The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-29
BIG SHOW WILL
BE A SUCCESS
lntermountain Exposition CAL
CuIated to Open Eyes of
the World.
INTEREST is GROWING
RESOURCES OF GREAT WEST
ARE MANY.

When the turnstiIes Of the Inter
mountain fair begin revolving to let
the crowds of the opening day pass
through the gates, one of the finest ex-
positions this country has ever seen
viii be in existence.
Within half a century the states now
embraced in the ''IntermOuntain re-
gion'' have grown into thrifty and
wealthy communities. Irrigation has
subdued the desert and made the
parched plains produce crops that have
no superior I'm the world. The valleys
of the mountains have been invaded,
and while the miner digs our precious
metals from the surrounding noun
tains, the farmer raises golden grain
and the horticulturist produces luscious
fruits in the valleys below.
Slowly subduing the Desert.
Slowly but surely the so-called arid
lands are being reclaimed, new frriga-
ton projects are being installed by the
federal government and by private en-
terprise. prosperous citizens are build
ing and the entire region is now one
of the most prosperous in the United
States.
Volumes have been written about the
diversified Intermountain region, but
the half has not been told. People who
travel have come to investigate for
themselves and have been fascinated
by the wonderful opportunities for in
VeStment. Many have identified them
selves with the different growing COM
munitieS. while others have returned
TO their homes to spread the story of
the great west the seed that they thus
plant eventually bearing fruit in the
shape of new immigrants and an influx
of new investors.
Volumes more could be written about
the wonderful growth of this great sec
tion of the United States. But the real
subject at this time in the coming In
termOuntain Exposition, which will be
held in Salt Lake in the late summer
and autumn of 1908 This show will
bring together all of the natural pro-
ducts of this part of the country as
well as the manufactured products.
Salt Lake the Center.
Salt Lake City is in the very heart
of this region and the logical city in
which to hold the big show. The crea-
ton Of this exposition is a gigantic
undertaking, but the people of Salt
Lake are equal to the task, and when
the fair has passed into history, the
whole world will know the facts first
hand about the resources of the Inter
mountain region.
Horace Ensign, secretary of the fair
association. is labOring hard to COM
plete the preliminary work and is in
communicative with men all over the
country who have been identified with
eXpOsitiOns. His object is to secure
the best and most reliable data pos
Sible relating to the expense of such
enterprises, so that the promoters may
have some intelligent idea of what they
are about. He is also on the lookout
q a nf
tor general, and the man who is even
tually selected. must have had large
experience in exposition work.
Stock Show q Feature.
A Special feature of the fair will be
the stock show. Other expOsitiOns have
attempted to make this a salient fea-
ture. but the IntermOuntain Fair assoc
citation purposes to actually make this
one of the successful features.
Maurice X. Parsons, the well known
stockman and one Of the members of
the association. visited Colorado a few
months ago, and wherever he went he
found stOckmen enthusiastic about the
coming exposition. They gave every
assurance that they would be on hand
with their prize herds of cattle. their
stables Of fine horses and their pens
of swine and sheep.
John II. Scely, another stockman who
is q member Of the association re-
cago and other cities in the middle
west, and he reports that he found
great interest there in the coming show
Stockmen are preparing to bring their
show animals here.
Name of Amusement Street.
The Chicago exposition had it's Mid
way. st. Louis had its Pike and Port
land dazzied visitors with its Trail;
just what this avenue at the Salt Lake
fair viii be called has not yet been
decided upon and Secretary Ensign
viii gladly receive suggestions.
All that il is really necessary to say
at this time about the exposition is
that it will be a show that will be a
credit to the section creating it, and
the exhibits that will be brought to-
gether under the roofs of the various
buildings viii open the eyes of many
persons whose visits to this section
have been confined to the cities along
the main lines OF railways. The time
selected for holding the fair is when
the agricultural and horticultural pro-
ducts OF the states interested are at
their best.
The states actively interested in the
undertaking are Utah. Idaho, Montana.
Wyoming, Colorado. California Ari-
iona. Nevada, Washington and Ore