The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-10-06
STATE FAIR
Is WIDE OPEN
Sun Shines and Managers Are
Happy.
CRY is FOR MORE ROOM
JUDGES HAVE TROUBLE IN
AWARDING PRIZES.

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y 9 a. m.-Judges will complete ?
y list of prizes in fruits, vegetables '
. and dairy products.
1 p. .m.-Horse and cattle parade y
= on the grounds. Judges viii award =
= prizes.
= 1870 p. m.-Free open-air per >
p formances. =
> p. m.-HOrse races.
y 4 p. m.-Awarding Of prizes in y
= works of art.
y When the fair grounds closed y
y last night at IL o'clock Secretary p
y w. J. Bateman estimated that all =
p the paid admissions of yesterday p
= and last night amounted 10 1000. =
y At this time not all the tickets =
y had been counted. but it could be =
= seen that the attendance would y
= easily make this mark.
y = = . > . b . = = . . b = . , . . =
THE second day Of the state fair
passed with the impression still
entrenched that 1904 viii outstrip
all previous years in every department
that makes for the success Of such an
undertaking. The attendance was not
so large as on the opening day. This
was accounted for by the fact that
none of the stores in the city closed
yesterday, as on the opening day. And
this had an influence on the character
of the crowd On the first day city
people predominated in the crowd on
he fair ground. Yesterday the city
people were relegated 10 tie rear by
their. cousins from the country. It
was said that every county in Utah
from Idaho 10 Arizona was represent
ed within the gates Of the fair grounds
in the afternoon.
Room" was the cry heard every
where among the exhibitors and every
where we're heard regrets that the
main exposition building was not some
thing more than a definite promise.
/ The lack of room impresses the visitor
almost as soon as he enters the gates
II is particularly noticeable in the fine
arts and manufactures building. Good
I judges of conditions in Ike state this
year assert that the display of manu-
featured goods would have been null
{ tiplied at least FIVE times had there
been proper facilities for showing the
goods 20 advantage. For instance. the
sugar companies. that represent capt.
tai of at least s., 900. 900 are represented
at the fair by a meas ger exhibit Of su-
gar and of sugar beets. The fish in
dustry Of the state, in which all. old
and young. are interested, is repre-
! scented by samples Of fish This display
/ is excellent in its way end attracts the
attention of nine-tenthS Of the people
who enter the grounds. But it WAS
| suggested yesterday that with room at
i the disposal Of the FISH and game War-
/ den and a proper display of enterprise
J a miniature fish hatchery could be set
up for the instruction and entertain
ment Of the people who attend the fair.
/ This matter Will be taken IN next year
1 The need Of room is also apparent i'm
/ the horticultural and agricultural
/ building. This need is not only for the
/ exhibits. but for the people. The lack
/ of accommodations was never felt as
/ il is this year and this is taken as an
| indication that the people never before
/ took SO general an interest,
Trouble For the Judges.
The judges began work in the award
/ ing Of the prizes yesterday and made
/ some progress before the close OF the
/ day, but the work Of picking the win
ners was never so hard The tight
among the fruit men is especially fierce
/ The fruit is all of so high a quality,
] the exhibitors are so many and so
/ deeply interested in their calling, ana
/ much Of the fruit is so hard to CLASH
1 fy. that the three judges vert at tEeir
/
! sad frame of mind before the end
] comes. The poultry and swine awards
! were made yesterday and the cattle
awards viii be made today. Judges in
1 all departments viii be down TO hard
work today, and all expect 10 get Their
work closet up in good time.
There was no lack Of entertainment
for the crowds. The races constituted
the chief feature again. Tie Midway
was well patrOniZed during the day
| and night. and the free shows were
/ pulled off on schedule time with the ex-
I ceptiOn Of DR. CarVer's shooting This
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