The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-09-13
UTAH'S Big SHOW
The Board of Directors of the Ter
ritorial Fair at Work.
A BIG LIST OF PRIZES OFFERED
Enterprises on the West Side-What Was
Done i'll the Real Estate
Market

The Board of Directors of the Territorial
Fair held a prolonged session last evening
to discus items pertaining to the welfare
OF the coming exhibition of that historic
organization, the Deseret Agricultural aud
Manufacturing Society. Present: Henry
w. Lawrence, president, T. A. Mcdaniel,
of Ogden, w. H. Rowe N. A. Empey,
John D. Peters, of Box Elder County, c.
+. Mason, Fred Simon, H. w. Haight, of
Davis County, and G. Z. Mainland, the
omnipresent.
a contract was closed with Mr.. John
Held to furnish music for the fair, and it
was also decided to award prizes of $50 for
the best band in the Territory, open to
competition by all bands and $50 for the
best band outside of Salt Lake City, with
city bands barred, the contests to take
place two evenings during the fair, the
exact dates to be announce hereafter.
The arrangement made by special COM
mlttee of Messrs. Wells and Empey cffer-
ing special premium Of the society's
diploma for the best exhibit of implements
and machinery was approved
The bid OF Davidson, Leyson s. McCune
to furnish medals for tie fair was reterred
back to the committee for adjustment.
The matter OF soliciting MIR. Levy, the
local dog tancler, 10 take charge of a bench
show with coursing match attractions, was
referred TO special committee with power
10 act, VIZ; Messrs. Mason, Wells and
Rowe.
The secretary announced that he was in
correspondence and about to close con-
tract with Messrs. Barney & Craig, of
fisk's Broadway Gardens, Denver, for a
responsible and practiced aeronaut, Prof
Staley by name, who after posing his
! balloon IN mid air some distance from the
earth, would ascend to it hand over hand
using webbing work, and then making fast
to his trapeze would give the word for the
balloon TO cut loose, and after ascending to
perllous height would cut away from the
balloon and descending with his parachute
MAKE wonderful jump from the clouds,
performing the while trapeze act by hang
ing by his toes. The secretary was
authorized to close with the professor for
two of them.
Mr.. +. H. Dyer, manager of the electric
light works, reported that the circuit upon
which the fair building was located was
already overworked and made the very
generous offer that if the society would
pay for sufficient wire for the construction
OF separate circuit he would string same
~ 90 ouo Iue llRuLS 1Or Ll6 ensuing
| falr and successive fairs as long as he was
manager free to the society. The offer was
| closed with a rousing vote of thanks to
Free Hearted Dyer for his colossal public
| spirit.
The secretary was authorized to employ
necessary clerical help to assist at the fair.
MIR. Z. t. Wantland, who at former
meeting was specially requested to employ
! his thinking works to suggest some
| special OF 4ho Fo;,
reported in favor of prize to be given
attendants at the fair, on a carefully de-
Vlsed plan. which he explained, also q
bicycle tournament and grand convention
OF the county officers of the territory. He
also suggested that the agricultural college
be invited to make display. Adopted.
| The bids for fair privileges, of which
there was large stock, were referred to
the president and secretary with power to
act.
The secretary was directed to address a
communication to the city council asking
that no license fee be required for the sale
of commodities at the fair.
On motion Mr.. McDaniels was author
lied to visit various portions of the terri
tory to work up an interest in the fair.
The secretary was authorized to issue
complimentary fair tickets to all delegates
to the Irrigation congress
| 1t was decided that there be an invent
ors' corner" at the fair, where the patents
and models and inventions of home invent
ors mny be shown and suitable award
made to those that are meritorious In the
category Of inventors who will be recog-
nized il this distinguished corner will be
at least these gentlemen and many more of
| course: MIR. Edgar Angel, inventor of
device Tor keeping bed clothing on children
IN the winter; Mr.. Spencer Clauson, In
yentor OF new and ingenious suspender
fastening; Mr.. J. w. Lundell of Logan.
inventor of a cheese press, and Messrs
Howell Brothers, inventors of an instru-
ment for seeding peaches aud other stoned
| fruit.
1t was decided to solicit a special pre-
MUM of $50 to be given for the best sculp-
tural design for a statue, and incidentally
the secretary was instructed to solicit from
the artist sculptor, Mr.. Dallin, display of
his various artistic works.
Messrs. McDaniels and Wells offered
special premium of S25 for the best origi-
nal story by any resident of Utah, not to
exceed 5000 words nor to be less than g.
600 words.
Adjourned to next Saturday night.
The following is list of the special Of
fers received to date:
SPECIAL PREMIUMS
L. G. Hardy gives S25 for the greatest
quantity of butter made from one COW in seven
| uaJS, premium ulVlQed as follows: To the
/ first Slz; second, S.; third So
/. G. Hardy offers S25 for colts sired bv
! standard trotting stallion ''Washakee" as fol.
lows: To the best colt sl2; second best, IS;
third best. So.
! L. G. Hardy also offers SEQ as premium to
the first colt from the above named stallion
toat makes trotting record of2:30
Western Bill Posting company offer SIS fer
best essay on signs Ancient and Modern -
Eesay not to exceed 400 words.
John r. Barnes viii give So for the best sam
pie OF White Club Barley, mot less than half
bushel)
Five dollars for the best specimen of plain
sewing done by girl under ten years of age.
w. II. Streeper offers as a premium for the
best homemade straw hat. s.
Il. e. NJ. l. offer premiums as follows:
For the best box of sixty one pound bars of
Titan manufactured laundry soap $40
For best hoop OF Utah-rnade chedder cheese,
$40.
For the best twenty-five pounds OF Utah
made butter. IN one-pound prints $40
For the best display of Utah-maie CANDY
For the best case, two dozen cans, OF Utah
raised and canned tomatoes, S10
F. Auerbach g. Bro. offer for largest and best
| cultivated piece of ground devoted to strawber-
| ries, SO
For largest and best cultivated piece of
ground devoted to grapes J 10.
For largest and best cultivated peach
| orchard, $40.