be leader in raising fine cattle
Horses. sheep and hogs,
THE land eXhibi, conducted by tho
|chicago Tribune WAS also going on while
II was in the city II was fine. Some
-f'pf the exhibits were unusually attrac
Hive.
N 81 was the guest Of General 6 w
fI.ndsey while | was in Frankfort. De II
tcne of those lovablc southern gentlemen
Cwho make one feet A, home in a va!
fIfhat only true son Of the south can
You can imagine that ] was royalty en-
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