The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-10-01
STATE FAIR is
READY TO OPEN
Gates viii Swing Wide Tomorrow
Morning.
BIG CROWDS ARE EXPECTED
EXHIBITS REACH VALUE OF
MANY THOUSANDS.

The state fair of 1905 will be ready
for the public tomorrow morning at 10
O'Clock, though the opening ceremonies
do not occur until 1870 o'clock III the
afternoon. This was the word that
came from President J. G. Mcdonald
al midnight. Mr.. Mcdonald, assisted
by Director Lester ID. Freed, had been
at the fair grounds since ) o'clock yes
terdaY morning. The two officials had
eaten sandwich at noon and another
sandwich at night. They We're tired
ana hungry, but enthusiastic. for the
heaVy part Of their labOrs is practi-
cally finished
We will forget all about the long
hours Of work and the many VeXatiOus
happenings Of the last few days" said
Mr. Mcdonald, IF the fair is a sue
cess, and 1 believe il will be-" The
sentiment was heartily echoed by Mr..
Freed, who added The exhibitors
viii have done their part by the time
the gates are thrown open Monday
morning. The rest viii be up to the
people of the city and the state.
Weather Prospects Good.
The prospects for good weather. the
SINE qua non of a successful fair. were
pronounced excellent by Weather OBJ
server Hyatt yesterday The storm
of Thursday and Friday had cleared
up a lot of odds and ends of clouds and
there is every reason for believing that
the six days of the fair will be full
of sunshine And if half the people
that say, according to the railroad
agents, they are coming do actually
come, the fair viii be a record break
or from the standpoint of attendance.
mat the 2yEslfglye r8II
their part is evidenced by the charac-
ter ana quality of their displays In ac-
tual dollars the products in manufact-
GreS, IN sheep and cattle and horses
and hogs and chickens and dogs, in
horticulture and agriculture and flori-
culture, viii be worth a sum up in
the hundreds of thousands. And the
new buildings and equipment will swell
the total OF money invested, exclusive
of the value of the realty, to a point
far beyond the 100000 mark So the
fair directors and the exhibitors have
done their part.
The Opening Programme.
The real opening of the fair takes
place tomorrow afternoon at 1870
O'Clock. At that hour Governor Cutler
and his staff win appear on the band
platform I'm the manufactures and lib
eral arts building accompanied by the
fair directors and invited guests. Held's
band will play a lively air. Then the
Rev. Peter A. Simpkin viii pray and
President Mcdonald will deliver the
keys ia the governor The latter is 10
make a speech of welcome and then
everybody goes over To see the derby
and the other big events scheduled Tor
the opening day.
The first free attraction, the exact
nature of which will be announced To-
morrow morning, will precede the
races. At the close of the race pro-
sramme there will be other free at
fractions. They include kilpatTick'S
thrilling bicycle ride down "a high stair
way and his ride in an automobile
down an incline with a grade of 40
per cent. Then viii come the lOOp-the-
Ioops the slide for life, the jump-ths-
~-u. III hi BlJZ, the monkey man, the
balloon ascension. the Suner 4 Elicit
acrObats and strong array Of other
features.
Illumination at Night.
In the evening the free attractions
viii be repeated, with the addition Os
fireworks and spectacular features.
The grounds and buildings will be
brilliantly Illuminated so that the eX-
hibits viii be even more attractive by
night than by day. This plan has been
worked out by the management in or
der that those who will toll all day
may have a chance to see the fair in
the evening
News features added yesterday were
association football games and an eX-
hibition drlH by the high school ca
diets. The first football game viii be
played Friday afternoon at . o'clock
the opposing teams being Eureka and
the Salt Lake Rangers. Saturday aft
ernOOn at the same hour the Eurekas
will play the regular Salt Lake team
The cadets will drill on children's day,
which will no FRIDAY