Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-03
THREE PROTESTS.
Hewlett Bros, HI. Griffin and w.
kraack Dissatisfied with Awards.

Invariably there are protests when
the awards are made known. This year
is not am exception to the rule. i'm fact
70 date three protests have been regis
tered, two from the manufacturers
building and one from the fruit exhibit.
All three aver that they will put up
the necessary $40, and file the affidavit
setting forth the grounds of protest.
Up to noon, however, this had not been
done. The protestants are Hewlett
BROS, ~ Il. Griffin Of Ogden, and VIII
nam kraack OF lions Fruit ranch.
llewletts succeeded IN capturing every
thing they went after with the excep.
tion of the premium on spices which
went to the Salt Lake Coffee and Spice
company. This decision the professors
declare TO be not In accordance with
the two exhibits. They claim that the
coffee and spice firm mas not as large
display by one-fifth, neither has II as
large a variety on exhibition, further
that the award was made out Of SYM
pathy and not on merit
II. l., Griffin, the Ogden dairy firm.
also is full OF grief owing to the ex-
hibit OF the Faust Creamery company
and the status OF the judges, one OF
whom he AYERS IL disqualified from act
Ing as he Is grocer and handles the
Faust product This he claims would
have the effect Of making the Judge
biased In favor Of his rival. Mr.. Gr,.-
FIN AYERS that the other dairy com.
pany is ringing In daily fresh hutter
and other products, while he relies
solely upon the exhibit he brought from
Ogden on the first day. "If we are GO
ing to have that sort OF thing" he said
20 the News this morning, "why lett
each add 20 our show for month and
then ! will be content to abide by the
decision. But that is nothing, | simply
am protesting because John Mcdonald
the grocer, IL Judge"
William Kraack OF lions Fruit
ranch, is the third man with a griev-
ance, Ever since he opened up his dis
play of peaches which he entered uu.
der the head Of three varieties, not less
than 80 each, a premium for the best
quality experts have been telling him
that he would walk away with the
prize. Instead he did not even get a
second Peter CART OF Draper carried off
the premium and Kraack thinks thar
he has n grievance Of large proper
lions. He says that the Draper mans
peaches were larger but they we've
gummy and wormy, while his We're
clean and Of better flavor AS the
judges did not even taste his exhibit
and flavor entered into the contest ee
thinks that he has good cause to raise
protest.
This afternoon there was more trou-
Bile In the horticultural department, IL
being averred that II, Briggs of Boun-
tiful the successful man in cabbages
and vegetables, had not grown the pro-
duce shown, but had purchased the
same for the purpose Of gaining the
prize, This assertion was boldly made
by c. @. Porter Of Morgan and Louis
Fayter Of Mil Creek, who are taking up
a labor with Briggs TO induce him to
withdraw As threat both gentlemen
state they VIII protest the awards II
Briggs continues TO hold on to his first
stand. Later the difficulty was patched
up, with the result that there will not
be any, more protests made IN all prob.
ability,