The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-11-07

Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. s.
The agricultural awards are for SUI
gar. irrigation exhibit, farm photos
wheat. barley, oats, alfalfa, and
grasses"
WAS there any chance of doing
much advertising for Utah?''
''Why the whole time was spent in
doing that. Every day thousands and
thousands of people visited the Utah
building. They came in contact with
our representatives and were given
full statements as to our resouces.
The same thing occurred in the mining
and agricultural buildings. Mr.. Ma
guire is an interchangeable worker and
was always ready to say a good word
for Utah and 1 think no one passed
through my hands without knowing
something of our wonderful resources.
The secretary talked. his aids talked,
the ladies talked and always converted;
Utah was at all the conventions, re
ceptions and congresses. Then the mu-
steal contest and Utah day exercises
were great advertising features. You
see people came to see US out of curl
osity and we paid them back by filing
them with the truth about our great
territory"
What is going to be done with the
Utah building and exhibits ?"
The commission is under obliga-
ton to remove the building within a
specified time, and to leave the grounds
in the same condition as they were be-
fore the fair opened. The house will
no doubt be sold to builders or house
WTeckers. and very little if anything
can be gotten for it because the walls
are OF staff and of no value. The glass
doors, and sash, etc, are the only
things of any worth MANY of the
states have had to pay large sums to
have their buildings removed. besides
giving all the materials to the wreck
ers. Utah may have to do the same
The exhibits of course will be brought
home Many have been loaned bv r,i
vate parties and will be returned IN
them. The things purchased bv the
commission will be stored in the ey-
position building until some disno-
sluon can be made of them bv The
legislature. They include MANY arti-
cles of considerable value. includine
me show cases. The statue of Presi.
dent Young is part of the grand nnonu-
ment TO the pioneers now occupvinr
the time and talent of the SCULPTOR
Dallin, and it will no doubt he sanf
here to be stored away until it gets
nnaliy elevated upon the great column
10 be placed on the corner of the Tenn
pie block. The Eagle Gate win he
erected at the Exposition grounds as
the eagle belongs already to the Des-
eret Agricultural and Manufacturing
society The mummy Of the king Of
the Blue Mountains" has, I understand
been purchased by Dr. Talmaee and
viii hereafter repose in the 6ese e,.a
museum. This poor fellow has been
the cause of much speculation. Nine
tenths OF the visitors at the Utah
building would ask in whispers if he
was q Mormon"
How long viii it take the Utah peo-
PIE to close things up?"
There viii necessarily be some work
In settling up matters and getting ont
report TO the Legislature and Mr.
Mcdaniel hopes to be located in ~ III
old Office in the Dolly block bv the
flrst OF December The task of get
ting rio Of the Utah building may
keep him little later, but not any
longer than absolutely necessarv
Messrs. Mcdaniel. Young, Mcguire and
Morris remained to see to the proner
removal Of exhibits
Il suppose the closing of the fair
was impressive?"
1.-The closing up scenes uere ,,e,.,v =,
teresting. The riot on Midway was
strange freak when you consider tbe
good order during the six months IF
the fairs existence. WHY. thonsandS
Of men, women and children paraded
that renowned street blowing tin horns
and making every imaginable racket
Ihey tore away signs and carried
them from one end of the Plaisance
10 the other Then they actually made
an attack upon the Turkish tbeatre
and carried away Frida, the dancing
girl The Turks made a charge. res
cued her, a fight ensued and many
noses were broken. The guards vrera
at first powerless but finally succeeded
in making some thirty arrests. Aside
from this affair the last day was very
quiet the proposed programme having
been Abandoned on account Of Har.ri.
sons assassination. In the evenine.
twerty-one guns were fired. the flags
were lowered ard the bands plaved
America" That was all. but it closed
the greatest show on earth The next
day things were very quiet and people
were convinced that the big fair was
over"