Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-20
UTAH KEEPING IN LIMELIGHT
State TO Be Well Represented at the
Omaha Show.
DEVELOPERS BOOST THE PROJECT
Commercial clubs of More Than Fifty
cities Are Asked to oOntrtbute
TO the Success Of the
Plans.


SALT LAKE CITY, May 1s.-(specisl)-
r7tab will be represented in the Omaha
land show next october with the Utah
Development league back OF the exhibit
According to the interest being taken oy
the league through the executive commit
tee the exhibit undoubtedly Will De the
most comprehensive the state ever mas
offered at land shows. The deternlhauou
10 make the most excellent showing possi-
HE comes from a general feeling tnat uh-
toId benefits have come to the state from
tho land shows in the last year AT WHICH
the state made exhibits OF it's resources
At a meeting Of the executive commlttee
Of the Utah Development league FIioaS
afternoon at the Commercial clup' oeiiiii's
action was taken in support OF the leilu
show next fall. The decision on Ihe POI
~ the committee TO place the league BACK
of the project insures a general eNhlOis
from every part Of the state. In the iaho
shows at Chicago, Omaha and Los Angeles
the exhibits were not representative OF the
sntire state on account OF the few counues
,bat participated in collecting exhlplts'
when the land show opens at Omaha ~
October every county in the state VIII Oe
represented in the Utah exhibit.
The Development league, through the
-.ororneroiaI clubs of over fifty towns ano
cities OF the state, will be able 10 coHeC'
a reneral exhibit The league Will tihAhoe
the exhibit and for that purpose II was
nroposed at the meeting to raise A'o"V iOi
the show, With strong financial packhs
aufficient floor space can be secureu W
arrange a display that Will DO creoA' ~
every way to the vast resources Oh lhe
state. Land products will ngure PrOinl-
nantlv in the display, as the show comes
tables-in fact. all agricultural products
will he plentiful Dry farming will take
nroninent place in the exhibit, according 70
the mans as far as outlined thus far. In
tho show at Los Angeles the exhibit OF
drv farming products attracted no emo Of
attention and as q result the things on
land under the enlarged homestead Ae'
were increased. The same was true toA'
lowing the Omaha land show In January
IRRIGATED lands will be we'll advertised, TO-
Rether with bona fde irrigation projects
At the meeting of the executive com
nnittee a number OF representatives OF lhno
companies we're present and entered into
the discussion OF the exhibit. Among THESE
were George A. Snow, ]. H. Nelson ana %
car L. Cox, who were named on a commit
tee TO solicit funds in Salt Lake county
for providing an exhibit at the land show
The committee instructed Secretary Caine
to communicate the action Of the commit
tee to all the commercial clubs affiliated
with the Development league with the re-
quest that the various clubs assist In the
raising of s, 800 necessary to carry out ths
plans of the committee in taking par
in the show.
To determine the now of water II
streams OF the state available for irrigation
r. s, Collect OF Vernal. e. w. Dunn o.
Brigham City, and c. r Williams Of Sal
Lake City, were appointed by the commit
tee TO confer with the state land board ant
Governor william spry. The Information
secured will be used in the publicity cam
paiEn to boost Utah's irrigable land