The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-04

Today is school day and Utah county
day at the state fair.
It's the day that every kid in town is
doubly welcome at the grounds The
schools are to be closed all day and from
the seniors in the high school to the kim
dergarten youngsters, the rising genera
ton will attend the exposition.
The admission to everyone who can
claim title to being one of the kids" or
a public school student is 10 cents and
the management of the fair has asked
that as far as possible all children arrive
at the fair grounds entrance with their
Decent piece ready, to avoid the necessity
of the ticket sellers making change.
The weather man has promised a spien-
did day with rising temperature. Then
the fair Officials have arranged for special
exhibitions of the free attractions at the
fair during the afternoon and have de-
cided that the balloon race shall take
place at o'clock instead of $50 in the
afternoon. At 10 o'clock this morning a
grand school chorus contest is TO be held,
participated in by all the schools in the
city. Big and little parties have been
arranged for today.
AS the day is Utah county day as well
as school day, the attendance should run
up to yesterdays mark, or better. Con-
ference may hold the day crowds down.
but night should bring the visitors to the
grounds by the thousands Altogether the
officials look for a record breaking crowd
The races to be run are particularly in
viting and the features of the day are
among the best of the week.
Another Big Attendance.
Yesterdays throngs ran the attendance
mark for the day to nearly 1900. Weber
county claimed it as her own and sent
| thousands of her people to swell the
crowd. There were more conference peo-
| pie present than on any other day this
week. and that means that the fair was
| more thoroughly enjoyed yesterday than
on any other previous day.
| The program for the day was carried
out in excellent shape with the exception
of the expected appearance of the Ogden
Tabernacle choir, which failed. TO ma
| terialize.
The races were good and the crowd that
watched them broke all records for grand
stand crowds at the fair for this and all
| previous years
The fireworks in the evening went off
without hitch and the grand stand was
packed to capacity. Not an accident was
reported to mar the evening. The gang
of pickpockets that has operated all week
at the fair in spite of the efforts Of the
police is still at work and made a good
clean up yesterday. Numerous cases Of
theft were reported, but the police are
unable to locate the gang, bold as its
members have worked.
Knockers Are Answered.
1t was reported that there was some dis
| satisfaction among the manufacturing
| concerns exhibiting in the merchants
building because Hewlett Bros. took first
prize for the most artistic exhibit and the
Macdonald Candy company second prize
! for the same thing, inasmuch as the men
at the head of both firms are fair asso-
citation officials. The judges laughed at
| the report, saying there is no question
but that the two firms named were en-
titled TO the prizes they received.
| Then some one reported that the cattle
exhibitors were dissatisfied because ]. H.
SeeIy of Mt Pleasant captured all the
prizes In the short horn department, the
Judges of that department having sold Mr..
Seeley some of the cattle who took prizes.
Ii developed that Mr.. Seeley was the only
exhibitor in the short horn department
and the judge had no alternative.