The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-10-11
Close of the Twenty-First Ter
ritorial Fair.
PHENOMENAL SUCCESS.
THE PIONEERS WE'RE OUT IN FULL
FORCE.
President MILFORD Woodruff Pre-
sented With Gold MedaI-Ad-
dresses BY John r.. Winder, Gov
ernor West and Mayor Baskin-
Three Special Prizes Awarded
Yesterday.

The closing day OF the Territorial lair
was equally as important as any one
previous, at least 5000 people being in
attendance. The association gave away
5000 tickets to the poor and INDECENT,
and many an old man and old woman,
bowed down with the weight of many
years of care; many a little mite with
out parents, homesick for enjoyment,
spent a day of unalloyed pleasure, as
a result of the directors action.
The rush began about o'clock when
the crowds commenced to surge in.
They came in droves. squads, plaroons;
in company front and column of tours;
by the right flank and in echelon st.
AIMS orphanage, with its little tots,
and DR.. Joel Allen, with the poor farm
inmates. arrived about the same time,
and such rafting and a chattering
was never heard before anywhere.
| Old men and old women, arm-in-arm
sized up the soap exhibit, felt of the
wooden goods, looked at the prize pump
| kinS and SquaSheS, smiled at Josh Da-
Wis doing his Lii Hung Chang act and
generally enjoyed themselves, while the
little ones had a fine time watching and
riding upon the merry-go-round, re-
ceiving presents of toy balloons at the
hands Of the genial M. ]. Hayes, and
ching and ah-ing when the real bal
! loon went up, and saying "Ain't it too
bad" when Professor e. E. Harris
dropped the puppy in the parachute.
THE BALLOON ASCENSION.
BY the way, did you ever see a purp
come down in a parachute? It DIS fun
for the spectators, but terror to the
dorg.
The canine sent up yesterday was
mild, gentle sort of animal; a. sort-of
cross between a skye terrier and
skate When he went up through a
streak Of smoke and fire he turned a
swift but pitifu1 look in the direction
of the crowd, as much as to say: Here
1 am; can do no otherwise. Lord help
me. Amen" But coming down he was
in still more pitiful fix. From point
feet, he shot down like an
declining to open. An opera glass view
disclosed the fact that the dog was
| wondering How far will I spatter over
the countryw Then the umbrella be-
gan to open and by the time he had ar
rived at eighteen feet six inches above
terra irma he was thinking hard upon
| the subject, "Who will catch me and
had / better spread out any farther?'
He alighted all right, however.
In connection with the descent Of Pro-
fesSor Brooks block east of the build
ing a serious accident occurred which
resulted in the injury of a little son OF
William Grimsdell, who childlike was
watching the descent of the parachute.
A buggy came along, the boy got his
foot in the hind wheel and the horse
being scared, the poor lad was whirled
rapidly around several times, bruising
his head badly and inf1icting other in
juries.
DISTINGUISHED GUESTS.
At 4:2o President Woodruff, President
George @. Cannon and President Joseph
F. Smith arrived upon the grounds
The trio were conducted to the stand
and after quiet had been restored
the society, Nelson A. Empey, vice
. president. Frank w. Jennings, Sep w
Sears, Wiley G. Cragun, James A
Melville and David o. Wiley, sr., di-
rectors took seats upon the platform
PRESIDENT WINDER'S REMARKS
President Winder introduced the ven
cradle head of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints to the au.
dience in a few remarks as follows:
president MILFORD Woodruff, 1 have
the honor, in behalf of the board OF
directors of the D. A. and M. society
of presenting to you this medal, as a
memento expressive of their apprecfa-
ton of your long and faithful labors in
assisting to build UP this common
wealth in what was once known as a
part of the great American desert AS
a pioneer, you were one of the first tc
enter this now beautiful valley, on
July 24th, 1847.
1--WE also remember you ASA pioneer
in establishing the D. A. and M. soci-
ETY., and the valuable assistance rem
dered by you in it's infancy as an ex-
hibitor of fruit from your orchard, veg
etables from your garden, grain and
other products of your farm, and your
live stock, and also many years OF
faithful service as the president
: Now, President Woodruff, we hope
we pray that your days may be pro-
! longed, that you may hear the sound
of that glorious proclamation admit
: ting Utah as state in the Union, with
her star added to ourscountry's flag as
; one of the bright gems
The noise being so great, by reason
of people shuff1ing about, Vice-Presi-
dent Empey requested that silence be
preserved for five minutes. He added
a moment later that president Wood
ruff says one minute"
PRESIDENT WOODRUFF"S REPLY.
President Woodruff said that he was
} not in a physical condition to make a
speech, especially to such a large audi
ence, but that he wished to thank the
donors for their beautiful gift. He re-
; joiced to see so many present, and
remarked that all of Utah's people
should look forward to a day of great
prosperity for the people Of Utah; that
, all should unite in carrying out the
great work which shall fit Utah tc
rank as a sovereign state. 1t was his
prayer to God that his blessing rest
! upon all present and absent, that Utah
, might become one of the greatest Of the
great states in America.
The handsome gold medal presented
bears upon the diverse side the in.
scription "Deseret Agricultural and
Manufacturing Society, 1894" The
| reverse carries the following
Awarded to President MILFORD
the pioneers to enter Salt Lake val
:, ley
This virtually concluded the after
Moons programme, the remainder o
the day being devoted to enjoyment
Tt was intended to present Bishop
Weller with a medal, as he is virtual.
the only survivor of the first of this
pioneers to enter the valley. Togethei
with Orson Pratt and Apostle Snow
Bishop Weller came here on July %
1S47, two days in advance of the main
body.
But, as the medal was not complete
n nothing in the sort of al presentation
could be made. 1t will be given thu
2 venerable pioneer later on.
IN THE EVENING.
IL The features of the evening were TIL
speeches of Governor West and. Hon
R. N. Baskin. Some delay occurred b,
/ reason of the failure of the electri
, light over the speakers stand, and i
1 n n.