The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-07
APPROVES PLANS
FOR LAND SHOW
Development League Sets Apart
$500 to Help With Utah's
Exhibit.
SEES EXCELLENT CHANCE
To GIVE STATE BOOST
Hopes to Bring Every Club in
Utah Into League by
April,

Entering into hearty accord with the
publicity bureau OF the Salt Lake Com :
mcrcial club in arranging for the Utah
exhibit at the Pacific Lands and Prod
ucts show TO he held at Los Angeles.
beginning March is. the board OF gov
ornors OF the Utah Development league
Monday night approved of the plans aud
appropriated $500 to defray the expenses
OF carrying the exhibit to the show and
TO maintain it.
The board was unanimous In seeing Il
great opportunity TO give Utah n boost
among other western states at the land
show. In addition TO the financial sup
port given the exhibit the members OF
The board. through their respective clubs,
will assist In assembling the display
preparatory To shipping.
The meeting of the board. held at the
Commercial club was the first following
the convention OF February II and To-.
when the league was organized. The call
was issued several days ago by Joseph
y. Caine. secretary OF the league. On
account OF illness, Mr., Cainc was unable
to attend the meeting. as was f.. NJ.
briggs OF Ogden, president OF the league,
board attending the meeting follow: a.
w. Carlson. Salt Lake; Henry Walsh
Park City: II. p. Bacon. Logan: c. r.
Mabey. Bountiful; George Is. Greenwood,
hllipTV Il. w. puDUt, bIlendu NsllNs y.
w. McHenry, Murray. and w. c. An
drcws. Nephi. In the absence of Mr.
briggs. Mr.. Greenwood presided G.
n. Williams acted in place of Mr. Caine
In the interests of the Los Angeles
land show. JOY III. Johnson. president of
the Salt Lake Commercial club, appeared
and assured the members OF the board
that the entire cost of maintaining the
exhibit at the show would be covered
by $500.
Important Act.
An important act OF the board came in
organizing the state in districts, giving
each member OF the board OF governors
certain counties in the state in which lie
Is To work up interest in the league. II
is hoped by this plan 10 have every club
in the state an, active member. Of the
league by April l. The members OF
the board viii begin at once to visit the
clubs not already bona fide members of
the league and impress upon them the
tion in becoming Identified with the
league.
= committee OF the Utah Press asso-
citation met with the board OF governors
and pledged the hearty support OF the
nlncty-one weekly newspapers OF the
state To the work before the league. \
committee consisting OF J: +. Caine, c.
X. Mabey and j. w. McHenIy was ap-
pointed TO cooperate with the press as
ISOLATION in the work of publicity.
The hoard appointed committee 10
meet WIN the senate committee on dn-
propriations In order To give the weight
of the influence Of the board toward
the passage OF the bill in which II IS
proposed Ia give the exhibit In the Yer
mont building $4,000 q year for the next
two years. This committee, George r.
Greenwood Il. r Bacon and Henry
Walsh. will meet with the senate com
mittcc today after first meeting at the
Commercial club.
y meeting OF commercial executives
OF the northwest AT Boise next August
was considered. While no action was
taken il is likely the league will be rep
resented at that meeting.
The board authorized the secretary to
employ stenographer and to purchase
n typewriter for use in connection with
the work OF the secretary.
Confidence in Work.
No definite time was set for the next
meeting OF the board. Adjournment was
taken subject TO the call Of the secre-
tary and the president. A meeting OF
the executive committee probably will
be called for early next week.
Confidence In the work To be accom-
plishcd- by the league was expressed by
the members OF the board from outside
ihe city. The meeting was enthusiastic.
The members OF the board at the meet
ing assert that interest in the work OF
Systematically advertising the sratc Is
growing and that IL practically ccnters
around the DEVELOPMENT league