The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-16
COMMERCIAL CLUB TRIP.

The Commercial Club Boosters start
this morning on their trip to the va
rious cities of this State They are
assured a hearty welcome wherever
they go. Due preparations are made
in all the towns where it has been ar
ranged for appropriate exercises, and
n good many of the other towns wonld
be glad to bave the Boosters stop over
and have good time with them.
The object of the trip is primarily
business, and to cement a friendly bust
ness feeling The idea is to have every
one boost for the development of the
State, and for the building up of trade
and trade connections. Nothing could
possibly be better for all concerned than
a trip like this; and we are satisfied
that much good will come Of it.
At the various places where visits
are to be made. there Will be given out
souvenir folders of the excursion, pre-.
pared by Mr.. a. f. Philips of The
Tribune. This folder is handsome
production, giving very much infcrma.
tiou about the State, about the ad-
vancement of the counties and the cit
les and the various enterprises that
are contemplated or begun. The value
OF corporations is given, notes of the
various cities, their origins and settle
ments; of some of the great interests,
as the Garfield smelter, the Utah Cop
per mill. railroad stations and the like
Facts about Salt Lake City, Ogden.
and other places are given; the Com
mercial Club organization and publicity
bureau are carried, and there is on the
last page a summary statement of facts
and figures 'about this wonderland of
America to wit, Utah as whole
The souvenir closes with pointed ap.
peal to every one to do whatever lies
in his power to do to advance the in
terests of the State. of the cities there
in and of the industries and the de-
velopment that is possible. This is so
good that we quote it entire as follows.
You can do one thing in Utah that you
can do nowhere else on earth-that IL.
you can go to sea by rail. You can do
this on the Hartman system of railroads
when you cross Great Salt lake. where
trestle over the water extends for twenty
miles and you are out OF sight OF land.
You can do the same on the Western
Pacific, where this transcontinental road
plunSeS through the waters Of this great
salt sea on an embankmenr or al that
extends through the waters for miles. and
where you also get out OF sight OF land.
You can do another thing in Utah that
you can do nowhere else on earth-that
Is, steamboat on the crest Of the conti-
nent. This down Green river, the only
BILE stream IN the mountains. and
one OF the greatest rivers of the country.
You can see Ia Utah four natural bridges
wonders OF the world. either OF which
would compare with the natural bridge
wonder in Virginia as n giant would to
a pigmy, and the giant is In Utah. Then
you can float upon a great salt sea Ike
a log. you cannot sink; and you can see
the always snow-capped peaks OF the
American Alps, can see scenery that has
no equal on earth. and this is the State
In which you live. Proclaim IL TO the
world Bring people here. Get people
TO come to Utah 20 live. whore there Is
not only scenery but where the agricul-
tural, horticultural live stock. mining,
and apiary interests cannot be eNcclled
anywhere on earth. Come TO Utah TO
live The object Of this excursion Is 10
get acquainted with each other so we
may all work 10 one common end. That
end is exploit Utah-tell the world what
we have. get the world To come to Utah
TO live.