The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-15
PROVO FAIR EXHIBITS.
Good Showing For Utah ccunty's
Industries.

Provo, Oct 14-An interest is cen
tered in the affair of tonight, which is
| a grand ball 20 be given at the Opera
House in honor of Governor Wells, who
came down TO look over the exhibits
Despite the dampness there was g.
good attendance today and the man
agement seem TO be well satisfied with
the patronage which has been thus far
accorded.
There are several exhibits which are
deserving of mention and which tell of
many enterprises which are being
quietly carried on in this vicinity.
The Spanish Fork Broom company
shows some excellent samples of its
work.
j. H. Denhalter's soda water display
is an exhibit which does great credit
to that gentleman.
Good displays are made by the Grant
Soap company of Salt Lake, and on
other part shows an exhibit by the
Utah Cracker factory.
T. buckingham is showing the merits
of some guitars and mandolins he has
manufactured, which appear to be as
fine as those which are imported.
e. c. Hendricksen comes to the front
with his pottery. which gives evidence
that he has no fear of competition in
this line. His wares cannot be eX-
celled.
Bread made from the Spanish Fork
roller mills -four is shown and also a
nice exhibit of -four by the same COM
pany.
There are some splendid cloth pat
terms shown in the Provo Woollen
Mills exhibit, as we'll as blankets,
yarns. fannels. etc. One has only to
glance at this exhibit to learn that this
is one of the foremost factories west
of the Missouri river.
H. G. JeX is present TO show some
of the things manufactured at Spanish
Fork The showing of home manufac-
tured shoes is exceptionally fine.
| Miss Ella Stickney's work is much
admired by the visitors, she being a
milliner of local prominence. Mrs. Jen-
ME Jones and Mrs. Stark have also
some fine millinery work.
The Ladies' club of Springville has
some silk exhibits which are things
of elegance. There is also an illustra-
ton of silk in the different phases of
production. The flax linen portieres
which became famous on account of
! having had a place at the worlds fair
| at Chicago, are seen in this depart
ment. Mrs. Louise Whittemore may
be mentioned as having grown about
S5 pounds of cocoons.
AWARDS ANNOUNCED.
day at the fair:
Best standard bred stallion, Fair
! chance" owner, Reed Snoot.
! Best standard bred mare. Lady
! CROMWELL owner, w. S. Gibley
Best 2-year-oId grade Hambleton-
! ian: owner. Ed Young.
| Best Cleveland bay stallion, 'Mullin-
GER owner, r. Palfriman.
! Best grade Cleveland bay, Belize
/ Do
! Second best grade Cleveland bay;
! owner, George Harrison.
Best Pereheron stallion; owner, ], Q.
| Bullock
Best Percheron mare and colt. j. o.
Bullock.
Best 3-year-old Percheron and sec
ond best S-year-old Percheron. J. o.
Bullock
Best 1-year-old Percheron stallion, ].
| O. Bullock.
AT THE RACES.
Two races we're pulled off this af-
| ternoon. Erma D A, owned by H
! Conn. won the three in five trotting
race against Rex Mambrino owned
/ by j. NJ Scott, and Freddie r, owned
| by Best. TIme-2:3l.
Cal Cragan's Dandy took the heat
against Miss T L E, who was entered
! by Tom Evans. Time-3:05.
Rain prevented the balance of the
programme from being carried out.
GOVERNOR AND STAFF.
The governor and staff were Provo
visitors today. They visited the race
| course in the afternoon and went to the
J ball in the evening. Rain came down
! in torrents all the evening" which had
a dampening effect upon the BAH. There
was. however, a good attendance.