Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1912-04-26
LOCAL PATRIOTISM
AND CIVIC PRIDE
What Loyalty to Town, County and
State Means, and How II De-
velops Communities.

"If my town is the best In the
county, 1t must be good place to
live"
IF my county is the best In Utah.
II must be about the best county In
which TO maintain my home"
II ! have decided to maintain my
home here. owe II to myself and
my neighbors, to make my home one
of which we all may well feel proud"
II any reader cannot subscribe to
the above sentiments. we are wasting
valuable space. 30 far as he is con
oerned. and he is also wasting his
time In reading this article. Many
laugh has been created by the
"moss-back" who rejects all improve
ments In the home or on the farm.
with the remark that These things
were good enough for my father and
my grandfather. and they ought TO
be good enough for me and my chill
dren."
Utah does not need the kind OF
man who takes this stand regarding
improvements, that go to make life
easier and more pleasant, but Utah
does need the man VINO will say:
"The state of Utah was good enough
for my father and it is good enough
for me and my children"
There Is room In the state OF Utah
for a million such men, and every
good citizen that Is added to the
population OF Utah increases the de.
STABILITY OF Utah as place to live.
and increases the value Of every
home. and every farm already estab-
llshed In this state. There may be
room for differences OF opinion as to
the extent that competition Is the
life OF trade in financial and general
business circles. There is. however.
no room for argument on the ques-
ton OF whether or not competition In
the matter OF the establishment and
Improvement of homes Is the work
OF such progression.
Surely, IL the Utah as found by the
pioneers sixty-five years ago, was q
land OF promise at that time, the
Utah of 1912 Is a land OF promise
fu filed. This is sentiment that
should appeal to the patriotic instinct
of every citizen OF the state OF Utah,
and. moreover, II Is sentiment that
should be spread abroad as far as our
facilities will permit.
During the next few years, the
state OF Utah will receive vast
amount of publicity through the work
OF the Utah Development League and
affiliated organizations. Especially
during 1915 vii opportunities come
10 let the world know that we have
here a state as fair as any In the
Union. and one that Is capable OF
producing grains. fruits, and min.
erals in quantities that will support
hundreds Of Thousands OF settlers
and homesteaders. Through the
medium of hundreds of thousands OF
visitors. loyal citizens Of Utah will
have ample opportunity to correct
false impressions which have been so
widely distributed throughout the
United States regarding Utah and her
citizens. Utah has its capital city, Of
which all citizens of the state should
be proud. but OF more Importance
than any one locality Is the general
prosperity OF the entire state.
The spirit OF boosting which has
made so many OF the states OF the
west. and which is becoming more
noticeable In the state OF Utah than
ever before. Ia spirit that surely
from there extend to ones home
town; to ones home county, and thus
circle the entire state.
Many OF the towns and cities OF
the northwest have discovered with
In the last few years that the ex.
penditure OF one dollar to FIVE dol
lars for each inhabitant every year
In publicity work is profitable In
Eestment.
This is a lesson that Utah towns
and communities are beginning to
learn and, although we may not be
prepared to eXpend a large amount
Of money for favorable publicity, we
can all expend little careful thought
and intelligent personal effort to-
wards disseminating the idea that
our home town is about the best
little spot in the best big state of the
Union. Talk may be cheap" but
good work for our own community Is
an investment which unfailingly
brings big returns In self-respect and
also In dollars and cents.