The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-08
FAIR To BE OPEN
AGAIN TODAY
Directors Decide to Postpone
Closing Twenty -four Hours.
FINANCES IN eOoO SHAPE
RACES HAVE HELPED BRING
SOCIETY OUT OF HOLE.

Encouraged by good weather. includ-
Ing indications for It's continuance. and
supported almost unanimously by the
exhibitors. who agreed 10 keep their
displays another day on the grounds.
the fair management at noon yester-
nay decided to continue the exposition
today.
Yesterday was model weather. the
mud had dried mp and there was no
wind TO raise even a small amount OF
aust. The attendance was far be.Ow
that on Tuesday. but fl was satisfac-
tory 10 the management and much
more pleasant for the visitors as a bet
ter opportunity was offered for The
in its entirety.
While the exhibition has not been
soch a money maker as it would have
been had not the races been declared
on three days on account of rain. new
erJheiess from a fair standpoint with
the receipts Of the last two days of
sunshine it has been a financial sue
cess.
Finances of the Fair.
Tt should be borne i'm mind that the
Deseret Agricultural d Manufacturing
society lis a state affair. the same as the
university Of Utah. and that it's pri-
mary object is that of education, and
Tor this reason an appropriation is
made for its support biennially by the
state legislature. Until last year. when
the race feature was added at the first
exhibition held on the new grounds, the
fair had always exhausted the appro-
priatiOn and had been compelled to call
ON the state for further relief Last
year the races brought sufficient rev
enue TO pay for the grand stand build
ing and yield a surplus of over $1,000.
The legislature last winter apprOpri-
ated $4,000 for the two following exhi-
billions. so that this year the society
had $500 TO start on.
The total expenses Of the present fair
VIII approximate $4,000 including cat
aiogue. premiums of over $1,000. a ma
terlal Increase over the awards Of any
previous year. purses for the races and
lncidentals which are unusually heavy.
Up 90 and including last night the re-
ceipts, together with the appropriation.
exceeded this total by over $1,000. So
with a moderately good attendance,
which appears likely FOR today, the fair
this year win have a good balance to
its credit.
New Building Planned.
The society also has other resources
and from the proceeds OF the sale Of the
old exposition grounds TT is the inten-
tion of President Empey and the other
directors to erect during the coming
year a large building facing east and
Just north OF manufacturers building,
10 be used for the wOmen's and art de-
partments, county exhibits and the Of
hcers of the society. The building viii
have q large door space provided with
seats in the center. with a stage at one
end so that musical and other enter
tainments can be given I'm the evenings
or i'm day time in case of stormy wea-
thc-.
Yesterday the crowd came late but
AZ was a. creditabIe attendance by 3
o'clock. The races lasted till nearly
twilight and they gave such satisfac-
ton that a liberal patronage is pre-
dicted for today.
Final Awards Are Made.
During the day the last of the
awards few odds and ends left over,
were made They included premium
O. Robert Graham of Murray on a
saddle horse, and diploma to Fred
FIerdlisky for variety of specimens
OF carved leather work. In the mineral
department G.. j.. burst was given
premium on a collection OF minerals,
- E. Whitehead Tor a abinet Of min
erals. and the Clinton El'erbeck Clay
Manufacturing company a gold medal
Tor a display OF fire brick. fire tile,
HsSayer's crucibleS. scorihers. mufiieS,
freprOOhnE terra Gotta lumber fine
faced brick and sewer. pipe.
There were many mercantile exhibits
Tor which the premiums paid but
small part of the expense of their
preparation. The Hewlett Brothers
premium was divided between the en-
pioyes who planned and executed the
display w. NJ. Springer. importer Of
horses. Of Denver. who acted as judge
iu the horse department, contributed
largely to the exhibit, but as the ami
mails were owned out of the state they
were not entered. His horses included
a Belgian draft stallion and two Olden-
burg coach stations.
Protests Against Awards.
Several protests against the action o..
the Judges were made in different de-
partmcnts. but. fortunately in the in
terest of harmony they were an with
drawn before final action was taken
ON them By the directors The chief
objections include claims that super
7fsors had made entries in their own
departments. that judges had acted
~ here thoy- were either directly or IN