The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-05

In point OF attendance yesterday was
the greatest day that the state Fair as
ISOLATION has experienced in its forty
five years OF life. This is all the more
remarkable when the Gisagreeabie ma
ture If the weather is considered. Tne
officers last night estimated the total
attend nce at 5000. This included
about 200 teachers. who were admitted
free. ali me children who were too
sma to pay. all the attendants and
others entitled to passes and The Weber
county people. who were admitted free
yesterday. The total number OF paid
admiss ons for tine day was 1880 This
S. J2fO mere than on the correspond
irg day Of last year. which was the
record breaker up to that time.
nothing would be given out as 30 the
cash receipts for the day. but president
Empey-. Secretary Sears and a number
. of the directors consulted stated that
the association was on Easy S rect. ana
therc was a feeling of the most inten, g
relief manifested everywhere last night.
Today is expected to be still netter
day than yesterday. so far as grown
pcopIe are concerned. and the officials
are confident of having g. nice little sur
plus after all premiums and bills are
pad
n. school children swarmcd over ev-
erytfing within the enclosure yeste--
Gay IHeN were out III litAitlltAtAo
mum ers and had q thoroughly enjoy
able day. This cannot be said for those
no trie7 20 'seep them within bounds
The teachers were out in force, too,
an ven me Of them were heard TO
say that they could learn many things
en- the different departments.
Sunday Closing Cue ton
The question Of keeping the fair open
on ~un4ay viii come before the board
s1F 1fvarFo~e. % IN today This subject
was up at the exposition last year and
was voted down. But it will no. stay
down. \ number of the directors are
in favor Of keeping the gates open on
Sunday for the benefit of the business
men and the clerks who cannot see the
fair during the week. They argue. too.
that owing to the lad weather many
viii not see the fair if it is not kept
open on Sunday on the moral phase
OF the subject they state that the sa-
loon could he closed up tight and that
then the fair would be far above salt
air. Callers. the Lagoon and The other
places hat run wide open on Sundays
all through the summet-
Protest Filed.
The first formal protest of the fair
was filed yesterday with Secretary
Sears. IL came from John Lyle and
was in the form c. an affidavit setting
forth that the $50 special prize for the
best fifty yards of silk manufactured IN
Utah was Improperly awarded 20 Mrs
Margaret \. Game. Mr.. Lyle an bis
affidavit claims that Mrs. Game piece
of silk is inferior to his in quality and
finish; that II does not contain fifty
yards. Mr.. Lyle also protests aga nst
the award of the s. cash prize 10 Mrs
Margaret A. Caine, because. he says, he
took the prizes on this Identical piece
of silk last year and sold IL TO Mrs
Cafne after the fair was over.
Secretary Sears at once notified Mrs
Caine OF the protest filed and lively
contest is looked for. Mrs. Came has
ten days in which to reply to the
charges. She had nothing TO say for
pubiicstion on the subject. but is 1b-
solutely sure she can establish ner right
to the prizes.