The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-06
[RR|T FORT IS
|uTAH BOOSTER
ssenger Traffic Manager of
u p. Enthusiastic Over
States Opportunities.
Il THAT IS NEEDED
is AWAKENED PUBLIC
nd Show Expositions of
Tests Products Accomplish
ing Great Work.

tNow we II double our profits, said
.eth. when. with the rest of the world
read the startling news that the
ou Pacific Railroad company was to
chd SIS, 900. 900 in double tracking
s Improving its system from Omaha
M 10 the Pacific coast And then,
shat means we will get more of the
1t kind of people, was their shout
.;n Gerrit Fort, passenger traffic
Wager of the system. announced that
Y 's.Nbiggest sum ever appropriated for
by any concern-Sl,2 100000
.'fas to be spent to tell the world OF
= sladvantages of Utah and other parts
!. Union Pacific territory, as place
hbuild homes and not only make a
ing, but amass competence.
The land shows held in Chicago by
y United States Land & Irrigation
i position company and the Western
I'D Products exposition held AT Oma
7(opened our eyes to the advantages
5itelling the good things about
lh.'' said Mr. Fort, In discussing
MS opportunities ''More than
900 people crowded into the Coli
ms in Chicago and Omaha during
! two weeks of the show, TO see the
play of products Of the west and
III, and the land hunger shown by
n did much TO convince us that
could not 90 wrong IN spending
money 10 bring colonists TO this
l1t west which makes thousands of
lars for its people.
|. Gather the Best Utah Raised.
when we began our plans for the
u shows. we found that in the far
INVEST. and In the south and south
st there was well developed 'com.
nifty spirit among the people who
~ planning exhibits, and that they
're working hard 10 gather in the best
Everything TO take TO Chicago and
mia. Then we went out into our
n Territory and looked things over
Z people had heard of the land shows,
j they knew their own advantages so
~ that they believed that every one
D in the United States knew them
D, and so the community spirit so
as the exposition was concerned
= not shown
= Men of the Union Pacific knew
& that would not do, We were proud
what Utah is doing, and so we made
; our minds that the Utah booth in
Il Union Pacific display must show
= best. As result our men were
It out through the state and they
,hered the best Of the fruits. Tn.
! of the grains and the grasses that
4 state grew. These were CAREFUL,
s.ked and placed on board Union Pa.
,e ears and hauled free Of all charge
'tChicago aud Omaha, where thcv
he arranged to the best advantage
The Utah booth.
Utah Booth Winner.
{And that Utah booth was a win
M declared Mr. Fort enthusia stical.
81 There never was time from
\ moment the doors of the exhibit
ned in the morning until they closed
night, that the space in front of it
= not crowded with people.
,ffhe big lecture halls of ours were
~ TO the doors every time there was
5Rlk on Utah. Ii was only regard
4 the fire ordinances that kept up
m letting the people stand up in
g halls. The moving pictures and
stereopticon views of the scenic
-qders Of the state and the even more
anderful work being done with dry
Nming and in the building of the
navigation projects kept the people
4 lathless. We had trained lecturers
they told in simple and direct
Nnner Of the results To be obtained on
IN farms and ranches.
Chicago Furnishes the colonists.
You know" continued Mr.. Fort,
|4at Chicago and Chicago territory
lrlsh six-tenths of all the people who
rs new homes in the west Govern
INt statistics tell us that, and so the
liz snow gives us an unparalleled
If1ce to display the best we have.
utah has thousands upon thousands
E4eres of the finest Land in the United
Lfes today, and with her splendid
ams, there is water enough to irri-
ye great part of this land and turn
u rto farms worth millions of dollars.
wakes population to bring up land
pes and with the population not only
.fe increased land values. bpt greater
9Ps and new prosperity.
>ihat ls one reason that we are
flng this great advertising appro
tion. We know that if the money
pent IN telling Of the Intent wealth
iles waiting for the man with a
|Hte money. lot of energy and dc
iinatlon and the spirit 10 do, that
'GWlii realize our profits in the wears
io'he when be Is settled and is ship
his crops TO market.
Eooine OF the greatest irrigation
,kt@ects of modern times are being
= II right here in Utah The Straw
cpty valley. project, on which the
a, n,ernment rs spending millions Of
VIII make fertile one of the
kss frnit growing sections in the
~ Many private companies are
p'ng formed and these are building
4 r. dams and storage reservoirs In
cn the Hood waters, that hereto
p nave rushed away to waste them
G6'eb,. VIII be impounded and made
.. pring into bearing thousands Of
tsS OF what are now waste lands.
IN the northern part of the state
aIso many great areas which are
Il, oevoted 10 stock raising. but where
" ,as been proved that the Campbell
tep ol dry farming may be made
Y p .oftable.
Dairying Source Of Profit.
e,ppirying is a source of great profit
Al 0tne farmers who are engaged I'm il.
91n Is pre- e-eminentIy dairvinp state
]Ene conditions are ideal The win,
are, as rule, mild and open. and