Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1912-04-12
GETTING ACQUAINTED
WITH OURSELVES
Statewide Interest In utah Day.
Assures Success Of Movement That
Much to utahns.

Interest in the observance of Utah
Day, which has been proclaimed by
Governor Spry for April 25, is ex-
tended to every corner OF the state
and In a general way the success OF
the movement which originated with
the Utah Development League and
the newspaper editors of the state Is
already assured. Many OF the i'm
portant features of this day will be
the mailing of post cards and let
tiers to friends and acquaintances of
outside states.
Along this line the Commercial
Club Publicity Bureau OF Salt Lake
will send out more than 100000 post
cards on this day. while the CONNER.
cial organizations OF other towns
will probably send out an equal num-
Der. The post card idea. while II Is
good one so far as II goes, Is in
tended merely to supplement the
writing of personal letters to friends
and acquaintances in other parts OF
the United States, calling their at
tention to the resources and oppor-
tunities of Utah. One OF the many
advantages of this plan that will be
readily noted. lies in the fact that
the school children of the state.
as we'll as many of their parents and
older brothers and sisters will gain
for themselves more intimate
knowledge of the state of Utah
through the work that will be nee
essary In composing these letters,
Advertising experts tell us that the
personal appeal is the strongest
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terest, and II this be true, the friends
of Utah have in their power the
means for counteracting any and all
OF the unfavorable impressions which
have been circulated regarding the
Beehive state and is citizens. Dur
ing the last six months there has
been a decided change In the tone OF
INQUIRIES received from homeseekers
and investors of the East. These
inquiries generally have less antag-
onism and less skepticism, with more
genuine and friendly interest II Is
this attitude which Utah must foster
In the campaign for letting citizens
OF other states know the truth about
Utah.
There are many instances where
citizens OF Utah have sold their lands
at a sacrifice and removed to dis
tant points to begin all over again
the work of establishing a home and
then discovered that the lands they
have purchased at higher prices have
been in every way inferior TO the
lands which they have sold or have
overlooked in the state Of Utah near
their former homes. In many OF
In NH aft no
been blind to the opportunities near
ct hand, they have gone too far to
turn back, but II remains for Others
to profit by their mistakes and to act
on the theory that Utah Is first for
Utahns and that our own state is moi
only able to give bigger and surer
returns for consistent and intelligent
effort than any other state OF the
West. but that the opportunities OF
Utah are wide enough In their range
and diversified in their character 10
furnish comfortable homes and the
nece ,sities and luxuries of modern
life 10 hundreds OF thousands OF new
citizens.
These are some of the ideas which
brought about the movement for the
designation of April % as Utah Day
and which have resulted inthe arrange
mens OF plans for the observance OF
this day which have the official ap
prevail OF the governor of Utah and
the state superintendent of public in.
struction, county superintendents and
educators of the state in general
Suggestive programs for the meet,
lngs which will be held In the various
schools In the afternoon and for the
mass meetings which will be held
In the public halls throughout the
state in the evening, will appear in
our next issue.