Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-01-12
D, A. & M. Society Last Night
Formally Decided 10 Hold
Il in 1907.
NO STATE FAIR THIS YEAR.
NJ. K. Parsons Elected Vice Pres
ident and Horace S. Ensign
Secretary.
Means That al Roads VIII he Lead
ing 10 Utah From Surrounding
States In Near Future.

An intermourtain fair. embracing oil
states west Of and including Colorado
for Utah.
such an announcement made ms
morning by President James q. Ac-
Donald OF the De1eret Agricultural anu
Manufacturing society conjurcs ~
visions Of all roads leading 10 ut1h'
conventions by the score. special rates.
on the railroads from all points west
NJ Chicago. new hotels. everybody snl-
ing and the merry clink of the eluaiyc
dollar in a great, glad gong, the choras
Of which Is "See America First
Following an important meeting of
the society held last evening, the an
rouncement was forthcoming that the
big project was no longer a matter or
speculation and vision of some, pro-
eresslye business men who had utah's
hest interests at heart-Jt Is q go.
WHAT IT MEANS
What the Portland exposition has
done for the statca of Oregon ana
Washington, so in reduced measure
viii the Inter-mountaln fair accomplish
wonders for Utah and contiguous
states, Go to Portland, Seattle ana
other cities of he northwest and me
real estate and business men WIN al
tell YOU that since the fair the infiux
Of substantial colonists who have sell
tied In that section has been decidedly
marked and for every dollar spent IN
the project two are now being circulate
ed in the country.
While this action OF the board or
directors last evening was the most
important move ever made by the IN
stitution other business was transacted
which was of interest
PARSONS SUCCEEDS BRANsFORD.
The resignation of J. s. Bransford,
the vice president. was reluctantly ac-
cepted. he having left the state on ac-
count OF Mrs. Bransfords health and
is now residing In California. I'm his
place NJ X. Parson. the well known
live stock man. was unanimously elect
Cd as vice president.
ENSIGN FOR SECRETARY.
Horace S, Ensign also was elected
as secretary OF the Deseret Agricultural
and Manufacturing society, taking the
place made vacant by the untmely
death Of J.. +. Cox who died of typhoid
last fall.
JUST INTER- STATE.
Other important business was dis
posed OF but the meeting was devoted
almost practically to the matter OF the
proposed Intermountain STATE Fair.
During the discussion there was a good
deal OF talk on making the fair nation
oil along the lines OF the Portland eX
position, however, IL was the sense OF
the meeting that II the directors ear
rled out the original plans II would be
glory enough FOR Utah for the time
being.
PRESIDENT M'DONALD TALKS.
President James G. Mcdonald when
seen this morning arose from sick
bed in order to tell the preliminary
plans OF the society 10 the News" IL
takes more than an attack of la grippe
to damp his enthusiasm.
The lntermounta fair Is a 60" he
affirmed in that decisive. snappy man
ner which Is characteristic of him when
he has $50 pounds pressure on the en-
thusasm valve. oh there is no
doubt about It, A number of our d.
rectors who have just returned from
the livestock show in Chicago report
ed at the meeting last night that they
had sounded some OF the leading men
IRON this and neighborlng states on
lhe lrip ana they one and all were en-