The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-12
THIS GIVES UTAH
MORE GOOD BOOSTS
Commercial Club and Utah
Development League Sc
cure Noted Lecturer.

In connection with its commendable
publicity campaign for the proper growth
and development OF salt Lake and Ctan.
the Salt Lake Commercial club. in CO.
operation with the Utah Development
league. has taken advantage Of another
splendid opportunity TO further It's cN-
tcnSivc work in the interest OF the com
munity by securing William Bruce Lcf-
iingwell, official lecturer of the Union
who was in Salt Lake yesterday, Mr..
Lef!lngucll has just made II trip through
the Yellowstone National park. and is
now on tour Of observation. gathering
data and features To be used In his lee
lures on the states Of Utah, Idaho Wash
ington. Oregon. California. Wyoming,
Nebraska, Montana Arizona. New Mex
AS soon IL was known that Mr..
Leffngwell was in the city, Carl Il. VIII
liams, director Of publicity al the Com
mercal club. conferred with -. T., Bur
ley and d. S. Spencer OF the oregon
Short Line. who are representatives OF
the Union Southern Pacific lines in This
section. and arrangements were made
with Mr Lcfhnswcll 10 especially co.
operate with the club in Its exploitation
OF Utah resources and inducements.
Mr. Williams declared yesterday that
the club had received every assurance
that Salt Lake and Utah would be well
represented at each of Mr. beffngwell S
objective lecture stops. The lecture tour
will begin next month, said Mr.. VIII
n6n)S, AT 1Rc 1lttSDhrS lDnd snow. rpi-
lowing this exposition. Mr Leffingwell
Is 10 visit the land shows al Omaha, Chi
cago, Minneapolis and other large cities.
Nearly every important center in each
OF the states above mentioned VIII be
visited At each Of these places Mr., Lcf-
fngwell by means OF stereoptican slides
and motion pictures. will depict travel
features. opportunities for settlers, man
ufactories industries and general invest
ments In the west and northwest. with
a view toward doing everything possible
in this line TO encourage the upbuild and
development Of the cities and towns OF
the great west. He said yesterday that
a large corps OF lecturers would shortly
be put out In the field by tho lines Of
the system To cooperate with cities and
communities In the securing of Vital con-
vcntlons, manufactures. settlers and
tourists for the west,
Tie Commercial club publicity bureau
realized the possibilities arising from the
chance to cooperate with Mr. Letting
Commercial club and also the Utah De-
velopment league arc 10 spare no efforts
in giving the city and state wide pub
licty and advertising through the chan
ncls made by Mr.. Lctf1ngwel In this.
both organizations have the hearty sup
port OF Mr. Burley and Mr.. Spencer.
When interviewed yesterday In regard 10
the tour, Mr. I.efinGwell said:
'In making this tour of Investigation
and observation, find that salt Lake
City and the state OF Utah offer eNcep-
tionally strong inspiration for lectures
on the resources of the west. Through
out the cast and middle west | have
found n general interest in the state Of
Utah which is increasing rapidly. This
interest. until the beginning Of the pres
ent campaign OF the Commercial club
publicity bureau and Utah Development
league was largely confined to the pc
cularities OF your state. II some of your
features may be classcd as such.
During the last few months. however.
our experience has been that this in
terest in the state OF Utah has shown
a tendency To embrace the agricultural
and industrial resources TO "a greater eX-
tent than ever before. The provisions
of the enlarged homestead act are of es-
pecial interest 10 the farmers OF the east.
and this feature of Utah's agricultural
development. with the completion OF the